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A school representative described the charter as “a vital part of our community” and asked the board to renew the charter for another five years, citing culture-based instruction and steady academic work. The speaker said the school recently changed its public name from Verona Indian Charter School to Verona Charter School and listed recent facility upgrades including a new cafeteria, added security fencing and a new PA system.

Marie Egan Headley, director and curator of the Verona Cultural Center and Museum, told trustees the museum and charter school have developed a “national award–winning” curriculum that teaches Kumeyaay culture weekly to students K–8. “As museum director, I play two roles. I get to serve the charter school students in two ways,” she said, describing weekly culture-class time and partnerships that let students work with regional museums.

Jamie Beach, a resource specialist at the charter, described the program’s individualized supports for students with special needs and said the charter keeps parents involved through frequent meetings and collaboration with case managers.

Trustees closed the public hearing without reaching a decision and indicated the renewal request will return to the board for action at a subsequent meeting. No formal renewal decision was recorded at the hearing.

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School leaders told the board the school has used a “Falcon Pride” / “Soar High” theme and a Friday recognition system that includes a “golden falcon” T-shirt to boost attendance and climate. “We need to make it so that they want to come to school. They want to come to school to be happy. This is a safe place for them,” the presenter said.

The presentation listed instructional and intervention steps the school has taken: consistent use of the district-adopted Wonders ELA curriculum, daily designated ELD time for English learners, Imagine Learning and Reflex Math, small-group pull-outs with a learning-loss teacher, and after-school or in-class remediation with Achieve3000 in grades 2–5. The presenter said those steps correspond with rising state and local assessment results.

School data shown to the board included multi-year gains in ELA and math: the presenter said district-administered assessments (CAST and MAP) show K–5 ELA scores rising from 21% to 28% and schoolwide math percentile moving into the 60th percentile overall; specific grade-level gains cited included fifth grade ELA moving from 14% to 31% over three years. Attendance improved from about 91% in 2022–23 to 93% in 2023–24, and major office referrals for the September–December window fell from 21 to 11 students after PBIS and related interventions were implemented.

Staff also described a new “promo club” that produces short videos and social-media posts to showcase school activities and encourage family engagement. The presenter said teachers film and edit videos on phones and use them to connect families to classroom life.

Board members and the presenter discussed classroom practices that staff credited for the gains, including more small-group reading instruction, math centers that reduce device use, teacher goal-setting in PLCs, and teacher–student relationship building. The presenter also noted expanded recognition systems (trimester trophies, certificates) tied to attendance and behavior.

The presentation concluded with the presenter inviting trustees’ questions and thanking the board for time on the agenda.

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The board designated items for the consent agenda and then approved the consent agenda with two items removed for separate handling (item 2.2, selection of candidates for the CSBA Delegate Assembly, and item 5.8, acceptance of gifts). The motion to approve the consent agenda as amended passed; the transcript records the ayes but individual roll-call votes were not read on the record during that motion.

On the pulled item 2.2, trustees moved and approved a motion to cast the district’s delegate assembly votes for Barbara Ryan (Santee) and Bob Weller (Pescadito/Escondido region text in packet). The motion to support those two candidates passed unanimously on voice vote.

On item 5.8 trustees approved acceptance of gifts to the district from PTAs, veterans groups and other community donors; the board thanked the donors and approved the item by voice vote.

No board member recorded a recorded roll-call tally in the public transcript for these votes; outcomes were announced by the presiding officer as approved.","Trustees approved the consent agenda (with two items pulled for separate consideration), voted to endorse two candidates for the California School Boards Association delegate assembly, and accepted gifts to the district.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6317452,"Child Nutrition reports universal meals, new composter and hydroponics; feeding about 2,600 students daily",135,2800030,2935940,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2373781-6abc4770498dc7e6bd378b06c6270af8&start=2800&end=2935","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2373781-6abc4770498dc7e6bd378b06c6270af8/thumbnail_2800030.jpg","/articles/6317452/California/Child-Nutrition-reports-universal-meals-new-composter-and-hydroponics-feeding-about-2600-students-daily","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6317452-dd48ff2c33b1b228371fb45248f0ceea/orig.mp4?Expires=1771075652&Signature=lFmBxjkvREKy0ztRmVvXATylhwYIRbDP~Qe3QRDDnCV0tt30S16t~hdY70O6Yytxo~cDCREkPzLYmA~tlx9ZX9KHDcLWrX1FFG9cSnWqYb5KEqXy0fzyIueqholGxTCvNfkKF8sbY6M1m1MwzFplPhs~dixyn2mGRc0zR9WdI2Ss1-OIMobpm8KEmrJ~G8ePzye47K-4CuZCHR3TsbADu0OalzNJ2ZS6jWCc2dCNbbskLrgP121IXZkRRSi1ZE5kH~tkKXiVS8RAMK4pHv2-2ICpzjGTbWSXAk~booGqQirCssmd2SHn5zQQPGp3lqqMQEeyxR4YX7wFzVa~FPpMpQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Christy Summers, the district’s Child Nutrition lead, updated the board on child-nutrition operations, reporting that the district is feeding roughly 2,600 students per day and that the Community Eligibility Provision (universal free meals) has improved reimbursement levels.

