Cultivating Excellence

GOALS

ACHIEVEMENT

LOCAL CONTROL & ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN 2021–2024 A Community Report The 2021-2024 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) is a 3-year plan built on our mission, vision, and goals for our students. Together, these guide the overall direction for district programs and operations. Each year, Dinuba Unified reviews the progress in meeting students’ needs by looking at data and gathering feedback from students, families, staff, and community.

SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT

SOCIALEMOTIONAL HEALTH

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Continuous Improvement Through the Cycle of Annual Planning Continuous improvement means constantly reviewing successes and making adjustments

That review guides decisions about what we will do to support students and how we spend funds to provide services to all students based on their needs. Each District Goal is presented on the left side of this page. For each goal, this report contains baseline data, feedback from our educational partners, and comparisons to state data when available.

We review our students’ progress each year by looking at DATA and gathering feedback from our students, families, staff and community. This review helps determine ACTIONS we will take and resources that we will BUDGET in order to improve RESULTS for all of out students.

DATA PARENT ENGAGEMENT

RESULTS ACTIONS

ENGLISH LEARNERS

BUDGET STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

California is made up of diverse students with diverse needs. Every school district is given extra funds to support high priority students who face more challenges to succeed in school. The State refers to English Learners, Foster Youth, and Low-income students as “unduplicated” students because extra funds are given just once, even if a student falls into more than one of the three categories. Nine of every 10 Dinuba Unified students are “unduplicated,” and nearly $32 million is allocated to support the needs of these students in DUSD.

OUR DISTRICT AT-A-GLANCE

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STUDENTS

85%

LOW INCOME

33%

ENGLISH LEARNERS

DUSD SCHOOLS

Cultivating Excellence

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

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HIGH SCHOOL

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INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

2

ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION

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ADULT SCHOOL

Ending Generational Poverty Through Education DUSD’s Vision is to end generational poverty through education. Poverty is not just an economic challenge for students. It also includes emotional poverty, cognitive poverty, physical poverty, lack of support systems, and lack of understanding of how to navigate the hidden rules of our policies and community. We aim to end generational poverty because it is the most difficult one to break. We desire our graduating seniors to be academically, socially, and intellectually ready to face their future in this world.

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MIGRANT YOUTH

1%

FOSTER YOUTH

REPORT FEATURES Within each goal area, staff use the most Current Data to make informed decisions about student, staff, and schools/

Educational partners including students, parents, families, staff, and community members shared feedback as part of the LCAP process. Throughout this report that feedback has been summarized and shown with this icon.

Using data and feedback from educational partners, DUSD included actions and services that total $32 million during the 2022-2023 school year

GOAL 1

Improve student achievement in English Language Arts and Mathematics so that all students graduate from high school with the skills necessary to enter college or pursue the career of their choice including technology use and integration

CURRENT DATA English Language Arts

46%

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ACTIONS & BUDGET College/Career Ready

65%

$19 MILLION 



44%

   Students meeting or exceeding grade level standards in 2022; 16% increase from 2015



Students prepared for college/career as measured by the California School Dashboard

26%

 Provide schools resources to address early literacy, English Learners and academic interventions. Continue to invest in technology, career technical education, and other college/career prep initiatives.

9%



  7%



    Graduation Rate:

88%

CTE Course Offerings:

72

Along with a high graduation rate, 2/3 of all graduates were prepared for college/career, and 1/3 were eligible to apply to a CSU or UC college in 2019 There are more than 130 sections of CTE courses offered in grades 7-12 and 82% of Dinuba students were enrolled in a CTE course in 2019-2020

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43%

GOAL 2

Ensure all facilities are in good repair and provide a safe environment for students, staff, and parents and promote a sense of pride in all schools

ACTIONS & BUDGET

CURRENT DATA California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS)

60%

62%

9th and 11th graders reporting that they

9th and 11th graders reporting that they

feel a sense of connectedness

feel their campus is clean

feel safe at school

Maintenance Set-a-Sides:

10% was set aside for yearly routine and deferred maintenance costs during the 2021-2022 school year

