Governance

Highlighted here is commonly requested information and data that charter public schools share with parents through their Charter Petitions, School Accountability Report Cards, Local Education Agency Plans, Local Control Accountability Plans, Annual Audits, and other publicly available documents.

Governance

Highlighted here is commonly requested information and data that charter public schools share with parents through their Charter Petitions, School Accountability Report Cards, Local Education Agency Plans, Local Control Accountability Plans, Annual Audits, and other publicly available documents.

Charter Documents

Policies and Procedures

Please visit each school’s governance page for school specific documents and policies.

COVID-19 Policies

CWC’s COVID-19 Safety Plan

CWC’s Student Vaccination Policy and Procedures

COVID-19 Prevention Program (CCP)

LAUSD Board of Education COVID-19 Policies (updated Dec. 14, 2021) – Board of Education Report // Meeting Agenda // Presentation

LA County Department of Public Health daily COVID-19 data

CWC’s Employee Vaccine Policy (reference page 48 in the Employee Handbook)

General Policies

Annual Notice Regarding Synthetic Drugs- Bill AB 889

Prop 28 Arts Annual Report 2024

Local School Wellness Policy (LSWP)

Local Control & Accountability Plan (LCAP) Progress Monitoring and Input/Development Timeline

CWC LA Education for Homeless Children and Youth Policy

CWC LA Foster Youth Policy

CWC LA Food Services Procurement Policies and Procedures

CWC LA Safe-Zone Resolution

CWC LA Attendance Policy

CWC LA Field Trips and Excursions Policy

CWC LA Administration of Medication Policy

CWC LA Student Freedom of Speech/Expression Policy

CWC LA Independent Study Policy

CWC LA 504 Policy

CWC LA Uniform Complaint Policy

Stakeholder Complaint Form

CWC LA Charter School Complaint Notice

CWC LA Health and Safety Policies

CWC LA Data Sharing Contract Board Policy

EPA Expenditures and Resolution

CWC LA Distance Learning Policy

Education Protection Account

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement

Non-Discrimination Policy

BUL_2637-2: LAUSD Suicide Prevention Intervention and Postvention Policy

CWC LA Suicide Prevention Policy

CWC HW Title I, Part A Parent and Family Engagement Policy

CWC SL Title I, Part A Parent and Family Engagement Policy

CWC MV Title I, Part A Parent and Family Engagement Policy

CWC HW Title I, Part A School-Parent Compact

CWC SL Title I, Part A School-Parent Compact

CWC MV Title I, Part A School-Parent Compact

Title IX

CWC LA TITLE IX, HARRASSMENT, INTIMIDATION, DISCRIMINATION & BULLYING POLICY

Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAP)

2024-25 LCAP CWC East Valley

2024-25 LCAP CWC Hollywood

2024-25 LCAP CWC Mar Vista

2024-25 LCAP CWC Silver Lake

2024-25 LCAP CWC West Valley

Handbooks



CWC LA Family Handbook



CWC LA Family Handbook (Español)



2024-25 CWC LA Family Handbook (한국인)



2024-25 CWC LA Employee Handbook



CWC LA Volunteer Handbook

Transparency Resolution

Citizens of the World Charter Schools Los Angeles is a charter management organization that manages charter public schools governed by a nonprofit Board of Directors and overseen by the Los Angeles Unified School District. On January 12, 2016, the LAUSD board voted to approve a Board Resolution, “Keeping Parents Informed: Charter Transparency,” which was passed with the support of the Los Angeles charter community. The resolution highlighted commonly requested information and data that charter public schools share with parents through their Charter Petitions, School Accountability Report Cards, Local Education Agency Plans, Local Control Accountability Plans, Annual Audits, and other publicly available documents.

This commonly requested information is available from each CWC LA school site electronically or manually by parent request. Per the Board Resolution, parents may request this information in English and any single primary language meeting the requirements of Sections 45400 through 45403 of the California Education Code.

CWC Hollywood

info@cwchollywood.org

CWC Silver Lake TK-5

mtatsui@cwcsilverlake.org

CWC Silver Lake 6-8

msoffice@cwcsilverlake.org

CWC Mar Vista

jake.tamte@cwcmarvista.org

CWC West Valley

info-westvalley@cwclosangeles.org

CWC East Valley

info-eastvalley@cwclosangeles.org

Our Board of Directors

Citizens of the World Los Angeles is a non-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors who are deeply engaged in the strategic governance and management of our schools. Our Board meets once a month, and meeting locations rotate among the three schools.

Jessica Smith, Board Co-Chair
Vice President, Employee Relations & Engagement, Alliance-College Ready Public Schools

jsmith@cwclosangeles.org

Jessica Smith is a culture and change leader who currently serves as Vice President, Employee Relations & Engagement for Alliance-College Ready Public Schools. In her role, Jessica leads Alliance’s employee relations and engagement team and designs and drives the organization’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism (DEI/A) strategy to ensure DEI/A is embedded in the organization’s DNA, expand the capacity of leaders to implement equity work, and interrupt and dismantle institutional practices and policies that are exclusionary. Previously, Jessica supported employee relations at Atlanta Public Schools and earlier on in her career represented school districts in employment law matters. Jessica holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and English from the University of Miami and a Juris Doctor from Emory University.

