Group charter granted to Atlanta’s KIPP schools
The Atlanta Board of Education unanimously voted Monday to organize six city charter schools as a cluster, allowing them to pool resources in an effort to operate more efficiently.
The school board granted the charter cluster petition to KIPP Atlanta Collegiate Academy, KIPP STRIVE Academy, KIPP STRIVE Primary Academy, KIPP Vision Academy, KIPP Vision Primary Academy and KIPP West Atlanta Young Scholars Academy.
The charter cluster plan gives KIPP primary school students the opportunity to enroll in KIPP middle schools before the general public, and it puts all the schools on the same five-year schedule to seek renewals of their charters from the school board.
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