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Special‑education advisory highlights adaptive swings and LCAP lays out goals and spending to support unduplicated students
Summary
The district’s Community Advisory Committee (CAC) reviewed its year of work — including installation of 13 adaptive playground swings — and the district presented the 2026–27 LCAP and a new district goals scorecard detailing investments in MTSS, English learner supports and family engagement.
Poway Unified’s Special Education Community Advisory Committee presented its annual report on June 11, summarizing partnerships and year‑long priorities that feed into the district’s Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP). CAC presenters highlighted outreach through newsletters, a Special Education Excellence Awards program, and a joint advocacy trip to Sacramento that included meetings with state lawmakers and advocates.
CAC leaders told the board one tangible outcome has been enhanced playground accessibility: with a grant from the Poway Community Foundation the district installed 13 adaptive swings at elementary sites to support students with disabilities. The committee’s recommendations were organized around four pillars — engagement, equity, inclusion and belonging — and included requests for improved communications and expanded parent education and peer‑support models.
Later in the meeting executive director Julie Goldberg presented the 2026–27 LCAP first reading. Goldberg described how the plan braids about $15 million in LCFF supplemental funding into approximately $32 million in LCAP‑listed expenditures (including learning recovery grants and CTE funds) to show how those resources support actions for unduplicated students — an estimated 6,300 pupils, roughly 18% of the district. LCAP goals are organized around safe and inclusive learning environments, improving instruction and strengthening family and community partnerships; staff described strategies for MTSS, targeted supports for English learners, and expanded CTE pathways.
Superintendent and cabinet presenters also debuted a new public district goals scorecard that will provide an online, interactive way to track implementation progress and success indicators tied to district goals. Staff said many outcome measures (CAASPP, graduation rates) are pending state releases and will appear in the fall update, and they committed to quarterly and midyear updates to show progress and anecdotes from the field.
Trustees asked about targeted actions for schools with red dashboard indicators, how cohort‑level trends were being analyzed and how the district was supporting families who historically have lower participation in advisory bodies. Staff described ongoing site partnerships, targeted family engagement work (including Meadowbrook Middle School pilots), and plans to meet with principals to align site goals with district priorities.
