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Maine Charter School Commission

School Performance Committee Meeting

Published on May 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM EDT

Date and Time

Monday May 5, 2025 at 3:30 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   Tori Kornfield
II. Agenda Items
  A. School Presentation - CRCS FYI
   
  • Community Regional Charter School will present updates on their School Improvement Plan and progress on the acquisition of a new school building site.

 

 

 

 
  B. Moxie Public Schools – Final Recommendation Lana Ewing
   
  • The Ad Hoc Review Committee recommends approving Moxie Public Schools for charter authorization, with an anticipated opening in Fall 2026.
  • Please review the attached recommendation in preparation for the Commission’s discussion.
     

Note: A formal vote will occur at the May Commission Meeting.
  C. Budget Update – Public Instrumentality Status Discuss Lana Ewing
   
  • The Education and Cultural Affairs Committee has unanimously approved LD1718: “An Act to Establish the Maine Charter School Commission as a Public Instrumentality of the State.”
      
  D. Rubric for Incurring Debt Discuss Lana Ewing
   
  • Review and provide feedback on the draft rubric that will guide decisions when schools request approval to incur debt.

     
  E. Proposed Definition of “School” Discuss Lana Ewing
   
  • Discuss and provide input on the proposed definition of "school" for Commission use.
III. Updates / FYIs / Reminders
  A. Carryover Funds – Future Discussion Lana Ewing
   
  • FYI: We will resume the carryover funds discussion later this spring or summer.
IV. Next Month's Topics
V. Next Meeting
 
  • June 2, 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.