Anaheim Elementary School District — Policy Analysis 2026
Grand Total
78 / 106
73.6%
Base Score
69 / 96
Extra Credit
9 / 10
Score by Section
| Section | Score | Max | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culturally Responsive Training | 2 | 8 | Notes |
| Clear & Consistent Policies | 7 | 8 | Notes |
| Restorative Justice Practices | 3 | 8 | Notes |
| Bias Awareness & Mitigation | 3 | 8 | Notes |
| Culturally Relevant Curriculum | 7 | 8 | Notes |
| Community Engagement & Collaboration | 8 | 8 | Notes |
| Professional Development on Equity & Inclusion | 3 | 8 | Notes |
| Mental Health & Trauma-Informed Practices | 7 | 8 | Notes |
| Data Collection & Analysis | 8 | 8 | Notes |
| Student Voice & Leadership | 5 | 8 | Notes |
| Equitable Access to Support Services | 8 | 8 | Notes |
| Continuous Evaluation & Improvement | 8 | 8 | Notes |
| Extra Credit | 9 | 10 | Notes |
Suggestions to Improve the Score
Every item below its maximum, worst gap first, with the reviewer's own notes as the rationale.
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- 1.2 [Culturally Responsive Training]: Mentorship programs for culturally diverse staff — Currently: Not Implemented (0/2 pts). No public documentation found of a formal mentorship program specifically for culturally diverse staff at AUHSD.
- 1.4 [Culturally Responsive Training]: Regular feedback/measurement on training effectiveness — Currently: Not Implemented (0/2 pts). No public evidence found of a system to regularly measure/evaluate the effectiveness of cultural-competency or equity trainings.
- 3.4 [Restorative Justice Practices]: Peer mediation program — Currently: Not Implemented (0/2 pts). No public documentation found of a formal, district-wide peer mediation program at AUHSD.
- 4.3 [Bias Awareness & Mitigation]: Cultural competence checks in hiring — Currently: Not Implemented (0/2 pts). AUHSD has a general nondiscrimination/equal-opportunity-employment policy (BP 6201), but no public evidence was found of specific 'cultural competence checks' built into the hiring process.
- 4.4 [Bias Awareness & Mitigation]: Diverse perspectives & materials in curriculum — Currently: Not Implemented (0/2 pts). No rating returned by the scoring model for this item.
- 7.4 [Professional Development on Equity & Inclusion]: Participation in equity-focused conferences — Currently: Not Implemented (0/2 pts). No public documentation found confirming AUHSD staff participation in external equity-focused conferences (e.g., ACSA Equity Institute), despite such conferences being held in the region.
- 10.3 [Student Voice & Leadership]: Students facilitate restorative processes — Currently: Not Implemented (0/2 pts). No public documentation found of students formally facilitating restorative justice processes at AUHSD.
- 1.1 [Culturally Responsive Training]: Mandatory cultural competency training for all staff — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). AUHSD has a district-wide DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging) program and LCAP references "Inclusive Literacy training" for staff in Feb 2025, but no evidence this cultural-competency training is mandatory for all staff district-wide. Source: sites.google.com/auhsdschools.org/auhsd-deib/home; auhsd.us LCAP 2025-26.
- 1.3 [Culturally Responsive Training]: Culturally relevant PD resources in staff learning — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). The DEIB site and Social Justice Collective department curate equity resources and hold school-site meetings, but there's no evidence this constitutes comprehensive, mandatory culturally-relevant PD embedded in staff learning district-wide. Source: sites.google.com/auhsdschools.org/auhsd-deib/home.
- 2.3 [Clear & Consistent Policies]: Staff training on consistent application — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). Schools report monthly PBIS/MTSS committees involving counselors, social workers, teachers and administrators, which supports consistency, but no explicit district-wide mandatory training on discipline-policy application was found. <cite index="163-1">Staff meet monthly through a PBIS/MTSS committee with counselors, social workers, teachers, administrators to discuss ways to encourage and incentivize…
- 3.1 [Restorative Justice Practices]: Restorative circles/conferences to repair harm — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). AUHSD LCAP references restorative practices as a district resource and at least one school (Lexington JHS) has a dedicated Restorative Justice Specialist position, but district-wide, mandatory use of restorative circles/conferences across all schools is not confirmed.
- 3.2 [Restorative Justice Practices]: Staff training in restorative practices — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). AUHSD has implemented "Capturing Kids' Hearts" relationship-based training and references restorative practices in its LCAP, <cite index="169-1,169-2">improving school climate and reducing suspension rates by implementing resources such as Capturing Kid's Hearts and working with OC Human Relations, promoting skill development, self-managing classrooms, decreasing discipline issues, and pursuing equi…
- 3.3 [Restorative Justice Practices]: Curriculum integrates conflict-resolution skills — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). LCAP Goal 3 tracks student advisory lessons covering topics like anti-racism and related SEL/conflict content, and the mandatory Ethnic Studies course touches on related skills, but no dedicated conflict-resolution curriculum strand was confirmed district-wide.
- 4.1 [Bias Awareness & Mitigation]: Implicit bias training for staff — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). AUHSD's LCAP references "Leadership" and "Inclusive Literacy training" sessions for staff <cite index="166-1">held on February 14, 2025, and Inclusive Literacy training on February 24 and 26, 2025</cite>, which may include implicit-bias content, but no training explicitly labeled 'implicit bias' and mandatory for all staff was confirmed.
- 5.2 [Culturally Relevant Curriculum]: Teacher PD on integrating diverse perspectives — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). The district held an 'Inclusive Literacy training' for staff in February 2025 per the LCAP, suggesting some PD on diverse perspectives, but ongoing, mandatory district-wide teacher PD on this topic is not confirmed.
- 7.1 [Professional Development on Equity & Inclusion]: Ongoing anti-bias/equity training — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). The Social Justice Collective and DEIB program provide ongoing equity-focused work and PD opportunities, but mandatory, ongoing anti-bias training for all staff is not confirmed.
- 7.2 [Professional Development on Equity & Inclusion]: Workshops on culturally responsive teaching — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). Specific PD sessions on inclusive/culturally responsive teaching were documented in the LCAP, but frequency and mandatory district-wide application are unclear.
- 7.3 [Professional Development on Equity & Inclusion]: Equity topics in staff meetings/PD — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). Equity is a stated ongoing focus via the Social Justice Collective and DEIB site meetings, but explicit confirmation that equity topics are regularly embedded in all staff meetings/PD district-wide was not found.
- 8.3 [Mental Health & Trauma-Informed Practices]: Trauma-informed staff training — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). AUHSD has run 'Capturing Kids' Hearts' relationship-building training for staff, which overlaps with trauma-informed practice, but no dedicated, mandatory trauma-informed training program for all staff was confirmed.
- 10.4 [Student Voice & Leadership]: Student-led peer education — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). A community partner program provides peer leadership development for AUHSD students. <cite index="185-1,185-4">ROOTED is OCAPICA's Youth Leadership and Development Fellowship that empowers high school students across AUHSD to become active leaders, focusing on leadership through social justice, civic engagement, career development, and wellness.</cite> This is community-partner run rather than a core district prog…
- EC5 [Extra Credit]: Foster Youth Task Force with site-level implementation teams at every school specifically targeting suspension and chronic absenteeism disparities for foster youth. — Currently: In-work (1/2 pts). A subgroup-specific discipline-equity task force that goes beyond general committees, though its exact discipline-decision authority is not fully detailed publicly.