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Commission upholds denial of DreamCatchers Charter School application
Summary
The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission voted 6-0 on Oct. 17 to uphold Memphis Shelby County Schools’ denial of DreamCatchers Charter School’s application, concluding the record did not meet required standards for academic, operational and financial readiness.
The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission on Oct. 17 voted to uphold the Shelby County Board of Education’s denial of DreamCatchers Charter School’s application by a 6-0 roll call.
The commission’s executive director, Tess Stovall, recommended denial after reviewing the full application record and the amended materials submitted during the appellate process. "The application lacked critical detail in all sections to warrant my recommendation for approval," Stovall said, citing gaps in the academic plan, governance, facility and financial contingency planning.
Stovall told commissioners the sponsor proposed a K–12 Montessori model but did not clearly show how that model would be implemented across grade bands or how it would scale to the proposed start-up enrollment. She said the governing-entity information was inconsistent between the…
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