What do you recommend for the future?

LTUSD - State of the District/LCAP and Community Conversation Feedback
(Numbers next to list items indicate multiple similar responses.) 

Attendance 

• Publicly award schools for High attendance
• Accountability for attendance
• Focus on attendance - 2
• Effort and engagement
• Coming prepared to be students
• Develop opportunities for students to develop a sense of belonging at school
• Fewer holiday breaks

Distance learning opportunities - 5 (snow days, sick students, athletics)

• Flexibility - student athletes 
• Better coordination with city/county services for snow removal to keep kids in school
• Independent study for snow days

Basic Needs

• Encourage parents to fill our free and reduced-price meal applications
• Separate eating time from play time
• Better nutrition at elementary school/STMS
• Longer recess lunch

Behavioral Health

• Basic training for teachers in mental health
• More counselor class presentations - 4
• Increase intervention
• Continue to grow - focus on social emotional learning
• Support for socialization
• Classes on emotional intelligence in school

   Bond - Measure K

• To build trust and communication get Measure K passed

 Calendar

• Coordinate PTA calendars for all district meetings so parents can make them all
• Coordinated District calendar
• Consideration of alternative scheduling year-round maybe

 Collaboration

• Better with parents and families
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• Communication

• Improve communication with parents - 2
• Communication across sites - sports, coaches, activities
• More transparency 
• Focus on a few subjects that parents are interested in

• Use WhatsApp to reach diverse community
• Listen to parents and consider
• Focus on math ElA scores
• Monthly tabletop with measurable outcomes
• System of consistent communication/SMORES

 Community Partnerships

• More communication with partners
• More community events
• More community involvement
• Grow partnerships and community programs
• More community cross-agency cooperation to support students in schools

Curriculum 

• Nutrition through all grades
• Embrace Outdoor Learning at all ages
• More enrichment
• Rigorous and relevant curriculum for all students and expectations - 2 
• Communicate curriculum
• Expand internships and career pathways
• Way more outdoor time
• Longer free play
• Careful textbook adoption - know our kids and our goals
• Less screen time during learning
• Kindness week instruction 
• Offer more trade school options
• Strong intentions for equity
• DEI - more work on this - training for teachers/staff 
• Group work in class
• More aids to help teachers - 2

Engagement

• Getting students to be more involved in decision such as - cafeteria and gardens
• Facilitate class discussions
• At least one supportive adult on campus
• Monthly check-ins with each student with trusted school adult
• Motivation/ engagement of students for class participation
• Engage parents 

English Learners (EL) 

• We need to close the gap between EL students and regular students
• Revisit El status
• More access to supports for English language learners - 3
• Print material bi-lingual and offer bilingual speakers at District meetings
• Increase Hispanic parent attendance and involvements

• Newcomer supports + EL advocates
• More bilingual teachers
• Different programs for children who are newcomers from other countries

 Goals and Purpose   

• Lack of clarity and purpose and goals
• Constant change and different goals
• Make the path to success clearer
• Engage youth and consequence plan 
• Use logic and data - 2
• Make data informed decisions
• Stick to the plan

Facilities   

• Upgrade - 2
• Consistent working facilities and equipment
• Main bus stop plan
• Pass measure K - 4
• Upgrade facilities to be aligned with City commitment to sustainability
• Wellness centers need confidential office space

 Parental Support

• Parent education - 2
• Provide before after school care options
• Parent camp before starting kindergarten
• More kindergarten parent education opportunity
• Lack of support at home
• Parents regularly review work and grades

Site Safety

• Legal system that upholds the Education Code to not allow drugs or alcohol on campus - arrest to scare
• More staff for security during breaks
• Better security on campuses
• Supervise areas like bathrooms and fields for those students that smoke or fight

 STHS

• Better Sports Administration
• 2 years of language requirement
• Add American Sign Language requirements
• Encourage taking 320 units
• Give guided options for classes
• Regain love of learning - 2
• Get rid of rank
• Get rid of early out

• Have real consequence
• Control bathroom vaping -2
• Control skipping class
• Few elective choices more options
• Finding those “gray area” kids and helping them improve
• CTE and 11th and 12th only
• More A-G less CTE
• A-G especially electives in 9 and 10
• Set the bar higher in behavior
• Students should respect teachers
• More security
• Follow-up with freshman on principles/values taught in challenge day

 Special Needs

• More aids for special needs classes
• Educate general staff regarding developmental disabilities 
• Continue to embrace adaptabilities
• More help for students with special needs
• ABA therapy for special education students

Student Achievement

• Continue to develop LCAP plan to be more effective in raising student achievement 
• Solve the problem that 60% of the US high school graduates can barely read
• Keep raising the bar
• Clarify learning for students to better self-assessment
• Work hard to engage students in learning
• Support and expect all students to achieve at high levels
• Base grades on learning and less about other factors
• More kids of color in AP and dual pre-AP classes
• Develop opportunities to recognize student achievement

Student Behavior

• Behavior expectations and follow-through
• More counseling services
• Develop culture of civility 
• Empower our children to be future leaders of kindness
• Develop program to build more friendship more connection more belonging with students
• Programming to create better behaved students
• Empathy 
• No phones

 Tahoe Valley

• Builds community and that's great 

Teachers

• Teacher and leader of succession plans to maintain momentum and consistency
• Hire more diversity support for extra classrooms
• Large disparity between teacher skills and efforts
• Some converse lack consistency workload and rigor
• Better pay/incentives - not just at admin level
• More I.A’s to assist teachers
• Housing - tiny houses are insulting
• More Instructional Aides with specialized training
• Work with City to create teacher housing - 4
• More information when teachers are absent and have substitutes

 Miscellaneous

• Administration that truly hears and listens to what is being said
• Smaller class sizes - 5
• Expand SEL programs
• Encourage parents to fill our free and reduced-price meal applications
• We are not only ensuring the future of our community but of the US
• Give Instructional Aides professional development
• Take Chromebooks home K through 5
• Remain focused on substance as opposed to just ticking boxes 
• Collaborative problem solving
• Meet site-specific needs 
• More inclusiveness - 2
• Positive language
• Knowledge and understanding of student academics
• Collaboration
• Ripple effect lack of continuity
• Differentialized work in elementary schools - reading groups
• Removed YouTube access
• More SEL programs - 2
• Be willing to test and be innovative, flexible and agile
• Bring in state resources for example - grant writers
• Fewer “buzz words” in present
• Verbal educational outreach efforts
• Golden Rule - treat others the way you want to be treated respect
• Motivation - time month lesson lecture science math physics art
• Drop off earlier or easier drop off 
• This is the future that's all going in that area there the difference 
• Clear messaging regarding bus routes/better plan - 2
• Jumpstart for incoming 6th and 9th graders
• Grade level collaboration (i.e. writing expectations)
• Digital days
• Provide a more streamlined process for intervention
• Counselor time/math/ELA support
• Find things or activities that expend students energy
• We need to keep our children busy