whoa.

i met with my vice principal this morning and it looks like we're moving full steam ahead on this pitching the charter school.  she's looking to open it in camden since that's where she has all of her connections.  i asked her about Philadelphia, and she basically said most of the people involved in the project are from jersey. 

 

right now, we're working with this guy named terik tidwell who has opened a couple of charters in new york.  we have a pitch meeting on Saturday August, 4th in Northern New Jersey at the home of LaRetha's (my VP) friend, the attorney who will be on the board and deal with all legal matters.

 

during this meeting, we're inviting potential investors, as well as people who might have political connections to back this project.  i'm responsible for researching and presenting the demographics of the area, as well as the social, political, and economic climate that would possibly make this area ripe for a new charter start up.

 

anyway, charter school applications are submitted April of every year.  thus, we have about 9 months to get our stuff together if we're looking to open up in fall of 2013 (WOW!). 

 

 

i also have to come to the table with possible folks from South Jersey who might be interested in backing this project.  the only people i can really think of are from my former graduate chapter, Theta Pi Omega.  i stopped going almost two years ago because of foolishness, and the fact that i didn't really have the money to support.  meetings are held one saturday a month at 1:00 p.m. in NJ.  I'm going to have to pray about it.  there are many influential people in the chapter, including doctors and lawyers, current and former educators that i could pull in.  the board of a charter school usually has at least one doctor, one attorney, and one financial person who has political and social connections to the community and can help get things done quickly.

 

I think i'm also going to pitch the idea to our church folks who live in southern new jersey as well to see if they know folks who might be interested in backing this.  gotta pull on all the resources here.

 

God really knows the plans He has for me...even if i'm like "whaaaaaaaaa"????? lol.

 

so all things are working together.  at this point, i'm just going to ride this ride He has for me because every time i try to do it my own way, i get pulled out/ back.  applied for another job in the organization that would have pulled me away from this campus....not so much.  thought i was going to quit my job and live MY dream of being a wedding photographer....ehhh.....hold on sis...i'm not saying the business is over...but we just have to figure out other ways to get this thing popping...especially since Saturdays are most certainly not ours anymore lol. 

 

there's alot going on right now.  don't you feel things starting to shift?  i do....i'm not really sure what all of this is...but here goes....i kinda feel like i'm slowly ascending on to the top of the biggest loop on the rollercoaster....anticipating what's going to happen...how it's going to feel....

 

i just wanna keep my eyes open to enjoy this ride...