The school
the lineage is building.
McCartney Academy is a proposed Black-centered, tuition-free public charter school for Liberty City, Miami — a single-campus plan E5 Enclave Inc. is developing through the conventional charter application to Miami-Dade County Public Schools, aiming to open in August 2028 if the district approves it. It does not exist yet: no site selected, no operator chosen, no programs designed. This page describes the plan, the path, and how to join the work of building it.
Why now
Liberty City families deserve a public school planned with them, not just for them. E5 Enclave Inc. is developing a charter-school proposal for one campus in Liberty City — starting with parents: a demand survey and interest list that will shape the application before it is written. Nothing is promised and nothing is decided: a school opens only if the district approves the application.
Why Charles R. Drew
Named for an elder
What the school would be
A proposed tuition-free public charter school for Liberty City — one campus, pursued through the district’s charter process. Grade levels, programs, and design are not set: they will be shaped by what parents tell us and built with the future school operator.
The school would be run by a charter-management partner under a public charter contract — academics, hiring, and daily operations are the operator’s responsibility. E5 Enclave Inc. is the founding community organization, never the operator.
The path, as proposed
Listening and design. The parent survey and interest list across Liberty City — parent voices shape the proposal before it is written.
Authorization. A charter application to the school district, plus the facility and governance approvals a public school requires. Nothing opens without them.
Opening — only after authorization. Enrollment and a first school year follow only if the district approves and readiness is secured.
What “proposed” means
There is no campus yet, no enrollment, no tuition, and no school year on the calendar. Any page, post, or person describing McCartney Academy as operating is mistaken — including earlier versions of this page, which have been corrected.
What exists today is the plan, the name, the lineage behind it, and an open interest list. If you want this school to exist, the list below is where that begins.
Join the interest list
Parents, educators, partners, and supporters — tell us who you are and how you’d like to be involved. Responses are reviewed by the E5 team.
McCartney Academy — Interest Form
This is an interest list for a proposed school, not an application for enrollment. Fields marked * are required.
The wider work
Other programs of E5 Enclave Inc., listed for context. Each program stands on its own; none listed here is a partner of McCartney Academy, and none endorses it.
Lineage Farms
Cooperative urban agriculture — land stewardship, food sovereignty, and circular economics in practice.
Reparations researchProject 2033
E5 Enclave’s reparations research hub — the documented debt, the congressional case, and the path to Black economic parity.
Technology · An invitationThe Willing 333
Technology in service of neighborhoods — 333 companies invited to build a Miami Civic Robotics Commons.
The Block ProgramBlock to the Boardroom
Rehabilitating Black neighborhood blocks with emerging technology — learn-to-earn STEM and Web3 pipelines, and land returned to community hands.
