Meeting+March+2

1. School Launch Update - we still don't know, should take three weeks from last Friday (seems optimistic) 2. PV - The would like us to know their way of doing things. They would like to have staff members visit the week prior to spring break. Jorge and Andy would like to send system wide representatives. Another category is people who might be interested in working at Chadwick for a year to learn their way of working. All of these things are optional. 3. Visa Update- Spring and Summer break dates - March 22-28- spring break -June 11-Aug 1 Summer Break 4. Review acceptable suppliers for books, etc. - sidebar 5. What is the final day of school in June? -June 11 6. When do we need to return to Korea in August? -August 1; students come August 16th (unless they don't) 7. When will we be signing new contracts? We should know more the 19th, should be similar. The new contract will be under the Chadwick International organization. Administrator break schedule may be adjusted to more closely resemble the teacher break schedule. 8. Bus Schedule - stick to the schedule. Buses should run on time. We may not have a bus as soon as next Monday. 9. Budget - We don't know what it is. PV folks want to know how much we will be spending. Discussions about orders need to be completed by Wednesday, 10:00. 10. Recruiting -10 offers of letters of intent have been made in SF. 4 in Cambridge. 6 from SF have accepted. One is a Chadwick Alumna and teacher. 2 couples. One is working in grades 1 and 3. The other couple has 3 children. 6-7 additional teachers need to be hired. Recruiting will continue in Bangkok, the 18th-22nd. If the license is available on the 19th, the recruitment should be more successful. 11. Kurt and Dick (and Jeff) -Kurt will be here to work on the building at the beginning. He will be working closely with Michel, and he may be sharing his office. Jeff will either be here for 1 week per month, or alternating 3 week periods. Jeff will work with Jorge on curriculum issues. He is the one with education expertise. He was ms principal at PV. Dick will have an office near the admin. He could be thought of as a chancellor with extra duties. New topics 12. Third teacher is hired on the same contract as the first two teachers. We will not have teaching assistants. 13. Many of our teachers would like to have input on the issue of the mascot. 14. If you made changes on your order over the weekend, check with Rolly. 15. Andy will meet with grade levels starting with K to go over orders beginning immediately.