Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts Renewal Charter Petition

IndependentCharterRenewalPetition

20162021

November23,2015

SubmittedbyDr.LindaLee,ExecutiveDirector/Principal

2709MediaCenterDriveLosAngeles,California90065

OnbehalfofLFCSAsStudents,Parents,Faculty,StaffandBoardofDirectors

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TABLEOFCONTENTSASSURANCESANDAFFIRMATIONS................................................................................................................................1INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................................................3ELEMENT1EDUCATIONALPROGRAM.......................................................................................................................4

GeneralInformation.................................................................................................................................................9CommunityNeedForCharterSchool.....................................................................................................................10

Overview............................................................................................................................................................10DemographicChanges:20102014....................................................................................................................10CaliforniaAssessmentofStudentPerformanceandProgress(CAASPP)...........................................................14OverallComparisontoStateandLAUSD...........................................................................................................14PercentageinEachAchievementLevelperGradeLevel...................................................................................15SBACSubgroupComparisonswithCalifornia,LAUSD,andLocalSchools.........................................................16CaliforniaStandardsTest:Science.....................................................................................................................18PhysicalFitnessTest...........................................................................................................................................19AcademicPerformanceIndex(API)....................................................................................................................203YearAverageAPIwithSignificantSubgroups.................................................................................................21StatewideRank&SimilarSchoolsRank.............................................................................................................21CaliforniaStandardsTest(CST)2013ComparisonSchools.............................................................................22AchievementGapbetweenSubgroupsandWhiteStudents:Comparisonof3nearestschools......................24CaliforniaEnglishLanguageDevelopmentTest(CELDT)....................................................................................25SchoolBasedAssessments:NWEAMAPScores201415..................................................................................25ResponsetoIntervention...................................................................................................................................27

SelfReflection.........................................................................................................................................................28ContinuedAccomplishments.............................................................................................................................28NewAccomplishments.......................................................................................................................................30ContinuedAreasofNeedandNextSteps..........................................................................................................35SurroundingSchools..........................................................................................................................................36StudentPopulationToBeServed......................................................................................................................37EnrollmentProjections.......................................................................................................................................37

GoalsandPhilosophy..............................................................................................................................................38Mission...............................................................................................................................................................38Vision..................................................................................................................................................................38CoreValues........................................................................................................................................................39WhatItMeansToBeanEducatedPersoninthe21STCentury.........................................................................40HowLearningBestOccurs.................................................................................................................................42

LocalControlFundingFormulaStatePriorities......................................................................................................44InstructionalDesign................................................................................................................................................54

MultipleIntelligences.........................................................................................................................................54BackwardDesignofCurriculumMaterials.........................................................................................................55StandardsBasedCurricula.................................................................................................................................56PublishedPrograms...........................................................................................................................................57ArtIntegration....................................................................................................................................................59SafeSchoolSystem&CoolTools.......................................................................................................................60TechnologyIntegration......................................................................................................................................63TransitionalKindergarten..................................................................................................................................64AcademicCalendarandSchedules....................................................................................................................65

ProfessionalDevelopment......................................................................................................................................67MeetingtheNeedsofAllStudents.........................................................................................................................70

EnglishLearners(ELs)andLFCSAsELMasterPlan............................................................................................70GiftedandTalentedStudentsandStudentsAchievingAboveGradeLevel......................................................75StudentsAchievingBelowGradeLevel..............................................................................................................75

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SocioEconomicallyDisadvantaged/LowIncomeStudents................................................................................77StudentswithDisabilities...................................................................................................................................77StudentsinOtherSubgroups.............................................................................................................................77

ATypicalDay.......................................................................................................................................................77ELEMENT2MEASURABLEPUPILOUTCOMEELEMENT3METHODBYWHICHPUPILPROGRESSTOWARDOUTCOMESWILLBEMEASURED..............................83

MeasurableGoalsoftheEducationalProgram......................................................................................................83MeasurablePupilOutcomes:SummativeAssessmentPerformanceTargets........................................................84OtherPerformanceTargets....................................................................................................................................84

Assessments.......................................................................................................................................................84MethodforMeasuringPupilProgressTowardsOutcomes:FormativeAssessment..............................................85DataAnalysisandReporting...................................................................................................................................87Grading,ProgressReporting,andPromotion/Retention.......................................................................................88

ELEMENT4GOVERNANCE........................................................................................................................................90GovernanceStructure.............................................................................................................................................93BoardofDirector