[A. Call the Meeting to Order] [00:00:06] SCHOOL DISTRICT REGULAR BOARD MEETING OF MAY 3, 2023 WILL PLEASE COME TO ORDER. PURSUANT TO THAT RALPH M. BROWN ACT THIS IS A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN THE PUBLIC AND ONL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WILL BE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING. JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE [C. Announcements from Closed Session and Open Session Procedures] FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDE GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AN JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> ITEM 1 B PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 54956.9 D 1 CASE OAH 202-211-0233. MOTION MUST OF FORWARD SECONDED BY TRUSTEE >> POWELL. 5-0. 1C COMPROMISE AND RELEASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.95. INSURANCE PULLING TORT LIABILITY LOSSES PUBLIC LIABILITY LOSSES, WORKER COMPENSATION LIABILITY. COMPROMISE AND RELEASE REQUEST FOR 193800053/893800052. ITEM 1D PURSUANT TO 549-7546. THAT NEGOTIATOR IS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT HUMAN RESOURCES EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION CALIFORNI SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION CSEA. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE MEETING. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWIN ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE BOARD VALUE YOUR INPUT ON THE IMPORT AND EDUCATION MATTERS WE FACED THEREFORE, THE DISTRICT IS PROVIDING MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIE FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. PUBLI VIEWING IS AVAILABLE VIA REGULA BROADCAST ON TELEVISION AND INTERNET LIVE STREAM ON THE WEBSITE. PLEASE NOTE THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ORBITING COMMENT TO THE BOARD CAN BE FOUND ON TH MAIN PAGE OF THE BOARD AGENDA. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING T SUBMIT A WRITTEN COMMENT HAVE A OPTION TO EMAIL THE COMMENTS TO CONEJOUSD.ORG. THESE ARE PROVIDED WITH WRITTEN COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. PERSONS WISHING TO ADJUST THE BOARD IN PERSON SHOULD FILL OUT A BLUE SPEAKERS CARD AND HANDED IT TO MRS. STILLMAN AT THE SECRETARY' DESK. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM PLEASE TUR IN YOUR CAR PRIOR TO THAT ITEM SECTION OF THE AGENDA. IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT YOU WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT IS NOT ON THE AGEND PLEASE TURN IN YOUR CARPET FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE AGENDA. IF YOU INTEND TO DONATE THEM TO ANOTHER SPEAKER, PLEASE HAND IN BOTH OF THE CARD AT THE SAME TIME TO MRS. FELLMAN. IF YOU WISH TO REGISTE YOUR CONCERN, BUT NOT SPEAK OF THE PODIUM PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW PUBLIC >> FORM AND TURN IT IN TO THE SECRETARY'S DESK. BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE >> AFTER THE BOARD MEETING. SMOKEY IS NOT PERMITTED IN THI [D. Approval of the Agenda] BUILDING ARE ANYWHERE ON ANY DISTRICT PROPERTY, COPIES OF TH AGENDA AVAILABLE ON THE TABLE I THE LOBBY. PLEASE BALANCE ALL MOBILE PHONES AND WHERE NOW IT 2D APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? TRUSTEE GORBACK. >> A MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA AS SUBMITTED. >> SECOND. >> POWELL. SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? >> LOPEZ. >> AYE. >> SYLVESTER. >> AYE. >> GORBACK. >> AYE. >> GOLDBERG. [E. Student Recognition - WHS Studio Jazz Ensemble I Performs at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, IL] >> AYE.. ALL IN FAVOR SAY, "AYE." >> AYE.. WE ARE AT 2 LETTER E AND THE STUDENT RECOGNITIONS FO THIS EVENING BEGINNING WITH WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL STUDIO JAZ ENSEMBLE WHO PERFORMED AT THE MIDWEST CLINIC IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. WELCOME PRINCIPAL BRENNAN. >> THINK YOU BOARD PRESIDENT HILL. EXECUTIVE KEVIN AND DISTRICT THANK YOU FOR HAVING U HERE THIS EVENING. IT IS MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZ THE WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ STUDIO ENSEMBLE. FOR THEIR AMAZING WORK AND TALENT. I WOUL LIKE TO HAVE YOU HOLD RIGHT THERE, PLEASE. I WANT TO INVITE MR. PETER UP TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT WHY THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING, CEMENT AND I WILL CALL STUDENTS BY NAME TO COME UP AND SHAKE HANDS AND WE MUST AUDIENC TO PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL AFTER WE TAKE THE GROUP PHOTO. MR. PETER. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING. THE MIDWEST CLINIC IS HELD ANNUALLY IN CHICAGO. ROUGHLY 17,000 MUSIC EDUCATORS FROM ALL 50 STATES AND 30 COUNTRIES ATTENDED. THERE ARE OVER 100 DIFFERENT CLINICS THA EXIST AND IN THE 76 YEAR [00:05:06] HISTORY OF THIS MUSIC EDUCATION CONFERENCE . THE WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL STUDIO JAZZ IS THE GROU FROM CALIFORNIA WHO HAVE EVER BEEN ASKED TO PERFORM THREE TIMES. ONCE YOU PLAY, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO APPLY AGAIN FOR FIVE YEARS. WE ARE LUCKY TO HAV PLAYED IN 2012 AND 2017, AND FROM A PERSONAL NOTE, I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THESE GROU OF STUDENTS OF THIS AREA BECAUSE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO W WERE SITTING IN A GOLF CART PARKING LOT AREA LISTENING TO OUR DRUMMER PLAY IN A GARAGE A RESUME AND TRYING TO MAKE MUSIC TOGETHER. ONE YEAR LATER, WE SENT AN AUDITION TAPE AND THESE KIDS GOT TO PLAY WITH SOME OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE PROFESSIONA MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD AND REALLY HELD DOWN IN FRONT OF 60 MUSIC EDUCATORS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND MADE ME SO EXTREMELY PROUD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND TO THE STUDENTS, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. CONGRATULATIONS. >> PLEASE, HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL THE END WHEN WE TAKE THE GROUP PHOTO. WE WILL START OFF AND I WILL ASK MR. PETER TO COM OVER HERE AND HAND OUT CERTIFICATES WITH MR. BENNETT. [F. Student Recognition - TOHS Varsity Dance Team - USA National Dance Champions] >> THE THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOO VARSITY DANCE TEAM U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. WELCOME PRINCIPAL PORTMAN. >> GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT HILL MCGLOCKLIN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP. IT'S MY GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE AGAIN TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE ANOTHER ON OF THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL'S AMAZING STUDENT GROUPS. A FEW WEEKS AGO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND PRESENT A GROUP THAT I CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENT PERFORMERS ON OUR CAMPUS. TONIGHT, I AM EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR VARSITY DANCE TEAM AGAIN, AS ONE OF OUR AMAZING GROUPS WHO CONSISTENTLY PERFOR AT AN AMAZINGLY HIGH-LEVEL ALL THE TIME. UNLIKE OUR WRESTLERS WHO TENDED TO FLY BELOW THE RADAR OVER THIS IS A GROUP THA ACTUALLY SEEKS OUT THE LIMELIGHT. THEY THRIVE IN IT I A MATTER OF FACT. IT BRINGS ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE ALL OF THEM TO YOU TONIGHT. BEFORE [00:10:02] I BEGIN, I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TWO VARSITY DANCE TEAM COACHES. JALEEN COLE, J LEE MURPHY. AND ALSO JORDAN JONES. THIS IS THE HARDEST WORKING GROUP ON CAMPUS. IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR ME TO BE ON CAMPUS IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY AN TO FIND THESE TWO AND ALL OF TH DANCERS THERE WITH ME. I THINK WE MIGHT BE THE ONLY 25 PEOPLE ON CAMPUS AT THAT TIME. THEY NEVER STOP WORKING. WITH THAT SAID, IT BRINGS ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR TEAM. LET ME HAND OVER THESE DIPLOMAS TO YOU EARLY. FIRST UP . APPLAUSE EVERYBODY. >> CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL OF THE HONOR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND ALSO THE PRINCIPLES AND THE COACHES. AN EVERYBODY LOVES THEM. THIS BRINGS US TO 2G TO THE [G. Report from Conejo Schools Foundation] FOUNDATION OF CONEJO VALLEY AND WE WELCOME THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR . >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT HILL AND THE TRUSTEE AND THE STAFF MY NAME IS LANA CLARK AND ABOUT THE SERVICE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FOUNDATION. I WAS LAST HERE IN FEBRUARY TO PROVIDE REPORTS AND IT'S BEEN A VERY BUSY SPRING SINCE THEN. SO FAR, THIS SPRIN WE HAVE AWARDED OVER $25,000 IN CASH FOR CONEJO VALLEY TEACHER GRANTS TO 100 PRESCHOOL, ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY AND POSTSECONDARY TEACHERS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT BRINGING THE TOTAL DISTRIBUTED IN GRANTS TO OVER $55,000 THIS YEAR. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE MANY GENEROUS DONORS IN FRANCE [00:15:02] WHO HELPED MAKE THESE GRANTS POSSIBLE. ON FEBRUARY 6, WE REPENT BECAUSE THE PRINCIPLES FOUND TABLE WITH CC PTA WITH A FOCUS ON SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING GIVING SCHOOL SITE PT LEADERS AND PRINCIPLES TO DISCUSS GAPS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW TOGETHER. AFTER A THREE-YEAR HIATUS, THE STATE OF THE SCHOOL'S LUNCH AND RETURN MARCH 31 TO THE WESTLAKE HYATT AND WE THINK DR. MCGLOCKLIN AND THE TRUSTEES FOR BEING THERE WITH US AND CELEBRATING MANIA, EASEMENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT THIS PAST YEAR. THE DISTRICT MUSIC FESTIVAL HAS MADE A TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE THEATER WITH SEVEN NIGHTS OF PERFORMANCE OF COMPLETED IN APRIL AND TWO MORE TO, MAY 22 AND MAY 23 TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE TO THE WEBSITE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US FOR THE CULMINATION OF THIS AMAZING EVENT. THE FESTIVAL IS A MAJOR UNDERTAKING AND WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION OF OUR PARTNERS AND COPD, CITY OF THOUSAND OAKS, AND TL ARTS. I WANT TO GIVE AN ESPECIALLY BIG THANK YO TO OUR PRODUCTION TEAM WHICH I LED BY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND CSF VICE PRESIDENT DENISE REEDE AND ALSO FRANK, JANINE, BRIAN, MEGAN, AND BREANNE ANDERSON WH ALSO STEPPED IN TO SERVE A STAG MANAGER THIS YEAR. IT WAS TRUL A JOY TO WATCH OUR STUDENT MUSICIANS FROM KINDERGARTEN TO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WALK OUT ON THE STAGE AND EXPERIENCE PERFORMING AT AN AMAZING MENU. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO EVERYBODY WH GAVE THEIR TIME TALENT AND TREASURE TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE. I'LL MAKE A NOTE THAT REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR A SUMMER PROGRAM AND WE ENCOURAGE RISING EIGHTH GRADERS AND STUDENTS TO ENROLL AND GET AHEA IN THEIR STUDIES FOR NEXT YEAR. AGAIN, MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE. WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MANY SUPPOR FOR MANY PROGRAMS INCLUDING BREAKTHROUGH , PARENT OUTREACH PROGRAM, WELLNESS CENTERS, WE THE PEOPLE, ODYSSEY OF THE MIND SPELLING BEE REGISTRATION, AND MUCH MORE. ONE OF THE TEAMS WE WORK CLOSELY WITH IS A SEAN AND AMBER IN STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES. THE WORK WITH THE UNDER RESOURCED THE STUDENTS THROUGH THE CONEJO VALLEY CLOSET IS INSPIRING AND IMPACTFUL. IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO SHOW THAT WE RECENTLY RECEIVED THE FOUNDATION OF $5000 GRANT FROM THE VENTURA COUNTY CREDIT UNION IN SUPPORT OF THE CONEJO VALLEY CLOSET. WE THANK THEM FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE MOST RECENT CAMPAIGNS OF US FROM THE TIME OF TRAGEDY. ON APRIL 18, OUR TEAM IS AT THE THEATER PREPARING FOR THE OPENING NIGHT OF THE ALL DISTRICT MUSIC FESTIVAL. THIS FEATURE THE WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. AS WORD CAME UP ABOUT THE CRASH MANY O US WERE SHAKEN, BUT ALSO FOUND SOLACE TOGETHER WITH THE SUPPOR OF OUR GREATER CONEJO VALLEY COMMUNITY AND FAMILY AROUND US. THANK YOU TO THE CANON, DEDICATED WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. THE BENEFIT EVENT CAME TOGETHER QUICKLY AND THE WARRIORS STRON FUND WAS ESTABLISHED TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND PARENTS ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED . IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO SEE THE RESPONSE TO THIS CAMPAIGN. THE WARRIORS STRONG FUND HAS RAISED NEARLY $20,000 AND THAT WAS IN A FEW SHORT WEEKS. WE GIVE OUR GRATITUDE TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN AND HELP KEEP OUR COMMUNITY AND WARRIORS ARE STRONG. AS WE APPROACH THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT AS THE PATIENT IS ELEVATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR FOUNDING WITH THE 20S ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14. WE ASK YOU TO SAVE THE DATE AND MORE INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING AS AN EVENT SPONSOR, PROVIDING A ROUGH ITEM OR SERVING AS A VOLUNTEER, PLEASE LET OUR TEAM NOW. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SHARE ABOUT THE WORK OF CONEJO SCHOOL FOUNDATION AND HELPING US CARRY OUT THE MISSION OF LOCAL SUPPOR FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS. [H. Comments - Public] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT REPORT. WE ARE NOW AT THE PUBLI COMMENTS PORTION . THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WANTS TO HEAR FROM STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND THE COMMUNITY. EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO HAVE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING COMMENTS 54954.3 CODE COMMENTS LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA MUST BE MADE WITH THAT AGENDA ITEM IS CALLED. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC THAT I NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, NOW IS THE TIME TO PROVIDE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREAD DONE SO AND WISH TO SPEAK PLEAS HAND IN YOUR BLUE CARD TO MRS. ALLMAN. PLEASE NOTE, IF YOU HAVE ANY MATERIALS TO HAND TO BOARD MEMBERS PLEASE GIVE THOSE MATERIALS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE BAR. PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT THE BOARD CANNOT UNDERTAKE ANY ACTION OR DISCUSSION ON ITEMS NOT ON TONIGHT'S POSTED AGENDA. HOWEVER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND STAFF MAY REPLY TO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS POSTED BY THE PUBLIC. USUALLY PEOPLE INTO THE END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE RESPONDING. AS MEETINGS ARE HELD IN PUBLIC YOUR COMMENT WILL BE HEARD BY THOSE ATTENDIN OR WATCHING THE BROADCAST. IN [00:20:01] ADDITION, THE BOARD PARTICIPATE WITH STUDENTS AND THEREFORE WE HELP STUDENTS ARE WATCHING THIS MEETING OR IN TODAY'S AUDIENCE. PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THEM PLEAS MAKE A COMMENT FACTUAL AND ORDE FOR THEM TO BE IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS THE BOAR STRIVES TO RESPECT THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEE DURING OUR MEETINGS. THIS INCLUDES THE FIVE IDENTITIES OF STUDENTS TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND WE ASK THAT SPEAKERS BE SENSITIVE TO THE EMPLOYEE'S LEGAL RIGHTS TO PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY. AS A REMINDER THOSE REQUESTING TO SPEAK POSTE ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE BOARD AGENDA. PLEASE NOTE THAT SPEAKERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED ONCE THE BOARD STARTS THE PUBLI COMMENT AGENDA ITEM WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER. AS A REMINDER, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. DO WE HAVE COMMENTS? TWO. THE FIRST COMMENT IS KIM SMITH. WELCOME YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, MY NAME IS KIM SMITH, AND I AM PART OF THE THOUSAND OAKS WRESTLING BOOSTERS AND HAVE BEE INVOLVED WITH THE WRESTLING FOR EIGHT YEARS. THIS IS MY THIRD YEAR . I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF THE WAY THAT THE GYM LOOKS AND HOURS SHACK. OUR SNACK SHACK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND WE FIRST KNEW ABOUT IT IN 2014, AND 2015 WHEN WE WERE SHUT DOWN BY THE HEALTH CODE, THEY TOLD US WE WERE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO COOK FOOD IN THERE. THAT BEING SAID, I HAD THAT TIME WAS THE SECRETARY AND I LOOKED INTO IT TO SEE WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO AND I WAS TOLD THAT WE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE THING. WE HA NO HOT WATER. WADE DIDN'T HAVE A DOUBLE SINK AND THESE WERE THINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP TO THE SCHOOL AT THE TIME WHALEN DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. HE ACTUALLY DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. WE WERE TOLD TO GET BY WE NEEDE HOT WATER AND A PERMIT. I KNOW THAT THE TIME WE DID GET A PERMIT SO WE COULD GO AHEAD AND GO FOR IT FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. WE LOST ABOUT $3000 THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN HOURS SHOT T HELP OUR KIDS WITHIN THE BOOSTERS FOR THAT PROGRAM. ON MARCH 31 OF THIS YEAR, WE GOT A LETTER OR AN EMAIL FROM MR. OWENS SAYING THAT WHAT WE WERE DOING IN THE FACILITY AT THIS TIME WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DO. WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO USE FOR CUT FOOD AGAIN. WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY HOT WATER THAT IS IN A MULTIPLE CONTAINER WE COULD DO A CUP OF NOODLE , BUT HAD TO BE PUT IN A MICROWAV AND THE WATER HAD TO BE PUT IN THERE COLD AND THEN COOKED. WE ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO HAVE SODAS AND SNACK . A LOT OF THESE KIDS ARE HERE AT SCHOOL AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING AND DON'T COME HOME UNTIL 10:00 IN THE MORNING AND COOKING HOTDOGS AND NACHOS AND BRINGING THEM PIZZAS IS NOT A HEALTHY DINNER, BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE GETTING SOMETHING TO EAT WHEN THEY ARE AT AN EVENT. ESPECIALLY IN A WRESTLING TOURNAMENT MOST OF THOSE KIDS ARE COMING AT 6:00 A.M. AND WE DON'T LEAVE UNTIL 5:00 A.M. AND I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER TOURNAMENT THAT GO ON IN OUR SCHOOL AND I AM ASKING IS THAT WE COULD PLEASE LOOK INTO GETTING THAT SNACK SHACK FIXED SO WE CAN HAVE A LEVEL 2 OR 3 IN THERE HOPEFULLY BY NEXT YEAR THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OUR SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT IS STEPHANIE. WELCOME. >> HELLO. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE TO SPEAK. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SIMILAR ISSUES. I'M ON THE BOOSTER BOAR FOR BOYS VOLLEYBALL AND I WANTED TO COME TONIGHT. I KNOW THAT THESE COMPLAINTS ARE NOT NEW AND THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS. I WANTED TO COME PUBLICL SPEAKING ABOUT THEM TO YOU GUYS AND HOPE THAT YOU CAN HELP US GET SOME KIND OF CALL TO ACTION AND ACTUALLY MAKE CHANGES. I KNOW THAT SOMEBODY FROM VOLLEYBALL CAME AND TALKED ABOU HOW HOT IT IS IN THAT GYM. I KNOW IT'S A REALLY BIG PROJECT AND IT COSTS A LOT TO FIGURE OU HOW TO SELL THAT BUT I ASKED THAT WE TRY SOMEWHERE SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO MAKE OUR SPECTATORS AND STUDENTS COMFORTABLE INSIDE THE GYM. WE WERE REALLY LUCKY THIS SEASON I DIDN'T GET VERY HOT AT ALL THAN YOU TO ALL THE RAIN. IT'S GOING TO GET HOT SOON. WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT. IT WAS UNBEARABLE LAST SEASON. MANY O OUR SPEAKERS ARE ALSO BLOWN OUT IN THAT GYM. IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO HEAR ANY CALLS, THE LINEUPS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT [00:25:08] DURING GAMES, IT'S REALLY HARD TO HEAR THAT. IT'S KIND OF A WASTE OF AN ANNOUNCER WHICH MAKES THEM FEEL KIND OF SILLY. THAT IS WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT FUN FOR THE KIDS AND TH BIGGEST ISSUE WE FACED THIS YEA WAS THE SNACK SHACK. WE HAD A TOURNAMENT APRIL 1, THE DAY AFTER THAT WE HAD HOURS TO SCRAMBLE TO GATHER HOW WE WERE GOING TO MAKE MONEY. WE LOST A LOT OF MONEY. WE MADE A LOT. THAT HELPS US KEEP OUR COST REALLY LOW. I THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY LOW SUGGESTED DONATION. THIS IS FOR VOLLEYBALL. I HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THERE. WE DON'T KNO NOW THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE CHANGE TO THE SNACK SHACK. WE DID HAVE AN INSPECTOR OUT LAST FRIDAY AN I LOOKED AT THAT REPORT TODAY AND WE HAVE A FEW ISSUES TO ADDRESS. THEY DON'T SEEM THAT HUGE, BUT IT IS NOT MY EXPERTISE. I CAN'T SPEAK TO HO MUCH THE SPICE TAX MIGHT BE. ON OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES ON THE HEALTH REPORT IS THAT IT'S UNSANITARY. THAT IS NOT OKAY. I KNOW ABOUT THAT AT MANY TIMES THAT THE BATHROOMS OFTEN WITHOU TOILET PAPER, THERE IS NO SOAP IN THERE, IT IS PRETTY GROSS INSIDE THAT GYM. THERE IS GUM ALL OVER THE BLEACHERS, THE FLOORS, IT IS STICKY, SOME OF THE BLEACHERS ARE ACTUALLY BROKEN. IT DOESN'T MAKE THE BOYS FEEL VERY GOOD. I'M SURE YOU CAN IMAGINE. WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE HIGH SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY NEWBURY PARK , THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE SNACK SHACK. THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE, THEY HAVE A LOT OF VARIETY OF FOOD THAT THEY CAN SELL. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT JIM I THE SAME. I'M REALLY HOPING THA WE CAN LOOK TO THEM AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO KIND OF GET US UP TO SPEED SO W CAN MAKE THE SAME KIND OF MONEY THAT THEY ARE OVER THERE. WHAT ELSE? KIM SAID A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE FELT ALSO THIS YEAR. WE'RE ASKING FOR A WAY TO START TO TACKLE THESE PROJECTS. THEY DON'T HAVE TO ALL BE DONE IN ONE SWOOP. WE DON'T HAVE TO. I THINK THERE'S WAYS WE CAN MAK SMALL CHANGES. THANKS. >> THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THE [I. Comments - Board of Education] COMMENTS. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 2I COMMENTS OF THE BOAR FROM EDUCATION WITH TRUSTEE LOPEZ. >> THANK YOU. HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO SHARE OUT . WE HAD OU FIRST MEETING WITH ALL OF OUR CURRENT AND NEW MEMBERS WHICH WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE ALL OF THE NEW FACES FOR THE FIRST TIME EFFICIENTLY. SOME OF THEM DID COME TO THE PREVIOUS MEETING, BUT THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TIME IT WAS REQUIRED. DURING THAT MEETING WE WENT TO THE NOMINATION PROCESS FOR OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD AND FOLLOWING THAT THE DIGITAL BALLOTS WERE SENT OUT AND OUR ESTERS ARE CURRENTLY BEING FILLED OUT BY THE MEMBERS. IN THE MEMBERS AR AT-LARGE FOR WESTLAKE CENTURY AND NEWBERRY. WE ALSO HAD A PRESENTATION FROM ONE OF THE BS IS ON LOOKING INTO THE HISTORY CURRICULUM AND SEEING WHAT CHANGES WE CAN MAKE IT TO INCLUDE MORE POSITIVE REPRESENTATION OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS THROUGHOUT HISTORY. SOME SPECIFIC HIGHLIGHTS WERE THE FIRST BLAC MILITARY PILOTS, INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE , TJ MARSHALL, WHO INVENTED THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND SPANGLER SYSTEM, MADAM CJ WALKER, THE FIRST FEMALE SELF-MADE MILLIONAIRE, JENNIFER WILLIAMS, THE FIRST OPEN HEART SURGERY DR. TO CONDUCT A SUCCESSFUL OPEN HEART SURGERY. AND MANY MORE. WE SUGGESTED TO LOOK INTO TALKING TO THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT T LOOK FURTHER INTO. LASTLY, WE HAD EACH PERSON GIVE A GOOD SUMMARY OF THE SCHOOLS TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF THE NEW MEMBER TO PARTICIPATE AND GET INVOLVED THAT IS ALL I HAVE TODAY. >> THANK YOU TRUSTEE LOPEZ. TRUSTEE POWELL. >> HI, EVERYBODY. I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL JAZ ENSEMBLE. STUDIO JAZZ ENSEMBLE I WAS PRIVILEGED ENOUGH TO GET TO ATTEND THE CONCERT BEFORE THEY LEFT FOR CHICAGO BACK IN THE FALL. THAT WAS A TREAT AND IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO HONOR THEM TONIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY DANCE TEAM AND THANK YOU TO THE REPOR AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO. IT'S BEEN IMPORTANT FOR TH SCHOOLS. I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS MAY AND WE ARE CELEBRATING A LOT OF THINGS. HERITAGE MONTH, JEWISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, [00:30:03] NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH MONTH. NEXT WEEK WE CELEBRATE TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK AND THE NATIONAL SCHOOL MARSEILLE AND THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS ALREAD PACKED INTO THESE LAST FEW WEEK INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR . WE ARE ALL FEELING IT NOT ONLY AS A TRUSTEE, BUT A MOM. BUT I DO HOPE THAT THE SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITIES WILL TAKE TIME TO COMMEMORATE THESE EVENTS IN WHATEVER WAY YOU CAN. I KNOW THAT THE RESOLUTIONS AND DECLARATIONS TO REPLACE UNDERSTANDING ISSUES SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH, OR THE IMPORTANT CULTURES AND GROUPS IN OUR SOCIETY. I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE GREAT BENEFITS TO SHINING A LIGHT ON THEM FOR A MONTH OR A WEEK. I HOPE THAT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY WILL KNOW THA THESE PEOPLES AND GROUPS AND ISSUES ARE VALUABLE AND WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THEM AN LEARNING ABOUT THEM YOU'RE AROUND. SPECIFICALLY REGARDING CELEBRATION OF TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK NEXT WEEK , WHICH I KNOW IS GETTING STARTED WITH SOME ACTIVITIES THAT SOME SITES THIS WEEK AND SEEING SOME FUN THINGS POPPING UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I PERSONALLY WANTED TO SHOW MY GRATITUDE FOR TEACHERS I AM VERY CLEAR THE DEEP IMPACT THAT SO MANY OF MY TEACHERS HAD ON ME ACADEMICALLY AND PERSONALLY, I CAN SAY RIGHT NOW AND ACTUALLY NAME PROBABLY MOST OF MY TEACHERS CATERED HOME AN I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET SPECIFIC AS TO WHAT EACH ONE DID FOR ME. I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT. AS A MOM, AS WELL, I'LL NEVER BE ABL TO FULLY EXPRESS HOW THANKFUL I AM TO TEACHERS, TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAUGHT MY CHILDREN AND ESTIMATE AS I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT MY HUSBAND AND I ARE THE GREATEST INFLUENCE ON OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES, ACTUALLY HAS TAKEN A VILLAGE IN THE TEACHERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF THAT VILLAGE. I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE TONIGHT THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION MASTERS AND GOVERNANCE SERIES. THIS MAY NO SEEM ESPECIALLY EXCITING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. IT IS EXCITING T ME. I GET TO MOVE THROUGH FIVE SESSIONS . SEVERAL HOURS EACH FOCUSING ON THE FOLLOWING FIVE AREAS, GOVERNANCE, POLICY, STUDENT LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENT, FINANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES, AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND ADVOCACY. THAT SEEMS PRETTY EXCITING. MY FELLO BOARD MEMBERS AND DR. MCLAUGHLI HAVE ALL COMPLETED THIS EXTENSIVE TRAINING AND I'M PLEASED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO UNDERTAKE THIS TRAINING. WELL INFORMED THE TRUSTEES, BENEFIT SCHOOL DISTRICTS. AS A GOVERNANCE TEA I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL HAVE SORT OF A COMMON LANGUAGE AND IDEALS AND STANDARDS AND FRAMEWORKS TO WOR WITH. THIS MASTERS IN GOVERNANC SERIES HELPS US WITH THAT. I JUST COMPLETED THIS WEEK AND W FOCUS ON GOVERNANCE ISSUES. FOUNDATIONS OF AFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE AND SETTING DIRECTIO AND THE REASON I'D LIKE TO SHARE THESE THINGS IS THAT I KNOW NOT EVERYBODY OUT THERE IS NECESSARY THAT FASCINATED BY TH INNER WORKINGS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. AS A NEWER TRUSTEE GOIN THROUGH SOME OF THESE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES I'M GOING TO SHAR THEM OUT HERE. I WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF COURSES OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO. FINALLY, I WANTED TO SAY THAT IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE LAST YEAR AND WE WERE ALL PRETTY DEVASTATED FROM WHA HAPPENED THE DAY BEFORE IT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. OBVIOUSLY, IT IS NOT NECESSARIL HEADLINE NEWS ANYMORE. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY STARTING AND I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THA AND I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY IS GETTING THE LOVE AND SUPPORT THEY NEED AS THEY GET THROUGH THEIR GRIEVING AND HEALING. >> THANK YOU TRUSTEE POWELL. TRUSTEE SYLVESTER. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WONDERFU JAZZ MUSICIANS AND DANCERS. IT'S REALLY BEEN A LOT OF FUN ACKNOWLEDGING AND RECOGNIZING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE CONTINUE T DO THAT. I ALSO WANT TO THINK CLARK AND I UNDERLINED IT BECAUSE I LITERALLY HAD TO WRITE IT DOWN NOT TO DO THAT AGAIN. BUT I DO WANT TO SECOND WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT THE DISTRIC MUSIC FESTIVAL. I HAVE GONE TO FEW OF THEM. IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. THE FINALE HAD EVERYBODY ON STAGE AND IT WAS BREATHTAKING AND I RECOGNIZE O SHE HAS RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE ON HOW MANY PEOPLE IT TAKES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. LOOKING AT TH CHOIR NIGHTS WHERE YOU HAVE A LITTLE T CARES RUNNING AROUND. I GIVE HER EVERYBODY WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL AND AS SHE MENTIONED LATER THIS MONTH. AS DR. PAULA MENTIONED AND HAS BEE [00:35:03] TWO WEEKS SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING AND IT WAS THE DAY AFTER THE TRAGEDY. I THINK THAT WE WERE ALL COMPLETELY STUNNED AND SADDENED . WATCHING SINCE THEN THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHE HAS REALLY BEEN INCREDIBLE. I WANT TO MANAGE THE EVENT AT TH CLUB THAT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND. I WAS PUT TOGETHER IN A HANDFUL OF DAYS. ONE PARENT LISA MORTO TOOK THE LEAD ON THAT WHO FELT COMPELLED TO DO SOMETHING . STERLING WAS AN OWNER OF THE COUNTY CLUB DONATED THE SPACE AND GOT MUSIC AND HAD AN ENTIRE SILENT AUCTION TABLE . THESE THINGS NORMALLY TAKE MONTHS TO PUT TOGETHER. THIS IS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON THAT SIDE OF IT AN IT WAS QUICK AND WELL ATTENDED. I KNOW WHAT THE SCHOOL HAD A GREAT FEEDBACK ON THE THERAPY DOGS THAT HAVE COME. AS MANY THERAPY PONIES AT THE CLUB AND INCREDIBLY CUTE AND I'VE HEARD THAT THIS IS BEEN A GREAT HIT WITH ALL OF THE KIDS. I ALSO KNOW ALL OF THE COUNSELORS IN THE WELLNESS STAFF AND THE ENTIRE MENTAL HEALTH TEAM HAVE REALLY STEPPED IN AND HELPED OU STUDENTS. I AM BEYOND GRATEFUL TO SAY THAT WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE THESE RESOURCES. AND THEN TROTTING IT OUT AT TIMES LIKE THIS WHEN THERE IS A TIME LIKE THIS IT IS SO COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THESE CAPABILITIES AND JUST OVERALL, THE GENEROSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY TAUGHT ALL OF THOSE AFFECTED HA BEEN AMAZING. FINALLY, I HAVE TO THINK JASON, I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT BECAUSE HE WAS SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE. HE HAS TRULY DEMONSTRATED AMAZING LEADERSHIP THROUGH ALL OF THIS CRISIS. I THINK BEING HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS NOT AN EAS JOB UNDER NORMAL TIMES IN THESE TIMES HAVE BEEN ANYTHING BUT NORMAL. I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND GETTING US THROUGH THAT. I'M GOING TO END ON A COUPLE OF THE FUN EVENTS THAT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND. ONE OF THEM I GOT TO ATTEND THE UNIFIED SPORTS SOCCE GAME OUT IN NEWBERRY PARK HIGH SCHOOL WHICH HAD TEAMS FROM EACH OF OUR THREE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS COMPETING. THERE WERE TONS OF NEWBERRY PARK HIG SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THIS STANDS . THERE WERE CHEERLEADERS AND TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SPIRIT ON THE FIELD AND OFF OF THE FIELD. IT WAS JUST A LOT OF FUN ALLOTTING OUR STUDENT ATHLETES COMPETE. FINALLY, EARLIER THIS WEEK I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT OUTDOOR SCHOOLS. THIS WAS A WEEK TWO FOR KALINA. I WAITED UNTIL MAY AND IT WAS FREEZING UP THERE. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SETTING AND I WANTED TO THANK TOM, HE IS THE OUTDOO SCHOOL NEEDED. HE SHOWED THE TWO OF US AROUND AND HE WAS PATIENT AND HE ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS AND HE HAD AND START HIKING GROUP AND I LEARNED TO WEAR THE RIGHT SHOES. HIS LOVE FOR THE PROGRAM AND IS DEPTH O KNOWLEDGE IS SO INCREDIBLY OBVIOUS . HE HAS GONE SO FAR AS TO CREATE A DECK OF CARDS, WHIC HE WENT AND TOOK ALL OF THE PICTURES OF ALL OF THE NATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS THAT ARE NATIVE TO THIS AREA AND THEN REPRODUCE THAT . IT WAS A WONDERFUL ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS. MY THREE KIDS WENT TO OUTDOOR SCHOOL, BUT IT WAS A BLACK BOX. I NEVER REALLY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE. I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO TALK TO OUR STUDENTS AND OFFER THIS YEAR FOR EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS AND I AM THANKFUL THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER IT. THAT IS I FOR ME. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU TRUSTEE SYLVESTER. TRUSTEE GOLDBERG. >> PICK A CARD. ANY CARD. YO ARE GOING TO IN INFORMATION ABOUT LOCAL . HE PICKED INDIAN PAINTBRUSH WITH A GREAT PICTURE IT HAPPENS TO BE POISONOUS AND IT TELLS YOU ALL ABOUT IT ON TH BACK. YOU WIN. WITH THIS BEIN TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK IS MY ABOUT THE CARD BECAUSE IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THE TEACHER GO ABOVE AND BEYOND EVERY SINGL DAY. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMEONE GOING WAY ABOVE AND WAY BEYOND. THIS IS AN ENTIRE DECK OF CARDS. I AM SURE MRS. COOPER WOULD LOVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON THESE CARDS. IT'S A GREAT WAY TO ENGAGE STUDENTS AND ENGAGE IN THE STAFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH . THAT WAS THE END OF WHAT I WAS SAYING. I ALSO WANTED TO TALK [00:40:10] A LOT ABOUT THE TRAGEDY AT WESTLAKE AND A PHENOMENON THAT NOTICED HERE IN CONEJO WHICH WAS THAT WE COME TOGETHER AND ARE THERE FOR ONE ANOTHER AS FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND FAMILY, IN TIMES OF TRAGEDY. THE AMOUN OF SUPPORT WE GAVE EACH OTHER DURING ROUGH TIMES IS A HUGE PART OF WHAT MAKES THIS COMMUNITY SO SPECIAL. WE RECOGNIZE AND SEE EACH OTHER AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY FAMILY AN IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IF WE WOULD REMEMBER THOSE CONNECTION AND EMPATHY NOT ONLY IN THE MIDST OF A CRISIS OR TRAGEDY. I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MISS SYLVESTER ABOUT THE AMAZING LEADERSHIP SHOWN BY DR. MCGLOCKLIN AND MR. BRANAM DURIN THIS TIME AND THE GRATITUDE FO LISA MORTON AND THE CANYON CLUB AND ALSO THE LEMONADE LADIES WERE BEAUTIFUL CARDS THAT THEY MADE . ALSO, FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ADULTS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR ROCKS I THE HEALING GARDEN AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. THEY HAVE THE SAM OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE BACK IN A BEAUTIFUL, ARTISTIC WAY AS THE ROCK AND ART AND A CLASS ACT PERFORMED IN THE CANYON AND THEY ARE AS AMAZING AS ALWAYS AND TRUTHFULLY, THE HEARTFELT SPOT ON OPENING SPEECH COULD NO HAVE BEEN BETTER . IT REALLY SHOWED THE HEART OF A WARRIOR. THANK YOU. THIS BEING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH TEAM AND EXPRESS MY DEEP GRATITUDE FOR THEIR EXPERTISE AND THEIR HEART THEY LED THE EFFORTS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE TRAGEDY AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND KEPT GOING REGARDLESS OF THE HOUR OR THE DAY OF THE WEEK. THE FACT THAT DR. CHAMBERLAIN HAS BEEN WORKING TO GET MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS CENTERS ON CAMPUS FOR YEARS, AND THAT THEY WERE ALREADY IN PLACE AND ESTABLISHE MADE TO WORK WHAT WAS UNNECESSARY SEAMLESS. AND ALLOWED US TO GET COMFORT FROM ALL CORNERS OF OUR COUNSELING TEAM THAT WAS LED BY A BELOVED AND ALREADY TRUST IT ADULT ON CAMPUS. THERE IS A CREATION OF THE HEALING GARDEN AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE THOUGHT AND CARE WITH AMAZING SCIENCE TEACHER JEN BOYD CAME IN INCORPORATING THE FLOWERS THAT WERE BROUGHT IN TRIBUTE AS MULCH IN THE ROCK GARDEN. AND IN THE ROCK GARDEN ART PROJECT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE ACTUAL GARDEN. THAT IS WHAT GINGERLY AND PROVIDED WITH A COMMUNITY DONATION AND SHOWED HIM THE STRENGTH OF THE COMMUNITY. STUDENTS IN HALF ARE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING. THOSE TIMES YOU ARE HELPLESS AND YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING. YOU CAN PUT TRAGEDY INTO ACTION. AND THOSE SMALL KINDNESSES GO UNNOTICED AND MADE A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS. I WILL AND AND ECHOING FOR THE GRATITUDE OF TH DREAM PRODUCTION TEAM THAT IS THE OLDEST DISTRICT MUSIC FESTIVAL. I WANT TO QUOTE THAT DENNIS CRYSTAL SAID OF THE NEWBERRY BAND. "INSTRUMENTS ARE THE ULTIMATE EQUALIZERS OF LIFE. THEY ARE THE ULTIMATE TEACHERS OF PATIENTS. " WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE. >> THANK YOU TRUSTEE GORBACK. >> CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN T THE WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND . CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SEE THEM BEFORE THEY WENT TO THEIR COMPETITION IN DECEMBER. IT WA A PROFESSIONAL SHELL. THEY WER FANTASTIC. THERE IS NO SURPRISE TO ME THAT THEY WON RECOGNITION. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DANCE TEAM. THAT IS ALL COMING DOWN FROM THE SPIRIT LED BY THE PRINCIPAL. CONGRATULATIONS. I WENT RECENTLY TO THE UNIFIED SOCCER GAME. I WILL TELL YOU WHAT. THAT IS FOUR OR FIVE GAMES WE DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR. TO SEE THE KIDS COME OUT AND SEE THE KIDS COME OUT TO WATCH BUT ALSO TO SEE THEM WORK TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY AND UNIFIED IS AN INSPIRATIONAL KIN OF THING. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THAT. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THOSE COACHES , TO ALL O [00:45:06] THOSE INVOLVED IN THE UNIFIED SPORTS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE HERE WHICH IS AWARD-WINNING . HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK WHETHER IT BE THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK OR SOME CONFUSION. IT DOESN'T MATTER. CELEBRATE TWO WEEKS BECAUSE OUR TEACHERS DESERVE IT. THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE DEDICATION OF OUR TEACHERS TO OUR CHILDREN AN THEIR OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES OF CARING, SUPPORTING, AND TEACHIN OUR CHILDREN. REACH OUT IN WHATEVER WAY YOU THINK APPROPRIATE AND SHOW A TEACHER HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO. NEXT WEDNESDAY IS SCHOOL NURSE APPRECIATION DAY. I AM SMILING BECAUSE I THINK BACK TO MY DAYS AS A COUNSELOR AND MY POSITIONS ALWAYS HAVE A COUNSELOR OFFICE NEXT TO THE SCHOOL NURSE OFFICE. I GOT TO HEAR SOMETHING I DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR, BUT I GOT TO HEAR KIDS AFTER LUNCH, BEFORE LUNCH, AND WE WILL LET THAT GO TO YOUR IMAGINATION. OFTEN TIMES, THE NURSE TOOK MY PLACE AND THE KID WOULD OFTEN TIMES TALK ABOUT NOT FEELING WELL AND THEY DON'T WANT TO GO TO THIRD PERIOD. PROVIDING A SNACK FOR A KID THAT MAY HAVE BEEN RUSHED OR MA HAVE RUSHED OUT OF THE HOUSE BEFORE BREAKFAST. THERE IS NO LIMIT TO WHAT THEY DO. NEXT WEDNESDAY, SAY HELLO TO YOUR NURSE AND DO SOMETHING KIND AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU DON'T TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED. HAPPY ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH. AS WEL AS, HEAVY JEWISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. IT IS A PLEASURE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. WANT TO CONGRATULATE CLARK AND MENTION THE MUSIC FESTIVAL. I CAN SEE THOSE KIDS THAT WENT TO FOUR DIFFERENT EVENTS AND I DIDN'T GET TO ALL OF THEM EVENTUALLY. ONE OF THEM WE WERE HERE. I CAN SEE THOSE KIDS. TH CELEBRATION OF WATCHING TWO CELEBRATIONS IN YOUR WATCHING THE KIDS A CELEBRATE ON STAGE A SUCH A WORLD CLASS LEADER AND HOW EXCITED THEY ARE. WHO KNOWS THAT THEY ARE EVER GOING TO PERFORM AT A PROFESSIONAL AUDITORIUM LIKE THAT AGAIN. THE ARE SO EXCITED. AND THEN YOU LOOK UP INTO THE AUDIENCE AND YOU AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXCITEMENT OF THE PARENTS AND SOMETIMES, THAT WAS EVEN MORE EXCITING BECAUSE THE PARENTS WERE THRILLED TO SEE THE KIDS DOWN THERE. BUT