Victory Preparatory Academy

Victory Preparatory Academy
Address
South (closing summer 2018): 6011 W. Orem
North (closed): 2903 Jensen Drive
Information
Type Charter
School district Houston Independent School District (Houston ISD)
Campus Urban
Website web.archive.org/*/http://vprep.org

Victory Preparatory Academy or Victory Prep (VPREP) is a charter school in Houston, Texas that has a single campus in the city's south, Victory Preparatory Academy South; it formerly operated a northern campus, Victory Preparatory Academy North, and served grades K-12. The nonprofit organization Management Accountability Corp. operates the school. It is scheduled to close in 2018.

In 2016 it had about 500 students total.[1]

History

Campuses in Houston

It was formed by the 2011 merger of Leader's Academy High School for Business and Academic Success in southern Houston and Benji's Special Educational Academy in northern Houston.[2] It was initially established as a charter school directly overseen by the state; the predecessor institution Leader's Academy was a charter supervised by the Houston Independent School District (HISD).[3]

In 2015 the statewide pass rate for state examinations was 77% but the charter school's passing rate was 66%. In 2016 the Texas Education Agency (TEA) was ordering the school shut down due to academic issues,[2] but the HISD board voted in favor of establishing a partnership with the charter school to keep it in operation on April 14, 2016, with 5 board members in favor and 2 against. HISD was to get an oversight role, but not directly manage the school.[1]

In February 2018 the North Campus announced that it was closing immediately since its budget had decreased after Hurricane Harvey;[4] only the south campus remained in operation. The school, with only one campus remaining, announced in April 2018 that it was closing permanently in the summer of 2018.[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Furr, Laura (2016-04-18). "HISD to take over troubled charter school". Houston Business Journal. Retrieved 2018-04-07. It has campuses at 2903 Jensen Drive and 6011 W. Orem.
  2. 1 2 Mellon, Ericka (2016-04-14). "HISD gives second life to troubled charter school". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  3. ↑ "Charter Schools". Houston Independent School District. Retrieved 2018-04-09. LEADER'S ACADEMY--CLOSED IN 2011 (BECAME A TEA CHARTER)
  4. ↑ Carpenter, Jacob (2018-02-12). "Houston charter school Victory Prep North abruptly closing". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  5. ↑ Webb, Shelby (2018-04-03). "Kirbyjon Caldwell's Victory Charter school to close amid financial woes". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
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