SCHOOL DIRECTORY UPDATE With the start of the 2002-2003 school year, the Resource Center will update the school directory on our website. Please look at our website, www.charterstexas.org, then click on School Directory to view your school information. Send any changes to the Resource Center by email, oneillp@texas.net, and we will update your information. If your school is not listed in the School Directory then follow the instructions on the attached memo that was originally sent to all operational schools in October, 2001.

START-UP GRANT RECIPIENTS / GENERATIONS 4, 5, & 6 Reports indicate that several Generation 4, 5, and 6 grantees who have received federal start-up funds for the 2002-2003 school year, SAS-A526, have not spent the majority of the funds as agreed upon at receipt of the grant award. Due to the federal deadline set by the Department of Education, the greater part of these funds must be spent by September 30, 2002, or TEA will have to return the funds. This money needs to be spent quickly and appropriately. Refunds made to the federal government will likely result in smaller grant awards made to TEA in the future which, in turn, will mean less money available to students in Texas.

Please review your grant activities and award balances and plan to expend these resources to avoid any loss of funds. If you have programmatic questions, please contact Esther Murguia Garcia at 512-463-9575. For assistance with fiscal- related questions, contact a grant manager in the Division of Grants Administration at 512-463-9269.

CHARTER SCHOOL RESOURCE CENTER OF TEXAS
40 N.E. Loop 410, Suite 408 San Antonio, Texas 78216
210-348-7890 Fax 210-348-7899

TO: FROM: DATE: PAGES: RE: CHARTER SCHOOL DIRECTORS Patsy O'Neill and Sally Friedli August 20, 2002 1 School Directory Information Update

The Resource Center receives numerous calls from parents everyday requesting information about Texas charter schools. In response to this demand, our website features a complete profile of each operational Texas charter school. Please complete this information as soon as possible. We hope to have all school profiles on our website by October 1, 2002.

If you did not enter this information last fall please submit your school profile information through our website. Please include your main campus and all site schools. The information we are requesting includes: Mission or Philosophy, Curriculum Design and Core Teaching Methods, and Distinctive Features of the School.

• Log onto www.charterstexas.org
• Click on School Directory on the menu bar to the left of the screen
• At the bottom of the next screen click where it reads, Charter schools click here to add your school to our database."
• On the next screen type in
      Username: csrct
      Password: pub2512
      Then click: Login
• Fill in your school information, then click "Submit".

Thank you! You've successfully recorded your charter school profile onto our website. For questions call Sally Friedli at the Resource Center at 210-348-7890.