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State tells 2 failing charter schools to shut down, reapproves 16 others
Two charter schools, one in Trenton, the other in Pleasantville, have been denied the right to operate by the state Department of Education for performing in the bottom 5 percent of schools for each of the past five years.
DOE officials Friday identified the schools as Emily Fisher Charter School in Trenton and PleasanTech (CQ) Charter School in Pleasantville. The schools were even performing below the poor public schools in their districts and had fiscal and leadership problems, officials added. (Hester, New Jersey Newsroom)
