What do you call someone who builds the regulations that govern some online school programs, then uses these same regulations to sue an online school and the state board of education? Here in Colorado, we call them “legislators.”
Last week Face the State brought the story that Michael Poore, the assistant superintendent for Colorado Springs School District 11 and chairman of Colorado’s Online Learning Advisory Board, faces a conflict when it comes to his district’s legal action against Hope Online Learning Academy and the Colorado State Board of Education. Hope has had problems in the past but not any that have been specifically manufactured out of thin air. Where would the Colorado Springs School District learn such underhanded tricks? Oh yeah - the Colorado State Legislature.