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El Segundo superintendent reports first‑year gains in college readiness, career pathways and school safety
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Johnson told trustees July 14 that year‑one progress toward the district’s three‑year goals includes an 88% college‑readiness rate, a jump in CTE completions to 283 students and new safety and sustainability measures; board members asked for staff retention data and confirmed quarterly tracking plans.
At the July 14 meeting of the El Segundo Unified School District Board of Trustees, Superintendent Dr. Johnson presented the district’s year‑one end report on its three‑year strategic goals and told trustees the district is on track in most areas while identifying places that need continued work.
Dr. Johnson highlighted academic and career metrics as key gains: “This year, we’ve achieved 88% college readiness,” he said, noting that figure reflects UC/CSU eligibility and is up roughly 10 percentage points from 2023–24. He also said career and technical education participation increased sharply: “This year, we had over 283 students who completed the 50 hours required for CTE completion,” up from about 50 in the first year of the pathway.
The superintendent also pointed to extracurricular and student‑experience measures. Athletic experience surveys showed 90% of participating students reported a positive athletic experience. On school climate, Dr. Johnson said 57% of parents reported campuses feel supportive or inviting; students reporting they feel connected to adults at school rose to 54% (a 1% increase over the prior year), which the superintendent said “is important and gives us a baseline to explore further.”
Dr. Johnson described operational and facilities work tied to the goals. He told trustees the district has reduced the average work‑order turnaround to about one week, that 70% of facilities met a newly established district cleanliness standard in May inspections, and that the district completed a sustainability audit in partnership with Verigee to identify energy‑saving and footprint‑reduction opportunities that will inform the facilities master plan.
The superintendent also described safety measures, including the district’s rollout of developmentally appropriate run‑hide‑fight drills and a new badge system to control campus access. “It’s not just procedures,” he said. “Safety for your child is also a feeling.”
Board members pressed for personnel data when Dr. Johnson discussed staff retention. One trustee asked whether the district conducts exit interviews. Miss Veal confirmed the district uses exit surveys and offers in‑person interviews, and Dr. Johnson said the district tracks departure reasons and can provide a board update with that report.
Dr. Johnson said the district uses an objectives‑and‑key‑results system with quarterly benchmarks so the board can see progress between annual reports. He said the leadership team will bring a key‑results summary (sometimes characterized as a strategic plan) to the August meeting and that a workshop kickoff will follow to calibrate quarter‑one steps for year two of the goals.
The board thanked staff for the work and had no objection to the planned next steps; trustees did not take formal action on the presentation beyond requesting the follow‑up report.
