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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Meeting materials are up!

LEARN: Good enough in the most recent year.

Rocketship: Approve, ugh. I guess one sort of okay year outweighs several bad years. The drastic enrollment decline remains, so still at risk of failure even with this permissive board. Some acknowledgement of leadership and organizational failures in Attachment B. The parent org forgave a $2.5 million loan to Rocketship DC. Current year enrollment is 1083, down from 1197 last year.

Thurgood Marshall: Same pattern where the most recent year is okay but the prior years weren't so good. Financially okay.

Wildflower: Three-year FCAP. Very nearly missed payroll in July 2025. Numerous metrics will be closely monitored. Potential revocation for noncompliance with reporting or financial status.

SFMR: Statesman is off the list. Social Justice and St. Coletta remain on the list, also Wildflower and Capital Village.

SSMA: PCSB wanted its staff to toughen up the terms. Includes academic performance requirements.

[b]Anyway, we'll see what happens! Looks like a bunch of slow-motion failure.[/b][/quote]

I hate this so much -- not because you are wrong but because you are right. We have so many charters and DCPS schools that are doing well that it doesn't make sense that a "permissive" board is letting failures continue. The kids have better options -- better academically and also accessible.

I suppose the board doesn't want to make any outright closure decisions and would rather give conditions and see if the schools will close themselves. [/quote]

It's just embarrassing that Rocketship is doing poorly compared to nearby DCPS! Come on people, isn't that the point of this whole endeavor?

And I think slow motion failure is harmful. Kids going to a dying school when they could be at a better one. [/quote]

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