Capistrano Connections Academy

“Connections academy, llc provides educational, financial and reporting, and management services for a fee to manage day-to-day provision and operations of educational services.”

“The authorizing district has the right to appoint a district representative to the board; however, this right has not been exercised.”

“The 990 is distributed and reviewed by the board prior to submission. The board may delegate this function to the finance/audit committee, but currently that committee is actually the full board.”

“All designated filers submit a form 700 annually to the school filing officer. The forms are also submitted to the code reviewing body which is orange county clerk of the board of supervisors. Form 700s are available to the public upon request.”

“Prior to approval of annual salary for principal (if salary is being changed) a review of comparable salaries in the area is prepared and submitted for review to the board members, who then review, discuss and approve the principal's compensation package during a publicly noticed meeting.”

“Since the corporation is a public agency, all governing documents, board policies, meeting minutes, agendas, meeting packages of backup materials, etc, are public records and an electronic copy of each is kept as well as paper copies at the school site. There is a public records policy (policy available upon request) regarding how to and from whom to make a request of these documents.”

“The mission of the school is to leverage technology on behalf of students who need a more personalized approach to education to maximize their potential and meet the highest performance standards. The mission is accomplished through unique individualized learning that serves students in grades k-12 and brings a fully accredited public education directly into the homes of students throughout los angeles, san diego, orange, riverside and san bernardino counties.”

“Sped services fees 699,560 0 0 instruction - school admin 0 515,597 0 testing fees 335,984 0 0 instruction reimbursement 23,235 0 0 short term substitute teacher 11,850 0 0 technical support & repairs 0 321,696 0 processing fees 0 4,325 0”