My child was a student at the Gulen Harmony Science Academy School in Texas, we served on the Parent Association and were involved with many fundraisers. Gulen Charter School- We were very dedicated to this group until we realized there was more to these schools than just "education". Our posts are from actual news sources and government data such as IRS tax returns, H1-B Visa information and other documentation.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Gulen Charter Schools in the USA: Turks lack knowledge, over 2,000 Turkish students ...
Gulen Charter Schools in the USA: Turks lack knowledge, over 2,000 Turkish students ...: So how has the Gulen cult snowjobbed the world into believing that Turkey has some sort of superior education? This is because the Gulen Mo...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
American Football legion Deion Sanders approved for 2 charter schools PRIME U Academy, Texas
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| Deion Sanders Truth Academy try outs- Dallas |
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| American Football Champ approved for 2 charter schools |
Our boys from Turkey have some real competition in Dallas !! You can't get more American than football
"No jewelry, no earrings, no profanity," he says of house rules for his camp. "They have to go to Bible study. It's about respect."
Established players including Champ Bailey, Chad Johnson and Donte' Stallworth are among NFL veterans who have worked with Sanders during the off seasons; he expects several will lend a hand with the draft hopefuls.
Despite the politics in play, former Dallas Cowboy superstar and athlete, Deion Sanders, was able to overcome his celebrity status to make a victory tweet that his charter school application for "Prime Prime Prep Academy," in DFW was approved Friday, September 16. The name of his academy is a play on the name everyone who knew Deion will recognize, "Prime Time" Sanders.
Sanders was jubilant, announcing on Twitter and friends such as SnoopDogg quickly added their shout-outs :
Misgivings, regarding the celebrity of the star, and his endeavor to establish a charter school with two campuses in the Forth Worth area for between 650 and 1,000 students at each - came from both Republicans and Democrats with Mavis Knight, D-Dallas, acknowledging that she had to "wrestle with myself to keep from penalizing opportunities for students because of the celebrity involved" but adding that she was hopeful that "there are probably more resources" coming to the students because of it, reported the Texas Tribune.
A little farther from home, Republican Thomas Ratliff, who represents Mount Pleasant, made the caustic remark that he didn't want to see the charter application process evolve into a "celebrity-of-the-month club."
In the end, Sanders' dream of a charter school which would tie education and sports together for K-12, prevailed. Read how Sanders described his inspiration and hopes for the charter school to the Dallas Morning News.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Gulen Politicians - aka "Useful tools of Gulen": Texas Senator Rodney Ellis in Turkey as a guest fo...
Gulen Politicians - aka "Useful tools of Gulen": Texas Senator Rodney Ellis in Turkey as a guest fo...: Senator Rodney Ellis of Texas accepts an award from Gulen TUSKON group http://www.tuskonus.org/tuskon.php?c=17&s=27&e=245 Texas State ...
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Gulen's Harmony School of Political Science to teach American children Turkish Politics
Turkish politics and democracy is a worldwide joke. Now the Gulen Schools will be teaching Political Science and Communication. The world knows about Gulen's brand of Freedom of Speech and the arrest of 60 Turkish Journalists.
NEW HARMONY SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND COMMUNICATION
Austin, Texas
Note the obvious Turkish design of the American School
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
FBI probe of Gulen may include other Cosmos Foundation schools
FBI probe of Gülen may include Abramson, Kenilworth
http://louisianavoice.com/2011/08/12/does-fbi-investigation-of-gulen-include-louisiana-rsd/
From LouisanaVoice – politics at it’s worst
August 12, 2011 by tomaswell
BATON ROUGE (CNS)—There is a common thread that links the Louisiana Recovery School District (RSD), former RSD Superintendent Paul Vallas, RSD-North Superintendent LaVonne Sheffield, Ph.D., and the Fethullah Gülen network of 155 charter schools scattered throughout 28 states, including at least two in Louisiana.That common thread is the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sheffield, who headed the RSD-North from June 2009 to July 2010, was brought to Baton Rouge by Vallas at a salary of $200,000. She previously worked under Vallas as Chief Accountability Officer for the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) from June of 2004 to July 2008.
