The DC Charter Hall of Fame

Friends of Choice in Urban Schools (FOCUS) is now the DC Charter School Alliance!

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The DC Charter Hall of Fame
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The DC Charter Hall of Fame is created

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FOCUS recognizes three key individuals who have contributed so much to DC's healthy charter sector by inducting them into the newly-created DC Charter Hall of Fame:

Sonia Gutierrez, President Emeritus and Founder of the Carlos Rosario International PCS, who has spent more than 44 years as a champion for adult immigrant students;

Donald L. Hense, Founder and Chairman of Friendship PCS, whose vision and relentless insistence on excellence has led to thousands of District students achieving academic success; and

Malcolm (Mike) Peabody, FOCUS's founder (also known as the grandfather of DC charter schools), whose leadership and vision in creating FOCUS and guiding its growth and influence in supporting DC's thriving public charter school movement resulted in close to 40,000 (in SY 2015/16) charter school students citywide.

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