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Superintendent Jordan: Milpitas Unified posts 96.06% ADA and will not transfer building-fund dollars this year
Summary
Superintendent Jordan told the board that as of May 29 the district's year-to-date average daily attendance was 96.06% and described budget measures — including a retiree incentive accepted by 53 staff — that, combined with cost-management work, have eliminated a structural deficit and allowed the district to avoid transferring building-fund dollars for the first time in at least 15 years.
Superintendent Jordan told the Milpitas Unified School District board that as of May 29 the district’s year-to-date average daily attendance (ADA) was 96.06 percent, short of the district’s 97 percent pre-pandemic goal. “The purpose of our attendance drive is because we know that being at school is the number one first step to having success in school,” she said.
Jordan said the district has essentially finished the year and that the current ADA figure is close to the final total. She highlighted a notable budget change: for the first time in at least 15 years the district is not planning to transfer funds from the building fund to cover operations, a shift she credited to a cost-management collaborative and to a voluntary retiree incentive that 53 employees accepted. “As long as we adhere to that for this coming year and the year after, we can continue to say we no longer have a structural deficit,” she said.
Jordan asked the board and staff to remain disciplined on hiring. She said vacancies will be analyzed to determine whether positions are needed, can be redesigned or can remain unfilled, and that any new positions — she cited an upcoming tech manager position on the agenda — must be funded by identified reductions or new revenue so the district preserves its budget posture.
She also recognized the year’s graduates and promoted students, saying district high-school programs produced more than 800 graduating seniors who collectively brought in nearly $1 million in scholarships and that 739 eighth graders from Russell and Rancho middle schools will move into the district’s high-school programs next year.
Jordan previewed a 2026–2036 educational roadmap the district developed over two years with input from community groups, family and parent groups, staff leaders, student leaders and an LCAP thought-exchange with over 4,000 contributors. She said the roadmap will be brought to the board later under action items and that staff will visit schools and offices in the fall to align school plans to the roadmap.
The superintendent closed her report by noting recent advocacy in Sacramento on a proposed educational endowment and by asking staff to cue a related video; the board then heard an outside speaker who described the endowment concept in more detail.
The board took no vote on the items reported by Jordan during the superintendent’s report; the roadmap is listed later on the agenda for formal consideration.
