#1A - Academic Performance

Increase student proficiency in ELA / Math by

10% across grades, LEAs, and subgroups

on CAASPP

Current data (unofficial) points to stronger performance at Lodestar

• Areas of significant Proficiency increases (year to year; not cohort):
• Math: 3rd grade (17% to 33% - +16%); 4th grade (0% to 9% - +9%), 7th grade (12% to 33% - +21%); 8th grade (2% to 14% - +12%); 11th grade (0% to 6% - +6%)
• ELA: 3rd grade (10% to 16% - +3%); 4th grade (8% to 13% - +5%); 7th grade (17% to 37% - +20%); 11th grade (20% to 36% - +16%)
• Grade levels with flat/declining data - 5th grade and 6th grade

Current data (unofficial) points to declining performance at Lighthouse, especially in our 6-12.

• Areas where we had Proficiency increases (year to year; not cohort):
• Math: 5th grade (11% to 24% - +13%); 7th grade (7% to 20% - +13%), 11th grade (1% to 6% - +5%)
• ELA: 5th grade (37% to 38% - +1%);
• Grade levels with flat/declining data - 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th grade (ELA), 8th and 11th grade (ELA).

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#1B - Academic - Performance

Maintain College and Career (CCI) performance

at Lighthouse and Lodestar High School

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Our current high school programming is such that the significant majority of our students are College and Career Index ready, which means that they are A-G and either have passing CAASSP exams in 11th grade, have 6+ college course credits, and/or completed a CTE Sequence:

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• Lodestar Charter Renewal: We are on pace to graduate our first class of seniors, and they are trending above state CCI averages, which will be favorable to the charter renewal case in 2025.

• FAFSA process has been challenging this year, but most students were able to work with the team in planning for next year.

• Managing toward CCI Indicator at both high schools: We had a positive year with dual credit through our community college partnerships, strong CTE pathway completion at both of our high schools (Lodestar - Media Arts Design; Lighthouse Product Design) and overall A-G completion.

• Continued Investment: Awarded the Golden State Pathways Planning Grant for a health sciences pathway.

#2A - Attendance

Increase Attendance rate to 94%

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This is an ambitious goal, even though 94% attendance was common pre-pandemic

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• 90.7% attendance overall: minimal change (-0.1) over the last month. This is our final attendance rate for the year.

• Our biggest gaps - High Schools and Lodestar Elementary: Attendance has been most challenging at these sites, and we have increased our student and family follow-up.

• Middle School Attendance is our bright spot with both Lodestar averaging 92.6% and Lighthouse at 92.1%

• We are waiting on a state grant to address Chronic Absenteeism with Oakland Natives Give Back, as they have led efforts for select OUSD schools.

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#2B - Chronic Absenteeism

Decrease Chronic Absenteeism to 24%

(This year’ - 32.8; Last year - 33.4%)

We had a slight decrease in our Chronic Absenteeism by .6%. We regularly look at two key metrics -

• “Chronic Absence rate” (on track to missing 10% of days)
• “Absence Rate” (percentage of student with 18+ absences).

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Chronic Absence Rate

Absence Rate

LCPS

32.8% (31.4% in April)

30.4% (21.4% in April)

Lighthouse Elementary

32.2% (31.9% in April)

30.3% (20.4% in April)

Lighthouse Middle

26% (21.9% in April)

24.8% (15.3% in April)

Lighthouse High

31.4% (29.8% in April)

28.9% (21.9% in April)

Lodestar Elementary

38.8 (36.3% in April)

36.2% (27.7% in April)

Lodestar Middle

24.6% (25.8% in April)

21.6% (13.6% in April)

Lodestar High

43.9 (42.2% in April)

37.3% (26.6% in April)

#3 - Financial Health and Sustainablity

Revenue and Expenses Projections;

80 Days Cash at EOY; Board Covenants Met

In May, the Governor’s announcement of a 1% COLA increase. However, LCPS has conservatively budgeted with COLA in LCFF revenue at 0% and we have adjusted our budget accordingly. While it will be a lean year, we are on pace for the three key items below:

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• Revenue and Expenses: At end of April, our budget vs. actual were spot on. Please see the latest finance report for more details on our budget to actual report

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• We are at 82 Days Cash today, and projected to be at 80 days at end of year: Note - our daily cash rate is ~98K. Total cash available is $8.11M.

• All Board Covenants Met: We are at a debt coverage ratio of 1.65 (board covenant at 1.1)

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#4 - Staff Retention

85% Staff Retention of staff

LCPS wishes to retain

Update on our Intent to Return Process for Teachers & Leaders. We are at ~81% projected teacher retention & ~70-75% leader retention.

• Projected Teacher Retention to date: ~81%
• Lighthouse K-5: 89%
• Lighthouse 6-12: 65%
• Lodestar K-5: 83%
• Lodestar 6-12: 93%
• Leadership Retention is lower & remains more uncertain:
• Hired 1 new Principal for Lighthouse 6-12
• Hired 3 new APs for Lighthouse 6-12
• Shared services and non-P/AP/SPED leadership roles are nearly all returning
• Overall Staff Retention at 83%: In early May, we were able to give our last rounds of addendums for next year as we confirmed our afterschool grant funding (ASSETs). We are excited as this is much higher than previous years, and the continuity appears strong; Lighthouse 6-12 will be getting more support from our Shared Services team given the new leadership team.