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“The form 990 will be reviewed by the chairman and executive director and presented to the board of directors.”

“E3 rochester, inc. Annually requires board members to update and sign conflict of interest statements. E3's board secretary reviews all conflicts of interest and brings any issues to the board of directors as needed based on that review.”

“The governing documents are available upon request.”

“E3 rochester inc. Was created to help expand the number of high quality k - 12 public education seats for low income children living in the city of rochester. The mission includes recruiting high quality charter school operators to open schools in rochester based on proven models of success with low income urban children and assisting locally based efforts to establish or improve existing charter schools. E3 supports schools with facilities, raising money for start-up and enrollment activities. E3 works with a wide range of community organizations and foundations to increase awareness of the need for meaningful educational reform in the city and of the fact that citizen action can have a direct and immediate impact by providing parents with good choices in the charter school sector.”

“E3 rochester inc. Was created to help expand the number of high quality k - 12 public education seats for low income children living in the city of rochester. The mission includes recruiting high quality charter school operators to open schools in rochester based on proven models of success with low income urban children and assisting locally based efforts to establish or improve existing charter schools. E3 supports schools with facilities, raising money for start-up and enrollment activities. E3 works with a wide range of community organizations and foundations to increase awareness of the need for meaningful educational reform in the city and of the fact that citizen action can have a direct and immediate impact by providing parents with good choices in the charter school sector.”

“E3 rochester had a productive year in 2017 and accomplished the following: a. Supported the continued growth and success of vertus charter school, a charter school for boys. Vertus grew to serve all four grades from 9 to 12 in the fall of 2017 and will have its first graduating class in june 2018. This school has pioneered a new approach for serving young men from impoverished urban settings by putting them in teams led by full time paid mentors (called preceptors) who explicitly teach character traits needed for success, model those behaviors, and provide the caring and encouragement they need to complete their educations. Instruction consists of a combination of traditional classroom teaching and self-paced on-line courses in learning labs, where students can master subjects at their own pace. The result has been to close the learning gap at twice the normal pace. B. Supported the continued growth of puc achieve charter school, which has now grown to a full middle school, grades 5 - 8. Puc achieve is designed to bring low income urban children to success through a combination of warmth and rigor, in an environment where the love of learning encourages attendance and learning. The curriculum is infused with the arts and science assure an enriched student experience. C. Over the past five years, e3 rochester has developed a school building and campus in the heart of rochester's northeast quadrant, leased to puc achieve charter school. This campus consists of a fully renovated church building and a new 30,000 square foot addition, completed in 2016. In 2017, e3 completed the purchase and demolition of 6 derelict houses and graded two large areas for play and sports. The school parking lot was also expanded and a better audio visual and sound system was installed in the school. D. Instituted an on-line application system allowing parents to view 19 charter school locations and fill out a single application form which can be submitted by the press of a button to all the schools of their choice. This has resulted in a substantial increase in applications to charter schools while leading the charter schools to work more closely together on common issues. Charter schools are now a large, growing and high performing sector of the educational landscape, offering students greater chances of success than have been available in the rochester city school district. As rochester's charter sector will soon have more than 20% of the students, e3's goal is to irrefutably demonstrate that low income children can be brought to success despite the stresses of poverty and move discussion from why kids can't learn to how best to help them learn. E. E3 rochester continues to extend its community outreach to give city parents the means to influence and access the educational choices available to their children. E3 also assists charter schools in finding board members, information, and resources for their school operations. E3 stands ready to assist district schools as well, if and when they indicate an interest in collaboration with charter schools. F. Partnerships and alliances with key business leaders and community initiatives: -cultivate involvement and resource commitment among key business leaders -collaborate with major existing organizations (roc the future, children's agenda, rmapi, racf, rochester area chamber of commerce, united way) -led a delegation of community and educational leaders to a 2-day conference in indianapolis delegation to learn how other cities are increasing the effectiveness of their schools. -worked with national organizations on how to take action on four fronts; quality seats; effective educators; improving the policy environment; stakeholder engagement.”