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sponsors to Bethel University in 2003. Bethel has renewed the charter- contract twice and the current contact runs through 2014. (iv) Demographic Data Year Students Black %VIIite Asian Hispanic Amer. ELL Sp. Ed Free/ Indian Reduced Lunch 2009-10 607 3% 92% 2% 2% 0% 0% 19% 15% 2010-11 646 3.6% 92.1% 1.7% 2.2% 0.05% 0% 19.81% 13,78% 2011-12 652 3.6% 92.1% 1.7% 2.2% 0.5% 0% 19.8% 13.8% 2012-13 644 3.8% 89.7% 1.8% 2.9% 1.8% 0% 18.9% 15.7% (v) Governance The PACT Charter School Board is responsible for the overall governance of the school. It is the primary decision -making body on matters concerning the development and consistent implementation of all school policies. The Board provides leadership for policy development and oversight, and communication regarding the direction and overall management of the school. This is accomplished by adopting policies that the administrator, staff, school committees, and volunteers carry out on a day-to-day basis. The Board also considers the long-term vision for the school to ensure its continued success and sustainability. The management model provides a balance of efficiency and adequate staffing in all functions of school operations. The School Board provides oversight of the administrator who is responsible to hire and manage the faculty and staff. The administrator is formally evaluated each year. This annual evaluation Is based on review of feedback from within the organization (including board members, committee chairs working directly with the administrator and direct reports), and goals are established based on the results of the evaluation and needs throughout the school. The School Board works directly with the administrator in establishing annual goals that are correlated to the needs of the school. Those goals are reviewed on a quarterly basis. The school administrator assumes overall responsibility for personnel, facilities, services, committees and programs of the school. This includes hiring; supervising and evaluating faculty and staff; working with committees, parents and students on a daily basis in the implementation of the established policies and procedures; ensuring that the facilities are safe and healthy; ensuring equitable and safe transportation for students; acting as an ex-officio to the School Board and representing the school with the authorizer and other outside organizations. (vii) Education Philosophy and Curriculum It is the goal of PACT Charter School to provide students with a rigorous educational program that is equivalent or superior in quality to that of any school in Minnesota, public or private. Building a strong background in core academics is the primary goal of any effective school. To that end, PACT students spend the majority of their school day progressing toward mastery of, the core academic disciplines including Math, Reading, Writing (Language Arts), Social Studies and the Sciences. The school works to deliver this education in an environment that provides opportunities for students to grow as individuals and citizens. A-11