It intends to enroll 525 students in grades K-6
Justin Murphy – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 1-3-21
A new charter elementary school will open in Rochester in the fall, with a focus on STEM education and an enrollment preference for English language learners.
The school, the Citizenship and Science Academy of Rochester Charter School, received approval from the Board of Regents at its December meeting. It is the first charter school approved to open in Rochester since the Academy of Health Sciences Charter School opened in 2019.
The school intends eventually to enroll 525 students in grades K-6, with a promise to “create a college-bound culture starting at kindergarten.” It hopes to expand after its initial term to become K-12. It has not announced a location in the city. It will be part of the Syracuse-based Science Academies of New York (SANY) Charter Schools organization, joining existing schools in Syracuse and Utica. There will be no local board of trustees; rather, the school will be governed by the overarching SANY board, with one Rochester representative, Lindsay Cray, to be appointed.