After 15 years in a fully insured health benefits plan that had become unsustainable, Denver-based charter school DSST Public Schools decided to move to a self-funded plan and was rewarded big with $700,000 in savings in its first year....
To say that opening new charter school Rio Grande Academy of Fine Arts (RioGAFA) has kept primary co-founders Jordan Franco and Michele Platis busy would be a massive understatement. Franco is as seasoned as they come in the education field. His résumé spans more than 15...
For charter schools, figuring out how to spend a multi-billion-dollar influx of federal funds, and doing so without breaking any program rules or making any potentially untenable long-term financial commitments, is a good problem to have....
Like most schools that rely on a fully insured, carrier-driven program to deliver healthcare benefits to employees, Twin Peaks Charter Academy (TPCA) had grown accustomed to perennial (and in many cases, hefty) premium increases that inevitably left school officials to confront a multiple-choice question with...