2020–2021 School Accountability Report Card
Altus Schools Charter School of San Diego
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- For more information about the LCFF or LCAP, see the CDE LCFF web page at https://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/lc/.
- For additional information about the school, parents/guardians and community members should contact the school principal or the district office.
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California School Dashboard
Jay Garrity, Admin. of Instructional Services
- Principal, Charter School of San Diego
About Our School
The Charter School of San Diego (CSSD) is an innovative, role model public school that dares to make a significant difference in the lives of students in grades 6 through 12. Offering an option to traditional schools, CSSD has innovated a different way of managing educational systems, both in instruction and operations. We serve as a role model because of five factors:
• We transform the lives of students who are “at risk” in the educational system – taking many from failure to college bound.
• We run CSSD with strategic initiatives, action plans and the ability to set and measure results.
• We are innovative, responsive and agile.
• We hold teachers accountable for students’ learning and success.
• We are a successful prototype for educational reform.
This futuristic public school is designed for students in grades 6-12 who seek an alternative to the traditional approach to education. Independent study is the primary method of instruction, along with online courses, guest speakers, tutoring, and field trips to provide skills development and enrichment in the core curriculum.
Students can enroll in The Charter School of San Diego with parent request any day throughout the year.
Student options include returning to comprehensive schools, earning a High School diploma, passing the California High School Proficiency Exam (CHSPE) passing the GED, or passing the High School Equivalency Test (HiSET ). Each student receives a Pathways Personalized Education Plan supported through an extensive group of partnerships and alliances which provide services such as job development, pre-employment training, health maintenance, case-management, social and personal services and tutoring.
Please Note: The Charter School of San Diego is a DASS school (Dashboard Alternative School Status) which uses modified methods of measurement for indicators that are aligned with the evaluation rubrics of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) to evaluate the success or progress of schools that serve high-risk students. To be eligible for DASS, schools must have an unduplicated count of at least 70 percent of the school’s total enrollment comprised of high risk student groups including: Expelled, Suspended, Wards of the Court, Pregnant and/or Parenting, Recovered Dropouts, Habitually Truant, Retained more than once in kindergarten through grade eight, students who are credit deficient, students with a gap in enrollment, students with a high level of transiency, Foster Youth, and Homeless Youth. As an alternative option, students enroll with CSSD to address credit deficiencies before returning to a traditional school or may choose to complete the GED or HiSET, which are not factored into the four-year cohort graduation rate.
Contact
Charter School of San Diego10170 Huennekens St.
San Diego, CA 92121-2964
Phone: 858-678-2050
Email: info@charterschool-sandiego.net