Youth shelter looks to open charter school for traumatized children

Janie Ginocchio 4/15/198:44 AM

Northwest Arkansas Children's Shelter officials want to open a charter school that would specialize in serving children who have experienced trauma.

The school would open for kids in kindergarten through third grade in August 2020 and add one grade level each subsequent year, if the state approves the shelter's application.

"This model will be the first of its kind in the state," said Jake Gibbs, the shelter's director of education. "Northwest Arkansas is a leader in so many things, so I don't see any reason why we couldn't be a leader in trauma-informed care as it relates to education and the success of our students."

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