Renaissance Growing and Expanding

Renaissance Academy is growing every year and making some major additions to the facility.

Renaissance Academy has grown a great deal in the past years. With 303 students currently in its’ K-8 program the old facility is changing.

This past summer Renaissance added 30 new spots to the original parking lot. The spots were added because of parent suggestions.

“There just was not enough space. We needed to add more parking because of our growth,” said Principal David Krauss.

In addition to the parking spots, this week construction will begin on a $150,000 playground facility.

Additions are nothing new to Renaissance. With 10% growth every year for the past 8, the school has always been changing.

“We added 8 classrooms in the past and possibly will have to add 4 more next year. We also added a brand new gym in 2006. ” Krauss said.

Although Renaissance is growing every year, Krauss does not think that adding a high school is a good idea.

“I believe that charter schools should find their niche. High school is not that niche,” Krauss said.

Krauss believes that attendance may actually even go down in the K-8 if a high school was added.

“High school students use a lot of language that parents do not like their children to be around and they will take their kids somewhere else,” Krauss said.

Krauss is happy about the growth of the K-8 and believes that Renaissance is at a good size right now. The school is functioning well at its size.

“I think we’re at a really good size. I think we would lose some of our personal touch if we grew much more,” Krauss said.