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Board approves three‑year ELOP plan; trustees press staff on funding and staffing limits
Summary
Trustees approved a 2025–28 Expanded Learning Opportunities Program plan and summer school design (summer capacity 420; school‑year capacity 500) that prioritizes unduplicated students and uses phased registration; trustees pressed staff about a $200,000 funding decline and staffing constraints.
Assistant Superintendent Sharp presented the district’s three‑year Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP) plan and a phased enrollment approach intended to prioritize unduplicated students (English learners, low‑income, foster and homeless youth). Sharp said the district’s ELOP funding for 2024–25 was about $1.3 million and declined by roughly $200,000 from the prior year; the proposed summer capacity target is 420 students and the school‑year program capacity is 500.
Sharp explained a three‑phase registration: phase 1 — unduplicated students and siblings; phase 2 — low‑performing students and siblings; phase 3 — general student lottery with four rounds. On lottery mechanics, Dr. Faubert said the district uses a Google random number generator to assign random numbers for fair selection. Trustees asked whether the district is required to serve every unduplicated student (staff said no; the district runs the program sized to available funding and staffing). Sharp noted staffing and recruitment challenges for aide positions and emphasized a priority to keep the program public rather than shifting toward privatized, fee‑based models.
