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3 4 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Chris R. Bleak, President | UAPCS 5 BOARD MESSAGE Susie Ashliman, Board Chair | UAPCS 6 PLANNING WITH A BIAS FOR ACTION Charles Dayton, CEO | ActionStrategy 8 PAVING THE WAY FOR CHARTER SCHOOL REFORM Shauna Smith | newsLINK Marketing & Professional Publishing Services, LLC 10 DO YOU KNOW WHAT’S IN YOUR CHARTER? Tina Smith, Board of Trustees, President | Lakeview Academy 11 HOW MUCH CASH DO YOU HAVE IN THE BANK? Robb Enger, Board of Trustees, President | Providence Hall 12 CHANGES YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND ABOUT MICROSOFT ACADEMIC SOFTWARE LICENSING David Walker, Managing Partner | Charter Consulting Group, LLC 13 THE POWER OF DATA Deborah L. Swensen, PhD, Principal | Hawthorn Academy 14 ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN EDUCATION OFFERS NON-UNION CHOICE IN UTAH Charity Smith, Utah Membership Director | AAE 16 WHAT’S YOUR SEASON? Monty Hardy, President | Red Apple Financial 18 THE SCHOOL’S RESPONSIBILITY WHEN BULLYING OCCURS Florence M. Vincent, Attorney | Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, P.C. 21 REINVENTING MUSIC ED FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS Jim Guss, CEO | Chapman Music Institute 22 TEACHING A CHILD ON THE SPECTRUM Whitney Dilley, Guidance Counselor | Spectrum Academy 23 WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU BUILD Erin Preston, Superintendent | Providence Hall 26 DON’T BE PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH Scott H. Parkinson, SVP of Retail Banking | Bank of Utah ©2011 Utah Association of Public Charter Schools | newsLINK Marketing & Professional Publishing Services, LLC. All rights reserved. Charterology is published two times each year by newsLINK Marketing & Professional Publishing Services, LLC for the Utah Association of Public Charter Schools and is the official publication for this association. The information contained in this publication is intended to provide general information for review and consideration. The contents do not constitute legal advice and should not be relied on as such. If you need legal advice or assistance, it is strongly recommended that you contact an attorney as to your specific circumstances. The statements and opinions expressed in this publication are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Utah Association of Public Charter Schools, its board of directors, or the publisher. Likewise, the appearance of advertisements within this publication does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation of any product or service advertised. Charterology is a collective work and consequently some articles are submitted by authors that are independent of the Utah Association of Public Charter Schools. While Charterology encourages a first print policy, in cases where this is not possible, every effort has been made to comply with any known reprint guidelines or restrictions. Content may not be reproduced or reprinted without prior written permission. For further information, please contact the publisher at: 888.746.4003.