Preparing for our first meeting

Here are some questions I need to answer before our meeting tomorrow:

• What is a virtual public charter school?
  • a public charter school that provides online courses
  • does not include a public charter school that primarily serves students in a physical location
• How do you convert a portion of an existing public school?
  • I’m not sure. ORS 338.035 gives options on how a charter school may be established. Item (c) is From an existing public school or a portion of the school. It doesn’t provide any additional details.
• Can “Starting a Charter School” #3 and #4 be merged?
  • I don’t think so. They are a little confusing, but #3 is your establishment option and #4 is the type of charter school being created. For example you could choose “a new public school” as your establishment option and “brick and mortar” or “virtual” as your type.
• Can “Starting a Charter School” #11 subitems be removed since they also exist on the “Proposal” page.
  • Yes – I have removed them
• Is the Starting a Charter School list complete?
  • No – it is not complete
• Is the “State Requirements” page complete?
  • No – it still needs some work