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TUSD reports gains on local indicators, highlights mental-health and dual-credit expansion
Summary
District staff told the board 100% of students are taught by appropriately credentialed teachers, UC A-G completion rose and the new college-and-career indicator (CCI) jumped 6 percentage points; LCAP goals emphasize reading by grade 2, math proficiency by grade 7 and expanded mental-health supports.
District staff presented the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) materials and local indicators for the 2023-24 school year, and outlined priorities for 2024-25.
"Happy to report that our students are taught by, 100% appropriately credentialed teachers," Mr. Patel said during the local-indicators briefing, which also reported 100% access to standards-aligned instructional materials and that facilities are rated overall in good repair. Staff noted UC A-G completion increased 2 percentage points and that the college-and-career indicator (CCI) rose about 6 points from the prior year.
Mr. Patel described the LCAP as the start of a three-year cycle with six goals: best-first instruction (driven by PLCs), targeted interventions for students needing extra support, teacher development and release time (TOSAs), improving learning environments and attendance, parent engagement and targeted school-improvement supports (CSI/ATSI). He said some COVID-relief-driven goals were sunset and their priorities folded into the new LCAP structure, and that staff planned school-level plans and SPSAs to implement local strategies.
Administrators emphasized mental-health supports and a trauma-informed counseling training (TIES) the district began last year and will continue, and detailed math-acceleration and dual-credit expansion to improve pathways to college and career readiness.
Board members asked clarifying questions about how dual-credit and early-college participation affect CCI and why one middle-school climate measure dropped; staff explained that dual-credit coursework can immediately qualify a student for CCI and that middle-school responses may reflect adolescents' reluctance to engage with adults on sensitive questions.
What happens next: staff will finalize school-level plans, submit the LCAP template to the county, and post the documents and the CDE annual report for Prop 28 compliance later in the calendar year.
