The School Board is expected to approve the school's charter today, though it is unclear when the classes would begin. The School Board is expected to approve the contract at its meeting Tuesday. The school's organizers, members of the Spirit of '76 Republican Club, originally wanted to open the school last August, but a long stretch of political campaigns and elections threw them off track.
Organizers say they hope to open for the coming school year.
The key at this point is the facility. It all really hinges upon us finding a suitable building. Although organizers may hope to open the school this summer, the contract states that the school, called Liberty Fundamental, won't open until August 2002. Bunting said that the contract's starting date is a typographical error that she hopes to correct before the School Board's vote. Charter schools are financed with public tax money and operate under the authority of local school boards.