Is a charter school in Ithaca unprecedented?

Amazing as it may seem, Ithaca's own Ithaca High School started as a Charter School amid much of the same controversies surrounding New Roots and modern charter schools.  Check out the related document below.

There have also been numerous groups of people who have worked to organize other new schools within the ICSD over the past decade, as well as at least one other charter school application submitted to New York State.  Visit again for a more complete history of the history of educational reform initiatives in Ithaca.