ON THE AGENDA Here are some of...

ON THE AGENDA

Here are some of the items the Newport-Mesa Unified School

District board of trustees will be discussing tonight.

2003-04 ASSESSMENT UPDATE

District officials will review scores on the 2003 Academic

Performance Index Base and the California High School Exit Exam.

WHAT TO EXPECT

This is the first year the state issued API scores to the district

as a whole. Districtwide, Newport-Mesa scored 733 of 1,000 and was

just shy of the mandated state target of 800.

Andersen, Harbor View, Mariners and Newport Coast elementary

schools and Corona del Mar High School scored a statewide rank of 10,

the highest. The lowest performing schools, Whittier, Wilson and

Pomona elementary, showed improvement of at least 5% in their API

scores.

Jaime Castellanos, assistant superintendent of secondary education

and Peggy Anatol, director of assessment, will make a presentation of

data to the board.

MEASURE A UPDATE

Paul Reed, assistant superintendent of business services, will

provide the latest information on the multi-school improvement

project.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Work on the Group II schools, College Park, Davis, Killybrooke,

Sonora and Wilson elementary, Ensign Intermediate and Newport Harbor

High School is underway. Bidding on the next group is in progress.

STRATEGIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

District administrators, teachers, staff, board trustees, parents,

students and community members met earlier this month to begin

development of the district’s five-year plan.

WHAT TO EXPECT

District staff will provide continual updates on the board agenda

to inform them of the group’s progress. Members met April 3 and

discussed various educational issues. Notes from that session will be

transcribed and placed on the district website.

Tonight’s update will cover the April 3 meeting.

RULE AND REGULATION 6195

Rule and Regulation 6195 defines how the District Audit Committee

operates.

WHAT TO EXPECT

The committee has recommended changes in the rule. Changes would

include requiring the committee to meet four, not six times a year

and allow flexibility in meeting dates.

It also proposes identifying the assistant superintendent of

business services to be identified as a nonvoting member of the

committee.