FROM ELMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The Elmore Country Board of Education (ECBOE) as an approved charter schools authorizer is pleased to seek proposals for a high-quality start-up public charter school in the Elmore County School’s boundaries seeking to open in the 2024-2025 school year or thereafter with a year of planning. The ECBOE is charged with authorizing high quality charter proposals that meet specified education needs In Elmore County and those needs are identified as (a) foundational principals of elementary reading and (b) foundational principals of elementary mathematics. Specifically, the Board seeks proposals for a startup public charter school that will address the following educational priorities:
- Engaging and preparing students through a rigorous, standards-based education that uses an arts integrated, science, technology, engineering, and math framework with a focus foundational reading and foundational math instruction (STREAM) in the early elementary grades (Kindergarten through grade 3) with innovative, and high-quality educational services;
- Ensuring that hired or contracted faculty and staff that have outstanding special training and experience in administering state and federal laws related to early elementary and/or at-risk students who are reading below grade level; students with math illiteracy or nonproficiencies; special needs students under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and students with needs as identified in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
- Managing all related logistical services efficiency to include services such as school transportation and appropriate feeding programs.
- Demonstrating competence and success in managing such funding efficiently and within reasonable budgets;
- Increasing educational experiences and opportunities for at-risk and/ incarcerated students economically or academically disadvantage;
- Ensuring that charter school teachers and school administrators/leaders have a direct role in operation of the school;
- Encouraging the use of high-quality models of teaching, governing and scheduling;
- Providing for exceptional levels of results-driven accountability based on student outcomes;
- Offering related services needed and or identified for students to include services such as speech therapy and occupational therapy and ensuring these services are provided in location that is centrally located for parents in the service area.
- Operating within the allowable financial structure for public school funding set forth in Act No. 2015-3, and adhering to all state and federal law;
- Creating expanded opportunities for involvement in the education system by students, parents and community members; and
- Accepting and fully committing to serving all students who may attend or is enrolled (i.e., students with and without disabilities).
Applications will be accepted beginning November 1, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. CST and will close at 11:59 p.m. CST December 30, 2023. All applications must be submitted via the link:
Please note: All ECBOE schools and district offices will be closed on November 23-24, 2023 and December 25-January 2, 2024
** Early submissions will be accepted and reviewed in the order of submission.
For questions or to request additional information, please contact:
Shay Jackson, Senior Coordinator of Curriculum, ECBOE
567-1290 Ext. 26004
