ITHACA — A charter school in Ithaca is looking to update their mission, but an official from the Ithaca City School District says the school hasn’t been able to keep up with requirements.

The New Roots Charter School on Cayuga Street is currently revising their charter. Officials from the school say they need to lower the number of students from 200 to 160 because the facilities aren’t enough for their students.

School board president Rob Ainslie says the fact that the school changes their charter so often is concerning.

“In 2012, they asked for a revision of their charter, and it was their intent to have 200 children in four grades,” he said. “That’s with the same facilities that they have now. And now, several years later, they’re asking for another reduction, so the obvious question is, what’s going on?”

Ainslie says it’s part of a troubling trend he’s seen from New Roots.

“They’re never been able to meet their numbers,” he said. “That their charter that is approved by the State of New York dictates that they have to be within a range of students, and they’re always in violation of that charter, it seems that the state should question the viability of the charter school and whether it should be renewed.”

Ainslie says he thinks New Roots could be in danger because of low graduation rates, dropping enrollment, and that less people attend public meetings to speak out in favor of the school.