Friday, July 6, 2012
Low-enrollment, budget cuts cited.
Facing a 16 percent cut in funding, Tech High School, the charter institution in Reynoldstown that opened its doors in 2004, is closing. Tech High School's Governing Board announced the APS charter school would not reopen this fall because of student under-enrollment and related financial issues, Atlanta Public Schools said in a statement. A meeting for Tech High School students, parents and guardians is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. July 10, 2012 at the school, where they can obtain more information about the closure and learn about their next steps, APS said. The school, which has 200 students in the 9th through 12th grades focused on science, technology, mathematics, engineering and robotics, is located at 1043 Memorial Dr. SE. The students …
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
School will not re-open this fall, parents of 610 students now must find other schools for their children
Peachtree Hope Charter School will not re-open this fall, after school leaders quietly withdrew their request for permission from DeKalb County school officials to operate for an additional year. "They didn't say why they withdrew," DeKalb Deputy Chief Superintendent for School Operations Robert Moseley told a July 17 school board meeting called specially to deal with the question. "The effect is there's no charter for this year," he concluded. Rumors about the school's fate began circulating among parents earlier in the day. Kendra Shipmon, Peachtree Hope's director, did not return telephone calls seeking comment Tuesday, and the school's website is already down. Located in Atlanta's Parkview neighborhood on Memorial Drive, the elementary…
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
School's parents and students seek DeKalb County board's permission to continue operations
Peachtree Hope Charter School will have to wait longer for a decision regarding its long-term future. That's because the Board of Education delayed a vote on a one-year waiver that would have given the Parkview neighborhood charter school a year to operate while it applies for a county charter. "Additional information has been received," announced schools interim Superintendent Ramona Tyson at the July 11 school board meeting. She said that information is now being checked for completeness and fulfilment of state education standards. The scheduled vote was pulled from the agenda and a new vote date has not yet been set. The school is trying for a DeKalb County charter after a Georgia Supreme Court June ruling that declared those charter …
Friday, June 3, 2011
DeKalb County School to rally at Monday's Board of Education meeting
Peachtree Hope Charter School plans to rally at Monday's DeKalb County Board of Education meeting as the school, which is located in DeKalb's Parkview neighborhood, mounts its defense against a recent Georgia Supreme Court ruling that put its future and that of several other charter schools in the state in danger. The state supreme court last month ruled the the law creating the Georgia Charter Schools Commission unconstitutional. The commission was formed to oversee the formations and public financing of state chartered schools. In essence, the Georgia Supreme Court said the state did not have the authority to create elementary, middle and high schools. The state constitution, the court said, only gives that autorirty to local school …
NativeATL
3:55 am on Sunday, July 8, 2012
So sorry to hear this news. Given the importance of STEM skills to our country's economic future combined with the academic results you mentioned, it's a real shame to see this school close. more ›