PUBLIC POSTINGS AND NOTICES

BOARD MEETING Postings and Notices

Board meetings are scheduled for the fourth Thursday of every month, unless otherwise posted. 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 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.

Board Meeting Notices

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April 27, 2023
March 23, 2023
February 23, 2023
January 26, 2023
December 1, 2022
October 27, 2022
October 13, 2022
September 22, 2022
August 25, 2022
July 14, 2022

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Board Meeting Agendas

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April 27, 2023
March 23, 2023
February 23, 2023
January 26, 2023
December 1, 2022
October 27, 2022
October 13, 2022
September 22, 2022
August 25, 2022
July 14, 2022

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Proposed Budget Postings

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NOTICE of Public Hearing and Governing Board Meeting 07/14/2022
FY 2023 Summary of charter school PROPOSED budget

Annual Financial Report

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

OTHER Public Postings and Notices

ASBCS Dashboards

Click here to view our Academic, Financial, and Operational Dashboards available through ASBCS Online (Arizona State Board for Charter Schools).

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 SShumaker@ReidTraditional.com or (623) 478-2344, X115.

Safe Return to In-Person Instruction Plan

Click here to view our Safe Return to In-Person Instruction Plan

Statutory Handbook of Parental Rights

Click here to view the Parental Rights Handbook from the Arizona Department of Education, updated November, 2022.

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 2023 is $55,163.
The average base salary of all teachers employed in the prior year 2022 was $53,937.
The increase in average teacher salary from the prior year 2022 was $1,226, which is a 2.3% increase.

These average salaries are affected by changes in personnel.  All returning teachers have received a 20% increase between FY2018 and FY2021.  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’ profiles are available upon request in the front office.