William Green Elementary School officials told the Lawndale Elementary School District Board of Trustees that targeted, late-year "final push" interventions, student goal-setting and increased attendance supports contributed to measurable SBAC gains and lower chronic absenteeism.
Principal Laura Quain said administrators and teacher leaders implemented calibrated common formative assessments, professional learning community work and targeted pullouts for students who were "approaching standards" in third through fifth grades. "Sebastian was one of our final-push students, and he on SBAC scored exceeding standards," Quain said, adding that Sebastian jumped two proficiency bands in both ELA and math.
The presentation noted attendance improvements tied to school incentives: the number of students considered chronically absent dropped from about 239 in 2021–22 to roughly 135 the following year and to 59 last year. Quain said the school plans to begin supports earlier in the year and to expand literacy- and math-pullout groups and small-group instruction.
Assistant principal Dr. Olvera, language-arts specialist Miss Ramos and intervention lead Miss Mendoza described work that included teacher teams agreeing on essential standards, creating and calibrating CFAs, forming a guiding coalition of teacher leaders and holding one-on-one goal-setting conferences with third through fifth graders. "Students were guided through a reflective process and supported in setting academic goals based on their data," Miss Mendoza said.
Fifth-grader Sebastian Figueroa spoke briefly about the goal-setting process: "This was the first time I set a goal for myself, and finding out that I met my goal in both subjects made me feel really good." Quain quantified Sebastian's change as "203 points in ELA and 175 points in math," and said he now meets ELA standards and exceeds in math.
Trustees praised the emphasis on celebrating growth as well as proficiency and asked that the presentation materials be shared. No formal board action was taken; the segment was presented as a spotlight and informational update.