Gulen charter schools in California

STATE
# ACTIVE
# PENDING
#INACTIVE*
TOTAL
CA
12
unknown
10+ (two closed)
37

* Denied, withdrawn, closed, or unknown status
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TOTAL ENROLLMENT 

2010-2011 = 2804 students
2011-2012 = 3293 students
2012-2013 = 3875 students

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SCHOOLS
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MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY – 1 RESEDA
Status
ACTIVE: opened 2002-2003
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation); see green and blue boxes below.
Authorizer
Los Angeles Unified School District
Location/District
18238 Sherman Way, Reseda / Los Angeles Unified School District
Website
Enrollment
Grades 6-12; 499 students in 2010-2011; 521 students in 2011-2012
Notes
Varol Gurler listed as principal (CDE accessed June 2011).
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BAY AREA TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL
Status
ACTIVE: opened 2004-2005
Management
Willow Education Foundation
Authorizer
Oakland Unified School District
Location/District
4521 Webster St., Oakland / Oakland Unified School District
Website
Enrollment
Grades 6-12; 188 students in 2010-2011; 230 students in 2011-2012
Notes
Also called BayTech; the 2007 application for renewal was originally denied; Ercan Aydogdu listed as principal (CDE accessed June 2011)
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MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY – SAN DIEGO
Status
ACTIVE: opened 2005-2006
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation)
Authorizer
San Diego Unified School District
Location/District
6365 Lake Atlin Ave., San Diego / San Diego Unified School District
Website
Enrollment
Grades 6-8; 308 students in 2010-2011; 309 students in 2011-2012
Notes
Formerly called Momentum Middle Charter School; charter renewed July 2010; Hakki Karaman listed as principal (CDE accessed June 2011).
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MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY – 2 VALLEY
Status
ACTIVE: opened 2007-2008
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation)
Authorizer
Los Angeles Unified School District
Location/District
17125 Victory Blvd., Van Nuys/ Los Angeles Unified School District
Website
Enrollment
Grades 6-10; 227 students in 2010-2011; 287 students in 2011-2012
Notes
Erdal Kocak listed as principal (CDE accessed June 2011)
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MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY – 3 CARSON
Status
ACTIVE: opened 2008-2009
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation)
Authorizer
Los Angeles Unified School District
Location/District
1254 E. Helmick St., Carson / Los Angeles Unified School District
Website
Enrollment
Grades 6-9; 257 students in 2010-2011; 293 students in 2011-2012
Notes
Also called MSA - 3 Gardena; Erdinc Acar listed as principal (CDE accessed June 2011)
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MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY – 4 VENICE
Status
ACTIVE: opened 2008-2009
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation)
Authorizer
Los Angeles Unified School District
Location/District
11330 W. Graham Place B-9, Los Angeles / Los Angeles Unified School District
Website
Enrollment
Grades 6-9; 105 students in 2010-2011; 159 students in 2011-2012
Notes
Mustafa Sahin listed as principal (CDE accessed June 2011)
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MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY – 5 HOLLYWOOD
Status
ACTIVE: opened 2008-2009
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation)
Authorizer
Los Angeles Unified School District
Location/District
5616 Carleton Way, Hollywood (sometimes as 1530 N. Wilton Place=same location) / Los Angeles Unified School District
Website
Enrollment
Grades 6-9; 156 students in 2010-2011; 211 students in 2011-2012
Notes
Suleyman Karaman listed as principal (CDE accessed June 2011)
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MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY – 6 PALMS
Status
ACTIVE: opened 2009-2010
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational And Research Foundation (Formerly Dialog Foundation)
Authorizer
Los Angeles Unified School District
Location/District
3754 Dunn Drive, Los Angeles / Los Angeles Unified School District
Website
Enrollment
Grades 6-8; 168 students in 2010-2011; 154 students in 2011-2012
Notes
Joseph Compagno listed as principal (CDE accessed June 2011)
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PACIFIC TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL – SANTA ANA
Status
ACTIVE: opened 2009-2010
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation)
Authorizer
California State Board of Education
Location/District
102 Baker St. East, Costa Mesa / Santa Ana Unified School District
Website
Enrollment
Grades 6-9; 98 students in 2010-2011; 145 students in 2011-2012
Notes
