As an interesting side note, it was a parent leader at a Core Knowledge school in Oklahoma City that led the fight for charter schools in the Sooner State, precisely so that concept could be expanded to more children. Healthy Start Academy sprang up in the ghetto of Durham to become North Carolina's most successful public charter school. Harlem's Frederick Douglass Academy sends 95 percent of its graduates to college, many to the Ivy League. The academy does more staff training than the local district, and offers children 210 days a year. The student body is diverse and dedicated.
Plans are underway to expand and build a new facility.
Robert Treat is advised by Seton Hall education school professor Jim Caulfield, a 43-year veteran of the public schools. The goal is to challenge the status quo, to use the resources within the community to rebuild it, family by family. Vaughn has experience in rejuvenating communities and is currently building a new center to house middle school students which will aid in easing overcrowding in the greater Los Angeles school district. They've also celebrated the addition of a health and community center and new library over the last few years. We built one building and then started digging for another.