WRITE A LETTER
It is helpful to explain your demands in a letter. The letter can be used as a tool to clearly identify the problems with the LCAP and how you want the LCAP to change. You can send the letter to all school board members before public meetings or to individual board members before meeting with them. The best time to send a letter to your school board is before they adopt the LCAP, which usually happens in June.
If the district ignores your demands and adopts the LCAP without making the changes you requested, you can also send a letter to the County Office of Education urging it not to approve the LCAP. The best time to send a letter to the County is in July, after the district adopts its LCAP, but before August 15th, which is the deadline for the County to question the district’s adopted LCAP.
Resources
- LCAP advocacy letter template
- Sample advocacy letter – Pomona (divestment from police and security)
Sample advocacy letter – Klamath Trinity Joint Unified (stakeholder engagement and proper use of supplemental and concentration funds)
