Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The district administration cited many criteria failures in Vision Group's application.
The Cary School District 26 Board of Education voted unanimously to deny the charter school proposal submitted by the nonprofit, Vision group. Superintendent Brian Coleman presented the administrative findings, which included 13 requirements that Vision Group did not meet. Fiscally sound, enrollment, admissions, school governance, goals and community support, were among the non-complaint items that fail to comply with the Illinois charter schools law. Over a 5-year term, Coleman said the charter school proposal would cause the district to lose an estimated $12 million. “Based on purely looking at the proposal, there was no documentation or evidence of support from stakeholders, parents, teachers, pupils, or community members,” Coleman …
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Superintendent Brian Coleman explains next steps in the charter school proposal process.
The District 26 Board of Education will vote to either grant or deny the Vision Group’s charter school proposal on March 19. Vision Group, which plans to operate the school under the name Concord Charter Academy at the vacant Maplewood School property, made a presentation at the district’s public hearing on Feb. 21. The charter school would operate within Cary School District 26, accept all students, with district students being accepted first but would act independently of District 26. Cary constituents, Community Engagement Committee members and the board had the opportunity to comment and ask questions of the charter school proposal. Even though sugesstions were given to Vision Group, the board must vote on the submitted application, …
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Vision Group Charter school proposal process begins.
After months of preliminary meetings and informal discussions, the nonprofit Vision Group, which plans to operate a school for kindergarten through 5th grade, has submitted a formal charter school application to Cary School District 26. “We as a board are looking for new innovative approaches to what we’re doing in order to upgrade as much as possible the educational experience for the kids in the district,” board president Chris Spoerl said at the Monday night regular board meeting. According to the National Education Assoication, "charter schools are publicly funded elementary or secondary schools that have been freed from some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools, in exchange for some type of …
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Chicagoland news to talk about: Suburbs consider electric aggregation.
Want to make sure your child doesn't eat too much candy this Halloween? Consider giving them a financial incentive. That is what one Chicago dental office is doing by paying kids for their "excess" Halloween candy. Westend Dental, located in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood, will pay trick-or-treaters $1 per pound of Halloween candy. The U.S. Department of Education announced more than $4 million in grants Monday that will be distributed to select charter schools across the country. Twenty-three schools received funding to strengthen their programming, and three were awarded large grants that came with an endorsement -- funding earmarked to help them prepare their successful curricula for dissemination to other charters across the …
KJK
2:45 pm on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Anytime Paul. I started this FB page back in 2010. Feel free to use it if you you'd like to talk more... http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cary-School-Solutions/127281230649469 more ›