Three Rivers Academy

New revelations point to additional violations at troubled charter schools

BY: - January 27, 2022

State officials say student records were wrongfully altered at Wake and Bertie County schools by the daughter of the couple who ran them The management of Three Rivers Academy and Torchlight Academy was a family affair when state monitors found “altered documents” in the schools’ exceptional children programs.

Charter School Advisory Board votes against three-year charter renewal for Three Rivers Academy

BY: - January 11, 2022

It is likely a moot point, but the Charter School Advisory Board has recommended that Three Rivers Academy’s charter not be renewed. The recommendation to not renew Three River’s charter comes less than a week after the State Board ordered the school closed following a state investigation that found academic, fiscal, and governance shortcomings at […]

Three Rivers Academy ordered closed by State Board of Education

BY: - January 6, 2022

Three Rivers Academy was ordered closed by the State Board of Education on Thursday following a lengthy state investigation that found academic, fiscal, and governance shortcomings at the low-performing school of about 80 students in Bertie County. The State Board’s vote came on the heels of the Charter School Advisory Board’s (CSAB) recommendation that it […]