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Chiquita specializes in charter school  planning, the development process and will work with your group throughout its implementation efforts. Chiquita combines her technical skills in organizational management with a knowledge of the laws and regulations applicable to establishing public charter schools.

Coggs also serves as Executive Director of the North East Business Association, Inc., (NEBA) a nonprofit organization located in Kansas City, Kansas that provides community outreach and programming in partnership with other community organizations, institutions of higher education and government agencies. She successfully prepared the application that will lead to establishing the first public charter school in Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Kansas (Unified School District 500).  The Maurice R. Holman Academy of Excellence.

Her expertise has helped communities begin implementing the principles of responsibility to educating children that come from low-income homes. Ms. Coggs is available to conduct workshops or make presentations to leaders or association looking to address the achievement gap that exists between youth of lower/higher economic means. She will provide council for each step of the process and can assist in identifying the right individuals to engage as stakeholders to a new school.

Chiquita has served in many capacities in the community from a leadership perspective. From formulating projects to develop community benchmarks and sustainability indicators to fostering community partnerships among competing groups, Chiquita can provide direction and expertise in this new field of education.

Areas of Expertise: 

Application Preparation       Research & Analysis      Community Mobilization

Contact: Chiquita Coggs