Board member proposes Student Success and Support ad hoc committee; administration asks for timing and staff input

Board member Juan Romero proposed creating a Student Success and Support ad hoc advisory committee intended to gather building-level input on code-of-conduct consistency, staff and student supports, and practical, locally informed recommendations. Romero said the effort would gather perspectives from building staff, teachers, parents, caregivers and students and favored a focused, boots-on-the-ground approach with an initial three-month timeline and a midpoint check-in.

Romero described widespread community feedback raising concerns about inconsistent enforcement of the code of conduct and attendance, and he argued that a district-level advisory group could solicit concrete examples and solutions. “I put something together, maybe I don't have the answers of how to fix it per se, but I know people in the buildings do. The staff does. The parents do,” Romero said.

Committee members supported stakeholder engagement but administrators urged caution about timing and overlap with existing work. Dr. Garrison (administrator) noted that the district has previously convened groups to review code-of-conduct policy and academic and behavioral supports and said that timing around the end of the school year, summer schedules and staff availability could affect participation. She recommended that staff gather expressions of interest, refine survey questions and return to the committee with a plan and suggested questions, and she noted the committee’s next meeting on June 17 as a near-term check-in point.

Members agreed to draft and circulate a short survey to identify interested participants and basic availability; the superintendent’s office and administrative staff offered to help develop and vet the questions. Romero asked for a quick turnaround and suggested distributing the survey the week after the meeting so the committee could collect names and preferences and refine the final committee membership at a subsequent meeting. The proposal, as discussed, did not include a formal vote to create the committee at tonight’s meeting; staff said they would produce a draft survey and return to the committee with the results and recommended wording for appointments and membership.

The discussion also clarified process: some committee members expected the ad hoc to be formed by the TLE committee and not necessarily require full-board action to convene; staff said the superintendent would appoint certain members and the board would appoint others per the proposed draft. The committee agreed that the survey would ask respondents to identify their stakeholder role (parent, student, teacher, community member), indicate availability, and confirm ability to participate through the committee timeline. The committee set a target for the administration to draft the survey and distribute it for review and anticipated further consideration at the next TLE meeting.