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District lays out LCAP actions to boost instruction, inclusion and family communication
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Pamela Scott presented Jefferson’s 2024–27 LCAP, highlighting universal design for learning, new grading and ELD committees, expanded middle‑school supports and parent communication tools; the board held a public hearing and the plan is slated for board adoption June 25.
Assistant Superintendent Pamela Scott presented the Jefferson Elementary School District’s Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) for 2024–27, telling the governing board the three‑year plan is a “living document” updated annually to show how state and local funding supports student outcomes.
Scott said the plan centers on three overarching goals: maximize student academic and social‑emotional success through a multi‑tiered system of supports; raise proficiency in English language arts and math toward a 70% target by June 2027; and lift positive school‑climate indicators toward a 90% favorability target. She said actions in the plan include curriculum alignment under Universal Design for Learning principles, targeted middle‑school staffing to reduce class sizes, and contracting a provider to support teachers implementing the new math curriculum and small‑group interventions.
"Because the LCAP is meant to reflect the voices of our entire community, we engaged students, staff and families in this year's review process," Scott said, noting student advisory councils, staff focus groups and district‑wide family surveys informed specific actions such as 1.4 (curriculum and family‑facing materials), 1.10 (middle‑school staffing) and the new 1.11 instructional support provider.
Board members asked for more detail about the two new committees Scott described — a grading and homework committee and an English‑language development (ELD) committee. Scott said the grading committee will include representatives from every school site and focus on communicating student progress against grade‑level standards, and that the ELD committee will be led by Dita Ki and examine how to deliver designated ELD after elimination of some ELD positions that were funded temporarily by COVID relief.
The board opened a public hearing on the LCAP. Parent Mario Galves urged the district to ensure English‑learner classes are taught by qualified instructors. "It is very important that we have a qualified teacher, not someone that might be getting the job because he knows someone," Galves said, asking the board to retain credentialed EL staff to support immigrant children.
Scott closed by noting next steps: the district intends to bring the LCAP to the board for adoption on June 25 and submit it to the county office of education by June 30.
The presentation and the public hearing were informational; the record shows the district will finalize the LCAP after June 30 if state budget or stakeholder feedback requires adjustments.