Mikelle Willis
Human Capital Specialist, Consultant

mwillis@cwclosangeles.org

Mikelle Willis is an independent consultant specializing in human resources and organizational talent strategy, with a focus on equity. She assists organizations in developing and executing integrated equitable human capital strategies. With over 20 years of nonprofit leadership experience, Mikelle has held key roles, including Chief People Officer at Leading Educators and Chief Strategy and Operating Officer at the Partnership for LA Schools. Her career began in education as a Teach For America teacher, and she later founded KIPP Academy of Opportunity. Mikelle holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, a Master of Arts in Education, a Master of Business Administration and a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential.

Ann Le, Board Treasurer
Consultant

ale@cwclosangeles.org

Ann Le is an entrepreneur, consultant and writer, working on building strong, sustainable, anti-racist systems and organizations. She’s leaning into how we can leverage new technologies, finance and community to combat racial and economic injustice. As part of this work she frequently participates in work and conversations around circular economies, solidarity movements, and innovative, non-extractive financing mechanisms. Ann is a recovering investment banker, having spent a decade at Banc of America Securities on the fixed income trading floor. After her MBA, she went to work at Universal Pictures, before leaving to focus on finance, operations and strategy for start-ups, nonprofits and media companies. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Economics and has an MBA from the Anderson School of Business, UCLA. She has two kids at CWC Silver Lake who describe her as a mom who writes a lot of emails and “not all the time boring.”

Sarah Angel, Board Co-Chair
Founder, JOAN Collaborative

sangel@cwclosangeles.org

Sarah Angel is a long-time advocate for educational equity and reform. She is a seasoned strategist with a deep background in advocacy, government, law, and policy. Sarah launched her career as a staff consultant for the California State Assembly Budget Committee in Sacramento. After seeing limited roles for women in senior leadership in the State Capitol at the time, Sarah headed off to UC Berkeley School of Law. She practiced law at O’Melveny & Myers in LA before becoming a prosecutor. In her role as managing director in LA for CCSA, Sarah spearheaded initiatives promoting equity in underserved communities through collective advocacy, grassroots organizing, political campaigns, and strategic communications efforts with educators, families, and nonprofit leaders. In hopes of supporting a broader swath of public school students, families, and educators, Sarah became the chief of staff to LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin. Most recently, Sarah was a partner and chief operating officer of an intentionally diverse strategic communications firm, where she worked with foundations and nonprofits on strategy, communications, and advocacy. Sarah and her husband, Dan Nieman, are proud parents of three children who have all attended CWC LA schools.

Dana Gomez-Gayne, Board Secretary
Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Cityview
dgomez-gayne@cwclosangeles.org

Dana Gomez-Gayne is Vice President, Associate General Counsel at Cityview, a real estate investment management and development firm, where she manages the legal aspects of all project-related matters, including acquisition, development, management and disposition, and advises on compliance, insurance, risk management and other corporate and legal matters. She was previously an Associate in the real estate departments of O’Melveny & Myers LLP and Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. Dana also has a background in fundraising development and worked at Teach For America raising philanthropic funds from regional and national corporations and foundations. She is the founding Board Chair of Vox Collegiate of Los Angeles (a 2024 California Distinguished School) and, alongside her husband and two sons, a founding family of CWC East Valley (go Narwhals!) Dana is a graduate of Pomona College and Pepperdine University School of Law.

Nicole Boone
VP of Capital Markets, Community Lending
nboone@cwclosangeles.org

Nicole Boone has over 14 years of experience in the banking, real estate and community development finance industry. At Lendistry, she is responsible for leading the capital strategy across all government program funding and other community capital products. Nicole previously served as Executive Director, Senior Commercial Banker within Community Development Banking at JP Morgan Chase Bank, specializing in New Markets Tax Credit equity. In her time there, she deployed over $400 million in New Markets Tax Credit financing across nearly 40 deals. She also created and led the first-ever Community Development Banking Racial Equity Special Purpose Credit Program (SPCP) targeting Black Americans. SPCP resulted in the deployment of an additional $200 million of tax credit financing, across fifteen transactions supporting black businesses and non-profits nationally. A graduate cum laude of Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, Ms. Boone also serves on the Board of Directors at Excellent Education Development (ExED), the The Way Berkeley, and is on the Executive Leadership Team at The Way Los Angeles.

And a special thanks to our former board members:
Ina Barish
Kristen Bell
Jessica Castillo
Derrick Chau
Carl Christopher
Rick Esquivel
Adam Fletcher
Sonja Howe
Brian C. Johnson
Samantha Johnston
Saman Bravo Karimi

Yvette King-Berg
Mariana Marrone
Josh McLaughlin
Heather McManus
Archana Patel
Hayley Roberts
James Rosenblatt
Stacey Rossley Staples
Gene Straub
Craig Tessler
Phuong Vuong