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8/8/2019 Weekly TieDye- Issue #6 Page #2 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/weekly-tiedye-issue-6-page-2 1/1 Lastweekthebackpagefocuswasonthethreatstoourcurrentprogramandthebenefitsofgoingcharter.Thisweek thebackpagefocusisonthebenefitsofstayinganalternativeprogramandthethreatsofgoingcharter.Ourgoal,in addressingbothviews,isnottoaddadditionalconfusion,buttoopenlyinform.Wearededicatedtopresentingan unbiasedapproachwhichwillalloweachofustomakeourowndecisionandhopefullyvoteforwhatweeachfeel wouldbebestforourchildrenandtheprogramwehavecommittedto.Pleasekeepinmindthatallofourpresented informationcomesfromanaccumulationofobservations,researchandmanydiscussionsinvolvingseveraldifferent sources,includingstaff.Weencourageyoutoreviewbothcomparisonssidebyside.Ifyouneedanewcopyoflast week’scomparison,emailusandwecansendyouanewone. BenefitsofStayingAlternative ThreatsofgoingCharter Therewouldbenochangetothecurrentstructureofthe PAG,whichisanexecutivecommitteeconsistingofparents onlythatdoesnotgoverntheschoolprogramormake decisions. PAGwouldhaveagoverningboardthatwouldincludea districtemployee,parents,atleast2schoolemployeesand least1communityrepresentative.Thegoverningboardwo haveauthoritytomakedecisionsasagroup. Uptothispointwehaveusuallybeenabletohireteachers thatarecomfortableteachinginanopeneducationsetting. Attractingnewteacherscouldhavenewchallengesbasedo theirpersonalperceptionsofwhatacharteris. Verylittleextraeffortisneededinregardstocommunity outreach.Wecanremainanalternativeschoolknownmostly tothosewhohaveexperiencedorhavewitnessedthe experience. Morecommunityawarenessthatthecharterexistsandwo furtherdefineourschool.Thetermchartermaybeperceive negativelybysomewithinthecommunity. Stayinglinkedtotheneighborhoodschoolwillensurethat results,responsibilitiesandmandatedissueswillbeshared betweentheneighborhoodschoolandourprogram. Thecharterwouldbeviewedasourownschool,notsimply program,andthecharterwouldberesponsiblefortheresu inallareasofeducation. Mandatorystaffdevelopmentwillcontinuetofocuson traditionalschoolvalues,proceduresandcurriculum.Our teacherswouldremain“intheknow”iftheyeverneedto furtherdifferentiatethedifferencesbetweenOPandthe traditionalschoolsetting. Theteachersalreadyhavetoholdadditionalstaffand departmentmeetingstocovertheirownstaffdevelopment andcurriculum.So,thereisreallynoobviousthreattothis category.Ifyoucanthinkofone,letusknow. Wecouldcontinuerelyingsolelyonfunddrivemoneyfor enrichmentandfieldtrips.Wecandetermineifthingsneedto becutyearbyyear,ifthefunddrivedoesnotreachthe budgetedamounts. Thecharterwouldlikelyneedtodofundraising,depending howthecontractiswritten. Noextraparticipationoreffortisrequiredfromparents. Moreeffortandparticipationmaybeneededfromsome parentsandstaffrelatedtothegoverningboard. Weknowwhatwearedoing,eventhoughwefacemoreand morechallenges. Fearoftheunknown. Weunderstandtherehasbeenconfusionandthatiswhythisgroupofparentshascometogethertohelpcommunicate theresearchfindingsasweourselveswadethroughalloftheinformationandmakeourowndecisionsabouthowwe willvoteonDecember14th.ItisimportantthatallofourFOPcommunityunderstandthethreats,benefits,challenges anddecisionsweface.Theonlywaytomakeaninformeddecisionistobeinformed.Weencourageyoutodoyourown researchanddevelopyourownquestions.Theindividualswithinthiscommitteehavebeenabletoutilizethe opportunitytoattendthemeetings,researchanddiscussallsidesandviews.Therearestillquestionsweeachface,but weunderstandthatconversionstaketimeandwehavetocometoadecisionbeforeDecember14th. Ithasbeenbroughttoourattentionthatweneedtoreiterate thepossibilityofconvertingtoanindependentcharterisn longeraconsideration .Theonlychoicebeingconsideredistoconverttoadependentcharterwhichkeepsthedistrictthe employerofourstaffandrequiresthedistricttosupplyourbasicneeds,astheycurrentlydo.However,thecharterwouldbe contractwiththedistrictandanyotherstipulationswerequestandtheyacceptwouldalsobeallowed.
