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Principals highlight rising enrollment, small-group math interventions and STEAM labs in Glendora schools
Summary
Principals from LaFaitre, Sellers, Sutherland and Goddard updated the board on enrollment changes, intervention programs and STEAM lab use; trustees focused questions on math intervention structure and whether STEAM labs are linked to improved CAST scores.
Principals from multiple Glendora Unified schools presented data and program updates, with trustees pressing for clarity on math interventions, staffing and measures of success for STEAM lab investments.
At Sellers Elementary, Principal Shonda Trent told the board chronic absenteeism has decreased and that the school’s parent community raised more than $70,000 this year to support enrichment and student needs. She described a math intervention program that typically pulls small groups (no more than five students) for targeted instruction and said the intervention is in its second year.
Principal Kang at Sutherland said enrollment has grown to 491 students—driven in part by a dual-language immersion (DLI) kindergarten pilot—and chronic absenteeism declined to 9.9%. Kang described the school’s intervention staffing (a full-time reading interventionist, a full-time math interventionist and two halftime aides) and said the program combines pull-out and push-in services. She reported about 57 students currently receive math intervention at Sutherland.
Goddard Middle School Principal Zernikow reported ELA proficiency in the high 60s and a math proficiency level just above 60%, numbers he characterized as progress; he said the school runs three intervention classes and uses peer tutoring, AVID strategies and targeted review to move students up bands. He set a goal of reaching 70% proficiency in both ELA and math and said continued investment in intervention programming is a priority.
Trustees asked how the board can support campus goals: several members volunteered to seek resources for math interventionists and to continue backing professional development for teachers. Board members also discussed STEAM labs: principals said a district STEAM teacher (Amy Hogan) rotates through sites and a STEAM technician supports daily use; they urged measuring both day-to-day instructional use and longer-term test outcomes as the labs become routine.
The meeting closed with the board approving the consent agenda and agreeing to agendize a community-input discussion on moving future meeting start times earlier.
