Charter Schools Department
The Charter Schools Department (CSD) coordinates the programmatic and fiscal oversight for charter schools approved by the SCCOE Board of Education. The CSD also serves as a resource for Santa Clara County's charter schools, school districts, state and local agencies, parents and communities.
Services
- Definition of Charter School
- County Charter Schools
- Charter School Policies
- Charter School Summit Recap
Charter School Petitions (approved)
The charter school petitions below were approved by the County Board of Education on November 16, 2011. As part of the approval process, the County Board adopted the written findings, prepared by Counsel, on December 14, 2011.
The charter school petitions below were approved by the County Board of Education on December 14, 2011. As part of the approval process, the County Board adopted the written findings, prepared by Counsel, on January 11, 2012.
The charter school renewal petitions below were approved by the County Board of Education on December 14, 2011.
Charter School Petitions
- ACE Charter School
- Bullis Charter School
- Communitas Charter High School
- Discovery Charter School
- Downtown College Prep – Alum Rock
- Leadership Public Schools
- Magnolia Science Academy
- Rocketship – Mateo Sheedy Charter
- Rocketship – Santa Clara Countywide Charter
- Rocketship – Two Elementary School
- Rocketship – Rocketship Discovery Prep Countywide Charter
- Silicon Valley Flex Academy
- Summit Public School: Tahoma
- University Preparatory Academy
Resources:
- Guidelines for Countywide Charter Approval
- Rocketship Education
Rocketship Responses to County Board of Education Questions
Staff Members Responses to Rocketship Expansion Questions
- Smarter Choices, Better Education: Improving California's Charter Schools (Little Hoover Commission report)
- Portrait of the Movement 2011 Report (California Charter Schools Association)
Interactive Map
'Lots of high and low achieving charters' (John Fensterwald, SVEF)
Date last updated: January 25, 2012
