The space had been used for the last two years as an annex for a Buffalo city public school. Both the Center and the charter school are named after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King Center Charter School's program involves multiage classrooms and frequent enrichment programs. Dozens of students have already completed a summer program that included enrichment programs and band. We taught them how. Bronx Prep and King Center were chosen with 12 other schools out of 90 applications received last Fall by the University's Charter Schools Institute.
Charter schools are public schools that are publicly funded and independent of school districts.
In exchange for flexibility from many state rules, they are held to a higher level of accountability and operate under five-year licenses granted by the State University of New York and the Board of Regents.