The Charter School Authorization Board issued the following statement.
Following a revocation hearing held on May 14, 2026, the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board (MCSAB) on October 26 adopted a final order revoking the charter contract of SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy (SR1, CPSA), located in Canton, Mississippi effective December 31, 2026.
The action followed revocation proceedings conducted in accordance with the Mississippi Charter Schools Act of 2013 and the school’s charter contract. The MCSAB determined that SR1 CPSA failed to meet or make sufficient progress toward its charter contract performance expectations and failed to meet generally accepted standards of fiscal management. The decision rests on the financial performance and internal control evidence in the hearing record, including the school's annual financial audits, under Miss. Code Ann. § 37-28-33(7)(b) and (c).
The revocation decision is final as of October 26, 2026. To allow an orderly transition at the end of the fall semester, the MCSAB authorized the school to continue instructional operations through December 31, 2026, subject to the conditions in its Final Order. The charter contract and the SR1, CPSA’s authority to provide instruction terminate at 11:59 p.m. on that date. SR1 CPSA will not operate during the spring 2027 semester, absent a subsequent lawful Board action or court order.
SR1 CPSA launched in 2023 in Canton, Mississippi, enrolling students from surrounding districts, initially serving students in Kindergarten and First Grade.
MCSAB will oversee the school’s closure process in accordance with applicable law, policy, and contractual requirements to ensure an orderly transition for students, families, staff, and stakeholders. Additional information regarding closure procedures and transition expectations will be communicated as appropriate throughout the process.
16 comments:
Whats Bennie got to say about this…
A school, whether public, private, or charter, is only as good as the priority and effort that students and families dedicate to education.
Public schools are. no better but they don’t close them down
good leadership is such a pesky thing.......
8:51 Yres, in fact ALMOST ALL public schools ranked higher. But of course we cannot let proven facts get in the way of ridiculous posts, can we ?
VERY well said.
Remember when JPS got a “D” rating?
8:51 All CPS schools improved scores this year except the high school that dropped a single point. The scoring was also tougher this year. CPS elementary schools are A rated. It's difficult running a city public school district surrounded by a county school district with vastly more money; in a city with an almost complete poverty line population.
I don't blame people for wanting better for their own and trying other things, but when you tie education to money, you get diploma mills.
School vouchers are just the same thing the right complains about with guaranteed college loans. Institutions see money on the table, raise tuition to the max guaranteed amount and roll in the money. Why do you think every private school in the Jackson area is expanding? They see the tax money out there, ready to be vacuumed up. They will not stop pushing.
There are some things we need to decide should not be profit driven. Basic healthcare and education has to be on the list.
Raise funding for public schools: public money stays in public hands in the community it serves.
Vouchers for private schools: public money goes to a private holding company outside the community and state. tuition swells. inequality deepens for children born to the wrong parents or in the wrong zip-code. a shell corp in delaware now holds your tax dollars.
Public school mission is not educate the student it’s to hire adults
You have BDS
Your quip doesn't work when stats pointing to underpaid salaries and teacher shortages exist.
Unless you mean a cushy admin, AD or HC jobs, then yes. 100% that is where the fat is. I don't know how many coaches I see with their wives on staff in admin, but it seems high.
Paragraph II pretty much sums up the whole issue with most of these "Learing Centers" and the "failure to meet generally accepted standards of fiscal management".
Bah Gawd that's Linda McMahon's music
9:26 said, "Yres, in fact ALMOST ALL public schools ranked higher. But of course we cannot let proven facts get in the way of ridiculous posts, can we ?"
Hey 9:26, you said "almost all public schools ranked higher." Were the public schools ranked lower shut down? I think not.
The United States spends more money in education per a pupil than any country in the world yet we don’t have the best schools! It’s not a lack of money but a crappy system
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