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State Model SARB
88th Annual CASCWA State Conference: Honoring 2025 Model SARB Awardees!
Congratulations to the 2025 State Model SARB Award winners! These districts were recognized at a special awards luncheon for their exceptional commitment to student attendance and well-being at the 88th Annual CASCWA State Conference. Their innovative strategies and community engagement have set a new standard for excellence.
2025 Model SARBs and Their Chairpersons
- Bakersfield City School District, Jesse D. Beed (Kern County)
- Beaumont Unified School District, Bobbi Burnett (Riverside County)
- Chowchilla Elementary School District, Ara Derkalousdian (Madera County)
- Conejo Valley Unified School District, Amber Bowman (Ventura County)
- Corona-Norco Unified School District, Crystal Carroll (Riverside County)
- Covina-Valley Unified School District, Fernando Sanchez (Los Angeles County)
- Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School District, Antonio Quintanilla (Tulare County)
- Eureka City Schools, Sheri Jensen (Humboldt County)
- Folsom-Cordova Unified School District, Scott Meyer (Sacramento County)
- Humboldt County Office of Education, Gillian Townsend (Humboldt County)
- Menifee Union School District, Melinda Conde (Riverside County)
- Needles Unified School District, Jamie Wiesner (San Bernardino County)
- Newport-Mesa Unified School District, Angela Allen Hess (Orange County)
- Patterson Joint Unified School District, Sandra Villasenor (Stanislaus County)
- Riverside Unified School District, Raul Ayala (Riverside County)
- San Jacinto Unified School District, Courtney Hall (Riverside County)
- Shasta County Office of Education, Wendy Hall (Shasta County)
- Val Verde Unified School District, Steve Coelho (Riverside County)
- Woodlake Unified School District, Melissa Lawson (Tulare County)
If you have any questions regarding the application process for the Model SARB Recognition Program, please email the Child Welfare and Attendance mailbox at cwa@cde.ca.gov.
2026 Model SARB Recognition Program The Model School Attendance Review Board (SARB) Recognition Program, which is sponsored by the California Department of Education (CDE), in cooperation with the California Association of Supervisors of Child Welfare and Attendance (CASCWA), identifies and recognizes multi-tiered school attendance improvement programs at the district and county level. Outstanding programs chosen for the Model SARB Award serve as models for other local or county SARBs in California that are using a multi-tiered system of support to reduce chronic absenteeism rates and dropout rates and improve overall attendance rates. More information regarding the date and time of the 2026 Model SARB Application workshop will be available soon. |
MODEL SARBS The Model School Attendance Review Board (SARB) Recognition Program is sponsored by the California Department of Education (CDE) in cooperation with the California Association of Supervisors of Child Welfare and Attendance (CASCWA). This program identifies and recognizes multi-tiered school attendance improvement programs at the district or county level. Outstanding and innovative programs chosen for the award will serve as models for other local or county SARBs in the state that are using a multi-tiered system of support to reduce chronic absenteeism rates and dropout rates. |