“As One City Elementary school is built out, we are committed to recruiting, reaching and serving a diverse population of families that reflect the demographics of immediate neighborhoods that we serve,” the application said.

Class sizes for 4K through first grade would average around 10 students, while grades 2 to 6 would average about 15 students.

The school will operate on the “expeditionary learning” model, which prioritizes out-of-classroom experiences focused on local community problems or needs that result in long-term, in-depth projects.

“The education we’re providing has to move beyond reading about ‘Moby-Dick’ and ‘The Scarlet Letter’ and start addressing more real-world challenges these young people are facing,” Caire said.

Divided into trimesters, students will have classes for 19 weeks in the fall, 18 weeks in the spring and seven weeks in the summer for a total of 219 days in the classroom per academic year, or 39 more days than Madison School District children have, according to the application.

School hours are also planned to be longer than in a traditional public school setting, starting at 8:15 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m., with Mondays being an early-release day.