Research illustrates that young learners make bigger strides in not only academic achievement but also social and emotional skills when attending school regularly.

Addressing barriers to chronic absenteeism involves positive communication and strong partnerships between home and RCSD schools.

Teachers, counselors, and administrators are committed to working together with all RCSD families to help make daily attendance and learning as smooth as possible.

Longevity Milestones are acknowledged for every five years of service within the District community.

As the school district begins this shift in the focus of conferences from “reporting” to “goal setting”, the first steps are for students to select a grade level standard for their focus this fall, and discuss it with their teacher and family at the October conference. The progress report that will be sent home in November will include an update on strides made toward that specific goal.

RCSD has been moving towards a focus on centering instruction and the classroom experience on students, their learning, and their engagement. During recent school years, RCSD families have been learning about the RCSD Learner Framework, which was developed in partnership with the RCSD community. This framework, rooted in the District’s vision and mission, focuses on ensuring that all students are prepared to be empowered learners, knowledge constructors, effective collaborators, and creative communicators.

In 2023-24, RCSD will offer Transitional Kindergarten at nine schools, a 100% increase in the number of classes provided in 2022-23 when the District served 100 TK students. The more than $3 million investment in the hiring of credentialed teachers, instructional assistants, and the resources and supplies for each classroom means more than 200 TK students will have access to school, helping them develop the knowledge and skills they will need as they transition to Kindergarten.

Many of the educational leaders are current RCSD employees embracing new roles while others are new to the District and four have moved to California specifically to serve RCSD students.