Updated 5:55 p.m.

The D.C. charter school board issued a statement supporting Don Soifer’s reappointment: “The members of the D.C. Public Charter School Board stand firmly in support of Mayor Gray’s re-nomination of Don Soifer to the Board. Don has a distinguished three-year record of tireless service to the board and to the 57 charter schools and more than 35,000 students that we serve. He has been a consistent voice on the board in support of parental choice and quality options for D.C. families, and has in both word and deed been a champion of the diversity of our charter school community. Throughout his term he has distinguished himself as one of the most active and devoted members of the Board – all of whom are volunteers – spending countless hours on the ground inside schools and in community meetings getting to know school leaders and talking with D.C. parents. We wholeheartedly support his re-nomination to the D.C. Public Charter School Board for a second term.”