Mayor Claims Prospective New Charter School’s Purported Ties To Turkish Cleric Are Troubling

The mayor of West Springfield, Massachusetts doesn't like the prospect of a new charter school opening in his city because of the challenge it presents to public schools there. But he says he also finds possible ties to a Turkish cleric who has been accused by the Turkish government of trying to overthrow it "deeply concerning." William Reichert, mayor of West Springfield, a city of about 28,000, is trying to rally opposition to the proposed new western branch of Hampden Charter School of Scien

The mayor of West Springfield, Massachusetts doesn't like the prospect of a new charter school opening in his city because of the challenge it presents to public schools there. But he says he also finds possible ties to a Turkish cleric who has been accused by the Turkish government of trying to overthrow it "deeply concerning." William Reichert, mayor of West Springfield, a city of about 28,000, is trying to rally opposition to the proposed new western branch of Hampden Charter School of Scien…