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Maine Charter School Commission

Executive Committee Meeting

Published on November 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM EST

Date and Time

Thursday November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM EST

Location

Zoom

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter
I. Opening Items
  A. Record Attendance   Susan Whipkey
  B. Call the Meeting to Order   Leigh Albert
II. Agenda Items
  A. School Performance Committee and Finance Committee Report Discuss Lana Ewing
  B. Review Charter Schools’ Annual Report Summary and Annual Reports Discuss Lana Ewing
   
  • Vote to "receive and place on file" at the Commission Meeting
    • ACADIA Academy
    • Baxter Academy for Technology and Science
    • Community Regional Charter School
    • Ecology Learning Center
    • Fiddlehead School of Arts & Sciences
    • Maine Academy of Natural Sciences
    • Maine Arts Academy
    • Maine Connections Academy
    • Maine Virtual Academy
  C. Review Annual Charter School Report Discuss Lana Ewing
   
  • Vote to "receive and place on file" at the Commission Meeting
    • SY2024-25 Annual Charter School Report
  D. Public Instrumentality Update FYI Lana Ewing
   
  • Our account with Bangor Savings Back is open, carryover funds are deposited, and invoices are paid.
  • Immediate next steps: Payroll will launch in mid-November, and the credit card will be active soon.
  E. Maine Academy of Natural Sciences Bylaw Amendment Request Discuss Lana Ewing
   
  • Staff recommends approval 
  • Commission Meeting Vote to “Approve the MeANS Bylaw Amendment Request”
    • MeANS Request to Amend By-Laws - October 2025
  F. Legislative Updates Discuss Lana Ewing
   
  • Multi-campus bill
  • January Education Committee Presentation 
III. Updates / Reminders
 
  • November 14th: Full day meeting
    • 9:30-12:00: In person Media Training with PLT Strategies
    • 12:00-1:00: Lunch provided
    • 1:00: Commission Meeting
  • No December Meetings
IV. Next Month's Topics
V. Next Meeting
 

January 8, 2026 (Zoom)
VI. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting FYI Leigh Albert

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.