STATE
|
# ACTIVE
|
# PENDING
|
# INACTIVE*
|
TOTAL
|
FL
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
16
|
* Denied,
withdrawn, closed, or unknown status
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SCHOOLS
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RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY
|
|
Status
|
ACTIVE: opened 2007 |
Applicant
|
Non-profit
corporation River City Education Services, Inc. (see green box below)
|
Authorizer
|
Duval County Board of Education
|
Location/District
|
7565 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville (“Beach Campus”) / Duval County
Public Schools
|
Website
|
|
Enrollment
|
Grades
6-10; 551 students in 2010-2011
|
Notes
|
urchases services from the Grace Institute (see
blue box below).
|
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STARS MIDDLE SCHOOL
|
|
Status
|
ACTIVE: opened 2007 |
Applicant
|
Non-profit
corporation Stars Education Services, Inc. (see green box below)
|
Authorizer
|
Leon
County Schools Board of Education
|
Location/District
|
1500 Miccosukee Rd., Tallahassee / Leon County
Schools
|
Website
|
|
Enrollment
|
Grades
6-8; 181 students in 2010-2011
|
Notes
|
Originally
located at 1234 Blountstown Hwy.,
Tallahassee. urchases services from the Grace
Institute (see blue box below).
|
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ORLANDO SCIENCE SCHOOL
(originally called Discovery
Academy of Science)
|
|
Status
|
ACTIVE: opened 2008 |
Applicant
|
Non-profit
corporation Discovery Education Services, Inc. (see green box below)
|
Authorizer
|
Orange County
School Board
|
Location/District
|
2427 Lynx Lane, Orlando / Orange County
Public Schools
|
Website
|
|
Enrollment
|
Grades
6-9; 425 students in 2010-2011
|
Notes
|
In 2005,
Discovery Education Services (DES) submitted an application for the “Discovery
Academy of Science.” With the district recommending a denial, DES withdrew its
application before the school board’s vote. In 2006, DES submitted another
application which the school board later denied (10/2006). DES appealed this
decision to the State Board of Education and won (2/2007), after which the
district approved its application (6/2007). DES requested, and was granted, a
one-year extension for its school which it had now renamed the “Orlando Science School.”
urchases services from the Grace Institute (see
blue box below).
|
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SWEETWATER BRANCH ACADEMY
|
|
Status
|
ACTIVE: opened 2008 |
Applicant
|
Non-profit
corporation Neosprings, Inc. (see green box below)
|
Authorizer
|
School
Board of Alachua
County
|
Location/District
|
1000 NE
16 Ave. Bldg C., Gainesville / Alachua County Public Schools
|
Website
|
|
Enrollment
|
Grades
6-9; 124 students in 2010-2011
|
Notes
|
“ urchases services from the
Grace Institute (see blue box below).
|
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NEW SPRINGS
MIDDLE SCHOOL
|
|
Status
|
ACTIVE: opened 2010 |
Applicant
|
Non-profit
corporation New Springs, Inc. (see green box below)
|
Authorizer
|
School
Board of Hillsborough
County
|
Location/District
|
2410 E. Busch Blvd., Tampa / Hillsborough County
Public School
|
Website
|
|
Enrollment
|
Grades 6-7;
113 students in 2010-2011
|
Notes
|
In 2007,
a five-year contract for this school was approved; it was terminated in 2009
because the school never opened. A second application was approved in 5/2010.
urchases services from the
Grace Institute (see blue box below).
|
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RIVER CITY SCIENCE ACADEMY – ELEMENTARY
|
|
Status
|
ACTIVE: opened 2010 |
Applicant
|
Non-profit
corporation River City Education Services, Inc. (see green box below)
|
Authorizer/Term
|
Duval County Board of Education; five-year contract
approved
|
Location/District
|
3266 Southside Blvd., Jacksonville (“Southside Campus”) / Duval
County Public Schools
|
Website
|
|
Enrollment
|
Grades
K-5; 219 students in 2010-2011
|
Notes
|
The application was approved in
11/2009. urchases services
from the Grace Institute (see blue box below).
