Tampa Mag not happy IDEA Public Schools, the RGV’s largest charter-school operator and one of the fastest growing in the U.S., may be setting up shop in Tampa, Fla., but it appears some in the local media aren’t exactly jumping for joy. Founded in Donna, Texas, approximately 21 years ago by two young Teach-For-America teachers, Tom Torkelson and JoAnn Gama, IDEA is now considered to be one of the nation’s fastest growing charter school chains in the U.S. Its growth across state lines is similar to the way entrepreneur Ray Kroc expanded his McDonald’s fast-food burger operation in the 1960s. Only ...