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2012 Annual Report | August 1, 2011 – July 30, 2012 ST. COLETTA PAUL SEPTIMA CLARK AcHIEVEMENT PREPARATORY AcADEMY YOUTHBUILD APPLETREE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON WILLIAM E DOAR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY AcAD- EMY CAPITAL CITY TREE OF LIFE D.C. BILINGUAL IDEAL AcADEMY D.C. PREPARATORY E.L. HAYNES EAGLE AcADEMY EARLY CHILDHOOD AcADEMY ELSIE WHITLOW STOKES COMMU- NITY FREEDOM SEED FRIENDSHIP HOPE COMMUNITY HOWARD ROAD AcADEMY WASHING- TON YU YING INTEGRATED DESIGN AND ELECTRONIC AcADEMY EDUCATION STRENGTHENS FAMILIES IMAGINE SOUTHEAST KIPP DC MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE MUNDO VERDE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE EXCEL AcADEMY HOWARD UNIVERSITY MIDDLE SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE THE NEXT STEP/EL PRÓXIMO PASO OPTIONS CARLOS ROSARIO INTERNA- TIONAL PERRY STREET PREP POTOMAC LIGHTHOUSE HOSPITALITY HIGH RICHARD WRIGHT ROOTS SHINING STARS MONTEssORI AcADEMY THURGOOD MARSHALL AcADEMY INSPIRED TEACHING TWO RIVERS WASHINGTON LATIN WASHINGTON MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOL- OGY CENTER CITY LATIN AMERICAN MONTEssORI BILINGUAL MERIDIAN BRIDGES CESAR CHAVEZ MAYA ANGELOU ST. COLETTA PAUL SEPTIMA CLARK AcHIEVEMENT PREPARATORY AcADEMY YOUTHBUILD APPLETREE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON WILLIAM E DOAR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY AcADEMY CAPITAL CITY TREE OF LIFE D.C. BILINGUAL IDEAL AcADEMY D.C. PREPARATORY E.L. HAYNES EAGLE AcADEMY EARLY CHILDHOOD AcADEMY ELSIE WHITLOW STOKES COMMUNITY FREEDOM SEED FRIENDSHIP HOPE COMMUNITY HOWARD ROAD AcAD- EMY WASHINGTON YU YING INTEGRATED DESIGN AND ELECTRONIC AcADEMY EDUCATION STRENGTHENS FAMILIES IMAGINE SOUTHEAST KIPP DC MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE MUNDO VERDE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE EXCEL AcADEMY HANNUALOWARD UNIVERSITY MIDDLE SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE THE THE NEXT STEP/EL PRÓXIMO PASO OPTIONS CARLOS ROSARIO INTERNATIONAL PERRY STREET PREP POTOMAREC LPIGHTHOUORTSE HOSPITALITY HIGH RICHARD WRIGHT ROOTS SHINING STARS MONTEssORI AcADEMY THURGOOD MARSHALL AcADEMY INSPIRED TEACHING TWO RIVERS WASHINGTON LATIN WASHINGTON MATH SCI- ENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER CITY LATIN AMERICAN MONTEssORI BILINGUAL MERIDIAN BRIDGES CESAR CHAVEZ MAYA ANGELOU ST. COLETTA2012 PAUL SEPTIMA CLARK AcHIEVEMENT PREPARATORY AcADEMY YOUTHBUILD APPLETREE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON WILLIAM E DOAR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY AcADEMY CAPITAL CITY TREE OF LIFE D.C. BILINGUAL IDEAL AcADEMY D.C. PREPARATORY E.L. HAYNES EAGLE AcADEMY EARLY CHILDHOOD AcADEMY ELSIE WHITLOW STOKES COMMUNITY FREEDOM SEED FRIENDSHIP HOPE COMMUNITY HOW- ARD ROAD AcADEMY WASHINGTON YU YING INTEGRATED DESIGN AND ELECTRONIC AcAD- EMY EDUCATION STRENGTHENS FAMILIES IMAGINE SOUTHEAST KIPP DC MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE MUNDO VERDE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE EXCEL AcADEMY HOWARD UNIVERSITY MIDDLE SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE THE NEXT STEP/EL PRÓXIMO PASO OP- TIONS CARLOS ROSARIO INTERNATIONAL PERRY STREET PREP POTOMAC LIGHTHOUSE HOS- PITALITY HIGH RICHARD WRIGHT ROOTS SHINING STARS MONTEssORI AcADEMY THURGOOD MARSHALL AcADEMY INSPIRED TEACHING TWO RIVERS WASHINGTON LATIN WASHINGTON MATH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER CITY LATIN AMERICAN MONTEssORI BILINGUAL MERIDIAN BRIDGES CESAR CHAVEZ MAYA ANGELOU ST. COLETTA PAUL SEPTIMA CLARK AcHIEVEMENT PREPARATORY AcADEMY YOUTHBUILD APPLETREE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON SORI BILINGUAL MERIDIAN BRIDGES CESAR CHAVEZ MAYA ANGELOU CONTENTS 1 DC Public Charter School Board 2 Chairman’s Message Executive Director’s Message 3 Charter School Update 4 Charter School Oversight 5 Charter Application Review New School Openings 6 Board Actions 2011-2012 8 Authorizing New Charters 9 Charter Schools Financial Report 10 Staff Organization 11 New Staff Members 12 Public Charter Schools in Operation 2011-2012 DC PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL BOARD 2012 ANNUAL REPORT | AUGUst 1, 2011 – JulY 30, 2012 Editor: Theola Labbé-DeBose Writers: Audrey Williams and Shenneth Dove-Morse Contributors: Jacquelyn L. Boddie, Theresa Garcia, Monique Miller and Jeremy Williams Designer: Ken Grubbý, KOANGROUP ©2012 DC Public Charter School Board DIstrICT OF columbIA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL BOARD BRIAN W. JONES, J.D., Chair JOHN “SkiP” McKoY, Vice Chair Brian W. Jones is Senior Vice President and John “Skip” McKoy is Director of Programmatic General Counsel of Strayer University, a pro- Initiatives at Fight for Children. He has a strong vider of postsecondary education to working background in urban planning and community adults on 96 campuses in 26 states and through development and oversees Fight For Chil- online learning programs. Before joining Strayer, dren’s strategic focus on improving health and he co-founded Latimer Education, Inc., an educational outcomes