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Board hears Schools of Hope expansion rules and objects to four local notices
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Tara Harris briefed the board on the new School of Hope expansion that allows state-approved HOPE operators to request colocation in opportunity zones or within five miles of persistently low-performing schools; Brevard Public Schools said it received four notices on Nov. 11 and has objected to all four so far.
Brevard Public Schools staff on Tuesday outlined how the state's expanded School of Hope program would work locally and why the district has objected to four notices of intent.
Assistant Superintendent Tara Harris told the board that state statute now allows approved HOPE operators to seek colocation in Florida opportunity zones, within a five-mile radius of persistently low-performing schools, or statewide if the district has no capacity in those buckets. Harris said the state's definition of "persistently low performing" has shifted to incorporate lowest'decile measures in…
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