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Response 03 - Proposal History(a)Applicant InformationBoth applicants, Marilyn Calo and Evelyn Castro, have been educators for more thanthirty-five years. Marilyn Calo was the principal of Family Life Academy CharterSchool-I for eight years. During her tenure as principal of FLACS-I, Ms. Calo identifiedthe instructional programs and provided for the professional development that led tobecoming a high achieving school. In 2012 the Charter Schools Institute approvedFamily Life Academy II. That year Ms. Calo stepped down from her position asprincipal, supported the transition of the new principal at FLACS-I and began working onthe recruitment of a principal for FLACS II in addition to working with a team to preparefor the start-up of FLACS-II. Ms. Calo has been an Executive Consultant with FLACS IIand has continued to be an advisor to FLACS-I. Prior to coming to FLACS, she servedmany roles in Community School District 4 in East Harlem. She was a teacher for morethan twelve years, was a school director for a bilingual school, an assistant to theSuperintendent and principal of a multi-graded school (elementary, middle and highschool).As principal of FLACS, Ms. Calo stewarded the school’s growth and attainment ofProgress Report goals. Under her leadership the school demonstrated English languagelearner growth as measured by SED’s ELA assessment as greater than the district and, insome grades, the state.Evelyn Castro has been a part of FLACS since its inception. She was involved in thedialogue for starting FLACS prior to 2001. She remained as an advisor. Two years agoshe became a member of the FLACS-I board. She was asked to chair the Accountabilityand Principal Evaluation committees of FLACS-I. In January 2012 Ms. Castro became aconsultant with FLACS II.Ms. Castro was a teacher for more than twelve years, was director of a Bilingual School,principal of an elementary school, director of Funded Programs, Director of Operationsand Superintendent of Schools all in Community School District 4 in East Harlem. In2003 Ms. Castro was asked to work at Tweed for the Office of Government Grants, shealso was the Director of Summer School programs and after several years she became theDirector of City-Wide Early Childhood programs & Non-Public Schools with theDepartment of Education.Marilyn Calo and Evelyn Castro have accepted the positions of Co-Chief ExecutiveAdministrators for the FLACS Schools. In their roles they will provide leadership indeveloping and maintaining the best possible educational programs and services for thestudents in the FLACS Schools. They will guide, lead and direct all members of theadministrative team, instructional and educational support services in setting andachieving the highest standard of excellence in all academic programs and systems ofoperations.Response 03 - 1