- The Caring and Sharing Learning School expects 400 students this year, a large increase from the 31 pupils in 1998 when it was founded.
- Principal Curtis Peterson plans to expand the school to include middle school grades within a few years and seeks sponsors or donors for a new building.
- The school emphasizes data-driven learning groups, frequent testing, and strong community involvement to drive student success and growth.
The Caring and Sharing Learning School has limited days to reorient from summer camp into school mode before pre-kindergarteners through fifth graders flood through the front doors.
The staff must wait to see if the actual headcount matches the estimate, and this year, Principal Curtis Peterson said the school expects 400 pupils. It’s a big jump from the 31 students who started when his parents founded the charter school in 1998.
Peterson and Tova Peterson, his wife and the school’s family liaison, now manage the school under the Board of Directors. The couple took over in 2008 and oversaw a period of “tremendous growth.”…