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Lancaster School District board approves business items and administrator appointments 57:38

  • The board heard presentations from the District English Learner Advisory Committee and on the early learning program's state preschool self-evaluation. 34:38
  • Speakers at public comment raised concerns about parent notification after a May 8th shooting at Sierra Elementary and about the use of mandated reporting. 1:11:06

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Item by item (12)
  1. Opening and pledge 23:43
    • A speaker said no action was taken in closed session, and the meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. 23:43
  2. Knowledge bowl recognition 23:59
    • District staff recognized schools and winning teams from the district's first Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Knowledge Bowl. 25:06
    • A staff member said 10 schools in grades 4 through 8 participated this school year. 27:18
    • A staff member announced Lava as the first place team among the schools competing in 4th through 8th. 29:31
  3. Enrollment report 33:06
    • A speaker reported a total of 13,928 students, which the speaker said was a loss of 40 students since the last board report and a loss of 349 from the same time last year. 33:23
  4. English learner advisory committee update 34:05
    • A presenter said the district currently has 189 students reclassifying this year. 35:17
    • A presenter asked the board to consider 4 recommendations, including technology workshops for parents, year-round academies and expanded workshop topics. 39:25
    • A speaker responding to the presentation said the recommendations would be looked at. 44:56
  5. Early learning self-evaluation 44:56
    • A staff member said the UTK program grew from 15 classes to 26 and has around 618 children enrolled. 46:08
    • A staff member said an outside evaluator looks at all of the program's classrooms and described an early learning MTSS with 3 tiers of support for children. 48:53
    • Asked whether the program could be applied to other schools, a staff member said the plan was to start with preschool, TK and UK. 56:23
  6. Business action items 57:04
    • The board considered amendment number 1 to an inspection services agreement for the Discovery Elementary School permanent shade structure project. 57:04
    • The board also considered the 2026⁠-⁠27 internal fiscal stabilization budget management plan disclosure requirements and resolutions on general funds and uncommitted funds. 57:38
    • Each business action item carried 4⁠-⁠0. 57:48
  7. Administrator appointments 1:00:01
    • The board took up the approval of a principal and of assistant principals. 1:00:01
    • The appointees addressed the board after their items. ~1:01:30
    • The motions to approve the principal and the first assistant principal carried. 1:01:16
  8. Public comment 1:07:20
    • A speaker at public comment said parents were not notified about a shooting on May 8th and learned more from social media than from school leadership. 1:11:06
    • A speaker at public comment raised concerns about mandated reporting practices and asked the board to require recurring bias and cultural responsiveness training for staff. 1:14:22
    • A speaker at public comment said the district pays more than $650,000 per year to the county for its school resource deputy contract and questioned the response to the Sierra Elementary incident. 1:19:18
  9. Consent agenda items 1:20:21
    • The board took up consent agenda items for several departments, including business, Ed Services, Human Resources and Student and Family Services. 1:22:07
    • A staff member said the School Energy Coalition is a district membership with a fee that provides legislative information and networking. 1:24:42
    • Each set of consent agenda items carried 4⁠-⁠0. 1:22:07
  10. Board member comments 1:25:44
    • Pamela Starlson thanked the knowledge bowl participants and the presenters of the advisory committee report. 1:25:55
    • One board member said enrollment, though down, is still 13,000 students and said the number of reclassified students is very high. 1:29:54
  11. Staff comments and announcements 1:33:19
    • A staff member said the district communicates with families through ParentSquare and strongly encouraged all parents to register. 1:36:03
    • A staff member acknowledged the work of the district's assistant superintendent of educational services, who is ending almost 10 years with the district, and wished the assistant superintendent well in retirement. 1:37:26
  12. Adjournment 1:40:11
    • A motion was made to adjourn at 7:24. 1:40:11
    • The motion to adjourn carried. 1:40:43

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