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MEET YOUR SUPERINTENDENT
2 Kenneth C. Hurst, Sr., Ed.D
● 25 years in education
● Former Superintendent of Othello
School District
● Associate Superintendent in
Oceanside
● Administrator in San Diego
Unified and Poway Unified
● Math Teacher and Computer
Programming Teacher in Poway
Strategic Planning Process
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Academics
Key Data, Programs, and Initiatives
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STAR Reading & Math State Benchmark
By Primary Ethnicity
5 Reading 2022-23
Race/
Ethnicity
Fall Winter
Asian 56% 54%
Black 28% 26%
Latinx 25% 25%
Multiple 60% 60%
White 67% 67%
Math 2022-23
Race/
Ethnicity
Fall Winter
Asian 41% 41%
Black 10% 10%
Latinx 11% 13%
Multiple 44% 41%
White 42% 42%
Last edited 3/16/23, Research & Reporting
CSU System Admission Rates: 2021
6 School 2021
Applicants
2021
Acceptance
Rate
Hercules HS 93 99%
Middle College HS 48 98%
Kennedy HS 38 97%
Pinole Valley HS 72 96%
El Cerrito HS 179 94%
Richmond HS 121 93%
De Anza HS 114 90%
While we work to increase the number
of students eligible to apply to the CSU
system, we strive to have consistently
high acceptance rates as well.
These rates represent the percentage of
students who applied to the CSU system
and were admitted.
UC System Admission Rates: 2021
7 School 2021
Applicants
2021
Acceptance
Rate
Hercules HS 72 58%
Middle College HS 49 71%
Kennedy HS 26 81%
Pinole Valley HS 66 64%
El Cerrito HS 172 77%
Richmond HS 95 76%
De Anza HS 77 81%
We are working with
our counselors, city
partners, and
community partners to
increase students’
eligibility for UCs,
while also expanding
academic programs to
ensure that admission
rates increase.
These rates represent the percentage of
students who applied to the UC system
and were admitted.
UC System Admission Rates Over Time
8 School 2019 2020 2021 3-Year Avg
El Cerrito HS 71% 76% 77% 75%
Middle College 76% 73% 71% 73%
Richmond HS 58% 81% 76% 72%
De Anza 71% 63% 81% 72%
Kennedy HS 73% 56% 81% 70%
Hercules HS 55% 85% 58% 66%
Pinole Valley 47% 79% 64% 63%
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9 WCCUSD Schools Serving the City of San Pablo
Schools Within City of San Pablo Boundaries:
• Elementary/K-8: Bayview, Dover, Downer, Lake, Riverside • Middle School: Helms Middle School
• Alternative Education: Middle College High School
Schools Outside City Boundaries With a High Number of San Pablo Residents:
• Elementary/K-8: Ford, Highland, Murphy, Sheldon
• Middle School: Betty Reid Soskin Middle, Pinole Middle • High School: Richmond High School, De Anza High School • Alternative Education: Vista Virtual, Greenwood Academy @wccusd
Career Pathway Programs & VAPA
High
• Band (all Middle & High Schools)
• Dance (all High Schools)
• Multimedia (Helms & RHS)
• Welding & Construction Trades
(Kennedy)
• Health (RHS, DA, Kennedy)
• Engineering (RHS)
• Information Technology (DA &
Kennedy)
• Law (RHS & DA)
• Fab Lab (Kennedy)
10 Middle
• Band
• Project Lead the
Way (STEM)
• Multimedia
• Career Exploration
Elementary
• Band
• Project Lead
the Way
(STEM)
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Community Schools in WCCUSD: Expanded Through a
$30 Million Grant to support 22 Community Schools
A community school is any PreK-12 school using a “whole-child” approach with “an integrated focus on academics, health and social services, youth and community development, and community engagement.” (Source: California Community Schools Partnership Program)
In WCCUSD community schools, collaborative teams of adults -- including teachers, family members, and service providers -- work to:
● deeply understand the needs of students,
● provide wraparound services in response to students' needs, and ● disrupt school systems in order to better serve all students. 11 @wccusd
Highlight: How San Pablo Community Schools Serve
Our Students
Helms Middle School:
• CARE Team: Case manager/social
worker, therapists from Bay Area
Community Resources, Contra
Costa County Health Services, and
Familias Unidas
• Lunch clubs for students
• Parent coffee chats
12 Richmond High School
• Counseling services and
wraparound supports, especially
targeted for newcomer students