|
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SWEETWATER BRANCH ACADEMY – ELEMENTARY
|
|
Status
|
ACTIVE: opened 2010 |
Applicant
|
Non-profit
corporation Neosprings, Inc. (see green box below)
|
Authorizer
|
School
Board of Alachua
County
|
Location/District
|
1000 NE
16 Ave. Bldg C., Gainesville / Alachua County Public Schools
|
Website
|
|
Enrollment
|
Grades K-5;
146 students in 2010-2011
|
Notes
|
urchases services from the Grace
Institute (see blue box below).
|
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NEW SPRINGS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
|
|
Status
|
ACTIVE: opened 2011 |
Applicant
|
Non-profit
corporation New Springs, Inc. (see green box below)
|
Authorizer/Term
|
School District
of Hillsborough County; four-year contract
|
Location/District
|
2410 E. Busch Blvd., Tampa / Hillsborough County
Public School
|
Website
|
|
Enrollment
|
Grades
K-5
|
Notes
|
urchases
services from the Grace Institute (see blue box below).
|
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BROWARD MATH AND SCIENCE
SCHOOL
|
|
Status
|
PENDING: approved on 5/12/2012 |
Applicant
|
Non-profit
corporation Riverside Science, Inc. (see green box below)
|
Authorizer
|
School
Board of Broward
County
|
Location/District
|
6101 NW 31st St. Margate / Broward County Public Schools (Ft. Lauderdale)
|
Website
|
|
Enrollment
|
Grades
K-12; est. maximum enrollment of 1200 students
|
Notes
|
Approved
11/9/2010, but withdrawn 6/21/2011. On 3/20/2012, the district approved a
$375,000 federal planning grant for the charter school. In 5/2012, the school was approved for the second time.
|
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DISCOVERY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE (formerly Pinellas School
of Math and Science)
|
|
Status
|
PENDING: approved on 6/12/2012 |
Applicant
|
Non-profit
corporation Galaxy Education, Inc. (see green box below)
|
Authorizer/Term
|
School
Board of Pinellas County / 5-year agreement
|
Location/District
|
Undetermined
location / Pinellas
County School
District
|
Enrollment
|
Grades K-8,
poss. up to K-12; enrollment of 600 students, poss. up to 1000
|
Notes
|
The
district approved a $350,000 charter school planning grant on 3/16/2012.
|
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MIAMI-DADE SCIENCE SCHOOLS
|
|
Status
|
PENDING: approved on 11/24/2010; initial year 2012-2013 |
Applicant
|
Non-profit
corporation Sweetwater Education, Inc. (see green box below)
|
Authorizer
|
School
Board of Miami-Dade
County
|
Location/District
|
? /
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
|
Enrollment
|
Grades
K-8; 900 students max.
|
Notes
|
No recent
activity
|
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ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
|
|
Status
|
PENDING: approved on 11/8/2011; planning to open fall 2012 |
Applicant
|
Non-profit
corporation Discovery Education Services, Inc. (see green box below)
|
Authorizer
|
Orange County
School Board
|
Location/District
|
2427 Lynx Lane, Orlando / Orange County
Public Schools
|
Website
|
|
Enrollment
|
Grades
K-5; up to 600 students
|
Notes
|
the middle/high school site
|
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PALM BEACH SCIENCE ACADEMY
|
|
Status
|
PENDING: approved on 11/24/2010; initial year 2012-2013 |
Applicant
|
Non-profit
corporation Palm Beach Science, Inc. (see green box below)
|
Authorizer
|
School
Board of Palm Beach
County
|
Location/District
|
? / Palm
Beach County Public Schools
|
Enrollment
|
Grades 6-12;
900 students max.
|
Notes
|
This is
the second charter school application submitted by Palm Beach Science, Inc.
