Millbrae presents Year 1 LCAP revisions, reports gains for English learners and lower chronic absenteeism

Millbrae Elementary School District staff on Tuesday presented Year 1 revisions to the district’s three-year Local Control and Accountability Plan and reported measurable gains for English learners and declines in chronic absenteeism.

Catherine Wasliff, Director of Educational Services, told the Board of Trustees the updated LCAP includes revised actions, student outcomes and fidelity checks for tiered literacy supports. Wasliff said 65.5 percent of English learners made progress in 2023–24, “reflecting an 11.4 [percentage-point] increase from the previous year,” and that the district has moved to a blue rating for the English-learner metric on the state dashboard. She also reported that the district’s chronic absenteeism rate was 9.9 percent for 2023–24, a 1.8 percentage-point decline that moved that goal area into the dashboard’s green range.

Why it matters: the LCAP is the district’s primary plan for targeting state funding toward priorities such as literacy, academic achievement, family engagement and multilingual-learner support. The presentation…