Clark Ray of OSSE is responsible for setting up a championship game between DC public schools and public charter schools to give public charters the chance to compete. That vision is now one step closer to being realized.
Ray has invited all public charter principals and athletic directors to a meeting on Tuesday, May 1 centered on the topic of charter schools playing for citywide championships this upcoming athletic season. We’re pleased that Ray is meeting with charter leaders to craft a plan moving forward and we applaud him for his leadership.
If you look over April’s headlines, you’ll find everything from columns on our 3rd Annual Gala (check out our Facebook page for pictures!) to continued debate over the Mayor’s proposed budget to the four charter schools DCPCSB approved to open next year. Here are our suggestions for articles you should review.
Can you believe it’s almost May? While there won’t be nearly as many open houses in the coming months, there are still many opportunities to visit public charter schools that you think might match well with your family! So, for your review, here’s our list of upcoming open houses.
With the Mayor’s budget proposal finalized near the end of the month, March was, as anticipated, a busy time for the public charter community. DC public education news covered the lack of financial parity in government policies and the DC government’s inequitable management of unused DCPS buildings. To keep you updated, here are our suggestions to catch you up with the news from last month.
Though there will be fewer open houses this month than there were the last two months, there are still plenty of great opportunities for you to see what DC public charter schools are all about! Check out our list of this month’s PCS open houses.
After outlining issues of financial parity in our previous blog post, one question remains: has PEFRC responded in a way that works toward achieving fair funding? The short answer – in some respects yes, and in others no.
In the past few weeks, we’ve highlighted our new Public Charter Youth Leadership Council (PCYLC) on our Facebook and Twitter pages. We selected over 20 passionate, talented DC public charter school students, all driven to advocate for the public charter community, from a large pool of applicants. After all, who would be better to advocate for financial parity in DC public education than the very students being affected?
The fight for fair funding is picking up. Accordingly, many of February’s DC education headlines show that DC public charter schools, given their achievements and innovations, are excelling. Unfortunately, others highlight obstacles toward our vision of funding parity between traditional public schools and public charters. Here’s our review of last month’s news.
Another busy month for DC public charter open houses is on the horizon! We’ve got you covered with the list of schools that will be holding open house events in March.
Many of these dates were obtained from DCPCSB’s website. Some of the scheduled times for the open houses are available from their site as well, so be sure to click on the link to find out!
Achievement Prep PCS: March 6 and March 22
Here at FOCUS, we believe that every DC student, regardless of which public school they attend, deserves the same treatment and the same opportunities. Sadly, DC government policies impede this vision by valuing DCPS students over public charter students through disproportionate funding.
