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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Summer</span></font><font
color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:olive'> </span></font><font color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Academy</span></font><font
color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:olive'> Friends,</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>As the
Chancellor and Chancellor’s Council prepare for the next legislative
session and the concomitant funding requests, I am hearing questions such as:</span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='color:olive'><font size=3 color=olive
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>What
evidence do we have that the Summer Academies make a difference in college
going, college success and career choices?</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:olive'><font size=3 color=olive
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Don’t
most of those kids go out-of-state to college?</span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:olive'><font size=3 color=olive
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Isn’t
this something the colleges and universities need to pay for rather than
the State Regents?</span></font></li>
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face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Etc.</span></font></li>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>In other
words, Summer Academies are not being supported by high level Regents’
staff which spells big trouble for us.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>So, I’m
asking for your assistance. If you have data related to long-term
outcomes, please share it with me. What I really need are hard, cold
numbers. I already have tons of student and parent comments from our
earlier efforts, so don’t send any more of that UNLESS it is a <u>real success
story beyond high school or possibly a turn-around for a kid in high school</u>.
Of particular interest would be underserved/underrepresented populations
including economically disadvantaged, ethnic minority, females, small rural
school etc. </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Please try to
get the information to me by mid-September. And please know that I have
very limited staff support so send your information in a very concise format.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Thanks,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Cindy</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Cynthia Brown,
Ed.D.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Director of
Student Preparation</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>Oklahoma</span></font><font
size=2 color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'> </span></font><font size=2
color=olive face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS";color:olive'>State</span></font><font size=2 color=olive
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:olive'> Regents for Higher Education</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
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