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Dreamers Academy seeks grade expansion, outlines dual‑language model and community family‑resource plans
Summary
Dreamers Academy asked the board for permission to expand from its current K–5 offering toward middle grades, described a 50/50 dual‑language model, and outlined plans to buy land and create a family-resource center to address non‑school factors affecting student success.
Dreamers Academy, a relatively new K–5 charter focused on Spanish–English dual language instruction, presented an amendment request Jan. 7 seeking to expand grade levels toward a K–8 program and described plans for a family-resource center and additional middle‑school capacity.
Founder Jerry Chaffee and Head of School Dr. Katherine Rodriguez said Dreamers opened in 2021, serves about 532 students and uses a 50/50 immersion schedule in which students alternate days of English and Spanish instruction. Rodriguez said 95% of staff are…
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