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California Department of Education
SBE-002-1 (REV 4/17/07) / memo-sdob-sfpd-sept07item01
State of California / Department of Education
memorandum
Date: / July 25, 2007
TO: / Members, STATE BOARD of EDucation
FROM: / Dr. William Ellerbee, Deputy Superintendent
School and District Operations 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 the student population into three tracks of which two tracks attend the school at one time. The Concept 6 calendar provides the maximum increase in the number of students that can attend a school but limits the number of instructional days to 163 instead of the required 180 (EducationCode Section 37670). The lost days of instruction are made up by adding additional minutes to each school day.

California Education Code (EC) Section 37685, which was added by Assembly Bill 1550, part of 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 in writing each July 1 to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SSPI), who shall report to the State Board of Education (SBE), that substantial progress has been made in reaching the annual numerical goals to eliminate the use of the Concept 6 calendar as established in its Comprehensive Action Plan (CAP).

The SBE approved the Los AngelesUnifiedSchool District’s (LAUSD) CAP on July 6, 2005. The District submitted evidence to the SSPI on the progress made in reaching its annual numerical goals as required by EC Section 37685.

As of July 1, 2007, 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 2006-07 goal was to have 143,221 resident enrollees attending a total of 54 Concept 6 schools. As of June 30, 2007, the LAUSD has a resident enrollment of 132,129 (Attachment 1) attending a total of 54 Concept 6 schools exceeding its resident enrollment goal by 11,092.

Attachment 1: List of Concept 6 Schools in the Los AngelesUnified School District

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

This is a list of 2006-07 Concept 6 schools in the LAUSD, showing actual resident enrollment in the attendance area and certified 2006-07 California Basic Educational System (CBEDS) enrollment in the school. Resident enrollment is the number of grade level appropriate pupils who live in a school’s attendance area and attend that school, participate in a transportation program that moves pupils into or out of the area (other than a magnet school program), or participate in the open enrollment program that allows transfer of pupils between attendance areas. This means that students attending a school outside their resident enrollment area, except for pupils in magnet schools, are included in the total for their attendance area of residence.

School / Resident Enrollment / 2006-07 CBEDS
Allesandro Elementary / 366 / 534
Bell Senior / 4,449 / 4,368
Belmont Senior / 5,848 / 4,359
Berendo Middle / 4,170 / 3,042
Bryson Elementary / 1,014 / 1,160
Burbank Middle / 1,854 / 1,785
Carver Middle / 2,663 / 2,387
ColdwaterCanyon Elementary / 1,131 / 1,100
Drew Middle / 2,582 / 2,571
Edison Middle / 2,132 / 2,232
ElizabethLearningCenter / 2,665 / 2,734
Esperanza Elementary / 1,047 / 987
FoshayLearningCenter / 3,395 / 3,457
Franklin Senior High / 2,656 / 2,955
Fremont Senior High / 5,515 / 4,638
Gage Middle / 3,324 / 3,549
Garfield Senior High / 4,389 / 4,569
Gratts Elementary / 927 / 874
Gridley Elementary / 1,111 / 991
Harrison Elementary / 869 / 889
Hazeltine Elementary / 1,130 / 1,026
Hobart Blvd. Elementary / 1,278 / 1,279
Hollywood Senior High / 2,746 / 3,111
Hughes Elementary / 1,124 / 1,240
Huntington Park Senior High / 4,646 / 4,349
KindergartenLearningAcademy / 191 / 184
King Middle / 2,480 / 2,811
Kittridge Elementary / 969 / 913
Latona Elementary / 381 / 354
Le Conte Middle / 2,008 / 2,018
Los AngelesAcademy Middle / 2,508 / 2,416
Los Angeles Senior High / 5,208 / 4,405
Manual Arts Senior High / 5,090 / 3,953
Marshall Senior High / 4,067 / 4,561
Menlo Elementary / 1,171 / 1,117
Miramonte Elementary / 1,814 / 1,771
Monroe Senior High / 3,914 / 3,207
Montara Avenue Elementary / 649 / 850
Nimitz Middle / 3,339 / 3,298
North Hollywood Senior High / 2,878 / 3,489
Pio Pico Elementary / 2,000 / 1,913
Polytechnic Senior High / 4,712 / 4,320
Reed Middle / 1,754 / 2,000
Roosevelt Senior High / 4,564 / 4,778
Roscoe Elementary / 1,027 / 969
San Fernando Senior High / 3,567 / 3,753
San Gabriel Elementary / 871 / 854
Santee Education Complex / 3,769 / 3,352
Strathern Elementary / 1,082 / 1,047
Sun Valley Middle / 3,089 / 2,692
SylvanPark Elementary / 1,035 / 949
Van Nuys Elementary / 864 / 788
Virgil Middle / 4,351 / 2,764
Weigand Elementary / 466 / 454
Total / 132,129 / 126,166