The BPCPS founding board spent two years developing plans for this charter middle school, ensuring it would be academically successful, organizationally vibrant, and driven by results. They created a rigorous, tuition-free college preparatory curriculum for 350 students—admission is by lottery, and the student body is diverse (over 90% minority students) with 66-70% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school day is long—7:45-4:15—and classwork is committed to cultivating courage, compassion, integrity, perseverance and respect. Students failing to complete homework and those struggling to pass core classes must either stay after school or attend a half-day on Saturday. The board’s plans are rigid, and the results are compelling; in its first year (2004), 56% of its sixth-graders scored "advanced" or "proficient" on the MCAS, outperforming their peers across the state. Students’ families love it, with over 90% attending a school event. Teachers too, are committed, working a 60-70 hour week, earning 10-15% less than in the Boston Public Schools. BPCPS has been ambitious without being extravagant—overhead and facilities costs are limited and salaries contained. Their success means growth, but its space in a formerly vacant Catholic school is inadequate. They need strategic private investors to support a permanent facility. Could this be you?