Dallas Can! Academy Charter School

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Application
Dallas Can! Academy Charter School 001 Staff o.eckll.t fv Open Emollment Charter AppUcmIa
Name of Propoted Charter
Dalla$ Can! Academy Charter School
Name of Sponsoring Entity: Texans CAN!
Chief Operating Officer: Grant East
Date of Receipt by TEA
March 22, 1996
Date sent to the SBOE
March 25, 1996
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The CbMter AppUcatioa hal met !be foUowtna; appUatiOD reql1iremeDII::
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The application of the proposed charier school Is completed.
12) Includes a list of the districts to whom a Statement of Impact form was sent and the
dalletheformwassent. Statement of Impact sent to Dalla,s ISD on March IS, 199E
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3) Statement 01 Impact fonna Included. If not included, the date TEA staff contacted
the impacted districts:
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4) Signed copy 01 written agleenllent for use of • facility.
-L 5) Evidence of parental support for the proposed charter.
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6) A proposed budget for the operation of the proposed charter school.
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Assurances document, signed by the Chief Operating Officer of the proposed charter
school, Is included.
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ADDENDUM DALLAS CAN! ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL 003 T_.~T-
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Our application discusses the "target" population of predominantly minority students who are at risk of dropping out of Dallas Public Schools, or who have dropped out We are aware that a Charter School is an "open-enrollment" school and will allow any eligible Dallas Public Schools' student to enroll regardless of current academic status. r::.mw
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Secondly, Dallas Canl Academy currently has a majority minOrity student base with the existing ratios being 47% African-American, 42% Hispanic, 3% Asian/American Indian, and 8% Anglo. Our program is promoted to any and all ethnic groups but has historically assisted the minority population that the Dallas Public Schools could not satisfactorily serve; therefore we will not add to segregation in the Dallas Public Schools. 004
DALLAS CAN! is a program of TEXANS
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Dr. Jack Christie
March 22.1996
Page two of addendum
As a non-profit education agency, Dallas Can! is uniquely suited to
becoming a Charter School because we have provided education to a
predominantly economically disadvantaged population. Although our
marketing efforts cross over all racial boundaries. the demographics of our
student base reflect the word-of-mouth referrals that send Dallas Can!
Academy the preponderance of our students.
Dr. Christie. please give the Dallas Can! Academy's Charter School
Application every consideration. Thank you in advance.
Sincerely yours,
Grant East
President & Chief Operating Officer
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Dallas Canl Academy
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March 22, 1996
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Dr. Jack Christie
Chainnan, State Board of Education
1701 N. Congress
Austin, Texas 78701
Dear Dr. Christie:
Texans Can!, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization is applying for an
Open-Enrollment Charter School for our Dallas Can! Academy program. We
are proposing a year-round, dropout recovery program for youth ages 16-21 in
the City of Dallas.
Please note that our budget is based on the calculated fonnula of $4,500 per
student at an 85% attendance rate. We are aware that the Dallas Public
Schools' (D.P.S.) funding per student is $4,800; we have intentionally left
$300 per student towards D.P.S. 's administrative costs. If this budget is not
acceptable. we are willing to work with the State Board of Education and the
Texas Education Agency to re-defme our numbers.
The mission of Dallas Can! Academy is to empower young Texans and their
families to break: the long-tenn cycle of failure, poverty, hopelessness and
economic dependency in their lives. We accomplish this mission through
accelerated, personalized education, counseling, positive afflnnation,
motivations, life-skills development, self-esteem building and vocational
readiness in a loving and caring environment without regard to race, color,
gender or native language.
Dallas Can! Academy is highly qualified to operate a Charter School to recover
school dropouts. In the past 10 years, Dallas Can! Academy has recovered
over 4,000 school dropouts. Our students are from the inner-city of Dallas and
are 90% minority and almost 100% are economically disadvantaged. Our
program has had over a 90% success rate based on federal requirements
monitored by the Private Industry Council of Dallas.
Governor George W. Bush recently awarded a discretionary grant to Dallas
Can! Academy and was quoted in one newspaper as saying: "Programs should
not be judged because they sound good, but because they work. And this
program works."
Assistant Secretary of Labor, Tim Barnicle, visited the Academy on February
16, 1996 and was quoted in the papers as saying: "Dallas Can! Academy has
become a national role model for the educational programs that they are
providing in the Dallas area."
DALLAS CAN! is a program of TEXANS CAN!
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Texans Can! A 501 (c)(3) Non-profit Organization
Application For An Open-Enrollment Charter School to be called allas Can! Academy Charter School March 25, 1996
006 Application for Approval of an Open-Enrollment Charter Instrycti01ll: Submit compkted applicDtion with 1M proposed chaTter and assurances signed by 1M Chief
OpeTtJling Officer of 1M School and 1M signed porenllguardUm petjtjon /I) 1M T= Eductuion Agency.
DCJCUnI8Il ConlTOl Cenur. 1701 Nonh Congress Ave•• AIL/lin, Tuas 78701. For Il$$uwnce. C01llo.CIIM Office
of AccounlDbilUy aI (512) 463.9716.
0Iicf 0penIIing Officer
of Proposed Charter:
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Sponsor Address:
Zip:
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Nrune of Proposed Charter: Dallas Can! Academy Charter School
Charter Address: 2601 Live Oak
Zip: 75204
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Levels:
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Expected Initial
Projected Total
Enrollment: _ _2_0_0_ _ _ Enrollment: _ _ _6_0_0_ _ _---'_
The charter will serve an area 1bat is geographically:
(Check an 1bat apply.)
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rural
_ _ suburban
H the proposed charter will serve any specia1 populations, indicate the approximate percentage of the SIlIdent
population to be served in as many of the following categories as are applicable:
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at risk of dropping out
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limited English proficient
~ teCOVeIed dropouts
~ pregnant or parent students
previous history of involvement with the Criminal Justice
System.
The applicant is an "eligible enti~" under ~e follOwing category (check one):
_ _ an instirution of higher education as defined under TEC. Section 61.003;
_ _ a private or independent instirution of higher education as defined under TEC. Section 61.003;
- L an organization ~t is exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. Section SOI(c)(3); or
_ _ a governmental enti~.
The facili~ to be used for an open....nro1lment charter school is a facili~ of :
a commercial enti~
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Dr. Jack Christie March 22, 1996 Page two The U.S. Department of Labor selected Dallas Can! Academy as the Outstanding
Youth Service Provider for the five state region of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and
Arkansas. This is the only time this award has been given.
Dallas Can! Academy was selected by the National Center for Family Literacy to
receive the only Toyota Families For Learning grant awarded in the State of Texas.
Only 15 cities have been awarded sites nationwide and there will be no more.
In 1993, the Academy received the first Barbara Bush Foundation grant for family
literacy ever given in the State of Texas. Only 16 were awarded nationwide out of 655
applicants.
In 1995, for the fifth consecutive year, Dallas Can! Academy has been selected as an Outstanding Youth Service Provider by the Private Industry Council. In February 1996, Inc. magazine and MCI Communications named Dallas Can! Academy as one of the top eight nonprofit organizations in the country for customer (student) satisfaction. Dallas Can! Academy is experienced also in working with traditional school systems.
We provided technical and programmatic advice to help Longview I.S.D. set up their
alternative school. Due to the success of that program, several school districts in East
Texas have toured Dallas and sought our assistance in setting up alternative schools.
We also provided advice to a high-school in Ft. Worth as well the alternative school in
Irving I.S.D. when it was being set up. We have provided in-service training for
counselors and other staff from the Garland and Richardson I.S.D.
Dallas Can! Academy can inunediately begin providing educational services to the
Dallas high-school dropout population. Recruiting is not a problem since last year we
served 892 students; however, we turned away over 1,600. Our accounting,
management, education, counseling, and case management systems are in place and
well-proven over the past 10 years. Our systems have been approved by numerous
government agencies.
We look forward to becoming a Charter School and a partner with the Texas Education
Agency in giving young Texans a second chance in life through the empowerment of
education.
Sincerely yours,
~LC
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OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER APPLICATION The applicant for the proposed open-enrollment charter, if approved by the State
Board of Education, agrees to operate the educational program described below
in accordance with the provisions described within this document and the
attached assurances.
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Describe the educational program to be offered, including
the required curriculum under the Texas Education Code
(TEC) #28.002, and student attendance requirements:
Dallas Can! Academy is proposing to establish a year-round, open-enrollment
charter school to serve "at-risk" populations. Dallas Can! Academy's Charter
School will open in the Fall of 1996 and will serve "at-risk" youth, ages 16-21,
both male and female, who are failing or who have failed in traditional school
programs. Utilizing over ten years of experience, Dallas Can! will provide
outstanding alternative education that will lead to a successful transition into the
workforce or to further education.
During the first year of operation, Dallas Can! Academy's Charter School
proposes to enroll 200 students who have officially withdrawn from school or
who have been identified as at-risk of dropping out. In the second year of
operation, the enrollment will be increased to 300 students. The majority of the
students-90% of whom will be African-American or Hispanic-will have earned
few or zero high school credits, and will be reading below grade level, as
measured by the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE). In addition, the majority
of the students will have demonstrated other barriers to their educational
success, such as teen pregnancy or prior involvement with the criminal justice
system.
The target population to be served will be economically disadvantaged, basic
skills-deficient youth who have already dropped out of school or who are at-risk
of dropping out of school. The majority of the target student population will enter
the program with reading and computing skills at or below the eighth grade level.
These youth are some of the hardest to serve due to their histories of previous
substance abuse, prior gang experience, teenage parenthood, experience in the
judicial system, or lack of significant work experience.
Our purpose is to break the long-term cycle of poverty, failure, hopelessness
and economic dependency in the lives of disadvantaged Texan~ an~ their
families. We accomplish this by giving individuals, who have failed In the
traditional education system, a second chance for completing their education by
providing essential foundations through a computer assisted program of Basic
Education, TAAS preparation, GED training, and comprehensive Employability
Training.
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The goal of our program is to teach the basic skills of reading, language arts,
math, social studies, and science, leading toward a GED through the use of our
individualized, self-paced, computer-assisted, and multi-sensory program.
This goal is accomplished by concentrating on thinking skills and personal
qualities to provide the foundations necessary to develop five competencies.
These five competencies, identified by the Secretaries Commission on Achieving
Necessary Skills (SCANS) as strategies are: resources, interpersonal skills,
information, systems, and technology. The program objective is to increase
each student's functional abilities in reading and math to a degree that will result
in the completion of major levels of education. Obtaining these levels of
education will assist the students in job placement, pursuit of occupational
training, or further education leading to self-sufficiency through employment.
The guiding principles on which Dallas Can! Academy operates are: Rules
Without Relationships Breed Resentment; Never Discipline in Public; and, If You
Can Conceive it and Believe It, You Can Achieve It. These principles, coupled
with a case management approach utilizing a teacher/counselor team concept
and a system of positive reinforcement and rewards, allow for relationships to
develop which reinforce the educational concepts being presented.
A 1992 study by the Iowa Department of Education proved that people who earn
a GED accrue benefits in employment, hours worked per week, job skill levels,
personal satisfaction, increased income and enhanced job quality. The study
revealed the following predominant findings:
• personal incomes of GED recipients increased 43%,
• 70% of participants previously on welfare no longer required public
assistance,
• the number of individuals attempting to establish personal savings
accounts increased 40%,
• home ownership increased from 54% to 70%, and
• 12% of partiCipants went on to enroll in or graduate from a two or four
year college.
By giving individuals training in basic education, life coping abilities, and
employability skills, we can open doors to jobs, as well as additional education
that might otherwise be closed. The combination of a well-defined and proven
curriculum, coordination between local employers, schools and community
service agencies, and the Dallas Can! philosophy will provide the students with
the foundations necessary for success in life.
Dallas Can! Academy is uniquely pOSitioned to operate a Charter School
focusing on "at-risk" youth because of our ten years plus of experience with this
population. Dallas Can! Academy has received local, state and national
recognition for conSistently exceeding expectations and goals set by our major
funding sources. We recently received recognition from The Barbara Bush
Foundation for Fami/y Uteracy and were a finalist for the Inc. Magazine/MCI
Positive Performer Award for the second year in a row.
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Recruitment and Selection Criteria
Through the efforts of our Admissions Department, our recruiting and selection
will be achieved as a result of referrals. These referrals will be obtained from
the following sources:
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numerous Dallas social service agencies,
Dallas Public Schools personnel,
sU.bstance abuse treatment programs,
current and former students,
various speaking engagements,
self-referrals generated by a myriad of newspaper articles, public
service announcements and word-of-mouth, along with
• the greater Dallas community with whom we have an excellent
reputation for assisting school dropouts to achieve educational
success.
Curriculum
We use a competency-based system of curriculum for basic and remedial
education which is open-entry, open-exit, and self-paced.
Our Charter School will utilize the Comprehensive CompetenCies Program
(CCP) curriculum and the PLATO 2000 Leaming System computer software. It
will also include Pre-Employment Skills Training. Since implementing this
curriculum, we have assisted thousands of students in reaching their educational
goals. Both the CCP and PLATO systems are state-of-the-art and are cross
referenced with the basic educational elements.
Comprehensive Competencies Program (CCP)
The material covered by the CCP curriculum for reading and math includes:
vocabulary, reading comprehension, math computation and concepts, spelling,
and language mechanics and expression. CCP teaches many of these
competencies from a functional context point of view.
The Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) is used as a locator for entry into the
CCP curriculum. All CCP levels correspond directly to information tested on the
TABE. Each CCP level is broken down into units which address each segment
of the grade level's objectives in a specific subject.
Plan and Profile Forms are used by instructors to formulate an individualized
education plan for each student and track step-by-step progress. Participants'
records are collected and used to provide information in order to plan and
evaluate program progress and effectiveness. The participants' test results
track competency attainment and identify any leaming problems.
Participants must complete and successfully master each unit in the assigned
CCP level. Each participant must demonstrate mastery of the unit by scoring
80% or better on a unit test covering the materials. Upon the completion of all
units, the CCP Level Test is administered. A score of 80% or better is also
required for successful completion of the CCP Level Test which constitutes a
one-grade level gain in that subject. Pre-GED practice testing is provided until
the scores indicate the student is prepared to take the actual exam.
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PLATO 2000 Learning System
The PLATO courseware covers reading, writing, math, science, social studies,
life concepts, job skills, and parenting techniques. This courseware incorporates
effective instructional strategies for skill development with real life applications to
help students establish a solid foundation. From this foundation, students are
able to develop critical thinking skills.
The PLATO courseware is modular in structure which allows teachers to
customize instruction in order to meet individual student needs. The courseware
is objective and competency-based and has been cross-referenced with the
GED, TAAS and TASP tests for state-required basic educational elements.
The instructional strategies that are consistent throughout the curricula are:
assessment, tutorial, drill and practice, application, and tests.
By using the instructional strategies best suited for the students' individual
learning styles, students are able to focus on mastering skills and increasing
their own achievement. A variety of strategies may be implemented to
accomplish the goals outlined in the student's individual learning plan.
Examples of these variations are:
• assessment strategies identify needs and focus learning,
• application and simulation lessons encourage critical thinking, reasoning,
and problem solving,
• life skills lessons apply these newly-learned skills to real-life situations,
• basic concept lessons that foster understanding, and
• skill exercises which advance proficiency.
Mastery of the PLATO courseware skills is confirmed by a score of 80% or better
on the tests. This scoring percentile is consistent with the CCP requirements.
Pre-Employment Skills Training
The Essential Skills for the Workplace (ESW) curriculum will be used in the Pre
Employment Skills/work Maturity classes.
The class materials include: how to job search, what today's employers want
from employees, career terminology, and interviewing techniques.
Prior to entering the Pre-Employment Skills Training, students will be assessed
to determine their core competency level for employment readiness. Students
will be required to demonstrate proficiency in all eleven competencies in order to
be considered successful.
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The competency subjects and the number of hours scheduled to be taught are
as follows:
Core Competency
Minimum Hours
1. Making career decisions
2. Using the labor market
3. Preparing resumes
4. Filling out applications
5. Interviewing
6. Punctuality
7. Maintaining regular attendance
8. Demonstrating positive attitudes/behavior
9. Presenting an appropriate appearance
10. Exhibiting good interpersonal relationships
11. Completing tasks effectively
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*These Work Maturity Skills may be taught on a work site or in a classroom as a
demonstration of work maturity.
Following the completion of the recommended coursework, a test will be
administered to determine proficiency in these competencies.
Students will be assessed for career interests using the vocational version of the
Career Assessment Inventory (CAl). This inventory helps to identify
occupational interests for individuals who plan to enter careers requiring two
years or less of post-secondary training. Students are given CAl results
indicating careers in which they would have similar interests.
Vocational counseling, career counseling and labor market information are
provided to the students through our Employment Trainers and Job Developers.
Weekly speakers from the community, local newspapers, and the telephone
yellow pages are used as resources for labor market information.
Video-taped mock job interviews are conducted, often by volunteers from the
business community. The students then observe and critique their
performances. Business tours are conducted to provide the students with
exposure to the work environment and the opportunities available to them in our
society. Annual job fairs are held to provide further exposure to actual hiring
situations and provide a chance to secure an interview with as many as thirty
different employers and various careers.
Job Development and Placement
·Obtaining a GED is not an end but a beginning." With this philosophy in mind,
we assist students in acquiring employment. Our Job Developers make initial
contact with potential employers and aid the students in securing interviews.
Students are encouraged and supported throughout the job search process.
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The marketing strategy includes Public Service Announcements (PSAs) on
radio, televiSion, and in the leading newspapers. These announcements are
geared toward our fund-raising events such as the annual golf toumament, Cars
for Kids, and the Mother of the Year Luncheon. These PSAs have proven to
generate considerable community interest. Dallas Can! Academy's program is
marketed to Dallas area Chambers of Commerce which include the Greater East
Dallas Chamber, Dallas Hispanic Chamber, and Dallas Black Chamber of
Commerce. The job development staff will contact businesses that have
indicated an interest in employing our students.
Dallas Can! Academy staff is frequently invited to address various service clubs
in the area. These opportunities will also be used to market the program to
potential employers.
Follow-up
After a student is placed with an employer, our Job Developers maintain contact
with both the student and the employer to enhance job retention.
Our staff calls or visits the employer during the first month of placement to
follow-up on the employee's progress. In addition, our volunteer mentors
maintain contact with their assigned student during this transitional period to
provide support and guidance.
