The San Carlos Charter Learning Center (SCCLC) is a

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in San Carlos,

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, United States. It was the first charter school in California and the second in the nation. It was created in 1994. The San Carlos Charter Learning Center has a student population of about 350 students in grades K-8. It has students enrolled from all over the

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. The Director of SCCLC, Jennifer Pellegrine, has been Director since 2020 and will be leaving at the end of the 2021-2022 school year. The incoming Interim Director will be Fran Dickinson, who is currently one of the 5th-grade teachers and has been teaching at SCCLC for over 20 years. He will be taking his new role at the start of the 2022-2023 school year. The unique features of CLC are its multi-grade classrooms and its emphasis on both strong academics and social and emotional growth.

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