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Survey shows district gains on some SEL measures but large disparities by race and grade level, board told
Summary
CalHOPE and the district’s strategic-plan student surveys showed modest increases in overall favorability since spring 2024, but trustees were alerted to lower favorability among Black and multiracial students and drops for middle-school grade spans; staff proposed next steps including curricula, training and school-level action plans.
Assistant Superintendent Autry Streak and social-emotional learning coordinator Rosario (Rosie) Arcona presented results from two student surveys administered in November: the CalHOPE student SEL survey and the district’s Strategic Plan student survey. The presenters said both instruments measure school climate, student supports and related dimensions and that results were disaggregated by grade span and race/ethnicity.
Districtwide participation on the CalHOPE SEL survey exceeded the state average, the presenters said, and district overall favorability rose by about four percentage points since spring 2024. The highest-dimension score districtwide was for culturally and linguistically responsive environments (around 82%). However, the CalHOPE heat maps and the strategic-plan breakouts showed notable disparities: Black/African American and multiracial students scored lower than average on many items (Black students were below average on a large share of items across grade spans) and district results showed middle-school grade spans (6–8) declined across multiple dimensions since 2021.
Presenters emphasized that participation rates vary by campus and that a number of students and parents had the option to opt out. The board asked about survey length and possible response bias; presenters said they would consider shorter, targeted surveys (for example on Kelvin) and that sites had already been provided data and asked to bring local action plans. Staff said they will supply school-level breakdowns to trustees and work with principals to ensure teachers share results with students and use a simple “glows and grows” protocol to build action plans. The district also plans to revise its discipline matrix and offer additional training for staff to address uneven discipline practices flagged by the survey.
Ending: Trustees asked staff to make school-level survey reports available to the board and to share planned site actions. Staff outlined several operational next steps: adopt evidence-based SEL curriculum districtwide, provide teacher-facing slide templates to close the feedback loop with students, support student leadership teams to analyze data and update the district discipline matrix.
