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Parents, operators urge board to restore Excel Academy enrollment and funding after relocation and renewal notice
Summary
Multiple speakers during public comment asked the board to restore funding and enrollment to Excel Academy Public Charter School, saying a recent relocation and a notice about possible nonrenewal have reduced enrollment and threatened the school's financial viability.
Several parents, school operators and community advocates told the Prince George's County Board of Education on May 8 that Excel Academy Public Charter School faces an immediate enrollment and funding crisis after a relocation and a notice about possible nonrenewal.
"We've been budgeted for 463 scholars when this body approved us for 600 in 2022, and that is a number that we need to reach in order to be financially solvent," said Lisa Butler McDougall, operator of Excel Academy Public Charter School. McDougall told the board the school…
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