The
School Charter:
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Basic Facts About
the School
1.2. Charter Applicant
SUGAR VALLEY RURAL CHARTER SCHOOL (SVRCS) has been selected
as the school name not only because it reflects the school's unique
pastoral setting in central Pennsylvania, but also because it suggests
the simple, close-knit and strong family and community values the school
will promote.
Reference: Bylaws of the Sugar Valley Concerned Citizens,
Inc.
1.1. Basic Facts About the School
School Opening: September 2000
Grade Levels: K-12Preschool ServicesAdult Education
Curriculum: Multiple Focus
Proposed 1997/1998 Enrollment: 350 students
Anticipated 2001/2002 Enrollment: 425 students
School Hours: 8 am to 3 pm.Possible extension after first year
School Calendar: 180 school days + 5 community in-service eventsPossible
extension after first year.
Partnerships: Pennsylvania State UniversityArea Businesses
School Location: Loganton, PA - Serving two townships and one borough
1.2. Charter Applicant
The Sugar Valley Concerned Citizens Inc. (SVCC) is a
grass-roots coalition of parents, educators and other community members
with two decades of deep and abiding interest in the educational development
of Sugar Valley's children. To ensure broad community involvement in
the planning and implementation of the SVRCS, the SVCC served as the
vehicle through which all charter planning was conducted and approved.
The Sugar Valley Rural Charter School will be a public
school, funded by public monies and operated independently by a board
of trustees under a charter from the Keystone Central School District
board of directors or other education-related body authorized to grant
charters. The SVRCS will be a nonprofit, nonsectarian entity and will
be established either by converting the existing Sugar Valley School or
by utilizing portions of the existing school along with other appropriate
facilities.
The SVRCS will provide its student body the best possible
education by focusing on academic disciplines in an atmosphere that affirms
high academic achievement and, in so doing, offers the community true
choice in public education. The founders of the Sugar Valley Rural Charter
School believe that a "thorough and efficient" education is
best accomplished through a rigorous curriculum that requires mastery
of core knowledge and skills.