The first application for a school interchangeably called Palm Beach School
of Science and Palm Beach
Science Academy
was denied in 11/2007. During that effort, Fulton
Science Academy
in Georgia
was described as a “sister school.” In 3/2012 the district recommended a
$375,000 charter school planning grant.
|
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ATLANTIC SCIENCE ACADEMY
|
|
Status
|
APPROVED in 11/2004 but never opened |
Applicant
|
Non-profit
corporation Sweetwater Education, Inc. (see green box below)
|
Authorizer/Term
|
School
Board of Miami-Dade County; ten-year term
|
Location/District
|
635 Anastasia Ave., Coral
Gables / Miami-Dade
County Public
Schools
|
Enrollment
|
Grades 6-12;
840 students max.
|
Notes
|
Originally
called Miami-Dade Charter Middle and High School. Application was approved by
the school board in 11/2004. In 3/2005, the name was changed to Atlantic Science Academy.
In 6/2005, Sweetwater Education requested and was granted an amendment to
defer the opening, but the school never opened.
|
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RIVERSIDE SCIENCE ACADEMY
|
|
Status
|
DENIED in 11/2009 |
Applicant
|
Non-profit
corporation Riverside Science, Inc. (see green box below)
|
Authorizer
|
Broward
County Public Schools school board
|
Location/District
|
Intended site
at 8200 South Palm Drive,
Pembroke Pines / Broward County Public Schools
|
Enrollment
|
Unknown
|
Notes
|
This
school was still featured in the Broward County Public Schools Parent Guide 2009-2010.
Emre Akbaba is associated w/school as principal.
|
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OSCEOLA UNIVERSAL SCHOOL
|
|
Status
|
DENIED in 10/2006 |
Applicant
|
Non-profit
corporation Universal Education Services d/b/a Osceola Universal Schools
|
Authorizer
|
School
Board of Osceola
County
|
Location/District
|
Kissimmee area / School District of Osceola
County
|
Enrollment
|
Grades
6-12; 840 students max.
|
Notes
|
The
applicant appealed the school board’s denial decision to the State. The Charter
School Appeal Commission recommended denying the appeal. However, the State
Board rejected the recommendation and granted the appeal, overturning the
district’s application denial. The School Board of Osceola appealed that
decision. The Fifth District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the district
in late 2008.
|
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NON-PROFIT
CORPORATION CHARTER HOLDERS
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DISCOVERY EDUCATION SERVICES, INC.
|
|
Fed. Tax ID
|
EIN = 205773949
|
Individuals involved
|
Incorporated
on 8/26/2005 by Omer Tezel, Mustafa Ince, and Mehmet F. Taskan. Other
associated individuals are Dllaver [sic Dilovar] Usmanov, Ersan Songur, Fatih
Demiroz, Gokhan Ozgur, Julie Oliver (AKA Julie O. Colak), Melissa Palmer,
Orhan Karahan, Sirin Coskun, Tahir Duzyol, Ugur Baslanti, and Yusuf Sert.
|
Notes
|
Loans
totaling $86,127 in 2007 from Usmanov ($25K), Taskan ($36,145), Baslanti ($14,982),
and Sert ($10K).
|
Schools
|
1.
Orlando Science School (originally called Discovery Academy of Science)
2. Orlando Science Elementary School
|
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GALAXY EDUCATION, INC.
|
|
Fed. Tax ID
|
EIN = 453533747
|
Individuals involved
|
Incorporated
on 7/28/2011 by Sirin Coskun, Fatih Demir, Derya Yildirim, Shemzi Balla, and
Ezgi Caliskan.
|
School
|
1. Discovery Academy of Science (originally called
Pinellas School of Math and Science)
|
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NEOSPRINGS, INC.
|
|
Fed. Tax ID
|
EIN = 431999055
|
Individuals involved
|
Incorporated
on 2/16/2003 by Fatih Gordu. Other associated individuals are Arjet Gega,
Aydin Alptekinoglu, Deniz Tekin, Dundar Yilmaz, Emer Yasun,
Fethi
Goktepe, Murat Cetin, Oguzhan Topsakal, Tamer Kahveci, and Ugur Baslanti.
|
Notes
|
Neosprings,
Inc., dba Sweetwater
Branch Academy.
