The Rowland Unified School District (RUSD) will launch a Community Feedback Survey to give parents, employees, students, and community members a voice about their educational priorities in the development of the 2017–20 Local Control Accountability Plan, or LCAP. The online survey will be open March 6-31, 2017 and will be offered in multiple languages (Spanish, Chinese, and Korean) and will be accessed on the front page of the District’s website www.rowlandschools.org and on the District’s mobile app.
Hard copies will also be available at all school sites and the District Office (located at 1830 S. Nogales Street, Rowland Heights, CA 91748).“We want to continue to gather input from our community as we develop our annual LCAP plan and budget that balances our resources, sets clear goals, and maintains our vision for innovative learning for all – for our students, employees and families,” said Rowland Unified School District Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Julie Mitchell.
In addition to the online survey, there will be two LCAP Community Meetings held for parents and community members to participate in. The meetings will be on Monday, March 6 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Rowland High School in the Hideout (located at 2000 S. Otterbein Ave., Rowland Heights) and on Thursday, March 21 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Nogales High School in the Multipurpose Room (located at 401 S. Nogales Street, La Puente).
The state’s LCAP requires all school districts to seek parent, community, District staff and student input, to set goals in eight priority areas that serve high-quality educational programs for all students, including identified subgroups of English Learners, Low Income and Foster Youth. The Local Control Funding Formula has been passed by state legislation to allow local insight and meaningful conversations to take place between the community about their schools. To learn more about the LCAP process for the Rowland Unified School District, the public can visit www.rowlandschools.org under Local Control Accountability Plan and Budget.
Stakeholders’ recommendations will be compiled in a report that will be provided to the Rowland Unified School District Board of Education. The governing Board will review the plan and receive public comments at the June 6, 2017 meeting. The adoption by the Board of the RUSD Local Control Accountability Plan for the 2017-18 school year is scheduled for the June 13, 2017 meeting.