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Taft Union High highlights student service, enrollment gains and budget context
Summary
Taft Union High School Superintendent Dr. Jason Hodgson described a service-oriented student culture, recent academic gains in language arts and math, extracurricular achievements and how state budget shifts affect local funding.
Dr. Jason Hodgson, superintendent of Taft Union High School District, used his remarks to highlight student service, recent academic gains and the district's budget context.
Hodgson praised students' community service and described several specific achievements: gains of 12% in language arts and 8% in math in the Kern County comparison cited in his remarks; an increase in students achieving 4.0 GPAs from about 80'90 earlier to 121; and athletic and extracurricular highlights such as Shelby Gregory scoring 1,000 career basketball points.
On finance and state funding, Hodgson noted the state budget picture described by the governor showed a $4.6 billion increase as of the meeting, against a larger baseline deficit he cited of $12 billion. He explained that Taft Union High often fares differently than many districts depending on the state funding model and local oil-industry tax base, and he thanked local industry and community partners for support.
Hodgson also described staff engagement, after-school involvement, and community responses to recent student tragedy; he thanked volunteers and community groups who provided support and services.