Loans totaling $28K in 2007 from Baslanti ($20K), Gordu ($3K), Kahveci ($3K),
Gega ($2K).
|
Schools
|
1. Sweetwater Branch Academy
2. Sweetwater Branch Academy
Elementary
|
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NEW SPRINGS, INC.
|
|
Fed. Tax ID
|
EIN = 204248193
|
Individuals involved
|
Incorporated
on 7/25/2006 by Ismail Guvenc, Serkan Ozek, and Necmettin Yildirim. Other
associated individuals are Bishop Charles Leigh, Chris Hamlett, Dogan
Tozoglu, Emre Akbaba, Erdem Onsal, Hasan Basri Celebi, Huseyin Arslan, Ilbey
Budak, Miguel A. Labrador, Mustafa G. Sahin, Serkan Gunpinar, Tevfik Yucek,
and Yalcin Akin.
|
Notes
|
Leigh
participated in a Turkish Cultural Center-Tampa trip to Turkey.
Hamlett “... has 2 known relationships including Seher Demeril-Hamlett and
Mehmet Demeril...” (CorporationWiki.com).
Loans
totaling $558,680 in 2008 from Yucek ($20,960), Guvenc ($13,000), Onsal ($4,620),
Gunpinar ($100), and Sema Education Agency ($520,000, see blue box below). New
Springs, Inc. and the Sirius Foundation, d.b.a. Istanbul Cultural Center of
Tampa Bay have the same address on some Form 990s (6210 Sheldon Road, Apt. 2706, Tampa).
|
Schools
|
1. New Springs Middle School
2. New Springs Elementary School
|
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PALM BEACH SCIENCE, INC.
|
|
Fed. Tax ID
|
EIN = 800670766
|
Individuals involved
|
Incorporated
on 6/15/2007 by Yasar Burak Savak. Other associated individuals are Abdul
Bagci (poss. AKA Yasin Bagci), Burak Erkuloglu, Dogan Tozoglu. Fwat (sic
Fuat) Sen, Rasim Cinar, Renat Shaykhutdinov, Stacey Erbay, Yalcin Akin, and
Yusuf Demirelli.
|
Notes
|
Bagci
“worked for Sema Education, Inc.” (see blue box below) and “has been working
for Coral Springs Foundation (=Anatolia
Cultural Center).”
|
School
|
1. Palm
Beach Science Academy a.k.a. Palm Beach School of Science
|
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RIVER CITY EDUCATION SERVICES, INC.
|
|
Fed. Tax ID
|
EIN = 205773949
|
Individuals involved
|
Incorporated
on 6/12/2006 by Selcuk Buyuksarac. Other associated individuals are
Abdulbasit Aydin, Adem Dokmeci, Ahmet Birdal, Angeline T. Romero, Dave
Andrus, Dogan Tozoglu, Elizabeth Dorrian, Enes Calik, Sinan Turkel, and
Tonja/Tonya Boswell (Note: Angeline Romero is married to Selcuk Buyuksarac).
|
Schools
|
1. River City Science
Academy
2. River City Science
Academy – Elementary
|
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RIVERSIDE SCIENCE, INC.
|
|
Fed. Tax ID
|
EIN = 261453559
|
Individuals involved
|
Incorporated
on 6/22/2007 by Ferhat Erkan. Other associated individuals are Hasan Kaya,
Ibrahim Yildiz, Ilby Budak, Renat Shaykhutdinov, and Stacey Erbay (married to
Ali Erbay – see Sweetwater Education).
|
Schools
|
1.
Broward Math and Science
School
2. Riverside Science Academy
|
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STARS EDUCATION SERVICES, INC.
|
|
Fed. Tax ID
|
EIN = 201343297
|
Individuals involved
|
Incorporated
on 6/23/2004 by Yalcin Akin. Other associated individuals are A. Samet Kul,
Arif Dagli, Bill Gladwin, Dogan Tozoglu, Mesut Kovankaya, Natalie M. Provo,
Necati Aydin, and Zeki Ademir (note: Gladwin is the recipient of at least one
of the Gulen movement’s free, guided trips to Turkey, via the Tallahassee
Tolerance and Dialogue Group at FSU;
Provo died in 2010. Her obituary stated, ” In her last years, her life
was enriched by the many friends she made in the Turkish community in Tallahassee and Auburn.”).
|
School
|
1. Stars Middle School
|
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SWEETWATER EDUCATION, INC.
|
|
Fed. Tax ID
|
EIN = 201181159
|
Individuals involved
|
Incorporated
on 2/21/2003 by Cengiz Alacaci. Other associated individuals are Abdukyasin Bagci,
Ali S. Erbay, Banu S. Yildiz, Elvan Aktas, Etem Oksayoglu, Halil Kutlu Erol,
Isa Afacan, Mehmet Y. Ulutas, Mustafa Utku, Nezih Pala, Omer A. Zeyrek, Unal
Coban, Vakkas Koca, and Yalcin Akin.
|
Schools
|
1. Atlantic Science Academy
2.
