I'm Going to Launch a Charter School; A Public Charter School.

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I'm Going to Launch a Charter School.

It will be a public charter school, open to all but necessarily limited to a fixed number of students each year.

Admission will be by lottery but certain demographics will need to be met to ensure that under-served students are not prevented from attending.

It will use ADA for funding, just like the traditional local schools that would otherwise have to take the students my school will gladly serve.

It will be staffed by members of the teachers union.

The student population served will be 50% or greater at risk of failure.

We will encourage enrollment of students with IEPs (students with identified learning challenges) and make sure that we have at least the same proportion of these as the local traditional public schools, and possibly a higher proportion.

We will NOT accept federal Title I funds.

Students will have to meet state expectations before graduation.

It will be a small learning community with just one or two teachers in its first year, self-contained classrooms, thematic instruction.

Students will stay with the same teacher or teachers from ninth grade through graduation.

The school will focus on environmental stewardship and social responsibility.

The school will probably open in Fall, 2013, because these things take time.