Discovery Charter School Founders are Betsy Archibald, Dan Aureli, Mary Burkhardt, Joe Martino, Grace Tillinghast and David Vigren.

The Founders started working in the spring of 2009 and have spent countless hours to make their dream a reality.

DCS was approved by New York State Board of Regents on December 14, 2010 and opened on August 15, 2011.