On February 2, the Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education voted to allow Achievement First to open its first school in Rhode Island. Achievement First currently operates 20 schools in New York and Connecticut and has been working to expand into Rhode Island.
The school is scheduled to open in the fall of 2013, and plans to enroll students through a lottery system. The school will give special consideration to children from low-income families.
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