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Nondiscrimination Statement: Prohibited–Encouraging Disenrollment Discouraging Enrollment
Green Dot Public Schools does not discriminate against any person on the basis of the characteristics listed in Education Code Section 220 (actual or perceived disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, immigration status, or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code or association with an individual who has any of the aforementioned characteristics) and Education Code Sections 221.5 and 221.51 in any of its policies, practices, or procedures. Green Dot Public Schools also does not discriminate against any person on the basis of legal or economic status, primary language, or English Learner status in any of its policies, practices, or procedures. Green Dot Public Schools adheres to all provisions of federal law related to students with disabilities, including but not limited to, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (“IDEA”). Green Dot Public Schools is committed to providing a work and educational atmosphere that is free of unlawful harassment and the “Discrimination/Harassment Policy” complies with the requirements of Titles IV, VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (race, color, or national origin), Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 (sex), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (mental or physical disability), The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and other applicable federal and state laws. Green Dot Public Schools also prohibits sexual harassment, including cyber sexual bullying, and harassment based upon pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, race, religion, religious affiliation, creed, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, age, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by federal, state, local law, ordinance or regulation. Green Dot Public Schools does not condone or tolerate harassment of any type, including discrimination, intimidation, or bullying, including cyber sexual bullying, by any employee, independent contractor or other person with which Green Dot Public Schools does business, or any other individual, student, or volunteer. This applies to all employees, students, or volunteers and relationships, regardless of position or gender. Green Dot Public Schools will promptly and thoroughly investigate any complaint of harassment and take appropriate corrective action, if warranted. Inquiries, complaints, or grievances regarding harassment as described in this policy should be directed to the Green Dot Public Schools Uniform Complaint Procedures (“UCP”) Compliance Officer as identified in Policy C. 16.0.
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Authorized by LACOE
Animo City of Champions is proudly authorized by the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE), ensuring high standards and educational excellence.
Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE)
Phone: (562) 922-8806
Address: 9300 Imperial Hwy., Downey, CA 90242
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Articles of Incorporation
The Articles of Incorporation establish Green Dot Public Schools as a nonprofit organization and outline our mission, structure, and purpose. This foundational document sets the framework for our operations and governance, ensuring transparency and accountability in all that we do.
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Dress Code / Uniform Policy
Green Dot’s uniform requirements are maintained and enforced to provide students with a safe and collegial environment aligned to Green Dot’s mission. Although each Green Dot school may modify school colors as needed for school safety, students must adhere to the requirements below at all times.
A student has the right to dress in a manner consistent with the student’s gender identity, subject to any dress code adopted on a school site.
Belts. If a belt is worn, only tan, brown, or black, a standard width, and properly worn at waist level. Belts may be webbed, braided or leather. Belts and belt buckles must not have logos, studs, chains, writings, or initials.
Footwear. Only closed-toes dress shoes or tennis shoes. No slippers or sandals.
Headwear. No hats, bandanas, sweatbands, or visors are allowed. Students may wear ribbons, rubber bands, barrettes, or headbands.
Jackets/Coats/Sweatshirts. Must be all black without writing, initials, emblems, or logos of any kind except the school name. Logos bearing the school name are available for free for all students upon request in the school office. Students may not wear hoods in class.
Pants/Shorts. Only trouser-style khaki or black pants/shorts and unripped black jeans . Sweatpants are not allowed. Trousers or unripped black jeans must be at least ankle length but not touching the ground. It is not permissible to cut the leg seam. Shorts must reach the top of the knee in length. Pants/shorts must be worn at waist level and not at the hip.
Shirts. Only collared shirts, preferably polo-style are to be worn. The only approved logo or name is the school name. Logos bearing the school name are available for free for all students upon request in the school office. Shirts must be tucked in at all times during school hours. When both hands are raised, the shirt must be long enough to remain tucked. All undershirts must be white, grey, or black, and must be worn under the shirt.
Skirts/Skorts. Skirts/skorts must be khaki style, an appropriately fitted size, and fall just above the student’s kneecaps.
Tights/Leggings. Only solid white or beige may be worn under skirts of the appropriate length.
Sweaters. Only V-neck pullover, crew-neck pullover, or cardigan in solid black. All sweaters must be worn over a uniform shirt.
