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Did You Know?
On average, the funding gap between charter schools and traditional schools is 22 percent, or $1,800 per pupil. The average charter school ends up with a total funding shortfall of nearly half a million dollars.

Source: Charter School Funding: Inequity’s Next Frontier

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Overwhelming Interest in Girls Public Charter School in Georgia Pushes Enrollment Increase Before School Opens

http://www.ajc.com/search/content/metro/gwinnett/stories/2008/06/13/ivy.html

Last week, the Georgia Board of Education approved an amendment to increase the enrollment at Ivy Preparatory Academy, a new all-girls public charter school opening this fall. State officials fast-tracked the amendment process so that more girls could be accepted into Ivy Prep's inaugural sixth-grade class. Nina Gilbert, lead founder of Ivy Prep, said the enrollment for 2008-09 can now grow from 126 students to 175. But she said only 160 will be accepted to keep class sizes small. "We have the facility that will allow us to grow," she said. Interest in the school has been overwhelming, Gilbert added. "We have gotten e-mails from mothers who are still expecting and wanted to be on the wait list," she said.

Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
Date: 06/12/2008


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