By failing to properly follow state law, its own founding charter, and sponsoring the school district’s stated policy, a Central Florida high school had to deny about 40 students college credits they had worked a semester to earn. What happened in Lake Wales Charter Schools isn’t evidence of any grand scheme by local administrators to deceive and it is only marginally “newsworthy” beyond the small city in Polk County. But that’s just it, County Citizens Defending Freedom-USA (CCDF-USA) maintains: What happened in Lake Wales happens routinely in school districts nationwide because no one is watching and even those who are, often face confounding layers of bureaucracy obscuring transparency and accountability. This environment, CCDF argues, creates the opportunity for curriculum and other materials—that many parents would find objectionable and inappropriate for their children—to end up on public school shelves without their knowledge. “This is typical of the matters being brought up” …