Is a charter school in Ithaca unprecedented?

Amazing as it may seem, Ithaca's own Ithaca High School started as a Charter School amid much of the same controversies surrounding New Roots and modern charter schools.  Check out the related document below.

There have also been at least one other attempt to form a charter school within the ICSD.  After much discussion this attempt failed when the district pulled out.  Visit again for a more complete history of this.