Great Bay Elearning Charter School

“Form 990 is presented to the board of trustees for review at the next public meeting. Opportunities for review and questioning were given and the form filed upon the completion of this step.”

“This policy was developed while the school was still overseen by the exeter region cooperative school district, its founder. Upon being given independent status in 2010 all policies were subsequently reviewed and reapproved by the board during the 2011-2012 school year. The executive director works closely with the board to review and maintain compliance with existing policies.”

“As administrator of the school, the executive director has a written work agreement with the board of trustees. This document includes the process by which a review and discussion of job performance and compensation is carried on annually. A sub-committee of the board of trustees meets with the administrator, reviews a prepared self assessment, and discusses compensation for the next fiscal year. As school administrator filling the role of school principal/superintendent, the compensation is reviewed in context of existing terms and a comparision of surrounding schools/districts. Transitioning from the school district governance in 2010 under a collective bargaining agreement, many of the processes for reviewing performance and compensation of the executive director are similar to the manner in which other public school administators are evaluated and compensated. As a public school employee, the executive director and all other school employees of the charter school--teachers and support staff are reviewed and compensated in a manner similar to their traditional public school peers in new hampshire. All contracts are then approved annually by the board.”

“The great bay charter school makes its public documents available for review in three primary ways. All documents are available in hard copy in the administrative office of the school and documents are also made available for review outside of the school upon request.”

“GREAT BAY CHARTER SCHOOL”

“Public charter school educational program, authorized by the new hampshire board of education and supervised by the new hampshire department of education. The school is open to any student residing in new hampshire in grades 8 through 12 and emphasized project-based learning in a technology enhanced environment.”

“All activities of the school were focused on providing daily educational programming of the great bay elearning charter school. As a public charter school, it provides 180 days of "school year" instructional programming with associated school year prepartion. The school year runs from late august until mid-june with students and staff engaged in typical school day programming. Summer months are utilized for development and preparation of curricular, instructional, and assessment programming. The school served approximately 155 students throughout the 180 day school year calendar with 10 teachers and 4 administrative/support personnel. The school, supervised by the new hampshire department of education, received its primary funding on a per pupil basis from the state with some supplemental assistance provided by a local school district.”