Sometimes called Pacific Technology School – Orange County; Statewide Benefit Charter granted to new charter LEA (local educational agency) called “Pacific Technology,” a separate school district created under El Dorado County Charter SELPA; this school is barely identifiable from the street, it is behind another building and its entrance is not visible; David [poss. Durmas] Yilmaz listed as Chief Academic Officer (CDE accessed June 2011)
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MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY – 7 VAN NUYS
Status
ACTIVE: opened 2010-2011
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation)
Authorizer
Los Angeles Unified School District
Location/District
18425 Kittridge St., Reseda / Los Angeles Unified School District
Website
Enrollment
Grades K-5; 96 students in 2010-2011; 121 students in 2011-2012
Notes
Irena Erangey-Millard listed as lead instructor (CDE accessed June 2011)
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MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY – BELL
Status
ACTIVE: opened 2010-2011
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation)
Authorizer
Los Angeles Unified School District
Location/District
6411 Orchard Ave., Bell / / Los Angeles Unified School District
Enrollment
Grades 6-8; 441 students in 2010-2011; 481 students in 2011-2012
Website
Notes
under LAUSD’s Public School Choice (PSC) initiative; Ike [Ismail] Ozis listed as principal (CDE accessed June 2011)
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MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY – SANTA CLARA
Status
ACTIVE: opened 2010-2011
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation)
Authorizer
Santa Clara County Office of Education
Location/District
2720 Sonoma Place, Santa Clara (2nd location; now occupying the former Milliken Elementary School)
Website
Enrollment
Grades 6-12; 102 students in 2010-2011; 230 students in 2011-2012
Notes
This is the first of three Magnolia Science Academy county-wide charter schools granted by the Santa Clara County Board of Education in March 2009. This school did not open in fall 2009 as planned, SCCOE sent out a Notice of Violations in February 2010, material revisions of the charter were approved and the school opened in fall 2010; Tim [Timur] Saka listed as principal (CDE accessed June 2011). It was first located at 1095 Dunford Way, Sunnyvale.
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MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY – MILPITAS
Status
PENDING: the second of three Santa Clara County-approved charter schools
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation)
Authorizer
Santa Clara County Office of Education
Notes
To be a 6-12 school. In March 2009, the Santa Clara County Board of Education approved the charter petition for Magnolia Science Academy-Santa Clara, a countywide charter permitting three new schools. MSA-Milpitas is the second of those schools and was originally slated to open in fall 2011. The petitioners requested and were granted a Material Revision of the charter to extend the opening to fall 2012.  Both the second and third schools were slated to open in fall 2012 but were unable to find sites. MERF requested a revision to its charter on 7/25/2012, asking permission to open the two remaining SCCOE-approved schools in 2013. The BOE considered the request on 8/8/2012.
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MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY (third Santa Clara County site, likely San Jose)
Status
PENDING: the third of three Santa Clara County-approved charter schools
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation)
Authorizer
Santa Clara County Office of Education
Notes
To be a 6-12 school. In March 2009, the Santa Clara County Board of Education approved the charter petition for Magnolia Science Academy-Santa Clara, a countywide charter permitting three new schools. MSA-Milpitas is the second of those schools and was originally slated to open in fall 2011. The petitioners requested and were granted a Material Revision of the charter to extend the opening to fall 2012.  Both the second and third schools were slated to open in fall 2012 but were unable to find sites. MERF requested a revision to its charter on 7/25/2012, asking permission to open the two remaining SCCOE-approved schools in 2013. The BOE considered the request on 8/8/2012.
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PACIFIC TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL DISTRICT (eight remaining schools)
Status
PENDING: eight more Statewide Benefit Charter schools
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation)
Authorizer
California State Board of Education
Notes
Also called “PacTech.” In 2009, a Statewide Benefit Charter was granted to a new charter LEA (local educational agency) called “Pacific Technology,” a separate school district created under El Dorado County Charter SELPA. Lead petitioner was Joseph Hurmali (AKA Huseyin Hurmali). Approval of this charter permits PacTech to open 10 schools in five years. So far, only two schools have opened. From the petition (pg. 82): http://ov.ptscharter.org/index2.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=21&Itemid=76