Uniform Violation
Violations of the above Uniform Requirements must not result in suspension. Green Dot recommends that its schools follow these steps as needed:
1.Meet with the student to understand the challenges and provide a loaner uniform, if available;
2.Communicate with parents; then
3.Follow up with student for additional support as needed and provide a restorative intervention
Policy: Mathematics Placement Policy
This policy has been adopted to establish a fair, objective, and transparent protocol for placement in mathematics courses for students entering 9th grade, in order to ensure the success of every student and to meet the Legislative intent of the California Mathematics Placement Act of 2015.
- In determining the mathematics course placement for entering 9th grade students, Green Dot systematically takes multiple objective academic measures of student performance into consideration, which may include any or all of the following as determined by Green Dot:
- i-Ready Diagnostic Adaptive Assessment aligned to the Common Core Math standards;
- Statewide summative mathematics assessments through the CAASPP;
- Placement tests that are aligned to state-adopted content standards in mathematics;
- Recommendation, if available, of each student’s 8th grade mathematics teacher based on classroom assignment and grades;
- Recommendation, if any, of each student’s 9th grade mathematics teacher based on classroom assignments and grades provided at the beginning of the school year;
- Final grade in mathematics on the student’s official, end of the year 8th grade report card; or
- Results from all placement checkpoints, including at least one (1) placement checkpoint within the first month of the school year as described in Section 2, below.
- Green Dot will provide at least one (1) placement checkpoint within the first month of the school year to ensure accurate placement and permit reevaluation of individual student progress. All mathematics teachers responsible for teaching 9th grade students will assess the mathematics placements for each 9th grade student assigned to the teacher’s mathematics class. The teacher’s assessment will take into consideration factors which may include, but are not limited to, updated i-Ready Adaptive Diagnostic scores, the student’s classroom assignments, quizzes, tests, exams, and grades, and any comments provided by the student, the student’s parent/legal guardian, and/or the student’s other teachers regarding the student’s mathematics placement. Based on the assessment, the teacher will then recommend that the student remain in the current mathematics placement or be transferred to another mathematics placement, in which case the teacher shall specify the mathematics course or level recommended for the student.
- The Green Dot Director, or his or her designee, shall examine aggregate student placement data annually to ensure that students who are qualified to progress in mathematics courses based on their performance on objective academic measures included in Section 1 of this policy are not held back in a disproportionate manner on the basis of their race, ethnicity, gender, or socioeconomic background. Green Dot shall annually report the aggregate results of this examination to the School Board.
- Green Dot offers clear and timely recourse for each student and his or her parent or legal guardian who questions the student’s placement, as follows:
- A parent/legal guardian of any 9th grade student may submit a written request to the Green Dot Principal, or his or her designee, that:
- Requests information regarding how the student’s mathematics placement was determined. Within five (5) days of receipt, the Green Dot Principal or designee shall respond in writing to the parent/legal guardian’s request by providing the information, including the objective academic measures that Green Dot relied upon in determining the student’s mathematics placement.
- Requests that the student retake the i-Ready Diagnostic and/or an additional placement test, in which case the Principal or designee will attempt to facilitate the retest within two (2) weeks.
- Requests reconsideration of the student’s mathematics placement based on objective academic measures. Within five (5) school days of receipt, the Green Dot Principal or designee shall respond in writing to the parent/legal guardian’s request. The Principal or designee and the student’s mathematics teacher must assess the objective academic measures provided by the parent in conjunction with the objective academic measures identified in Section 1 and 2 of this policy. Based on this assessment, the Principal or designee must determine whether the most appropriate mathematics placement for the student is the student’s current placement or another placement, in which case the Principal shall specify the mathematics course or level recommended for the student. The Principal’s or designee’s response must provide the determination as well as the objective academic measures that the Principal or designee relied upon in making that determination.
- Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Principal or designee requires additional time to respond to a parent/legal guardian’s request, the Principal or designee will provide a written response indicating that additional time is needed. In no event shall the Principal’s or designee’s response time exceed one (1) month.
- If, after reconsideration of the student’s mathematics placement by the Principal or designee, the parent/legal guardian is dissatisfied with the student’s mathematics placement, the parent/legal guardian may choose to sign a voluntary waiver requesting that the student be placed in another mathematics course against the professional recommendation of the Principal or designee, acknowledging and accepting responsibility for this placement.