She was an unsuccessful candidate for the position of superintendent of East Baton Rouge Parish schools in January of 2009 and was hired as superintendent of the Rockford, Illinois, Public School District later in 2009. She resigned in April of this year halfway through her contract.
While working for Vallas in Philadelphia, an audit by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) determined that nearly $138.4 million in grant funds were either unallowable or inadequately documented. The audit also determined that SDP should return almost $17.7 million in unallowable costs to DOE.
Before that, Sheffield was employed as Chief Academic Officer for the Detroit Public School System from February 2002 to July 2003. While there, she ran up thousands of dollars of charges to her district-issued charge card while on her wedding trip to Las Vegas, records show.
She also worked from December 1993 to May 2000 as Chief of Staff to Cleveland Mayor Michael White and also served as Director of the Department of Port Control and as manager of the $1.4 billion Cleveland Hopkins International Airport expansion project. While there, both she and White were implicated but never charged in an FBI investigation into widespread bribery in the city administration, including the port and airport project.
Both she and Vallas have departed the Louisiana RSD, but the presence of the FBI lingers.
Reports indicate the agency is conducting another investigation, this one into recent revelations about the Abramson Science and Technology Charter School in New Orleans and the Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School in Baton Rouge.
Both schools were operated by Pelican Education Foundation in New Orleans until Abramson’s charter was revoked last month. Pelican is affiliated with Atlas Texas Construction and Trading of Houston. Atlas also operates 38 charter schools in several Texas cities through Cosmos Foundation under the auspices of Harmony Public Schools.
Atlas and Cosmos are all linked to Fethullah Gülen and his network of schools that operate under such innocuous names as Magnolia, Sweetwater, Pioneer, Horizon, Noble, Dove, Bluebonnet, Beehive, Truebright, and, of course, Pelican and Harmony.
The federal investigation, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, does not involve links to terrorism, but centers on charges that the organization uses taxpayer money to bring teachers to this country from Turkey and other countries who are members of the religious group and then requires the teachers to kick back up to 60 percent of their salaries to Gülen’s Hizmet movement.
The Gülen-run schools receive taxpayer funding and also receive private financial support, much of it from the Walton Family, owners of Wal-Mart. The Walton Family Foundation, for example, provided $230,000 in funding for Abramson as recently as 2007.
Gülen, who was forced to flee his native Turkey in 1998 after being charged with attempting to overthrow the secular Turkish government, now resides in a mountain fortress in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania.
He was granted a permanent residency visa as an “alien of extraordinary ability” and as “a leader of award-winning schools for underserved children around the world,” according to his attorneys, even though he does not hold a high school diploma. Now, however, in an effort to ward off investigations, he claims that neither he nor his movement have an affiliation with the charter schools.
The investigations of Gülen and his organization, which federal officials have refused to confirm or deny, are being coordinated by prosecutors in Pennsylvania’s Middle district in Scranton, and involve hundreds of Gülen charter school members nationwide.
Ostensibly, that would include the two Pelican-run schools in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
Gulen Charter Schools in Texas, Harmony Science Academy list of schools
Gulen charter schools in Texas
From CHARTER SCHOOL SCANDALS:
STATE | # ACTIVE | # PENDING | # INACTIVE* | TOTAL |
TX | 40 | 7 | 2 | 49 |
* Denied, withdrawn, closed, or unknown status. By far, Texas has more Gulen charter schools than any other state. Ohio comes in second, and California comes in third.
