Charter Schools Institute State University of New York TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL FINAL CHARTERED AGREEMENT Sec. 2852(5) Submission to the Board of Regents VOLUME / OF j& REDACTED COP 74 North Pearl Street, 4th Floor, Albany, NY 12207 tel: (518) 433-8277 fax: (518) 427-6510 e-mail: [email protected] www.newyorkcharters.org /^*C¥ Charter Schools Institute X^j^l State University oj New York TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOL Section 2852(5) Submission to the Board of Regents 74 NORTH PEARL STREET, 4• FLOOR ALBANY, NEW YORK 12207 PHONE: 518-433-8277 FAX: 518-427-6510 www.newyorkcharters.org ^^^B^^ ^^^ ^^D^B^ ^^ SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER This agreement W executed on this tbec^slday of March, 2001 by and between the undersigned to amend the chatter agreement between them entered onto on or about the 1" day of February, 2001 and amended on or about the 16** day of March, 2001. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the undersigned have previously entered into an agreement, known before its Issuance by the Board of Regents (the "Regents") as a proposed charter, and known thereafter as a provisional charter (either aa a proposed or provisional charter, the "Charter"), pursuant to the provisions of the New York Charter Schools Act of 1998, Article 56 of the Education Law (the "Act"); and WHEREAS, the Charter incorporates the Application submitted earlier to the Board of Trustees of the Stan University of New York, such that me Application is an integral part of the Charter; and WHEREAS, pursuant to section 2852, subdivision 5 of the Act, the Charter, with the Application, was submitted to the Regents for its review and approval; and WHEREAS, pursuant to section 2852, subdivision 5-a, the Board of Regents has returned the Charter to the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York and has recommended certain changes be made to the Charter and\or the Application; and ' WHEREAS, the undersigned are in agreement that some or all of such changes should be adopted; and WHEREAS, the Charter requires that all amendments to it be in writing and signed by both parties thereto; NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby agree to amend the Charter as follows: 1. The Application is amended in the form and manner as set form in the pages attached hereto as Exhibit A Capitalized terms used in this amendment ere defined as set forth is the Charter unless otherwise indicated, as is the use and validity of facsimile ugnaewes and. the execution of this amendment to the Charter by eonnteipart. .03/23/2801 10:53 9142517923 CHARTER SCHXLS INST oo/ij/^ooi. n:oo /lb-W«-3259 PAGE 21 6RADL P0L0WIT2 PAGE 63 63222/2061 14:49 9142517923 CHARTER SCHOOLS ZK5T PACE 63 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK By: Robert J. BeUafiore, acting for the Board of Trustees of the State University Title: Executive Director, Charter Sohools Institute, Stitt University of New York PPUCANT^ APPLICANT JoY,StanhPeij£rPekWf Date Hannah B. Rata-Shulman Date / y APPLICANT APPLICANT APPLJ Steven H. TOW7P»i»llf—1»«» EXHIBIT A THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK j ALBANY, NY 12234 ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OFFICE OF REGIONAL SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES R00M47SEBA Tel. 518/474-4817 Fax 5181474-7558 March 23, 2001 Mr. Robert J. Bellafiore President Charter Schools Institute 74 North Pearl Street, 4th Floor Albany, New York 12207 Dear Mr. Bellafiore: We have received and reviewed the responses provided to the Department regarding the Tapestry Charter School regarding my letter of March 20. Please provide the following clarifications: Item #3 (curriculum): the March 21 response provided states that the Family and Consumer Sciences learning standards will be addressed through the Dance Curriculum described on pages 173-182 of the application. A review of this material shows no evidence of any reference to the Family and Consumer Sciences; there is no integrated curricidum, as previously asserted by the applicant. The response further states that Family and Consumer Sciences will also be addressed via the daily Morning Meeting as described on pages 28-35 of the December 15 amendment. The Morning Meeting is not a curriculum; the December 15 amendment, on page 28, states that "Morning Meeting is a teaching method.. .it is part of an approach to teaching and learning..." The information provided is inadequate. Please provide either the fully integrated curriculum that the applicant asserts will be provided, or provide a curriculum map illustrating how the dance curriculum will help students meet the Family and Consumer Sciences learning standards. The March 21 response also asserts that the Career Development and Occupational Studies learning standards will be