Queen Anne's County review committee recommends denial of proposed classical charter school; board schedules follow-up

The Charter School Application Review Committee for Queen Anne's County Public Schools recommended denial of the Queen Anne's Classical Charter School application, citing operational, financial and early-childhood accreditation concerns. Superintendent Matthew Kibler transmitted the committee—inding and recommended denial to the board, which scheduled a public reconvening for Sept. 10 to receive additional responses and vote.

The committee—ound the application did not demonstrate sufficient operational readiness, raised questions about the applicant—oard—apacity to meet Maryland standards for prekindergarten accreditation and flagged financial sustainability and contingency planning as inadequate. Michael Bell, the district—harter school liaison, summarized the committee ssessment in a presentation to the board and noted the review was completed under Maryland law and COMAR (Code of Maryland Regulations). Bell said the review teams scored the application at a composite 56.9% (Team A, instruction 59.6%; Team B, governance/operations…