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AnnuAl RepoRt 2010-2011

P u b l i c S c h o o l s

IDEA Public Schools prepares students from underserved communities for success in college and citizenship.

P u b l i c S c h o o l s

For 10 years we’ve proven what is possible.

Every IDEA Public Schools graduate has enrolled in a four-year college or university.

Kindergarten student Mia Gutierrez gets ready for class at IDEA Mission.

COVER: Marcos Treviño in his 10th grade government class at IDEA Donna.

Founder & CEO

IDEA Public Schools was launched in 2000 on the belief that through hard work and the commitment and dedication of great teachers and school lead-ers, all students, regardless of their family background, socio-economic standing, or previ-ous academic accomplishment, could achieve at the same or higher levels of their more af-fluent peers.

IDEA puts students on path to succeed in an increasingly competitive global market-place by providing a rigorous college preparatory education and preparing our low-income, Hispanic and minority students in underserved communities across Texas to apply, matricu-late and succeed in a the four-year college or university of their choice. To date, 100% of IDEA graduates have been ac-cepted to a four-year college or university and our student are demonstrating remarkable stay-ing power: 92% are either still in college or have graduated.

IDEA can be an even bigger part of the solution by build-

ing more schools to serve even more low-income students and families across Texas.

At the start of the 2010-2011 school year IDEA enrolled 6,855 students at 16 schools across the Rio Grande Valley. This year we built four new schools in Weslaco and Edin-burg. IDEA is on track to op-erate a total of 27 schools by 2012-2013, when we complete our 2012 Phase One growth plan. At scale, these schools will IDEA will serve 15,000 students, and send over 1,000 students a year to four yearcol-leges and universities, making IDEA the single greatest pro-ducer of college graduates in the Rio Grande Valley.

IDEA’s ten-year record of suc-cess is proof positive that with a focused, K-12 college prepa-ratory curriculum coupled with dedicated teachers and school leadership, together we can close the achievement gap.

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topBy virtually any measure, the United States is failing to prepare a genera-

tion of low-income children for success in col-lege and in life. Nationally, only eight percent of minority, low-income students have earned a four-year college degree by age 24.

3Meeting the Challenge:

IDEA’s OrganizationalPriorities

8IDEA Celebrates:

100% College Bound

12Better IDEA:

New Primary Model

15Closing the

Achievement Gap:IDEA earns top honors

18JoAnn Gama:

Co-Founder appointed to Presidential Commission

20Academic Report Cards: Campus Stat Breakdown

25The Investment:

Donors & Financials

First grader Carlos Velasquez works on his math at IDEA Edinburg.

1 www.ideapublicschools.org 2010-2011 Annual Report 2

schoolsExEMpl ARy

IDEA Public Schoolswas rated an ‘Exemplary’ school district by the Texas Education Agency for the 2010-2011 school year. IDEA was the only district of its size and achieve the State’s highest distinction.

leonardo Tamez and Juan Ivan Garza in their 7th grade math class at IDEA San Juan.

Ten years ago, when the State Board of Education first approved the charter for IDEA Academy in Donna, little did they know they had empowered us to transform education for the entire Rio Grande Valley. Tom TorkelsonFounder & CEOIDEA Public Schools

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Teacher of the year Maricela Gaona leads a class in IB English.


ouR students are the rio grande valley:

Ninety-five percent Hispanic and 80% low-income, many of our students

enter IDEA one to two grade-levels behind.

achieveResults

Looking back over the past year, it’s amazing what our students have accomplished.

Ninety-four percent of our students met the state stan-dard in reading; 92% in math, 96% in writing, 93% in sci-ence, and 99% in social stud-ies. Forty-four percent of IDEA students were com-mended on their TAKS as-sessment — a common mea-sure for college readiness.

In 2011, IDEA Quest and IDEA Frontier joined IDEA Donna in graduating our larg-est class yet — 149 seniors.