• Wraparound supports integrated
into Career Technical Academies
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Programs for Academic Support & Enrichment
Key Instructional Initiatives to Support Literacy Growth:
• Elementary: Guided Reading and Small Group Instruction • Secondary: Student Discourse - Scaffolding Student Talk to Support Understanding • Special Education: Lindamood Bell Instructional Practices to Support Reading Comprehension
Additional Support and Enrichment Programs:
• Community Gardens & Partnerships with Urban Tilth & Growing Together • After school programs at all schools K-8
• Sports at Middle Schools, Competitive Sports at Comprehensive High Schools • Tutorworks
• Clubs and student leadership programs
• Mafanikio
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Operations
Finance, Facilities, and Contract Negotiations
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Budget Changes Since Adoption
UNRESTRICTED FUNDING
● Effective COLA for the Local Control Funding Formula include 6.56% statutory COLA, plus an additional COLA of 6.70%, totaling 13.26%
● All other programs only include statutory COLA
RESTRICTED FUNDING
● Learning Recovery Emergency Block Grant $38,792,099 (one-time by 2027-28) ● Arts, Media, and Instructional Materials Discretionary Block Grant $15,675,581 (one-time) ● Expanded Learning Opportunities-Program $18,503,472 (ELOP , ongoing)
ALL FUNDING SOURCES
● Tentative or approved agreements with all labor partners that operate in the general fund 15 @wccusd
Changes to Expenditures 2022-23
16 Expenditures (Unrestricted - Fund 01) 1st Interim
Budget
Increase
(Decrease) Revised Budget
1000-1999 Certificated Salaries 103,746,531 7,305,635 111,052,166 2000-2999 Classified Salaries 34,413,678 492,631 34,906,309 3000-3999 Employee Benefits 67,201,317 3,768,637 70,969,954 4000-4999 Books and Supplies 11,244,432 ( 236,812) 11,007,620 5000-5999 Services and Other Operating
Exp 35,571,010 2,176,794 37,747,804
6000-6999 Capital Outlay 562,921 8,000 570,921
71-7200, 74-7499 Other Outgo 1,365,532 - 1,365,532
7300-7399 Indirect/Direct Support Costs ( 3,757,489) ( 427,625) ( 4,185,114)
Total Expenditures 250,347,932 13,087,260 263,435,192
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Changes to Fund Balance 2022-23
17 West Contra Costa Unified School District
As of 2/13/2023
After UTR
Negotiation
1st Interim Budget Increase (Decrease) Revised Budget
Combined - Fund 01 22-23 22-23 22-23
Budget
Total Revenues 493,618,648 56,175,529 549,749,177
Total Expenditures 488,272,517 14,960,917 503,233,434
Excess (Deficiency) from Operations 5,346,131 41,214,612 46,560,743
Transfers In (Fund 17) - - -
Net Increase (decrease) 5,346,131 41,214,612 46,560,743
Beginning Balance 53,755,378 53,755,378
Ending Fund Balance 59,101,509 41,214,612 100,316,121
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Lake Rebuild
18 To stay up to date on
the project.
Additional information can be
found at the project website.
https://www.wccusd.net/site/default.aspx
?PageID=15892
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Lake Rebuild
19 ● Phase 1A is under construction and includes
the Administration/Library Building and 1st -
6th grade classroom buildings
● Summer work will include utility connections
and parking lot changes
● Early 2024 - The school will move into the first
3 Buildings and Phase 1B will be under
construction to complete the Multi Purpose
Room, Kindergarten Complex and Playground
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Riverside Playground
20 ● Out to bid for construction in Summer
2023
● Scope includes new playground
structures for Kinder and 1st-6th
grade, new garden area, new blacktop
striping, and new fencing
Harmon Knolls
Location: 2853 Groom Drive
Richmond, CA 94806
Size: 8.87 acres
Closed: 2003 Property Demolished
Zoning: Government/Public Use
7-11 Committee
● Committee includes 8 community
members.
● Committee will provide an advisory report
to the Board. The report will include if the
properties are recommended for surplus
and if so, recommendations of the best
uses.
21 Additional information about the
Committee’s work, including meeting
archives and draft report considerations,
is available online
https://www.wccusd.net/Page/15623