{"id":183351,"date":"2012-04-24T12:06:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T17:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=183351"},"modified":"2012-04-25T12:37:11","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T17:37:11","slug":"utt-schedules-more-public-meetings-on-charter-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=183351","title":{"rendered":"UTT Schedules More Public Meetings on Charter School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=183352\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-183352\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/04\/thumb_uttyler-150x120.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_uttyler\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-183352\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8211; The University of Texas at Tyler has scheduled additional public information meetings regarding the new university charter school, Dr. Michael Odell, associate vice president for sponsored research and director of federal relations, announced. \u201cThe Innovation Academy will present an unparalleled opportunity for students, with technology integration,project-based learning and the connection to the university \u2013 there really is nothing else like it. We hope parents take advantage of the opportunity now,\u201d said Eli Crow, academy executive director.<\/p>\n<p>Meetings will be:<br \/>\n\u00b7      6 p.m. Monday, April 30 at the UT Tyler Ornelas Activity Center.<br \/>\n\u00b7      6 p.m. Monday, May 14; Thursday, May 17; and Monday, May 21 at the Longview University Center.<br \/>\n\u00b7      6 p.m. Tuesday, May 15; Tuesday, May 22; and Tuesday, May 29 at the Palestine Campus.<\/p>\n<p>Officials will hold a lottery at 6 p.m. Monday, June 11, at the Ornelas Activity Center.  \u201cAn initial lottery was held in March to enroll students, but all campuses still have available space. Students who apply prior to June 11 will be in a secondary lottery to be held at that time. Students who are not selected in the lottery will be placed on a waiting list and will be allowed to enroll as space becomes available,\u201d Crow added.<\/p>\n<p>The UT Tyler Innovation Academy is expected to open in the fall of 2012 for grades 3 \u2013 6, with campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine. Another grade will be added each year until the campuses will ultimately serve students in grades 3 \u2013 12. As a state funded charter school, there is no tuition for students.  Through the connection with UT Tyler, officials say, students will have access to resources and opportunities not readily available in traditional public school settings.  For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uttia.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.uttia.org<\/a> or contact Lisa Jett, administrative assistant, or <a href=\"mailto:ljett@uttyler.edu\">ljett@uttyler.edu<\/a> or 903-565-5867. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8211; The University of Texas at Tyler has scheduled additional public information meetings regarding the new university charter school, Dr. Michael Odell, associate vice president for sponsored research and director of federal relations, announced. \u201cThe Innovation Academy will present an unparalleled opportunity for students, with technology integration,project-based learning and the connection to the university &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=183351\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UTT Schedules More Public Meetings on Charter School<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-02 02:42:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183351"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183644,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183351\/revisions\/183644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=183351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=183351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}