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Parents ask PGCPS board to investigate Friendship Aspire STEM Academy over staffing, safety and charter status
Summary
A Friendship Aspire STEM Academy parent told the Prince George's County Board of Education on Sept. 25 that teacher turnover, late curriculum delivery and safety gaps have prompted more than 50 families to withdraw and asked the board to investigate the school's operational and charter status.
A parent of a student at Friendship Aspire STEM Academy told the Prince George's County Board of Education on Sept. 25 that more than 50 families had withdrawn from the charter school and raised operational, safety and oversight concerns.
Shontay Trammell, identifying herself as a parent and an Oxon Hill High School graduate, said smaller class sizes and the school's STEM focus initially drew her family to Friendship…
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