After nearly two years of research, debate and deliberation, the Board has adopted enhancements to the Latin program which will increase the common knowledge and college-readiness of all Liberty students.  If you have followed the discussion, you know that an earlier Latin proposal was rejected by the BOD last year.  After considering Board concerns, Liberty's Academic Advisory Committee submitted a revised proposal which was approved by the Board in December.  Key components of the plan are:

Over the next few weeks, we will work through the implementation plan, so stay tuned for further details. 

The Liberty Common School Financial affairs office has been incredibly busy lately and the team shared two key updates at the last Board of Directors meeting.  The first update centered on the final steps that were completed for the bond financing to support the facility expansion plans (including gym expansion) that have been shared.   This was an incredibly important milestone that was hit and is another step in the growth to support our children's education.  The Finance team was able to secure very favorable financial rates, terms & conditions.  This took an incredible amount of time, diligence and attention to detail to get the financing across the finish line.   As a Charter School, Liberty Common does not share in the Poudre School District bond revenues for facilities so we must provide for this on our own.  This is an incredibly challenging task and this is a key area where we rely on donations from the generosity of the parent community.  Please strongly consider donating to the Capital Campaign to help Liberty Common School close the gap on the funding required for such an expansion.  Every dollar is essential in ensuring we meet our financial obligations for the Capital needs of our incredible school. 

The second key point of business shared was the revision to the current school year budget.  The administration has shared the importance of the October student headcount.  This headcount data is tied to the funding received as part of the Per Pupil Revenue (PPR) allocated by the Colorado legislature to each school in the state.  In accordance with Liberty's contract with the Poudre School District (PSD), PSD forwards this per pupil revenue to Liberty for each student enrolled at Liberty on October 1st.  The October student count this year was above the preliminary budgeted number, plus the actual PPR rate was above the assumed preliminary rate as well.  This helped with the top line budget needs and will be off-set by key facilities needs such as roof repairs at the elementary school. 

In closing, every dollar counts as we support our education goals.   As Liberty Common School does not receive funding for facilities through the PSD bond revenues as noted above, we must tightly manage our expenses to prioritize capital outlays.  This is a very important time with our facility expansion and I encourage you to consider donating to the capital campaign as you will see the results with the new gym and improvements to the facilities for your kids in a matter of months!  

Paulette Hansen, Chairman

Joel Goeltl Treasurer

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