Magnolia Science Academy is without a doubt a Gulen Managed charter school

The Gulen Movement is fantastic at advertising, PR, and bestwowing fake honors on their students, politicians, local media and academia. The Parents4Magnolia blog is NOT American parents it is members of the Gulen Movement in damage control mode. Magnolia Science Academy, Pacific Technology School and Bay Area Technology is the name of their California schools. They are under several Gulen NGOs: Pacifica Institute, Willow Education, Magnolia Educaiton Foundation, Accord Institute, Bay Area Cultural Connection. Hizmet aka Gulen Movement will shamelessly act like satisifed American parents or students. They will lie, cajole, manipulate, bribe, blackmail, threaten, intimidate to get their way which is to expand the Gulen charter schools. If this doesn't work they play victim and cry "islamophobia". Beware of the Gulen propagandists and Gulen owned media outlets. DISCLAIMER: if you find some videos are disabled this is the work of the Gulen censorship which has filed fake copyright infringement complaints to Utube



Friday, August 26, 2011

Magnolia Science Academy, Gulen Charter School applies for $8.7 million in Charter School Facilities funding.

See complete Magnolia Educational Charter School Facilities request for $8,706.978

 CHARTER SCHOOL FACILITIES PROGRAM
2011 LOTTERY FUNDING ROUND
PROP 1D 2009 FUNDING ROUND

STAFF SUMMARY REPORT – JUNE 2011 Applicant/Obligor:
Magnolia Educational and Research Foundation
Project School:
Pacific Technology School – Santa Ana
CDS (County – District – School) Code:
09 76596 0119537
[Proposed] Project Location:
1548 W First Street, 1434 W First Street and 1525 W Walnut Street, Santa Ana, CA
Project Type:
New Construction
County:
Orange
District in which Project is Located:
Santa Ana Unified School District
Charter Authorizer:
California State Board of Education
Total OPSC Project Cost:
$17,413,956
State Apportionment (50% Project Cost):
$8,706,978
Lump Sum Contribution:
$0
Total CSFP Financed Amount:
$8,706,978
Length of CSFP Funding Agreement:
30 years
Assumed Interest Rate:
3.00%
Estimated Annual CSFP Payment:
$444,224
First Year of Occupancy of New Project:
2012-13


Saturday, August 20, 2011

Gulen Charter Schools in California- LAUSD outperforms Charter Schools

No surprise, Charter School closures for Califorinia 2009 were largely closed because of mismanagement and financial issues.  collectively 72% of the reason.

After all the debate over teacher evaluation, class size, reading & math fundamentals, special ed, etc., what actually works in public education? New test scores released Monday revealed surprising results: that the Los Angeles Unified School District not only held its own in math and English test scores, but in most cases outperformed schools run by four charter reform efforts. What’s more, the district achieved the feat without outside funding brought in by reform groups to their schools. LAUSD is championing the results but the charters say it’s not the whole picture. They claim the numbers alone leave out important elements, like the large number of students who greatly improved their scores but still did not meet proficiency standards, school safety, and student retention to list just a few. David leads a discussion with the LAUSD and heads of some of those reform efforts about what approach they take, what works—both in the long and short term-and what the goals of public education should be

Gulen Charter Schools in California are:
Magnolia Science Academies (largely based in Southern California with 1 in Santa Clara)
Bay Area Technology School (Oakland)
Pacific Technology School (Orangevale, CA near Sacramento)