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In 2000, a group of local educators and community members recognized the need for a small, heterogeneous, college preparatory high school program. After three years of preparation, they opened Summit Preparatory Charter High School (SPCHS) in Redwood City. Since then, Summit has flourished under the sponsorship of the Sequoia Union High School District. During each of the last four years, Summit has held a public random drawing for admission to the school because the number of applicants has exceeded the available spaces. In the SPCHS admission lottery for 2008, there were 3.25 applicants for each available spot in the school indicating a robust and growing desire for such a high school program. Unfortunately, Summit Prep is unable to educate all of the interested students because one of the fundamental principles and research-based elements of SPCHS is its small size. The Board of Directors and faculty members of SPCHS strongly believe that increasing the size of SPCHS would severely compromise the school’s ability to achieve its mission, goals and objectives. Therefore, with the support and encouragement of the SPCHS community, a group was founded to form a new high school, Everest Public High School. Everest is modeled after SPCHS. Everest is proposed to meet the excessive community requests for another SPCHS model high school. We are eager and excited to contribute to the Sequoia Union High School District’s admirable mission to provide all of its students with |