Board of Education Sarah Kirby-Gonzalez, President, Area 5 District Office Washington Jackie Thu-Huong Wong,*

Additionally, in Spring 2023, the District implemented the California Healthy Kids Survey for grades 3-12, which will be administered annually. Student participation results have allowed the district to identify areas of strength and growth, and we intend to continually increase participation rates for students and families. Our SEL Coordinator and the Director of Special Programs and Student Services are committed to overseeing and administrating the assessments. Efforts will include communicating the importance of completing each assessment and how the data informs best practices to support students. Finding F-3: California Education Code mandates that all school districts require visitors to go to a school's office upon arrival and wear identification while on site. At some Yolo County schools, however, the location of the school's office is not clear. Better signage is needed to direct visitors to the office. This is particularly important for schools, such as in the Davis, Winters, and Woodland school districts, where sharing open spaces or parking lots can make clear signage and prevention of intruders from entering school grounds more challenging. The District agrees with this finding. The District is committed to increasing signage visibility before the start of the 2024-2025 school year to denote school office locations, and we are committed to implementing this change to ensure the safety and security of our schools. Finding F-4: Each school district appropriately uses a web-based third-party provider for safety training modules. Annual training related to violent threats, such as active shooter, is not required by the Davis, Esparto, Washington, and Woodland school districts, although Esparto and Woodland plan to add such training at the start of the 2023-24 school year. Ensuring staff is trained in responding appropriately to threats of violence would lessen the chances of another tragedy similar to that in Uvalde, Texas. Washington USD 2023 Grand Jury Response The District agrees with this finding. The District has identified the need for yearly web-based and in-person training on Active Shooter/violent events and has collaborated with the West Sacramento Police Department to facilitate in-person Active Shooter (Run, Hide, Fight) training. Finding F-5: The Esparto and Woodland school districts have assessed the effectiveness of their school safety training through surveys, as recommended by the 2019-20 Yolo County Grand Jury, while Davis, Washington, and Winters districts have not. Assessing effectiveness based on quantifiable data can provide more accurate guidance for decisions about training. The District partially agrees with this finding. We value multiple methods of collecting feedback from our staff, parents/caregivers/community members and recognize the value of including surveys in our current feedback collection methods. Finding F-6: Each school district has contracted with a web-based third-party provider to notify parents of emergencies. The providers report on how many parents or guardians were reached per technology (e.g., email, text, app, or voice/phone). All school districts' providers, except Washington, reach 90% or more of their students' parents or guardians. Ensuring that virtually all parents or guardians can be reached when needed is desirable. The District agrees with this finding and continues to communicate the importance of having up-to-date parent/caregiver contact information on file. Response to Recommendations Recommendation R-1: The Grand Jury recommends that, prior to the start of the 2024-25 school year, each school district identify additional hardening approaches and develop a plan to further protect areas of its schools that remain vulnerable. The recommendation has not been implemented. However, this will be implemented no later than June 30, 2024. In March 2023, in collaboration with the West Sacramento Police Department, WUSD provided School Vulnerability Assessment Training to all school administrators. The District is working with the West Sacramento Police Department, the Maintenance, Operations, Transportation Department, and an independent safety consultant to assess campuses for site safety vulnerability. This assessment will determine hardening approach needs and provide the necessary information to develop a plan to implement before the start of the 2024-2025 school year.