What is the charter school scam? Kids actually learning to read and do math? Giving parents a choice?
Most of them are structured like real estate syndicates. It’s basically like building a strip mall or franchise hotel, except you have a captive customer and can leave the local taxpayer holding the bag. The educational mission is mostly a secondary concern. There are exceptions.
N.b. I don’t have kids, so this is mostly academic for me, no pun intended