Camino Nuevo Charter Academy(CNCS) is a group of charter schools serving the Westlake/MacArthur Park area of Los Angeles - In 2003 Camino Nuevo Charter Academy was awarded the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence gold medal. Camino Nuevo Charter Academy operates two middle and two elementary schools in the same neighborhood. Students have a longer school day and year than students at traditional LAUSD schools, and smaller class sizes.