It’s that time of year! Poway Unified’s Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) community forums are coming!
This is your chance to share your ideas about our district’s educational priorities. You’ll be able to review our district’s current LCAP goals and actions, and provide feedback as the district moves forward with enhancing personalized education and student achievement.
Feb. 29, 6-7:30pm @ the District Office (English) Mar. 3, 6-7:30pm @ the District Office (English) Mar. 7, 6-7:30pm @ Valley Elementary (Spanish)
RSVP: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SM7DZR3
Although not required in order to attend, your RSVP will help the district get an idea of how many people to expect at each forum and what topics interest you the most.
If you cannot attend any of the scheduled forums, you may provide input via an online survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8H5GHXX.
The RSVP and survey are also available at http://powayusd.com/en-US/Departments/Superintendent/CommunityForums.aspx.
A little fuzzy on what the LCAP is? No problem! Your state PTA has tons of resources available to help explain. In a nutshell:
The Local Control Accountability Plan is a huge opportunity for parents to shape the vision for your children’s education and make it happen! As California’s new school funding law, the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) is a new way for schools to focus on student success. The LCFF requires school districts to involve parents in planning and decision-making as well as in developing Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs). The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) also:
- Requires your school district to focus on the eight key areas that help all students succeed
- Provides extra funding for students with greater challenges
- Gives your district more flexibility for how to spend its money to improve local schools.
Here’s a great visual (http://downloads.capta.org/edu/e-school-finance/LCFF_LCAP_Seasons.pdf):
For more information, go to http://capta.org/focus-areas/lcfflcap/.
As always, if you have any questions or suggestions for a future legislation and advocacy column, please let me know.
Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff
PTA Vice President of Legislation & Advocacy