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Rescue Union reviews midyear LCAP and climate survey; district flags survey methodology on bullying metric
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Dustin Haley presented the districtmidyear LCAP update and culture/climate survey results, citing strong student connectedness but noting a 48% harassment metric that officials said reflects any reported instance on a battery of questions rather than only repeated bullying. The board discussed wellness centers, PBIS supports and plans to use EduCLIMBER for evaluation.
Assistant Superintendent Dustin Haley presented the Rescue Union Elementary School Districtmidyear Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) update and the districtculture and climate survey during the regular board meeting.
Haley said the midyear update fulfills a statutory requirement cited in the transcript as "bill 1 30," explaining that the LCAP is a three‑year plan with annual updates that pair goals and expenditures. "I am privileged to be able to present tonight on our midyear LCAP supplemental report to the board," Haley told trustees. He said the presentation focused on metric status (known, in progress, unknown) and how district expenditures align with the goals.
The presentation highlighted several positive indicators: Haley said students reported strong connectedness (reported on the survey as 81% "all the time or most of the time"), improvements in chronic absenteeism, and high academic motivation. Participation rates gave the district confidence in the data: Haley reported 637 elementary students (grades 3–5; active parental consent required) and 1,128 middle school students (grades 6–8; passive consent) completed the survey.
Trustees pressed on areas of concern. Haley described a harassment/bullying metric that appears as 48% on the slides, and he explained the survey methodology behind that figure: the district counted any nonzero response across a battery of about five related questions (so a single occurrence of an uncomfortable interaction could be included). "Because anytime that a student maybe doesn't feel good about how somebody is either into them, is treating them ... we count it," Haley said in explaining the approach and why additional review is needed to distinguish single incidents from repeated bullying.
Board members asked for clearer wording and classification. Trustee (speaker 4) said that parents receiving the published number might find it concerning without context; trustees asked staff to revisit question wording and classification so reporting better reflects repeated misconduct versus one‑time incidents.
Officials also reviewed supports tied to LCAP goals: wellness centers at middle schools, added PBIS facilitators at two sites, weekly tier‑2 site teams that review individual students, and a local attendance review team to address chronic absenteeism. Haley and superintendent (speaker 2) described plans to strengthen measurement of interventions: the district will begin using a data management tool (EduCLIMBER) to upload trimester assessments, attendance and behavior data and to track pre/post results for small‑group interventions.
The board concluded the presentation and moved on with no public commenters for the item. The district indicated next steps will include refining survey questions, continuing MTSS/UDL training, and reporting a comprehensive LCAP package to the board in June that will include full metrics and expenditures.
Ending: The board took no formal action on the LCAP or the survey at this meeting; the midyear update was presented for information and follow‑up.
