IDEA Public Schools, the RGV’s largest charter-school operator and one of the fastest growing in the U.S., was set to lease a corporate jet for eight years (per written contract), valued at approximately $15 million (life of the contract), but pulled the plug on the plane plan hours after The Houston Chronicle and a state teachers union started questioning the jet lease. (Source: Houston Chronicle; Dec. 16, 2019.) According to the Chronicle story, IDEA’s school board (governing board) had already approved the eightyear lease; but on Monday (Dec. 16, 2019), the big charter reversed its decision after being questioned about the ...