Charter School Planning Meeting #5

September 6, 2006

I. Update on planning team membership
A. Team to include: Rich T, Marcia B, Doreen K, Jenice W, Janel B, Don A, Nick A and deb G
B. Nick will contact parent for involvement (Lennae Wudstrack)
C. Discussion as to why this is being attempted-a way to keep the district solid and address needs of various disenfranchised students

II. Information from other virtual schools
A. Information has been received from several schools with more coming

III. Answers to questions from last meeting (see minutes)
A. Questions still need answers relative to:
1. how students count for graduation,
2. what constitutes a full-time student,
3. how do we count a part-time student and
4. do charter students take the state tests

IV. Next steps
A. In light of insufficient understanding of this process and lack of parent involvement, district will postpone grant application til June, 2007
B. The next steps will involve conference calls with other charter schools starting with Kiel
C. The DPI has also been contacted to determine if there are workshops or conferences we can attend to prepare for writing this grant
D. Some team members will go to the Virtual School Conference in Plano Texas Nov 5-7 (Nick will invite all team members and get list of who is going)

V. Next meeting will be on Tuesday, October 10th at 3:30 –intended to be a conference call with Kiel (waiting on confirmation!)
Note: Anything in italics was added AFTER the meeting