What is a Charter School?
Charter schools are publicly funded, privately run educational facilities. This means that there is no fee to attend the school and all students enrolled in the county are eligible to attend. A charter is a contract with the School Board that spells out our location, our educational program, and our target population. Charter school advocates believe that the charter concept leads to a school that is more responsive, and ultimately more accountable, to the parents who enroll their children there.
Academie Da Vinci is an independently run Charter School, which means it is not run by any management companies, service providers, or education management corporations. Instead it is overseen by a Governing Board of Directors comprised entirely of volunteers from the community.
Governing Board Meetings
The Board of Directors typically meets monthly on the third Tuesday of the month. Occasionally these meetings are scheduled on different days to accommodate schedules. Please check the school''s calendar for the date of the next meeting. Please see below for information on who is on our current governing board.
Public Documents
The board's approved meeting minutes (see "Meeting Minutes" on the left), bylaws, approved budget, and fiscal audit are available below:
Academie Da Vinci Financial Statements with Independent Auditor's Reports - June 30, 2022
- The current governing board's bylaws
- Budgets:
- 2021-2022 Initial Budget 2021-2022
- 2020-2021 Budget 2020-2021
- 2019-2020 Budget 2019-2020
- 2018 - 2019 Initial 2018 - 2019 Budget
- 2017 - 2018 Final 2017 - 2018 Budget
- 2017 - 2018 Amended Budget - May 16, 2017
- 2017 - 2018 Initial Budget
- 2018-2019 Financial Report and Fiscal Audit
- 2017-2018 Financial Report and Fiscal Audit
- 2016-2017 Financial Report and Fiscal Audit
- 2015-2016 Financial Report and Fiscal Audit
- 2016-17 Pinellas School Financial Report
- 2017 Florida Statutes
Additionally, the school's past annual budgets, previous annual independent fiscal audits, and governing board meeting minutes prior to August 2014 are available for review during school hours. Please call to make an appointment, (727) 298.2778.
Governing Board of Directors and Principal
| Name | Position | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Latvala | President | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | ||
| Stephen Cerniglia | Vice President | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | ||
| Kyra Jorgensen-Delaware | Secretary | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | ||
| Bob Symanski | Treasurer | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | ||
| Terri Davis | Director | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | ||
| Syd Entel | Director | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | ||
| Lynn Posyton | Director | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | ||
| Todd Still | Director | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | ||
| Beverly Fisher | Director | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Yvette Brown, Principal
P: (727) 298.2778
E: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Parent Liaison: Stephen Cerniglia (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
