The nonprofit organization, which currently runs seven schools in Los Angeles County and four in Louisiana, remains the subject of a federal inquiry. No one at Celerity, including McFarlane, has been charged with a crime stemming from the schools’ operations. Asked if she ever repaid Celerity, McFarlane and Celerity’s lawyer did not comment. Yet the network’s newsletter said that many of these expenses were “appropriate” and were paid for by Celerity Educational Group’s parent organization, Celerity Global Development, which McFarlane currently runs. Two of its charter schools, Celerity Dyad in South L.A. and Celerity Troika in the Eagle Rock neighborhood, are in danger of being closed if the State Board of Education does not agree to renew them.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 22, 2017 00:33 UTC