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Thomas tells IN that he is in favor of closing A.A. Dixon

   September 19, 2011

IN reporter Jeremy Morrison interviewed Escambia County Superintendent of Schools Malcolm Thomas today about the School Board tomorrow on whether to close the A.A. Dixon charter school. Thomas predicts the struggling school will be shut down, and he believes he has the support of the board (which has been little more than a “rubber stamp” for the past three years).

“We don’t feel bad about their academic plan, if they had the resources they could probably get it back on track,” Thomas said, explaining that the lack of financial stability was the District’s primary concern — “most of it’s about money.”

Thomas didn’t mention the missing Title I funds that he failed to give the school last year. Jeremy didn’t ask him about it because we only heard about the possible lawsuit right before lunch today.

Read Jeremy’s full interview on inweekly.net.

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