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Title
To Honor and Recognize the Columbus Youth Entrepreneurship Academy as they open their doors on August 28, 2003.
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WHEREAS, the Columbus Youth Entrepreneurship Academy (CYEA) located at 1855 E. Dublin-Granville Road, 3rd floor will be opening it's doors on
August 28, 2003, as a full-time, year-round, public community school for high school students grades 9 through 12; and,
WHEREAS, CYEA's mission is a high school that creates a foundation for academic excellence in youth which promotes entrepreneurship and civic and political leadership; and,
WHEREAS, CYEA, sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education will emphasize the concept of unity of purpose with the parent, teacher and student as a team facilitating academic excellence; and,
WHEREAS, Columbus will be one of the first cities in the country to offer entrepreneurship as a career-based alternative for our public school system; and,
WHEREAS, Columbus will be the home of the only public high school which offers a combination career based mission of experiential internships for entrepreneurship, civic and political leadership to give our young people a total accountability perspective as a contributing citizen to the the economy and the quality of life in Columbus, Ohio; and,
WHEREAS, every child within the Columbus public school district is eligible to apply for enrollment year round; and,
WHEREAS, this year the school is accepting applications for grades 9 and 10 only and will add a grade each year up to the 12th grade.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS: that this Council does hereby honor and recognize the Columbus Youth Entrepreneurship Academy as they open their doors on August 28, 2003.