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Rialto Unified presents LCAP midyear update as suspension and graduation metrics shift
Summary
Senior Director Kevin Hodgson told the board the district—s LCAP midyear shows fiscal and metric progress — a midyear LCAP total near $348 million, lowered suspension rates and a graduation rate approaching targets — while board members pressed for clarifications on anomalous school-level data.
Kevin Hodgson, the district—s Senior Director of Special Programs, told the Rialto Unified School District Board of Education on Feb. 25 that the LCAP (Local Control Accountability Plan) midyear update shows the district is largely on track but still monitoring a few areas.
"The LCAP is a three‑year plan where we take the community's input ... and make decisions on how we want to spend a pretty good portion of our money," Hodgson said during the presentation. He said the district is in year two of the plan and described the LCAP—s four goal areas: student achievement, conditions for learning, student engagement, and school‑level goals required by the state.
Hodgson highlighted metric improvements in several areas. He said the district—s suspension rate dropped from about 6.1% two years ago to roughly 3.5% at midyear, compared with a three‑year target of about 2.1%. He also said the district—s graduation rate sits near 91% and that some midyear indicators register at or above the three‑year target. On the budget side, Hodgson said the LCAP—s adopted total was about $345 million and the midyear update showed roughly $348 million within the LCAP accounting lines, with the LCFF base and supplemental concentrations composing the bulk of that amount.
Board members pressed Hodgson on a handful of apparent anomalies in school‑level data. A board member asked about a figure listed as 14.9% for suspensions at one elementary site; Hodgson said he would investigate the specific page in the packet and provide clarifying detail before members left. He also noted that some schools do not appear on particular LCAP tables because state thresholds or designations determine which school‑level metrics are reported at midyear.
Hodgson described the district—s approach to action implementation levels (the state—s tracking of whether actions are "ongoing," "partially implemented," or planned), saying the county recommended using "ongoing" to reflect that many actions are on track midyear. He identified three actions that remain partially implemented and noted that two of those are covered by an equity multiplier so unspent funds would carry forward.
Hodgson closed by walking through the LCAP public timeline: community meetings on March 16 and April 27, a joint education partners meeting on May 22, issuance of a draft LCAP by June 5, and a board public hearing and adoption in June. He said staff will provide additional local indicator reports in June and the district will convene school‑level and community writing groups in March–May for the next three‑year cycle.
The board did not take an immediate action on the LCAP at the meeting; Hodgson said staff will follow up with the requested clarifications and additional school‑level explanations before the next meetings.
