A new tuition-free charter high school is opening in Cincinnati this August, offering a flexible path to a diploma for students who have fallen behind, struggled in a traditional classroom or dropped out of school.
Cincinnati Acceleration Academy will welcome its first class of students on Aug. 18. Classes will temporarily be held at Xavier University before the school moves to its permanent location on Reading Road in the North Avondale neighborhood, where the once Dohn Community High School used to sit.
The school is part of Acceleration Academies, a network of charter schools operating across Florida, Georgia, Nevada and several other states…