Yellowstone Education Foundation

“The return will be reviewed by the dir. Of finance and accountant. Following adjustments, if any, the return will be distributed to the superintendent and all board members.”

“On an annual basis, the board is asked to review the policy and sign again to make sure that nothing has changed in their status that would impact yellowstone's policy. At the point of bringing on new board members, the candidate goes through an orientation process that includes a review of the conflict of interest policy.”

“For the ceo (superintendent)'s compensation, the board chair consulted with yellowstone's counsel to review comparable salaries across the state of texas. He then took this work back to the board group and the board approved this contract in executive session. As part of the budgeting process, the superintendent presents the salaries and budget to the finance committee and board chair for their review, and ultimately approval. The salaries are benchmarked against local public school districts, using whatever information is available to confirm that yellowstone is within range of similarly sized educational institutions.”

“For the ceo (superintendent)'s compensation, the board chair consulted with yellowstone's counsel to review comparable salaries across the state of texas. He then took this work back to the board group and the board approved this contract in executive session. As part of the budgeting process, the superintendent presents the salaries and budget to the finance committee and board chair for their review, and ultimately approval. The salaries are benchmarked against local public school districts, using whatever information is available to confirm that yellowstone is within range of similarly sized educational institutions.”

“All of the forms were included in yellowstone's charter school application which is available on the texas education agency website. In addition, relevant documents, as required by law, are posted and maintained on the yellowstone website.”

“Seek to own and operate an open-enrollment charter school as provided under the texas education code for the benefit of students in texas, providing educational opportunities, programs and such other functions as it deems appropriate in furtherance of the purposes as provided in the certificate of formation. This corporation is formed for charitable purposes, and it will be nonprofit and nonpartisan.”

“Academic program: at yellowstone, we believe that every child is born with a purpose and destined for success. In 2018-2019 the foundation opened yellowstone college prep charter school and served over 200 students in grade 5-8. Our program is designed to encourage students to make significant academic gains each year. With class sizes that average 18 students, our teachers are able to focus on each individual students progress and provide instruction suited to their level. In almost every grade, our middle school students made significant gains from their benchmark scores to their final state testing scores in both reading and math. Despite these impressive gains, yellowstone college prep received an improvement required rating from the texas education agency. We anticipated this rating for our first year based on the way the rating formula works, and the way we launched our model and our mission. Read more about our state ranking at yellowstoneschools.org/rating. We are poised for success in the coming years.”

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