The graduation and dropout rate has improved significantly. But test scores have only seen modest improvement.
Camden Superintendent Katrina McCombs greets Markeeta Nesmith, director of early childhood at Camden City School District. In April, they joined volunteers in canvassing the community surrounding the McGuire Community Center on Boyd Street, informing parents about the importance of enrolling 3- and 4-year-olds into the district’s preschool programs.
“It was not without its challenges,” Rouhanifard recalled in a recent interview. “The question for all of us to answer was what was the best path forward?”No timeline was given for the takeover to end. It took decades for the three other takeover districts to regain local control, and some critics say those North Jersey districts have shown little improvement.
during the pandemic to about 27% in 2022-23, although that still exceeds the state average of 16.6%. A $133 million new Camden High complex opened, and plans are in the works to break ground next year for a new Eastside High. Since the takeover, the district closed 11 traditional schools, and enrollment has dwindled to 5,969 students.Renaissance schools, opened a year after the takeover with the passage of the Urban Hope Act, are public schools, like charters, but guarantee a seat to every student in the school’s neighborhood. They receive 95% of per-pupil costs from the district, and more than half of Camden’s $349 million budget this year went to Renaissance and charter schools.
Critics say the takeover has essentially dismantled the traditional public school system and drained funds and resources. They contend the intervention has been politically and racially motivated in districts that predominantly enroll economically disadvantaged students.
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