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Board Brief · June 2026

Riverside Unified School District

One-page summary for the Board of Trustees.

District Health
92
+3
Academic
84
+2
Financial
95
0

Strategic goals

  • Reading proficiency to 78%76%
  • Reduce vacancies below 3041 open
  • Graduation rate 90%89.4%
  • Fund balance ≥ $25M$28.4M

Major risks

  • Lincoln Middle attendance and math performance trending down
  • Special-education evaluator capacity at 110%
  • Substitute teacher fill rate dropped to 78%

Major wins

  • Jefferson Elementary reading gains +11 points YoY
  • District discipline referrals down 10% MTD
  • Forecast year-end surplus of $9.2M

Recommended decisions

  1. Approve expansion of Jefferson reading model to 4 additional Title I sites.
  2. Authorize emergency substitute recruitment incentive ($150K).
  3. Reallocate 2 SPED evaluators to highest-caseload campuses.
Prepared by Office of the SuperintendentGenerated by SDDS · June 4, 2026