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Above, kindergarteners at Synergy Charter Academy, which shares space with Quincy Jones Elementary School in the Los Angeles Unified School District, run on the shared playground. The schools also share best practices. Right, a classroom at Hill View Montessori Charter Public School in Haverhill, Mass. The charter school collaborates with the Haverhill Public Schools around busing.
police and property insurance. “It went really smoothly,” Palisoc says. “We had gotten buy-in from the very beginning. That was key, to get the top leadership to want this to work.” Less Fear, More Trust In the 15 years since charter schools first opened in the United States, fears that
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