Equity

North Wasco County School District is committed to the success of each student and staff member in each of our schools. For that success to occur, the district is committed to equity by recognizing institutional barriers and creating access and opportunities that benefit each student and staff regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, language, abilities, socioeconomic status, country of origin, immigration status, cultural heritage, native language, sexual orientation, gender, and gender identity.

Our district graduates citizens who are ethical and motivated to achieve their limitless potential and that inclusiveness, equity, and racial and social justice in our schools and society is key to student success. We believe students should be educated in environments that respect them as individuals, respect their families, and respect their cultural heritage in order to facilitate successful academic outcomes.

Educational equity creates the opportunity for success for each student by operating on the principles of fairness and justice as well as allocating resources, providing access/opportunities and creating a climate and culture that affirms identities and develops a sense of belonging within each student, staff and community member.

To achieve educational equity the district will commit to:

✔ Preparing each student to succeed by ensuring a culturally relevant curriculum.

✔ Recruiting, hiring, and retaining a diverse staff reflective of our student body.

✔ Create schools with a welcoming, inclusive culture and environment that reflects

and affirms the identities of the diverse student population, their families and their community.

✔ Providing staff members ongoing professional development that strengthens employees’

knowledge and skills for eliminating opportunity/access gaps

✔ Ensuring that equitable distribution of resources across buildings is based on individual school

and community needs.

✔ Provide multiple pathways to success in order to meet the needs of the diverse

student body and shall actively encourage, support and expect high academic achievement for

each student.