WASHINGTON (AP) - A charter school for high school dropouts and others could be shut down after education officials determined it failed to meet certain goals.
The Washington Post reports that (https://wapo.st/2poEqui ) D.C. Public Charter School Board staff found that more than two-thirds of the 770 students at the Latin American Youth Center Career Academy since 2012 weren’t on track to earn a GED or get college or career training.
Board Executive Director Scott Pearson has recommended that the board revoke the school’s charter and shut it down. The board will decide in May whether to do so.
The school says it’s being treated unfairly. Executive Director Nicole Hanrahan says its at-risk students have struggled in other schools and many of them deal with homelessness. She says most of the students read at sixth grade level.
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Information from: The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com
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