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Newport‑Mesa reports midyear LCAP gains; chronic absenteeism falls to 13%
Summary
District staff told the board the midyear Local Control and Accountability Plan shows steady implementation, new counselor staffing and notable declines in chronic absenteeism and suspensions; midyear spending is near expected pacing.
Vanessa Gailey presented Newport‑Mesa Unified School District’s midyear Local Control and Accountability Plan update, telling the board the district is generally “doing the things we said we were going to do with tweaks.” The midyear summary aligns the district’s budget to board priorities and reports implementation and expenditure information through the first half of the year.
Gailey highlighted several concrete outcomes. “Last year, overall, we had 22 percent of students chronically absent, and we took that down to 13 percent,” she said, citing the district’s efforts to target attendance and chronic absenteeism. She also noted reductions in suspension rates across most student groups and called out investments described in the LCAP including positive behavior interventions, restorative practices and the addition of 22 elementary counselors.
District staff described academic indicators as largely stable or improving: midyear Acadience and other benchmark measures showed incremental gains, and the district has sustained investments in elementary support teachers, A‑G completion supports and secondary interventions. The presentation emphasized that this is an interim report meant to track implementation; final LCAP approvals and full expenditure detail are presented in the June adoption package.
On finance, staff said midyear expenditures are tracking close to the expected 40–50% range for this time of year. Budget adjustments reported in the update include a technical write‑up related to CalSTRS and changes tied to increased secured property tax receipts and community contributions; staff said these adjustments are routine and matched by corresponding revenues.
Trustees asked targeted questions about specific slides and where to find the underlying tables. Gailey directed trustees to the short public version and the full LCAP documents on the district website for line‑by‑line expenditure and implementation detail. The presentation closed with a reminder that community forums and a district survey remain open for public input before the final LCAP adoption process.
