Interestingly enough, the post from last Monday, which talked about District 150 terminating the contract with the Peoria Charter School Initiative ("PCSI" the Board for Quest Charter Academy) in 2015, continues to get loads of hits.
I originally thought the quote (shown above) about the 2015 termination of the contract was a typo, so I have been checking the on-line edition for a retraction. To date, I have yet to see a retraction on the statement.
Within the same article as the comment about ending the contract in 2015, the Superintendent of Peoria Public Schools was quoted as saying "I'm excited about the success at Quest,...it's a benefit to the district... (Quest) is expanding into high school for next year and they will continue to have district support. They are meeting the needs of the district and the community." Therein lies the contradiction.
Within the same article as the comment about ending the contract in 2015, the Superintendent of Peoria Public Schools was quoted as saying "I'm excited about the success at Quest,...it's a benefit to the district... (Quest) is expanding into high school for next year and they will continue to have district support. They are meeting the needs of the district and the community." Therein lies the contradiction.
The most recent interview the Superintendent of Peoria Public Schools gave to the local newspaper, didn't reveal any new information on the subject.
Perhaps the retraction was in the "print edition" of the local newspaper. However, I don't take the "print edition" of the local paper. So, if anybody has seen the retraction, please advise.
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Former Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Glen Barton has been appointed to a new state commission dealing with charter schools. Barton was one of nine people selected by the Illinois Board of Education for the State Charter School Commission.
Its goal is to review charter school applications and consider them for approval or denial. This will primarily deal with appeals of charter agreements that have been denied, revoked or not renewed by local school boards.
Barton is the current President of the Quest Charter Academy Board in Peoria. The new appointment begins November 1st.Source
9 comments:
Isn't that a bit of a conflict of interest--Barton as a watchdog of "his" own charter school.
The ISBE commission is chaired by Greg Richmond, President & CEO, National Association of Charter School Authorizers, in Chicago.
From the National Association of Charter School Authorizers website:
http://www.qualitycharters.org/about/sponsors-2
The District granted a "charter" to PCSI, who, in turn, contracted Concept Schools to run the Charter. If the charter doesn't "perform", then it can be pulled. Most (apart from teachers union) would like to see it, and our students, succeed.
Emerge, have you ever thought of just asking Greg Stewart?
Suds, maybe there is something you can add. Obviously something is itching at you and has struck a chord with this article.
Come on, tell it to us in a poetic way your connection with the G-Man
People at the Journal, 150 and the BOE read the blogs if a retraction was necessary it probably would have happened by now.
Prediction
Barton will turn this failing venture over to the black community SOON.
what does success at Quest really mean? have you seen all the technology in the Quest classrooms? smartboards in every room w/clickers for every kid, laptops for every kid. they have two hours of math and science everyday and a longer school day. they force kids with failing grades to do buckle down days. after all of that EXTRA every kid in the school should be suceeding. kids in 150 barely have books.
Agreed, given all of the advantages students at Quest recieve, one would expect that they would show radically improved results over other 150 schools.
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