CANTON — Lakiska Garrett wanted a different school for her granddaughter. She said her granddaughter cried each day she had to go to the local public elementary school, where she felt ignored and overwhelmed. Then a kindergartener, the girl would sometimes play sick or lie on the floor.
Once, she fell to the ground and cried at the school drop-off because she didn’t want to enter her classroom, Garrett said.
When SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy, a charter school, opened in Canton in 2023, Garrett was excited. She enrolled her grandchild in the first grade at SR1 CPSA and saw her succeed. She was able to read with higher proficiency and make her way confidently through math worksheets…