Washington State Charter School Applications to be Posted Monday

From The News Tribune:

The state Charter School Commission received 19 applications from 18 organizations hoping to launch the type of alternative public schools that already exists in most other states.

Also Monday, teams of experts hired by the state commission will start poring over the extensive applications, which include details such as curriculum and instructional models, background information about school leaders and members of each school’s governing board, projected enrollments, plans for serving students with special needs and a school discipline policy.

The commission plans to hold public forums in January, when charter applicants, parents and others can offer comments on the proposed charters. Dates and locations for those forums are to be discussed at Thursday’s commission meeting.

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Evaluation findings will be available after January 24, 2014. To learn more about each application, please visit the Commission's website at:

http://www.governor.wa.gov/issues/education/commission/applicant.aspx


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Charlie Mas said…
Here are the applicants:

1. CAL Elementary
2. Cedar River Academy
3. Coral Academy of Science
4. Evergreen Leadership Academy
5. Excel Public Charter School
6. First Place
7. Green Dot Public Schools
8. King County Academy
9. Out of the Box Learning Studio
10. Pioneer School
11. Rainier Prep
12. SOAR Academy
13. Sports in Schools Team Charter
14. Summit Public Schools: Olympus
15. Summit Public Schools: Sierra
16. Sunnyside Charter Academy
17. The Village Academy
18. Washington STEM
19. Yakima Academy
12/24/13, 9:17 AM
Charlie Mas said…
Here is a link to the applications.

12/24/13, 9:18 AM
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