2020 Renewals Report Renewals: Dr. Shaunda Cooper presented the annual Charter Schools Renewals Report. The renewal site has abundant information on the renewal schools. https://sites.google.com/view/nccharterrenewal/renewal-schools   There are 18 schools up for renewal this year; those who were not recommended for a 10 year renewal  will return to CSAB in November. A detailed financial report will also be presented next month. The preliminary renewal recommendations moving forward to the NC SBE are:    10 Year Renewal:  The Hawbridge School, Global Scholars Academy, Mallard Creek STEM Academy, Matthews Charter, PEAK Charter, Pine Springs Preparatory Academy   7 Year Renewal:  Healthy Start Academy and Union Prep at Indian Trail   5 Year Renewal:  Fernleaf Community School, Concord Lake  STEAM, Gate City Charter, Union Day, Unity Classical   3 Year Renewal:  Iredell Charter Academy, Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington (GLOW), Coastal Preparatory Academy, Success Institute   Central Wake High School was also up for renewal but uses the Alternative Accountability Model.

Charter Application Interviews

CSAB interviewed several charter school applicants (both regular timeline and acceleration applicants) during its October meeting:

• BEAM Academy, regular timeline, was not moved forward to approved/ Ready to Open status
• Power Elite Male Academy, regular timeline, was moved to a second round interview in Nov. 
• New Generation Charter Academy, regular timeline, was not moved forward to approved/Ready to Open status
• Heritage Collegiate Leadership Academy, regular timeline, was not moved forward to approved/ready to Open status
• Central Carolina Charter Academy, regular timeline, was moved to a second round interview in Nov.
• Old Main Stream, acceleration applicant, was moved forward to Ready to Open status
• School of the Arts for Boys Academy (SABA), acceleration applicant, was moved forward to Ready to Open status
• Faith Academy, acceleration applicant, was moved forward to Ready to Open status

Amendments

• Torchlight Academy requested an amendment to implement a weighted lottery
• Elaine Riddick Charter School, currently in a delay year, requested an amendment to implement a weighted lottery
• Triangle Math & Science Academy requested an amendment to implement a weighted lottery
• Two Rivers Charter School requested an amendment to implement a weighted lottery
• Doral Academy, currently in a delay year, requested an amendment to relocate to Wake County

All requested amendments passed

Upcoming CSAB Meetings

Remote meetings November 9th & November 10th, 2020

Twitter! OCS hopes to raise awareness and promote positive news about our charter schools through this social media initiative. In addition, this will serve as another communication tool for the office. Find us at @NCCharterOffice.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT – EDDIE is the authoritative source for NC public school numbers and demographic information, is used by multiple NCDPI technology systems including: Accountability, PowerSchool, NC School Report Cards, and is used to meet federal reporting requirements. LEAs and charter schools are responsible for ensuring their data in EDDIE are complete, accurate, and current. EDDIE is located at: http://apps.schools.nc.gov/eddie