Petaluma school district reviews midyear LCAP data; English learners and students with disabilities remain focus areas

Petaluma City Schools presented a midyear update on the district’s Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) at its March board meeting, reporting mixed results on state indicators and outlining spending and program priorities for the 2024–25 school year.

Tony, a district staff member who led the presentation, said the California dashboard “is essentially a report card” that combines state and locally defined indicators to show where students are succeeding and where additional support is needed. The dashboard incorporates CAASPP test results, the California Alternate Assessment, chronic absenteeism and other measures, and the LCAP uses that data to guide funding and actions.

The update showed the district performing better than the state average in some measures while lagging in others. On English language arts, the district was about 7.2 points below standards compared with 13.2 points below statewide; the district declined roughly seven points from the prior year and is coded orange…