The D.C. Public Charter School Board is moving to shutter two more charter schools, including one of the oldest in the District, after closing 12 in the last three years for floundering finances and struggling academics.
Following a vote to pursue revocation, the board is sending letters detailing perceived failures at the Integrated Design Electronics Academy in Deanwood and the Dorothy I. Height Community Academy, which has five campuses.
“We’ve reached an inflection point — we’ve established ourselves as a credible alternative to D.C. Public Schools, but at the same time realized we’ve tolerated low performers in our portfolio for too long, and we have to be aggressive,” said charter board Chairman Brian Jones.