The Class of 2011 received 446 acceptance letters from schools across 25 states. Our students were awarded more than $4.4 million dollars in scholarships and grants. For the third year in a row, an IDEA student was named a Gates Millennium Scholar. For the fourth year in a row, multiple IDEA students were named Dell Scholars. And for the fifth year in a row, 100% of IDEA graduates enrolled in four-year colleges and uni-versities, fulfilling IDEA’s mission of College For All Children.

ambitious student

My parents wanted great things for my future and they knew that IDEA would surely get me there.Karina Guevara, 7th grader at IDEA College Prep Alamo


IDEA students enroll in college and persist through college at rates that far outpace their peers in low-income, Hispanic communities. One-hundred percent of all IDEA graduates have enrolled in a four-year college or university. Ninety-two percent of all IDEA graduates continue in college to date, or have graduated from a four-year college or university. IDEA is changing our students’ life trajectories: Two out of three of IDEA graduates are the first in their families to attend college.

100%COllEGEbound

Debora Fuentes and Benaia Espinosa are founding students at IDEA Frontier.


7 www.ideapublicschools.org

For the second consecutive year, idea

public schools was rated an ‘exemplary’ school district by the

texas education agency.

buildorganization

a strong & sustainable

To address the growing need for quality teachers in 2010- 2011, IDEA partnered with Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD to apply for funding under the Department of Education’s i3 grant titled, “Investing in In- novation in Education.” The IDEA-PSJA partnership was one of 49 award recipients out of over 1,700 applicants, and the only awarded in the State of Texas.

In the summer of 2011 and beyond, the i3 grant funded the training of 120 new teach-

ers — 60 from IDEA and 60 from PSJA — at the Rio Grande Valley New Teacher Institute, which is modeled after the successful Teach For America summer institute.

Over the past year, IDEA has also worked to build a robust pipeline of leaders at every level of the organiza-tion. IDEA provides rigor-ous training for new teachers and moves our best teachers into teacher leader positions. IDEA moves rising leaders into school leadership posi-

tions and school leaders into senior leadership positions throughout the IDEA organi-zation. IDEA will offer even more opportunities in 2011- 2012 for training and advance-ment of faculty at all levels.

Hiring talented staff is the building block to our organi-zation’s strength. But we know that we move students faster and further when our teachers also have a high-quality and rigorous curriculum, coupled with training and ongoing in-structional coaching.

To achieve our ambitious goals for students, IDEA must attract and keep the best people. We want to develop that talent, mak-ing sure that staff have every opportunity to learn, grow and im-prove so that they can best serve our students.


To support our mission of “College For All Children,” in 2010-2011 IDEA Academy San Juan and IDEA Academy Alamo piloted a completely re-designed program model that combines the best in online learning and old-fashioned pencil & paper hard work. With exceptional results at pilot sites, all schools will be converted in 2011, making IDEA the largest “hybrid” or blending learning program in the United States. The goal of Better IDEA is to ensure that every child leaves kindergarten and first grade at or above grade level, and that every child leaves 5th grade one to 1.5 years above grade level, ready for college-prep work.

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IDEA

A kindergarten student at IDEA Alamo learns to read under the Better IDEA program.


under its 2012 expansion plan, idea

public schoolsis on tracK to

become the single greatest producer oF

low-income college graduates in the rio

grande valley.

One hundred percent of our graduates have enrolled in four-year colleges and univer-sities. The hard work of our students and teachers is tak-ing student success beyond the doors of IDEA: Ninety-two percent of IDEA gradu-ates are either still in college or have graduated from four year institutions, a rate that’s higher than any other institu-tion serving predominately low-income, minority stu-dents.

IDEA’s success, as witnessed by our student results and a waitlist of over 14,000 stu-dents, together with our commitment to drastically improve low-income and minority student achieve-ment across underserved re-gions in Texas, has spurred IDEA to move forward with

its ambitious growth efforts. By building more schools to serve even more students, IDEA can be help close the achievement gap.

In 2004, IDEA embarked on Phase One of an ambitious growth plan to move from two schools serving approxi-mately 1,000 students to 22 schools serving 15,000 stu-dents at scale. In 2010, IDEA opened four new schools: IDEA Academy Pharr, IDEA College Prep Pharr, IDEA Academy Alamo and IDEA College Prep Alamo.

By the start of the 2011-2012 academic year, IDEA will have opened an additional four new schools in Weslaco and Edinburg, Texas. By the fall of 2012, we will surpass our original 2012 growth goals by opening seven new

schools, bringing our total to 27 in all.

