PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 The Philadelphia School Board has voted not to renew the charter of a school in Southwest Philly, citing academic, financial and organizational shortcomings.<\/p>\n
The board voted Thursday night not to renew the charter of Global Leadership Academy Southwest at Huey, a K-8 school with 600 students. Board President Reginald Streater pointed to substandard scores on state tests.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis charter school has had poor student performance, with only 7% of the GLA-Huey students attaining proficient or advanced scores on the math PSSA exams,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
There were similar scores in reading and science, Streater said. The board, which authorizes charters in the city, also cited financial and governance deficiencies at GLA. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe school has shown insufficient cash on hand to meet required standards. In such a fragile financial position, the school could quickly become unable to pay staff,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The school\u2019s principal, Dr. Zenobia Story, said the board should consider that early data show the school is making academic progress.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are not just percentages. They represent scholars who are learning more today than they were four years ago,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen a school demonstrates growth, embraces accountability and develops a clear plan for improvement, the response should not automatically be closure.\u201d<\/p>\n
The board voted 8-0, with one abstention, not to renew the school\u2019s charter. The vote doesn\u2019t mean the school has to immediately close, but it begins a hearing process on the school\u2019s future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) \u2014 The Philadelphia School Board has voted not to renew the charter of a school…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[17299,69,71,70,29946,521,1998],"class_list":["post-223968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-charter-school","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-philadelphia-school-board","tag-school","tag-school-district-of-philadelphia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}