Event
Description, Location and Time: On Nov. 19th at 5:30 p.m.,
parents, students, and community leaders and organizations will pack the Board
of Education Meeting (13th Floor, Council Chambers, 65 Niagara Square) to support representatives from four «out
of time» schools as they promote their
plan to turn their schools into Great Community Schools.
(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval
of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a
description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus
of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization
of the school by ages
of students or grades to be taught, an estimate
of the total enrollment
of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance
of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention
plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs
of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment
of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve
parents as partners in the education
of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial
plan for the operation
of the school; (xi) the provision
of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications
of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement
of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis
of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention
plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision
of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi)
plans for disseminating successes and innovations
of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.
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