There was a brief moment, a few tenths of a second to be exact, in which silence filled the air after the call for a motion was made for the renewal or nonrenewal of the Magic City Acceptance Academy's charter.

"So there are three options before you, Commissioners. You can have a motion to approve the renewal for five years, you can have a motion to approve for a shorter term, or lastly, you can put a motion to non-renewal," the attorney for the Commission explained. Though there were appointees from Governor Kay Ivey, Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) and former State President Pro Tem Greg Reed (R-Jasper) present, not a single one of them offered a motion for non-renewal.

Following the pause, came a motion for a three-year renewal from Dr. Sh

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