Bay Area Charter School (opened 1998, TEA sought closure in 2014) - In 2014 it had 758 students divided among three campuses in El Lago and League City. In a three year period to 2014 the state gave the school a failing academic ranking.[2]
Life's Beautiful Educational Centers Inc. (closed 1999) - It operated H.O.P.E. in northeast Houston. Intended for African-American students encountering issues at traditional public schools, it was established by Sylvia L. Terry. The founder, who had campaigned for teacher's unions, was dead by 1999, and the corporation dissolved in 1999 after attempts of the four schools to become independent. Bill Outlaw of the TEA stated that he did not find any proof that the school improperly spent money. Stuart Eskenazi, using it as an example of early charter operators encountering difficulty with managing school finances, wrote in the Houston Press that "Life's Beautiful appears to have made honest accounting mistakes. Still, it demonstrates the operator's appalling lack of financial sense and savvy."[4]
Northwest Preparatory Academy (opened 1998, TEA sought closure in 2014) - In 2014 it had 300 students, and at the time it had two campuses. In a two year period to 2014 the state gave the school a failing academic ranking, and the state deemed its 2011 and 2013 finances substandard.[2]
Medical Center Charter School - In opened in 1996,[2] and catered to employees working in the Texas Medical Center and had the Montessori method,[5] used until grade two. Its specialty as of 2003 was foreign languages.[6] Medical Center Charter School was located in the Westbury area. Despite its name, the school is not located in the Texas Medical Center area.[7] In 2014, the TEA announced that the school's performance was insufficient and that it sought to revoke its charter.[2] By 2018, its charter had closed.[8]
^ a bEskenazi, Stuart (1999-07-22). "Learning Curves". Houston Press. Retrieved 2019-05-28. - Older URL
^Berryhill, Michael. "Think Small." Houston Press. Thursday August 15, 1996. 1. Retrieved on December 2, 2011.
^"Open enrollment charter schools". Houston Chronicle. 2003-08-10. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
^"Map". Medical Center Charter School. 2002-10-13. Archived from the original on 2002-10-13. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
^"Charter Campuses Closed in the Last Five Years Division of Charter School Administration" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
External links
"Open enrollment charter schools". Houston Chronicle. 2003-08-10. - A list of charter schools as of August 10, 2003
