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Sunday, March 11, 2012

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Preuss School/UCSD - Not the Charter You Might Think

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Preuss School/UCSD - Not the Charter You Might Think:


Preuss School/UCSD - Not the Charter You Might Think

I was in San Diego recently and took the opportunity to visit a charter school.  I may have my own opinions on charter schools but it is always valuable to keep gathering information and insights.

Preuss/UCSD, a 6-12 school, sits on the campus of the University of California, San Diego.  Their building is on land donated by the University and they built their buildings with about $14M in donations.  (Note to BEX; we do NOT have to spend mega-dollars for decent buildings.  This one was fairly stark and did not have many amenities but if they can build a 6-12 school for 800 students for $14M, it would seem we could build a full-out high school for $50M and not $90-100M.)

In June 2011, Newsweek magazine named Preuss as the nation's top transformative school in the country.


From their Fact Sheet page:

The Preuss School is a middle and high school dedicated to providing an intensive college prep education for