FUHS completes successful accreditation process

FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Union High School (FUHS) has received a mid-term three year accreditation from the Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

The WASC Visiting Committee, made up of four educators from throughout Southern California, spent two and a half days in March meeting with parents, students, teachers, administrators and district office staff while conducting classroom visitations.

A 21-member board of WASC commissioners reviewed FUHS’s Self-Study document, as well as the Visiting Committee’s report, and on May 5 the board sent a letter to FUHS announcing their determination that FUHS meets the ACS WASC criteria for accreditation and their decision to grant three additional years of accreditation status through June 30, 2018.

The Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACS WASC) is an accrediting body which ensures that schools are providing a high quality education and continually engaging in practices to ensure school improvement.

The goal for the Visiting Committee was to determine the school’s progress on the goals set after the last WASC visit. This process is about continuous school improvement. While it is important for the school to be accredited by WASC, the whole process is intended to help the school community determine what they do well and what needs to be improved in order to best serve students. This WASC visitation was a revisit, the three year point in a six year cycle, which means a new team will visit the school in three years to begin the next six year accreditation cycle.

The WASC Visiting Committee’s observations and conversations during the visit verified what they read in FUHS’s Self-Study report and were evidence of the hard work and progress made by teachers, staff, administration and students over the last three years. They highlighted the willingness of the staff to participate in activities and programs that reach and support all students.

The school improvement process continues this year as FUHS continues to address their goals and focus on the recommended areas of growth, but the faculty, staff, administration, students, and parents of Fallbrook Union High School can take this time to celebrate the successful visit, all of their hard work, and the progress the school has made over the last three years.

FUHS administrators and staff said they appreciated the support of parents and the community in the WASC process and looks forward to their continued involvement as the school continues the ongoing school improvement process.