Case Management and Support Services
We have established a 1:1 counselorlteacher ratio and use a case management
approach. This approach involves assigning a student to a counselor/teacher
team who is responsible for managing the student's academic growth,
attendance, and personal well-being.
Through the use of the case management approach, we are able to address
many of the issueslbarriers that currently exist, and thus aid the students in
successfully completing their educational goals. We determine the individual
needs through diagnostic and one-on-one assessments.
We will assist students with transportation and will attempt to secure funding for
child care through the Child Care Management System (CCMS). On an as
needed basis, we will attempt to obtain assistance in providing eyeglasses,
dental care, or medical care through associations with community service
organizations, trustees, gifts-in-kind contributions, or donations.
By providing appropriate support services on a daily basis, we empower and
encourage the most at-risk student to perSist through the duration of the program
in order to succeed. Telephone contacts or home visits will be made to facilitate
daily attendance of at least 85%. In addition, counselors conduct v.:0rkshops on
college applications and financial aid forms to encourage the pursuit of
continuing education or a career skills training program.
Notations are made in each client's file for significant contacts or referrals.
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Life Coping Skills
Life coping skills are taught to empower our students to take charge of their lives
and to enable them to solve problems, function effectively in society, and provide
a better quality of life. Dallas Can! Academy's outstanding record of student
retention, the percentage of successful outcomes of GEDs attained, the referrals
to continuing educational programs, and the numbers of students entering
employment provides proof that life coping skills are essential in building
students' confidence and self-respect.
The students are instructed on the services available to them from social service
organizations, govemment agencies, and educational programs such as the
community college system, vocational training institutes, and other resources.
Community-based recreational and cultural activities are also provided on a
regular basis. Past activities have included: business and cultural tours,
theater, job fairs, speaker forums at local universities, and educational venues.
Weekly motivational speakers from a variety of professions are scheduled to
offer their advice on how to succeed, survive, and thrive in today's world.
Sp'~cify
valid:
the period for which the charter, if approved, will be
The charter will be valid for five years starting in the Fall of 1996 and continuing
through the Summer of 2001.
Specify any renewal p'eriod for which the charter, if
approved will be valiCl:
After the five year period the charter will be resubmitted for approval.
Identify the specific levels of student performance on
assessment Instruments adopted under TEC Chapter 39,
Subchapter B that constitute acceptable performance for
the open-enrollment charter:
Students in the open-enrollment charter school will take the exit TAAS test. Our
students' T AAS scores will meet or exceed accepted standards for the selected
student population.
Describe any additional accountability p'rovisions in
addition to those re~uired under Texas Education Code,
Subchapters B C, D, and G, Chapter 39, by which the
performance 01 the open-enrollment charter will be
assessed:
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Charter students will be assessed for the following:
• grade level gains in reading and math as measured by the Test of
Adult Basic Education (TAB E) or the Comprehensive Competencies
Program (CCP) which indicate attainment of one grade level
improvement per test;
• attainment of aGED;
• Certificate of Completion for Pre-Employment Skills Training class
requiring 40 hours per course;
• number of students obtaining employment; or
• number of students enrolling in junior college, trade school or skills
training programs.
Provide the deadline or intervals by which the performance
of the open-enrollment charter wilrbe determined for
accountability purposes:
Dallas Can! Academy's Charter School will provide Public Education Information
Management System (PEIMS) information to the Texas Education Agency (TEA)
in a timely manner. A school year-end report will be submitted on or before
September 15 of each year.
Specify any basi~ in addition to a basis s.pecified by the
State BoarCi of Eaucation, on which the charter may be
placed on probation or revoked or on which renewal of the
charter may be denied:
Dallas Can! Academy's Charter School shall comply with the rules for revocation
as determined by the State Board of Education. No additional rules shall apply.
Describe the governing structure of the open-enrollment
charter:
Dallas Can! Academy's Charter School will be governed by a subcommittee of
Dallas Canl Academy's Board of Trustees. This governing subcommittee will
consist of the Charter School Director, a faculty representative, a student
representative, and a parent representative.
Specify the Qualifications to be met by professional
employees of the program:
Dallas Can! Academy's Charter School staff will be comprised of skilled youth
counselors and student advocates, teachers certified by the State of Texas,
teaching assistants, Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselors (LCDC),
educators experienced in working with "at-risk" populations, and experienced
educational administrators.
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Describe the process by which the person providing the
open-enrollment charter will adopt an annual budget:
Dallas Can! Academy has an established procedure for annual budgeting. The
following outline describes the budgeting procedure.
1. The Financial Director analyzes expenditures from the previous year.
2. The Financial Director and the Academy Director discuss the facility and
staffing requirements for the upcoming school year.
3. Contractual obligations are reviewed for appropriate expense levels in the
budget.
4. A draft budget is prepared by the Financial Director and presented to the
Academy Director, the President, and the Vice President for review.
5. Comments are incorporated into the draft and a revision is presented to the
Charter School Goveming Board.
6. Comments from the Goveming Board are then incorporated into the final
draft.
7. The final draft is presented to the Charter School Goveming Board for
approval.
8. The Charter School approved budget will be submitted to the Dallas Can!
Academy Board of Trustees for approval.
Subr:nit ~ proposed budget as an attachment to this
application:
.
See Attachment A.
Describe the manner in which an annual audit of the
financial and programmatic operations of the open
enrollment charter will be conducted. Describe the manner
in which the charter will partiCipate in the Public Education
Information Managemen Sy:stem (PEIMS), as required by
state statute or by the state Board of Education rule:
Dallas Can! Academy has been audited by an independent public accounting
firm for the past ten years. Audits are conducted in accordance with Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Govemment Auditing Standards-a
publication issued by the Comptroller General of the United States-and the
provisions of the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-133 titled "Audits
of Institutions of Higher Education and Other Nonprofit Institutions."
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Such audits include an assessment of internal controls, compliance with laws
and regulations, and specific requirements for all types of programs. Our
accounting procedures have been found to be in full compliance with these
provisions and satisfy various governmental funding agencies such as the Texas
Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, the Texas Employment Commission,
U.S. Department of Labor, and the Dallas Housing Authority. Dallas Can!
Academy has been audited for the past ten years with no findings or disallowed
costs.
In addition to the financial and programmatic audits, the school will provide TEA
with timely reports of all information required by the PEIMS, according to the
state-mandated schedules.
Describe the facilities to be used. If the facilitv is not .
operated by a school district, attach a cop.Y ofthe
agreement, or pending agreement, signetflly the enti~
owning and operating the facility and"lhe chief operatmg
officer of the proposed charter:
Dallas Can! Academy has an outstanding location for the proposed Charter
School. The facility is located at 2601 Live Oak in Dallas, Texas. It is next to
the Central Business District of Dallas and on a public transportation bus route.
The facility is a two-story brick building with 20,000 square feet of space. It contains four learning centers, each of which provides a positive learning environment. (See Attachment B for letter from facility owner.)
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Describe the geographical area served by the program:
Dallas Can! Academy will accept students from the city of Dallas. Historically,
the majority of the students have come from the 75201, 75202, 75204, 75206,
75207,75210,75214,75215,75216,75217,75226, 75233, 75241,and75246
zip codes located in South, East, West, and Downtown areas of Dallas. These
areas have a high concentration of minority populations and persons living at or
below the poverty level as established by the federal government guidelines.
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Provide a list of all districts within the geographical area
that may be affected by the op'en-enrolrment charter with the
date the Statement of Impact form was sent to each affected
district:
The only school district affected will be the Dallas Public Schools (DPS). The Statement of Impact letter and form were delivered on March 15, 1996. 019
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Specify any type of enrollment criteria to be used. Indicate
whether the open-enrollment charter provides for the
exclusion of a student who has a documented history: of
criminal offense,juvenile court adiudication or discipline
problems underTEC, chapter 37, Subchapter A:
Dallas Can! Academy's Charter School will admit students of any race, color,
national origin, ethnicity, religion and gender. Dallas Can! does not exclude
from enrollment individuals who have been a part of the criminal justice system
or who have documented discipline problems. In fact, these students are ideally
suited for our proposed Charter School program. Priority for enrollment is given
to individuals, ages 16-21, who have been identified as at-risk of dropping out or
who have officially withdrawn from the public schools. Physical disabilities,
academic abilities, or athletic abilities are not reasons for exclusion.
All prospective students must complete an application for admission and undergo assessment testing to determine their current educational level. 115.1
Describe provisions for transp'ortation, if any, for students
served by the open-enrollment charter schOOl:
Dallas Can! Academy's Charter School will be located on a Dallas Area Rapid
Transit (DART) bus route. A Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) bus stop is
located directly in front of the Charter School building. Students requiring
assistance with transportation will be given bus passes for use on the DART
system. Other transportation arrangements will be made if the DART system is
not feasible.
Special transportation arrangements will be made for persons with physical disabilities and may include DART handirides, Dallas Can! Academy vans, or other arrangements appropriate for the specific disability: 020
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Assurances
Signature of the Chief Operating Offi= certifies that the following statements are addressed through
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policies adopted by the charter school and, if approved, the governing body, administration, and staff of the
open-enrollment charter will abide by them:
.
1) The proposed open-enrollment charter school prohibits discrimination in its admission policy on the
basis of sex, national origin, ethnicity, religion, disability, academic or athletic ability, or the district
the child would otherwise attend in accordance with state statute.
2) Any educator employed by a school district before the effective date of a charter for an open-enrollment
charter school operated at a school district facility will not be tranSferred to or employed by the open
enrollment charter school over the educator's objection.
3) The proposed open-enrollment charter school will retain authority to operate under the charter
contingent on satisfactory srudent performance on assessment instruments adopted under TEC, Chapter
39, Subchapter B and as provided by the open-enrollment charter agreement approved by the State Board
of Education.
4) The proposed open-enrollment charter school will not impose taxes, use fmancial incentives or rebates
to recruit srodents, or charge mition other than mition allowable under TEC Section 12.106.
5) If the proposed open-enrol1ment charter school provides tranSportation, it will provide tranSportation to
each swdent attending the school to the same extent a school district is required by law to provide
tranSportation to district students.
6) The proposed open-enrollment charter school will operate in accordance with federal laws and rules
governing public schools; applicable provisions of the Texas Constitution; state statute pertaining to
provisions establishing a criminal offense; and prohibitions, restrictions, or requirements, as
applicable, under state statute or rule adopted relating to:
• the Public Education Information Management System. (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to
monitor compliance as determined by the commissioner;
• criminal history records under TEC Subchapter C of Chapter 22;
• high school graduation under TEC Section 28.025;
• special education programs under TEC Subchapter A of Chapter 29;
• bilingual education under TEC Subchapter B of Chapter 29;
• prekindergarten programs under TEC Subchapter E of Chapter 29;
• extracuIricular activities under TEC Section 33.081;
• health and safety under TEC Chapter 38; and .
• public school accountability under TEC Subchaptcrs B, C, D, and G of Chapter 39.
7) The governing body of the school is considered a governmental body for purposes of Chapters SS 1 and
552, Government Code, and will comply with those requirements of state statute.
8) The employees and volunteers of the open-enrollment charter school are held immune from liability to
the same extent as school district employees and volunteers under applicable state laws.
9) The open-enrollment charter school will ensure that any of its employees who qualify for membership
in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas will be covered under the system to the same extent a
qualified employee of a school district is covered. For each employee of the school covered under the
system, the charter will be responsible for making any contribution that otherwise would be the legal
responsibility of the school district. and will ensure that the state makes contributions for which it is
legally responsible to such employees.
10) The open-enrollment charter school complies with all health and safety laws, rules, and regulations of
the federal, state, county, region, or community that may apply to the facilities and school property.
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II) The opcn-curollmcnt charter school agrees to assist in the completion of an annual evaluation of the charter that includes coDSideration of: • students' scores on assessment instruments administered under lEC, Chapter 39, Subchapter B;
• student ancndancc;
• srudcnts' grades;
• incidents involving student diSCipline;
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socioeconomic da!a on students' families;
parents'satisfaction with their children's schools;
students'satisfaction with their schools; the costs of instruction, administration, and transportation inCUIred by the opcn-enrollment charter;
and
the effect of the opcn-curollmcnt charter on surrounding school districts and on teachers, students,
and parents in those districts.
(12) An assignment of the operation of the charter to another entity is a revision to the charter, and must be
submitted to the State Board of Education for approval.
(13) Charter schools will provide parents of prospective students with a one-page prospectus of the charter
which includes, but is not limited to, information about staff qualifications and the instructional
program.
Signature of Chief Operating Officer ofthe School,
testifying to the provisions of the cho.rter
Signature ofthe Choir ofthe Slote Board of
EdJJ.CDtion, Approving !he Open-Enrollment
Charter in occordonce with the provisions of
and the assurances above:
this tWcumenr:
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ATTACHMENTS
Summary of Attachments
Attachment A:
Proposed Budget with Justification
Attachment B:
Letter of Agreement for Facilities Usage
Attachment C:
Parents' Petition for Charter School
Attachment D:
Letters of Support
Attachment E:
Comprehensive Competencies Program (CCP) Description
Attachment F:
Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills
(SCANS) Description
Attachment G:
Additional Information on Dallas Can! Academy
024 Dallas Can! Charter School Proposed Budget EXPENSES
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NET REVENUE AND EXPENSES
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See Accompanying Notes for Details
uaillas Can! rter
Details of Personnel Costs Academic year 96-97 ITLE
Subtotal for Operations Staff L-~=2
Subtotal of Direct Program Staff i=d;g
GRAND TOTALS
Staff
Salary
026 Dallas Can! Charter School
Budget I ustification
Expense
Line #
1. Alternative Programming Estimated cost of $10 per student for transportation, admission, and the extracurricular activity fee for an estimated 70 students participating each month. In
year two the amount would increase to $20 for 90 students.
2. Audit 50% of annual audit fee of $9,450 for 95-96 year, increasing for following years. 3. Building Maintenance Based on historical operating costs. 4. Bus Passes
Estimated monthly cost of $30 per pass for 70 students per month in year one, and
increasing to $35 per student for 100 students in year two.
5. Education Supply
Estimate based on historical operating costs in year one with a provision for 9 stations
of PLATO learning software (9 @ $3,000) and one additional set of CCP
instructional materials ($5,000) in year two.
6. Equipment Maintenance
Based on historical operating costs.
7. Equipment Purchase
One computer and printer, miscellaneous tables and chairs in year one. A Fax, 9
network computers ($1,600) plus one server computer ($1,800), and two laser
printers ($900) in year two.
8. Equipment Rental
9. FICA
Calculated at 7.65 % of Personnel Salaries
10. Health Insurance
Calculated at $150 per month for 22 employees in year one and 30 employees in year
two.
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11. Insurance
Based on 50% of Insurance policy premiums for current year with increasing
premiums for additional coverage in year two as additional facilities are utilized.
12. Occupancy
Based on 50% of current facilities rent and utilities. Current rent is $5,250 and
utilities average about $1,250 per month. In year two an additional $1,000 per month
for rent and $350 for utilities is included.
13. Office Supplies
Based on historical costs.
14. Personuel
See personnel worksheet.
15. Postage
16. Workman's Compensation Insurance
Based on 50% of current premium.
17. Staff Trajnjng
Seminar and workshop training of $150 per teacher for 15 teachers in year one and 25
teachers in year two.
18. 19. Telephone
G.E.D. Testing Fees
Based on 150 students testing at an independent testing center at a cost of $50 per
student. In year two the number of students increases to 225.
20. Volunteer Expenses
Incentives, momentos of appreciation, meals, and miscellaneous supplies for
volunteers.
21. Substitute Teachers
Funds for 15-20 work days of substitute teaching on an as needed basis.
22. Student Welfare
Emergency funds for students with special needs. Occasionally a student requires
some financial help in order to stay in school.
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THE
RASANSKY COMPANY March 20, 1996
Mr. Grant East, President Dallas Can! Academy 2601 Live Oak Street Dallas, Texas 75204 Dear Mr. East:
This is to certify that I, Mitchell Rasansky, am the owner of the facility located at 2601 Live Oak
in Dallas, Texas. The facility has been leased to Dallas Can! Academy since 1989 for its
educational and training programs. The current rent is $3,750 per month. There will be a tax
stop that goes into effect where the tenant, Dallas Can! Academy will pick up any increase in
taxes based over the 1995 base year.
Dallas Can! Academy just signed an extension amendment to the existing lease for an additional
five years and six months ending June 30, 2001.
I enjoy my relationship with Dallas Can! and look forward to continuing this relationship.
:;xu:({~
Mitchell Rasansky
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030
5498 La Sierra Drive. Dallas, Texas 75231 • (214) 363-1585
In order to conceal student identifiable information, per FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act), fI pages
have been withheld. A sample
page of the withheld documents
follows this notice.
For more information or to request a copy of these pages, please contact: Texas Education Agency Division of Charter Schools
1701 N Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78701
512-463-9575 phone
512-463-9732 fax
PETITION Application of the Dallas Qm! Academy to Become an Open-Enrollment Charter School We, the unde;signed parents or guardians ofschool-aged children within the Dallas Cnn! Academy service area, support Dallas Cnn!
Academy's application to the Texas Education Agency to become an open enrollment charter scho.ol:
Nosotros, los padres 0 guardianes de ninos de edad escolar in La Academia de Dallas Cnn! en el area de servicio, apoyamos a Las
Academiiide Diillas Cnn! en aplicar ala Agencia de Educacion de Texas en ser una escuela de primera en inscripcion-abierta:
Print Name·
Address
Phone Number
Signat,ure
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dallas independent school distrICt KATHLYN GILLIAM
Member of the Board
Districl9
March 21,1996
Mr. Jack Christie. D.C. Chairman. State Board of Education Texas Education Agency 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin. Texas 78701 Dear Mr. Christie:
This letter serves as my proclamation of support to Texans Can! in their efforts towards being
granted an open-enrollment Charter School.
As a member of the Board of Education for Dallas Public Schools, I am only too aware of the
need for educational programs such as those provided by Dallas Can! Academy. I have
worked with the staff of the Academy and have first-hand knowledge of their success and
triumphs in changing the lives of hundreds of at-risk students. These are young people who
would have otherwise never completed their high school education. Many of these children
have gone on to attend college and to'dev~lop successful business careers, attaining goals that
they had only dared to dream of before entering Dallas.can! Academy.
As a member of the Board of Education for the Dallas Public School system and on behalf of
the many high-risk youth still yet to be served, I strongly urge you to grant Texans
Qm!lDallas.Dln! Academy an open-enrollment Charter School.
