Why is LCA a private school rather than a charter school?
• Charter schools must follow the regulations set by either the local school board or the state, including those that require that all the teachers be certified. We will insist that all our teachers be highly qualified, but this does not mean they will all be certified. We expect that the high school level classes will be taught by faculty members who also teach at the university. These people are almost never certified as teachers, even though they have a graduate degree in their academic field and often many years of teaching experience. • We were concerned that if we did start as a charter school, and the controlling public body decided it wanted to close the school, it would be extremely difficult to convert the school to a private school rapidly enough to protect the educational process for the students. • It is our fear that if we started a charter school the public school system would insist on making it open to all. We intend this school to be only for gifted and academically a