Class Size Reduction MUSD is committed to reducing class size and teaching load. For the 1999-2000 school year, class size reduction was implemented in three out of four sections of our kindergarten and all sections of our first, second, and third grade. All substitute teachers are college graduates who have passed the California Basic Education Skills Test. On 5 days the school has had to reorganize because we do not have enough substitute teachers to meet the needs at all schools. Our school uses an average of 1.7 substitutes each day.
Principals visit all classrooms regularly.
Tenured teachers are evaluated every other year, while first and second year teachers are evaluated annually. The evaluation includes scheduled and unscheduled classroom observations. The school discipline plan is reviewed annually by teachers and parents to make sure that it is having the desired impact on student behavior and improved student learning. Students are suspended for serious Education Code Violations. Since the assistant principal's primary responsibility at our school has been to handle student discipline, there has been fluctuations in the number of suspensions due to variances in experience and discipline philosophies among the assistants.