List of Sites to be operated under the PacTech Statewide
Charter School*
Location (District)**
Proposed
Opening***
PacTech-1
Santa Ana or Costa Mesa (Santa Ana Unified)
2009 or 2010
PacTech-2
Sacramento (San Juan Unified)
2009 or 2010
PacTech-3
East Palo Alto (Sequoia Union High, Ravenswood Elem.)
2009 or 2010
PacTech-4
Oceanside (Oceanside Unified)
2010 or 2011
PacTech-5
Merced (Merced Union High)
2010 or 2011
PacTech-6
Hayward (Hayward Unified)
2011 or 2012
PacTech-7
Bakersfield (Kern Union High)
2011 or 2012
PacTech-8
Chula Vista (Sweetwater Union High)
2011 or 2012
PacTech-9
El Cajon (Grossmont Union High)
2012 or 2013
PacTech-10
Oxnard (Oxnard Unified)
2012 or 2013

* PacTech reserves the right to adjust the name of affiliate sites based upon input from local communities.

**PacTech will open sites within identified counties but reserves the right to open sites in school districts adjacent to the identified school districts if PacTech determines that the most suitable facilities are found to be located in those adjacent school districts.

***PacTech reserves the right to adjust the sequence and timeline of school openings as necessary to respond to circumstances at a local level, including the availability of suitable facilities.



