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Board renews four Options Network operators after audits and site visits, attaches conditions
Summary
Following a year of Options Network site visits and program audits, the board renewed Accel (South Shore and Southwest), Instituto Justice and Youth Connection Charter Schools with conditions tied to special-education, English-learner, and instructional findings.
The Chicago Board renewed four operators that serve options and alternative-school populations on March 20 after the district’s Options Network and partner offices completed academic, special-education, English-learner and culture-and-climate site visits. Renewals carry different term lengths and conditions reflecting each operator’s recent performance.
What the district found and what the board ordered: the Options Network said it conducted academic site visits, special-education reviews in partnership with the Office of Students with Disabilities, English-learner program audits and facilities inspections. The site visits used Danielson-aligned academic rubrics, special-education checklists and CASEL-aligned culture-and-climate reviews. Where site…
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