Dear Parents,

All of you deserve a big hand for a very successful inaugural year! In just one year, we have created a school built upon community involvement; we have a curriculum that is exceptional, and we have a dedicated staff that is committed to our teaching philosophy. These are not just lofty compliments, but I am pleased to tell you that a recent LAUSD audit confirmed it: LFCSA is doing an outstanding job.

As part of LAUSD’s yearly charter school oversight, three educators from the District’s Charter Office conduct thorough day-long investigations of charters. The District is required by law to assure charters are functioning consistent with best educational practices. At the end of the inspection, this “Audit Team” provides school administrators with recommendations for improvement.

With this intent, an Audit Team recently conducted its assessment and inspected LFCSA. The auditors visited classrooms, looked at work samples, compared our charter document to what they observed, and checked things such as: Board policies, procedures, and minutes, Site Council minutes, visitor policies and procedures, budget and fiscal procedures, safe school guidelines and programs, special education programs and procedures, and numerous other areas.

At the inspection’s conclusion, the lead auditor said, “We can always find something to recommend to a school, in this case we can not find anything to recommend. We are impressed and amazed at what has been accomplished in just seven months.” Needless to say, the staff and I are thrilled. Even knowing how many amazing things we still will be implementing in the future, to have our first audit report be so glowing clearly validates that we are moving in the right direction.

Again, thank you for your support—without you, your wonderful children, and your commitment, we could not have accomplished so much. It has been a great year!!!