MINUTES

FOUNDING COMMITTEE

APOLLO SCHOOL

 

DATE: Sunday, May 28, 2000

TIME: 2:00 pm

PLACE: 1741 Emerson Street, Denver

PRESENT: David Segal, Corissa Segal, Anselm Dines, Ruth Ann Olson

ABSENT: Andrea Till

 

The meeting convened on time. The first order of business was to set the agenda. The agenda was set thus:

 

  1. David, Corissa and Anselm gave a brief but detailed account of the history of the project to date for Ruth Ann’s benefit.  She had questions about process, changes in the charter and the roles played by various people and organizations.

 

  1. Rita Gibson’s e-mail concerning a school designer was discussed and it was the consensus of the committee that if a school designer was to be brought on board, it would be at the discretion of the Head of school.  At present it is a moot point since there is no money in the budget for such a consultant.

 

  1. The importance of developing a mailing list was discussed.  Ruth Ann  agreed to contact Anne Fleming, Barb, Malinda and Susie about this.  David has the beginnings of a list.  Ruth Ann will also check old disks for rosters from the HG/T program.

 

  1. The DPS Resolution: Resolution 2677 was unanimously accepted by the committee.

 

  1. It was decided that we do need a lawyer to help us draw up the contract for DPS.  We decided to contact Jim Griffin at the Colorado League of Charter Schools for his advice.  David and/or Andrea will do this.

 

  1. Teacher and community board appointments were discussed.  It was      agreed that The Reverend would be contacted as per Kurt and Ruth’s      suggestion, but that Deb Harmon, Dorothy Gottlieb, and Teresa should  also be contacted.  Ruth Ann will contact Deb, David will contact Dorothy, Ruth Ann will talk again with Teresa. It was decided that Teresa  might be better as a Parent Representative, so Ruth Ann will broach that  with her.  It was also decided that Anselm and Kathy McCune could qualify as  Teacher Representatives.  Ruth Ann will contact Kathy.  It was generally agreed that while Susie Holmes also qualifies, she probably would not agree to serve.

 

  1. The discussion of the Timing of the Incorporation was tabled until Andea could be present.

 

  1. The following timeline was developed:

                                 

                                ASAP  - schedule a public meeting to be held in June

                                                location: downtown public library

                                                date: on a Wednesday or Thursday evening ASAP

                                                time: 7 - 8:30 pm

                                                purpose:

 

 

 

 

 

  1. The next Founding Committee meeting was scheduled for June 4, 2000 at  Anselm’s house at 6 pm.

 

  1. It was generally decided that we needed to recommend to the board that a  head of school position and a business manager position be created for the running of Apollo.  These positions should be equal, or nearly equal  in status and remuneration, with the HOS having the curriculum management etc as her/his main focus.  David and Ruth Ann both agreed to contact Dennis Corash about the head of school position. 

 

  1. It was agreed that curriculum development should be the primary
  2. responsibility of the Head of School.

 

The meeting was adjourned at approximately 5 pm.

 

 

 

Apollo Founding Members Meeting, 6pm - 8:30pm, 4th June 00

 

Location:  Anselm Dines’s residence – 1056 Lafayette Street, Denver

 

Attending: Corissa Figaro, David Segal, Ruth Ann Olson, Andrea Till, Anselm Dines (all Apollo Founding Members were present)

 

 Compilation of Mailing List / coordination of mailing.

 

Anselm to send his 7 year class rosters to Ruth Ann, who will merge the mailing list with hers for mailing announcement of the open meeting at the Library.

 

Ann Fleming, DAG/T, will facilitate sending the flyer out to DAG/T members. Apollo will fund postage (NOTE: Andrea has said she will provide postage thru a contact with ‘cheap’ 33 cent postage)

Pre-Enrollment form, a prerequisite enabling the right to vote in the

Election of Apollo’s Board of Directors, will accompany the meeting

announcement flyer.  (There was discussion about no more than 2 votes per household, 1 vote per parent)

 

For Flyer, please announce:

Open meeting scheduled for:

Wednesday, June 21st, 2000, 6:30pm – 9pm, Gates Room, 5th Floor off

elevator, Denver Public Library – Central Branch, 14th Avenue and Broadway

 

