A Letter from our President On behalf of the Board of Directors, administration, staff, students and families that are served through all of Lawrence Family Development & Education Fund, Inc.’s programs, we present this Annual Report on the accomplishments of this past year. The report reflects our unwavering commitment to our mission: strengthening families and building community through education. This Annual Report covers July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014. We continue for all of our mission-centered efforts to actively seek opportunities to disseminate our practices for an array of education offerings. This fiscal year, Lawrence Family Development & Education Fund, Inc. (LFDEF) focused on a new Five–year Strategic Plan as we prepared for the re-chartering of our Charter School, sought to leverage the national recognition of the Maria del Pilar Quintana Family Center and looked for new ways to increase our work with young adults through YouthBuild-Lawrence. The Plan, now approved by the Board of Directors, serves as a guiding document for actions for over more than five years (2014-2020) and will guide the next chapters in the organization’s history. The LFDEF’s Strategic Plan was approved at the January and February, 2014 Board meetings of the Fund and the Charter School, respectively. The 2014-2020 goals for programs, design, accountability and oversight for YouthBuild-Lawrence focus on: 1) fiscal sustainability through diversification of its funding portfolio; 2) monitoring program and staff accountability; 3) developing efficiency with construction and sale of the housing units which YouthBuild develops; 3) expanding training programs, while assuring excellence for current DOL construction program; 4) providing services in partnership with other nonprofit organizations for homeless youth and young adults, and 5) establishing a new partnership for outof-school young adults with the Lawrence Public Schools and/or with the City of Lawrence. The 2014-2020 goals for programs, design, accountability and oversight for the Charter School center on: 1) ensuring that the Charter School is ready for re-chartering, including all mandated Comprehensive Program Reviews (CPRs) in the areas of Special Education, Title 1, English for Learners of Other Languages and Civil Rights compliance; 2) expanding and enhancing science education through the pursuit of interdisciplinary efforts and adding a STEM Center; 3) stabilizing the Charter School’s student and program growth; 4) developing partnerships with the Lawrence Public Schools for replication of a successful charter school model, and 5) identifying new funding streams to grow the scholarship endowment fund by expanding fundraising activities as well as cultivating individual donors who support events and direct annual scholarships for charter school students’ four years of private high school. The 2014-2020 goals for programs, design, accountability and oversight for the Maria del Pilar Quintana Family Center focus on: 1) continuing to improve programs and offerings, by leveraging competitive advantages with resource development for satellite sites through partnerships; 2) showcasing the United States Department of Justice Board of Immigration Appeals national recognition for citizenship excellence in instruction and service; 3) expanding partnerships to enhance programs by working with charter school families and with neighboring Lawrence Public Schools for family literacy efforts; 4) continuing to build instructional strength and relevance for students at the Quintana Family Center by supplementing classroom instruction with the internet and technology resources, and 5) making connections in the curriculum (speaking, writing and listening skills) for English Language Learners (ELLs) to advance along both the academic continuum and professional ladders. 1
4 Publizr Home