SAN LEANDRO, Calif., January 12, 2016 – At this evening’s Board of Education meeting, the trustees voted 5-0 to approve the Secondary Redesign recommendations put forward by the district. The approved recommendations – which were first presented to the Board of Education at a December 15, 2015 Work Study Session – are:

“Teachers need time and space organized in a way that supports deeper learning. We look forward to collaborating with and supporting teachers in creating those spaces and to working closely with our administrators at all four secondary sites to ensure effective implementation of structures that support that deeper, more personalized learning,” said Deputy Superintendent Dr. Rosanna Mucetti, who spearheaded SLUSD’s efforts for Secondary Redesign. “Our students will greatly benefit from secondary programs that are more aligned to the new demands of our standards, our assessment practices and expectations for technology integration.”

The adoption of the final recommendations is the culmination of months of work that started with in the spring of 2015. A committee was convened comprising close to 30 educators from different SLUSD secondary sites. The district also held three community forums to update families on potential changes and to seek input. During this period, surveys were also developed and deployed including those for staff, families and students. District staff met with secondary educators and staff within the district before Dr. Mucetti presented the committee’s preliminary recommendations to the Board of Education in December 2015.

For more details about the above changes to secondary programming, visit www.slusd.us/SecondaryRedesign