Thank you for your continued hard work throughout the snow-packed school year!

Thankfully, the roads were clear enough to get to the Capitol to help lawmakers provide UNBELIEVABLE budget increases for education. Utah charter schools should be shouting for joy at the appropriations made this year. In ongoing funding, we will receive the equivalent of a more than 10% increase in the value of the WPU and scads more one-time monies. (See the legislative summary in this issue for details.)

We are also looking to Celebrate Charter Schools: Utah’s Public Education Choice at our Utah Charter School Conference on June 6-7 at the Davis Convention Center in Layton, UT. Hamish Brewer, the tattooed, skateboarding principal, will encourage us to disrupt the norm for the benefit of our schools.

One way to expand what your school can do is through grants. While education funding is great, there may be a unique program that requires outside funding. Take a look at the tips in our grant writing article in this issue.

We see the amazing experiences you are giving your students. We appreciate the excellence in education that our community of charter schools provides. Keep up the great work!

Royce Van Tassell