The purpose of the Blue Ribbon Commission

Meeting Dates and Locations:

All meetings are at the Serna Center, 5735 47^th Avenue in the Washington Conference Room.  The meetings are from 5:30 – 7:30 P.M.

Monday,  May 22, 2006 (tentative)
Monday,  April 24, 2006
Monday,  March 27, 2006	Meeting Minutes
Monday,  February 27, 2006
Monday,  January 30, 2006

Purpose of the Blue Ribbon Commission:

The Sacramento City Unified School District’s strategic plan, “Success for Every Student by Name,” is a roadmap for our district.  The very first policy Priority outlined in this plan is: Equity, Access, and Achievement for Every Student. While our district has made steady improvement in improving results for students, not every student is achieving at expected levels.  Sacramento City’s staff is committed to supporting each student in demonstrating proficiency of California’s rigorous content standards.  Our goal is that all our students are proficient in the established State content standards. 

In order to meet the needs of every student and ensure that all students attain proficiency with our state standards it is important that we recognize the students who have historically failed to meet the proficiency levels of performance.  To help us study, understand and make recommendations for improvement, we have established a Blue Ribbon Commission.  This Commission, comprised of education, business and community leaders, will research, study, and establish goals to specifically address the achievement gap of our African American, Latino, Hmong, and Mien students.  These broad goals will guide our district’s work.