Future+Discussion+Items

==Future discussion topics: a placeholder page for items that will need to be discussed //after// we have thought through the models of delivery for both the Alternative School and the Blended Virtual Environment.==

//Governance//
At the first meeting, the following questions were posed as ones to be examined during the planning process:
 * Should these be treated as regional schools?
 * Should there be some sort of governing body akin to a School Committee (Board of Directors) and who should serve on it?
 * Should there be a Principal/Coordinator of the school?
 *  What impacts will there be on collective bargaining?
 * Contracts: working within existing – standalone in new district?
 * Staffing: who do teachers work for? Vendor?
 * Budget: formation? Transportation? Allocation of expenses and revenues?
 * What does administrative/teaching staff look like?
 * 2% of students? By sending district? As a whole?
 * Timeline? June 30 deadline extended?

//State waivers//
At the first meeting, the following questions were posed as ones to be examined during the planning process:
 * Graduation requirements?
 * Time on Learning requirements?
 * Expand membership to include expert in ELL/SpED – Easthampton?
 * Wavier requests: physical education, enrollment 25% rule, MCAS? What determines participation if a blended model and how it impacts: SASID belonging to academy?
 * Waiver for number in both schools?
 * Age waivers for alternative school?
 * Athletic eligibility?