From: Williams, Pamela
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 9:57 PM
To: Williams, Pamela
Subject: FW: Transparency Visit

From: Day, Rebecca
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 10:01 AM
To: Williams, Pamela; Goodley, Thomas
Subject: FW: Transparency Visit

From: David Lewis [mailto:dalewis@svsu.edu]
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 9:57 AM
To: kapeka vonkeltz; Martinez, Juan; Garibay, Javier; Jaime, Gabriela; Philyaw, Adasina ; Day, Rebecca
Cc: Roberto Garcia; Dawn Gillespie
Subject: Transparency Visit

Good Morning Colleagues,

Thank you all for being part of the transparency visit October 24.  It was as an opportunity to discuss transparency expectations as well as other matters pertaining to charter schools in general. As a result of our conversation, a few items require comment.  Some items, including collective bargaining agreement, parent involvement plan, and parent/student handbook need to be posted in an easy-to-find location on your website.  Consistency between buildings in regards to fire safety information should be addressed.  Consideration of a link to all buildings from your district page was a great idea brought forth from your team of administrators.  Lastly, the transparency items listed as "Need at School Site"  really should be at the school site.  Having these documents at the Leona Group office does not meet the requirement for school site.  It is recommended for compliance purposes that the following items be at the district office, as it is within the realm/location of the schools and can be quickly provided upon request from external parties:

This appears to be a lot of items. And, we know it is a matter more of location than anything. Be assured each of our charter academies must have this information on site as well. The challenge for CCA is the large amount of buildings in the district.  This is why having the information at you district office makes more sense and is within compliance.  For us (SUPO), having the binders at your location Javier takes care of our needs and MDE as well.  Hoping this change won't be too difficult to accomplish.  As we work out the transparency details, we may ask for modifications to our requests.  We too are trying to interpret changes from MDE. 

We look forward to coming back by the turn of the year for another visit. 

If you have questions, please contact me or Roberto.  I have attached your compliance information.  You can tab to the transparency location to see the updates.  Items in red need addressing.  Items in blue are the school site documents.  Can you supply Pam and Thomas with this information?  I don't have their email addresses. 

Great visit!

Take care,

Dave Lewis
School Improvement Specialist
School/University Partnership Office
Office : (989)964-4043
Fax: (989)-964-4636
E-Mail: dalewis@svsu.edu