- A parent/legal guardian of any 9th grade student may submit a written request to the Green Dot Principal, or his or her designee, that:
- Green Dot shall ensure that this mathematics placement policy is posted on its website.
- This policy is adopted pursuant to the Mathematics Placement Act of 2015, enacted as Education Code Section 51224.7.
Rev. 06/2021
Student Policy Manual
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Title IX
Green Dot Public Schools (“GDPS”) does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits any acts of sex discrimination including sex-based harassment in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by California law, Title IX (20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.) and the Title IX regulations (34 C.F.R. Part 106), including in admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and 34 C.F.R. Part 106 may be referred to the GDPS Title IX Coordinator, the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education, or both. All complaints and reports of conduct that may constitute sex discrimination including sex-based harassment should be submitted to our Title IX Coordinator, who can be reached at:
Cen`Cere Cooks, Principal
9330 S 8th Ave, Inglewood, CA 90305
A copy of GDPS’s Title IX Policy, which includes the specific rules and procedures for reporting sex discrimination and sex-based harassment occurring within GDPS’s education program or activities and for pursuing available remedies, is available on the GDPS website at: https://greendot.org/champions/compliance/
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Title IX, Harassment, Intimidation, Discrimination and Bullying
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Green Dot Public Schools Board Members
Kevin S. Reed – Board Chair
Vice President and General Counsel, University of Oregon
Kevin Reed is the Vice President and General Counsel for the University of Oregon, and was formerly the Vice Chancellor of Legal Affairs at UCLA. A civil rights lawyer by training, Reed served as general counsel of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the nation’s second largest school district. Prior to joining LAUSD, Reed spent six years as a managing attorney for the western regional office of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. Afterward, he spent nearly eight years in a boutique litigation firm. Reed received his JD, cum laude, from Harvard Law School and his bachelor’s degree with distinction, from the University of Virginia. He is a member of the California, New York, and Massachusetts state bars.
Jon Goodman – Board Vice Chair & Secretary
Former President, Town Hall Los Angeles
Jon Goodman, former President of Town Hall Los Angeles, has occupied several leadership positions in projects designed to strengthen the Los Angeles region, as well as in academia and businesses outside of California. Under her leadership, Town Hall Los Angeles became the venue of choice for world leaders in business, politics, and culture. Prior to Town Hall, as Director of the EC2 Incubator at University of Southern California’s Annenberg Center, Goodman built and led the nation’s first new media incubator. Before founding EC2, she was the Director of the Entrepreneur Program at USC, where she led it to the top-five national rankings. Before relocating to Los Angeles, Goodman served as research professor and as the founder and Director of the University of Houston/Gulf Coast Small Business Development Center at the Bauer College of Business Administration. Goodman earned her PhD in Strategy and Microeconomic.
Peter Scranton
Venture Entrepreneur
Peter Scranton has developed early-stage venture companies, including an entrepreneurial venture partnership in retail marketing and a business service company dedicated to building employee engagement and productivity. Prior to developing venture opportunities, Mr. Scranton worked on client strategy, capital development, community assessment, and feasibility and development planning for healthcare and science projects for Jensen + Partners, a project and construction management firm. Mr. Scranton was a principal in the Atlantic Advisory Group concentrating on strategic alliances, process management, and raising capital for high tech and internet companies. Previously, Mr. Scranton developed a company that provided policy analysis via the Web and advised edutainment companies. He earned an M.A.O.M from Antioch University and his undergraduate degree from Yale University.
Louis Gomez
Department Chair of Education, UCLA
Louis Gomez is the Department Chair of Education at UCLA. He is also a Professor of Urban Schooling and Information Studies, and holds the MacArthur Chair in Digital Media and Learning in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. Gomez is also a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. His research interests encompass improvement science in education, the application of computing and networking technology to teaching and learning, applied cognitive science, and human-computer interaction. Gomez holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from SUNY-Stony Brook and a doctorate in cognitive psychology from UC Berkeley.
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Title I School-Parent Compact
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Green Dot California Board Meetings
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Conflict of Interest Policy
At Green Dot Public Schools, we are committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards. Our Conflict of Interest Policy ensures that decisions made by our staff and leadership are in the best interest of the organization and its stakeholders, free from personal gain or external influence.
