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IUSD presents draft LCAP highlighting high graduation rates, lower chronic absenteeism and equity focus for Creekside
Summary
District staff presented the 2025—26 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), reporting high graduation rates (over 98 percent), improvements in chronic absenteeism and targeted supports for identified student groups; Creekside High School was named an equity-multiplier school and staff said supplemental transportation funding will be dedicated to the site.
District staff presented a high-level summary of the 2025—26 Local Control and Accountability Plan at the Irvine Unified School District board meeting on June 10, emphasizing academic outcomes, equity measures and engagement tools used to collect community input.
Tammy Blakely, who introduced the LCAP notebook and materials, highlighted the district's performance on state indicators and local metrics. "We had nearly 3,000 students graduate," Blakely said, and the district recorded a graduation rate above 98 percent. The presentation also noted a significant decrease in chronic absenteeism and that 876 seniors earned the State Seal of Biliteracy across multiple languages.
Blakely described five district goals in the plan: academic and personal growth through MTSS (multi-tiered systems of support); academic proficiency and mastery of essential standards; equity in resource allocation; differentiated assistance for foster youth; and a Creekside-specific goal to address attendance and college- and career-readiness indicators.
Board members asked detailed questions about the engagement tools and data sources the district used. Staff said the district switched some input collection to ThoughtExchange to improve participation and timeliness, and that an AI-assisted platform (EDAPT) has been used to help identify trends in the plan. "The ability to see in real time that data is making all the difference in the world," Blakely said in response to a question about ThoughtExchange.
Creekside High School was identified as an equity-multiplier school under state criteria, which triggers supplemental, non-LCFF funding for targeted interventions. The board discussed transportation as the primary barrier to student attendance at Creekside; staff said the equity allocation is intended for a supplemental transportation plan for Creekside, and that details are still being developed at the site and with transportation staff.
Board members pressed staff on counseling and mental-health staffing, long-term English learner progress and how action items would be measured; staff described existing counselor ratios, efforts to recruit and retain mental-health staff, and evidence-based actions tied to specific metrics in the LCAP.
The board opened and closed the public hearing on the LCAP; no members of the public spoke during the hearing portion.
Next steps: staff said the formal LCAP adoption will occur at the June 24 meeting, at which the local indicator report will also be presented as required by law.
(Details reported in the meeting included district-level Title allocations discussed in the presentation: Title I, Title II, Title III and Title IV funding levels reported by staff during the presentation.)
