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Innovative School District still without an operator to run Southside Ashpole

Southside Ashpole Elementary will have to wait before learning who will run the school as part of the Innovative School District. ISD Superintendent Eric Hall during the February State Board of Education meeting said neither the Romine Group nor Achievement for All Children met expectations to manage the first ISD school. The decision was based...

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Two education groups in running to manage Southside Ashpole Elementary

Innovative School District Superintendent Eric Hall said Achievement for All Children and the Romine Group are in the running to manage Southside Ashpole Elementary, North Carolina’s first Innovative School District school. SchoolWorks, an independent third-party agency, was hired to evaluate the applicants. Hall made the announcement during the N.C. State Board of Education meeting Dec....

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Robeson County school recommended for Innovative School District

The Innovative School District plans to recommend Southside Ashpole Elementary in Rowland as the first school to take part in the program, beginning with the 2018-19 school year. Southside Ashpole Elementary was part of an original list of 48 low-performing schools in North Carolina eligible as an ISD. The program aims to give charter school...

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