DC Bilingual Public Charter School

“Dcbpcs paid a management fee to centronia. The fee included a suite of services, including senior management oversight, it and hr support, facilities management and food services. On november 9, 2015, the charter school entered into a mutually binding agreement with centronia to terminate the management agreement effective november 16, 2015.”

“The return is prepared by the outside accountants and reviewed by senior management. The finance committee reviews the draft 990 and reports to the board. A copy of form 990 is provided to each board member before it is filed.”

“The finance committee is responsible for making all decisions concerning resolutions of conflicts involving directors, the president & ceo, and other members of senior management. The directors are responsible for making all decisions of conflicts involving employees below the senior management level, subject to the approval of the finance committee. An employee or board member may appeal the decision that a conflict (or appearance of conflict) exist as follows: -an appeal must be directed to the chair of the board of directors -appeals must be made within 30 days of the initial determination -resolution of the appeal is made by vote of the full board of directors -board members who are the subject of the appeal, or who have a conflict or interest with respect to the subject, of the appeal, abstain from participating in, discussing or voting on the resolution, unless their discussion is requested by the remaining members of the board.”

“The executive committee of the board determines the salary for the head of school based on experience and comparison to industry standards and surveys.”

“Governing documents, the conflict of interest policy and the financial statements are available to the public by request”

“The mission of the charter school is to expand educational opportunities and choices by implementing a dual language program that will enable students to meet high academic expectations and develop critical thinking, problem solving skills and a joy of learning for children from pre- kindergarten to grade five.”