JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Months after saying it was planning to open charters inside 25 existing Duval County public schools under the “Schools of Hope” law, Miami-based Mater Academy withdrew 23 of those letters of intent this month, according to a report from our news partner, Jacksonville Today.
Only Merrill Road Elementary and Fort Caroline School of the Arts remain “under active review” as potential locations for the charter school operator, Jax Today learned.
Mater’s move to share space in those schools takes advantage of recent expansions to Florida’s Schools of Hope program, which allows a handful of charter operators to move into neighborhoods served by struggling traditional public schools…