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Core Beliefs and Board Goals

The District uses data to create a learning-oriented culture for both staff and students which defines success in terms of improvement and progress.

1.WE BELIEVE THAT OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE OUR MOST VALUABLE ASSETS AND RESOURCES

2. WE OPERATE WITH TRANSPARENCY, TRUST AND INTEGRITY, GOVERNING IN A DIGNIFIED, PROFESSIONAL MANNER, TREATING EVERYONE WITH CIVILITY AND RESPECT

3. WE ARE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A SAFE, DISTINGUISHED AND ENGAGING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT ENSURES ALL STUDENTS LEARN TO THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL

A. Build a capacity of board and district staff in developing and monitoring data related to goals and priorities specifically in the area of cultural responsiveness, gender identity and educational equity.

B. A key concern and priority for this governing board is improving the accuracy and consistency of grading which should measure what students know, as they play a crucial role in every aspect of student’s academic lives and future lives as global citizens. Areas of concern are: 1) Grades reflect progressive and mastery of content. 2) They are predictable and understood by parents and third parties. 3) That non-academic factors are graded separately. 4) Support for teachers during full implementation

C. Another key concern and priority for this governing board is to focus on the reading capability of all students such that students are able readers when they exit the 2nd grade, are able to enter the middle school with reading skill that allows for full participation in all middle school courses, and are able to enter high school with reading skills that allows for full participation in all courses including A-G college preparation courses.  This will also be addressed in the District’s LCAP.

4. WE ARE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE NECESSARY FACILITIES TO MEET THE HOUSING AND EDUCATION NEEDS OF OUR CHANGING STUDENT POPULATION AND A VISION THAT PROMOTES AND SUPPORTS THEIR FUTURE

A.  Work environment - adequate accommodations to house functions of the district.

5.WE ARE FISCALLY TRUSTWORTHY AND DEDICATED TO RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY

6.WE BELIEVE IN AND PROMOTE PARENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN WESTSIDE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT