Feb 01, 2023 Board of Education

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>> GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

[A. Call the Meeting to Order]

THIS IS A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN PUBLIC AND ONLY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WILL BE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING.

PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, 1 NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTONLIBERTY AND ALLLIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR

[C. Announcements from Closed Session and Open Session Procedures]

NO READ-OUT FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM.

1C CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 54956.8. THE AGENCY NEGOTIATOR IS DR.

VICTOR HAYEK, PRICE AND RETURN OF PAYMENT, NEGOTIATING PARTIES CONEJO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

1D. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 549.568, THE DISCUSSION ITEM IS PRICE IN TERMS OF PAYMENT REGARDING 2000 LA GRENADA DRIVE. NO READ-OUT FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE MEETING. MAKE THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE BOARD VALUES YOUR INPUT ON THE IMPORTANT EDUCATION MATTERS WE FACE.

THEREFORE, THE DISTRICT IS PROVIDING MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

PUBLIC VIEWING IS AVAILABLE BY TELEVISION AND INTERNET LIVE STREAM. PLEASE NOTE THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC OR WRITTEN COMMENTS TO THE BOARD CAN BE FOUND IN THE MAIN PAGE OF THE AGENDA.

THE DISTRICT IS UTILIZING A NEW SOFTWARE FOR CLOSED CAPTIONING.

CLOSED CAPTIONING WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE ZOOM LINK.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN COMMENT HAVE THE OPTION TO E-MAIL THEIR COMMENTS BY 3:00 P.M. TODAY. BOARD MEMBERS WERE PROVIDED WITH THESE WRITTEN COMMENTS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.

PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN PERSON SHOULD FILL OUT A BLUE SPEAKER'S CARD. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE TURN IN YOUR CARD, PRIOR TO THAT ITEM SECTION OF THE AGENDA.

IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUSINESS YOU WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE TURN IN YOUR CARD BEFORE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE AGENDA. IF YOU INTEND TO DONATE TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER, PLEASE HAND IN BOTH SPEAKER CARDS AT THE SAME TIME TO MRS. FELDMAN. IF YOU WISH TO REGISTER YOUR CONCERN, BUT NOT SPEAK AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW PUBLIC STATEMENT FORM. BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THESE STATEMENTS AFTER THE BOARD MEETING.

SMOKING IS NOT PERMITTED IN THIS BUILDING OR ON DISTRICT PROPERTY. COPIES OF THE AGENDA ARE AVAILABLE ON THE TABLE AND BOARD LOBBY.

[D. Approval of the Agenda]

WE ARE NOW AT 3D, APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION. >> PRESIDENT GILL.

MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA AS SUBMITTED.

>> SECOND, PLEASE. >> SECOND.

>> MOVED AND SECONDED. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? I SEE NONE. SO WE'LL VOTE.

>> TRUSTEE LOPEZ. >> AYE.

>> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER. >> AYE.

>> TRUSTEE POWELL. >> YES.

>> I AM A YES. MOTION CARRIES 5-0 WITH A YES

[E. Recognition - Westlake High School Girls' Tennis - Marmonte League Champions]

WE HOPED THAT WE WOULD HAVE A RECOGNITION FOR WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS, BUT APPARENTLY OUR CHANGING OUR CALENDAR HAS THROWN OTHER FOLKS INTO CONFLICT.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TABLE THIS ITEM AND WELCOME THE TEAM BACK ON THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE RESCHEDULED DATE.

>> I MOVE THAT WE TABLE ITEM 3E.

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>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU.

DISCUSSION. NO. SO WE'LL VOTE.

TRUSTEE LOPEZ. >> AYE.

>> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER. >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE POWELL. >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE GOLDBERG >> I AM A YES.

MOTION CARRIES 5-0 WITH A PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE FROM

[F. Comments - Public]

COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. THE CVUS BOARD OF EDUCATION WANTS TO HEAR FROM PARENTS, STUDENT AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

COMMENTS REGARDING SPECIFIC ITEMS LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA MUST BE MADE WHEN THAT AGENDA ITEM IS CALLED.

IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, NOW IS THE TIME TO PROVIDE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.

IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO AND WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE HAND IN YOUR BLUE CARD TO MRS. FELDMAN.

PLEASE NOTE IF YOU HAVE ANY MATERIALS TO HAND TO BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE PROVIDE THOSE MATERIALS TO MRS. FELDMAN FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE BOARD. PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT, THE BOARD CANNOT UNDERTAKE ANY ACTION ON ITEMS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. USUALLY WE WILL WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BEFORE RESPONDING.

AS OUR MEETINGS ARE HELD IN PUBLIC, YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD BY THOSE ATTENDING OR WATCHING A BROADCAST.

THE BOARD ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC AFFAIRS. THEREFORE, WE HOPE STUDENTS ARE WATCHING THIS MEETING. PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THAT AND MAKE YOUR COMMENTS FACTUAL AND OFFER THEM IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE AND GOVERN BOARD STRIVES TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS. IDENTITY OF STUDENTS TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL. SPEAKERS SENSITIVE TO EMPLOYEES'S LEGAL RIGHTS TO PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY.

THOSE REQUESTING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME WILL SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE BOARD AGENDA.

PLEASE NOTE THAT SPEAKER CARDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED ONCE THE BOARD STARTS THE PUBLIC AGENDA ITEM WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER.

SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

UNLESS WE HAVE MANY MANY COMMENTS.

WHICH WE DO NOT. WE HAVE TWO.

DIANE NUNEZ, FOLLOWED BY KAREN MYER.

DIANE, YOU'RE FIRST. >> BEAR WITH ME.

I'M UNCOMFORTABLE HERE. I WORK FOR PARKO CENTRAL KITCHEN IN THOUSAND OAKS. I HAVE BEEN RETALIATED TWICE FOR BEING A WHISTLE BLOWER. I HAVE APPROACHED MANAGEMENT AND I HAVE BASICALLY BEEN RETALIATED AGAINST BECAUSE NOW THINGS ARE IMPROVING AND THINGS HAVE BEEN ALTERED.

THERE WERE VIOLATIONS ON THE VC SAFE DINER WEBSITE.

AND ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN WORKED ON.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKED ON.

I WORK IN THE CENTRAL KITCHEN AND EXTREMELY HAPPY THERE.

AND I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH ANY STAFF MEMBERS THERE.

I HAVE NOT BEEN WRITTEN UP. I HAVE NOT BEEN APPROACHED BY ANY OTHER EMPLOYEE THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS. I AM VERY NERVOUS. THERE HAS BEEN FOOD ISSUES WITH FROZEN AND REFROZEN FOOD. A LOT OF PROCESSED FOOD.

THERE WERE CEILING TILES THAT FELL.

NOW THE CEILING HAS BEEN REPLACED, AFTER IT WAS SCREWED TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THE PIECES FELL TO THE FLOOR.

THE KITCHEN IS OLD. I UNDERSTAND IT'S OLD.

BUT WE NEED SUPPLIES THAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR FOR OVER TWO YEARS. AND WE HAVE ASKED THAT THE CHILDREN GET A LITTLE BETTER QUALITY OF FOOD, WE HAVE DONE SOME THINGS THAT WE AS STAFF MEMBERS WOULD NOT DO.

I'M HERE BY MYSELF BECAUSE THIS WAS A LAST MINUTE THING FOR ME.

MY HUSBAND HAD A MEDICAL APPOINTMENT.

I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE SCHOOLS. I DON'T WANT TO ALTER MY LIFE BECAUSE IT'S A HARDSHIP AT THE SAME TIME, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL BECAUSE MY HUSBAND IS A CANCER SURVIVOR.

I HAVE OBLIGATIONS AFTER MY SHIFT.

I FEEL VALUABLE THERE. I FEEL I MADE A CHANGE THERE.

I DON'T WANT TO BE RETALIATED AGAINST FOR APPROACHING CONCERNS OF A KITCHEN THAT IS EXTREMELY OLD.

THEY SPENT THE LAST EIGHT SUMMERS WITH NO AIR CONDITIONING. THEY PUT SWAMP COOLERS UP IN THE KITCHEN. WE HAVE MOVED AND ALTERED THINGS AND SHIFTED SUPPLIES AND THROWN OUT OLD FOOD.

WE HAVE PROGRESS BEING MADE NOW.

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I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO EXPLAIN IT EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT I BECAME A WHISTLE BLOWER. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THAT WAS HONESTLY, THAT WAS THE TERM THAT I WAS.

BUT THAT IS WHAT I AM. I HAVE APPROACHED IT WITH THE UNION. I HAVE APPROACHED IT WITH MANAGEMENT. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO CHANGE SCHOOLS AND BASICALLY THAT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT I'M TOLD.

IT'S NOT A DISCUSSION. IT'S NOT AN OPEN CONVERSATION.

I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN KIND OF BEAT UP ON FOR ADDRESSING THE FOOD FOR THE CHILDREN. IT'S PROCESSED, IT'S FROZEN.

WE'VE HAD EXPIRED PRODUCTS. HOT DOG BUNS SEVEN YEARS OLD.

CHEESE. MELTED BUTTER AND MILK AND FROZEN FOR A WEEK AND THEN SERVED TO THE CHILDREN.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU.

>> KAREN MYER. >> DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING A PRESENTATION GIVEN BY TWO SHERIFFS, ONE OF WHOM IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM.

I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE OFFICER AFTER THE PRESENTATION.

AND I ASKED IF HE EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AT A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ABOUT THE MANY SERVICES THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS PROVIDE AND THE EXTENSIVE TRAINING THAT THEY RECEIVE TO ENABLE THEM TO DO THEIR JOBS.

HE SAID NO. HE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

BUT HIS DIFFICULTY WAS GETTING ON THE AGENDA.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REQUEST THAT YOU CONTACT THE SHERIFF AND INVITE HIM TO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION AT A FUTURE BOARD MEETING. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE ARE SOME PARENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM ELIMINATED.

IT'S A VALUABLE PROGRAM THAT NEEDS TO BE PRESERVED AND POSSIBLY EXPANDED. RESOURCE OFFICERS WORK CLOSELY WITH PRINCIPALS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO APPRECIATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND INPUT. THEY PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO STUDENTS, TEACHERS, STAFF AND PARENTS. CONDUIT BETWEEN FAMILIES AND LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES.

THEY'RE THERE TO PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR STAFF.

PARENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CAN BENEFIT FROM LEARNING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM DIRECTLY FROM THE SOURCE.

IT WOULD HELP TO DISPEL MANY OF THE MISCONCEPTIONS AND MISINFORMATION SURROUNDING THIS PROGRAM.

I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTACT THE SHERIFF AND SET UP A TIME AT A FUTURE AGENDA TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THE BENEFITS OF THIS IMPORTANT PROGRAM.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MS. MYER.

>> JUST TO ADDRESS SOME FEEDBACK OR COMMENTS FROM THE SPEAKERS. THE ONE ISSUE IS A PERSONNEL MATTER. I WOULD NOTE THAT A NUMBER OF ANONYMOUS COMPLAINTS HAVE GONE TO THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT AND NONE OF THESE COMPLAINTS OR INVESTIGATIONS HAVE RETURNED ANY FINDINGS. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, FROM THE HR PERSPECTIVE, THERE IS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LANGUAGE ON PEOPLE'S POSITIONS AND HOW WE MOVE THEM WITHIN OUR DISTRICT.

SO THAT WAS THE CASE THAT HAS BEEN FOLLOWED.

ALSO FOR OUR SROS, JUST TO NOTE THAT WE'VE RECENTLY HAD OUR SROS AT A DAC MEETING THIS YEAR, THAT PRESENTED TO OUR ADVISORY COUNCIL. THERE HAS BEEN NO CONVERSATION FROM THIS BOARD OR ANY SUGGESTIONS TO REMOVE SROS FROM OUR CAMPUSES. DR. HAYEK JUST PRESENTED MONDAY NIGHT AND SPECIFICALLY SPOKE ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIP AND THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH OUR SROS IN A POSITIVE MANNER.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT CLARIFIES BOTH OF THOSE MATTERS.

>> THANK YOU, DR. MCLAUGHLIN. WE WILL MOVE ON THEN TO

[G. Comments - Board of Education]

WITH TRUSTEE LOPEZ, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU.

>> FIRST OFF, HAPPY NEW SEMESTER, EVERYBODY.

I KNOW IT'S A BIGGER DEAL FOR THE STUDENTS, BECAUSE IT'S A NEW SLATE. BUT HAPPY NEW SEMESTER ANYWAY.

I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO REPORT SINCE OUR NEXT OFFICIAL MEETING WON'T BE UNTIL LATER THIS MONTH.

BUT WE ARE PLANNING A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE 6TH TO GO OVER THE INPUT WE GOT AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING ABOUT BOARD 9150.

ADDITIONALLY, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVISORY GROUP MET YESTERDAY AND CONTINUED THEIR DISCUSSIONS FROM THE LAST MEETING ABOUT IMPROVING SCL ADMINISTRATION AND ADDRESSING PROFANITY AROUND CAMPUSES AND WHAT CAN BE DONE IN BOTH UNIVERSAL AND SCHOOL

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>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE LOPEZ. TRUSTEE SYLVESTER.

>> GOOD EVENING. HAPPY WELCOME TO OUR FIRST WEDNESDAY, WELCOME TO FEBRUARY. VERY QUICKLY.

I DIDN'T WANT TO JINX THIS AT THE LAST MEETING, I WANTED TO THANK RICHARD BLAKE. HE IS THE GUY WHO IS ENABLES ALL OF YOU VIEWING. I WANTED TO THANK HIM FOR GETTING OUR CLOSED CAPTIONING SYSTEM SUCCESSFULLY UP AND RUNNING AT OUR LAST MEETING. I KNOW HE HAS SPENT THE PAST TWO MONTHS TO OUR VENDOR TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

THANK YOU TO MR. BLAKE. SINCE LAST BOARD MEETING, I ATTENDED SEVERAL PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

ALWAYS FOUND THE TIME THAT I SPENT LISTENING VERY ENLIGHTENING AND IMPORTANT TO HEAR AS A TRUSTEE.

I WANT TO THINK ALL OF THE PARENTS FOR SPENDING THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO HELP US IMPROVE OUR DISTRICT AND KEEP US MOVING FORWARD. THESE ARE NOT SHORT MEETINGS.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY A TIME COMMITMENT ON THEIR PART.

JUST AS AN ASIDE TO ECHO ON WHAT DR. MCLAUGHLIN SAID ABOUT THE SROS. AS A PREVIOUS DAC MEMBER, I HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF HEARING THE SHERIFF COME AND SPEAK TO DISCUSS THE PROGRAM. I PERSONALLY INVITED OUR SRO TO COME AND SPEAK TO PARENT ASSOCIATION MEETINGS.

MOVING ON, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE CELEBRATION AND RECOGNITION OF CYPRUS ELEMENTARY BEING OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED AN IB SCHOOL.

IT WAS JUST ON AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS.

LATER ON IN THE MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE AN ENTIRE PRESENTATION ON EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT BEING AN IB SCHOOL MEANS TO OUR STUDENTS AT CYPRUS.

I WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME TO OFFER MY DEEP APPRECIATION TO THE TEACHERS AND STAFF AT THAT SCHOOL.

WHO HAVE SEEN THIS THROUGH FOR THE PAST THREE, IF NOT LONGER YEARS. TO BE ABLE TO SAY HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO OFFER THE PROGRAM. ANOTHER THANK YOU TO RICHARD BLAKE. HE ACTUALLY HAD A DRONE FLYING OVERHEAD AT THIS EVENT AND CAPTURE THIS EXPERIENCE.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, I ATTENDED THE VENTURA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION DINNER MEETING. THE TOPIC WAS SCHOOL SAFETY.

OUR VERY OWN DR. HAYEK WAS ONE OF THE PANELISTS.

HE DID THE DISTRICT PROUD. NOT ONLY DID HE DO A GREAT JOB PRESENTING, HOW HE PRESENTED, BUT WHAT HE PRESENTED.

MULTI-TIERED APPROACH THAT WE USE IN OUR SAFETY PLANNING.

HE MADE THE POINT THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT PUTTING FENCES AROUND OUR SCHOOLS OR PUTTING A CAMERA IN EVERY ENTRANCE, THAT IS ONE ASPECT, BUT IT REALLY IS ABOUT PREVENTION AND THREAT ASSESSMENT AND HAVING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

I DO APPRECIATE DR. HAYEK AND THANK HIM FOR BEING PART OF THAT PANEL. FINALLY, TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW OUR SCHOOLS WILL RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF BLACK AMERICANS AND HOW THEY WILL FOCUS ON THIS YEAR'S THEME, WHICH IS BLACK RESISTANCE. THANK YOU.

>> TRUSTEE POWELL. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

I JUST WANTED TO FOCUS MY COMMENTS ON TWO EVENTS HAPPENING IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.

EACH WERE INCLUDED IN RESOLUTIONS THAT THIS BOARD ADOPTED. FIRST NEXT WEEK IS NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK, STARTING FEBRUARY 6TH.

I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS.

WE KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED A VARIETY OF SUPPORT, BOTH IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. ACADEMIC AND OTHERWISE.

OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE NETWORK OF SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS. SECONDLY, AS TRUSTEE SYLVESTER MENTIONED, OF COURSE IT'S FEBRUARY 1ST, WHICH MEANS IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

WE KNOW THAT BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY. AND IT SHOULD BE LEARNED AND LEARNED FROM YEAR-ROUND.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THERE IS GOOD REASONS WHY WE NEED A SPECIAL MONTH TO DESIGNATE IT TO HIGHLIGHT AND CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY AND BLACK AMERICANS AND ALL THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.

SO I INTEND TO SPEND SOME TIME THIS MONTH INTENTIONALLY LEARNING ABOUT EVENTS AND PEOPLE THAT MAYBE I DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE. I THINK MANY ADULTS, LIKE MYSELF MAY FEEL FRUSTRATED AT TIMES THAT WE DIDN'T LEARN MORE

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THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE POWELL.

TRUSTEE GORBACK >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

WELCOME TO THE FIRST DAY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED. THIS IS IMPORTANT AS FAR AS AMERICAN HISTORY AND BLACK HISTORY AND IT SHOULD BE A YEAR LONG PRESENTATION, BUT IT'S GOOD TO EMPHASIZE IT FOR THE MONTH. HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR, THE YEAR OF THE CAT OR THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT, GOOD EVENING ON WHAT CULTURE YOU COME FROM. HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR.

IN A PAST LIFE, I WAS ONCE A SCHOOL COUNSELOR.

SO WHY I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO SAY HAPPY SCHOOL COUNSELOR WEEK. NEXT WEEK, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR COUNSELORS GET RECOGNITION. SAY NICE THINGS TO THEM.

I ALSO WAS AT ONE TIME PRESIDENT OF THE CALIFORNIA OF SCHOOL COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS THEY SHIFTED WORDS NOW IT'S A DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION. I WAS ONCE THAT.

I AM SO HAPPY THAT WE TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE CRUCIAL ELEMENTS OF MENTAL HEALTH NOW. WHEN I WAS GOING AROUND COUNSELING WAS THE FIRST PLACE TO MAKE CUTS WHEN YOU HAD A BUDGET CRUNCH. IT WAS ALWAYS BECAUSE IT WAS AN ADDED EXTRA. IT'S NICE TO HAVE COUNSELORS IF WE CAN AFFORD THEM. IT PLEASES ME HOW MUCH WE RECOGNIZE THAT. AND SO I'M PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH CVUSD, AS A LEADER, BUT IMPLEMENTING THE MENTAL, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH, INSTRUMENTAL IN ACADEMIC SUCCESS. WITH MENTAL HEALTH GRANTS, AND THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP NOW, BECAUSE LIKE WAS ALREADY SAID, I GO TO DAC MEETINGS AND EVERY DAC, WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS BY OUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, DR.

IGGINS AND DR. WHITE AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE PUT AN ELEMENT OF IMPORTANCE ON MENTAL HEALTH.

THE FACT THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS CRUCIAL FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS.

IF WE DON'T HAVE MENTAL SOCIAL HEALTH, THE REST IS LESS IMPORTANT. SO I WANT TO SAY THAT.

AND RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.

ALSO, RECOGNIZE AGAIN, THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET A PRESENTATION IN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THAT.

INCREDIBLE. ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE ASPEN EARTHS MAGNET LANE RANCH, WILDWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS RECEIVING THEIR DISTINGUISHED SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

WE JUST WON TWO GRANTS, ONE FOR $11 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS.

ONE FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION. AND ALSO FOR MENTAL HEALTH.

I'M PROUD OF THIS DISTRICT, THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE GRANTS, THE MENTAL HEALTH. IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE A PART OF THE DISTRICT TO RECOGNIZE IT. I HEARD A WISE MAN SAY THIS WEEK AT A COUNTY BOARD MEETING, SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF, I HOPE I QUOTE HIM RIGHT, THAT IN DOING A SAFETY PRESENTATION, THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF SAFETY ON CAMPUS IS RECOGNIZING, ACKNOWLEDGING THE FOUNDATION OF MENTAL HEALTH.

MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH. THAT WAS OUR OWN DR. HAYEK WHO SAID BASICALLY THAT. I HOPE I QUOTED YOU CORRECTLY.

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I WANTED TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF OUR DISTRICT.

AND WHAT A GREAT JOB DR. HAYEK DID IN REPRESENTING US AT THE COUNTY. HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WHICH STARTS TODAY. RECOGNIZING THE CULTURE.

AND HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING

HERE ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT. >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GORBACK.

TRUSTEE GOLDBERG. >> SO NEW DAY.

SAME BUSY MR. BLAKE, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

MUCH OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY HAS BEEN SAID.

LET'S GO WITH CONGRATULATIONS TO CYPRUS.

I ENJOYED BEING WITH YOU THE OTHER DAY.

LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE. I'LL SAY MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.

I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO DR.

HAYEK, BECAUSE HE REALLY DID AN AMAZING JOB ON MONDAY NIGHT REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT AND UNDERSCORING THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AT EVERY LEVEL AND TALKING ABOUT THE HOLISTIC TEAM IT TAKES AND THE COMMUNICATION AND THE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND ALL OF IT. AND IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY AND ALL OF THE SAFETY PLANS.

SO WE WERE WELL REPRESENTED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PART IN THAT. I'M GOING TO SKIP TO DLAC.

BECAUSE LIKE EVERYBODY, I WENT TO A LOT OF MEETINGS.

BUT DLAC REALLY REALLY IMPRESSED ME THIS TIME WITH NOT ONLY THE DEDICATION OF DR. ARIZA AND DR. EAGENS AND THE WHOLE TEAM. THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THAT BODY IS SO POWERFUL. IT HAS CEASED TO BE A DISTRICT LED, DISTRICT RUN, DISTRICT DICTATED AGENDA.

AND IT HAS BECOME COMPLETELY -- THE PARENTS OWN THAT MEETING.

AND THE PRESENTATION BY PROJECT TO INSPIRE UNDERSCORED THE WHOLE THING. WHILE I'VE SEEN THAT PRESENTATION IN PAST DLAC MEETINGS AND EVEN HERE, THE WAY IT WAS PRESENTED SHOWED SUCH PARENTAL GROWTH AND SHOWED THE POWER OF WHEN YOU TEACH SOMEBODY HOW TO DO SOMETHING, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT AND EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS.

AND THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO OUR CHILDREN AS WELL.

SO REALLY KUDOS TO PROJECT TO INSPIRE AND THE ENTIRE OUTREACH TEAM. THE CLASS ITSELF SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT THE PROCESS -- SOMEBODY ASKED THE PROCESS TO PARTICIPATE IN PROJECT TO INSPIRE.

IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY IS INVITED. COME ON DOWN.

WHICH I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO -- IF YOU'RE A PARENT AND ENGLISH IS NOT YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE, DON'T LET THAT STOP YOU FROM ASKING QUESTIONS AND GETTING INVOLVED.

LEARN HOW TO GET INVOLVED. BECAUSE IT MAKES A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE TO YOUR CHILDREN AND TO EVERYBODY ELSE'S CHILDREN.

SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT.

THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.

I WILL SAY THANK YOU THANK YOU TO OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS.

AND OUR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.

ON OUR SITES. AND OUR SOON TO BE NEWLY-ELEVATED DIRECTOR OF THOSE SERVICES BECAUSE WE COULDN'T NEED IT MORE AND I SO VALUE THE WORK THAT IS DONE FROM OUR COUNSELORS. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

AND TURN IT OVER TO PRESIDENT GILL.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GOLDBERG. I'M GOING TO REPEAT THAT IT'S FEBRUARY. AND SO IT IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THE FIRST THING TO SAY IS BLACK LIVES MATTER. IT'S HARD, THOUGH.

I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE JUST PASSED THE COMMEMORATION OF INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY.

WE ARE CELEBRATING LUNAR NEW YEAR AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

AND YET, HERE AT HOME AND LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE'RE ALL VERY AWARE OF EPISODES OF HATE AND DISCRIMINATION OF VIOLENCE IN SPEECH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE AND PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AND GUN VIOLENCE. AND IT IS

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IT WAS GIVEN ON THE SHIP ARBELLA.

BEFORE THOSE PILGRIMS HAD LANDED.

WHAT IT WAS WAS REALLY AN EXERTATION FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE EMBARKING ON THIS NEW EXISTENCE, TO HONOR ONE ANOTHER AND A RECOGNITION THAT THE EYES OF THE WORLD WOULD BE UPON THEM. AND THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THEY BE WORTHY OF THAT SCRUTINY.

I THINK THAT IS THE TASK FOR ALL OF US, TO BE WORTHY OF THE SCRUTINY AND TO BE WORTHY OF ONE ANOTHER IN CONTINUING TO DO THE WORK AND TO MOVE FORWARD. SO WELCOME TO FEBRUARY.

WELCOME TO WEDNESDAY NIGHT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

[H. Comments - Superintendent]

MCLAUGHLIN. >> I HAVE NO COMMENTS THIS

EVENING. >> WE HAVE NO ACTION ITEMS.

[5. ACTION ITEMS – CONSENT]

>> PRESIDENT GILL. I MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS

SUBMITTED. >> SECOND.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GORBACK. ANY DISCUSSION? I SEE NONE. SO WE WILL VOTE.

TRUSTEE LOPEZ. >> AYE.

>> TRUSTEE POWELL. >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE GORBACK. >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE GOLDBERG. >> YES.

>> I AM A YES, SO THE MOTION CARRIES 5-0.

HERE WE ARE ALREADY AT SECTION 6, INFORMATION DISCUSSION

[A. Instructional Services - Presentation - Cypress Elementary, International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme]

INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES. PRESENTATION CYPRESS ELEMENTARY. INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PRIMARY YEARS. PRESENTATION BY CHRISTINE

HARLAND AND ROSS >> TONIGHT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PRESENTERS. I AM MICHELLE MCDONALD.

PRINCIPAL OF CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THIS YEAR.

I DO HAVE SOME FABULOUS TEACHERS HERE JOINING ME TONIGHT. KATIE COLLINS, FIRST GRADE TEACHER HERE, PART OF GETTING THE IB PROGRAM PUT INTO PLACE.

CHRISTINA AUGUSTINE AS WELL AS MEREDITH WRIGHT, FOURTH GRADE TEACHER AND CHRISTINA HARDISON. WHO IS HERE FOR MORAL SUPPORT.

AND DOES IT FABULOUSLY. I AM HERE TO SAY THAT I AM HERE PROUDLY TO STATE THAT WE ARE AN IB SCHOOL.

TO SAY THAT WE'RE AN IB SCHOOL TO THE PUBLIC IS FABULOUS.

BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THIS ACCREDITATION I LOVE THE IB WAY. I ACTUALLY KNEW ABOUT IT BEFORE I CAME TO CYPRESS. BUT THIS HAS BEEN ALL THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER THREE YEARS, DURING COVID, DURING ALL OF THIS. THIS IS A LOT OF WORK AND THEY DESERVE ALL OF THE CREDIT. SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST

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NEXT YEAR PROBABLY FOUR-YEAR-OLDS.

AND ALL THE WAY UP TO HIGH SCHOOL AND I THINK EVEN BEYOND.

WE'RE FOCUSING OUR SCHOOL ON THE PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAM.

AND AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL, PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAM, ALL OF THE STUDENTS, ALL OF THE STAFF, EVERY PERSON ON THAT CAMPUS IS A PART OF IB. WE DO HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM AT OUR ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, N NEWBERRY. IT'S A GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO ARE A PART OF IT. WE HAVE HAD QUESTIONS, EVEN FROM PARENTS, OKAY, NOW WE'RE AN IB SCHOOL, HOW DO I GET MY CHILD ONCE I'M AT THAT SCHOOL. THERE IS NOTHING.

ENTIRE SCHOOL IS AN INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE WORLD SCHOOL. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS OUR CYPRESS MISSION STATEMENT. IB REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE A MISSION STATEMENT THAT THEY APPROVE.

THAT GOES ALONG WITH WHAT MAKES US IB.

SO I'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.

BUT I HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US.

AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPLAIN PIECES AS WE GO ALONG.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT HIGHLIGHTS IS TO BECOME KIND OF MORE GLOBALLY AWARE. AND DIVERSE.

SO WE GET INTO THE HOW ARE WE GOING TO GO ABOUT DOING THAT.

IT'S USING OUR STANDARDS BASED PROGRAM THAT BALANCES THE UNITS OF INQUIRY, WHICH WE WILL EXPLAIN A LITTLE LATER, WITH STILL SINGLE SUBJECT TEACHING. THE WHAT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD STUDENTS CAPABLE OF GUIDING THEIR OWN LEARNING AND MOLDING THEIR OWN FUTURE. SO BUILDING VERY CONFIDENT, INDEPENDENT STUDENTS. ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

IT GOES INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT IS THE PYP.

YOU'LL HEAR TRANS-DISCIPLINARY SPOKEN BY EVERY ONE OF US PRESENTING THIS EVENING. THAT IS A LARGE PART OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS ABOUT AT THE ELEMENTARY YEARS.

THE TRANSDISCIPLINARY FRAMEWORK MEANS THAT WE'RE TEACHING THE CONCEPTS RATHER THAN TEACHING THEM IN A CATEGORICAL SUBJECT MATTER. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN OUR PROGRAM IS STUDENT CENTERED APPROACH.

VERY INQUIRY BASED. IT'S TRANS DISCIPLINARY.

WE'LL DISCUSS THAT MORE AS WE GO ON.

IT EMPHASIZES THE STUDENT OWNERSHIP OF THEIR OWN LEARNING. THIS NEXT SLIDE IS A LITTLE BUSY. I TRIED TO PUT I THINK PROBABLY TOO MUCH INTO IT. BUT I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THE PIECES OF THIS PROGRAM ARE ABOUT.

SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF JUST THIS PART OVER HERE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALL IB SCHOOLS DO IS WORK TO BUILD A WHOLE CHILD.

BY BUILDING THAT WHOLE CHILD, THEY REALLY FOCUS ON TEN LEARNER PROFILE TRAITS THAT THEY FEEL REALLY DEVELOP A WHOLE LEARNER. AND SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE ARE BEING PRINCIPLED, GOOD COMMUNICATORS, INQUIRERS, CARING, RISK TAKERS, ALL OF THESE THINGS WE WOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT AS BEING GREAT AMONGST OUR LEARNERS.

NOT ONLY DOES OUR SCHOOL REQUIRE KIND OF FOCUSED ON THESE. BUT THE TEACHERS ARE REQUIRED TO TIE SEVERAL OF THESE INTO EACH OF THEIR UNITS OF INQUIRY AND PROVE HOW THEY ARE GOING ABOUT HITTING ON THOSE THROUGHOUT THE SIX TRANSDISCIPLINARY UNITS THAT HAVE TO BE TAUGHT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR.

I'M GOING TO GO TO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.

ALONG WITH THESE TRANSDISCIPLINARY, LEARNER PROFILE TRAITS, THERE ARE APPROACHES TO LEARNING.

AS WELL, WHEN THEY'RE TEACHING THEIR SIX TRANSDISCIPLINARY UNITS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, THEY HAVE TO TIE IN AND UTILIZE THESE DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO LEARNING.

YOU CAN SEE THE RESEARCH SKILLS, THINKING SKILLS.

COMMUNICATION. THOSE KIND OF ASPECTS.

SO WHEN THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR LESSON PLANS INTO, THEY HAVE TO PUT THEIR LESSON PLANS INTO AN ACTUAL WEBSITE.

WE UTILIZE TOTTLE FOR THE IB TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

THEY HAVE TO SHOW HOW THEY'RE TIEING THESE IN.

IT'S REALLY INTENSE. UDL ISN'T JUST SOMETHING THAT CVUSD IS FOCUSED ON, I WOULD SAY IF NOT ACROSS CALIFORNIA, I WOULD SAY ACROSS THE NATION. ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS IS THAT

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IT'S ALREADY A PART OF THE IB PROGRAM.

AND THEN VALUING DIVERSITY IS A HUGE PART AND IT'S ALSO EMBEDDED IN THE IB. PYP.

YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK HERE, THIS ICON THAT THEY USE HERE, THEY TALK A LOT ABOUT STUDENT AGENCY, WHICH KIND OF HAS TO DO WITH THAT UDL. MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE A VOICE. MAKING SURE THEY HAVE A CHOICE AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR LEARNING.

SO THAT IS A HUGE FOCUS OF THE PYP PROGRAM.

STUDENTS NEED TO BE A PART OF AN ASSESSMENT.

LATER ON YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A VIDEO CLIP OF A CLASSROOM THAT USED A FLIP GRADE, VIDEO WEBSITE.

STUDENTS BEING MORE A PART OF THAT ASSESSMENT PROCESS.

APPROACHES TO LEARNING. LEARNER PROFILE TRAITS ARE HERE. AT THIS POINT I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO KATIE COLLINS. I TALKED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THE SIX TRANSDISCIPLINARY UNITS THAT NEED TO BE TAUGHT AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL, THROUGHOUT EVERY SCHOOL YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT. SO LIKE WE SAW IN THE PROGRAM OF INQUIRY, IN THE PYP, OUR UNITS ARE ORGANIZED ACROSS SIX TRANSDISCIPLINARY THEMES, THESE THEMES REFLECT MAJOR ISSUES FACED BY ALL PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD THROUGHOUT HISTORY.

STUDENTS STUDY THESE SIX THEMES EVERY YEAR AND TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO SPECIFIC PROBLEMS THAT HELP THEM BETTER UNDERSTAND THE WORLD. ONE OF THE THEMES IS HOW WE ORGANIZE OURSELVES AND DEPENDING ON THE GRADE LEVEL OR WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE ASKING ABOUT, THEY MIGHT GO INTO THESE BIG IDEAS. YOU'LL SEE TWO MORE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, EACH THEME HAS VARIOUS BIG IDEAS FOR LEARNERS TO FOCUS ON.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN STUDYING THE THEME SHARING THE PLANET, OUR LEARNERS CAN EXPLORE BIG IDEAS LIKE RENEWABLE AND NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND EQUITY TO NAME A FEW. THE LAST TWO ARE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. SO IN THE PYP, EACH GRADE IDENTIFIES A DIFFERENT BIG IDEA AND REAL WORLD PROBLEM TO FOCUS ON WITHIN THAT TRANSDISCIPLINARY THEME.

THIS VARIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR. DEPENDING ON STUDENTS'S INTERESTS AND BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE.

AND THE NEXT SEVEN SLIDES SHOW HOW EACH GRADE LEVEL INCORPORATES THESE IDEAS INTO ACTION.

SO THAT AGENCY PIECE THAT MICHELLE JUST TALKED ABOUT.

SO OUR YOUNGEST CYPRESS STUDENTS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF FOOD WASTE ON CAMPUS AFTER THEY ATE LUNCH.

SO THEY USED THIS OBSERVATION AS A PROVOCATION FOR THEIR LEARNING. IN THE SHARING THE PLANET UNIT, THEY RESEARCHED AND LEARNED HOW TO CREATE A COMPOST BIN.

THIS LEARNING ACTUALLY LED TO BOTH CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL ACTION TO PUT OUR WASTE TO USE. YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'RE TAKING A REAL LIFE PROBLEM THAT THEY SEE IN THEIR LIVES EVERY DAY AND TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

FOR THE KINDERGARTNERS, YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE, THE STUDENTS ARE WORKING AT THE WONDER WALL, A PLACE WHERE THE TEACHER AND STUDENTS CAN POST QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, WHERE THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THEIR LEARNING. LET'S SEE.

STUDENTS QUESTIONS AND IDEAS GUIDE THE NEXT STEPS OF THE LEARNING PROCESS. SO EACH YEAR, EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE STUDYING SHARING THE PLANET, IT MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM YEAR TO YEAR. IN THE LAST PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE OUR IB COORDINATOR, CO-TEACHING A LESSON ON ONE OF THE LEARNER PROFILE ATTRIBUTES. AND LIKE MICHELLE SAID THESE ATTRIBUTES FOCUS THE LEARNING ON THE WHOLE CHILD, BEING REFLECTIVE AND HOW WE CAN HELP INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS BECOME RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES. THE LAST ONE IS MY FAVORITE.

FIRST GRADE, THAT I TEACH. SO RIGHT NOW THE CYPRESS FIRST GRADERS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING AS INQUIRERS AS RESEARCHERS TO THINK MORE ABOUT SHARING THE PLANET.

AND STUDENTS GET INSPIRED BY READ ALOUDS AND THINKING ABOUT THE BIG WHY. FOR US RIGHT NOW IT'S WHY WE SHOULD CARE ABOUT THE PLANTS, ANIMALS AND RESOURCES IN OUR WORLD. AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LEARNING HOW TO BE RESEARCHERS AT A FIRST GRADE LEVEL, USING QR CODES TO SCAFFOLD THE STUDENTS'S LEARNING.

STUDENTS ARE NOTICING THAT PLANTS AND ANIMALS HAVE SPECIAL STRUCTURES, STARTING TO WONDER IF WE COULD COPY ANY OF THOSE

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I FEEL LIKE THAT IS WHERE OUR LEARNING IS GOING TO BE GOING

NEXT. >> HELLO.

SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SECOND AND THIRD GRADE.

IN SECOND GRADE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SPOKE WITH THE TEACHERS ABOUT WAS HOW TO USE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES TO START THE INQUIRY. ONE OF THESE PHOTOS IS STUDENTS MAKING BRIDGES. THEY DO A HANDS-ON EXPERIMENT AND THEN THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT.

THAT LEADS TO LEARNING. AND THEN IN THIRD GRADE, LIKE I SAID, I COULD SPEAK TO THAT ONE BETTER BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONE I TEACH. WE'RE CURRENTLY INQUIRING INTO HOW THE CHANGES AND HABITATS AFFECT LIVING THINGS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CHANGE THE ASSESSMENTS AND HAVE A VARIETY OF ASSESSMENTS.

SO THINGS LIKE PROJECTS, COLLABORATION, RESEARCH AND THERE IS A LITTLE FLIP GRID VIDEO HERE.

AND THIS IS A RESPONSE TO WHAT THE HUMAN IMPACT IS ON THE ENVIRONMENT. AND WHY ANIMALS ARE ENDANGERED.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT FLIP GRID TOO IS ALL OF THE STUDENTS CAN SEE THE OTHER STUDENTS'S RESPONSES.

THIS IS A THIRD GRADER RESPONDING TO THAT.

>> WELL, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE BECAUSE THE IB PROCESS FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. ONE THING THAT I LIKE ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM IS IT'S A REFLECTIVE TEACHING PROCESS. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE LEARNING AS WE TEACH THESE UNITS, WE SEE WHAT RESONATES, WHAT NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED. THE GREAT PART IS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE REFLECTING UPON THEIR LEARNING AND GIVING THE TEACHERS FIELD FEEDBACK. IT FEELS VERY FULL CIRCLE.

THAT HAS BEEN A CHANGE FOR ME IN MY TEACHING PRACTICE.

IN FOURTH GRADE, WHAT MAKES MOST SENSE AND WHAT HAS BEEN GREAT FOR THESE UPPER ELEMENTARY KIDS IS THE ENGAGEMENT PIECE. AND REALLY PLANNING LESSONS THAT FOCUS ON THINGS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE INTERESTED IN AND THINGS THAT CONNECT TO THEIR REAL LIVES.

SO SOME OF THESE PICTURES HERE, THESE ARE MATCHBOXCARS WHICH ARE A BIG HIT IN FOURTH GRADE. THIS IS A UNIT.

STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON IN REGARDS TO STARTS WITH ENERGY POTENTIAL AND KINETIC ENERGY AND MAKING MEASUREMENTS AND THEN WE START TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENERGY, FOSSIL FUELS, RENEWABLE ENERGY. AND REALLY LAST YEAR WAS A BIG AREA OF INTEREST, SO THE STUDENTS DUG A LITTLE DEEPER AND KIND OF LOOKED AT WHAT THE RESULTS WERE FOR THAT.

WHICH LED TO AN ACTION PIECE, AS THEY REALIZED THE IMPACT OF USING FOSSIL FUELS AND HOW THAT AFFECTED ANIMALS.

AND ACTUALLY, A CLASS GOT TOGETHER AND DECIDED TO SAVE THE POLAR BEARS, MAKE POSTERS, TALK TO OTHER STUDENTS WITHIN CYPRESS TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE KNOWLEDGE THEY LEARNED AND HOW TO MAKE CHANGES. IT'S MOTIVATING TO STUDENTS WHEN THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THEIR LEARNING.

BIG GAME CHANGER AS A TEACHER, I WILL TELL YOU THAT.

THERE WAS ALSO A FIFTH GRADE SLIDE.

SO IN FIFTH GRADE, SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING HERE, THEY'RE STUDYING THE WATER CYCLE.

AND REALLY KIND OF MAKING THIS COME TO LIFE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR, THE FIFTH GRADERS ARE GOING TO THE MUNICIPAL WATER PLANT, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKING WITH AN EXPERT THERE TO LEARN ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT MEAN BEING IN A DROUGHT. WELL, WE'VE JUST HAD ALL OF THIS RAIN SO LET'S TALK ABOUT RECLAIMING THE WATER.

AND WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS MEAN. SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES. WHICH AGAIN, BRINGS THAT

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AND I THINK WHAT IS GREAT IS THAT THEY'RE REFLECTING AFTER THEY'RE DOING THIS GROUP WORK, WHAT IS WORKING, WAS I LISTENING TO MY PARTNERS,WAS IT DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH SOMEONE WHO WANTED TO DO EVERYTHING. IS IT HARD FOR ME TO DELEGATE WORK. SO WE'RE HOPING AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT SORT OF PRACTICING THESE SKILLS AND REFLECTING AND LEARNING FROM THESE SKILLS WILL HELP THEM AS THEY MOVE ON TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BEYOND. I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO A QUESTION SLIDE. BUT AS I WAS LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION, I JUST WANT TO PUT IN A COUPLE OF MORE INFORMATION THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. CYPRESS STILL TEACHES ALL OF THESE STANDARDS, THE TEACHERS SPEND A LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH THE STORIES, AND PUTTING THEM IN AN ORDER THAT MAKES SENSE TO UTILIZE THEM TO HELP TEACH THESE UNITS.

THEY INCORPORATE THE MATH SKILLS, YOU SAW THE CARS, MEASURING, SO THEY INCORPORATE ALL OF THE STANDARDS AND CURRICULUM THAT DISTRICT USES IN ELEMENTARY, AS PART OF THE TRANSDISCIPLINARY UNITS. THE OTHER PIECE THAT MS. WHITE WAS MENTIONING WAS THAT REFLECTIVE PIECE.

THAT IS A REQUIRED PIECE OF THE IB.

AND I THINK IT'S AN INVALUABLE PIECE THAT REALLY IMPROVES THIS PROGRAM. THERE WAS ONE LAST THING, BUT I THINK IT WILL COME UP IN QUESTIONS.

IF IT DOESN'T, I WILL SEE IF I REMEMBER.

YOU CAN TELL WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT I THINK YOU SAID AT THE BEGINNING, PRINCIPAL MCDONALD, THAT WHAT WE'RE CELEBRATING HERE IS THE CULMINATION OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE OVER THESE YEARS. AND THE RECOGNITION THAT CYPRESS IS NOW AN INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE SCHOOL.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TELL HOW PROUD WE ARE.

I WILL SEE WHICH GRADES MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO ENROLL

WITH YOU. >> I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT. ECHO WHAT SOME OF MY OTHER TEACHERS SAID, IT'S A JOURNEY. WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND RERECEIVE THAT ACCREDITATION EVERY FIVE YEARS.

WE WILL HAVE TO REPROVE THEM TO DO THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO IN FOUR YEARS. WE ALREADY HAVE GOALS SET FOR OURSELVES. AND THAT THE IB SETS UPON US AS WELL. ONE PIECE THAT I WANTED TO KIND OF POINT OUT IS THAT WHEN I SAID THE WHOLE SCHOOL IS IB, I TRULY DO MEAN THAT. WE ARE REQUIRED TO SHOW MINUTES OF MEETINGS WHERE WE ARE MEETING WITH OUR PE TEACHERS, OUR REGULAR TEACHERS NEED TO MEET WITH OUR PE TEACHERS, ART TEACHERS, THEY HAVE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN UNITS.

IT WAS ONE OF OUR STRUGGLES IS TO SHOW THE DEDICATED TIMES WHERE WE HAVE TO MEET. I WAS OUT AT PE, WATCHING THE PE TEACHER PLAY A GAME THAT HE HELPED CREATE, WHERE THEY BECAME FOSSILS. IN THE ART ROOM, THEY'RE DOING ART PROJECTS THAT REFLECT UPON WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING IN THE COURTROOM. SO IT'S REALLY A WHOLE CHILD

AND A WHOLE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. >> FABULOUS.

>> FIRST OF ALL, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR NOT ONLY THE PRESENTATION AS PRESENTED, BUT OR AS DRAWN UP, BUT THE WAY YOU PRESENTED IT WITH SUCH PASSION. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

MS. MCDONALD, YOU BROUGHT UP SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO ASK ABOUT. AS FAR AS COORDINATING THE STANDARDS WITH THE THEMES OF YOUR PROGRAM, DOES IB HELP YOU WITH THAT AT ALL OR DOES THAT ALL COME FROM YOUR TEACHERS AND

THE KIDS? >> I'M GOING TO ASSUME IT COMES FROM MY TEACHERS. I WILL HAVE TO HAVE THEM TALK

TO THAT. >> IT DOES. IT COMES FROM THE TEACHERS. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS, WE ALL HAD OUR STANDARDS ON PAPER, CUTTING THEM APART, OLD SCHOOL CUT AND PASTING. TO MAKE SURE STANDARDS WENT IN

EVERY PLACE. >> I WOULD IMAGINE THE KIDS

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THEY'RE LEARNING WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING.

YOU'RE SNEAKING THE STANDARDS IN.

>> IF THEY HAVE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS (INAUDIBLE)

>> CAN YOU STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKE ABOUT IT IS, AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY UNIT, WE HAVE A PROVOCATION.

THE KIDS COME UP WITH WHAT THEY THINK AND WONDER.

WE ARE FINDING OUT WHAT THEY KNOW, WE'RE FINDING OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW. THAT LEADS US TO WHERE WE WANT TO GO. I HAVE SEEN A BIG SHIFT IN THEIR MOTIVATION WHEN THEY'RE REALLY REALLY INTO WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING. ANY TIME DURING THE UNIT, IF THEY HAVE A QUESTION, THEY PUT IT UP ON THE WONDER WALL.

AND THEN WE GO BACK TO THAT AND REFLECT ON ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS AT THE END. SO WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WERE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED. IT'S A REALLY FULL CIRCLE THING. IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER RATHER THAN ME DISPENSING THE INFORMATION.

SO IT'S A NICE FEELING. >> THANK YOU AND

CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE PASSION AS TRUSTEE GORBACK SAID. I THINK BETWEEN THIS, AND THE PRESENTATION, I'M READY TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

MY MAIN QUESTION, THIS IS MAYBE NOT BE AN EASY ONE, IS HOW? LIKE HOW DID THIS START? WHERE WAS THE GENESIS? I KNOW FROM BEING AT THE CELEBRATION, THERE WAS TALK THAT THIS HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING.

OBVIOUSLY GIVEN HOW DIFFERENT THE APPROACH IS TO LEARNING, YOU HAD TO HAVE UNIFORM COMPREHENSIVE BUY-IN.

SO REALLY HOW? HOW DID YOU GET HERE?

>> I WILL EXPLAIN WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD AND THEY WILL SHARE WITH ME. I CAME ON THIS YEAR.

THEY WERE LOOKING THROUGH THE DATA, ABOUT THREE TO FOUR YEARS AGO AND LOOKING AT SCORES AND LOOKING AT WHERE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A HOLE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAW WAS AN AREA THAT STUDENTS WERE LOW IN WAS INQUIRY.

THAT WAS THE SEED. SEVERAL TEACHERS WENT OUT, I THINK YOU GUYS VISITED PROGRAMS. AND LOOKED AROUND AT DIFFERENT KIND OF THINGS WHAT WE COULD BRING TO CYPRESS AND INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE WAS WHAT CAME ABOUT.

THERE WERE SEVERAL TEACHERS THAT CAME OUT AND LEARNED ABOUT IT AND IT GREW FROM THERE. YOU ARE REQUIRED, YOU CAN TELL THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES ON, REQUIRED TO HAVE AN IB COORDINATOR. AND THIS SCHOOL COULD NOT GET THROUGH WITHOUT DANIELLE BARRA. SHE IS A HALF TIME TEACHER AT OUR SCHOOL THAT DEDICATES, SHE MEETS WITH EVERY SINGLE GRADE LEVEL. IS IT AN HOUR? EVERY SINGLE WEEK, THE TEACHERS MEET WITH THE COORDINATOR AND WORK TO CONTINUALLY MOVE THIS PROCESS FORWARD.

LOOKING AT DATA AND SEE WHAT OUR SCHOOL NEEDED.

>> I WILL ADD, THE BEGINNING PART OF THIS, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO IT CAME THROUGH CABINET AS A REQUEST.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAD TO PONDER BECAUSE IT WAS AN INCREASE IN HALF TIME, AND YOU KNOW YOU NEEDED AN IB COORDINATOR, BUT ULTIMATELY WE GOT MOVING AND THROUGH YOU KNOW, TOUGH THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. BUT ALL OF THAT WORKED OUT AND HERE WE ARE. YOU KNOW, IT IS AMAZING, JUST THE PLANNING, GOING THROUGH THE KWL, I AM JUST EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE L LOOKS LIKE AT THE END OF SOME OF THESE. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE SOME OF THE A HA MOMENTS THAT THESE KIDS GET.

THEY DON'T KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THESE INQUIRIES OR UNITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. TO SEE THE END OF IT IS I'M SURE REALLY AMAZING. IT WAS A WORK IN PROGRESS.

A COUPLE OF BUMPS ALONG THE -- SOLIDIFIED -- FIRST OFF, THANK

YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. >> I KNOW FROM SPEAKING WITH DANIELLE BARRA AT YOUR CELEBRATION, THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND THE PASSION IT TAKES TO KEEP THAT MOVING.

AND I THINK IT'S A RECOGNITION OF WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU

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I THINK IT'S VERY WELL DESERVED.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE OF YOU SAID IT NOW.

WAS YOU UNDERSCORED, YOU SAW A SHIFT IN MOTIVATION WHEN THE STUDENTS WERE INTERESTED IN WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING.

AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT AND SO POWERFUL.

WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SIT AND TRY AND LEARN SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT OR YOU'RE NOT ENGAGED IN.

BUT LIKE WHEN THERE IS A SPARK, THE MAGIC HAPPENS.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT FOR OUR STUDENTS.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ONE IS ABOUT THE COSTS ASSOCIATED. ASIDE FROM THE IB COORDINATOR, WHAT TYPES OF ADDITIONAL COSTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS KIND

OF PROGRAM? >> ONE OTHER PIECE OF THIS PROGRAM IS WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A SECOND LANGUAGE.

SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE, THE SCHOOL RIGHT BEFORE I CAME DESIGNATED SPANISH. AND SO THE STUDENTS DO HAVE TO HAVE SPANISH INSTRUCTION WEEKLY.

SO WE DO SPEND A GOOD AMOUNT OF OUR BUDGET ON A SPANISH TEACHER THAT IS ON-SITE THREE DAYS A WEEK AND SEES THE CLASSES TWICE A WEEK. FOR HALF AN HOUR EACH.

SO THAT COMES OBVIOUSLY WITH A COST THERE.

THERE ARE YEARLY COSTS AS PART OF THE PROGRAM.

YOU GUYS THINK OF OTHER? WE ARE REQUIRED TO -- EVERYONE THAT WORKS WITH STUDENTS ON OUR CAMPUS MUST BE IB TRAINED.

AND SO JUST ATTENDING THAT TRAINING.

I BELIEVE WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE EVERY TEACHER ON OUR CAMPUS IS TRAINED. HALFWAY WITH ALL OF OUR SPECIALISTS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS A CYCLICAL BUDGET, TAKING OUR TEAM AND PROBABLY EVERY FOUR YEARS CYCLING PEOPLE THROUGH SO THAT WE STAY UP-TO-DATE WITH THE TRAINING.

>> DID YOU NOTICE DR. HAYEK'S EARS PERK UP A LITTLE BIT?

>> I WANT FULL TRANSPARENCY HERE.

BUT I KNOW THAT IT COMES WITH COSTS.

>> I KNOW THE NEWBERRY PROGRAM COMES WITH A LOT OF COSTS.

>> I'M WORKING TOWARDS ONE SPECIFIC GRANT. AND MY IB COORDINATOR HAS A STRENGTH IN IB GRANTS.

SO I'M LOOKING AT POSSIBLY HAVING HER LOOK INTO GRANT WRITING AS WELL. BECAUSE IT WOULD HELP TO HAVE

MORE FUNDING TO SUPPORT. >> ONE OTHER QUESTION IS, I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY PREMATURE, LIKE ASKING FOR MORE. BUT IN TERMS OF PIPELINE AND THE PATHWAY, SO WE HAVE THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAM AND THEN WE HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THOSE THREE IMPORTANT CRITICAL CRAZY YEARS WE CALL MIDDLE SCHOOL?

>> SO ONE THING I WILL SAY IS THE PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAM IS A FABULOUS FOUNDATION. BUT IT'S ALSO VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM. STUDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE THEIR FOUNDATION IN AN IB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YOU KNOW, CAN CLEARLY ALWAYS YOU KNOW, BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM.

WE HAVE HAD MANY STUDENTS BE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM WITHOUT HAVING ANY PRIMARY YEARS OR MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM. I JUST FEEL THAT THE PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAM BUILDS A STRONG FOUNDATION TO WHEREVER THEY ARE GOING TO GO. WHETHER THEY END UP IN AN IB PROGRAM AT A HIGH SCHOOL, OR MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT DOESN'T HAVE SPECIFIC -- WE DO HAVE SPANISH AT ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

SO THAT CARRIES ON. I SEE WHERE EDUCATION IS GOING AND THAT INQUIRY AND THAT YOU KNOW, STUDENT LED.

I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THEIR NEEDS ARE NOT GOING TO BE MET AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT DO A LOT IN LINE WITH WHAT IB STANDS FOR.

SO I THINK RIGHT NOW, HIGH SCHOOL AND THE PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAM MIGHT BE KIND OF STAND-ALONE PROGRAMS. I THINK IF WE EVER DO END UP WITH A GREAT MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM, FABULOUS. WE'RE CREATING A GREAT FOUNDATION OF LEARNING AT OUR SCHOOL.

>> TO ADD TO THAT, YOU KNOW, IN APPROVING THEM TO MOVE FORWARD WE KNEW WE WOULD HAVE A GAP. WE DIDN'T WANT TO HOLD CYPRESS

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THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO WORK OUT OVER THE YEARS TO SEE YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN HAVE THAT MIDDLE SCHOOL PIECE IN THERE. BUT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT SAID NO TO OR NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THAT PLANNING AND WORKING THROUGH

THE PROCESS. >> I GET THE IDEA OF ONE AT A TIME. I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS. AND FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU MRS. MCDONALD. BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY TO COME IN AT THE END OF THIS VERY LONG PROCESS AND INTEGRATE YOURSELF SO SEEMLESSLY. AND BEAUTIFULLY.

IT SEEMED LIKE YOU WERE -- YOU HAD ALWAYS BEEN THERE, WHEN WE WERE ON-SITE. YOU WERE JUST A PART OF THE SCHOOL. NO SMALL FETE AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S SO VASTLY DIFFERENT. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.

WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO BE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND CONGRATULATIONS.

THIS IS A GREAT PRESENTATION. AS I'M LEARNING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT CYPRESS, I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK HOW THIS CAN IMPACT KIDS AT CYPRESS AND KIDS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT.

STUDENT AGENCY, MAKING LEARNING RELEVANT FOR STUDENTS.

INTER-WEAVING WITH UDL. WHICH WE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTING DISTRICT WIDE. I COULD SEE CYPRESS AS A PLACE WHERE TEACHERS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS, THEY COULD BE UTILIZING ALL OF THESE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> I DO WANT TO NOTE, YOU KNOW, CYPRESS IS A BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL. KIND OF TUCKED AWAY.

AND AS A SON OF A BRICK LAYER, I LOVE GOING ON THAT CAMPUS, BECAUSE IT'S ALL BLOCK. BUT WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH OUT TO THE BACK AND YOU GET TO SEE THE RANGE AND THE FIELDS AND YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE THERE, LAST WEEK, KNOWING THE AMOUNT OF PARENTS THAT CAME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LUNCH ACTIVITIES AND BE THERE FOR THE PRESENTATION, IS AMAZING.

AND YOU KNOW, JUST CREDIT TO MS. MCDONALD FOR JUMPING RIGHT IN, HER ENERGY IS AMAZING. AND AS SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE YEARS OF WALK-THROUGHS ON THAT CAMPUS.

IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF ENERGY THIS YEAR.

AND YOU KNOW, PART OF IT IS COMPLETING THIS PROCESS.

PART OF IT IS THE SCHOOL LEADER.

A LOT OF IT IS THE FEELING FROM OUR TEACHERS.

SO WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

AND YOU KNOW, MAKING A GREAT PLACE FOR KIDS.

I WISH MORE PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT IT.

BECAUSE IT'S TUCKED AWAY AND BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL.

>> IF I COULD ADD, IF YOU'RE WATCHING THIS IN THE PUBLIC AND YOU'RE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, YES, OUR PRIORITY DEADLINE FOR SCHOOL CHOICE HAS PASSED, BUT YOU CAN STILL SUBMIT YOUR SCHOOL CHOICE APPLICATION TO ATTEND CYPRESS ELEMENTARY.

AS WELL AS IF YOU'RE WATCHING OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT, GO AHEAD AND CLICK ON TO OUR WEBSITE AND LEARN ABOUT AN INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFER TO BE A PART OF THE CYPRESS PROGRAM.

>> TRUSTEE LOPEZ. >> I JUST WANTED TO ECHO WHAT MS. POWELL SAID, ALMOST EXACTLY THE WORDS THAT WERE IN MY BRAIN, EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A SPECIFIC YOU KNOW, QUOTE/UNQUOTE PIPELINE FROM ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE TO HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH I AGREE, I DON'T EVEN REALLY THINK IT'S NECESSARY, YOU KNOW, TO CREATE REALLY SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS, BUT JUST YOU KNOW, INTRODUCING THE TEACHERS AT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL SITES TO THIS REALLY UNIQUE KIND OF MODEL OF LEARNING AND SPREADING IT ACROSS ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT WHEN THESE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLERS GO ON TO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, NO MATTER WHERE THEY'RE GOING, IF IT'S IB OR NOT, ALL OF THAT LEARNING CONTINUES IN THAT STYLE THAT THEY'RE USED TO. AND ALL OF THE STUDENTS NOT FROM THE IB PROGRAM, CAN STILL GET A TASTE OF THAT UNIQUE

METHOD OF LEARNING. >> THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANYMORE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I WILL SAY ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] >> AND WE ARE NOW AT 6B.

[B. Instructional Services - Presentation - College and Career Readiness Counselors]

CAREER READINESS COUNSELORS. >> GREETINGS, BOARD PRESIDENT

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OUR DISTINCT CABINET MEMBERS AND LEADERSHIP.

I'M REALLY PROUD TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS COUNSELORS. I'LL INTRODUCE THEM IN A FEW MINUTES HERE. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER OVER THIS PAST SEMESTER AS WE PROVIDE YOU TONIGHT WITH AN UPDATE OF OUR PROGRESS FOR A THROUGH G.

I THINK IT'S FITTING AND APPROPRIATE THAT NEXT WEEK IS NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELORS WEEK, SO WE CAN CELEBRATE THEM AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING TO HELP OUR STUDENTS AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND WE'VE SEEN SOME GROWTH ALREADY IN THE FEW MONTHS THAT THEY'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES AND SUPPORTS.

SO THE PURPOSE, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE OUR BOARD AND OUR PUBLIC WITH AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT IS A THROUGH G.

BUT ALSO TO REVIEW OUR DISTRICT GOAL, ONE OF OUR DISTRICT GOALS OF INCREASING OUR PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE UC A TO G ELIGIBLE. OR ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA OR CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY.

THAT IS WHAT ONE OF OUR GOALS WAS.

THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE. TONIGHT WE AIM TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION AND EDUCATE OUR PARENT COMMUNITY ON THE A THROUGH G REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON COURSES THAT STUDENTS SHOULD TAKE TO BECOME A THROUGH G ELIGIBLE.

SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE COUNSELORS HAVE BEEN DOING IN TERMS OF THEIR OUTREACH TO OUR STUDENTS AND PARENT COMMUNITY.

THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE OUTREACH THAT OUR COUNSELORS ARE DOING. THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE EXAMPLES OF THAT. AS WELL AS SOME OF THE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF SPECIFIC STRATEGIES. AND SYSTEMS. SO OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER COUNSELORS WILL BE SHARING WITH YOU SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THEY IMPLEMENTED, SOME OF THE GOALS THAT THEY MADE TOWARD THE A THROUGH G GRANT THAT WE'VE INSTITUTED THERE. SO LIKE I SAID, I WILL BE INTRODUCING THEM IN A MOMENT. BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, BEFORE I INTRODUCE IT TO YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT A THROUGH G IS. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT THE A THROUGH G REQUIREMENT IS. WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU HERE IS AN INFO GRAPH. ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, WE DO HAVE THIS AVAILABLE. VERSION FOR EACH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. BUT TO SAVE ROOM ON THE SLIDE HERE, WE'RE GIVING ONE EXAMPLE. THERE ARE SEVEN ACADEMIC CATEGORIES OR AREAS IN THE VARIOUS CONTENT AREAS THAT A STUDENT MUST MEET TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT FOR BEING ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A CSU OR A UC.

YOU SEE THEM UP THERE. A, HISTORY, SOCIAL SCIENCE.

B IS THE CONTENT AREA OF ENGLISH.

MATH IS AREA C. WE HAVE OUR LAB SCIENCES IN D.

AREA E IS OUR WORLD LANGUAGE. LISTED THERE AS LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH. AREA F IS VISUAL PERFORMING ARTS. FINALLY, COLLEGE PREP ELECTIVES COVER THE G AREA. SO ALONG WITH THE AREAS YOU'LL NOTICE THE PODS, THE YELLOW PODS INDICATE WHAT IS REQUIRED IN THE COURSES AND YEARS WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR A STUDENT TO BECOME A THROUGH G ELIGIBLE. ENGLISH, FOUR YEARS.

WHITE PODS, YOU'LL NOTICE THOSE ARE RECOMMENDED FROM THE CSUS.

AND UCS. THOSE ARE YEARS RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED TO BE A TO G ELIGIBLE.

FOR MATH, THERE IS A FOURTH YEAR RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED. LAB SCIENCE HAS AN EXTRA YEAR AND SO DOES WORLD LANGUAGE. PART OF WHAT THE COUNSELORS WILL DISCUSS IN A MINUTE IS THEIR COMMUNICATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT AND PUTTING IN STRATEGIES TO HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT AND TO HELP THEM ENGAGE IN THE CLASSES.

AND THEN THE GRAY ONE UP THERE, THAT IS ACTUALLY A CVUSD REQUIREMENT. WE REQUIRE OUR STUDENTS TO TAKE THREE YEARS OF HISTORY, SOCIAL SCIENCE.

A THROUGH G REQUIREMENT IS TWO. IT'S UP TO OUR STUDENTS NOW IN CLASSROOMS. EXPLAINED TO THEM BY COUNSELORS. WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THAT IS ONE WAY THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE TO BECOME COLLEGE READY.

LIKE I SAID, THE COUNSELORS WILL GIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER WAYS THAT THEY'RE COMMUNICATING WITH STUDENTS TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT. WE HAVE KELSY FROM THOUSAND

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MS. DANO. >> CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? ESSENTIALLY OUR GOAL IS OBVIOUSLY TO INCREASE OUR A THROUGH G COMPLETION RATE FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.

BUT ALSO WE'RE SPECIFICALLY TARGETING CERTAIN GROUPS OF POPULATIONS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, SOCIOECONOMIC DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND STUDENTS WITH UNSTABLE HOUSING. NEXT SLIDE.

>> PERFECT. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT IS OUR ROLE HERE IN THIS. OUR ROLE IS TO EDUCATE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS. WE'RE EDUCATING THEM ON WHAT THE A THROUGH G REQUIREMENTS ARE.

ALSO THE BENEFITS OF A THROUGH G AND HOW TO MEET THEM AND ACCESS TO COURSES. MAKING SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE COURSES. MAKING SURE THE COURSES ARE APPROPRIATELY DESIGNATED. SO ALL COURSES NEED TO BE A THROUGH G APPROVED. WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND MAKING SURE ALL OF OUR COURSE LISTS FOR EACH SCHOOL ARE UP-TO-DATE AND ACCURATE. WE'RE MAKING SURE QUEUE IS PROPERLY TRACKING THEM. WE ARE ALSO HELPING TO PROVIDE OTHER INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO ASSIST FAMILIES IN MAKING SURE THEY'RE ON TRACK.

WE'RE ALSO COLLECTING AND ANALYZING DATA.

IDENTIFY STUDENTS GOING THROUGH TRANSCRIPTS, TO SEE IF STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK OR CLOSE TO ON TRACK, HELP US GUIDE CONVERSATIONS WITH STUDENTS AND WHO WE SHOULD MEET WITH.

FACILITATING AND MONITORING TUTORING AND CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAMS. HELPING ENROLL STUDENTS IN CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAMS SO THEY CAN COME BACK TO BEING ON TRACK. OR HELPING THEM FIND RESOURCES TO STAY ON TRACK. AND WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH TEACHERS AND OTHER COUNSELORS, I USE THE WORD COMPREHENSIVE COUNSELORS. SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE COUNSELORS ON OUR SCHOOL SITE.

WE WORK AS A TEAM FOR THOSE STUDENTS.

WE'RE THAT EXTRA LAYER OF SUPPORT.

ESPECIALLY THOSE TARGETED POPULATIONS.

WITHIN THAT, WE'VE DONE ELD CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS, AVID DATA SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES, AND SPANISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS PRESENTATIONS. WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT. WHEN WE DID OUR PRESENTATIONS, WE DID PRE-TESTS AND POST-TESTS.

SOME OF OUR POPULATION, OUR 11TH GRADE STUDENTS, ONLY 20 PERCENT OF THEM REPORTED KNOWING WHAT A THROUGH G IS.

WHICH IS SOMETHING TO WORK ON. WE REPORTED THAT OVER 90 PERCENT OF STUDENTS ARE NOW REPORTING THAT THEY KNOW WHAT A THROUGH G IS. THAT IS A HUGE POSITIVE TO START WITH. THIS WAS MADE LAST WEEK, OVER 400 INDIVIDUAL STUDENT MEETINGS REGARDING SPECIFIC TO A THROUGH G AND WE HAVE A THROUGH G FIRST GRADUATION POSTERS UP IN CLASSROOMS TO MAKE IT VISIBLE AND OBVIOUS TO STUDENTS.

WE ARE ENROLLING STUDENTS IN CYBER CLASSES.

COLLABORATING WITH TEACHERS AND OTHER SCHOOL COUNSELORS ON OUR SITE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SUPPORTING STUDENTS.

WE SEND WEEKLY NEWSLETTERS HOME TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS.

SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH AS WELL. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE POSTERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CLASSROOMS AND AROUND CAMPUS.

