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Oak Grove reviews 2024 California Dashboard: mixed academic results, improvements in attendance and suspensions
Summary
District staff presented 2023–24 California Dashboard results showing subgroup gains in chronic absenteeism and suspension reductions, Christopher Elementary exiting CSI, and continued work to support long-term English learners and students with disabilities.
Oak Grove School District presented its 2024 California Dashboard results at the Jan. 16 board meeting, with staff outlining state indicators, subgroup outcomes and the district’s next steps to support students in lower-performing categories.
Assistant Superintendent Anna introduced the dashboard framework and said the state indicators reported for the 2023–24 school year include academic performance (ELA and math), English learner progress, chronic absenteeism and suspension. Doctor Patricia Mondragon Dotti, director of curriculum, instruction and assessment, highlighted subgroup results: several traditionally underserved groups remain in orange or red bands for academic measures, but there were notable gains in some engagement metrics. The district reported a two-level improvement for its homeless student group on ELA and a one-level improvement for math for that subgroup, and other reductions in chronic absenteeism for foster youth.
Doctor Jeanvieve Dorsey, director of student family and community services, presented engagement and climate indicators. She said chronic absenteeism decreased nearly 5 percentage points districtwide, noting substantial declines for Native American/Indigenous students (from a small base), foster youth and students experiencing homelessness. Suspension rates improved, moving the district from an orange to a yellow rating overall; Dorsey said suspension for the district was 2.7% in 2024 and several subgroups showed improved suspension outcomes.
Staff pointed to supports underway for students in red bands: a new math curriculum with embedded language supports, English learner coaches and expanded multi-tiered interventions; restorative-practices training for teachers and administrators was cited as a lever to reduce suspensions. Staff also noted that Christopher Elementary successfully exited Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) after moving multiple indicators from red to green.
No formal board action was required; trustees praised the improvements and requested a midyear LCAP update focused on supports and specific metrics for students in red and orange bands.