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Technology and Acceptable Use Policy
Rights and Responsibilities Policy C. 7.0
Policy: Acceptable Use of Green Dot Technology
This policy is for the management and usage of Green Dot’s computer equipment, technology resources, servers, networks, and online services accessed via Green Dot equipment and resource networks (“Green Dot Technology”) . The policy describes acceptable Green Dot Technology usage. Violators of Green Dot Technology policies will lose technology access privileges. As described in Sections C 19.0 and C 20.0, parents/guardians may be held financially responsible for the loss of or damage to Green Dot issued technology devices.
Use of Green Dot Technology is intended to serve and pursue educational goals and purposes. Student use of Green Dot Technology is limited to only those activities that further or enhance the delivery of education through classroom activities, research in academic subjects, career or professional development activities, Green Dot approved personal research activities, or other purposes as defined by the school from time to time. Students have a duty to use Green Dot Technology only in a manner specified in this Policy.
User Obligations and Responsibilities
- Students have an affirmative obligation to consult appropriate computer personnel for any questions concerning the use of Green Dot Technology.
- Except where authorized by the school, students shall not use Green Dot Technology for activities that do not serve an educational purpose. Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, using Green Dot Technology for unauthorized commercial purposes or monetary gain or for any activity prohibited by law or Green Dot policy (includes but is not limited to acts related to credit card fraud, electronic forgery, the use or sale of drugs, alcohol, or tobacco, and assisting others to perform illegal acts). Any violation that is determined to be prohibited by law may result in criminal prosecution.
- Students are responsible for the proper use of their Green Dot Technology network or online services account at all times. Students shall use these services only under their assigned login or account and shall not share their account information.
- Students may not use Green Dot Technology to plagiarize another’s work, to place copyrighted material on the Green Dot computer systems without the author’s permission, or in a manner that violates the terms of any software license agreement. Unless specified otherwise, students may download copyrighted material and software for their own educational purpose; however, such material shall not be distributed or duplicated without the copyright holder’s written permission.
- Unless otherwise noted, records, files, logs of any Internet Web Sites stored or visited, and communications accessed, stored, or transmitted using Green Dot Technology is not private or confidential. Green Dot may monitor and access any such user activity and data at any time, including to maintain system integrity and ensure acceptable use of technology.
- Students shall not access other users’ electronic communications, documents, or files without permission. Students shall not interfere with other users’ ability to send or receive electronic communications, nor shall they attempt to read, delete, copy, modify, or forge other users’ electronic communications, documents, or files.
- Students should not intentionally interfere with the performance of Green Dot’s network or intentionally damage any Green Dot Technology. Students shall not use hacking tools on the network, intentionally introduce malicious code or viruses into Green Dot’s network, or create unauthorized wireless networks to access Green Dot’s network. This includes establishing wireless access points, wireless routers, and open networks on personal devices.
- Students shall not transmit material via any media, including email or internet pages, that is threatening, obscene, disruptive, or sexually explicit, or that could be construed as harassment or disparagement of others based on their race, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion or political beliefs.
- Students shall not engage in any form of bullying, including but not limited to, bullying committed by means of an electronic act using Green Dot Technology. This includes but is not limited to creating, posting, or transferring discriminatory, confidential, threatening, libelous, or slanderous comments through any electronic communication device in any form that intimidates, harasses, or is otherwise intended to harm, insult, or humiliate in a deliberate, repeated, or hostile and unwanted manner.
- Students shall not vandalize Green Dot Technology in any form. Vandalism includes uploading, downloading, or creating computer viruses and/or any intentional or malicious attempt to harm or destroy school equipment, electronic information services or the data of another user.
- Students shall use appropriate language and decorum while using Green Dot Technology.
- Green Dot will not be responsible for users’ negligent or willful violations of Green Dot Technology policies, including but not limited to the unauthorized costs incurred by users due to such violations.
- Students shall promptly report any security problem or misuse of Green Dot Technology to the teacher or principal.
- Before a student is authorized to use Green Dot Technology, the student and their parent/guardian shall sign and return the Acceptable Use of Technology Agreement in this Manual.
