Roxanna Papez Fry

The 2024-25 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) focuses on ensuring all students graduate career and/or college ready. Key strategies include maintaining highly qualified teachers, providing necessary resources, and supporting specific student groups such as EL, FY, LI, Native American, and students with exceptional needs. The plan also aims to improve outcomes for EL students through targeted professional development and instructional technology, as well as reduce suspensions in alternative education schools.

The plan outlines the Fall River Joint Unified School District's strategy for using federal funds to enhance local priorities, particularly striving for 100% college and career readiness among graduates. It details the use of Title I and Title II funds for literacy programs, transportation, assessments, classroom supplies, and foster youth training. The plan also emphasizes aligning federal funds with state and local funds to support reading intervention programs and English Learner support. It addresses various ESSA provisions, including monitoring student progress, reducing overuse of discipline, and career technical education.

This document is a budget overview for parents in the Fall River Joint Unified School District for the 2024-25 school year. It details the district's revenue from various sources, including LCFF, state, local, and federal funds. It explains how LCFF funds are used, particularly those allocated for high-needs students (foster youth, English learners, and low-income students). The overview also includes a comparison of budgeted versus actual spending on services for high-needs students in the 2023-24 school year.

The Fall River Joint Unified School District's Master Plan for English Learners (2011-2013) focuses on helping English learners acquire English proficiency, meet state academic standards, and foster cross-cultural understanding. The plan details procedures for student identification, assessment (using the CELDT), and program placement. It emphasizes parental involvement through ELAC and DELAC committees, outlines funding allocation and accountability measures, and addresses staff training and professional development. The plan aims to ensure equitable access to core curriculum content through SDAIE instruction and monitor the progress of reclassified students for two years. The plan also includes procedures for reclassification of English Learners and monitoring of reclassified students.

The special meeting's agenda includes the approval of the disposal of electronic equipment, consideration of a Prop 28 expenditure plan for art and music programs totaling $181,522.00, and closed session discussions on personnel and negotiations.