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History of East Wake Academy |
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First, charter schools are tuition free. They receive both state and local funds with an allotment given for every student attending the school. However, charter schools do not receive capital funding like other public schools. Instead, charter schools must take this allotted money and use it to pay for facilities, teachers' salaries, resources, and an abundance of other expenses that are required to run a school. Second, charter schools have their own governing boards which allow them to truly make decisions at the local level. |
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As for East Wake Academy, our history began in 1998 with Bob Luddy, an influential community leader and politician, who had a desire to start a school in Eastern Wake County. Mr. Luddy went on to found Franklin Academy, but somewhere along the way, he shared his idea with Susan King who ran with it. As it turned out, there were other parents in the community who were also looking for a change, not because of a lack of educationally sound schools in the area, but because of the desire to have a school in which parents and teachers would work closely together to foster and enhance student learning. Among numerous other goals were smaller class size, challenging academics, and involvement from professionals in the community.
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