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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a very strong charter board and they do shut down schools. Please don't exaggerate.[/quote]

--- Hahahaha. As far as I can tell, using Mundo Verde (their campus expansion vote in spite of parents' opposition - in the end Mundo Verde listened to parents and good on them!) and LAMB PCS as examples, DCPCSB is a rubber stamp agency for Tier One schools. They only tank under-performing schools. Scott Pearson did jack squat for LAMB parents who reached out to him for help in the midst of the Fernandez crisis.

Jack. Squat.

Instead, he told parents to work with their own school board. A school board that none of the parents of victims felt they could trust to be truthful. Indeed, once the investigation on the Fernandez matter was completed, the school board released merely a SUMMARY of the results and then "fired" people. One of those fired people still has her job. This disgusts me.

I saw a tweet posted last night from someone who attended the DCPCSB meeting for reviewing charters  that solidified the real purpose of the DCPCSB and of LAMB PCS: https://twitter.com/DCWard7teacher/status/968289947483607041

A strong charter school board would have policies in place to deal with negligent school administrations and complicit/negligent school board members. They would also have the will to enforce those policies. One LAMB parent has already reached out to Grosso on this. Pearson needs to be taken to task.

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DC law would need to be amended to give the PCSB this authority -- so discussing with Grosso is the what needs to happen.

The PCSB only has authority over schools' academic performance and fiscal mismanagement. Pearson / the board members don't have the authority you think they do.[/quote]

according to Grosso on a recent Kojo Nnamdi show, that is not true: https://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2018-02-23/the-politics-hour-february-23-2018

Maybe Grosso needs a refresher on what is within DCPCSB's "purview", but he contradicts you on the show. His comments on the matter can be heard towards the end of the recording.[/quote]

Then it sounds like a court needs to sort it out -- the PCSB is convinced they don't have this authority.

Someone can bring a lawsuit against the PCSB alleging they failed to exercise sufficient due diligence over LAMB (or any other school) and see what happens. [/quote]

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