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Board holds LCAP public hearing as trustees press on class-size and assessment concerns
Summary
At a public hearing on the 2024–25 Local Control Accountability Plan, staff outlined extensive stakeholder input and targeted secondary interventions; trustees raised repeated concerns about large secondary classes, testing frequency, and low math proficiency (citing 22% proficiency among 11th graders).
The Carlsbad Unified School District held a public hearing on the 2024–25 Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), during which staff summarized extensive stakeholder consultation and trustees challenged whether the draft sufficiently responded to calls for smaller secondary class sizes.
Dr NY and staff told the board the draft LCAP was shaped by consultation groups, the annual survey and a ‘‘thought exchange,’’ and that the complete draft was posted May 17 for public review. The county office of education reviewed the plan and suggested only minor language changes to be incorporated before final adoption scheduled for June 26.
Trustees pressed staff on whether stakeholder requests — notably smaller secondary class sizes — must be incorporated. Staff responded that the plan includes investments in targeted secondary interventions (additional intervention sections, AVID and ELD sections) and a one-year pilot for principals to balance master schedules and reduce ‘hotspots’ of large classes.
Trustee Ward said the draft did not feel sufficiently responsive to community feedback on reducing secondary class sizes and flagged concerning assessment results in the winter STAR testing report, noting, "only 22% of our Carlsbad High School 11th graders [are] proficient in math." Another trustee said they were likely to vote no at adoption because of testing frequency and lack of responsiveness in the current plan.
Why it matters: the LCAP guides how district supplemental funds and priorities are directed toward student outcomes; trustees’ reservations could alter final allocations ahead of the June 26 adoption.
Next steps: staff will incorporate minor county-suggested language changes, consider comments from tonight’s hearing, and bring the refined LCAP back for board adoption on June 26; trustees signaled continuing scrutiny of class-size and assessment strategies.
