Chatt Hills Charter School Needs Your Help TODAY!

Friends of CHCS,

Chattahoochee Hills Charter School needs your help TODAY: attending a meeting and a quick email could be the critical difference between an August 2011 opening and a denied petition. The Fulton County School Board will vote on our charter petition on April 22^nd and we have just learned that ALL of the proposed Fulton County charter schools have been recommended for denial by an internal raters committee.

We are obviously shocked and dismayed by this recent information but believe we need to look at this adversity as an incredible opportunity to show the Fulton County School Board what the raters are missing and let them know loud and clear why CHCS should be approved!!

The school board will vote next Thursday evening, April 22^nd and we need to take this opportunity to show them who we are. It is imperative that we converge on the school board in the next week by showing full attendance and support at their community board meetings.

Although many reasons come to mind as to why this has happened, including the tough economic environment, we still have a real opportunity to get approval from the school board next week. BUT we cant do this without all of your support and attendance at next week's school board meetings.

We are asking that everyone sign up for at least one of the board members community meetings by emailing or calling Monica Olsen, monica.olsen@chatthillcharter.org or 770.463.1841, with your name, phone number and email so we can confirm your attendance the night before. And please put the April 22^nd board meeting on your calendar!

Here is a listing of all the meetings next Monday and Tuesday by date/time with location and board member. Also noted is the CHCS project lead for the meeting, please seek them out at your community meeting so we can show a unified group. Chattahoochee Hills is located in District 4 with Linda Bryant as our local board member, but all seven members will vote on the CHCS petition and we need at least four votes to win approval.

4/19/2010 9:30 a.m. Woodland Elementary Charter

CHCS: Jon Neiditz

Julia Bernath, District 7

4/19/2010 6:30 p.m. McClarin High School

CHCS: Willy Lovett

Linda Bryant, District 4

4/19/2010 6:30 p.m. Banneker High School

CHCS: Jon Neiditz

Catherine Maddox, District 6

4/20/2010 9:30 a.m. Teaching Museum North

CHCS: Steve Nygren

Linda Schultz, District 1

4/20/2010 9:30 a.m. Manning Oaks Elementary School

CHCS: Russ Kiefer

Katie Reeves, District 2

4/20/2010 9:30 a.m. Riverwood Intl Charter School

CHCS: Monica Olsen

Gail Dean, District 3

4/20/2010 1 p.m. Chattahoochee High School

CHCS: Jon Neiditz

Ashley Widener, District 5

4/22/10 6:30 pm School Board Meeting & Vote on Charter Petitions

Dunwoody Springs Charter School

8100 Roberts Drive

Springs, Georgia

More information about the board members and their districts can be found here:https://portal.fultonschools.org/School_Board/Pages/Board_Members.aspx

If you unable to attend, you can also show your support by emailing all the board members and letting them know you support CHCS and asking them for a Yes Vote:

District 1 Linda Schultz schultzl@fultonschools.org

District 2 Katie Reeves reevesk@fultonschools.org

District 3 Gail Dean deang@fultonschools.org

District 4 Linda Bryant bryantlp@fultonschools.org

District 5 Ashley Widener widenera@fultonschools.org

District 6 Catherine Maddox maddoxc@fultonschools.org

District 7 Julia Bernath bernath@fultonschools.org

Again sign up and if you have any questions please email or call Monica Olsen at monica.olsen@chatthillscharter.org or 770.463.1841

Thanks for you help and continuing support! We can make this happen!

The CHCS Project Team