MA Approves New Charter Schools

Three more, with another two on the way

The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved three new charter schools Monday night and plans to consider two more at its Tuesday morning meeting.

The approvals were for two grade 9-12 commonwealth charter schools — City on a Hill Charter Public School and City on a Hill Charter Public School II, in New Bedford and Boston — and one Horace Mann charter school, UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester, grades K-8.