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Special Board Meeting — May 16, 2023

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This school board meeting was primarily dedicated to recognizing high school graduates who earned the State Seal of Biliteracy and celebrating the AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) program across multiple schools in the district. The first portion of the meeting honored 166 seniors from multiple high schools who demonstrated proficiency in nine different languages including Arabic, Chinese, French, Hindi, Korean, Latin, Spanish, and Indonesian through various assessments and course completions. The second major portion of the meeting featured presentations from AVID coordinators at Orangewood Continuation High School, Redlands East Valley High School, Redlands High School, and Citrus Valley High School, highlighting student achievements, college acceptances, scholarships, and program accomplishments.

Key decisions

  • Recognition of 166 seniors earning State Seal of Biliteracy across nine languages
  • Recognition of approximately 245 AVID graduating seniors across four high schools
  • Redlands East Valley High School maintained National Demonstration School status for AVID
  • Cope Middle School designated as AVID Site of Distinction
  • AVID students achieved 5% higher grades in math and 10% higher grades in English compared to non-AVID peers
  • AVID students scored 22% higher on SBAC math and 5% higher on SBAC English than non-AVID peers
  • RHS AVID coordinators reported 73% of staff is WICR-trained
  • Citrus Valley AVID Class of 2024: 100% college acceptance rate, 100% enrollment rate, over $500,000 in scholarships earned

Notable speakers

SPEAKER_10 (Sonia Bellinga, Director of Multilingual Education and Family Engagement), SPEAKER_09 (Principal Macy McHugh, Citrus Valley High School), SPEAKER_06 (Principal Robert Clary, Redlands East Valley High School), SPEAKER_04 (Assistant Principal Rachel Rehage, Redlands High School), SPEAKER_11 (AVID Program Representative/Director), SPEAKER_13 (Luanne Perry, AVID Coordinator, Orangewood Continuation High School), SPEAKER_12 (Jayna Bailey, AVID Coordinator, Redlands East Valley High School), SPEAKER_07 (Jamie Ochoa, Co-Coordinator, Redlands High School), SPEAKER_01 (Melanie Mitchell, Co-Coordinator, Redlands High School), SPEAKER_08 (Sarah Keller, Co-Coordinator, Citrus Valley High School), SPEAKER_05 (Becky Gidcomb, Co-Coordinator, Citrus Valley High School)

Topics: State Seal of Biliteracy · Multilingual education · AVID program · College acceptance and enrollment · Scholarship awards · Academic achievement · Student resilience · AP courses and dual enrollment · Community service · WICR instructional strategies · Foster care and homelessness support · Military enlistment