Washington State Charter Commission - Meeting Two
The second Charter Commission meeting took place on April 30th at the Bellevue Art Museum where Commission member Larry Wright is the Executive Director. (I'm going to review the meeting in two threads as it was a long meeting.)
Here are the two presentations from speakers. One was Robin Lake from CRPE (I missed that) and William Haft of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (a group looking to make some money off the Charter Commission work.) I haven't had the chance to look at Ms. Lake's and I will talk about Mr. Haft's in the second thread.
One rant. It was fine to have it at the Bellevue Art Museum except that the room was large and the members were not miked. It made it very difficult to hear the members (some who are very softspoken like Cindi and Dave Quall). As well, there were some audience members (and Lisa Macfarlane, I'm looking at you) who repeatedly
Here are the two presentations from speakers. One was Robin Lake from CRPE (I missed that) and William Haft of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (a group looking to make some money off the Charter Commission work.) I haven't had the chance to look at Ms. Lake's and I will talk about Mr. Haft's in the second thread.
One rant. It was fine to have it at the Bellevue Art Museum except that the room was large and the members were not miked. It made it very difficult to hear the members (some who are very softspoken like Cindi and Dave Quall). As well, there were some audience members (and Lisa Macfarlane, I'm looking at you) who repeatedly