The Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School is a public charter school located within the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center in Midland, Pennsylvania. It opened in 2006. The school provides grades 7th through 12th in 2011-12. The school also offers a K4 Kindergarten program. While it is a public school students must audition/apply to attend. In 2010, the waiting list had 450 applicants. In 2012-13 the school expanded to accept students Kindergarten through 5th grade. The school is run by a seven member Board of Trustees who appoint the school's administration.
The cost of the student's education is paid by the public school district where the student resides. The tuition rate is set by the Pennsylvania Department of Education each year. The school year is 184 instructional days. Thirty percent of pupils at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School received a free or reduced price lunch in 2010. The Midland Borough School District is the school's supervising district. By Pennsylvania law, the District has oversight powers through approving the charter application and 5 year renewals. Additionally, the school submits an annual Charter Report to the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School (LPPACS) accepts students from all over the surrounding area of Midland. The school has six "arts foci," or areas of study. These are Dance, Literary Arts, Media Arts, Music, health science, and Theater. The school's enrollment was 501 students in 2010. Enrolled students included 87 pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch. The school employed 26 teachers yielding a student teacher ratio of 20:1. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of its teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind.
For the 2010-11 school year, over 600 students auditioned/applied for admission, while only 40 were accepted. Recently the facility started construction of a multi-million dollar dining hall to take place where the outdoor stage once stood.
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