American Indian Model Schools
Under the leadership of Ben Chavis (Lumbee), a Native American professor, AIPCS students made considerable progress in academic scores from 2000 to 2007, and enrollment increased at the school. The first middle school, AIPCS, received national recognition in 2007. Some of Chavis's disciplinary methods and his treatment of students and teachers generated controversy, and he resigned as principal in 2007. But the board voted to maintain him in an influential executive role at the school and with the model school system. In 2012 Chavis ended his ties with the charter system (although his children remained as students) and returned to his home state of North Carolina.
American Pacific International School
It offers an American-style curriculum to those aged from two to eighteen within Thailand, and is fully registered with the Royal Thai Ministry of Education. The school has been accredited by The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) from the United States. The current principal is Luis Ramirez. Previous heads include Stacey Gailey, Greg Schellenberg, Ross Hall, Peter Welch, Keith Wacker and Barry Sutherland. The founding head was Gordon Jones, formerly of the Taft School, Connecticut, USA.