State Charter School Board Amendment Request

250 East 500 South, P.O. 144200, Salt Lake City, UT 84042 (801) 538-7720 Schools..gov/charterschools

Applicant Assurances

School Name: ASCENT ACADEMIES OF UTAH

The Applicant certifies all information contained in this application is complete and accurate, realizing that any misrepresentation could result in disqualification from the Amendment Request process or revocation after award.

The Applicant understands that applications must be received by SCSB staff no later than the first Wednesday of the month preceding the month of the requested SCSB meeting and that incomplete applications will not be considered.

The Applicant acknowledges that all information presented in the application package, if approved, becomes part of the charter and will be used for accountability purposes throughout the term of the charter.

The Applicant acknowledges that the charter school governing board has read all Utah statutes regarding charter schools and that the Applicant is subject to and in compliance with all relevant federal, state and local laws, and requirements.

The Applicant acknowledges that the most current academic data will be provided to the SCSB for its consideration of the application.

The applicant acknowledges that prior to inclusion on the agenda, the SCSB recommends charter school governing boards schedule an appointment with SCSB staff to discuss the request and provide clarification to any staff questions. Appointments can be scheduled by emailing [email protected].

The applicant certifies that the entire amendment request was submitted to Shelley Nordick who works at Jordan School District, Sheri Sauve who works at , Kathy Goodfellow who works at , and Colleen Bennett who works at on March 27, 2017.

Mike Ostermiller______March 27, 2017 Name of Board President Signature of Board President /Date

1 | Page School Entity Information Name of School: ASCENT ACADEMIES OF UTAH Name of School Administrator: WADE GLATHAR Local School District: JORDAN SCHOOL DISTRICT, DAVIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, GRANITE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND ALPINE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Mission: ASCENT ACADEMIES OF UTAH’S NETWORK OF SCHOOLS UTILIZES THE SCHOOLWIDE ENRICHMENT MODEL TO BUILD A STRONG EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION AND TO PROVIDE AN ENRICHING, INDIVIDUALIZED AND VARIED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE TO ALL STUDENTS. Current Board Members and Other Charter Affiliations: Name Position Other Current Charter Affiliations

Mike Ostermiller President N/A

Stuart Adams Vice President N/A

Tyler Schvaneveldt Financial Coordinator N/A

Lex Puffer Secretary Lead Director, Syracuse Arts Academy

James Horton Member N/A

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ASCENT ACADEMIES OF UTAH (AAU) IS REQUESTING TO HAVE APPROVED STUDENT ENROLLMENT BE DETERMINED AT AN LEA/DISTRICT LEVEL, NOT BASED ON INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES.

Note: (i) AAU is not requesting an increase in student enrollment above the currently approved capacity; (ii) while we are requesting to be considered as a single LEA for our enrollment cap, each individual campus has been designed to meet the enrollment needs as outlined in the charter; and (iii) all other provisions in AAU’s governing documents to remain the same.

CURRENTLY APPROVED ENROLLMENT BY CAMPUS Campus Grades School Year Total Enrollment

Farmington K-9 SY2017-On 544 Students

South Jordan K-9 SY2017-On 816 Students

Lehi K-9 SY2017-On 816 Students K-6 SY2018 728 Students K-6 SY2019 728 Students Kearns/West Valley K-7 SY2020 832 Students K-8 SY2021 936 Students K-9 SY2022-On 1,040 Students

REQUESTED ENROLLMENT BY LEA LEA Grades School Year Total Enrollment SY2017 2,176 Students SY2018 2,904 Students Ascent Academies of SY2019 2,904 Students K-9 Utah LEA SY2020 3,008 Students SY2021 3,112 Students SY2022-On 3,216 Students

3 | Page Contractual Charter Agreement Goals Note: Goals as outlined in the Charter Fidelity Monitoring Report (FY15 Review) and referencing the Charter Agreement (CA).

Performance Performance Performance Measure Metric Board Goal 2 Years Prior Prior Year Current Year 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 Indicator: Board Performance and Stewardship Goal 1: No violations Number of board of statute, violations of statute, State Board Ethical conduct No Violations No Violations No Violations State Board rule, or rule, or charter agreement. charter (CA, p.2) agreement. Board Member Goal 2: Development Percentage of Board passing all available 100% 100% 100% 100% Board training modules on the SCSB website. (CA, p. 2) Regulatory and Goal 3: 81.8% 89% Reporting Percentage of all (Two monthly (One monthly missing Compliance required reports that are missing finance finance submitted to state reports 100% reports 100% agency complete, according to according to accurate, and on time. 2015 2014 Performance (CA, p.2) Performance Report) Report) Regulatory and Goal 4: Reporting Articles of Incorporation, Compliance Bylaws, and Charter are all in agreement and the 100% in 100% in 100% in 100% in school’s Charter is not Agreement Agreement Agreement Agreement changed without proper amendment from chartering entity. (CA, p. 2) Indicator: Student Attendance and Re-Enrollment Goal 5: Student (All student membership Year 1 - 93% Data Not Yet membership 94.7% 95% ÷ all students) ÷ 180 Available rate Year 2+ - 95% (CA, p.4)

