• Friday, Jan 31, is the last day of the Second Quarter and a Scheduled Half-Day.
  
  • (Remaining Half Days this year. View the OTA Calendar here)
    

• Monday, February 3 is a Teacher Work Day (no school for students)
• The Flu has arrived in San Diego! We have 3 teachers out today and many children absent. If your child has a fever please do not send them to school! Thank You.
• LCAP is coming: Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)
  As part of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), school districts, county offices of education and charter schools are required to develop, adopt, and annually update a three-year Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), beginning on July 1, 2014.
  The LCAP is required to identify annual goals, specific actions, and measure progress for student subgroups across multiple performance indicators, including student academic achievement, school climate, student access to a broad curriculum, and parent engagement. School districts and charter schools are required to obtain parent and public input in developing, revising and updating LCAPs. See template: .doc | .pdf
  The academic priorities must be aligned to the district’s spending plan. The Board of Education must first approve the LCAP before adopting the annual district budget. County superintendents must review school district LCAPs and ensure alignment of projected spending, services, and goals. Charter school LCAPs will be reviewed by the chartering authority. County Offices of Education’s are required to provide technical assistance when they disapprove an LCAP. The state Superintendent of Public Instruction may intervene if a school district or charter school fails to show improvement across multiple subgroups in three out of four consecutive years.

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• Visit the OTA Amazon Bookstore to buy Core Knowledge books for your child or your child’s classroom. Each purchase earns OTA a small donation.
• Visit Ms. Church’s Photos Tab for a retrospective of OTA events going back to August 2011.