Solana Beach School District

The Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) for Solana Beach School District aims to guide the district's long-term direction, focusing on student academic achievement and well-being. Key priorities include ensuring all students demonstrate growth towards meeting or exceeding grade-level standards, maintaining high levels of academic achievement, and fostering a positive, safe, and inclusive school environment where students feel connected, engaged, and supported physically, socially, and emotionally. The plan emphasizes continuous progressive curriculum, evidence-based practices, and strong engagement with educational partners to achieve its mission of 'Where learners find their voice, share their gifts, and advance the world.'

This document outlines the Solana Beach School District's Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) for the 2026-27 school year. It details the planned use of state and federal funds, specifically Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) allocations, to serve all students. A key focus is on increasing and improving services for high-needs students (foster youth, English learners, and low-income students), including a comparison of budgeted versus actual spending for these services from the previous year. The plan emphasizes transparency in fund allocation and accountability for student outcomes.

This Long Range Facilities Master Plan for the Solana Beach School District provides a strategic roadmap for the next 5-10 years. It focuses on understanding and optimizing the conditions and potential of District facility assets, planning for continued maintenance, and ensuring the highest and best use of each site. Key objectives include engaging staff and community in discussions about facility needs, surveying and analyzing campus sites for capacity, establishing basic maintenance systems, identifying sustainability opportunities, evaluating the need for a central preparation kitchen and School 8, and developing an interactive, collaborative planning process. The plan is designed to facilitate strategic planning of resources and funds, guided by principles for educational environments.

The Board meeting focused on recognizing district personnel. Key agenda items included the formal welcoming of new certificated staff members who joined the district within the past year and the recognition of certificated staff members who successfully achieved permanent status.

The board meeting addressed long-term student housing decisions and transportation planning. Key discussion topics included the recommendation to utilize existing facilities for student housing to avoid the high costs and operational expenditures of building a new school, as well as land acquisition financial summaries, site appraisal values, and associated legal penalties. Additionally, the board discussed the potential implementation of student transportation services using buses or vans, with a recommendation to initiate such services starting in the 2020-21 school year.