Governance

Administration and Leadership

The Board of Directors provides policy governance oversight. A qualified administrative team provides business management, curriculum development and day-to-day oversight for each school location. In addition the CPA firm of Ratliff and Summerville performs an annual audit of accounting records.

Strategic Initiatives and Funding

CDA has identified three primary strategic initiatives for the qualitative development, long-term permanence and increased influence of the Academy. Donors are invited to join CDA in accomplishing this transformational vision.

1. Qualitative Development through Accreditation

  • The CDA Flower Mound school achieved accreditation with SACS (the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools), in December 2006. The Carrollton school achieved accreditation Spring of 2008. We anticipate accreditation of the Dallas school with district-wide accreditation in 2011.
  • Accreditation and all other basic school operations are funded by tuition and fees.

2. Acquisition and development of a permanent campus locations:

Flower Mound

  • The fifteen-acre campus at 4900 Wichita Trail, Flower Mound was acquired in the summer of 2005 and renovated and improved for suitability as a school campus.
  • Phase One of additional development includes new classrooms, entrances, signage, parking, circulation and a multipurpose Performing Arts and Athletic Center.
  • Over time, develop the property to include separate grammar-level (PreK-4), logic-level (5-8) and high school (9-12) classroom buildings, a commons building, expanded outdoor recreation and athletic facilities, free-standing fine arts and science buildings, and pedestrian walks and gardens.
  • Fund campus development through a series of capital campaigns to provide a combination of charitable contributions, and bank/tax exempt school bond financing to support development

Collin County

  • The Rock, at 2435 Hebron Parkway in Carrollton, was home to our second campus for six years. CDA at Carrollton moved to a more central Collin County location for the 2010-2011 school year.
  • Four Corners Church (FCC) is aptly named as they are literally at the four corners where Allen, McKinney, Frisco and Plano come together. FCC is actually located at the southwest corner of State Highway 121 and Custer road. The facility contains more classroom space than the Rock and has available land for outside activities along with current and future placement or construction of facilities.
  • We plan to increase identity at this location and to grow enrollment from Frisco, McKinney, Allen and Plano.

Dallas

  • Has grown into all classrooms available at Trinity Episcopal Church.

3. Enrollment growth

  • Continue to grow enrollment from qualified applicants at each existing campus in Flower Mound, Carrollton (Collin County) and Dallas by 10% per year.
  • Launch additional satellite campuses in the mid-cities, Fort Worth and the south as the Lord provides funding from visionary donors and as demand grows.
  • Develop an extension office to support school starts and development in the Metroplex and then beyond.

Coram Deo Academy has always funded basic school operations and especially its academic, artistic and athletic programs from tuition and fees. The Academy has steadily increased tuition-based funding, while establishing a tuition assistance program, to enable anyone in the school to continue their education during times of temporary financial hardship. The outward impulse of the Academy to grow and influence more students in the Metroplex and to provide a permanent campus requires funding beyond tuition through charitable development.

Memberships and Associations

Coram Deo Academy maintains membership and association with the Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS), the Society for Classical Learning (SCL), The Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) the Texas Colloquium, Texas Association of Non-Public Schools (TANS), a network of classical and Christian school administrators and The National Forensics League.