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Highland Academy seeks five‑year charter renewal, cites improved test scores and stronger finances
Summary
Highland Academy presented a renewal petition requesting a five-year charter term through 2030, citing dashboard improvements, subgroup gains in ELA and math, stronger finances with a projected $3.4 million year‑end balance, and a growing waitlist for elementary grades; the public hearing closed and a formal vote was deferred to a future meeting.
Billy Macintosh, director of Highland Academy, presented the charter school’s renewal petition to the Beaumont Unified School District board, saying the school is classified as "middle performing" under Assembly Bill 1505 and is seeking a five‑year renewal through June 30, 2030. Macintosh described Highland’s mission to ‘‘find your genius’’ and said the charter’s dashboard performance has improved since the prior year.
Macintosh reviewed staffing and enrollment: the Wellwood campus has a maximum capacity of about 340…
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