Blanco - Courier - Blanco resigns charter school post

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Published in the Courier News, Sunday, June 4, 2006

Blanco resigns charter school post

A City Council member who also serves on the board of Plainfield's first charter school has announced he is stepping down from the post.

Council President Ray Blanco, president of the Queen City Academy's board of trustees, said that he was proud of accomplishments over the past few years but that his council and work schedule have forced him to relinquish his position with the school.

"We have beaten the odds. We are one of a handful of charter schools in the state to have been renewed after our initial four-year charter -- the only one in central New Jersey," he said in an e-mail statement.

Queen City Academy opened in 2000 as a K-6 elementary school with 72 students. According to the state Department of Education's Web site, the school now enrolls 218 students in grades K-8. There is one other charter school in the city, the Union County TEAMS school, and another is scheduled to open in the fall.

Blanco cited increased full-time professional staff and a move to a new building as the school's most significant milestones. His resignation is effective June 30.

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