The state Board of Education is scheduled to decide today whether to slap harsher sanctions on three Monterey County school districts for continually failing to meet annual goals for academic growth. Hoping for a reprieve, the superintendents from the Alisal Union, Greenfield Union and King City Union school districts will be in Sacramento to address the state school board to explain why their students haven't met federal standards set by the No Child Left Behind Act, said Fred Balcom, director of the school improvement division for the state Department of Education.
Depending on the information provided by each district — and how the board reacts to the information — one or more of the following actions could take effect:
- Replace district personnel
- Remove schools from the jurisdiction of the district
- Appoint a receiver in charge of the district to replace the local board of trustees
- Abolish or restructure the district
- Authorize students to transfer to higher-performing schools.