THE MUSIC , OUR MUSIC ARTS IS I WOULD SAY SECON TO NO OTHER DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY. THE TALENT THAT OUR KIDS HAVE THE STRINGS, THE BAND, THE CHOIR, CONGRATULATION TO ALL INVOLVED. AND FOR PUTTING IT TOGETHER WITH YOUR TEAM, CONGRATULATIONS. I VISITED SYCAMORE'S ALL IT TAKES PROGRAM . I WAS AT BRANDEIS BARDEEN INSTITUTE . THERE WERE LOT OF DRILLS THERE THAT WERE SO BEAUTIFUL IN THE BONDING OF KIDS AND WE ARE TALKING SEVENT GRADERS, SEVENTH GRADERS ARE SOMETIMES SOME BOND WITH KIDS DIFFERENT THAN THEMSELVES. AND THIS EVENT, THEY FOUND SUPPORT IN HELPING EACH OTHER. SOMETIMES, IT WAS NOT ONLY HELPING THE BEST FENCE, THE HELPING PEOPLE THAT MAY BE DOWN ON CAMPUS UP UNTIL THAT BONDIN THEY WOULD'VE NEVER THOUGHT TO HELP. SOMETIMES, SEVENTH GRADERS MIGHT ON OCCASION BULLY . THEY DIDN'T AND THEY SUPPORTE EACH OTHER. THERE WERE SEVERAL DIFFERENT GUIDED PROGRAMS . I WON'T SPOIL THE SURPRISE ABOUT SPECIFIC ABOUT THEM. WE TRIED TO DO THIS IN OCTOBER AND I THOUGHT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A GREAT TIME TO GET THEM WHERE THEY ARE BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE SEVENTH GRADERS AND WE HAD WEATHER PROBLEMS IN OCTOBER. BECAUSE THEY WERE SEVENTH GRADERS, I KNOW IT IS GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO A CLOSE NET BONDE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR EIGHTH GRAD YEAR. IT WAS A GREAT THING TO SEE AND IT WAS FASCINATING AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE PROGRAM THAT THEY DID ENCOURAGED SUPPOR FOR EACH OTHER. I ALSO WENT TO CONEJO ELEMENTARY LEADERSHIP 6 AND THAT WAS A NIGHT OF FAMILY GETTING TOGETHER TO PRACTICE TH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEADERS [00:50:09] BECOME LEADERS. THE STEPS PROGRAMS HELPS THEM BECOME A LEADER AT THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT'S FANTASTIC. THE FINAL ONE IN THE FAMILY ACTIVITY ALMOST ELEVATING WITH FAMILY IS FANTASTIC. THIS FUND IS ALSO RECOGNIZED AS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH. I WANT TO ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZE SO MANY EFFORTS KIDS MENTAL HEALTH SOCIAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH NEEDS. EVERYBODY HAS MENTIONED THE TRAGEDY AT WESTLAKE AND I ALSO ECHO THAT WITH THE SUPPORT, THE WORK THA MR. BRANAM DID ON CAMPUS . HIS COUNSELORS AND FACULTY AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE THE PRINCIPAL IN THE AUDIENCE. FOR A GUY THAT ALWAYS BLEEDS GREEN, TELLS HIS KIDS TO WEAR BLUE AND ORANGE. THAT WAS COMMUNITY. THAT WAS BONDING. I THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT MR. APPEARED DID THE SAME THING , HE TOLD HIS KIDS INSTEA OF WEARING BLACK AND ORANGE OR BLACK AND GOLD TO WEAR BLUE AND ORANGE. THAT IS OUR COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER. AND ON FRIDAY NIGHTS, WE MIGHT BE CHEERING FO DIFFERENT TEAMS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO PUSHING AND SHOVING AN TRAGIC EVENT LIKE THAT. WE ARE ALL ONE AND WE ARE CONEJO. GOING BACK TO THE MENTAL HEALTH OUR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR OR OUR WELLNESS ROOM COUNSELORS AS WELL AS THE OTHER COUNSELORS I WANT TO THINK HEATHER CHAMBERLAIN FOR THE JOB SHE DOE WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR COUNSELORS AND SETTING OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. THIS MESSED EVERYTHING. THIS SHOWED HOW MUCH OUR COMMUNITY BONDS TOGETHER. SPEAKING OF WHICH, THERE HAS BEEN SOME QUESTION OF OUR CONSIDERING RESOLUTIONS. TH RECOGNIZING KIDS FOR WHOM THEY ARE. I MENTIONED ABOVE THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING THIS MONTH ASIAN-AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH AND JEWISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. I ALSO MENTIONED MENTAL HEALTH LEAK. EACH OF THESE WEEKS TELLS A STUDENT AT THEIR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, RECOGNIZING THE FOR NOT ONLY BEING THE KID THA SITS IN THE THIRD ROW IN THE SECOND SEAT , BUT A PERSON AND AN INDIVIDUAL. THE KIDS THEY THINK BENEFIT BY THAT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL , AND THE RESOLUTION THAT WE PASS THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO PASS IN A FEW MINUTES OR WE ARE ABOUT TO CONSIDER IN A FEW MINUTES. THE RESOLUTIONS THAT W PASS AND WE ARE CONSIDERING RECOGNIZE THAT OUR KIDS ARE MOR INDIVIDUALS, THEY ARE UNIQUE PEOPLE. IT IS BETTER, THEY DO BETTER BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THA THEY ARE HUMANS, NOT JUST ANOTHER ONE OF OUR STUDENTS THA GOES ON THE CUE CARD . I WANTED TO SAY, WE DON'T DO THIS FOR OU OWN HEALTH OR OUR OWN RECOGNITION, WE DO THIS TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR KIDS ARE UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PASS RESOLUTIONS TO RECOGNIZE OUR KIDS. THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS CERTAINLY TRUE THAT AS BOARD MEMBERS, WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO WITNESS AND EVEN SOMETIMES PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THE EXCEPTIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR STUDENTS ENJOY. THIS PERIOD BROUGHT EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS LIKE THE UNIFIED SPORTS SOCCER GAMES , OUTDOOR SCHOOL, WHICH I WAS PRIVILEGED TO VISIT AND SEE THE KIDS HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME. THE ALL DISTRICT MUSIC FESTIVA WHICH IS SO GLORIOUS AND WONDERFUL THE END IS THAT. FOR THIS MONTH WHEN WE ARE SHAKEN AND SEARCHING FOR COMFORT AND COMMUNITY THESE EVENTS TOOK ON SPECIAL IMPORTANCE . I THINK NONE OF THEM WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT OUR TEACHERS. WHETHER THIS IS THE TEACHER APPRECIATIO WEEK OR NEXT WEEK IS OFFICIALLY EVERY WEEK AND EVERY DAY AND EVERY HOUR IS TEACHER APPRECIATION TIME HERE AND WE ARE ENORMOUSLY GRATEFUL FOR TH WORK, THE COMPASSION, THE [J. Comments - Superintendent] COMMITMENT OF OUR TEACHERS ALL THE TIME. THANK YOU AND I BELIEVE DR. MCGLOCKLIN WANTS TO INVITE A SPECIAL LEADER TO JOIN US. >> FOR MY SECTION OF THE AGENDA TONIGHT, MR. BRANDON HAS ADDRESSED THE BOARD IN THE [00:55:01] COMMUNITY SO I WILL GIVE MY TIM UP TO MR. BROWN. >> THANK YOU DR. MCGLOCKLIN. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS. I WANTED TO COME IN AND ADDRESS EVERYBODY ON THE TRAGIC EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE ON APRIL 18 . I CHANGED OUR COMMUNITY FOREVER. AS LIFE GOES ON AS THE GRIEVING AND HEALING PROCESS HAPPENS, NORMAL LIFE KIND OF HAPPENS. WE NEVER FORGET AND IN THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THINKING BACK AN REFLECT THING. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS EMPLOYEE FOR TH 19 YEARS PAST. I'VE BEEN GOING TO THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES STARTING WHEN I WAS ABOUT SIX YEARS OLD UP UNTI I STARTED AT WEST LAKE AND THEN HAD TO SHIFT OVER TO WESTLAKE. I'VE SEEN THIS COMMUNITY THROW SO MANY DIFFERENT LENSES, RIGHT TO MY GRANDPARENTS, MY PARENTS, AND IN MY ROLE AS A PRINCIPAL. WE ALWAYS KNOW IS A COMMUNITY HOW STRONG WE ARE. WE FEEL IT. WE MAY NOT ALWAYS HEAR IT IN MEDIA AND OTHER PLACES, BUT WE FEEL IT. IN TIMES OF TRAGEDY I IS AMAZING TO ME HOW QUICKLY WE PUT EVERYTHING ELSE ASIDE AND W COME TOGETHER AS ONE. IN A WORL WHERE MEDIA MAKES IT REALLY EAS OR PEOPLE MAKE IT EASY TO BE POLARIZED AND TAKE ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. THE FACT THAT WE COM TOGETHER AS HUMANS AND THE LIGHT OF HUMAN SPIRIT IS TRULY OUTSTANDING FOR OUR BOARD. THANK YOU GUYS. I APPRECIATE THE FORESIGHT AND THE THOUGHT THAT GOES INTO THE WELLNESS CENTER FROM THE STUDENT SUPPORT TEAM. ALL OF THE THINGS WE DO THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THE IMPACT OF, YOU DON'T REALIZE IT UNTIL YOU NEED IT. AND TO SEE HOW QUICKLY WE AS A COMMUNITY AND DISTRICT AND DR. MCGLOCKLIN'S LEADERSHIP IN THE EXECUTIVE CABINET AND THE STUDENT SUPPORT TEAM. ALL OF THESE THINGS WOULD PUT IN PLACE THE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS IN TIMES OF TRAGEDY IN EMERGENCY AND YOU REALIZE HOW QUICKLY YOU CAN CALL ON THOSE THINGS AND THEY ARE THERE IN AN INSTANT. THAT IS WHAT ALLOWS OU COMMUNITY TO HANDLE TRAGEDIES SUCH AS THESE. OUR COUNSELORS A WESTLAKE ARE TEACHERS AND THE WELLNESS CENTER. SECOND TO NONE, HOW YOU WILL HANDLE IT. I THINK PUBLICLY, PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT OUR TEACHERS, WE HAD A MEETING WEDNESDAY MORNING FOLLOWING THE TRAGEDY. AND THE WAY THAT THEY TOOK INTERNALIZE THE INFORMATION AND WE ARE STRONGER OUR STUDENTS AN PROVIDED OUR STUDENTS THE FLEXIBILITY FROM THAT THEY MOVING FORWARD FOR WHAT THEY NEED FROM THEIR SOCIAL EMOTIONA HEALTH AND SUPPORT . I COMMEND YOU. I REALLY DO IN THIS TIME O GETTING INTO AN AP TESTING FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. OUR MINDS COULD'VE SHIFTED AND GONE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. AT THE EN OF THE DAY, WE REALIZE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE THE NUMBER ONE THING AND THEY ARE THE REASON W DO WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY. HATS OFF TO YOU GUYS AND THE THOUSAN OAKS POLICE DEPARTMENT. OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM STARTED BACK IN 2007 I THINK WHEN THEY WENT AWAY AND WE TRANSITIONED TO THIS AND SOMETIMES IN OTHER DISTRICTS PEOPLE QUESTION WHY WE HAVE THIS. THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE THOUSAND OAKS POLICE DEPARTMENT ALL THE WAY FROM SHERIFF TO TH CHIEF ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS ON THE CAMPUS. WHEN YOU CAN SEE HOW QUICKLY WE CAN HAVE COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN DISTRICT BETWEEN POLICE TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND TO HELP PEOPLE HEAL . IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE POLICE DEPARTMEN AND WITH A DIFFERENT OUR STUDENTS. WE REALIZE THAT IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS WE HAVE AN INVESTIGATION FROM A POLICE ASIDE AND WE HAVE A SCHOOL HEALING SIDE AS WELL. THE WAY THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT AND THEY WORK WITH US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR STUDENTS IS FIRST PRIORITY. PEOPLE WILL NEVER SEE THAT, BUT I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW THAT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. WE D NOTE THAT THE THERAPY DOGS WERE A HIT AS WELL. I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO THE CALVARY CHAPEL THEY HOSTED A PRAYER VIGIL ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER 600 PEOPLE SHOWED UP. IT WAS AN AMAZING TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER BECAUSE WE ARE IN TH CONEJO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OR ANYWHERE ELSE, WE'R SO ONE COMMUNITY. AND TO HAVE THAT PLACE TO COME TOGETHER WAS REALLY SPECIAL. ON TUESDAY EVENING WE HAD OVER 300 STUDENT SHOWING UP TO THE WEST LAKE MARQUIS AND HAD A VIGIL THERE. LIKE MS. GOLDBERG SAID, THE FLOWERS FROM THE VIGIL WENT BAC INTO THE HEARING GARDEN AND WE HAVE A HEALING GARDEN AND THE NEW SCIENCE BUILDING THAT WILL BE THERE FOREVER AND THAT WILL BE GREAT IN A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY ARE FACING IN THEIR LIVES TO HAVE A QUIET SANCTUARY TAIL. AND GO THROUGH THOSE THINGS. THANK YOU TO THE CANDY COME FRO THE FUNDRAISERS AND THE RESILIENCY. THE RESILIENCY OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF AND OUR FAMILIES [01:00:02] IT MAKES IT REALLY REALLY SPECIAL. I WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU GUYS AND DR. PAOLO, YOU SAID IT TAKE A VILLAGE AND IT TRULY DOES. AL OF US ARE WORKING TOGETHER. APRIL 13, AT 10:00 A.M. AT CALVARY CHAPEL WILL BE THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR WESLEY WELLING. I INVITE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND TO COME TO THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, MY HOPE AND I WISH COMING OUT OF THIS BECAUSE I THINK ANYTIME THERE I A TRAGEDY WE ALSO HOPE TO LEARN AND BE BETTER AND MY HOPE IS THAT WE DON'T GET BACK TO THAT PLACE OF POLARIZATION AND CRAZINESS AND REMEMBER THAT AS HUMANS AND HUMANS. , WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER AND CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER AND I HOPE AS LIFE GETS BACK TO WHATEVER WE CALL NORMAL, THAT WE DON'T FORGET THAT BECAUSE TO ME, THAT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST TRAGEDY. I AM HONORED AND PRIVILEGED TO WORK IN THIS DISTRICT AND TO BE SOMEBODY THA HELP SUPPORT THE WESLEY COMMUNITY AND WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. DR. MCGLOCKLIN, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME HAVE TIME THIS EVENING. COMING AND TAKING TIME TO SPEAK TO US . WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP. WE ARE NOW IN SECTION 3 ACTION ITEMS [A. Human Resources - Approval of Resolution #22/23-14: Classified School Employee Week - May 21-27, 2023] BEGINNING WITH 3A HUMAN RESOURCES APPROVAL OF RESOLUTIO NUMBER 22, 22 23/14 CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEE WEEK MAY 21-27 2023. MAY I HAVE A MOTION. >> I MOVE WE APPROVE CLASSIFIE SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WEEK MAY 21-27, 2023. >> SECOND. >> DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? DON'T SEE ANY. >> LOPEZ. >> AYE. >> GORBACK. >> AYE. >> GORBACK. >> AYE. >> SYLVESTER. >> AYE.. 5-0. A PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE FROM TRUSTEE TO LOPEZ [B. Student Services - Approval of Resolution #22/23-28: In Support of Pride Month] >> 3B. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 22/23 ¿ 28 IN SUPPORT O PRIDE MONTH. