Primary Reasons Why Charter Schools Are Closing in Washington, D.C.

by Optimization with an Impact (OpIm)

  School Chartering Authority at
Opening		 Chartering Authority at Closing Year
Opened		 Year
Closed		 Revocation or
Relinquished		 Reason
1 High Road School and Alternative Learning Center PCS BOE BOE Never
Opened		 1996    
2 Marcus Garvey BOE BOE 1996 1998 Revoked Management deficiencies
3 Young Technocrats BOE BOE 1998 1999 Revoked Financial and management deficiencies
4 New Vistas BOE BOE 1999 1999 Revoked Financial and management deficiencies
5 Richard Milburn BOE BOE 1998 2002 Revoked Financial and management deficiencies
6 Techworld BOE BOE 1998 2002 Revoked Financial and management deficiencies
7 Mechanical Industrial Technical PCS BOE BOE Never
Opened		 2003    
8 Auto Arts Academy
PCS		 PCSB PCSB Never
Opened		 2003 Never Opened  
9 Arts Explorer PCS BOE BOE Never
Opened		 2004    
10 Village Learning
Center		 BOE BOE 1998 2004 Revoked Financial and management deficiencies
11 World BOE BOE 1998 2002 Revoked Financial and management deficiencies
12 Academy for Renewal in Education (ARE) PCSB PCSB 1998 2003 Relinquished Voluntarily relinquished, due to issues surrounding effectiveness of special education program
13 Jos-Arz BOE BOE 2000 2006 Relinquished Voluntarily surrendered their charter after their five year review resulted in a 180 day probationary period
14 Colin L. Powell PCS
– First Petition		 PCSB PCSB Never
Opened		 2007    
15 SouthEast Academy PCSB PCSB 1999 2005 Revoked Failed to meet academic and governance standards upon its five year review
16 New School for Enterprise and Development PCSB PCSB 2000 2006 Revoked Failed to meet academic and governance standards upon its five year review
17 Sasha Bruce PCSB PCSB 2000 2006 Revoked Financial and management deficiencies
18 Phillips Academy
PCS		 PCSB PCSB Never
Opened		 2007    
19 Hope Academy PCSB PCSB 2007 2007 Relinquished Low enrollment and subsequent financial deficiencies
20 Washington
Academy		 BOE PCSB 2005 2008 Relinquished Financial and management deficiencies
21 Tri Community PCSB PCSB 2001 2007 Relinquished Voluntarily relinquished charter after PCSB initiated revocation process, due to academic and governance deficiencies
22 Colin L. Powell PCS
– Second Petition		 PCSB PCSB Never
Opened		 2008    
23 City Lights BOE PCSB 2005 2009 Relinquished Financial and management deficiencies
24 Meld Evenstart
(MEI)		 PCSB PCSB 2007 2009 Revoked Academic, governance and financial reasons
25 Barbara Jordan BOE PCSB 2002 2009 Relinquished Low enrollment leading to financial insolvency
26 Academia Bilingue de la Communidad (ABC) PCSB PCSB 2005 2009 Relinquished Low enrollment leading to financial insolvency
27 City Collegiate PCSB PCSB 2006 2010 Relinquished Low enrollment
28 Young America
Works		 BOE PCSB 2004 2010 Revoked Financial, academic and management deficiencies
29 KAMIT PCS BOE PCSB 2000 2010 Revoked Academic reasons
30 ALTA PCS PCSB PCSB 2005 2010 Relinquished Voluntarily relinquished charter
31 Children’s Studio
PCS		 BOE PCSB 1996 2010 Relinquished Voluntarily relinquished charter
32 Thea Bowman Preparatory Academy PCS PCSB PCSB 2008 Summer
2011		 Relinquished Low enrollment
33 Nia Community
Public Charter		 PCSB PCSB 2006 Summer
2011		 Revoked Academic reasons
34 The School for Arts in Learning (SAIL) PCSB PCSB 1998 Summer
2011		 Relinquished Financial reasons
35 IDEAL PCS – High School PCSB PCSB 1999 2011 Closed high school program Academic reasons
36 William E. DOAR PCS – high school program only PCSB PCSB 2004 2011 Closed high school program Academic reasons
37 Community Academy PCS – Rand campus BOE PCSB 2004 2012 Closed the
Rand campus		 Academic reasons
38 Septima Clark PCSB PCSB 2006 Summer
2013		 Relinquished Academic reasons – Merged with
Achievement Prep
39 Howard Road Academy PCS – Pennsylvania Avenue PCSB PCSB 2000 2013 Closing MLK and Penn. Ave Campuses. LEA Eliminating grades 1-8 Academic reasons
40 Howard Road Academy PCS – Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Middle School PCSB PCSB 2000 2013 Closing MLK and Penn. Ave Campuses. LEA Eliminating grades 1-8 Academic reasons
41 Community Academy – middle school BOE PCSB 2004 2013 Closing the middle school Academic reasons
42 IDEA – middle school BOE PCSB 1998 2013 Closing the middle school Academic reasons
43 Imagine Southeast PCS PCSB PCSB 2008 2014 Relinquished Academic reasons — Democracy Prep to operate
44 Maya Middle PCS – Middle School PCSB PCSB 2008 2014 Closing the middle school  
45 Arts and Technology PCS PCSB PCSB 1999 2014 Revoked Academic reasons – KIPP DC to operate
46 Booker T Washington PCS BOE PCSB 1999 2014 Revoked Academic reasons
47 Community Academy PCS – Amos III BOE PCSB 1998 2014 Closing the middle school Academic reasons
48 Perry Street Preparatory – PCS (Upper School) PCSB PCSB 1998 2015 Closing the high school Academic reasons
49 Hospitality High PCS PCSB PCSB 1999 2015 Relinquished Academic reasons – DCPS to operate
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