Pre-Con Deep Dive Workshop Renewal Summit

Based in Los Angeles, Greta is the leader of Procopio’s Education practice group. She provides legal counsel to both classroom and nonclassroom-based schools on a variety of issues. Greta advises on new charters, renewals, material revisions, changes in the law, school policies, contracts, independent study, authorizer relations, Brown Act, Public Records Act, conflicts of interest, funding, student matters, admissions, and more. Greta represents schools of all sizes, and has worked with numerous charter networks on strategic partnerships, resource sharing, and governance. She provides regular trainings on charter school topics, and is actively engaged in school issues and policy.

Merrick focuses his practice on advising charter schools on a variety of issues regarding governance, contracts, conflicts of interest, real property acquisition, the Ralph M. Brown Act, and the California Public Records Act. He regularly advises charter school clients on entity formation, planning, and relations with charter authorizers, and also assists with new charter submissions, appeals, revocation proceedings, and renewals at all levels. Merrick also has experience assisting with various phases of civil litigation and appeals.

As Senior Director, School Quality Support on CCSA’s Schools team, Skyler assists in the creation of tools and resources to support charter schools in their academic growth journey from development to renewal. Prior to joining CCSA in 2020, Skyler was a school leader in Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York. As a project and data manager for Success Academy, she trained and managed staff on the completion of key academic projects, assessment administration, and data collection, this includes including the transition to remote learning and preparation for hybrid learning. She also designed detailed reports on student academic performance for school-wide usage.