[CPEO-BIF] St. Croix Prep, Baytown Township, Minnesoa

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Baytown Township / Charter school defends new site
St. Croix Prep plans prompt look at state's third-party lease law

By Megan Boldt
Pioneer Press (MN)
November 11, 2008

As the $21 million St. Croix Preparatory Academy goes up in Baytown 
Township, some St. Croix Valley residents are concerned.

The site of the charter school is an area known to be contaminated with 
a cancer-causing chemical, and some question why there was little public 
discussion or review before ground was broken.

Bayport resident David Beck said it seems charter schools and 
traditional public schools have two different sets of rules, though 
taxpayers fund both. He argues that if the Stillwater school district 
had proposed a bond referendum to build on that site, it would have to 
undergo much more scrutiny and public discourse.

"What's going to happen if (the school) doesn't get used?" Beck said. 
"There's going to be a $21 million asset in the ground, and nobody is 
talking about it."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.twincities.com/ci_10958906?IADID=Search-www.twincities.com-www.twincities.com

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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