Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School, Praised By Christie, Cited For Lack Of Diversity By DOE

May 19, 2016 General News

Christie at TEECS - 1 — Gov. Chris Christie, left, and TEECS principal Olguz Yildiz during Christie’s May 16 visit to the school.

The township-based charter school praised earlier this week by Gov. Chris Christie is under a state-mandated limited enrollment plan to alleviate “concerns” over the school’s student population’s “lack of diversity.”

Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School on Cortelyous Lane was placed under a restricted enrollment plan for the next five school years by state education commissioner David Hespe as a condition of its charter renewal.

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