Volume 4, Number 4, January 26, 2001
A Publication of the Resource Center for Charter Schools
Phone 210-348-7890 Fax 210-348-7899

© Resource Center for Charter Schools All Rights Reserved

Patsy O'Neill, Executive Director; Jimmie Driver, Assistant Director;
Sally Friedli, Office Manager; and Sara Murphy, Administrative Assistant

                      

READING INTIATIVE SUMMER WORKSHOPS Kindergarten, First and Second grade teachers may want to attend Reading Initiative Workshops this summer and receive $600 per teacher stipend. Each Education Service Center has a schedule for its workshops. For more information call your ESC Reading Specialist. (See attached)

GENERATIONS 3-6 FEDERAL START-UP SUBGRANT The Charter School Division at TEA has received several calls concerning the due date for the Generations 3-6 Federal Start-up Subgrant Application, SAS-A515. The grant application is due to the Document Control Division on February 1, 2001 by 5:00 p.m. Grant applications will not be accepted after the due date. Start-up grants are available for the first three years after the award of the charter by the State Board of Education. Third Generation charter schools approved in 1998 are eligible for one more year of start-up funding. Beginning with the fourth year, the charter is eligible to apply for a dissemination grant. Schedule #4B, Program Description was not copied entirely in the grant application and Schedule #4C, Program Evaluation Design was not included in the grant application. Please include these pages when you submit your application. See attached. Please contact Esther Murguia at TEA with any questions at 512-463-9575. The grant application is available on the Charter Schools Homepage on the TEA website at www.tea.state.tx.us.

NYOS CHARTER SCHOOL was awarded a 21^st Century Grant of $210,000 over three years. Congratulations to Director Teresa Elliott!

CURRENT ENROLLMENT We are updating our Operational State-Approved Charter School Directory. Please e-mail, oneillp@texas.net, or call the Resource Center, 210-348-7890, with updates concerning your school's current enrollment (as of January 2001) and any changes to your address, phone and fax number, and grades your school offers.

MIDWINTER CONFERENCE MEMO from TEA lists breakout sessions that may be of interest to all charter schools. See attached.

For TEA Use Only Adjustments and/or annotations made on this page have been confirmed with _____________________________ by telephone /FAX on___________ By of TEA.

TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
Standard Application System (SAS)
Public Charter Schools Grant

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School Year 1999-2000
SCHEDULE #4B-Program Description - Part 3
Program Activities
(Use as Many Pages as Necessary)
County District No.___________________ Amendment No.____________________

LOCAL PROGRAM OBJECTIVE

STRATEGY

Activities to Be Carried Out to Accomplish Strategy	Positions Responsible	Timeline	Performance Indicators
GRANT FUNDS WILL BE USED TO PAY ONLY FOR ACTIVITIES OCCURRING BETWEEN THE BEGINNING AND ENDING DATES OF THE GRANT AS SPECIFIED ON THE NOTICE OF GRANT AWARD. SAS-A-515

For TEA Use Only Adjustments and/or annotations made on this page have been confirmed with _____________________________ by telephone /FAX on___________ By of TEA.

TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY

Standard Application System (SAS)   County District No._________

Public Charter School Grant  Amendment No._________

School Year 1999-2000

SCHEDULE #4C-

Program Evaluation Design

  Limit to 1 page; front only, font size not less than 10 point.

THE APPLICANT AGREES TO COMPLY WITH ANY EVALUATION REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY BE ESTABLISHED BY THE TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY.

Resource Center for Charter Schools
and the
Texas Education Agency
present

The Fourth Annual
TEXAS
CHARTER SCHOOL CONFERENCE

April 9 - 10, 2001
Austin, Texas

Registration Deadline: Friday, March 16, 2001
Hotel Reservation Deadline: Friday, March 16, 2001

For conference information contact
Resource Center for Charter Schools
210-348-7890 Fax: 210-348-7899
E-mail: oneillp@texas.net www.charterstexas.org

For hotel reservations contact
Renaissance Austin Hotel
9721 Arboretum Boulevard
Austin, Texas 78759
Phone: 512-343-2626 Fax: 512-346-7945

TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOL CONFERENCE

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Jim Nelson
Commissioner of Education

and

Howard Fuller
Director, Institute for the Transformation of Learning

and

Raul Yzaguirre
Chairman, National Council of LaRaza

All conference attendees are cordially invited to attend a
Six Flags Gala Dinner
at the
UT Alumni Center
2110 San Jacinto Boulevard
Monday, April 9, 2001
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
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Sponsors include:
BANK OF AMERICA
BROWN FOUNDATION
CIMARRON FOUNDATION
EL PASO ENERGY
ENRON
EXXON/MOBIL
FONDREN FOUNDATION
HOUSTON ENDOWMENT
MCNAIR FOUNDATION
PISCES FOUNDATION
SBC FOUNDATION
STRAKE FOUNDATION
TRUST FOR SCHOOL REFORM

