California Department of Education
Executive Office
SBE-002 (REV. 06/2008) / memo-sssb-sfpd-aug09item01
State of California / Department of Education
memorandum
Date: / August 19, 2009
TO: / Members, STATE BOARD of EDucation
FROM: / Dr. William Ellerbee, Jr., Deputy Superintendent
Special Services and Support Branch
SUBJECT: / Substantial Progress Report Regarding the Elimination of the Multitrack Year-Round Education Concept 6 Calendar by Los Angeles Unified School District Pursuant to California Education Code Section 37685, Chapter 901, Statutes of 2004 (Assembly Bill 1550).

Concept 6 is a multitrack year-round calendar that divides a school’s student population into three tracks of which two tracks attend the school at one time. The Concept 6 calendar provides districts the maximum number of students that can attend any school but limits the number of instructional days to 163 instead of the required 180 (Education Code (EC) Section 37670). The lost days of instruction are made up by adding additional minutes to each school day.

EC Section 37685, which was added pursuant to the Eliezer Williams, et al. vs. State of California, et al. settlement, prohibits the use of Concept 6 calendars after July 1, 2012, and requires any district that is operating a school on a Concept 6 multitrack year-round calendar to submit evidence of progress toward eliminating Concept 6 each July to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SSPI). A district’s annual goals are set in its comprehensive action plan (CAP).

The SBE approved the Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) CAP on July6,2005. LAUSD is the only district with remaining Concept 6 schools.

As of July 1, 2009, the district has made substantial progress in the elimination of the use of Concept 6 as established in the district’s CAP. The LAUSD’s 2008-09 goal was to have 127,588 resident enrollees attending a total of 50 Concept 6 schools. As of July1, 2009, the LAUSD has a resident enrollment of 78,845 (Attachment 1) attending a total of 33 Concept 6 schools. This exceeds the resident enrollment goal by 48,743.

Attachment 1: List of 2008-09 Concept 6 Schools in the Los Angeles Unified School

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List of 2008-09 Concept 6 Schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District

Below is a list of 2008-09 Concept 6 schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, showing resident enrollment and actual enrollment as certified in the 2008-09 California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS). Resident enrollment is the number of pupils who live in a school’s attendance area and attend that school, participate in a transportation program (other than magnet), or participate in the open enrollment program. In this case, students attending a school on a permit are counted in their neighborhood school, but not magnet students who chose to attend a magnet school instead of their local neighborhood school. The resident enrollment was the number that was submitted on the district’s comprehensive action plan and is listed here to maintain consistency with the original report.

School / Resident Enrollment / 2008-09 CBEDS
Allesandro Elementary / 301 / 497
Aurora Elementary / 686 / 654
Bell Senior High / 4,528 / 4,462
Berendo Middle / 2,540 / 2,236
Bryson Avenue Elementary / 969 / 1,115
Carver Middle / 2,161 / 1,960
Drew Middle / 2,304 / 2,152
Edison Middle / 1,754 / 1,906
Elizabeth Learning Center / 2,584 / 2,598
Foshay Learning Center / 3,119 / 3,182
Fremont Senior High / 5,066 / 4,534
Gage Middle / 2,925 / 3,150
Garfield Senior High / 4,646 / 4,658
Gratts Elementary / 900 / 835
Gridley Elementary / 944 / 913
Hughes Elementary / 936 / 1,100
Huntington Park Senior High / 4,463 / 4,284
Kindergarten Learning Academy / 182 / 163
King Middle / 2,098 / 2,543
Latona Avenue Elementary / 335 / 314
Los Angeles Academy Middle / 2,277 / 2,274
Los Angeles Senior High / 3,877 / 3,163
Manual Arts Senior High / 3,875 / 3,500
Marshall Senior High / 3,338 / 3,816
Nimitz Middle / 3,038 / 3,012
Pio Pico / 1,622 / 1,721
Polytechnic Senior High / 4,549 / 4,308
Roosevelt High / 4,415 / 4,632
San Gabriel Elementary / 853 / 831
Santee Education Complex / 3,806 / 3,550
Van Nuys Elementary / 703 / 638
Virgil Middle / 2,645 / 2,049
Weigand Avenue Elementary / 406 / 423