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Report urges DPS to slow charter push | EdNewsColorado

Report urges DPS to slow charter push | EdNewsColorado

Report urges DPS to slow charter push

A council that advises Denver Public Schools on charter school applications is recommending the process for reviewing them be slowed down pending a broad-based discussion on the district’s future.

Logo for Denver Public SchoolsThe district’s School Improvement and Accountability Council presented its non-binding recommendations to the DPS Board of Education at a special session Monday night. (Read report.)

Despite calling for a reconsideration of the district’s process, the council supported five of the seven charter