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Pinellas receives two charter school applications

 
Windsor Preparatory Academy in St. Petersburg could be home to Pinellas Academy of Math and Science's St. Petersburg campus. The Pinellas County school district received a charter school application from that school's leadership this fall to open in 2018.
Windsor Preparatory Academy in St. Petersburg could be home to Pinellas Academy of Math and Science's St. Petersburg campus. The Pinellas County school district received a charter school application from that school's leadership this fall to open in 2018.
Published Aug. 23, 2017

Following a two-year dry spell, the Pinellas County school district has received two new applications to open charter schools in St. Petersburg.

Lighthouse Academies, a charter school chain with 16 schools in three states, submitted an application to open an elementary school in the 33705 zip code in south St. Petersburg. Former Pinellas County School Board member Glen Gilzean sits on the charter's national board.

Pinellas' charter school director Rick Wolfe said the school has not applied to be a "School of Hope," a charter school allowed by the Legislature to set up shop near a struggling public school to give parents an alternative option.

Pinellas Academy of Math and Science in Largo is looking to open a St. Petersburg campus for Kindergarten through eighth grade students. Wolfe said school officials are eyeing the property once home to Windsor Preparatory Academy in St. Petersburg.

Both applicants have signed waivers allowing the charter school office more time to review their applications. If approved, both schools could open in fall 2018.

See the updated story here.