District Accountability Committee (DAC)
A. Purpose:
1) Make recommendations to the Board relative to the program of accountability.
2) Review the goals/objectives and plans of individual schools and make annual recommendations to the Board regarding procedures for implementation of the plans for inclusion in the district budget.
3) After consulting with school accountability committees, make recommendations to the Board relative to priorities for expenditures of district funds.
4) Provide consultation on adoption, revision and implementation of a district safe school plan.
B. Membership (appointed or approved by the Board):
The Board will strive to have a balance of membership on the committee consistent with the district’s racial/ethnic proportions as follows:
1) At least one parent
2) One teacher
3) One school administrator
4) One taxpayer from the district
C. Authority: Advisory to the Board
Colorado Department of Education District Accountability Committee Responsibilities
2026-2027 Membership
- Sarah Strassburger
- Harpreet Mehta
- Eileen Knapp
- Jennifer Liddington
- Tom Dodd
- Anjuli DiMaria
- Jennifer Ayotte
- BETTY VALENTINO
- Carlie Umbarger
- Dana Borchert
- Jess Long
- Kristen Firman
- Marla Butler
- Miriam
- Kimberly Zimmer
- Danielle L. Van Arsdale
- Elizabeth Stewart-Severy
- Julie Brodsky
- Lara Hechtkopf
- Lauren Waldron
- Lindsey Port
- Lyndsey Haynie
- Mike Umansky
- Missy Klug
- William Gilmore
- Ashley Bodkins
- Nina Pulatie
- Tharyn Mulberry
DAC Meeting Schedule 2026-27
8:30 a.m. in the Board of Education Conference Room
District Office
Dates:
- 9/10
- 11/12
- 1/28
- 3/11
- 5/13