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SCHOOLS
(in order of opening)
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – HOUSTON (K-8) | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened in 2000-2001 for grades 6-12 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 5435 S. Braeswood Blvd., Houston |
Website | |
Notes | Originally a 6-12 school at 5435 S. Braeswood Blvd., this first HSA school expanded and split into two schools. The Braeswood campus was turned into a K-8 school in 2006-2007. The high school was relocated to 9431 W. Sam Houston Pkwy., Houston. Fethullah Gulen left Turkey for the U.S. in March 1998 and has been living reclusively at a compound in rural northeastern Pennsylvania ever since. |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – HOUSTON (HIGH SCHOOL) | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2000-2001 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 9431 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. Houston |
Website | |
Notes | See above |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – AUSTIN | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2002-2003 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 930 E Rundberg Lane, Austin |
Website | |
Notes | K-8 |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – DALLAS | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2004-2005 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 11995 Forestgate Dr., Dallas |
Website | |
Notes | K-12 |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION – HOUSTON | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2005-2006 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 9421 W. Sam Houston Pkwy., Houston |
Website | |
Notes | K-8 |
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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – SAN ANTONIO | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2005-2006 |
Management | Riverwalk Education Foundation, Inc. |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 1450 Northeast Loop 410, San Antonio |
Website | |
Notes | 6-12; operated in partnership w/the Cosmos Foundation; Cosmos gets 5% of Riverwalk’s annual state funding under a "Support Services Agreement." |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – EL PASO | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2006-2007 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 9405 Betel Dr., El Paso |
Website | |
Notes | K-12 |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – FORT WORTH | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2006-2007 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 5651 Westcreek Dr., Fort Worth |
Website | |
Notes | K-12 |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2006-2007 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 7340 N. Gessner Dr., Houston |
Website | |
Notes | K-8 |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – SAN ANTONIO | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2006-2007 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 8505 Lakeside Parkway, San Antonio |
Website | |
Notes | K-12 |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – BEAUMONT | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2007-2008 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 4055 Calder Ave., Beaumont |
Website | |
Notes | K-11 |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – BRYAN/ COLLEGE STATION | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2007-2008 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 2031 S. Texas Ave., Bryan |
Website | |
Notes | K-12 |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – HOUSTON NORTHWEST | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2007-2008 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 16200 Tomball Pkwy., Houston |
Website | |
Notes | K-8 |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – LUBBOCK | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2007-2008 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 1516 53rd St., Lubbock |
Website | |
Notes | K-11 |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – WACO | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2007-2008 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 1900 N. Valley Mills Dr, Waco |
Website | |
Notes | K-11 |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – AUSTIN | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2008-2009 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 11800 Stonehollow Dr., Austin |
Website | |
Notes | K-8 |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – NORTH AUSTIN (in Pflugerville) | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2008-2009 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 1421 Wells Branch Pkwy, Pflugerville |
Website | |
Notes | 5-12 |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – BROWNSVILLE | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2008-2009 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 1124 Central Blvd., Brownsville |
Website | |
Notes | K-10 |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – GRAND PRAIRIE | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2008-2009 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 1102 N.W. 7th St., Grand Prairie |
Website | |
Notes | K-10 |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON (in Sugar Land) | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2008-2009 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 13415 W. Belfort Ave., Sugar Land |
Website | |
Notes | K-8 |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – LAREDO | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2008-2009 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 4401 San Francisco Ave., Laredo |
