(The Center Square) – The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission reversed a decision by Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools and approved an application for a school designed for at-risk youth.

Known as “The Rock Academy,” the school would address chronically absent students. It would be open initially to 88 ninth graders.

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Nashville school officials asked the commission to uphold their decision, citing financial concerns with a lack of space for career or physical education.

Tess Stovall, executive director of the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission, said

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