MS Delta Academies yesterday received approval by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board to open Leflore Legacy Academy, serving grades 6-8, in Greenwood. In its first year, 2020-2021, the school will serve only grade 6. The board rejected applications for charter schools in Canton and Vicksburg-Warren, as well as a second application for another Greenwood charter school. Note: …
Jackson: Ambition Preparatory, 5331 Clinton Boulevard, grades K-1 Midtown, 301 Adelle Street, grades 5-8 Reimagine Prep, 309 West McDowell Road, grades 5-8 Smilow Collegiate, 787 East Northside Drive, grades K-2 Smilow Prep, 787 East Northside Drive, grades 5-7 Clarksdale: Clarksdale Collegiate, 1012 West 2nd Street, grades K-2
Applications for charter schools in Canton, Greenwood (2), South Pike, and Vicksburg-Warren school districts will move to the next stage of the application process, per a vote by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board earlier this month.
Letters of intent for the 2019 application cycle were submitted to the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board for 14 new charter schools. The proposed charter schools would be located in the following school districts: Canton, Cleveland, Greenville (2), Greenwood (2), Holly Springs, Holmes County Consolidated (2), McComb, North Bolivar Consolidated, South Pike, Vicksburg-Warren, Wilkinson County.
RePublic Schools, based in Nashville, yesterday received approval by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board to open Revive Prep, serving grades K-8, and RePublic High School, serving grades 9-12, both in Jackson. RePublic already operates three charter schools in the city. The two new schools are slated to open for the 2020-2021 school year. The board …
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Ambition Preparatory Charter School received approval by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board on September 10, 2018, to open as a K-8 school in the fall of 2019. The school will serve students who reside within the Jackson Public School District. Ambition Prep will become the fifth charter school to locate in Jackson. The board delayed …
Letters of intent to apply in the 2018 application cycle were submitted to the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board for 17 new charter schools. The proposed charter schools would be located in the following school districts: Amite County (2), Canton, Cleveland, Holmes County, Jackson (5), Leflore County (3), Moss Point, North Bolivar, Rankin County, and Vicksburg-Warren.
Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School was approved yesterday by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board as the first charter school in the state to be located outside of Jackson. Beginning in the 2018-2019 school year, the school will serve 150 students in kindergarten through second grade. Thereafter, Clarksdale Collegiate plans to add a grade each year and …
Three charter school applicants have moved to the final stage of consideration in the 2017 application cycle. A team of evaluators will assess detailed school plans and hold in-person interviews with applicants seeking to open charter schools in the Canton, Clarksdale, and Sunflower County school districts. Approvals/denials will be announced at the board’s September 11 meeting. • …
Nine charter school applicants submitted letters of intent to the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board indicating they plan to participate in Mississippi’s 2017 charter school application process. The proposed charter schools would be located in the following school districts: Canton, Clarksdale, Columbus, Greenwood, Holmes County (2), Jackson (2), South Pike, and Sunflower County.