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Charter school works to stay afloat: Officials to review critical audit, fiscal woes at Chesapeake Science.

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| April 06, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Baltimore Sun. 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: Ruma Kumar

Apr. 6--In an office-turned-classroom, the 14 eighth-graders are factoring polynomial equations and debating with the teacher about the best way to do it. Some of them furiously punch numbers into a graphing calculator to find a shortcut to the answer, and others talk about replacing variables with imaginary numbers.

They continue even after teacher Ilker Gurbuz gives them a break, when they're allowed to get a drink of water or stretch their legs in the hallway.

Here, at Chesapeake Science Point Public Charter School, the 13 boys and one girl are getting what they say they couldn't in the public or private schools they attended before: Algebra II without the bullying.

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