Duluth Edison Charter School Won’t Be Opening a High School

School Officials Say It's No Longer Financially Feasible

DULUTH, Minn.- Duluth Edison Charter School had been looking for a building for their new school for years, but after finding the plan to open a high school was no longer financially feasible for them, they are dropping that idea.

The Charter school hoped to fund the new high school through public bonding money.  But Bonnie Jorgenson, head of school, says the bond market has changed, and that the amount of money the school would be able to borrow has decreased, forcing the school to stop their efforts in opening a high school.

“We have certainly some disappointed parents and staff because it was something we really wanted to do, but we had always maintained that we wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize our K-8 program,” said Jorgenson.

Opening the high school would have cost around 25 to 30 million dollars.

Jorgensen said a new high school isn’t completely out of the question, but won’t be happening anytime in the foreseeable future.