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North Carolina Board Split on Charter Schools' Fate.

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| December 05, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The News & Observer. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Leslie Brown

Dec. 5--RALEIGH, N.C.--State Board of Education members were closely divided Wednesday over whether to shut down two low-performing charter schools when their five-year licenses expire in June.

Carter Community School in Durham and Sugar Creek Charter School in Charlotte have received "low performing" ratings from the state ABCs accountability program for the past three years because their student test scores have been consistently low.

"We have a responsibility to free these children from the constraints they are in," board member Patricia Willoughby said. She endorsed an advisory panel's recommendation against renewing the…

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