Four charter schools will be launched under initiative started by Mayor Bloomberg - NYPOST.com

Four charter schools will be launched under initiative started by Mayor Bloomberg - NYPOST.com:

Classy Mike wants to fund own schools

• By YOAV GONEN, Education Reporter
• Last Updated: 3:41 AM, March 5, 2013
• Posted: 1:31 AM, March 5, 2013

EXCLUSIVE

Mayor Bloomberg is backing — and also wants to bankroll — the creation of four charter high schools, The Post has learned.

The state Education Department has received applications to open the schools as part of the mayor’s Young Men’s Initiative, which is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and George Soros’ Open Society Foundations.

In an unusual arrangement, members of the Mayor’s Office and top deputies in the city Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Readiness have been quietly working behind the scenes to design the schools — although charters are operated and managed independently from the city department.

Mike Theiler

If approved by the state Board of Regents, the four ReSolve high schools would open in September 2014, after Bloomberg’s third term has ended.

The schools, despite being funded by the Young Men’s Initiative, will serve both boys and girls