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Three Delaware Charter Schools Face Enrollment Shortfall

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Getting enough students into the classroom has become a problem for three Delaware charter schools.

State officials say that Freire Charter School, Delaware Lab Design Lab High School and Prestige Academy have been placed on formal review.

Freire and Design Lab are brand new.

Prestige has been around for just over a half a dozen years.

The state required charter schools to reach at lead 80 percent enrollment by the first of this month.

This affects the amount of funding they will receive from the state of Delaware.

The Wilmington News Journal reports that charter schools have grown rapidly in New Castle County especially in the Wilmington area.

The paper adds that some organizations have called for a more strategic approach to the number of charter schools.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.