CITY TO HOST NEW CHARTER SCHOOL.Byline: ROBERT NOTT The state's Public Education Commission approved a new Santa Fe-based charter school Thursday focusing on math, arts and science. The MASTERS Program, founded by John Bishop, plans to open on the campus of the Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) is a two-year community college located in New Mexico, whose main campus is on 366 acres (148 hectares) just southwest of in a year, Bishop said. MASTERS stands for Mathematics, Arts, Science, Technology, Engineering, Reading and Service. "It's a career pathways type of program; an early college/high-school program where students can save time, money and get a better education," Bishop said in a phone interview. "We'll serve grades 10 through 12. My goal is to have the finest school in New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). right here in Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal. ." Bishop, who is president of both Norsam Technologies, a Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) (previously known at various times as Site Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National tech-transfer spinoff, and the Santa Fe Rotary Foundation for the Arts, is not an educator by trade. He first considered founding a charter school while looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a solution to the financial challenges overcoming the now-defunct New Mexico Academy for Sciences and Mathematics. The program will include the opportunity to pursue a dual-credit course at the community college that will give high-school students an associate degree upon graduation. Bishop said he has a letter of intent with SFCC SFCC Santa Fe Community College (New Mexico) SFCC Spokane Falls Community College SFCC State Fair Community College (Sedalia, MO) SFCC South Florida Community College (Avon Park, FL) regarding operating on the campus -- a point confirmed by an SFCC spokesman. Bishop said he'll work on building a board of directors, which will in turn hire a head of school, teachers and administrative staff. The budget for the first year of operation is a little more than $1.1 million, he said. The student-to-teacher ratio will be about 20-to-1. Bishop said he hopes to enroll 120 students in the first year. The school can grow its student population to 200 over five years. Tuition is free and admission is by lottery. The school expects to start looking at applications early next year. Interested parties can call Bishop at 984-1133. The MASTERS Program is one of seven new charter schools approved by the PEC Peć (pĕch), Albanian Peja, town (1991 pop. 68,163), S Serbia, in the Kosovo region. A trade center, it has industries that produce leather goods, foodstuffs, and handicrafts. . The others include the Taos Integrated School of the Arts School of the Arts is the name of several schools (usually high schools) that are devoted to the fine arts, including:
Visit ped.state.nm.us/pec/index.html for more information on the approved schools. Contact Robert Nott at 986-3021 or rnott@sfnewmexican.com. |
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