PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The Philadelphia School Board has unanimously turned down three new charter schools.
The board rejected applications from the nonprofit ASPIRA to operate a bilingual business finance and technology charter high school in East Oak Lane, and the K-8 Eugenio Maria de Hostos Prep Charter School in North Philadelphia.
The board cited curriculum and organizational shortcomings in the applications.
Also rejected was the proposed Philadelphia Entrepreneurial Development Academy Charter High School in Logan. Board member Reginald Streater questioned why large sections of that school’s application were lifted word-for-word from other schools’ failed applications.
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“Was there any outreach to the third applicant, why they’re copying and pasting? It seems like this has happened in the past and I’m just wondering if individuals are taking this seriously,” he asked.
About 65,000 students attend Philadelphia’s 85 charter schools, which get public funding but are independently run.
Since the local school board gained control of the district in 2018, it has not approved any new charters.
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