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District highlights summer learning success, launches WayFinder and RESPOND behavior initiative
Summary
District staff and summer principals told the San Dieguito Union High School District board that summer programs ran two sessions and achieved high completion rates; the district outlined a new WayFinder curriculum and a RESPOND protocol with the National Conflict Resolution Center to proactively address student behavior and foster belonging.
San Dieguito Union High School District staff and summer-program principals presented outcomes of the district’s summer learning and special-education ESY programming at the Aug. 7 board meeting, reporting strong completion rates and operational measures to expand family communication and student supports.
Assistant principals Nathan Molina and Chuck Adams summarized the district’s summer-school offerings: two in-person sessions running June 6–July 21, an extended school‑year program for students with significant special-education needs, and an online credit‑recovery option. Presenters said more than 95 percent of students who attended completed the classes they enrolled in, and staff provided daily breakfasts and lunches (about 186 meals a day) and transported roughly 232 students per day.
The presentation also described operational pilots that district staff intend to expand. Those include an electronic progress-report notification to parents via Aeries and expanded bilingual instructional-assistant support in classrooms. “We served close to 80 kids in targeted offerings and piloted an electronic progress report so parents can check grades via a secure Aeries link,” one presenter said.
On behavior supports, district leaders introduced WayFinder — a plug‑and‑play series of lessons for homeroom or student-connectedness time designed to build belonging and social‑emotional skills — and a districtwide RESPOND protocol developed with the National Conflict Resolution Center to create a consistent response to incidents of verbal harm, harassment and bias.
The RESPOND framework (an acronym covering removal from harm, engaging the harmed student/family, speaking with the responsible student/family, prompt notification and documentation, observing for bias and severity, and developing long‑term supports) was described as a way to calibrate investigations and communications with families and to promote fair outcomes. Staff said the district will track program uptake (log‑ins and participation) and compare incident data longitudinally using Aeries and other data sources to measure impact.
Trustees thanked principals and staff, and a few board members asked for follow‑up data on how summer participation translates into school‑year performance. District staff said they already track participating students in a database and will continue to share outcomes with the board.
What’s next: District staff plan to pilot the electronic progress-report tool at select schools during the year, roll out WayFinder lessons by month at middle and (pilots) at high school levels, and continue the multi‑year RESPOND partnership with the National Conflict Resolution Center.
