WebEx Your Support to the Public Hearing about HART March 13, 2014

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Thursday, March 13, 10:00AM – Noon

Honalo Business Center Suite #8

79-7266 Mamalahoa Hwy

The community is invited to learn about

Hawaii Arts Repertoire & Tech (HART),

a proposed new charter school for the Kona area,

and have an opportunity to give public testimony on

HART’s application (via WebEx) to the Charter School Commission.

If you desire to give public testimony at our location,

please plan to be present by 10:00AM.

Otherwise, please consider giving written support by emailing

Commission.mail@spcsc.hawaii.gov by noon on March 12, 2014

Support HART Agenda Item III, Hawaii Arts Repertoire & Tech.

For more information, contact us at

NewHawaiiCharterSchool@gmail.com

See the Charter School Commission’s website

www.chartercommission.hawaii.gov

Follow HART at HawaiiCharterSchool.blogspot.com

Let Your Voice be Heard at the Public Hearing

On March 13, 2014 the Charter School Commission will hold a public hearing on the proposed charter schools. Our supporters are asked to help by letting their voices be hear on that date. Please contact Denise Mc Andrews at NewHawaiiCharterSchool@gmail.com for details on how you can participate in the public hearing.

Public Hearing March 13, 2014

Follow us for information on how you can let the State Public Charter School Commission know you support HART.

Application submitted to the State Public Charter School Commission

On January 6, 2014 HART Friends submitted its application to the State Public Charter School Commission; a document which included a 60 page application and over 240 pages of attachments including a petition with over 100 signatures.  Thank you for all who helped make this possible.

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HART Start Campaign

See what our HART Start campaign is all about!

Thank you in advance for your consideration of making a donation to help with the development of a new charter school proposal. Your support makes a difference in our chances of being accepted by the State of Hawaii and will allow us to do the good work of planning a great school. Mahalo!

Focus group with Marshallese high school students grades 9-12.

December 2013 Update

Addition of 6th grade and increase in target size
HART Friends Board recently met and approved increasing first year capacity and to add grade 6 to the school's proposed plan. This is great news for parents of current 4th grade students who will be entering grade 6 in the 2015-2016 school year. This decision was based on the fact that area charter school wait lists are the heaviest at grade 6. HART Friends wants to help with this problem by providing more charter school seats for students, especially where the need is great. If approved by the State, HART will open to grades 6-10 in it's first year and add grades 11 and 12 in years 2 and 3.

Charter application and activities update
We are seeking 300 signatures of community members or those meaningfully interested in seeing a new charter school in the Kona area. We also continue to collect survey data. Please click on the links for the survey and the petition on the home page of this blog. HART's application is due to the State by January 6, 2014. We are on track to submit by the first week of the new year. Please stay posted!