School
Chartering
Authority at
Opening
Chartering
Authority at
Closing
Year
Opened
Year
Closed
Revocation or
Relinquished Reason
1
High Road School and
Alternative Learning
Center PCS BOE BOE
Never
Opened 1996
2 Marcus Garvey BOE BOE 1996 1998 Revoked
Management
deficiencies
3 Young Technocrats BOE BOE 1998 1999 Revoked
Financial and
management
deficiencies
4 New Vistas BOE BOE 1999 1999 Revoked
Financial and
management
deficiencies
5 Richard Milburn BOE BOE 1998 2002 Revoked
Financial and
management
deficiencies
6 Techworld BOE BOE 1998 2002 Revoked
Financial and
management
deficiencies
7
Mechanical Industrial
Technical PCS BOE BOE
Never
Opened 2003
8
Auto Arts Academy
PCS PCSB PCSB
Never
Opened 2003 Never Opened
9 Arts Explorer PCS BOE BOE
Never
Opened 2004
10
Village Learning
Center BOE BOE 1998 2004 Revoked
Financial and
management
deficiencies
11 World BOE BOE 1998 2002 Revoked
Financial and
management
deficiencies
12
Academy for Renewal
in Education (ARE) PCSB PCSB 1998 2003 Relinquished
Voluntarily
relinquished, due
to issues
surrounding
effectiveness of
special education
program
13 Jos-Arz BOE BOE 2000 2006 Relinquished
Voluntarily
surrendered their
charter after their
five year review
resulted in a 180
day probationary
period
14
Colin L. Powell PCS
– First Petition PCSB PCSB
Never
Opened 2007
15 SouthEast Academy PCSB PCSB 1999 2005 Revoked
Failed to meet
academic and
governance
standards upon its
five year review
16
New School for
Enterprise and
Development PCSB PCSB 2000 2006 Revoked
Failed to meet
academic and
governance
standards upon its
five year review
17 Sasha Bruce PCSB PCSB 2000 2006 Revoked
Financial and
management
deficiencies
18
Phillips Academy
PCS PCSB PCSB
Never
Opened 2007
19 Hope Academy PCSB PCSB 2007 2007 Relinquished
Low enrollment
and subsequent
financial
deficiencies
20
Washington
Academy BOE PCSB 2005 2008 Relinquished
Financial and
management
deficiencies
21 Tri Community PCSB PCSB 2001 2007 Relinquished
Voluntarily
relinquished
charter after
PCSB initiated
revocation
process, due to
academic and
governance
deficiencies
22
Colin L. Powell PCS
– Second Petition PCSB PCSB
Never
Opened 2008
23 City Lights BOE PCSB 2005 2009 Relinquished
Financial and
management
deficiencies
24
Meld Evenstart
(MEI) PCSB PCSB 2007 2009 Revoked
Academic,
governance and
financial reasons
25 Barbara Jordan BOE PCSB 2002 2009 Relinquished
Low enrollment
leading to financial
insolvency
26
Academia Bilingue de la
Communidad (ABC) PCSB PCSB 2005 2009 Relinquished
Low enrollment
leading to financial
insolvency
27 City Collegiate PCSB PCSB 2006 2010 Relinquished Low enrollment
28
Young America
Works BOE PCSB 2004 2010 Revoked
Financial,
academic and
management
deficiencies
29 KAMIT PCS BOE PCSB 2000 2010 Revoked
Academic
reasons
30 ALTA PCS PCSB PCSB 2005 2010 Relinquished
Voluntarily
relinquished
charter
31
Children’s Studio
PCS BOE PCSB 1996 2010 Relinquished
Voluntarily
relinquished
charter
32
Thea Bowman
Preparatory Academy
PCS PCSB PCSB 2008
Summer
2011 Relinquished Low enrollment
33
Nia Community
Public Charter PCSB PCSB 2006
Summer
2011 Revoked
Academic
reasons
34
The School for Arts in
Learning (SAIL) PCSB PCSB 1998
Summer
2011 Relinquished Financial reasons
35
IDEAL PCS – High
School PCSB PCSB 1999 2011
Closed high
school program
Academic
reasons
36
William E. DOAR PCS
– high school program
only PCSB PCSB 2004 2011
Closed high
school program
Academic
reasons
37
Community Academy
PCS – Rand campus BOE PCSB 2004 2012
Closed the
Rand campus
Academic
reasons
38 Septima Clark PCSB PCSB 2006
Summer
2013 Relinquished
Academic
reasons – Merged
with
Achievement Prep
39
Howard Road Academy
PCS - Pennsylvania
Avenue PCSB PCSB 2000 2013
Closing MLK and
Penn. Ave
Campuses. LEA
Eliminating grades
1-8
Academic
reasons
40
Howard Road Academy
PCS - Martin Luther
King Jr. Avenue Middle
School PCSB PCSB 2000 2013
Closing MLK and
Penn. Ave
Campuses. LEA
Eliminating grades
1-8
Academic
reasons
41
Community Academy –
middle school BOE PCSB 2004 2013
Closing the middle
school
Academic
reasons
42 IDEA – middle school BOE PCSB 1998 2013
Closing the middle
school
Academic
reasons
43 Imagine Southeast PCS PCSB PCSB 2008 2014 Relinquished
Academic
reasons --
Democracy Prep
to operate
44
Maya Middle PCS -
Middle School PCSB PCSB 2008 2014
Closing the middle
school
45
Arts and Technology
PCS PCSB PCSB 1999 2014 Revoked
Academic
reasons - KIPP
DC to operate
46
Booker T Washington
PCS BOE PCSB 1999 2014 Revoked
Academic
reasons
47
Community Academy
PCS - Amos III BOE PCSB 1998 2014
Closing the middle
school
Academic
reasons
48
Perry Street
Preparatory - PCS
(Upper School) PCSB PCSB 1998 2015
Closing the high
school
Academic
reasons
49 Hospitality High PCS PCSB PCSB 1999 2015 Relinquished
Academic
reasons - DCPS
to operate
