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Vida Charter School is a small, public, regional charter school located at 120 East Broadway Street, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EdNA - Vida Charter School )〕 It is one of two public charters schools operating in Adams County in 2014.〔Pennsylvania Department of Education, PA ED DIrectory - Charter Schools, 2014〕 In 2014, the school's enrollment rose to 214 pupils Kindergarten through 6th grade, with 62% of its 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 - Vida Charter School, 2014〕 Additionally, 8.88% of students receive special education services, while 1% of students are identified as gifted. Fifty-five percent of the pupils are Hispanic and 35% are Caucasian. In 2013, the School's enrollment was 198 pupils in grades kindergarten through 5th grades, with 59% of its 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 - Vida Charter School, 2013〕 Additionally, 12.62% of students received special education services, while 2% of students are identified as gifted. Forty six percent of the pupils are Hispanic and 44.95% are Caucasian. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 15% of the school's teachers were rated "Non‐Highly Qualified" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.〔Pennsylvania Department of Education, Professional Qualifications of Teachers Vida Charter School 2012, September 21, 2012〕 In 2012, the school employed 11 teachers.〔Pennsylvania Department of Education, Vida Charter School Teacher and Principal Evaluation Information, 2013〕 Vida Charter School provided a dual language immersion program in both English and Spanish. In 2012, enrollment was 161 pupils in grades first through 6th, with 101 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 - Vida Charter School, 2012〕 The school employed 9 teachers yielding a student-teacher ratio of 18:1.〔National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core Data - Vida Charter School, 2011〕 None of the pupils receive special education services. In Pennsylvania, public charter schools are initially approved and subsequently overseen by the local school board (LEA).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charter Schools )〕 If the local school board denies the charter school's application, the prospective Charter School may appeal to the state's Charter School Appeal Board. Once approved by the local school district, the Charter is governed by a locally selected Board of Trustees. Vida Charter has five (5) Board members, one of whom is from Hanover, Pennsylvania. They make in-depth, annual reports to the Pennsylvania Department of Education. In Pennsylvania, public charter schools are a public school alternative to 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 cost 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 )〕 Vida Charter School applied for authorization of its charter in November 2007. Both the Gettysburg Area School Board and the Hanover Public School District Board rejected the application. In April 2008, the school's founders applied again to Gettysburg Area School Board and Hanover Public School District. When it was once again rejected, the school's founders appealed the decision to the Pennsylvania Charter School Appeal Board.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pennsylvania Charter School Appeal Board )〕 Vida Charter School's application was approved.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Appeal Board Process )〕 According to PA Charter School law, if more students apply to attend than there are open slots available, Vida Charter School is 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 Gettysburg Area 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, Vida Charter School Annual Report 2013, 2013〕 The Lincoln Intermediate Unit IU12 provides Vida Charter School with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services, criminal background check processing for prospective employees and professional development for staff and faculty.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lincoln Intermediate Unit IU12 )〕 ==2015 School Performance Profile== According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Vida Charter School 6th graders, were not reported due to only 7 students taking the PSSAs given in April of 2015. Among 5th graders, 61% of 5th grade students were on grade level in reading. In mathematics, 34% of 5th grade students showed on grade level skills. No fifth grade writing scores were reported. In 4th grade, 53% were on grade level in reading, while 27% showed on grade level math skills. In science, 90% of fourth graders showed on grade level understanding. Among third (3rd) graders, 48% were on grade level in reading and 42% were on grade level in mathematics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2015 PSSA School Level Data )〕 Statewide 61.9% of fifth (5th) graders were on grade level in reading, while 42.8% demonstrated on grade level math skills. Pennsylvania 4th graders were 58.6% on grade level in reading and 44.4% demonstrated on grade level math skills. In science, 77.3% of fourth graders showed on grade level understanding. Among Pennsylvania third (3rd) graders, 62% were reading on grade level, while 48.5% demonstrated on grade level math skills. Among sixth (6th) graders, 60.7% were reading on grade level, while 39.7% demonstrated on grade level math skills.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=2015 PSSA State Level Data )〕 In October 2015, Pennsylvania Auditor General DiPasquale reported that Vida Charter School was among the 561 academically challenged schools that have been overlooked by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=561 Academically Challenged Schools Overlooked by the Department of Education )〕 He also reported the Pennsylvania Department of Education failed to take any action to remediate the poorly performing schools to raise student academic achievement or to provide them with targeted professional assistance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Special Performance Audit Report - Pennsylvania Department of Education )〕 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「Vida Charter School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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