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Take Action and Tell NJDOE and the Governor to Expand High Quality Schools!

Dear Charter School Community,

Parents' choices on where they send their children to school must be respected and we will continue to support them to make sure their voices are heard. The New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association (NJPCSA), on behalf of the tens of thousands of students and families they represent, is urging the Acting Commissioner and the NJDOE to reverse recent public charter school expansion denials of high performing schools.

These decisions are bad public policy and will displace hundreds of low income families of color from attending high performing schools throughout New Jersey. Importantly, these decisions do not align with the Governor’s commitment to support high performing charter school decisions and to evaluate expansion and renewal decisions based on their merits.

Please send this pre-populated email to the Commissioner and the Governor asking them to reconsider and reverse their decisions to ensure that students can stay in the schools where they are excelling academically and the communities that they’ve been a part of, and thriving in, for years.

As the Governor noted, we should support all schools that are top-performing regardless of school type. No child should be shut out of a school they love. Support our children by taking action now.

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In this together,

Harry Lee

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New Jersey Department of Education

Subject: Support High Quality Charter Schools

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Dear Governor Murphy and Acting Commissioner Allen-McMillan,

I’m writing to you today to ask for you to reverse the devastating decisions by the Department of Education to deny high performing charter schools their requests to provide continuity of learning for families in their communities. This February, high performing charter schools in Trenton, Newark, Paterson, New Brunswick, and Kearny were denied requests to serve more students. In fact, the Department of Education denied 77% of new seats being requested by charter schools achieving the Department's highest academic rating - some of the best public schools in New Jersey.

Due to these decisions, hundreds of low income families of color attending high performing schools throughout New Jersey will be displaced from their schools. Parents in these communities, already stretched thin, will have to scramble to find a new school next year during a pandemic. Importantly, these decisions do not align with the Governor’s commitment to support high performing charter school decisions and to evaluate expansion and renewal decisions based on their merits.

Please reconsider and reverse these decisions to ensure that students can stay in the schools where they are excelling academically and the communities that they’ve been a part of, and thriving in, for years.

As the Governor noted, we should support all schools that are top-performing regardless of school type. No child should be shut out of a school they love. Please let these children continue to learn in a school that best meets their academic, social and emotional needs.

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