"At MUSD, our top priority is that our students leave the
district career-ready and college-prepared, and the only way for that to
happen is by graduating," said Superintendent Edward Velasquez. "We have more than 95 percent of our students sitting in our
classrooms daily," Velasquez said. "This honor ... shows the district's
efforts, but also the dedication and willingness our parents, community
and students have in regard to the importance of education."
The designation was given to the 32,400-student MUSD by the
state's SARB, which aims to promote best practices in dropout prevention
and statewide policy coordination. At the local level, SARBs are panels composed of
representatives of youth-serving agencies who try to help truant
students and parents solve attendance and behavior problems through
school and community resources.
"Effective SARBs include parents, law enforcement, county
social workers, and community-based youth service workers who bring back students on the margins of
the educational system and guide them back to regular school
attendance," said State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack
O'Connell.
"These SARBs are demonstrating moral leadership and expert
collaboration critical to California's future," O'Connell said. In order to receive Model Dropout Prevention status, MUSD
showed excellence in several areas, including prevention/early
identification/intervention of truant students, inventory of community
resources and interpersonal communication.
MUSD and the other six agencies will be recognized for their
Model Dropout Prevention programs at a May 6 conference of the
California Association of Supervisors of Child Welfare and Attendance in
Fresno
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| CASCWA Model SARB Montebello USD Letter.pdf | 60.43 KB |