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Carlsbad trustees adopt 2025-26 goals and multiple resolutions after debate over cohort targets
Summary
Trustees approved the district—s proposed 2025-26 goals and success indicators and adopted several resolutions on employee appreciation and facility funding authority; trustees debated whether to restore a prior success indicator focused on the lowest-performing band and whether to include 11th grade cohort measures.
The Carlsbad Unified School District Board of Trustees approved an updated set of proposed goals and success indicators for 2025-26 and adopted several resolution items during its April 23 meeting. The board—s action included adopting employee-recognition resolutions and facility-funding authorizations and a substantive discussion about the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) performance measures.
During item 7.4, staff presented proposed 2025-26 goals and success indicators and explained how the measures would be used to align actions and services in the LCAP. Dr. Nye described the intent of the indicators and clarified technical language on cohort and percentage-point targets: "We—talk about increasing by three percentage points the percent of students moving one performance span or maintaining proficiency," he said, and staff explained how cohort tracking would capture band-to-band movement over time.
Trustees debated whether to restore a prior success indicator (previously labeled 1.4) that focused specifically on the share of students in the "standard not met" band. Some trustees argued that the lowest-performing band provides essential diagnostic information; others said that related statewide measures (success indicator 1.3 as presented) already capture performance shifts and that adding indicators could proliferate measures staff must track. That discussion included a proposal to add 11th grade cohort data back into the measures; trustees noted practical complications for cohort tracking across different high schools but agreed the information is valuable.
The board approved the updated goals and success indicators by roll-call vote; the motion passed with a majority (vote recorded as four to one or a four-to-one objection on specific proposed wording during discussion), and staff noted the indicators would be refined further in May and June as part of the LCAP drafting process. Trustees asked staff to include subgroup monitoring (socioeconomically disadvantaged students, special education and multilingual learners) in front-facing materials to ensure those groups receive attention under the new goals.
Trustees also adopted two employee-appreciation resolutions: Resolution 26-2425 (designating May 14, 2025 as Day of the Teacher) and Resolution 27-2425 (designating May 18-24, 2025 as Classified School Employee Week); both were read aloud and adopted 5-0. On facilities and capital funding, trustees approved a resolution acknowledging that remaining state bond authority has been exhausted and authorizing continued application beyond bond authority (Resolution 28-2425) and designated the superintendent as a signatory representative for state allocation matters (Resolution 29-2425); those motions also passed by unanimous vote.
Dr. Nye and staff told trustees that finalized goal language and measurable targets will be returned in May as part of the next LCAP draft and that implementing specifics (including cost estimates and whether some nutrition-service changes would come from self-sustaining funds) would be clarified as staff develops actions and services tied to the goals. The board scheduled continued review of LCAP drafts and indicated any adjustments to success indicators would be resolved in subsequent public meetings.
