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Maine Charter School Commission

Monthly Commission Meeting

Published on September 14, 2023 at 12:44 PM EDT
Amended on October 5, 2023 at 11:15 AM EDT

Date and Time

Tuesday September 12, 2023 at 1:00 PM EDT

Location

Maine Connections Academy, 8 Science Park Road, 3rd Floor, Scarborough

Reminders:

  • This meeting is being recorded via Zoom.
  • We ask members of the public to hold comments until public comments are heard.
  • When speaking, state your name and speak slowly and clearly and loudly enough for the captioner to pick up your comments. Lana or Amy will interrupt if the captioner is having a difficult time hearing what is being said.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter
I. Opening Items
  A. Record Attendance  
  B. Call the Meeting to Order  
  C. To Consider the Approval of the Minutes from the 8/8/23 Commission Meeting Approve Minutes Norm Higgins
   
II. Comments from Commission Chair
  A. Comments Discuss Norm Higgins
III. Additions or Adjustments to the Agenda
  A. Additions/Adjustments Discuss Norm Higgins
IV. Committee Reports
  A. School Performance Committee FYI Tori Kornfield
  B. Finance Committee FYI Leigh Albert
   
  C. Executive Committee FYI Norm Higgins
V. Public Comment*
  A. Public Comments Discuss
VI. Presentations
  A. Maine Connections Academy FYI Walter Wallace
VII. Executive Director/Commission Staff Report
  A. School Updates Discuss Lana Ewing
  B. Organizational Updates Discuss Lana Ewing
  C. Media Updates FYI Lana Ewing
VIII. Monthly School Portfolio/Data Report
  A. End of Year 2022-23 Unenrollment Data FYI Amy Allen
IX. Unfinished Business
  A. Unfinished Business Discuss
X. New Business Requiring Approval and/or Acceptance
  A. To Consider the Approval of ACADIA Academy's Request to Amend Bylaws Vote Norm Higgins
   
  B. To Receive and Place on File the Completed Maine Academy of Natural Sciences' Intervention Plan Vote Norm Higgins
   
  C. To Consider the Approval of Fiddlehead School of Arts & Sciences' Request to Fund SMARTS Curriculum Vote Norm Higgins
   
XI. New Business Requiring Notification to the Commission
 

No formal action required by the Commission.
  A. New Governing Board Members FYI Norm Higgins
   

Fiddlehead School of Arts & Sciences - Marie Reimensnyder
   
  B. Board Member Resignations FYI Norm Higgins
   

None
  C. Board Member Term Outs FYI Norm Higgins
   

None
XII. Future Topics
 

October 2023

  • To Consider the Approval of Maine Connections Academy's Renewal Application

November 2023

  • To Receive and Place on File the 2022-23 Annual Monitoring Reports
XIII. Announcements
 

9/26/23 - Maine Connections Academy's Public Hearing for Renewal

10/11/23 - Maine Arts Academy Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
XIV. Next Regular Business Meeting
 

October 10, 2023 (Room #103A/B, Cross Office Building, 111 Sewall Street, Augusta)

 
XV. Closing Items
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote

* 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.