Green Charter School Calendar 2019 Samuel J Green
Harriet R. Tubman Elementary in Algiers will lose its charter after failing to meet both academic and financial benchmarks, while 13 other New Orleans charter schools are on their way to operating for at least three more years.
On Tuesday, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education's Recovery School District committee gave three-year charter renewals to the following schools: McDonogh No. 28 City Park Academy, McDonogh No. 32 Elementary, Nelson Elementary, O. Perry Walker High School, Samuel J. Green Charter, Singleton Charter and William J. Fischer Elementary.
Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School and Sophie B. Wright Charter School received four-year renewals, KIPP McDonogh 15 received a five-year renewal and KIPP Believe College Prep received a 10-year renewal.
Lafayette Academy Charter School met the requirements for an automatic three-year renewal and did not need to come before the committee.
All the schools opened shortly after Hurricane Katrina and are in their fifth year of operation. The length of the renewal is based on how well the school fulfills a slate of academic, financial and contractual criteria.
The committee deferred action on two schools -- Eisenhower Elementary and Martin Behrman Elementary -- after Algiers Charter Schools Association officials advocated for five-year renewals instead of the four the committee was prepared to give.
The renewal decisions must still be approved by the full board on Thursday. The board will also consider the Eisenhower and Behrman issues.
Several Tubman parents said they still have faith in the Algiers Charter Schools Association and look forward to placing their children in other ACSA schools.
Including Tubman, ACSA operates six elementary schools and three high schools. Among them, McDonogh No. 32, O. Perry Walker, Fischer, Eisenhower and Behrman were recommended for renewals of at least three years.
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After five years, Tubman remained in the "academically unacceptable" category, with a school performance score of only 55.4, and had not improved enough to meet renewal requirements. The school also submitted its annual financial report more than two months late and had issues with internal financial controls.
ACSA CEO Andrea Thomas-Reynolds concurred with the committee's decision, which she said is a sign that charters are being held accountable for their performance.
"We were not successful over the course of five years with Tubman, and we do understand the board's decision," she said. "To have high-quality schools, we have to perform to that threshold. We do have other high-performing schools in our network, and we will have parents apply to those schools."
The RSD committee also approved a plan for community-based groups whose charter applications were rejected last month to work with district officials in order to be granted a school next year.
Although the district cannot legally enter into an official "memorandum of understanding" with community groups, the arrangement will amount to the same thing.
RSD officials will help the groups draft their applications, find charter operators and secure financial assistance through the $33 million Investing in Innovation grant awarded to the nonprofit New Schools for New Orleans last year, said RSD Superintendent Paul Vallas.
The groups receiving assistance are the George Washington Carver Charter School Association, seeking to charter Carver High; the Lord Beaconsfield Charter Association, seeking L.B Landry High; the Walter Cohen Alumni Association, seeking Cohen High; and the Friends of King School, seeking Craig Elementary.
At last month's BESE meetings, many speakers complained that the charter approval process was biased against community groups, which sometimes lack the expertise and financial wherewithal to produce a polished application.
"I'm very optimistic that what you're going to get next year is community-driven charter initiatives of the highest quality," Vallas said.
Cindy Chang can be reached at cchang@timespicayune.com or 504.826.3386.
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Green Charter School Calendar 2019 Samuel J Green
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