There have also been charges that Edison mismanaged the school by failing at such tasks as ensuring that math materials arrived by the first day of school. On top of that, the company sparked a local furor when Edison officials arrived from DFW Airport in chauffeured Lincoln Town Cars. Edison took the hint. Sherman officials agreed last week to let the contract expire in June. The company didn't even wait a few months to defend its tenure at a school board meeting on whether to renew the contract, citing a lack of cooperation from Sherman officials.
Partners can work things out no matter how far apart they seem.
Without that, it doesn't make sense to go forward. Good riddance, say district honchos. As Edison retreats from Sherman, it prepares to take command of six elementary schools in Dallas, the new jewel in its nationwide empire of privatized public schools, following a hotly debated mid-November vote by school trustees to hire the firm. Local opinion-makers insist that Edison's failure in Sherman is irrelevant, beside the point. Dallas school trustee Roxan Staff argues that Dallas schools' size and higher spending per student make comparisons a moot point.