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CHARTER SCHOOL CONFERENCE
 SIXTH ANNUAL TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOL CONFERENCE will
be held on Monday and Tuesday, April 29 & 30, 2002 at the Moody Gardens
Hotel in Galveston. We expect over 700 attendees this year so please call
the Moody Gardens Hotel at 888-388-8484 for room reservations as soon
as possible. Let the hotel know you are with the Charter School Conference to
qualify for the $125 rate, which can accommodate up to four people in one
room for $125. Conference information and registration forms are attached.
CHARTER EVALUATION The legislation that created open-enrollment
charter schools in Texas requires that the schools be evaluated every year.
For the fifth year this evaluation is carried out for the Texas Education Agency
by teams from the Texas Center for Education Research, the University of North
Texas, the University of Texas at Arlington, and the University of Houston. A
part of the evaluation is a survey of charter school parents. In order to conduct
the survey, the evaluators need charter school rosters with student phone numbers.
Dr. Gregory Weiher of the University of Houston will be contacting you in the
near future about acquiring your school rosters.
Charter school directors should be aware that the charter school evaluation mandated under Texas statute does not constitute a compliance review of open-enrollment charter schools. Evaluators do not examine whether charter schools fulfill their missions or whether they comply with the terms of their charters. The role of the evaluation team is to prepare an annual report about Texas open-enrollment charter schools as a group.
Resource Center for Charter Schools
and the
Texas Education Agency
present
The Sixth Annual
TEXAS
CHARTER SCHOOL CONFERENCE
April 29 - 30, 2002
Galveston, Texas
Registration Deadline: Monday, April 1, 2002
Hotel Reservation Deadline: Monday, April 1, 2002
For conference information contact
Resource Center for Charter Schools
Phone: 210-348-7890 - Fax: 210-348-7899
E-mail: oneillp@texas.net - www.charterstexas.org
For hotel reservations contact
Moody Gardens Hotel
Seven Hope Boulevard
Galveston, Texas
Phone: 888-388-8484 - Fax: 409-683-4936
TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOL CONFERENCE
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Jim Nelson
Commissioner of Education
and
Raul Yzaguirre
President, National Council of LaRaza
All conference attendees are cordially invited to attend a
Gala Dinner on board the Paddlewheeler Boat
Monday, April 29, 2002
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Sponsors include:
BANK OF AMERICA
BROWN FOUNDATION
CIMARRON FOUNDATION
CULLEN FOUNDATION
ELKINS CHARITABLE TRUST
EL PASO ENERGY
EXXON/MOBIL
FONDREN FOUNDATION
HOUSTON ENDOWMENT
MCNAIR FOUNDATION
PISCES FOUNDATION
SBC FOUNDATION
STRAKE FOUNDATION
TRUST FOR SCHOOL REFORM
SIXTH ANNUAL
TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOL CONFERENCE
One registration form per person - duplicate as necessary
Registration deadline is Monday, April 1, 2002.
[ ] YES! Please register me for the Sixth Annual Texas Charter School Conference, Monday and Tuesday, April 29 & 30, 2002 at the Moody Gardens Hotel in Galveston.
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List your school or organization address. This address will appear in our Conference Directory. |
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Conference expenses per person exceed $200. The Resource Center has secured contributions to reduce your conference cost, therefore, your registration fees are as listed below.
Registration fees will increase by $100 in each category if received after April 1, 2002.
[ ] Fees: [Registration fee includes five meals: breakfast and lunch on both days, and the evening dinner on Monday, April 29th.]
_____ $100 Texas Charter School Staff, Teachers & Board Members
_____ $150 TEA & Region Service Center personnel
_____ $200 All other attendees
_____ $400 Vendors [Fee includes one registration and one vendor table. Fees for additional vendors at your table will be $200.]
I have enclosed a check for $___________________ payable to the:
Resource Center for Charter Schools. Registrations are non-refundable.
Please 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
Moody Gardens Hotel
Seven Hope Boulevard - Galveston, Texas 77554
888-388-8484
Please request Charter School Conference rate of $125.
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