Of the 27 charter public schools in operation in Newark, none are located in the East Ward.

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It has been rumored that 44 percent of the students at Thirteenth Avenue School are classified as special education students.

Little will change as a result of the tenure reform bill recently passed by both chambers of the legislature and awaiting Governor Christie's signature.

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An all boys college preparatory middle-high school, known as Eagle Academy (to be named Eagle Academy-Newark) is scheduled to open as a Newark Public School with approximately 90 sixth graders beginning in September 2012. The most recent plan under consideration is to have Eagle Academy share a campus with Science Park High School. Parents of Science Park students have expressed concerns about sacrificing space and co-mingling two different school cultures.