New Hampshire Charter Schools

STATE-AUTHORIZED CHARTER SCHOOLS:

	Opened during 2004-05.
1.	Franklin Career Academy (Franklin)
2.	North Country Charter Academy (Littleton and Lancaster)
3.	Seacoast Charter School (relocated to Kingston 9/2007)
4.	Laurent Clerc Academy (Concord, closed in 2007)
5.	Cocheco Arts & Technology Academy (Relocated to Barrington)
6.	Great Bay eLearning Charter School (Exeter)
	Opened January 2006
7.	New Heights Academy Charter School (Goffstown, closed)
	Authorized January 2006; Opened September 2006
8.	New Hampshire Equestrian Academy Charter School (Rochester)

	Authorized March 14, 2006; Opened September 2007
9.	Academy for Science and Design Charter School (Opened in Merrimack)
10.	Strong Foundations Charter School (Opened in Pembroke)
	Authorized March 2006; Opened September 2006
11.	Surry Village School Charter School (Surry)
	Opened September 2006 with 45 students grades K-5
	Authorized September 2006
12.	The Crossroads Learning Community Charter School (Contoocook)
	Planning to open in January with 20 students in 6-12.
	Authorized March 2007; Opened July 2007
13.	CSI Charter School (Penacook)
14.	Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (Exeter)
	Planning to open on a pilot program basis February 2008 and be available to students statewide September 2008
15.	Ledyard Charter Academy (Lebanon)
	Opening on hold, pending funding clarification.

 

Charter School Discussions Taking Place Around the State

We anticipate 7 - 10 groups planning and seeking charters during 2007. When we have a contact number, we are pleased to connect people with similar interests. Groups can be informal, formal, working with grants to conduct a study, or working with no money at all, just local energy. Charter schools are now being discussed by entrepreneurial teachers, businesses, district personnel, museums, mayors, non-profits, parents, and sometimes students!

1. Middle Village School (Deerfield)

2. Alexandria, by Friends of Alexandria Village School; warrant article this Spring 2008. Wants to continue a sense of family and community with a village school for K-2

3. Portsmouth (ideas peculating)

4. Childhood Autism Charter School (Manchester and Merrimack area)

5. Concord area (idea for 11th Grade Visual Art School); this idea keeps emerging

In remission or not active for the moment.

These charter school projects we understand to be inactive at the moment, either in remission or abandoned. These projects can resurface at any time and so we keep contact information for interested readers. Sometimes key founders are no longer involved and more energy is needed to continue.

1. Concord Virtual School (Concord Area)

2. Sandwich School for the Arts and Sciences (Sandwich area)

3. Adventure Charter School (Mason area)

4. Museum School for Visual Arts (Plymouth area)

5. Manchester School District (Manchester)

6. Central New Hampshire Charter School Initiative (Newport area)

7. K-8 School with Focus on Regional History & Geography (Lebanon area)

8. Kindergarten School (Greater Hudson area)