Kensington Patch: State Board of Education Asks Montgomery County to Reconsider Two Local Charter School Applications

Crossways, Global Garden applications sent back to local school board

By Taylor Kate Brown | January 26, 2011

Two potential charter schools, both in the Wheaton area, were given another chance on Tuesday by the Maryland State Board of Education.

Crossways Community had applied to start a Pre-K through 6th public charter school in addition to its current private Montessori school. Global Garden, which hopes to locate in the Wheaton/Kensington area, is designed as a K through 8th International Baccalaureate school with a significant focus on foreign language. Organizers of both potential schools had appealed Montgomery County Board of Education’s rejection of their applications.

The Parent’s Coalition blog posted the full text of the decisions on their website yesterday...