EXACTLY WHAT IS REQUIRED IN THE DIFFERENCE THROUGH A THROUGH G.

WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING READY TO BE IN SPANISH AS WELL.

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AWESOME. >> SO NOT ONLY ARE WE EDUCATING THE STUDENTS. ALSO OUR PARENTS.

WE COME AND PLAY A BIG ROLE. I FEEL THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT ONLY EDUCATING THE STUDENTS BUT EDUCATING OUR PARENTS.

I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT WE DID THE PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT, WHICH I WAS A PART OF THE SPANISH PRESENTATION AND MY COLLEAGUES WERE A PART OF THE ENGLISH PRESENTATION.

WE HAD SUCH AN AMAZING CONVERSATIONS AND PARENTS HAD AMAZING QUESTIONS. MOST OF THOSE PARENTS WERE PROBABLY LACKING ON INFORMATION.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM THE RIGHT INFORMATION ON WHAT A THROUGH G WAS. I WILL SPEAK MORE ABOUT OUR PARENT INFORMATION IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

I ALSO HAVE THE PARENT PRESENTATIONS.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM, WE HAD 26 PARENTS ATTENDING FOR WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. I THINK WE HIT THE CHECKMARK.

IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE. BECAUSE OUR PARENTS NOT ONLY LEARNED WHAT A THROUGH G WAS BUT THEY LEARNED HOW TO SEE THEIR STUDENT TRANSCRIPTS. PARENTS HAD AN AMAZING QUESTIONS AND WAYS HOW TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND HOW TO FIX THE DS AND FS. THEY WERE ABLE TO KNOW THAT BY GIVING THEM CLASSES, THEIR STUDENTS, THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE A THROUGH G. AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT ONLY DO WE PRESENT A THROUGH G, BUT WE HAVE ACCESS FOR OUR PARENTS ON OUR WEBSITES. POSTERS ABOUT A THROUGH G.

KUDOS TO OUR DISTRICT HAS AN AMAZING WEB PAGE TO ALL HIGH SCHOOLS. WE'RE ABLE TO PUT POSTERS ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT WHAT A THROUGH G, IN CASE OUR PARENTS COULD NOT ATTEND TO ANY MEETINGS.

THEY HAVE IT THERE IN THE TIP OF THEIR FINGERS.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OKAY.

CVSD PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT. I AM PROUD TO SAY WE HAD 150 FAMILIES ATTENDED. LIKE I SAID, I DID THE SPANISH PRESENTATIONS. AND FAMILIES WERE VERY HAPPY TO BE THERE.

ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE SUPPORTED THEM WITH THE TRANSPORTATIONS.

AND WITH THEIR CHILD CARE. ESPECIALLY OUR SPANISH POPULATIONS, SOME OF THE FAMILIES, THE BARRIERS OF THEM ATTENDING IS NOT HAVING CHILD CARE.

PROVIDING THAT FOR OUR FAMILIES WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

PARENTS HAD AN AMAZING QUESTIONS.

VERY ENGAGED. VERY INVOLVED AND I CAN SAY THAT AFTER THAT MEETING, I HAD BEEN MEETING WITH OUR ELD PARENTS AND THEY'VE BEEN ASKING SUCH AMAZING QUESTIONS.

I'VE BEEN EVALUATING THE TRANSCRIPTS WITH THEIR STUDENTS. WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

EDUCATING OUR PARENTS WE HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY IN DOING HAND-OUT INFORMATION. ALL THESE HAND-OUT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO YOU ALL IN A PDF.

IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE TO ALL OF OUR PARENTS.

IT WAS HANDED TO THEM IN THE PRESENTATION.

PARENTS WILL KNOW WHAT IS A THROUGH G.

THEY WILL KNOW WHO SHOULD COMPLETE THE A THROUGH G AND ALSO THE STEPS TO BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL STUDENT.

THIS IS PROVIDED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH FOR OUR FAMILIES.

AND IN ADDITION, RESOURCES THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, WE WANT OUR FRESHMEN, SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR AND SENIORS TO KNOW ABOUT THE GUIDE FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER PLANNING.

WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS EXPECTED FOR THEM EACH MONTH.

SO THEY WILL NOT GET LOST ON THEIR WAY.

FRESHMEN, WE WANT TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE SUMMER, APRIL, MAY, THEY SHOULD KNOW THAT IF THEY WANT TO START WORKING IN THE SUMMER, HOW TO PREPARE A RESUME.

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR D. WHERE TO TAKE YOUR SUMMER CLASSES. WE WANT TO PREPARE THEM.

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE WANT TO GIVE THE PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS THE RESOURCES FOR THEM TO HAVE AND HOW TO BE A

BETTER PLANNER. >> AS WE WORK TOWARDS THIS GOAL TO INCREASING THE NUMBER OF STUDENT WHO ARE A THROUGH G ELIGIBLE, WE ARE TAKING A MULTI-TIERED APPROACH.

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THOSE ARE ONGOING. WE'VE DONE PRESENTATIONS IN OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS.

AS WELL AS OUR OASIS CLASSES. WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN PRESENTATIONS COMPLETED IN THE OASIS INTERVENTION CLASSES. REVIEWING THE TRANSCRIPTS AND GRADES FOR SEMESTER ONE. CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ON TRACK OR IF THEY NEED TO PLAN FOR CREDIT RECOVERY, OR REMEDIATION IN THE SUMMER. AND THEN HAVING THOSE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS, TALKING ABOUT THE WAYS TO GET BACK ON TRACK AND HELPFUL TIPS TO HOW TO STAY ON TRACK.

HOW TO RECOGNIZE WHEN YOUR GRADE IS HEADED TOWARDS A DEFICIENCY, WHERE TO GO FOR TUTORING.

I KNOW ONE THING THAT I LEARNED IS WE DO OFFER LUNCHTIME TUTORING, STUDENTS FIRST LANGUAGE IS SPANISH.

IT HAS BEEN HELPFUL TO THEM. AS WE WORK TOWARDS ONE ON ONE MEETINGS, NOW WE'RE IN A MORE TIER TWO LEVEL, WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE COMMUNICATIONS WITH PARENTS AND GUARDIANS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO DO.

ALL OF THIS IS DONE NOT ONLY WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE COUNSELORS, BUT WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES.

CASE MANAGERS. I KNOW MYSELF I WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR DATA TEACHER. SHE TOOK OUR DATA SENIORS TO A FIELD TRIP TO CAL STATE. SHE WAS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ME, EVALUATE TRANSCRIPTS AND GET SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS IN CYBER HIGH CLASSES. HE CAME BACK SEVERAL TIMES AND ASKING QUESTIONS. HOW DO I FILL OUT THE APPLICATION. HE WAS ABLE TO APPLY TO CAL STATE CHANNEL ISLANDS. INCLUSIVE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS ON CAMPUS. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE PLAN TO COME BACK WITH, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IS AN UPDATED A THROUGH G COMPLETION PERCENTAGE.

WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL ALL THOSE GRADES FINALLY POST.

UPDATE ON THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENT MEETINGS THAT WE DO HAVE. TRACKING THE STUDENTS ENROLLING IN SUMMER SCHOOL. TODAY I WAS IN A CLASSROOM TALKING ABOUT REGISTRATION. AND BECAUSE I BROUGHT UP A THROUGH G AND HAMMERED HOME THAT POINT, HEY, MS. SANCHEZ, I THINK I HAVE ONE D. HOW CAN I FIX THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE TRACKING THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL.

ALSO THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLING IN CYBER HIGH FOR REMEDIATION. THE UC DOORWAY LIST IS A LIST OF THE CLASSES APPROVED. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK PRIOR TO US TO UPDATE THE LIST TO BE INCLUSIVE OF OUR POINT ONE CLASSES. CTE CLASSES ARE NOW AREA G APPROVED. BUT WE HAVE WORK TO GO.

SOME OF OUR VPA CLASSES STILL NEED TO BE APPROVED AND OUR NEW CLASSES SUCH AS ETHNIC STUDIES WILL BE UPDATED AS WELL.

WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT DATA IS CORRECT. THE FOLLOW-UP TO THAT IS ALSO MAKING SURE THAT Q IS RECOGNIZING THOSE CLASSES RECOGNIZED IN THE UC DOORWAY LIST.

A THROUGH G REGISTRATION. THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW. WORKING ON REGISTRATION AND WE'RE MAKING SURE TO PROVIDE THOSE IN-CLASS REMINDERS SO THAT STUDENTS ARE MAKING THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS WHEN THEY'RE PICKING THEIR CLASSES. ALTHOUGH IT'S THREE YEARS OF MATH REQUIRED, IF YOU'RE HEADED INTO SENIOR YEAR, PLEASE CONTINUE TO TAKE THE COURSEWORK OF MATH.

HEAVILY RECOMMENDED, NOT ONLY FOR STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITIES, BUT COMMUNITY COLLEGES. STUDENTS NEED TO CONTINUE THE MATH SKILLS SO THAT THEY'RE READY FOR COLLEGE LEVEL MATH.

WE DID CREATE A ONE-PAGE HANDOUT FRONT AND BACK IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. PARENTS CAN SEE BEFORE THEY SIGN AND MAKE SURE THAT THEIR STUDENTS ARE MAKING THE THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS. WE'RE GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE COUNSELORS DURING REGISTRATION.

AS THEY HAVE THOSE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS, IF STUDENTS HAVE MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT REMEDIATION OR QUESTIONS ABOUT A THROUGH G, THEY CAN SEND THEM TO US. CONTINUE THAT SUPPORTIVE WORK FOR THE TARGET GROUPS. TRANSCRIPTS AND GRADES FOR SEMESTER ONE, INCREASING THOSE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THE STUDENTS BASED ON THE POST-TEST DATA. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WAS ABLE TO ASK, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, 30 PERCENT OF STUDENTS AT ONE GRADE LEVEL THAT WERE CURIOUS AND WANTED TO

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INCLUDES OUR 8TH GRADE PARENT AND STUDENT AND GUARDIAN NIGHTS. ON FEBRUARY 28TH, GIVE A PRESENTATION TO THOSE GROUPS. SOME OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE SHARED, WE'RE WORKING TO GET THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE AS WELL. ONE-STOP SHOP.

NOT ONLY ON THE INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE BUT EASILY AVAILABLE AT

CONEJO USD. >> THIS IS MORE JUST THE LAST SLIDE HERE, SPEAKING OF THE ONLINE RESOURCES, YOU'RE GETTING A SNEAK PEEK BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE LAUNCHED VERY SOON. NEW COURSE CATALOG LOOK.

WORKING HARD ON THAT. AND THANKS TO THE TECH DEPARTMENT. BUT REALLY WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT IN THE A THROUGH G WORLD BECAUSE IT LISTS EVERY CLASS, IT WILL ONCE IT'S LAUNCHED, LIST EVERY CLASS, IF YOU NOTICE THERE THE BLUE BUTTONS THERE, IT TELLS YOU WHAT AREA, THAT CLASS THAT MEETS IN TERMS OF A THROUGH G.

THE PARENT CAN GO ON, HEY, I WANT TO TAKE ART HISTORY.

YES, IT IS. AREA F.

AND SO IT WILL KIND OF GO THROUGH AS STUDENTS ARE MEETING WITH THEIR COUNSELORS AND AS STUDENTS ARE FIGURING OUT WHAT THEIR PATHWAY IS, AS THEY'RE SCHEDULING NOW HAVE AN INFORMED WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING ALL THAT THEY NEED IN THEIR EDUCATION AND MAKING THE PATHWAY.

END WITH THIS SLIDE BECAUSE IT'S THE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE YOU KNOW, VERY SOON IN TERMS OF OUR LAUNCH OF OUR NEW COURSE CATALOG.

>> I WILL JUMP IN ON THIS A LITTLE BIT.

SINCE I HAVE ACCESS AND PLAYED AROUND WITH IT QUITE A BIT.

THIS IS JUST ONE OF THREE PAGES.

THE NEXT PAGE THAT IS NOT SHOWING BASICALLY FIRST LET ME JUST POINT OUT ON THE LEFT SIDE, IF YOU'RE A NEWBERRY STUDENT, THE IB CLASSES WILL POP UP.

THE NEXT PAGE THAT ISN'T SHOWING, THEY'RE ALL COLOR COORDINATED ON THE TRACK THAT YOU'RE ON.

AND BASICALLY YOU CLICK THAT TRACK.

IT WILL SHOW FROM 6TH GRADE THROUGH 12TH GRADE, THE CLASSES THAT YOU TAKE FOR YOUR DIFFERENT PATHWAYS, MATH OR YOU KNOW, ENGLISH OR HOW YOU WOULD JUMP FROM ONE CLASS TO THE OTHER. SO I THINK THIS PAGE WILL BE REALLY NICE ONCE IT'S UP. I THINK IT SHOULD BE SHORTLY.

I KNOW WE HAVE STUDENT INTERNS TO WORK ON A VIDEO TO INTRODUCE IT TO OUR STUDENTS, WHICH IS REALLY COOL.

THE VIDEO IS AWESOME AND THEN WE CAN RELEASE IT.

>> WITH THAT, WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

>> THANK YOU, MR. MERCER AND TEAM.

THE BOARD HOLDS AN ANNUAL STUDY SESSION WHERE WE SET GOALS.

LAST SPRING THIS WAS A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION.

ONE OF THE DRAW BACKS TO HAVING SO WONDERFUL OFFERINGS IS THAT YOU NEED CONSIDERABLE NAVIGATION SKILLS.

THERE IS SUCH A THING AS WHAT IS CALLED THE HIDDEN CURRICULUM. WE'RE NOT HIDING IT ON PURPOSE.

BUT YOU NEED CONSIDERABLE SKILL TO NAVIGATE ALL OF THESE OFFERINGS. AND A THROUGH G, LIKE SO MANY ACRONYMS THAT WE ENCOUNTER IN EDUCATION IS COMPLETELY OPAQUE UNLESS YOU KNOW HOW TO UNPACK IT. SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT IT.

AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW PLEASED I AM TO SEE THIS MAGNIFICENT WORK. NOT ONLY ARE YOU GIVING FOLKS A VERY VISUAL WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AND WHAT COMES AFTER, TO UNPACK THAT AND CREATE A SUCCESS MAP FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

BUT IT'S THE ENGAGEMENT AND THE CLEAR CARING THAT YOU ARE DEDICATING TO ONE ON ONE AND SMALL GROUP MEETINGS WITH STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.

AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YEAH.

I MEAN, MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR GUYS'S WORK. I REMEMBER, I THINK IT WAS SOME TIME LAST YEAR, IN SDAC, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE A

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I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THAT. I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. MY MAIN QUESTION WAS ABOUT VERY BRIEF MENTION OF CTE PATHWAYS AND HOW THAT LINES UP WITH A THROUGH G. CURRENTLY OR JUST RECENTLY HAVING GONE THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS, I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED ON HOW ALL OF THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK.

SO I'M CURIOUS IF YOU COULD PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE

INFORMATION ON THAT. >> SO OUR CTE CLASSES ARE AREA G APPROVED. WHEN THEY GET TO THE AREA G ELECTIVE SECTION, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CLICK PUBLIC SAFETY CAREERS OR FOOD AND NUTRITION. THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR

THEIR A THROUGH GGPA AS WELL. >> THANK YOU.

AND THEN I ALSO HEARD A MENTION OF ETHNIC STUDIES.

I WAS CURIOUS IF THERE WAS ANYMORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

>> I WANT TO ADD THAT IT KIND OF LENDS ITSELF, PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO CHOOSE ANYMORE BETWEEN CTE OR A THROUGH G.

STUDENTS CAN COVER AS MANY THINGS AS POSSIBLE WHILE DOING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. ETHNIC STUDIES IS THE NEW CLASS. A THROUGH G APPROVED.

WE GOT THAT FIXED TODAY. SO IT SHOULD BE ON EVERYBODY'S COURSE LIST THIS YEAR AS AN A THROUGH G APPROVED ELECTIVE

CLASS. >> DO YOU KNOW WHAT CATEGORY?

>> ELECTIVE. >> G ELECTIVE.

>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

IT'S GREAT TO HEAR COUNSELORS DOING A GREAT PRESENTATION.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. YOU MENTIONED ONE OF THEM YOU ANSWERED, I APPRECIATE IT. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD ON TO IT, WHEN YOU SAID THAT YOU ARE PLANNING ON DOING 8TH GRADE NIGHTS. I THINK TO GIVE THE PARENTS AND THE KIDS THE OVERVIEW BEFORE THEY GET STARTED IS CRUCIAL.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE IT MORE THAN JUST IN THE SPRING.

LIKE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO KEEP REINFORCING.

BUT YOU'RE DOING THAT. SO THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT. OTHER QUESTION, BASICALLY REFRESH MY MEMORY. THE RECOMMENDED VERSUS THE REQUIRED, DOES THAT HAVE AN EFFECT ON THEIR ACCEPTANCE INTO THE UNIVERSITY? I MEAN, IF SOMEONE HAS A TRANSCRIPT WHERE THEY HAVE ALL OF THE RECOMMENDEDS VERSUS THOSE THAT JUST HAVE THE REQUIREMENTS, IS THAT --

>> YES. AS COLLEGES ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE COMPETITIVE, THEY'RE NOT JUST TAKING A LOOK AT IF YOU MET THE A THROUGH G REQUIREMENTS, BUT WHAT YOU TOOK COMPARED TO WHAT YOU WERE OFFERED.

