District overview
Howell Mountain Elementary School District
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
Who governs Howell Mountain Elementary?
Howell Mountain Elementary is a one-school public elementary district in Angwin. Its five-member Board of Trustees governs the same campus led by Superintendent/Principal Joshua Munoz.
District and school decisions overlap
Because the district operates one school, central board votes directly shape the campus rather than being spread across multiple schools.
Fiscal recovery is underway
The board adopted a stabilization plan and layoffs after declining enrollment, lost revenue, and rising salary and benefit costs produced a qualified budget outlook.
Site Council and DELAC meet together
The monthly combined advisory body reviews school, district, LCAP, and English-learner issues and sends initiatives to the superintendent.
School Site Council and DELAC have meaningful advisory roles, but the official record places final consequential decisions with the district board.
Where the district stands
California Department of Education enrollment context.
Twelve agendas, ten approved-minutes files, and seventeen linked supporting records.
Projected total reductions across 2025–28.
Current-year rate reported in the adopted 2026–27 LCAP.
Major projects
Fiscal stabilization and staffing reductions
ongoingThe district is implementing $322,085 in planned reductions, including certificated and classified staffing cuts, to move from qualified to positive certification.
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Attendance and academic recovery
ongoingThe LCAP identifies rising chronic absenteeism and declining ELA and math proficiency, with literacy, math, attendance, and family-engagement work continuing.
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Family participation and campus rules
activeRecent decisions include a sex-education opt-out form, a campus cell-phone ban, and a new monthly TK aftercare fee.
Funding
Recent alerts by topic
Identity comes from California Department of Education records and the official district site. The review covered every collected board agenda, approved minutes file, fiscal report, LCAP, Williams report, and linked supporting document from the trailing year in chronological order.
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