The petition is to urge the Board of Regents to follow the NYC DoE's recommendation to NOT renew the charter for Ross Global Academy Charter School, a failing and poorly governed school. 
Ross Global was founded by Courtney Ross in 2006. Ms. Ross is the wealthy widow of Steve Ross, former head of Time Warner.
There have been numerous problems with this school, chronicled in magazines and newspapers. NY magazine ran a profile, describing Ms. Ross’ imperious and impulsive leadership style (said one ex-employee, “It was as if Donald Trump were a school principal.” The NY Sun reported on a scandal linked to test tampering.

Even worse, the school has had 20 percent student attrition rate for each of the first three years of its operation. During 2009-2010, the year my children first enrolled, the attrition rate soared even higher. As the NY Post reported, “Village school students take charter flight”, 91 out of 410 students had left RGA by February of 2010, because of bullying and the counseling out of special education students.
 There has also been extremely high turnover of teachers, according to the NY state school report cards -- 82% and 75% during the first two years of operation. RGA is currently on its 7th principal in four years! Other teachers and top administrators have vanished, including the assistant principals from the middle and lower schools.

Moreover, Ross Global's test scores for 2009 show it's one of the city's three worst-performing charter schools. Only about 30% of its students were proficient in math or English. It has had four principals in five years, and 77% of its teachers and 25% of its students left last year.
 It was rated the worst public school with an "F" rating by the NYC DoE this year. 
President Obama and Arne Duncan (Secretary of Education) while supporters of charter schools, continually urge charter authorizers to shut down failing bad charter schools like Ross Global.

The premise of charters is freedom in exchange for accountability for student success outcomes. 
Ross Global is a failed five (5) year experiment and must be shut down.  Our children deserve a quality education and Ross Global has failed miserably in serving our children.

Help us hold charter schools accountable.  Public Funding = Public Accountability & Transparency.

Please sign our petition below to the Board of Regents urging them to heed the NYC DoE's recommendation and NOT renew Ross Global's charter.

Thank you.