PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The nine-member Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education has rejected the application of charter management operator Achievement First, which wanted to open a network of public charter schools serving students in Cranston and Providence.
The vote Thursday afternoon was 7-1, with Regent Betsy Shimberg casting the dissenting vote. The ninth regent, Mat Santos, was absent on National Guard Duty.
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