Yours truly,
I~~~V~~'z ;::>
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Kathlyn Gilliam Member Board of Education, Dallas Public Schools 048
3817 Wendelkin. Dallas. Texas 75215. 214/428·0576
urlf~ .~tud~ -ill
DISTRICT 16
2809 Ross Avenue
Dallas. TexIS 75201 mlf~ .tad~ -ill ur~.A"
FAX (214'969-0973
J\..u.tin nnn
JOHN LEEOOM
(2'4,969·5""" PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 1989
STATE PENSION REVIEW BOARD
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Committees;
Sllte CapitOl
STATE AFFAIRS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Suite 35.5
P. O. Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78111-2068
(5121463-0116
March 6, 1996
INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS
(Vice Chairman)
REDISTRICTING
FAX IS12) 46J-3135
TOO (512) 475-3758
{Vice Chairman}
Mr. Jack Christie, D.C.
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701
Dear Dr. Christie:
I
strongly recommend and support granting an open-enrollment
charter school to Texas Can!/Dallas Can! Academy.
Texas Can! /Dallas Can! Academy is an outstanding non profit
organization. The Academy began in my district ten years ago, and
has an exceptional reputation in the community as high-quality,
caring program with an enviable success record.
have watched Dallas Can! from it's onset. The Academy has taken
school dropouts and given them hope, job training skills, while
nurturing self-confidence. I have had the pleasure of visiting the
facility as it has grown, and witnessed the enthusiasm of the
students as they were guided and taught that their life has a
purpose.
Dallas Can! is fortunate to have dedicated teachers,
counselors, staff, and volunteers to give encouragement, time, and
effort to these disadvantaged youths.
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I have also had the great opportunity bestowed to me by Dallas Can!
President, Grant East, to speak at graduation ceremonies
witness Dallas Can! successes on numerous occasions.
and
Please accept this letter of strong endorsement to grant Texas £2n!
and open- enrollment Charter School.
Cordially,
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JNL/fp
049
SENATOR FLORENCE SHAPIRO
DISTRICTS
COMMITTEES:
Criminal Justice. Vice CIJajr
mlf~ j;~.utt~itf
W~~ ~tat~ .atf m~xaJl
Administration
Economic Developmenl
Intergovernmental Relations
DISTRICT OFFICE:
3700W. 151h St
Suite H)O-C
Plano, Texas 75075
(214)964-5585
AUSTIN OFFICE:
Capitol Extension
Room E 1.708
P.O. Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711
(512)4e3-0108
TOO (512)475-3758
March 8, 1996
Jack Christie, D. C. Chairman, State Board of Education. Texas Education Agency . 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, Texas 78701 Dear Dr. Onistie:
I am writing this letter in support of the application of Texans Can!/Dallas Can! Academy for
open-enrollment Charter School to serve the needs of school dropouts and truants in Dallas .
an
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Dallas Can! Academy is a program of Texans Can! a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization. Dallas
Can! Academy has a well-established reputation for having a positive impact on the lives of
hundreds of teenagers in our community... teenagers that otherwise would not be reached. Their
efforts in education and training have given many young people a second chance.
.
It has been my pleasure to visit the Academy and work. with Dallas Can! on some of its
programs. I support this nonprofit agency because I believe that Dallas Can! is committed to
providing a positive atmosphere for teenagers in which they can be motivated to learn and
become productive participants in our society.
I urge your serious consideration of granting an open-enrollment Charter School to Texans
Can!/Dallas Can! Academy. I firmly believe that this would be a sound investment in the youth
of Dallas.
_
.....
orence Shapiro
Texas State Senate
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050
CAmoLomCE
DIST1UCT omCES
6301 GASroN AVE.. STE..lS5
P.O. BOX 12068
CAPITOL BUIlDING
AUSTlN. TEXAS 7871 t
PHONE: 512/463-0102
FAX: 512/463-1202
DALLAS. TEXAS 75214
PHONE: 214/826-0160
FAX: 214/827-9506
roD: 512/475-3758
2611 LEE STImFI'
GREENVILLE.. TEXAS 7S401
COMMmEES
PHONE.: 903/455-9791
FAX: 903/oIS4-8104
lNTERGOVERNMEf'tfI'AL RELAnoNS
INl'ERNAnONAL REUllONS
DAVID CAIN
TRADEANOTECHNO~
/URlSPRUDENCE
STATE SENATOR
STATE AFFAIRS
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1to N. COLLEGE. STE.. 1008
TYLER, rnxAS
PHONE: 903/592-5595
FAX: 903/592-1109
March 11, 1996
Mr. Jack Christie, Chainnan State Board of Education Texas Education Agency 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, Texas 78701 Dear Mr. Christie:
I. am writing to express my support for granting an open-enrolhnent charter school to Texas
Can!/Dallas Can! Academy.
Dallas Can! Academy is in my Senatorial District I am very familiar with the Academy, and
I know first-hand the quality of their educational programs. I have visited the Academy on
several occasions and was the Commencement Speaker at one of their graduations.
Dallas Can! Academy is a program of Texans Can!, a SOl(c)(3) nonprofit educational
organization. Since its founding, the Academy has established a solid record of service in the
area of dropout recovery educational services and service to non-traditional students.
Dallas Can! is making an incredible difference in the lives of youth in my district The success
the students have achieved at Dallas Can! Academy is directly a result of the high quality of
instruction and counseling support provided by the staff. Granting of a open-enrollment charter
school will result in even more young Texans having a second chance in life.

Please give every consideration to granting this open-enrollment charter school, so more young
people will have a chance to break the cycle of hopeless, poverty and economic dependency.
Sincerely,
j)~G,,----David Cain
DHC/lte
051 DlSTRICT 2 INCLUDES FANNIN. HUNT. KAUFMAN, RAINS, VANZANDT AND WOOD COUNTtES AND PORTIONS OFDAUAS. ELUS, ROCKWALL AND SMm-I COUNTIES 1-800-SEN-CAIN
~htte a£ 'mexas
~se a£ ~Jl:resentatifIes
HAARYETTE EHRHARDT
CoMMITTEES:
ELECTIONS
RULES ANO RESOLUTIONS
STATE RePReSeNTATIVE
DISTRICT 107
March 8, 1996
URBAN AFFAIRS
Mr. Jack Christie, Chair
State Board of Education
1701 North Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78701
Dear Mr. Christie:
It is with much enthusiasm that I am supporting the application of Texans Can!/Dallas Can!
Academy to become an open-enrollmcnt charter school. The Dallas Can! program serves
students in my district, and I have visited the Academy on several occasions. It has also been
my privilege to speak at one of their functions.
At Dallas Can! Academy, the focus is on the future. As students leave their pasts behind, they
reconstruct their futures as educated young people and productive citizens. It is this type of
transformation that leads me to lend my support of this program.
Granting this charter will allow Dallas Can! Academy to continue its unique and successful
provision of hope, achievement, and the tools to break the cycle of poverty for this high-risk
Dallas youth. It will also allow the Academy to become a viable part of a much needed solution
for the dropout and truancy problem in Dallas.
This program is of dire importance to our community and Dallas Can! Academy is very capable
of succeeding. I finnly believe that every effort must be made to prevent and combat the
. devastating affects of lack of education in our youth.
As a former member of the D~S.D. school board and a former educator, I support the Dallas
Can! program. Measuring results in changed lives, Dallas Can! produces results.
Sincerely,
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Harryette B. Ehrhardt
State Representative
District 107
OFFICE: P.O. Box 2910· AUSTIN, TEXAS 78768-29100 512-463-0476
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March 20, 1996
Austin, TX 78701
Dear Dr. Christie:
Please accept my letter of support for granting Texas Can! an open-enrollment Charter School
to serve the needs of school dropouts and truants in Dallas.
As Dallas County Judge and Chairman of the Dallas County Juvenile Board, I am very aware
of the need to reach those individuals who have dropped out of school. Helping them obtain
a OED is basic to their future success..
The Dallas Can! Academy program of Texas Can! is highly respected in our community and
each year I personally assist the Private Industry Council of Dallas, Inc., in passing out their
Outstanding Service Provider awards. Dallas Can! Academy has won more of these awards
than any other local agency.
Dallas Can! Academy has a far-reaching effect in our community by serving people in the most
distressed areas of Dallas. They have been highly successful in recovering school dropouts,
giving them an education and assisting in entering community college or full-time employment.
I urge your support and approval of granting an open-enrollment Charter School to Texas Can!
It will be a tremendous educational asset for our community.
Lee . J ckson
County Judge
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Dr. Jack Christie, D.C. Chairman, State board of Education Texas Education Agency
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Dear Dr. Christie,
I have followed closely the progress of Texans Can!/ Dallas
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Academy since the school opened in 1985. They are an excellent
nonprofit organization which provides outstanding services to youth
who have not succeeded in a public school setting.
As Judge of the 304th Juvenile Court, I can speak from
personal experience in describing and recommending Texans Can!
Dallas Can!
Academy. In the past ten years I have sent dozens of truants and
juvenile delinquents to the Academy. The success rate with the
stUdents I have sent has been at or above 90t which is
extraordinary.
To my knowledge, while serving a most difficult population,
the Academy has never had a fight between students or students and
staff and has never had a racial incident.
The youth I have sent
there have been treated with dignity and respect and given a solid
education, employability training and, most importantly, hope for
their future.
Should Charter School status be granted to Texas ~!, I
pledge that my court will give serious consideration to sending
even more out-of-school youth to the Academy.
I also believe I
speak for all involved in the juvenile justice system here in
saying that this would be a tremendous and critically needed
resource for the youth of Dallas.
Please accept my strongest endorsement for granting an open
enrollment Charter School to Texans Can!
Since~~n c::::.\~~l<l Harold C. Gaither, Jr.
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CITY OF DALLAS CHRlSLUNA DepI.ty' Mayor Pm T.m March 6, 1996
Mr. Jack Christie
1701 N. Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78701
Dear Mr. Christie:
I am writing to endorse and support the application of Texans Can! and its' Dallas Can!
Academy program to become an open enrollment charter school. Dallas Canl is in my City
Council district and I am familiar with Its' programs. I have visited the Academy several times
and was the speaker at one of their graduations. .
Dallas QMI Academy has made significant progreSs in helping the troubled and .
disadvantaged youth In our community. In fact, several students have served on the City of
Dallas Youth Commission. The Academy has demonstrated success In providing an effective
alternative setting for youth who have not been able to function well in the traditional school
setting.
Since its inception, Dallas Canl Academy has been dedicated to breaking the cycieof high
school dropouts in highly at-risk youth in the Dallas area. In my opinion, there could be no
greater recipient of grant for an open-enrollment charter school than Dallas Canl Academy.
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This grant would further thewor!< of Dallas Can! Academy with Dallas youth that have either
dropped out or otherwise become disenfranchised with publiC schools. Your consideration of
their request will be of the utmost importance in reaching people in the most needy areas of
Dallas.
Thank you for your favorable consideration of this matter. Please contact me if I can be of
fu rther assistance.
Sincerely,
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March 6, 1996
Mr. Jack Christie
Chairman ofthe State Board ofEducation
1701 N. Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78701
Dear Mr. Christie:
I am writing to express my strong support for the application of Texans !&n!lDallas Can! Academy to become an open-enroUment charter school. The Dallas Can! program serves many youth from my district. One of the greatest challenges in our community is bringing high school dropouts back to educational institutions and equipping them with skills that enhance their ability to be seIf
reliant. Through the determination of the students and a great amount of support and encouragement from the Da11as ~! sta1l: our community is giving high school dropouts another chance to succeed in life. Da11as ~! Academy is an asset to our community. They are a quality program that
produces quantifiable results. They are held in high regard in the Hispanic community
because of the high number of Hispanic youth that succeed at Da11as ~I and go on to
college or a career.
Without hesitation, I recommend your positive consideration of granting Dallas Can!
Academy on open-enroUment Charter School. Please accept this letter as my sincere wish
and the comnwnity's desire to incorporate a program as powerful as this one at Da11as Can!
Academy.
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1B.EPHONE 214Il70-4052
EARL BULLOCK
County Clerk. Dal/as County
March 5, 1996
Mr. Jack Christie
Austin, Texas 78701
Dear Mr. Christie:
Texans Can!, a 501(c)(3) Texas nonprofit organization is applying
for their Dallas Can! Academy to become an open-enrollment school.
We hope you will support Texans Can! in this application process.
I have been a member of the Advisory Board of Dallas Qm! Academy
since 1988. Dallas Can! Academy is one of the most extraordinary
organizations I have had the good fortune to be associated with. Their
rate of success in assisting high school dropouts to obtain their OED is
phenomenal. Not only do the students accomplish this important goal,
but they emerge from the program highly motivated to achieve success.
In Dallas, I know of no other group so perfectly suited to
achieve the goals of Senate Bill I in establishing open-enrollment
schools. Your support would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Earl Bullock
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STEVE BARnETT
March 4, 1996
Austin, Texas 78701
Dear Dr. Christie,
Since 1986, when I was a member of Congress, and during my term as Mayor of
Dallas, I have followed the progress of Dallas Can! Academy, a school started in 1985
for youth who have left the traditional public school system. Based on federal evalua
tions, the Academy has achieved over 90% success in retaining, educating, and sending
these youth on to a brighter future with a job or college enrollment.
Dallas Can! Academy is a program of Texans Can!, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) school which
charges no tuition to help primarily minority, economically disadvantaged young people
become productive, responsible citizens.
Now, as a trustee of Texans Can!, I am writing to strongly support granting Texans
Can! an open-enrollment Charter School to serve the significant needs of Dallas for
school dropout recovery, and dropout prevention of 16-21 year old youths.
Texans Can!/Dallas Can! Academy has won significant national, regional, state and
local awards. The U.S. DepartJnent of Labor selected Dallas Can! as the best agency serving
16-21 year old youths in the five state region of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas
and New Mexico! Inc. magazine, in conjunction with MCI Communications, has se
lected Dallas Can! as one of the nation's eight top nonprofit organizations in customer
satisfaction.
The local Private Industry Council (PIC) has awarded more Outstanding Service awards
for contract performance to Dallas Can! than to any other agency in Dallas. The PIC,
has also lauded the fiscal soundness of Texans Can!/Dallas Can! Academy. Texans
Can! has an annual audit in compliance with the federal Office of Management and
Budget, A-133, single point audit requirements. In ten (10) years of audits, Texans
Can! has never had a disallowed cost or a negative comment.
I strongly encourage granting an open-enrollment Charter School to Texans Can!
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March 7, 1996
1701 North Congress AVenue
Austin, Texas 78701
Dear Dr. Christie:
I am writing to let you know ofthe quality and value ofthe Dallas CAN! Academy, a program of
Texans CAN!. a nonprofit 501(c)(3) school. Dallas CAN! Academy, founded in 1985, assists
youth who have left the traditional public school system to continue their education and to become
productive, successful citizens. I understand that Texims CAN! wishes to receive approval for an
open~lbnent Charter School to serve the needs of Dallas youth, and I strongly support granting
their request.
As VICe President of CommunitylEducation Partnerships for the Bank of America in Texas, I have
statewide responsibility for identifying and selecting first-rate education partners with which the
Bank ofAmerica can work effectively to improve the educational process and strengthen the
transition from school to work. I create and develop local partnerships in major urban centers in
Texas, and at the state level, I serve on the Coordinating Committee ofthe Texas Business and
Education Coalition and the Board of Directors ofthe Texas Association ofPartners in Education.
As such, I have seen and heard about many educational models and partnerships running the gamut
from exemplary to poor. I waut you to know that Dallas ~ has consisteatly proven to be one
of those exemplary partners of the highest quality. DaIIas CANI is diff¢leilliated from other
nonprofit groups by its understanding of practical management principles and its ability to
consistently achieve results over a sustained period. Numerous local, state, and national awards to
Dallas CAN! reflect this excellence, based on quality of service, customer satisfaction, and ability
to meet and exceed contract performance. Dallas ~ displays a clear mission and vision,
innovative and practical Proglams, and a caring and compassionate staff. DaIIas CAN! has helped
Bank ofAmerica meet our staffing requirements by developing a creative partnership with us in
which we have already hired seven employees in our DaIIas Operations Center. Dallas CAN! helps
us work toward our mutual goals of building safe and economically solid communities, developing
a skilled and 1iterate workforce, and providing youth with the academic discipline and
accompanying "life skills" training to enable them to be self-sufficient and enjoy healthy,
satisfYing, and productive lives.
I wholeheartedly support granting an open~11ment Charter School to Texans CAN!
Sincerely,
CJ1A~
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Vice President
Community/Education Partnerships
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COMPREHENSIVE COMPETENCIES PROGRAM
Tier 1 - Basic Competencies
Tier 1 covers academic objectives and materials roughly equivalent to reading
and mathematics instruction offered in the first through fourth grade. The
functional objectives and materials in the basic competencies tier are
appropriate for persons with limited academic skills, emphasizing audio-visual
approach and the most elementary and critically needed life and employability
skills.
Tier 2 - Intermediate Competencies
Tier 2 covers remedial academic instruction roughly equivalent to curriculum
offered in grades five through eight. Functional objectives are covered in more
detail than in Tier 1 and aim for a higher degree of proficiency. Written and
computer-assisted instructional materials usable by individuals with fifth grade
skills are supplemented by audio-visual rather than the other way around, as in
the basic competencies tier.
Tier 3 - Advanced Competencies
(High School Competencies)
Tier 3 covers the high school equivalent objectives and materials are needed to
prepare for the tests of General Educational Development (G.E.D.), the Armed
Services Vocational Aptitude Battery or college boards. A comprehensive array of
employability and life skills material, usable by those beginning with eighth grade
skills, cover detailed objectives.
Each of the three tiers is subdivided into four levels. The twelve contained in the
three tiers on the Academic Competencies Component roughly correspond to
grade levels in the sense that successful com pieters for each level will usually
average this grade achievement or norm-reference tests.
Hence, completers of Tier 1 will have reached the "take-off' point, where,
according to most studies of the learning process, learning gain rates
accelerate. The Tier 2 cut-off is a commonly used referent level for beginning
GED programs and for entry-level employment. The first two levels of Tier 3
provide GED-Ievel skills, while the second two levels can prepare an individual
for college for entry into advanced vocational training.
The CCP Reference Manuals, Volumes 1-5, which can be copied upon request, provide a more detailed description of the program. All CCP instruction is open
entry/open-exit, self-paced, and learner centered. 062
Measurement and Documentation
Records, including attendance, pre and post tests, competency achievements, and
grade level gains, are automatically kept by computer. A copy of this information is
also stored in each participant's file.
The Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) is used as a pre-test to judge leamer's
grade levels. The TABE is re-administered to determine grade gains after a
participant has acquired 100 hours of study time. Pre-GED tests are given and
scores on actual G.E.D. exams are recorded and kept on file.
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SCANS (Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) COMPETENCIES: Resources Knowing how to allocate and use time, money, materials, space and
staff are taught through the Essential Skills for the Workplace curriculum.
Students are also taught how various professions require different types of
resources and resource allocation.
Additional training in the use of resources is given our Pre-Employment Skills
Training which includes using labor market information, use of Yellow Pages,
vocational/career counseling, using the newspaper, and other resources.
Interpersonal Skills-Through our altemative programs of teamwork, community
service activities, cultural awareness activities, and speakers, students have the
opportunity to develop interpersonal skills such as working on teams, teaching
others, serving customers, leading and working well with others, especially with
people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
Exhibiting good interpersonal skills is also taught as part of our Pre-Employment
Skills Training, as is job interviewing, which helps develop interpersonal skills
with prospective employers.
Information Effective workers must be able to acquire and evaluate data,
interpret and communicate, and use computers to process information. Students
are taught to utilize newspapers, telephone books, libraries and universities for
job search assistance, career investigation, and placement selection. Student
must also maintain folders which help document their educational achievement
as well as documents which establish eligibility. Job resumes are done on
computers using software found in many workplaces.
Systems It is important that student understand social, organizational, and
technological systems so they can monitor and correct performance, and design
or improve systems.
One important element in teaching social systems is through our very
comprehensive discipline-behavior system. This choice versus consequences
system involves increasing consequences and behavior contracts with students.
Social system information also comes from many outside speakers who talk
about "how the world really works.·
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Organizational systems are taught through structured student body activities
including electing student officers and having student-planned and operated
activities.
Technological systems, the tiered structure of our Computer Assisted Instruction,
force students to understand technological systems to complete the
aSSignments.
Technology-Our written curriculum is supplemented by Computer Assisted
Instruction (CAl) lessons which teach the students to utilize technology to
develop their basic skills. Students are also introduced to computer technology
and word processing systems through the development of resumes and essays
as mentioned above.
FOUNDATIONS:
Basic Skills_Reading, writing, math, speaking and listening are taught by our
teachers in a classroom and computer aided setting. The CCP curriculum
addresses each of the basiC needs of the students.
Thinking Skills-The ability to learn, reason, think creatively, make decisions,
and solve problems are developed through being allowed to work at a self pace
which determines their own successes. Each student must develop their own
essays for writing classes that exercise their creative abilities.
Personal Qualities-Individual responsibility, self-esteem and self-management,
sociability, and integrity are taught through our Winners' Circle system of
achievement recognition, life and coping skills training, intensive counseling
sessions, outside mentors, and outside speakers.
Our Pre-Employment Skills Training also includes such personal qualities as
being consistently punctual, maintaining regular attendance, demonstrating
positive attitudes and behavior, and presenting an appropriate appearance.
Student volunteerism and community service are taught, appreCiated, and
rewarded.
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DALLAS CAN! ACADEMY Giving Young Texans ... A Second Chance 2601 Live Oak • Dallas, Texas 75204-5727· (214) 824-1 CAN (4226). Fax (214) 821-8735 MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Dallas Can! Academy is:
• to empower disadvantaged young Texans and their families to break the long-term cycle of failure, poverty, hopelessness and economic dependency in their lives, and • to serve the community as the premier provider of personalized, comprehensive and compas
sionate services, based on traditional values and designed to empower at-risk youth and their families to create a cycle of success, and • to accomplish this mission through accelerated education, counseling, positive affirmation, motivation, life skills development, self-esteem building and vocational readiness in a loving and caring environment without regard to race, color, gender or native language. OUR ULTIMATE GOAL: To assist high-risk young people into college, or vocational
training programs, or full-time, unsubsidized employment.
OUR199~95STUDENTS
School Dropouts Accelerator In-School
Summer In-School Youth
1994-95 TOTAL
African-American
Hispanic
White/Asian/Other
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132
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Dropout females with children
Average no. of children
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Male
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All of our students come from households where the combined family income is below
the Federal Poverty Level ($10,750 for a family of three).
PROGRAMS
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PROGRAM
A year-round program serving school dropouts seeking a second chance
to succeed in life. The students desire to earn their GED and prepare a
better future for themselves.
THE An exciting dropout prevention program. In the fall of 1993, a
ACCELERATOR mini-Dallas Can! component was placed on the campus of Woodrow Wilson
High school. We served 76 students who did not receive a math or English
credit in the 9th grade as well as students who had not passed the TAAS test
necessary for graduation. The program was enormously successful. Ninety
percent (90%) of the Accelerator students were retained in school while only
32 % of the students in a control group of simi liar characteristics were
retained. The Accelerator expanded to H. Grady Spruce High School in the
fall of 1994. A total of 132 smdents were served in both Accelerators.
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FAMILIES FOR LEARNING PROGRAM An i~tergenerational (Kenan Model) family literacy program with a
specIal Dallas £&n! twist is provided to parents and their children. While
day-care is provided specifically for infants through school age children,
all ages are served by early childhood education while the parents work toward
their GED. Our two satellite locations were Park South YMCA and East Dallas
Christian Church. This year we are consolidating and expanding the program at
Park South YMCA.
A one hour Parent And Child Together (PACD time integrates the learning
experience for the parent and child. Parents also volunteer in a local elementary
school two days a week to involve themselves in the school their child is likely
to attend. Our Families For Learning program served 87 mothers and 164
children this year for a total of 251 mothers and children!
GANG RECOVERY PROGRAM In 1993, we began a pilot program, also known as the Leadership
Program, to recover 20 current and former gang members who had
dropped out of school. We hired a graduate of Dallas Can! Academy who was
valedictorian of our January, 1991 class and a former gang leader to head the
program. His experience included working with the City of Dallas Anti-Gang
Task Force.
We found that these former gang members did so well in our program that we
merged them with our regular students. In many cases, they had better
attendance records and higher test scores than other students. We will continue
to recover gang members, but will not place them in a separately named or
designated program.
SUMMER PROGRAM We targeted traditional school youth ages 14-21, who are two or more grade
levels behind and at high risk of not returning to school in the fall. They were paid
by federal funds to attend our school half a day and to work at a nonprofit
organization the other half a day. Dallas Can! Academy has been successful at
returning 98 % of these youths to school.
PROGRAM FEATURES
• ENROLLMENT: Enrollment is accepted year round.
• COST: There is no cost to the students enrolled in Dallas Can! Academy.
• EDUCATION: Students learn through our individualized, self-paced, open-entry, open-exit,
computer assisted, accelerated education system.
• UVING SKILLS: Independent living, life and coping skills are taught to enable youth to solve
problems and to live and function effectively in our world.
• EMPLOYMENT TRAlNING: We prepare students for a lifetime of fulfilling, tax-paying
employment by equipping them with productive work disciplines, healthy attitudes, job
training and experience leading to a successful career. In other words, we teach our youth
HOW TO GET A JOB and HOW TO KEEP A JOB!
• COUNSELING: Led by a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor, our counselors provide
crisis and intervention counseling in addition to an outstanding drug abuse prevention
education and counseling program to prevent the ravages of substance abuse among our
students.
• ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITIES: Opportunities for our students to learn things not taught in
books are provided through regularly scheduled community speakers, field trips to
businesses, and educational and cultural resources.
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NATIONAL AND LOCAL AWARDS AND HONORS
• On September 27, 1995, Texas Governor George W. Bush awarded Dallas Can!
Academy a $262,000 grant from his office's discretionary fund. Governor Bush
was quoted in the press as saying "Programs should not be judged because they
sound good but because they work. And this program works."
• In 1995, Dallas Can! Academy was selected as one of 40 national award winners
out of 3,000 inquiries and a fInalist for the Inc.IMCI Positive Perfonner Awards.
The award is presented by Inh magazine and sponsored by MCI.
• In May 1995, Grant East, President of Dallas Can! Academy was selected to give
expert testimony by the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts and
Humanities. Grant spoke on the continuing need for adult education in America
and also gave a positive evaluation of Senator Kassebaum's bill which will
consolidate job training and education funds into block grants to the states.
• This region of the U. S. Department of Labor selected Dallas Can! Academy as the
Outstanding Youth Service Provider for the Five State Region of Texas, Okla. New
Mexico, Louisiana and Arkansas for the program year 1992, the only year the
award was presented.
• In 1995, for the fIfth consecutive year, Dallas Can! Academy has been selected as
an Outstanding Youth Service Provider by the Private Industry Council of Dallas.
• The Academy was selected by the National Center for Family Literacy to receive
the only Toyota Families For Learning grant in the State of Texas. Only 15 cities
have been awarded sites nationwide and there will be no more.
• In 1993, the Academy received the fIrst Barbara Bush Foundation grant for family
literacy ever given in the State of Texas. Only 16 were awarded nationwide out of
655 applicants.
• Then Governor Ann Richards honored Dallas Cant's Families For Learning
program with a special proclamation for our Families For Learning program
honoring our commitment to creating cycles of success.
• Grant East, President of Dallas Can! was selected to serve on the Board of Experts
for the National Center For Family Literacy and as a presenter at their annual
conference.
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SPECIFIC PROGRAM SERVICES * Recruitment and assessment
* Referral where appropriate
* Drug involvement screening
* Learning disabilities screening
* Business tours and career
guidance
* Mentors taking a personal
interest in the kids' lives
* Parenting skills classes
.. Transportation (bus passes)
.. Daycare for student's children
* Weekly "Winners' Circle
recognition of accomplishments
* Counseling & suppon for Parents
* Volunteer tutors
* Eyeglasses
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* Intensive, personalized,
accelerated education
* Practical employability
training
* Substance abuse counseling
and prevention education
* Life-skills training
* Advocacy counseling
* Family counseling
.. lob placement
.. Transition to community college
.. A graduation prom
* Cap & gown graduation
* Alumni association
* Pre-GED testing
.. Medical care
* Dental care
.. 1 year follow-up counseling
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NATIONAL AWARDS AND HONORS
• This region of the U. S. Department of Labor selected Dallas Can! Academy as the Outstanding
Youth Service Provider for the Five State Region of Texas, Okla. New Mexico, Louisiana and
Arkansas in 1992, the only year the award was presented.
1995, for the fifth consecutive year, Dallas Can! Academy has been selected as an Outstanding
• InYouth
Service Provider by the Private Industry Council of Dallas.
• The Academy was selected by the National Center for Family Literacy to receive the only Toyota
Families For Learning grant in the State of Texas. Only 15 cities have been awarded sites nationwide
and there will be no more.
In 1993, the Academy received the only Barbara Bush Foundation grant for family literacy in the State
• of
Texas in 1992. Only 16 were awarded nationwide out of 655 applicants.
Then Governor Ann Richards honored Dallas Can!'s Families For Learning program with a special
• proclamation
for our Families For Learning program honoring our commitment to creating cycles of
success.
In 1995, Dallas Can! Academy was selected as one of 40 national award winners out of 3,000
• inquiries
and a finalist for the Inc.lMCI Positive Performer Awards. The award is presented by Inc.
magazine and sponsored by MCI.
Grant East, President of Dallas Can! was selected to serve on the Board of Expens for the National
• Center
For Family Literacy and as a presenter at their annual conference.
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FUNDING SOURCES 1993-1995 GOVERNMENTAL
Job Training Partnership Act/Private Industry Council
Texas Conunission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Texas Education Association
FOUNDATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS 1993-1995
Troy Aikman Foundation
Allstate Foundation
American Express Foundation
Bill Barrett Foundation
T. & B. Beasley Foundation
Bosque Foundation
Barbara Bush Foundation
Capitol Cities/ABC Foundation
CEO Institute
Challenge Foundation
Al & Lenore Chilton Foundation
Clampitt Foundation
Constantin Foundation
Crowley Charitable Lead Trust
Crowley-Carter Foundation
Dallas Junior Forum
Dallas Women's Foundation
Early Foundation
Exchange Club of Dallas
Exxon Educational Foundation
Father of the Year Luncheon
Faulkner Foundation
Mimi Foley Memorial Fund
David & Mary Fox Foundation
Pauline Allen Gill Foundation
Haggerty Foundation
The Halsell Foundation
Armand Hanuner Foundation
Hawn Foundation
Earl Hayes Foundation
Highland Park Presbyterian Church
Hillcrest Foundation
Hoblitzelle Foundation
Mary Kay Foundation
Atlee Kohl Family Foundation
Love For Kids
J.F. Maddox Foundation
Eugene McDermott Foundation
Ronald McDonald Children's Charities
Meadows Foundation
Metromedia International
Mother of the Year Luncheon
National Center For Family Literacy
N. Texas Roofing Contractors Assoc.
Pollock Foundation
Press Club of Dallas
Harold Sinunons Foundation
Staubach Foundation
Stemmons Foundation
Strake Foundation
Roy & Christine Sturgis Foundation
Hatton W. Sunmers Foundation
Bill & Katie Weaver Charitable Trust
Women's Service League
York Children's Foundation
CORPORATION/COMPANY SUPPORT 1993-1995 Aeration Masters
A-Lectric Contracting & Service Co.
Alcatel Network Systems, Inc.
Alexander & Alexander of Texas, Inc.
American Airlines
American Express
American Title Company
Archie Fowler Apparel
Arthur Andersen & Company, SC
B & B Air Conditioning
Bank One
Benchmark Environmental Consultants
Billboards by the Day
Brinker Resturant Corp.
Bruce Butler, Inc.
Campos & Stratis
Capitol Cities/ABC
Centex Corporation
Check Technologies
Coopers & Lybrand
Crawford Construction Company
Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Mavericks
Dresser Industries
Ethnic Gold
Ewing Automotive Group
Exxon Corporation
Fidelity Invest. Srv.
FINA
First Interstate Bank
Frito-Lay
The Golf Club at Fossil Creek
GTE Southwest
Hicks, Muse & Company, Inc.
Hodge Printing Company
Home Interiors & Gifts
Howard Brokerage Services
IBM Corporation
Jones Day Reavis & Pogue
KDMX Radio
Kimberly-Clark
KPMG Peat Marwick
KRLD Radio
The Kroger Company
KSCS Radio
KVIL Radio
Life Outreach International
Lomas & Nettleton
Mary Kay Cosmetics
Marriott International
Marshall Field's
Mass Marketing Systems
McDonald's
MCI
Medical Care International
Merrill Corporation
Metromedia Restuarant Group
Miller Brewing Company
Oakley & Associates
Occidental Chemical Corp.
Oryx Energy Company
PBS Dozier
J. C. Penney Company, Inc.
Pepsi-Cola
PiIlotex
Pompeii - Italy Men's Clothing
Prestonwood Travel
Protection Mutual Insurance Company
Rasansky Companies
Republic Title Co.
Charles Schwab & Co.
Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems
Spaulding Sports Worldwide
Steak & Ale and Bennigan's
Strasburger & Price
Texas Instruments
Texas Rangers
Texas Tickets
T .G.!. Friday's
Town & Country Cleaners
Toyota Motor Company
Tranunell Crow Company
United Home Craft
U.S. Metroline Services, Inc. USDATA The Utley Group Variety Club The Weitzman Group
WFAA-TV
Whatchamacallit
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February 23, 1996
Mr. Grant East
Dallas CAN! Academy
2601 Live Oak
Dallas, Texas 75204
Dear Grant:
Thank you for sharing your Dallas CAN! facility with me
during my recent trip. It was a pleasure to visit the site and
to meet with participants who are clearly changing their lives
for the better through this impressive program.
Our young people today are facing challenges and conflicts
that you and I could never have imagined in our childhood.
Programs geared to at-risk youth, like Dallas CAN!, are
special because they are focused on helping those kids who
are all too often ignored and forgotten by our society. I
commend all your students for their motivation and
dedication, and I hope that as they graduate and find success
in life they will become active as mentors for other young
people coming up the line. There certainly can be no better
role model in life for an at-risk youth than to meet someone
who has been there before.
Thank you again for such an enjoyable visit.
Sincerely,
Timothy M. Barnicle
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etrop01itan
Bush awards $262,Ct\J to Dallas Can! Grant supplants funds
lost through federal cuts
By Yvonne Chiu
Sl4I1 'Nrttn ,,' ~ ~ ~~;"Jews
Last year, Dallas Can! Academy
helped 90 percent of its 892 students
earn high school diplomas or get
into college or vocational training
programs, officials say.
The bad news: 1.600 potential stu
dents were turned away from the
nonprofit educational program be
c.use Dallas Can! didn't have
enough money.
That made Gov. George W.
Bush's news sound even better. Mr.
Bush, long a critic of big-govern
:nenl spending, awarded Dallas
Can! 5262,000 on T:1esday from his
office's discretionary fund.
Tht: Dallas MtlI'lIinr News: RDruiy Eli Gr
"Goyernment should do few
things and do them well," he said. Go". Geor~~ w. Bush chats with
he awarded $262,000 from his discretic
"Programs should llot be judged be
ary fund to the Dallas Can! Academy.
at a ceremony in Dallas in which
cause they souud good but because
they work. And this program cuts. Close to half of the academy's presenting the grant before the posed to people who love them: the~,
52.2 million budget comes from the governor attended a fund-raiser get praise here Bnd hugs," sai<.
worXs."
:,)aiias Can! helps youths who are T..:.5. Labor Depa:!me!lt, offjc:ala 'Tuesday :.light at the Fairmont Ho- counselor Tiffany Abrams.
of
f.iling high school or who have said. Corporate and individual teL
To qualify for the academy's tusaid
"skipped all thE
dropped out ear!). general equi va· sponsors raise much of the rest.
The academy was to have re ition-free programs, students must time" when
was enrolled in E
lency degrees. Students also are
taught how to land and keep a joa ceived 5873,000 in Job Training be 17 to 21 years old and come from regular high school. At Dallas Can!
attends GED sessions from 8:4:
and are offered counseling on a va· Partnership Act funds this academ families whose incomes fall below
ic year but stood to lose 5262.000 in the federal poverty line. About 60 to 11:4:5 a.m, four days a week anc
nety of needs.
percent of the students are women, has received awards for perfect at
Grant East, president of Dallas federal cuts, officials said.
