CEC 21 carries on its fight against charter school co-location plan
Supporters of charter schools are riding high these days, with recently enacted state laws on their side that are paving the way for more charters to open in New York City.
The New York Daily News reported on June 10 that Eva Moskowitz, the founder and CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, the city’s largest charter school group, plans to apply for state permits to open 14 new schools.
If the State University of New York grants the charters, the schools will open in 2015 and 2016. The opening of 14 new charter schools would constitute Success Academy’s most ambitious expansion since the organization was founded in 2006. There are currently 22 Success Charter Academy school in New York.
“Even with 14 more schools, we will not make a dent in the demand we are seeing,” Moskowitz told the Daily News on Tuesday.