Getting the word out
To get the word out about our charter school I think our first step should be to request a list of vacant and unused public buildings and portions of buildings suitable for the operation of a charter school from the following government bodies: City of Lowell Lowell School District Pleasant Hill School District City of Pleasant Hill U.S. Forest Service City of Springfield Springfield School District Lane ESD ORS 338.045 subsection 5 states: School districts, education service districts and other public bodies, as defined in ORS 174.109, shall...
read moreChecking the proposal page
This morning I checked the Proposal page against ORS 338.045. During this process I added some additional details to the proposal page. I’m currently on 338.045 (x).
read moreToday’s progress
Today I continued reviewing ORS 338 and updated the Proposal and Starting a Charter School pages. I also renamed the Our Team page to “Team/Goals” and added our goal to the page.
read moreProposed start date
Dionne and I were discussing when we should plan on opening the charter school. If we wanted to open up for the 2013-2014 school year we would have to submit our proposal 120 days prior to opening. That date would be 5/6/2013. We feel that we won’t have enough time to get the proposal together by then, so we are going to discuss this with the group and agree on a start date during our first meeting.
read moreOur first meeting
We are going to have our first meeting in April. I’m going to try to get through all of the state requirements by then. During the meeting we can review the requirements and distribute tasks.
read moreTalking to other charter schools
Laurie has gotten a hold of a member of the group that started the Coburg charter. He said that one of the reasons their charter has been so successful is because of the support of the Eugene School District. Even with district support it is a difficult task and without their support nearly impossible. There are only two charter schools in Oregon that are sponsored by the state. One in Baker and one in Portland. He also said that parents attempted to start a Mohawk charter in the Springfield School District, but were rejected. Laurie is going...
read moreWordPress for iOS
I just installed WordPress for iOS, so I can update the site from my iPhone and iPAD 🙂
read morenew members to our team
I talked to the Garlitz’s this weekend. They would like to help out with the charter school. Tammy mentioned that she worked with a group that attempted to start a Chinese Immersion charter school in Eugene. It will be a big help to have someone who has already been through the process working with us. I’ve finished going through ORS Chapter 338. I added some additional information to the Proposal, Starting a Charter School, and State Requirements pages. I’m going to install Jetpack on this site. It provides additional...
read moreAfter the proposal is approved
Once the proposal has been approved, the sponsor and the applicant develop a written charter that contains the provisions of the proposal that have been duly approved by the sponsor and the charter schools governing body. When developing the written charter the sponsor and the applicant may agree to change elements of the proposal prior to incorporating them into the charter. The charter will act as the legal authorization for the establishment of the public charter school.
read moreApproving our proposal
The State has set specific criteria that a school district must use when evaluating a proposal. The criteria is: The demonstrated, sustainable support for the public charter school by teachers, parents, students and other community members, including comments received at the public hearing. The demonstrated financial stability of the public charter school, including the demonstrated ability of the school to have a sound financial management system that is in place at the time the school begins operating and that meets the following...
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