The Chicago Board of Education will vote Wednesday on whether or not to revoke the charters for two campuses of Urban Prep Academy.
seeking to reverse disciplinary measures taken by CPS against him, which he said in legal documents were the result of a “fundamentally flawed investigation” that led to his forced resignation.
The current charter for Urban Prep Academy’s Bronzeville campus, which was renewed in 2020, expires on June 30, 2023. The Englewood site’s charter was set to be renewed for another year on July 1, provided it met certain conditions for financial management and governance structure, which the board set in February. Its third high school downtown is under a charter from the state.
These additional conditions were set a few weeks after King took legal action against CPS to reverse the disciplinary actions against him, which he said were based on false claims. On Oct. 12, a representative of CPS attended one of Urban Prep’s monthly school meetings and told parents that CPS intended not to renew the charter if the school didn’t meet the new conditions. Lacewell said Urban Prep officials had not communicated details of the ongoing renewal process to the school community yet, and he did not know CPS would make that announcement. Parents left the meeting after the announcement, Lacewell said.
Investigation into why Urban Prep struggled to pay these bills, despite regular funding from the Board of Education, is ongoing, according to the document.Chicago Tribune editors' top story picks, delivered to your inbox each afternoon.Urban Prep also got loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, which the CPS inspector general found was received based on false payroll information submitted in its application. At the same time, the program continued to get funding from the board.
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