PUCS is the official listserv for members of the Parents Unified for Charter Schools (PUCS) Group in Philadelphia. To join our group, please include your full name and charter school affiliation with your membership request.

The mission of PUCS:
- Create a forum to connect parents of our 63 philadelphia public charter schools in the networking and sharing of ideas, concerns, successes and best practices.
- Organize and mobilize parent stakeholders on advocacy issues impacting charter and/or public education funding at the federal, state and local level.
- Serve as a resource to the Charter School Office of the School District of Philadelphia and the School Reform Commission to improve communications among the school district, charter school parents and parent organizations by acting as a conduit to facilitate sharing of information.
- Communicate and faciliate a dialogue with the media on success stories and issues impacting the charter school reform movement in Philadelphia.

"Charter Schools are independent public schools that are free to be more innovative and have more flexibility and control to design curriculum, and hold teachers, administrators, parents and students accountable for improved student achievement. There are 63 public charter schools in Philadelphia educating over 32,000 children and 126 charter schools in Pennsylvania. Charters provide additional school choice options for Philadelphia families."

For more information on the charter school movement visit: PA Coalition of Charter Schools at www.pachartercoalition.com and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools at www.publiccharters.org. For information on individual charter school improvement plans, admission process and adequate yearly progress goals visit: PA Dept of Education at www.pde.org or the School District of Philadelphia at www.phila.k12.pa.us.

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Karen D. Lash, Scott Meier Sr, Diane Myers and Ken Pezanowski