School Governance
A charter system is a local school system that is operating under the terms of a contract between the local Board of Education and the State Board of Education as provided by the Charter Systems Act. A charter system provides the opportunity for teachers, administrators, parents, and school boards to have greater flexibility to determine the educational needs of students within their district and requires a certain degree of school level governance in the system. To become a charter system, the local school system must submit a charter school petition to the Department of Education after such petition has been approved by the local board. As a charter system all schools within the system are charter schools.
ARES Governance Team Members:
Principal: Julia Hodges
Community Representative: Joey Durmire
Community Representative: Traci Pounds
Parent Representative: Rita Thompson
Parent Representative: Andrea Skinner
Teacher Representative: Toni Neff
Teacher Representative: Angie March
Meeting dates
ARES Governance Meetings start at 2:15 p.m. at ARES and are open to the public.
Sept. 9, 2025
Oct. 21, 2025
Dec. 9, 2025
Jan. 13, 2026
Feb. 10, 2026
Mar. 10, 2026
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