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We're proud to be part of the community! Celebrating this week and every week and recognizing the 7,700 schools and 200,000 dedicated teachers who make it possible for their students to get a great education!

We're excited to share some big news! BuyQ is expanding to serve ! Since our founding in 2012, BuyQ has grown to become the leading group purchasing organization for , with 4,000+ charter schools currently using our contracts to save on the products and services they need to serve their students. We can’t wait to bring these same opportunities to private schools while strengthening the program for all our participants through our increased buying power. Learn more: https://buyq.org/privateschoolgrouppurchasing/

BuyQ is excited to announce our newest awarded-vendor, Complete Book & Media Supply, LLC! Completebook was selected in the "books and e-books" category after an open, competitive RFP reviewed by a committee of charter school instructional leaders. Charters schools can immediately start taking advantage of the contract benefits, including up to 52% off Completebook's extensive catalog of 18 million titles, by visiting our unique contract page here: https://www.completebook.com/buyq/account-register.

Learn what lessons a large CMO, Green Dot Public Schools, learned on the way to making a major back-office tech investment.

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Community is key! We had a great time at this year's National Charter Schools Conference connecting with charter school business office leaders - and connecting them with each other. Thanks to everyone who attended our two sessions: 1) On strategic purchasing with Uplift Education Director of Procurement, Stephen Parmer, and School Food and Wellness Group CEO, Emily Chatelain; and 2) On CMO employee health benefits with our partner HUB International. And, thanks to our CMO business leader friends for joining us and your peers at our networking dinner. It was wonderful to see everyone sharing their ideas, challenges, and successes at . DSST Public Schools Friendship Public Charter School National Heritage Academies Leading Edge Academy REAL Journey Academies TEACH Public Schools and Orenda Education. And thank you to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools!

We're looking forward to seeing our members and vendor partners at next week! PEX Staples S&S Worldwide HUB International

Yep, charter schools are public schools. BuyQ helps over 3,500 charter schools across the country save time and money. Learn more about our work here: www.buyq.org

In honor of National , BuyQ is proud to be an advocate for charter schools, their teachers, and students.

Did you know? There are more than 7,000 charter schools in the U.S. serving roughly 3.2 million charter school students. H/t National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

This week, we’d like to recognize teachers across the country and everything they do for our students. Thank you for your work.