This source cluster captures a direct CSI-side transfer / contract lane that was previously only partially visible from district-side records.
The April 21, 2026 CSI agenda noticed transfer applications for American Legacy Academy, Children's Kiva Montessori School, and Vista Charter School. The April 21 minutes record unanimous approval of all three transfer applications. The May 19, 2026 CSI agenda then placed transfer contracts for all three schools on the consent agenda.
This is materially different from the prior repo posture for American Legacy Academy. The January Weld RE-4 records already showed a local release / transfer-resolution pathway. The CSI records now support an authorizer-side sequence: transfer applications were approved by CSI, and transfer contracts were subsequently noticed for board action. The source set still does not prove final May 19 votes, executed contracts, contract conditions, milestone details, payment flows, motive, outside sponsorship, or coordination.
21, 2026 board meeting at the Daniels Fund with a virtual option.21 agenda listed American Legacy Academy Transfer Application, Resolution 26-04-01.21 agenda listed Children's Kiva Montessori School Transfer Application, Resolution 26-04-02.21 agenda listed Vista Charter School Transfer Application, Resolution 26-04-03.21 minutes record a staff recommendation to approve American Legacy Academy's transfer application for a four-year term with standard contract conditions and milestones, followed by unanimous approval.21 minutes record the same four-year recommendation and unanimous approval for Children's Kiva Montessori School.21 minutes record a five-year recommendation and unanimous approval for Vista Charter School.21 minutes also record Kwiyagat Community Academy expansion approval, three Special Education High Needs Grant assistance-fund requests, and three renewal contracts.19 CSI agenda placed American Legacy Academy Transfer Contract, Resolution 26-05-05, on the consent agenda.19 CSI agenda placed Children's Kiva Montessori Transfer Contract, Resolution 26-05-06, on the consent agenda.19 CSI agenda placed Vista Charter School Transfer Contract, Resolution 26-05-07, on the consent agenda.19 transfer contracts were approved, amended, pulled from consent, rejected, or executed.2026-01-08: Weld RE-4 noticed and held executive-session legal advice on American Legacy Academy's potential release to submit a conversion application to CSI and related charter-contract negotiations.2026-01-12: Weld RE-4 approved a transfer-resolution pathway for American Legacy Academy with conditions on existing-campus conversion, second-campus location approval, relocation, and grade-level expansion.2026-04-21: CSI noticed transfer applications for American Legacy Academy, Children's Kiva Montessori School, and Vista Charter School.2026-04-21: CSI minutes record unanimous approval of the three transfer applications, with American Legacy Academy and Children's Kiva recommended for four-year terms and Vista recommended for five years.2026-05-19: CSI agenda noticed transfer contracts for American Legacy Academy, Children's Kiva Montessori, and Vista Charter School on the consent agenda.| Source node | Target node | Mechanism | Flow | Evidence strength | Source basis |
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| Weld RE-4 Board of Education | American Legacy Academy / CSI | District release / transfer-resolution pathway | Authorizer jurisdiction and local oversight conditions | direct evidence for Weld action; unresolved for CSI-side contract terms | Weld January 2026 records summarized in Weld RE-4 American Legacy Academy CSI transfer source cluster, 2026 |
| CSI Board of Directors | American Legacy Academy | Transfer-application approval, then transfer-contract agenda item | Authorizer jurisdiction and contract-setting path; final contract flow unresolved | direct evidence for April approval and May agenda placement | April 21 CSI agenda/minutes; May 19 CSI agenda |
| CSI Board of Directors | Children's Kiva Montessori School | Transfer-application approval, then transfer-contract agenda item | Authorizer jurisdiction and contract-setting path; final contract flow unresolved | direct evidence for April approval and May agenda placement | April 21 CSI agenda/minutes; May 19 CSI agenda |
| CSI Board of Directors | Vista Charter School | Transfer-application approval, then transfer-contract agenda item | Authorizer jurisdiction and contract-setting path; final contract flow unresolved | direct evidence for April approval and May agenda placement | April 21 CSI agenda/minutes; May 19 CSI agenda |
| CSI Board of Directors | Kwiyagat Community Academy | Expansion application | Grade-span expansion authority; implementation unresolved | direct evidence for April approval | April 21 CSI minutes |
| CSI Board of Directors | High Rockies Community School | Contract-amendment agenda item | Contract amendment; final action unresolved | direct evidence for May agenda placement only | May 19 CSI agenda |
| CSI Board of Directors | John Adams Academy | Contract-amendment agenda item | Contract amendment; final action unresolved | direct evidence for May agenda placement only | May 19 CSI agenda |
Treat the April 21 approvals as stronger than agenda placement because the retained minutes record board action. Treat the May 19 contract items as agenda evidence only until minutes, signed resolutions, or executed transfer contracts are retained.
The phrase standard contract conditions and milestones is important but incomplete. It supports a contract-governance mechanism, not the content of the conditions, the milestone schedule, or whether any condition addressed local-district release terms, facilities, grade span, finance, special education, governance, or enrollment.
21 approvals?19 transfer contracts approved on consent, pulled for separate action, amended, or deferred?raw/board-materials/colorado-charter-school-institute/2026-04-21/2026-04-21-3a-april-21-2026-monthly-board-meeting-agenda-pdf-ff496b20.txtraw/board-materials/colorado-charter-school-institute/2026-04-21/2026-04-21-3a-april-21-2026-monthly-board-meeting-agenda-pdf-minutes-d62c3217.txtraw/board-materials/colorado-charter-school-institute/2026-05-19/2026-05-19-3a-may-19-2026-board-meeting-agenda-pdf-8aebd778.txtThis summary supports bounded updates to Colorado Charter School Institute, Weld RE-4 American Legacy Academy CSI transfer source cluster, 2026, and the broader Colorado public-school privatization / alternative-governance timeline. It should not be used to claim completed May 19 contract action until the minutes or signed contract records are captured.