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Alabama’s first public charter school opens, plotting its own course

By Jeremy Beaman

Published September 6, 2017 3:23pm ET

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Alabama’s first public charter school opens, plotting its own course — ACCEL opened August 21 as Alabama's first public charter school, and its schedule has been jam-packed with class introductions, meetings, and a visit from Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. (@LawrenceSpecker/Twitter)

School is back in session and Jeremiah Newell, principal of ACCEL Day and Evening Academy in Mobile, Ala., has been working 12-hour days.

“It’ll settle down after a while,” Newell said in an interview.

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