In Phase Two of IDEA’s growth, we will continue to build our system of schools in the Rio Grande Valley as we launch new schools in new regions. In the five-year Phase Two plan IDEA plans to open and operate a total of 54 schools across the Rio Grande Valley, San Anto-nio and Austin. When all 54 schools are at scale, serving students K-12, IDEA will serve 38,000 students from underserved communities from across Texas, making IDEA Public Schools the greatest producer of low in-come, and Hispanic and mi-nority college graduates not only in the Rio Grande Valley but across the State of Texas.

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A college education remains America’s No. 1 anti-poverty strat-egy. There are two million Texas children living in poverty and Hispanic youth in Texas are graduating college at a rate of one in nine. IDEA is committed to changing these statistics. Five years from now, IDEA will be the single largest producer of college-bound low-income and Hispanic students in the State of Texas.

stAR AwARdFor the 2010-2011 academic year, IDEA Public Schools was named one of six programs to receive the Texas Higher Education Star Award from the Texas Higher Education Coordinat-ing Board (THECB). The Star Award was established in 2001 to recognize exceptional contributions toward one or more of the goals of the Texas Higher Education Plan, “Closing the Gaps by 2015”.

tbec honor rollThree IDEA schools — IDEA College Prep Donna, IDEA Frontier College Prep and IDEA College Prep San Benito — were added to the Texas Business and Education Coalition (TBEC) Honor Roll for 2011. TBEC Honor Roll schools have the highest percentage of students performing at the “commended” level in every subject.

ncea higher perForming schools In 2011, the National Center for Educational Achievement (NCEA) named five IDEA schools to its list of high performing schools: IDEA College Prep Donna, IDEA Frontier College Prep, IDEA College Prep Mission, IDEA Quest College Prep, and IDEA College Prep San Benito. NCEA recognizes schools whose students consistently outperform their peers at schools with demographically similar populations.

Closingachievement

the

gap

First grade teacher Ms. Anna Zuniga-Gonzalez assists Jennifer Garza-lucio in English language Arts instruction at IDEA Edinburg.


This year, JoAnn Gama, IDEA Public Schools Co-Founder and Chief of Schools, was appointed to the Presidential Advisory Committee on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, where she will be advising President Barack Obama on improving academic outcomes for Hispanic students. Gama joins other appointees with expertise in all areas of education, as well as a wide spectrum of leaders in labor, research, business, non-profit and philanthropic organizations.

“This is an amazing opportunity to bring all of the issues surrounding education of Hispanics to the national stage,” said Gama. “We’ll be focused not only on raising awareness, but on concrete actions that will help communities overcome the challenges facing Hispanics across the country.”

ouR students ARe An example oF what’s possible.-JoAnn GamaCo-Founder and Chief of Schools

JOAnn gama

IDEA Co-Founder appointed to presidential Commission on

Education Excellence for Hispanics


RepoRtcARdacademic

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS

Hispanic

Other

Not eligible forfree/reducedprice meals

Eligible forfree/reducedprice meals

% MetStandard

% Commended

95%

5%

TAKS SUMMARY

0

20

40

60

80

100

SocialStudies

ScienceWritingMathReading/ELA

94 92

3545

93

41

99

70

96

40

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

11th Grade ACT10th Grade PLAN9th Grade EXPLORE

ACT COLLEGE READINESS BENCHMARK66

48 30 18 16 47 30 25 9 45 61 68 45

5245

30

64

4337

17

68

50

34

22

English

Reading

Math

Science

NationalResults

Data reflects % of students who meet college readiness benchmark

On orAboveGradeLevelNot On GradeLevel

KINDERGARTEN

ETHNICITY

80%

20%

SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

1ST GRADE 2ND GRADEGUIDED READING

99% 97% 96%

1% 3% 4%

100%

6855

93%

16

collegematriculation

students enrolled

studentpersistence

schools in operation

A student at IDEA San Juan practices writing.


