Vallejo City Unified work session, Aug 26, 2026
2 h 23 min · 3 public speakers
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- Who spoke · first speaks at
- Glenn AmboyPresident
- John FoxTrustee
- Carlos FloresVice President
- Latyna YoungTrustee
What happened
What happened at this meeting
Vallejo superintendent proposes 24-member committee to draft next strategic plan 1:59:03
- Earlier, the board took up the consent agenda on a motion by John Fox, and a staff member reported the motion passed with 1 absent. 4:24
- The board heard a review of the district's 2022 through 2027 Strategic Plan and the superintendent's goals for the year from the superintendent and executive cabinet. 4:58
- The superintendent proposed a roughly 24-member advisory committee to develop recommendations for a successor plan, with the goal of bringing a recommendation to the board in April. 1:59:03
- A district staff member asked for a thumbs up to move forward with the process and said it was not a formal vote, just a direction. 2:16:43
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Item by item (12)
- Opening and agenda adoption 1:42
- Consent agenda 3:48
- Review of current strategic plan 4:58
- The superintendent said the plan was adopted in 2021 and covers 2022 through 2027, and that the district was entering the last year of the cycle and would begin planning a successor plan. 5:13
- The superintendent said 90.3% of families agreed they were involved but only 7.8% of families took part in the survey, and Carlos Flores asked whether respondents were mostly English-speaking or bilingual families. 6:53
- One board member said early childhood literacy should be added to or made into a pillar, a second member said the pillars are a good roadmap, and a third member said the framework is missing what the work looks like at a school site. 18:08
- Enrollment, attendance and achievement data 32:29
- A district staff member said the district approved 951 out-of-district transfers in '23-'24 and 646 in '24-'25, and that 536 students are on inter-district transfers out of the district going into the coming school year. 33:28
- A district staff member said the ultimate goal is to get that 5.6% down to 1%. 36:38
- The superintendent said the district-wide graduation rate of 84.34 is still below the state average. 43:43
- Superintendent goal on student supports 46:47
- The executive director of special education said the goal targets a reduction in chronic absenteeism by at least 3 percentage points and an increase in English language learner progress by 10%. 47:42
- The executive director said cross-system collaboration helped the district exit significant disproportionality after 13 years. 47:42
- Superintendent goal on school climate 51:42
- A staff member presented 5 priority areas and 6 metrics for safe, inclusive and engaging schools. 51:42
- One board member asked for a focus on arts, music and sports that connect students to school and asked for an update on SB 218. 55:51
- Carlos Flores asked whether classified staff are trained to work with students as mentors. 59:13
- Superintendent goal on teaching and learning 1:10:05
- A staff member said 80% of students left kindergarten knowing all letter names and sounds in '25-'26, compared with 58% the year before. 1:13:31
- One board member said English learner focus, Tier 2 work and DOK levels were not mentioned, and a staff member said the MTSS model covers Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3. 1:15:48
- Carlos Flores asked whether English learners have access to the right classes, and a staff member said English learners in middle and high school have a dedicated ELD period. 1:24:45
- Superintendent goal on community engagement 1:28:52
- A staff member said the goal calls for two-way, multilingual communication and will measure whether families trust district and school leadership. 1:29:16
- One board member suggested a monitoring process for how school front offices treat parents, and another board member asked how office staff are supported. 1:36:09
- A staff member said the executive cabinet is working on a districtwide customer service baseline. 1:42:51
- Superintendent goal on finances and operations 1:49:09
- Successor strategic plan committee 1:59:03
- A district staff member proposed a roughly 24-member advisory committee of students, parents and caregivers, employees and community members to develop recommendations for the next strategic plan. 1:59:03
- One board member said more parents should be on the committee, and another board member asked which students would serve and said churches should be included. 2:02:01
- A district staff member said the committee would recommend and not adopt, and outlined a launch in August and September, listen and learn and direction-setting phases from October through December, a design phase in January and a recommendation to the board in April. 2:10:15
- After a speaker said to go for it, a district staff member said the work could move forward. ~2:16:56
- Public comment on strategic plan 2:16:56
- A speaker at public comment said some teachers had just received email access, some new teachers lacked materials and staff could not communicate with families at the start of school. 2:17:51
- Speakers at public comment asked that business owners be included on the committee and asked whether other municipalities would be involved. 2:20:38
- Announcements and adjournment 2:22:11
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Video: posted by the district as “VCUSD Board of Education Special Study Session 08/26/2026”