GROUNDS FOR REVOCATION OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL
AS STATED IN OUR PETITION FILED ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1. Respondent did not provide appropriate notification to the local school district and to public and private schools in the district.

2. Charter was effectively submitted by two insitutions, not individual community members and therefore fails to comply with the provisions of article 16 of the Education Law                

3. The charter was not submitted by community members and therefore fails to comply with the provisions of article 16 of the Education Law

4. The applicant failed to show that it can operate a school in an educationally sound manner

5. The charter school will discriminate aganst Jewish students and employees

6.  The Department of Education decision to place the charter school at the Columbia Street facility that houses Nest was at the expense of public education      

7. The Department of Education has discriminated against public schools

8. The Department of Education determination will adversely affect Nest students by overcrowed classes and decrease education opportunities for Nest students

9. The charter school act prohibits allocation of space to a charter school in a builidng that is completely used by a public school particularly where the charter school can pay for a facility out of funds that it receives from the State of New York            

10. The decision made by the DOE was made without consideration of alternatives within the lower east side and other parts of New York City

11. The decision to house the charter school at the Nest facility enables the charter school to double-dip into public funds and obtain more than its share of public funds than provided under the Charter School Act

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