"Rigorous" Charter Reviews?
When the charter for Regis Academy in Cherry Hill was approved, ACTING NJ DOE Commissioner Chris Cerfassured us it had to be one of the very best of the best:
“The most important bar that any applicant must clear is demonstrating that the school has a very high likelihood of providing an excellent education to its students,” said Acting Commissioner Cerf. “Through our rigorous review process, we became confident that these four schools will offer students a great education on day one of the school year. The Department will work with applicants who were not approved in this round but demonstrated potential to continue to develop their application for consideration in future rounds. It has been our experience that with additional guidance and time to plan, applicants who were not approved have been able to resubmit successful applicatio
