EL RANCHO UNIFIED

SCHOOL DISTRICT

“State Of The District”

Welcome Back Breakfast

August 17, 2015

El Rancho Unified School

District

“Second to None”

Journey of Transformation

in the

El Rancho Unified School

District

December, 2013 The governance team

developed an

understanding of what

would would transform our

district to be…

El Rancho Unified School

District

● S

Collaboration High Standards

Innovation

ERUSD District Mission

● The mission of the El Rancho Unified

School District, in partnership with the

community, is to provide an innovative

and challenging learning environment

that promotes excellence. We will

prepare students as life-long learners to

succeed academically, intellectually,

socially, emotionally and culturally.

Declining Enrollment

Source: data/ada/history

Revenues and Expenditures

*in thousands

Our expenditures were greater

than our revenue!

El Rancho

Association of

Supervisors and

Administrators

Collaboration

Over $ 2 million in

savings

Over $1 million in savings

Identified alternative sources of

revenue

$500,000 per year

$9 million over 5 years (6 Federal grants)

Whittier Daily News

El Rancho Unified School District

gets finances in order, avoids state

takeover…

June, 2014

ERUSD API Growth

(Academic Performance Index)

State Goal: 800 or better

ERUSD Academic Success for

2013-14

❖Rio Vista had the greatest API growth at the elementary school level – 37 points

❖Burke had the greatest API growth at the middle school level – 30 points

❖ Salazar High School grew 37 points.

ERUSD Academic Success for

2013-14

❖5 schools with API scores over

800 • Rio Vista, Rivera ES, Valencia, Burke MS,

Rivera MS

❖31 students earned a perfect

score of 600 on the CST

Current Initiatives

GATE

Current Initiatives

GATE

Project Based

Learning

Teacher-Led Professional

Development

Administrator Led Professional

Development

State Recognition

El Rancho High School,

2015

First time in ERUSD history!

200 out of 3000

State Recognition

El Rancho High School,

2015

First time in ERUSD history!

200 out of 3000

180 out of 1325

High schools in California

Historical Decision First in the State

ERUSD was the first district in

California to establish Ethnic

Studies as a graduation

requirement.

National Recognition Rio Vista named National Blue

Ribbon School, 2014

290 out of 98,000

public schools

in the

United States

Rio Vista ES

2014 California Business for

Education Excellence Award

Academic Decathlon

El Rancho High School

Qualified for state finals

6 years in a row

State Recognition

Teen Court

• Premiere Teen Court in State

• Only Juvenile Court in the area

2015 ERHS Graduates

attending: ● Cal Tech

● Mt. St. Mary’s

● Penn State

● University of Southern California

● University of La Verne

● UC Berkeley

● UC Davis

● UCLA

● UC Riverside

● UC San Diego

● UC Santa Barbara

● UC Santa Cruz

● University of La Verne

2015 ERHS Graduates

attending: ● Cal Tech

● Mt. St. Mary’s

● Penn State

● University of Southern California

● University of La Verne

● UC Berkeley

● UC Davis

● UCLA

● UC Riverside

● UC San Diego

● UC Santa Barbara

● UC Santa Cruz

● University of La Verne

86% of our students go onto

college

ERHS Career-Driven

Pathways

◆PLTW

Engineering

◆Digital Arts

◆Law Academy

◆PLTW

Biomedical

◆ROP Culinary

Arts

◆Information

Technology

First Magnet school in

ERUSD

●STEAM Academy@Burke

Exceptional

Music/Arts Program

●North Park Middle School

● First middle school band in history to be invited to the Tournament of Roses Parade

● First Middle School in history to be invited to Carnegie Hall

●Have performed in China, London, Canada, Bahamas, Hawaii, Florida and New York

Recent Accomplishments

State Champions - Boys Soccer

2013

Del Rio League Champs:

● Boys Tennis

● Cross Country

● Football

● Girls Basketball

● Track

Special Education

● California Department of Education (CDE)

was very concerned about our special

education program based on a review of

records during the 2013-14 school year.

● The CDE returned last week to conduct

another review of our records.

● Based on that review, the CDE was very

pleased with the improvement.

● Thank you to our teachers, certificated and

classified support staff and our

administrators for your hard work.

Special Education

● Our district is moving forward with five (5)

sensory rooms for special education

students for the 2015-16 school year.

● South Ranchito ES

● North Ranchito ES

● Magee Academy of Art and Science

● El Rancho High School

● EREC-Adult Transition Program

Seattle Sounders

Cristian Roldan ● Gatorade CIF Player of the Year

● University of Washington

● Seattle Sounders-2015

National Football Foundation

Coach of the Year

Vinnie Lopez-Head Coach

El Rancho High School

ACSA Administrators of the

Year

Dr. Roxane Fuentes

2014-15 Elias Vargas

2013-14

Partnerships

ERUSD Board Priorities

● Air Conditioning at ERHS

● Band Room at North Park MS

● Innovation Labs at each Elementary School

● Science Labs at each Middle School

● Drop-off and Pick-up Zones

STEAM

Academy

@Burke

North Park

Media

Library

Technology

Upgrades

Valencia Academy of

the Arts

Innovation in ERUSD

Average Daily Attendance

2013-14 ● El Rancho USD 96.4

● Little Lake 96.9

● Whittier City 96.7

● East Whittier 96.6

● Downey 96.5

● South Whittier 96.0

● Norwalk-La Mirada 95.3

● Montebello 95.1

● Whittier Union 94.2

Truancy Rates

2013-14 ● El Rancho USD 15.28

● Los Nietos 20.76

● Norwalk-La Mirada 25.20

● Whittier Union 31.24

● Montebello 31.74

● Little Lake 32.43

● Downey 35.29

● South Whittier 39.11

● East Whittier 42.09

● Whittier City 45.16

Suspension Rates

2013-14 ● El Rancho USD 4.4

● Whittier City 2.6

● Little Lake City 2.8

● East Whittier 3.2

● Montebello 3.3

● Downey 3.5

● Norwalk La Mirada 3.6

● South Whittier 4.2

● Whittier Union 5.1

Coming to ERUSD in 2015-

16…

Coming to ERUSD in 2015-

16…

South Ranchito

Dual Language Academy

North Park Academy of the Arts

PLTW Biomedical Science ERHS

Digital Learning Coaches

Magee Academy of Arts and Sciences

ERUSD…

Home of Award-Winning

Schools & Programs

ERUSD Goals

1. Increasing our enrollment and attendance by improving customer service and increasing options for all students. 2. Increase efficiency and cost containment. 3. Improve perception of the quality of academic program, signature practices, exemplary programs at the high school, in the district and in the Pico Rivera Community.

The Power of One! I'm In!

Attendance Campaign ● Our district-wide attendance goal for the first four

weeks of school is 100% student attendance.

● We expect that students will attend school- every day,

on-time, and for the full day each and every day.

● Each week during the first four weeks of this school

year, the Superintendent and his Executive Team will

be going to each and every school to recognize

classrooms that have 100% perfect attendance.