Details on the Success Academy “Got to Go List” Lawsuit
Success Academy Fort Greene (SAFG) opened in the 2013-14 school year as an elementary school with grades K-1, with the intention of adding a grade each year until the school served grades K-4.
An archived SAFG web page from March 27, 2014, features SAFG’s first principal, former Teach for America (TFA) alum Kate Cunningham:
Kate Cunningham
An alumna of Teach for America, Kate taught elementary school in both district and charter settings before joining the team at SA Harlem 1 in 2010 as a Student Achievement Manager. She also managed Success Academy’s special education program prior to becoming a leadership resident at SA Harlem West. Kate is dedicated to leading a school community where scholars love learning and are pushed to their highest potential every day. A graduate of the College of William & Mary, Kate earned her master’s degree from the Relay Graduate School of Education.
Some notable issues: Cunningham was in charge of special education for SA, which implies that SA has (or had) a special education program. As for the specifics regarding Cunningham’s qualifications to run a special education program, Cunningham’s SA bio is lacking.
Though her 2014-15 SA bio (as archived October 20, 2014) includes more details, it lacks information to support that Cunningham was certified to run a special education program:
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