Charter School Has Many Hurdles: Kings Point Being One

by Sharon Aron Baron January 11, 2015

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By: Sharon Aron Baron

The Tamarac City manager was met with hundreds of protesting seniors from Kings Point on Friday at a meeting regarding the proposed charter middle and high school, attracting media coverage from Channel 10 and the Sun Sentinel .

Residents let City Manager Michael Cernech know they were angry that plans for the new charter school, Doral Academy, were being put forward. However, Cernech insisted that it was not a “done deal” and they were only in the preliminary stages.

“There are still many hurdles to go through,” said Cernech. “Like a contract to negotiate, a lease to negotiate, a whole host of things before I can make a recommendation, before the city commission can consider this.”

The meeting didn’t get any easier for Cernech as tempers flared when questions were open to the residents. Residents stated that a new school was neither wanted nor needed next to a senior community and would bring additional traffic to an already congested area.

At the end of the meeting, one neighborhood president told Cernach, ”You mentioned that you would have hurdles. This is your biggest hurdle.”

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Sharon Aron Baron is the Editor of Tamarac Talk, Coral Springs Talk, Margate Talk, Coconut Creek Talk and Parkland Talk. Tamarac Talk was created in 2011 to provide News for the residents of Tamarac and is the #1 News Source for Residents.