Midland Innovation + Technology Charter School

Thank you to the Beaver County Times for covering our story!! We’re excited to keep the good news coming out of Midland!

Groundbreaking News out of Midland, PA! We are excited to announce that MITCS has secured a $1.5 Million Grant from the PA Charter Schools inaugural grant program. In addition, funding has been secured from PGT Trucking, Inc. to create the PGT Transportation and Logistics Academy. Joining PGT as a founding member of the MITCS Innovators Circle is C.J. Betters Enterprises, which is donating the land on which the school’s first building will be constructed beginning this summer, and is providing other in-kind services and support. Read the full release with more exciting information here: https://mitcharterschool.org/building-for-future-may-2020

Midland Innovation + Technology Charter School receives $1.5 million grant! The PA Charter Schools announced three subgrantees were awarded funding through the inaugural Pennsylvania Charter School Program (PACSP) Grant. Read the full announcement here: http://pacharters.org/three-pennsylvania-public-charter-sc/... Keep an eye on our social media for more exciting news later this week!

***Historic news coming next week!*** Friends, It’s been a minute since we’ve posted or shared an update on MITCS. Rest assured, our team has been very, very busy over the past few months.... Next week, we will be sharing our most consequential update on the development and launch of our school yet. Big news. HUGE NEWS! So stay tuned. We can’t wait to share this update with you but we have to for just a little bit longer. Thanks for sticking with us. Thanks for your support. The best is yet to come. #BuildingBetterFutures #mitcs #madeforthismoment mitcharterschool.org

Stephen Catanzarite, Chairman of the Founders Group of Midland Innovation + Technology Charter School, recently participated in a roundtable discussion of the promise (and peril) of starting new charter schools in Pennsylvania. Hear what he had to say by clicking the link below. This event was sponsored by The Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools.

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