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? >> I AM IN THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 22/22 ¿ 28 SUPPORTING PRIDE MONTH AS SUBMITTED. >> SECOND? >> SECOND. MOVED AND SECONDED. PERHAPS, ONE OF YOU BATTLED OVER THE SECOND WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT? ANY DISCUSSION? QUESTION? >> LOPEZ. >> AYE. >> SYLVESTER. >> AYE. >> GORBACK. >> AYE. >> GOLDBERG. >> AYE. >> POWELL. >> AYE. MOTION CARRIES 5-0. [C. Business Services - (Presentation) Approval of the 2023-2024 Major Project List] 3C. BUSINESS SERVICES A PRESENTATION ON APPROVAL OF THE 23 AND 24 MAJOR PROJECT . MAY HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THAT MAJOR PROJECTS LIST AS SUBMITTE . >> SECOND. >> TRUSTEE GORBACK, THANK YOU. MAY WE HAVE OUR PRESENTATION? REVIEW OUR MASTER PLANS AND WE MEET WITH OUR VISIBLE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND WE REVIEW OUR NEEDS AND ALSO THE WANTS AND WE COME UP WITH A MAJOR PROJECT LIST FOR A SUBSEQUENT SCHOOL YEAR AN HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE STARTED AND WILL CONTINUE ON UNLIKE A LOT OF OTHER THING ARE PLANNING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS DON'T CROSS FISCAL YEARS BUT IT REMAINS ONE PROJECT. THIS YEAR IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE LIST FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT WE WANTED TO FOCUS AND BRING TO THE ATTENTIO FOR THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC SOME SAFETY AND SECURITY THINGS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON. NONE O THESE ARE ON ANY DIRECT RESPONSES OF ANY RECENT EVENTS. [01:05:01] THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAD IN THE PLANNING STAGES AND THINGS THAT WE WILL BE DOING MOVING FORWARD. THIS IS THE SUMMER OF SAFETY AND SECURITY. OTHERWISE, THEY ARE KNOWN AS WHAT I DID OVER MY SUMMER BREAK. WE UNDERSTAND THAT SCHOOL SECURITY IS A PRIORITY. WE WANT KIDS TO LEARN IN A SAFE AND COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT . THERE ARE A NUMBE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY. NO SINGLE ONENESS ENCOMPASSING AND SOLVES EVERY SINGLE CHALLENGE AND THAT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU USE THEM IN LAYERS, EACH ONE IS A SET MOVING FORWAR TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND SECURITY ON CAMPUSES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING. WE ARE ENHANCING SECURITY CAMERAS RIGH NOW . OUR HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE A BOOK OF SECURITY CAMERAS ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND SECURITY CAMERAS TO ALL OF THE SCHOOLS. THESE NEW CAMERAS WILL BE INSTALLED IN STRATEGIC LOCATIONS AND THEY WILL BE USED FOR SAFETY PURPOSES MORE THAN SUPERVISION PURPOSES . THE INTENT IS NOT TO SUPERVISE CHILDREN WITH A USE O CAMERAS, BUT MORE SO TO MONITOR AREAS IN AND AROUND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS GIVES YOU AN IDE OF THE PLANNING THAT GOES INTO PLACEMENT OF CAMERAS. YOU CAN SEE THE RED LINES THAT REPRESENT THE VISION OF THE CAMERAS THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR THIS PROJECT IS CURRENTLY OUT T BID RIGHT NOW AND WHAT VENDORS LOOK AT IS PLACING THE CAMERA AND THIS IS THE VISION THAT I NEED TO ENCOMPASS. YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST OF THEM ARE EXTERIOR FACING PARKING LOT WITH OPEN AREAS AND COURTYARDS. THAT IS THE STRATEGY WE HAVE FOR INSTALLATION OF CAMERAS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. FIRE ALARMS AND PA SYSTEMS, MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW, BUT OUR FIRE ALARM SYSTEM AND THE SCHOOLS ARE ALSO ARE P SYSTEMS. SOME OF THEM DATE BACK TO THE '60S AND STILL WORK ON TRANSISTORS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. THERE IS A SLOW AND STEADY PROCESS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO UPDATE OUR FIRE ALARMS AND P SYSTEMS. FOR NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE MORE WITH PLANNING AND PROJEC PHASES MOVING FORWARD. WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED AND EXPECTED TO COMPLETE THEM IN THE SUMMER ONC WE SEEK AND GET APPROVAL FOR AL OF THE DSA. THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE . TH ONE ON THE LEFT TOP IS WHAT THE OLD SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE. AND ON THE RIGHT IS WITH THE NEW SYSTE LOOKS LIKE . AS WITH MANY TECHNOLOGIES YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM PICTURE AND THE SIZE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE PAST AND THAT ON THE FLOOR TO WHAT I LOOKS LIKE NOW. THIS IS SITTING ON THE WALL. WE DO GAIN SOME SPACES IN SOME AREAS AS WELL. ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS IF YOU'V BEEN THROUGH A SCHOOL LATELY WE DO NOW HAVE A BUZZER AND CAMER SYSTEM AT THE ENTRANCE OF EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS. THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETE . I THINK WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE MORE SCHOOL THAT WE ARE WORKING ON WHICH IS A CHALLENGE WHICH IS WESTLAKE HIG SCHOOL AND BECAUSE OF THE LAYOU IN THE WAY THAT THE SCHOOL IS SET UP . WE HAVE OTHER IDEAS THERE. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. THEY ARE EITHER MOUNTED ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING OR THE DOOR ITSELF AND THE UNIT THAT YOU COMMUNICATE WITH TO WHOEVER IS STANDING AT THE DOOR THAT HAS A CAMERA ATTACHED TO IT SO IT IS PORTABLE, TRANSPORTABLE, YOU CAN MOVE IT TO THE NEW OFFICE MANAGER OR WHOEVER IN THE OFFICE TAKES A BREAK AND THEY CAN SHIFT IT OVE TO THE OTHER DESK AND MONITORING WILL CONTINUE. WE HAVE HAD VISITOR MANAGEMENT FOR SOME TIME, BUT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS GOES THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF CHECKING IN ANY VISITORS COMING INTO THE FRONT OFFICE AND GIVING THEM A VISITO BADGE SO THERE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE WHILE THEY ARE ON OUR CAMPUS. WE HAVE SECURITY THAT IS IN THE PLANNING STAGES WHICH INCLUDES THE INSTALLATIO OF CRASH GATES. THESE ARE THESE TYPES OF GATES THAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN PLACES WHERE THEY LOCK FROM THE OUTSIDE AND PUSH FOR EMERGENCY EXIT PURPOSES. THEY LET YOU OUT, BUT THEY DON'T LET PEOPLE IN. THEY HAVE A NETTING IN FRONT OF THEM SO YOU CAN'T REACH OVER AND OPE THE GATE FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT REPRESENTS WHAT THE GATE LOOKS LIKE FROM THE OUTSIDE. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THEY ARE DOING IS LABELING THE GATE. SHOULD THERE BE AN EMERGENCY WHETHER IT IS THE POLICE OR AMBULANCE OR A RESPONSE. WE CAN COMMUNICATE T THEM WHEN IT COMES TO GATE 7 AN [01:10:05] THEY CAN EASILY SEE FROM THE OUTSIDE WORKING 7'S. SIMILAR TO THE CAMERAS WE DID THE SAME THING WITH THE GATES AND NOT EVERY SINGLE GATE ON THE CAMPUS WILL BE A CRASH GATES. WE TRIED TO IDENTIFY AT LEAST ONE IN TH REAR AND ONE IN THE FRONT WITH SOME SCHOOLS HAVING MULTIPLE LOCATIONS DEPENDING ON THE LAYOUT OF THE SCHOOL. AFTER A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ATTEMPTS AN ITERATIONS, I THINK WE FOUND A WAY TO PUT FENCING AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE EXCITED FO THIS PROJECT FOR THIS COMING SUMMER. WESTLAKE IS THE ONLY SCHOOL THAT WE HAVE THAT DOESN' HAVE SECURITY PERIMETER FENCING AROUND IT. IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE CAMPUS AND THE WAY THAT IT SITS ON THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN MAKES IT VERY CHALLENGING. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS THE FENCE I'M OPEN ACROSS THE STUDENT PARKING LOT DOWN RIGHT TO THE STAIRS THAT GO DOWN TO THE WALKWAY THAT GOE DOWN FROM THE STUDENT PARKING LOT. THERE WILL BE A GATE AND WILL RUN THE FENCING PARTIALLY UP THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND WE WILL CALL IT A AND IT IS A MOUNTAIN. AND THEN IN THE FRON OF THE CAMPUS WE ARE GOING TO PUT THE FENCE IN A PARKING LOT ON THE FRONT SIDE IN FRONT OF THE , I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CALL IT. WE WERE LOOKING AND TAKING MEASUREMENTS AND WE DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO PUT IT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, ON THE SCHOOL SIDE. IT WAS THE VISIBILITY OF IT THAT WILL BE SEEN AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO DOWN THAT AREA AND UP THEY WILL BE GREETE BY A SIX FOOT FENCE. THE FENCE LINE WILL RUN UP LAKEVIEW CANYON ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE OF OUR PROPERTY. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE WORKS AND W ARE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT IT WILL WORK. THE MAIN ENTRY IMPROVEMENT. ONE THING THAT WE ARE DOING WHEN WE ARE LOOKING A SECURITY IS LOOKING AT THE LAYOUT OF THE FRONT OFFICES. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE AND THIS IS THE LADERA STARS ACADEMY. THIS IS AN ONLY SECURITY IN AND OUT. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SPACES AND NEED A LARGER HELP OFFICE AND THE HELP OFFICE. WE ARE LOOKIN TO RECONFIGURE THE SPACE WHILE ENHANCING THE SECURITY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE ARROW, THAT IS WHERE VISITOR WOULD WALK IN. IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE LADER THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO DOORS AND YOU HAVE TO WALK IN ONE DOOR AND OUT THE OTHER. HE WOULD WALK IN THE BLU ARROW AND HE WOULD BE STOPPED A THE COUNTER WITH A YELLOW ARROW AND THE COUNTER IN THE BAKKEN OF THE OFFICE WOULD BE SECURE AND THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY ENTRY TO BE A DOOR WITH A RED ARROW AND THEN WHEN YOU ARE GRANTED ACCESS YOU AND FOLLOW ONE OF TH GREEN ARROWS OUT TO THE CAMPUS WHEREVER YOU ARE HEADED AND WE ARE MOVING THE CONFERENCE ROOM IN THE FRONT SO THE MEETING WIT PARENTS OR ANYBODY ELSE IT'LL HAVE TO WALK THROUGH THE CAMPUS OR WALK TO THE MAIN OFFICE. IT WOULD JUST BE IN AND OUT THERE AND WE ADDED A SECOND TOUR IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM. THE PRINCIPAL OR WHOMEVER CAN ENTER FROM THE REAR OF THAT ROOM AND IF THEY ARE PARENTS OR VISITORS OR WHOEVER THEY ARE. AS WE ARE LOOKING AT FUNCTIONALITY OF SPACES WE ARE LOOKING AT IMPROVING THE FRONT OF THOSE SCHOOLS AS WELL. THIS IS AT SYCAMORE CANYON. WE DID A DOUBL ENTRY THERE. WHAT WAS HAPPENIN AT SYCAMORE CANYON, PEOPLE WERE WALKING THROUGH THE DOOR AND WALKING FREELY INTO THE CAMPUS. THIS FORCES YOU TO STOP AT THE COUNTER AND CHECK IN BEFORE YOU WERE GRANTED ENTRY. WE ARE ALS ADDING SECURITY WINDOW FILM . I DID BLACKOUTS AND THINGS FOR SECURITY PURPOSES. IT IS A WINDOW FILM THAT GOES OVER OUR DOORS AND SIDE PANELS AT STRATEGIC LOCATIONS ON THE CAMPUSES . IT IS RESISTANT TO FIRE. IT IS GLASS RESISTANT . IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THROUGH. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD . WE COMPLETED TWO SCHOOLS ALREADY. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHICH TO MAKE. BUT WE WILL EVENTUALLY SAY ALL OF OUR FRONT ENTRANCES AT THE SCHOOL WILL HAVE THE SECURITY FILM. W ARE ALSO GOING TO A LABEL OF EACH OF THE BUILDINGS SIMILAR T THE GATES OF NUMBERING OR LITTERING THE GATES. PUTTING [01:15:03] BUILDING IDENTIFIERS WITH AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE SITUATION AN HELPING US TO COMMUNICATE BETTE WHETHER IT IS FIRE POLICE OR AMBULANCE, BUILDING A, C, WHAT HAVE YOU. THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE . WE'RE HOPEFUL IT WOULD MAKE FOR A QUICKER EMERGENCY RESPONSE. WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS. WE HAVE EMPLOYED THE SAME STRATEGI PLANNING OF THE LOCATION OF WHERE WE ARE GOING TO LETTER THE BUILDINGS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. W CONTINUE THE TRAINING SESSION . THE FIRST PICTURE OF TRAINING B THOUSAND OAKS POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WAS DONE FOR OUR SMALL GROUP OF OUR OFFICE MANAGERS AN THE BOTTOM, WE INVITED THE CAMPUS SAFETY AND A SEPARATE TRAINING HAPPENED FOR THEM AND OUR TRAINING CONTINUED ON EACH SCHOOL CAMPUS BOTH IN SMALL AND LARGE GROUPS. WE AS A DISTRICT ARE PARTICIPATING AT SCHOOL SAFETY SECURITY AND TARGETED THREAT SEMINARIES FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS THROUGH THE INVENTORY COUNTY OFFICE AND TH SELF FUNDING AUTHORITY WHICH I THE JPA. THIS IS A SERIES OF TRAINING SESSIONS THAT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IS PARTICIPATING. IT'S BEEN SUPPORTED AND PUT ON BY THE SECRET SERVICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND IT IS THE FIRST ONE IN THE NATION THAT WE DID OUR SEVENTH SESSION THIS MORNING. THIS IS THE SECRET SERVICE REITERATING HOW HAPPY THEY ARE TO BE PART OF IT AND THEY'RE HOPING THAT THEY WOULD ROLL SOMETHING OUT LIKE THIS NATIONWIDE ON A LARGE-SCALE BASIS FOR SCHOOLS O THE COUNTY OR LARGE REGIONAL BASIS TO ENJOY THE VARIOUS CONSISTENT TRAINING, CONSISTENT THAT ASSESSMENT, AND ENHANCING TECHNOLOGY AND IMPROVING WORKIN RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ON HORSEMAN AGENCIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS. >> OTHER PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING ON. ACACIA, WE ARE REPLACING PLAYGROUND AND WE ARE REDOING THE ASPHALT AND CYPRESS, WE ARE UPDATING THE MAIN ELECTRICAL SERVICE . GLENWOOD, A FIRE ALAR IN THE PA SYSTEM. WE ALSO DOIN SOME FLOORING, LIGHTING, AND MAKING ACCESSIBLE STAGES AND DOING SOME ACOUSTICAL WALL TREATMENTS IN THE NPR AND SOME PAINT WITH SOME FLOORING AND MADRONE A, WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING THE ENTRY MODIFICATIONS SIMILAR TO WHAT I SHOWED YOU AT LADERA. WE ARE GOING TO UPDATE THE STAFF RESTROOMS, MAPLE, VISITORS, ACCESS TO THE MAIN OFFICE AND THE ENTRY MODIFICATIONS AND MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO ACCESS THE STUDENTS TO THE NURSES OFFICE SO STUDENTS DON'T HAVE TO WALK TO THE MAIN OFFICE ON THE DESK AREAS. NEWBERRY AND WESTLAKE ARE LOOKING AT PUTTING IN ALL ACCESS RESTROOMS AND THESE ARE ILLUSTRATION DIAGRAMS . THEY AR NOT DESIGNED, THEY ARE JUST SKETCHES OF WHAT THE GENERAL DESIGN LOOKED LIKE WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY PRIVATE STALLS FO ALL STUDENTS TO USE AND THE SIN WASH AREA WOULD BE IN THE MIDDL AND IT WOULD HAVE A LARGE OPENING. IT WOULD BE FOR AN ENHANCEMENT TO SUPERVISION PURPOSES SO YOU CAN SEE RIGHT INTO THE AREA. THE UNIVERSITY CENTER WE COMPLETED THIS AND THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST PROJECTS. HE WAS VERY SIMPLE. YOU HAVE TO SAY THIS IS WHAT IT USED TO LOOK LIKE. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW. AND BESIDE THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT WE GOT WASHING THE MACHINERY THROUGH CLEARING THE AREA AND DOING THE WORK. WHEN I SAW THIS IN THE NEXT DAY THEY RAN ONTO THE TRACK AND THEY WERE GOING ON IT. WE WERE PROUD OF THIS ONE. IT WAS PRETTY SATISFYING TO SEE THIS. WAVERLEY IS THE ADULT AN CAMPUS REPLACING FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS IN THE PA. WE ARE DOING SOME PAINT AND THAT IS IN THE PARKING LOT. HE REALLY NEEDS TO BE RESURFACED. IT'S PROBABLY 2 OR 25 YEARS OLD WITH ASPHALT. WEATHERSFIELD IS EXPANDING THE WALKWAY BETWEEN THE OFFICE AND THE NPR. THEY ARE DOING SOME HVAC MECHANICAL ENCLOSURES AND IN A PLAYGROUND. I THINK WE HAV ACTUALLY NOW JUST UPDATED THAT THE TWO PLAYGROUNDS AND WE ARE REPLACING THINGS AT WALNUT REPLACING CARPETING IN 12 CLASSROOMS AT WILDWOOD . WE ARE IN PROCESS BY THOUSAND OAKS HIG SCHOOL, THE SCIENCE MODERNIZATION CLASSROOMS THAT [01:20:08] WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THIS SUMMER AND THEY ARE GETTING A LARGE-SCALE MODERNIZATION THAT WE CAME OUT OF DSA APPROVAL FOR THAT . THE SAME WITH REDWOOD. I THINK WE GOT APPROVAL ON THAT. WESLEY ELEMENTARY WE ARE LOOKING TO REDO THE COURTYARD AND UPGRADE THE STRUCTURE ON THE CAMPUS. AND NOT TO BE LEFT OUT ASIDE FROM CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS FOCUSING ON A NUMBER OF SAFETY RELATED ITEMS ON OUR CAMPUSES THIS YEAR . THE BLEACHER INSPECTIONS AND REPAIR AND SERVICES AND CONCRETE WHIC IS IDENTIFY AND GRINDING SIDEWALKS WHEN YOU NOTICE THE TREE ROOTS HAVE PICKED UP A SIDEWALK AND A CURB, RE-STRIPE THE SIDEWALKS AND THE PARKING AREAS AND SURVEY PASSION REPAI ASPHALT AND IMPROVE AND ENHANCE LIGHTING ON THE CAMPUSES WITH FIRE ALARM MAINTENANCE AND FIRE EXTINGUISHER MAINTENANCE AND WE ARE GOING TO ESTABLISH MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES MANUALLY AND CONTINUE INSTALLATION OF TWO WAY RADIOS AND ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE VEHICLES. WE ARE DOING PRE-INSPECTIONS FOR THE WILLIAM ACT AND CREATING SITE MASTER UTILITY. THESE ARE MANUALS THA WE ARE PLACING WITH AN OPERATIONS TRUCK AND IN THE CUSTODIAL CLOSET THAT TELLS YOU WHERE THE ELECTRICAL PANELS ARE AND HOW TO SHUT THEM OFF AND WHERE THE WATER SHUT OFF IS AND IT IS NOT LIKE OUR HOUSE OR SOM SCHOOLS HAVE MULTIPLE SHUTOFFS AND MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL PANELS. THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. THERE ARE A NUMBE OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS ON THE LIST . WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THESE THINGS THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON AS OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY THEME FOR THIS SUMMER. WE DID REVIEW THIS PRESENTATION WITH A BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AT THE LAST MEETING. I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST WEDNESDAY . IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? >> THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION. WE HAVE QUESTIONS TRUSTEE LOPEZ. >> HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ON THE BUZZERS, I KNOW THAT TL HAS AT THE MAIN OFFICE . I DON' KNOW IF INFORMATION WAS SENT OU TO THE STUDENTS OR PARENTS OR ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITIES. I KNOW THAT I'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES PARTICULARLY STUDENTS, BUT I THINK IT COULD HAPPEN TO ANYONE. THIS IS REPEATEDLY MASHING THE BUTTON TRYING TO GE THE DOOR OPEN. OR PULLING ON TH DOOR HANDLE AND NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU HAVE TO BUZZ AND THEN WAIT AND THEN THE WON IT AND THEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR. I WAS HOPING THAT SOME COMMUNICATION IF IT HAS BEEN SENT OUT CAN BE RESENT OUT WHER NOTHING HAS BEEN SENT OUT THAT SOMETHING COULD BE SENT OUT. >> WE DID DO THAT. THEY HAD SIGNS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR BECAUSE WE NOTICED SOME PEOPLE GOT CONFUSE AS TO HOW TO HANDLE IT. THEY SHOULD BE POSTED AND IF NOT, WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON IT. >> WE WILL ALSO FOLLOW-UP IN COMMUNICATIONS VAPE SHOP. THAT IS WHERE THE MAIN COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN. WE WILL SEND OUT A REMINDER NEXT WEEK. >> HAD A QUESTION OR COMMENTS. FOR THE BUILDING LETTER IDENTIFIERS, AND ALSO WITH TH GATES. IF THERE CAN ALSO BE AN ADDITION OF BRAILLE TEXT UNDER ALL OF THE NUMBERS OR LETTERS OR WHATEVER. AND THEN, ALSO, THERE COULD BE SOME SORT OF LIKE, HOW IN A HOTEL IT IS A NUMBER OF ROOMS TO EACH SIDE. I THERE COULD BE SOME SORT OF ROOMS 1 THROUGH 5 AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING IT WOULD BE 6 THROUGH 10 BECAUS I KNOW THAT AS A FRESHMAN IT I CONFUSING SOMETIMES. LIKE WHERE ON EARTH ARE THESE CLASSROOMS? TO KIND OF HELP PEOPLE GET KIND OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE NUMBERING SYSTEM OF EACH BUILDING AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE VERY HELPFU TO HELP SOMEBODY GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO FASTER INSTEAD OF RUNNING AROUND THE ENTIRE BUILDING TRYING TO FIND A ROOM. ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY READABLE. I KNOW THAT TL HAS SOBER LETTERS AND THEY ARE OBSCURED WHEN IT IS REALLY BRIGHT OUT OR SUPER FOGGY AND THEY BLEND COMPLETELY INTO THE WALL YOU CAN'T READ THEM. MAKE SURE THEY ARE LEGIBLE. ON THE [01:25:02] POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAINING THI IS ACTUALLY A QUESTION. ARE THERE ANY ASPECTS INCLUDED IN THE TRAININGS LIKE HOW TO PROPERLY HELP PEOPLE WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL STATES IN SITUATIONS. >> NOT IN THAT PARTICULAR TRAINING. >> WILL IT BE AT ANY POINT? >> IT IS NOT A MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING, IT'S MORE OF A RESPONSE TRAINING SHOULD AN INCIDENT HAPPEN. I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR MENTAL HEALTH GRANT WE GOT AND IN ADDITION TO THE MENTAL HEALT SUPPORT THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN PLACE . I FORESEE SOME KIND OF TRAINING MOVING FORWARD. AND ENHANCING THE OVERSIGHT SUPPOR SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR NOT ONLY FOR STUDENTS, BUT FOR TEACHERS AND HELPING THEM. >> AND VISITORS AS WELL WITH OFFICE STAFF WORKING WITH PEOPL TO COME IN HOW TO PROPERLY INTERACT WITH THAT PERSON, WHOEVER IT MAY BE. MY LAST QUESTION IS ON THE TOS SIDE OF MODERNIZATION . ASSUME THE ANSWER IS YES BUT HAVE THEY BEEN CONSISTENT TALKS WITH THE ACTUAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ABOUT WHAT THEY ACTUALLY NEED OR WANT IN THE NEW CLASSROOMS? THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TEACHERS A SAYING, "I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE NINE SINKS." >> THERE ARE ALSO CODES AND REQUIREMENTS WE HAVE TO FOLLOW FOR PARTICULAR CLASSROOMS. >> GOT IT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION. EXCITING TO SEE ALL OF THE NEW THINGS COMING. I WANTED TO ASK IN THE COMMENTS TONIGHT ABOUT THE SNACK SHACK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN CONSIDERED AT ALL IN THE PLANNING FOR PROJECTS FOR NEXT YEAR. >> THAT IS THE FIRST I HEAR OF IT. AND I WILL SAY FREELY THAT THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL CAMPU OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC IN A SENSE THAT THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE ON THAT CAMPUS WHETHER IT IS PARENT GROUPS OR WHATEVER IT IS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT WERE DONE 10 OR 15 OR 20 YEARS AGO. THESE WERE DONE OVER A WEEKEND BY A GROUP OF PARENTS WHO WOULD BUILD SOMETHING AND THEN DO THIS AND DO THAT AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED WAS THOSE STRUCTURES AREN'T CERTIFIED AND THEY ARE NOT TO B IS A CERTIFIED AND THEY ARE NOT BUILT UP TO CODE. WE HAD A COUPLE OF ISSUES WITH SOME OF THE STRUCTURES BUILT ON THE CAMPUS AND WE HAVE HAD TO TAKE THEM DOWN FROM WHAT I'M HEARIN AND I'M PRESUMING THAT THE ISSU WITH THIS SNACK SHACK HEALTH DEPARTMENT ISSUES. WE DON'T HAV CONTROL OF THAT AND WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH WHATEVER THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS ARE AND IT IS NOT ONLY UNIQUE TO THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL, ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, ANY SCHOOL THAT HAS OUTSIDE USER GROUP OPERATING SNACK CHECKS HAVE TO HAVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CERTIFICATION WHICH INCLUDES A SINK AND THEY CAN'T BEAR CERTAIN TYPES OF FOOD AND THE CERTAIN COST TO DO THAT IS EXORBITANT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BUILD A KITCHEN IN THE KITCHEN HAS THE COMPLY WITH ALL HEALTH CODES AND IT IS NOT FEASIBLE T DO THAT AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR US ALL WITH OTHER THINGS AND PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING ON. >> OKAY. THANKS. >> OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? >> YES. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YO FOR DOING THAT AND THINKING THROUGH ALL OF THE VARIOUS SAFETY AND SECURITY FEATURES. KNOW IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN ASKED TO FOR A WHILE. I CAN'T VISUALIZE IT BECAUSE MY ONLY COMMENT IS TRYING TO GET T THE HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER FIELD I FOUND OUT HOW GOOD THE SECURITY IS AT THAT BUILDING. THAT IS BECAUSE THAT WAS A CHALLENGE TO GET IN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FO EVERYTHING ONLINE. >> WITH SECURITY COMES SOME LEVEL OF INCONVENIENCE AND IT IS NOT GOING TO BE AS EASY AND SIMPLE AS I WAS. WAS A HALF PEOPLE THAT FIGHT AND DON'T WANT TO SIGN IN WHEN THEY COME TO A SCHOOL CAMPUS. "YOU KNOW ME, WE DON'T HAVE TO SIGN IN." AND THEN ONCE WE RELAX ONE BOWL THEN THERE GOES ANOTHER. >> IT DIDN'T MATTER WHO WE WERE TONIGHT I WANT TO THANK YOU FO THIS PRESENTATION WHICH WAS INTRICATE . I WOULD ALSO BE AWARE DEPARTMENTS PLANNING AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO ALL THE PROJECTS AND PUTTING THEM I PRIORITY AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK YOU DO. >> NOT TO FEEL LEFT OUT. THANK [01:30:06] YOU AND ALSO, I AM REALLY GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS BEFORE TH MEASURE COMMITTEE BEFORE. >> SO WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT ONLY THIS HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS OUR BOND . THE DEVELOPER FEES ARE WHEN SOMEBODY HAS DEVELOPMENT AND EVERYBODY HAS TO PAY A PORTION TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE CAN USE OUR DEVELOPER FEES TO DO IMPROVEMENTS ON OUR CAMPUSES AN ALSO THE TELEPATHIC FUND WHICH IS THE THOUSAND OAKS PLAN WHIC IS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THE '80S SINCE THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES WERE CREATED AND WENT FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DURATIONS OVER THE YEARS AND A LAW IN 2012 DISSOLVED THAT, BUT THE FUNDS CONTINUE TO COME TO U AND WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THOSE. WE TAKE A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PRIORITIZING WHERE THE FUNDS GO INTO MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF OUR CAMPUSES ARE GETTING THE ATTENTION THEY NEED . FOR EXAMPLE, YOU WILL SEE $300,000 FOR A GENERAL ON THE PLAN AND WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO COME U NEXT YEAR. WE ALSO DON'T WANT T BE STUCK WITH SOMETHING WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN. WE THINK THE BOARD FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND WE WILL BRING UPDATES MOVING FORWARD ONCE THIS LIST IS APPROVED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR ANYTIME THERE ARE ADJUSTMENTS WE WILL BRING IT BACK. WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WHEN NECESSARY. THE ONE THING I DID WANT TO MENTION ABOUT THE NEWBERRY PARK SCIENCE BUILDING. WE PUT THIS OUT TO BID SEVERAL TIMES AND I HASN'T BEEN REALLY FEASIBLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CURRENT COST S. AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE SPOKE WITH MR LAPEER AND WE SPOKE WITH HIS STAFF AND WE TALKED TO THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL TO HAVE THE SCIENCE CLASSROOMS IN PLACE WITH REORGANIZATION ON TH CAMPUS AND ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT WILL HELP T.L.O. GET THER CLASSROOMS DONE WILL BE A TIME FOR THE TEACHERS TO REVISIT TH MARKET CONDITIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION IN A CALL IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AND MAKING IT IS VISION AT THAT POINT IN TIME WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO PU IT OUT THERE AGAIN AND SEE IF W CAN DO THE CONSTRUCTION. IF NOT, WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH UPDATING A SCIENCE CLASSROOM NEXT YEAR. THAT IS MOST LIKELY A SIMILAR PATH THAT WE DID UNTI HIGH SCHOOL AND THE PLANNING STAGES AND ORDERING MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES UPFRONT STORING THEM ON CAMPUS AND DOING THE WORK OVER THE SUMMER TO BE READ FOR AUGUST. THAT IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROJECTS. THAT IS WHAT WAS PUT ON HOLD RIGHT NOW. