Public Charter School Board

• ; Charter and Public-School Partnership Reignites Learning and Hope

Recently, I returned to my alma mater, Anacostia High School in Southeast Washington. As a graduate of the class of 1966, who had not stepped inside the building since, I was invited back by the principal, Ian Roberts, who gave me a personal tour of the facility. As the former chairman of D.C.'s Public Charter School Board, which regulates the city's public charter schools, I knew about Anacostia's educational woes. I was familiar with the difficulties in getting the vast majority of Anacostia's students to grade level in reading and math, or even to guarantee their safety on campus. Mere survival was a sign of success. But things are changing. Old assumptions that have defined Anacostia's reputation throughout the city no longer apply. Located at the heart of a community blighted by po...

• The Washington Times
• October 26, 2011

• New Orleans Public School Board Rescinds Charter School Mission

The nearly 3,000 New Orleans Public School students may be more confused than the School Board when they return to school in November.School Board President Torin Sanders and Interim Superintendent Ora Watson said Tuesday four schools on the West Bank will reopen: O. Perry Walker High School, Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Martin Behrman Elementary School and Alice M. Harte Elementary School. But they will reopen Nov. 14 as New Orleans Public Schools, not charter schools.This information contradicts an Oct. 7 School Board decision to turn all 13 West Bank schools into charter schools and open eight schools under a charter contract in November. A restraining order now prevents OPSB from moving forward with the charter school plan, but Lourdes Moran has publicly said she thinks i...

• New Orleans City Business
• October 19, 2005

• Trustees Get Backing

SAN BERNARDINO - The school district on Wednesday stepped into a legal dispute over who should run the Public Safety Academy, declaring that the charter school's board of trustees is its rightful governing body. San Bernardino City Unified Assistant Superintendent Harold Vollkommer, in a six-page declaration filed Wednesday in San Bernardino Superior Court, said he supports a preliminary injunction against Public Safety Academy Inc., the nonprofit whose corporate board of directors on May 26 voted to dissolve the charter school's board of trustees.

• The Sun (San Bernardino, CA)
• June 30, 2011

• 400 School Trustees Still Not Cleared

More than 400 public school board members and charter school trustees have yet to comply with a new law mandating they undergo a criminal background check, the state Education Department reported Friday. The law requires that the people responsible for deciding local school policies and budgets be fingerprinted and screened by todayor face immediate removal from office.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• January 02, 2012

• Marylanders On the Move: December 4, 2011

Fred Sherrill has been named president of the board of directors for Monarch Academy Public Charter School, in Glen Burnie, and Michael Wodka has been elected to the board. Sherrill is vice president and financial advisor with RBC Wealth Management, of Annapolis, where he helps clients manage their money and advises them on financial services. He previously was regional vice president of Bridges Learning Systems, where he managed business development, sales and marketing. He also has held leadership positions at Redefining Actions & Decisions Educational Programs and the Aspen (Colo.) School District. Wodka, who has more than 25 years of engineering experience, is assistant director of design with the Housing Authority of Baltimore City. He also has been a member of The Children's Guild...

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• December 11, 2011

• Charter School Likely Will Not Get Approval From Portland Public Schools Board of Education

The Portland Public Schools board of education will cast its final vote Monday on a proposed charter school for construction, architecture and engineering. But the prospects for approval seem low, applicants and board members agree. The board's subcommittee on charter schools last week voted unanimously to deny the application for the high school, submitted by the Oregon Building Congress (OBC), a nonprofit construction industry organization that prepares youth for work in the building trades.

• Daily Journal of Commerce
• December 08, 2006

• Charter Schools' Food for Thought ; Improved Test Scores 'Fueled' by Nutritious Meals, Feds Say

There is good news, and there is really good news, and the students, parents, teachers and administrators of D.C. public charter schools received both on Oct. 13. That was the day Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and his wife, Karen, joined members of the U.S. men's national soccer team and representatives from the D.C. Public Charter School Board and Building Hope, a nonprofit that provides technical and financial assistance for public charter schools, for a visit to D.C. Preparatory Academy Public Charter School in Northeast Washington. Their visit marked National School Lunch Week and the launch of the Department of Education's "Fueled and Fit: Ready to Learn" campaign.

• The Washington Times
• October 26, 2009

• Education Secretary Hosts Dc Students for Talk with Space Station

To: SCIENCE EDITORS Contact: Stephanie Schierholz of NASA Headquarters, Washington, +1-202-358-4997, stephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov; Jim Bradshaw of the Department of Education, Washington, +1-202-401-2310, press@ed.gov; Audrey Williams of the DC Public Charter School Board, Washington, +1-202-328-2748, awilliams@dcpubliccharter.com; or Kate Harrison of the Parkland Magnet Middle School for Aerospace Technology, Rockville, Md., +1-301-279-3853, Kate_Harrison@mcpsmd.org

• U.S. Newswire
• November 03, 2009

• Appeal Vowed On East Liberty Charter School

A charter school applicant said Wednesday he'll appeal the city school board's rejection of plans to open a school in East Liberty. After we got a copy of all their findings, we had several questions because we thought that we had submitted the material or that they had not looked at it," said William Dickerson, a co- organizer of the Three Rivers Charter School for Public Service. The board unanimously denied the charter.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• February 17, 2011

• Trustees Lacking Criminal Checks

About 50 more public school board members and charter school trustees submitted information for a criminal background check over the holiday weekend, leaving more than 350 who are now in violation of a new law, the state Education Department said Tuesday. The law, which required individuals responsible for deciding local school policies and budgets to be fingerprinted and screened by Dec. 31, means that any board member who has not been cleared by the state by now cannot serve office until they meet the requirement. It was not clear Tuesday how the state will enforce the law.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• January 04, 2012