FJUHSD presents LCAP midyear update and progress toward an '80% moonshot' college/career goal
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Newly assigned Ed Services director Steve Casares gave a midyear LCAP update, reporting a 2025 college‑and‑career indicator (CCI) of 60.1%, a district general fund budget of about $233 million for 2025–26 and about $188 million allocated within the LCAP, and described interventions, CTE expansions, and next steps toward a 2027 target.
Steve Casares, the district’s newly appointed director of Education and Assessment Services, presented the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) midyear update, saying the district is in year 3 of a three‑year cycle and reiterated a district target — the “moonshot” goal of 80% college and career readiness by 2027.
Casares highlighted progress on several measures: he reported the district’s college and career indicator reached 60.1% in 2025 and noted the class of 2025 had the highest A–G rate in four years at 59.5%. He told trustees the district budgeted more than $233,000,000 in general fund expenditures for 2025–26, with nearly $188,000,000 budgeted within the LCAP portion of the general fund.
The presentation reviewed instructional priorities — best‑first instruction, co‑teaching, targeted interventions and reading programs (Lexia/Alexia), expanded CTE pathways and North Orange County ROP partnerships, ongoing NWEA MAP diagnostics, and supports to raise reclassification and CAASPP outcomes. Casares described local indicators the district uses to supplement statewide measures and explained that some dashboard data remain asterisked because they are current and may change before final year‑end reporting.
During Q&A trustees asked about special‑education disproportionality and whether it was inherited from feeder districts; staff described the issue as “mostly inherited” but said the district is tightening identification procedures and strengthening multi‑tiered systems of support. Staff explained reclassification primarily requires an ELPAC score of 4 and a semester English grade of C or higher, with additional evidence considered.
Casares said the district will continue community engagement this spring and present a final LCAP draft for board approval in June.