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District presents midyear LCAP showing gradual gains in English learners and declines in suspensions and chronic absenteeism
Summary
At its Feb. 11 meeting Los Banos Unified trustees received a midyear LCAP update showing modest gains for English learners, improvements in kindergarten–grade SEL measures, a 96.7% graduation rate and targets for additional supports; trustees asked for more parent survey outreach.
Los Banos Unified School District officials on Feb. 11 told the school board the district is making incremental academic and social-emotional progress while continuing to target groups that lag state averages.
Doctor Sutton, who presented the district's midyear Local Control and Accountability Plan review, said the district's three-year target includes raising English learner (EL) proficiency from 52.3% to 60%. Sutton reported small year-over-year gains for EL students: a 2.53% increase in English fluency proficiency and gains on state-aligned ELA and math measures.
"Our EL students actually increased their English fluency proficiency by 2.53%," Sutton said, adding that the district has closed some of the distance to the state average on ELA and math.
Sutton emphasized progress across several LCAP goal areas: chronic absenteeism fell nearly 2 percentage points to 22.5% districtwide, the district lowered reported rates of chronic sadness and hopelessness from about 50% to roughly 29–30% on the California Healthy Kids Survey, and reading gains at early grades were notable after LETRS training for teachers.
"From fall to winter, NWEA reading growth at second grade was exploding," Sutton said, referencing data showing strong movement of students into higher performance bands.
The presentation also highlighted a 96.7% graduation rate for the district, A-G readiness increases, and expansion of career and technical education (CTE) participation; Sutton noted 310 students completed a CTE program in the previous year. He said Crossroads independent-study programming has been aligned to a-g requirements through the Apex platform to preserve college-readiness options for students who use that setting.
Trustees pressed on family engagement. One board member noted the LCAP parent survey returned only about 155 responses and urged more outreach. Sutton said the district had strong student participation (more than 2,000 responses) and will re-open the parent survey and use community school events to increase response rates.
Sutton described interventions and supports tied to the LCAP goals: counselors at every site, mental-health clinicians under contract with Sierra Vista, MTSS and PBIS implementation, restorative practices, expansion of summer learning, and plans for a dual-language immersion academy at fourth grade.
"We have counselors at every site and mental health clinicians through Sierra Vista," Sutton said. "These supports are showing dividends in suspensions and student well-being."
Why it matters: The LCAP frames the district's use of state supplemental funds and sets three-year goals; trustees said they want stronger parent participation to ensure the metrics reflect broader community priorities. The board received the midyear report and asked staff to provide the full presentation and follow up on outreach plans for the parent survey.
What's next: Staff said they will circulate the full LCAP presentation to trustees and will return to the board with additional outreach plans and updated metrics at future meetings.
