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

for Math in 2016-17• Higher score drop for Spark

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ELA Math

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Spark: same students statistics• Spark outperforms District • Score drop comparable

Meet/ExceedMeet/Exceed

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.

Meet/Exceed Meet/Exceed

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ELA Math

Hispanic Subgroup

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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.

Students in the EL and Hispanic subgroups show excellent growth 0%

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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%

Petition

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)

Fall 2016 Spring

2017

Fall 2016 Spring 2017

All 50 69 47 58

Demographics/Stability

BISHOPELEMENTARY

27%ofStudents

SANMIGUELELEMENTARY

13%ofStudents

ELLISELEMENTARY

22%ofStudents

CUMBERLANDELEMENTARY

2%ofStudents

CHERRYCHASEELEMENTARY

4%ofStudents

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

August

2015

August

2017

Interim

ED #2: Chris Mahoney

ED #1

2016 August

2016

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!