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Hernández and Emily Germain  \nFEBRUARY 2026  \nAcknowledgments  \nThe authors thank the leaders of the West Kern Consortium for Full-Service Community Schools, without whom this case study would not have been possible. We are especially grateful to Michael Figueroa and Fidelina Saso for graciously sharing their time, resources, and thought partnership through the research process. The authors also appreciate the teachers and leaders at Elk Hills Elementary School District, Lost Hills Union School District, and Taft Union High School District who shared their insights and opened their classrooms and campuses during site visits. The authors thank their Learning Policy Institute (LPI) colleagues Rebecca S. Levine and Anna Maier for their instrumental support in this study’s data collection as well as Efrain Mercado and Tiffany Miller for their thoughtful feedback on this report. In addition, we thank the members of the LPI Communications team for their invaluable support in designing, producing, and disseminating this report.  \nThis research was supported by the Stuart Foundation. Core operating support for LPI is provided by the Heising-Simons Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Raikes Foundation, Sandler Foundation, Skyline Foundation, and MacKenzie Scott. We are grateful to them for their generous support. The ideas voiced here are those of the authors and not those of our funders.  \nExternal Reviewers  \nThis report benefited from the insights and expertise of two external reviewers: Kendra Fehrer, Founder and Principal of Heartwise Learning, and Peter Knox, Research Assistant Professor at the University of Vermont. We thank them for the care and attention they gave the report.  \nSuggested citation: Hernández, L., & Germain, E. (2026) . Community schools in rural California: Leveraging shared  \nresources in West Kern County. Learning Policy Institute. [https://doi.org/10.54300/643.620](https://doi.org/10.54300/643.620)  \nThis report can be found online at [https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/ca-community-schools-west-kern-county](https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/ca-community-schools-west-kern-county). Cover photo provided by Lost Hills Union School.  \nThis work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).  \nDocument last revised February 3, 2026  \nLEARNING POLICY INSTITUTE | COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IN RURAL CALIFORNIA i  \nTable of Contents  \nExecutive Summary.......................................................................................................................................... iv  \nIntroduction ........................................................................................................................................................1  \nWhat Are Community Schools?............................................................................................................... 2  \nThis Study ................................................................................................................................................. 3  \nThe West Kern Consortium for Full-Service Community Schools ..............................................................4  \nHistory and Initiative Priority Areas......................................................................................................... 5  \nInitiative Management............................................................................................................................. 7  \nStudent Success in West Kern Consortium ........................................................................................... 7  \nAllocating Resources to Enable Achievement and Instructional Improvement .................................... 13  \n","cbCain5xpvzOfqB1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCain5xpvzOfqB1","pdf",999387,69,"English","# Executive Summary\n# Introduction\n## What Are Community Schools?\n## This Study\n## The West Kern Consortium for Full-Service Community Schools\n## History and Initiative Priority Areas\n## Initiative Management\n## Student Success in West Kern Consortium\n## Allocating Resources to Enable Achievement and Instructional Improvement\n## Increased Access to Coaching\n## Data-Driven Instructional Improvement Process\n## Hiring Dedicated Community School Personnel\n## Community School Coordinators\n## Social Workers\n## Collaboration Among Community School Personnel\n## Creating Capacity-Building Opportunities for Community School Personnel\n## Cross-District Communities of Practice\n## Individualized Coaching and Site Visits\n## Creating a Supportive Infrastructure to Sustain Implementation\n## Initiative Management and District Collaboration\n## Garnering Cross-Sector Input to Drive Continuous Improvement\n## Attending to Community Schools Sustainability\n## Lessons on Enabling High-Quality Community Schooling\n# Findings","[{\"question\":\"What is the focus of the community schools case study?\",\"answer\":\"The report focuses on how full-service community schools in rural West Kern County use shared resources and coordinated consortium initiatives to support student success and instructional improvement.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the report describe initiative management in the West Kern Consortium?\",\"answer\":\"It explains how the consortium defined history and initiative priority areas, organized initiative management, and coordinated district collaboration to implement community school strategies.\"},{\"question\":\"What staffing and support approaches are highlighted?\",\"answer\":\"The report emphasizes hiring dedicated community school personnel, including community school coordinators and social workers, and building capacity through coaching, site visits, and communities of practice.\"}]","Community Schools in Rural California - Leveraging Shared Resources in West Kern County | PDF",1792053947,174]