Citizens of the World Charter School Quarterly Report 5/14/11.

Citizens of the World Charter SchoolQuarterly Report

5/14/11

Overview

CWC Mission and VisionCWC School Wide GoalsProgress on School Wide GoalsKey FindingsNext Steps

CWC Mission & Vision

The mission of Citizens of the World Charter Hollywood: A Public School is to provide a socio-economically, culturally and racially diverse community of students in the heart of Hollywood with an intellectually challenging, experiential learning environment that develops each individual student's confidence, potential, and individual responsibility as citizens of the world in which we live.

School Wide Goals

Academic Excellence 90%+ proficient or advanced in all areas Less than 10% gap between any subgroup

Diversity Applicant pool that is at least 50% non white and 50%

free and reduced lunch eligibleCommunity Impact

90%+ families volunteering, pledging, completing survey with 75%+ satisfaction

Organizational Health On budget, stable enrollment and ADA, reaching

fundraising target, positive staff surveys and external agency review

Academic Excellence

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE 90% or more proficient

or advanced in ELA, Math, English Language Development and TfU goal mastery

90% or more of students with special needs successfully achieving IEP goals

Less than 10% gap between any significant (more than 5%) subgroup

PROGRESS- 93% are proficient or

advanced in ELA- 89% are proficient or

advanced in Math- 28% moved up a level

in ELA and math (only 2-4% dropped a level)

- Gap between subgroups is less than 10% for ELA but ranges from 5%-50% for Math

Diversity

DIVERSITY GOAL To ensure diversity

applicant pool needs to be:

- At least 50% non white

- At least 50% FRL

eligible

Status 35% of the newly enrolled students for K

for 2011-2012 are FRL (19/54) 53% of the newly enrolled students for

2nd grade for 2011-2012 are FRL (9/17) 36% FRL school wide projected right

now based on new enrollment integrated with current enrollment (we haven’t completed enrollment for 2011-2012 – 9 more seats for K and 6 more for 2nd to fill

Current CWC demographics:- 8.7% African American- 2.9% Filipino- 25.2% Latino- 13.6% Korean- 1% Other/Asian- 1.9% Unspecified- 44.7% White- 28.2% EL- 36% FRL- 8% Special Needs

Community Impact

GOAL- 90% of families

volunteering 40hrs/yr- 90% of families

pledging- 90% of families

completing survey with 75% + reporting satisfaction with quality of education

PROGRESS 93/102 – 92% of families

have volunteered 1485 hours to date

95/102 – 93% of families have given in some form or another (primarily walkathon and pledge) - 70/96 families - 73% have given to pledge drive

More than 90% of families completed the parent survey with 99% reporting satisfaction with quality of education at CWC

Organizational Health

GOAL Ensure enrollment and ADA

levels (95%+) are maintained for revenue predictability

Operate within budget (ensuring any transfers within line items are cost neutral and keep operational costs at the same level)

Attain fundraising goal of $130,000 for 2010-2011

Positive staff satisfaction surveys and retention

Positive external reviews (charter office, Cambridge, WASC, etc.)

PROGRESS 103 enrolled students with 95%

ADA Operating within budget

($138k projected ending balance)

$93,010 raised (including pledges through rest of year) 72% of the way there - $37k remaining to be raised ($40k is goal for auction)

To date all staff indicate they are remaining and are highly engaged

LAUSD’s Charter Schools Division did a fiscal oversight and comprehensive overall review of CWC in late fall/early winter 2010 and gave CWC proficient marks overall

Key Findings

Academics- Nearly 90% of students

school wide are proficient/advanced in all areas

- Gaps in math emerging; vigilance re any gaps

Diversity- More than 50% of

currently enrolled and newly entering students are non white

- Missing goal of at least 50% FRL eligible by 10-15%

Community Impact- More than 90% of

families completed survey with 99% satisfaction with the quality of education

- More than 90% of families have volunteered and more than 90% have donated

Organizational Health- 95% ADA- Fundraise remaining

$93,000 (72% of goal)

Next Steps

- Build budget to fund a targeted plan to reach our goals

- Plan to diversify applicant pool - Plan to eradicate any achievement gaps- Raise the remaining ~$40,000 to meet $130k

goal- Conduct final parent and staff surveys