IF YOU WERE OFFERED A PLETHORA OF CLASSES AND YOU CHOSE NOT TO TAKE THOSE, YOU MIGHT BE LESS COMPETITIVE.

>> AND YOU REINFORCE THAT WITH ALL OF THE KIDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN'T JUST TAKE THE SHORT-CUT OUT.

>> YES. ABSOLUTELY.

WE DID A HELPFUL TIPS FROM OUR COUNSELORS, WE SAID TO BE A COMPETITIVE APPLICANT, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO MAKE SURE TO TAKE AS MUCH RIGOROUS COURSEWORK THAT YOU CAN HANDLE AS A STUDENT. IF YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT SCIENCE, CONTINUE ON THAT PATHWAY.

>> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION.

FOR YOUR WORK. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR PRESENTATION. I AM STILL STUCK ON THE NUMBER THAT CHANGED FROM FEWER THAN 50 PERCENT OF STUDENTS AND UNDERSTANDING A THROUGH G AND NOW IT'S OVER 90 PERCENT WHICH IS A TESTAMENT AND I AM THRILLED BY THAT.

I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

CURIOUS ABOUT THE CYBER HIGH OPTION.

ARE YOU FINDING THAT IT'S MEETING THE DEMAND FOR WHAT IS NEEDED FOR STUDENTS TO GET CREDIT RECOVERY AND THINGS LIKE

THAT? >> A LITTLE BIT OF PROS AND CONS WITH THE CYBER HIGH. BECAUSE WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE OUR SENIORS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO GRADUATE. AND THEN WE COME NEXT IN PLACE. SO SAY THE SENIOR IS BEHIND THE CREDITS, WE WANT HIM OR HER TO GRADUATE FIRST AND THEN WE PROVIDE CYBER HIGH CLASSES FOR THAT STUDENT.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE SOME STUDENTS WHO ARE SO CLOSE TO A THROUGH G AND WANT TO GO TO A FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY, THEN WE GIVE THEM

THE CYBER HIGH CLASSES. >> YOU HAVE A PRIORITY LIST AND

THOSE GET IN FIRST? >> YEAH.

BECAUSE WE WANT THE STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE.

THAT IS WHY WE PROVIDE THEM CYBER HIGH CLASSES FOR THEM TO

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AND HE REALLY WANTS TO GO TO A FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY, THEN WE PROVIDE THE STUDENT WITH A CYBER HIGH CLASS FOR THEM TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY.

>> THANK YOU. >> THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS.

WE OFFER THE CREDIT RECOVERY AND THERE'S OTHER PROGRAMS.

>> THANK YOU. I DID HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.

YOU TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT TRANSCRIPTS AND REALLY TRYING TO CATCH THOSE STUDENTS THAT MIGHT BE MISSING OR CLOSE.

ARE YOU ABLE TO CATCH STUDENTS WHO MAY BE MID SEMESTER, WHO YOU CAN SEE ARE STRUGGLING AND THEN GO IN THEIR A THROUGH G COURSE AND REALLY GO IN AND KIND OF HELP KIND OF GIVE THEM WHATEVER THEY MAY NEED TO SUCCEED IN THAT CLASS, IN THAT SEMESTER OR IS IT SORT OF AFTER THEY FAILED THE CLASS OR DROPPED THE CLASS THAT THAT IS WHEN MAYBE YOU WERE ABLE TO

HELP THEM? >> ACTUALLY WORKING WITH COUNSELORS, SO WHEN THEY GET THE D AND F, PROGRESS REPORTS, WE DO CHECK-INS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TERMS AS WELL, WHEN STUDENTS HAVE TIME TO TRY TO FIX THAT GRADE BEFORE IT

BECOMES DEFICIENT. >> THANK YOU.

>> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, PIGGY BACK ON THE CYBER HIGH LINE OF QUESTIONING. WHAT IS THE LIMITATION? LIKE WHY THE NEED TO PRIORITIZE? IS IT A LICENSE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LICENSES TO MEET

THE DEMAND OR WHAT >> WE ACTUALLY HAVE UNLIMITED LICENSES. CYBER HIGH IS THROUGH THE FRESNO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT VARIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR HOW MUCH WE USE. BUT WE HAVE AN UNLIMITED, OUR CONTRACT IS UNLIMITED WITH THEM.

>> THANK YOU. >> I GET THAT IT'S ONE TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX. THE STATEMENT WAS WE'RE TRIAGING. WE'RE PRIORITIZING THESE STUDENT AND THEN WE GO TO THESE STUDENTS.

BUT IT SEEMS TO ME IF WE HAVE UNLIMITED LICENSES OR CAPACITY, THERE IS NOT A NEED TO SAY NO TO ANY STUDENT THAT WANTS TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF CYBER HIGH. MAYBE I'M JUST

MISUNDERSTANDING. >> WE HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SECTIONS THAT TEACHERS ARE RUNNING OF CYBER HIGH CLASSES.

CERTAIN NUMBER OF STUDENTS ALLOWED TO BE IN THAT CLASS.

THAT IS WHERE THE SPACE CAPACITY COMES IN.

STUDENT AND TEACHER RATIO. I WOULD SAY SO FAR, IT'S BEEN OKAY. I THINK AS IT STARTS TO GROW, I THINK WE'RE ALL TRYING TO BUILD SYSTEMIC CHANGE AND GET MORE STUDENTS ON BOARD WITH THIS. TODAY I WAS IN CLASSES, STUDENTS ARE LIKE WAIT. I CAN DO THAT.

I THINK AS THIS CONTINUES TO GROW AND MORE AND MORE VISIBLE, STUDENTS ARE MORE INTERESTED IN IT.

SO I THINK THAT THE NEED AND THE DESIRE FOR MORE CYBER HIGH, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO GO UP. SO FAR I HAVEN'T HAD A TON OF ISSUES. BUT LIKE SHE SAID WE ARE LIMITED IN THAT SPACE BY THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER TEACHER.

>> MAKES SENSE. I HAVE TWO OTHER QUESTIONS.

JUST SORT OF PIGGY BACK ON MRS. POWELL.

OR DR. POWELL. SORRY.

DO WE MONITOR KIDS WHO ARE AT LIKE THE TEETER POINT OF A C.

BEFORE WE HIT THE D AND F. ARE YOU ABLE TO SORT OF RUN THE CS. THE LOW CS TO SAY OH, WAIT, WE NEED TO GET THESE KIDS SOME SUPPORT BEFORE THEY EVER GET TO

THE TIPPING POINT? >> YEAH.

SO WE CAN USE EACH GRADING PERIOD CAN BE USED AS A MARKING PERIOD. WE CAN TRACK DATA FROM PRETTY MUCH ANY GRADE LEVEL. I THINK WE HAVE STARTED MORE FOCUSED ON THE DS AND FS. BUT I THINK AS WE CONTINUE OUR WORK, WE WILL BE ABLE TO EXPAND A LITTLE FURTHER ON THAT.

THAT IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.

>> GREAT. FINALLY, DID YOU HAPPEN TO RECORD YOUR PARENT INFORMATION NIGHTS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GO BACK AND WATCH IT TO BE HELPED IF THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE

IT? >> SO WE DIDN'T RECORD IT.

BUT WE DID SEND OUT AND HAVE POSTED ALL OF THE SLIDES TO IT.

BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT.

WE DO WANT TO HAVE A LOT OF THE DISTRICT WIDE RESOURCES FOR

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>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

I HAVE TO SAY I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS BEFORE I LOOKED AT THE PRESENTATION. BECAUSE AS PRESIDENT GILL MENTIONED, THIS IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PRIORITY FOR THE BOARD. GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, LISTENING TO THIS, A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED.

I WANT TO APPRECIATE HOW WELL THE THREE OF YOU WORK TOGETHER AND SHARE RESOURCES. I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS. YOU'RE NOT REINVENTING THE WHEEL AND TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT AT YOUR CAMPUS SITE.

JUST A COUPLE OF I GUESS SUGGESTIONS, BECAUSE I DO THINK PARENT EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT PART OF THIS.

AS TRUSTEE GORBACK MENTIONED. I THINK MORE EMPHASIS IN EACH GRADE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, NOT JUST AT THE FUTURE NIGHTS, BUT KIND OF THAT FROM MAYBE SOONER. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I DO SEE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ATTEND DLAC MEETING, WHICH IS GREAT. YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER TAKING IT ON THE ROAD AND GOING TO A CDAC MEETING, SPECIAL EDUCATION, BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK THE MORE THIS INFORMATION GETS OUT TO PARENTS AND THEN THESE PARENTS GO BACK TO THE SCHOOL SITES, I THINK THE BETTER WE'LL ALL BE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS. >> YEAH.

JUST AS WE HEARD THE PRESENTATION, OBVIOUSLY LISTENING AND HEARING THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXPECTING SECTIONS TO POSSIBLY GROW NEXT YEAR IN ORDER TO MEET THE DEMAND, BIG BUDGETARY PIECE, WITHIN OUR SCHEDULES.

OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING HR NEEDS TO PLAN FOR.

DR. HAYEK NEEDS TO BUDGET FOR. THERE IS A LIMITATION ON THE AMOUNT OF SECTIONS THAT AND WITHIN OUR BUDGET THAT CAN GO TO THIS. SO AGAIN, FRONT LOADING THE BOARD THAT EVENTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HARD DECISIONS.

WHAT ARE THOSE DECISIONS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. IT IS WHAT IT IS.

BUT YOU KNOW, AS FOR RIGHT NOW, WE WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS ALONG WITH OUR SCHOOL SITES.

WHAT IS THAT NUMBER OF SECTIONS TO MEET THAT DEMAND.

BASICALLY WHICH IS GREAT, BUT WE'VE GOT TO PLAN FOR IT.

>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION?

>> TRUSTEE LOPEZ >> I HAD A COUPLE OF MORE QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THIS DISCUSSION.

CONSIDERING THAT A LOT OF THE CTE CLASSES ARE CONSIDERED G ELECTIVES, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE THEY COULD BE I GUESS APPROVED AS LIKE A THROUGH F CLASSES SO THAT STUDENTS CAN KIND OF TAKE MORE ADVANTAGE OF THEM TO CHECK OTHER THINGS OFF OF THE REQUIREMENTS?

>> I WILL JUST JUMP IN. JUST AS THIS IS AN A THROUGH G PRESENTATION. THESE ARE JUST THREE OF THE MANY COUNSELORS. SO AS THOSE QUESTIONS COME IN, THEY MAY HAVE -- THEY'RE NOT THE DECISIONMAKER ON THAT AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO WORK WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE SIDE OF THE HOUSE TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO IF YOU HAVE AN ANSWER, GREAT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO. >> THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO MEET THE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE CTE COURSES THAT EXIST OUT THERE THAT CAN MEET THOSE NEEDS.

BUT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY JUST MAKE A CTE CLASS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE FITTING THIS CATEGORY.

WE CAN'T MAKE IT FIT IN THAT CATEGORY IN THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO IT WOULD KIND OF HAVE TO BE SOMETHING WE REALLY LOOK INTO IF WE WANT TO EXPAND THAT WAY. PROBABLY MORE LIKELY TO BE A NEW CLASS THAT MIGHT FIT THAT IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE SCHOOL SITE WAS INTERESTED IN PURSUING.

>> OKAY. GOT IT.

>> IF I COULD ADD, THE REQUIREMENTS LIKE TO BE A THROUGH G ELIGIBLE, LIKE ARE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AS WE WORK WITH OUR COUNSELORS AND TEACHERS TO SUBMIT COURSES. WE CAN LOOK TO SUBMIT NEW COURSES. CERTAINLY, THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT. BUT AGAIN, JUST OUR SYSTEM BUT REALLY HOW DO WE MAKE IT WORK WITH UC DOORWAYS.

>> THANK YOU. AND THEN I JUST -- I THOUGHT I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION. BUT I DON'T.

THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I DON'T SEE ANY.

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AND FOR THE WORK. OKAY.

[C. Business Services - Transportation Plan for School Years 2023 & 2024]

>> SO PART OF THE 2022-2023 BUDGET RESOLUTION WAS A PORTION REQUIRING SCHOOL DISTRICTS ADOPT A TRANSPORTATION PLAN BY APRIL 1ST OF THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE 60 PERCENT REIMBURSEMENT FOR ELIGIBLE TRANSPORTATION COSTS.

THE PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE PUT TOGETHER WITH STAKEHOLDERS IN THE DISTRICT. SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ALLOWED FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT. SO WE WANT TO REVIEW OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN WITH YOU. AND GET SOME FEEDBACK AND INPUT IF YOU HAVE ANY. IF IT'S GREAT, WE'LL TAKE THAT TOO. THIS IS I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO READ ALL OF THIS. THIS IS THE VERBIAGE THAT WILL GO INTO THE FORMAL PLAN THAT WILL BE APPROVED. IT'S ALL HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS PRESENTATION HERE.

JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN OUR HOME TO SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION, IT'S ABOUT 394 THIS YEAR. WITH 318 RIDE FREE.

26 ARE REDUCED AND ABOUT 50 STUDENTS PAY THE REGULAR FEE, WHICH IS $437. OUR PROJECTION FOR NEXT YEAR, 23-24 DOESN'T INDICATE ANY LARGE INCREASE OR DECREASE.

WE EXPECT THE NUMBERS TO BE CONSISTENT YEAR-OVER-YEAR.

WE DO HAVE AN EASY APPLICATION PROCESS.

YOU CAN APPLY FROM OUR WEBSITE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE PUT IN PLACE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. AND THE APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

WE ALSO HAVE LIVE MAPPING THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO, YOU SEE THE GREEN ARROW ON THE LEFT. WHEN YOU GO ON THE TRANSPORTATION WEBSITE, AS LONG AS YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF THE ROUTE THAT YOUR CHILD IS ON, IT WILL GIVE YOU EXACT LOCATION WHERE THAT BUS IS. AND THIS HAS HELPED TREMENDOUSLY WHEN BUSES ARE RUNNING LATE FOR WHATEVER REASON OR YOU WANT TO SEE WHERE YOUR STUDENT IS OR WHERE THE BUS IS AND WHEN TO EXPECT YOUR STUDENT TO BE DROPPED OFF AT THE BUS STOP. FOR THE NUMBER OF ROUTES THAT WE HAVE, WE DO OFFER ROUTES FOR 180 DAYS, EVERY SCHOOL YEAR.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT HAVE ROUTES ARE WALNUT AND MAPLE.

MIDDLE SCHOOLS, TRANSPORT FORNEWBERRY.

WE EXPECT THESE TO BE THE SAME ROUTES NEXT YEAR AS WELL.

THESE ROUTES WERE DEVELOPED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ROUTES TO CALINA WERE DEVELOPED BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IT DRAWS FROM THE WESTLAKE SIDE, AND THE NUMBER OF MAJOR ROADS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO CROSS IF THEY WERE GOING TO WALK TO SCHOOL. THIS IS JUST FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA BY ROUTE HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE ON EACH ROUTE AND WHAT THE PATH OF TRAVEL FOR THE SCHOOL BUS IS FROM BEGINNING TO DROP OFF AT THE SCHOOL.

GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, FOR THIS YEAR WE EXPECT TO BE AROUND $107,000, 2200 FOR SUPPLIES, OFFICE EQUIPMENT, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, WHICH WE CONTRACT FOR.

WE CONTRACT WITH AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.

WE DO NOT OWN OUR OWN BUSES. WE DO NOT EMPLOY OUR OWN DRIVERS. THIS IS A SOLELY CONTRACTED ENDEAVOR. COST ABOUT 756,000.

THE FEES THAT WE REFERENCED EA EARLY EARLIER FOR THE STUDENTS THAT PAY A FARE, $30,000 A YEAR. YOU DIVIDE THAT BY THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. 1849 PER STUDENT TO TRANSPORT.

>> DR. HAYEK, DO YOU HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE WHY AT NO POINT IN TIME HAS THE DISTRICT MOVED TO OUR OWN BUSSING SYSTEM?

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WHEN WE UNIFIED, ANY HISTORY ON THAT THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF?

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HISTORY IS.

I WILL SAY, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS OVER THE YEARS OF WHETHER IT'S MORE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE OUR OWN BUSSING.

I WILL SAY THAT THOSE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THEIR OWN BUSSING WISHED THEY CONTRACTED IT OUT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES THAT GO WITH OWNING YOUR OWN BUSES, MAINTENANCE, DRIVERS. SO BEING ABLE TO HAVE IT CONTRACTED OUT ALLOWS US TO BID IT OUT EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS IN ORDER TO GET THE MOST COMPETITIVE QUOTES.

IF WE DO EVER DECIDE TO GET OUR OWN BUSES, IT WOULD BE A HUGELY EXPENSIVE ENDEAVOR FOR ALL OF THE UPFRONT COSTS TO PURCHASE THE BUSES. FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION, WE OFFER 180 DAYS OF TRANSPORTATION. WE ALSO TRANSPORT FOR IN SUMMERTIME FOR THE EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR, 20 ADDITIONAL DAYS. MOSTLY HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. CRITERIA FOR TRANSPORTATION, THE ELIGIBILITY IS BASED ON THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT'S NEEDS.

