The streets of Wilmington are cleaner this weekend thanks to Great Oaks Charter School. “We decided today to help out the community a little bit by picking up the trash,” said Amir Phillips, a sophomore at the charter, who’s spending the Friday of his Spring Break giving back. In the school’s first city cleanup, a few dozen showed up to …
Great Oaks Charter School has been given one last chance by a state agency focused on ensuring the accountability of Delaware’s charter schools. The Wilmington charter, which serves a student body that’s 97.24% minority students, received a promising decision in Tuesday’s Charter School Accountability Committee final renewal meeting. The committee voted to recommend the renewal of Great Oaks – with …
A year after being put on formal review by the state, Great Oaks Charter School has made strides in student achievement as it seeks to keep its doors open. In seven months of turnaround efforts, the Wilmington charter has: Reduced the number of suspensions by 20% Increased school testing participation rates increased by 21% Increased Math Smarter Balanced Assessment scores …
