I wish we could hear about this happening in Elgin.

Representatives of Cambridge Homes...pitched an idea in April to build the $18 million "community learning center" for about 1,000 elementary and middle school pupils...the school would be constructed from prefabricated building units and employ teachers from a private company.

But it appears there's not a single charter school in Elgin.

Read the article.

Also:
See the list of Illinois charter schools.
Read about the Prairie Crossing Charter School.