Parent Survey “I feel my child is safe at school”

76%

“My child likes going to school”

“There are adults who care about my child at school”

“Students seem to like to go to school”

“There are caring adults at school for students”

84%

Staff Survey

74%

81%

$7 MILLION  

9th and 11th graders reporting that they

June 2021 FIT Inspections indicated all schools had an overall rating of “Good”

10%

“I feel Dinuba schools are safe”

69%

Facility Inspection Tool:

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90%

98%



88%





12%

Having security cameras at all schools is an important part of school safety

Hire a District Safety Coordinator to help oversee and manage safety measures across all schools

Implement the “Say Something” anonymous reporting system

GOAL 3

Support the social-emotional health of students by providing appropriate supports and services, use evidence based protocols to improve behavioral practices (PBIS) to reduce suspensions and expulsions and improve pupil attendance and truancy rates

CURRENT DATA

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ACTIONS & BUDGET

Percent of Elementary Students Participating in Sports

$3 MILLION  

Basketball

42%

Soccer

Volleyball

35%

36%



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19%

Families receiving services from Learning, Guidance & Student Support Services Center Referrals 460 students and families received referrals in 2021-22 and 417 received services from those referrals

43%





34%





22% School Attendance

2021-22 P2 ADA data; Schools performing better than the district average are shown in solid green and schools performing below the district average have a green border

Chronic Absenteeism:

14%

75%

1%

50%



25%

DHS WIS LES GVES JES RES WES KES RRA SVHS

91%



Suspension Rate:

2%

Expulsion Rate:

0.2%

Continue to lower the ratio of students to counselors

Continue to invest in technology, career technical education, and other college/career prep initiatives.

GOAL 4

Improve parent participation, engagement and increase the learning opportunities for parents so that they are better equipped to support the learning of their students

CURRENT DATA

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ACTIONS & BUDGET

Percent of parents who participated in a parent engagement activity:

73%

Parents participating in engagement activites

$253K  

Other opportunities for engagement that



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are not included here included School Site Council, English Learner Advisory Committees (ELAC), Boosters Clubs, etc.

43%

Parent/Teacher Conferences

73%

Provide training to ELAC, SSC, DELAC, DAC and GATE Advisory committees on their roles and responsibilities

Increase communication through electronic means, such as social media, newsletters, and automated information systems

Parent engagement trainings, workshops, Parent/Teacher Conferences, Back-to-School Nights, parent surveys, and Superintendent Parent Forums

28% 1.5% 1.0%

Back-to-School Nights

Title I Parent Meetings Parenting Partners

Find ways to increase parent involvement and engagement

GOAL 5

Improve the rate at which our English Learners acquire the English Language

05

CURRENT DATA

ACTIONS & BUDGET

DUSD needs an English Learner Coordinator to enhance services with dedicated coordination and support

$1M 

1 in 3



students is an English Learner

95%

 ELPAC English Learner Progress

51%

With 48% of English Learners making progress towards English language proficiency DUSD ranked at the “medium” level on the California Dashboard

5%



The English Language Learner Coach will continue to support our teachers and students

English Learner Reclassification Rate

7%

Out of approximately 2200 English Learner students, 146 reclassified to Fluent English Proficient last year

The EL Coach and Coordinator needs to work with teachers to develop curriculum to support English Learners

GOAL 6

Improve student achievement in English Language Arts and Mathematics of DUSD Students with Disabilities

CURRENT DATA English Language Arts

06

ACTIONS & BUDGET Math

Students with Disabilities have consistently scored lower on state and district assessments over the past several years

$2.3M 



27%

 



State and District assessment data shows that all students need academic support to be successful. Though this student is looked at in other goals, establishing this specific goal will highlight needs and focus resources on this important student group. In addition to the actions identified here, note that teachers receive professional development, as part of other goals, to support Students with Disabilities.

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19% Behavioral Intervention Aides are important to our students and educational partners

Continue to provide training for teachers on mental health issues and disabilities, including “invisible” disabilities

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Prioritize small class sizes and provide enough support staff and teachers for students with disabilities to be successful in school