Within year Goal 6: Year 1 – 88% N/A 95.4% WJ Data Not Yet

4 | Page enrollment Percentage of students Year 2 – 90% 93.9% Available rate continuously enrolled Farmington Year 3+ - 92% throughout the year (Fall (Mobility as Enrollment report reported on the through Year End Web Performance Survey) Report) (CA, p.4) 86.3% WJ Goal 7: Percentage of students 93.7% Year 1 - 88% Year-to-year re-enrolled from one Farmington Data Not Yet reenrollment year to the next (Fall Year 2 – 90% N/A (Retention as Available rate Enrollment year 1 "Fall reported on Year 3+ - 92% Enrollment year 2) the (CA, p.5) Performance Report) Goal 8: Continuous Percentage of students Data Not Yet reenrollment continuously enrolled for Year 3+ - 85% N/A N/A Available rate all available years (CA, p.5) Indicator: Student Achievement Level

Proficiency Goal 9: WJ: 124 Points on UCAS Sum of (content area report proficiency rates by Farmington: Data Not Yet No Target Set N/A Now: Growth subject x number of 163 Available points possible) Points on the Lehi: 117 PACE Report (CA, p.6) Indicator: Student Progress Over Time LEA: LEA: LA 40% LA 46% Math 44% Growth Points Math 49% Science 39% on UCAS Science 39% Farmington: report Goal 10: Farmington: LA 32% Growth points for all Now: LA 57% Math 48% students + Growth Data Not Yet Proficiency as No Target Set Math 53% Science 48% Demonstrated points for below Science 50% Available on State End of proficient students West Jordan: West Jordan: Level (CA, p.7) LA 32% LA 39% Assessment, Math 28% Math 47% Currently SAGE Science 30% Science 31% Lehi: Lehi: N/A LA 41% Math 49%

5 | Page Science 45% Indicator: Financial Performance and Sustainability Goal 11: Current Assets ÷ Current ratio > 1.15 0.56 1.27 1.98 Current Liabilities (CA, p.11) Goal 12: Total Liabilities ÷ Total 0.92* Debt ratio < 0.9 1.0 0.98 (See explanation Assets below) (CA, p.11) Goal 13: Facility Costs ÷ Occupancy Total Operating < 22% 17.6% 16.06% 17.78% costs Revenues (CA, p.11) Goal 14: No default. Maintain No Default Certification, School applicable Audited Financial upholds No Default No Default No Default bond Statements contractual covenants (CA, p.11) obligations. Goal 15: (Budgeted expenditure - Adherence to Data Not Yet Expenditure) ÷ Budgeted Within 5% 0.1% 1.5% Budget Available expenditure (CA, p.11) Goal 16: Percent enrolled Enrollment compared to authorized No Target Set 97% 92% 87% capacity capacity (CA, p.11) Indicator: Upholding Mission and Purpose Goal 17: Percentage attendance by campus directors at 100% AAU directors meetings 100% 100% Attendance and percentage Attendance Attendance School and 92% employee satisfaction on 90% and 96% and 96% Leadership Employee annual stakeholder Employee Employee Satisfaction survey with Satisfaction Satisfaction Currently collaboration amongst educators (CA, p.14) Goal 18: Campus Annual 100% Campus 100% Campus Percentage of campus 100% Directors Performance Director Director directors evaluated met

6 | Page Evaluations annually by Lead informally Evaluation. Evaluation. Director utilizing board with Lead 100% Lead 100% Lead approved evaluation tool Director for Director Director and percentage of Lead Evaluation Evaluation. Evaluation. Director(s) evaluated Feedback. annually by the 100% Lead governing board Director (CA, p.14) Evaluation. Goal 19: Percentage of school improvement goals, School Goals submitted August 1 and 100% 100% 100% 100% annually, meeting Improvement governing board standard (CA, p.14) Goal 20: Percentage of parents responding with High End satisfaction on the Learning and annual stakeholder 90% 91% 89% 90% Challenging survey, when asked if Learning their child is being challenged by the school’s curriculum (CA, p.14) Goal 21: Percentage of teachers Network attending all network 100% 100% 99% 99% Collaboration wide professional development days (CA, p.14) Goal 22: Number of Family Family Training Orientation Evenings 2 2 2 2 on SEM held at each network school per year (CA, p.14) Goal 23: Number of network wide Student enrichment activities 1 2 2 2 Collaboration held for students per grade, per semester (CA, p.15)

7 | Page *Debt Ratio: It is important to note that in accordance with GAAP requirements, AAU’s lease agreement for its Lehi facility is recorded on its corporate books as a capital lease and AAU has purchased its Farmington and West Jordan facilities. Therefore, the amount of additional assets needed to meet this metric has greatly increased. Notwithstanding, financial trends with regard to the debt ratio reflect a strong financial position.

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