Charter school won't be opening in August

ATLANTA - One of the two charter schools approved by the state Board of Education won&#39;t be opening in August. <br> <br> Odyssey Charter School in Coweta County got a charter from the state school board in June 2001. But the school has not found a suitable, affordable building. <br> <br> ``When you don&#39;t have a building, you don&#39;t have a school,&#39;&#39; said Cammy Tidwell, president of Odyssey&#39;s governing board. <br> <br> Tidwell said the school has considered several options, including placing trailers on land leased for $1 a year. <br> <br> But the school received a $200,000 implementation grant to get started not enough to cover the costs required for capital improvements. <br> <br> Odyssey and the Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology in Bulloch County were approved under a 2000 law designed to make it easier for start-up charters to get off the ground. <br> <br> The law allows start-up schools that are rejected for charter status by their local school boards to appeal to the state board. <br> <br> Charter Conservatory has found a location and plans to open in August.