HISD seeks to terminate charter school's contract after finding irregularities
HOUSTON -
The Houston Independent School District announced Tuesday that it is seeking to terminate the contract of the Hope Academy charter school.
HISD said that irregularities were found involving 35 of 68 students who were reviewed. Officials said 51 irregularities were found, including credit restorations, grade changes, class deletions and class additions.
Authorities said the investigation determined that only two of 21 students who were scheduled to graduate on May 29 were eligible.
HISD released a statement that read in part:
"The district is now contacting all families directly to explain the situation and develop individual plans to ensure each student’s academic needs are being addressed.
"Launched in August 2009, Hope Academy is an external charter school that contracts annually with HISD to provide educational services to at-risk youth in grades 9-12. The school, which has an enrollment of 136 students, is operated by Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Houston’s Third Ward.
"Allegations of possible irregularities first surfaced in April, when the then-Hope superintendent reported concerns to an HISD administrator.
"HISD completed its investigation on June 1. The recommendation to terminate the charter school contract for Hope Academy is scheduled to go before the HISD Board of Education on June 11."HISD seeks to terminate charter school's contract after finding irregularities | News - Home:
