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:See also: School of Life (disambiguation) Life School is a charter school operator headquartered in Lancaster, Texas. Life School was chartered in the state of Texas in 1998 and has campuses in Dallas-Fort Worth, Cedar Hill, Lancaster, Red Oak and Waxahachie. It operates with a private school atmosphere and adheres to public school education requirements mandated by the state. Life School has been recognized by the state of Texas on numerous occasions for its allocation of resources, earning a five star rating from the Texas Comptroller's Office. It is also the first charter school in the state of Texas to access the Permanent School Fund, allowing its school bonds used for funding to be guaranteed by the state of Texas. ==History== Life School was founded by Dr. Tom Wilson in 1989.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://lifeschools.reachlocal.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=224103&type=d&pREC_ID=494249 )〕 Prior to that time, Wilson was employed in the educational system since 1966, serving as a pastor, speaker, and director of private schools.〔 Wilson began Life School in Dallas as a conduit to train adults who were unemployed and had no employable skills, while at the same time offering activities for youth and children. Wilson reorganized the school's objective after finding a low success rate regarding people whose lifestyles changed permanently.〔 During the 1990s, Wilson worked to make Life School a free tuition school. This was in response to the gang activities in the Dallas area that made the city the murder capital (per capita) of the United States. Wilson's goal was to teach and train children before they became involved in gang activities.〔 Life School filed a charter school application with the Texas Education Agency in 1997. The application was completed by Wilson along with other community leaders that included educational lawyers and other educators.〔 In March of 1998 the school was granted the charter and began open enrollment as a free tuition public school in August that same year. The school became popular in the communities it served and parents camped out overnight to enroll their children. The first Life School campus to open was in Oak Cliff, Texas in Dallas County.〔 Life School became the first charter school in Texas to access Permanent School Funding. This took place in 2014 after the Texas State Board of Education expanded such funding to include charter schools. It eliminated its high rate of financing with the Permanent Education Fund now guaranteeing its bonds. Life School sold approximately $100 million in tax-exempt and taxable bonds to refund debt and build a new high school, which it broke ground for in 2014. Located in Waxahachie, Texas, the school is 125,000 square feet and has educational facilities that include science labs, computer labs, athletic practice fields and extracurricular activities.〔 The high school campus is also Life School's seventh campus,〔 with the school saving approximately $13 million through its first bond sale guaranteed by the Permanent School Fund.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Life School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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