Values
Equity, Integrity, Caring, Collaboration, Personal & Collective Accountability
Vision  
To be the model of educational excellence, equity and innovation.
Mission
To educate all students at the highest levels of academic excellence to become collaborative, creative and critical thinkers.
Goals
 Academic Achievement, Social Emotional Learning, Family and Community Engagement  

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The Bakersfield City School District is committed to ensuring the academic achievement of all students is met by providing access to high quality, culturally responsive instruction where all students are supported in a multi-tiered system of support to reach grade-level mastery of all content standards.
District Priority 1: Increase literacy rates for all students by more than 1 year of growth
District Priority 2: Increase mathematical proficiency for all students by more than 1 year of growth
District Priority 3: Increase language proficiency rates for all English Learners by one level annually

The Bakersfield City School District is committed to supporting the social emotional, mental and physical health of all students, families and staff working together to create a school environment through a sense of shared responsibility. Our students' social emotional, mental, and physical health will be supported through responsive staff, informed in what it takes to meet the individual needs of students through a culturally responsive and trauma informed multi-tiered system aimed to provide students the tools to achieve their goals.

District Priority 1: Implement systems and structures to support the development of healthy self-identities for all students through an explicit emphasis on the development of student self-efficacy, agency, empathy, and social emotional learning competencies.

District Priority 2: Implement systems and structures to support the development of culturally responsive and trauma informed relationships with students and families.

The Bakersfield City School District is committed to increasing the level of participation and engagement of all parents, families, and community members to ensure culturally responsive and high quality student learning where all students reach grade level mastery of all content standards.

District Priority 1: Increase connections and positive relationships with all parents and families.
District Priority 2: Increase engagement efforts with our high priority families.
District Priority 3: Increase parent education opportunities through outreach into the community.
District Priority 4: Increase opportunities for parent voice and feedback to improve the cultural responsiveness of school and district systems and structures.