Massachusetts Charter Public School Association

Massachusetts Charter Public School Association Board of Directors

Current:

Amy Aaron, Hilltown Cooperative Charter Public School (2005-present)
Kevin Andrews, Neighborhood House Charter School (2001-present), VICE PRESIDENT
Sheila Balboni, Community Day Charter Public School (2001-present)
Julia Bowen, Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School (2005-present), CLERK
Paulette Dalpes, Holyoke Community Charter School (2007-present)
Fernando Goulart, Atlantis Charter Public School (2004-present)
Doug Greer, Robert M. Hughes Academy Charter School (2005-present)
Roger Harris, Boston Renaissance Charter Public School (2004-present)
Eric Hieser, Sturgis Charter Public School (2007-present)
Bobbie Knable, City on a Hill Charter Public School (2005-present)
Jed Lippard, Prospect Hill Academy Charter School (2007-present)
Ann Marie Little, Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School (2007-present)
Jack McCarthy, Marstons Mills East Horace Mann Charter School (2001-present), TREASURER
Dorie Shallcross, Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School (2001-present), PRESIDENT

Past:

Spencer Blasdale, Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter Public School (2001-2007)
Dudley Blodget, Boston Renaissance Charter Public School (2001-2005)
Tom Brennan, Mystic Valley Regional Charter Public School (2002-2003)
Olive Chase, Sturgis Charter Public School (2004-2005)
Tom Commeret, Marblehead Community Charter Public School (2001-2008)
Robin Coyne, Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School (2002-2006)
Susan Dahn, Barnstable Horace Mann Charter School (2003-2004)
Lawrence DeSalvatore, Champion Charter School of Brockton (2002-2004)
Ruth Gass, Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School (2003-2004)
Fernando Goulart Atlantis Charter Public School (2004-2008)
Kathy Jacobsen, River Valley Charter School (2002-2003)
Steven Leonard, City on a Hill Charter Public School (2002-2003)
Tim Mackenzie, South Shore Charter Public School (2001-2003)
Mike Munhall, South Shore Charter Public School (2003-2007)
Doris Schroeder, Abby Kelley Foster Regional Charter Public School (2001-2005)
Wanda Speede, Frederick Douglass Charter School (2004-2005)
Mary Street, Conservatory Lab Charter School (2001-2004)

News & Events

Campaign begins to open new charter schools that replicate successful models. Charter school founders being sought. Grants available to develop proposals. If you are interested in starting a charter public school in your community, please contact John Tarvin.
Read the full press release here.

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Five MA charter schools document keys to their success.
Read their 2007 papers here.
Learn about study tours here.

US DOE report on best practices of charter school authorizers highlights Massachusetts. To read the full report click here

Exhaustive State DOE study finds Charters outperform sending districts

To read the full study go here.

Recent Charter School Media

The achievement gap wins one, a Boston Globe editorial

Make charter schools a priority, a Boston Globe editorial

No delays, please on new charters, a Boston Herald editorial

Take the brakes off the charter movement, an op-ed from Democrats for Education Reform

Boston Globe editorial: A new leader for better schools

Boston Globe editorial: "Don't cheat charter schools"

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