Sentences with phrase «charter applications last»

CEO and Superintendent Caprice Young said she withdrew the three new charter applications last week rather than face the likely rejection by the board.

After both districts denied the now - private school's charter application last year, the state's Charter Appeals Board reversed those decisions in the fall, and the parties received the official written decision from the board last month.

Not exact matches

Using new powers granted under a trailblazing state law that took effect last July, the Pennsylvania Department of Education has rejected all five of its first batch of applications for new «cyber» charter schools.

Elliot Smalley, SCPCSD Superintendent, was quoted saying «On this last day of our application cycle, it is clear that education and community leaders are stepping up like never before to create high quality, innovative charter schools in the state of South Carolina.

Prop. 39 application deadline, Fall Regional Meeting dates, and your last chance to take advantage of the Summer Registration Special on the 19th Annual California Charter Schools Conference.

Sept. 22: Last date for charter school authorizers» requests for proposals for charter school applications

Former Office of Charter Schools director Joel Medley, who recently announced his departure in order to go head up the state's controversial new K12, Inc. - backed virtual charter school NC Virtual Academy, gave a report to the State Board last month about concerns over a number of other recommended charter applicCharter Schools director Joel Medley, who recently announced his departure in order to go head up the state's controversial new K12, Inc. - backed virtual charter school NC Virtual Academy, gave a report to the State Board last month about concerns over a number of other recommended charter appliccharter school NC Virtual Academy, gave a report to the State Board last month about concerns over a number of other recommended charter appliccharter applications.

in order to go head up the state's controversial new K12, Inc. - backed virtual charter school NC Virtual Academy, gave a report to the State Board last month about concerns over a number of other recommended charter applications.

Allen writes that «with 91 percent of Harrisburg's traditional public schools failing (10 schools out of 11), a budget that's a complete mess and only one charter school operating and approved during the last decade, it's troubling to keep reading the same story — «Harrisburg School Board rejects charter school applications.

Past the deadline, Rocketship withdraws their application to open 16 charters in Texas, ruffling feathers in Texas Education Agency For the second time in the past year, Rocketship has withdrawn a charter application at the last second.

Already last year, North Carolina rejected 60 of 71 applications for new charter schools.

The state school board last week, approved a resolution supporting legislation to allow charter schools, a step aimed at helping the state's application for $ 200 million in Race to the Top money.

The Morgan Hill community rallied against two proposed charter schools last year, resulting in Rocketship pulling their application, and Navigator being denied by the County Office of Education.

«It takes away a huge, huge chunk of money from their chunk of money» The fights in Maplewood and Millburn are reminiscent of what East Brunswick went through last year, before the DOE approved the charter school's application over parental protests and the local board of education's recommendation to deny the application.

ExCEED Network Schools Charter Management Organization, a new group led by principals and Orleans Parish school district staff, has withdrawn its applications to convert New Orleans» last five traditional schools to charters.

Eyeing Gary's ripe population of dropouts, two other dropout recovery schools considered applying for charters from the Indiana School Board last year, but withdrew their applications for now.

The Massachusetts Charter Public School Association reports that the total number of applications for 16 Boston charters has surged to 35,000 from 13,000 last year, facilitated by a new online process that allows easy application to multiple schools at once.

The legislation was also criticized last week by Bill Cobey, the Republican chairman of the State Board of Education, which has final say on charter applications today, although no representative from the Department of Public Instruction was on hand to address either bill.

Last month, the Orleans Parish School Board asked for applications from groups that want to take over the five schools or create a new charter school.

And finally, sitting on Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor's desk are seven more applications that were filed last October seeking to create an additional 1,600 new charter seats.

Continue reading «2017 applications to RI charter public schools surpass last year's record high (May 3, 2017)»

So far this year in Boston, about 9,246 students have filed 35,388 applications at the city's 16 charter schools, the same level as last year.

After receiving nine rejections during the last application cycle, the charter advisory board gave the thumbs - up this time to four charter school applicants that would be backed by Charter Schools USA — a Florida - based for - profit entecharter advisory board gave the thumbs - up this time to four charter school applicants that would be backed by Charter Schools USA — a Florida - based for - profit entecharter school applicants that would be backed by Charter Schools USA — a Florida - based for - profit enteCharter Schools USA — a Florida - based for - profit enterprise.

While those charter school failures hung over the heads of the advisory board members during the last application cycle, when they voted to approve just 15 percent of applications last year, that percentage climbed much higher for the latest application cycle.

Last May, the for - profit Charter Schools USA (CSUSA) submitted an application to open up an 1,100 student school in Alachua County in north - central Florida.