Marie Gil, Rocketship’s Bay Area Regional Director, said after the vote that 500 San Pablo students whose families had signed intent to enroll forms will now miss out on the ability to choose the Rocketship alternative for their children. Its schools are located in predominately Hispanic communities. “That is the nature of growing too fast, too soon.”Īlthough Rocketship officials acknowledged some internal achievement gaps, they said their students outperformed students in neighboring district schools, as well as in West Contra Costa Unified. Rocketship said 84 percent of its students are poor. ![]() “Instead of petitioning for another school, why not focus on internal achievement gaps?” she said. State Board members also expressed concerns about achievement gaps among students from different ethnic groups at current Rocketship schools.īoard member Feliza Ortiz-Licon urged Rocketship to focus on its existing schools. Price, who lives in Contra Costa County, said meetings that far away were “counter to all of our objectives for parent and stakeholder engagement.” Rocketship said they expected new philanthropic support which would improve the school’s finances.Ĭhief Deputy Superintendent Glen Price, who was sitting in for State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, said the California Department of Education was concerned about the lack of students with disabilities in Rocketship schools, lack of information about its English learner program, high suspension rates among some student groups and its governance model, which includes charter school board meetings held in San Jose. Diablo district, related to finances and other issues. The California Department of Education has sent six letters of concern to the school, which is located in the Mt. Eyes on the Early Years Newsletter Archiveīoard members said they were especially concerned about problems associated with the Rocketship Futuro Academy charter school, which opened in Concord two years ago, with the State Board’s approval.Local Control Funding Formula Explained.California’s Homeless Students: Undercounted, Underfunded And Growing.Full Circle: California Schools Work To Transform Discipline.Tainted Taps: Lead puts California Students at Risk.Education during Covid: California families struggle to learn.College And Covid: Freshman Year Disrupted.Adjuncts’ gig economy at CA community colleges. ![]()
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