YWCA To Create Online Charter School For At-Risk High-Schoolers
Sheila C. “Skip” Nowell Leadership Academy Charter School will combine online, classroom study.
YWCA Rhode Island has the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) approval to create an online charter school designed for at-risk high school students. The Sheila C. “Skip” Nowell Leadership Academy Charter School will combine online studies with classroom work and is aimed specifically at students whose family responsibilities interfere with their attendance at high school. That includes teenagers who are pregnant or already parents, who are responsible for taking care of other family members, who are victims of domestic abuse or who lack family support. “We are trying to solve a problem for a specific demographic of students that everyone would agree is underserved and difficult to address in mainstream education, and we are doing…
