Admissions and Enrollment Process
I’ve listed out the details for our proposed admissions and enrollment process that was explained in the Admission and Enrollment post. The Academy board sets the capacity of the program, class, grade level, and building. The Academy board sets the content and format for the admission application. The Academy board sets the start and end date for admission application submission. The Academy board decides on the format for the following email notifications sent to parents. Admission application submitted successfully. Student has been...
read moreenrollment plan
Our proposal and budget contains an enrollment estimate of 135 students. It also states that our current plan is to pursue using the back wing of Lundy for classrooms. In its current state the back wing has seven rooms that can be used for classes. Six of these rooms are large enough to accommodate our class size cap of 15 students. The other one is large enough for 5 students. Using this data I’ve come up with the following numbers for next year. Room Maximum Students Projected Students 12 15 11 14 15 11 15 15 11 16 15 10 17 15 10 18...
read moreAdmission and Enrollment
I’m going to start formalizing our admission/enrollment policy. ORS 338.125 contains the requirements from the State. Here is my proposal: The children of founders, staff, and board members are waived from the lottery process (dependent on the ODE accepting our waiver). Our board will annually decide on and approve the following items Capacity of the program, class, grade level, and building. Admission Application Content and format. Start and end date for submission. Content and format for the following email notifications sent to...
read morepolicies added to web site
I’ve updated the RONR Guidelines page to include information on resolutions. This information was taken from Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised 11th Edition. Our compensation policy has been added to the web site. Our Conflict of Interest policy has been added to the web site. Our next step is to forward written notice of our proposal being approved to the Oregon Department of Education. I emailed Walt asking him about this and he said we should receive it later on this week. ...
read morebylaws and ODOJ
I’ve updated our bylaws based on the decision made during our last board meeting. We don’t have to submit the updated bylaws to the State until we submit our financial reports to the Oregon Department of Justice. We received a copy of “A Guide to Non-Profit Board Service In Oregon” from the Oregon Department of Justice. The digital version is available on their web site. I’ve added to our Member on boarding page. Our registration with the Charitable Activities Section of the Oregon Department of Justice has been...
read moreUpdates to our proposal
I updated the Projected Enrollment and the Ages or Grades to be Served section of our proposal with the changes requested by Walt and agreed to by me before the 12/16/2013 Lowell board meeting.
read moreApproval of our charter proposal
During their December 16th board meeting the Lowell School District held a public hearing on our charter school proposal. After the hearing the board voted to approve our charter school proposal. This is great news and we are now one step closer to opening up next September 🙂 Before the board meeting Walt asked me for confirmation that the grades served by our school would be kindergarten through eighth grade and if we would be willing changed the projected enrollment to 135 students which would give us 15 students for each grade. I confirmed...
read more501(c)(3) application
On 12/30 I sent in our 501(c)(3) application. This application registers us as a tax exempt organization with the IRS. The application and additional information sent in with it can be found at – IRS 1023 submitted packet. The documents contained in the application are located at: Check for $850 IRS Form 1023 checklist IRS Form 1023 IRS Form 1023 Schedule B IRS Form 1023 Additional Information Articles of Incorporation Bylaws Springfield Times notice of nondiscriminatory policy Parent/Student Contract IRS Form 8718 I’ve updated...
read more11/25 Lowell School Board Meeting
Laurie, Kelly, and I attended the school board meeting on Monday. They discussed their current plans for Lundy and the high school. They are going to proceed with a plan to replace the roof and windows in the west wing. They also discussed the toxicology and air quality report they received. The only item that came back was non toxic mold they believe is coming from the areas where the roof leaks. A vote to approve the completeness of our charter school proposal took place. It was unanimously approved. While discussing the proposal Jim...
read moremore nonprofit application items
Schedule B of Form 1023 (IRS nonprofit application) requires us to Attach a list of your incorporators, founders, board members, and donors of land or buildings, whether individuals or organizations. I’m going to export the following list to a pdf and use it: Incorporators Jake Plahn Dionne Plahn Kelly Harris Founders Laurie Cardwell Cheryl Neet Jessica Cardwell Kirsten Cardwell Rick Garlitz Tammy Garlitz The final item I need is our non discriminatory published in a local newspaper. I’m going to have it published in the...
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