But when a study produced an $18 million estimate for the conversion of the school into governmental offices, village officials decided to seek a private use for the building.
Many members of the committee belong to the New York City Partnership, a business group that supports abolishment of the Board of Education and conversion of the school system to a mayoral agency.
Given Barney's strong defense of the profit motive in higher education, how can it be that conversion of the school he owned into a non-profit meets his long-term vision for the school, as his subordinate told the Idaho Statesman?
In our opinion, what is needed then is not a conversion of the public school system to a charter school system, but rather a collaborative system that produces the best outcomes for students -- especially those who are "disadvantaged" in socio-economic terms.
The attempted conversion of the high-school gymnasium into an Arabian-themed wonderland had not been a success.
Georgia's charter school law, passed in the early 1990s, initially gave only local school boards and the state board of education the power to approve the conversion of standard public schools into charter schools, according to the Augusta Chronicle.
If legislators allowed the conversion of parochial schools but left the ban in place for other private schools, they could face charges of religious favoritism.
Whether it is only through conversion of the advantage of school educational resources to higher academic achievement, or through enlarging the effect of family background on the basis of the former process, more microscopic and meticulous research is needed to determine specifically how early quality education affects students' academic achievement.
Earlier this year, an opposing political party claimed that one of Erdogan's sons, Bilal, had been recorded urging the conversion of high schools into imam hatips and outlining the end of mixed sexes in meetings about education policy.
Then there is the state law that bans the conversion of private schools.
It swiftly embarked on a mission to expand the conversion of state schools into so-called academies.
