Nine charter schools in Wake County are among the 70 applicants statewide who made Friday's application deadline for permission to open in the 2014-15 school year.
We'll have to wait until potentially the end of this week to actually view the applications. But this list shows that the field includes schools named Cardinal Charter, Dynamic Community Charter, Filmore Academy Charter School, James Madison Academy, Prep 360 Academy, The Platinum School, Wake Forest Charter Academy, Wisdom Academy and Envision Science Academy.
Things may have changed from when they filed their letters of intent in January.
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Charter schools are going to
Wed, 03/06/2013 - 21:24 — willynillyCharter schools are going to increase by extreme numbers across the state. Guilford County, in the next two years, will have 19 new charters. I agree that the typical set-up has been K-8, but the two recent job fairs for charters (another new happening for charters) sees many charters serving the needs of high school students. Since this has not been typical it seems to be a warning that HS will be another target for charters. Each year more and more benefactors are coming into view with many dollars being given to support these new schools. The binocular view? Public schools, get ready to do more with less since the money will follow the kids.
If my info is correct charters are limited to 20% growth per year. If a school has 1000 stduents (which would take maybe three years to achieve) .....well, then think of that amount of growth each year.
Interesting info about the
Wed, 03/06/2013 - 21:27 — jenmanInteresting info about the job fair. It's not surprising that there are more charters coming up to serve HS students since there seems to be a lack of charter HS options right now.
If all of them...
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 14:36 — bpuli9999actually open, that's potentially around 2500 kids out of the system. That's about how much the system grew this year. Here's to hoping that they open up.
What I am not clear on is the pathway back to the county system. Can parents opt to come back to the public system whenever they want and for whatever reason? Will the school system be forced to maintain capacity to accommodate kids if the charter closes for some reason?
you continue to
Tue, 03/05/2013 - 13:18 — snordoneastound me with your lack of understanding. You really need to leave your happy ITB/magnet bubble.
Who will leave the system? High income parents who want more for their child than they are getting at their assigned Title I ES? Or ED families who don't have transportation and can't meet the volunteer requirements?
Also, if you add up the total expected to enroll (should all the schools open) is is 6335 students.
Perhaps we can empty 4 middle schools and 2 ES with that number of students. For sure the loss will come from schools like Baileywick, North Ridge, Jeffrey's Grove, West Millbrook, Carroll, etc... It won't be schools at capacity like Lacy or Leesville.
It looks like NCDPI is trying to slow the hemorrhage and is purposefully minimizing approvals in each county, but clearly the applicants are persistent and have come back for another round.
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Tue, 03/05/2013 - 17:53 — Bob_SconceWhy do you think the state is dragging its heels? Wouldn't surprise me, but I'll note that Republicans will soon have a majority on the State Board of Education, even if the GA doesn't change how the various state boards are appointed. That probably bodes well for charter schools.
70 new charter schools in one year, when the previous cap was 100 is absolutely enormous. There was clearly some pent-up demand. It will be interesting to see what happens to that number in the coming years -- even just a couple of years of 70% growth will yield a big number.
This is great news
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 21:48 — FSandYOUand just one more reason the word "bond" shouldn't be brought up again.
Um...
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 18:49 — Bob_SconceIn answer to your second question, the school system does not reserve capacity for the 14 charter schools currently operating in Wake County or for the several that are outside of Wake County but which Wake County children attend or for any of the private schools in the area.
I agree--they don't maintain
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 22:01 — jenmanI agree--they don't maintain capacity for the kids who are currently in charter or private so they won't do it for the new charters either. The one thing WCPSS will have to think about is the entrance of these kids once they get to HS. I imagine that many of these charters are only going to be K-8 and then those kids will have to go to HS somewhere.
I'm thinking that the answer
Mon, 03/04/2013 - 15:47 — shearertwI'm thinking that the answer to the question 1. is, YES.
The answer to questions 2. is, Not going to be an issue.
The net flow will be out of WCPSS each and every year. In addition to these new charter schools opening up, the old ones are also growing so you need to count those kids as well. Some charters may not take off and some may fail but if WCPSS continues on its current path, the net flow of kids will most certainly be in the direction of charter schools, not vice verse.