Public Postings and Notices

BOARD MEETING Postings and Notices

Pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.02, all notices of the meetings of the Valley Academy Board of Directors will be posted on this page and in the school’s main office at 1520 W. Rose Garden Lane, Phoenix, Arizona 85027. The office is open to the public Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. during the school year and Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the summer. These notices will indicate the date, time, and place of the meeting. Members of the public may obtain an agenda in the front office or view it online. Meeting rooms are open 15 minutes prior to the beginning of each meeting.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS POSTINGS

Annual Financial Report

Click here to view our Annual Financial Report on the Arizona Department of Education website.

OTHER PUBLIC POSTINGS

Public Records Requests

Our Public Records Request form is located here. This is our preferred mode of submission; however, you may also contact Sherry Shumaker at [email protected] or (623) 478-2344, X115.

Visitor Policy

Schools and classrooms will be made available for short tours and observations unless the visit threatens the health and safety of students and staff. Visitors may obtain observation guidelines and schedules from the school office. This Policy has been adopted by our Board.

Statutory Handbook of Parental Rights

Click here to view the Parental Rights Handbook from the Arizona Department of Education, updated August 1, 2023.

ASBCS Performance Dashboards

Click here to view our Arizona State Board for Charter Schools Academic, Financial, and Operational Dashboards.

Teacher Compensation Information

At Reid Traditional Schools, we treasure our teachers. We offer premium benefits to our staff, including Arizona State Retirement and almost free PPO health coverage. In addition to fully stocking paper and supplies, the Board of Directors reimburses teachers $100 per year for anything they spend on their classrooms, thus minimizing any out-of-pocket costs for teacher extras. We offer every teacher up to $100 for approved Professional Development costs. We also maintain staffing to ensure that teachers do not have lunchroom or recess duties during the school day, so they have productive time during the work day for planning and other tasks.

Unlike most district and charter schools, we maintain transparency in the faculty pay scale, and we continue to use a fair and easy to understand pay grid. Since this scale was put in place prior to 2000, we have consistently honored our commitment to providing teachers raises as promised and expected. During the recession, we were forced to freeze the pay scale only one time, while many schools froze salaries for almost a decade.

AVERAGE TEACHER SALARIES AT RTS VALLEY ACADEMY
The average base salary of all teachers employed in the budget year 2025 is $58,951.
The average base salary of all teachers employed in the prior year 2024 was $57,705.
The increase in average teacher salary from the prior year 2024 was $1,246, which is an 2.2% increase.

These average salaries are affected by changes in personnel. The average salary does not include retirement, insurance, and other benefits.

Our attention to the well-being and satisfaction of our faculty has resulted in a very high teacher retention rate. We honor and protect our teachers; they are our most important asset.

Teacher Profiles

Get to know our teachers! All our teachers’ education and experience profiles are available upon request in the front office.

Notice of Non-Discrimination

Reid Traditional Schools offers equal opportunity in employment and enrollment. Reid Traditional Schools will strive to maintain a working and learning environment of equality with respect to all employees, students, and members of the public, without regard to age, race, color, gender, national origin, religion, disability, or other protected characteristic and will prohibit sex discrimination in any education program or activity it operates.