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Board hears LCAP presentation; adoption scheduled for June 23 after public hearing with no comments
Summary
At a June 16 special meeting the Escondido Union High School District board received a staff presentation on the draft Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), heard that 20 in‑person engagements and 4,354 survey responses informed the draft, and opened a public hearing with no speakers; staff said the board will consider adoption June 23.
The Escondido Union High School District Board of Education received a staff presentation on the district’s draft Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) at its June 16 special meeting and opened a public hearing that attracted no public speakers. President Knight opened the hearing at 6:36 p.m. and staff told the board they intend to return the plan for adoption at the board’s June 23 meeting.
Dr. Casas, who led the LCAP overview, said the district pursued multiple engagement formats and posted a draft publicly in mid‑May; she told the board the process included four educational partner committee meetings, 20 in‑person engagements and 4,354 survey participants. “Since we’ve posted the LCAP publicly on our website, we, till this day, have 0 emails or feedback,” Dr. Casas said, noting the draft and a May 4 submission to the county office produced only minimal county feedback. The presentation referenced Education Code requirements governing the LCAP process.
Dr. Adriana Lehi Ramirez walked the board through the plan’s five goals — academic achievement; instruction and leadership; student supports; family engagement; and safe, respectful environments — and summarized the actions and services tied to each goal. Staff emphasized that most services were maintained, slightly reduced, or reallocated rather than eliminated. For example, presenters said Goal 1 programming (diagnostics, bilingual instructional assistance, ELD clusters and 1:1 laptops for incoming freshmen) is budgeted at about $7.7 million; Goal 3 student supports (including middle college, summer school and Cal‑SAFE) was presented at roughly $9.3 million.
The discussion included questions about a state dashboard indicator that moved the district’s English‑learner progress measure into the red. Board members asked what caused the change and how the district would respond; presenters said reclassification activity (initial reports show roughly an 8% reclassification rate versus a 4% target) and site‑level interventions — early notifications, targeted coaching and celebrations for students who redesignate — are part of the response.
No members of the public provided comments during the hearing, and President Knight told attendees the board will consider the LCAP for adoption next Tuesday along with the 2026–27 budget. The board took no formal action on the LCAP at the June 16 meeting.