WHEN THE STUDENT IS PLACED AT A SCHOOL OTHER THAN HOME SCHOOL THROUGH IEP, TRANSPORTATION IS TYPICALLY OFFERED.

THESE ARE THE FINANCIALS ON THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SIDE.

IT'S ABOUT $1.7 MILLION TOTAL. AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF PRESCHOOL, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, HIGH SCHOOL, POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS THAT WE TRANSPORT.

157. AND WE EXPECT AS OF THE NUMBERS TODAY, A SLIGHT UP TICK FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL.

SO EACH YEAR WE REVIEW OUR TRANSPORTATION FEES FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE NEW LAW, I BELIEVE IT'S AB841, WE ARE REQUIRED TO GIVE PREFERENCE TO STUDENTS THAT ARE FREE, REDUCED, HOMELESS, THEY GET PREFERENCE AND WE WILL GIVE THEM TRANSPORTATION AT NO COST, WHEREAS IN THE PAST, THEY WERE -- SOME STUDENTS QUALIFIED, BUT QUALIFIED AT A REDUCED RATE. MOVING FORWARD FOR 23-24 AND 24-25, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE SAME METHODOLOGY THAT WE USED FOR OUR CHILD CARE FEES. LOOKING AT A 10 PERCENT INCREASE FOR 23-24 ON THE TRANSPORTATION COSTS.

AND ELIMINATION OF THE ADDITIONAL STUDENT DISCOUNT, ELIMINATION OF THE REDUCED RATE AND PRIORITIZING UNDUPLICATED STUDENTS AT A ZERO COST TO THE FAMILIES.

FINANCIALS, OVERALL, ROUGHLY $2 MILLION.

OUR EXPECTED REVENUE FOR THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE JUST UNDER $440,000. TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF TWO MILLION DOLLARS. SO I'VE BEEN CONSULTING WITH MIKE HOUSER, THE TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY OF THOUSAND OAKS. MIKE IS PART OF THE VENTURA COUNTY TRANSIT GROUPS. THE CITY OF THOUSAND OAKS DOES OFFER A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. SINCE COVID, THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING WITH NO COST TO STUDENTS, GRADES ONE THROUGH 12. THE ONLY EXCEPTION THAT THEY COULD RIDE ALONE, BUT STUDENTS UNDER SIX HAVE TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT. I VERIFIED WITH MR. HOUSER SINCE THIS IS A TWO-YEAR PLAN FOR 23 AND 24, THAT THEY COMMITTED TO FREE RIDING FOR ALL STUDENTS THROUGH JUNE OF 2024. NOW, IN TWO YEARS, SHOULD THAT CHANGE, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD HAVE TO AMEND THE PLAN THAT IS HERE. PART OF OUR PLAN IS TO ALTHOUGH WE'RE OFFERING PRIORITY FOR UNDUPLICATED STUDENTS, WE WANT TO OUTLINE AND COMMUNICATE TO ALL FAMILIES THE AVAILABILITY OF TRANSPORTATION THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

WHETHER IT'S ON A SCHOOL BUS OR CITY OR COUNTY BUS.

THE BUSES ARE ADA ACCESSIBLE AND THEY DO HAVE BIKE RACKS.

THEY RUN FROM FIVE A.M. TO 8:00 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND SATURDAYS 7 TO 8:00 P.M. IN 2022, THE CITY WAS GRACIOUS

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WE'VE DENOTED WHICH SCHOOLS THEY EITHER STOP IN FRONT OF OR WITHIN A HALF A MILE. THE CITY LOGS THE RIDERSHIP.

SO WE DID ASK THEM TO COLLECT DATA FOR US AND MR. HOUSER GRACIOUSLY PROVIDED US THIS DATA.

IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MANY CHILDREN STUDENTS RIDE THE BUS ON A REGULAR BASIS. YOU CAN SEE JULY AND AUGUST OBVIOUSLY WHERE SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION, YOU SEE THE LOWEST AMOUNT. SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER, THE DATA IS PRESENTED. NOW, THE COUNTY ALSO OPERATES, YOU'LL SEE THOSE BIG BLUE COACH BUSES, VENTURA COUNTY TRANSIT AUTHORITY. FROM OUT OF THE COUNTY AND INTO THOUSAND OAKS AS WELL, WE RECOGNIZE WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT COME FROM OUT OF DISTRICT. TYPICALLY CHOICE STUDENTS THAT COME TO OUR DISTRICT. WE DID CONFIRM THAT THE COUNTY OF VENTURA ALSO HAS A FREE YOUTH RIDERSHIP PROGRAM AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2024. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE, YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH THE TRACKING OF THE BUSES.

IF YOU'RE AT A BUS STOP, YOU KNOW WHERE THE BUS IS.

YOU KNOW WHAT TIME TO EXPECT THE BUS TO BE AT THE STOP OR WHEN THEY WOULD DROP YOU OFF. OTHER TRANSPORTATION SERVICES THAT THE DISTRICT PROVIDES, THESE ARE ASTERISK BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE STATE PROGRAM. WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR SPORTS, BANDS, MUSIC, DANCE, FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS FOR THE FALL, WINTER AND SPRING SESSIONS AS WELL.

YOU CAN SEE THE RESPECTIVE COST HERE FOR THE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS. AND WE DO ASK FOR DONATIONS TO HELP OFFSET THAT TRANSPORTATION COST. AND IT IS NOT 100 PERCENT RECOUPMENT BUT EVERY LITTLE PIECE HELPS.

UNDER 60,000. WE TRANSPORT FOR DAILY FIELD TRIPS FOR OUR SCHOOLS. COSTS OFFSET BY PAYMENTS OR DONATIONS FROM PAYMENTS, PTAS. WE THE PEOPLE, STAND PROUD, TRIPS TO MUSEUMS, FIELD TRIPS, TYPICALLY ABOUT AN ANNUAL COST OF $200,000. SO THAT IS OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND WE WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK OR INPUT. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, MS. GILL. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, DR. HAYEK. GREAT INFORMATION.

DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION?

>> THANK YOU. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS. I KNOW YOU SAID THAT YOU SOUGHT INPUT FROM LIKE SOME COMMITTEES, DACS.

I WAS CURIOUS. >> WE WILL.

WE WILL BE TAKING IT TO OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW, IN TWO WEEKS, WE'LL GET FEEDBACK AND INPUT FROM THEM.

I DID GET INPUT AND FEEDBACK FROM MR. HOUSER AT THE CITY

ALSO, TRANSPORTATION AS WELL. >> MY OTHER QUESTION WAS JUST WHETHER YOU GET OTHER REQUESTS FOR DIFFERENT ROUTES THAT WE

DON'T HAVE CURRENTLY. >> BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NO. WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS TO WHY WE HAVE THESE ROUTES.

BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY CALLS OR REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL

ROUTES. >> THANK YOU.

>> MINOR LITTLE QUESTION. >> I'M SORRY.

SO LAST YEAR, WE DID LOOK AT DOING A ROUTE FOR CVHS HERE, THAT WAS THE ROUTE THAT WE DID ON A TRIAL RUN FOR ONE YEAR, BUT THE DATA COLLECTION DIDN'T COME BACK TO SUPPORT THE

ONGOING TRANSPORTATION. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT SEGUE, RIGHT INTO MY QUESTION. IT LOOKS LIKE ON SLIDE 24, THOUSAND OAKS, NOT US. BUT IT MADE ME CURIOUS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE GREEN LINE GOES ALL OVER THE PLACE.

BUT IT GOES DOWN JANS ROAD. YOU SAID THE ONLY ONE THAT GOES BY TOHS, CVHS IS THE PURPLE. WE COULDN'T GET THEM TO STOP WITH THE GREEN LINE AND STOP HERE AT THIS BUILDING?

>> I CAN ASK. >> OKAY.

IT COVERS A GREAT AREA. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD MAKE A

DIFFERENCE FOR OUR KIDS. >> SURE.

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GOOD FEEDBACK. >> SO MANY QUESTIONS.

BUT I HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION ABOUT THIS.

THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN ITSELF IS THE OTHER DOCUMENT YOU'VE ATTACHED. WHICH IS REALLY JUST THE FINANCIALS. YOU'RE NOT SUBMITTING ANY OF THAT -- THE REQUIREMENTS TO GET THE 60 PERCENT IS JUST TO SUBMIT THAT FINANCIAL PIECE, NOT THE BUS ROUTES, NOT THE FEES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. SO WE WANTED TO RATHER THAN JUST BRING YOU ONE SHEET, WE THOUGHT TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THE TRANSPORTATION THAT WE DO.

>> I DO KNOW THIS CAME UP WHEN I WAS ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND THERE IS A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ROUTES AND THE LIKE. SO I'M GLAD GLAD IT'S COMING BACK. A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS REALLY ARE JUST SPECIFIC TO I THINK WHAT WAS JUST ASKED, HOW DO WE SELECT THESE ROUTES. I WILL PUT IN A PLUG FOR USING THE BUS. MY KIDS HAVE TAKEN THE BUS.

BUT I THINK THAT IS MY EAST COAST ROUTES SAYING THIS IS OKAY. BUT ANY WAY.

WE'LL SAVE MOST OF THE CONVERSATION MAYBE FOR THE

BUDGET MEETING. >> SO I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. BECAUSE A ONE SHEET WOULDN'T HAVE DONE MUCH FOR ME. THANK YOU.

I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WHILE TEN PERCENT AND TEN PERCENT IS GREAT, ELIMINATING THE SECOND STUDENT OR ADDITIONAL STUDENT PIECE OF THIS DOESN'T MAKE IT JUST RAISING IT TEN PERCENT FOR FAMILIES WITH MORE THAN ONE CHILDREN.

ONE CHILD, SORRY. SO I HAVE TO MULL THAT OVER BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE NOT NEARLY COVERING COSTS.

WE NEVER WILL. BUT IT BOTHERS ME.

JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE.

>> WOULD YOU HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION ON REVENUE?

>> NOT YET. I HAVE TO MULL.

>> WHAT MAY CHANGE NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE TO GIVE PRIORITY.

OFFERING NO COST AND REDUCED. THE BUSES MAY GET FULL.

THE NUMBER OF ACTUAL PAYING STUDENTS MAY DECREASE SUBSTANTIALLY. I BELIEVE AT THE MEETING BEFORE, WE DID A COUPLE OF MEETING AGO, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO AMEND OUR AGREEMENT WITH OUR CONTRACT, OR CONTRACT TRANSPORTATION PROVIDER, BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN FUEL COSTS. AND THERE IS A SECTION IN THE CONTRACT THAT ADDRESSES ANY EXTRAORDINARY COST OR ISSUES OUT I HAVE TO SAY AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION IS VERY RESPONSIVE FOR US.

WE'VE HAD THE SAME BUS PROVIDER BEFORE THEM FOR 14 YEARS.

NEVER BID IT OUT IN 14 YEARS. WE CAME, WE BID IT OUT. AND WE GOT BETTER PRICING. AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A DRIVER SHORTAGE ACROSS THE STATE AND MAYBE EVEN ACROSS THE NATION. AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WE FILL 100 PERCENT OF THE TRANSPORTATION REQUESTS.

OUR HOME TO SCHOOL IS ALWAYS FILLED.

BUT SOMETIMES WE RUN INTO ISSUES WHERE YOU CAN'T SCHEDULE FOUR FIELD TRIPS IN ONE DAY BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY THREE BUSES AVAILABLE. DRIVERS, WHEN THEY START THEIR SHIFT, THEY CAN ONLY BE ON DUTY SO MANY HOURS DURING THE DAY.

IF YOU HAVE A TRIP GOING TO ORANGE COUNTY, IF YOU LEAVE AT ONE O'CLOCK, THAT STARTED AT SIX A.M., SO THEY CAN'T CONTINUE FOR THE WHOLE DAY. WE'VE DONE OUR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYBODY. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ALTERNATIVE PROVIDERS THAT IF ATS ISN'T AVAILABLE, WE DO REACH OUT TO OTHER BUS COMPANIES TO TRY TO SEEK TRANSPORTATION FROM THEM.

IT IS AT A HIGHER COST, BUT WE DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FULFILLING AS MANY REQUESTS AS WE CAN.

>> NO DOUBT WE DO A GREAT JOB. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY IT. NO. I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE

FOR FREE. >> SINCE MS. GOLDBERG BROUGHT UP THE FEES, SO NEXT YEAR FEES ARE GOING UP FOR PAYING STUDENTS BY OVER 20 PERCENT. IT'S ONLY IN THE YEAR AFTER THAT THAT IT'S TEN PERCENT. AM I DOING THE NUMBERS WRONG?

>> TEN AND TEN. >> SO GOING FROM $437 A YEAR TO

532, TEN PERCENT RAISE? >> OH.

I FAILED TO MENTION, THERE IS A DISCOUNT IF YOU PAID IN FULL,

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>> THANK YOU. BECAUSE I'VE BEEN RUNNING MY CALCULATOR GOING I'M MISSING SOMETHING.

I'M CONFUSED THE CURRENT REDUCED FEE STUDENTS, THEY WOULD BE A PART OF THE FREE SLASH REDUCED GOING FORWARD.

PART OF UNDUPLICATED. ANYBODY CURRENTLY GETTING A REDUCED FARE WHO WOULDN'T QUALIFY FOR THAT?

I'M CONFUSED WHAT THAT IS? >> IT USED TO BE IF YOU'RE FREE, YOU GOT FREE. BUT IF YOU QUALIFIED FOR A REDUCED LUNCH, YOU GOT A REDUCED FEE.

SO GOING BACK TO -- IT'S NOT A HUGE NUMBER.

26 STUDENTS THAT QUALIFY FOR FREE.

BUT FOR REDUCED. BUT NOW NEXT YEAR, THOSE STUDENTS, IF THEY CHOOSE TO TAKE THE BUS, THEY WOULD NOT

HAVE TO PAY ANYTHING. >> GOT IT.

THANK YOU. >> BASED ON THEIR CLASSIFICATION, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN FALLEN UNDER SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND MOVED OUT OF THAT CATEGORY.

>> CORRECT. >> I AM GOING TO COMPLETELY 180 ON THE THEME OF THE QUESTIONS HERE.

BUT YOU BRIEFLY MENTIONED THE IDEA OF EITHER LIKE MAKING THE SCHOOL BUS SYSTEM LIKE A PART OF THE DISTRICT INSTEAD OF CONTRACTING IT OUT. WHETHER OR NOT THAT HAPPENED, I ASSUME YES, BUT WHAT ARE THE DETAILS ON IT, ON MAYBE SWITCHING TO EITHER DISTRICT OWNED OR CONTRACTED OUT EV

BUSES? >> SO I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT. I'VE HAD MY EYE ON A NUMBER OF GRANTS FOR EV BUSES AND PURCHASING THE BUSES.

UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T QUALIFY BECAUSE IT GOES BACK TO OUR UNDUPLICATED PUPIL PERCENTAGE. WE DON'T GET PRIORITY IN THE GRANT APPLICATIONS. WE'LL CONTINUE, I'LL KEEP MY EYE ON THOSE. AND EVEN IF IT MEANS I SPOKE TO OUR AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION AND I SAID IF WE -- BECAUSE THEY CAN'T APPLY FOR THE GRANT. WE HAVE TO AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE WOULD BE WILLING TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT, BUY THE BUSES, TAKE THE GRANT MONEY AND BUY THOSE BUSES, THEY BECOME OUR BUSES BUT THEY WOULD OPERATE THEM. WE WOULD WORK OUT SOME TYPE OF LEASE AGREEMENT WHERE WE WOULD LEASE THOSE BUSES.

ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TOO, WE LOOKED AT DOING EV CHARGERS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU WOULD NEED THE CHARGERS FOR THE BUSES. THERE WERE GRANTS OUT THERE FOR E CHARGERS. WHEN WE LOOKED INTO IT, THE GRANT WAS LIKE $2,500. AND THAT COVERS LIKE PERMANENT FEES. THAT IS IT.

IT WOULD COST US PROBABLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 20 TO $25,000 TO PUT THOSE CHARGERS IN.

THERE IS UPFRONT EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

WE'RE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL GRANTS MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE KEEPING OUR EYES AND EARS OPEN FOR THAT. WE'LL PUT IN FOR WHATEVER WE'RE

ELIGIBLE FOR. >> IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD LIKE SEEK DONATIONS FROM LIKE COMPANIES AROUND THE AREA OR IS THAT NOT REALLY AN OPTION?

>> DONATIONS TO PURCHASE BUSES? >> DONATIONS OF BUSES OR CHARGERS OR SOME PORTION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT.

>> IT'S POSSIBLE. WE DO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH EDISON. ANY CONVERSATION WE HAVE WITH THEM, THEY DIRECT US BACK TO THEIR GRANT PROCESS.

SO THEY HAVE THE MECHANISMS IN PLACE FOR THERE.

I WILL GO TO THE RECENT GRANT THAT WE GOT FOR $12 MILLION, FOR THE BATTERY BACK-UP UNITS AT THE HIGH SCHOOLS, WE DID ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT DOING EV CHARGING UNITS. ONE COMPANY IS DOMINATING THOSE EV CHARGERS RIGHT NOW, AND THE OTHER COMPANIES, AS MORE AND MORE EVS COME IN, THE FREE CHARGING DAYS I BELIEVE ARE GONE. SO THE INCENTIVES TO PUT EV CHARGING STATIONS IN LOCATIONS WILL BE GROWING IN THE FUTURE.