Send registration form with check to:
Resource Center for Charter Schools
40 N.E. Loop 410, Suite 408
San Antonio, Texas 78216
Phone: 210-348-7890 Fax: 210-348-7899

For hotel reservations contact
Renaissance Austin Hotel
9721 Arboretum Boulevard
Austin, Texas 78759
Phone: 512-343-2626 Fax: 512-346-7945
Deadline for hotel reservations is Friday, March 16, 2001
Please request Charter School Conference rate of $109

Region	Address	City	Phone	Fax	Charter Contacts
Reg I ESC	1900 W. Schunior	Edinburg	956-984-6000 956-984-6191	956-984-6299 956-984-6189	Harold Mosher Amy Mares (Reading)
Reg II ESC	209 North Water Street	Corpus Christi	361-561-8400 361-561-8559 361-561-8414	361-883-3442 361-883-3442 361-883-3442	Linda Thomas Mary Kureska (Reading) Dan Baen
Reg III ESC	1905 Leary Lane	Victoria	361-573-0731 361-573-0731 x290	361-576-4804 361-576-4804	Jimmy Ramsey Helen Parks (Reading)
Reg IV ESC	7145 West Tidwell	Houston	713-744-8171 713-744-6871 713-744-6508 713-744-6562	713-744-6514 713-744-6522 713-744-6522 713-744-6522	Sikini Wilson Pat Edwards (Reading) Kathy Helm (Reading) Dr. Ann Frisch Sp Ed
Reg IX ESC	301 Loop 11	Wichita Falls	940-322-6928 940-322-6928 x129	940-767-3836 940-767-3836	Bob Carpenter Kris Reid (Reading)
Reg V ESC	2295 Delaware Street	Beaumont	409-838-5555 409-951-1718	409-833-9755 409-833-9755	Sandra Ellington Vicki Gore (Reading)
Reg VI ESC	3332 Montgomery Road	Huntsville	409-295-9161 936-435-2194	409-295-1447 936-295-1447	Gene Glover Glenda Pitts (Reading)
Reg VII ESC	P.O. Box 1622	Kilgore	903-984-3071 903-983-2773 x404	903-984-9518 903-983-3170	John Abbott Alice Reader (Reading)
Reg VIII ESC	P.O. Box 1894	Mt. Pleasant	903-572-8551 903-572-8551 x2723 903-572-8551 x2727	903-575-2611 903-575-2712 903-575-2712	Bill Reynolds Becky Carmickle (Reading) Gwen Smith (Reading)
Reg X ESC	P.O. Box 831300	Richardson	972-348-1700 972-348-1358 972-495-0966 972-818-8236	972-231-3642 972-348-1359 972-495-0966	Sandra Kirk Marilyn Flinn (Reading) Carlene Marak Sp Ed Marilyn Wright Sp Ed
Reg XI ESC	3001 North Freeway	Fort Worth	817-625-5311 817-740-7552 817-740-7546	817-740-7600 817-740-3627 817-740-3627	Michelle Millsap Betty Kuehler (Reading) Kathy Wright-Chapman (Reading)
Reg XII ESC	P.O. Box 23409	Waco	254-666-0707 254-666-0707 x236 254-666-0707	254-666-0823 254-666-0823 254-666-0823	Woody Brewton Joan Berry (Reading) Harriett Shearer Sp Ed
Reg XIII ESC	5701 Springdale Road	Austin	512-919-5313 512-919-5336 512-919-5313	512-919-5374 512-919-5215 512-919-5374	Martha Blanton Barbara Riojas (Reading) Shirley Sanford Jo Ann Schatz
Reg XIV ESC	1850 Highway 351	Abilene	915-675-8800 915-675-8674	915-675-8659 915-675-8659	Scott Edington Susan Anderson (Reading)
Reg XIX ESC	P.O. Box 971127	El Paso	915-780-1919 915-780-6542	915-780-6537 915-780-6537	Fred Liner Tony Fierro (Reading)
Reg XV ESC	P.O. Box 5199	San Angelo	915-658-6571 915-658-6571 x150	915-658-6571 915-658-6571	Linda Brannon Susan Kerbow (Reading)
Reg XVI ESC	P.O. Box 30600	Amarillo	806-376-5521 806-376-5521 x376	806-373-3432 806-373-3432	John Bass Wanda Doughten (Reading)
Reg XVII ESC	1111 West Loop 289	Lubbock	806-792-4000 806-792-5468 x884	806-792-1523 806-799-7953	David Baldner Maria Gamble (Reading)
Reg XVIII ESC	P.O. Box 60580	Midland	915-563-2380 915-567-3221	915-567-3290 915-567-3290	David Cavitt Perrie Whalen (Reading)
Reg XX ESC	1314 Hines Avenue	San Antonio	210-370-5200 210-370-5456 210-370-5441	210-370-5750 210-370-5753 210-370-5750	Jeff Flores Candace Anderson (Reading) Lynnie Bunten Sp Ed