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Pleasanton Unified School District Superintendent David Haglund will be presenting the district’s Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) midyear report to the school board during Thursday’s meeting.
According to the California Department of Education, the LCAP is a “tool for local educational agencies to set goals, plan actions and leverage resources to meet those goals to improve student outcomes.”
Education code from this year created a new requirement for agencies like PUSD to present annual reports on both the update to the LCAP and a budget overview for parents on or before Feb. 28, according to the staff report.
According to the presentation, Thursday’s report will include all of the available midyear data related to metrics identified in this year’s LCAP plan. Those metrics include English and math standards being met or exceeded; chronic absenteeism; suspension rates; parent involvement; and staff professional development.
The report will also go over all of the midyear expenditure and implementation data on all actions identified in this year’s LCAP.
The board’s open-session meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 8). Read the full agenda here.
In other business:
* Staff will also look at approving a new board policy intended to support students who are married, pregnant or parents.
According to the staff report, the board recognized that students who are married, pregnant or are parents have additional responsibilities that might interfere with their educational success and might lead them to drop out of school.
Proposed Board Policy 5146 aims to inform the parents or guardians of these students at the beginning of the school year about the help that is available to them.
“Pregnant and parenting students shall be notified of the rights and options available to them under the law through annual school year welcome packets and through independent study packets,” the staff report states.
* As part of the board’s consent calendar, which are items that are considered routine and are typically approved by a single vote, staff will be looking to rescind a board policy regarding at-risk students.
According to the staff report, the district’s Student Support Services Division reviews and updates PUSD board policies that “reflect current laws and address key issues relevant to our division.”
“Our team examines recommended language from the California School Board Association (CSBA),” according to the staff report. “We closely monitor CSBA’s recommended policy updates and make changes as needed.”
Board Policy 5149, which has to do with supporting at-risk students, is no longer supported by the CSBA according to the staff report. However, the board policy does now fall under another policy that has to do with promotion, acceleration and retention.
“The governing board recognizes that personal, social, health, and economic circumstances of children and families sometimes place students at risk of school failure,” according to the staff report. “The board believes, however, that each student can succeed in meeting district academic standards with appropriate educational programs and support services.”
The report also states that assessments and ongoing classroom evaluations will be used to identify at-risk students and the district will develop strategies to address their needs.
“The superintendent or designee shall develop strategies to address the needs of at-risk students, which may include but are not limited to instructional strategies responsive to the needs of individual students, provision of supplemental instruction outside the regular school day, provision of effective support services, parent involvement, and/or enrollment in an alternative program,” according to the staff report.