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8/8/2019 Weekly TieDye- Issue #6 Page #2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/weekly-tiedye-issue-6-page-2 1/1
Lastweekthebackpagefocuswasonthethreatstoourcurrentprogramandthebenefitsofgoingcharter.Thisweek
thebackpagefocusisonthebenefitsofstayinganalternativeprogramandthethreatsofgoingcharter.Ourgoal,in
addressingbothviews,isnottoaddadditionalconfusion,buttoopenlyinform.Wearededicatedtopresentingan
unbiasedapproachwhichwillalloweachofustomakeourowndecisionandhopefullyvoteforwhatweeachfeel
wouldbebestforourchildrenandtheprogramwehavecommittedto.Pleasekeepinmindthatallofourpresented
informationcomesfromanaccumulationofobservations,researchandmanydiscussionsinvolvingseveraldifferent
sources,includingstaff.Weencourageyoutoreviewbothcomparisonssidebyside.Ifyouneedanewcopyoflast
week’scomparison,emailusandwecansendyouanewone.
BenefitsofStayingAlternative ThreatsofgoingCharter
Therewouldbenochangetothecurrentstructureofthe
PAG,whichisanexecutivecommitteeconsistingofparents
onlythatdoesnotgoverntheschoolprogramormake
decisions.
PAGwouldhaveagoverningboardthatwouldincludea
districtemployee,parents,atleast2schoolemployeesand
least1communityrepresentative.Thegoverningboardwo
haveauthoritytomakedecisionsasagroup.
Uptothispointwehaveusuallybeenabletohireteachers
thatarecomfortableteachinginanopeneducationsetting.
Attractingnewteacherscouldhavenewchallengesbasedo
theirpersonalperceptionsofwhatacharteris.
Verylittleextraeffortisneededinregardstocommunity
outreach.Wecanremainanalternativeschoolknownmostly
tothosewhohaveexperiencedorhavewitnessedthe
experience.
Morecommunityawarenessthatthecharterexistsandwo
furtherdefineourschool.Thetermchartermaybeperceive
negativelybysomewithinthecommunity.
Stayinglinkedtotheneighborhoodschoolwillensurethat
results,responsibilitiesandmandatedissueswillbeshared
betweentheneighborhoodschoolandourprogram.
Thecharterwouldbeviewedasourownschool,notsimply
program,andthecharterwouldberesponsiblefortheresu
inallareasofeducation.
Mandatorystaffdevelopmentwillcontinuetofocuson
traditionalschoolvalues,proceduresandcurriculum.Our
teacherswouldremain“intheknow”iftheyeverneedto
furtherdifferentiatethedifferencesbetweenOPandthe
traditionalschoolsetting.
Theteachersalreadyhavetoholdadditionalstaffand
departmentmeetingstocovertheirownstaffdevelopment
andcurriculum.So,thereisreallynoobviousthreattothis
category.Ifyoucanthinkofone,letusknow.
Wecouldcontinuerelyingsolelyonfunddrivemoneyfor
enrichmentandfieldtrips.Wecandetermineifthingsneedto
becutyearbyyear,ifthefunddrivedoesnotreachthebudgetedamounts.
Thecharterwouldlikelyneedtodofundraising,depending
howthecontractiswritten.
Noextraparticipationoreffortisrequiredfromparents. Moreeffortandparticipationmaybeneededfromsome
parentsandstaffrelatedtothegoverningboard.
Weknowwhatwearedoing,eventhoughwefacemoreand
morechallenges.
Fearoftheunknown.
Weunderstandtherehasbeenconfusionandthatiswhythisgroupofparentshascometogethertohelpcommunicate
theresearchfindingsasweourselveswadethroughalloftheinformationandmakeourowndecisionsabouthowwe
willvoteonDecember14th.ItisimportantthatallofourFOPcommunityunderstandthethreats,benefits,challenges
anddecisionsweface.Theonlywaytomakeaninformeddecisionistobeinformed.Weencourageyoutodoyourown
researchanddevelopyourownquestions.Theindividualswithinthiscommitteehavebeenabletoutilizethe
opportunitytoattendthemeetings,researchanddiscussallsidesandviews.Therearestillquestionsweeachface,but
weunderstandthatconversionstaketimeandwehavetocometoadecisionbeforeDecember14th.
Ithasbeenbroughttoourattentionthatweneedtoreiterate thepossibilityofconvertingtoanindependentcharterisn
longeraconsideration .Theonlychoicebeingconsideredistoconverttoadependentcharterwhichkeepsthedistrictthe
employerofourstaffandrequiresthedistricttosupplyourbasicneeds,astheycurrentlydo.However,thecharterwouldbe
contractwiththedistrictandanyotherstipulationswerequestandtheyacceptwouldalsobeallowed.
