Mississippi may shut down a Canton charter school for severe fiscal mismanagement

Mississippi may shut down a Canton charter school for severe fiscal mismanagement

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. About 99 students in Canton could lose their school by August if the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board agrees to revoke its charter.  At a May 14 hearing, an attorney for the board argued that SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy should lose its charter because leadership mismanaged the school, particularly its finances, violating state law and its c…