Support for EACH! Public Charter School

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Monocacy Montessori Communities, Incorporated (MMCI) is the non-profit organization that holds the charter for Monocacy Valley Montessori Public Charter School (MVMPCS). MMCI is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, tax-exempt membership corporation.

MMCI is supporting the application for a second public charter school in Frederick county, which would be called EACH! (Educational Alternative Communities Happen!). The new charter school would be for girls only, grades 7 through 12 with a college preparatory curriculum that emphasizes critical needs foreign languages (Russian, Chinese, or Arabic). The proposal for the charter school states that it would open up with grades 7-10 in Aug. 2009, adding 11th grade in Aug. 2010 and 12th grade in Aug. 2011.

A key question related to the approval process is How much demand is there in the community for a school like the EACH! School? To demonstrate the level of interest there is in the community, MMCI is asking anyone who lives in Frederick county Maryland and wants to have the choice of a school like EACH! for their daughter to please sign this on-line petition. Please sign once for each prospective student, including the current grade level for each. By signing this petition, you are not committed to anything.

If the school is approved by the Board of Education for Frederick County Public Schools, then the actual registration process for the academic year 2009-10 will begin on January 1, 2009 and continue until March 31, 2009. If the number of registrations exceeds the number of openings in any grade (after preference has been given to the children of founders), a lottery will be held to select students and establish the order of the waiting list.

(The current charter school, MVMPCS, has 270 students enrolled and has over 150 names on the waiting list.)

122 Signatures

  • Patrick Purtscher
    • current grade level
    • 7
    • town
    • Ijamsville
  • Angela Phillips
    • current grade level
    • 7th
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Leanne DeNenno
    • Comments
    • say Yes to educational choice!
    • current grade level
    • 7th
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Jim Sheehy
    • Comments
    • Please support this school as you supported MVMPCS.
    • current grade level
    • 5th and 3rd
    • town
    • New Market
  • Tina Sheehy
    • current grade level
    • 7th
    • town
    • New Market
  • Teresa Strahlman
    • Comments
    • We support school choice, please do the same!
    • current grade level
    • 5th
    • town
    • New Market
  • Scott Strahlman
    • Comments
    • Support EACH! Support school choice in Frederick County.
    • current grade level
    • 1st
    • town
    • New Market
  • Scott Winget
    • current grade level
    • 8th
    • town
    • Frederick
  • James Voss
    • Comments
    • We need school choice and our 3 girls need this school
    • current grade level
    • 8th
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Clair Mixon
    • current grade level
    • 7th
    • town
    • Monrovia
  • Kim Standing
    • Comments
    • Educational choice for their children is every taxpayer's right.
    • current grade level
    • 5
    • town
    • Brunswick
  • Beth Redmond
    • Comments
    • I support school choice in Frederick County
    • current grade level
    • 4
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Lisa McConkey
    • current grade level
    • 2nd, 6th
    • town
    • Middletown
  • Barb LaPilusa
    • current grade level
    • 7
    • town
    • Mount Airy
  • Danielle Tomlin
    • current grade level
    • pre-school, K, and 2nd grade
    • town
    • Frederick, MD
  • Michelle Rowe
    • current grade level
    • Pre-K
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Lorilee Sichelstiel
    • current grade level
    • 8th / 4th
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Lisa Myers
    • current grade level
    • 5
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Curtis L Myers
    • current grade level
    • 3rd, 5th
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Tom Neumark
    • Comments
    • Our children need more choices. Let's hope the Board of Education works collaboratively with the applicant to make this school happen!
    • current grade level
    • N/A
    • town
    • Point of Rocks
  • Charlotte Letourneau
    • current grade level
    • 5
    • town
    • Braddock Heights
  • Stacey Miller
    • Comments
    • Support EACH
    • current grade level
    • 8th
    • town
    • Walkersville
  • Susan Eubinag
    • current grade level
    • 5 (son)
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Anthony Chmelik
    • current grade level
    • 4th,1st, k
    • town
    • Ijamsville
  • Maren Voss
    • current grade level
    • 8
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Jill Maenner
    • current grade level
    • 1
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Ginger Mortellaro
    • Comments
    • Please support a choice for our girls!
    • current grade level
    • kindergarten
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Linda Gubala
    • current grade level
    • 4th and 8th grade (grandaughters)
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Elizabeth Foland
    • current grade level
    • Sixth
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Mary Beam
    • current grade level
    • 7th grade and 4th grade MVMS daughters
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Michele Perry
    • Comments
    • I totally support this and hope it succeeds. I would love for FCPS to implement single sex ed, boys and girls, throughout their system. What a tremendous benefit this would be to our children. Best of luck to EACH!
    • current grade level
    • K & 3
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Felicia Monticelli
    • Comments
    • Families should have education options
    • current grade level
    • first
    • town
    • Frederick County
  • Amanda
    • Comments
    • Please allow this wonderful opportunity for our Frederick County students. My female child will defintely attend.
    • current grade level
    • 6th
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Rose Rippeon
    • Comments
    • School choice makes our entire school system stronger!
    • current grade level
    • Grade 1
    • town
    • Lewistown (Thurmont)
  • Matt Baughman
    • current grade level
    • Out of School
    • town
    • Germantown, MD
  • R. Mensah
    • current grade level
    • Community Member
    • town
    • Frederick, MD
  • Lorrie Tripp
    • current grade level
    • graduate
    • town
    • frederick
  • Meg Egan Auderset
    • current grade level
    • graduate school (two master's degrees)
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Elaine Reinhold
    • current grade level
    • not in school
    • town
    • New Market
  • Leslie Ruby
    • Comments
    • Choice - it's a good thing. Creates competition. Competition improves all. Improvement is a good thing.
    • current grade level
    • Grade level?
    • town
    • Middletown
  • Allison Lepelletier
    • Comments
    • I think this is a wonderful opportunity to offer a new education alternative to families in the Frederick area.
    • current grade level
    • n/a
    • town
    • Frederick, MD
  • Julie Herber
    • Comments
    • I support choice and EACH!
    • current grade level
    • n/a
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Doris Keil-Shamieh
    • Comments
    • I support EACH! and choice for education!
    • current grade level
    • BFA
    • town
    • Jefferson
  • Noel Manalo
    • current grade level
    • pre-school
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Tracey Puckett
    • Comments
    • Choice is positive. Single-gender education works!
    • current grade level
    • 5
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Sandy Christiansen
    • current grade level
    • adult
    • town
    • frederick
  • Karen Freeman
    • current grade level
    • graduate
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Tad Janes
    • current grade level
    • Master's
    • town
    • Walkersville
  • Suzanne Holstein
    • current grade level
    • 9
    • town
    • Frederick
  • Krista Thomas
    • current grade level
    • 7
    • town
    • New Market