Good News!

On Tuesday, I received a call from Geoff out of the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs. He was calling to let us know that we received The Rural Capacity Grant that Alli wrote and submitted in June. This grant is for $150,000. How awesome! This grant will provide us with two work coaches, as well as money for the curriculum. Everyone associated with our school is excited.

DEMOLITION DAY! Today has been a day to remember. Walls have come down, cabinets, sinks and trim removed. It looks like a different place. Jerry, Earl, Tim and Will worked very hard today.

We had to resubmit the building permit today. After we dropped it off at the court house, Bill called us back and said that they needed the plans from the architect. That was little disappointing. Once again we are learning that everything is a process.

We have had some phone calls from parents today asking about the school. We are telling them that we will begin October 1 with students in the board room in the board room at the central office.

Enjoy the pictures!!

Possession!

We gained possession this week and the architect has been down. We have a few more requirements to fulfill before we can get the building permit. Next week demolition will begin. We have some wonderful maintenance men who are very excited about this project! They especially are fond of keys and windows. Today we also picked up our shirts with our new logo. Our computer technology director will be meeting us at the property today to discuss outlets, computer equipment, etc. We visited the mezzaine of the primary school today to locate the tables we will be using. We also checked out the computers that will become ours. We continue to work on learning the curriculum. I talked to a person from another corporation that uses this curriculum yesterday. She gave me some good insight. We are moving forward!

Curriculum News

Wow! Today we were trained in the curriculum. My brain is on overload. I think once we are more familiar with it we will really like it. It is just a matter of navigating through the system and learning the ins and outs. This makes it one step closer to being able to serve students. On Thursday we are going to walk through the building with the architect - this is exciting. I continue to learn from the process and everything is a process!