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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/rsed/Board.nsf/files/DP227300BC45/%24file/Rocketship%2520DC%2520Board%2520of%2520Trustees%2520Meeting%2520Presentation%2520-%2520December%25209%252C%25202025.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwif-p6n2f6RAxV0jYkEHS32CD4QFnoECCEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0yiJyfZGe5ecRHSM8N0wRj

Hope this link works, it's a Rocketship board presentation about their issues. There's a lot of data that is concerning. They seem to think some metrics are improving, but avoid mentioning how many of Legacy's stats are going from bad to worse. No meeting minutes up yet.

It says total K-5 enrollment in DC is down from 1147 for SY 22-23 to less than 850 in SY 25-26, so DC is at break-even or worse, financially. They may fire Appletree to save money-- a dumb idea bc Appletree's brand is stronger than Rocketship's, and cutting preschool funding will only worsen their appeal IMO.

Instructional staff departures since August 1: 20 people! Although maybe that's ok since enrollment is down.

One of the things that should have woken the PCSB up about Eagle's failure is that the organization had serious issues in its Nevada schools. I wonder if Rocketship also has trouble in other states. That's an indicator the PCSB should be tracking.[/quote]

The Appletree partnership was always a bit odd, as it was a bit like having a McDonald's in a Walmart. Appletree didn't need Rocketship, and the association wasn't helping their brand. Rocketship was talking about starting up their own PreK program, but a decade later and it still hasn't happened. AT was a good selling point for PK aged kids, but the families would change schools as soon as the kids were about to move into the "Rocketship grades".[/quote]

I always assumed the real purpose of the partnership was to help Rocketship finance their buildings. Like how Legacy Prep at one point had a whole other school in an empty wing. [/quote]

I thought the purpose was to make it easier to recruit kids for K.[/quote]

Makes sense. But then why not just have a PreK? Why share a building with a separate entity? [/quote]

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