History
Historical Timeline for The Village Charter School
- March 2012 TVCS Board Members attend Idaho Charter School Network's annual Conference
- February 2012 TVCS is chosen to participate in Idaho Leads Project
- January 2012 TVCS 6th Graders are awarded "Best Project Teamwork Design" in the Future City competition
- November 2011 Board of Trustees approves the first afterschool club - TVCS Cheer Club
- September 2011 TVCS is selected to participate in Project Unify and is awarded $1000 in grant funds
- August 25, 2011 Jani Knox and Rachael Smith step down as Start up Coordinators and are elected as Board members
- August 25, 2011 Aaron Knox & John Smith resign as Board members.
- August 22, 2011 First first day of school
- August 2011 Staff and Founders attend The Leader In Me - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Training
- July 2011 Dr. England and teachers attended the National Differentiated Instruction Conference and National Singapore Math Conference in Las Vegas, NV
- June 2011 Pre-Opening Programmatic Audit conducted by the Idaho Charter School Network
- June 2011 Idaho Public Charter School Commission approved a second kindergarten class to be added allowing growth to roll up one class per grade every year
- June 2011 Start up Coordinators Jani Knox and Rachael Smith atteded the National Charter School Convention in Atlanta, GA
- June 2011 Middle school social event held at school - multi media art collages were created
- May 2011 Enrollment Celebration Picnic with students, Administrator, staff and parents at Ivy Wild Park
- May 2011 Middle school social event held at Lake Hazel Library - Stamps were created and bookmarks made
- May 2011 Teachers hired for classes k-7/8
- April 2011 Conducted first student lottery
- April 2011 First Administrator hired - Dr. Teresa England
- March 2011 Building announced 219 N. Roosevelt in Boise
- February 2011 Middle School T-shirt design contest launched
- February 2011 Middle School Meet and Greet held at Wings Center featured stations
- February 2011 Partnership with Wings Center began
- February 2011 Lee Miller is nominated as Chairman of the Board, Aaron Knox as Vice Chairman and Mike Garrett as Treasurer
- February 2011 New board members were added, Jerry McBride and Mike Garrett
- January 2011 Founders conducted Middle School focus group
- January 2011 New board members were added, Aaron Knox and John Smith. Board Chair Jani Knox and Vice Chair Rachael Smith step down from the board to become Start-up Coordinators
- December 2010 Open Enrollment Period for 2011-2012 is announced
- December 2010 Newly designed website is launched
- November 2010 Board Attended the Idaho School Board Conference
- November 2010 Founders held parent focus group
- November 2010 Informational Meet & Greet at Hillcrest Library
- October 2010 Federal Charter Start-Up Grant Awarded for $200,000.00
- September 2010 Informational Meet & Greet at Ada Community Library
- September 2010 First Newsletter published and sent via email distribution list
- August 2010 First big fundraising event - Summer's End Bazaar
- August 2010 New Improved Logo is unveiled
- June-July 2010 Chairman Jani Knox Attends National Charter School Convention in Chicago
- June 2010 Board attends conference for the Idaho Charter School Network
- April 2010 The Village Charter School Petition is Approved by the Idaho Public Charter School Commission
- April 2010 Board attends Brian Carpenter Workshop
- April 2010 Lealand Miller is added as Board Treasurer
- April 2010 Federal Charter Start Up Grant Awarded for $50,000.00
- March 2010 First Informational Meet & Greet at Homewood Suites in Boise
- March 2010 Prospective Student List begun and posted on website
- February 2010 First blog format website goes live
- February 2010 Founders attend the State Department of Education's Charter Start Workshop
- January - March Founders prepare Charter Petition for the State Public Charter School Commission and write Federal Charter Start Grant
- October 2009 Founders attended the State Department of Education's Charter Start Workshop
- September 2009 The Village Charter School Interest Survey is developed to gauge interest in the community
- August 2009 The Village Charter School Petition turned into The Independent School District of Boise
- June - August 2009 Founding group develops school programs and writes the Charter Petition document
- June 2009 The Village Charter School is named
- May 2009 Board members nominated Jani Knox - Chairman, Rachael Smith - Vice Chairman, Kimberly Ward - Treasurer, Cori Bitz - Secretary
- May 2009 Founding Group decides to start a charter school in Boise Idaho in the boundaries of The Boise School District.
