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Updated Aug. 13: The Island Packet caught up with the group that's working on a charter school for Shell Point and goes into what it takes to get one up and running.

Give it a read here.

Updated Aug. 4: WTOC has a nice, detailed report with the group that's considering opening a charter school in the Shell Point area, including an interview with one of the parents leading the charge.

Give the WTOC piece a read here.

Updated 4 p.m. Aug. 3: Was just a matter of time, and so the Shell Point Charter School initiative already is on Facebook.

You can check out the page here.

Updated Aug. 3: Here's the meeting coverage we were expecting out of last night's Beaufort County Board of Education meeting.

Apparently about 70 parents showed up to protest the potential school closures.

Read up on it here.

Again, the board isn't expected to vote on the closures until this coming Friday.

Reported Aug. 2:We're expecting a full report out of tonight's Beaufort County Board of Education meeting that there were several protestors their opposing the closure of Port Royal and Shell Point Elementary schools, but an early tidbit we're seeing is news of an effort to open a new charter school in Shell Point.

That comes to us from the SaveBftSchool Twitter account, which mentioned tonight that a parent told the board a movement is under way to open a new charter school.

In fact, Shell Point Charter School already has a website.

Certainly more to come on this one.