D-49 tightens reins on Rocky Mountain Classical charter school
Rocky Mountain Classical Academy parents and staff packed the Falcon School District 49 board room Thursday night, worried that the district might revoke the school’s charter contract.
That didn’t happen and school will start next week as scheduled for nearly 1,000 Rocky Mountain Classical students in kindergarten through 11th grade.
But the D-49 board did vote unanimously to tighten oversight of the school.
The board is using a new state law that allows a district to take over supervision of critical financial and other decisions of charter schools that are struggling.
D-49 Superintendent Bradley Schoeppey said after the meeting that shutting the school was never an option.
“I think there’s a lot of work to be done to get them to where they can be financially successful,” he said.
The vote came after several hours of discussion in executive session, some of which included the charter school’s board. The state e