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Board presses APA applicants on curriculum alignment, special‑education supports and admissions lottery
Summary
Board members asked applicants how the school will align curriculum with Cherokee County standards, provide services for students with IEPs and handle lotteries when applications exceed classroom caps; applicants said they will use Core Knowledge with arts integration and cannot exclude students with IEPs.
Board members spent a sustained block of time asking applicants to specify how arts instruction would fit into daily schedules and how APA would serve students with individualized education programs. A board member asked, "how much time of your day is allotted towards the curriculum? And does your curriculum align with the curriculum that of Cherokee County School District?"
Pat Hyatt said APA plans to use the Core Knowledge curriculum, which the applicants said has recently added arts integration components. Hyatt explained the arts would be woven into core lessons — for example, using musical rhythm and notation to teach fractions — and described plans for professional development led by specialists from the Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities.
On special‑education supports, Hyatt said services will depend on actual enrollment and the number of special‑needs students, and that the applicants plan an after‑school tutoring program intended to support underperforming students, including those with IEPs. "We are applying for a $100,000 grant to fund that after school program," Hyatt told the board. She also said the charter must accept students with IEPs and that lotteries would be used if applications exceed capacity.
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