The Imagine International Academy of North Texas was recently notified that their charter application has received the necessary points to be considered a finalist, making the school eligible for interviews with the Texas State Board of Education in mid-September. Five independent reviewers rated the school’s charter application out of 200 possible points. The application submitted by the Imagine International Academy of North Texas received scores of 200, 199, 190, 185 and 177, for an average score of 190.

“We feel these high scores are reflective of the overall quality of our proposed curriculum and our commitment to fiscal and academic excellence,” said Julia Brady, School Development Director of the Imagine International Academy of North Texas.

Ms. Brady added,“Having such strong community support with currently almost 1,200 families indicating interest in this school, should demonstrate to the Texas State Board of Education how much parents in this area would like to see multiple options within the local public education system.”

The school will now proceed to the interview phase in mid-September, during which the school’s Governing Board will be interviewed by the Texas State Board of Education's Committee on School Initiatives. Following the interviews, the Committee will vote on which candidates to award charters. Final results will be announced in late September 2008.

Jeanne Domingue, Community Relations Coordinator for the school, commented,“We are very grateful for the community support we have received so far, and would like to continue to encourage parents to register a statement of interest on our website, so we can show the state how much local families would like to see this school happen at the September interviews.”

The proposed school would be an innovative option within the public education system for residents of Allen, Celina, Frisco, Lovejoy, Princeton, Prosper, McKinney, and Melissa independent school districts. Pending approval of the charter application, the school is scheduled to open in the fall of 2009 with grades K-8 serving approximately 100 students per grade.

For additional information, to sign up for email updates, and to register an online statement of interest, visit the school’s website at www.imagineinternationalacademy.org .