At the time, Mavericks was operating six schools with nearly 2,500 students enrolled. The father died in 1999 near San Diego.

My older brother is the best man I know,” Frank Biden said during a 2016 Prior to his time at Mavericks, Frank Biden worked with Hand in Hand Ministries in Central America, where part of his responsibilities related to educating underserved populations.Jim Pegg, who served as director of the charter schools department for the Palm Beach County school district – which added a Mavericks charter school after Biden joined the company – until his retirement earlier this year, called Frank Biden the “front guy” for the company, and suggested that the political connections associated with his last name earned him the Mavericks gig.“I think it would be safe to say that those charter schools that were associating with Frank were using the Biden name,” Pegg said.

(Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images, FILE)PHOTO: Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti visit the United Firefighters of Los Angeles City headquarters in Los Angeles, Jan. 10, 2020.

It was all about his brother.”Neither the former board member nor Pegg were involved in granting charters, but both worked closely with Frank Biden and with Mavericks.At a February 2011 hearing before the Palm Beach school board, he can be heard invoking the family name to show his support for Mavericks’ application, according to video of the meeting obtained by ABC News.“I give you my word of honor, on my family name,” Biden said, “that this system is sustainable. In at least two separate lawsuits, Mavericks schools faced allegations of inflating enrollment as part of a scheme to garner more government funding.
“They brought him in for his name.”The former board member said Frank Biden wore cufflinks bearing the presidential seal to meetings, and during a commencement address for one of the schools’ graduation ceremonies, he “spoke about his brother and about how his brother was the vice president. “They wanted that out front.”A former board member for a Mavericks school in Tampa, Florida – which at one point hosted two Mavericks schools – made similar observations. Gender. Start a FameChain Add to my ... born 1915, died 2002, age 86 Frank H. Biden.

Both lawsuits previously mentioned included allegations that Mavericks falsely inflated student enrollment records in order to win more money from the state.“Charter management companies can only make money or be profitable if they find a way to maximize per-pupil funding that goes to the school,” said Michael Serpe, a spokesperson for Serpe added that low performing charter companies like Mavericks “make it extremely difficult” for other companies in the charter school industry to operate in a climate where for-profit education is already controversial.A person familiar with Frank Biden’s role at Mavericks told ABC News he was paid $70,000 per year over the course of five years.Several educators at Mavericks schools faced legal or administrative action for alleged inappropriate interactions with students. The lawsuit was ultimately dropped.In 2012, a former teacher at the Mavericks school in Palm Beach filed a whistleblower lawsuit accusing her supervisors at the company of altering student enrollment records in an effort to secure more government funding. Now it could pose challenges for the former VP as he seeks the Democratic Party nomination for president, even when Joe Biden has not been accused of any wrongdoing.“They brought him in for his name,” said one former Mavericks board member, and Frank had no problem playing the part. How Frank Biden leveraged his famous name for business gain originally appeared on abcnews.go.com. Francis W. “Frank” Biden, younger brother of Vice President Joe Biden, is a real estate developer in Florida. Dr. Debra Robinson said during the school board meeting that she supported the viability of Mavericks’ plan, but objected on the grounds that the school board changed its process to permit Mavericks to resubmit its application and make their case before the board. In an interview with For his part, Joe Biden’s campaign for president does not support government funding for for-profit charter schools, setting him at odds with his brother’s work with Mavericks.Frank Biden’s chance encounter in 2009 with a Mavericks executive launched his years-long effort to place the for-profit business in several Florida school districts. The lawsuit was ultimately dropped.In 2012, a former teacher at the Mavericks school in Palm Beach filed a whistleblower lawsuit accusing her supervisors at the company of altering student enrollment records in an effort to secure more government funding. “This action undermines the democratic processes and freedoms that have underpinned Hong Kong’s prosperity.”“You should stay away from crowds no matter where the crowds are.”“I remember asking Jeffrey what’s Bill Clinton doing here…”“Those are not their methods and they reject them.”Traffic court notices in Chicago have been a mess, the Court Clerk says it’s racist to ask whyThere sure is a lot of Karen Bass veepstakes chatter in the media this afternoonSwampy: Dem lawmaker cleared of ethics violation, after “substantial reason” of guilt found by OCEHmmm: Trump campaign pauses all TV ads while it reworks its messaging strategyMan who asked Seattle protesters to quiet down was harassed and beatenABC: Black/white split widening in Portland demonstrations; calming down?“Tired of being a punching bag”: Florida police union unanimously endorses Trump in emergency voteHoo boy: CDC study of Georgia camp outbreak found 76% of kids tested were infected despite safety protocolsJim Jordan vs. Fauci: Should we limit protesting in order to contain the virus?Copyright HotAir.com/Salem Media.
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