Organizers of a proposed East Side charter school will no longer ask the Universities of Wisconsin to sponsor it this year, putting the school’s future in question.
North Star Preparatory Board President Rea Solomon, a Sun Prairie teacher, said in an email that organizers are “discussing next steps soon and plan to continue our efforts to expand educational opportunities for youth in our community.”
She didn’t say why North Star is halting its application process.
Wisconsin charters are public schoolscreated through a contract, or “charter,” between the school’s governing board and a sponsor. The aim is to foster educational innovation by giving charters more freedom, including in management and instruction techniques.
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A majority of the taxpayer funded Madison School Board voted to abort the proposed Madison Preparatory Academy IB charter School.