General Session - Closing Plenary

The General Session begins promptly at 9:30am.

• Student Performance: Rocklin Academy Family of Schools
• Awards: The following awards will be announced during this session: Hart Vision Equity & Innovation Schools of the Year PUC Schools, Hart Vision Equity & Innovation Schools of the Year Navigator Schools; Hart Vision Elected Officials of the Year: Joseph DiSalvo and Grace Mah, and Hart Vision Authorizer of the Year Barbara Nemko.
• Panel: Legacy of Leadership: The Trailblazing Founders of California Charter Schools
  Description: Meet the OG! Charter leaders from the beginnings of the California Charter Schools movement were tenacious, innovative, and did not take no for an answer. Their daily mantra was act now, ask for forgiveness later. They stood up in Sacramento, spoke loudly in the boardroom (well past the buzzer), and laid the groundwork for charter schools today. Laugh, learn and be inspired by their stories and buoyed to continue the fight for opportunity and access to great public schools for the next generation of students to come.
• Panelists & Moderator: Dr. Yvonne Chan, Mr. Alton B. Nelson, Jr., Dr. Paul Keefer, Myrna Castrejón
• Keynote: Erica Alfaro, Harvesting Dreams: Resilience and Opportunity—My Journey as a Charter School Alumna