State board approves Midtown charter school opening in 2016

File photo. Citizens of the World now has the final green light to open two elementary schools in Midtown in the fall of 2016. The Missouri State Board of Education gave approval to the Citizens of the World charter yesterday. The Missouri Charter ...

State commission agrees to sponsor Midtown charter schools

Citizens of the World charter school administrators and board members testifying before the State Charter Public School Commission. Midtown’s proposed new charter school effort has a sponsor and is ready to go to the State Board of Education ...

Midtowners praise charter school effort before state commission

Midtown community members told the Missouri Charter Public School Commission they like the Citizens of the World Charter School proposal and would like to see it move forward. The comments came at a public hearing last evening. The statewide ...

State commission to hear Midtown charter school proposal

File Photo. Parents at a Midtown Community School Initiative meeting in 2014. The group hoping to open two elementary charter schools in Midtown in August 2016 hopes to take a step forward next week. The Missouri Charter Public School Commission ...

Fundraising, plans for new charter schools progressing

Representatives of Citizens of the World Charter Schools accepted a pledge of support from a local developer last week. Local developer John Hoffman says he thinks schools are a key component to revitalizing Midtown. That’s why he pledged ...

Major funding a big step forward for new Midtown schools

File photo. The first public meeting of the Midtown Community School Initiative in 2013 has led to major funding for opening two Midtown schools in 2016. In a major step toward bringing new schools to Midtown, three major philanthropic organizations ...

Midtown getting new elementary charter schools

Parents listening to Citizens of the World describe their charter school model at a meeting last May. Thanks to a parent-led community effort, Midtown will be getting two new elementary schools as soon as 2016. The Midtown Community School Initiative ...

Midtown Community School Initiative introduces charter partner to community

Midtown and the Citizens of the World Charter Schools started getting acquainted last night, in a quest to find out if they are a good match. If the two groups decide they are well-suited, it could lead to a partnership that would open a new ...

School initiative says national charter group to study Midtown feasibility

The Midtown Community Schools Initiative asked those at a meeting last summer to envision the kind of schools they would like to create for Midtown children. The Midtown Community School Initiative says it has selected an educational partner ...