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