LCAP

2026-27 Local Accountability Plan

Laguna Beach Unified School District hereby provides notice that the draft Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) and Budget Overview for Parents are available for public review.

The LCAP describes the District's annual goals, actions, and services to support positive student outcomes, including specific supports for student groups, in alignment with state priorities. The Budget Overview for Parents provides a summary of the District's budget and its alignment with the LCAP. The District encourages all parents, guardians, staff, and community members to review these documents and provide input. Comments may be submitted using the LCAP Feedback Form.

The Governing Board will hold a public hearing on May 14, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at Thurston Middle School. At this time, members of the public may provide comment on the LCAP and Budget Overview for Parents. The Governing Board is scheduled to consider adoption of the LCAP and Budget Overview for Parents on June 8, 2026.

LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN (LCAP) 2025-26

LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN (LCAP) 2024-25

LCAP Federal Addendum (approved by CDE in February 2020)

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DASHBOARD

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DASHBOARD

California's School Dashboard Website is designed to help communities across the state access important information about K-12 districts and schools. The site features easy-to-read reports on multiple measures of school success, including test scores, graduation rates, English learner progress and suspension rates. The Dashboard is part of California’s school accountability system based on 2013’s Local Control Funding Formula. It is the next step in a series of major shifts in public education that have raised the bar for student learning, transformed testing and placed the focus on equity for all students. To further describe the California School Dashboard, LBUSD has created a short video.

Why a new system and a new tool?

The Dashboard is a key part of California’s commitment to transparency and continuous improvement. California’s future success depends on tapping into the potential of all students, so they graduate ready for college, careers and life. For schools to reach this goal, teachers, parents and the community need clear and useful measures of progress. As an accountability tool, the Dashboard will help the state identify schools (including charter schools) and districts needing targeted assistance.

What’s different?

In the past, accountability systems for districts and schools relied solely on test scores. But one test taken on one particular day doesn’t provide a complete picture of all the ways schools are helping students succeed.

Think of it this way: You can’t drive a car by only watching the speedometer. You also keep your eye on the road, check the mirrors, monitor the gas tank and pay attention if the engine light comes on. Similarly, the Dashboard provides information on different aspects of student performance, which will give a more complete picture of a school’s progress. The Dashboard also reports on growth to show a school’s trajectory over time.

What’s next?

The Dashboard is deliberately designed to be a work in progress: Metrics and reports will be added over time. During the field testing phase, the state will be gathering feedback to make additional modifications. The exciting changes taking place in education will take time to fully implement. While schools are making progress in many key areas there is always more work to do. The Dashboard is part of an ongoing conversation with our community on both how we’re doing and how we can do better. Meeting goals will take a united effort, and I look forward to working with our families to ensure success for every student.

School Site Council

The School Site Council (SSC) serves as the school community representative body for determining the focus of the school’s academic instructional program and all related categorical resources. The legislative intent for the formation of a school site council is that individuals who are most affected by the operation of the school should have a major role in the decisions regarding how a school functions. Education should be a joint effort of parents, teachers, administrators, and other school staff – those whose common goal is the success of all students.

Purpose of the School Site Council:

Annually develop and approve the School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
Develop site level parent involvement policy
Review the school parent compact (Title I Schools)
Advise the district in the development of the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)

School Site Councils provide the following:

An opportunity to develop shared leadership
An opportunity to improve communication between the staff and parents
A place to discuss issues, programs and to make decisions
A way to educate members regarding school programs and categorical programs

School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)

The SPSA serves as the organizer for an individual school’s improvement process. The plan should be developed with a deep understanding of root causes of student academic challenges and identify and implement research-based instructional strategies to raise the achievement of students who are not yet proficient by state standards. A well-developed SPSA can ensure that students are better equipped to meet the Common Core State Standards in English and Mathematics. It is critical that each school’s SPSA:

Builds on a premise that students are capable of learning with effective instruction
Includes school goals aligned with activities and goals included in the LCAP to maximize school reform efforts
Is based on verifiable data analysis
Focuses on student achievement and academic interventions
Implements high leverage school improvement actions
Directs resources where they will most directly improve student academic achievement
Ensures that all resources are aligned to serve identified students’ needs
Uses research-based strategies
Implements strategic coordination of resources

To set school goals, the SSC should carefully review state and district priorities as stated in the LCAP, and assess both state and local quantitative and qualitative student achievement and other data to evaluate the effectiveness goals, actions, services, and expenditures.

Please use the links below to access the SPSA for each school site:

LAGUNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOL

THURSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL

EL MORRO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TOP OF THE WORLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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