Capistrano Connections Academy

“Capistrano connections academy has a shared services agreement in place which includes the sharing of school staff and various other expenses between a network of charter schools. This agreement involves three non- profit public benefit corporations: capistrano connections academy, alpaugh academies, and friends of california virtual education. The school has also contracted with a third-party organization (connections academy of california, llc a subsidiary of connections education, llc) to provide educational products and services to the school. Due to delays in the receipt of state funding, the school has arranged with connections education to process its payroll including the paying of school staff which requires the use of connections education, llc's ein number. As part of this arrangement, the school reimburses connections education for paying staff as funding becomes available. As all staff members are reported on the school's behalf using the ein of connections education, llc, no employees are listed as part of this return.”

“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 executive director(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 executive director'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 california connections academy schools is to leverage 21st century education resources on behalf of students who need a morepersonalized approach to learning to maximize these students' potential and meet the highest performance standards. This mission is accomplished through a uniquely individualized learning program that combines the best in virtual education with real connections among students, family, teachers, and the community to promote academic and emotional success for every learner. The charter school program provides a high-quality, high-tech, high- interaction virtual "school without walls" that brings an accredited tuition free public educational program directly into the homes of students in grades k-12.”