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Henderson Collegiate breaks ground – The Daily Dispatch
By Heather Dinwiddie – The Daily Dispatch “The Pride of 2019” is the name of the first class of the new Henderson Collegiate Charter School, Principal and Founder Eric Sanchez said as he and fellow supporters began construction with a groundbreaking ceremony early Thursday. The year 2019 is when the first students of Henderson Collegiate [...]
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Panel OKs permit for new school; Henderson Collegiate already has location, to open next school year
By William West – www.hendersondispatch.com The Zoning Board of Adjustment on Tuesday afternoon approved a special use permit for t he future Henderson Collegiate Charter School at the southwest corner of County Home Road and Health Center Road, but not without school organizers being surprised by an opposition statement by their future neighbor.
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Vance panel likes leasing land to school
Property Committee members will recommend Jan. 4 that Vance Commissioners lease about two acres off Old County Home Road to the Henderson Collegiate Charter School. In return for the temporary site that would allow classes for 100 freshmen to begin next August, the school would pay the County $1 a year for three years.
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Crowd learns more about charter school
by DAVID IRVINE – www.hendersondispatch.com Fifty people, including board members and some students, met in the Farm Bureau meeting room of H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library on Tuesday evening to learn more about Henderson Collegiate, the proposed charter school for Vance County. Board Chair Nancy Jo Smith introduced Eric Sanchez, Henderson Collegiate School Planner, who [...]
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Henderson Collegiate’s introduction to Henderson
By: David Irvine Link to Article Henderson Collegiate, the proposed charter school for Vance County, will hold a community forum on Tuesday, Sept. 22, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Farm Bureau Room of H. Lesley Perry Memorial Library. In August, the North Carolina State Board of Education gave preliminary approval for a second [...]
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Charter school wins approval Henderson Collegiate makes final cut, but progress will be reviewed in March
From STAFF REPORTS news@hendersondispatch.com Aug 7, 2009 The State Board of Education has given preliminary approval for a second charter school in Vance County, one of the school’s founders said Thursday. Eric Sanchez said their application for Henderson Collegiate won the second highest number of votes from the board and was first choice for 4 [...]
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Bright Spot: Gaston College Prep Teachers strive to start new charter school
By Della Batts Daily Herald Staff Writer Published/Last Modified on Thursday, May 28, 2009 1:40 PM CDT RALEIGH — Two Gaston College Preparatory School teachers are still in the running to start one of North Carolina’s newest charter schools. According to Jackie Jenkins of the Department of Public Instruction’s Charter School Division, Eric Sanchez and [...]
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Hopefuls awaiting decision on new charter school
By DAVID IRVINE dirvine@hendersondispatch.com May 14,2009 On May 5, Henderson Collegiate Charter School hopefuls were interviewed by the Leadership for Innovation Committee of the North Carolina State Board of Education. Now begins the long wait to see if the committee will recommend the application and if the SBE will approve it. Eric Sanchez and Carice [...]
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Charter school goal: College prep for at-risk kids — Founders of prospective Henderson Collegiate have interview with state this week
By DAVID IRVINE dirvine@hendersondispatch.com May 03, 2009 What would a new Vance County charter school look like? Pretty much like Gaston College Preparatory School, located in Gaston in the northeast corner of Halifax County, if Eric Sanchez and Carice Cantelupe’s plans materialize. Sanchez and Cantelupe have submitted an application for a new charter school to [...]
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Second charter school — Vance location among six under consideration
By DAVID IRVINE dirvine@hendersondispatch.com Apr 25,2009 Area students may soon have another school option, if the efforts by Eric Sanchez and Carice Cantelupe are successful. The two young teachers are pursing the establishment a second charter school in Vance County, which would be named Henderson Collegiate, and their proposal has made it down to the [...]
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