Nashville Keeps Charter School
The Metro Nashville School Board decided Monday evening to keep a charter school open on a probationary status.
The board, at a special meeting, decided against revoking the charter for Drexel Preparatory Academy which has more than 230 students.
The Tennessean reported earlier Monday the revocation was recommended by the school district’s administration, which cited “flagrant disregard for the charter agreement”
Complaints against the school include hiring six unlicensed teachers and failing to provide the necessary amounts of instruction for students with disabilities and those learning English as a second language.
May Ridley, the school’s executive director, said it doesn’t deserve to be closed because its students “are on target, they’re reading, they’re getting up to grade level.”
Had the charter been revoked, the 237 students would have been sent to other schools after the holiday break.