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CENTRAL REGION ES #22
Status
PENDING
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation); applicant team members are Suleyman Bahceci, David Yilmaz, Erdinc Acar, and Mekan Muhammedov.
Authorizer
Los Angeles Unified School District
Notes
Letter of intent submitted March 31, 2011 to operate a newly constructed elementary school in Los Angeles. See additional information in yellow section below (“LAUSD’s PSC Schools”). http://www.laschools.org/project-status/one-project?project_id=3736085
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COCHRAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
Status
PENDING
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation); applicant team members are Suleyman Bahceci, David Yilmaz, Erdinc Acar, and Mekan Muhammedov.
Authorizer
Los Angeles Unified School District
Notes
Letter of intent submitted March 31, 2011 to take over an existing middle school. See additional information in yellow section below (“LAUSD’s PSC Schools”).
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SOUTH REGION ES #5
Status
PENDING
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation); applicant team members are Suleyman Bahceci, David Yilmaz, Erdinc Acar, and Mekan Muhammedov.
Authorizer
Los Angeles Unified School District
Notes
Letter of intent submitted March 31, 2011 to operate a newly constructed elementary school in Huntington Beach. See additional information in yellow section below (“LAUSD’s PSC Schools”). http://www.laschools.org/project-status/one-project?project_number=56.40057
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SOUTH REGION MS #3
Status
PENDING
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation); applicant team members are Suleyman Bahceci, David Yilmaz, Erdinc Acar, and Mekan Muhammedov.
Authorizer
Los Angeles Unified School District
Notes
Letter of intent submitted March 31, 2011 to operate a newly constructed middle school in Walnut Park area. See additional information in yellow section below (“LAUSD’s PSC Schools”). http://california.construction.com/california_construction_news/2010/0225_SuffolkWins.asp
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SOUTH REGION HS #8
Status
PENDING
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation); applicant team members are Suleyman Bahceci, David Yilmaz, Erdinc Acar, and Mekan Muhammedov.
Authorizer
Los Angeles Unified School District
Notes
Letter of intent submitted March 31, 2011 to operate a newly constructed high school in Maywood. See additional information in yellow section below (“LAUSD’s PSC Schools”). http://www.laschools.org/project-status/one-project?project_number=56.40058
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BAY AREA TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL – RICHMOND
Status
INACTIVE: 2005 attempt
Management
Willow Education Foundation
History
Lead petitioner Suleyman Bahceci; in Nov. 2005, WEF received a $405,000 state planning grant, the application was submitting one month later to WCCSD, and in February 2006 the petition was denied.
Authorizer
West Contra Costa School District
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SEQUOIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
Status
INACTIVE: 2005 attempt
Management
Dialog Foundation (later called Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation, then Magnolia Public Schools)
History
Petitioner: Adnan Doyuran; unknown if petition was withdrawn or denied. In 2007, this school also appeared on a California Department of Education list of schools to receive a grant award of $402,120 under the federal Public Charter Schools Grant Program, pending the availability of funding.
Authorizer
Long Beach Unified School District
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BAY AREA TECHNOLOGY SCHOOLSAN FRANCISCO
Status
INACTIVE: 2006 attempt
Management
Willow Education Foundation
History
Petition submitted November 2006; denied in January 2007. “Staff members did not feel the charter had adequate community support, and many of those who signed its petition for a charter were not San Francisco residents.”
Authorizer
San Francisco Unified School District
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ORANGE SCIENCE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
Status
INACTIVE: 2006 attempt
Management
Dialog Foundation (later called Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation, then Magnolia Public Schools)
History
Petitioners: Ertan Salik, Saken Sherkhanov, Ali Gurel, Adnan Doyuran, Sasha Camacho; proposal withdrawn
Authorizer
Newport-Mesa Unified School District
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BAY AREA TECHNOLOGY SCHOOLSAN JOSE
Status
INACTIVE: 2007 attempt
Management
Willow Education Foundation
History
Authorizer
East Side Union High School District
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MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY – FOSTER CITY
Status
INACTIVE: 2008 attempt
Management
Dialog Foundation (later called Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation, then Magnolia Public Schools)
History
Application submitted to the San Mateo Union High School District in spring 2008, denied October 2008. “...many questions arose about facility plans, finances, diversity and whether the school would offer a truly unique program.”
Authorizer
San Mateo Union High School District
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MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMYNATOMAS
Status
INACTIVE: 2008 attempt
Management
Magnolia “Math and Science Academy” AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation, currently Magnolia Public Schools)
History
Proposed to the Natomas Unified School District Board of Education in November 2008 by Metin Oguzmert and Yavuz Bayam; challenged and denied by multiple board members. Also presented to the Sacramento County Board of Education in September 2009. School never materialized. http://natomas.csbaagendaonline.net/cgi-bin/WebObjects/natomas-eAgenda.woa/wo/11.1.7.3.1.1
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PACIFIC KNOWLEDGE SCHOOL
Status
INACTIVE: 2009 attempt
Management
Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation, currently Magnolia Public Schools)
History
To be located in East Palo Alto
Authorizer
One of the schools under Statewide Benefit Charter granted to new charter LEA (local educational agency) called “Pacific Technology,” a separate school district created under El Dorado County Charter SELPA
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MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY – SAN DIEGO 2
Status
CHARTER SURRENDERED: opened in fall 2010, charter surrendered in 2011
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation)
History
Approved by the San Diego Unified School District; opened in 2010 at 6365 Lake Atlin Ave., San Diego; charter terminated in March 2011 after voluntary surrender because of low enrollment http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/sandi/Board.nsf/files/8E7UC37B4FF3/$file/Resolution-%20MSA%20SD%202%20Surrender%2C%203-1-11.pdf
Enrollment
Grades 9; 8 students in 2010-2011
Notes
Also called Magnolia Science Academy San Diego High School; Ismail Ozkay listed as principal (CDE accessed June 2011)
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PACIFIC TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL – ORANGEVALE
Status
CLOSED IN JUNE 2013. Was opened in 2009-2010
Management
Magnolia Public Schools, AKA Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation (formerly Dialog Foundation)
Authorizer
California State Board of Education
Location/District
6550 Filbert Ave., Orangevale (near Sacramento) / San Juan Unified School District
Website
Enrollment
Grades 5-8; 151 students in 2010-2011; 152 students in 2011-2012; 138 students in 2012-2013
Notes
Statewide Benefit Charter granted to new charter LEA (local educational agency) called “Pacific Technology,” a separate school district created under El Dorado County Charter SELPA. Past principals: Yavuz Bayam (returned to Turkey; note how his LinkedIn page omits his years spent in California at UC Davis and at this PTS school) and Mahmut Altun (became director at the Gulenist Pacifica Institute - Silicon Valley).
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ABOUT LAUSD’s PSC SCHOOLS
In August 2009, the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education adopted the Public School Choice (PSC) Resolution, an initiative that allows charter school operators, LAUSD teacher teams, and other organizations to apply for the ability to run the district’s new and low-performing schools (“focus schools”).

In the first round of this process for schools opening in fall 2010, Magnolia submitted letters of intent for eight schools, but did not ultimately submit any proposals. http://notebook.lausd.net/portal/page?_pageid=33,1139388&_dad=ptl&_schema=PTL_EP

For the second round of this process for schools opening in fall 2011 (“Public School Choice 2.0”), LAUSD received approximately 200 Letters of Intent which express applicants’ interest in submitting a full proposal for operating one of that year’s 13 designated PSC sites. http://publicschoolchoice.lausd.net/Letters_of_Intent
Magnolia submitted letters of intent for two new schools (South Region High School #2 and South Region High School #4) but was not among the final 48 proposals which were submitted. http://publicschoolchoice.lausd.net/psc_2.0_proposal_submissions

Public School Choice 3.0, the third round for schools opening in fall 2012, is currently underway. More than 200 letters of intent have been submitted for 22 “focus schools” and 15 new campuses. Of the 37 schools in this third cycle, Magnolia Public Schools has submitted letters of intent for one focus school and four new schools. They are listed in the pink section above.

