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New charter school approved today in Wake County

Submitted by KeungHui on 03/01/2012 - 14:00
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The new Triangle Math and Science Academy proposed for downtown Raleigh got approval today from the State Board of Education.

TMSA was one of nine charter schools that got fast-track approval to open for the 2012-13 school year. The Wake County school system didn't take a position on the school.

The lifting of the charter school cap could result in a spike in the number of charter schools in Wake. But some of their attractiveness could be limited by how the students leaving charter schools are handled in the new student assignment plan.

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Thu, 03/01/2012 - 15:00 — Bob_Sconce

If you're in a charter high school, then you're not really that worried about being able to get back into your base school.

Here's another way to think about charters: It may be that they draw enough Wake students that the district isn't bumping up against capacity ceilings every place.  That could make returning from charters easier.

Side note: According to anothre article in today's N&O, the proposed Research Triangle High School has 49% of its applicants coming from Wake County.  Durham is only at 41%, even though the school will physically be in Durham County.

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T. Keung Hui covers Wake schools.
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