- Before a student is authorized to check out and use a Green Dot-issued technological device for use at home, the student and their parent/guardian shall sign and return the Technology Device Check-Out & Home-Use Permission Form.
Safety
- Green Dot shall ensure that all School computers with Internet access have a technology protection measure that blocks or filters Internet access to websites that have no educational purpose and/or contain visual depictions that are obscene, constitute child pornography, or that are harmful to minors. While Green Dot is able to exercise reasonable control over content created and purchased by the School, it has limited control over content accessed via the internet and no filtering system is 100% effective. Neither Green Dot nor its staff shall be responsible for the failure of any technology protection measures, violations of copyright restrictions, or user mistakes or negligence.
- To reinforce these measures, Green Dot implements rules and procedures designed to restrict students’ access to harmful or inappropriate matter on the Internet and to ensure that students do not engage in unauthorized or unlawful online activities, including but not limited to the safety and security of students and student information when using email, chat rooms, and other forms of direct electronic communication. Staff shall supervise students while they are using online services and may have teacher aides, student aides, and volunteers assist in this supervision, as appropriate.
- Green Dot provides age-appropriate instruction regarding safe and appropriate behavior on social networking sites, chat rooms, and other Internet services. Such instruction shall include, but not be limited to, maintaining the student’s online reputation and ensuring their personal safety by keeping their personal information private, the dangers of posting personal information online, misrepresentation by online predators, how to report inappropriate or offensive content or threats, behaviors that constitute cyberbullying, and how to respond when subjected to cyberbullying. Students are expected to follow safe practices when using school technology.
- Student use of School computers to access social networking sites is not prohibited, but access is limited to educational purposes only. To the extent possible, Green Dot blocks or limits access to such sites on School computers with Internet access.
Concerning Internet Usage
Reasonable precautions are established to prevent access to pornography, “hate groups,” and other non- educational Internet sites. Such precautions include, but are not limited to, an Internet firewall system, which scans and limits access to Internet sites, a monitor scanning software allowing the instructor to view each student monitor from the instructor’s monitor and instantly blank, lock, or deactivate the student’s system. Any student intentionally attempting to or bypassing these precautions will be denied computer access. The discipline board or school officials will determine other administrative disciplinary actions. The student and their parents accept responsibility for the student’s online actions. All other disciplinary policies of the School apply to the use of technological resources.
Concerning General Usage
The School will report suspected criminal activity to law enforcement authorities. Criminal activity includes, but is not limited to: defamation; obscenity; discrimination; violation of copyrights, trademark and/or licenses; and/or violation of other rights arising under the law. The School also reserves the right to discipline students for violations of this policy, up to and including suspension and expulsion.
Students are encouraged to remove any “personal” information stored on the School’s computers. Generally, the School will delete information left on computers/networks to better facilitate the use of computers for legitimate School purposes, and the School shall not be liable for any damages resulting from the deletion of personal files or personal electronic information stored on School computers.
Protection Measures
While Green Dot is able to exercise reasonable control over content created and purchased by Green Dot, it has limited control over content accessed via the internet and no filtering system is 100% effective. Neither Green Dot nor its staff shall be responsible for the failure of any technology protection measures, violations of copyright restrictions, or user mistakes or negligence. The student and parent agree not to hold Green Dot or any Green Dot staff responsible for the failure of any technology protection measure, violations of copyright restrictions, or user mistakes or negligence. They also agree to indemnify and hold harmless Green Dot and its personnel for any damages or costs incurred.
Uniform Complaint Procedures (UCP) Policy
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AB 104 Grade Change
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AB 104 Notice to Families
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Free and Reduced Priced Meal Application
Required meal applications for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) are reviewed by local school or district officials before granting free or reduced price benefits. The form is also used for income verification, Title I support, etc.
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Title I Parent & Family Engagement Policy
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Local Control Accountability Plan
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LCAP Federal Addendum
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English Learner Master Plan
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Education Protection Accounts (EPA)
Green Dot Public Schools California required financial reports updated annually including: Form 990,
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Prop 28 Annual Report
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of Green Dot Public Schools
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CDE Resources for Families
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Suicide Prevention Policy
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Charter Petitions
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Local School Wellness Policy
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Student Staff Interaction Policy
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Charter Transparency Resolution
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Learning Recovery Reports
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