THAT IS THE MESSAGE THAT WE GOT.

SO ONCE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES COME UP, WE SEEK TO DO SOME KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AROUND THOSE TO TRY TO CAPITALIZE ON ANY GRANT OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD HELP US.

BECAUSE THERE IS AN ADDED ONGOING COST THAT PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. WHEN PEOPLE ARE CHARGING THE

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ON ONE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WE'RE TRYING TO REDUCE ENERGY USES.

AND ANOTHER WE'RE INCREASING ENERGY USES.

A LITTLE BIT OF A PUSH AND PULL IN THERE.

>> ANY WAY THAT SOME SORT OF SOLAR WIND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

COULD BE LOOKED INTO FOR THAT. >> WE DID LOOK AT SOLAR.

THE COST OF SOLAR WAS ROUGHLY TEN MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THE RETURN ON THAT TEN MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT WAS LIKELY OVER 20 YEARS. SO IT WASN'T A FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE THING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

WE ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION RECENTLY AT A COUNTY MEETING WITH SOME DISTRICTS WHO ACTUALLY HAVE ENTERED INTO POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS, WHEREAS, THEY WOULD HAVE A COMPANY COME IN AND INSTALL THE SOLAR PANELS, YOU WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE GENERATION, BUT THEY ESSENTIALLY OWN THOSE PANELS AND THEY WOULD CHARGE YOU FOR THE ELECTRICITY.

SO SOME OF THE COMPANIES HAVE GONE BANKRUPT.

THERE IS ISSUES WITH SERVICES. SO THERE IS A NUMBER OF OBSTACLES IN THOSE TYPES OF AGREEMENTS THAT I'M STILL

APPREHENSIVE OF LOOKING INTO. >> ARE THERE ANY AGREEMENTS SIMILAR TO THE ONES PEOPLE CAN GET FOR THEIR OWN HOUSES, WHERE YOU OWN THE SOLAR PANELS AND ANY ENERGY THAT YOU DON'T USE,

YOU CAN SELL BACK TO THE GRID. >> THERE ARE, BUT WE GENERATE SO MUCH ELECTRICITY, OUR CAMPUSES ARE SO LARGE, THAT WE WOULDN'T PUT ANYTHING BACK INTO THE GRID.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAD ABOUT THE BATTERY PACKS.

BECAUSE WHAT THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO DO IS TO CHARGE THOSE BATTERIES AT NIGHT, WHEN COSTS ARE CHEAPERS.

AND THEN DURING THE DAY, OUR SYSTEMS WILL CYCLE FROM BUYING THE ENERGY FROM EDISON TO USING THE POWER AND THE BATTERY BACK-UPS, WHICH WE PAY CHEAPER FOR BUT WE'RE USING IN THE HIGH

PRIME TIME. >> THANK YOU.

>> I WAS ASTONISHED AT THE GREAT USE OF THE FREE BUS TRANSPORTATION AND VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. I DID HAVE ONE CONVERSATION WITH A FAMILY, SO THIS ISN'T A LOT OF DATA, ONE OF THE ONES THAT HAVE THREE KIDS WITH US, ONE IN ELEMENTARY LEVEL, ONE AT MIDDLE LEVEL AND ONE AT HIGH LEVEL.

THE PARENTS HAVE TO TRAVEL FOR WORK ELSEWHERE.

THE BUS ROUTES SIMPLY DON'T GET THEIR KIDS SAFELY TO OUR SCHOOLS. I KNOW THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF PROMOTION AROUND WHEN THE BUS FEES WERE REDUCED TO ZERO.

BUT I WONDER IF THE CITY HAS ANY MECHANISM FOR ONGOING COLLECTION OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOW USAGE COULD BE IMPROVED IF THERE WERE SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO ROUTES.

IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN HELP FACILITATE THAT COLLABORATION TO MAKE THE PROGRAM WORK AS WELL AS IT POSSIBLY CAN FOR OUR

FAMILIES >> I THINK THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH MIKE OVER AT THE CITY, I THINK WHAT I PLANNED ON DOING IS INCORPORATING THEIR BUS ROUTES AND THE INFORMATION THERE ON TO OUR WEBSITE. AND ALSO WHEN WE SEND IT OUT TO OUR FAMILIES TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE ALTERNATIVES ARE. WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHERE THE BUSES STOP AND LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE ALL LISTED THERE BETWEEN THE MIDDLE AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS, THERE IS AN AVENUE FOR THERE. SOME OF THE ROUTES DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE, MAY REQUIRE YOU TO GO THE GREEN ROUTE AND SWITCH TO THE PURPLE ROUTE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE CHANGE OVER.

THE CHALLENGE OF USING THE CITY ROUTES IS TIME.

IN ORDER TO GET TO SCHOOL BY 8:30, YOU MAY HAVE TO PICK UP YOUR FIRST BUS AT 6:45 OR 7 O'CLOCK OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES.

THE GRANT THAT THEY RECEIVED FOR TO HAVE STUDENTS RIDE FOR FREE, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE COMMITTED THROUGH 2024.

AND THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN DIALOG DIALOG AND SEE IF THERE IS WAYS THAT WE CAN PIGGY BACK ON THE

SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE. >> WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I DON'T SEE ANY.

SO I THINK WE WILL MOVE ON TO 6D.

[D. Business Services - Approval of Memorandum of Understanding with Conejo Schools Foundation]

SCHOOLS FOUNDATION. >> I THINK THE REST OF THE SHOW

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SORRY. SO WE, THIS YEAR WE GOT TOGETHER AND WE JUST WANTED TO MEMORIALIZE AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS CLEAR ON WHAT THE DISTRICT'S RESPONSIBILITIES ARE, FOUNDATION'S RESPONSIBILITIES ARE.

AFTER A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS AND WE CAME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT THAT OUTLINES THE DISTRICT'S RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE FOUNDATION'S RESPONSIBILITIES IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF, OUR TEACHERS PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT, OR STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM.

WE'RE SUPPORTING THE EVENT FINANCIALLY WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF $26,000. WE'LL HELP THEM HIRING SOME OF OUR CAMPUS SAFETY ASSISTANTS TO HELP WITH SUPERVISION AND SECURITY AROUND THE THEATER. PROVIDE A MEANS AND PROCESS FOR OUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO PUT ON THE BEST SHOW THAT THEY CAN FOR OUR PARENTS. WHILE OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM ON A WORLD CLASS STAGE.

>> TERRIFIC. QUESTIONS?

NO QUESTIONS. >> QUICK ONE.

DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE ABOUT HOW MANY KIDS ARE IMPACTED,

LIKE ACTUALLY GET TO DO THIS? >> I DON'T OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BUT THIS IS ON FOR INFORMATION.

SO THE NEXT TIME IT COMES BACK, I COULD GET INFORMATION FOR

YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> GREAT QUESTION. OKAY.

NEXT IS APPROVAL OF 2023 COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY PLANS.

>> EACH YEAR THE SCHOOLS REVIEW THEIR SCHOOL SAFETY PLANS.

THEY UPDATE THEM, THEY REVIEW THEM WITH THEIR SITE COUNSELS.

AND ARE SROS. AND BRING THEM FORWARD FOR APPROVAL. ALL THE PLANS FOR OUR SCHOOLS, CHILD CARE ARE DONE AND COMPLETE.

HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THEIR SITE COUNSELS.

BROUGHT FORWARD FOR APPROVAL. WE DON'T POST THEM HERE FOR SECURITY REASONS. THEY ARE COMPLETE AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE IF THE BOARD WANTED TO SEE OR REVIEW ANY OF THE REPORTS, YOU COULD LET THEM KNOW AND WE COULD SET THAT UP.

>> THANK YOU. QUESTIONS?

[E. Business Services - Approval of 2022-2023 Comprehensive Safety Plans]

COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY PLAN. >> SO EACH YEAR THE FORTHCOMING POLICIES ON THE AGENDA, EACH YEAR TURN JANUARY 1ST, A NUMBER OF LAWS TAKE EFFECT. SO WE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE OUR POLICIES. WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO INDICATE WHICH LAWS THAT THEY'RE REPRESENTATIVE OF IN THE NARRATIVE. SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY PLAN. THERE IS A SECTION ABOUT REMINDING PARENTS OF GUN SAFETY, STORAGE OF GUNS.

THERE IS CYBER SECURITY INFORMATION.

AND REQUIRED REPORTING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS REQUIRED TO DO. SAFETY MATERIALS AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AND LANGUAGE. AND SOME THREAT ASSESSMENT INFORMATION. AND SO OUR POLICY WILL BE APPROVED AT THE NEXT MEETING AND THIS IS FOR INFORMATION.

ALL OF THIS WILL BE REFLECTED IN NEXT YEAR'S PLANS.

>> WHO DOES THE REMINDING OF PARENTS ABOUT THE OBLIGATION FOR GUN SAFETY? IS THAT THE SCHOOL OR DO WE

SEND ONE OUT? >> SO WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS POLICY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AS TO HOW THAT COMMUNICATION GOES OUT. IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN, BUT THEN HOW THAT COMMUNICATION GOES OUT, WE'LL

HAVE TO DECIDE AS A DISTRICT. >> BUT WE ALREADY DO IT AND HAVE BEEN DOING IT. THE BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION IN MAY OF 2020, SO WE ARE ACTUALLY, SORT OF JUMPED AHEAD OF THE LEGISLATION. AND SO IT'S IN OUR ANNUAL NOTICES AS FAR AS I KNOW. CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT?

>> I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK. >> IT IS.

YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? NO. OKAY.

>> I HAVE JUST SOMETHING QUICK, I CAN'T FIND IT, SOMEWHERE IT REFERENCED IN GRADE SIX THROUGH 12 NOTIFYING THE AUTHORITIES.

AND I'M WONDERING IF I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT IF IT SHOULD BE ALL GRADES. I CAN'T FIND IT IN THE AR RIGHT

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NOW. >> I THINK IT'S ON PAGE NINE.

>> THAT IS PART OF THE LEGISLATION THAT WENT INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST, IT IS SIX THROUGH 12 IN THE LEGISLATION.

SFWLCHLT >> I SEE IT.

FOR US, WE CAN BROADEN THAT OR WE FOLLOW LEGISLATION HERE.

>> WELL, THAT LEGISLATION DIRECTS REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND I THINK WE MIGHT APPRECIATE THE DISCRETION ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL TO PULL IN QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE OF A DIFFERENT CHARACTER, I'M THINKING OF YOU KNOW, HEALTH OR BEHAVIORAL SPECIALIST.

THE FOLKS THAT WE ALREADY EMPLOY OR COLLABORATE WITH.

>> OKAY. DOESN'T PRECLUDE THAT, IT

DOESN'T MANDATE IT. >> EXACTLY RIGHT.

>> I HEAR WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.

I GET THAT. >> TRUSTEE LOPEZ.

>> SORT OF THE INVERSE SIDE OF THAT, I COULD JUST BE MISSING IT, THIS IS ALL STILL VERY NEW TO ME.

BUT IS THERE ANY SORT OF THING FOR ALL GRADES ELEMENTARY AND 6 THROUGH 12, TO EITHER BEFORE OR IN ADDITION TO CONTACTING LAW ENFORCEMENT, BRINGING IN SOME SORT OF SOCIAL WORKER OR COUNSELOR OR SOMEBODY OF THAT SORT?

>> NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL THREAT OR DANGER, IT'S THE REQUIRED REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T DO IT AND WE WOULDN'T DO A THREAT ASSESSMENT OR INVOLVE

OUR OWN STAFF IN IT. >> SO EVEN IF THAT IS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO

IN HERE. >> IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE, IT STARTS ON 8, BUT PICKS UP ON LET'S SAY 9 AT THE TOP.

THREAT ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES TO DETERMINE THE CREDIBILITY AND SERIOUSNESS OF A THREAT AND PROVIDE APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS FOR THE POTENTIAL OFFENDER.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DO.

IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL WE WOULD BRING IN A COUNSELOR OR MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSIONER OR WHOEVER IT BE.

THAT IS THE PROCESS THAT WE WOULD FOLLOW.

>> BUT COULD THAT BE CONTINUED I GUESS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS EVEN ONCE LAW ENFORCEMENT MIGHT BE INVOLVED, CAN THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE COUNSELOR OR SOMEBODY STILL BE

CONTINUED? >> YEAH.

IT'S ALL SUCCESSIVE. I DON'T READ IT AS ANY OF THIS

IS MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> SO WE HAD ACTUALLY A MEETING WITH THOUSAND OAK POLICE DEPARTMENT TWO WEEKS AGO AND DR. CHAMBERLAIN, WHO IS OUR MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR, WE INVITED HER TO SIT IN ON THE MEETING.

IS SHE HERE? SHE IS HERE.

>> AND SHE IS NOW A DIRECTOR. CONGRATULATIONS.

>> SO SHE SAT IN THE MEETING, WE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS. SHARING INFORMATION, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT I MENTIONED MONDAY NIGHT AT THE PRESENTATION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR STUDENTS, BOTH IN AND OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.

SO WE'RE FORTUNATE, THANKS TO DR. CHAMBERLAIN, FOR THE GRANT THAT THEY SUBMITTED THAT WE RECEIVED FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. I THINK IT'S INTEGRAL AND PART OF ALL OF THIS AND HOW WE RESPOND TO SITUATIONS RELATED TO SAFETY OR CHILDREN WHO MAY NEED SOME SORT OF SUPPORTS.

>> THANK YOU. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS CHANGES THAT REFLECT NEW LEGISLATION, BUT NOT A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT HOW WE HANDLE THREAT ASSESSMENT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS

[G. Business Services - Approval of Amendments to Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 3250 - Transportation Fees]

APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO BOARD POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION 3250, TRANSPORTATION FEES.

>> SO THE MAJOR CHANGE IN THIS ONE AS A RESULT OF 181, THE TRANSPORTATION LAW THAT WAS PASSED RELATED TO THE PLAN WE

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STUDENTS. >> QUESTIONS.

TRUSTEE LOPEZ. >> I KEEP HEARING THIS, WHAT IS

UNDUPLICATED STUDENTS? >> STUDENTS WHO ARE QUALIFIED FOR FREE REDUCED LUNCH. CONSIDERED HOUSING CHALLENGED

AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE USERS. >> THAT IS WHAT THE UMBRELLA

TERM IS? >> YEAH.

EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE BASED ON THE STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS AND POPULATION, WE GET A PORTION OF THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE. SO WE RECEIVE LET'S SAY A DOLLAR FOR EVERY STUDENT THAT WE HAVE, WE RECEIVE AN EXTRA $0.25 FOR ANY STUDENT THAT QUALIFIES UNDER THAT, EACH OF

THOSE SUB-GROUPS. >> THANK YOU.

I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT WHERE THE TERM COMES FROM.

>> TERMINOLOGY FROM THE STATE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT COUNTED

TWICE. >> GOT IT.

>> WE WOULD NOT COUNT THAT STUDENT THREE DIFFERENT TIMES.

[H. Business Services - Approval of Amendments to Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 3260 - Fees and Charges]

>> WE'RE GOOD. OKAY.

MOVING TO 6H. APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO BOARD POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION 3260 FEES AND

CHARGES. >> AGAIN, RESPONSIVE TO AB 181, DEALS WITH TRANSPORTATION MOSTLY.

AND ASSESSING ANY FEES FOR DUE TO THE INCREASED USE OF TECHNOLOGY POST-COVID AND A LOT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS GONE ONE TO ONE ASSESSING FEES FOR TECHNOLOGY RELATED ITEMS AND THEN ALSO ADDS THE PIECE ABOUT THE FREE AND FREE BREAKFAST AND

LUNCH DAILY FOR ALL STUDENTS. >> QUESTIONS?

[I. Business Services - Approval of Amendments to Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 3460 - Financial Reports and Accountability]

REPORTS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. >> SO THIS IS UPDATED TO REFLECT SOME CHANGES IN LANGUAGE REGARDING FISCAL DISTRESS. INDICATE THERE IS A RISK OF POTENTIAL INSOLVENCY, WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE.

UPDATED TO ADD A NEW SECTION ABOUT LEASE ACCOUNTING TO REFLECT GASBY 87, SCHOOL DISTRICTS RECEIVE REGARDING HOW WE REPORT ANY LEASES, INCLUDING THE DISCLOSURE OF THOSE LEASES FOR PROPERTY, FOR COPIERS, ANY TYPE OF EQUIPMENT.

>> THANK YOU. QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I DON'T SEE ANY. OKAY.

6J, APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO BOARD POLICY 3540,

TRANSPORTATION. >> AND TO WRAP IT UP, 181, REFLECTIVE OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE A TRANSPORTATION PLAN BY APRIL 1ST OF EACH YEAR, I BELIEVE IT ALSO MENTIONS THE FEES.

>> QUESTIONS? >> NO. OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO SECTION 7 ADJOURNMENT.

[A. Future Board Topics / Activities]

WOULD BOARD MEMBERS LIKE TO ADD ANY TOPICS FOR FUTURE BOARD

DISCUSSION? >> I DON'T SEE ANY.

SO SEEING NO OTHER AGENDAS ITEMS, THE MEETING WILL ADJOURN AT 8:36. THANK YOU ALL VERY VERY

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