Fourteen New Charter School Prospectuses Submitted for ConsiderationMALDEN - 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 |
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| 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
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