Charter School Gets Final OK From State Education Board
A new charter school in Saugus that will serve students from Peabody, Salem and Danvers as well received final approval from state education officials this week.
The North Shore is getting a new public charter school, following a vote from the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education this week. The board gave final approval on a 6-4 vote for Pioneer Charter School of Science, which is based in Everett, to open a new school in Saugus that will serve students in grades 7-12 from Peabody, Lynn, Salem, Danvers and Saugus. The curriculum will be focused on math and science and enroll a maximum of 360 students. PCSS plans to accept only 180 applications for grades 7-9, however, for when the charter opens in September. Higher grades will be accepted later and school officials expect to reach full capacity by 2016. “We want to thank the department, the commissioner and the board for their faith in…
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MarkMunoz
4:13 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013
As far as Chester goes he should have picked up the phone and called Superintendent Avossa of Fulton county, GE who has closed 2 of their charter schools and working on the third, not to mention Wells Fargo has stared foreclosure proceedings on a $19 million defaulted loan. Hasta la Vista Gulencis. We are watching you every step and what we see we Americans don't like. for a list of Gulencis … more ›