This Commission, comprised of education,
business and community leaders, will research, study, and establish goals
to specifically address the achievement gap of our African American,
Latino, Hmong, and Mien students. These broad goals will guide our
district’s work.
The BOC serves the taxpaying voters
within the district to ensure that bond funds are being spent
responsibly on school and classroom improvements and for no other
purposes.
This committee advises the SCUSD
Career Technical Preparation Department regarding CTP course development,
sequencing and implementation. They inform SCUSD regarding business and
labor market trends and they approve the SCUSD Career Technical
Preparation plan. The committee is comprised of business partners,
community leaders, parents, students, and educators.
Working
closely with the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown
University, the Sacramento City Unified School District participated
in a process called CORRE - Central Office Review for Results and Equity.
The purpose of CORRE was to allow the Annenberg Institute for School Reform
to help SCUSD review how the central office serves its schools.
The purpose of the DELAC is to
advise the Sacramento City Unified School District Superintendent and the
governing board regarding their District Master Plan for Services for
English Learners.
The Purpose of the DAC is to provide parents with a
strong advisory in the on-going planning, developing, implementing,
evaluation and dissemination of information relative to the
objectives and activities of the Title I and SCE programs of the
school district.
The Elementary Schools Utilization
Advisory (7-11) Committee is to study all aspects of our Sacramento City
Unified School District small elementary schools and to prepare
recommendations for the district’s Board of Education that promote the
most effective use of our facilities while ensuring quality learning
environments.
The Equity Access and Achievement
Committee is to provide direction and leadership to Sacramento City
Unified School District as we eliminate the achievement gap between
historically under-served and under-prepared students.
The District has
committed to establish a minimum 500 student small public high school (the
“New School”) no later than September 2008. The New School will offer a
non-vocational, college preparatory curriculum.
The Board Safety and
Violence Prevention Advisory Committee exists to promote programs to
provide safety and violence prevention for students and staff at district
sites.
Three district
elementary schools were identified as state-monitored schools in October,
2004 and were required to enter into a contract with SAIT. SAIT is
charged with conducting a school academic review and preparing a report of
findings.