Citizens of the World Charter School
Quarterly Report
January 20, 2011
Overview
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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
- 89% or more are
proficient or
advanced in all areas
- All students with
special needs have
met IEP goals
- Gap between
subgroups is less than
10% for Math but
ranges from 11%-26%
for ELA
Diversity
DIVERSITY GOAL
To ensure diversity
applicant pool needs to
be:
- At least 50% non white
- At least 50% FRL eligible
PROGRESS
• Kindergarten (TOTAL: 129):
– FRL: 22,
– Caucasian 68,
– African American 6,
– Hispanic 14,
– Asian 18,
– Pacific Islander 1,
– Other/Mixed 16
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1st Grade (TOTAL: 10):
– FRL: 4,
– African American 1,
– Hispanic 2,
– Asian 4,
– Pacific Islander 1,
– Other/Mixed 1
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2nd Grade (TOTAL:7):
– FRL: 2,
– Caucasian 5, Hispanic 1, Asian 1,
Other/Mixed 1
Analysis of FRL Applicant
Pool for 2011-2012
Ethnicity of FRL Apps
- 8% Caucasian
- 39% Korean
- 30% Latino
- 17% Mixed
- 4% Pacific Islander
How FRL Apps heard about
CWC
- 43% - friends
- 61% - friends, family,
neighbor
- 17% - preschool
- 17% - website
Zip Codes of FRL Apps
- 35% from 90004
- 17% from 90020
- 13% from 90019
- 9% from 90028 and
90029
- 4% from 90035, 90036,
90046, 90068
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
- 75% of families have
volunteered to date
- 75% of families have
pledged to date
- 99% of families
completed the survey
with 99% reporting
satisfaction with
quality of education
Parent Survey
• Developed by Family Support
Coordinator based on samples from
several schools
• 95 questions across 11 content areas
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Demographics
Satisfaction with quality of education
Teacher effectiveness
Student Success
Leadership Effectiveness
Communication
ASP, Food Services, Building/Grounds, Misc.
Parent Involvement
Parent Survey
Respondents
Demographics of Respondents
• 102 responses
• Diverse representative cross section of
respondents
• 16.7% Latinos responded v. 24% Latinos
enrolled
• 28.4% FRL responded v. 36% FRL
enrolled
Parent Survey Findings
Academic Program
– More than 90% agree or
strongly agree that they
are receiving quality
instruction in all areas
– Suggested areas to
strengthen were
• Exposure to technology
• Special Ed staff
communicating sufficient
information about child’s
program
Teacher Effectiveness
- More than 90% agree
or strongly agree that
CWC teachers are
effective in all areas
Student Success
- More than 90% agree
or strongly agree that
their child enjoys
school, feels safe and
there is good
social/emotional
development
Parent Survey Findings
Continued
Leadership &
Communication
- More than 90% agree
leadership
communicates
effectively and
respects parents’
opinions and concerns
- 100% of respondents
agreed that the
Principal is outstanding
in all areas
- Communication and
fundraising identified as
areas for growth for ED
and Board
Parent Involvement
- 99% respondents agree
there are plenty of
opportunities to be
involved in child’s
education
ASP/School
Lunch/Grounds
- ASP staff well regarded,
desire for richer
program
- 70%+ respondents like
the school lunch; 1530% dissatisfied
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
- We are fully enrolled at 103
students with 93.56% ADA
- We have operated within
budget to date
- $65,000 has been pledged or
donated to date including
approximately $2,000 from
events and other fundraisers
- Staff surveys are conducted biannually and will be
conducted in the coming
month
- 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
are
proficient/advanced in
all areas
- All students with special
needs have met IEP
goals
- Negligible gaps in math;
11-26% gaps in ELA
Diversity
- 50% of applicants are
non white
- ~18% of applicants are
FRL
Community Impact
- More than 90% of
families completed
survey with 99%
satisfaction with the
quality of education
- 75% of families have
volunteered and 75%
have pledged
Organizational Health
- 93.5% ADA
- Fundraise remaining
$65,000 (50% of goal)
Next Steps
- Targeted plan to diversify applicant
pool
- Targeted plan to eradicate
achievement gaps particularly among
EL, Latino and FRL subgroups in ELA
- Move ADA up to 95%
- Raise the remaining $65,000
- Maintain push for volunteerism and
pledging to get from 75% to 100%