No DPS schools have been marked for closure...yet. Meanwhile, Auon'tai M. Anderson is teasing a big announcement.
It will come as a surprise to no one that I voted “no” on the school-closure recommendations tonight; five of my colleagues joined me in voting these recommendations down. We also unanimously rescinded the Small Schools Resolution.
I can report that the Board made progress in a recent policy governance session toward amending Executive Limitation 9 to ensure the Superintendent will not just inform the community, but also engage and empower the community, in district decisions going forward.First, the Board and staff must get aligned immediately about what we mean by “community-led, district-supported.” Nearly everything we do as a District needs to be community-led. Period.
The path forward cannot involve treating families who use Choice as enemies. I used Choice as a DPS student, and I am not your enemy. As a Black man, choice is self-determination, and I will not ask anyone to forfeit their ability to self-determine. I will not support a return to a system in which the District fundamentally made these decisions for families and students — that is doing to.
And, truth be told, every charter school has to come before this Board every couple of years and demonstrate to us that they are financially stable and have strong plans in place to provide quality service to students. This process — charter renewal — means these schools are always on the proverbial chopping block; our charters live with this threat all the time.
Finally, DPS must take the time to get any and all next steps right. We cannot afford to get this wrong. We have big challenges ahead, and we need to be in it, together — Board, staff and community.
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