BELFAST – To celebrate National Charter Schools Week, the Maine Association for Charter Schools will offer a forum on public charter schools and their development in Maine.

The midcoast Maine forum will be held 1-3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at the University of Maine’s Hutchinson Center, located on Route 3 in Belfast.

Speakers include Dr. Susan Hollins, director of the New Hampshire Charter School Resource Center, and Alan Morris, director of the Carleton School in Presque Isle, an alternative high school.

For directions and information, call 763-3576.

For information on charter schools, visit the Web site at www.mainecharterschools.org., or write to the Maine Association for Charter Schools, 199 Hatchet Mountain Road, Hope 04847.