GOAL Academy is included in the El Paso County charter / innovation inventory as a current CDE charter / D49-authorized with Pueblo city listing node. The official district or authorizer field used for this seed page is District 49; the listed city is Pueblo; the grade span is 9-12. CDE 2025-26 workbook pupil count: 6988.
Education Week's November 3, 2016 investigation reports a historical GOAL sequence involving Ken Crowell, Summit Education Group, Colorado Charter School Institute, District 49, and Colorado Digital BOCES. The source says CSI threatened nonrenewal in 2012; GOAL then moved to D49 authorization; GOAL later outsourced back-office services to Summit under a percentage-of-revenue contract; and Summit also managed Rocky Mountain Digital Academy through Colorado Digital BOCES.
The source reports weak student-engagement and outcome indicators, including limited software usage, low graduation/completion metrics, count-day enrollment incentives, and contested FAST / FAST and Furious credit-recovery practices. GOAL, Crowell, and Summit disputed or qualified several points. Treat the article as strong secondary reporting and a primary-record target map, not as a final legal finding.
| Source | Target | Mechanism | Flow | Evidence strength | Source basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOAL Academy | Colorado Charter School Institute | original charter authorization | oversight and possible nonrenewal pressure | reported by Education Week | Education Week GOAL Academy and Summit Education Group investigation, 2016 |
| GOAL Academy | El Paso County School District 49 | authorizer switch | oversight jurisdiction and authorizer fees | reported by Education Week | Education Week GOAL Academy and Summit Education Group investigation, 2016 |
| GOAL Academy | Summit Education Group | back-office management contract | public school revenue to for-profit provider | reported; primary contract not retained here | Education Week GOAL Academy and Summit Education Group investigation, 2016 |
| GOAL Academy | Rocky Mountain Digital Academy | shared curriculum, staff, systems, and transfer accounts | operational support / possible student movement | reported by Education Week | Education Week GOAL Academy and Summit Education Group investigation, 2016 |
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