Aiming to ignite every child's love of learning!€¦ · Aiming to ignite every child's love of...
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Decision Meeting, January 17, 2018
Aiming to ignite every child's
love of learning!
Outline
Educational Performance
Finances
EL
Demographics
Stability
Progress After One Year At Spark
After one year at Spark:• Accelerated progress in ELA• Expected progress in Math
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ELA Math
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Progress Between Year 1 and Year 2 at Spark - CAASPP
County: all students statistics• Spark outperforms District except
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Spark: same students statistics• Spark outperforms District • Score drop comparable
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Spark Internal Assessments – DIBELS, MAP
Internal results show✓ Progress above expectation in ELA for all students ✓ Progress above expectation in Math for K- 4. ✓ Progress as expected for Middle school Math
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ELA (DIBELS) Math (MAP NWEA)
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ELA (MAP NWEA) Math (MAP NWEA)
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Spark Subgroups Progress – CAASPP (Same Students)
Progress increase and decrease are attributed to one or two students.
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ELA Math
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ELA Math
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• ELA progress increase• Math progress decrease
• Expected Progress
Internal Assessments – Math Subgroups
Subgroup results for the whole school for math show consistent growth in all subgroups.
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Subgroups: Math Progress – MAP NWEA
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Internal Assessments – ELA Subgroups
Subgroup results for the whole school for ELA show consistent growth in all subgroups.
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Subgroups: ELA Progress – DIBELS
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Results Wrap Up
• Strong Academic Performance • Intervention in Place
Financials
Spark’s Checking A/C balances for 2017
2017
Balance at end of
month
Cash balance
expressed as % of
expenses
Jan 172,190 8.9%
Feb 237,165 12.3%
Mar 381,513 19.7%
Apr 377,988 19.5%
May 384,802 19.9%
Jun 342,874 17.7%
Jul 247,859 12.8%
Aug 146,045 7.5%
Sep 115,871 6.0%
Oct 136,448 7.1%
Nov 95,488 4.9%
Dec 72,845 3.8%
Avg. balance in 2017 225,924 11.7%
Jan 14th '18 156,152 8.1%
• Oct-Nov ‘17 – Short term loans
• 75% of short term loans paid off in Dec ‘17
• Remaining 25% will be paid in Apr ‘18
Monthly cash reserves for SY 2018/19
Year 2018-19 2018-19
ADA 277.4 277.4
Inc. over prior year 15% 15%
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Budget
Proposed
Budget
Jul 8% 11%
Aug 5% 7%
Sep 6% 9%
Oct 5% 8%
Nov 2% 6%
Dec 3% 9%
Jan 4% 11%
Feb 3% 11%
Mar 7% 17%
Apr 8% 19%
May 8% 20%
Jun 13% 27%
• $25K grant for Professional Development (CA SUMS)
• Working on a $55K grant for STEM expenses from Applied Materials Foundation
Spark’s Integrated EL Program Yields Positive Results
DIBELS is well regarded for its accuracy when assessing for literacy skills
(Center for RTI)
MAP (NWEA) is well regarded for its accuracy when assessing for Math
skills and growth over time (US Dept. of Education)
Results For EL Subgroups (% Meets/Exceed Standards)
Same Students
ELA (DIBELS) Math (MAP NWEA)
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Demographics/Stability
BISHOPELEMENTARY
27%ofStudents
SANMIGUELELEMENTARY
13%ofStudents
ELLISELEMENTARY
22%ofStudents
CUMBERLANDELEMENTARY
2%ofStudents
CHERRYCHASEELEMENTARY
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VARGASELEMENTARY
12%ofStudents
LAKEWOODELEMENTARY
13%ofStudents
Student Diversity Representation
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Demographics Comparison 2016-17
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Demographics Comparison 2015-16
• Spark's demographic distribution is very similar to that of the District's, even more so in 2016-17• Spark’s strategic plan to improve socio-economic diversity:
- High enrollment preference for in District FRPM students - More aggressive outreach in targeted neighborhoods
Stability – Executive Director
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Interim
ED #2: Chris Mahoney
ED #1
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2017 2018
5-Year Charter Renewal
We have demonstrated academic progress in 2 years that many charter schools do not reach until year 4 or 5.
We thank the SCCOE Board and the County Staff for working with us to make our school a success.
We respectfully request you to grant us a 5-year renewal.
Thank You!