The path has been cleared to transform a large vacant lot in Jersey City’s Bergen-Lafayette neighborhood into a charter education campus that will create over 2,000 new student seats open to the entire public school district.
During their February 7 meeting, Jersey City’s planning board unanimously signed off on a Section 31 review for the Canal Crossing Charter School Campus. Jersey Digs reported on the plans last month, which come courtesy of a North Arlington-based entity called Friends of Quality Education.
The plan will transform a battleship-shaped parcel at 79 Caven Point Avenue into the new home for both BelovED Community Charter School and the Empowerment Academy Charter School. Designed by KSS Architects, the largest portion of the plan will serve 9th through 12th-grade students.
