Weekly Update July 5-10th

I have finally got an e-mail group done (please e-mail learningtreeacademyrva@gmial.com).  Sad it has taken so long but we have been so focused on other things.  

Those of you at the meeting this past week know we settled on a place for fall!  Westover Hills Methodist will be our home come September.  Here is a link to their webpage http://westoverhillsumc.org/

Besides deciding on a space this week we discussed teacher resumes, what our plans are if we don’t get enough number to hire a teacher, how to promote our group and fundraisers and touched on extracurricular activities.

Reaching folks and getting them involved (even just to support what we are doing continues to be a struggle). So anyone that has ideas on how to reach people or ideas for some fundraisers please let me know.

We are also looking to grow our numbers.  So help us brainstorm.  How do we reach people?  Homeschoolers that want more support?  Public School families that aren’t happy but can’t afford private?  Upcoming kindergarteners that don’t have a spot yet? 

Our facility and insurance costs were quite a bit less than anticipated.  Previously we had anticipated that the cost per family with 8-10 students would be $3,200-3,800.  With what we have saved our numbers are now at $2,950-2,400 for 8-10.   So that is great news.  Hopefully with more firm numbers and a home we will find it easier to attract people interested in what we are doing. 

That said, we did decided that even if we cannot get our numbers to the point that hiring an instructor is a financial reality this year we will continue as a traditional cooperative and look to hiring next year. We all felt that the building was a huge hurtle and with that resolved we should find the rest gets easier.  So sink or swim we are opening September! 

We will meet this week at 2:00 p.m. Thursday. Meet at my house again, as the weather seems iffy.  Children welcome!