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Fenton Avenue Charter School LAUSD BOARD APPROVED 09/20/16 (BR 048-16/17) TERM: 2017-2022 FENTON AVENUE CHARTER SCHOOL Charter Renewal Petition Submitted on July 25, 2016 AMENDMENT TO GRADE LEVELS SERVED In September 2013, the Fenton Primary Center moved to its own site, and Fenton Avenue Charter School moved to a single-track calendar for the first time in over twenty years. The move of the kindergarten, first and second grade students to a separate site decreased traffic, increased safety, and allowed Fenton Avenue Charter School to fulfill its promise to the surrounding Lake View Terrace community: students would enjoy a full 184-day calendar and an instructional calendar aligned with neighboring schools. The Fenton Primary Center, which serves transitional kindergarten through second grade, has enjoyed a robust beginning. The school is over subscribed, and there is a significant waiting list for Transitional Kindergarten (TK) students. The Fenton Avenue site has the capacity to accommodate two classes of TK students (42 total students). Adding up to two classes of TK, and then having the students matriculate to kindergarten, joining the matriculating TK students at Fenton Primary Center would ensure that all families in the Lake View Terrace/Pacoima area who seek to enroll their TK children at the Fenton schools would be accommodated while maintaining an enrollment at Fenton Avenue that will not jeopardize the decreased traffic and increased safety realized with the separation of the grade levels and transition to a single-track calendar. Fenton Primary Center will also continue to enroll TK and all kindergarten, first and second grade students in the former attendance area of Fenton Avenue Charter School and following the requirements of the Primary Center’s Certificate of Occupancy. Fenton Avenue will always serve as the “default” enrollment location when Fenton Primary is at capacity in TK. Located only eight tenths of a mile from Fenton Primary, it is a reasonable choice and logical solution to accommodate the needs of TK students in Lake View Terrace/Pacoima. This solution will continue as needed throughout the life of the charter. Fenton Avenue Charter School Charter Renewal Petition Page 2 of 306 TABLE OF CONTENTS Assurances, Affirmations, and Declarations ................................................................................... 4 Element 1 – The Educational Program ........................................................................................... 7 Element 2 – Measurable Pupil Outcomes and Element 3 – Method by which Pupil Progress Toward Outcomes will be Measured ................ 124 Element 4 – Governance ............................................................................................................. 143 Element 5 – Employee Qualifications ........................................................................................ 156 Element 6 – Health and Safety Procedures ................................................................................. 211 Element 7 – Means to Achieve Racial and Ethnic Balance ........................................................ 221 Element 8 – Admission Requirements ........................................................................................ 223 Element 9 – Annual Financial Audits ......................................................................................... 227 Element 10 – Suspension and Expulsion Procedures ................................................................. 229 Element 11 – Employee Retirement Systems ............................................................................. 251 Element 12 – Public School Attendance Alternatives ................................................................ 253 Element 13 – Rights of District Employees ................................................................................ 254 Element 14 – Mandatory Dispute Resolution ............................................................................. 255 Element 15 – Charter School Closure Procedures ...................................................................... 257 Additional Provisions.................................................................................................................. 264 Fenton Avenue Charter School Charter Renewal Petition Page 3 of 306 Assurances, Affirmations, and Declarations Fenton Avenue Charter School (also referred to herein as “FACS” and “Charter School”) shall: • Be nonsectarian in its programs, admission policies, employment practices, and all other operations. (California Education Code (hereinafter “Ed. Code”) § 47605(d)(1).) • Not charge tuition. (Ed. Code § 47605(d)(1).) • Not discriminate against any pupil on the basis of disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth in section 422.55 of the Penal Code. (Ed. Code § 47605(d)(1).) • Except as provided in Education Code section 47605(d)(2), admission to a charter school shall not be determined according to the place of residence of the pupil, or of his or her parent or legal guardian, within this state, except that an existing public school converting partially or entirely to a charter school under this part shall adopt and maintain a policy giving admission preference to pupils who reside within the former attendance area of that school. (Ed. Code § 47605(d)(1).) • Admit all pupils who wish to attend Charter School. (Ed. Code § 47605(d)(2)(A).) • Except for existing pupils of Charter School, determine attendance by a public random drawing if the number of pupils who wish to attend Charter School exceeds Charter School’s capacity. Preference shall be extended to pupils currently attending Charter School and pupils who reside in the Los Angeles Unified School District (also referred to herein as “LAUSD” and “District”). (Ed. Code § 47605(d)(2)(B).) • If a pupil is expelled or leaves Charter School without graduating or completing the school year for any reason, Charter School shall notify the superintendent of the school district of the pupil’s last known address within 30 days, and shall, upon request, provide that school district with a copy of the cumulative record of the pupil, including a transcript of grades or report card, and health information. (Ed. Code § 47605(d)(3).) • Meet all statewide standards and conduct the pupil assessments required pursuant to Education Code sections 60605 and 60851 and any other statewide standards authorized in statute or pupil assessments applicable to pupils in non-charter public schools. (Ed. Code § 47605(c)(1).) • Consult, on a regular basis, with Charter School’s parents, legal guardians, and teachers regarding the school’s educational programs. (Ed. Code § 47605(c)(2).) Charter School hereby declares that Charter School, operated by or as its nonprofit public benefit corporation, is and shall be the exclusive public school employer of Charter School’s employees for the purposes of the Educational Employment Relations Act (EERA), Chapter 10.7 (commencing with Section 3540) of Division 4 of Title I of the Government Code. Charter School Fenton Avenue Charter School Charter Renewal Petition Page 4 of 306 shall comply with all provisions of the EERA and shall act independently from LAUSD for collective bargaining purposes. In accordance with the EERA, employees may join and be represented by an organization of their choice for collective bargaining purposes. NOTE: This Charter contains specific “District Required Language” (DRL), including the Assurances, Affirmations, and Declarations above. The DRL should be highlighted in gray within each Charter element or section. The final section of the Charter provides a consolidated addendum of the DRL. This intentional redundancy facilitates efficient charter petition review while ensuring ready access to the DRL for any given section of the Charter. To the extent that any inconsistency may exist between any provision contained within the body of the Charter and the DRL contained in the addendum, the provisions of the DRL addendum shall control. Fenton Avenue Charter School Charter Renewal Petition Page 5 of 306 INTRODUCTION The Fenton Charter Public Schools The history of the Fenton Charter Public Schools begins in March 1993, when the staff of Fenton Avenue Elementary unanimously affirmed the decision to write and submit a charter petition to the authorizing district, LAUSD. Using the twenty-two petitions which had been approved by the state, along with the District’s recently publicized LEARN document, the staff of Fenton Avenue Elementary worked for six weeks to address the 14 elements (later 16, and now 15) of California’s original charter school law, SB 1448. Approved by the Los Angeles City Board of Education in June 1993, Fenton Avenue Charter School became LAUSD’s seventh charter school and charter number 30 in the state of California. As a conversion charter, the attendance area served by the Charter School has remained constant, with current FACS student demographics reflective of the surrounding area: 90.8 % Hispanic, 4.7% Black or African-American, 1.7% Filipino, 1.6% White, 0.7% Asian, 0.3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 0.3% Two or More Races, 12.3% Special Needs. As a fiscally independent charter school, FACS was in a unique position to demonstrate how fiscal independence and local control could improve and enhance existing conditions for students and employees.
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