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Meeting Date:
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1/30/2025 - 5:30 PM
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Category:
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Report of the Committee on Student Achievement and School Innovation (SASI)
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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2. Action on a Request to Approve the Instrumentality Charter School Contract with Milwaukee Virtual School
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Strategic Plan Compatibility Statement:
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Goal 1 Academic Achievement Goal 2 Student, Family and Community Engagement Goal 3 Effective and Efficient Operations
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Attachments
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Milwaukee Virtual School Redline Contract
Milwaukee Virtual School DPI Benchmarks
Appendix A Charter School Proposal
Appendix B List of MPS Policies Procedures and Requirements
Appendix C Charter School Annual Assessment Calendar
Appendix D Articles of Incorporation
Appendix E Charter School ByLaws
Appendix F Charter School Proposed Budget
Appendix G MPS Charter School Budget Format
Appendix H Charter School Parent-Student Handbook
Appendix I Charter School Calendar
Appendix J Memorandum of Understanding
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File Attachment:
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Background:
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On December 9, 2024, a charter school proposal was submitted for the Milwaukee Virtual School, an instrumentality charter school, that will serve approximately 2500 students in grades K4 through 12. The school is proposing to begin in the 2025-2026 school year.
Milwaukee Virtual School’s mission is to provide a rigorous curriculum with levels of support for students and learning coaches centered around best practices that have proven to develop students academically and socially in a virtual format that prepares them for success in a technology-focused world. The vision of the Milwaukee Virtual School is to create a caring and supportive virtual learning environment where all students can thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. The Milwaukee Virtual School will provide opportunities for families and students to build community and participate in social-emotional and extracurricular activities through partnerships and virtual sessions with Milwaukee Virtual School staff in support of the learning environment.
The Milwaukee Virtual School will offer a comprehensive, K-12 educational program supported by contracted content instruction from Edgenutiy online learning platform. The curriculum of the Edgenuity courses with be comparable to those offered at other schools in the district. In addition to the online instruction for each course, Edgenuity will provide students the opportunity to engage in content tutoring via the online platform. Mentor teachers will be assigned to each grade level to provide students with academic and social-emotional support, and weekly, synchronous sessions to review students’ progress.
On December 12, 2024, at the meeting of its Committee on Student Achievement and School Innovation (SASI), the Board gave public hearing regarding Milwaukee Virtual School’s instrumentality charter school proposal.
On December 19, 2024, the Board approved Milwaukee Virtual School’s proposal to create an instrumentality charter school for five years and directed the Administration, in consultation with the Office of the City Attorney and the Office of Board Governance, to negotiate an instrumentality charter school contract with Milwaukee Virtual School and to bring that contract to the Board for consideration.
In January 2025, representatives from Milwaukee Virtual School and the Administration, in consultation with the Office of the City Attorney and the Office of Board Governance, to negotiate a contract for Milwaukee Virtual School using the Board-approved instrumentality model contract. The contract has been updated to include statutory requirements for virtual charter schools. All modifications addressed in this item have been mutually agreed upon by the parties.
Contingent upon the Milwaukee Board of School Directors’ approval, Milwaukee Virtual School accepts the attached instrumentality charter contract with the modifications as outlined in the attachments to this item.
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Fiscal Impact Statement:
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The funds for this charter school contract are included as part of the FY26 budget process.
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Implementation and Assessment Plan
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Upon approval, the contract will be effective starting with the 2025-2026 school year and ending with the 2029-2030 school year.
A copy of the contract will be forwarded to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
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Recommendation:
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Your Committee recommends that the Board approve the attached, five-year, instrumentality charter school contract with Milwaukee Virtual School to begin with the 2025-2026 school year and end on the last regularly scheduled day of the 2029-2030 school year.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Dr. Tina Owen-Moore - Board Clerk
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