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Trustees pull Junior Achievement agreement, seek clarity on access and training for financial‑literacy pilot
Summary
Board members questioned a Junior Achievement MOU after staff said the program will target 11th–12th graders via government/economics courses and expand to sites with schedule constraints; one trustee objected to limiting access and asked that financial literacy be made available districtwide.
Trustee Huerta asked trustees to pull a consent item (the Junior Achievement financial‑literacy opportunity) and detailed concerns that the program—as proposed in staff responses—might not be offered equally across sites and could be restricted to ELD or certain classes at some schools. "If you're going to address financial literacy ... we should be meeting with all the teachers and the PLCs and department chairs ahead of time," the trustee said, arguing for a districtwide adoption strategy rather than piecemeal piloting.
Student‑services and curriculum staff responded that Junior Achievement is designed for 11th–12th grade government and economics classes, that outreach will be districtwide, and that some sites lacking instructional time will offer alternative arrangements. Staff said teacher orientations occurred in early February and that teachers would be compensated through extra‑work assignments for orientation time.
Trustees requested clearer documentation about which sites will offer the program, how students will enroll if there is a cap (staff mentioned a cap of about 125 students), and how the pilot aligns with a pending state financial‑literacy framework. Staff said a teacher working group is studying options and that the district will pursue a formal adoption process when the state requires it.
