How to resolve AdBlock issue? KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Kelseyville Unified School District is set to open its first charter school this fall, and is now accepting applications from prospective students.
The Intermountain STEM Academy Charter School, or ISACS for short, is a public charter school under the authority of the Kelseyville Unified School District which opens in the 2014-15 school year.
The district said it will eventually serve students from kindergarten through eighth grade, however, when it opens its doors in the fall ISACS will begin with fifth- through eighth-grade enrollment.
Kindergarten and the other grades, along with an additional classroom, are to be added beginning in the 2016-17 school year, at which time it's expected the charter will have 60 K-8 students, according to the charter school application.
District staffer Barbara Green said the school will be located at 13412 Bottle Rock Road in Cobb, at the location of what formerly was a necessary small high school that has since closed.
Initially, the charter school will have one teacher and one classroom, and enrollment will be limited to 20 students, Green said.
“Anyone is welcome to apply,” Green said, adding, “We do have to give first preference to our district students.”
Any spots that are left after district students have been admitted would be open on a first-come, first-served basis to other students, Green said.
She said the deadline application is Aug. 1.
The overriding goal for ISACS is to provide an exceptional academic alternative program that emphasizes “STEM” – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – education for Lake County families, according to the district.
The STEM mission seeks to inspire achievement “through rigorous, innovative and authentic experiences” in order to prepare students “to be productive and successful citizens by developing a strong work ethic and higher-level critical thinking skills needed for college, career, and citizenship in the 21st century.”
The district said ISACS' educational program is designed so that children of various learning styles and abilities will thrive in a child-centered, experiential and active learning environment that embraces the whole child.
Green said Superintendent Dave McQueen believed there is a need for the new charter school.
She said the Kelseyville Unified School Board held a public hearing on the charter school petition at a special April 8 meeting, approved the petition at a regular board meeting on April 29 and subsequently mailed the document to the state. The necessary documents are expected to go into effect in July.
Green said the 81-page petition the district submitted to the state is posted on the district's Web site. It can be found on the home page under the “important information” heading.”
Applications are available on the Kelseyville Unified School District Web site, www.kvusd.org , or at the Kelseyville District Office, located at 4410 Konocti Road.
Applications may be submitted in person at 4410 Konocti Road or by mail.
For more information about enrollment for the 2014-15 school year, please contact the Kelseyville Unified School District Office at 707-279-1511.
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