Board reviews LCAP midyear report and hears proposal to switch student devices to iPads

District staff presented the LCAP midyear summary and answered trustees’ questions about metrics, expenditures and the proposed switch from Chromebooks to iPads as the district’s 1:1 device.

Dr. Fryho said the district’s total LCFF budget is about $145,000,000, an increase of roughly $3,000,000 tied to parent data confirmation work; the supplemental concentration grant was cited at about $36,000,000. Staff reported increases in math and science scores, a roughly 4‑point rise in A–G completion (to about 38%), and a small decline in graduation rate as standards were raised. On the device proposal, Matt Stockton summarized the pilot and said: “So we're looking at about 1,300,000 for a year supply of iPads... So we're looking at about 1000000 dollars per year in savings.” Trustees raised questions about the length of the pilot (staff said one year), device lifecycle (four years), and how midyear expenditures that exceeded budgets are to be managed; staff said many overages are timing/salary‑driven and can be handled by transfers within LCAP, with rare requests to general fund if needed.

Trustees also queried a drop in dual‑enrollment figures; Dr. Krista Herrera noted a change in CALPADS coding is likely affecting counts and staff are investigating. On mental‑health spending, staff noted a line item budget near $97,000 with midyear spending of about $1,425 and said hiring or planned purchases could account for the difference and that they would provide more detail by the end of the week.