Schenectady charter school proposal withdrawn; Would-be founder says he hopes to resubmit | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 A Schenectady-based charter school proposal was withdrawn the day following a public forum where community members resisted the proposal, but the school’s would-be founder on Thursday suggested he plans to resubmit a proposal this summer. Re’Shawn Rogers, a former Brooklyn charter school educator who in February filed a charter application with the SUNY Charter Schools Institute to establish an elementary charter school in Schenectady, on Thursday said he and others involved in the proposed school remain committed to establishing a new school in Schenectady. The proposed K-5 Destine Preparatory Academy would focus on students in some of the city’s highest-poverty areas.