Website | |
Notes | K-10 |
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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2008-2009 |
Management | Riverwalk Education Foundation, Inc. |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 5707 Bandera Road, Leon Valley |
Website | |
Notes | K-8; operated in partnership w/the Cosmos Foundation; Cosmos gets 5% of Riverwalk’s annual state funding under a "Support Services Agreement." |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – AUSTIN | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2009-2010 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 2100 E St. Elmo Rd., Austin |
Website | |
Notes | K-9 |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION – DALLAS (in Carrollton) | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2009-2010 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 1024 W Rosemeade Pkwy., Carrollton |
Website | |
Notes | K-9 |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION – EL PASO | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2009-2010 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 5210 Fairbanks Dr., El Paso |
Website | |
Notes | K-9 |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – EULESS | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2009-2010 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 701 S. Industrial Blvd., Euless |
Website | |
Notes | K-9 |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE ENDEAVOR – HOUSTON | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2009-2010 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 5668 W. Little York Rd, Houston |
Website | |
Notes | K-8 |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF INGENUITY – HOUSTON | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2009-2010 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 10555 Stella Link Rd., Houston |
Website | |
Notes | K-9 |
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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – ALAMO | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2009-2010 |
Management | Riverwalk Education Foundation, Inc. |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 12200 Crownpoint Dr., San Antonio |
Website | |
Notes | K-8; operated in partnership w/the Cosmos Foundation; Cosmos gets 5% of Riverwalk’s annual state funding under a "Support Services Agreement." |
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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – CORPUS CHRISTI | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2009-2010 |
Management | Riverwalk Education Foundation, Inc. |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 4737 South Saratoga Blvd., Corpus Christi |
Website | |
Notes | K-10; operated in partnership w/the Cosmos Foundation; Cosmos gets 5% of Riverwalk’s annual state funding under a "Support Services Agreement." |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF NATURE AND ATHLETICS – DALLAS | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2010-2011 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 8120 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas |
Website | |
Notes | K-8; new construction, grand opening 1/15/2011 |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – GARLAND | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2010-2011 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 2302 Firewheel Pkwy. Garland |
Website | |
Notes | K-8 |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF ADVANCEMENT HIGH – HOUSTON | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2010-2011 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 3171 North Sam Houston Pkwy., Houston |
Website | |
Notes | 9-12; new construction, ribbon cutting 2/12/1011 |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY – HOUSTON | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2010-2011 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 9115 Kirby Dr., Houston |
Website | |
Notes | K-8; official opening ribbon cutting 1/29/2011 |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY – HOUSTON | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2010-2011 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 6270 Barker Cypress Rd, Houston |
Website | |
Notes | K-8 |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – ODESSA | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2010-2011 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 2755 N. Grandview Ave., Odessa |
Website | |
Notes | K-8 |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION – SAN ANTONIO | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2010-2011 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 8125 Glen Mont Dr., San Antonio |
Website | |
Notes | K-8; new building, ribbon cutting 3/25/11 |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND COMMUNICATION – AUSTIN | |
Status | ACTIVE, open 2011-2012 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 13415 FM 620 N., Austin |
Website | |
Notes | |
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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY WEST HOUSTON (in Katy) | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2011-2012 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 22400 Grand Corner Dr., Katy |
Website | |
Notes | K-8; new construction |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE HIGH – SUGAR LAND | |
Status | ACTIVE, opened 2011-2012 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Authorizer | Texas Education Agency, Division of Charter School Administration |
