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Parents and teachers urge San Luis Coastal USD to preserve counselors as LCAP midyear report highlights progress
Summary
At a Feb. 17 meeting, the district presented its midyear Local Control and Accountability Plan update showing progress on EL reclassification and A'G rates but residents and teachers urged the board to avoid cuts to counselors and intervention staff, citing student mental-health impacts.
District staff presented the midyear Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) report at the Feb. 17 board meeting, summarizing implementation status, expenditures and key metrics for this school year.
Staff said the LCAP contains 43 action items; four were complete and 38 are in progress. They highlighted gains including EL reclassification rising from 15% to 24%, A'G completion at the high school improving from 60% to 64%, and CTE pathway completion growing from 32% to 35%. Staff also identified ongoing challenges: chronic absenteeism, persistent achievement gaps for students furthest from justice, and a surprising dip in elementary students' perceptions of supportive relationships on the YouthTruth survey.
Public commenters focused on counseling and intervention positions that are proposed for reduction amid budget pressure. Anna Massey, a parent and fourth-grade teacher, told trustees that "when these cuts are gonna be made, you are breaking up this relationship" between counselors and vulnerable students. Katie Bravante, a music teacher, said counselors had intervened in mental-health crises and that eliminating positions would put unsustainable burdens on remaining staff and the most disadvantaged students.
Board members asked staff why some parent-engagement and equity-multiplier funds had low spending so far; staff explained that some purchases and POs (purchase orders) were in process, including a recently created PO for county mental-health services tied to a Pacific Beach equity allocation and plans to use a one-time federal learning-recovery block grant to support dual-enrollment counseling and substitute coverage for an elementary counselor on leave.
Trustees emphasized the district's commitment to implementing the LCAP despite budget reductions but acknowledged staffing may look different as the district implements cost-saving measures and one-time grants. Staff said they will continue to monitor metrics this spring and return data to the board as testing windows close.
