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Lancaster district highlights year of gains on state dashboard; suspensions fall and several schools 'skip' color bands

Lancaster School District Board of Trustees · January 21, 2026
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District officials told the board the California Dashboard showed no 'red' indicators this year, with suspension rates moving from red to yellow and several schools and student groups posting significant, multi-band improvements.

Melissa Blitt, the district's director of compliance and accountability, told the Lancaster School District Board the district's California Dashboard shows broad improvement and "no red" indicators for the first time in the district's reporting history. "This is your night. Parents, tonight is your night. Students, tonight is your night because we are celebrating the fact that significant improvement for the first time ever has happened for the Lancaster School District," Blitt said.

Blitt walked trustees through the dashboard's color-coded matrix for achievement and improvement and pointed to…

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