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ATTACHMENT A
OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER
CONTRACT RENEWAL APPLICATION
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Current Information in Charter School Tracking System
Charter Holder Name: IMAGINE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF NORTH TEXAS, LLC
Charter School Name: IMAGINE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF NORTH TEXAS
Charter School County/District #: 043-
Generation: 14
Maximum Approved Enrollment: 1,
Grades Approved: K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 RECEIVED MAR 2 3 28H
Campuses:
043801001 IMAGINE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF NORTH TEXAS 2860 VIRGINIA PK.WY MCKINNEY, TX 75071 Grade Levels Currently Served: KG,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,
Geographical Boundary: The original charter application and amendment history reflects that the following district(s) comprise the charter school's geographic boundary:
ALLEN ISD (^) PILOT POINT ISD ANNA ISD (^) PLANO ISD AUBREY ISD (^) PRINCETON ISD BLUE RIDGE ISD (^) PROSPER ISD CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (^) — RICHARDS ISD CELINA ISD (^) ROCKWALL ISD COMMUNITY ISD (^) VAN ALSTYNE ISD FARMERSVILLE ISD (^) - -T^ FRISCO ISD GARLAND ISD GUNTER ISD LAKE DALLAS ISD LITTLE ELM ISD LOVEJOY ISD MCKINNEY ISD MELISSA ISD
UPDATE TO DATA PROVIDED BY TEA
Grade Levels Currently Served:
KG, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09,
Geographical Boundary:
ALLEN ISD ANNA ISD AUBREY ISD BLUE RIDGE ISD CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD CELINA ISD COMMUNITY ISD FARMERSVILLE ISD FRISCO ISD GARLAND ISD GUNTER ISD LAKE DALLAS ISD LITTLE ELM ISD LOVEJOY ISD MCKINNEY ISD MELISSA ISD PILOT POINT ISD PLANO ISD PRINCETON ISD PROSPER ISD RICHARDSON ISD ROCKWALL ISD VAN ALSTYNE ISD WYLIE ISD
Section III.
Website Postings
In accordance with the requirements of TEC §12.1211, an open-enrollment charter school shall list the names of the members of the governing body on the home page of the school's internet wgbsite. Provide the internet URL address where the names of the members of the governing body are listed.
http://imaginenorthtexas.org
In accordance with the requirements of TEC §12.136, an open-enrollment charter school shall post the salary of the school's superintendent or CEO on the school's internet website. Provide the internet URL address where the superintendent's salary is posted.
http://www.imaginenorthtexas.org/node/! 1
/ ' V In accordance with Local Government Code §140.006, an open-enrollment charter school shall post continuously on the school's internet website the annual financials of the school. Provide the internet URL address where the annual financial statements of the charter school are continuously posted.
http://www.imaginenorthtexas.org/node/! 1
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Section IV.
Organizational Charts
Submit, as Attachment 1, the organizational chart for the charter school that specifies the administrative positions including the title and name of the individual currently in each position.
Submit, as Attachment 2, a chart that identifies all other entities under the direction of the charter holder. This would include entities and/or programs that the charter holder governs/manages in addition to the charter school.
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Section V. (Continued)
Admission Policy
D. If the school utilizes a lottery when oversubscribed, specify the approximate date on which a lottery will be conducted.
Approximate Date of Lottery (Month/Day)
First two weeks of March
E. If the school does not utilize a lottery when oversubscribed, but rather fills the available positions in the order in which applications were received before the expiration of the application deadline (i.e., a "first-come, first-served" admission process), describe the manner in which the school notifies the community of the opportunity to apply for admission. TEC, §12.117, requires a charter school that uses a first-come, first-served admission process when oversubscribed to publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation not later than the seventh day before the application deadline.
N/A - the school utilizes a lottery when oversubscribed.
F. If the school has a separate process for re-enrollment, state the process and the timeline to be used.
Parents of returning students are asked to complete an Intent To Return form by the first week of February each year to indicate their intent to attend the school for each upcoming school year.
G. State the procedures for processing applications received once the application deadline has passed.
All applications received on or after March 2nd from primary or transfer boundary applicants are added in order of receipt to the bottom of the established lottery-based primary boundary waiting lists for each grade level. If the lottery-based primary boundary waiting list is exhausted for any grade level during the year, additional applicants from both boundaries are admitted in order of receipt of applications.