idea Frontier academy & college preparatory

idea academy & college preparatory donna

Year founded: 2006

Grades served: K-12

Total enrollment: 1216

Low socio-economic status: 86%

Hispanic students: 96%

Academy Principal: Roberta Harris

Academy TEA Rating: Recognized

College Prep Principal: Jill Koehler

College Prep TEA Rating: Exemplary

Year founded: 2000

Grades served: K-12




Academy Principal: Pablo Mejia


College Prep Principal: Christina Cavazos-Escamilla


CHARGERS

0

20

40

60

80

100

SocialStudies


TAKS COMMENDED RATES

3847 52

23

42 3851

74

61IDEAFrontierAcademy

IDEAFrontierCollegePrep

0

20

40

60

80

100

SocialStudies


TAKS PASSING RATES94 97

84

9798 96 97 9999

IDEAFrontierAcademy

IDEAFrontierCollegePrep

0

20

40

60

80

100

SocialStudies



33 3646

20

4135

45

80

48

IDEAAcademyDonna

IDEACollegePrepDonna

0

20

40

60

80

100

SocialStudies


TAKS PASSING RATES86 88 8786

95 92 94 9996

IDEAAcademyDonna

IDEACollegePrepDonna

idea academy & college preparatory mission

Year founded: 2008

Grades served: K-2, 6-10




Academy Principal: Luzdvina Lozano

Academy TEA Rating: n/a

College Prep Principal: Erika Acheson



IDEACollegePrepMission

0

20

40

60

80

100

SocialStudies


3930 30

6254

TAKS PASSING RATES

IDEACollegePrepMission

0

20

40

60

80

100

SocialStudies


95 92 919897

idea quest academy & college preparatory

Year founded: 2006

Grades served: K-12




Academy Principal: Marissa Falcon


College Prep Principal: Jose De Leon


0

20

40

60

80

100

SocialStudies



48 44

63

29

4434 38

6961

IDEAQuestAcademy

IDEAQuestCollegePrep

0

20

40

60

80

100

SocialStudies


TAKS PASSING RATES90 92 9489

96 91 95 9997

IDEAQuestAcademy

IDEAQuestCollegePrep


idea academy & college preparatory san benito

idea academy & college preparatory san Juan

Year founded: 2008

Grades served: K-2, 6-10




Academy Principal: Stephanie Ramirez


College Prep Principal: Joel Garcia

College Prep TEA Rating: Recognized

Year founded: 2009

Grades served: K-1, 6-7, 9-10




Academy Principal: Hilda Helsing


College Prep Principal: Sam Goessling


DRAGONS


IDEACollegePrepSan Benito

0

20

40

60

80

100

SocialStudies


4634 34

6158

TAKS PASSING RATES

IDEACollegePrepSan Benito

0

20

40

60

80

100

SocialStudies


95 9486

9999


IDEACollegePrepSan Juan

0

20

40

60

80

100

SocialStudies


29 33

16

5847

TAKS PASSING RATES

IDEACollegePrepSan Juan

0

20

40

60

80

100

SocialStudies


96 95 98 10099

idea academy & college preparatory pharr

Year founded: 2010

Grades served: K, 6 & 9




Academy Principal: Sonia Aguilar


College Prep Principal: Edgar Rodriguez


0

20

40

60

80

100

MathReading/ELA


3326

IDEACollegePrepPharr

0

20

40

60

80

100

MathReading/ELA

TAKS PASSING RATES86 83

IDEACollegePrepPharr

idea academy & college preparatory alamo

Year founded: 2010

Grades served: K, 6 & 9




Academy Principal: Angie Arismendi


College Prep Principal: Jonathan Caine


0

20

40

60

80

100

MathReading/ELA

TAKS COMMENDED RATESTAKS PASSING RATES

31 26

IDEACollegePrepAlamo

0

20

40

60

80

100

MathReading/ELA

8682

IDEACollegePrepAlamo


Preparing our low-income students for college and creating opportunities that are not available elsewhere requires financial support from individual donors, foundations and corporations to meet our funding needs. In the 2010-2011 academic year, IDEA Public Schools raised over $19.3 million in private philanthropy and federal funds. Thank you to all our donors for helping expand our ability to serve students in the Rio Grande Valley:

Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationCarnegie CorporationCharter School Growth FundCommunities Foundation of Texas/Texas High School ProjectFederal Emergency Management Agency

Greater Texas FoundationKern Family FoundationLaura and John Arnold FoundationMichael and Susan Dell FoundationTexas Education AgencyU. S. Department of EducationWalton Family Foundation

$5,000 and aboveAdvanced Manufacturing TechniquesAndrews Kurth, L.L.P.City of EdinburgCity of MissionCopyZoneEdinburg Economic Development CorporationGomez, Mendez, and Saenz, Inc.IBC BankJoe Williamson Construction Co.KURVLamar Outdoor AdvertisingLonestar National BankMario’s Banquet and Conference CenterMorgan Stanley Smith Barney: Bill MartinPharr Economic Development Corp.Rhodes EnterprisesLori and Mike RhodesSylvan Learning Center: Susan and Victor ValverdeTelevisaThe Valley Morning Star

