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

Overview CWC Mission and Vision CWC School Wide Goals Progress on School Wide Goals Key Findings Next 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 eligible Community 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 are FRL (19/54)  53% of the newly enrolled students for 2 nd grade for 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 – 9 more seats for K and 6 more for 2 nd 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 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