Ina A. Colen Academy, founded in 2020, is a tuition-free public charter school of choice in Ocala, Fla. The academy educates children in kindergarten through 8th grade. Ian A. Colen Academy encourages students to develop understanding and empathy for others through project-based learning, social-emotional learning and the whole child approach.

In March of 2021, Ina A. Colen Academy partnered with Crime Prevention Security Systems (CPSS) on a $2.4 million integration project to establish a brand new security system on the academy’s four building campus. The extensive integration included access control, camera surveillance, telecommunications wiring, an intercom system, PA system, smart boards, Bluetooth speaker classroom systems and an A/V systems. The project was one of two runners up in the 2023 SDM Project of the Year Award competition.