Maryland Charter "School learns its lesson"

Nicole Fuller:

Since opening inside a Hanover office park three years ago, the county's only public charter school has delivered strikingly high standardized test scores and, this year, produced a semifinalist - the only one in Anne Arundel County - in a national science competition.

But Chesapeake Science Point Public Charter School has also struggled. It faced the threat of closure after it failed to adhere to the county school system's standards in special education, and in administrative and staffing matters. Fulfilling its plan to expand to include high-schoolers, the charter school expanded to ninth-graders last year but was ultimately forced to downsize back to sixth through eighth grades amid space concerns.

Though it remains on probation through June, administrators at the school said the outlook for this year is bright, pointing to improved communication with school system officials that has led to a greater understanding of expectations.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at September 20, 2008 4:33 AM
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