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Piedmont Unified presents midyear LCAP update, highlights student-wellbeing metrics and curriculum pilots
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Ariel Dolowich delivered the district's midyear LCAP update, reviewing four LCAP goals, California Healthy Kids survey results on school connectedness and safety, and plans to pilot two elementary ELA curricula with 20 teachers beginning in March.
Assistant Superintendent Ariel Dolowich presented Piedmont Unified’s required midyear update to the Local Control and Accountability Plan, telling the board the review will go to the county in May and return for formal approval in June.
Dolowich outlined four district strategic priorities — environment to thrive, outstanding academics, partnering beyond the classroom and operational excellence — and said the midyear report pulls metrics and expenditures for progress monitoring. “This LCAP progress update has 3 outcomes,” Dolowich said, and went on to highlight school-culture measures and staff professional-development results.
Dolowich reviewed data drawn from the California Healthy Kids survey and other measures, noting generally high aggregate indicators for school connectedness and safety but flagging areas for administrator follow-up. He also described partnerships and district efforts — including a planned Mobile Museum of Tolerance visit the week of March 3–7 and outreach on dual-enrollment with Berkeley City College.
Board members asked clarifying questions about how the district will evaluate pilot curricula and how last year’s survey data compares to current responses. Dolowich said the district will use both narrative classroom evidence and a numerical scoring sheet tied to explicit "look fors" to compare the two ELA pilots before making a recommendation to the board in May.
