page_title: Vida Charter School
hierarchical_section_title: Vida Charter School
caption_attribution_description: Map of Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States Public School Districts
context_page_description: Vida Charter School is a small, public, regional charter school in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It is one of two public charters schools operating in Adams County in 2014. In 2016, the school's enrollment increased to 255 pupils kindergarten through 6th grade, with 47% of its pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. Additionally, 5.88% of students receive special education services, while 4% of students are identified as gifted. Fifty-nine percent of the pupils are Hispanic and 37% are Caucasian. In 2016, 18% of the teachers were rated "Non-Highly qualified" under No Child Left Behind. In 2015 the school employed 15 teachers yielding a student:teacher ratio of 15:1. The school is a federal Title I school. The school provides full day kindergarten.
  In 2014, the school's enrollment rose to 214 pupils Kindergarten through 6th grade, with 62% of its pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. Additionally, 8.88% of students received special education services, while 1% of students were identified as gifted.
context_section_description: Vida Charter School is a small, public, regional charter school in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It is one of two public charters schools operating in Adams County in 2014. In 2016, the school's enrollment increased to 255 pupils kindergarten through 6th grade, with 47% of its pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. Additionally, 5.88% of students receive special education services, while 4% of students are identified as gifted. Fifty-nine percent (59%) of the pupils are Hispanic and 37% are Caucasian. In 2016, 18% of the teachers were rated "Non-Highly qualified" under No Child Left Behind. In 2015 the school employed 15 teachers yielding a student:teacher ratio of 15:1. The school is a federal Title I school. The school provides full day kindergarten.
  In 2014, the school's enrollment rose to 214 pupils Kindergarten through 6th grade, with 62% of its pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. Additionally, 8.88% of students received special education services, while 1% of students were identified as gifted. Fifty-five percent of the pupils were Hispanic and 35% were Caucasian. In 2013, the School's enrollment was 198 pupils in grades kindergarten through 5th grades, with 59% of its pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. Additionally, 12.62% of students received special education services, while 2% of students were identified as gifted. Forty six percent (46%) of the pupils were Hispanic and 44.95% are Caucasian. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 15% of the school's teachers were rated "Non‐Highly Qualified" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. In 2012, the school employed 11 teachers. Vida Charter School provided a dual language immersion program in both English and Spanish.
  In 2012, enrollment was 161 pupils in grades first through 6th, with 101 pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. The school employed 9 teachers yielding a student-teacher ratio of 18:1. None of the pupils received special education services.
  In Pennsylvania, public charter schools are initially approved and subsequently overseen by the local school board (LEA). If the local school board denies the charter school's application, the prospective Charter School may appeal to the state's Charter School Appeal Board. Once approved by the local school district, the Charter is governed by a locally selected Board of Trustees. Vida Charter has five (5) Board members, one of whom is from Hanover, Pennsylvania. They make in-depth, annual reports to the Pennsylvania Department of Education. In Pennsylvania, public charter schools are a public school alternative to the local public schools. Students may seek admission to a local charter school. The student's home public school district pays the tuition costs on the student's behalf. Additionally, when the local school district provides transportation to its students it must also provide transportation at no cost to charter school students, when the receiving school is within 10 miles of the District's borders. Pennsylvania charter schools have the same academic accountability as traditional public schools and must give the PSSAs to their pupils each year, working to achieve AYP status.
  Vida Charter School applied for authorization of its charter in November 2007. Both the Gettysburg Area School Board and the Hanover Public School District Board rejected the application. In April 2008, the school's founders applied again to Gettysburg Area School Board and Hanover Public School District. When it was once again rejected, the school's founders appealed the decision to the Pennsylvania Charter School Appeal Board. Vida Charter School's application was approved.
  According to PA Charter School law, if more students apply to attend than there are open slots available, Vida Charter School is required to use 
caption: School District region in Adams County
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