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Maine Charter School Commission

Executive Committee Meeting

Published on June 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM EDT

Date and Time

Thursday June 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM EDT

Location

Zoom

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter
I. Opening Items
  A. Record Attendance   Susan Whipkey
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Norm Higgins
II. Agenda Items
  A. School Performance Committee and Finance Committee Report Discuss Lana Ewing
  B. Maine Arts By-Law Request Discuss Lana Ewing
   
  • Commission vote
  C. Election of Officers Discuss Norm Higgins
   
  • Leigh and Tom (tentative)
  D. Committee Membership Discuss Norm Higgins
   
  • Executive Committee (EX): Leigh, Tori, Finance Chair (Brian?)
  • School Performance (SP): Tori (Chair), Jim, Tom
  • Finance Committee: Brian (Chair?), James, Norm
  E. Legislation Update Discuss Norm Higgins
   
  • LD 282 and LD 854 (School Construction) - DEAD
  • LD 1718 - Reported out; monitoring for Senate scheduling
  • LD1571 - Not yet reported out
  F. Commission Votes Discuss Lana Ewing
   
  • Rubric for Incurring Debt
  • Definitions Document and Feedback
  G. 2025 Graduation Dates Discuss Lana Ewing
   
  • ACADIA
    June 11 at 5:50 PM at ACADIA
  • Baxter Academy for Technology and Science
    May 31 at 11:00 AM | Merrill Auditorium, Portland – Lana will attend.
  • Community Regional Charter School
    June 13 at 6:00 PM | Skowhegan Municipal Building, Opera House - Norm will attend.
  • Ecology Learning Center
    June 5 at 5:00 PM | MOFGA, Unity - Tom Keller will attend.
  • Fiddlehead
    June 6 at 5:00 PM at Norumbega Cidery
  • Maine Academy of Natural Sciences – Campus Program
    July 18 at 6:00 PM | MeANS Campus, Hinckley - Norm will attend.
  • Maine Academy of Natural Sciences – Threshold Program
    July 11 at 6:00 PM | MeANS Campus, Hinckley 
  • Maine Arts Academy
    June 1 at 12:00 PM | Augusta Civic Center - Lana will attend.
  • Maine Connections Academy
    June 6 at 2:00 PM | Merrill Auditorium, Portland
  • Maine Virtual Academy
    June 6 at 2:00 PM | Zoom – Lana will attend.
III. Updates / Reminders
IV. Next Month's Topics
V. Next Meeting
 

Tentative July 3, 2025, or August 7, 2025 (Zoom)
VI. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting FYI

The Charter School Commission does not allow airing of complaints in public meetings regarding Commission and charter school employees or school employment matters, in order to protect employee privacy, to comply with Maine law and pursuant to our contractual relation with the schools. To the extent that the Commission receives complaints and concerns relating to school employees in writing, those concerns will be reviewed and addressed by the Commission and its staff outside of a public meeting. This meeting is not the appropriate forum for such comments. You are free to direct your concerns in writing to the Commission's Executive Director, if you have not done so already.