Notice of Petition to Amend Charter: New Location – Early Childhood Academy PCS

The District of Columbia Public Charter School Board (DC PCSB) announces an opportunity for the public to submit comment on a written request submitted by Early Childhood Academy Public Charter School (Early Childhood Academy PCS) on December 7, 2018 to relocate to a new facility in Ward 8, effective for school year (SY) 2019-20. Early Childhood Academy PCS is currently in its fourteenth year of operation educating students in grades prekindergarten-3 through third. The school is a single campus local education agency that currently operates in two small facilities in Ward 8. Effective for SY 2019-20, the school has procured funding and begun construction on a new 38,000 square foot facility that is large enough to hold its entire student population. The new address is 885 Barnaby Street SE, which is located behind one of Early Childhood Academy’s current facilities, and is just steps away from where students already attend its program. Construction for the new facility will be completed by July 2019. Pursuant to the School Reform Act, D.C. Code 38-1802 et seq., a charter school must submit a petition to revise its charter, which includes its Location