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New charter academies in Toledo among 7 run by southeast Michigan firm: After Mohammad Al-Shammar moved to the Toledo area, he began looking to place his daughter in the right school. "I want a school that isn't going to teach her how to have a boyfriend," the Saudi Arabian and Muslim said. What he found was a new charter school in West Toledo that he said provided "the perfect environment" - one that exudes some of the moral values dear to his culture. With very little attention and almost no advertising, what is believed to be Ohio's first publicly funded...