Orange Unified School District

This School Accountability Report (SARC) for Academia Running Springs provides comprehensive information regarding the school's performance and conditions during the 2024-2025 academic year. The report covers key areas such as conditions of learning (including teacher qualifications, instructional materials, and facility maintenance), student outcomes (detailed CAASPP results in ELA, Mathematics, and Science, alongside physical fitness data), and school environment (encompassing parental involvement initiatives, chronic absenteeism, suspension/expulsion data, and the school safety plan). As an International Baccalaureate World School, Academia Running Springs aims to deliver a rigorous education fostering academic achievement, inquiry-based continuous learning, and the development of globally conscious citizens, strongly supported by active parent and community engagement.

This School Accountability Report (SARC) for Crescent Elementary School details the school's conditions and performance for the 2024-2025 academic year, fulfilling state requirements. The school's mission, articulated for 2025-2026, is to foster a positive, engaging, and safe learning environment in collaboration with parents and the community, prioritizing student achievement, socio-emotional well-being, character development, and citizenship. Strategic focus areas for improvement include enhancing math and writing proficiency, reducing chronic absenteeism, strengthening the STEM program with a biomedical emphasis, utilizing data to inform instruction, implementing restorative practices, and integrating technology to prepare students for higher education, careers, and lifelong learning.

This Executive Summary provides a comparative analysis of perception data from the 2024-25 and 2025-26 LCAP Surveys for the Orange Unified School District. It identifies areas of growth, softening, and stable strengths across four key focus areas: Excellence in Academics and Leadership, Dedicated and Engaged Communication, Genuine Wellness and Safety, and Efficient Utilization of Fiscal Capital. The findings are intended to inform LCAP refinement, resource allocation, and continuous improvement, strengthening alignment with the District's Strategic Plan and advancing student outcomes.

The committee's purpose is to be introduced to topics impacting student learning in connection with technology and to advise on solutions supporting student ownership of learning, aligned with district strategic initiatives concerning STEAM education, professional learning, and innovative technology use. Discussions across multiple meetings covered the research process, including state and district guidelines for Media Literacy, Computer Science, and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Specific agenda items involved reviewing AI Literacy Frameworks, developing guidelines for responsible AI use by students and teachers, and exploring teacher professional development resources. The committee also examined various technology tools such as Gemini, NotebookLM, Adobe Express Firefly, Canva, and Snorkl, and planned for student pilots. A major recurring theme involved assessing the current state versus the desired state across Assessment, Instruction, Curriculum, and Academic Climate, with a shared goal of moving from compliance-driven activities to purposeful innovation, fostering student agency, and evolving educators' roles to facilitators.

The agenda for this meeting included opening procedures, a closed session covering employee discipline/dismissal, labor negotiations, and legal counsel consultation regarding anticipated litigation. The regular session commenced with the Pledge of Allegiance and reports from CSEA, OUEA, the Superintendent, the Board President, and student representatives. Key action items involved the approval of the second provisional financial report, second reading and approval of proposed revisions to Board policies and bylaws, and the annual report on the declaration of potential need for qualified educators. Consent items covered various areas, including Measure S projects (new administration building and parking at El Modena High), commercial services (amendment with Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo; bid awards for fire alarm improvements and gymnasium upgrades), Human Resources (Memoranda of Understanding with Concordia University Irvine, University of Southern California, and Grand Canyon University), Educational Services (2026 Summer Programs, text adoption review), and Student Support (agreements with private agencies). The meeting also included planning discussions for a new classroom/administration building at El Modena High School and first readings of proposed policy revisions.