Washington State Charter School Letters of Intent Filed
The deadline for letters of intent to file a charter school proposal in Washington State was 5 p.m. today. Checking the Charter Commission website , I count 15 but Seattle Weekly is reporting 24 (I suspect SW called and asked and that the Charter Commission just doesn't have all of them up yet). Those 24 do NOT include whatever letters of intent that Spokane School District received as it is the only school district in the state to be a charter school authorizer. All full applications must be in on November 22nd. Seattle Weekly had a good story on Puget Sound hopefuls who are getting a boost via the Washington State Charter Schools Association (and, of course, the money coming from the Gates Foundation). Three different women each received $100k for their charter school planning. A second charter group out of California, Summit Public Schools that runs high schools, has filed (joining Green Dot). The newest entries are signalled by a *. Academy of Continuing Ed...