The Event Announcement Below is an exciting opportunity for parents, students and community members interested in learning more about Charter Schools. Our friends with Mountain Middle School are sponsoring an evening Info and Q & A Session related to Charter Schools in Colorado.
Please join us for a Charter School Towne Hall Meeting 6:00 p.m. the evening of January 11, 2010 at the Durango Community REC Center.
Presenters will be Randy DeHoff, recent Executive Director of the Colorado Charter School Institute (the agency Mountain Middle School is working to get authorized through), and Jim Griffin, President of the Colorado League of Charter Schools.
Randy DeHoff was appointed Executive Director for Colorado’s Charter School Institute and assumed that role on February 16, 2005. A member of the Colorado State Board of Education, Mr. DeHoff has himself founded a charter school. He also has served on numerous accountability and decision-making committees in his local school district. He is a member of the National Association of State Boards of Education, the Education Leaders Council, and the American Association of Physics Teachers.
Jim Griffin is the President of the Colorado League of Charter Schools, a non-profit, membership organization dedicated to supporting the 160 charter schools in the state. Jim has served in the capacity of League President since the organization's inception in 1994. Since then, the League has grown from a one-person technical support/advocacy group to a twelve-person, comprehensive membership organization. Jim's time with the League has included significant efforts around state legislative policy, new school development, facilities financing, and legal advocacy for charter schools. He is also an attorney. In conjunction with the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, Jim has also been involved in federal policy development, and has provided support to new state charter school organizations across the country.
This meeting will review:
How and Why Charter Schools began
Funding for Charter Schools
The Authorization Process
Facilities and transportation issues
... and more
The forum will be opened up to questions from attendees.
Also, MMS will be hosting a Next Steps meeting for parents, volunteers and the general community on December 9th at 6:00 p.m. in the Durango Public Library, Program Room 1. We will review the November 17, 2009 Denver Application Review Meeting, and mandatory next steps for a 2011 - 2012 academic year charter approval. Children welcome. Feel free to bring snacks, etc.
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Regards,
The Mountain Middle School Steering Committee
