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Buena Park board adopts 2025–26 LCAP and budget; chief academic officer presents California School Dashboard local indicators report
Summary
The governing board voted unanimously to adopt the Buena Park School District 2025–26 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) and the 2025–26 budget. Sarah Huang, chief academic officer, presented the district’s self-evaluation of local indicators that will be submitted to the California Department of Education ahead of the state dashboard.
The Buena Park School District governing board voted 5–0 to approve the district’s 2025–26 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) and the 2025–26 budget during Wednesday’s meeting.
"Great presentation again last week. Thank you," a trustee said before the board moved to adopt the LCAP. Trustee Estrada moved the motion to approve the LCAP and Trustee Jensen seconded; the board took a roll-call vote with all members voting yes.
Earlier in the meeting, Sarah Huang, identified by the district as chief academic officer, presented the district’s required local indicators self-reflection that will be included in the California School Dashboard. Huang explained the self-reflection uses three tools — a five-level rating scale, narrative responses and numerical metrics — and noted the district reported full implementation or full implementation and sustainability in the five local indicators the district must self-report (examples: access to standards-aligned instructional materials, teacher credentialing, facilities maintenance, parent engagement and school climate). Huang said the district will submit the local indicator report to the California Department of Education by Aug. 1 and that results will be included on the California School Dashboard expected in late fall 2025.
The board also approved the 2025–26 budget plan by unanimous roll-call vote and adopted related resolutions on the Education Protection Account and temporary inter-fund transfers, again on unanimous votes. Trustees thanked district staff for budget preparation.
During the presentation, Huang cited specific metrics the district reported: 87% of teachers fully credentialed and appropriately assigned (reported from CDE data for the 2022–23 school year), 0% of students without access to standards-aligned instructional materials, and 100% of school facilities maintained in good working order. For engagement and school climate measures, Huang said district survey results show high percentages of students and parents reporting awareness of safety measures and student connectedness.
All motions described above passed with 5–0 votes recorded in the minutes; the board’s actions were taken by roll-call vote because one trustee participated by teleconference from abroad.
