Arizona School for the Arts

“Initial review is conducted by the director of operations, finance, & technology, the head of school/ceo, and an outside cpa consultant. Once our initial review is completed, questions answered, the 990 is presented to the finance committee. Information, if any, is presented back to fester & chapman for clarification and / or correction.”

“Every effort is made to resolve concerns at the lowest administrative level. If this is not possible, the employee and supervisor then address the next level administrator. The employee has the right to address the governing board, but all requests must be made in writing and a month (30 days) before the meeting. The employee has the option to address the board in either executive or open session. Any voting member of the governing board will abstain from voting if they are the party involved with the conflict. The conflict is made a part of the board minutes.”

“Research on comparative salaries in comparative schools; head of school proposed the salary to the executive committee for review. Head of school salary research was conducted by the governing board.”

“Research on comparative salaries in comparative schools; head of school proposed the salary to the executive committee for review. Head of school salary research was conducted by the governing board.”

“The governing documents are made available to the public upon request.”

“Volunteers assist: answering phone calls during full admin meetings collecting lunch money from students parking lot 'directors' set up/take down for class/club events”

“Population. Special education students and ell students are mointored closely according to individual education program (iep) and special language needs. In 2015, asa served approximately 26% of the incoming 5th grade students in this program. The jane a lehman & alan g lehman foundation: 60,000 the lehman foundation provided critical funding to create a dedicated college counselor position. Previously, teachers shared in trying to help out where possible, but it was a challenge to create the infrastructure needed with scarce funding. This funding provided salary, supplies, and other expense coverage to offer our high school juniors and seniors the best opportunities and support for college consideration and applications. The graduating class of arizona school for the arts 2015, with much guidance and process/deadline navigation support from this position being dedicated, garnered nearly 6.5 million in scholarship money out of only 84 graduates.”