PCSB board book is up

New charter proposal includes no one who has actually worked in a DC public or public charter high school. Also, is the university partner accredited? If it's not accredited will the credits transfer to other universities?

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04/28/2025 14:20

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So two "voluntary" closures of failing schools plus one embarrassingly bad application. Quite the week for the "movement" that was once riding high.

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04/28/2025 14:24

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Anonymous wrote:Cosign on the new charter proposal. It felt like a bunch of edubuzz words all lumped together

can you provide a link to this? can't find it. tia

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04/28/2025 14:29

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You go on the page for the meeting, then click Meeting Materials, and then it's one of the documents in the materials.

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04/28/2025 14:34

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I just want to thank whoever tracks and makes these posts about the charter board. So many of these charters seem like such a joke. What a waste of our money. It infuriates me.

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04/28/2025 14:38

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Anonymous wrote:So two "voluntary" closures of failing schools plus one embarrassingly bad application. Quite the week for the "movement" that was once riding high.

An embarrassingly bad application that gets rejected is a good week for the authorizer and for the movement IMO. Two very weak schools closing is also good for the movement even though it's a bad look for the authorizer. Is the authorizer too weak to actually revoke schools or do they just not know how bad off those schools are -- which is what happened with the other school that closed a couple of days before the school year began.

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04/28/2025 14:39

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Anonymous wrote:I just want to thank whoever tracks and makes these posts about the charter board. So many of these charters seem like such a joke. What a waste of our money. It infuriates me.

+10000000 Appreciate people who flag these things

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04/28/2025 14:48

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So two "voluntary" closures of failing schools plus one embarrassingly bad application. Quite the week for the "movement" that was once riding high.

An embarrassingly bad application that gets rejected is a good week for the authorizer and for the movement IMO. Two very weak schools closing is also good for the movement even though it's a bad look for the authorizer. Is the authorizer too weak to actually revoke schools or do they just not know how bad off those schools are -- which is what happened with the other school that closed a couple of days before the school year began.

Well no, a good week would involve a strong application and schools not closing. There's no way you can spin a crap application as reflecting well on anyone.

The authorizer is not too weak to revoke, they just kind of chickened out with Hope and placed conditions that were impossible for Hope to meet. I don't know why. Just close it already.

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04/28/2025 14:58

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So two "voluntary" closures of failing schools plus one embarrassingly bad application. Quite the week for the "movement" that was once riding high.

An embarrassingly bad application that gets rejected is a good week for the authorizer and for the movement IMO. Two very weak schools closing is also good for the movement even though it's a bad look for the authorizer. Is the authorizer too weak to actually revoke schools or do they just not know how bad off those schools are -- which is what happened with the other school that closed a couple of days before the school year began.

Well no, a good week would involve a strong application and schools not closing. There's no way you can spin a crap application as reflecting well on anyone.

The authorizer is not too weak to revoke, they just kind of chickened out with Hope and placed conditions that were impossible for Hope to meet. I don't know why. Just close it already.

So they're not too weak, they are just chicken? Ok, you say tomato...

Also, not spinning a crap application as good or reflecting well on anyone. Stating very clearly that a crap application that gets rejected is good. Even back in the day when more people believed the movement was the strongest, there were crap applications. They got rejected. The movement was always supposed to be about quality seats and giving people a chance to innovate and propose options. If the seats aren't quality or the proposals are bad, then closures and rejections are part of a strong movement.

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04/28/2025 15:07

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So two "voluntary" closures of failing schools plus one embarrassingly bad application. Quite the week for the "movement" that was once riding high.

An embarrassingly bad application that gets rejected is a good week for the authorizer and for the movement IMO. Two very weak schools closing is also good for the movement even though it's a bad look for the authorizer. Is the authorizer too weak to actually revoke schools or do they just not know how bad off those schools are -- which is what happened with the other school that closed a couple of days before the school year began.

Well no, a good week would involve a strong application and schools not closing. There's no way you can spin a crap application as reflecting well on anyone.

The authorizer is not too weak to revoke, they just kind of chickened out with Hope and placed conditions that were impossible for Hope to meet. I don't know why. Just close it already.

So they're not too weak, they are just chicken? Ok, you say tomato...

Also, not spinning a crap application as good or reflecting well on anyone. Stating very clearly that a crap application that gets rejected is good. Even back in the day when more people believed the movement was the strongest, there were crap applications. They got rejected. The movement was always supposed to be about quality seats and giving people a chance to innovate and propose options. If the seats aren't quality or the proposals are bad, then closures and rejections are part of a strong movement.

Mmmkay, but so far 100% of the applications are crap.

I mean that legally they are strong enough to revoke, it's their willingness that is weak. Not that they don't have the right.