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Summit School back to square one after PMSD denies another charter proposal

Summit School back to square one after PMSD denies another charter proposal The proposed Summit Charter School is back to square one, again.  Pocono Mountain School District held a special board meeting on Feb. 24 during which the board voted yet again to deny the proposed school s charter.   Summit School has applied for a charter multiple times over the past two years. .   The district noted several concerns about the application.  “Summit mentions a bilateral fit (in its application), which is great for the parents, students and school, but a bilateral fit does not belong in the charter school application and this was explained clearly in previous applications, PMSD board president Rusty Johnson said in his opening statement. 

GoLocalProv | Frustrated Parents Form Advocacy Group to Combat Anti-Charter School Legislation

Photo: File Frustrated by a lack of action from the Rhode Island General Assembly on addressing Rhode Island’s broken education system combined with efforts to stop the growth of high-performing charter schools, parents from across the state have come together to form a parent advocacy group – Stop The Wait RI – to ensure their voices are heard at the General Assembly. State Senator Maryellen Goodwin (District 1) has pushed legislation through the Senate the retroactively blocks more than 5,500 new charter school seats intended for primarily poor and urban school children. The legislation is also being strongly supported by State Senators Ryan Pearson, Sandra Cano, and Ana Quezada legislation that will also prohibit any new charters for three years.

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