Tuesday, September 5, 2017
After Blasting Success’s Board Chair, Chancellor Rosa To Visit Success Academy On First Day Of School
To ring in the new school year, Chancellor Betty Rosa picked a seemingly strange school to visit: Success Academy Bronx 2.
The choice is surprising because the past few months have been marked by friction between the State Education Department and SUNY, Success Academy’s authorizer, and to lesser extent, Success Academy itself.
The Board of Regents has twice declined to approve Success Academy charter renewals, claiming that SUNY inappropriately renewed them too early. The rejections were largely symbolic but created conflict between the two entities. . .