Mr. Bush's grant will ailow Dal· many of them unmarried mothers, tendance.
CnIl!, said the academy would use
How do the awards make
the governor's grant to hire more las Canl "to serve about 200 more said Kathy Beasley, director of
feel'
teachers and counselors and to buy kids in a very cost-effective pro counseling.
..A lot of them haven't been ex"Special."
gram,:' Mr. East said.
"chool supplies.
State Sen. Florence Shapiro, R
The money, he said, effectively
replaces money that the academy Plano, and former Dallas Mayor
would have lost in federal Dudget Steve Bartlett joined Mr. Bush in
074 1HURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 19 KCLTJES III-nOM.
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Bush approves grant of more than $262,000 for Dallas CAN! Academy Karol Wilson
At the request of Sen. Florence employment or a combination of all of patron Mickey Mantle with a fundt
Shapiro, Gov. George W. Bush the above. These efforts have posi ing dinner on Nov. 8 to benefit
.approved a $262,000 Wagner-Peyser tively affected the lives of more than new Mickey Mantle Foundati
Discretionary Fund Grant for literacy 3,000 students and have allowed them Tickets are $100 each for the din
program at Dallas CAN! Academy. to become contributing members of to be held at the Cedar Springs Ie
The academy has a long history of our conununity. Call 8244226 to learn tion. Call 902-8080 for information
success in helping at-risk youth and how you can help.
young adults either stay in school,
Land grant
The BloodCare Foundation is 1
achieve the GED certiiicate, improve Memory at steak
their academic skills, develop life and
Ruth's Chris Steak House will recipient of a real estate deed c
employability skills,_ attain full time honor the memory of long-time rently appraised at $50,000. 1
deed, currently held by Reun:
Bank, was given to BloodCare
Sept 14. The land is near the int
section of North Central and Hask
While the foundation doesn't ru
immediate plans, the contributi
will be a sound base enabli
BloodCare to continue to SUP]
blood to more than 123 hospitals a
healthcare facilities in Dallas and s
rounding counties.
U75 Education Extra
Tuesday, AprH 13. 1993
Academy helps
dropouts find
belief in success
By La".,. Bleiberg
"'_"ntDllilllAilnllC_
Tbe educatioll pl.u at the Dallas
Can! Academy u: as pllin as tbe
exci.m.ltion POUlt m Irs ll&IIIe.
The scbool for bigh schOOl
dropotllS has lulrDeuec1 tbe power 01
hup and weekly award cet'elIIODIUto
bring sueeesa to lumdred.s of lI.lCb
sc:hool dropouts. Its supponen:lllY
"Tbey.y, 'We lo"e)'(lu,' and tell
QS, 'You can do It', "sQcI
lQ ""--'
'l'bCe."
d
1
o_
....
~.
'I.tiay
lODe 01
~If[r.cted
_
._, .•• ...s
suppon from COIIIJD\1ujty
and corporak leaders, UUoui
l1liIIIIIIII-.,........-
o.na. Can! ~ad~my .tudents
foundatiow.ad government
. speak lut week with Mary Hut, a
Dorse recruit~r for 51. Plul Medical Center.
aseocle5.
"I've never known. group of
OrglD.Wtions reacblD'g out to
dropouts. Other successful progTllms
Inciu4e the Successful Studeut
said LeoGlspansk.\, vice pl'eIJdenl aDd Tn,lnlDg Center In South o.llas and
controller of J.e PenDey Co. Inc. He is the local cbapb'r of SER Jobs for
.Lso chaIrman of liIe academy's
PrOfI:rus. which worn with studellts
a!1vUI01')' tIGard.
in Crand Pratrle. she said.
The .-...demy has. SU4 mtuion
Slite flgul'lll 1bdicate tbllthere's
budgel, about ball or_bieb cames
plenty of bustnessto go around. The
from NIli' and federal gnmts. The
TexIS Bduc.tloa ",enc), couated
rest is raised. from 4olUltions. The
lIurl)' 7.ooodropouts ill Dlilu
group eltpec:tS 10 serve about 500
County dunDg tbe 1990-91 SChool
students tilts year.
yur.lll tbe Dallas scbool district,
In previous years, more tbaD 9(1
!DOre tbbl two of five seveatb·grllders
percent of its nu4eau: blye earned
neYer lII,I!te II togradUiIlOIl. 1gency
tbeir general -equlvalenq diploma,
figures show
gone OD to college or boa!ned
The dropouu lire alrd to serve, Ms.
academic perform.euce ud llnded a
Larrea saki. 'lbey're Dot at alloY place
full.timejob,
where you C8II pick U1em up Ind
The ac.c1emy offen monuug.
move tbem on. You'Ye got to start
.fternOOb Ind eveulug _OO.S. The
overwllbtbflm."
IIveuge nudeo.t stlys four to sb:
Academy staff say mOSl of their
montlls Ifld COSlS tae school abolll
students are mlDorltles who bave
52,900 10 lelca. Than IbolL!ol.D.(is less
spent tbelr liVes below the federal
laaD mOSI.arel school dlStncts 3pend.
poveny level. More thae half the
The school collects talllOD from lIS
studeolS .re women.lllld four·fifths of
few studeDts from mkldle- or upper.
tbose have had lit least one cbild
illcome families.
The aademy tries 10 reach every
The academy's performance IS
student and root OUI the problems
lracked by tbe PrIVlte Industry
thlt caused them to drop out, suit say.
CouDcil. wblcb ptovkles the III:.Idemy
Counselor..; arracge for everything
SSll,OOO a yelr ill federll J0b-UllUlIlg
from clental MrVJClI$lO child care.
grllllts.
The lcademy dIStributes bus passes
L.lurle lArrea. the councU's
lor traDSpOrtatloa I.I1d hIlS on'5l1e
president, saKi the Dallas CaD!
drug and alcobol counsehn&. II also
Academy 15 one of severillocel
proYldes emergtaey hOUSing to
people who an so dedicated and Julve
flnlhusium 10 cam out I pr'ClirlllIl,"
REACHING
MORE STUDENTS
Enroilmenl at Dallas canl Academy
has dimbed steaDily 0\feI" fove years'
."
T/I.o.ll'I,\Io',,,,,~,,,,,
sludents trllpped In abUSive
relationslllps
It's only dll!'r taklll.lI cafe of those
needs 111allhe IIcademy stiff thinks
aboul school
"Once WI!' get the problems out 01
Ihe WilY, the educallon IS pretTy easy,"
said TereSft Rave. aea4emy direelor
The school uses a packaged
program of tests aad lessons to
Idealify und correclllcedemlC
problems Each student workS at hiS
or her own pace lind set of
asslgnmeats
In keeping wllllits empbl5ls on
self-.steem, sludentsaren't told "bat
grade leyelthey areOD.
"Everything _do here Is very
deliberate,'" Slid academy pres.adeDt
Granl East.
For eumple, tncher5 don't IUD
oyer a student to IDswer I quesctoll,
they pull up .I chair and iii down next
to tbem. Mr. East _d. TIle _ _If'ts
It);at tne tear.:tler 1.5 gOing 108110Y with
the student lIS long as necessary.
'the statf also makes II POIDt of
lnerallyand figuratIVely louc.blng
students
Hugs and pubUc recognition mike
fhl!' academy different from
tndmona) schools, Slid ClaytOD
Eddmgs. 1111 acldemy gradulte Ind
former presldellt of the scbool,!!
alumni organization.
"111 hlgb school, I:e8Cber..; glve)'CIu
u )!ood grade. but they doD't celebr.te
II.' said the former Seagoville Higb
School student. "Everytbing'! so
neBDtlve ..
Mr East sud the academy hall
grown l)euuse 01. strong staff,
generous supporters and good pUblil;
reillllons lind marketing.
II hiS brought iD 51UdeillS tbrOllgh
filers ~nl OUI With welfare checb. It
also prints ~pllrate broc:bures
targeted al blad:, Hlspanic and ASlIID
audiences
ButlJle 1f;:lIdemy's bigget
PlUM lite SCHOOL on PI'I 19A..
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School guides dropouts past barriers to education Coati.O" from ht~ 11.\.
recruiting tool I. Us gnou.les,staff member:! ald.
"Most lbe referrals blye been from the streers,"
yld Stepben O'Neill, a. academy TeCl"uller. Ibe
kids say the word's out about Dellas CaD!"
Allhough be dlSmlSSeS bllll role,.' iHSlsom8 of
tbe academY's success caa be Irllud to founder Mr.
East. olhers SlIM.
The former owner of. computer software
I;:OIap&ll)" Mr. East began to Sludy tlleology lDout 20
years ago. He .Ined I m1lUstry to se~ prisoners
and beg'n to belp juvenile defendants in 11184.
In flU 1986, he opened I school with (tve students
on .. supporter's 85-a(:re farm in Mesqwle. The next
year be moved 10 ai_Iller MesquJ.le location. In
January 1990, the .eademy moved to Its c;:urrent
localion Just ~ of downlDWtl on Live OakStreeI,
Mr. East uid the gnduel move from tba country
10 Inner city, allowed hls SUI!! to prep,lre for the
students they have now.
"You JUSt don't learn 10 work ....Ith these IddlI
overnight. They're specilli lo.ds, lind tbey !lne
speCial problems," he said.
Mr. East said be bas &.Iso been helped by his
ability to anract blgb·profile patrollS. One of blS om
.rupP<lners 111'115 Don Williams. cblef executive officer
of TrammeJl Cro.... and cbatrman oftbe Dallas
Ciliuns Council.
Mr. WIll1aJIl.s SllId be knew Mr. East personally
and ....as Impressed wllh hiS Vision of an &.Itemldve
schooL. MIt's gone from 11:\ idea in his bead to
sometb1nS that J Ibm): 18 vary, very positiVe for OUT
communlty,," Mr, WilJillllls. "I'm II regular montbly
.supporter.·,
Anotberimponant backer 18 WPM·TV (ellannd
8) sportscaster o.Ie Hansen. He sponsonan annual
golf tournament Ihal raises more thlUl SlOO,OOO. "II's
the only charity f PUI my name ou: I feel that
STrongly Il!ooutlt.'· he said.
Mr. HIJl$en said he·s beell impre.ued by the
sc.hool's personll approach. "Dallas Clint_au to
telcb II Idd wltb I boot iO OIle band and an l11li
aroWJd their shOblden w:ltb the other," ballll1d..
IlIIlIIlIoollorl'llllf...............
From left, Scott Cook, accounling manager;
Tereu Rave, academy director; Michael
Thigpen, director 01 edUcation; Grant East,
preaid.eDt aDd. I01lJld.er; and. MeJiua Thorn·
meeting last week .t the Dallas Can! Acad·
emy. II school thaI oUen hirh school drop
outs a chance to resume Iheir education.
The BCZldemy 1811110 wllng its ballcis to Juule
other projecu,
II ha. recently hired aD acldemy graduate and
former IIIDllUder bYmondo s.ndlez to help bring
gBIIg members uno the Iciwol The appeal o(tht!
academy is .similar to tbe apPell! of. pag, Mr,
Sane_saw, '·II's iaJamiHa:, the family.··
Thill academIC yelf, the sclIooI baa opened
programs ID West Ind South Dallas that teach
IDOlben" wbile Ibelr cbJldren an in Head Stut
c1a$Stl.S. The programs are sponsor~ by B noo,ooo
graDI by BTOyotB MotorCorp. toun.:lltlon,
The
is BdlDinJ3tered by the Nation&.l Center
for Family Literacy in Lowsville, Ky. The group's
p~ent Sbaron DBrUng. saidsbe'. been Jmpressed
with Dallas Can'.
'1'bey really realize !low much SUppoM )'01ID1
people need going througJl tbelr pfO(ram," she said
'they don't just: put Bsafety nel under lhose
studcnts, but .rap I cocoon around them.'·
Repnnlcd with permiSSion or
'alh.t .II_lb.
moruiug
tan, grant administrator, confer at a naif
snmt
."N e&"5
INVEST IN A TEXAS YOUTH!
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CAN! ACADEMY TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO GIVE A YOUNG PERSON A HAND UP ... NOT A HAND OUT HELP BREAK THE CYCLE OF FAILURE, POVERTY, HOPELESSNESS AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY IN YOUNG TEXANS AND THEIR FAMILIES Dallas !do! Academy
2601 Live Oak
Dallas, Texas 75204
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NEWS BRIEFS·
''Dallas .Canl Academy
is
honored by magazine
• Dallas Canl Ac&demy has been named one of the toil eight nonprofit
OrganIZations In the country by Inc. magazine lind Mel, the long-distance
;}illephone company. The Dallas agency helps disadvantaged young
. :adulls get their high school equivalency diplomas and provides them with
job training and job placement. It was honored for Its Q!l811ty programs
. a~d conlributlons.
.
07B Secretario AuxiJiar del Trab~jo visita Academia Dallas Can! grama 'y p~r eso es que estA! manlfest6 encontrarse "muy,-que he vlsto!, expres6lleno d
~~~~~~~~~~~~ aqu[", manlfest6 el Sr. Salva-I contento de haber tenldo estaiJUbllo el Sr. TIm BarnIcle quie,
Par Francisco Escobar
" ,,--:dor F. Amaya, asesor y coord.i-; oportunldad de visitar estas'tamblE'm dirige la Admlnistr>
Da;la3 - Daoldo a <:;u5:a'::adordeDallasGanIAcad,em-:f.' instalaciones y quiero declrlesci6n de Empleo y Entrena
'Academia Danas Canl se ha
Por su_parte ~l dignatario ,gue_lme ha gustado mucho 10 miento la cual a su vez adm,
'convertido en un modelo n a - ·
" , ,- ,
., - "'.
.- ,
, clonal por sus programas edu
.,,....-...;._
cacionales, el SeCl"fltarlo Auxl
liar del Trabajo,Tlmothy M.
Barnicle, vlsit6 el plantel ubi
cado en el 2601 Live Oak
Street con el oQjeto de conocer
la escuela yhablar con los es
tudlantes y graduados sobre
sus experiencias en los diver
sos programas a que tlenen
acceso.
'
Dallas CAHI Academy,
-cuentacon programas 'de
'acercamlento multiple a la co
, munldad para servir a los ado
lescentes en riesgo que han fa- "
Au.riliar
. Disito
,
lIado en programas tradicio-!Dallas
nales. "EI secretarlo auxlllar se, Can! Academy porque el plan tel se ha conoortido en un modelo naeiona/ por sus programas e
, lnteres6 muchls!.IT\O porel pro- ,caeiana/elL En la Jato el funeionano habla con los, estucliantes para conocer sus·ezperieneiQ[
nlstra los program-as federales .
se
de entranamiento en al trabaun -\O~ eran latinos. "En es
jo, 'La Acada.mla,' es' un, ~ 8S:
semestre quacomenzamos t
nemos un numero record (
, cueia alterna.tlva muy espe-:
1-_-'1' asistencla", Inform6 el E
'cial, ya que otorga una segun-I
' Amaya.
'
. da oportunidad a estudiantes!
entre las edades de 17 y 21i
Dallas Canl es la unlca €
anos que han abandonado sus I
cuela de educaci6n alternati'
estudlos y les proporclona los
de Texas con un departame
medlos para obtener su Diplo-,
'to de consE!ieria interno el ct;
ma de Educacl6n General
' fue fundado por el Cons~ (
(GED).
" xas sobra al Abuso de Ale
Dallas Can! es una agencla
Drogas. Muchos de I,
,prlvada, sin fines lucratlvos y
de este p1antel ed
'que reclbe fondos parclales del
cacional coritliiuai'i sus est
'Co~ de Industria Prlvada Dallas
dlos en unlvarsldades 0 esct;
Academy, Myrna Or1:tz,Reclu.taciora, y ,SQI:IIQ,t!or' F,iaS tecnlcas y aqueUos que d
de Dallas, la cual se encarga de de Dallas
contlnuar sus estudlos
certlfl.car a losasplrantes para ,Amaya,Asesor y Coordinador de La academia.
' ..
nlvel unlversltarlo reclbe
que Ingresen a los programas ' ,
sin costo alguno. '
ayuda para llenar los formul
rlos necesarlos Incluyenc
Las clases estAn ablertas
todo el ano, preclsamente el '
l!l~llos que tratan con la ay
mes pasado sa gradu6 una cla'tta financlera dlsponlble.
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Human Resources NANCY BARRY. Community Services SCORE CARD Here are some of week's winners and losers
MARK FUHRMAN AS FUHRER? - Jewish groups are right in denouncing
Johnnie Cochran Jr. for equating foul-mouthecl Mark Fuhrman to AdoU Hitler.
Cae man is a racist and anti-Semite. The other was responsible for the murder
of 6 million Jews. Both Ire bad. But the overheated 'hyperbole is In' insult to the
countless families whose lives have been forever changed by the Holocaust.
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LITERATURE IS COOL - Hip gatherings are going to be part of the Friends of
SMU Libraries 25th anniversary. Through mid-November" events at the
DeGolyer Library will feature works from "beat generation" writen. First
edition works of writers such as Saiil Bellow, Flannery O'Connor and Larry McMurtry
are on display, too. Some Southern Methodist University student will win a prize for
the best student book collection. MTV take note. The written word lives.
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DID HE STUDY LAW AT THE CITADEL? - South Carolina Judge Joseph Wil
son callecl off a plea hearing because of the defense attorney's attire. Her
crime? Wearing pants. The court of public opinion should find the Richland
County judge guilty of a silly, sexist ruling.
GEORGE CAN! - On Tuesday, Gov. George W. Bush reached into his office's
discretionary spending account and found money to help Dallas Can! Academy.
,The governor's $262,000 contribution will help the academy make up the dif
ference from some likely federal cuts. Dallas Can! serves at-risk kids. The governor's
contribution will help the school buy supplies and hire teachers.
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CLUBBING THE GANGS - While other organizations come and go in the fight
, to reduce this city's gang problems, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas
are more involvecl than ever. The Boys & Girls Clubs have developecl a plan to
sign up younger brothers and sisters of gang members. So far, Boys & Girls Clubs have
recruited more than 270 kids who have had ties to local gangs. Congratulations to
organization officials for creating this innovative strategy and to the Crystal Charity
for committing more than $330,000 to the effort.
TAKING THE RAP - Hooray! Time Warner Inc., the world's largest entertain
. ment company, is getting out of the business of selling gangsta rap music.
After months of defensive mumbo jumbo about artistic freedom, Time Warner
officials finally decidecl that songs about killing cops, raping women and ritualistic
gang murders weren't to their liking. Credit public outrage and strong pressure from
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and others for Time Warner's sudden change of
heart.
