
Vision Charter School Secures Facility Financing to Better Serve Students
New building expansion provides long-awaited permanent facilities for college-preparatory public school
Caldwell, Idaho – October 11, 2016 — Vision Charter School has started construction on a building expansion financed by a 6.5 million dollar loan from Banner Bank and a tax free bond secured with the help of financial non-profit Building Hope and Idaho Housing and Finance Association. The expansion will add 28,000 square feet of additional space and provide a permanent facility for the school’s 400 elementary students currently housed in portable classrooms.
“Vision has had a very strong track record and management team,” said Dru Damico, Vice President of Real Estate Development at Building Hope. “We are happy to partner with high quality charter schools like Vision to help better serve Idaho students.”

October groundbreaking ceremony at Vision Charter School for their new expansion.
“It is great to have such partners as Building Hope, Banner Bank, and Idaho Housing and Finance Association involved in the charter public school sector,” said Terry Ryan, CEO of Idaho Charter School Network. “Public dollars for charters are scarce, so we depend heavily on the support of private lenders in the charter space.”
This new expansion will include permanent space for kindergarten through sixth grade classrooms, special education room, music room, two secondary classrooms, and make room for an additional 60 students. This expansion is on step towards serving the 1200 student names on the 2016-17 waitlist who want to attend the charter public school. A groundbreaking ceremony was held at the Caldwell school last Monday for students and families.
“We are excited to provide students access to high-quality facilities at our K-12 college prep, science and art school.” said Wendy Oldenkamp, administrator at Vision Charter School.

Design plan for Vision Charter School’s expanded facility
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