Arkansas panel rejects charter application in Springdale, defers action on Benton County school
The Arkansas Charter Authorizing Panel on Thursday rejected an application for a Springdale-based open-enrollment charter school, citing a lack of ...
The Arkansas Charter Authorizing Panel on Thursday rejected an application for a Springdale-based open-enrollment charter school, citing a lack of clarity. The panel members made the decision at a meeting where they also voted to defer for 60 days a decision on the proposed Garfield Scholars Academy. The academy would be a charter school for grades kindergarten through eight in Garfield, about 18 miles northeast of Rogers in Benton County. On the Springdale-based charter school, the panel voted 5-0 to deny the plan for the Freedom Learning Academy that was presented by former Watson Chapel School District Superintendent Andrew Curry.