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Bassett Unified presents draft 2025–26 LCAP, highlights mental-health supports and college access
Summary
District staff presented the draft 2025–26 Local Control and Accountability Plan, emphasizing three goals — academic achievement, safe learning environments and college/career readiness — and reporting partner feedback calling for more mental-health services, CTE/STEM expansion and clearer communication to families.
Dr. Harrison, the district’s LCAP presenter, on Tuesday introduced the draft 2025–26 Local Control and Accountability Plan and said the document “is a 3 year plan” that outlines the district’s goals and actions to support student outcomes.
The presentation said Bassett Unified’s three continuing goals are high academic achievement; student-centered, safe learning environments; and college- and career-centered culture. Dr. Harrison said partner engagement — parents, students, teachers, classified staff and the SELPA — informed proposed actions and that updates reflect state reporting changes for long-term English learners (LTELs).
The draft calls out expanded mental-health services, restorative-practices approaches for behavioral incidents and increased counseling and community liaison positions under Goal 2. A district summary of partner feedback noted broad support for continuing mental-health services and multi-tiered systems of support, particularly at high school.
Dr. Harrison said the state this year began reporting LTELs separately on the dashboard and that Bassett Unified has added specific targets for LTELs’ chronic absenteeism, ELA and math, college-career indicators and language acquisition progress. “We gotta pull them out separately and set goals for them,” he said, describing a requirement that has triggered differentiated-assistance work with the county.
Board members had no substantive objections during the meeting; several thanked staff for a concise presentation. Trustee Norma Gonzalez asked for more detail about the district’s “No Excuses University” program and said she would follow up with staff. Trustee Dolores Rivera asked whether funding or programming specific to gifted students remained in the plan; Dr. Harrison said the state no longer provides a dedicated GATE allocation but said gifted supports are included in LCAP actions and other local resources and after-school programs.
The board opened a public hearing required by law on the LCAP at 6:28 p.m.; no members of the public spoke. The board did not take final action on the LCAP at the June 10 meeting and staff said any formal approval would be scheduled for a later meeting.
