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ProgramsSchool year 2021-22

Keep class sizes smaller in 2022-23 (Local Control and Accountability Plan)

IN SHORT

Goal: Average class sizes of about 25 in elementary grades and 28 in middle school during 2022-23.

Result: Goal met. Public documents show the goal was met.

In its 2022-23 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), the district's main plan for goals and spending, the board approved $1,751,831 to keep class sizes lower: an average of 25 students per class in elementary grades and 28 in middle school, except PE.

  1. Brief

  2. Receipt

  3. Stamp (current stage)

01

Brief

What the board was deciding. Budget words explained

Meeting
June 21, 2022, agenda item E-36-21/22
Board Agenda Packet, June 21, 2022 (LCAP, item E-36-21/22), p. 120(opens in a new tab)
Vote
Approved
  • Ayes: 4
  • Noes: 0
  • Abstain: not recorded
  • Absent: not recorded
Board Minutes, June 21, 2022, p. 4(opens in a new tab)
Cost or savings
The plan budgeted $1,751,831 for this action (Action 1.1, Reduce lower class sizes).
Board Agenda Packet, June 21, 2022 (2022-23 LCAP, Action 1.1), p. 143(opens in a new tab)
Options considered
No alternatives were listed in the documents reviewed.
Who is affected
  • Students and teachers in elementary and middle school classrooms: Smaller average class sizes, which meant hiring or keeping additional teachers.Source, p. 143(opens in a new tab)

02

Receipt

What the district said, word for word.

  1. GOAL 01

    “HBCSD will reduce class sizes to an average of 25:1 for elementary grades and 28:1 for middle school grades, with the exception of PE”

    2022-23 LCAP, Action 1.1 · Board Agenda Packet, June 21, 2022 (2022-23 LCAP, Action 1.1), p. 143(opens in a new tab)

    In plain words
    Average class sizes of about 25 in elementary grades and 28 in middle school during 2022-23.
    Estimated amount
    No dollar amount stated
    How it will be checked
    The next year's LCAP includes an annual update describing how each action was carried out and what it cost.

REVIEW DATE

September 15, 2023()

Receipts default rule: when the district publishes what it actually spent in 2022-23 (its "Unaudited Actuals" report).

The district didn't name a review date, so Receipts uses the date the district reports actual spending for the first full year after the change. How review dates work

03

Timeline

What happened, in order.

  1. Board vote: Approved 4–0

    Source, p. 4(opens in a new tab)

  2. District notes that class sizes were reduced for 2022-23 only, using one-time funding, and begins planning 2023-24 staffing

    Source, p. 16(opens in a new tab)

  3. Review due (Receipts default rule)

  4. Stamped: Goal met

  5. TODAY

04

Stamp

How did it turn out? What the stamps mean

Stamps describe what public documents show. They are never a judgment of anyone's work or intentions.

Goal met

Stamped October 5, 2026 · Every quote checked against its source · Approved by a person before publishing

In the 2022-23 annual update (part of the 2023-24 LCAP, presented June 20, 2023), the district reported that it "successfully implemented class size reduction." It spent an estimated $2,079,870, which is $328,039 more than budgeted, to hire additional staff to minimize combination classes at elementary schools. The update doesn't list the average class sizes reached, so this result is based on the district's own report.

Evidence

How this was decided
Goal checked
“HBCSD will reduce class sizes to an average of 25:1 for elementary grades and 28:1 for middle school grades, with the exception of PE”
Review date
September 15, 2023 (receipts default rule: when the district publishes what it actually spent in 2022-23 (its "Unaudited Actuals" report))
Rule applied
"Goal met" means: Public documents show the goal was met. The five stamps
What was found
The explanation above, based on 2 documents listed under Evidence.
Reviewed
Every quote checked against its source; approved by a person on October 5, 2026.

District response

Not yet invited

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New stamps: the district gets 10 business days to review a stamp before it's published. How district responses work

05

Sources

Every document used on this page.

  1. 1.Board Agenda Packet, June 21, 2022 (LCAP, item E-36-21/22) (opens in a new tab) · pages 120, 143
  2. 2.Board Minutes, June 21, 2022 (opens in a new tab) · page 4
  3. 3.Board Agenda Packet, June 20, 2023 (2023-24 LCAP, 2022-23 annual update) (opens in a new tab) · pages 149, 150
  4. 4.Signed Board Minutes, February 7, 2023 (item 18.2) (opens in a new tab) · page 16

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