West Michigan Academy of Arts and Academics (the “Academy”) received a charter from Grand Valley State University and began its operation in the fall of 1996 offering grades K-12 to 152 students. The Academy reduced the grades offered to K-8 in 1997-98 and enrolled 108 students. The Academy has continued to…
Detroit West Preparatory Academy (the “Academy”) received a charter from Central Michigan University and began its operation in the fall of 1995 as a public school academy under the name of “Academy of Detroit West” offering grades kindergarten through sixth grade. The Academy had 281 students enrolled in grades K-6th in the…
Cole Academy (the “Academy”) received a charter from Central Michigan University and began its operation under the name “Michigan Early Elementary” in the 1995-96 school year offering grades K-3 to 15 students. The Academy expanded to grades K-4 in 1998-99 and enrolled 97 students, K-5 in 1999-00 and further expanded to grades…
Star International Academy’s (the “Academy”) Series 2020 Bonds were issued to: (i) currently refund the Academy’s Public School Academy Refunding Bonds, Series 2012 (the “Prior Bonds”), issued in the original aggregate principal amount of $14,590,000, dated September 6, 2012; (ii) fund a deposit to a debt service reserve fund; and (iii)…
Cesar Chavez Academy (the “Academy”) received a charter from Saginaw Valley State University and began its operation in the fall of 1996 offering grades K-5 to 254 students. In the Academy’s second year of operation, it enrolled 515 students in grades K-8. The Academy has continued to experience significant growth in its…
Detroit Service Learning Academy received a charter from Lake Superior State University and began its operation in the fall of 1999 as a public school academy under the name of “YMCA Service Learning Academy” enrolling 691 students and offering grades kindergarten through fifth grade. The Academy added grades sixth through…
Hope Academy received its charter from Eastern Michigan University and began operations as a public school academy in 1998, enrolling 288 students and offering grades K-2. The Academy added a grade each year from 1999-00 through 2001-02 school years to offer grades K-6. The Academy’s enrollment had grown to 500 students…
Universal Learning Academy received its charter from Bay Mills Community College and began operations as a public school academy in 2004, enrolling 161 students and offering grades K-2. In the 2006-07 and 2007-08 school years, the Academy added 3rd and 4th grade respectively. In 2008-09, the Academy added Pre-K and 5th…
Old Redford Academy received its charter from Central Michigan University and began operations as a public school academy in 1999, enrolling 270 students. The Academy has grown substantially, offering grades Pre-K-12 to 1,977 student from three leased locations in Detroit, MI. The proceeds from the Series 2010 Bonds were used to…