In a 6-1 vote, school board members voted in favor of dissolving the school’s charter.
Supporters of Family Partnership Charter placed signs at the entrance to the Anchorage School Board meeting at Anchorage School District headquarters on Monday.
At the Monday school board meeting, several Family Partnership parents and students asked the district to keep the charter in place and expressed concern over potential changes to what they love most about the school. Testifiers outlined how they benefited from the ability to choose curriculum and the independence students and families are afforded. Some threatened to leave the district if board members voted in favor of dissolving the charter.
In addition to the dissolution of the school’s charter, the school board also voted to adopt a series of commitments surrounding the school, including assurance that Family Partnership funds would stay in an account reserved for expenses only related to the school. The commitments also ensure district administration will work with parents and staff to maximize parent involvement in budget and curriculum decisions, including the creation of an Academic Advisory Council led by parents.
“They have told me they chose to become a part of Family Partnership because it is a charter school,” Simsa said. “They are not interested in an alternative or correspondence education. They feel they’ve been blindsided by the proposed termination of our charter.” “I urge you to approve the recommendation to end the charter and to hold the ASD administration accountable to the assurances they’ve given that the school will remain unchanged with the exception of the removal of this dysfunctional APC,” said committee member James Wileman.
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