"There are plenty of folks in this state in leadership positions who are hostile to charter schools," board member Vic Bernson told officials from the nonprofit Children's Guild, which is starting Monarch Academy. "So I hope you go into this with eyes wide open."
The Board of Education approved the proposal 9-0, giving Superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell permission to draft a charter for the new school.
Anne Arundel has had two charter schools, which are run...
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