Gulen Charter Schools
C.A.S.I.L.I.P.S.
  • Gulen Charter Schools
  • How the schools serve the Gulen Movement
  • Why it's wrong
  • Proposed Gulen charter schools
  • SITE INDEX
  • Flier: Print and Handout
  • How to get involved - Sample letters
  • Renewal schedule
  • Hearings on new applications, expansions, etc
  • How school chains evolve
  • Harmony Science Academy: Denials and Evidence
  • Sonoran Science Academy - Denials and Evidence
  • Quest Charter Academy - Denials and Evidence
  • Memphis School of Excellence - Denials and Evidence
  • Are the schools connected to Gulen?
  • Are the schools connected to Gulen? Part 2
  • Organic Ties
  • More organic ties
  • Organic Ties - Part 3
  • Gulenist Self-Empretzelment
  • [Generic] Science Academy - cut, paste, fill in the blank
  • TIE: Coordination across schools
  • TIE and Accord overhead
  • Skimming a percentage off 400 million
  • Total Revenue 2011-12
  • Audits & Financial Statements
  • Charter schools offer numerous business opportunities
  • Charter schools offer numerous business opportunities Part 2
  • Charter schools offer numerous business opportunities, Part 3
  • Blue Ocean Construction
  • Financial links between charter schools and Gulen Movement
  • Financial links between charter schools and Gulen Movement, ctd
  • Charter bond financing - the next subprime crisis?
  • Bonds for Gulen Charters
  • BayTech & Willow Education
  • Bergen Arts and Science Charter School
  • Brookside-Frontier School
  • Buffalo Academy of Science
  • Central Jersey College Prep
  • Chesapeake Science Point
  • Chesapeake Science Point: Timeline & Information
  • Concept Schools; Horizon Science Academy; CMSA etc
  • Concept Schools: now a multinational school management corporation
  • Concept Schools promotes patently false nationalistic propaganda
  • Concept Schools Favored Vendors
  • Coral Academy of Science
  • Dove Science Academy
  • Florida Schools: Orlando, River City, Sweetwater, Stars, New Springs
  • Fulton Science Academy
  • Fulton Science Academy, Cape Fear Board Member: "Yes, I am a Fethullah follower"
  • Fulton students at Gulenist, religious school in Turkey
  • Fulton Science Academy - letter from parent
  • Fulton Science Academy: comparing college prep with district
  • Fulton Science Academy: Charter Renewal 2011
  • Fulton 2015 Charter Renewal
  • GREEN Charter School
  • Harmony Science Academy, Cosmos Foundation
  • How the Harmony schools serve the Gulen Movement
  • LISA Academy
  • Lotus School for Excellence
  • Lotus School for Excellence - some restrictions apply
  • Magnolia Science Academy
  • Magnolia Science Academy ctd
  • Massachusetts schools: Hampden & Pioneer
  • Paterson Charter School of Science and Technology
  • Paterson Charter School, ctd.
  • Paterson Charter School for Science & Technology - Related-Party Deals
  • Rochester Academy Charter School
  • School of Science and Technology
  • Sonoran Science Academy
  • Syracuse Academy of Science
  • Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School
  • Triad Math and Science Academy
  • Triangle Math & Science Academy Related-Party Deals
  • Truebright Science Academy
  • Utica Academy of Science
  • Young Scholars of Central Pennsylvania
  • Young Scholars of Western Pennsylvania
  • Wisconsin Career Academy
  • Principals of Gulen schools
  • Maps
  • Proposed ABECS school
  • Proposed ABECS School - Denials & Evidence
  • New schools and expansions 2012-13
  • Enrollment
  • News articles 2013 - Gulen charter schools
  • News articles 2014 - Gulen charter schools
  • News articles 2015 - Gulen charter schools
  • Growth of enrollment
  • Gulenist hijrah (migration)
  • ISWEEEP
  • Harmony Schools Fact-Checking
  • Harmony's anomalous at-risk increase
  • Vanishing High School Students
  • Vanishing High School Students, Pt 2
  • Standardized tests
  • Standardized tests, ctd
  • Application forms
  • Application forms ctd
  • Borrowed texts
  • From Massachusetts to Pakistan: More borrowed texts
  • Text strings copy-paste
  • Grants to Gulen schools
  • Federal grants for teaching Turkish
  • Importing English teachers from Turkey
  • Schools paying for visas, immigration
  • Reform Laws Needed
  • Authorizers, Auditors and Accreditors: Concerns
  • Financial Incentives to Ignore Abuse
  • Discrimination
  • Special education
  • Favoritism and Disorganization: Evidence from Sonoran Science Academy Phoenix
  • Report from Concept Schools staff member
  • Culture of secrecy
  • Fraudulent Application or False Denial?
  • Missing information on school websites
  • Charter school authorization: Lack of public input and transparency
  • Lawsuits against Gulen charters
  • Lawsuit: J.R. Johnson v. Cosmos Foundation and Solidarity
  • American enablers
  • Who is responsible?
  • Manipulation tactics
  • Waiting for the government
  • Comments on 60 Minutes Segment
  • Legal threats: a Gulenist intimidation tactic
  • Collecting information on students - where does it go?
  • International schools provide insight
  • Research tools
    • How to find school report cards
    • Charter school law
  • Pioneer Academy of Science
  • Brooklyn Amity School (private)
  • Brief updates
  • The Stem Sell Problem
  • Submit information
  • Return to Guide to the Gulen Movement's Activities site
  • For Turkish speakers - Türkçe konuşanlar için

