The Ambridge School District Board of Directors voted not to approve PCS West at their March 9, 2022, regular meeting. While this is disappointing, it is not completely surprising, nor does it end our pursuit to open PCS West.
To re-submit this application and open PCS West, we need your help. We must show that we have demonstrated sustainable support for another school in Western PA to serve students with dyslexia and other language-based learning differences.
We are charged with showing that parents would actually enroll their students in PCS West if it was approved. Here is how you can help:
You can help by completing this survey and sharing it with others who can complete it as well.
If you have not written a letter of support, please do so and send it to Rachel Owens at ROwens@providentcharterschool.org.
Please share with other parents via social media or email and encourage them to reach out to us by contacting our Enrollment Director, Julie Ewing, at JEwing@providentcharterschool.org.
Keep your eyes open for information regarding a Dyslexia Simulation to be held in Beaver County during the month of May. This event will focus on raising general awareness for dyslexia, and also for PCS West. You can help by inviting friends, family and anyone who you think can help support the opening of another school like Provident Charter in Beaver County.
We believe that children with dyslexia flourish in a learning community where:
Our current school, which enrolls 331 students from over 40 districts, was denied approval initially by the local school district but was ultimately approved by the PA Commonwealth Court in 2016.
While Ambridge School District proposed that they have programming commensurate with that of Provident Charter School, we know that there is no other school quite like ours. Our mission is to serve students with dyslexia and language-based learning differences while providing unique and innovative programming. Our staff deeply understands dyslexia, which happens to be the most common learning difference, and they are committed to ongoing professional development so they can provide the most effective remediation, as well as serve as a model for other schools in the region. We know how difficult this instruction is to deliver. Our application to the Ambridge School District is in no way intended to find fault in their programming; a building happens to be available in that district.