Eric Banducci

This document is a midyear update for the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) for LBUSD, detailing goals, actions, services, and expenditures for the 2025-26 academic year. The plan focuses on three primary goals: developing college and career readiness skills, fostering social-emotional competencies and self-identity, and ensuring safe, equitable, and inclusive schools. It aims to support positive student outcomes by addressing the needs of all students, particularly English learners, foster youth, and economically disadvantaged students, through multi-tiered systems of support, extended learning opportunities, mental health services, and robust parent engagement.

This Principal's Report outlines the strategic plan for Top of the World Elementary School, focusing on three key areas. It aims to develop college and career readiness skills through collaboration and critical thinking, foster social-emotional competencies and self-identity through student agency and positive relationships, and ensure safe, equitable, and inclusive schools through supportive environments and stakeholder engagement. The plan details specific actions for academic interventions, social-emotional learning, behavioral supports, and inclusion through art.

The content primarily consists of public comments submitted electronically for a Recognition Event and the Regular Board Meeting. Key discussion topics included concerns regarding the history of the sale of Aliso School and the ethical duty of new board members; commendations for staff and students being recognized; the proposed approval of Resolution No. 26-01 for International Holocaust Remembrance Day; an update on the intentional use of technology focusing on teacher-student interaction; and significant opposition to the First Reading of Board Bylaw 9322 concerning Agenda/Meeting Materials. Commenters strongly argued that granting the Board President final control over the agenda consolidates power, undermines the Superintendent's expertise, and reduces transparency. Additional comments called for returning public comments on non-agenda items to the beginning of the meeting, citing recent perceived attempts to silence community input.

This document provides an update on the intentional use of technology, outlining LBUSD's screen time guidelines for K-12 education. It classifies technology applications and different types of screen time, establishing proposed maximum daily classroom screen time limits for various grade spans (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12). The guidelines aim to enhance student learning, promote well-being, and support equity by balancing screen-based and non-screen-based activities, fostering healthy tech habits, and ensuring consistency across classrooms. Future steps include reviewing practices, providing professional development, collecting data, and collaborating with families.

This School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) outlines El Morro Elementary School's roadmap for enhancing student academic achievement and social-emotional strength. The plan focuses on increasing ELA and Math proficiency through a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) and Professional Learning Communities (PLC). It also prioritizes fostering a safe, equitable, and inclusive environment by decreasing bullying, improving social-emotional learning, and strengthening student and parent connectivity. The strategy emphasizes collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking to support all students in reaching their full potential.