illsbury United Communities’ policy is to sponsor, guide and encourage charter schools that fit our organization’s vision, align with our mission and values, and meet our sponsorship criteria, which include a focus on learning, commitment to diversity, fulfilling an unmet need in the community, and having a qualified development team and staff. Pillsbury United Communities’ primary role as a sponsor is to provide oversight of the charter schools and to monitor student success and appropriate growth.
Pillsbury United Communities has no direct financial obligation to a sponsored charter school and is not held responsible for the fiscal or legal issues of the schools it sponsors. However, there is a great deal of time invested in oversight activities, such as financial records, board meetings, meeting with school staff, and reviewing academic outcome data.