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Student leaders and Monarch Grove principal highlight student activities, wellness and Measure C progress
Summary
High school student representatives from Morro Bay and St. Louis Bispo and Monarch Grove Elementary—presenters briefed the San Luis Coastal Unified board on recent student achievements, wellness programming and Measure C construction updates, praising higher participation in extracurriculars and early site improvements.
Asa Vidat, senior class president at Morro Bay High School, told the San Luis Coastal Unified School District Board on Sept. 16 that students are taking advantage of hands-on learning and a busy extracurricular calendar. "Our biology class got a great chance to head on down to our harbor," Vidat said, describing fieldwork under the harbor docks and other experiential lessons.
Zoe Fuji, ASB president at St. Louis Bispo High School, gave an athletics-and-arts update, noting tournament wins for volleyball and cross-country and a busy arts season that included a large 24-hour musical cast and an upcoming production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
At Monarch Grove Elementary, Principal Clark Gusen and fifth grader Sierra Darnton described progress in academic and social-emotional areas. Gusen said state assessments showed roughly 70% proficiency in ELA and math and about 50% in science and explained the school—s layered supports, including a multi-tiered support system, small-group interventions and a Second Step social-emotional curriculum used each Friday. He also reviewed Measure C site work and classroom moves tied to the bond program.
Board members asked clarifying questions about restorative and behavior systems and how summer and in-school supports connect to instruction. Monarch Grove presenters underscored family and PTA contributions to new programs such as expanded music, ceramics and garden projects that supplement classroom work.
The board received the updates without formal action and thanked the student presenters for attending the meeting.
