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For yrs the late Bill Pulte Sr. was the biggest donor to Clark Durant's Cornerstone charters. Now his son has filed a complaint w AG Nessel's office calling for an investigation into Durant + the non-profit he runs to raise $ for the schools. Our latest: https://www.wxyz.com/news/clark-durant-in-battle-with-pulte-trust-a-major-cornerstone-charter-funder
The fissures btwn the Pulte Trust + Durant started after WXYZ's investigation into questionable contracts at Cornerstone. Following our story, the Pulte Trust asked Durant's foundation for an audit. They said no. Litigation (+ the complaint) followed. https://www.wxyz.com/ethical-questions-raised-around-cornerstone-charter-schools-real-estate-deals
For some more context, the Cornerstone network of schools started as private religious schools in the 1990s and began transitioning into public charter schools in 2009. https://detroit.chalkbeat.org/2017/5/18/21100673/the-backdoor-voucher-how-a-detroit-school-created-to-lift-up-a-christ-centered-culture-found-a-way-t
Also, a reminder you can always return to stories. In '17 I wrote about the transition from religious schools to charters. The legality of the rental agreements — public $ propping up religious orgs — was interesting to me, but I did return to it till 2020 https://detroit.chalkbeat.org/2017/5/18/21100673/the-backdoor-voucher-how-a-detroit-school-created-to-lift-up-a-christ-centered-culture-found-a-way-t
