First Washington State Charter Applicant
And it's a bit confusing. The Enumclaw Patch is reporting that the Cedar River Academy, currently a private school, is applying to become a charter school. It's confusing because, under the law, a private school cannot become a charter school. Reading on I see that CRA is a non-profit corporation and, I assume, is going to spin-off a charter. (I am trying to reach them to confirm this.) Their current school is about 160 students, pre-K to 12. CRA is conducting a "survey of Washington State families to learn of the level of community support for the creation of public schools that provide active learning, project-based and constructivist education." They are trying to get this backing as a level of support from the community for their application so they invite you to read about them and then take their "survey." I hadn't thought of exactly how charters would be showing this support but I guess a one-sided survey might do it. Because, if ...