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Duarte Unified board hears LCAP local indicators update and approves 2025–26 LCAP
Summary
District staff presented the annual local performance indicator self-reflection required for the California School Dashboard; the board approved the district's 2025''2026 Local Control and Accountability Plan 5''0 by a 5''0 vote.
The Duarte Unified School District Board of Education heard a presentation on the district's Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) local performance indicators and approved the 2025''2026 LCAP by a 5''0 vote.
Dr. Lawson, who delivered the presentation on the local indicators and the required self-reflection, told the board, "The California local performance indicator self reflection is completed annually by each local LEA, and that's our school district." She described the three-step process: complete the self-reflection using locally available data, report it at a board meeting, and upload the results to the California School Dashboard for the fall release.
The presentation outlined five local priorities the district reviews that are not measured by state-level dashboard metrics. Dr. Lawson said the district found a "standard met" for teacher assignment and access to instructional materials (often described as Williams-related items) and for implementation of state academic standards, noting staff will continue training on the new mathematics and reading frameworks. She described parent engagement work and said about 450 parents completed the California Schools Parent Survey in February.
On school climate, Dr. Lawson said the district administered the California School Climate Survey to selected grades and reported ranges of student responses: "scores ranging between 86% to 96% of students feeling safe" on some questions and lower connectedness in certain grades, with examples cited in seventh and ninth grades. She said the climate survey is given in grades 5, 7, 9 and 11 and that sample size affects the reliability of specific subgroup scores.
Board members asked clarifying questions about where implementation levels are defined and how parent input is incorporated. Dr. Lawson directed board members to the California Department of Education (CDE) website for the five-level descriptors and described how school site councils, ELAC, DELAC and other family meetings are used to collect parent input that informs the self-reflection and the LCAP.
After discussion, Board member Diaz moved to approve the district's 2025''2026 LCAP; Board member Hasso seconded. The motion passed 5''0. Dr. Lawson said the next steps are to upload the local indicator progress to the dashboard, which is typically published in November or early December, and to use the dashboard and spring assessment results to refine school site plans and district LCAP actions.
The presentation also noted recent curriculum actions: a K''8 science adoption and ongoing summer trainings for mathematics framework implementation. Dr. Lawson emphasized that full implementation (the top levels on the five-point scale) requires consistent practice in every classroom across the district, and that the self-reflection is intended to be an honest accounting of where the district is on that continuum.
Board members thanked staff for the work and for the parent engagement sample. No public speakers addressed the item during the board meeting.
The board approved the LCAP and directed staff to proceed with the upload and subsequent study-session review of the dashboard and assessment results.
