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Washington Unified presents midyear LCAP and California Dashboard: graduation gains, chronic absenteeism improving, academic indicators mixed
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Audrey Street presented the district’s midyear Local Control and Accountability Plan update and the California School Dashboard results. Washington Unified reported gains in graduation and college/career readiness, declines in chronic absenteeism and lower performance in ELA and math for some student groups.
Assistant Superintendent Audrey Street and Director Stephanie Groat presented Washington Unified’s midyear Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) update and the California School Dashboard results at the Feb. 13 board meeting.
Street summarized the district’s statewide performance colors and explained the Dashboard’s two‑year comparison method. “The dashboard really is an opportunity for us to tell our story and to look at data,” she told the board, noting the Dashboard compares last spring’s results to the prior year and reports both status and change.
Key takeaways from the presentation:
- Academic achievement: The district’s English language arts and math indicators remain at orange overall; several student groups declined in performance on the CAASPP. Districtwide, Washington Unified was 29.1 points below the state standard in ELA, compared with the state average of 13.2 points below standard.
- Graduation and college readiness: The district’s graduation rate rose to 92.9% (above the state rate of 86.7%), with several student groups showing increases. The college and career readiness indicator moved from yellow to green districtwide.
- Chronic absenteeism: The TK–8 chronic absenteeism rate declined to 20.6% (a 5.1‑point decrease), reversing increases seen in the COVID years. The district noted the 2019 pre‑pandemic chronic absenteeism rate was 10.5%.
- Suspensions: The suspension indicator improved for many student groups; the district emphasized efforts to use alternatives to suspension and to follow the state’s newer guidance limiting suspensions for willful defiance.
- New science indicator: The California Science Test (CAST) is a new Dashboard indicator; because only one year of science data was available the Dashboard has not assigned a color rating for science yet.
Street and Groat outlined next steps: continued LCAP committee meetings, updated midyear expenditures and action‑item implementation status, and a formal public hearing and LCAP adoption cycle this spring with an anticipated public hearing in June. They also noted that differentiated assistance requests — additional county support where subgroups (notably students with disabilities) show persistently low performance — are being coordinated with the Yolo County Office of Education.
Ending
The district reported mixed academic results with notable strengths in graduation and reduced absenteeism. Staff said they will continue targeted interventions, revise LCAP actions where needed and bring the LCAP back to the board for a public hearing in June.
