Massachusetts Charter Schools

Fourteen New Charter School Prospectuses Submitted for Consideration

MALDEN - The state has received 14 prospectuses from groups hoping to submit final applications for new charter schools to be considered by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in February, 2010. Founding groups whose prospectuses show the most promise will be notified by mid-September and encouraged to submit a full application, due in mid-November. Those will then be reviewed and evaluated by Department of Elementary and Secondary Education staff and external review panels with expertise in education, business, legal, and organizational structure. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will vote to award new charters in February, 2010. The proposals that were submitted for consideration are:

Proposed School Name	Districts to be served	Proposed Grade Span	Proposed Max Enrollment
Atlantic Charter School of Science	Cambridge, Somerville, and Medford	6-12	420
BridgeSmart Preparatory Academy Charter School	Chelsea, Everett, Lynn, and Revere	6-12a & 12b	450
Discovery Charter School of Sustainability	Conway, Deerfield, Erving, Gill-Montague, Greenfield, Hawlemont, Leveret, Mohawk, Orange, Pioneer Valley, Rowe, Shutesbury, Sunderland, and Whately	K-6	260
Hanlin International Academy Charter School	Quincy	6-12	308
Housatonic River Charter School	Southern Berkshire, Berkshire Hills, Lee, and Lenox	7-12	240
Leaders of Tomorrow Charter Public School	Worcester	6-8	270
Lynn Preparatory School	Lynn	K-8	500
Mohonk Charter School	Quincy and Braintree	5-9	300
Newton Science & Technology Charter School	Worcester	7-12	480
North Shore Charter School of Science	Saugus and Lynn	K-12	780
Rediscovery Academy Charter School	Ayer, Belmont, Billerica, Boston, Braintree, Brockton, Brookline, Cambridge, Concord, Concord/Carlisle, Everett, Fitchburg, Grafton, Holbrook, Leominster, Lincoln, Lincoln/Sudbury, Littleton, Lowell, Malden, Medford, Natick, Newton, Quincy, Randolph, Shirley, Somerville, Southborough, Waltham, Watertown, Westborough, Wilmington, Winchester, Woburn, and Worcester	9-12	150
Road to Success Charter High School	Lynn, Peabody, and Salem	9-12	400
Russell H. Conwell Elementary Charter School (Horace Mann)	Gateway Regional School District	PK-4	120
Spirit of Knowledge Academy Charter School	Worcester	7-12	275

Last Updated: September 1, 2009