Revised Goals-Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy PCS

The District of Columbia Public Charter School Board (“PCSB”) announces an opportunity for the public to submit comment on a request submitted by Mary McLeod Bethune Day Academy Public Charter School (“MM Bethune PCS”) on May 28, 2015 to amend its charter by revising its goals and academic achievement expectations.

MM Bethune PCS is currently in its 11^th year of operation serving students in grades prekindergarten-3 through eighth at a single campus located in Ward 5.  After working closely with PCSB staff, the school is requesting to revise its goals in order to adopt the Performance Management Framework (“PMF”), along with one mission-specific goal that focuses on the school’s Spanish language immersion program.  The school’s proposed mission-specific goal is intended to demonstrate the efficacy of the school’s Spanish language immersion program, which is designed to provide a World Language to early childhood students to achieve competency in the second language (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and to gain a greater understanding and appreciation of other cultures.

Pursuant to the School Reform Act, D.C. Code 38-1802 et seq., a charter school must submit a petition to revise its charter, which includes its goals.