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Charter school launch fizzles
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Published: May 6, 2009
The economy has sapped plans for a new charter school in Riverview.
The Hillsborough County School Board on Tuesday ended its contract with Imagine School at Riverview, which said it has been unable to secure a lease to open in time for the 2009-10 school year. The school had anticipated 230 students in kindergarten through sixth grade.
Shawn Beecher, the board president for Imagine's local charter, told school district officials in a letter that he's interested in reapplying for a new charter by the August deadline.
Imagine already had delayed an August 2008 opening by asking school district officials for a "planning year" before telling them in March that "the economy has affected our plans."
Charter schools are public schools that are managed by outside groups, and they must take state-required standardized testing.
Reporter Adam Emerson can be reached at (813) 259-8285.
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