Charter Schools
Students in the district may also opt to attend a variety of public charter schools including: Widener Partnership Charter School (K-5) (operated by Widener University), Chester Community Charter School (K-8) or one of the statewide cyber charter schools. In 2006, over one third of the district's students have chosen to attend charter schools. By 2011-12, charter attendance at a charter school had risen to over 45%. of the district's pupils. In 2011-12, 2,697 Chester Upland SD students attend CCCS, while 329 attend WPCS.
The Chester Upland School Board rejected the establishment of several charter schools: Chester Charter School for Theater Arts and Excel Charter School which intended to focus on dropouts was rejected in fall 2011. In July 2012, the Pennsylvania Charter School Appeal Board approved the school to open for the 2012-13 school year.
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