Please read the following talking points from the All School Meeting Tuesday. I hope they will inspire you to take part in the life of the school and help secure the future for our school.
Warmly, Arden, Eric, Beth and Elizabeth
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Leelanau Montessori is a great public Montessori school and operates with great integrity.
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Montessori has been in this community for 35 years and we would like for it to thrive for another 35 years.
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We have a strategic plan and our work has remained mission and vision driven.
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We have staff who collectively have served in the school for over 100 years.
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Our school has a balanced budget with a greater than 5% fund balance.
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We have tripled in size since we became a public school in 2001.
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We have a magnificent Toddler program that serves our community with quality early childhood programming, helping to fill a gap in our rural community.
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Our families are historically committed and conscientious consumers of their educational choices.
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We have a new Head of School and a shared leadership structure.
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19 people are employed by our organization's human resource service provider.
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Leelanau Montessori has helped children reach their potential and graduate to serve communities beyond this one. There are several valedictorians, salutatorians and National Honor Society alums as well as musicians, scientists, mathematicians and filmmakers who have graduated from our school. Children who attend, leave to become community leaders and continue to truly care about the world in which they live. Our graduates are engaged citizens. We are proud to be a part of Leelanau Montessori and its legacy!
Ways for you to help Leelanau Montessori secure a future and give voice to how Montessori has impacted your family and children:
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Please write a letter to SBPS board to give voice to your hopes for and your commitment to our school.
Their board votes MONDAY night to renew or let our charter expire as of June 2018.
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It is our hope that we can be given more time to secure our school's future through a 1-5 year extension of our charter and lease.
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Attend a Committee meeting or a LM Board meeting to hear or help or holler! Ca
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lendar of events is in the office and on our website
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Attend the Suttons Bay Board Meeting at 5 PM Monday, February 27.
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Write a letter to the Editor of a local paper about your commitment to our school and why you believe in the school.
We know and You know:
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We have a charter and building lease through June 2018.
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We hope your child will enroll for the 2017-18 school year and beyond.
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Suttons Bay School Board has been influenced in the past by community input and the voice of many when voting on important issues regarding our school, its governance and autonomy.
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Our Board and its Committees are working hard to secure a charter and location beyond June 2018. We need your help.
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Keep your channels of communication open and let us know how you would like to help so that Leelanau Montessori can serve children and families for many years to come.