H. Describe the information that an applicant must provide in order to be considered for admission. Applicants may not be required to provide copies of transcripts or other academic records until after they are offered admission and are enrolling. Furthermore, a student may not be precluded from enrolling due to the charter school'sfailure to receive information required for enrollmentfrom the student's parent or guardian or previous school. See TEC,
Student's name, date of birth, grade entering for the upcoming year, address, zoned district/campus, and name and grade of any currently enrolled sibling(s) at the school. Parent's name, main and alternate phone number, and email address. Name and grade of any additional siblings applying for admission.
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Section V. (Continued)
Admission Policy
I. The charter holder certifies that the non-discrimination statement required by TEC, §12.111(a)(6) is printed in the school's admission policy. TEC, §12.111(6) requires that a charter school's admission policy include a statement that the school will not discriminate in admissions based on gender, national origin, ethnicity, religion, disability, academic, artistic, or athletic ability, or the district the child would otherwise attend.
(•) Yes QNo
J. Does the admission policy either require or permit the school to exclude from admission all students with documented histories of a criminal offense, a juvenile court adjudication, or discipline problems under TEC Chapter 37, Subchapter A as authorized by TEC, § 12.111(a)(6)?
(•) Yes ( The school excludes such students or reserves the right to exclude such students from admissions.) QNo (The school does not deny admission to such students based on their documented histories of misconduct.)
Submit
- A current copy of the admission policy that incorporates the information provided in the above answers to questions
A through H and any other relevant information (Attachment 3);
- A blank copy of the current admission application, i.e., the information requested when the student first seeks
admission (Attachment 4); and
- A blank copy of the current enrollment form(s), i.e., the information required once an applicant has been offered
admission and is registering for enrollment (Attachment 5)
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Section VII.
Serving Students at Residential Facilities Assurances
If the charter school is not currently approved to serve students at residential facilities, do not provide a signature and indicate N/A on the signature line.
If operating a charter school campus on the site of a residential facility (RF) or serving students residing in or receiving services from an RF, the charter holder chair certifies by signing the assurance that:
Compliance with Special Education Requirements: The charter holder assures that it will comply with all of the requirements for the provision of educational services to students with disabilities as mandated by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as amended, the Texas Education Code, and federal and state special education regulations. The charter holder acknowledges that state and federal special education requirements require, among other things, it provide a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment (ERE) to students with disabilities residing in RFs. The charter holder further assures that it will provide, or seek the provision of, a FAPE to students with disabilities, which may require it to contract with outside service providers or another local educational agency to provide necessary services and supports to students with disabilities.
Geographic Boundaries: The charter holder assures that it will accept students who reside in the school district(s) that are within each campus's geographic boundaries regardless of the presence or absence of a disability or admission to or participation in an RF program.
Admissions Criteria: The charter holder assures that its admissions criteria will not be based on the presence or the absence of a disability; or on gender; national origin; ethnicity; religion; academic; artistic or athletic ability; or the home district the child would otherwise attend.
School Choice: The charter holder assures that parents/legal guardians (or adult students) will be advised that they may choose to enroll their child in either the charter school or the local public school district and that the elected choice will be documented in writing and filed for purposes of review or audit by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), an external auditor, or an other entity.
Residential Facilities Monitoring (RFM) System: The charter holder assures that it understands that, pursuant to 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAG) §97.1072, there is a specific system for monitoring school districts and charter schools serving students with disabilities who reside in RFs. The charter holder further assures that it understands it will be required to report data related to students with disabilities residing in RFs in TEA's data collection system known as RF Tracker and it may be subject to RFM intervention activities and on-site visits based upon a review of the data reported on a random selection or other means of selection.
Training: The charter holder assures that all personnel involved with serving students with disabilities residing in a RF and personnel involved with reporting data in RF Tracker will receive training on the RFM system. Please contact your regional Educational Service Center for information regarding the required RFM system training.
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Section VII. (Continued)
Serving Students at Residential Facilities Assurances
The charter holder assures this assurance document has been shared with, and understood by, the RF board and that the RF board has acknowledged its understanding of all federal laws and regulations, Texas laws, State Board of Education (SBOE) and commissioner of education rules related to charter schools serving students at residential facilities and further certifies that any future amendments to the laws, regulations, and rules will be incorporated and implemented.
A//A f^/A Signature of Charter Holder Board Chair Date (Must sign in blue ink)
tilh. Printed Name of Charter Holder Board Chair
Please write N/A in the signature line
if the charter does not serve students at residential facilities.