Concept Schools' Favored Vendors

Page created Sep 2013

Some of Concept Schools' favored vendors or landlords:
  • Breeze, Inc.
  • New Plan Learning
  • Core Design and Production / Core Group
  • Star Consultants
  • Horizon International / Silver Memory
  • Quality Builders of Midwest
  • United Strong Construction
These businesses are intertwined with Concept Schools and its member schools, as well as the Gulen Movement network, as can be seen in the following diagram
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Star Consultants, Quality Builders Midwest, and New Plan Learning

A building permit publicized in the Toledo Legal News, dated Nov 18, 2011, in connection with demolition and construction at the property located at 630 S Reynolds Rd, Toledo, Ohio (the current address of Horizon Science Academy Springfield) shows owner as New Plan Learning, applicant as Star Consultants Inc, and contractor as Quality Builders of Midwest.

Another building permit publicized in the Toledo Legal News, dated July 9, 2012, in connection with a construction project at 2600 W Sylvania Ave, Toledo, Ohio (the current location of Horizon Science Academy Toledo) shows owner as Horizon Science Academy, applicant Star Consultants, and contractor Quality Builders of Midwest.
Breeze, Inc and "Authorized Abuse"

From the "Authorized Abuse: Sponsors, Management and Ohio Charter School Law"
by Policy Matters Ohio  (link)
"The management organization Concept Schools also engages in related-party deals that
raise questions about issues raised in this study. The fiscal year 2009 state audit for
Horizon Science Academy – Cincinnati shows that former Concept CEO Vedat Akgun filed the articles of incorporation for the school with the Ohio Secretary of State. The
audit states that Akgun signed the management company contract and the copier lease.  Akgun also served as founding director of the Horizon Science Academy in Dayton and as president of Breeze, Inc., the property owner and manager of the school’s building."

Columbus Local News on Sep 2, 2009, reported on the construction of Horizon Science Academy Middle School.  Ali Alghothani is mentioned as "project architect and vice president of Star Consultants Inc."  The article further states "Breeze Inc., the parent company of Horizon, owns a total of 12 schools in Ohio, with two in Cleveland, four in Columbus, two in Dayton, one in Lima, Lorain, and Cincinnati, and one in contract in Toledo," and then "The former dealership property [2350 Morse Road] was sold to Concept School in May for a purchase $1.5 million. Renovation costs are estimated to be $1.8 million, with further expansion costs estimated in the range of $3 to $4 million, according to information from the academy."
Some projects Star Consultants has managed:

Horizon Science Academy High School Cleveland  
2008 Gymnasium Addition
Size: 15,000 Square Feet
Cost: $2,200,000

Horizon Science Academy High School Dayton  
2009 Complete renovation/conversion of building into high school facility.
Size: 40,000 Square Feet
Cost: $2,900,000

Horizon Science Academy High School  Toledo
2011 Conversion of an existing abandoned retail facility into a new Charter school to house 375 students.
Size: 60,000 Square Feet 
Cost: $4,200,000

Horizon Science Academy High School Toledo
Complete new HVAC system and controls for a high school and gymnasium.
Size: 50,876 sq. ft. 
Cost: $3,000,000

Horizon Science Academy Cleveland
2010 "Horizon Science Academy retained Star Consultants, Inc. to provide Master Planning and Programming for a 22 acre site in north east Cleveland, upon which the Owners intend to construct an educational campus."
Size: 299,500 Square Feet 
Cost: $62,000,000 (estimated)

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This website has two companion websites:  A Guide to the Gulen Movement's Activities in the US    and    Gulen in the International Press