29 of NM’s state charter schools signed a letter of complaint against State of NM Charter Schools Division policies and recent changes being implemented by current NM CSD director Katie Poulos.
[gview file=”https://publicservicesalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Charter-schools-chime-in-on-evaluation-metrics.pdf”] [gview file=”https://publicservicesalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/NM-charter-schools-file-complaint-against-state.pdf”]The letter outlines 20 specific complaints, citing nearly 50 examples, accusing the CSD and Poulos of fostering a “general atmosphere of hostility” between the CSD and charter schools, overreaching its authority and “micromanaging oversight rather than evaluating outcomes.”