Location | 13522 W. Airport Blvd., Sugar Land |
Website | |
Notes | 9-12; new construction, groundbreaking 2/25/2011 |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION – FORT WORTH | |
Status | PENDING, listed as a school to be opened in 2011-12 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Notes | |
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HARMONY TEACHER ACADEMY – HOUSTON | |
Status | PENDING, listed as a school to be opened in 2011-12 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Notes | |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS – DALLAS | |
Status | PENDING, listed as a school to be opened in 2012-13 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Notes | |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE – HOUSTON | |
Status | PENDING, listed as a school to be opened in 2012-13 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Notes | |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF NATURE AND ATHLETICS – HOUSTON | |
Status | PENDING, listed as a school to be opened in 2012-13 |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Notes | |
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HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SAN ANTONIO | |
Status | UNKNOWN, construction referred to in Jan 21, 2011 edition of Texas Register in connection with Notice of Public Hearing for Texas Public Finance Authority bonds; school also referred to in Jan 2010 Harmony Public Schools document |
Management | Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools |
Notes | |
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NEW DIMENSION MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOOL | |
Status | UNKNOWN, Texas State Board of Education Committee on School Initiatives heard school representatives speak at Generation 15 Charter Interviews September 1-2, 2010 |
Management | New Dimension Educational Foundation, Inc. |
Notes | Representatives for the proposed school were Hasan Coskun, Osman Kanlioglu, Ozgur Ozer |
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SCHOOL OF ART – DENTON | |
Status | |
Management | New Dimension Educational Foundation, Inc. |
Notes | Representatives for the proposed school were Maria Curtis, Kudbettin Aksoy, Osman Kanlioglu, Henry Bowling, and Osman Kazan. |
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SCHOOL OF ART – HOUSTON | |
Status | |
Management | New Dimension Educational Foundation, Inc. |
Notes | Representatives for the proposed school were Maria Curtis, Kudbettin Aksoy, Osman Kanlioglu, Henry Bowling, and Osman Kazan. |
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MANAGEMENT
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COSMOS FOUNDATION / HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS | |
Federal Tax ID | EIN 760615245 |
Website | |
Individuals involved | Names appearing on IRS Form 990s (2002 to 2009): Ali Tekin, Bilal Akin, Burhanettin Kuruscu, Cengizhan Keskin, Cocksun Cetinkaya, Ellen A. MacDonald, Fatih Yigit, Gokturk Tunc, Ibrahim Sel, Iker Gure, Ismet S. Isik, Kadir Almus, Kudbettin Aksoy, Levent Bulut, Lynn Mitchell, Mehmet Okumus, Mustafa Atik, Mustafa Guvercin, Mustafa Ozen, Nihat Guvercin, Oner Ulvi Celepicikay, Ozgur Ozer, Selahattin Aydin, Soner Tarim, Tevik Eski, Umit Pecin, Yetkin Yildirim |
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RIVERWALK EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC. | |
Federal Tax ID | EIN 010758906 |
Website | None |
Individuals involved | Names appearing on Form 990s (2004 to 2009): Ali Tekin, Ayhan Oruc, Bulent Dogan, Bulent Gumus, Christopher John Gieske [sic Gieseke], Emrah Oral, Kamil Yilmaz, Kemal [aka Mark] Namver, Metin Ekren, Mithat Karabulut, Roland Campos, Turgay Korkmaz |
Notes | This organization's schools are operated in partnership w/the Cosmos Foundation; Cosmos gets 5% of Riverwalk’s annual state funding under a "Support Services Agreement" (see below). |
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NEW DIMENSION EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC. | |
Federal Tax ID | EIN 010758906 |
Website | None |
Individuals involved | Names appearing on Form 990 for 2003 (only year available at NCCS): Henry Bowling, Kamil Sarac, Matthew Rogovein, Osman Kazan. Additional sources connect Osman Kanlioglu and Serdal Kirmizialtin to the organization. |
Notes | During the interview for New Dimension Math and Science School on September 2010, it was noted that the “corporate status of the sponsoring entity was forfeited in 2008. A representative of the proposed school stated that it has since been reinstated, and the entity is in good standing.” |
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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2. LIST OF LOCATIONS
Cosmos Foundation / Harmony Public Schools = 36 schools
- Austin - 5
- Beaumont - 1
- Brownsville - 1
- Bryan/College Station - 1
- Carrollton - 1
- Dallas -2
- El Paso -2
- Euless - 1
- Fort Worth -1
- Garland - 1
- Grand Prairie -1
- Houston - 13*
- Laredo -1
- Lubbock -1
- Odessa - 1
- San Antonio -2
- Waco -1
Riverwalk Education Foundation’s Schools of Science and Technology schools = 4 schools
- Corpus Christi -1
- Leon Valley -1
- San Antonio - 2
* Houston is also where the Gulen Institute, the multi-state branched Institute of Interfaith Dialog and Raindrop Turkish House (both Gulenist organizations) are located. It is also the home to some of the Gulen movement's most prominent non-native Turkish American supporters, namely William Martin and Helen Rose Ebaugh. In other words, the fact that Houston has a high concentration of Gulen charter schools is not a coincidence.
