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Charter School's Fate "In Limbo"

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A Capital Region Charter School could close due to 'academic failure' - 220 students at Ark Community Charter School in Troy may be displaced if the SUNY Trustees Charter Schools Committee agrees with findings by SUNY's Charter Schools Institute that Ark hasn't met its academic goals and its charter should not be renewed.

Ark's leadership attended the Trustees meeting in New York City, which turned out to be a lengthy session that focused on Common Core's impact on the school's performance, without which officials say Ark's record would be unblemished. One commented "we would have been a good enough school a year ago, and now we're a school for closure."

At the end of two hours, Trustees didn't reach a final decision - Ark's fate in limbo for now until the next meeting of the committee. (Date to be determined).

Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.
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