for DC children ages 3 early stage venture-backed company partnering and 4. He works closely with local community, with historically black colleges and universi- business, education and government leaders ties (HBCUs) to provide African-American to develop collaborative strategies aimed at students with high quality online postsecondary improving the quality of life of underserved education opportunities. He served as General children in the National Capital Region. Prior Counsel at the U.S. Department of Education to this role, he held executive positions at from 2001 to 2005. the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation, DC Agenda, Lockheed Martin and in the District Government. He is the Chair of the State Early EMILY BLOOMFIELD, Member Childhood Development Coordinating Council Emily Bloomfield works as a consultant and is and an advisor to the DC Fiscal Policy Institute leading a start-up initiative to address the educa- and The Community Partnership for the Pre- tional needs of pre-teens and teens in foster care. vention of Homelessness. She also serves on the board of the DC College Success Foundation. Most recently, she was a SARA MEAD, Member Senior Policy Advisor at Stand for Children. Her previous education experience includes serving Sara Mead is a Principal at Bellwether Educa- as an elected member of the Board of Education tion Partners, where she focuses on thought in California’s Santa-Monica-Mailbu Unified leadership as well as strategic advising. Her work School District, where she was Vice-President on federal education policy, charter schools, and Board President. She has worked as a prod- preschool and gender in education has been uct manager for CitySearch, a Senior Associate featured in numerous media outlets including in Marketing and Strategic Planning at the Los The Washington Post, New York Times and USA Angeles Times and as a Senior Economist at Today, and she has made television and radio LMC International. appearances on CBS, ABC News and National Public Radio. Before joining Bellwether, she directed the New America Foundation’s Early DON SOIFER, Member Education Initiative. She has also worked for Don Soifer is a co-founder and Executive Vice Education Sector, the Progressive Policy Insti- President of the Lexington Institute, where tute and the U.S. Department of Education. he directs domestic policy research programs on education, energy and other topics for the DARREN WOODRUFF, Ph.D., Member Arlington, VA-based nonpartisan think tank. His education policy work, including research Darren Woodruff is a Principal Research on higher education finance, special education Analyst at the American Institutes for Research, and closing the achievement gap for English where he works in a variety of research and language learners, has been published in numer- consulting capacities on issues related to school ous media outlets including the New York Times, improvement, supports for at-risk youth and Washington Post, USA Today and New York eliminating disproportionality in special educa- Daily News. He has testified before Congress tion. Before joining AIR, he evaluated schools on his research and makes radio and television implementing the Comer School Development appearances on Fox News and Fox Business and Program, and he has also served as a teacher Wisconsin Public Radio. He serves on several and counselor at the elementary, high school advisory and governing boards for government and college levels. He received his Ph.D. in and nonprofit organizations. educational psychology from Howard Univer- sity, and has written and presented on culturally responsive instructional practices, co-authored a chapter in the Harvard report, Racial Inequity in Special Education, and also co-authored Using School Leadership Teams to Meet the Needs of English Language Learners. annual report 2012 | 1 Message FROM THE CHAIR BRIAN W. JONES s dozens of happy and hopeful gradu- To lead our efforts on the ground, the board hired ates and loved-ones from some 72 a talented new executive director, Scott Pearson, who countries filled the auditorium of Car- brings a successful record of business and education los Rosario International to celebrate sector leadership. the 2012 graduates of the adult educa- Finally, interest in charters remains unabated. Ation public charter school, I could not help but reflect We reviewed 11 applications in the 2012 cycle and on how far the DC charter school sector has come in approved four applicants with innovative education the five years that I’ve been privileged to be a part of it. approaches [see page 8]. And we learned recently, We are the sole authorizer within a charter sector that at the end of June nearly 15,000 student names that now has 53 schools and school districts, educating were on wait lists. 41 percent of city schoolchildren. The PCSB has met Our charter school sector continues to grow, the challenge of serving diverse student needs while diversify and improve, and the PCSB remains com- demanding higher academic results — all in the service mitted to ensuring the availability of high-quality of educational excellence
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