A Grass Valley Charter school is expected to stay open, but on a conditional basis, after fiscal mismanagement issues. The president of the Nevada County Board of Education, Trevor Michael, says EPIC Charter School, on McCourtney Road, has made sufficient progress that a Memorandum of Understanding has been reached for what he calls a “compromise pathway”, to avoid having its charter revoked. He says he expects the school to show it can fulfill the requirements by the end of the month…

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Michael says the two main concerns were that EPIC accepted state money for non-credentialled teachers and had not been offering appropriate amounts of instructional minutes. He says the school offers unique and challenging educational services for this area, which is adult migrant farmworker literacy…

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Michael says EPIC must also still resolve with the state whether funding must be paid back. The school’s charter was approved just 2 years ago.