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April 26, 2001
- Facilties: The County Commission voted unanimously to
approve our request to use the grounds of the old hospital located
at the corner of Neel and Western. The City must now approve the
site of our school. It is currently zoned commercial, but now
we must go through the Zoning Board and then have the City Council
approve it. This will require public hearings, notification of
the neighbors, and time. The County is 100% behind us and we are
now going through the zoning process with the City. We reviewed
2 modular-building plans and took comments from the parents We
intend to use modular buildings that will be set up on the west
side of the building, and we intend to completely secure the building.
There will be a lot of landscaping and it will look very nice.
- .Community Member: We are going to advertise this. We
are looking for someone who can commit about 5 hours/week through
the summer. The work load will decrease in the fall. This person
needs to be interested in the youth of our community, but does
not need to be a teacher or familiar with charter schools. They
should contact Mary Dwyer at 838-0814 if they are interested.
- Francie Deters and Janet Palmer are going to do a radio
program Friday April 27 on KMXQ at 10:00am. They will talk about
the progress of the school.
- We are interviewing a candidate for the Administrator's
position tonight. There is another strong candidate. I don't have
an interview date yet.
- We are receiving applications for teaching positions
and will begin interviewing within the next 2 weeks.
- T-shirts! If anyone would like to order Cottonwood Valley
T-shirts, they can contact Cherul Passalaqua at 835-0370. The
cost varies from $10-$15 and we can get any size
- The NM Charter Schools Conference is May 3-5th in Albuquerque.
People can contact Cheryl Passalaqua for more information.
- April 30th - May 4th is National Charter Schools Week. We're
not doing much this year because we are not operating, but plan
on mega festivities next year.
- We are planning a family picnic on June 2nd where all
the Cottonwood families will get together for an afternoon of
fun, food and games. There will be more information coming soon.
- We will begin the next round of enrollment in May. Enrollment
information and forms will be available within the next few weeks.
April 25, 2001
- Our great news this week is that the County Commission approved
our request to use the old hospital grounds for our facilities.
We will use the land to the west of the building and work with
the County to either renovate or remove the building itself. This
is a good site because of its central location, proximity to a
public park and emergency medical care, and the fact that this
lot is level and has electric,sewers, etc.
- Another piece of good news: we were granted an additional $12,500
in state stimulus funds which will go towards our facilities.
We have applied for $450,000 in federal stimulus funds over 3
years. If granted, this will provide us with the monies necessary
to purchase everything from desks to science equipment
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