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Lake Norman Charter leader reports enrollment jump, rejects four-day week and previews new elementary
Summary
Head of school presented lottery results showing 6,389 applications (a 6% increase), said an optimal-schedule committee decided against a four-day week, reviewed a telehealth partnership serving 16 students, and shared renderings and a near-ready grading permit for a new elementary school with a likely March groundbreaking.
Miss Stein, presenting the state-of-school report to the Lake Norman Charter Board, said the school received 6,389 lottery applications this year — a 6% increase from last year — and that the school’s optimal-schedule committee declined to recommend a switch to a four-day school week.
The lottery is scheduled to be held Feb. 12, and family and staff surveys are due Feb. 10, Stein said. "They are used in our retreat, and it is a great way to give us a pulse on the work that we're doing," she said.
The committee reviewed multiple calendar models and ultimately concluded a four-day week would create unacceptable trade-offs for teaching and learning, Stein said.…
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