Nearly one hundred community members came out over the weekend to the Cave Spring First Baptist Church to hear plans for a new school for the community.
Community members were devastated when the Floyd County School Board voted to close Cave Spring Elementary School last year since then they have worked to be able to keep students close to home and off long school bus rides since.
On Saturday, a parent group announced that they are planning a Cave Spring Learning Center that would do just that.
According to Judy Taylor, “The proposed Cave Spring Learning Center would serve students in grades K-12 over the next two school years via a partnership with the Georgia Cyber Academy”
Angela Lassetter, Superintendent of the Georgia Cyber Academy, spoke to the community via Zoom on Saturday, taking questions and explaining what the plans were for the proposal.
The plan would be for students over the next two years to take classes through the cyber academy in a Cave Spring location. The location would have staff on hand to help aide the students in their academics.
Lassetter said that the cyber academy would provide students will laptops and rigorous academics that is equal to or above what students get in a typical “brick and mortar” building.
Taylor went on to say that the plan after two years is to have a more traditional state-chartered school opened in Cave Spring. “The grades for the charter school will be determined based on enrollment at the learning center as well parent interest going forward.”
“In 1922, 100 years ago Cave Spring citizens established a school for the community. Under our watch, 2022 will not be the last year for serving our students in Cave Spring.”
Taylor added, “According to Margaret Mead, ‘never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has.’”
For more information about the Cave Spring Learning Center and possible future charter school visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/cavespringlearningcenter