Final applications will be due October 14, 2011. Once they are submitted, they are evaluated and the LAUSD superintendent makes a recommendation. The final decision is determined by a vote by the LAUSD board members.
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MANAGEMENT
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MAGNOLIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
(AKA MAGNOLIA EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION, FORMERLY DIALOG CULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
Federal Tax ID
EIN 954649884
Website
History
began in 1997 as a nonprofit in Los Angeles. The group began offering volunteer tutors in 1998. In 2002, the foundation opened the first Magnolia Science Academy in San Fernando Valley.
Location
13950 Milton Ave. Suite 200B, Westminster, CA (same as their service provider, the Accord Institute for Education Research, see below)
Individuals involved
Ali Emre Uyar, Bayam Yenikaya, Buket Aktas, Dean Sumer, Duygu Ustun, Engin Eryilmaz, Erdem Ersoz, Ertan Salik, Greg Sotzing, Irfan Erol [AKA Ahmet Irfan Erol], Joseph [AKA Huseyin] Hurmali, Kelly Hourigan, Mekan Muhammedov, Metin Oguzmert, Mustafa Keskin, Nichole Ataizi, Nuh Gedik, Patricia Lane, Pauline Galeano, Remzi Oten, Saken Sherkanov, Sean H. Senturk [prob. Huseyin S. Senturk], Suat Ay, Suleyman Bahceci, Susan Bakshian, Sylvia Ayala, Varol Gurler, Yavuz Bayam, and Yusef Ateskan (source: IRS Form 990s for 2002 to 2009).
Notes
“...began in 1997 as a nonprofit in Los Angeles. The group began offering volunteer tutors in 1998. In 2002, the foundation opened the first Magnolia Science Academy in San Fernando Valley.”

The Gulen charter schools in UT, AZ, NV, CA, and CO are all “members” of the Accord Institute for Educational Research.
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MAGNOLIA SCIENCE ACADEMY
Federal Tax ID
EIN 710880721
Individuals involved
Bayram Yenikaya, Dean Sumer, Duygu Ustun, Engine [Engin] Eryilmaz, Erdem Ersoz, Ertan Salik, Metin Oguzmert, Mustafa Keskin, Nicole Ataizi, Pauline Galeano, Saken Sherkanov, Suat Ay, Susan Bakshian, and Varol Gurler (source: IRS Form 990s for 2005 to 2009).
Notes
The role of this non-profit is unknown. Its rule date is 2006 and its address is the same as MSA-1 in Reseda.
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WILLOW EDUCATION FOUNDATION dba BAY AREA TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL
Federal Tax ID
EIN 061708283
Website
History
“...founded in 2003 by a group of scientists dedicated to contribute to our society by means of science education.”

“The Willow Education team was awarded a Public Charter School Start-Up Grant of $450,000 by the California Department of Education in June 2003.”
In December 2005, one month after month after receiving a $405,000 state grant to plan a charter school, Willow Education submitted an application for Bay Area Technology School - Richmond to WCCSB.

The Gulen charter schools in UT, AZ, NV, CA, and CO are all “members” of the Accord Institute for Educational Research.
Individuals involved
Ayhan Mutlu, Ahmet Avsaroglu (Matt A. Avsaroglu), Irfan Polat, Mark Donnelly, Marlyn LNU, Mehmet Sen, Melikhan Tanyeri, Metin Demir, Necati Sarisahin (Nick Sarisahin), Ozkur Yildiz, Regina McFarlane, Scott Roosevelt, Sefa Isik, Selcuk Keskinturk, Ercan Aydogdu, Stephanie Ali, Suleyman Bahceci, and Valerie Pugh (source: IRS Form 990s for 2003 to 2008). Only Individuals wTurkish surnames are board officers.
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SERVICE PROVIDER
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ACCORD INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH
Federal Tax ID
EIN 260658913
Website
Location
13950 Milton Ave. Suite 200A, Westminster, CA (same address as the Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation, operator of Magnolia Public Schools in CA).
Services
The schools purchase program development, curriculum, professional development, and financial services from AIER. The fee is not known.
Individuals involved
Adem Oksuz, Ali Korkmaz, Ertan Salik, Faruk Taban, Hasan Deniz, Murat Arbas, Osman Sen, Suat Utku Ay, Carol Barkley, Suleyman Bahceci, and Yasin Cetindilin (source: IRS Form 990s for 2007 and 2008, and website accessed May 2011)
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Figures below obtained from DataQuest at the California Department of Education.
http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/dataquest.asp

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NOTE: Learn more about Magnolia Science Academy HERE. 
NOTE: Learn more about the Accord Institute HERE.

