The Pasco County School Board has approved a charter application for Pinecrest Academy Wesley Chapel High School, at 33347 State Road 54, in Wesley Chapel.
The approval is for a five-year period, which began July 1 and runs through June 30, 2028.
The approval includes a provision that the term shall be automatically extended on a month-to-month basis until the charter has been renewed, non-renewed, or terminated by the sponsor, according to background materials in the Pasco County School Board’s July 25 agenda packet.
The school is authorized to serve students in grades nine through 12.
The following is the student enrollment capacity by year:
- Year 1 (2023-2024): Grade nine up to a maximum of 200 students
- Year 2 (2024-2025): Grades nine to 10 up to a maximum of 550 students
- Year 3 (2025-2026): Grades nine to 11 up to a maximum of 900 students
- Year 4 (2026-2027): Grades nine to 12 up to a maximum of 1,250 students
- Year 5 (2027-2028): Grades nine to 12 up to a maximum of 1,400 students
The charter approval allows the school to recruit throughout all segments of the community, using direct mailings, public advertisement, information in the local and community press, and informational meetings at various locations and in English or other languages, as appropriate.
If the number of applications exceeds the capacity of the program, class, grade level, or building, all applicants shall have an equal chance of being admitted through a random selection process.
Students at the school also are eligible to participate in an interscholastic extracurricular activity at the public school to which the student would be otherwise assigned, the background materials say.
Published August 16, 2023
