By Greg Childress Pittsboro, NC – A State Board of Education appeals panel will recommend against allowing School of the Arts for Boys Academy (SABA) to continue to operate in Chatham County. The state’s Charter Schools Review Board ordered the…<p class="more-link-p"><a class="more-link" href="https://chathamjournal.com/2023/12/05/state-board-of-education-appeals-panel-to-recommend-closing-school-of-the-arts-for-boys-academy-in-chatham-county/">Read more →</a></p>
A single-sex charter school planned for Chatham County was greenlighted Wednesday by the Charter School Advisory Board (CSAB).
The advisory board’s approval came in the wake of a letter submitted by leaders of the School of the Arts for Boys Academy (SABA) explaining how the schools meets the standard needed to qualify to operate as a single-sex school.
The State Board of Education (SBE) could approve the school’s charter as soon as next month.
The state board asked the school to explain how it will meet the standards to operate as a single-sex school to establish a record to show that the school had a justifiable reason for limiting student enrollment to a single sex.