 

Board of Directors Appointment Discussions :

 

 

June 21 Meeting Agenda & Election Process:

 

David has agreed to offer Apollo background and perspective

 each voting member must:

-          read and sign agreement with / acknowledgement of School Charter Application

-          sign a letter of intent to send offspring to the school in the opening year 2001-2002

-          3 parent representatives will be elected from the nominee pool to serve on the Board (they will, in closed session, determine who holds a 1, 2 and 3 year term)

-          Nominations must be sent to:

                Anselm Dines

P.O. Box 18964
Denver, CO  80218

 

Nominations to be counted June 27th at Anselm’s home

 

Ballots are to be assembled and mailed on Saturday, July 1st, 10am, at Andrea’s home @

                2025 Eudora Street

 

As soon as the ballot is determined, Corissa will post on the website.

 

Ballots are to be mailed to Anselm’s P.O.  Box

 

Count ballots on Monday, July 10th, at Anselm’s home @

                1056 Lafayette Street

 

Website ballots will be autoforwarded to me(Anselm); I will make hard copies.

 

Other Items:

 

 

Newly elected Board will receive the Founding Committee's recommendations for:

- Head of School

- Director of Development and Finance

 

 

Apollo Founding Committee Meeting, 7 PM – 9 PM, June 17 2000

 

Meeting at Andrea Till’s home, 2025 Eudora.

Attending: Andrea Till, Corissa Figaro, David Segal, Ruth Ann Olson.

(Anselm Dines absent.)

 

Agenda Items:

 

  1. Election (by Founding Committee) of Community and Teacher representatives. 
  1. Recommendations for Permanent Board: the Founding Committee agreed to give the Board of Directors recommendations on the Head of School & Director of Development positions, with the former being responsible for curriculum, staff development, etc & the latter for money raising & similar items. The interest of one very strong HOS candidate was discussed as were ways to fund this individual’s retainer.
  2. Open agenda item from previous meetings: Contract with DPS? A sample contract has been obtained from the Colorado League of Charter Schools, but per Wayne Eckerling at DPS this should be ignored as all contracts including the one we have as a sample are currently being completely reworked & a new template will be available later this summer. So the Founding Committee will have to defer this job to the permanent Board of Directors.

 

 

 

 

 

MINUTES

FOUNDING COMMITTEE

APOLLO SCHOOL

 

DATE: Monday, June 27, 2000

TIME: 7:00 pm

PLACE: 1056   Lafayette Street, Denver

PRESENT: David Segal, Corissa Figaro, Anselm Dines, Ruth Ann Olson

Andrea Till, Kurt Starr (as ‘outside witness’)

 

 

The meeting convened on a few minutes late. There was no set agenda. The following items were discussed:

1.    protocol for sending out ballots

2.    protocol for running the candidates forum

3.    protocol for counting ballots

4.    parent constituent data base

5.    who will make the flyer announcing the candidate forum

6.    who are our valid candidates?

7.    who will do the mailing, when

8.    what is the deadline for pre-registering and voting?

9.    minutes of meetings to date

 

  1. Ballots will be sent out by mail to all households that have pre-enrolled children; two per household.  Enclosed with the ballot will be the candidate forum flyer and the biographical information provided by each candidate. 

 

  1. Andrea, who has experience with many candidate forums in the past, will write up the protocol and provide it to Tenley Stilwell, who will run the forum for us.

 

  1. Andrea has also presided and other ballot counting and she suggested that we check the validity of each voter and then count the votes.  Corissa will design the ballots so that they can be folded in half and the voter information read separately from the voting information.

 

  1. Corissa has a complete to date parent database that we can print mailing labels from.

 

  1. Corissa will make the flyers to go with the ballots and candidate information.

 

  1. Our valid candidates are:

 

Jenny Stephani did not complete the paperwork necessary to run this time.

 

  1. Andrea will do the mailing Saturday and prepare it at her house Sat. am. Ruth Ann will lend her a stapler and deliver the stamps.

 

  1. Deadline for pre-registering and voting is July 10.

 

  1. Everyone is to send copies of the minutes they have written up from our  meetings to Corissa.  She will edit for errors and vagueness and have ready to read at the next public meeting and/or post on the web site.