Carlos Arredondo

This School Plan for Student Achievement outlines site-specific actions and expenditures aligned with the goals of Fresno Unified, aiming to improve student outcomes and overall performance. The plan focuses on five key areas: enhancing student academic performance, expanding student-centered and real-world learning experiences, increasing student engagement within the school and community, improving staff recruitment and retention to reflect community diversity, and providing more inclusive opportunities for families to participate in their students' education.

This School Plan for Student Achievement details the actions and expenditures for Robinson Elementary, aligning with the Fresno Unified School District's objectives. The plan is structured around five strategic goals: improving student academic performance to challenging levels; expanding student-centered and real-world learning experiences; increasing student engagement within the school and community; enhancing the recruitment and retention of diverse staff; and fostering greater inclusive opportunities for families to engage in their students' education. The overall purpose is to support student outcomes and performance through measurable, actionable objectives and monitoring metrics.

The meeting agenda included several key items related to English Learners (EL) services. Discussion topics covered EL student data, the Annual Report, reporting on ELPAC assessment results, procedures for Reclassification and Data, and a report on Attendance Matters. There were also presentations regarding Career Technical Education (CTE) and options for School Choice within the District, including Magnet Schools and Dual Language Immersion Programs. Furthermore, candidate statements were presented for the DELAC Secretary and DELAC Sergeant-at-Arms positions.

The agenda included several closed session items concerning student expulsions, labor negotiations with various employee organizations, discipline/release of public employees, employee appointments, and pending/threatened litigation, including a potential case involving a Board Member and a student. Regular session items involved reports from student representatives and the Superintendent. The consent agenda covered routine business such as approving personnel lists, adopting findings from administrative panels regarding expulsions, adopting a resolution on healthy air standards, approving resolutions authorizing district signatories for business transactions, terminating a contract with Conterra Wireless Broadband, LLC, approving an amendment to the Independent Contractor Services Agreement with Goodfellow Occupational Therapy, awarding bids for plumbing supplies (Bid 19-01) and exterior lighting installation (Bid 19-13), awarding a bid for video security system installation (Bid 19-18 Phase 2B), approving a revised job description for the Nutrition Services Manager, ratifying agreements with the State Center Community College District for adult education consortium staff reimbursement, ratifying an MOU for the Adult Education Program allocation, ratifying a Change Order for the Adult Transition Program (ATP) Modernization Project, ratifying Notices of Completion for the ATP Modernization Project and Kings Canyon High School Baseball and Softball Field Improvements, and ratifying purchase orders for November 2018. Discussion items included an update on the Master Plan for English Learner Student Success, discussion and approval of an agreement amendment with PresenceLearning, Inc. for speech/language services, public discussion of the Fresno Teachers Association's initial proposal for the 2019-2022 Successor Agreement, public discussion and adoption of the District's initial proposal for the same agreement, and discussion on the 2019/20 Strategic Budget Development. The Board also addressed the appointment of a Board Member to the Dailey Charter School Board.

The primary discussion points for this meeting included a welcome and special address from the DELAC President and the Executive Director of English Learner Services. Key updates from English Learner Services covered progress data for English learners, testing windows for reclassification, and integrated and designated English Language Development (ELD). The agenda also featured elections for the DELAC President and Vice President, whose current terms expire in February 2026, and nominations for the DELAC Honor and Justice Committee, with terms expiring in May 2026. The session concluded with an open forum.