4 comments:

The Perimeter Primate said...

"L.A. district officials propose changes to Public School Choice program." Daily Breeze, 712/11

"...On Tuesday, district officials proposed altering the way that parents and students select their preferred bidder for a campus, after the school board eliminated a nonbinding community vote criticized for being too open to manipulation. Also Tuesday, a school board member proposed giving in-district educators first choice when applying to run new schools..."

http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_18464394

Stay tuned.

The Perimeter Primate said...

CA State BOE member Yvonne Chan was the member who seconded the motion to grant Pacific Technology School's SBC in March 2009.

Yvonne Chan had been on a free, Gulenist-guided trip to Turkey courtesy of the Pacifica Institute in one of the years just prior.

Yavuz Bayam, who became principal of the Sacramento area PacTech school, has been a leader on the Pacifica Institute's trips. So has Huseyin Hurmali of Magnolia.

Bayam was also a speaker at the SBOE meeting mentioned above as a "visiting scholar at UC Davis."

Who led Y. Chan's trip? Who had access to become best friends w/her for those 10 days? http://www.plts.edu/stortz_turkey_archive.html

The Perimeter Primate said...

Robert Skeels presents ties between the Gulen movement and LAUSD Board President Monica Garcia:
http://www.dailycensored.com/2012/08/05/monica-garcia-champions-the-gulenist-charter-movement-in-lausd/

The Perimeter Primate said...

The link breaks from time to time, but you can Google this phrase to view an article which appeared in Milliyet on 8/27/2010:

> Walmart’tan Gülen okullarına bağış <

Dünyanın perakande devi Walmart’ın kurucusu Walton ailesinin ABD’de Gülen cemaati ile ilişkili olduğu söylenen okullara milyonlarca dolar bağış yaptığı ortaya çıktı

Walton Vakfı’nın 2007-2008 yıllarına ait vergi beyannamelerinde altı ayrı okula en az 2 milyon dolar bağışta bulunduğu görülüyor. Vakfın resmi sitesindeki raporlar da okullara yapılan 150-250 bin dolar arasındaki bağışları doğruluyor. Vakfın en çok yardım yaptığı okulların başında California’daki Magnolia Bilim Akademisi geliyor. Vakıf belgelerine göre okulun farklı şubelerine 2007-2008 yılları arasında her defasında 250 bin dolar verilmek suretiyle yaklaşık 1 milyon dolar bağışta bulunuldu. Magnolia Bilim Akademisi’nin internet sitesine Türk öğretmenlerin isimleri görülüyor.

Özgün ders programı
ABD’de “charter” okullar devletten fon alıyor ancak yetkili kurumlarla yapılan anlaşma çerçevesinde kalmak şartıyla kendilerine özgü bir ders programı uygulayabiliyorlar.

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English translation:

Walmart donates to Gülen’s schools


The Walton family, founder of Wal-mart, the worldwide retail giant, has donated millions of dollars to schools considered to be associated with the Gülen community.

The 2007-2008 tax statements of the Walton Foundation revealed that at least 2 million dollars had been donated to six separate schools. Reports published on the official website of the Foundation also confirm the donations to these schools, which range between 150,000 and 250,000 dollars. The school that has benefited the most from the donations of the foundation is the Magnolia Science Academy in California. According to the documents of the foundation, a total of 1 million dollars was donated to different branches of the school in 2007-2008, in separate installments of 250 thousand dollars each. Turkish teachers’ names appear on the website of the Magnolia Science Academy.

Distinctive curriculum

In the U.S., charter schools receive funding from the government, but they can offer distinctive curriculum remaining within the framework of the agreements made with the authorities.

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At the current moment this link is functional:
http://gundem.milliyet.com.tr/walmart-tan-gulen-okullarina-bagis/guncel/gundemdetay/27.08.2010/1281603/default.htm