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Okla. Education Department tells virtual charter school to stop off-site student enrollments

August 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Department of Education warned a virtual charter school that will begin operations this fall to stop enrolling students from three locations because it may be illegal.

Epic One on One Charter School is chartered through Graham Public Schools in Okfuskee County. It has been enrolling pre-kindergarten students at locations in Oklahoma City and Norman and pre-kindergarten through 5th grade students in Tulsa.

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Virtual charter school in Oklahoma hits snag for physical locations

July 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Charter schools are privately run but publicly funded and require the sponsorship of a school district, institution of higher education or career technology center to operate. The schools are funded by the state based on student enrollment.

Epic is a virtual charter school where students will attend classes and get instruction almost exclusively online, but they also will meet with their virtual teachers in a face-to-face setting on occasion.

Students from anywhere in the state can transfer into Graham Public Schools and attend the school for free.

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Virtual charter school back on track

January 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment

An embattled virtual charter school startup is now back on the road to operating thanks to a recent change in state law and a new alliance with a small Okfuskee County school.

Sponsorship by Graham Public School near Weleetka means that Epic One on One Charter School will soon be enrolling as many as 2,000 public school students from across the state for the 2011-12 academic year.

“We’re real excited to finally be able to be getting our school up and running and to begin to fill a gap that exists in the public school system in our state,” said David Chaney, founder of Epic.

Epic had hoped to open its strictly online program in August for the 400 or so students whose parents had signed them up, including 100 from the Tulsa area. But the school ended up in a legal battle when its purported sponsor, the University of Central Oklahoma, denied having a valid charter school agreement.

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Oklahoma’s first virtual charter school finds new home

January 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Following an agreement to cut ties with the University of Central Oklahoma, the state’s first virtual charter school has found a new home with a school district in rural Okfuskee County.

Graham Public Schools Superintendent Dusty Chancey confirmed Thursday that the school board approved a two-year contract with Epic One on One Charter School in November and submitted the agreement to the state Education Department on Tuesday.

Epic One on One Charter School, the first of its kind in the state, has had a rough go of starting up and at one point sued the state Education Department for denying it funding.

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Charter school applications assisted by OKC’s Ben Harris

September 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Ben Harris, an Oklahoma City man who is working on a dozen charter school applications in other states, is behind a proposed virtual charter school in Oklahoma that sued the state Education Department.

Harris is listed as a registered agent for Community Strategies Inc., the nonprofit that is opening Epic 1 on 1 Charter School. He uses his home address on the corporate papers, and he worked behind the scenes to get the school approved by the University of Central Oklahoma.

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Judge: Online Charter School Should Get Funding

August 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment

OKLAHOMA CITY — A judge ruled Monday morning that the Oklahoma State Board of Education must assign Epic One, a virtual charter school, a code.

That code will allow the charter school to receive funding and enroll students. The virtual school plans to begin operations on Sept. 1.

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