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madfloridian

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Sun Feb 1, 2015, 01:49 AM Feb 2015

3 articles about Deion Sanders charter school being shut down this week.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026162955

He has been quoted as saying some pretty ugly things about his partner, his role at the school.

Sounds like the school was in bad shape educationally and physically.
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3 articles about Deion Sanders charter school being shut down this week. (Original Post) madfloridian Feb 2015 OP
The school had two campuses. TexasTowelie Feb 2015 #1

TexasTowelie

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1. The school had two campuses.
Sun Feb 1, 2015, 02:04 AM
Feb 2015

The campus in Fort Worth had to shut down because it failed to pay its rent.

Also, the NCAA had some questions about the academic credits earned by its graduates that went on to college basketball programs.

If Prime Time Prep wasn't a private school it would have been declared a public nuisance.

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