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Charter school's figures probed: Some former employees claim student attendance numbers inflated.

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| December 02, 2006 | Radcliffe, Jennifer | COPYRIGHT 2007 Houston Chronicle. 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: Jennifer Radcliffe

Dec. 2--The Houston Independent School District and state officials are investigating allegations that a for-profit company that runs an HISD charter school has been inflating attendance numbers to garner extra money, officials said Thursday. Accelerated Learning and Transition Academy in southeast Houston serves about 750 students at risk of dropping out, but some former employees say the school recorded attendance for about 150 students in home- room classes that don't exist. "They were bogus classes," said Juan Perales, who worked as a truant specialist at ALTA for about six months in the 2005-06 school year. "They might have…

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