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District details community-school grant sites and local indicators ratings
Summary
Directors and principals reported progress on a five-year community schools implementation grant and site-level local indicators; the district named participating schools, described advisory committees and early services, and outlined outreach plans to increase parent participation.
District leaders used the June 25 meeting to report two linked items: progress under a five-year community-schools implementation grant and site-level local indicators that feed the LCAP process.
Community schools: Debbie Tate, director of community schools, said the district received a five-year implementation grant and named the participating sites (Kelso, Bennett Q, Inglewood Continuation, La Tierra, Oak Street, Centinela and Woodworth Monroe). She described district-level and site-level governance structures created for the grant: a district steering committee, community school site staff and a site advisory committee at each school to oversee implementation. Tate said the program seeks to integrate academics with health, social-emotional services and community engagement; early activities include monthly training through the Los Angeles County Office of Education, site needs assessments and creation of "community school closets" with clothing and perishable goods for families.
Local indicators and site reports: Dr. Danielle Goolsbee explained the local indicators process (self-assessment tools, local surveys and local student data) and how it contributes to LCAP reporting. Site leaders from La Tierra (Principal Robbie Tate) and City Honors (Principal Dr. Saba Raya) presented their site ratings and examples of activities to address areas for growth: instructional coaching and curriculum adoption at La Tierra; increased CTE pathways, a cybersecurity pathway and family engagement strategies at City Honors. Principals described parent outreach tools (ParentSquare, school websites, QR-coded surveys) and plans such as "family data chats" and expanded counselor contacts.
Questions and next steps: Trustees asked practical questions about implementation challenges (e.g., ensuring consistent parent representation across school advisory groups and delivering PE/health standards at elementary sites). Directors and principals said early work focused on staffing, aligning partners, and building foundation services this first year, with outreach and programming scaling in year two.
Public relevance: the presentations emphasized increased access to wraparound services and parent engagement as central to raising attendance and academic outcomes, and staff said community outreach and advisory committees will be used to refine outreach and participation.
