California Department of Education
Executive Office
SBE-002(REV.06/2008) / memo-sdob-sfpd-apr09item01
State of California / Department of Education
memorandum
Date: / March 19, 2009
TO: / Members, STATE BOARD of EDucation
FROM: / Dr. William Ellerbee, Deputy Superintendent
School and District Operations Branch
SUBJECT: / Annual Report Regarding Progress Toward Reaching Annual Numerical Goals in the Elimination of the Multitrack Year-Round Education Concept 6 Calendar by the Los Angeles Unified School District Pursuant to California Education Code Section 37684, 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 (Education Code (EC) Section 37670). The lost days of instruction are made up by adding additional minutes to each school day.

EC Section 37684, 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 January to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction (SSPI), who shall report to the State Board of Education (SBE), on the progress 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 Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) CAP on July 6, 2005. The district reported to the SSPI on the progress made in reaching its annual numerical goal as required by EC Section 37684.

As of January 7, 2009, the district has met or exceeded its original goal to eliminate the use of Concept 6 as established in the district’s CAP. LAUSD’s 2008-09 goal was to have 127,588 resident enrollees attending a total of 50 Concept 6 schools. As of January 7, 2009, the district has a resident enrollment of 74,578 (Attachment 1) attending a total of 31 Concept 6 schools. This exceeds the resident enrollment goal by 53,010.

LAUSD is the only district with any remaining Concept 6 schools.

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

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

This is a list of 2008-09 Concept 6 schools in the Los AngelesUnifiedSchool District, showing actual enrollment as certified in the 2007-08 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 choose to attend a magnet school instead of their local neighborhood school.

School / Resident Enrollment / 2007-08 CBEDS
Allesandro Elementary / 301 / 517
Aurora Elementary / 686 / 629
Bell Senior High / 4,528 / 4,330
Berendo Middle / 2,540 / 2,316
Bryson Avenue Elementary / 969 / 1,125
Carver Middle / 2,161 / 2,181
Drew Middle / 2,304 / 2,328
Edison Middle / 1,754 / 2,024
ElizabethLearningCenter / 2,584 / 2,656
FoshayLearningCenter / 3,119 / 3,383
Fremont Senior High / 5,066 / 4,642
Gage Middle / 2,925 / 3,351
Garfield Senior High / 4,646 / 4,603
Gratts Elementary / 900 / 858
Gridley Elementary / 944 / 993
Hughes Elementary / 936 / 1,132
Huntington Park Senior High / 4,463 / 4,243
KindergartenLearningAcademy / 182 / 157
King Middle / 2,098 / 2,680
Latona Avenue Elementary / 335 / 336
Los AngelesAcademy Middle / 2,277 / 2,336
Los Angeles Senior High / 3,877 / 3,377
Manual Arts Senior High / 3,875 / 3,459
Marshall Senior High / 3,338 / 4,414
Nimitz Middle / 3,038 / 3,065
Polytechnic Senior High / 4,549 / 4,251
Roosevelt High / 4,415 / 4,708
San Gabriel Elementary / 853 / 828
Santee Education Complex / 3,806 / 3,412
Van Nuys Elementary / 703 / 738
Weigand Avenue Elementary / 406 / 434

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