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Otra generaci6n egres6
del Dallas Can Academy
l'rucU•• E...bar
DALLAS, TX., Una nueva
yneraciiln deprofesiooistas egreso
eI pasado fin de semana del Dallas
Can Academy deseosos de
integrarse a 13 comunidad produc
tiva de Dallas.
Esta fue 13 generaci6n
nUrnero 16 de Dallas Can Acade
my que desde 1985 ofrece nuevas
opciones de estudio a jovenes y
adultos.
Esta 05 una segunda oportu.
nidad para que los estudiantes se
miento no se les puede negar.
Una de las grandes necesi
Tee-acuentren consigo nusmos y
puedan lograr 10 que una vez
principiaron y por alguna raz6n 10
abandonaron. Es admirable ese
O5fuerzohumano deambas partes.
de los que educan y los que se
educan.
Son muchos los estudiantes
ruspanos que pese a tener grandes
responsabilidades como mantener
una familia 0 realizaf lD'l tTabaja
extenuante, se esfuerzan por
alcanzar sus metas y cuando 10
conisguen como ahara el reconoci-
Dr. Grmu EIUl, haiUIrU de ", AclUlmtis c"" Y ",.j6.ma q> 'Ms,
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dades de esta academia es
consegwr mas profesiorustas que
se enrolen como volwttarios ya
que esa necesidad es urgente para
estimular por 10 menDS en Wla
hara a estos estudiantes.
La Director. de Dallas Can
Academy, Prof05ora Tereza Rave
dijo que en los dos alios y medio
que tiene aJ frmte de esta escueJa
ha visto el empeno de los
estuctiantes hispanos que en su
mayoria son los que ~stan
apovechando la segwuia oponlUlJ
dad que 105 ofrecemos, estos60
alunmos que hoy ogresan 50 van
preparados para continuar su
educacior. en colegios 0
universidades para lograr mejores
oportunidades de Irabajo, e1los se
han convencido de que nunC3 es
tarde para seguir estudiando".
Dallas Can Academy en los
diez anos que tiene de operar, a
logrado graduar a par 10 menos
500 estudiantes.
Sal Amaya. consejero de I.
academia qui en reflejaba una
enonne satisfaccion en su rostra
dijo, "Estoy felIz de ver como esta
juventud hlspana a tnunfado,
lograron sus propositos y 10 mas
bonito de ella 05 que de este gropo
de estudianteS sobresalientes el
90% son hispanos, no cree usted
que es suticiente motlVO para
gritarlo a los cuatro vientos y una
vez mas recordarles a todos que si
queremos, pademos alcanzar
nuestras metas y sienta que mi
tTabaja no fue en vano y con mi
grantitodearenapudecontribuir"
"EI 99% de los estudiantes
hispanos quevienen aqui terminan
su educatiOn ycreame- dioeel Sr.
Amaya. que no solo pretendemos
quelogrm obtener su DG (Titulo),
sino que con.tinuen su educacio
superior 0 consigan un buen
trabajo que sea bien remunerado
para que asi logren tener un mejor
modo de vida junto a los suyos en
beneficia de nuestra comunidad"
EI Dr. Grant East. Presidente
de la Academia Can 1I0rando de
emoci6n dijo sentirse como W1
padre regocijado de alegria al ver
que sus rujos han culminado una
gran lucha.
Testimonios de los Graduados
De la Dallas Can Academy
Por Frmc:iseo Elcob...
DALLAS, TX.
quien gano eI premio al Presidente
al preguntarle como se sentia por
eI honor que Ie fue entregado dijo
'Estoymuyfelizyquierocompartir
este sentimiento con todas esas
personas quemeayudaron, porque
creyeron en mi. Yo pienso
continuar mi educacion, me
propongo ir al colegio para
completar las metas que me he
propuesto'
Aprovechando nuestra
entrevista nos pidio Ie permitie
ramos darle WI mensaje a quienes
como et, en algim momento han
considerado inecesario seguir
estudiando, • A ellos quieron
decirles que solo tienen que
organizarse, hay muchas maneras
de seguir estudiando y WI ejemplo
de que si se puede somos todos
nosatros que estamos egresando
del Dallas Can Academy, yo pense.
que no se podia pero me propuse
lograrloyaqui estoyya con mi DO
en la mano·
"Yomesientomuynervioso,
peromuycontento,Uegueapensar
que no 10 conseguiria porque tenia
quetrabajaryestudiar, pero lucho
ylucheporlograrmimeta ygracias
a Dios 10 consegui,ahora mesiento
orgulloso y con grandes deseos de
seguir adelante", dijo
quien recibio el premio de
Ciudadania.
otro
estudiante premiado con eI Trofeo
Vocacional dijo: "me siento
orgulloso de mi mismo por darme
cuenta que pude hacer algo
importante para mi vida, creo que
apenas he comenzado y que debo
seguir para satisfaccion de on
esposa y mi hijo quienes me estan
apoyando y me dan fuerzas para
lograrlo. Si quiero que mi hijo se
prepare, creo que primero debo
prepararme yo'
DALLAS CAN! ACADEMY RECEIVES
MAJOR GRANT FROM GOVERNOR
GEORGE W.BUSH
AUSTIN. TX ... Governor George W. Bush
has awarded a major grant to Dallas Can!
Academy in support of the youth of Dallas
County.
The mission of Dallas Can! Academy is
to break the cycle of failure, hoplessness
and economic dependency in the lives 01
local residents and their families by giving
them a second chance in life. The
Academy is Texas' most comprehensive
alternative education program for school
dropouts offering tuition-free, accelerated
education, life and coping skills training.
employability training. drug and alcohol
abuse counseling, and college and job
placement
In the school year 1994-95. 90% of the
Academy's 892 students eitner stayed in
school. obtained the General Educational
Development (GED) certificate. improved
their academic skills, obtained full-time,
unsubsidized employment. went on to
COllege training or a combination of these
results.
083 DALLAS CAN! ACADEMY
DAllAS C6t,r! is a program of TEXANS Cw!
Giving Young Texans ... A Second Chance LETTERS OF SUPPORT
Recent letters of support from the following individuals, companies, and organizations are available on request. FOUNDATION
Troy Aikman Foundation - Verna L. Riddles, Executive Director
Theodore & Beulah Beasley Foundation, Inc. - Samuel Dashefsky, Vice President
Bosque Foundation - Louis Beecherl, Trustee
Barbara Bush Foundation - Joan Abrahamson, Chairman
Catholic Foundation - Bernard DiFore, Executive Director
Challenge Foundation - Wm. M. Steinbrook, Jr" Executive Director
James M. Collins Foundation - Dorothy Dann Collins, President
David & Mary C. Crowley Charitable Trust - Donald 1. Carter, Trustee
Dresser Foundation - Paul W. Wiley, Treasurer
Early Foundation - Mrs. Allen M. Early, Trustee
Fina Foundation - Jeanne Cullers, Secretary
Pauline Allen Gill Foundation - Pauline Gill Sullivan, Trustee
The Patrick & Beatrice Haggerty Foundation - Beatrice M. Haggerty, President
Armand Hammer Foundation - Michael Hammer, Trustee
Earl Hayes Foundation - Robert T. Hayes, Vice President
Hawn Foundation - William R. Hawn, President
Hillcrest Foundation - Daniel Kelly, Vice President for the Trustees
Hoblitzelle Foundation - Paul Harris, Executive Director
Kimberly-Clark Foundation - Colleen B. Berman, Vice President
Atlee Kohl Foundation - Mr. Atlee Kohl, Trustee
Mary Kay Foundation - Michael Lunceford, Vice President Public Affairs
Lightner Sams Foundation - Larry Lightner, Trustee
Meadows Foundation - Anne Herrscher, Program Officer
National Center for Family Literacy - Sharon Darling, President
North Texas Area Christian Women's Foundation
The Peoples Foundation - Elizabeth Grant
Harold Simmons Foundation - Lisa Simmons, President
Pollack Foundation - Lawrence Pollack, Trustee
Ronald McDonald Children's Charities - Larry Scheel, Trustee
Roy & Christine Sturgis Foundation - Daniel Kelly, Vice President for the Trustees
Hatton W. Sumners Foundation - Gordon R. Carpenter, Trustee
Al & Lenore Chilton Foundation - Alice Gayle
MCI Foundation - Sue SchaUmo, Executive Director
Mother of the Year - Lucille Klein, Chairwoman
The Traveler's Foundation - Gala Fuller
Texas Instruments Foundation - Richard 1. Agnich, Director
2601 live Ook • Dollas. Tcx,,'7S'204.5727. (214) 824·( CAN (4226)· Fax (214) 821.8735
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THE Opening minds to end ilifferacy, hopelessness, and economic
dependency in the lives of young Texans and their families.
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ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM FUTURES
PRESENTLY IN THE CONGRESS
Dallas Can! Academy President, Dr.
Grant East, testified before the Senate
Subcommittee on Education, Arts and
Humanities on Friday, May 19 in
Washington, D.C. The hearing,
entitled "Overview of Adult
Education", provided a summary of
federal efforts in adult education, both
now and in the future, as a framework
for new authorizing legislation during
this Congress.
Dr. East testified before a Senate panel
that literacy programs should receive
federal funds based upon positive results.
Dr. East provided testimony of his
experience as president ofTexas' most
comprehensive alternative GED
school. East also commented on Senator Kassebaum's proposed consolidation
ofjob training, vocational education, and adult education. The Senator's proposal,
Work Force Development Act of 1995, would combine funds from existing
federal education and training programs into a single authorization which would
be divided ai the state level between education and employment/training services.
East told the Senate panel that literacy programs should be required to show
positive results before receiving renewed federal support. "There is no
accountability since funding is not correlated with results. Let's put competition
into the adult education system. We [Dallas Dill'] are monitored five times a
year by four separate federal and state agencies who demand that we prove our
results."
Kassebaum's proposal will affect some 14 programs nationwide, including the
Job Training Partnership Act which funds 40% of the Academy"s educational
programs.
085 ANOTHER
GRADUATING
CLASS
~Ul.r .,..1995,.. =:
c/GU~
June 30, 1995 earmarked Dallas
.Gml!' s seventeenth graduation
ceremony. Over 95 youth have
earned their Genera! Educational
Development (GED) diplomas for
this commencement, and nearly 170
students have graduated during
1994-95 school year.
The evening ceremony highlighted
speeches from Dallas CM!' s
Advisory Board Chairman, William
Acosta and the on-air personality
and Program Director for KKDA
73 AM and weekly host ofWFAA
TV's "Impact", Willis Johnson.
Since its inception in 1985, Dallas
.(d[n! has provided accelerated
education, personal counseling, and
employment training free of charge
to over 3,000 youth who have not
completed their traditional high
school educations.
For details on how you can help
more youths achieve their goals,
please contact Gary Miller, Vice
President ofCommunity Resources,
at (214) 824-4226, extension 340.
STUDENT
WINNERS
and
won
the YMCA Out
standing Parent
Volunteer Award
from
Both
are Families
For Learning students and have children
that attend
The law office of Jackson & Walker,
L.L.P. asked
and
to serve as jurors for their mock
trial.
The mock trial is solely acted out by
invited high schoolers, and gives area
youth firsthand experience with thejustice
system in action.
and
were panel members for a
violence conference held by the Texas
Dept. ofHuman Services to discuss gangs.
LET'S MAKE A DEAL
Need a used computer? Our first
Computers For Kids sale begins at 10:00
a.m. on Satorday, AugustS, at Billboard
By The Day on 3603 Ross Avenue.
We've got lots ofbasic hardware to choose
from including 286s, 386s, and dot matrix
printers. C'mon! Make a great deal and
help our students at the same time!
MANY THANKS!
Dallas~! was honored as one ofmany
children's charities to benefit from the
1995 Father of the Year Luncheon
venerating
and
Advisory Board Member, Karol Wilson,
coordinated a day ofvolunteer service to
the Academy on June 3rd. Over 30
volunteers from Hyatt-Regency @
Renunion painted several offices and
classrooms. Thanks for all your work'
A big thanks goes to The American
Society For Training & Development for
hosting a 5K Race on June 4th to benefit
our students.
NEW NAME, SAME GREAT GAME!
Are you ready FORE some golf? Dallas.c..m! welcomes T.G.1. Friday's
as the new title sponsor of Dale Hansen's October golf extravaganza,
T.G.I. Friday's Classic - Hansen Style - . The 1995 Classic teed-off on
June 23rd with a Day of Golf at The Club at Trophy Club and completed
the weekend with a par-tee on the 24th, graciously
hosted by Dale and Chris Hansen, to honor sponsors.
The celebration included a catered dinner provided
by T.G.1. Friday's and music by Dash Riprock and
the Dragons.
What's next in the line up? Eat and rub elbows with
a sports legend at the Lunch with Legends in
September, bid in a marvelous silent auction during the Pepsi Gala on
October I st, and compete for prizes at every hole when you play in the
T.G.1. Friday's Classic - Hansen Style on October 3rd at The Golf
Club at Fossil Creek.
In its eighth year, Dale's Classic demonstrates winners helping kids
become winners. It's a great way for businesses and individuals to gain
community exposure as well as entertain clients. Unlike most other
tournaments, sponsorship dollars go directly to support Dallas.c..m! - not
to tournament events - helping more kids achieve their goals.
Don't miss the upcoming Classic events! Complete the tournament
participation form on the enclosed flyer and send it in today!
SENDING OUT AN SOS
VOLUNTEER NEEDS
(Summer One Stop)
Dallas !dn!'s 1995 Summer
Program, ·SOS or Summer One Stop
is already underway! From June 5
July 27, the Academy is a one-stop
service agency that provides
remediation, work experience or
academic enrichment for 14-21
year-old students who are at-risk of
not returning to public school in the
fall.
SOS remediation students attend the
Academy for halfa day and work in
a government or nonprofit agency
the other half of the day. They are
required to increase one grade level
during the 8-week program. The
academic enrichment students will
attend a field trip to Austin for tours
of the state capitol and The
University of Texas.
SOS is funded by the Private
Industry Council of Dallas and
serves the northeast quadrant of
Dallas Coumy.
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Administrative Support
Best of Texas - Outdoor festival
over Labor Day Weekend offering
variety offun tasks
Book Drive Coordinators
Decoration Committee
Silent Auction Solicitors
Singles Charity Extravaganza
see enclosed flyer
Utilize current skills or develop new ones
while you meet fun people and help our
youth! Call Vicki Darnis, at (214) 824
4226, extension 345.
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BEST OF TEXAS
Woops! We forgotto provide interested
volunteers with a means to identify
themselves in our last mailing.
If you returned a volunteer participation
form to us forthis Labor Day Weekend
Festival and didn't include your name
and phone number, please call Michelle
Mew at (214) 824-4226, ext. 328. We
want to know who you are!
TAKING IT FROM THE TOP SWEET SUCCESS
S
eventeen-year-old
has good reason to hold
head high these days.
is one of four students at
High School who
scored a perfect four on the writing portion of the Texas
Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) test.
Dr. Grant East. Presiden.t
Dale Hansen does so much for our
students in many, many ways; we
cannot begin to express our gratitude to
him.
Dale will soon be hosting his eighth
annual golf tournament benefiting our
young people, and we are proud to
welcomeT.G.I. Friday's as the new TitIe
Sponsor of the Dale Hansen Golf
Classic. The tournament is now known
as the T.G.I. Friday's Classic "":"Hansen
Style-!
T.G.I. Friday's certainly isn't new to the
Hansen Golf Tournament. They have
been a sponsor of the golf tournament
since 1989 and have provided a lot of
fun for the golfers.
Friday's isn't new to Dallas Can! orour
students either. They have been deeply
involved with uS as a partner in giving
young Texans a second chance.
Good grades have not always been easy for
. As a
student at
, failing two or three classes
every report card was a common phenominon. Things
changed when the
family moved to
and enrolled
in
where
began attending Dallas ~!'s
ACCELERATOR class.
THE ACCELERATOR is an in-school dropout prevention program that works
with youth who are at risk of dropping out andlor have been unable to pass the
TAAS test. Remediation is provided to students through one-on-one tutoring,
positive influence, counseling, individualized learning plans, and weekly
celebrations of students' personal and academic successes.
Now, making the honor roll is a cornman phenominon. "The teachers explain
everything until you understand," noted
.
also attributed much of
success to
parents strong support and belief in education. "Education is
everything. That's what comes first in our house."
'Wmners' Circle is a good time to have fun ... why be here if you're not going to
enjoy it." Indeed,
has enjoyed it -- and why not?
has won the Hang
Tough and Change awards and has been distinguished as student of the week,
month, and semester during these pep rallies.
"I love cars," replied
when mentioning
hobbies. Active in the
Lifestyle Car Club,
has helped raise money for local organizations during the
past year.
will graduate in May, 1996 and plans to enroll in EI Centro
Community College.
Incidentally, three of the four Spruce students who scored a perfect four on the
TAAS were ACCELERATOR students. Dallas Can! Academy -- it works!
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1n addition to being a golfsponsor, they
YES! I WANT TO HELP DALLAS YOUTH GRADUATE!
have provided all of the food for the
party at Dale Hansen's house which
honors our sponsors and their mends.
Not only does Friday's provide all ofthe
food and fixins', but they also provide
the staff to serve the food!
My gift is helping everyone win the battle against illiteracy and economic dependency
- a better life through education. In times of joy or sadness. my contribution
enables me to work in conjuction with the Academy to reach out to youth deserving
a second chance at life.
From _____________________________________________________
Address________________________________________________
But, that's not all T.G.I Friday's does
for the great kids at Dallas Can!. Twice
a year, they sponsor a lunch for all of
our graduates at one oftheir restaurants.
That's still not all Friday's has done for
us. Their National Marketing Director,
Joy Frederick, serves on au r Advisory
Board, and several T.G.I. Friday's
employees helped us start and became
a part of our first mentor program.
Dale Hansen and T.G.I. Friday's, thank
you for being great friends to our kids!
