Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board revokes license for underperforming school

Mississippi Charter School Authorizer. Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board revokes license for underperforming school.

Key points

• Wilkinson County School District, Holmes Consolidated School District and the Noxubee County School District lately provided updates to the State Board of Education.
• As of December 31, the SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy in Canton will cease operations.
• Students and staff will finish out the fall semester, with the official date of closure set for December 31, 2026, at midnight.
• The school opened in Canton in 2023, offering instruction for students in kindergarten and first grade.
• State and Ole Miss are now contracted until September of 2030.

At the end of the year the SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy will be forced to shut its doors due to the revocation of its charter contract by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board. That announcement came Tuesday morning from the Board.

Meanwhile, the school opened in Canton in 2023, offering instruction for students in kindergarten and first grade. It afterwards went on instruction to children up to fourth grade.

Reasons for revoking the contract included failure to "meet or make sufficient progress toward its charter contract performance expectations" and financial woes.

In practice, a hearing on the matter was held in May, with the final revocation order being created by the Authorizer Board on Monday.

"The decision rests on the financial performance and internal control evidence in the hearing record, including the school's annual financial audits, " the Authorizer Board cited.

Students and staff will finish out the fall semester, with the official date of closure set for December 31, 2026, at midnight. That means the school will not offer instruction or be operational during the spring of next year onward, "absent a subsequent lawful Board action or court order."

"MCSAB will oversee the school's closure process in accordance with applicable law, policy and contractural requirements to ensure an orderly transition for students, families and stakeholders, " the Board observed. Regarding the Author(s).

Jeremy Pittari is a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast. Born and raised in Slidell, La., he moved to South Mississippi in the early 90s. Jeremy earned an associate in arts from Pearl River Community College and went on to attend the University of Southern Mississippi, where he earned a bachelor's of arts in journalism. A week after Hurricane Katrina, he began an internship as a reporter with the community newspaper in Pearl River County. After graduation, he accepted a full-time position at that news outlet where he covered the recovery process post Katrina in Pearl River and Hancock Counties. For almost 17 years he wrote concerning local administration, education, law enforcement, crime, business and a variety of other topics. Email Jeremy: [email protected].

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