Organizational Chart FLACS I, II, III First Year - Newyorkcharters.org

Response 04 - School EnrollmentThe proposed charter school will be open to all children otherwise eligible to attend whoattain the age of five on or before December 31 st of the year in which they first attendkindergarten.FLACS-III recognizes the need to provide students with strong foundational skills thatwill prepare them for rigorous high school and college programs. As such, it proposes toopen this kindergarten through eighth grade school, starting with kindergarten and firstgrade in the 2014-2015 school year. By working with students as they first enter formalschooling, FLACS-III will provide a solid foundation of academic skills that will preparestudents to be successful through the rest of their lives. Since early academic success ispredictive of future student academic performance, the applicants have chosen to openthe school with the youngest eligible students.The proposed charter’s grade configuration aligns with that of its proposed location.Within School District 7 and its neighboring districts, there are a variety of schoolconfigurations. The majority of the schools are elementary schools (pre-kindergarten orkindergarten through fifth grade), middle schools (sixth through eighth grade), or highschools (ninth through twelfth grade). However, some schools enroll kindergartenthrough sixth grade, kindergarten through third grade, or fifth through eighth grade.There are also a few combined elementary/middle school programs, running fromkindergarten to eighth grade and a few combined middle/high school programs, runningfrom sixth grade to twelfth grade. Since high school admission and placement is acitywide, not a district-wide process, it is important to note that the majority of highschool programs citywide begin in ninth grade, which fits in well with proposed endgrade for this school.FLACS-III plans to grow the school by one grade each year, adding a new class ofkindergarten students every year after the initial year of the charter, and graduatingstudents after they complete eighth grade. FLACS-III recognizes that there may bestudent attrition due to factors such as student relocation. Likewise, FLACS-IIIrecognizes that student retention in a given grade level may create vacancies in thefollowing grade level. FLACS-III intends to enroll additional students in kindergartenthrough eighth grade as student attrition occurs to better ensure that 25 students areenrolled in each class. Because the school plans to backfill these classes, if necessary, itdoes not anticipate major programmatic shifts or shifts in resource allocation due tostudent enrollment, other than those necessary to add a new grade level each year.Ultimate Enrollment PlanBy the 2019-2020 school year, Family Life Academy Charter School III will spankindergarten through grade eight. At that point, the school intends to serve 300 studentsResponse 04 – 1