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I received email confirmation of our filing with the State of Oregon Corporate division and our filed Articles of Incorporation. I started the process of register with the Oregon Department of Justice as a charitable organization. Form RF-C has been completed. We are required to mail that in with a copy of our Articles of Incorporation and signed bylaws. I’ve created our bylaws and will get them signed during our board meeting this Sunday. ...
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I got a PO box yesterday for the Academy. Our address is: Mountain View Academy P.O. box 485 Lowell, OR 97452 I heard back from Kate Pattison. She said to submit our proposal to the ODE we could email her a digital copy. I emailed her the URL to the proposal page. I applied for and received an employer identification number from the IRS. Here is the request and the confirmation. OUR EIN is 46-4053284 I registered with the State of Oregon Corporate Division. Our registration should be processed within one business day. Here is the web and...
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We are also required to submit our proposal to the Oregon Department of Education. I’m not sure if I just send it to the address on their web site or if there is someone in particular I need to address it to. I emailed Kate Pattison (our charter school contact with the State) to see where I should submit it. Another requirement is to register with the State as a nonprofit organization. The registration page is located on the State web site. The form asks for the following items which I don’t currently have: Mailing Address IRS...
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I attended the school board meeting last night. During the public comment portion of the meeting Walt noted that the board has received a charter school proposal from Mountain View Academy. I introduced myself and briefly discussed our group and the proposal. Mike Galvin asked what our affiliation with the Fall Creek Home School Academy is. I said that we are a completely separate entity and that the state doesn’t allow private schools that have charged tuition to convert to charter schools. I also mentioned that our only relationship...
read moreSubmitting the proposal
I delivered the proposal to the district office yesterday (11/4/2013). Walt was glad to see me and told me that they have the preliminary inspections for the back wing of Lundy completed. He mentioned that they found mold where the roof leaks and that it was just standard leaky roof mold that the inspector said was not toxic. He also asked how things were going on our end. I said that some of the people involved are a little hesitant, but that we are still moving forward with the charter school. Walt said that he would mention the proposal...
read morePrinting the proposal
I’ve decided to bind and print the written proposal. This is proving to be a frustrating task because the proposal was written for the web which doesn’t translate easily to a printed format. I exported it to pdf and took it to Staples, but they are having trouble with the spiral binding covering up the content because of the margins. I think I’ve finalized the following process for printing the web content: Go to http://www.fallcreekcharter.com/our-proposal/ Click the print button in the upper left hand corner. Click the...
read moreFinalizing the proposal
We are going to submit our proposal to Lowell tomorrow. I checked the state regulations to see if we had to submit a printed hard copy of our proposal or if we could send them a link to the proposal on our web site. ORS 338.045 states “(1) An applicant seeking to establish a public charter school shall submit a written proposal to a school district board”. Looks like we have to send a written hard copy. I’ve added a link to the proposal web pages, so they know there is a digital copy available. I sent out an email to the...
read moreFinal Reviews of the Proposal
We are doing our final reviews of the proposal. I’ve sent it off to Dionne, Laurie, Kirsten, Laurie, and Kelly. We are required to submit a printed copy of the proposal, so I exported it to pdf emailed it out and reviewed it. During my review I found some minor formatting and grammar issues that I fixed on the web site version.
read moreLowell Board Meeting
Kelly and I attended the Lowell School Board Meeting on Monday. The meeting went very well. I was amazed at the professionalism displayed by Walt Hanline (their superintendent), Kay Graham (high school and Lundy principal) and their board members. It was a direct contrast to meetings I have attended under their previous administration. Kelly was also impressed with the meeting and the new direction they are taking. I’m going to do my best to convince other parents that they should start attending this meetings, so they can witness the...
read moreContinued work on LSD Policy and Requirements
I’ve continued my work on satisfying the Lowell specific requirements for our proposal. I’ve completed all of the sections except for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment and State and Federal Mandates/Special Education. We took a second tour of Lundy on Monday with Laurie, Kirsten, Kelly, and Dave. Everyone agreed that if the building is not toxic and the roof doesn’t leak then it is a suitable location for us next year. Lowell has a requirement for charter proposals that states “A description of the philosophy and...
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