The North Carolina Association for Public Charter Schools

The Association is a non-profit North Carolina corporation established in December of 2011, with operations beginning in 2012. We are an organization operating exclusively for exempt purposes as set forth in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Forms 990 for the calendar years 2012, 2013, and 2014 are located on our website at "About Us". Our Board of Directors includes Dr. Jane Young, Jim Stegall, Eddie Goodall, and Julie Ayers. Association policy is directed by a school member only Association Board of Advisors (ABA) for 2015-16 that includes: Carroll Reed (Southern Wake), Rhonda Dillingham (Uwharrie), Rudy Swofford (Summerfield), Simon Johnson (Quality Education), Natalie Brozy (Roxboro Community), Dave Machado (Lincoln Charter), Kirby McCrary (Millennium), Cynthia McQueen (Torchlight) Antoinette Ellison (INVEST Collegiate), Ivonne Reed (Langtree Charter), Stephen Hester (Bethel Hill) and Melanie Williams (PreEminent). Our strength and ultimate success, however, lies in the day to day working partnerships we have with volunteers, educators, administrators, policy-makers, legislators, businesses, and public supporters who believe that choice and positive competition using high quality public charter schools are owed the children of North Carolina and represent good public policy! We are the state's leading and only full time charter advocate organization, providing legislative oversight, training workshops and conferences, communications forums, and leveraging the sector's buying power working with our almost 100 business partners. What have we done in the past year?