First Notice: 2024 Request for Proposals – Outside NYC Cycle

Districts: Auburn Enlarged City School District, Freeport Union Free School District, Hempstead Union Free School District, New Rochelle City School District, Olean City School District, Rochester City School District, Syracuse City School District

First Notice – SUNY has received the below new charter school applications.

The SUNY Trustees, or their designees, the SUNY Charter Schools Committee, anticipate consideration of this request as soon as September 15, 2024. The Institute welcomes any comments you may wish to provide. Please direct any comments or questions to charter.legal@suny.edu and in the subject line please include the proposed school name followed by “New Charter School Application.”

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Proposed Location	Proposed School Name	Grades Year 1	Grades Year 5	Enrollment Year 1	Enrollment Year 5	Planned Opening Date	Name of Applicant(s)	Public Contact Information	CMO/Partner Org
Rochester City School District	BRICK Rochester Academy Charter School	K-1	K-5	120	480	August 2026	Dominque Lee	Brent Weber 732-995-9935 beweber@brickeducation.org	Building Responsible Intelligent Creative Kids a NJ Nonprofit Corporation d/b/a BRICK Education
New Rochelle City School District	Capital Preparatory Charter School New Rochelle	K, 6-7	K-4, 6-11	150	600	August 2025	Rev. Dr. David Holder	Shenique Coston 917-838-3684 info@wearecapitalprep.org	Capital Preparatory Schools Incorporated
Syracuse City School District	Central New York Academy Charter School	K-2	K-8	180	540	September 2025	Vincent Love	Vincent Love 315-436-1498 Vncnt47@yahoo.com	HLN Initiatives Inc.
Hempstead Union Free School District	Diamond Charter School	K-1	K-5	162	486	September 2026	Mark Crusante	Mark Crusante 202-215-9000 crusante@diamondcharterschool.org	None
Auburn Enlarged Central School District	Finger Lakes Classical Academy Charter School	K-4	K-8	78	172	September 2025	Maureen Angotti / Martha Rescigno	Joseph Rescigno 315-409-3029 rescignoj@gmail.com	None
Rochester City School District	Green Tech Rochester Elementary Charter School for Boys	K-1	K-5	150	510	August 2025	Dr. Paul Miller	Dr. Paul Miller 585-202-7757 pmiller@charterchampions.org	None
Freeport Union Free School District	Maven Charter Academy School	K-2	K-5	100	260	September 2025	Craig Mercado	Craig Mercado 347-225-4225 info@mavencharteracademy.org	None
Olean City School District	Olean Academy Charter School	K-2	K-6	81	189	August 2025	Evelyn Cruz	Shannon McIntyre 716-436-8099 shannonmcintyre0123@gmail.com	None

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