Submitted by Peter on Sun 15 May at 8:11 PM

Chawanakee Unified and Yosemite Unified are going to court over a new charter school based on the campus of new $75 million dollar Minaret High School.  The battle is over the distribution of educational funds that support the students which attend their campuses.  Charter school typically divert state monies from tradition school districts to run their academic programs, pay faculty and staff and to operate their campuses.  As the state continues to cut educational support battles over funding with intensify between districts and charter schools.  Currently Yosemite Uni

Summary: 

Yosemite High School students from Yosemite Unified had been transferring to the new Minarets High School since the new high school opened in 2009. Now Yosemite Unified officials have stopped most transfers and have taken legal action to prevent from decline in their enrollment.

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