New Charter School Files to Open in Seattle
The district has been notified by the Washington State Charter Commission that a group seeks to open a K-8 charter school in SE Seattle at 4413 39th Ave SW in 2019. (The building appears to be a former house.)
The closest SPS schools are Cooper-Boren K-8 and Genesee Hill and two private schools.
Editor's note: got SW in my head and the address is South. That places this school nearer to Hawthorne and Dearborn Park.
It is to be called Ashe Prep Academy. It will start with K-2 and 6th.
The lead on this effort is Dr. Debra Sullivan who is the President of the Seattle Affiliate of the National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI).
To note, what the Charter Commission received is just a notice of interest (NOI). Notices of Intent (NOI) to Apply were due on December 1, 2017 and the WSCSC received four.
The other three are:
- the Academy of Empowerment, a K-8 language immersion in Federal Way (French and Spanish)
- Fursan School, a K-12 that would start with Pre-K, K-2, in "King County" and be a bilingual STEM school.
I was interested in the name and found this from Wiki:
Al Fursan ( in English The Knights) is the aerobatics demonstration team of the United Arab Emirates Air Force.
-Intergenerational High School, an arts/STEM school, in Whatcom County.
Among what they hope to provide for students is this: Experiential and Phenomenon-based, Intergenerational mentorship.
All three hope to open in 2019.
Editor's note: got SW in my head and the address is South. That places this school nearer to Hawthorne and Dearborn Park.
It is to be called Ashe Prep Academy. It will start with K-2 and 6th.
The lead on this effort is Dr. Debra Sullivan who is the President of the Seattle Affiliate of the National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI).
To note, what the Charter Commission received is just a notice of interest (NOI). Notices of Intent (NOI) to Apply were due on December 1, 2017 and the WSCSC received four.
The other three are:
- the Academy of Empowerment, a K-8 language immersion in Federal Way (French and Spanish)
- Fursan School, a K-12 that would start with Pre-K, K-2, in "King County" and be a bilingual STEM school.
I was interested in the name and found this from Wiki:
Al Fursan ( in English The Knights) is the aerobatics demonstration team of the United Arab Emirates Air Force.
-Intergenerational High School, an arts/STEM school, in Whatcom County.
Among what they hope to provide for students is this: Experiential and Phenomenon-based, Intergenerational mentorship.
All three hope to open in 2019.
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StepB
Great need is not just in the south end and it is about time for the city and the district to stop acting like it is.
Again, Washington's law is tough and so is the process; it's harder than it might seem. I am glad that our Charter Commission is making sure that good, viable charters are okayed.
As Melissa says, if you want an alternative school, start your own just as Nova was established and other option schools in Seattle.
With option schools, I believe there is still an all-school draw which decreases the chances for segregation, one thing that charter schools have aggravated. See: Choice Without Equity: Charter School Segregation and the Need for Civil Rights Standards, https://www.civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/research/k-12-education/integration-and-diversity/choice-without-equity-2009-report.
Also US charter schools put growing numbers in racial isolation, https://apnews.com/e9c25534dfd44851a5e56bd57454b4f5.
For a primer on charter schools see What is a Charter School?, https://seattleducation.com/charter-schools/what-is-a-charter-school/.