Charter schools are growing like crazy. In Broward and Miami-
Dade counties more than 9,600 children are on waiting lists to
attend just 11 of those schools owned by Charter Schools USA,
one of the largest companies in the field.   CS USA is a Fort
Lauderdale-based, for-profit company that runs taxpayer-financed
schools.  CEO Jonathan Hage, a former research analyst who
worked for Jeb Bush's education foundation, has since grown the
company to 58 schools across seven states. With over 50,000
students, 13,000 of them are in those 11 South Florida schools.
The company has maintained close ties with republican
politicians including Governor Rick Scott. Scott is a charter
school champion who has attended CS USA's "summits," a mandatory
day-long pep rally held before the beginning of the school year
for employees.  CS USA has contributed nearly $400,000 to state
political candidates and committees, much of it to the
Republican Party. Hage himself has donated over $8,000 to
republican candidates. He points out that