King is a big charter supporter and earned his limited experience in that realm of education. Looking at the Roxbury Prep Charter School that King helped to found might show why he steers clear of charters for his own children. Recent data shows Roxbury’s suspension rate of 56%, ten times that of other schools in Massachusetts. Going back in time closer to King’s reign at Roxbury, the suspension rate was an appalling 70%.
70% suspension rate.
Roxbury Prep claims the following on its website:
The mission of Roxbury Preparatory Charter School is to prepare its students to enter, succeed in, and graduate from college.
Hard to do that when you're suspending at a 70% rate, as the school did when NYSED Commissioner John King was running it, or at a 56% rate (ten times other schools in the state) as they do now.
While we're talking about suspension rates, maybe we ought to take a look at the attrition rates at Roxbury Prep Charter School as well.
Statewide the attrition rate for students at Massachusetts schools is 2.6%.
For male students statewide, the attrition rate is 2.7%
At Roxbury Prep Charter School, the overall attrition rate is 8.5% and for male students it's 11.3%
Statewide the attrition rate for students with disabilities is 2.4%.
For students with disabilities at Roxbury Prep Charter School, the attrition rate is 16.7%.
Higher suspension rates, higher attrition rates - clearly NYSED Commissioner John King and his successors at Roxbury Prep Charter School understand how you get a school to succeed.
You juke your stats by throwing students out or encouraging them to leave after they've been suspended multiple times.
Remember that the next time you read about how NYSED Commissioner John King founded and once ran a "high quality" charter school.
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