Landen Maddox reads a book after breakfast on the first of school at Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Clarksdale Collegiate is the state’s first rural charter school. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/ Report for America
Two proposed charter schools have made it through the first stage of the annual application process with hopes of opening in the Delta.
This year’s application cycle saw fewer applicants at this stage than in previous years, with five applicants in 2021 and nine in 2022.
The schools are:
