Charter Schools Chief Forced To Resign
UPDATED 2/3/11 12:05 p.m.
Hawaii’s charter schools director is leaving her post Friday over conflicts with the panel that appointed her.
“The asked for and accepted my resignation as the Executive Director after disagreement over many months with regards to job scope and performance,” wrote Maunalei Love in an e-mail to the charter school community. “I will be resigning as CSAO ED with the resignation effective at the close of business, Friday Feb. 4, 2011.”
Love oversaw Hawaii’s 31 public charter schools with an enrollment of . Three different people have held the executive director post since 2006.
The charter schools budget is about $50 million, and the administrative office can use up to 2 percent of that. Charter schools play a central role in education reform agendas like Hawaii’s Race to the Top.
This is not the first time Love has expressed frustration over differences with the review panel. She first mentioned it in during a stint as interim director.1
The panel has recently held hearings about nepotism allegations at public charter . Lawmakers last month threatened charter school funding if the panel didn’t take stronger action and develop more effective accountability measures for the schools.
Civil Beat left a message with Love’s office this morning but has not heard back yet. We haven’t caught any whispers yet of who might replace her and when.
Love served as the administrator of the public charter in Kaneohe from 2001 to 2004.
