Pittsburgh school board approves education report and denies Wildflower Montessori charter application

The Pittsburgh Board of Public Education voted Feb. 25 to approve the education committee report, which included a resolution to deny the Wildflower Montessori charter application.

The Chair told the board that agenda item 8.07 was the resolution regarding the Wildflower Montessori charter application and said, "a yes vote on the education report will also include a yes vote to deny the charter application." The board moved, seconded and approved the education report that contains the denial.

The education report also included student-discipline figures: the Chair reported five students had been expelled for 11 or more days during the month (item 8.14). No additional detail about the expelled students (such as schools or reasons) was provided in the legislative meeting record.

Board members did not introduce additional public materials or staff reports about the Wildflower application during the vote at the meeting. The record shows the board treated the charter question as part of the standing education committee report rather than as a separate deliberative presentation that evening.

Next steps were not specified in the meeting record; the board did not state an appeal schedule or administrative timeline during the legislative session.