Here’s How Easy It Is To Open Your Own Private School In West Virginia

We have no business running a private school.We’re reporters, not teachers. But inexperience has hardly been a barrier for those who want to start their own schools. And it didn’t stop us, either.

Our reporting has shown the relative ease with which people — some with questionable backgrounds — founded their own schools in unusual places. All of this led to a clear reporting question: If the hurdles to open a private school are so low, could we do it?

Over the last few months, reporters from ProPublica partnered with local journalists in three states to try to establish private schools. None required much effort.

Watch ProPublica reporter Jennifer Smith Richards and Mountain State Spotlight reporter Henry Culvyhouse craft their own notice of intent for a new school in West Virginia: ProPublica-Mountain State Spotlight Curiosity Academy.

Read our full story at: https://propub.li/4yDvuiJ

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