THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, August 27, 2021 Page 3 August 24, 2021 To the Residents of Malden: Since its founding in 1998, Mystic Valley Regional Charter School has been proud to call Malden its home. By providing its students with a structured, disciplined academic climate with an emphasis on providing character education, serving the community, embracing the melting pot theory by highlighting our students’ commonality, and celebrating our country’s founding documents, the school has established itself as a nationally-recognized leader in K-12 education. The school’s current enrollment is 1,600, and MVRCS is in the early stages of implementing a growth plan, approved in 2015 by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, that calls for the school to increase its student body from 1,500 to 1,900 students. Although we are is the school’s responsibility to provide educational space to accommodate our current and future student body. Despite rhetoric to the contrary, over the last 24 years, MVRCS has developed a strong track as the school has grown. Only in the last few years has this strong relationship become strained. Still, we are committed to continuing to reach out to the city in the same manner in the future, As an actively engaged organization located in Maplewood and throughout Malden, we believe we understand the community’s concerns regarding To that end, beginning in July, we reached out to the city with the goal of starting a collaborative dialogue. idea that we believe would meet the citizens’ needs and accommodate MVRCS’s growth. While the school has yet to receive an invitation from the city to engage in constructive dialogue about this idea or any mutually productive discussions as soon as possible. However, time is running short. The school must In the coming weeks, we look forward to sharing historical perspective with you regarding how MVRCS has actively sought out ways to work with the city, along with the neighborhoods it serves, as an engaged community partner. Sincerely, Director/Superintendent
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