National Collegiate Preparatory Public Charter High School

For nearly four years, Jaheim Byars found peace in National Collegiate Preparatory Public Charter High School that the streets and other schools couldn’t provide. By his senior year, he had encouraged his younger cousins to apply to the…

When the D.C. Public Charter School Board voted in December to initiate revocation proceedings for National Collegiate Prep, a Ward 8 charter high school founded 10 years ago that educates about 250 students, few could say they were really…

When Kamilah Wheeler moved back to Southeast Washington two years ago, she didn’t want to enroll her children in the neighborhood public school.

Dismal attendance, re-enrollment and graduation rates notwithstanding, some families in the Bellevue/South Capitol area of Southeast said they consider National Collegiate Preparatory Public Charter School a community gem.

In a spirited and robust meeting late Monday night, the D.C. Public Charter School Board voted unanimously to initiate revocation- essentially trying to close the doors- for National Collegiate Preparatory (NCP) Public Charter High School.