Overview: Charlottesville City Council’s recent meeting delved into issues within the city’s educational system, focusing primarily on new accountability standards and budgetary constraints. Discussions centered around the performance of Charlottesville City Schools under a newly implemented accountability system that evaluates schools based on a point accumulation model, with the threshold set at 80 points to be considered “on track.” Although some schools, such as Trailblazer, scored above this benchmark, they were moved to “off track” status due to the performance of their Black and economically disadvantaged students. This underscored the system’s strict criteria and . . .