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SFUSD Board votes to deny Aim High Community Charter petition after staff finds program and governance concerns
Summary
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted to deny the Aim High Community Charter petition, accepting staff findings that cited academic declines, high suspension rates and governance problems; charter proponents urged the board to grant a chance based on community support.
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education on Aug. 22 voted to deny the Aim High Community Charter Schools petition after district staff presented written factual findings that the petition was inconsistent with sound educational practice.
The denial followed a staff recommendation read into the record by the district's charter-office representative, who said the review—based on a petition submitted May 26, 2006, a revised petition on July 27 and staff analysis—concluded the petition should be denied pursuant to Education Code section 47605. Staff cited three primary bases: the petition ‘‘presents essentially the same elements’’ as the previously operated AIM HIGH Academy, declines in some standardized-test measures, and concerns about suspension/expulsion and dispute-resolution language in…
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