Third Future Schools is a charter-school and school-turnaround network founded by Mike Miles in 2016. In the current retained source set, its Colorado Springs footprint is direct through Coperni 3 as a current K-8 Colorado Springs campus and Coperni 2 as a former / consolidated campus.
R-2023-07, term start 2023-07-01, initial expiration 2026-06-30, and maximum expiration 2028-06-30. A CSI closure-procedures document specific to Coperni 2 records that C2 and C3 are combining.2023 Doral / Academica proposal summarized in the Brad Miller primary-source cluster.F Mike Miles as CEO with $260,000 reportable compensation. Its 2023 Form 990 lists Floyd Mike Miles as Superintendent with 4.00 average hours per week and $242,572 reportable compensation.| school | status | years / dates | authorizer | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coperni 3 | current operating | opened August 2019; current 2025-26 CDE profile lists 365 students served, K-8 | Colorado Charter School Institute | CDE official ratings show Performance Plan and not on Performance Watch in 2025, 2024, 2023, and 2019; 2022 is listed as Performance Plan: Meets 95% Participation. |
| Coperni 2 | former / consolidated | CSI CARS lists 2018-19 opened / transferred; CSI renewal resolution adopted January 17, 2023; Third Future announced consolidation into Coperni 3 for 2023-24; CSI closure procedures record C2/C3 combining | Colorado Charter School Institute | TFS-CO board packet includes the Coperni 2 CSI renewal contract. Third Future cited declining enrollment and said Coperni 2 students would have seats at Coperni 3. Coperni 2 audit includes facility / building-corporation debt context. |
raw/datasets/propublica/parents-challenge-third-future-990-pdfs-xml-2026-04-25/source-note.md: retained Third Future 2022, 2023, and 2024 Form 990 PDFs/XML and extracted officer / director / employee rows.raw/datasets/colorado/third-future-coperni-cde-csi-documents-2026-04-25/source-note.md: retained Coperni 2 CSI renewal-contract packet and CSI closure-procedures document.wiki/summaries/profiles/brad-miller-identity-career-and-client-footprint-primary-source-cluster.md: identifies Third Future as a representative charter client in the Doral / Academica proposal layer.wiki/entities/brad-miller.md: carries the same roster point forward in the direct documentary or quasi-primary client-footprint section.