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Index:
  • NEW  -  2012-2013  Approved Auditors List 
  • PCSB Directory: Who Do I Contact?  [last updated: May 31, 2013]
  • Winter School Leaders Meeting Powerpoint Presentation
  • List of Charter Support Organizations
  • Adult Education PMF Pilot and Early Childhood PMF Pilot
  • Resources on how to address the Newtown, CT elementary school shooting with students, families
  • Attendance and Truancy Reporting
  • 2012-2013 ANC Notification Schedule/PCSB Templates for Notifications and Requests
  • ProActive Data Templates
  • Your Charters Your Choice Common Application Timeline
  • School Performance Dept. Reorganization 
  • Performance Management Framework Wiki Page Info
  • Policies and Procedures Manual [last update: September 2011]
  • Presentations
  • Special Education Performance Tool
  • How to Use SharePoint to Check Monthly Attendance Reporting

2012-2013 Approved Auditors List

  • Bert Smith & Co, CPAs 
  • F.S. Taylor & Associates, P.C.
  • RAFFA, P.C. Martin and Wall/ A Division of Chortek & Gottschalk, LLP 
  • Walker & Co., LLP 
  • Ribis, Jones & Maresca, P.A. 
  • Kendall, Prebola and Jones CPAs SB and Company, LLC 
  • McGladrey & Pullen, LLP Rubino & McGeehin 
  • Chartered Maner Costerisan CPAs Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman CPAs 
  • Aronson LLC Drolet & Associates, P.L.L.C. 
  • McQuade Brennan, LLP
  • Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP

  • PCSB Directory:  Who Do I Contact?

    Click here to view the PCSB Directory: Who Do I Contact? [last updated: May 31, 2013]


    Winter School Leaders Powerpoint Presentation 

    Click here for the Feburary 28, 2013 presentation to School Leaders by Scott Pearson and Naomi DeVeaux 


    List of Charter Support Organizations* 

    Click here to see a list of Charter Support Organizations (CSO). 

    *PCSB's publication of this list does not constitute an endorsement of any listed CSO.

    Adult Education and Early Childhood PMF Pilots



    Resources on how to Address the Newtown, CT elementary school shooting with students, families

    National Association of School Psychologists

    Tips for School Administrators for Reinforcing School Safety  

    Coping with Crisis: Tips for Parents and Educators

    Coping with Crisis: Helping Children with Special Needs


    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

    By age group, tips on how to talk to children about tragedy


    American Association of Pediatrics

    Assembled list of resources on how to help children, parents and caregivers


    American Psychological Association

    Helping your children manage distress in the aftermath of a shooting


    Public Safety Emergency Preparedness Resources

    Emergency and Safety Alliance  

    Safe Schools Healthy Students

    National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention .



    Attendance and Truancy Reporting

    Day 5 Unexcused Letter HS
    Day 5 Unexcused Letter - ES EC MS
    Student Attendance Support Plan
    Educational Neglect Referral
    Truancy Referral Form SY11-12
    DCPS Attendance Program Rubric
    Parent and Student Guide to Attendance


    2012-2013 ANC Notification Schedule/PCSB Templates for Notifications and Requests

    Click here to view the 2012-13 ANC Notification Schedule.

    View the PCSB's templates for Notifications and Requests below:

    Request to Replicate Template
    Enrollment Ceiling Increase Request Template
    Curriculum Change Notification Template
    Request to Reconfigure Grade Levels and Campuses Template
    Notification of Change in LEA Status Template
    Accountability Plan Revision Request Template
    Notification of Campus Relocation Template


    ProActive Data Templates

    Discipline Template (No Discipline Events File)
    PCSB Data Policy [Approved April 2012]
    Data Upload: Frequently Asked Questions
    ProActive Manual Upload Guide
    Attendance Manual Upload Template
    Discipline Upload Template

    Your Charters Your Choice Common Application Timeline

    Click here to access the Your Charters Your Choice Common Application Timeline Website.

    School Performance Dept. Reorganization

    Click here to view a presentation about the School Performance Department's June 2012 reorganization
    • Meeting password: dcpubliccharter
    • Meeting number: 732 263 687
    Click here to view the PowerPoint presentation that accompanied the School Performance Department's Reorganization webinar.

    Performance Management Framework (PMF): PMF Wiki Page

    Want to stay up to date on with what’s going on with the PMF? Want to provide input and feedback about changes to the PMF? Couldn’t make a Task Force meeting or info session but want to know what happened? Check out the new PMF wiki (it’s like a website). http://pcsb-pmf.wikispaces.com/


    Policies and Procedures Manual

    1. Annual Calendar 2011-12
    2. Pre-Opening Visit Check List
    3. Self-Study Review
    4. Program Development Review
    5. Compliance Review
    6. Transcript Audit
    7. Annual Report Guidelines
    8. Fiscal Policy Handbook
    9. AOIS Calendar
    10. PMF Guidelines
    11. Charter Review Overview
    12. PCSB Closure Manual
    13. Charter Renewal Guidelines
    14. AOIS User Handbook
    15. Technology Plan Criteria
    16. Technology Plan Template
    17. Suggested Emergency Contact List
    18. Sample Application
    19. Sample Tuition Assessment Form
    20. Student Cumulative File Checklist
    21. McKinney-Vento Act at a Glance
    22. McKinney-Vento Confidential Referral Form
    23. Notice of Intent to Home school Form
    24. Home Schooling Regulations
    25. Home Schooling FAQs
    26. Enrollment Ceiling Increase Request Form
    27. Maximum Enrollment Table
    28. Charter School Special Education Payment
    29. OFOS Form A: Request for Additional Funding
    30. NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher Fact Sheet
    31. DC Teacher Retirement Fund Opt-In/Opt-Out Form
    32. DC Teacher Retirement Withholdings - Letter for Change of Contribution Rate 2012
    33. Fox 5 Snow Closing Application Process
    34. Contract Package Checklist for Board Submission
    35. Determination and Findings Form
    36. Health Suite Assessment Tool
    37. School Transit Subsidy Program
    38. DC One Card PowerPoint
    39. School Crossing Guard Request Form
    40. How to Request a School Crossing Guard
    41. Assessment and Accountability for Recently Arrived and Former Limited English Proficient Students
    42. Charter Amendment Guidelines
    43. ANC Notification Calendar

    Presentations
    • August 2012: 1st Quarter School Leaders Meeting Presentation [click here]
    • August 2012: MPD Resource Officer Presentation for Public and Public Charter Schools [click here]

    Special Education Performance Tool

    View the document for Phase 1 here.
    View the document for Phase 2 here.
             View the Phase 2 Guidance document here.

    How to Use SharePoint to Check Monthly Attendance Reporting

    View the document here.

    Performance Management Framework (PMF): PMF Wiki Page

    Want to stay up to date on with what’s going on with the PMF? Want to provide input and feedback about changes to the PMF? Couldn’t make a Task Force meeting or info session but want to know what happened? Check out the new PMF wiki (it’s like a website).
    http://pcsb-pmf.wikispaces.com/