Partial business plan gives first look at proposed Madison Prep

Matthew DeFour:

The first class of sixth-graders in the proposed Madison Preparatory Academy would attend school nearly year-round, be in class from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., and participate in mandatory extracurricular activities.

Parents would take classes in how to prepare their students for college while the school would aim to enroll at least 70 percent minorities and 65 percent low-income students.

Those and other new details about the controversial charter school proposal are included in a draft business plan the Urban League of Greater Madison provided to the Madison School Board this week. The School District provided a copy to the State Journal at the newspaper's request.

The business plan is incomplete. More details will be shared with the board by the end of the month, Urban League President Kaleem Caire said.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 16, 2011 4:11 AM
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