According to the filed complaint, defendants made false statements and/or concealed that Stride was (1) inflating enrollment numbers by retaining “ghost students”; (2) cutting staffing costs by assigning teachers’ caseloads far beyond the required statutory limits; (3) ignoring compliance requirements, including background checks and licensure laws for its employees, and ignoring federally mandated special education services to students; (4) suppressing whistleblowers who documented financial directives from Stride’s leadership to delay hiring and deny services to preserve profit margins; and (5) losing existing and potential enrollments.