addressed primarily through the Language Arts and Literature program described . on pages 50-71 of the application, and through the mathematics curriculum described on pages 72- 97 of the application. A review of this material shows no evidence of any reference to Career Development and Occupational Studies; there is no integrated curriculum, as previously asserted by the applicant. The information provided is inadequate. Please provide either the fully-integrated curriculum that the applicant asserts will be provided, or provide a curriculum map illustrating how the Language Arts and Literature curriculum and the mathematics curriculum will help students meet the Career Development and Occupational Studies learning standards. The March 21 response further asserts that the Technology learning standards will be addressed by students receiving direct instruction in basic computer skills, and by using a computer as a research tool. Basic computer skills are but one aspect of technology. There is no evidence of an integrated curriculum, as previously asserted by the applicant. The information provided is inadequate. Please provide either the fully integrated curriculum that the applicant asserts will be provided, or provide a curriculum map illustrating how the Technology learning standards will be addressed in other curricular areas. Item #5 (after-school program): please provide an assurance that Friends of Tapestry, Inc. will obtain any licensing required by the Department of Social Services, that it has the corporate authority to provide the care described in the application, and that any fees for such care will not be paid by the charter school. Item #9 (sibling enrollment): it is SED's position that the second (alternative) proposed admission policy concerning siblings better reflects me requirements of Education Law Section 2854(2)(b). Please assure that this will be the policy of the proposed charter school. Item #11 (special education): #1 :The sentence should include that "...services will be provided directly by the charter school or by the school district of..." #3: The word "alternative" should be changed to "alternate". Item #13 (special education): #1 The last sentence after the first phrase should be revised to say "...we will request a meeting with the CSE from the school district of residence to discuss possible revisions to the IEP. Please provide the above information at your convenience. It should be sent directly to the Charter Schools Unit of the New York State Education Department, 365 EBA, Albany, New York 12234, or faxed to 518-474-3209. Please send all information to the attention of Dr. Paul Hayford. If you have any questions, you should contact Dr. Hayford at 518-474-1762. erworth cc: James A. Kadamus JDarlene M. Mengel Paul D. Hayford ^arch^,^01 ^r.Robert^.8ellafiore president charter Schools Institute 7^^orthI^earlStreet,^Floor ^lbany,^ew^orl^l^7 ^e^ ^apest^y charter School response to ^oa^of^e^e^s^ommen^s f^earl^r.^ellafiore: ^hefollowing is inresponse to ^he State education I^epartment^sre^uestof^larch^, ^^1 Item^l 1. ^^he tapestry charter School will not provide an admission or enrollmentpreference for students who are ^atris^ of academic failure, pursuant to section ^^^^b^ofthe education I^aw,^he tapestry charter School will provideapreference in enrollment to the following and only to thefollowing students: in the first year of admissions, to students who are residents ofthe school district in which the charter school is to be located, i.e. the ^uf^alo^ity School district, and to siblings of students who arealready enrolled in the ^fapestry^harter School. In the second year and thereafter, the tapestry charter School will provide an enrollment preference to returning students in addition to the above two groups. In the absence ofany indication in the relevant statute regarding priority among the groups receiving preference, the tapestry charter School will provide preference in thefollowing order of priority: students who are returning will have first priority,then siblings of already enrolled students, and lastly students who reside within the school district. See also, Further Response to Item^ofS^^s^larch7,^^l better ^^s per ourresponse above, ^he tapestry charter School does not intend to provide an admission or enrollment preference to students who are ^atris^ of academicfailure. accordingly, we are not providing any definition of this group. ^ See above Item^ behave consulted with S^I^ regarding the alignment of ourcurriculum with each ofthe ^ew^orl^ State learning standards. In the areas ofFamily and consumer Sciences, career f^evelopmentand Occupational Studies, and^echnology, we have been unable to come to agreementwithS^, in the time frame given, thatthe tapestry charter School curriculum^as currently presented in the application^addresses all learning standards,