Coastal Montessori Charter School

“The board of directors is presented a copy of the return for approval prior to filing. Once approved the board authorizes the treasurer to sign the return and file.”

“A conflict of interest questionnaire is distributed as part of the annual audit. The board is required to review and acknowledge the conflicts of interest policy on an annual basis. In the event a potential conflict of interest arises during the year, the interested person shall recuse himself/herself from all discussions and vote on the matter.”

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“The board reviews salaries for key employees annually based on comparability data from georgetown county school district and the american montessori society. Salary discussions are documented in the board minutes.”

“Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available upon written request.”

“To produce highly-educated, self directed, socially-responsible citizens who work colloboratively, respectfully, and peacefully as individual yet interdependent learners in a diverse and nurturing community. Through the unique combination of empirically-validated montessori principles, localized charter governance, and open access, coastal montessori charter school further aims to provide georgetown county school district with an academically excellent, financially accountable public school choice.”

“Organized under the sc charter school act, the school provides academic choice for parents and students, while expanding the capacity of the public school system in georgetown county. The founding coastal montessori charter school (cmcs) planning committee chose montessori because it honors the way children learn naturally, develops the whole child, and produces socially responsible citizens. Cmcs serves a diverse student population; 15% receive special education support, 17% are identified gifted and talented, 13% receive free or reduced lunch, and 34% are categorized as students in poverty. Cmcs offers a montessori education to students in grades first through eighth grade. The two pillars of montessori are discovery learning and developing a child's independence by not doing for the child what the child can do for himself. Montessori is multi-age classrooms, individualized instruction and self-paced learning, hands-on materials, specially trained teachers facilitating each child's own discovery knowledge, freedom from within limits fostering individual responsibility, social as well as academic development, a global perspective which integrates the study of diverse cultures and respect for basic human rights, and stewardship of the environment. Cmcs participates in community outreach programs throughout the year. In 2023 some of these included: food drive for baskervil pantry, food drive for friendship place, show drive for st. Francis animal shelter, toy drive for toys for tots (marines), volunteer to read to residents of the arbor landing (alzheimers home), and several beach clean up field trips.”

“The board of directors oversee the audit process.”