# STRIDE Academy *Minnesota charter school; subject of two entries in the project's at-issue record.* STRIDE Academy is a charter school in [[Minnesota]]. The project's at-issue record has two entries on the school, both drawn from the research file *RESEARCH_Fraud_Charter_Lewis.md*. The first concerns how the school took over the building and staff of a school that closed. The second concerns the school's status in the [[Minnesota Department of Education]] organization record.[^1][^2] The research file cites a single news report for the first entry. According to that report, STRIDE Academy leased the building of a school that had failed its performance standards and closed, held an option to purchase it, and absorbed roughly a third of its staff, including its former executive director.[^1] For the second entry, the file cites the Department's organization record and the school's website. It reports that the school's current Department record appears under a legacy listing marked "not active" while the school continues operating.[^2] Neither underlying source is among the URLs in the pack, so the record here does not establish either account beyond what the research file reports.[^1][^2] ## Who STRIDE Academy is the charter school named in both entries. The research file names no officers of STRIDE Academy. It refers to the closed school's former executive director, who joined STRIDE Academy's staff, only by office.[^1] ## What According to the research file, the closed school's building, staff and students moved intact to STRIDE Academy, a charter across town. STRIDE Academy leased the building with an option to purchase.[^1] The file states that the authorizer's sanction reached the charter but did not reach this arrangement. The record does not identify the authorizer, the sanction, or its date.[^1] The second entry concerns the state's school directory. The file reports that the directory shows STRIDE Academy under a legacy organization record marked "not active" while the school operates. On that basis, the file finds that the directory "does not cleanly resolve the status of a school it funds."[^2] The record does not establish how or when the listing came to read that way.[^2] ## How many According to the research file, STRIDE Academy absorbed roughly a third of the closed school's staff.[^1] The file cites two sources for the directory entry: the Department's organization record and the school's own website.[^2] ## In the at-issue record - **AI-Stearns-046** (rank 46). This entry covers the lease, the option to purchase, the staff absorption and the scope of the sanction. Its source is *RESEARCH_Fraud_Charter_Lewis.md* ¶20, resting on one news source. The project pairs it with the presidential action *Restoring Integrity to America's Financial System*.[^1] - **AI-Stearns-093** (rank 93). This entry covers the legacy "not active" listing in the Minnesota Department of Education record. Its source is *RESEARCH_Fraud_Charter_Lewis.md* ¶15, resting on an agency record and the school's website. The project pairs it with the presidential action *Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos*.[^2] ## Notes [^1]: White House, *Restoring Integrity to America's Financial System* (May 2026) — presidential action the project cites as the anchor of at-issue entry AI-Stearns-046. The action does not itself mention STRIDE Academy. The entry's facts rest on a single news report (startribune.com) cited in *RESEARCH_Fraud_Charter_Lewis.md* ¶20. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/05/restoring-integrity-to-americas-financial-system/ [^2]: White House, *Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos* (March 2025) — presidential action the project cites as the anchor of at-issue entry AI-Stearns-093. The action does not itself mention STRIDE Academy. The entry's facts rest on the Minnesota Department of Education organization record (pub.education.mn.gov) and the school's website (strideacademy.org), as cited in *RESEARCH_Fraud_Charter_Lewis.md* ¶15. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/stopping-waste-fraud-and-abuse-by-eliminating-information-silos/