BY CHAD ARNOLD, The Daily Gazette

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Five months after Destine Preparatory Charter School gained state approval to operate within the city, the school is close to securing a location in the heart of downtown.

Re’Shawn Rogers, executive director of Destine Prep, said he’s hoping to sign a lease in the coming weeks for the entire third floor of 530 Franklin St., an office building about a block from City Hall that currently houses offices belonging to Northern Rivers and the Social Security Administration.

“We’re really close to executing a lease on that space,” he said Wednesday. “There’s just a lot of channels you have to go through before you can sign a lease. … But we’re pretty set on that space.”

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