Bright Star Schools’ Valor Academy Elementary School

Self-Help provided $10 million in New Markets Tax Credits and $16.4 million in financing to build a new facility that will increase student capacity by 49%, from 370 to 552 students, and include 28 classrooms, a multipurpose room, and more. Bright Star VAES serves a predominantly low-wealth student population, providing quality education in a community where educational resources have been chronically underfunded.