Foundation Academy Charter School is a charter school located in Trenton, New Jersey. The mission of the school as stated on its website is "to ensure that all of our students secure the academic knowledge and skills to prepare them for the nation's finest high schools and colleges, and to instill in them the core values of caring, respect, responsibility and honesty". The school was founded by seven individuals whose names and short biographies are listed on the school's website found in the external links section. It was established in the 2007-08 school year with 80 students in grade levels 5 and 6. It will increase its student population by 40 and add a grade level every school year until 2009 when it will cap at 160 students in grade levels 5 to 8.
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