Orchard School District

Welcome Back Letter 2025-2026

Community Update on Local Control Accountability Plan and Budget

Dear Orchard Community,

On Friday, September 15th, Orchard School District, with the Board of Education, received approval from the Santa Clara County Office of Education regarding the 2025-26 Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) and the 2025-26 Adopted Budget. These approved plans are necessary steps as Orchard has been able to navigate legislative changes, a decline in enrollment, an increase in special education costs, and a lower property tax increase, which directly impacts our funding.

For the approval, the Orchard had to refine expenditures, including reductions in accordance with the decrease in enrollment. We take our fiscal responsibility and compliance with the utmost importance, and we continually strive to work within our budget.

We wanted to share with the community some areas of our focus to continue to meet the needs of our community.

Orchard will continue to
monitor local property taxes
monitor Federal and State funding
monitor our attendance and attendance percentages
utilize grants and other funding options

We will continue to update you as new information is released, and we will share another formal update in December during our First Interim Budget Review. Our team is always available for questions, and please feel free to contact us:

Jeff Bowman, Ed.D, Superintendent, Orchard School District
Luis Gonzales, Chief Business Office, Orchard School District

With gratitude

Jeff Bowman, Ed.D
Superintendent
Orchard School District

Grocery Distribution

Bruin Pantry Info.!

Good Afternoon Families,

As a reminder, we do not have school on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Have a great 4 day weekend!

Our APEX Fundraiser is back again this year! Check out the flyer for additional information.

Registration for TK students for the 2025-26 school year is Now Open!

This Summer, Orchard and Raft invite students to Learn, Grow, Create, and Play at our engaging Summer camp!

Coffee with the Principal Mrs. Zeballos - March 27th

Our Mission and Vision Our Mission: We will meet you where you are and prepare you for where you are going. Our Vision: Inspire one student, one family and one neighborhood at a time.

March Newsletter For more details: https://catapult-connect.com/pv-en/_MTk3OTM5P3Q9cjgBX-2183

Dear Orchard Community, On December 28, 2024, PowerSchool became aware of a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized exfiltration of certain personal information from PowerSchool Student Information System (SIS) environments through one of our community-focused customer support portals, PowerSource. As a District, we were informed that we had not been impacted based on their early review; however, last night, we were notified that Orchard data was compromised during the data breach through PowerSchool. Need Help and would like support Visit: www.powerschool.com/security/sis-incident/notice-of-united-states-data-breach Support is available whether or not you receive an email notification We know this is alarming and may make you uncomfortable or stressed, but we will keep you updated if Power School shares more information. Should you have any questions, please contact the District Office.

Registration is now open for the school year 2025-2026 Hello Orchard Families, Registration is now open for the school year 2025-2026. TK- 9/2/2020-9/1/2021 KD- 9/2/2019-9/1/2020 Please stop by the School Office to pick up the enrollment forms. Registration hours are M-F from 10:00-2:00. First day of school is August 6th, 2025.