Faced with shrinking enrollments and consolidation pressure, the principal of a small Vermont central school has opted to become that state’s first public Core Knowledge school. Barnard Central School Principal Anne Koop has won approval for a plan to turn her school into a magnet that she hopes will attract tuition-paying students from outside her district, in addition to local kids. She’s also adding a Pre-K program, a rarity in Vermont.
“It will be like a private school education, but at an equal-access, public school price,” she tells her local paper. Koop, who noted that the Core Knowledge program has been “close to my heart for years,” has only one question for herself: “Why didn’t I think of this before?”
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