Michael Feinberg, a Founder of KIPP Schools, Is Fired After Misconduct Claims<br />KIPP, one of the country’s largest and most successful charter school chains, dismissed its co-founder on Thursday after an investigation found credible a claim<br />that he had sexually abused a student some two decades ago, according to a letter sent to the school community.<br />About 95 percent of the students who attend the organization’s schools are African-American or Latino, according to KIPP<br />officials, who said the students in its schools consistently outperform their counterparts in regular public schools.<br />Mr. Tritico said an initial investigation last summer by outside counsel for KIPP’s Houston board had found the 1990s allegation to<br />not be credible, before a second investigation by WilmerHale, a law firm specializing in sexual misconduct, reversed that finding.<br />The claim regarding Mr. Feinberg and the minor student, who is now in her 30s, had not been previously reported to KIPP or other authorities,<br />and came by way of a more recent student who was a relative of the alleged victim, according to someone with close knowledge of the case<br />The co-founder, Michael Feinberg, was accused last spring of sexually abusing a minor female student in Houston in the late 1990s,<br />according to someone with close knowledge of the case who was not authorized to speak publicly and asked not to be identified.<br />In the year ended June 2016, the KIPP Foundation reported $77.2 million in revenue, including contributions;<br />$61.9 million in expenses, including salaries and grants; and $60 million in net assets.
