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Plans for in-school learning and staff vaccination requirements vary among the city's five charter school networks.

Seth Andrew, former education advisor to President Barack Obama, is accused of stealing more than $200,000 from a charter school network he founded.

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   MARLBORO — Seth Andrew, who is out on a $500,000 bond on charges of money laundering, is asking a federal judge for permission to move from Marlboro to Rhode Island. According to documents filed in the federal court of the Southern District of New York, Andrew’s attorneys have requested a modification of the bail conditions imposed by the court on April 27. Andrew is co-founder of Democracy Builders, which bought the campus of Marlboro College last year. “Under the terms of his release, Mr. Andrew must remain within the Dist...

View Comments In December 2020, an African American mother — desperate for her son, a high school senior, to graduate and go off to college — was forced into court to defend him. The young man, so close to achieving his mom’s dream, suddenly found his life turned upside down and his future threatened. William Clark, a senior at Democracy Prep in Las Vegas, Nevada, has a Black mother and a deceased white father. He is, according to his court filing, generally regarded as a white person by his classmates because of his lighter skin, blonde hair and green eyes. Last fall, Clark’s school...

Former Obama administration official arrested on charges of charter school embezzlement Seth Andrew, a senior advisor to former President Barack Obama in the Office of Education Technology, was arrested last Tuesday on charges he stole more than $200,000 from Democracy Prep Public Schools, a network of charter schools he founded in 2005. Andrew is accused of stealing the amount to obtain a lower interest rate on his $2 million Manhattan apartment. Accusations include one count each of wire fraud, money laundering and making a false statement to a bank. Through his lawyer, Andrew has pleaded n...