Charter Schools USA will be opening a new kindergarten through sixth grade school in Naples, Florida in 2016. The Collier County School Board members approved the charter school this Tuesday.
Additional information can be found on Naples Daily News…
Quietly and with open arms, Collier County School Board members Tuesday welcomed what could be the district’s largest charter school.
It will be a new kindergarten through eighth-grade school run by Fort Lauderdale-based Charter Schools USA, a for-profit management company that operates another 47 charters in the state and has five new schools opening this fall. It also will be operated by the Southwest Charter Foundation, which oversees CSUSA’s six schools in Lee County.
For the 2016-17 school year, Collier Charter Academy would open as a K through sixth-grade school and fill an estimated 661 seats. By its fifth year, it expects to seat 1,145 students. The largest charters in Collier currently enroll about 700 students. Collier board members were quick to throw their support behind the school.
“They’ve got a good record and a good reputation,” said board member Roy Terry. “I think they’ll provide good services.”
“More choice is good,” added board member Erika Donalds, a charter schools advocate.
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