Policies

Student and Family Handbooks

Right to Attend Policies

Written notification of the rights of students with diverse learning needs to attend charter school and to receive accommodation and support services – including English Language Learners, students that require special education and students that have disabilities – is available in the student handbook, student application, school’s acceptance letter and on the school’s website.

Child Find

Phoenix Charter Academy Network is committed to helping scholars and adult supporters through their educational experience and therefore wish to identify all students with special needs, ages fourteen years to twenty-one years, who are in need of special educational services, and who have not graduated from high school.  This would include any student enrolled in the Phoenix Charter School Network.

Additionally, the district wishes to identify any students that may currently be homeless and therefore have certain educational rights under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act.

If you can identify a child with special needs or a child without a permanent home who is not receiving educational services, would you please have the parents or any interested persons contact Marc LewisDirector of Special Education and English Language Development, at (413) 496-4025 or mlewis@phoenixcharteracademy.org

Offer vs. Serve Policy for Lunch

A school lunch eligible for federal reimbursement shall offer 5 food components (milk, fruit, vegetables, grains, meat/meat alternatives). Students are allowed to decline 2 of the 5 required food components, but must select at least 1/2 cup of either a fruit (or fruit combination) or a vegetable (or vegetable combination) or 1/2 cup fruit/vegetable combination. After selecting the ‘/2 cup fruit or vegetable requirement, students must select at least 2 additional full components in the full amounts to count toward the reimbursable offer versus serve meal. The student’s decision to accept all 5 components or to decline 2 components shall not affect the price charged for the meal. The lunch is priced as a unit. Offer versus serve (OVS) is the policy in all school cafeterias.

Bag lunches for special occasions will be exempted from the OVS policy.

Offer vs. Serve Policy for Breakfast

A school breakfast eligible for federal reimbursement shall offer 3 food components (milk, fruit, grains) that consists of a minimum of 4 food items. Students are allowed to decline 1 food item, but must select at least 1/2 cup of fruit (or fruit combination). After meeting the ½ cup fruit requirement, students must select the other food components in the full amounts to count toward the reimbursable offer versus serve meal. The student’s decision to accept all 4 components or to decline 1 item shall not affect the price charged for the meal. The breakfast is priced as a unit. Offer versus serve is the policy in all school cafeterias.

Grab and Go breakfasts will be exempt from the Offer vs.Serve policy.

DESE Report Card

Additional Policies & Procedures

Annual Reports

Each year, charter schools are required to report on their progress toward meeting the goals laid out in their accountability plans. The report, which is submitted to the Department of Education, is an opportunity to celebrate successes and to reflect on areas of improvement.

See our previous annual reports below:

Title IX, 504, and Public Records Access Coordinators
Phoenix’s Title IX Coordinator and Public Records Access Officer is Valerie Taubes. Please send any public records request to her via email, and she will provide an acknowledgment of any request within 10 business days.

Valerie Taubes, Chief Operating Officer
Phoenix Charter Academy
PO Box 170665
Boston, MA 02117
(c) 978.505.2629
(e) vtaubes@phoenixcharteracademy.org

Phoenix’s 504 Coordinator is Valerie Taubes.

Valerie Taubes, Chief Operating Officer
Phoenix Charter Academy
PO Box 170665
Boston, MA 02117
(c) 978.505.2629
(e) vtaubes@phoenixcharteracademy.org

Non-Discrimination
Phoenix does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, homelessness, special needs, English language proficiency or foreign language proficiency, athletic ability or prior academic achievement. The information requested on this form is not intended and will not be used to discriminate.