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Applying for a school institution number

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I’ve started working on applying for a school institution number. Here are the docs I used to complete the application: Application Application Procedures How to Obtain a New ODE Institution ID for Charter Schools Powerpoint Our Application The application has to be submitted with the following documents: Charter Proposal – completed Conflict of Interest – completed Procurement Policy – in progress Charter Contract or Contract Amendment – completed EIN Document – complted Institution Request Form – in...

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Tuition and Fees

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Our charter contract with Lowell states that will not charge tuition. I did some digging on the State’s web site and found the following rules regarding tuition. Defined as payment for the cost of instruction. It can be charged, but it has to be for classes that are not part of the regular school program. It must be waived for a pupil who is a member of a low-income family “Low-income family” means a family whose children qualify for free or reduced price school meals under a federal program Charges shall not exceed the estimated cost...

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Lease contract requirements

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To help us maintain compliance with our lease contract I’ve created a Lease requirements page that lists an abridged version of the lease contract.

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Charter contract requirements

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To help us maintain compliance with our charter contract I’ve created a Charter requirements page that lists an abridged version of the charter contract. It only contains items that are requirements above and beyond those of the State of Oregon and the federal government.

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Approval of our charter and lease contracts

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On Monday night the Lowell School Board voted 4-1 to approve our charter and lease contracts. This is great news and we look forward to our future as a charter school and our partnership with them. The signed charter and lease contracts can be viewed by clicking the links below. Charter Contract Lease...

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Last night’s Lowell School Board meeting

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I attended Lowell’s board meeting last night and was once again impressed by the new direction they are taking. Here are some of the items they are moving forward with: Replacing the roof on the west wing of Lundy. Residing and painting Lundy and the high school. Replacing all of the windows in Lundy and the high school. Having 1 teacher per grade next year at Lundy. Working towards a ratio of 20 students per teacher for grades K-6. They used the word “marketing our school” multiple times. I think this is great, and that...

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Lowell presenting the contract to their board

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I’ve received word from Lowell’s attorney that in order to give the parties time to work out the remaining details, Walt won’t be bringing the contract to the board on Jan. 27th; instead, they anticipate scheduling a special board meeting when both the contract and the lease are ready for board approval.

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waivers

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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: — begin — Jake, Please review this: http://www.ode.state.or.us/opportunities/grants/nclb/title_v/b_charterschools/process-to-request-sbe-waiver.pdf The waiver you are interested in asking for typically is worded as the students get additional priority or preference in...

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Written notice of the approval

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I’ve received written notice from Lowell’s attorney on our proposal approval. I’ve forwarded it to Kate Pattison.

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Communications with the ODE

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I emailed Kate Pattison with the ODE asking her if we can email her a copy of our written notice of approval from Lowell. She said that would work and to also include the timeline for projected opening. I also asked her the following. —– Kate, We are getting ready to enter into contract negotiations with the Lowell School District. I’ve read through the May 2013 released version of the Charter School Handbook and ORS 338, but I’m having trouble figuring out what exactly is negotiable from the sponsors perspective. For...

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