A classical charter school that was preserved after Republican-backed candidates took over the local school board just posted the top state test scores in the district.
While test scores scratch the surface of student and school academic quality, these do help vindicate Teller County parents dissatisfied with extended school lockdowns, an increase in screen-based schooling, and creeping politicization of taxpayer-provided education.
Due to these frustrations, this group of parents started a new public classical school in 2021 and took over their school board that fall to keep Merit open and growing.
The below graph that Merit Academy Headmaster Gwynne Pekron sent to parents, teachers, and staff last week shows the classical school's test scores at No. 1 compared to the Woodland Park School District, Manitou Springs, Park County, Colorado Springs Early College, and Colorado Springs District 11.
The local city council is attempting to remove approximately 10 percent of the district's income and the police were called on a board member's wife after conservatives decided to contest and win school board posts for the first time in 16 years.
The school board majority has publicly pledged support for high student achievement and parent choice at all Woodland Park schools, and points to Merit as an example of the effectiveness of their leadership on behalf of all local taxpayers and students.
Joy is also the cofounder of a high-performing Christian classical school and the author and coauthor of classical curricula.
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