Graystone Academy finally announces closure

Days after losing another appeal, school said students must register elsewhere By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Graystone Academy Charter School in South Coatesville, which lost its charter, will not open during the 2013-14 school year, its web site said. The promised public response last week from embattled Graystone Academy Charter School regarding its future never materialized,...

Appellate court to hear argument on charter school

Graystone Academy wants charter reinstated while it appeals revocation By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court has scheduled argument in the long-running case involving Graystone Academy Charter School on Tuesday. As promised, the charter school appealed the July 30 ruling by the Pennsylvania Charter School Appeals Board, a decision that upheld the Coatesville...

State board revokes Graystone Academy’s charter

School vows to appeal, stay open; district readies for influx of displaced students By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times The back-to-school routine for students at the Graystone Academy Charter School has been upended – at least temporarily — by a decision of the Pennsylvania Charter School Appeals Board to revoke the school’s charter this week. Capping a year-and-a-half-long process,...