After chair steps down, charter school’s board pledges changes
The standing-room only audience at New York French American Charter School's meeting for the board of trustees and parents.
Parents at a Harlem charter school that’s on probation got what they wanted Tuesday night: The chair of their board resigned.
The resignation took place just minutes into a meeting of the Board of Trustees for New York French American Charter School, which the city put on probation last week because of “serious violations” of its charter and state law. It drew cheers from the standing-room only audience.
Many of the roughly 50 parents who packed a small classroom on the school’s second floor said they had never been to a board meeting before but were anxious about how the board would resolve the school’s administrative