San Diego County Grand Jury • 2016-2017

Foster Care Civic Success Operating at 50 Percent Occupancy…why?

Published: March 30, 2017 9 pages
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Findings 4 findings

F01
Low enrollment underutilizes dedicated teachers and County facilities. Fact: Student enrollment at San Pasqual Academy has consistently been below the Academy’s authorized capacity of 184.
F02
San Pasqual Academy operating below capacity wastes taxpayer resources and fails to capitalize on the principle of economies of scale. Fact: National statistics document 50 percent of foster care children will not graduate from high school. Fact: 19.2 percent of all California high school students in 2015 did not graduate from high school. Fact: The Academy high school graduation/GED rate of 92 percent significantly exceeds the high school graduation/GED rates for other California public schools. Gary Warth, “Weekend of Commencement begins: CSUSM Graduates among first to attend foster youth program,” San Diego Union-Tribune, May 20, 2016. San Pasqual Academy information, San Diego County Child Welfare Service October 6, 2016. Interview on September 26, 2016, with County of San Diego Behavioral Health Service Staff. Fact: National statistics note that 10 percent of former foster care youth attend college. Fact: 60 percent of San Pasqual high school graduates go on to a two-year or four-year college. Fact: 10 percent of San Pasqual Academy graduates earned a four-year college degree or higher.
F03
Increasing the number of foster care children at San Pasqual Academy would result in more foster care children graduating from high school and attending college. Fact: Siblings are difficult to place with the same foster care parents.
F04
San Pasqual Academy has a positive effect in keeping families together by accepting siblings from middle school through high school.

Recommendations 2

Commendations 1

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