priorities, the goals for the school priorities, and the specific annual actions to achieve those goals. The petition does not address this requirement. Comments The GCS petition does not present a reasonably comprehensive description of MPOs. The petition does not provide MPOs for all groups of pupils served by GCS. The petition states that annual goals, actions, and MPOs, both schoolwide and for each GCS’s subgroup of pupils, which address and align with the eight state priorities can be found in LCAP (Attachment 3, p. 61). However, the LCAP does not provide MPOs for GCS’s all groups of pupils served by GCS (Attachment 16, pp. 1–104). The GCS 2017 Dashboard Student Group Report shows that all pupils schoolwide, socioeconomically disadvantaged, African Americans, and Hispanic/Latino are in the yellow performance level in both ELA and mathematics (Attachment 19, pp. 1–2). Transferability of Secondary Courses EC Section 47605(b)(5)(A)(iii) Evaluation Criteria If the proposed school will serve high school pupils, a description of the manner in which the charter school will inform parents about the transferability of courses to other public high schools and the eligibility of courses to meet college entrance requirements. Courses offered by the charter school that are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) may be considered transferable and courses approved by the University of California (UC) or the California State University as creditable under the to admissions criteria may be considered to meet college entrance “A” “G” requirements. The petition does address this requirement. Comments The GCS petition addresses this requirement. The petition states that GCS will notify parents of the transferability of courses to other public schools, and the eligibility of courses to meet college entrance requirements in the GCS pupil handbook, which is distributed annually. GCS has earned a six year WASC Accreditation in 2014 for kindergarten through grade twelve, which is valid until June 30, 2020. All grade nine
priorities, the goals for the school priorities, and the specific annual actions to achieve those goals. The petition does not address this requirement. Comments The GCS petition does not present a reasonably comprehensive description of MPOs. The petition does not provide MPOs for all groups of pupils served by GCS. The petition states that GCS’s annual goals, actions, and MPOs, both schoolwide and for each subgroup of pupils, which address and align with the eight state priorities can be found in GCS’s LCAP (Attachment 3, p. 61). However, the LCAP does not provide MPOs for all groups of pupils served by GCS (Attachment 16, pp. 1–104). The GCS 2017 Dashboard Student Group Report shows that all pupils schoolwide, socioeconomically disadvantaged, African Americans, and Hispanic/Latino are in the yellow performance level in both ELA and mathematics (Attachment 19, pp. 1–2). Transferability of Secondary Courses EC Section 47605(b)(5)(A)(iii) Evaluation Criteria If the proposed school will serve high school pupils, a description of the manner in which the charter school will inform parents about the transferability of courses to other public high schools and the eligibility of courses to meet college entrance requirements. Courses offered by the charter school that are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) may be considered transferable and courses approved by the University of California (UC) or the California State University as creditable under the “A” to “G” admissions criteria may be considered to meet college entrance requirements. The petition does address this requirement. Comments The GCS petition addresses this requirement. The petition states that GCS will notify parents of the transferability of courses to other public schools, and the eligibility of courses to meet college entrance requirements in the GCS pupil handbook, which is distributed annually. GCS has earned a six year WASC Accreditation in 2014 for kindergarten through grade twelve, which is valid until June 30, 2020. All grade nine
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