Richard Lopez

This ESSER III Expenditure Plan outlines how Merced River Union Elementary School District will utilize federal funds to address students' academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs, and close opportunity gaps exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Key strategies include ensuring continuous and safe in-person learning and addressing lost instructional time. Specific initiatives involve establishing a Student Support Center for tutoring, intervention, and mental health services, and increasing the number and hours of K-5 and English Learner paraprofessionals to accelerate student progress.

The Expanded Learning Opportunities Program Plan outlines the strategies and goals for providing expanded learning opportunities to students in the Merced River Union Elementary School District. The plan focuses on creating a safe and supportive environment, promoting active and engaged learning, building essential skills, fostering youth voice and leadership, encouraging healthy choices and behaviors, ensuring diversity, access, and equity, engaging quality staff, establishing clear vision, mission, and purpose, developing collaborative partnerships, implementing continuous quality improvement, and ensuring effective program management. The program aims to support students' academic, social, emotional, and physical needs through hands-on, engaging learning experiences that complement the regular school day.

The 2021-2024 Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) for Merced River Union Elementary School District focuses on several key goals. These include increasing academic achievement for all students, improving language proficiency for English Learners, and expanding support for the PBIS (STARS) program to create a safer and more positive environment. The plan outlines specific actions and services to address learning gaps, improve student-parent-school connectedness, and enhance overall student well-being.

The Merced River Union Elementary School District's plan focuses on providing access to Common Core curriculum, raising reading and math scores, and investing in technology and infrastructure. Key outcomes include maintaining safe facilities, ensuring access to programs for all students, and promoting parental involvement. The plan also addresses learning loss through targeted support and professional development, while emphasizing social-emotional learning and mental health.

The document provides a budget overview for Merced River Union Elementary School District for the school year 2021-22. It details the projected general fund revenue from various sources, including LCFF funds, other state funds, local funds, and federal funds. The overview also outlines budgeted expenditures, with a focus on actions and services in the LCAP and those specifically aimed at increasing or improving services for high needs students. Additionally, it includes an update on the actual expenditures for high needs students in the 2020-21 school year and explains any differences between budgeted and actual spending.