Graduation Task Force

The Graduation Task Force was created on August 31, 2017 by Superintendent Jorge Aguilar to study the impacts of low graduation rates on the Sacramento Community and develop recommendations for improvement. Twenty community members have served on the Task Force and collaborated with the Superintendent. The preliminary recommendations were presented to the Board of Education on December 7, 2017. 

Preliminary Recommendations

The theme of the recommendations include:

• Building consistent structures and routines;
• Creating monitoring systems to ensure fidelity of implementation;
• Continuously assessing what works and what does not;
• Sharing responsibility for student outcomes and;
• Aligning professional learning to accelerate student achievement with appropriate accountability indicators and sufficient support to meet established targets. 

“This task force represents where we want to go as a district,” said Gretchen Viglione, a member of the Task Force and district coordinator for the Parent Teacher Home Visit Project. Viglione spoke during public comment on the item and added, “We are a school district where every child and every student is given the opportunity to be successful. This Task Force embodies this spirit.”

The Task Force will continue meeting through Spring 2018 to complete additional research. The district will be launching a work team to analyze and operationalize the recommendations and the costs estimated with implementing them. These recommendations will be further vetted by the Board during the budget process next year with a strong focus on which recommendations can best ensure every student has an equal opportunity to graduate with the greatest number of postsecondary choices from the widest array of options. 

Graduation Task Force Members