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Administration flags gaps and legal concerns in 2 Rivers Homestead charter application
Summary
District staff told the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board that the 2 Rivers Homestead Charter application omits a draft contract and several required details — including a lottery mechanism, a core curriculum, and clear waiver approvals — and outlined potential special education, scheduling and governance issues the board must consider.
Assistant Superintendent Sarah Gillum and other district staff presented the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board with a section-by-section administrative review of the 2 Rivers Homestead Charter School application on Nov. 10, saying the submission contains significant gaps that could prevent the board from responsibly approving the proposal.
Gillum and staff cited multiple inconsistencies in the application’s enrollment targets — it lists minimums of 75, recurring references to 100, and mentions as many as 125 or 150 students in other places — and said those numbers matter because authorization below 75 students creates a steep fiscal cliff. "Appendix b that is a part of this section is actually not included," Gillum told the board, noting the application did not contain a required draft contract between the school and the…
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