Summers described savings and service changes: the central kitchen and school cafeterias now route kitchen waste to an on-site composter known as OSCAR, which staff said shrinks food waste to about one-quarter of its original volume and produces a soil-like output used by community gardeners. The presenter said that combined lunches and breakfasts represent roughly 468,000 lunches and about 80,000 breakfasts per school year, with a summer-service program accounting for roughly 6,000 meals.

The nutrition program also acquired a hydroponic system to grow lettuces, cucumbers and herbs that are used on middle-school salad bars and in recipes; staff said the system supports nutrition-education field trips. Summers said National School Breakfast Week in March will be an outreach opportunity and described an expanded set of central-kitchen videos and field-trip activities that expose students to kitchen operations.

Board members thanked the nutrition team; no formal action was taken on the update.

","The district’s Child Nutrition director reported on universal free meals under the Community Eligibility Provision, a food-composting unit called OSCAR that reduced waste, a hydroponic system for salad bars and field-trip nutrition education.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6317456,"District reports midyear LCAP progress: attendance up, chronic absenteeism down, early achievement gains for targeted students",1194,3113010,4307890,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2373781-6abc4770498dc7e6bd378b06c6270af8&start=3113&end=4307","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2373781-6abc4770498dc7e6bd378b06c6270af8/thumbnail_3113010.jpg","/articles/6317456/California/District-reports-midyear-LCAP-progress-attendance-up-chronic-absenteeism-down-early-achievement-gains-for-targeted-students","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6317456-d7f3eef8a9d5a53aabdc4c8fe8032301/orig.mp4?Expires=1771075652&Signature=Es22d-XW84PCv~d4P66Jrlq2vYRIxPrX0LqqTyEGP9BHBjzTYlyyCmVgCdCRq4eU5kkcOMJkGT2emAt9lpIQrXGoREhUa3G14IeDQOrOrRCZerPrGeO8L1ML948WgtwFmcxiOUpu8H8L8XE2VeosL10emFzxPI9Tmpy4yC-gln9wU2o0ieSQ6zD-B3SGhuaHq4cf2cb1ZmeqI08FBWabvd9Ne0magfWCFfc2SVR9VKsbnZrdCMeH7HtMISbqy0ImK8OaA3FvivT0sWmS23aQDABD5vU3NGPyYWCGXvgZFVjmq8OXyOG8trPmxwfIb~IUTWUWjLxBq56-SpbOgO4XdA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The district’s LCAP midyear update, presented by district leadership, reported mixed but improving results in academic and social-emotional metrics and provided a midyear budget status.

Presenter Dr. Wen said recent MAP (district interim) math and ELA results show elementary grades meeting or approaching national norms, and that those midyear results are generally predictive of end-of-year CAST performance. “This data is hot off the press,” the presenter said, describing winter MAP data and week-old results used in the presentation.

Districtwide CAST results from the prior year remain below the highest performance band: the district is in the orange range for both ELA and math on the state dashboard, and leaders said they are continuing multi-tiered systems of support. The presenter highlighted gains in key student groups: socioeconomically disadvantaged students showed movement in math into the yellow range, and long-term English learners — students identified as English learners for six or more years — showed 63% making progress on the state progress indicator.

The board heard program-level details: an after-school intervention program called Encore has served 77 students across eight sites so far this year; staff reported an average gain of about seven percentile points in reading for participants and cited site-level variability (e.g., 12-point gains at one school). At the midyear point, the district reported that roughly 100% of teachers are fully credentialed and that the district’s Facility Inspection Tool status improved to “good” at all sites except one, where a plan is in place.

Attendance and social-emotional measures showed improvement: the district reported a midyear positive attendance rate of about 94.8% and chronic absenteeism down to 13.2% as of early February, compared with previous-year levels near 16.5% by year-end. Counselors and partner agencies have provided tiered supports during the school day; the district’s partnership with a community mental-health provider, Wellness Together, has provided in-school services to about 30 students this year and the district provides educationally related mental health services to students with IEPs (89 students reported).

The presenter summarized midyear finances for LCAP actions, reporting the district had spent roughly half of the budgeted amounts tied to LCAP goals and is “on track” for the year. Trustees asked clarifying questions about measures and budgeting schedules; staff said some planned training was completed in the prior fiscal year and that remaining LCAP allocations will be spent in the second half of the year.

","District administrators presented a midyear Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) update showing midyear MAP results at or near national norms in early grades, districtwide CAST scores still trailing state targets, improved attendance and a fall in chronic absenteeism, and initial gains from an after-school intervention program.","actionData","errors"]

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Public hearing held on Verona Charter School renewal; museum and special-education staff urge five-year renewal

Lindo Park Elementary credits PBIS, teacher collaboration for test-score and attendance gains

Board approves consent agenda and delegate assembly candidates; gifts accepted

Child Nutrition reports universal meals, new composter and hydroponics; feeding about 2,600 students daily

District reports midyear LCAP progress: attendance up, chronic absenteeism down, early achievement gains for targeted students