Renaissance schools a 'priority,' but at what price?
by Benjamin Herold on Apr 03 2011 Posted in Latest news
"It's a calculated risk, but we'll figure it out," said District Associate Superintendent Diane Castelbuono of moving ahead with plans to convert eight more schools into Renaissance charters despite not knowing how much it will cost.
School District officials are still hoping to shield Superintendent Arlene Ackerman’s Renaissance Schools initiative from the massive budget cuts that have already begun – even though they aren’t sure how much the effort is going to cost.
“We are running the cost scenarios,” said Associate Superintendent Diane Castelbuono, who oversees the Renaissance schools under outside management, during a March 18 interview.
Castelbuono and other officials gave no insight as to why they thought they had the capacity to do the full Promise Academies internal turnaround model in 10 schools, including some big high schools, in a year when they are being forced to
