Proposal submitted for Franklin Township new charter school |
Apr. 23, 2008
Categorized in: Local News
Application filed for SOAR Academy
The Reverend DeForest B. Soaries, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, submitted an application with the state Department of Education last week to open a middle and high school in Franklin Township called the Central Jersey SOAR Academy Charter School. The projected student population is to be 280, grades 5 - 11.
Reported in the Star-Ledger, under a new timeline set by the state, applicants will get the decision by next fall.
More information can be found at: http://www.state.nj.us/education
The State Department of Education received 25 applications statewide. Last year only one of 22 applications received approval.