# Lionsgate Academy: Questions About Funding and Graduation Rates - Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2111411907186102480 - Source account: [@WallStreetApes](https://x.com/WallStreetApes) - Source language: English - Duration: 2:48 - Published: 2026-10-18 - Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates ## Transcript [0:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=1) Okay, Zach, now we're here at Lionsgate Academy, yet another charter school, and they have revenue reported, annual revenue of thirty-three point four million dollars. [0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=14) That's a lot of money, and their expenses are thirty-three point six million dollars. [0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=20) How in the world do you spend thirty-three point six million dollars? Well, maybe it's money well spent. [0:28](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=28) Maybe they're producing a lot of nuclear engineers and physicists and doctors. [0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=33) Well, sadly, the math proficiency for this school is sixteen to twenty-one percent, and reading is twenty-seven to f-- to forty-nine percent, well below the state averages. [0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=46) So what is that money being used for? If these kids are not learning to read and do math, what is that money being used for? [1:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=61) What is their graduation rate? Twenty-three percent. [1:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=66) Thirty, thirty-four million dollars. They can't read or write, and their graduation rate is twenty-three percent. [1:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=74) Why does this school exist? What is-- how is it benefiting mankind? [1:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=78) What is it serving? It's just another charter school that we have a lot of questions about. [1:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=86) I think it is. I think it goes from corner to corner. [1:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=89) So then, folks, in answering the question where that thirty-three or thirty-four million dollars a year goes, you can see there's just a beautiful facility here and a huge covered parking area. [1:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=102) All right, so I did a little bit more research on this, and here is the academy, Lionsgate Academy. It is in Minnesota. [1:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=109) So for thirty-three plus million dollars, how many students do you think this academy has? [1:56](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=116) Well, I looked it up, and it is going to shock you. [2:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=120) Just take a look right here. About one hundred and fifty students attend Lionsgate Academy. [2:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=127) Well, you might be asking yourself next, how much of that is taxpayer-funded or is it taxpayer-funded? [2:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=133) Well, here's the question. Is it taxpayer-funded? Yes. [2:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=137) Lionsgate Academy is a public charter school in Minnesota. Well, how much of that thirty-three point four million dollars is taxpayer-funded? Well, ninety-nine percent. You are paying thirty-three million dollars in taxes for a hundred and fifty students to go to this school in Minnesota, and barely any of them graduate. [2:40](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=160) What in the world is going on in Minnesota? [2:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/8c8Hq00ZsnFo/en/lionsgate-academy-questions-about-funding-and-graduation-rates?t=163) It's hard to tell who's number one in fraud, California or Minnesota?