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Charter School Sought For City: Proponents Operate Amistad Academy.

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| August 02, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Hartford Courant. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Robert A. Frahm

Aug. 2--A school reform group that runs two successful New Haven charter schools, including the highly acclaimed Amistad Academy, is seeking to open a charter school in Hartford.

Speakers at a public hearing Wednesday praised a plan by the nonprofit Achievement First organization to seek a state charter for a kindergarten through eighth-grade school in Hartford.

"Hartford needs Amistad. My three grandsons need Amistad," said Steven Harris, a Hartford resident who has visited the New Haven charter school. "I walked through the doors of Amistad and felt something I had not felt in a public school for a long time.

"I…

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