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East Whittier board adopts LCAP and 2025–26 budget after local indicators presentation
Summary
The East Whittier City Elementary School District Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt the district's Local Control and Accountability Plan and the 2025–26 budget after staff reviewed local indicators, including concerns about school climate and expanded course offerings funded by state grants.
The East Whittier City Elementary School District Board of Education approved and adopted the district’s Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) and the fiscal year 2025–26 budget at its meeting, with both measures passing on recorded 3-0 votes.
District staff opened the discussion with a presentation of the district’s local indicators, which the staff said are aligned with state priorities and are posted on the California School Dashboard. The presentation noted that some state academic assessments are not part of the district’s local-indicator self-assessment and highlighted school climate as an area of concern to be addressed in the coming year.
The LCAP adoption formalizes the district’s self-assessment and the spending priorities that accompany it. According to the presentation, the local indicators the district reviews include basic services (teacher credentialing and facilities maintenance), professional learning, access to instructional materials, parent engagement, school climate (student connectedness and perceptions of safety), and access to a broad course of study. Staff said the district has used supplemental and concentration funds and state monies—cited in the presentation as ELOP and Proposition 28 funding—to expand electives and after-school offerings.
Board members took no extended public debate on the item before calling the question. The motion to "approve and adopt the local control and accountability plan, which includes the budget overview for parents, annual update for the 2024–25 LCAP, and the new 2025–26 LCAP" was placed before the board and recorded as passing 3-0. The board then moved to a separate motion to "approve and adopt the budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year," which also passed 3-0.
During the presentation staff flagged school climate measures—student connectedness and whether students "like coming to school every day"—as areas targeted for improvement and said that the district will emphasize warm, welcoming school climates and strengthened adult–student relationships next year. Staff also described ongoing professional development and the district’s recent work on next-generation elementary science and history-social science curriculum implementation.
The board adjourned with a standard schedule announcement; its next regular meeting was stated as August 11.
