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Apple Valley Unified board adopts 2025–26 LCAP after presentation showing local indicators met
Summary
The Apple Valley Unified Board of Trustees unanimously adopted the district's 2025—26 Local Control and Accountability Plan after a presentation showing the district met required local indicators and reported early gains in reading; county submission will follow within five days.
The Apple Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously on June 12 to adopt the district's Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) for 2025—26, following a staff presentation that concluded the district met the five required local indicators and highlighted improvements in early literacy.
Patrick Slosser, who presented the local indicators, told trustees the district met priorities including basic conditions, parent input and a broad course of study. He said district data show progress in third-grade reading on I-Ready assessments and upward trends on aggregated language-arts measures: "It's lovely to see the number of students in that below-grade-level group going down," he said. Slosser also noted that mathematics showed less movement and remains a focus for future adoption work.
The adoption matters because the LCAP is the district's central planning document for aligning resources to student needs; once adopted it must be sent to the county within five days for review. Slosser said the district will submit the plan and that the county review process often includes minor edits and comments.
Trustees asked for clarifications about how prior goals focused on English learners and African American students were folded into the current structure. Slosser explained that those objectives were redistributed into goals 1—3 during a prior restructuring to comply with state funding rules and county guidance, and the district keeps explicit differentiated-assistance details in supporting sections.
Board President Amanda Buchanan called the presentation thorough and thanked staff for the work. Trustee Renee Longshore asked whether the district could break down specific subgroup trends; Slosser said he could provide additional disaggregated data when available.
The board approved the LCAP by roll call; all trustees present, including remote Trustee Rick Raleigh, voted aye. With adoption, district staff will upload the required documentation to the county system and finalize the public-facing dashboard when it becomes available later in the year.
The next procedural step is county review; Slosser said the district aims to post the LCAP-related dashboards to the public when the state/county release them (dashboard publication was expected in November).
