New charter school won’t open in fall

PLAINSBORO — A group that wants to open a controversial new charter school here with an emphasis on instruction in Mandarin Chinese has run out of time to submit the necessary documents for a September opening, the state Department of Education has decided.

Princeton International Academy Charter School, or PIACS, had until yesterday to obtain a certificate of occupancy and cross other hurdles, but failed to complete the township approval process in time.

PIACS officials immediately blamed public schools for their interference, which included a legal challenge to the charter application and lobbying efforts. The school would have drawn tax dollars and other resources from three public school systems: West Windsor-Plainsboro, Princeton Regional and South Brunswick.

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