New school year brings new schools
September 2nd, 2008 at 6:10 pm by Tony Tagliavia under News
The start of the 2008-09 regular school year brings with it the start of new school programs and some new school bulidings.
At GRPS, the new Dickinson Elementary building is open alongside significantly renovated Burton and Kent Hills buildings. And the district’s old Vandenberg Elementary building, at Lafayette Avenue and Wealthy Street SE, now houses the Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy (GRUPA). The middle and high school — accepting sixth- and seventh-graders this year — is modeled after a college prep program in Detroit that administrators say has been very successful.
The Grand Rapids area’s first charter high school opened its doors Tuesday as well. Administrators at Grand River Preparatory Academy, on 52nd Street just east of Division Avenue in Kentwood, say they plan to build the school around technology.
I’ll be at the school board meeting tonight. More here after that.
Tony
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