$2,000 - $4,999AnonymousAtlas & Hall, L.L.P.Dr. Linda and Mr. Bryan BurkeCVA Physicians Support Services LTD: Dr. Ruben LopezDr. Javier and Mrs. Vicky De La GarzaFirst National BankFirstSouthwestJoAnn and Juan GamaGibson ConsultingMiriam and Ricardo GuerraH-E-B District OfficeMagic Valley Electric Coop., Inc.McAllen Chamber of CommerceMedina Custom Poker TablesPBK, Inc.Matthew RandazzoRegions BankRio Grande Valley Custom InteriorsShah Eye CenterDr. Nina and Mr. Thomas TorkelsonValley Bargain BookWells Fargo Bank, N.A.

$1,000 - $1,999Dr. Roselia AlanizAnonymousAlyssa’s AcresAngie ArismendiMary Rose and Renato CardenasCardenas Development Corp.Judge Carlos CascosClueless BandSusanna and Clay CraftonD. Wilson Construction Co.EntravisionTracy Epp and Michele CadwalladerFamily Health SpecialistsFirst Choice BankFirst Community BankFred Loya InsuranceYuko and Michael GarciaDr. Wayne and Mrs. Diane GreenHerrera & Hunt, Inc.Congressman Ruben HinojosaAudrey and Matt HooksAimee and Richard JonesKGBT-TV 4Drs. Eileen and Dennis KingKoko’s Cafe UptownKolorPro StudioKRGV-5-ABCMelden and Hunt Inc.Ivianne and David MerrillOrigo Works

Dr. Juan OrtizPeacock ConstructionPolibrid Coatings Inc.Portillo’s JewelersPronto General AgencyReyna & Garza, PLLCRio Grande Valley VipersRoser and J. Cowen Logistical Services, Ltd.Lindsey and Nicholas SchaeferSchaefer StevedoringSocialife MagazineSylvia’sTeach For AmericaThe Linbeck Family Charitable FoundationThe Office Bar & GrillFelicia RamirezRGVisionThe Rollins M. and Amalie L. Koppel FoundationThe Studio of Cliff Ranson & Jenny HollisTipotex Chevrolet Inc.Carol and Wyatt TruscheitValley Regional Medical CenterValley Land Title CompanyWells Fargo AdvisorsTheodore WiesehanRosie and Ray WilkinsonAbby and Todd WilliamsMichael J. Williamson

multi-year commitments $10,000 and aboveAnonymousMahle Family FoundationPMSIRobert W. Baird and Co., Incorporated

corporate & individual donors

sinceregratitude$500 - $999 ACT-RGVAdvanced Orthopaedic InstituteAmbiotec Civil Engineering Group, Inc.Breeden/McCumber, Inc.Brownsville Sheet Metal Works Inc.Burton McCumber & CortezCarla CabreraCasa AntiguaJanie CastilloChristina Cavazos- Escamilla and John Jacob Escamilla Linn CollinsCopy GraphicsCindy and Brian DisqueEDCOSRuthie and Norbert EwersExerplay. Inc.Robin and Robert FarrisNorma and Santos FragaFrost National BankDaniel GarzaLisa and Frank GarzaJean and Troy D. GearhartGlazers DistributorsSamuel GoesslingGold’s GymGonzalez FurnitureGreen, Rubiano and AssociatesDr. Maritoni GuajardoGulf Coast Paper Inc.Arun GuptaMelanie and Will HarawayRoberta Harrishouse.wine.Judy and Lloyd JerauldLaw Offices of Robert Garza, PCLiberty SourceLong Chilton, L.L.PGriselda LopezLuzdivina LozanoMagic Valley GourmetSylvia and Pablo MejiaGustavo MorenoBellanira NavaDr. Lillian A. NelsonMiguel OrtizPadgett Stratemann & Co. LLPDr. Pedro and Mrs. Yesenia PenaloRaba-Kistner Consultations, Inc.Federico RamirezCissy and Anthony ReynaRoyston RayzorSander Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine: Dr. and Mrs. Patrick W. SanderTom SageNelson SmithSouth Padre Bank N.ASouth Texas Professional Services, Inc.SSP Designs, LLC: Scott and Angel PajeskiShahroo TabassiThe Brownsville HeraldThe Improved Order of the Redmen Ramona Council 5 Bingo AssociationThe UPS Store - WeslacoTipton Motors, Inc.T-MobileTrinity Scrap ProccessorsValley Day and Night ClinicValley International AirportWalmart FoundationWright III Foods, Inc.

