6% of LVUSD Students Do Not Graduate; Expanding Vocational Programs Can Fix It

I know the majority of our students turn out okay, but I am very concerned for the 6% who do not graduate. The district offers vocational programs, but I would like to see them expand the vocational programs to provide more options for those students who do not want to stay in school or waste their time at a junior college. Our economy is suffering tremendously, it would be nice to see LVUSD teach them electrical, plumbing, pest control, carpentry, etc. It would increase the graduation rate and help the 6% make something more of their lives than a cashier at a fast food restaurant.

HS education is essential. When I went to HS, we had mainstream studies and a wide variety of vocational programs to take as electives. I made a very successful life from a self-study course on bookkeeping. A straightforward textbook and I am living in the same community as people with the highest degrees in the land. I could have easily slipped through the cracks, but they had options for me to choose from, and I made the most of it. I do not see a reason to go to a community college to learn a vocational skill because you are wasting time on core studies, which are irrelevant to learning a vocational skill.

Las Virgenes Unified School District 

Dallas Lawrence

Kate Vadehra

Lesli Stein

Linda Menges

Angela Cutbill

Josh Alpert for LVUSD School Board 2022

From The LVUSD Website:

CTE classes offer students a chance to explore and experience a career field. Students will have the opportunity to learn job skills at an actual job site or in a simulated work environment. Career areas such as Sports Medicine, Business & Entrepreneurship, Culinary Arts, Careers in Education, Film & Video Production, and Technical Theater are among the selections described in the following sections from which students may choose.