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Sequoia dashboard shows mixed results: gains in ELA and college readiness, notable drops in math trigger differentiated assistance
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Summary
District staff presented the 2025 California School Dashboard and midyear LCAP update, highlighting green ELA and improved college and career indicators but declines in math and subgroup suspension rates that will trigger differentiated assistance from the county office.
District staff presented the 2025 California School Dashboard and a midyear review of the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), pointing to a mix of improvements and areas of concern across Sequoia Union High School District schools.
Highlights: English language arts performance held in the green overall and several subgroups improved; the college and career readiness indicator rose by 2.7 percentage points and had no subgroups in the red. Redwood High School was singled out for improvement in English learner progress.
Concerns: Math scores fell districtwide, with multiple subgroups moving into red and declines large enough in some cohorts to shift color categories. The graduation-rate status moved from green to yellow after a 0.7-percentage-point decline, and suspension-rate increases for Pacific Islander and African American students contributed to an identification for differentiated assistance by the San Mateo County Office of Education.
LCAP midyear: Staff reviewed district goals on chronic absenteeism, suspension reduction, academic supports, EL reclassification, workforce recruitment and college and career readiness. Funded actions include expanded community liaisons, restorative practices contracts (Fresh Lifelines for Youth), ELD and CAASPP preparation courses in Canvas, and CTE pathway expansion. Staff reported targeted gains (for example, Redwood's long-term English learner progress) and committed to further disaggregated analyses and next steps to address math performance and subgroup suspensions.
Trustee follow-up requests included multi-year views of dashboard metrics, boundary-level LCAP allocations, and more granular subgroup breakdowns. Staff said internal dashboards can provide deeper, FERPA-safe views and that public dashboards suppress subgroup data for N<11 to preserve privacy.
