Chester Community Charter School

Chester Community Charter School [CCCS], also known as Chester Community Charter, is a not-for-profit public charter school in Chester, Pennsylvania, serving the Chester-Upland School District, operated by Charter School Management, Inc., a for-profit company owned by Vahan Gureghian, a multimillionaire businessman and top Republican donor. The school provides full-day kindergarten through 8th grade. Students apply to attend and the school is open to students from the Delaware County and Philadelphia region. It describes itself as "dedicated to empowering students as learners through the development of a learning community". The school is governed by a six-member board of directors. The administration consists of a CEO, a deputy superintendent, a chief financial officer and a principal at each school building. CCCS operates two campuses; one located in Chester City, known as the East Campus and one located in Chester Township, known as the West Campus. Each campus contains multiple newly constructed school buildings. The school is a federally designated Title I school.

Under Pennsylvania charter school law , charter schools are public schools. They cannot levy taxes. The school is funded by state and federal per pupil funding , along with funds from successful applications for competitive grants and donations.

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