First Notice – The SUNY Trustees received the following renewal application:
Education Corporation and/or School
Address(es)
District
End of Current Term Students
End of Current Term Grades
Proposed Term (years)
Start of Proposed Term
End of Proposed Term Students
End of Proposed Term Grades
Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School
1069 Joseph Ave, Rochester, NY 14621
27 Zimbrich St, Rochester, NY 14621
343 State St, Bldg 10, 5th Flr., Rochester, NY 14650
Rochester City School District
1,072
K-12
5
July 1, 2025
1,300
K-12
The SUNY Trustees, or their designees, the SUNY Charter Schools Committee, anticipate consideration of this application as early as December 1, 2024. The Institute welcomes any comments you may wish to provide. Please direct any comments or questions to charter.legal@suny.edu with the subject line “Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School Renewal Application.”
Sep
13
2024
New Roots Charter School
Ithaca City School District
First Notice – The SUNY Trustees received the following renewal application:
Education Corporation and/or School
Address(es)
District
End of Current Term Students
End of Current Term Grades
Proposed Term (years)
Start of Proposed Term
End of Proposed Term Students
End of Proposed Term Grades
New Roots Charter School
116 N. Cayuga St, Ithaca, NY 14850
Ithaca City School District
140
9-12
5
August 1, 2025
211
6-12
The SUNY Trustees, or their designees, the SUNY Charter Schools Committee, anticipate consideration of this application as early as December 1, 2024. The Institute welcomes any comments you may wish to provide. Please direct any comments or questions to charter.legal@suny.edu with the subject line “New Roots Charter School Renewal Application.”
Sep
13
2024
Renewal Applications for Buffalo City School District
Buffalo City School District
First Notice – The SUNY Trustees have received the following renewal applications:
Education Corporation and/or School
Address(es)
District
End of Current Term Students
End of Current Term Grades
Proposed Term (years)
Start of Proposed Term
End of Proposed Term Students
End of Proposed Term Grades
Buffalo Creek Academy Charter School
528 South Park Ave, Buffalo, NY 14204
Buffalo City School District
224
5-8
5
August 1, 2025
230
5-8
South Buffalo Charter School
154 South Ogden St, Buffalo, NY 14210
Buffalo City School District
900
K-8
5
July 1, 2025
900
K-8
The SUNY Trustees, or their designees, the SUNY Charter Schools Committee, anticipate consideration of these applications as early as December 1, 2024. The Institute welcomes any comments you may wish to provide. Please direct any comments or questions to charter.legal@suny.edu with the subject line “Buffalo Creek Academy Charter School Renewal Application” or “South Buffalo Charter School Renewal Application.”
Sep
13
2024
KIPP Capital Region Public Charter Schools
Albany City Public School District
First Notice – The SUNY Trustees have received the following renewal application:
Education Corporation and/or School
Address(es)
District
End of Current Term Students
End of Current Term Grades
Proposed Term (years)
Start of Proposed Term
End of Proposed Term Students
End of Proposed Term Grades
KIPP Capital Region Public Charter Schools, an education corporation operating more than one school, sought to renew its charter and its authority to operate the following school:
KIPP Tech Valley Charter School
1 Dudley Heights, Albany, NY 12210
321 Northern Blvd, Albany, NY 12210
City School District of Albany
901
K-8
5
August 1, 2025
852
K-8
The SUNY Trustees, or their designees, the SUNY Charter Schools Committee, anticipate consideration of this application as early as December 1, 2024. The Institute welcomes any comments you may wish to provide. Please direct any comments or questions to charter.legal@suny.edu with the subject line “KIPP Capital Region Public Charter Schools Renewal Application.”
Aug
27
2024
Second Notice: 2024 Request for Proposals – NYC Cycle Approvals
Lester Long
718-860-4340
llong@classicalcharterschools.org
None
CSD 10
*Success Academy Charter School – NYC 15
K-1
K-5
190
675
August 2026
Lorenzo Smith
Mark Broadhurst
646-597-4641
mark.broadhurst@successacademies.org
Success Academy Charter Schools, Inc.
CSD 11
**Success Academy Charter School – NYC 16
K-1
K-5
190
675
August 2026
Lorenzo Smith
Mark Broadhurst
646-597-4641
mark.broadhurst@successacademies.org
Success Academy Charter Schools, Inc.
CSD 24
Success Academy Charter School – NYC 17
K-1
K-5
190
675
August 2026
Lorenzo Smith
Mark Broadhurst
646-597-4641
mark.broadhurst@successacademies.org
Success Academy Charter Schools, Inc.
CSD 25
Success Academy Charter School – NYC 18
K-1
K-5
190
675
August 2026
Lorenzo Smith
Mark Broadhurst
646-597-4641
mark.broadhurst@successacademies.org
Success Academy Charter Schools, Inc.
CSD 28
**Success Academy Charter School – NYC 19
K-1
K-5
190
675
August 2026
Lorenzo Smith
Mark Broadhurst
646-597-4641
mark.broadhurst@successacademies.org
Success Academy Charter Schools, Inc.
CSD 31
**Success Academy Charter School – NYC 20
K-1
K-5
190
675
August 2026
Lorenzo Smith
Mark Broadhurst
646-597-4641
mark.broadhurst@successacademies.org
Success Academy Charter Schools, Inc.
CSD 13
Urban Dove Team Charter School V
Ungraded
Ungraded
110
305
July 2025
Jai Nanda
Jai Nanda
917-575-9842
jnanda@urbandove.org
Urban Dove, Inc.
CSD 24
Zeta Charter School – New York City 5
K-1
K-5
180
529
August 2025
Keri Hoyt
Laura Adams
929-447-5281
laura.adams@zetaschools.org
Zeta Charter Schools, Inc.
