Trillium Charter School Files Application with the New Jersey Office of Charter Schools

Ilana Kriegsman
Release Date:  March 31, 2011
Contact:  Ilana Kriegsman, Lead Founder
            (office) 908-824-0042
            (cell) 908-392-5187
[email protected]
FLEMINGTON, NJ – March 31, 2011 – Trillium Charter School is pleased to announce that the school’s founders have filed a charter school application with the Office of Charter Schools of the State of New Jersey.  The school would serve residents of Flemington Boro, Raritan Township, Readington Township, and Hillsborough Township, as well as the surrounding region. 
Commenting on the significance of this action, Lead Founder, Ilana Kriegsman, said “As the first charter school in Hunterdon County, this is truly an historic undertaking.”  She added that “the community has shown strong interest in an alternative to the existing educational paradigm, and we are working to answer that need.” 
She went on to describe the some of the school’s key features, noting that “Trillium students will have certain advantages:  small class size, hands-on and project-based learning, individualized support for each child, and a focus on sustainability.”
If approved, the school will open in September 2012 with grades K through 4, and will grow each year by one grade to ultimately include grades K through 8.  As a charter school, Trillium will offer free education to all of its students.  The Office of Charter Schools will issue a response to the school’s application by September 30, 2011.
To learn more about Trillium, or to get involved, the public is invited to attend upcoming information sessions.  These meetings are designed to give parents and community members an opportunity to find out more about the school and to ask questions of the school’s founders.  Dates, times and locations follow.
Readington Session:
April 27, 2011 – 7 PM – 8:30 PM
YMCA Deerpath Branch
144 W. Woodschurch Rd., Flemington, NJ
Flemington-Raritan Session:
May 5, 2011 – 7:30PM – 9:00PM
Hunterdon County Library Headquarters (lower level)
314 State Route 12, Bldg. 3, Flemington, NJ
Hillsborough Session:
May 15, 2011 – 7:30 – 9:00 PM
In Balance Center for Living
230 South Branch Rd., Hillsborough, NJ
For more information about Trillium Charter School, visit www.TrilliumEducation.org or join their Facebook page.  To contact the school, call 908-824-0042 or e-mail [email protected].