DC parents scramble to find new schools as Hope Community Public Charter School announces closure

WASHINGTON ( DC News Now ) — Parents at a Northeast D.C. charter school are scrambling to figure out where to send their students next year.

Hope Community Public Charter School’s board of trustees voted to close the school at the end of the school year during a meeting Thursday evening.

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Parents and staff at the school told DC News Now that poor leadership and mismanagement at the school are to blame for the abrupt end to operations at the school.

The school’s board president, Kerry Smith, said the decision to close wasn’t an easy one…

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