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Section IX.
Fingerprinting and Criminal Record Check Assurance
The charter holder certifies it is in compliance with TEC §12.120, and confirms that no individual is serving in any capacity if he or she has been convicted of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; a felony; an offense listed in TEC §37.007(a); or an offense listed in Article 62.001(5) Code of Criminal Procedures; unless the individual is eligible to be employed in a position in a school district under TEC §12.120 (a-1).
Additionally, the charter holder confirms all current fingerprinting and criminal record checks are available for all employees, including contract employees; volunteers who indicated in writing their intention to serve; board members; and officers of the charter holder who are not on the board, in compliance with TEC §§12.1059, 22.0832-22.0835.
(Must sign in blue ink)
Printed Name of Charter Holder Board Chair
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Section X.
Certificate of Acknowledgement
This section requires at least a majority of the governing body of the charter holder to certify it has had an opportunity to review the completed renewal petition and has authorized, during an open meeting, submission of the petition to the commissioner of education for consideration of renewal of the charter.
CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The undersigned members of the governing body of the charter holder hereby acknowledge that they have had an opportunity to review the completed renewal petition and have authorized its submission, during an open meeting, to the commissioner of education for consideration of the renewal of the charter:
Typed Name (^) Signature (Type name next to corresponding signature) (^) (Must sign in blue ink) Date*
ANN CARRELL VMI£ _J 1
NANCY INTRATOR (^6)
DEBORAH TOMASZEWSKI (^) 3U<> / /
*Members are to sign the acknowledgement during an open meeting; therefore, the date next to each signature must reflect the date of the meeting.
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ATTACHMENT 1
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
Texas Education Agency/Texas State Board of Education
Imagine International Academy of North Texas, LLC
Board of Managers
Chief Executive Officer/Superintendent
Name: Ann Carrell
Central Administration Officer/Head of School
Name: Julia Brady
I
Upper School Director Administrative Coordinator Lower School Director
(Campus Administration Officer) (Business Manager) (Campus Administration Officer)
Name: Preston Emerton Name: Gene Zhu Name: Angela Farrell
Upper School Staff/Personnel Administrative^ Lower^ School^ Staff/Personnel
(Grades 6-12) Staff/Personnel (Grades^ K-5)
ATTACHMENT 2
IMAGINE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF NORTH TEXAS
ALL OTHER ENTITIES UNDER CHARTER HOLDER
ATTACHMENT 3
IMAGINE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF NORTH TEXAS
ADMISSION POLICY
400.20. ADMISSIONS & ENROLLMENT
The governing body ("Board") of Imagine International Academy of North Texas adopts the following policy which shall be effective on the date that the policy is adopted by the Board.
Section 1. Admissions
Section 1.1. Non-Discrimination Policy. Imagine International Academy of North Texas's admissions and enrollment shall be free from discrimination based on sex, national origin, ethnicity, religion, disability, academic, artistic, athletic ability, or the district the child would otherwise attend under state law.
Section 1.2. Admission Application Deadline. The Imagine International Academy of North Texas admission application period is from November 1st through March T'.
Section 1.3. Non-resident Transfer Students. Students who reside outside Imagine International Academy of North Texas's approved primary geographic boundaries may be admitted once all eligible, resident students who submitted a timely application are enrolled, according to the school's charter.
Section 1.4. Exclusion from Admission. Imagine International Academy of North Texas reserves the right to exclude from admission a student who has a documented history of a criminal offense, a juvenile court adjudication, or discipline problems under the Education Code, Chapter 37, Subchapter A.
Section 2. Enrollment
Section 2.1. Eligibility. The Central Administration Officer ("CAO"), or CAO's designee, shall establish procedures that ensure that appropriate measures are taken to verify, on enrollment, that a student is entitied to enroll in Imagine International Academy of North Texas. Areas to be verified include, but are not limited to, a student's residency and grade level.
Section 2.2. Enrollment Documentation. Upon a student's enrollment, the CAO, or CAO's designee, shall ensure that a bona fide effort is made to secure all records and required documentation pertaining to the student.
Section 2.3. Establishing Identification. Any of the following documents are acceptable for proof of identification and age: birth certificate; driver's license; passport; school ID card, records, or report card; military
ID; hospital birth record; adoption records; church baptismal record; or any other legal document that establishes
identity.
Document adopted by the Board: 4/25/
