| STATE | # ACTIVE | # PENDING | # INACTIVE* | TOTAL |
| LA | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
* Denied, withdrawn, closed, or unknown status
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TOTAL ENROLLMENT IN 2010-2011 = 1038 STUDENTS
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SCHOOLS
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| KENILWORTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CHARTER SCHOOL | |
| Status | ACTIVE, opened 2008-2009; Kenilworth Middle School conversion |
| Management | Pelican Educational Foundation, Inc. |
| Authorizer | Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (under the Recovery School District) |
| Location/District | 7600 Boone Drive, Baton Rouge / East Baton Rouge Parish School System |
| Website | |
| Enrollment | Grades 6-8; 2010-11 enrollment = 447 |
| Site leader | Hasan Sazci |
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| ABRAMSON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CHARTER SCHOOL | |
| Status | CHARTER REVOKED in August 2011; operations transferred to non-Pelican Educational Foundation management; originally opened 2007-2008. |
| Management | Pelican Educational Foundation, Inc. |
| Authorizer | Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (under the Recovery School District) |
| Location/District | 5552 Read Blvd., New Orleans / New Orleans Public Schools |
| Website | |
| Enrollment | Grades K-12; 2010-11 enrollment = 591 |
| Notes | Cuneyt Dokmen (principal in February 2011); Originally called Pelican Math & Science School; Learn more about Abramson Science and Technology School scandal HERE. |
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| LINEAR MIDDLE SCHOOL CONVERSION | |
| Status | INACTIVE: Proposal submitted to the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in January 2009. |
| Management | Pelican Educational Foundation, Inc. |
| Location | Shreveport |
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| BANKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONVERSION | |
| Status | INACTIVE: Proposal submitted to the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in January 2009. |
| Management | Pelican Educational Foundation, Inc. |
| Location | Baton Rouge |
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| CRESTWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL CONVERSION | |
| Status | INACTIVE: Proposal submitted to the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in January 2009. |
| Management | Pelican Educational Foundation, Inc. |
| Location | Baton Rouge |
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| KENILWORTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL EXPANSION | |
| Status | INACTIVE: The National Association of Charter School Authorizers’ recommended for denial of the application to the State Authorized School Oversight Committee of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary in December 2010. |
| Management | Pelican Educational Foundation, Inc. |
| Authorizer | Louisiana Department of Education |
| Notes | This was a proposed expansion of a middle school in Baton Rouge (Kenilworth Science & Technology Charter School) |
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| PELICAN EXCELLENCE ORLEANS K-12 | |
| Status | INACTIVE: The National Association of Charter School Authorizers’ recommended for denial of the application to the State Authorized School Oversight Committee of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary in December 2010. |
| Management | Pelican Educational Foundation, Inc. |
| Authorizer | Louisiana Department of Education |
| Location | This school was proposed for New Orleans. |
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| PELICAN EXCELLENCE ACADEMY | |
| Status | UNKNOWN: Application submitted in February 2010. |
| Management | Pelican Educational Foundation, Inc. |
| Authorizer | Jefferson Parish School Board |
| Location | This school was proposed for Metairie. |
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MANAGEMENT
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| PELICAN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION | |
| Federal Tax ID | EIN 203801713 |
| Website | |
| History | Started by Tevfik Kosar, an assistant professor of Computer Science at LSU. “The school was developed in 2006 as the brainchild of University math, science and technology professors who felt the need to contribute more to elementary education.” |
| Individuals involved | Names appearing on IRS Form 990s (2005 to 2009) & website: Abdullah Zorba, Adem Ozel, Amanniyaz Niyazmuradov (AKA Aman Niyaz), Bicer Hasan, Cuneyt Dokemen, Cynthia Bryant, Elif Ulupinar, Eugene Kennedy, Hasan Sazci, Karen Fontenot, Mehmet F. Cihan, Mustafa Guvercin, Nihat Bayhan, Orhan Kizilkaya, Richard Webb, Tevfik Kosar, and Yunus Bicici. |
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“PARTNER ORGANIZATION”
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| COSMOS FOUNDATION / HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS | |
| Federal Tax ID | EIN 76-0615245 |
| Website | |
| Services | Cosmos gets 5% of Pelican's annual state funding because of their "Support Service Agreement." |
| Individuals involved | Names appearing on IRS Form 990s (2002 to 2009): Ali Tekin, Bilal Akin, Burhanettin Kuruscu, Cengizhan Keskin, Cocksun Cetinkaya, Ellen A. MacDonald, Fatih Yigit, Gokturk Tunc, Ibrahim Sel, Iker Gure, Ismet S. Isik, Kadir Almus, Kudbettin Aksoy, Levent Bulut, Lynn Mitchell, Mehmet Okumus, Mustafa Atik, Mustafa Guvercin, Mustafa Ozen, Nihat Guvercin, Oner Ulvi Celepicikay, Ozgur Ozer, Selahattin Aydin, Soner Tarim, Tevik Eski, Umit Pecin, Yetkin Yildirim |
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Learn more about the Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools HERE and HERE and HERE.
- Form 990s for Pelican Educational Foundation reveal that Prestige Commercial Cleaning & Construction was paid $116,766 for custodial services in 2008 and $532,717 for cleaning services in 2009 (two year total = $649,483). Names associated with that business are Ali Tuncer and Ufuk Tuncer.
- Also, the Cosmos Foundation was paid $238,595 in 2008 and $289,796 in 2009 for management consulting and teacher training (two year total = $528,391).
- Karen Fontenot, vice president of Pelican Educational Foundation, stated at a dinner reception during a Gulen conference in Amsterdam (October 2010), “I’m not a Muslim and I’m not a Turk but I believe that I am a member of the Hizmet Movement…I’m on the advisory board of the schools, the Gulen schools in Louisiana.”
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