$151 - $499 Erika AchesonADAMS Golf HeadquartersDiana AguilarSonia AguilarJulia AlvarezCatalina AmaralSteve AmbrizCarlos ArguellesDr. Sylvia AtkinsonMary AzubellSandra and Luis Barbosa Horacio BarreraYuri BarreraSarah BegemanGloria BenavidesBisruti BhattaMartha and Taylor BlantonSarah BrownDora and Joe BrownBlue OnionBreakaway CruisesCardenas MotorsChristina CalvilloAngelica CampbellEdna CantuDaniel CantuCharlotte CarlsenMagdalena CarrilloHoracio CastilloGlynn CastroMartin ChapaMaria ChavezDr. Teresa ChenThe Club at CimarronCheryl ClarkElizabeth CobbleRandy CorenoAurora Coronado and Loren PogueAndrea CuellarDebi Lou ProductionsCynthia De LeonAlejandro DominguezVeronica ElizondoMarisol Flores-Henderson and Nathan HendersonTJ FlowersFrank Boggus Investments Ltd.Alma GalindoAna GallasteguiRuben GallegosJorge GarciaIsmael Garcia Nelda GarciaAmanda Garcia-PerezVictor GarzaSylvia GarzaXenia GarzaGolden CorralDolores GonzalezLuis GonzalezMaria Elena GonzalezOrlando GonzalezKatrina GrayRadha GuajardoDr. Manuel G. GuajardoPablo GuajardoSaida GuerraTonia HaleHilda and Steven HelsingSylvia HinojosaSusann HinojosaHouston Museum of Natural ScienceGuadalupe HuertaIMX PilatesINXS EmbroideryJ. Michael Adame D.D.S, P.AJessica Jackson-Garza and Heriberto GarzaJames Avery CraftsmanJavier O. De La Garza D.D.S, P.AJewelry Corner, Inc.Joe Brand

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Darlene HernandezKrystal A. HernandezKrystal Hernandez Sharon HernandezSoraida HernandezFrancisco Hernandez PuentesJuanita HerreraBlanca Herrera de ArzamendiLorena Herrera SalasCarlo HershbergerSarina HickeyEdith HilarioMary Anna and Steve HoelscherCharles HoskinsAmy and Patrick HoustonKatie HowellAdenike and Ibikunle IbitayoIsland Equestrian CenterMarcos IzaguirreJac Lin’s FloristAlihermy JaureguiRebecca JeffriesErik JerrardJones & JonesJones and Cook StationersNorma JuarezPriscilla KeeBrian KelsoAnne KingHillary KlippRachel KostykMargot KraussJacqueline KrollAmanda KubinKumori RestaurantLaw Offices of Javier Villarreal, PLLPCrystal LedesmaVictor LeijaAlicia LermaAnnalee LoeraAmy LongAna LongoriaTricia LopezEddie LopezAidin LopezAndrea LopezJosefina LopezJuan LopezMarco LopezRuth LopezSandra LopezLinda LopezRufino LopezElena LorioMeghan LoweAna LozanoDiana LozanoVelma LozanoStevie LueraSan Juanita LugoSandra LumbrerasMaricela LunaKarina Macias GalvanAbbas MahvashMandala Yoga SpaMarcello’sJuan MarquezAudry and John MartinLonnie MartinezMaribel MartinezDoria MartinezIrma MartinezIsrael MartinezMayra MartinezMiranda MartinezClarisa MartinezCorina MartinezMarco MartinezDora MartinezMackee MasonMassage EnvyKelly MataJulie and David McCandless

