Joe Casey

Background

About Joe Casey

Sadly and irresponsibly, the Pima County Board of Supervisors voted to close our school, effective June 30th. The board based their decision on memoranda submitted by Pima County's Community and Workforce Development which offered errors, omissions and, misrepresentations designed to disguise lack of oversight, ignorant recklessness and gross conceptual errors with respect to the proper operation of secondary schools serving at-risk youth. The County's crusade to shut down our school has resulted in violations of federal, state and charter school board regulations regarding the rights of our special education and homeless students. This is a developing story. Allocations of billing for IT services (nearly per year; the equivalent of approximately $300/hour of school day.) This rate is in the neighborhood of the rate charged by consultants to large corporations. Below is the link to a recent article published by the Arizona Daily Star. It is fair. And it gives quotes by Pima County's Supervisors who are merely parroting the misrepresentations they've been fed by the County: https://tucson.com/news/local/education/precollegiate/pima-vocational-school-pima-county-tucson-charter/article_3f8abc28-e710-11ee-9339-23dd571a0875.html PVHS Mission Statement Pima Vocational High School (PVHS) is a public charter school that welcomes youth ages 16 to 21 who want to meet Arizona State requirements for a high school diploma and obtain a sustainable job through career oriented work experience in an applied academic setting. Our program targets students who have previously dropped out of school or are at risk of not completing high school and provides on-site supportive social services to enable the students to take responsibility for their own education, career and life choices. Our comprehensive programs are provided within a small school learning community utilizing best practices for reconnecting out-of-school youth.