by Andrew Alonzo | aalonzo@claremont-courier.com

Oakmont Outdoor School and Chaparral Elementary took their turns in delivering their school plans for student achievement at the November 21 Claremont Unified School District Board of Education meeting.

Oakmont Outdoor School

Oakmont presenters included principal Jessica Rodriguez, school site council chair Stephan Zeller, and fifth grader Ben Baez.

Last year, the school aimed to increase general students’ proficiency in English language arts, or ELA, from 50% to 55%, and from 14.6% to 19.6% for special education students. Special ed students exceeded projections at 20.4%, but the remainder of students fell short at 45.6%, as measured by  California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress tests.

Oakmont aims to hit 50.6% ELA proficiency by the end of the 2024-2025 school year.

In math, Oakmont’s goal was to increase general students’ proficiency from 34.3% to 39.3%, special education students’ from 0% to 15%. Both goals were met, at 46% and 27.8%, respectively.

The school looks to build on its math success among general students and hit 51% by the end of the school year. Goals for this year were not listed for special education students.

Oakmont has been addressing chronic absenteeism, with a goal of reducing it from 22% to 17%. It exceeded that, with absenteeism dropping to 15.3%. The next goal is 11.3%.

Oakmont aims to improve ELA skills among English learners from 20% to 43% by the end of the school year, and to increase the percentage of socio-economically disadvantaged students meeting or exceeding standards from 34.9% to 39.9%.

Chaparral Elementary School

Chaparral presenters included principal Julie Pak, fifth graders Averie Hill and Sophia Delgado, and sixth grader Mia Tong.

The school’s 2023-2024 goal of increasing ELA proficiency from 64.1% to 69.1% was not met, with 64.2% of students having met or exceeded standards. It hopes to raise that number to 68.2% by the end of the school year.

The school exceeded its goal of increasing its mathematics proficiency scores from 55.2% to 60.2%, moving up to 61.9%. The end of school year goal is to see that number hit 65.9%.

By the end of 2024-2025, the school aims to decrease chronic absenteeism from 7% to 6%.

The school hopes to improve reading skills among English learners by 25%, and to increase the percentage of socio-economically disadvantaged students meeting or exceeding ELA standards from 43.7% to 48.7%.

Standardized test scores

Julie Olesniewicz, CUSD assistant superintendent, educational services, delivered results from annual standardized tests, which were administered in the spring.

The ELA results showed 60% of CUSD students demonstrated an average or heightened understanding of the subject. Scores from Bonita, 73%, and Glendora and Chino Valley, both 61%, exceeded CUSD’s.

The testing showed 53% of CUSD students met or exceeded math subject standards. At 61%, Bonita was the only neighboring school district to exceed that score.

A full account of the report can be heard from the meeting audio linked at cusd.claremont.edu, click “Board of Education” at the top of the page and scroll down for the November 21 meeting audio. The presentation Olesniewicz delivered is linked on the November 21 agenda under item 14.02.

The CUSD Board of Education’s next meeting is at 5 p.m. Thursday, December 19 at 170 W. San Jose Ave., Claremont.