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District equity and inclusion teams expand family-led advisory work, grow-your-own workforce programs
Summary
Administrators briefed trustees on the district’s Year 3 inclusion plan, growth of staff affinity and Grow‑Your‑Own teacher/admin pipelines, and the District Advisory Committee and District Equity Committee’s work to review non‑classroom spaces and draft a disciplinary handbook.
District leaders said the inclusion plan is in its third year and described several initiatives intended to broaden staff diversity, increase family engagement and establish ongoing advisory feedback.
Dr. Dawn Clay Jackson presented progress on the district-run affinity groups for staff and on a Grow Your Own pipeline designed to move classified employees into licensed and administrative positions. Jackson said the district now supports dozens of grow‑your‑own candidates with monthly coaching and reported cohorts of staff completing licensure programs; the effort has increased the share of staff of color in several employment categories compared with 2021 numbers.
Jackson said the district’s District Advisory Committee (DAC) and District Equity Committee (DEC) are conducting non‑classroom space audits (cafeterias, restrooms, buses and other common areas) to identify physical points of “push out.” Jackson told the board the DAC/DEC teams devised an observational protocol, visited several schools and generated recommendations. The committees are planning to bring students and family members to present findings and recommendations at the board’s March 12 meeting.
The district also plans a March 18 family safety summit and will roll out a revised disciplinary handbook informed by the equity committee; administrators said the handbook was co‑designed with family advisors and would be released in draft for school-level review.
Ending: Jackson said the district will present a fuller inclusion plan update and specific DAC/DEC recommendations at the next work session and requested the board plan to hear students and family advisors on March 12.
