Monday was the deadline for MECCA Business Learning Institute to submit documents to the school district showing they have fixed some of the issues that led Superintendent Thomas Taylor to recommend the school closes at the end of this academic year.
The Board of Education confirmed to MCM that “materials have been received.”
Board members are expected to review the documents at their April 16 work session. At that meeting, administrators from Montgomery County Public Schools will present and discuss a dissolution plan.
As votes cannot be taken during a work session, the fate of the county’s only charter school will not be decided then.
Previously, MCPS administrators expressed concern with the school’s declining enrollment, transportation and staffing issues and violations of privacy laws. They also cited a failure to comply with federal special education laws and to properly develop and implement individualized education programs, or IEPs.
The school emphasizes business education and is open to sixth and seventh graders and is located in Germantown.
Taylor’s recommendation earlier this year said that MECCA has failed to abide by the terms of its charter agreement and should be closed in June.
Charter schools are publicly funded schools operated by independent organizations that are tuition-free and open to all students.
