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Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School is a midsized, urban, public charter school located in Allentown, Pennsylvania.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EdNA - Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School )〕 It is one of four public charters schools operating in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.〔Pennsylvania Department of Education, PA ED DIrectory - Charter Schools, 2013〕 In 2013, enrollment was 543 pupils in grades first through 12th, with 52% of pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level.〔Pennsylvania Department of Education, School Performance Profile - Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School, 2013〕 The school employed 25 teachers yielding a student-teacher ratio of 14:1.〔National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core Data - Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School, 2010〕 Additionally, 8% of the pupils receive special education services and no pupils were identified as gifted. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 3% of the school's teachers were rated "Non‐Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind.〔Pennsylvania Department of Education, Professional Qualifications of Teachers Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School 2012, September 21, 2012〕 In 2012, Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School served 369 students throughout the year from 6 different school districts.〔Pennsylvania Department of Education, Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School Annual Report 2012, 2012〕 In November 2012, the Allentown School District School Board renewed the charter school's agreement for five years, amid concerns regarding Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School's association with a local church. In Pennsylvania, charter schools are initially approved and subsequently overseen by the local school board (Allentown School District).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charter Schools )〕 They make in depth, annual reports to the Pennsylvania Department of Education. In Pennsylvania, charter schools are a public school alternative the local public schools. Students may seek admission to a local charter school. The student's home public school district pays the tuition costs on the student's behalf. Additionally, when the local school district provides transportation to its students it must also provide transportation at no costs to charter school students when the receiving school is within 10 miles of the District's borders.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=24 P.S. §17-1701-A Charter Schools - Transportation )〕 Pennsylvania charter schools have the same academic accountability as traditional public schools and must give the PSSAs to their pupils each year, working to achieve AYP status.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charter School Regulations )〕 According to PA Charter School law, if more students apply to attend than there are open slots available, Charter Schools are required to use a random lottery system to select new incoming students.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Summary of Charter School Legislation )〕 According to the Charter School law, siblings (brothers and sisters), and children of individuals who help establish a charter school, are granted an “admissions preference.” Students residing in the Allentown School District are selected first, according to the number of slots available for Allentown students. If there is space available for more students, seats will be declared open for out-of-District students. The first graduating class will be spring 2014.〔Pennsylvania Department of Education, Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School Annual Report 2013, 2013〕 Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School is one of four public charter schools operating in Lehigh County in 2013. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, in 2012, there were 50,605 children in Lehigh County who were enrolled in public charter schools.〔Pennsylvania Department of Education, Charter School Enrollment 2012-13, 2013〕 Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School's graduating class of 2017 will consist of a large amount of students graduating with fifty-four or more college credits. The Carbon-Lehigh Intermediate Unit IU21 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Carbon-Lehigh Intermediate Unit IU21 )〕 ==2013 School Performance Profile== Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School achieved 59.3 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics, writing and science achievement on the state PSSAs and Keystone Exams. In reading/literature - 54% were on grade level. The third grade has just 47% reading on grade level. In Algebra 1/mathematics - 47.46% showed on grade level mathematics skills. In Biology/science, just 28.5% showed on grade level science understanding. In 5th and 8th grade writing, 64% of pupils showed on grade level writing skills.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School Academic Performance Data 2013 )〕 According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2,181 public schools (less than 73 percent of Pennsylvania public schools), achieved an academic score of 70 or higher. Pennsylvania 11th grade students no longer take the PSSAs. Instead, they now take the Keystone Exams at the end of the associated course.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL PERFORMANCE PROFILE 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「Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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