STATE | # ACTIVE | # PENDING | # INACTIVE* | TOTAL |
OK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
* Denied, withdrawn, closed, or unknown status
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TOTAL ENROLLMENT IN 2010-2011 = 1557 STUDENTS
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SCHOOLS
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DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY-TULSA | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened in 2000 |
Management | Sky Foundation, in partnership with the Cosmos Foundation |
Authorizer | Langston University (in exchange for 5% of the school’s funding). Tulsa Public Schools was the original sponsor but denied DSA’s renewal in 2009. |
Location/District | 280 South Memorial Drive, Tulsa /Tulsa Public Schools |
Website | |
Enrollment | Grades 6-12; 2010-11 enrollment = 395 |
Notes | In 2005, TPS ordered the school to stop screening students. http://www.redorbit.com/news/education/223280/charter_school_revises_practice/index.html ; the Tulsa school board unanimously voted to deny renewal in October 2009 (“Citing concerns about services for special education students...” etc.), then gave the school a one year extension; http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=298&articleid=20091026_298_0_Citing976068 Principal: Abidin Erez |
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DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY-OKC | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened in 2001 |
Management | Sky Foundation, in partnership with the Cosmos Foundation |
Authorizer | Oklahoma City Public Schools |
Location/District | 919 Northwest 23rd Street, Oklahoma City / Oklahoma City Public Schools |
Website | |
Enrollment | Grades 6-12; 2010-11 enrollment = 458 |
Notes | Principal: Barbaras Aslan; Executive Director: Kaan Camuz |
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DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY ELEMENTARY-OKC | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened in 2008 |
Management | Sky Foundation, in partnership with the Cosmos Foundation |
Authorizer | Oklahoma City Public Schools |
Location/District | 4901 N. Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City / Oklahoma City Public Schools |
Website | |
Enrollment | Grade K-5; 2010-11 enrollment = 304 |
Notes | Principal: Hasan Suzuk; Executive Director: Kaan Camuz |
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DISCOVERY SCHOOL OF TULSA | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened in 2009 |
Management | Sky Foundation, in partnership with the Cosmos Foundation |
Authorizer | Langston University |
Location | 4821 South 72nd East Avenue, Tulsa |
Website | |
Enrollment | Grades K-8; 2010-11 enrollment = 400 |
Notes | Principal: Fevzi Simsek; Executive Director: Kaan Camuz (2011) http://sde.state.ok.us/Schools/CharterSch/pdf/CharterSchCon.pdf |
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MANAGEMENT
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SKY FOUNDATION, INC. dba DOVE SCIENCE ACADEMY | |
Federal Tax ID | EIN 731578930 |
Website | None |
History | Schools chartered “by Turkish immigrants studying at Oklahoma State University.” (The Oklahoman, 1/1/2006); “...the founders of the school had the vision of creating a place that emphasized math and science...” (NewsOK, 3/28/2011); |
Individuals involved | Names appearing on Sky Foundation Form 990s (2002-2009): Birol Furat, Birol Ozturk, A.Y. [Ali Yavuz] Zeybek, Elvan Ceyhan, Fevzi Simsek, Gultekin Kaya, Hakan Yagci, Halil Ibrahim Tas, Hasan Buzuk, Ihsan Kara, Ilhan Guzey, Can Topuz, Kamil Celik, Orhan Kucukosman, Volkan Cicek, Ilker Gure, Yalcin Akyildiz, Zekeriya Yuksel, and Zeynei Gunay. |
Notes | Until 2009, the Form 990s listed the address is 4444 N. Classen Blvd., Oklahoma City. Also listed at this address is the Oklahoma City branch of Raindrop Turkish House, a regional Gulenist “cultural” organization. |
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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 3% of the Sky Foundation’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.
- More about the Discovery School of Tulsa HERE. http://charterschoolscandals.blogspot.com/2010/10/discovery-school-of-tulsa.html
- More about Dove Science Academy – Tulsa HERE. http://charterschoolscandals.blogspot.com/2010/06/dove-science-academy-tulsa.html
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