Traverse City College Preparatory Academy is an independent public charter school, free to be innovative and also held accountable for improved student achievement. This gives us some performance advantages over traditional schools:

• We are able to involve parents to a greater degree in school culture and decision making.
• Our smaller school size allows us to provide enhanced structure and student discipline.
• We promote achievement by holding our teachers, students and parents accountable.
• We are able to reward high quality teachers.
• We are able to be responsive to community needs and provide a quality education choice to families.

Charter schools are public schools. As such, they are held to the same - or often higher- standards as traditional public schools. In addition, they must meet additional measures of accountability set forth by their chartering body and are much more accountable to you.