Charter Management Organization (CMO)
New Designs Charter Management Organization (CMO) exists to develop exemplary schools with rigorous academic programs that produce scholars ready to excel in their academic, personal, and professional pursuits.
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Kyeremateng SamuelSamuel Kyeremateng Director of Business Services Send message »
Sam Kyeremanteng was named as the New Designs director of business services and chief financial officer in 2017 after working with us as a fiscal independent consultant for several years. Mr. Kyeremanteng has a BS in accounting from San Diego University Business School. He brings substantial expertise in Lawson Accounting Systems, MAS-90, QuickBooks, and Excel, among others.
Mr. Kyeremanteng's past professional experience is as a senior accountant over sources and uses of funds for corporate entities including local government, financial services, health care, education, and the travel industry.
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Our Vision
The vision of New Designs Charter Management Organization is to create, enrich, and empower schools that produce highly skilled scholars and leaders.
CMO Responsibilities
The CMO manages all the fiscal, human resources, and state and federal compliance for all schools under the New Designs Charter Schools umbrella. It centralizes all the responsibilities to all authorizing agencies and to the school sites themselves.
CMO Organization
The board of directors is at the top of the organizational chart for the CMO, and the chief executive officer (CEO) answers to the board. The CEO also serves as the superintendent for all three of our charter schools. The board of directors must approve any school policy related matters.
Authorizing Agency
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is the authorizing agency for the CMO and our charter schools. Under charter school law, New Designs maintains a certain level of autonomy; however, every five years we must seek reapproval from LAUSD to stay in operation.