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From: Lesley Groff Sent: 7/10/2012 10:56:42 PM To: Epstein Jeffrey [jeevacation@gmail.com] Subject: Fwd: Lesley: Please deliver to Jeffrey Importance: High Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Charles Stevenson Date: July 10, 2012 5:45:56 PM EDT To: Lesley Groff <__________________________ Subject: Lesley: Please deliver to Jeffrey Jeffrey, Thank you for your gifts to Bard College. Every dollar is deeply appreciated. Charles Re: Exceptional Public Schools Cited By Obama, Get Critical Backing From Investor, Jeffrey Epstein - US Politics Today http://uspolitics.einnews.com/pr news! 10393 1767!exceptional-public-schools-cited-by-obama-get-critical- backing-from-investor-jeffrey-epstein Exceptional Public Schools Cited By Obama, Get Critical Backing From Investor, Jeffrey Epstein PR Newswire NEW YORK, July 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A group of unique public high schools in New York State and New Jersey, cited by President Obama as role models for the nation, have received critical funding from science investor, Jeffrey Epstein and his foundation, The Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation. The schools are called the Bard High School Early College schools (BHSEC) in Manhattan and Queens of New York City and in Newark, New Jersey. HOUSE OVERSIGHT 026567 The Bard schools are not charter schools. They are financed by New York State and New Jersey. However, they run with the efficiency and success of a prominent charter school. The schools are small, with less than 600 students each and a student teacher ratio of 20 to 1. Admission is academically exclusive, focusing on academic records, writing and math assessments and an eagerness for ideas and learning. And like most charter schools, the BHSEC schools critically have autonomy, even though they have to meet Regent state exams and state graduation guidelines. They have the autonomy to run their teaching staff, budget, operations and curriculum. Unlike charter schools however, BHSEC sc […]