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Superintendent proposes trustee learning hubs on achievement, finance and engagement; trustees pick initial groups
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Manares proposed three superintendent-led "learning hubs" to deepen trustees' domain knowledge on career readiness, finance/facilities and engagement/wellness; trustees signed up for initial memberships so smaller study groups can inform future policy revisions.
The Orange Unified superintendent asked trustees on March 12 to join new superintendent-led "learning hubs," small study groups intended to give board members a deeper, ongoing look at district priorities before any policy actions are drafted.
Dr. Manares described three hubs: an achievement hub focused on career readiness and aligning college/CTE/dual enrollment pathways; a finance and facilities hub to refine a student-need budgeting model and reserve policy implementation; and an engagement and wellness hub focused on two-way communication and student, staff and family supports.
The format: hubs will be superintendent-led, draw in staff and occasionally teachers, parents or students depending on topic, and will meet about six to eight weeks on a pilot basis. Dr. Manares emphasized the meetings are learning sessions, not decision-making bodies, and outputs could include draft policy recommendations that will still be reviewed by the full board in public sessions.
Trustees selected their initial participation at the meeting: Achievement hub (Trustees Thomas, Glass); Finance and Facilities (Trustees Bain, P); Engagement and Wellness (Trustees Martinez Goodlander, Yamasaki). Dr. Manares said members can rotate year to year and that the hub work will feed back to the full board.
Board members expressed support for the concept and noted they appreciated the chance to dig deeper into a single topic area and then bring that expertise back to full-board deliberations.
Next steps: the superintendent's office will design the hub schedules and invite appropriate staff and community participants; boards will receive periodic updates and any recommended policy changes will follow standard board processes.
