March 28, 2024

6 thoughts on “District approves charter petition for Design Tech High School

  1. I really like the idea of design/tech/specialized schools but sometimes I wonder to what extent people can be sure of the field they want to go into before entering high school.

  2. That’s an interesting idea to start a charter school specializing in Design and Technology, but their plan seems to have a huge flaw in it in that they so far haven’t found a location. Apparently the district will either allocate space on current facilities, or find a place to rent. Perhaps I’m missing something, but there doesn’t appear to be ANY extra space on current campuses, nor are there any giant, inexpensive buildings for rent…

  3. @Travis  There was no opposition because they did say where it was going to be located. My daughter attends Mills. There are many parents that oppose the concept of two schools on one campus. We filled the Burlingame Theater at the last school board meeting. I wasn’t oppose to charter schools as there a fit for them in districts where schools are under performing. Mills is not a under performing school. Parents also resent how the school board did not name the campus until it was too late to speak out. The problem they have now is the charter school does not have the number of in-district students to qualify for facility. The losers in all this are the students at Mills and the charter school.

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