. EdPower June 3, 2014 Delivered Electronically and by Courier Ms. Glenda Ritz Superintendent ofPublic Instruction Indiana Department of Education 151 West Ohio Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 RE: Contract For The Operation of Turnaround Academy, 1 Petition for Funding Dear Ms. Ritz: Charter for Accelerated Learning. Inc. d/b/a EdPower (hereinafter ??EdPowei?") operates Arlington Community High School (hereinafter ?Arlington?) as a turnaround academy pursuant to the Contract For The Operation of Turnaround Academy, l. (hereinafter ?the ontract?) with the Indiana Department of Education (hereinafter EdPower must have adequate funding if we are to be able to operate Arlington appropriately and achieve our benchmarks. Pursuant to Section of the Contract. funds necessary to operate Arlington are to be supplemented by federal student improvement grant funds funds"). Section discusses SIG funds and makes clear that EdPower intends to apply for SIG funds each year to supplement existing funds to operate Arlington. To date. applications for SIG funds are not available. No mechanism currently exists for us to even apply. Worse. we understand that the amount of SIG funds available for Edl?ower will be reduced signi?cantly from the levels provided in the previous years. The operational overhead outstrips revenue generated by the students assigned to the school. Thus. it appears that EdPower will not be successful in obtaining SIG Funds in an amount EdPower deems necessary to operate Arlington. Section of the Contract states in pertinent part: ?If TSO Contractor [EdPower] is unsuccessful in obtaining SIG funds in an amount the TSO Contractor [EdPower] deems necessary to operate the Turnaround Academy [Arlington], TSO Contractor [EdPower] may petition the State Board of Education for relief.? EdPower hereby petitions the SBOE for relief and requests funds in the amount of Two Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars to be paid to EdPower to safely operate Arlington during the 2014?2015 school year. This is the amount EdPower deems necessary to operate Arlington. We ask for swift consideration of our request for relief. Accordingly, we would appreciate a response no later than 5 pm Friday, June 6, 2014. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Marcus Robinson Cc: Michelle Gough. Esq. Robert Guflin Jason Kloth INIJSUJ 1324mm]