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Facing Low Enrollment, Achievement First Shuts A Crown Heights Elementary School

The Achievement First charter network is shuttering a Crown Heights elementary school, saying it is simply too under-enrolled to be sustainable.

The Achievement First charter network is shuttering a Crown Heights elementary school, saying it is simply too under-enrolled to be sustainable.

Two years after launching, Achievement First Voyager elementary school currently has just 73 students, as it has struggled to recruit in a rapidly gentrifying central Brooklyn neighborhood that is saturated with school choices. Just a block away, the network runs another elementary school, Achievement First Crown Heights, which will remain open.

The Achievement First charter network is shuttering a Crown Heights elementary school, saying it is simply too under-enrolled.

Parents pleaded with Achievement First officials to keep their Voyager elementary campus open. (PHOTO CREDIT: Matt Barnum/Chalkbeat) Originally published on Friday, January 31

The Achievement First charter network is shuttering [...]




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