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Staff details expanded supports, high AP enrollment and college admissions at Birmingham Community Charter High District
Summary
Staff described the district’s academic supports — bilingual aides, EL coordinator, co-teaching for special education, tutoring, Blue Gold Center college-and-career services — and reported high Advanced Placement enrollment and preliminary college admissions figures including UCLA and UC San Diego admits.
District staff presented a summary of academic programs and student outcomes, highlighting English learner supports, expanded counseling, co-teaching models for special education, and robust Advanced Placement enrollment.
Staff said the district employs a full-time EL coordinator/liaison, five Spanish bilingual aides and one Russian bilingual aide, and uses targeted in-class tutoring and tiered interventions for students with disabilities and English learners. The presentation noted the district has special-education certificated teachers co-teaching with subject teachers and a full-time behavioral intervention specialist who supervises interventions.
Staff described the Blue Gold Center (the district college and career center), targeted counselors for African American students, parent liaisons (including a bilingual Spanish liaison), ParentSquare two-way communication, Parent University trainings, and other family engagement tools. Staff said the district uses transcript-evaluation services to support A–G completion and offers credit recovery, Career and Technical Education classes, summer school and after-school supports.
On Advanced Placement and college outcomes, staff said more than 1,000 students are enrolled in AP classes and provided course-level counts: AP precalculus about 290 students, AP English Language about 241, AP Spanish Language about 150, AP European History about 127, and AP Environmental Science about 106. Staff also reported preliminary college admission counts including 19 admits to UCLA, 16 to UC Irvine and 56 to UC San Diego; staff said 406 students were admitted to Cal State Northridge (CSUN) and that represented roughly 62% of the senior class as reported in the presentation.
Staff characterized enrollment and performance gains as continuing initiatives rather than new programs and said some positions (for example, an instructional coach) were proposed but not finalized. Board members asked clarifying questions; staff said additional draft documents (including the federal addendum to the LCAP) will be provided ahead of future meetings and that approval of LCAP materials is expected in June.
