NC surpasses 200 charter schools as state board approves 10 more

Charters, which are publicly funded and privately run schools, have been booming in North Carolina with more than 109,000 students currently enrolled at 184 schools across the state. Twelve more charters will open this fall, followed by 10 the next year – putting the state's count at 206 charter schools.

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Last year, the state received 35 applications. Of those, 10 were approved Thursday and two were sent back to a lower board for more review. They are as follows:

The state board voted to send North Raleigh Charter and Wake Preparatory back to the Charter Schools Advisory Board for more review after receiving a lot of feedback from the public, including Wake County Public School System leaders. The charter board will review the feedback on Monday and make another recommendation to the state board about whether the two schools should open.

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Wake school leaders and others should have submitted that feedback to the Charter Schools Advisory Board when the board was reviewing the charter applicants, not after, said Lt. Gov Dan Forest, who sits on the state board. By submitting feedback later, they slowed the process, he said.

"I think what you tend to see is almost stall tactics," Forest said. "We want to make sure everybody's voice is heard, but we do have a process for a reason ... I feel like we’re punishing these applicants."

While charter schools have continued to see their numbers rise, traditional public schools – which still educate the vast majority of students in North Carolina – have seen their numbers drop.

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