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Board approves school accountability report cards after data-template questions
Summary
Board approved item 4.1, the SARC (School Accountability Report Card) package for MCOE schools after staff explained the state-prepopulated template, teacher credentialing figures, and cohort-year limitations for alternative education schools.
The Mendocino County Office of Education board voted to approve the school accountability report cards (SARCs) after staff walked members through what the template contains and why some fields appear misleading for alternative education settings.
Chris Francis, identified in the meeting as a principal, explained that the SARC is a statutory document populated to Education Code requirements and that much of the content is pre-filled from state databases. He told the board the SARC presents demographic data, staffing counts and credentialing status, and that district-level figures can look misleading for small alternative education programs because of low absolute counts and shared staff assignments.
Board members pressed staff on several items: an incorrect Ukiah ZIP code on one page, the interpretation of "district number" and "district percent" for credentialing, and graduation-cohort reporting that uses a three-year cohort metric the speaker said is not well suited to alternative and juvenile court community schools. "Because we don't really have kids for 3 years... our graduation rate fluctuates dramatically depending on the year," Chris said when describing cohort-effects.
Marilyn moved to approve item 4.1 and the motion passed with the board voting in favor. Staff noted that a more detailed LCAP review will be scheduled for the next month to provide local context and additional metrics that SARCs do not convey.