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOT DOING ANY PHYSICAL WORK INTO IT, THERE IS STILL SOME PLANNING AND CONVERSATIONS GOING ON. >> DO YOU WANT TO JUST BRIEFLY ADDRESS HOW THE SCHOOL IS GETTING A PROJECT ONTO A LIST AND WHAT IS THE BACK WORK TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? >> WE HAVE A PROJECT REQUEST FORM WHEN THINGS NEED TO HAPPEN ON CAMPUS AND THEN THEY MAKE THEIR WAY UP THROUGH PLANNING T PLANNING CONSTRUCTION AND THEN WE REVIEWED DEPENDING ON THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND DETERMINING IF THERE IS ANY FUNDING AVAILABLE WHETHER IT BE DEVELOPER FEES OR TOPAZ IN TH PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG. IF NOT WE COMMUNICATE BACK TO THE SCHOOL SITE AND A LOT OF TIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS WE ARE FORTUNAT TO HAVE SUPPORT FROM OUR BOOSTERS OR PTAS PFA'S WHERE THEY RAISE FUNDS AND THEN WE DO A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WHERE WE BATCH FUNDS SO THAT PTA PFA OR THE BOOSTERS WOULD PUT IN HALF AND THEN WE WOULD PUT IN HALF AND THAT IS A PROCESS THAT GOES THROUGH. UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN' SAY YES TO EVERYTHING . WE ARE LIMITED BY FUNDS THAT WE HAVE. WE CAN SPEND ALL OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS IN ONE YEAR. GIVEN THE TURBULENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS THAT HAPPEN IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IS MAINTAIN A CERTAIN LEVEL OF EXPENDITURES YEAR-OVER-YEAR SO THAT MONEY CONTINUES TO LAST AND THEN WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED SHOULD THER BE SOME TYPE OF LARGE-SCALE EXPENDITURE THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE. >> HOW WOULD SOMEBODY, WHO TYPICALLY FILLS OUT THAT FORM? >> IT COMES FROM THE SCHOOL SITE. IN IT WOULD BE THE STAFF AND THE SCHOOL. >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR [01:35:03] DISCUSSION. >> OKAY. THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVE AND SECONDED. THERE IS NO FURTHER QUESTION, LET'S VOTE. SEE LOPEZ. >> AYE. >> GORBACK. >> AYE. >> POWELL. >> AYE. >> GOLDBERG. >> AYE. >> SYLVESTER. >> AYE. 5-0. BRINGING US TO 3 [D. Instructional Services - Approval of Instructional Materials Adoptions for 2023-2024] INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES APPROVAL OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ADOPTIONS FOR 2023 AND 2024. MA I HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? >> >> GORBACK. >> I MOVE THAT WE MOVE THE MATERIAL ADOPTIONS. >> SECOND? >> SECOND. >> SYLVESTER. QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? >> LOPEZ. >> AYE. >> POWELL. >> AYE. >> SYLVESTER. >> AYE. >> GORBACK. >> AYE. >> GOLDBERG. >> AYE. YES. 5-0. A [4. ACTION ITEMS – CONSENT] PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE FROM LOPEZ. ITEM 4 THE CONSENT AGENDA. NOTHING PULLED. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? >> GORBACK. >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE. >> SECOND. POWELL. MOVED. AN DISCUSSION. I DON'T SEE ANY. >> LOPEZ. >> AYE. >> GORBACK. >> AYE. >> SYLVESTER. >> AYE. >> POWELL. >> AYE. 5-0. A PREFERENTIAL YE [A. Instructional Services - Presentation: Career-Technical Education (CTE)] A VOTE FROM LOPEZ. WE ARE ALL THE WAY TO SECTION 5. INFORMATION DISCUSSION AGENDA ITEMS. THE FIRST IS INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES PRESENTATION FROM US ON CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION. WELCOME MR. MERCER. MS. COOPER. STEAM AND GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DISTRICT LEADERSHIP. I AM VERY PROUD TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR CTE PROGRAMS AND REALLY HIGHLIGHTING OUR PROGRES AND TO SOME OF THE AMAZING PROGRAMS AT BOTH THE HIGH SCHOO AND MIDDLE SCHOOL SITES AND AS MS. GILL MENTIONED JOINING ME TONIGHT IS A VERY SPECIAL TEAM I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM AND THEIR POSITIONS. JOINING ME AS DR. WILSON OUR DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE MR. NICK DARREN AND NICK IS THAT NEWBERRY PARK HIGH SCHOOL CTE COORDINATOR AND WE HAVE MS. ASHLEY KEMPER FROM THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL AND DR. LORI FROM WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE TEACHER EXTRAORDINAIRE FRO CV HS MR. KYLE SALINAS WHO TEACHES SOME OF OUR CTE PROGRAMS. WE WILL EACH BE TAKIN A YOU SLIDES HERE AND PRESENTING OUR CTE TONIGHT. BEFORE WE DO THAT, I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION AND LIKE I SAID, W WANT TO PROVIDE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CT PROGRAMS AND THE PROGRESS WE'VE MADE. I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE KEY DEVELOPMENTS TO KIND OF OVERALL GIVING YOU AN OVERALL PICTURE O WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE FOR THE 2022 AND 2023 SCHOOL YEAR. AND AS A SHARED , MY TEAM WILL BE SHARING HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SITES BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL TREAT FOR YOU AT THE END WE HAVE A TESTIMONIAL VIDEO TESTIMONIAL FROM SOME OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF THA WAS ACTUALLY CREATED BY ONE OF OUR CTE PATHWAYS AND ONE OF OUR TEAMS. THAT IS WHAT TONIGHT LOO LIKE FOR THIS PRESENTATION. FO KEY DEVELOPMENTS I WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF THE KEY DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE CTE PROGRAMS FOR THIS YEAR ALL OF WHICH YOU CAN REVIEW ON THE CTE WEBSITE AND THE SECONDARY COURS CATALOG WEBSITE THROUGH OUR DISTRICT WEBPAGE. EXTREMELY HELPFUL. YOU HAVE SEEN AT THIS BOARD MEETING YOU CAN SEE THE SECONDARY COURSE CATALOG AND GE A PREVIEW OF THAT ALREADY AND THEY ARE VERY HELPFUL IN ADVERTISING PATHWAYS TO THE COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES SO THEY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. AND ON THE SPECIFICALLY CALLING OUT THE HARD WORK THAT THE CTE MEMBERS HAVE MADE. THE CAREER TECHNICA EDUCATION INCENTIVE GRANT AS WELL AS, THAT STRONG WORKFORCE PROGRAM GRANT . HE WORKED VERY HARD TO SUBMIT THOSE AND WE WERE AWARDED SUBSTANTIAL FUNDIN FROM THE STATE TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS THE TOP-NOTCH PATHWAYS FOR WHICH THEY SO DESERVE. ALONG WITH THE STRONG WORK PROGRAM WE WERE ABLE TO USE OUR LETTER A THROUGH G WITH COLLEG AND CAREER COUNSELORS WHO NOT [01:40:01] ONLY COMPLETE THE A TO G COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS , BUT THEY SERVED IN A CTE CAPACITY AND SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS IN THE CTE PATHWAY ENROLLMENTS AND MEETING WITH THEM AND KIND OF HELPING THEM WITH THE COLLEGE AND THAT KIND OF THING. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT EQUIPMENT. OBVIOUSLY BESIDES PEOPLE, WE ALSO SPENT THESE THINGS ON MUCH-NEEDED EQUIPMENT LIKE AN LED BOARD AND A MACHINE TO THE CONSTRUCTION PATHWAY AS WELL AS A COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LAB RENOVATION. THAT IS TO NAME A FEW EQUIPMENT ITEMS THAT WE'VE HAD. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE CTE CAREER PATHWAYS THAT WE'VE ADDE THIS PAST CALENDAR YEAR . DIVIDED THE MEDICAL PATHWAY. TH EDUCATION PATHWAY. THIS IS THAT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL WE HAD A VIDEO AND BROADCASTING PATHWAY NEWBERRY PARK WHICH YOU WILL SE IN A LITTLE AND THEN OUR PROFESSIONAL THEATER PATHWAY. THESE ARE EXCITING NEW PATHWAYS THAT WE HAVE IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE OTHER ONES AS WELL. >> CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SIDE? >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOKE ME UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGH LAST WEEK FOR WHATEVER REASON. THE WEBSITE, I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN ONE WE WORKED WITH AN OUTSIDE GROUP ON. DOES THE DISTRICT HAVE ACCESS. YOU WILL UPDATE? DOES THE OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION UPDATE. WHAT IS TH PROCESS OF WE NEED TO ADD OUR PATHWAYS TO THEIR ELIMINATE ONES THAT ARE NO LONGER ? >> WE CAN ADD TO IT, BUT WE ALS HAVE OUR GROUP THAT WE PARTNER WITH SO WE CAN REQUEST THROUGHOUT ANY TIME SHOULD IT IS OPEN TO US AND WE CAN ALWAYS GO IN THERE AND COORDINATOR HA ACCESS TO THAT AS WELL. I DO WANT TO SHARE THE FOCUS THAT I IN THE EXPANDED OUTREACH AND AWARENESS TO INCREASE THE NUMBE OF TARGETED STUDENT POPULATION COMPLETING THE PATHWAYS. WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF RESOURCES AND INFORMATION MEETINGS AT THE SCHOOL SITE. THESE ARE BOTH TH CURRENT ACADEMIC PLAN AND THE POST SECONDARY PLAN FOR STUDENT WITH IEP'S. THIS YEAR ESPECIALL THOSE BEEN AN INCREASE IN THEIR HAPPY TO SEE AN INCREASE IN NUMBERS WITH THOSE STUDENTS. W HAVE ALSO SEEN A NUMBER OF ARTICULATED COURSES AS WELL AS DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES ON OUR SITE AND WE SUBMITTED OUR APPLICATION FOR THE DUAL ENROLLMENT ACCESS PATHWAYS GRANT. THAT WAS VERY RECENT AN WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEIN RESULTS OF THAT AND OUR CTE COORDINATORS WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE HIS FIX ON THESE COURSES . THERE'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STAFF. I THINK SOME OF YOU WERE ATTENDIN OUR MEETING IN FEBRUARY. IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR TEACHERS TO WORK WITH SOME OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS AS WELL A OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. THOSE ARE SOME KEY DEVELOPMENTS. WE D MORE. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP ALL THE TIME. I WANT TO HAND IT OVER TO MR. KAREN, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NEWBERRY PARK HIGH SCHOOL AND SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING THERE. >> THINKING MR. MERCER. NEWBERR PARK HIGH SCHOOL AS PART OF OUR EIGHT CTE PATHWAYS ACROSS INDUSTRY SECTORS AND THEIR LEADERSHIP AND INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE PANDA TV, PAMPERED CATERING, WE ARE PROUD OF OUR COLLEGE WHICH INCLUDE 1 ARTICULATED CLASSES WITHIN THE ENTERIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND CERTIFICATIONS AND GUEST SERVICE GOALS, CPR, AND AMERICA RED CROSS. STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN CTE PATHWAY COMPLETED PROGRAMS, A COURT AT GRADUATION AND A CERTIFICATE AS SENIOR RECOGNITION FOR COMPLETION OF THE CTE PATHWAY O A COMBINATION OF THREE OR MORE CTE CLASSES AND 50 OR MORE HOUR IN AN INTRODUCTION TO VOLUNTEER OR WORK EXPERIENCE. THIS SLIDE GIVES A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON THE EIGHT CTE PATHWAYS THAT NEWBERR PARK HIGH SCHOOL STARTING WITH ARTS, MEDIA, AND ENTERTAINMENT, BUT WE HAVE BROADCASTING AND VIDEO. WE ARE VERY EXCITED AND MR. MERCER MENTIONED IN A FEW WEEKS AND FOR STUDENTS TO USE AND HAVE ACCESS TO AND THE STANDARD LED WALL AND ALSO THE STAGECRAFT AND PRODUCTION PATHWAY IN THE ENTERTAINMENT SECTOR FOR HEALTH SCIENCE AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE SPORTS MEDICINE AND THE INFORMATION IN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES SECTOR WE HAVE A DATA ACADEMY. FOR BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES WE HAVE WOODWORKING AND CABINET DESIGN AND IN HOSPITALITY TOWARDS RECREATION ARE VERY POPULAR CULINARY ARTS PATHWAYS . STUDENTS ON THAT ONE. MARKETING SALES AND SERVICE WE HAVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS WHERE JUST RECENTLY NEWBERRY PARK IN THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COMPETED AT CAL LUTHERAN IN THAT CALIPH A NEW VENTURE FAIR. LAST AND NOT [01:45:16] RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE PATHWAY WHICH IS THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDER WHERE WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR INCORPORATING MORE AMERICAN RED CROSS CERTIFICATIONS INCLUDING AMERICAN RED CROSS IS BUNDLE FIVE CERTIFICATION. ONE AREA THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT MR. MERCER MENTIONED THE STRONG WORKFORCE GRANT AND THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE WORKED ON OVER AT NEWBERRY PARK HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR AND IT'S A DISTRICT WIDE INITIATIVE THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT. THIS SCREENSHOT IS FROM THE GRANT APPLICATION AND IT INCLUDES OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPLORATION PLAN FOR ALL STUDENTS . THIS PLAN EMPHASIZES MULTIYEAR SUPPORT , CAREER AND PERSONAL ASSESSMENT, AND POSTSECONDARY PLANNING TOOLS INCLUDING CAREER EXPLORATION PROGRAMS AT OUR INVENTORY COUNT COMMUNITY COLLEGES. I FEEL THA THE TIMING IS EXCELLENT AND THA WE NOW HAVE OUR CCR COUNSELORS AVAILABLE TO HELP US AS WE TRANSITION TO THE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE GUIDANCE INITIATIVE. THIS YEAR, WE BUILT A GOOD MOMENTUM TO FACILITATE THIS TRANSITION ON THE NEXT SLIDE. FOR EXAMPLE, LAST FALL CCR COUNSELOR NIKKI SANCHEZ AND I WERE TOGETHER WORKING ON THE WORKSHOP WITH STUDENTS . WE ORGANIZED A MORE COHESIVE FOUR YEAR PLAN OF TASKS ASSESSMENT THEN WE HAD BEFORE USING A COMBINATION OF EXISTING TOOLS WITH GOOGLE SLIDE FOR A STUDENT TEMPLATE TO RE-CREATE AND CAPTURE THEIR PERSONAL DATA AN CANVAS TO DEPLOY ACROSS THE SCHOOL FOR A WIDER STUDENT ACCESS. LOOKING TO NEXT YEAR OUR TEAM HAS NOW FOCUSED ON THE TRANSITION TO CALIFORNIA TO GUIDANCE INITIATIVE AND BRINGING TOGETHER RELATED OBJECTIVES WITH A STRONGER WORKFORCE GRANT AND CONTINUING TO LEVERAGE SCHOOL SUCH AS THE GOOGLE SUITE AND CANVAS IN ORDE TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS AND SUPPORT GETTING THESE UPDATED AND STREAMLINED TOOLS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPLORATION. THANK YOU. >> THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL, W CURRENTLY HAVE 10 CTE PATHWAYS THAT WE SUPPORT ON OUR CAMPUS AND EIGHT DIFFERENT INDUSTRY SECTOR THERE IS. WE ARE PRETTY EXCITED THAT WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR CURRENT LEADER TEACHER AND SHE WENT BACK TO SCHOOL AND CLEARED HER CTE CREDENTIALS THE WEEKEND AND OPE UP ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL CONNEC