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Adriana Ramos AlvaradoYajaira Ramos De CastilloRobin RandallJuan RangelAldys RangelMaricela RangelAlexander RavajyMelissa RayfieldDanielle ReedElizabeth ReiterAugustin RendonAndrea RevelesCassie ReyesAlma ReynaRafael ReynaCelina ReynaEfrain ReynaMichael ReynaRGV Specialty CaseworkCarmichael RhodesPriscyla Rios-HerasChristine RoachDr. Roberto B. RoblesMariel RoblesMonica RodriguezVelma RodriguezRay RodriguezElizabeth RodriguezAlberto RodriguezJesus RodriguezNancy and Patrick RodriguezYvonne RodriguezMarisol Rodriguez-PortalesCindy RogersMarilu RosasEduardo RuizMonica RupardFrank RussellRaul RuvalcabaRamon SaavedraRolando SalasAmador SalinasNelson SalinasFernando SalinasEdmundo SanchezAbigail SanchezMarco SanchezAraceli SanchezMaria Del Carmen Santos GarciaLeanna SarinanaKelly and Eli SerdaMaria ServinAlejandro SillerColleen SilvaSarah SlausonLeigh SmasalKimberly SmithChristina SmithDebra SmithSmokin’ Pit BBQAlicia Solano

Gustavo SolisJohnny SolisAllison SolorioMateo SolorsanoCynthia SopelakLara SpeightsAndrew StantonRyan E. StartzCynthia StuartJustin SuSunset Bar & GrillJessica SylvesterTamayo’s Jewelry Inc.Amy TamezTexas RoadhouseTexas Southmost CollegeThe Travel AgencyThe University of Texas at BrownsvilleTierra DulceMagaly and Armando TorresArnoldo TorresElhma TorresRuth TorresZoila TorresToscafinoSuzette TovarT-TrendzDeborah TyrrellFrancisco UrbinaKara UrbinaErika Valdez Maria ValerioDawn and Glenn VarlackChristina VasquezJessica VasquezJoel VazquezSilvia VazquezEsperanza VazquezJoni VicinaizTino VillarrealManuel VillarrealLaura VillarrealMaria VillarrealAna VillarrealJoanna WaggonerAnna WeyMary WidmanKathryn WikstromWild Fork Italian BistroVanessa WilliamsSarah WilsonTed WilsonIsaac YanesEleazar YanezClaudia ZacariasWendy and Robert ZalotLeo ZamaripaIris ZamoraJoel ZavalaSergio Zuniga

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statement oF Financial position 8/31/11Assets (Audited) Cash $ 38,304,826Receivables $ 9,580,281Prepaid Items $ 4,572,011Investments 130,972Inventory $ 1,062,424Net Property & Equipment $ 93,701,385

Total $ 147,351,899

liabilities & net assetsCurrent Liabilities $ 18,090,434Payroll Liabilities $ 2,492,257Long-term Liabilities $ 107,562,105Net Assets $ 19,207,103

Total $ 147,351,899

revenuesState Funding $ 57,612,132Federal Funding $ 11,372,955Grants & Gifts $ 6,594,732Other $ 2,743,601

Total $ 78,323,420

expensesInstructional & School Leadership $ 40,376,707Operations $ 20,637,437Administration $ 4,927,230Debt Service $ 6,180,370

Total $ 72,121,744

Increase in Net Assets $ 6,201,676

EXPENSE ANALYSIS

PersonnelInstruction & CurriculumCampus AdministrationTransportationFood ServiceGeneral AdministrationFacilities

Debt ServiceData Processing

57%

11%5%

4%

7%

9%4%

3%

1%

RepoRtcARdfinancial


board oF directorsDavid Merrill, Chair

Brian Disque, 1st Vice-Chair

Mike Rhodes. 2nd Vice-Chair

Eric Ziehe. 3rd Vice-Chair

Bill Martin, Secretary

Bill Carrera. Treasurer

David Guerra

Joel Solis, M.D.

Ruben M. Lopez, M.D.

Sergio Sanchez

Esther Cortez-Treneer

Elisa Villanueva-Beard

Dr. Paul Sale

senior leadership teamTom Torkelson, Founder & Chief Executive Officer

JoAnn Gama, Co-Founder and Chief of Schools

Susie Crafton, Chief Development Officer

Dolores Gonzalez, Chief Program Officer

Audrey Hooks, Chief Human Assets Officer

Irma Muñoz, Chief Operating Officer

Matthew Randazzo, Chief Growth Officer

Wyatt Truscheit, Chief Financial OfficerDana Barron-Flores at work

in her 8th grade history class at IDEA Mission.

BACK COVER: Kindergarten student Andrew Rios lines up

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