SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE · INDIVIDUAL INSTITUTIONS
THE REFERENCE MODEL
Inaugural founder-student: Dr. Freedom Cheteni
Research-centered learning, immersive experiences, human guidance and evidence of authentic work. Choose and adapt the shared curriculum to your learners, delivery mode and educational purpose.
Build the VR School blueprint ↗THE CHARTER CONFIGURATION
First charter builder pathway: David Burke
San Benito County Polytechnic Academy: a personalized college and career model with Agriculture Science and Technology, Construction Trades and Community Development, and Healthcare Sciences.
Open the charter blueprint ↗THE DESIGN PRINCIPLE
A versioned course library, founder education, reusable interface patterns, research pathways and school blueprint structure.
Governance, learner data, staffing, credit judgments, course approvals, bank authority, admissions policies and operating authorization.
Public charter pupil tuition and application fees are $0. Posted petitions and shared curriculum do not substitute for current authorizer approvals or school-specific UC course listings.
Define the community need and the correct authorizer route before adapting the shared school platform. A countywide petition must establish the countywide benefit; a cloned website does not establish it.
https://www.sccoe.org/supoffice/charter-schools-office/Pages/faq-1.aspx ↗
Keep the existing school separate from any new proposed legal entity. For Polytechnic Academy, reconcile the posted petition with approval, amendments, current term and oversight agreement.
https://www.poly-academy.org/_files/ugd/b32d4e_c208f81f5b71487c90608102f68304da.pdf ↗
https://www.cde.ca.gov/SchoolDirectory/results?districts=787&items=25&order=6&search=1&status=1 ↗
Charter student education must remain nonsectarian and tuition-free. Founder training fees must be separate from pupil access; a private school cannot simply be converted to a public charter.
https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ch/cefcharterschools.asp ↗
Produce a source-linked petition package and operating plan; use the selected authorizer checklist and countywide elements rather than a universal checklist.
https://www.poly-academy.org/_files/ugd/b32d4e_c208f81f5b71487c90608102f68304da.pdf ↗
https://www.sccoe.org/supoffice/charter-schools-office/Pages/faq-1.aspx ↗
Connect shared courses to each school’s adopted outcomes, local timetable and student support model. Polytechnic Academy’s model uses Personalized Success Plans informed by students, families and assessment.
Preserve Polytechnic Academy’s college/career programme and grade-level Academy Projects while adding traceable evidence of communication, leadership, collaboration and revision.
Configure Agriculture Science and Technology, Construction Trades and Community Development, and Healthcare Sciences as distinct school pathways, not renamed private-school tracks.
Shared content can support course adoption, but UC listing and the school’s award authority must be tracked separately. Do not label a copied course UC-approved for a school without evidence.
https://hs-articulation.ucop.edu/guide/register-your-institution/ ↗
https://hs-articulation.ucop.edu/guide/update-your-a-g-list/submitting-courses/ ↗
https://hs-articulation.ucop.edu/guide/update-your-a-g-list/ ↗
Track college agreements and student readiness independently from course access. Polytechnic Academy lists ASU, GCU, Hartnell and Gavilan opportunities; these listings do not prove that a new tenant has a signed partnership.
Provide signed written agreements, teacher supervision, participation records and reengagement. Local school programme limits must not be confused with statewide funding rules.
https://www.cde.ca.gov/SP/eo/is/legal.asp ↗
https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/eo/is/quickguideistudy.asp ↗
Track actual classroom-based ADA and obtain required nonclassroom-based funding determinations. A school website’s 20% student cap is not the same measure as the state ADA-based funding test.
https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ch/nclrbifunddet.asp ↗
Configure capacity, lawful preferences and public drawing procedures from the approved policy. Resolve conflicting public residence descriptions before enforcing geographic exclusions.
https://www.poly-academy.org/learn-more ↗
Keep meeting notices, agendas, minutes, conflicts and records requests distinct from a founder’s private workspace.
https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ch/ec47604info.asp ↗
Build a participatory improvement cycle with a prominent adopted LCAP and documented annual update, public hearing and submission tasks.
https://www.cde.ca.gov/re/lc/index.asp ↗
Separate shared platform service costs from school funds, maintain budget controls, and use the current charter reporting calendar and applicable audit deadlines.
Treat English learner support, special education, Section504 access and student wellness as operating services with named people and agreements, not generated policy text.
https://www.poly-academy.org/_files/ugd/b32d4e_c208f81f5b71487c90608102f68304da.pdf ↗
A digital tenant is not a safe and approved school site. Confirm facilities, staff qualifications, screening and comprehensive safety planning before serving students.
https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ch/casiccrp0326.asp ↗
https://www.poly-academy.org/_files/ugd/b32d4e_c208f81f5b71487c90608102f68304da.pdf ↗
Include nutrition and access in operating readiness, with the applicable school-day meal obligations and any relevant independent-study exceptions reviewed for the actual programme.
Give each school its own records, role boundaries and reporting responsibility. Shared courses must not leak applicant, disability, family or school records between tenants.
Graduation requires a working school and a documented readiness decision. Platform completion and legal authority to open remain separately visible.
https://www.sccoe.org/supoffice/charter-schools-office/Pages/faq-1.aspx ↗
https://www.poly-academy.org/_files/ugd/b32d4e_c208f81f5b71487c90608102f68304da.pdf ↗