PA Cyber hosts charter school teleconference
PA Cyber hosts ‘How to Start a Charter School’ teleconference
August 17, 2009
MIDLAND, Pa. – PA Cyber Charter School will provide host sites in western Pennsylvania and Harrisburg on the evening of Thursday, Aug. 20, for an interactive teleconference to teach people how to start their own charter school.
The 14th annual “How to Start a Charter School” is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Coalition of Charter Schools (www.pachartercoalition.com). The conference is to originate at Drexel University in Philadelphia, according to Lawrence Jones Jr., president of the coalition and himself CEO of a charter school.
"Statewide, more than 20,000 students remain on charter school waiting lists. The only way we can meet that demand is to open more charter schools,” said Jones.
“The process involved with opening a charter school can be complicated and confusing. Our goal is to help participants make their charter school vision a reality as quickly and efficiently as possible.”
The free 7 – 9:30 p.m. workshop is to be presented through an interactive teleconference. PA Cyber-hosted sites are at its Harrisburg Support Center at 229 State Street, Harrisburg, and at school headquarters at 1200 Midland Ave., Midland, in western Pennsylvania.
In Philadelphia, participants will go to Drexel University's Matheson Hall, Room 109, on Market Street between 32nd and 33rd streets.
Participants are asked to preregister at the coalition’s website, www.pachartercoalition.com, or by calling 484-356-0191.
During the workshop, participants will learn to navigate through the charter school process during sessions that include:
* Building a School Startup Plan
* Developing a Successful Application to open a Charter School
* Applying for a Charter School Planning Grant
* Financial Issues Facing Charter School Startups
* Operational, Organizational, and Curricular Issues Facing Charter Schools
“The demand for charter schools have exponentially increased each year since Pennsylvania established the Charter School Act of 1997, granting families school choice” said Jones.
More than 70,000 students are enrolled in Pennsylvania’s 130 charter schools. Their missions include early childhood enrichment, specific academic disciplines, high achievement, core knowledge, technology, project based learning, special needs education, gifted education and community service.
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