New Summit Charter Academy is relevant to the D11 investigation because current D11 board secretary Michelle Ruehl appears in direct source material as a New Summit board director.
2026-04-22 lists MICHELLE RUEHL as BOARD DIRECTOR. Academy District 20's March 12, 2026 packet sidecar states that the New Summit board search committee had initiated a process to replace Ruehl because her term concludes after her recent election to the Colorado Springs District 11 Board of Education; the same section lists Ruehl as a 2025-2026 board director.| source node | target node | tie type | time range | mechanism | possible flow type | observable effect | evidence strength | claim limit |
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| Michelle Ruehl | New Summit Charter Academy | board service | 2025-2026; live page captured 2026-04-22 |
Charter-school governing-board role | Governance authority, legitimacy, charter-network relationship | Ruehl listed as board director; D20 packet says replacement search began after D11 election | direct | Does not prove D11 policy flow, recusal failures, compensation, or coordination |
wiki/summaries/claim-checks/d11-expanded-charter-choice-innovation-affiliation-screen-2026-04-22.md: source-cluster synthesis for the expanded D11 affiliation screen.raw/articles/2026-04-22T151400-0600-new-summit-board-of-directors.html: live board page listing Ruehl as board director.raw/board-materials/academy-district-20/2026-03-12/49170.txt: D20 packet sidecar with New Summit annual-report board-membership section and Ruehl replacement-search detail.| Document title | Originally ingested | Status | Duplicate check date |
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| May 12: Meeting Agenda board packet | 2026-05-07 | Unchanged | 2026-05-13 |
| May 26: Special Meeting Agenda board packet | 2026-05-19 | Unchanged | 2026-05-27 |