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Ted Ginn Sr. (official thread)

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Ginn tables charter school for at-risk boys
Siting, finances force timeout on coach's dream
Friday, July 28, 2006
Ellen Jan Kleinerman
Plain Dealer Reporter
Ted Ginn Sr. said his dream of a charter school for at-risk boys "is on hold."

The popular Glenville football coach said this week that the publicly funded charter school he proposed in the spring probably won't open in August, as he had hoped.

"The problems are location and money issues," Ginn said. "We're trying to raise money, but we only have about $2,000 so far." Ginn wasn't sure how much cash Ginn Academy's board needs to kick off the charter school.

Ginn, said he hasn't given up and will keep trying to make the academy a reality.

Ginn Academy applied for the $50,000 state and $450,000 federal start-up grants, but was turned down when awards were made this month, said Ohio Department of Education spokesman J.C. Benton.

It was unclear why the academy did not receive the grants.

Charter schools typically look for federal and state start-up grants to get off the ground. Additional private money often is needed to supplement operations and building costs. Once approved by the state, charters get the same per-student payment from the Ohio Department of Education as public schools.

Cleveland public schools spokesman Alan Seifullah said Thursday that the district has not heard from Ginn Academy officials since the spring when the public school district agreed to sponsor the charter and approved its educational plan.

Ginn Academy is one of two charter schools Cleveland will oversee this year. The other, Entrepreneurship Preparatory School, opens Aug. 23 in leased space at 540 East 105th St. in the Glenville neighborhood. School founder John Zitzner said E Prep raised $680,000 in private donations. State records show that E Prep was awarded a federal start-up grant this month.

Ginn, the coach known for helping troubled teens and producing winning football teams at Glenville High School as well as players who have gained national recognition, said he hasn't given up on the idea of starting a charter. "We're going to wait and see and hold more meetings," he said.

Ginn said he tentatively was looking at space in the former TRW plant on East 185th Street in the Collinwood neighborhood. He planned to lend his name and coaching principles to the charter that would open with 150 boys and grow to 350 students in grades eight through 12. Ginn would sit on the board, but would not be employed by the charter school. This would enable him to continue coaching at Glenville and working as a security guard for the district.

Sports would not be in the game plan for the academy's initial program, Ginn has said, but could come into play in the future.

To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:

[email protected], 216-999-4631
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ESPN magazine article about T. Ginn SR.

A great three page article In this months ESPN The Magazine about Ginn SR. and his role at Glenville High School. It explains where he came from and why he coaches and what he plans to do in the future. Also has some great tidbits about Smith and Ginn. I urge you to go pick it up or at least go to the grocery store and read that article.
 
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buckeye247 said:
A great three page article In this months ESPN The Magazine about Ginn SR. and his role at Glenville High School. It explains where he came from and why he coaches and what he plans to do in the future. Also has some great tidbits about Smith and Ginn. I urge you to go pick it up or at least go to the grocery store and read that article.
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Unfortunately, it would be too much trouble for me to disengage the magazine from my TP holder in order to read the article.
 
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