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M.I.T.C.H. charter school gets a new, bigger home | OregonLive.com

M.I.T.C.H. charter school gets a new, bigger home | OregonLive.com

M.I.T.C.H. charter school gets a new, bigger home

Published: Thursday, September 09, 2010, 12:23 PM Updated: Thursday, September 09, 2010, 12:24 PM
Kelly House, The Oregonian Kelly House, The Oregonian
Mitch.16276241.JPGView full sizeKelly House / The OregonianNew M.I.T.C.H. Charter School students take tests Tuesday to assess their skills before the first day of classes Monday. The school's enrollment has increased by about 100 students because of the larger class sizes and additional grades at its larger new Tualatin location.
TUALATIN -- Christian Slater, an incoming fourth-grader at theM.I.T.C.H. Charter School, can't wait to have his own desk instead of sharing a table with several other kids.

"The desks were so close to the wall. Now it's that big!" the 10-year-old said of his new classroom, which is twice the size of his old third-grade room.

Slater won't spend the final minutes of school rearranging furniture. He can leave art projects out to dry and store supplies in his desk.

It's a far cry from last year, when the school shared a cramped space in theCalvin Presbyterian Church in Tigard with Boy Scouts troops and basketball teams.

After going through four borrowed
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