We know that starting a charter school is hard work.  We’ve done it. Chameleon offers expertise and experience in developing, financing, and organizing new charter schools.  Our services include:

• Writing and submitting applications for new charter schools
• Designing specialized programs and curricula
• Creating partnerships with community agencies
• Assembling competent and effective trustees
• Identifying and securing public and private grant funds

Many schools face a pressure cooker: much to do in very little time.  Newly authorized schools are confronted with a building to ready, students to recruit, a staff to hire, and a faculty to prepare – often in a scant few months.  Existing schools must cope with local, state and federal planning and reporting requirements.  Chameleon is prepared to help schools manage the necessary systems so that educators can concentrate on academic achievement. Our services include:

• Developing school record systems
• Establishing financial controls
• Recruiting prospective students
• Recruiting and preparing staff for their new responsibilities
• Securing financing
• Technology plans
• Consolidated applications

There are millions of dollars in grants and entitlement programs available for qualified schools and community organizations.  While these groups may not have the resources and/or the knowledge base to pursue them, we know how to look, find and secure these funding sources.

Chameleon has the experience, the track record and the network to find the right grants and revenue sources for virtually any educational or community institution.

We understand how to research the grant opportunities.  Our experience includes competitive federal and state grants, foundation grants and a range of entitlement programs. We know how to read RFPs and weed out profitable opportunities from dead ends.  We can help schools and community organizations structure their programs to meet the rigid qualifications of many grant proposals.