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On behalf of the Board of Directors and Executive Team of Responsive Education Solutions, I want to
welcome you to our 2009 Annual Report and thank you for your support in celebrating our tenth anniversary.
You will find many statistics and facts throughout the following pages that outline the positive outcomes from
our ten�year history. Yet, we want you to notice so much more than just information. We encourage you to
take note of the theme running throughout each story, each statistic and each page. That theme is “Hope and
Change.”
Many educators are satisfied with the idea of teaching for its own sake. In fact, many feel that if the
educator teaches, the job of education is complete. However, at Responsive Education Solutions, this is not
enough for us. We strongly feel that the purpose of education is not fulfilled until the student learns. Our goal
is not only to teach but also to provide hope for students, parents and communities alike. Our mission is to
see lives changed through our work. Educating students takes a clear focus on learning as the main goal and
changing lives as the ultimate purpose.
If we truly want to change our world, we have to start with each individual connected with our work.
Whether it be teachers finding real significance as those who make a difference in the lives of students;
parents finding real educators who care almost as much for their children as they do; or students finding that
success is not just for others but can be achieved and sustained throughout life, this close�knit community of
stakeholders is determined to do what it takes to change lives. Our commitment to life�changing education
ensures that the successes of the past ten years will not remain historical in nature, to look back on in future
days. Rather, our successes serve as landmarks in our journey to change lives, to change families and to change
our world. These landmarks allow us to celebrate what we have achieved. Yet, they also beckon us to the
higher call to continue in this journey.
Thank you for taking the time to read this Board of Directors Executive Team
report. After reading it, I hope you will join us in Lupe Gonzalez Chuck Cook
this journey to change lives. Board President Chief Executive Officer
Marvin Reynolds Alan Wimberley
With best wishes and appreciation, Board Vice President Chief Systems Officer
Dan Maddalena Robert Davison
Board Secretary Chief Operating Officer
Judge Willard French Rosalinda Gonzalez
Board Member Chief Academic Officer
Ben Klingenstein Dan Clower
Board Member Chief Financial Officer
Charles Cook
Earl Little
Chief Executive Officer
Board Member
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In 1998, our first year of operation, ResponsiveEd was granted the opportunity to open an
unprecedented 15 schools. Ten years later, we now operate 35 charter schools across Texas
and will be opening an additional 6 throughout the forthcoming year. We offer grades from
Elementary to High School, each providing challenging and student�centered curriculum
and programs. We are the largest charter school organization in Texas, and we are changing
lives and providing hope to hundreds of communities across the state.
Premier High Schools Vista Academies iSchool High Quest Middle Schools
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Our total number of campuses has more than
doubled since our first year. However, our
total number of graduates has increased by
1,309� in that same amount of time.
Landmarks of the Journey
In education, academic success is marked by performance on
required testing. ResponsiveEd experienced phenomenal success in ResponsiveEd
the 2008�09 school year. Our schools achieved the state’s highest
ratings on our campuses designed for alternative education status.
TAKS Progress Measure
On our elementary and high school campuses designed for standard 2005�2009
education status, our campuses received “Exemplary” or “Recog� 100
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1000
this past year an explosion of growth in our enrollment. 1999�2000
726
People, having discovered ResponsiveEd, are affirming 500
our belief that quality education will be recognized and
sought after as the choice among parents and students. 0
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ResponsiveEd considers the investment of
Administrative
Support Services �1,996,374
�1,996,374 8.6�
Administrative Support Services
�400,296 Campus
Student Support Services Leadership
Facility Maintenance and Operations �2,268,183 �2,755,833
11.9�
Security and Data Processing Services �72,583
Fundraising and Community Services �77,349
Total Support Services $4,814,785
Total Expenditures $23,182,550 Instruction
�15,611,932
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Premier High Gives Students
the Opportunity to Succeed.
The secret to the success of Vista Academies is caring, energetic teachers who offer a
personalized educational approach for each child. Our second year of offering elementary
schools was characterized by an assurance that we were meeting the needs of parents as well
as students. Vista provides a small�school community designed to allow parents involvement
in the education of their child.
Vista, while receiving ratings of “exemplary” and “recognized,” is centered on the
partnerships created with families and stakeholders. This system of campuses is proving to
be the choice for more families seeking education based on the development of the whole
child. While teachers provide the structure necessary for young students to mature and
progress, technology designed to measure the difference between each child's needs and
abilities is utilized to maximize student learning. Each student attending a Vista Academy is diagnosed
with appropriate measurement tools to assess his or her current level. Teachers use these tools to assist in meeting
each child’s needs. Students are excited to come to school. Parents are grateful for a choice in education. Teachers are
loyal to the approach. Vista continues to be a proud part of the ResponsiveEd family of schools.
Quest Middle Schools is an exciting new opportunity for students in the middle school years. Using a classical
curriculum including literacy, logic and the humanities, Quest helps middle school students build a solid foundation
for success in later years. Beyond the classical aspect, however, Quest Middle Schools also provides curriculum
designed to teach wisdom.
Knowledge is crucial, but wisdom is a vital part of any person’s growth and
maturity. We believe middle school is the perfect opportunity to teach this impor�
tant, though often overlooked, aspect of education. Character education is also
taught at all levels, and leadership skills training is offered through our “7 Habits of
Effective Teens” environment. Quest Middle Schools administrators and teachers
care about students and have a passion to see them reach their full potential. While
“no child left behind” may be a slogan for some, Quest educators, parents and
students work together to create an environment committed to the highest quality
in education for all students.
We were responsive.
The diverse nature of our campuses, from elementary schools to high schools, demonstrated our ability to be responsive
to each community and create the most effective program aligned with needs.
We educated.
Our results and successful ratings speak for themselves. Every campus accepted the challenge and every campus
succeeded. This past year was a watershed for excellence based on learning as the goal.
We developed solutions.
Meeting the challenges of educating effectively is an equation rather than a problem to solve. We solved that equation
time and time again in 2008�09. As a result, education flourished in our system and learning happened.
Providing hope . . .
We will continue to seek the disenfranchised older student needing another chance. We will continue to create innovative
opportunities for the advanced student needing more challenges. We will continue building elementary campuses,
connecting with parents and the community. Hope lies at the heart of what we do and why we do it. At no time in our
history have we been more aware of the need to provide hope, and we will strive to never forget this throughout our
future.
Changing lives . . .
The true success of what we will do, now and in our future, may not be seen for years to come. Our goal is to see lives
changed in such a way that twenty years from now children of our current students will have better lives because their
parents attended a ResponsiveEd campus. Communities will be filled with thousands of former ResponsiveEd students
who are now leaders among their peers, and ResponsiveEd will still be changing lives through education.
As we continue on this journey, we know we are blessed to be able to do something significant and life�changing. Our
personal hope is that you will join us on this journey and find your place among us as we continue to give all we have for
those who need all we are.
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To learn more about ResponsiveEd
and to hear the full stories of the lives that have been changed, visit:
www.Lives�Education.com
www.PremierHighSchools.com
www.ResponsiveEd.com www.QuestMiddleSchools.com
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Responsive Education Solutions
PO Box 292730
www.iSchoolHigh.com Lewisville, TX 75029 www.Vista�Academies.com