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ON TIIE OCCASION OF______________________
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SEND ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO:
Name ____________________________________________________
Address ______________________________________________
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Dallas Can! Academy
260.!....Live Oak •.Ealla~-=+75204 :l2~t.!24-ICA.!:!..(4226) ____ _
Texans Can! Board of Trustees
WISH LIST
Dallas Can! students and staff are in
need of the following items:
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CIUilnaan:: KCIUtedI R HKkmana, President
C"""," It L)ob!WI4 WiWaIll Acosta, Rl!gl<lnai Oireclor (R..:tired)
U.s. 0.. of HaIth '" H1man $crvJca
A.ltIu A.ndInon a. Co 1\1"",..,. R. COITtftIl Pat1net Tile HonoraIIok sm.: Bartlett. Former Mayor C'l)'afD:ll1as Silent Auction items
Ice Machine
Encyclopedias
Posters of all U.S. Presidents
8 Fonnica top rectangular folding
tables (5' - 6' long)
IDM & Mac computer scanners
MicroSoft Access 2.0, full version CUllmn~ .... ~
John K.
Eft&lud. Artomey
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Dr. Catall:DIro Carda. M.D..
~&.Priee
Dr. Mk:IIaeIJadtMa, Dean o(Studalts KPMG p.,. t.Urwidr. EI ea.ro Col. Joy Frederick. Naaonal Mdeting Dtrector
Dr. Wrtpt L Lanber. Jr.• President EI CoftrQ CDIIqE """'" '1M' 'k.itd ""'"' & ?w4t ""
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Dallas Can! Academy Advisory Board
Cbalnaan: WI..IUaaI AaId:l. Regional Dim:tor (hti=I) Vb CiIaIrmaa: Dr. Mkbad Ja&:boa, Dean of Students
El CoftrQ CoIlcF
VIa: CbaIrawI: Herbert wettmwa, Presldmt &. CEO
The w.:nu-. Grwp
CbaUmaa, Golf Clank-: nair IlaqHII., Sportsea5tct
WFAA 0un.:/8
Knin A.c:om, Banking Officer
NICi.....sn
M.anb;a Auslla, Southwest R.egional Manager
Uzdm IIduau:s. b:.
David I i - . Division Level. Mcoum Managtt
BelkDap, Finaneial ConsuIt:mt
Collfta B. Bena:aQ. \\ee Prcslderu
F-.doti<EI
K,m. Boslry, Senim Blanch DIrector
Romale a ....... GcnetaI. Manager
IBM
TM ~ble Earl BIIDock, Dallas COWlty Clert:
DaI'" CauTIy II ........ Eluildong
Mark Jan1s, Project Manager
The H-alr FaItb ~ Judge MClTd..~
If you are interested in fulfilling a
"wish", please call Janeen Browning
at (214) 824-4226, extension 327.
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NaionaI Alli.xc ..tBurinID Praldmt: Cnua. £art
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I.. ClIp;aasld. Vice Presidentfl"reasurer J.C.~C......,.,b:
oIC1H' A. c.uaJes. M.S.S,W.. Reuarcll Study Coordinator
CbnfftJ. Hbub:nf, Seruor PartnI:r ~A.AADciaa: J_""
t.G.L 'nelly's u..-u, ..fT_~Modiqj cacraDallM Dr. T_ M. MeDoupl. DD_S.
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Rod FarnIl. Partner R~J~R~mWA~~~
USDA Food .It. Nulnb.... Scrw:e
U.s.DqoLof..... a.a.....~
A portable movie screen
JO noise eliminator headsets
Books (5th-12th grade levels on
parenting, values, careers, youth
issues, etc.)
All,.. Of L:I Torn. OpficWI Krilb D~ Anomey 1be a-ulr Dbau. M. Oruco, JU5~ of the Peace
services
Seruor \'lee ~en1 M.-y K"J C - n ~1.aTOII""COpU~ WaIkor&EngInI
P=ina 6, Pboe I Quark Express 3.3, PC version
2 HP LaserJet IV Printers
35 mm auto camera with flash
35 mm color film & processing
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C. Mark Cullum. Pres&dcnt &. CEO laitIt'D COl"IhIl. PrnIdct\l
"'""""CIlInII D.aadta"Ud.
Court Lnady JIIna, Attorney l,..:w;b: Pumdl Rain tt.RIl Paul ~ Senior Vice PRsu1ent ""
LltdIlr KIriB. Manager ofWomen·s Fashion Prognun
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L,.... x-tscbn-, Viee Prcsiderrt
iIUna"i... TIlIc:c.-c-y
Amy JOMS NOIUft, Attomey Bill Reed &. AAoaaeI Cattwrtltr T. Ormand, ViI:e Pres.ident of Client
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WWlam PWper,.Account Executive
Mitchell Rasalulq, Ownct
Thc~C......., Kkk Recen. Fust Vice President
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CraIC Scberi". AsAsIllnt ViI:e Prsidcru
F,","~BD;
TaaySmlrh, Ex«Ubve Vice President
Al............ AlccmdIr
Tony VUie;u, Co-Owner
The AMlrw.: Grrap
.Dw2}'Be Whke, Key AcI:ount Manager
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Karol Wlbon, Public R.elaI:ions Director
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DALLASCAN!ACADEMY
Giving Young Texans ... A Secood Chance
2601 Live Oak
Dallas, TX 75204
(214) 824-4226
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Mr. Jack Christie
Chairman of the State Board of EduCAtion
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Dear Mr. Christie:
WhUe our board is reluctant to comment upon the requests for open enrollment
cbarters from the Dallas area, I would like personaBy-not in my capacity as Board
President-to say a supportive word for Texas ~JDalIas taD1 ACAdemy.
I have ob&erved Dallas CallI ACAdemy's many successes over the last 10 years and
I am personally impressed with the 92% successful completion rate of G.E.D. recipients.
Dallas .cuI ACAdemy has served over 4,000 young people since 1985 duriag which time
their student population demographics have become roup.ly equivalent to those of the
current Dallas Public Schools. naDas ~ Academy's 1995-96 student comp05ition is 47%
African-Ameriean, 42% Hispanic. 3% Asian-AmeriCAn Indian, and 8% Anglo.
Our school dlstrlct is currently exploring utilizing a variety of private entities,
including Dallas.cam, in dropout recovery. We believe that saving these youngsters merits
our taking extraordinary steps.
I am not famiUar with the details of the DaDas CInl proposal. I assume that It
would comport with our Coun order. Since all or the private entitles that are specializing
in dropout recovery have part day proarams, limited facility and equipment needs, and
access to supplemental funds, 1 also assume that the sbare or state and loc:al resourcllIi that
would be made avaUable would be strictly Umited to the exact extent required for these
dropout recovery services.
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School Application
Dear Dr, Christie:
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1701 N. Congress
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Please accept this letter as an addendum to be attached to
the Dallas Can! Academy' application for a Charter School.
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Sheryl WLPmick, Commwuty Volunteer
Our application discusses the "target" population of
predominantly minority students who are at risk of dropping
out of Dallas Public Schools, or who have dropped out We
are aware that a Charter School is an "open-enrollment"
school and will allow any eligible Dallas Public Schools' .
student to enroll regardless of current academic status,
Secondly, Dallas Can! Academy currently has a majority
minority student base with the existing ratios being 47%
African-American, 42% Hispanic, 3% Asian/American Indian,
and 8% Anglo. Our program is promoted to any and all
ethnic groups but has historically assisted the minority
population that the Dallas Public Schools could not
satisfactorily serve; therefore we will not add to segregation
in the Dallas Public Schools,
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DALLAS CAN! is a program of TEXANS CAN!
Dr. Jack Christie
March 22, 1996
Page two of addendum
As a non-profit education agency, Dallas Can! is uniquely suited to
becoming a Charter School because we have provided education to a
predominantly economically disadvantaged population. Although our
marketing efforts cross over all racial boundaries, the demographics of our
student base reflect the word-of-mouth referrals that send Dallas Can!
Academy the preponderance of our students.
Dr. Christie, please give the Dallas Can! Academy's Charter School
Application every consideration. Thank you in advance.
Sincerely yours,
Grant East
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Dl~mCl ~ Dear Mr. East:
.\lma A. Allen, Ed,D.
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Thank you for your addendum attachment letter for the Dallas Can! Academy
charter school application. I have provided a copy of your letter to the
Division of School-Community Support, Texas Education Agency. That
division is compiling correspondence received regarding charter schools and
will provide that information to all State Board ofEducation members .
.In,,.. Garcia De Lara
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Again, thank you for your interest in the charter school process.
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300 s!ljdents @ $4,~OO 85% att'!ndance' Fund Fl,aising
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2Audit 3 Building- Maintenance'---_ _ 4Bus Passes 5 ;ducation-S=-~-J-1p--clc-ie-s-and_ Curricuium-
6 gguipment Maintenance. 7 Equipment Purch.ases 8 Eguipmen~ Rental 9 E.LCA Expense t c Health Insuran-c-e--
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13 Office _~upplies, MiscellaneoljS Administrati"'on'--'--_---r
14 Personnel 15 Postage 16 Workman'sCompensa~on Insurance 17 Staff. Training 18 Teleph:.::o,-,;n;=e'-.,.._ 19 Testing Fees ---
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22 Substitute Teachers
:l3 StUdent Welfare = - 24 Retirement Contributio-n--
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1. Alternative Programming
Estimated cost of $10 per student for transportation, admission, and the
extracurric::ular activity fee for an estimated 70 students participating each month. In
year two the amouDt would increase to $20 for 90 students.
2. Audit
50% of annual audit fee of $9,450 for 95-96 year, increasing for following years.
3. Building Maintenance
Based on historic::al operating costs.
4. Bus Passes
Estimated monthly cost of 530 per pass for 70 students per month in year one, and
increasing to $35 per student for 100 students in year two.
S. Education Supply
Estimate based on historical operating costs in year ODe with a provision for 9 stations
of PLATO learning software (9 @ $3,000) and one additional set of CCP
instructional materials ($5,000) in year two.
6. Equipment Maintenance
7. Equipment Purchase
One computer and printer. miscellaneous tables and chairs in year one. A Fax. 9
network computers ($1,600) plus one server computer ($1,800), and two laser
printers ($900) in year two.
8. Equipment Rental
9. FICA
Calculated at 7.65 % of Personnel Salaries
10. Health Insurance
Calculated at $150 per month for 22 employees in year one and 30 employees in year
two.
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Based on 50% of Insurance pollcy premiums for current year with increasing
premiums for additional coverage in year two as additional facilities are utilized.
12. Occupancy
Based on 50% of current facilities rent and utilities. Current rent is $5,250 and
utilities average about $1,250 per month. In year two an additional $1,000 per month
for rent and $350 for utilities is included.
13. Office Supplies Based on historical costs. 14. Personnel See personnel worksheet. 15. Postage Based on historical costs. 16. Workman's Compensation Insurance Based on 50% of current premium. 17. StatY Training
Seminar and workshop training of 5150 per teacher for 15 teachers in year one and 2S
teachers in year two.
18. Telephone Based on historical costs. 19. G.E.D. Testing Fees
Based on 150 students testing at an independent testing center at a cost of 550 per
student. In year two the number of students increases to 225.
21. Volunteer Expenses
Incentives, momentos of appreciation, meals, and miscellaneous supplies for
volunteers.
22~ Substitute Teachers Funds for 15-20 work days of substitute teaching on an as needed basis. 23. Student Welfare
Emergency funds for students with special needs. Occasionally a student requires
some financial help in order 10 stay in school.
24. Retirement Contribution
Dallas Can! Charter School contributes 6.65% of salaries toward teacher retirement
funds for full-time staff.
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Statement of Impact CMdc 1M t:pP"'P~ N'ponH "/ow:
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The Pl'Qyoscd Dpell-cnroil=llt cham: schooils IllX =xpccu:C! to adversely impIe!
lila acI100l d.l&rrict to a si;cUiC8Dt depe.
The Stat. Board 01 Education should be aware that the Dallas Independent
School District Is under jurisdiction of the United States Federal District Court for
the Northam District of Texas in the Tasby v. Wooillry CIIIII. Thislonll·slandinll
cas. Includes ecun supervision· of stud en! assignments.
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IIALL\S PUBUC SCHOOLS ANALl'S1S OF CllARTD. SCHOOLS EFFler ON BEVENUES ubchapte: D Open Erucllmeat o.llter Schooll SBl Sec. 12.101-12.118
ooaualuiDIIOl will ilve 10 !he open enzollment charter Icbool, tor each public tchoolmdent in attendance,
1lII01I111 Iblt thaI ltuclent would elm from the foundatioll achooI propm In tM dllltrict ...here the .tud=t
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\he number of Ita .tud....ta. Open cruol\mcnl charter IchoolJ IDlY not chIrp IllY further tuition 10 ellglbl. atudenll.
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pertainl to Doll.. Canl Academy pleuc COIlIldcr the follcwins: ~eIllI currently enrolled II Dall.. Clnl Academy I'" IIOt included in !he dlstncta'i refilled avenge daily ittaldanc:c PBIMS data lubmltted to tM TEA. 'Ibeae .tudenll I'" In addition to the .tudenll currently being
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local rewnue ahare pet ltud=t i. baaed OIl DPS current enrollment. Dolla. Canl Academy =llme.nt
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53,240.79
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",venue Leu to DPS Cor 200 DCA atudcnta
$648,157.89
S791,230.35
rretal revenue Lou 10 DPS for 600 DCA atudenll
,Sl,939,216.88
$2,373,69 1.05
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local Revenue Lou Per Student (ace foalDote 1)
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Ch~'rT11Jn, K('n!-l H<:ckm~nn
Ken Hcdun~nn ! 'rodlJ(lion~
V,et' Cha,rmJn: $;',!1iJT11 Acu,tJ t-tS\'\.", II)
Children &. F~mily Advocatc\
The H()llorJhl~ SIt'" IlJrtlen
,\tcnd,an I'mdU(I' C"'1""J1IOn
F,ank Il"'edlovt;
C"T11T11Ul1tty Volunteer
Su~~n Coic
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C. ,\!a,l CLlliUll' (~Ullllill C.D,mnlclLDn (:0 loy r,ed~'nd.,
T,,,II'w, Aqll,l'lJr
Rob Holme,
T,'xih ('()mmcn;c Hank
r1w Hun",~hle [)iJm ()tn~~(l
IlNiLC ullh~ I'c~cc
klhm I'LI;.!"h
Cran! EJ'( Pre,ident
TOJm Cln' D~IIJ~ c.1I\'
February 26, 1997
Contingencies
Mr. Brooks Flemister Senior Director, Charter Schools Texas Education Agency 1701 North Congress Ave. Austin, Texas 78701-1494 C'I(~, 11K
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I'eorl<:, i\\i"ionar}' Bap!I'l Chur<.:h
Advisory Board
ChJ,rmJIl: W',II,am "\W<;IJ, I\ISW,)I)
( h,ldren & hmdv AdVOCJlh
Vice ChallTllan' Herbert 0 \V"irz"'Jn
Th~ W~Il~man
This responds to your memorandum of February 12, 1997, in which you requested the following information be furnished your office: Crour
VI~C Challnhl[J, Dr, .\li~heJlla~k'on
I:J CeTllro ColI"He
ChaJrmJT1. Goll ClasSlL Dak !-bn<t"
WfAA Cha""d !l
Kcvin Acosta
Dallas PublL~ Schools
,\IJrth~ Auqon
lizden Inciu,tric" In~
Kevin B()~lev
,\1(1 TelecommUnLCJ1,()n~
The Honorilhle r::~rl Bullock
Dalla, CounlY Clerk
.\.I~r)'Jnn Corrent'
Arthur And('r.en 1< C)
I'JIwIl CJt(rdl
EtlHli~ Guld
Curran D~ndurJnd
,Ivlary KJV C(N11<'11C~
K<:.(h Dnlmmund
Slra,hl,rger;;' I'nu:
lco Ci,pan,ki
J. C Penney Company, Inc (Rer)
Jnne H. HJnn~
Con,(rl.Lc(ion EciucatiOll FuunciJtion
Amy Heinv
Fnday'~ Ho~pitality WorldWide
Ches,er Hinshaw
.lone" Day, Re~v's "" Pogue
Jackie Humphrey
Humphrey &. A,suclate>
.1\.!~rkJ~l"I'is
Commun,ty Volunteer
The Honorabk FJ;lh Johnmn
Judge or th" 363rd D,stroc\ Cuurt
Jaml'S W. Kellum
Snappy T,)malO P,zza Co
wcille Kle'n
Community V,!lu"te~r
Ilruc~ LJnJhJn
Service~
a. Documentation of our IRS approved tax-exempt status (Enclosure 1). b. Copy of IRS Form 990 Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (Enclosure 2). c. Roster of officers that make up our 501(c)(3), Texans Can! Board of Trustees (Enclosure 3). d. A copy of the proposed draft working document of our Standard Operating Procedures for the Dallas Can! Academy Charter School Board (Enclosure 4). e. A letter from the Chairman of the Texans Can! Board of Trustees describing that it is the governing body for the Dallas Can! Academy Charter School (Enclosure 5). If you have any questions concerning this packet of information, please feel free to call upon me. Tel !'-lediJ
lvnn lem,,;her
llull L,l"d llrlc CompJny
The H(l'lOrJhlo; Len~ Levan"
Attorney J'ld Coun",Jor
~_...·.ncerely ,
L.arry ~orth
Larry N,m:h Total
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CJlhaonc T Orm~nd, CRI'
A'''\t:iJL<'' RcI"<':~I"'" i\1JnJg<:llK·ot
1X",lIi~nl Piqwr
C"rel.lnJ CUTlTpanin
K,llit· Pruelt
KYi\C RJcl,o
Mitchell RJ,J,,,kv
The RJ~J,,,ky C,~",p,)ny
/\'tikc Reardon
I C Pl"uney C"mpJIlY, In~. Rick Rogcl"' RJnkOnc CrJ'g S<.:hcd
Wdl, hrgo Bank
Sylvia Sh,vely
I'l"p,,-C{)IJ
Tony Smith
AIC~Jnd<'r & Alexander
T,,,,y V,lkg.l'
The AddicJrc Gruup
~:t ~'~:~~'lk~~~IJl~~omL'-'S
Sheryl Wern,ck
Community Volunteer
Enclosures
As stated
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Civing young Texans a second chance.
[)"LLA$~! i<; J progr.:ml of TtXANS Clli.'
Enclosure 1 ms Tax Exempt Status 103 DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
DISTRICT DIRECTOR
1100 COMMERCE STREET
DALLAS, TX
75242-0000
Da
t<APR 06 1993
TREASU~
Employer Identification Number:
75-'22510S9
Contact Person:
TEXANS CAN
2601 LIVE OAK
DALLAS, TX 75204
SHARI FLOWERS
Contact Telephone Number:
(214) 767-"35"26
Our Letter Dated:
May 5, 1989
Addendum Applies:
NO
Dea,' Applicant:
This modifies our letter of the above date in which we stated that you
would be treated as an organization that is not a private foundation until the
expiration of your advance ruling period,
Your exempt status under section 501 (a) of the Internal Revenue Code as an
organization described in section SOl(c)(3) is still in effect.
