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Friday, May 14, 2010

Letter from Meridian School District (5/5/2010)

The attached letter from the Chairman and Superintendent of the Meridian School District ask for North Star to cure the following defects:
  • Generally Accepted Accounting Standards of Fiscal Management
  • Demonstrate Fiscal Soundness
  • Timely Notice of Defect 
Click Here to download this letter.

Blandford Letter_to_Kerri_Pickett-Hoffman_dated_March_8,_2010

 Letter from the Bond Salesman, who received a commission for the sale of the bond to North Star Charter School, to the Kerri Pickett
Letter from Jim Blandford at RW Baird

NSCS_Findings_Report_NSS_3-18-10[1] (Public and Not Posted)

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Trustee Carroll's Resignation Letter

To: Kerri Pickett-Hoffman
CC: NSCS Board
Date: May 12, 2010 7:31:31 AM MDT
Subject: NSCS, Resignation

Dear Kerri,
North Star Charter School was founded and has been steadily building a great educational opportunity for it’s many students.  I am proud of the school and many of the results to date.

However, I am extremely disappointed in the level of dysfunction that is preventing our ability as a board to operate effectively from a sound basis of facts and role clarity.

My ability to be add value as a board member is compromised by the root causes of our dysfunctional behavior.   I have been ineffective in my efforts to influence the board to reduce or eliminate this dysfunction.

Therefore, I am submitting my resignation effective immediately.

This will allow for my position to be included in election process for new board members that will be taking place over the next few months.

I have also put together a complete set of documents that will be given to the Board Clerk which might prove to be helpful in any effort to review the record of these past few years during which we expanded the school to K-12 and constructed  the new building.

I strongly believe in our North Star Charter and Bylaws along with principles of transparency, open meetings, and effective oversight.

I remain a NSCS supporter and will assist in the future from the role of an interested patron.

Sincerely,

Ken Carroll