The Early College Charter High School Richland Community College is looking to start up in partnership with high schools in their district is not going well.

The Maroa-Forsyth district is a part of the RCC district, and they have shot down being a part of the Charter School. Superintendent of Maroa Schools Mike Williams says right now, the way the school would be structured, Maroa cannot afford to lose the money that would be required to have students be a part of the school.

[audio:maroacharter1.mp3]Word from Williams[/audio]

Williams says the Charter School statistics they are giving are little misleading. He says while they are taking the per capita per student in the entire district, that is still a lot of money to take away from the district when they do have bills to pay.

[audio:maroacharter2.mp3]Word from Williams[/audio]

So far 5 of 11 schools in the Richland district have shot down the charter school proposal. With the state's financial situation not being very good and districts across the state scrapping to save and get the most from every dollar, Williams believes right now is not a good time for a charter school that is being funded the way they are proposing to fund it.

[audio:maroacharter3.mp3]Word from Williams[/audio]

Richland and Charter Pros will have the opportunity to appeal the decisions by the districts to the Charter School Commission should all 11 schools shoot down the proposal, and the school districts could then have to send students to the charter school, which will then force them at the same time to surrender the money for those students that attend from each district.