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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New board elections:

Chair - Shukurat Adamoh-Faniyan (challenged by new member Tony Williams but he didn't have enough votes)
Vice Chair - Michelle Yan (new member)
Treasurer - Carissa Stanley Beatty 
Secretary - Maura Morino (new member)

New PCSB Chair makes a commitment to charter school quality and improvement. [/quote]

Why was there a challenge?

I'm the OP and recapped a prior meeting, but this one I only got through Breakthrough. Seems like Breakthrough has added a lot of test prep and non-Montessori math in order to bring up their scores and I wonder how parents feel about it. Lots of finance questions for Breakthrough as well.[/quote]

It was just the only office that had more than one nominee. Stanley-Beatty nominated Shukurat Adamoh-Faniyan and Tony Williams nominated himself. Williams offered a statement before the vote focused on ensuring the voices of students, families and schools are heard and that there be "real change" and not just the "status quo". He called for a new bold board to operate differently, be data forward and be a bigger player in the larger conversation on enrollment shifts and the place of charter schools. He ended his statement by reiterating a call for other board members to make a vote for "real change."

Adamoh-Faniyan did not make a statement before the vote but did after she was elected. Her statement focused on students being at the center, strengthening the systems for continuous improvement and focusing on performance across the sector. He seemed to be focused on improvement of PCSB's work as a precursor to improving schools. She seemed to focus on schools doing better by leveraging the tools in hand and thanked the staff for being dedicated and steady.

Both good statements. It will be interesting to see what happens next.[/quote]

It sounds like he’s more in touch with the current moment. The sector is at a challenging moment, and it’s pretty clear that the status quo is not working for them. Though I guess we will see how it plays out; I think the demographic shifts in DC will force their hand anyway. [/quote]

Well, it seems like she didn't have a prepared statement ready. I don't love a brand new person being chair, but I definitely agree the moment is a difficult one and I would rather see the PCSB confront it and be "intentional" (to use their favorite word) rather than just letting nature take its course and prolonging the inevitable with conditions and probations. [/quote]

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