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3. "SUPPORT SERVICE AGREEMENTS"
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3. "SUPPORT SERVICE AGREEMENTS"
Cosmos is in “Support Service Agreements” with the following organizations:
http://ccweb.co.fort-bend.tx.us:15505/docs/2011/CCTR/20110510_2258/3717_Cosmos%20Foundation%20Borrower%20Charter%20Schools.pdf (p. B-3)
http://ccweb.co.fort-bend.tx.us:15505/docs/2011/CCTR/20110510_2258/3717_Cosmos%20Foundation%20Borrower%20Charter%20Schools.pdf (p. B-3)
- Riverwalk Education Foundation w/four charter schools in Texas
- Millennium Education Foundation w/two charter schools in Missouri
- SKY Foundation w/ four charter schools in Oklahoma
- Pelican Educational Foundation w/two charter schools in Louisiana
- Focus Foundation w/ one charter school in New Mexico
- Read Foundation w/ one charter school in Tennessee
- Little Scholars of Arkansas Foundation w/two charter schools in Arkansas
Cosmos “...provides support services in the following areas: school start up; facility management; financial consulting and advisory; professional leadership; technology and database support; student admissions; marketing and employee recruiting; curriculum and assessment; student development and school climate; cooperation with home-school, external organizations and science fair organizations; and academic and non-academic performance.”
- Cosmos gets 5% of Riverwalk’s annual state funding
- Cosmos gets 3% of Millennium’s annual state funding
- Cosmos gets 3% of SKY Foundation’s annual state funding
- Cosmos gets 5% of Pelican’s annual state funding
- Cosmos gets flat fee of $45,000/year from the Focus Foundation
- Cosmos gets 3% of the Read Foundation’s annual state funding
- Cosmos gets 3% of LISA’s annual state funding
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4. Texas schools in alphabetical order
- Harmony School of Advancement High – Houston
- Harmony School of Art And Technology – Houston
- Harmony School of Business – Dallas (Pending)
- Harmony School of Discovery – Houston
- Harmony School of Excellence – Austin
- Harmony School of Excellence – Houston
- Harmony School of Excellence - San Antonio (Pending)
- Harmony School of Excellence Endeavor – Houston
- Harmony School of Ingenuity – Houston
- Harmony School of Innovation – Dallas
- Harmony School of Innovation – El Paso
- Harmony School of Innovation – Fort Worth (Pending)
- Harmony School of Innovation – Houston
- Harmony School of Innovation – San Antonio
- Harmony School of Language – Houston (Pending)
- Harmony School of Nature And Athletics – Dallas
- Harmony School of Nature And Athletics – Houston (Pending)
- Harmony School of Political Science And Communication – Austin
- Harmony School of Science – Austin
- Harmony School of Science – Houston
- Harmony School of Science High – Sugar Land
- Harmony Science Academy – Austin
- Harmony Science Academy – Beaumont
- Harmony Science Academy – Brownsville
- Harmony Science Academy – Bryan/ College Station
- Harmony Science Academy – Dallas
- Harmony Science Academy – El Paso
- Harmony Science Academy – Euless
- Harmony Science Academy – Fort Worth
- Harmony Science Academy – Garland
- Harmony Science Academy – Grand Prairie
- Harmony Science Academy – Houston
- Harmony Science Academy – Houston High
- Harmony Science Academy – Houston Northwest
- Harmony Science Academy – Laredo
- Harmony Science Academy – Lubbock
- Harmony Science Academy – North Austin
- Harmony Science Academy – Odessa
- Harmony Science Academy – San Antonio
- Harmony Science Academy – Waco
- Harmony Science Academy West Houston
- Harmony Teacher Academy – Houston (Pending)
- New Dimension Math and Science School (Pending)
- School of Art Denton (Inactive)
- School of Art Houston (Inactive)
- School of Science and Technology – Alamo
- School of Science and Technology – Corpus Christi
- School of Science and Technology – San Antonio
- School of Science and Technology Discovery
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