The NYSED Board of Regents met in Albany on Monday for its monthly P-12 committee meeting and voted on revisions and renewals for more than a dozen different Charter schools across the State.
The two New York City schools whose charters were revised by the Board are:
- New Ventures Charter School (Staten Island), which had its enrollment lowered from 216 to 180 students, and,
- Rochdale Early Advantage Charter School (Queens), which is expanding its grade levels from K-5 to K-8 and increasing its enrollment from 300 to 450 students
The Board voted in favor of a 5-year renewal (through June 30, 2024) for the following Board of Regents-authorized Charter schools:
- KIPP Infinity Charter School (Manhattan)
- South Bronx Classical Charter School, with a revision to increase enrollment from 470 to 500 students
The Board voted in favor of a 3-year renewal (through June 30, 2022) for the Board of Regents-authorized Young Women’s College Preparatory Charter School (Rochester).
The Board voted in favor of a 2-year renewal (through June 30, 2021) for the Board of Regents-authorized Compass Charter School (Brooklyn), and included a revision to add “a key design element to emphasize its commitment to enrolling and serving a diverse population.”
The Board voted in favor of a 5-year renewal (through June 30, 2024) for the following New York City Department of Education-authorized Charter schools:
- Challenge Preparatory Charter School (Queens), with a revision to expand grade levels served from K-8 to K-12 and expand enrollment from 792 to 1296 students
- Harlem Children’s Zone Promise Academy Charter School
- Harlem Children’s Zone Promise Academy II Charter School, with a revision to decrease enrollment from 1250 to 1150 students
- Hellenic Classical Charter School (Brooklyn), with a revision to increase enrollment from 480 to 498 students
- KIPP Academy Charter School
- Summit Academy Charter School (Brooklyn), with a revision to “engage in a school restructuring contemporaneous with the renewal”
- Riverton Street Charter School (Queens)
The Board voted in favor of a 3-year renewal (through June 30, 2022) for the New York City Department of Education-authorized Hebrew Language Academy Charter School (Brooklyn).