CSD 24
**Zeta Charter School – New York City 6
K-1
K-5
180
529
August 2025
Keri Hoyt
Laura Adams
929-447-5281
laura.adams@zetaschools.org
Zeta Charter Schools, Inc.
CSD 25
Zeta Charter School – New York City 7
K-1
K-5
180
529
August 2025
Keri Hoyt
Laura Adams
929-447-5281
laura.adams@zetaschools.org
Zeta Charter Schools, Inc.
CSD 28
Zeta Charter School – New York City 8
K-1
K-5
180
529
August 2025
Keri Hoyt
Laura Adams
929-447-5281
laura.adams@zetaschools.org
Zeta Charter Schools, Inc.
*The SUNY Board of Trustees’ Charter Schools Committee approved the application for Success Academy Charter School – NYC 15 and further resolved to transfer the authority to operate Explore Charter Schools of Brooklyn’s Explore Envision Charter School to Success Academy Charter Schools – NYC.
**The SUNY Board of Trustees’ Charter Schools Committee approved the applications denoted with two asterisks, but after taking its right to grant no more than one charter to each applicant group and/or education corporation into consideration, an insufficient number of charters was available in New York City on July 17, 2024 to issue these charters.
Aug
23
2024
Minisink Charter School
Brooklyn CSD 17, Brooklyn CSD 18, Manhattan CSD 5
First Notice – The SUNY Trustees have received the following revision application:
Explore Charter Schools of Brooklyn is an education corporation with the authority to operate more than one charter school, including Explore Enrich Charter School approved to be located in Community School District (“CSD”) 17 or 18. Minisink Charter School, originally approved by the SUNY Trustees in March of 2019, is being considered to take over authority to operate Explore Enrich Charter School. As originally approved in 2019, Minisink Charter School will relocate the school to CSD 5. The school will serve 72 students in grades K-1 for the 2025-26 school year and grow to serve 216 students in grades K-5 by the 2029-30 school year, the final year of the charter term. Minisink Charter School will partner with New York City Mission Society.
The SUNY Trustees, or their designees, the SUNY Charter Schools Committee, anticipate consideration of this application as early as October 1, 2024. The Institute welcomes any comments you may wish to provide. Please direct any comments or questions to charter.legal@suny.edu with the subject line “Minisink Charter School Revision Application.”
First Notice: 2024 Request for Proposals – Outside NYC Cycle
Auburn Enlarged City School District, Freeport Union Free School District, Hempstead Union Free School District, New Rochelle City School District, Olean City School District, Rochester City School District, Syracuse City School District
First Notice – SUNY has received the below new charter school applications.
The SUNY Trustees, or their designees, the SUNY Charter Schools Committee, anticipate consideration of this request as soon as September 15, 2024. The Institute welcomes any comments you may wish to provide. Please direct any comments or questions to charter.legal@suny.edu and in the subject line please include the proposed school name followed by “New Charter School Application.”
First Notice – The SUNY Trustees have received the following revision application:
Success Academy Charter Schools – NYC, an education corporation with the authority to operate more than one charter school, has requested the following enrollment revision:
Success Academy Charter School – Harlem 6, located at 268 East 207th Street, Bronx, NY 10467 in Community School Districts 10, is chartered to serve 275 students in grades K-2 for the 2024-25 school year growing to serve 425 students in grades K-4 for the 2026-27 school year, the final year of the current charter term. The school requests an enrollment revision to serve 431 students in grades K-2 for the 2024-25 school year growing to serve 633 students in grades K-4 by the 2026-27 school year.
The SUNY Trustees, or their designees, the SUNY Charter Schools Committee, anticipate consideration of this application as early as September 1, 2024. The Institute welcomes any comments you may wish to provide. Please direct any comments or questions to charter.legal@suny.edu with the subject line “Success Academy Charter School – Harlem 6 Revision Application.”
Apr
11
2024
Henry Johnson Charter School
Albany City Public School District
First Notice – The SUNY Trustees have received the following renewal application:
Henry Johnson Charter School is located at 30 Watervliet Ave, Albany, NY 12206 in the City School District of Albany and chartered to serve 360 students in grades K-4 for the 2024-25 school year, the final year of the current charter term. The school seeks a five-year renewal of the charter commencing August 1, 2025. According to the renewal application, the school will grow to serve 652 students in grades K-8.
The SUNY Trustees, or their designees, the SUNY Charter Schools Committee, anticipate consideration of this application as early as July 9, 2024. The Institute welcomes any comments you may wish to provide. Please direct any comments or questions to charter.legal@suny.edu with the subject line “Henry Johnson Charter School Renewal Application.”
Apr
11
2024
Elmwood Village Charter School Days Park
Buffalo City School District
First Notice – The SUNY Trustees have received the following renewal application:
Elmwood Village Charter Schools, an education corporation operating more than one charter, seeks to renew its authority to operate the following charter school:
Elmwood Village Charter School Days Park is located at 40 Days Park, Buffalo, NY 14201 in Buffalo City School District and chartered to serve 450 students in grades K-8 for the 2024-25 school year, the final year of the current charter term. The school seeks a two-year renewal of the charter commencing July 1, 2025, to align its charter with the other school under the education corporation. According to the renewal application, the school will continue to serve 450 students in grades K-8.
The SUNY Trustees, or their designees, the SUNY Charter Schools Committee, anticipate consideration of this application as early as July 9, 2024. The Institute welcomes any comments you may wish to provide. Please direct any comments or questions to charter.legal@suny.edu with the subject line “Elmwood Village Charter School Days Park Renewal Application.”
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