Leadership

Platte River Academy is an authorized charter school in the state of Colorado. The authorizing district is Douglas County Schools, which chartered Platte River in 1997. The school is currently administered by a team of two directors. Becky Bonner is the Director of Academics and Alan McQueen is the Director of Operations. 

Governing Board

Platte River Academy is governed by an elected board of seven members. Each member is expected to serve a three year term and employs and evaluates the principal on an annual basis. The Governing Board is also responsible for budget approval and monitoring as well as management of committees it charters to provide expertise in the areas of school accountability, finances, technology, fundraising, architecture, dress code and community relations. The board can be contacted via email, board@prak8.org.

The Governing Board meets at 6:00 pm on the 2nd Thursday of the month (unless otherwise noted).  View our calendar on the main page to see upcoming meeting dates. 

Governing Board Documents

All Governing board documents can be found here including Prior Years Documents, Financial Transparency, Election Information and other documents.