| STATE | # ACTIVE | # PENDING | # INACTIVE* | TOTAL |
| HI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
* Denied, withdrawn, closed, or unknown status
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TOTAL ENROLLMENT IN 2010-2011 = NONE
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SCHOOLS
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| MOKAPU STEM SCHOOL | |
| Status | INACTIVE: rejected and withdrawn in 2011 NOTE: monitor Hawaii for future attempts, possibly with a changed school name |
| History | This would have been a charter school conversion of Mokapu Elementary School on the Marine Corps Base Hawaii on the Mokapu Peninsula (Oahu). It was presented in Fall 2010 and rejected by the Mokapu School Community Council in April 2011. If the proposal had been accepted by the school site, it would have gone before the state’s Charter School Review Panel, Hawaii’s only authorizer. |
| Management | “In partnership with Daisy Education Corporation dba Sonoran Science Academy” |
| Website | http://www.mokapustemschool.org/ (domain expired; website removed) |
| Board members | First interim board: Kazim Z. Gumus, Mehmet Argin, Adem Oksuz, Metin Yildirim Second interim board: Kazim Z. Gumus, Craig M. Fay, Gurdal Arslan, June Noelani Cleghorn, Peter Aprecio |
| Notes | “The Mokapu STEM School conversion will include a partnership with Accord Institute for Education Research that develops curriculum for DAISY EDUCATION CORPORATION dba Sonoran Science Academy Schools for curriculum support.” Board member Fay is a parent at Pacific Technology School-Orangevale, a Gulen charter school operated by Magnolia Public Schools. Peter Aprecio may be related to Nichole Aprecio Ataizi who has served on the board of Magnolia Public Schools. |
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MANAGEMENT
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| DAISY EDUCATION CORPORATION dba SONORAN SCIENCE ACADEMY | |
| Federal Tax ID | EIN 860990917 |
| Website | |
| History | “In 2000, local scientists, educators and community leaders saw a need in Tucson for a school that focuses on math, science and computer science.” (from website), AND “Three Turkish professionals living in Tucson founded Sonoran Science Academy in 2001… a couple friends got together." (Arizona Daily Star) http://azstarnet.com/news/science/environment/article_dec199db-be3f-5519-be3d-f6ad970db1f8.html |
| Individuals involved | Abdullah Yilmaz, Adam Oksuz, Akif Baysal, Cetin Urtis, Dilshod Achilov, Fatih Gelgi, Ishmael Palavi, Ismail [Emre] Arici, Metin Yildirim, Nashhi [sic Nasuhi] Yurt, Ozkur Yildez [sic Yildiz], Tayfun Gurbuz, and Turgay Korkman (source: IRS Form 990s for 2002-2008). |
| Notes | Daisy Education Corporation also operates the Daisy Early Learning Academy, a pre-school charter school where Turkish is taught (Pinar Eduran, director). |
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SERVICE PROVIDER
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| ACCORD INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH | |
| Federal Tax ID | EIN 260658913 |
| Website | |
| Location | 13950 Milton Ave. Suite 200A, Westminster, CA (same address as the Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation, operator of Magnolia Public Schools in CA). |
| Services | The schools purchase program development, curriculum, professional development, and financial services from AIER. The fee is not known. |
| Individuals involved | Adem Oksuz, Ali Korkmaz, Ertan Salik, Faruk Taban, Hasan Deniz, Murat Arbas, Osman Sen, Suat Utku Ay, Carol Barkley, Suleyman Bahceci, and Yasin Cetindilin (source: IRS Form 990s for 2007 and 2008, and website accessed May 2011) |
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