The Lansing School District is starting construction on a new public charter school that’s set to open in the fall of 2008.
According to excerpts from the article:
Construction of Lansing Charter Academy will begin this month at 3200 Express Court in Lansing. The 45,000-square-foot free, public charter school will open in the fall for 480 students in kindergarten through fifth grade.
Since several schools within the Lansing School District are located nearby, the district is "developing some strategies to maintain or even grow our student enrollment," Superintendent T.C. Wallace Jr. said.
"We don't see them really as external competition, but it's an opportunity for us to prove our advantages," he said. "It encourages us to shore up what we're doing to maintain our edge. It gives us even more incentive to improve services and deliver what parents are asking for.
"We believe we're going to stem the loss of students in that area by being proactive."
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