New Impact Charter board moving to withdraw Chakesha Scott's lawsuit against BESE

BATON ROUGE — The new board operating the Impact Charter School in Baker is moving to withdraw a federal lawsuit filed by the facility's previous director against the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.BESE in February had voted to remove Impact Charter's previous board and replace it with seven new members. The new leaders placed executive director Chakesha Scott on adminstrative leave, and she subsequently sued in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge. Despite n