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A small table near the entrance of CodeRVA, a new high school in Richmond, can fit the entirety of the school’s staff. The group of six — three teachers, an executive director, an office manager and a counselor — wear matching white polo shirts as they prepare to “disrupt public education.”

There are no hallways in the 15,310-square-foot space located on Durham Street near the Central Virginia Food Bank and the Richmond SPCA. There’s one traditional classroom in a corner, classrooms that resemble conference rooms and a few other side offices for the staff.

Frankly, there isn’t much in the school right now. That also goes for rules guiding the school’s curriculum.

CodeRVA will open its doors for the first day of school Tuesday and welcome 93 freshmen and sophomores to its inaugural class. The new school’s curriculum focuses on computer science and is experimental in nature with internships, year-round schooling and about a 50-50 split between online and face-to-face learning.

“Let’s get them doing what they want to be doing,” said CodeRVA Executive Director Michael Bolling. “They’re digital natives. They’re connected to their technology and so the high school of the future is something that includes online learning along with face-to-face instruction.”