Based on the
information you submitted, we have determined that you are not a privat~
foundation within the meaning of section 509(a) of the Code because you' are an
organization of the type described in'section 509(a)(I) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi).
Grantors and contributors may rely on this determination unless the
Internal Revenue Service publishes notice to the contrary.
However. if you
lose your section 509(a)(I) .tatus, a grantor or contributor may not rely cn
this determination if he or she was in part responsible for, or was aware of,
the act or failure to act, or the substantial or material change on the part of
the organization that resulted in ycur loss of such status, or if he or she
acquired knowledge that the Internal Revenue Service had given notice that you
would no longer be classified as a section 509(a)(11 organization.
If ve have indicated in the heading of this letter that an addendum applies, the addendum enclosed is an ~ntegral part ~f this letter. Because this letter could help resolve any questions about your private foundation status, please keep it in your perm.HI.ent ,'ecords. If you have any questions, please contact the person "'hose na~"e and telephone number are shown above. (,:~
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Enclosure 2 IRS Form 990 lG5 PIR #15549 – Robert Michael
*990 FORM*
PAGES 93-115 = 23 PAGES
UNDER SECTION 6103 & 6104 OF U.S. CODE TITLE 26
23 PAGES HAVE BEEN WITHHELD
Enclosure 3 Board of Trustees Texans Can! 129 TEXANS CAN! BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chmn. Mr. Ken H. Heckmann
President
Ken Heckmann Productions
2700 Stanford
Dallas, TX 75225
214-368-4735 FAX: 214-368-4736
Ms. Joy Frederick
Vice President, Marketing and Public Relations
Tarlton Aquastar
5215 N. O'Conner Blvd., Suite 640
Irving, TX 75039
972-869·1746
Vice Chmn. Mr. William Acosta, MSW, JD
Children & Family Advocates
3338 S. Ravinia Drive
Dallas, TX 75233
213-330-4121 FAX: 214-330-4583
Mr. Rob Holmes
Vice President
Texas Commerce Bank
2200 Ross Avenue, 6th Floor
Dallas, TX 75266-0197
214-965-2849 FAX: 214-965-2384
The Honorable Steve Bartlett
Chainnan of the Board
Meridian Products Corporation
14005 Stemrnons Freeway
Dallas, TX 75234
214-484-7300 FAX: 214·484-7302
Car: 214-668-2947
The Honorable Diana Orozco
Justice of the Peace
410 S. Beckley Avenue
Dallas, TX 75203
214-943-6980 FAX: 214-943-2871
Mr. Frank Breedlove
Community Volunteer
1718 Bar Harbor Drive
Dallas, TX 75232
214-371-1584 FAX: 214-371-3731
Ms. Susan Cole
Manager
Coopen & Lybrand
1999 Bryan Sreet, Suite 3000
Dallas, TX 75201
214-754-5143 FAX: 214-754-5058
Mr. G. Mark Cullum President & CEO Cullum Construction Co. 4137 San Carlos Dallas, TX 75205 214-987-9191 FAX: 214-271-4881 Attomeys
Lee Cameron
Wilson, Elser. et aI
5000 Renaissance Tower
1201 Elm Street
Dallas, TX 75270
214-698-8000
Prepared: 1/15/97
Keith Dru mmond
Strasburger & Price
4300 NationsBank Plaza
Dallas. TX 75202
214·651-4504
Mr. Jethro Pugh
President
Gifts, Inc.
5616 Gaston Avenue
Dallas, TX 75214
214-828-4097 FAX: 214-821-0349
Mrs. Francisca Rizo President Rizo & Associates P.O. Box 226774 Dallas, TX 75222 214-941-0012 FAX: 214-941-0028 Alternate Phone:(Metro #) 817-621-3135 Beeper: 941-3300 Rev. S. M. Wright, II Pastor Peoples Missionary Baptist Church 3119 Pine Street Dallas, TX 75215 214-421-1098 FAX: 214-371-4119 Accountants
Maryann Correnti
ArthurAndencn
901 Main Street
Dallas, TX 75202
214-741-8363
Jerry Gaitber
Weaver and Tidwell
12221 Merit Drive
Dallas. TX 7525 I
972-490-1970
New\Boardtrs\Roster
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Enclosure 4 Draft, Charter School Standard Operating Procedures 131 Board of Trustees
CrJnt [a,t, Pr~-';Idt'nt
TeXJn. Coll1' 1)JIi.J.s C~n'
Cha,rmJn' Ken 1'1, Hc<-kmann
K~'n H~"<-kmJnn l)ro<lI'<..\I"n~
VICe Chalrm~n, W,lliam Aco~!~, J\ISW, JI)
Chddrel1 I'< hmily AdvOlJleS
Thl: Hon(Jrahle Stevl: Bartlett
.\kndian Product~ CorpOral,,)n
frank Breedlove
Commlmily Voillll1cl'r
SU5an Cole
C""per<; '" Lyr.rJl1d
C t\lark Culium
Culium C()n~tnKlioll Co
.Iny Fr.:dcn<.:k
Tarlton AqllJ,lJr
Rob Hol'm'\
k~a~ Cllmmcr<.:>: Bank
The HonnrJbk D',lnJ Ornzu,
.!u;l'<.:t' of th,: PeJLe
leduC! Pugh
Cdr~. In<..
FrJnci,cJ R,£:o
Rizu '" AWJdatc,
Rev S'\I \X'nghr, II
People, I\lis>lolla,y IlJpl"t Church
Advisory Board
Chairman, William "\CI"IJ '\'IS\\:', II)
Children", Famdll Ad\'OCaIL~
V,U: Chairman, H,>riJer! I) W'dcnlJn
The \\;:cltzmarl Group
ViLe ChairnlJn: Dr .\ \iLheJI JJLbon
EI Centro Colkge
(:haim1an. Cnlt (:la'~r<.: I)Jle I-b,,,~n
\XfFAA ChJnl,t:l H
K<:vin Aw'>ta
DJlla~ Publlc Serlool,
Martha Au,!in
lizden Industric>, Inc
Kellin Bosky
/I.'ICI Telecommllnleatlons
The Hnnorahl~ Earl Bullock
Dallas County Clerk
Maryann Correnti
Arthur Andersen I'< Co
l~ahell Conrdl
Ethnic Gold
Curran DJnciurand
j\lary KJY Co~m(,lIc,
K('Hn Dmmmond
StrJsburg~r &. 1'nce
L~o GilpJn,ki
J. C. Penney Company, Inc IRel.}
J~ne B. Hanna
Construction Education Foundation
Amy Hdny
Friday's Hospltallty Worldwide
Chesler Hm~haw
Jones, DJY. ReaviS II< Pogue
Jackie Humphrey
Humphrey &. A,suciate<>
February 26, 1997
Mr. Brooks Flemister
Senior Director, Charter Schools
1701 North Congress Ave.
Austin, Texas 78701-1494
This letter substantiates the fact that the Texans Can! Board of Trustees is
the governing body of the Dallas Can l Academy Charter School. Texans
Can! is an IRS approved 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization.
The Dallas Can l Academy Charter School has an established School Board
made up of School Board Trustees. School Board Trustees are appointed
by the Texans Can! Board of Trustees. Following each School Board
Meeting, results of the meeting are reported to the Texans Can! Board of
Trustees for information and/or action as deemed appropriate.
A current listing of the officers that make up the Texans Can! Board of
Trustees is attached.
Sincerely,
MJrkJarvi~
CommunIty Volumeer
The Honorable Faith Johllson
Judge uf the 363rd D"lrkt Court
.lame<> W. Kellum
Snappy Tomato P,zza CD
Lucille Khn Community Volunt~er HruLe LanJhJn TCI I\1.. di~ ServIce'> LI'IlI1 L"m",h~r
Chairman, Texans Can! Board of Trustees
Enclosure
As stated
TlCor Land Tid" CurnpJny
The H"nurJhi<: Len" L<,'v~ri()
Attorney Jnd Counselor
Lmy North
LlrTV North Tot,,1 r;lne,~
C~lhenne T Ormand. CRP
A~"'lC;Jt~><; Rd"cJtifm .\IJnJgen1l:nl Co [nL
\X'illi"m Pi"po.:r
C"I'o.:I,md ('r»l1l'~n,,"
K~nc' l'''lo'tl
K\:--"C R,I,iI"
I\lu.... hdl Ra,an,ky
Tht' RJ'-<lnsky Cllmpany
I\lil~ ReJrdon
J. C. P",nm:y C()mpJny, Ille
Rick RDge" BJnkOne Cr~iJ,:Sdl"t'1
Well, FJrg<, ilank
Sylvi~
Shiv<:iy
Pep,i-Cola
Tmw Smith
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Akxander ill Ale~and"r
limy ViUega<,
Thc AddlCJrc Gwup
Roy Washburn, I) DS I'Jrk
(1tIC\ D~nlJI AWlcI~t~~ Sheryl WernIck
Community Volunreer
Giving young Texans a second chance.
DALLAS L.lli.! i~ a program of TFXANS CAri!
Dallas Can!
Academ~ Charter School ,
Giving Young Texans . . i. A Second Chance
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TO: Mr. Brooks Flemister
Senior Director of Charter Schocbls
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FAX: (512) 463-9376
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FROM: Col. (Ret) Roosevelt Speed
E)!:ecutive Director
SUBJECT:
Charter School Summary I,
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This responds to your memorandum of February 18, 1997, subject as above, in which
you ask that necessary corrections be made to Ibur charter school snmmary. Have
reviewed this paragraph and request that you np.ake the following corrections:
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a. Delete the following phrase from li~e six: " ... or prior involvement with the criminal justice system."
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b. Delete the following phrase from lJe 10 and ll: ·· ... and comprehensive :, employability !raining."
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c. Change the last sentence to read: TrainiDg in basic education aod life coping abilities opens doors to jobs, as well as additi<jnal education. I
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docu+cm.. pleas-: call (214) 824-4226
Dallas Can! Aca4emy Ctmncr School,
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Page 2 of 2 pages.
Rewrite of the sllIIlIlliI1)' should read as fOllows:1
"Dallas Can! Academy Charter School,
DaIl~,I Texas
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Dallas Can! Academy will serve "at-risk" stu~ts in grades nine through twelve. This
charter will be a year round charter school. Thf: majority of the students, 90% of
whom will be African-American or Hispanic, v,iill have earned few or zero high school
credits, and will be reading below grade level. ~s measured by the Test of Adult Basic
Education (TABE). Iu addition, the majority of the students will have demonstrated
other barriers to their educational Su.ccess, suc~ as teen pregnancy. The target
population to be served will be economically di~advantaged, basic skills-deticient youth
who have already dropped out of school or whq are at-risk of dropping out. Individuals
will be given a second chance to complete their! education by providing essential
foundations through a computer-assisted progrk of basic education. TAAS
preparation, and G .E.D. training. Training in basic education and life coping abilities
opens doors to jobs, as well as additional edu9tion. ~
Sincerely,
elt Speed
Superintendent
If)'ou do lID( receive this entire
docUlen1. please call (214) 824-4226
Dallas Can! AaQern;( Clwler School. 26fl Live 0 ... Dill... To,,", 75204
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DALlAS PtJBUC SCHOOLS ANALYSIS OF CHARTER SCHOOU; EFFlCl' ON JlEVENllFS ulx:bapter D Open Emollment Charter Schooll SB1 Sec. 12.101-12.118
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commissioner,.,i11 give to w open eruollment charter school, for eacb public Ichool student in attendance,
be amount thaI that ,Iudellt would eam !tom the fOUlldation school prosrsm in the district wbere tbe student
idea, illCluding the t!'llllportation IlIolmeIIt, leu the scboaI's local tax lhare. The district where !be student
Ides will pay the open enzollmcnt charter Icboolan amount determined by dividing maintenallClC tax revenue by
tnumher of ita studenta. Open enrollment charter schooll may not charge illY further tuition 10 .lialble ltudcnts.
I rter IIChooIs must provide transportation 10 students who live male than two milea from the school.
Stata Rneauc Sban:
otal ...tlned lverago dally attendance 1995-96 Summary of Finance (2115196)
135,593.000 oundation Sehool Flmd lI.evenu.
S96,401,717
$710.96
Foundation funding per student
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III Revellue Shan:
otal enmllmcnl per Pupil Accounting on 4/2/96
j0tal Tax uvy
otal M 11:.0 Levy
147,359
5509,273,322
$478,207,649
53,245.19
otal Mil:.O reveoue per ,tudent
utal revenue lou to Chartai' Scbooll per Studeat
IlIWJflail
pertailla to Dalla. Canl Academy pleue CCDlider the following:
tudenb CIlrIMtly enrolled It Dallas Canl Academy are not included in the districta', refmed average daily
ltendance PI!IMS data lubmitted 10 tbe TEA. Theae .tudenta are in addition to !be stIIdents currently being
ported.
local _ u a ahare per lludent i. bued on DPS current eorollment. Dalla. Cant Academy eorollment
ould be added to the current enrollment and locallbare revenlle pet ltudent would be recalc:ulatcd
acllldlng that enrolllllCDt.
Has Can! Aeadem Revenlle In•• 10 DPS:
StudeDta Not Enrolled IDDPS Studen1&
D'Enrolled
ill DPS
$0.00
$710.96
cal ReveDIIC u.u Per Student (aee footnote 1)
$3,240.79
$3,245.19
otai lllvenue LOll 10 DPS £or 200 DCA studenta
$648,157.89
$791,230.35
otal reVC11ue LclllIO DPS for 600 DCA student.
$1,939,216.88
$2,373,691.0$
lito ReVenue u.•• Per Student
1) Calculation otLocall\eYenue u.s. fot NEW ltudent eJ\rollees:
PS enrollment 147,359 + DCA enrolllllllllt2OO divided inlo local M" 0 revenue
(the average revenue per atudent decrealel by 2.2 cents for each additional student)
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DALLAS PUBUC SCHOOLS
ANALYSIS OF CIIARTER'SCHOOU
EFFECl' ON REVENUE'!i ..
Subchapter D Open Enrollment Charter School. SB1 Sec. 12.101-12.118
f~r
1~aDlDullt
commissioner will give to the open enrollment chaner school,
each public school student ill attendanee,
that that student would earn from the foulldation school program III the district where the student
resldea, including the uaaaportation allotment,l .... the school'sloell tax ,hare. The dlatrict where the atudent
~ides 111m pay the open enrollmeot charter school an amount detennined by dividing malnt!oaru:c tax revenue by
!he numb... of Ita .tudenta. Open enrollment charter schools may not charge lilly furthe, Nllion 10 eligible students.
~harter school. mu.t provide transportation 10 students who live more than two miles from the school.
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State R""onue Sban: ~otal refined average dally attendance om 1995-96 Summary of Finance (2115/96)
135,593.000
oW\d.tion Scbool FUnd Revenue
$96,401,717
$710.96
oundatioll funding per atudent
at ReVellue Sbare:
otal enrollment per Pupil Accounting on 4/'2J96
147,359
5509,273,322
atal M Ir. 0 Levy
$478,207,649
atal M Ir. 0 revenue per student
$3,245.19
0",1 revenue lou to Charter Schools per Stndellt
pertain. to Dallas Canl Academy pleu. consider the followilli!
ludellts currently enrolled at Dallal Canl Academy are not Included in the districts's rermed average daily
ttendaoce PEIMS data .ubmitted 10 the TEA. Theae INdenta are In addition to the .lUdenll currontly beiog
ported.
~ locs1 revenue .hare pet .tuclent is hued an DPS current eQfollment. Dall•• Canl Acad~my enrollment
ould be added 10 the current enrollment and local ,hare revenue per student w01lld be recalculated
DCludJoS that enmllment.
U.. Can! Academ Revenue LoSI to DPS:
Student!
Not EnroUed
inOPS
Studenlll
IFEaroIIed
inDPS
so.oo
$710.96 11I.evenue Lo•• Per Student (lee footnote 1)
53,240.79
53,245.19 otal revenue Loas 10 DPS Cor 200 DCA sludcnll
$648,157.89
5791,230.35 otal revenue Lass \0 DPS for 600 DCA stuclenta
51,939,216.88
tate lI.even1l0 Lo.. Per S!Udcnt
1) Calculation of Localllcvenue l.os& Co, NEW student enrollees:
PS enrollment 147,359 +DCA enrollment 200 divided Into local M Ir. 0 revenue
(tho lvenge revenue per student d.er..... by 2.2 CI!IlIS for each additional student)
$2,373,691.05
CONTRACT FOR CHARTER CONTRACT entered into this ~ day of April, 1996 by and between the Texas State Board of
Education (the "Board") and Texans CAN! ("Charterholder") for the purpose of establishing a charter
to operate a public school.
The term of the charter granted by this contract is from September 1996 through August
2 0 0 1. The charter may be renewed for an additional period by mutual agreement of the parties at any
time prior to its expiration.
The charter granted by this contract is contingent upon full and timely compliance with the following, all
of which are incorporated by reference:
I. The terms of the Request for Proposals dated October 1995, including the assurances required
by the Request;
2. All applicable requirements of state and federal law and court orders, including any
amendments thereto; and
3. All additional commitments and representations made in Charterholder's application and any
supporting documents which are consistent with the provisions and requirements of this contract.
Charterholder understands that the Board may modify, place on probation, revoke or deny renewal to a
charter if the Board determines that a material violation of the charter has occurred, that Charterholder
has failed to satisfy generally accepted accounting standards of fiscal management, or that the
Charterholder has failed to comply with an applicable law or rule. The parties agree that failure to
satisfy accountability provisions adopted under Subchapters B, C, D and G of Chapter 39 of the Texas
Education Code, or their successor provisions, or failure to operate an open-enrollment charter school
during the period of this contract are material violations of the charter. Charterholder understands that its
charter may not be assigned, encumbered, pledged or in any way alienated for the benefit of creditors or
otherwise.
Charterholder represents that it is qualified to enter into this contract and agrees to immediately notify
the Board of any legal change in its status which would disqualify it from holding the charter, of any
violation of the terms and conditions of this agreement, and of any change in the chief operating officer
of the Charterholder.
Entered into this.£2..th day of April, 1996.
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