We believe very clearly it's a violation of separation of church and state and so far at least, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed with us. Again, Zanotti says that argument is ridiculous. Those kinds of radical walls of extreme separation don't sit real well with our culture. Meanwhile, Sedat Duman is dealing with a whole different set of issues. He's Dean of Academics at Horizon Science Academy in Cleveland, a charter or community school in its second year of operation.
Charter schools are independent public schools with their own governing authorities.
We just get paid for education only. Neither city nor board of education because they say they just gave the money for education purpose only, so at this point it's really hard for us. H.S.A. is facing the same problems many charter schools are experiencing - they're not able to access grants and funding as easily as more established public or private schools. Ohio only passed legislation allowing for the creation of charter schools in 1997. Horizon's curriculum is focused on college prep, specifically in the areas of science, math and technology.