![]() ⋅Cornerstone Lester Prep: An ASD school in Binghampton part of the Capstone Education Group, the elementary school proposes to continue operations, which are closely tied to the charter group’s Lester middle school, which have included some of the top academic gains within the ASD. ⋅Fairley High School: The Green Dot ASD charter school in Lakeview Gardens near Whitehaven proposed to continue operating the school with a turnaround approach that includes recent changes to a block schedule for math and English plus focus on school leader and teacher development. ⋅College Prep High School: Also a current ASD school with Frayser Community Schools, the Frayser schools proposes to continue its trauma-informed, anti-racist mission for students in the area. ⋅Humes Middle School: A current ASD school under Frayser Community Schools, the North Memphis school proposes to continue its trauma-informed, anti-racist mission for students in the area. The schools in this applicant round would open in fall of 2024.Ī brief summary of each applicant is below, based on information submitted in applications to MSCS. Schools that are denied can typically appeal to the Tennessee Public Charter Schools Commission. The MSCS board typically reviews applications for the first time in the spring, and a second time in the summer, after the schools make suggested revisions to their proposals. (The district has said it will not release the investigative report.) ![]() Barker, a former deputy superintendent and acting superintendent at MSCS, retired in the fall after MSCS said a two-months-long investigation cleared him of wrongdoing. The board and staff list is a cast of familiar Memphis education officials, including executive director John Barker. One notable new school application is for Tennessee Career Academy, a proposed career-tech school for students in grades 6-12. MSCS still owns most of the school buildings, and is set to create a new five-year facilities plan in the coming weeks and months. This new slate is a first, and the district has not publicly acknowledged how it may approach the end of the first set of ASD schools, most of which are in Memphis. Last summer, the school board bucked the district’s recommendation to deny Westside Middle School’s application and paved the way for its return as a charter school. While six former ASD schools have returned to MSCS, only one of the six has followed this pathway. In a first, it will return to MSCS as a charter ![]() More: Tennessee took over this school a decade ago. Schools that meet certain academic criteria can access an application process with another state charter school management arm, the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission, and others apply to their local district.
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