Saturday, February 6, 2010

Where the GCACS Board Stands Today

February 6, 2010
Charter arts school bids for students
Registration bid comes with interim leader, but still no site
By Patrick Anderson

Staff Writer

A year ago this week, a series of late-night, long-distance e-mails between top state officials about a proposed Gloucester charter school sowed the seeds of one of the state's most enduring education controversies.

On Wednesday, with the controversy still very much alive, that school began recruiting students despite a string of setbacks that have left it without a building, a permanent head of school and — after at least one resignation this week — a key founder.

The Gloucester Community Arts Charter School is seeking 120 fourth- through seventh-graders to sign up for the school by March 10, five days before a scheduled lottery to choose students in the event of over-subscription. An enrollment report to the state is due after the lottery.

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