Algiers Charter Schools Association

CEO's Corner

The school choice movement was born from a strong desire for community stakeholders to take an active role in shaping schools in their neighborhood. It is the belief of the Algiers Charter Schools Association (ACSA) that parental participation is vital for the charter school movement to sustain itself over time. ACSA is remaining true to this spirit by engaging parents and teachers along with the school leader in the budgeting process.

The ACSA Board of Trustees is the governing body for all schools in the network and is therefore held accountable by charter authorizers for the academic, financial, and legal matters impacting these schools. It is our desire that the ACSA budgeting process is transparent to our stakeholders. Therefore to further engage our stakeholders, each school has formed an advisory committee composed of the school leader, parents and teachers to collaboratively identify the educational priorities for each school next school year.

The ACSA finance staff will host an educational seminar for all committee participants in April. The committee members will participate in the budgeting process with the school principal serving as spokesperson for each school. The ultimate goal for these meetings is for the stakeholders to have an understanding of the changing educational landscape and the resulting impact on each school. Once established, the school principal will work collaboratively with the ACSA Finance Team to develop a balanced budget for the ACSA Board's approval.

In addition to budget season, our students begin their state assessments this time of the year. From April 12th - April 19th, elementary students will take the iLEAP and LEAP, with high school students taking the GEE. High school students will also take end of course tests in April and May. Therefore, I would like to encourage all of our students to focus during this time period, so that we can finish the school year on a strong note.

Parents and stakeholders, again, thank you for allowing the ACSA the privilege of educating your child.

Sincerely,
Andrea Thomas-Reynolds, Ed. D.
Chief Executive Officer