CLIP+Campus

=Issues and Discussion Concerning the CLIP Campus=

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=**CLIP CAMPUS Brainstorming**=


 * A. Fact-finding:**
 * 1) Enrollment numbers and trends at Meyerholz and Lawson, and other district sites.
 * 2) CLIP Waitlist numbers (not just K).
 * 3) Waitlist number for other alternative programs.
 * B. Institution type:**
 * Charter?
 * How do we start?
 * Great overview of procedure at [|Charter Schools Development Center]
 * Information on charter schools from the Santa Clara County Office of Education
 * Advantages?
 * Smaller class sizes
 * Competitive teacher pay.
 * Ability to use subsidized teachers from China. [NY Times article]
 * Ability to better align with International Baccalaureate.
 * Ability to become a true immersion program.
 * C. Grade levels:**
 * K-5 or K-8, or K-5 expandable to K-8?
 * D. Facilities:**
 * 1) Build a new site or find an old one?
 * 2) Would neighbors welcome our school?
 * E. Administration & Teachers:**
 * 1) Recruit Ms. Alfonso? New principal? Vice?
 * 2) Will administration take over budgeting/CAC tasks?
 * F. Funding, CAC, & CLIPCO:**
 * 1) Will we still need these organizations? Would CLIP PTA suffice?
 * 2) Can we pay straight into CLIP PTA to pay for CLIP budgets?
 * 3) Do we have mandatory tuition?


 * Other questions:**
 * 1) What would our students not have that neighborhood schools provide?
 * 2) Could we help form a Spanish Immersion Program to share the site?


 * Pros:**
 * Program will be allowed to expand number of classrooms and accompany high number of parents on waiting lists.
 * Site will lessen burden of overpopulation at other schools.
 * Cons:**
 * 6-8 may not get full Middle School experience due to possible lack of clubs, sports, electives, music, etc.