Miami-Dade Science Schools
|
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UNIVERSAL EDUCATION SERVICES, INC.
d/b/a Osceola Universal Schools.
|
|
Fed. Tax ID
|
EIN = 204357591
|
Individuals involved
|
Incorporated
on 2/22/2006 by Mehmet Taskan. Other associated individual are Gia Songur,
Harun Sahbaz, Mustafa Ince, and Reina Sabio. Dissolved by Mehmet F. Taskan on
4/30/2012.
|
Schools
|
1. Osceola
Universal School, sometimes written Osceola Universal
Charter School
|
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SERVICE
PROVIDERS
==================================================================
GRACE INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH & RESOURCES (AKA GRACE
SCHOOLS)
|
|
FEI/EIN Number
|
EIN = 262674420
|
Website/Address
|
http://graceschools.us/, “5755 Nortpoint
[sic] Pkwy, Suite 1,
Alpharetta, GA
|
Services
|
From the
2010 brochure: “Membership is a contractual agreement where a candidate
school Governing Board adopts the Grace Institute standards and pays a per-pupil
fee to partake in the Institute’s activities and to benefit from membership
services.” Services listed: “Professional development workshops for new
administrator and faculty; Standards based teaching, assessment, and
evaluation support; Budget development support; Marketing, recruitment, and
enrollment support; Curriculum development research and support;
Accreditation standards support; Operations support.”
|
Individuals involved
|
Board
members on 990s for 2007, 2008, 2009: Ali Ozer, Kenar Sener, Namik Sercan,
Selim Ozdemir, and Yucel Aktas; w/books in care of Avni Cokavci and Ilbey
Budak [see Occonee
Science Academy
above; probably Ismailcem Budak Arpinar]
|
Notes
|
All
member schools are in the Gulen movement-identified charter school network.
Previously appearing on website: “Current members include these two original
schools [FSA Middle and High] as well as (in order of their opening years)
Stars Middle School, River City Science Academy Middle and High School,
Orlando Science Middle and High School, Sweetwater Branch Academy Middle
and High School, New Springs Middle School, Fulton Sunshine Academy
Elementary School, River City Science Academy Elementary School, and
Sweetwater Branch Academy Elementary School.”
|
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SEMA EDUCATION & HEALTH DEVELOPMENT
(AKA SEMA Education Agency or
Sema Education, Inc.)
|
|
Fed. Tax ID
|
EIN unknown
|
Website/Address
|
None / 560 Lexington Avenue
16th Floor New York, NY
|
Services
|
Provides
very large loans to Gulen charter school operators ($332K in GA, $520K in FL)
|
Individuals involved
|
Melih
Yildirim of Sema signed the letter of forgiveness for the balance of $166,000
plus interest for its loan to Fulton Educational Services, Inc. (the
non-profit operating Gulen charter schools in Georgia) http://gulencharterschools.weebly.com/uploads/4/5/1/3/4513391/letter_from_the_lender.pdf
|
Notes
|
Little is
knows about this organization. Its address and phone number is shared with both
the Turkish Cultural Center-Manhattan and the Council of Turkic American
Associations.
|
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ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
Read about the
Grace Institute and related Gulen charter schools in Florida @ http://gulencharterschools.weebly.com/florida-schools-orlando-river-city-sweetwater-stars-new-springs.html
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3 comments:
That damn freedom sure is messy! You get failure, human intervention, success - hell its almost like someone let free will out the bag while the teachers unions weren't looking. Quick shut down freedom to save government "schools"
Please note that Grace Institute is now known as Charter Resources.
Please note that Grace Institute is now known as Charter Resources.
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