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Attachment 55 – Charter School Expansion
Describe any intention to expand the charter school, including physical expansion, anticipated growth in the school’s
budget or other financial expansion, expansion in the grade levels served, or expected increases in the student population
beyond the requested time period of the charter.
To achieve its mission, during the charter renewal term, Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant will expand to
serve grade 5. Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant will apply to serve grades 6 through 8 during the full
charter renewal term.
When applying for a full renewal, Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant plans to create a Middle School
Academy encompassing grades 5-8 (grades 6-8 will be added during the full renewal term). Leadership Prep
Bedford Stuyvesant will model its middle school program on Uncommon Schools’ middle schools in New
York (Williamsburg Collegiate, Kings Collegiate, True North Rochester Prep), New Jersey (North Star
Academy), and its two affiliate members in Boston (Roxbury Preparatory Charter School in Roxbury, MA,
and Boston Collegiate Charter School in Dorchester, MA). These schools have yielded tremendous academic
results. Most recently, Williamsburg Collegiate received first place in the report card ranking of 1,200 New
York City Department of Education schools and 19 of the charter schools it has authorized. As stated in our
response to Question 4a, Williamsburg Collegiate students have outperformed the State, City, and the
school’s Community School District by significant margins While Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant will
follow many components of the curriculum and scope and sequence of Williamsburg Collegiate, Leadership
Prep Bedford Stuyvesant will modify the instructional program to meet the needs of its students, most of
whom will have been at Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant for five years before entering the middle school.
Moreover, Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant grades K-4 and 5-8 will follow a common calendar to allow
continuity for students and opportunity for teachers to plan and share best practices among and between
grade levels.
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant Charter School has a history of fiscal soundness, and is in a strong
position for growth and continued sustainability. There has been significant development in a number of key
areas of fiscal operations. In particular, Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant now adheres to an academic and
business services management agreement between Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant and Uncommon
Schools. Uncommon Schools has assumed responsibility of the following fiscal operations: providing a
projected annual budget, preparing monthly financial statements, recording and tracking income and expenses
related to all grants and contracts, recording all accounts payable invoices and cash receipts, preparing all
vendor checks, reconciling checking accounts each month, providing and maintaining payroll services,
processing all school tax filings, and interfacing with the outside accounting firm and preparing schedules for
year-end audit work.
Beginning in the fall of 2009, Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant will share space in the IS258 building
located at 141 Macon Street, Brooklyn, New York. Leadership Prep’s current temporary facility is no longer
adequate to meet the physical plant needs of a growing school. IS258 will provide a stable, long-term home
for the school with many amenities including science labs, a large auditorium and gymnasium and most
importantly, enough classrooms to educate our scholars.
Leadership Prep Bedford Stuyvesant Charter School
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