[1] On January 15, 1997, Leo Klagholz, the New Jersey Commissioner of Education, enacted the school's charter.

[3] The school opened in 1997 with classes in the Demarest Building and had its charter extended for five years in 2001.

[6] The former St. Anne's School (of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark) in Jersey City Heights was the temporary class location.

[7] Additionally Hurricane Sandy in late 2012 had disrupted operations of the school.

[8] In 2013 Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education in the Obama administration, released a YouTube video praising the school.