The first time we met with Lowell’s attorney, she mentioned that we could apply for a waiver to ensure that the children of founders are excluded from the lottery. I emailed our ODE contact asking for information on the waiver process. Here is their response:
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Jake,
Please review this: http://www.ode.state.or.us/
The waiver you are interested in asking for typically is worded as the students get additional priority or preference in the lottery, not excluded from. Additionally, we do not support students of board members having this priority since it can easily be seen as an ethical issue since it is a benefit for the non-profit board director.
If you would like to include founders in the waiver request, it is best to list the actual names of the founds in the request and include how many children could benefit. Indicate the overall percentage of children would benefiting from this waiver. Federal guidance and State Board practice indicates offering waivers like these are best if they do not impact a significant portion of the school population. In other words, it should not be much more than 5% of students.
Here is an example of a request: http://www.ode.state.or.us/
After you review the process document and example above, let me know if you have questions.
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After reading waiver process I don’t think this is something that would be worth the effort in pursuing.
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