Dear LCSD Families, Staff and Partners:

Happy May! I want to remind everyone that our annual Family Survey is now open! This survey is critically important for us to understand what is working well, and what can be improved, in our schools. The survey will be open until May 22 and should take less than 10 minutes. You can take the survey multiple times if you have students in different schools. Take it now! 

Panther Spotlight

This month’s Panther Spotlight celebrates the work of the LCSD Strategic Planning Committee. This group of volunteers spend countless hours advising the district and the Board of Education on the creation of our new five-year Strategic Plan (English | Spanish). At every turn, these critical friends were engaged, supportive and honest about making sure the plan reflects what the community has told us is important. Many, many thanks to all of these individuals for their service!

Melissa Earley, Board Member Miriam Lozano, Board Member & Family Stacy Contreras, Board Member & Family Lisa Robinson, Community Luz Escalera, Community & Family Christian Luna-Leal, Community Eudelia Contreras, Community & Family Laura Alonzo-Ochoa, Community Nora Hernandez, Community & Family Steve Wilson, Community & Family Kristin Sparkman, District Accountability Committee & Family Amy Peters, Educator & Family Brandi Lovely, Educator & Family Casey McGovern, Educator & Family Cheryl Talbot, Educator & Family Kathleen Fitzsimmons, Educator & Family Kyle Baker, Educator Lindsey Cade, Educator Scott Carroll, Educator

Vicki Cook, Educator Maura Cremin, Educator & Family Tanya Lenhard, Educator & Family Julissa Enriquez, Educator & District Accountability Committee Dylan Rodwick, Educator Jeffrey Spencer, Educator Karen Campbell, Educator & Family Katherine Kerrigan, Educator & Family Adam Trujillo, Student Adrian Cordova, Student Dulce Chavez Rios, Student Efren Reyes, Student Evanie Robledo Gutierrez, Student Finnley Stanek, Student Jovann Vigil, Student Liliana Guzman, Student Lizeth Ordonez, Student Nevaeh Barela, Student Sylas Westendorf, Student

May Headlines (scroll to learn more)

• Improving Student Outcomes – We are on the home stretch now! 
• Strategic Plan – Hooray! Our plan is now complete and approved.
• School Merge – We are well on our way to finishing the final planning for the school merge.

May Updates

Improving Student Outcomes: We are on the home stretch now! We are entering our FINAL academic assessments of the year and gearing up for tons of fun celebrations to mark  all the learning students have accomplished this year. Please keep an eye on the district events calendar so that you don’t miss anything!

Strategic Plan: The Board of Education has officially approved our 2026-2031 Strategic Plan! Please take a moment to visit the information on the website (English | Spanish) and check out the plan itself (English | Spanish). We are very excited to share this work with families and the community as we enter next school year.

School Merge: This summer, we will consolidate our school campuses from four to three. Renovations are now complete at LCES and teachers and staff are busy planning for next year and our new grade configuration. This presentation provides an overview of what is happening, and why the district is making these changes. You can also read our Q&A about school consolidation and submit any questions in English or Spanish. 

See you soon,

Kate