Alternative School May Lose Students
State Requires 20 Hours Of Face-Time For Students In Program
Posted: December 24, 2011 at 5:41 a.m.
The Academic Center for Excellence, a charter high school within Lincoln High School, may lose most of its students and significant money over a charter provision the Arkansas Department of Education says the district must follow.
At A Glance
Charter Request
Lincoln school officials are preparing to request another school charter that will affect how Lincoln High School operates.
The request is to be taken up Jan. 9 by the Arkansas State Board of Education.
The new charter, if approved, will allow the district to convert the high school to a New Tech high school. New Tech is a model put forth by Gov. Mike Beebe to accelerate and transform secondary education in Arkansas to include more science, technology, engineering and math. The governor’s initiative is called STEM Works.
If approved, the high school would undergo a 100 percent conversion to the new instructional platform, said Principal Mary Ann Spears.
Source: Staff Report
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