Policies & Governance

Horizon Community Learning Center (doing business as Horizon Honors Schools) is the charter holder for two schools: Horizon Honors Elementary School (Grades K-6) and Horizon Honors Secondary School (Grades 7-12). The charter is organized with the following authoritative structure:

● Corporate Board
● Governing (School) Board
● Executive Director
● School Principals

• Bill Thompson, President
• Fred Neal*, Vice President
• Pilar Holtrop, Member
• Brittany Stotler, Member
• William Stalker Highsmith, Member

The Corporate Board of Directors appoints the board members for a two-year term.

The School Board is responsible for the oversight of the schools' programs and operations including all student, personnel, and financial responsibilities. Individuals interested in contacting the Board Members are encouraged to speak during public comment during Board Meetings. Individuals may also send an email to board at horizonhonors.org. All board members as well as the Horizon Honors Executive Director will receive all emails sent to this address. The Board is a collective body and individual Board member replies may be unavailable, limited, or not be representative of the position of the entire Board. Horizon Honors staff members may follow up as appropriate. The email will be filed in accordance with public records requirements.

Disclosure Statement:
School Board Meetings are held once a month at 5 p.m. in the Main Office (unless otherwise noted) on the dates listed below. Per A.R.S. §38-431.02, all notices of the meetings for Horizon Honors Schools Board will be posted on this website. Notices will also be posted outside the Horizon Honors Main Office door at 16233 South 48th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85048, which is open to the public. Such notices will indicate the date, time, and place of the meeting and will include an agenda. Agendas for scheduled meetings will be posted at least 24 hours before the meeting time.

• Board agendas can be accessed below.
• Meeting public comment instructions and the required form can be found here.
• Minutes from the meetings are available by request in the Main Office.
• Persons with disabilities may request reasonable accommodation, such as a sign language interpreter, by emailing news at horizonhonors.org.  Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange accommodation.

2024-2025 School Board Meetings:

Other School Board Documents:

2024-2025 Horizon Honors Elementary School Notice of Budget Hearing
2024-2025  Horizon Honors Proposed Elementary School Budget

2024-2025 Horizon Honors Secondary School Notice of Budget Hearing
2024-2025  Horizon Honors Proposed Secondary School Budget

2023-2024 Elementary Annual Financial Report
2023-2024 Secondary Annual Financial Report

Public Records Requests:

All public records requests should be sent to the following:
Melissa Hartley
melissa.hartley at horizonhonors.org
480-659-3000

Please send a detailed email with your request and use the subject line: "Public Records Request." Notice of receipt of the request will be sent within 5 business days. 

* Original founder of Horizon Community Learning Center, Inc.