Document developed by UP Education Network (restart operator) to provide guidance to school leaders on how to recruit and enroll students.
UP Example Enrollment Policy
This document describes the student enrollment policy for a restart school operated by UP Education Network.
UP Education School Takeover Announcement Guide
This guide provides a detailed protocol for coordinating the announcement and immediate actions following the public communication of a decision for UP Education Network to restart a school.
Planning Year Component of School Application
This page is pulled from the TN ASD application document. It asks an operator to outline their plans for activities (and associated costs) during their planning year(s) to ensure a successful school launch.
Restart Case Study NSVF
This is a report commissioned by the DC Fund of New Schools Venture Fund. It profiles two charter-to-charter restarts and explores some of the challenges and lessons learned early in the process.
Training and Support to Schools Pre-Opening
This document outlines a series of workshops that are designed to support new schools in an effective planning and transition year prior to opening in Denver.
School Closure Process and Checklist
This Denver document articulates all the legal and procedural requirements for a school that is closing. The tool is a working document that is shared between the closing school and the authorizer.
Green Dot Preparation for School Opening or Transformation
This Green Dot tool is designed to outline characteristics of a complete and successful school transformation. The tool identifies critical actions to assess and prepare for opening a school restart.
Green Dot School Turnaround Planning Tool
This Green Dot Turnaround Planning Tool for high school transformation (restart) lists priority action items in the planning year of a transformation, critical school and “cluster”-level hires, and budgeting tools to support implementation planning and project management.
Qualitative Site Review Guide
This document outlines the process, roles and timeline for a school quality review site visit to be conducted by DC PCSB.
School Closure Manual 2015
This closure manual walks through all of the steps that a closing school must undertake during the wind-down period in Washington DC.
School Pre-Opening Site Visit Checklist
This checklist document guides the DC PCSB quality review of a charter operator (whether restart or new start) prior to opening.
Asset Transfer MOU Redacted
This is a sample Asset Transfer MOU between two public charter schools in Washington DC, one who was closing and one who was becoming the restart operator.
Colorado Turnaround School Accountability
This policy document outlines how schools and districts are designated for turnaround status in Colorado and what happens if they remain in turnaround status for several years.