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  OUR HISTORY WITH MOSACIA EDUCATION
In the beginning when the Choice Foundation chose to apply for a Charter School we recognized that we did not have the expertise to operate the school.  Choice, as with most governing boards was to be the policy setting body, deferring day to day operations to education professionals.  Mosaica a large education management company with over 90 programs across the country came highly recommended by many education choice advocates across the country.  With short timelines, and in hindsight, poor due diligence, the board hired Mosacia to a five year contract to manage the school.  Mosaica among other things promised a private school education under a charter structure.  After a very chaotic opening, which can be explained due to the conditions in which the school was forced to open it quickly became apparent that  Mosaca, which  sold itself as a model school structure and program that needed only to be implemented was no such thing.  We were reinventing the wheel at every turn.  The head of school was not trained or supervised by Mosaica.  When problems arose, they were not identified and rectified, they festered for Mosaica had no depth  of management to identify, prevent, or solve problems.  Their management model is based on hiring a good head of school;  when this head fails, there is no back up plan, no organization to pick up the pieces.
 
The Board of Choice put Mosaica in default in October after many warnings of problems had gone un-solved.  This default was retracted, when it appeared Mosaica was serious about putting resources at Lafayette.  This effort by them was shallow and short.  It became apparent in the second semester that despite our pleas Mosaica was not capable of running our school.  We told them to remove the head of school, and the regional vice President of the school following a theft incident that was not investigated  at the school.  Shortly after we put them in default again, which contractually gave them 30 days to remedy the problems at the school.  When it was clear that the problems were not going to be resolved we terminated our contract with Mosaica, which termination was decided in September 2007.The arbitrator ruled that Choice was valid in its right to terminate Mosaica for cause and gave Choice $350,000 in damages, plus court cost.
See Arbritration Ruling. Download pdf here.
SEE ARBITRATION RULING
CHOICE PRE-HEARING BRIEF
CHOICE PRE-HEARING BRIEF
 
As we move forward without Mosaica in our 07/08 school year we are very excited about the future.  The school has hired a top notch Head of School, Mr. Mickey Landry who is tasked with the simple mission: Lafayette Academy prepares its students for success in a college preparatory high school in an atmosphere that challenges and supports each student to achieve his or her highest potential.  We plan on having a very different year with an organization that can support our teachers, and provide the resources to fulfill our goals.

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