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Lawndale parents briefed on LCAP, urged to complete district survey before May review
Summary
At a Lawndale parent leadership meeting, district staff explained the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), how it aligns with the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and Title I, and urged parents to complete a time‑sensitive survey that will inform the district's May review and the three‑year plan.
Miss Chooley, a district staff member, told the Lawndale Parent Leadership Council that the district’s Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, is the main plan that explains how state LCFF funding will be spent and that parents’ survey responses will shape next year’s priorities.
The LCAP matters because it directs the largest state funding stream for the district and focuses on low‑income students, English learners and foster youth; school and parent input must align with site plans, Miss Chooley said.
Miss Chooley explained that the state’s eight LCAP priorities have been consolidated in Lawndale into four goals: high academic achievement; access and equity; student and family engagement; and 21st‑century learning. She said the LCAP pays for “turning the lights on in the school,” principals, teachers and basic supplies, while Title I is a smaller, supplemental pot used to augment services.
She asked parents to take a district survey that asks goal‑by‑goal questions and said the survey is time sensitive; “It took me probably 20 minutes,” she said, and encouraged parents to fill it out or to provide input at school‑site meetings so administrators can collect and forward that feedback. She described alternative ways to contribute: school‑site councils, PTA conversations, coffee‑and‑chat sessions, community liaisons, in‑person events with laptops available for parents, or having site teams collect “handwritten” responses that administrators will submit for the district record.
Miss Chooley also said the district treats the LCAP as a three‑year plan with incremental adjustments in between major reviews. She asked parents to review and recommend their School Plan (SPSA) for board approval in June and noted that the district will present the LCAP at a district advisory meeting on May 14 (the presenter was identified as a district leader). She reminded participants that a board meeting is scheduled for May 1 and that the district’s final parent‑leader celebration for the year is May 28.
Parents and council officers — including Janina Trujillo (president) and Brenda Veronica (vice president) — asked about access for multilingual families; Miss Chooley confirmed the district provides translated materials and that parents can request interpretation 72 hours in advance for board‑level meetings. She emphasized that even a single written response is recorded and matters to the district’s analysis.
District staff distributed paper copies of the LCAP guidance and posted a link in the Zoom chat for participants to review and to complete the survey before the district’s May timeline.
Miss Chooley closed by reiterating the May schedule and encouraging parents to use the survey and school‑site conversations to ensure the district accurately reflects parent priorities.
