Your Facility is Your Foundation: Charter School Facilities Basics
Securing the right facility is critical to your school’s success, but the journey can be daunting, with a labyrinth of requirements, including leasing or purchasing a site, finding funds to pay for your dream school, and navigating the design and construction processes. You also need to know how to put together a qualified team of experts for your project (especially with new state facilities bonds coming). This presentation will provide you with a facilities primer from the legal perspective and from a seasoned facilities director, as well as case studies.
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Director of Project Mangement
Alliance College-Ready Academy [2017 plan 1]
Throughout Favio Solares' 20-year career, he has held multiple titles, including Director of Facilities at Alliance College-Ready Public Schools, from the founding of its first school to 26 schools. He focuses on leading project management by overseeing each phase, from land selection to completion, driving transformation and delivering measurable results for the Los Angeles community in which he grew up in.
Partner | Attorney-at-Law
Young, Minney & Corr, LLP
YM&C Partner Sarah Kollman has devoted her practice areas to protection of charter facility rights, focused on defense and litigation of rights arising out of Proposition 39, but also including facility lease and use agreements, zoning and building code compliance, public works requirements, and real property transactions. Sarah also manages the firm’s collaborative efforts with CCSA regarding its pro bono Proposition 39 project, which assists charter schools in realizing the promise of their rights under the law. Among other things, Sarah works in the areas of teacher credentialing, audit appeals, contract negotiation and review, pupil fees issues, and SB 740.