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Alisal Community School reports larger student body, persistent reading gaps and multi-pronged plan to boost literacy
Summary
At a Board of Trustees meeting, Alisal Community School administrators presented data showing high poverty and English-learner enrollment, preliminary declines on some reading measures, and a set of interventions including UFLI, Achieve3000, a new intervention teacher and progress-monitoring tools.
Alisal Community School administrators told the Alisal Union School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday that the school faces persistent reading gaps even as some measures improved and that leaders are launching targeted supports to address foundational literacy.
The presentation by Principal Maria Lepe and Assistant Principal Kimberly McCown said the school’s current enrollment is about 572 students in transitional kindergarten through sixth grade, with a high share of English learners and 95.4% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals. "We had 572 TK through sixth grade students," Lepe said during the presentation. The school reported 162 students identified as homeless and 347 English learners, and the district’s spring ELPAC and preliminary i-Ready diagnostics show many students performing below grade…
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