OUR STUDENTS WITH THE INDUSTRY THAT THEY ARE LEARNING ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY ON OUR CAMPUS WE ARE CONTINUING TO EXPAND OUR CURRENT PATHWAYS WITH COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND THEY ARE PRETTY EXCITED BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE A RENOVATED HOPEFULLY THIS SUMMER, COMPUTER LAB IN ADDITION TO OUR 3-D PRINTERS AN IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE ART THAT'S WHERE WORKING THROUGH SOME PICK UP ON GETTING ALL OF THAT ONLINE. ONCE WE GET THAT U AND GOING, AVENUE TEACHER AREA IS BRINGING EXPERIENCE WHICH I ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. A LOT O MOMENTUM IN THIS PROGRAMS. HERE IN OUR CTE WORLD AT THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL, WE DO OFFER SEE TSO, CAREER TECH STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AND WE OFFERED THREE OF THEM AT THOUSAND OAKS SKILLS USA FOR PHOTOS SO WE WIL TAKE THEIR PICTURES, COMPETE, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF COMPETITION AND DIFFERENT AREAS. DECCA FOR THE ENTREPRENEUR CHIP STUDENTS AND WE ARE ENVIOUS TO LEARN MOR ABOUT THE WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL GABRIEL AND ANYTHING TO CONTINUE TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS THE VERY BEST . WE ARE OPENING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH AND CHANGE AS A BEST SERVES OUR STUDENTS AND THIS IS CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY EDUCATION FOUNDATION AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY TEAM LED BY DANIEL BELL AS WE JUST READ THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR I OUR COMMUNICATION AND SO THEY ARE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF OUR CAMPUS GEOGRAPHICALLY, THEY AR REALLY IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE SPIRIT OF CTE AND ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK . WHAT I APPRECIATE AS A CARPENTER'S DAUGHTER IS TO GO IN AND WORK ALONGSIDE THE FEMALES IN THE CLASS AND WE DO HAVE LEADERS THAT ARE FEMALES. ONE PARTICULA IS A FRESHMAN WHO WAS JOINING TO GET HER BUSINESS BACKGROUND BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO BE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND RUN HER OWN CREW. SHE IS SMEARING OUR CONSTRUCTION PATHWAY AND IT DOE ACADEMY BECAUSE SHE IS AMAZING AND MORE . OUR STUDENTS CAN EARN COLLEGE CREDIT FOR THOUSAN [01:50:02] OAKS HIGH SCHOOL AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THOSE COLLABORATIONS WITH THE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW THAT. WE MENTIONED THE DUAL ENROLLMENT PATHWAYS GRANT WE AR WAITING ON PINS AND NEEDLES TO DETERMINE IF WE ARE FUNDED. IF WE ARE, IT OPENS UP A PLETHORA OF OPPORTUNITIES GEARED TOWARD THE STUDENTS SHOWING THEM THAT THEY ARE COLLEGE MATERIAL IF THEY SO CHOOSE AND THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN ANY PATHWAY THEY CHOOSE. RIGHT NOW WE OPERATED MANY OF OUR HIGHER-LEVEL ACHIEVING STUDENTS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT BUT WE WANT T EXTEND IT EVEN IF WE DON'T THESE CONVERSATIONS IN PREPARIN APPLICATIONS HAVE GIVEN US GREA IDEAS THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT WITH OR WITHOUT THE FUNDING. WE GUARANTEE THAT WE ARE STEPS AHEAD OF WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE WITH OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COLLEGE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. W CURRENTLY OFFER THREE CERTIFICATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND AGAIN THAT IS THE OSHA 12 SAFETY ADOBE CERTIFICATION AND CPR SO THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE READY FOR CAREERS OR NEXT UP I EDUCATION. OUR MAJORS PROGRAM I SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART WITH 18 DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES WHERE STUDENTS ATTENDED LUNCHTIME MEETINGS WIT SPEAKERS AND DOING RESEARCH PRODUCTS AND MENTORSHIPS AND SHADOWS AND REALLY TRYING TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TO THE CAMPUS TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD WITH HIS CONNECTIONS AND EXPERIENCES FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND IF YOU NOTICE MY JACKET THESE ARE ALL OF THE STICKERS FROM MAKING A LOT OF SENSE WHEN I WAS THERE THIS EVENING. ALL THE STICKERS FROM ALL OF OUR STUDENT DEVELOPED COMPANIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE NEW VENTURE FAIR I THINK THEY NOTICED THE THREE OF THEM WON CASH PRIZES TONIGHT. THAT I ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL AND WE ARE PROUD OF THAT . IT IS A REAL ACADEMY OUT OF REDWOOD AND UP-AND-COMING MENTOR SHIP AND GROWING BOTH PROGRAMS . THE LAS ONE IS A SAMPLE OVER ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF ALL OF OUR GUEST SPEAKERS IN THE MAJORS PROGRAM AND THERE IS NO SMALL THIEVING GET A THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL DR. BERGMAN FOR CONTINUING TO HAVE DAVID HARRIS THERE IS A ZERO AND ORGANIZING AND EXPANDING AND CULTIVATING ALL OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND THERE'S A FEW PICTURES IN ACTIO . WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, NEXT. >> MY FIRST REQUEST IS 11 TO GE THE HEATING AND AIR-CONDITIONIN IN MY OFFICE THAT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL FIXED IT WAS VERY COLD THIS WINTER. WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE DONE QUITE A LO IN WORKING TO TRY TO GET IMPROVEMENT FOR THE CTE PROGRA AND WE ARE VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT THIS YEAR, WE ADDED TWO NE PATHWAYS TO OUR CTE PROGRAM. ONE IN EDUCATION AND TEACHING AND UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF CABL WEIGHT AND ALLIED HEALTH CAREER UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES STEPHANIE BARLING. THEY ARE BOTH VERY EXCITED IN DEVELOPING NEW PROGRAMS AND AFTER COVID-19, W CAN GO BACK IN PERSON AND RESTART OUR CAREER SPEAKER SERIES . WE HAD TO MAKE THIS YEAR. ONE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AN 65 STUDENTS ASSIGNED UP AND CAM TO THE LIBRARY AND HEARD SEVEN DIFFERENT PROFESSIONALS IN LAW-ENFORCEMENT TALK ABOUT CAREERS AND ACTUALLY HAD TO TURN TO SOME STUDENT AWAY FROM THE HEALTH CAREER AND MEDICAL CAREER BECAUSE WE REACH CAPACIT IN THE LIBRARY. IT SHOWS THAT THOSE ARE TWO AREAS THAT STUDENTS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN OUR THEATER STAGE TECHNOLOGY IS IN ITS SIXTH YEAR AND WE DEVELOPED WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP AND ONE OF THEM IS WITH UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. OUR STAGE TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS GET TO GO AND VISIT AND SEE HOW THEY PUT PRODUCTION TOGETHER AT UNIVERSA STUDIOS AND THEY HAVE PROFESSIONALS COME TO OUR CAMPU AND GIVE THEM FEEDBACK ON THEIR SITE DESIGN. WE EXPANDED OUR COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS PATHWAYS AND WE ARE CONNECTING WITH KALINA ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGIES SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE STUDENTS COME OVER AN TAKE IT TO SEE THE PROJECTS THA ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE WORKING ON AND HOPEFULLY, THAT WILL GET THEM TO TRANSITION INT THOSE PROGRAMS WHEN THEY COME T US LIKE HIGH SCHOOL. I WORKED WITH OUR SAINTS DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR EXTENSIVELY AND THEY CREATED A CAREER EMPHASIS PROGRAM. THEY HAVE NINE DIFFERENT CONCENTRATIONS THAT EVIDENCE CAN COMPLETE PROJECTS IN ORDER TO BE RECOGNIZED IN THE CAREER PROGRAM. I THINK JIM BOYD, I THINK HIM FOR LEADING THE EFFORTS. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WAS THE REGIONAL OCCUPATION PROGRAM THAT IS THE CAREER EDUCATION ENTER IN CAMARILLO. WE ALWAYS HAD A WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL IF YOU STUDENTS ENROLL IN CLASSES AND I REALIZED WHAT A WONDERFUL [01:55:03] PROGRAM IT WAS SO I DID EXTENSIVE OUTREACH AND WE HAD 30 STUDENTS ENROLL IN REGIONAL OCCUPATION PROGRAMS THIS YEAR A THE CAREER EDUCATION CENTER AND THIS SEMESTER 27 OF THEM ARE DOING INTERNSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE 40 STUDENT INTERNS AT THE WEST MINISTER FREE CLINIC. I WORK WITH ALISA QUITE A BIT AND SHE SAYS THEY HAVE THE LARGEST NUMBER OF STUDENT INTERNS AT THE CLINIC HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE PARTNERED WITH THEM AND AN EXCITING THING IS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE OFFERING A MEDICAL ASSISTANT COURSE AT THE WESTLAK HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS FOR ALL OF THEIR INTERNS SO THAT THEY CAN GET CERTIFIED AS A MEDICAL ASSISTANT. WE ALSO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CLU BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. THE MOORPARK COLLEGE DESIGN PROGRAM AND THE MOORPARK COLLEGE CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. ASHLEY MENTIONED THE CTS IS, THE CAREE TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS I'VE BEEN A ADVISER SINCE 2007 AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. WE WER FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL TO HOST 500 STUDENT FOR OUR REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN BE WARY AND LAST WEEK I SPENT TIME IN SACRAMENTO WITH STUDENT AND WE HAD STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR NATIONALS IN ATLANTA. WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PAY FOR THE TRIP BUT STUDENTS ARE VERY EXCITED AND I ALSO LIKE TO TRY TO DEVELOP DISTRICTWIDE PARTICIPATION WITH THREE MIDDL SCHOOLS AND FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS INCLUDING CONEJO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOLS TOGETHER. LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPANDING AND IMPROVING OUR OFFERINGS FOR OUR STUDENTS. >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COM SPEAK ABOUT OUR PROGRAM. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE IT AT AN ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION SITE SITTING AT THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS WE HAVE AND AS I AM SITTING HERE REALIZING WE HAVE ABOUT 30 STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM. MAYBE CLOSE TO A THIRD OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN THESE CLASSES WHICH IS REALLY EXTRAORDINARY AND PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE SOME OF THE OUTCOMES MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT . THAT IS BECAUSE SOME OF THE GOALS OF OUR STUDENTS ARE LITTL DIFFERENT. YOU MAY HAVE THEM FO NINE WEEKS OR 18 WEEKS AND COMPLETING A PROGRAM CAN BE DIFFICULT. WHAT IT DOES ALLOW IS ELECTIVE COURSES THAT THEY CAN'T REALLY ALWAYS GET AT OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE HAVE LIMITED STAFF SO THEY CAN DO THE HANDS-ON THINGS THAT THEY CAN B DOING WHILE THEY ARE HERE FOR WHATEVER TIME WHEN THEY GRADUAT WITH US OR NOT. THEY GET THE TYPE OF SKILLS INFUSED IN THEM THAT ARE PROJECT-BASED LEARNIN AND WE DO A LOT OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND SOFT SKILLS AND WE TRY TO TEACH THEM A LOT OF PROFESSIONALISM AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE BECAUSE AT LEAST IN THE NINE OR 10 WEEKS WE HAVE THEM, WE CAN INFUSE THAT IN THE AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT AR ENROLLED IN THESE CLASSES REALL END UP BEING LEADERS AT OUR SCHOOL AND GOING ON TO OFTEN GRADUATE HERE OR GOING INTO THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE POSTED ON HERE IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TWO PATHWAYS. THE DESIGN PATH AND THE BUSINESS INTRODUCTION COURSE AND THE CTE CLASSES HERE WE ARE KEEPING IN MIND SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES OF OUR STUDENTS ARE SETTING UP TO BE TWICE AS LONG AS SOME OF OUR OTHER CLASSES SO THEY CAN EARN FIVE ELECTIVE CREDITS WHICH IS A BIG PART OF WHAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO CATCH UP . ALSO, IT IS MADE TO ACCOMMODATE SCHEDULES THAT THEY WANTED TO GO TO THE CEC AN TO CLASSES AT CAMARILLO OR MORE PARTNER THINGS LIKE THAT ALSO SCHEDULED FOR THINGS LIKE THAT SOME OF THE SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMS WE WOULD ALWAYS HAVE ACCESS TO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAV THE SELECTIVE OFFERED ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM BECAUSE CTE I HERE. SOME OF THE SOFTWARE IS LISTED THERE THAT THEY USE ARE THE GRAPHIC DESIGN , ADOBE SUITE, KIDS CAN GET HANDS-ON AN A FULL COMPUTER LAB IN THERE AN THEY ALSO SKIP DOWN AND HAVE ACCESS TO AMAZING HARDWARE. THEY HAVE A STICKER, PRINTER, AND T-SHIRT PRESS, THIS IS A MODEST EXAMPLE AND THE SHIRT I AM WEARING HERE AND MY STAFF SHIRT. YESTERDAY I WAS IN THERE AND THEY WERE MAKING 100 SHIRTS FOR THE TEEN CENTER FOR INSTANCE. THEY ARE DOING PROJECTS FOR BUSINESSES AND SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT CURRENTLY IN THE BUSINESS CLASSES. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY GARDEN AND GENERATIN FOOD TO THE GARDEN AND WE HAVE PARTNERSHIP WITH A FOOD BANK AND WE ARE PROVIDING FOOD TO THEM. IT IS OPPORTUNITIES THAT THINK SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WOULDN'T HAVE NECESSARILY IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CTE HERE AND IT'S BEEN REALLY EXTRAORDINARY AND I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW IT. THANK YOU. [02:00:03] >> GOOD EVENING, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CTE PATHWAYS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AT OUR SCHOOL SITES. I'D LIKE TO START WITH REDWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEN WE HAVE THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY OF LEARNERS OR THE REAL ACADEMY AND HERE STUDENT DEVELOP A ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET AS WELL AS SKILLS AND WE BEGAN THIS AS A SIXTH GRADE STUDENT AND REFOCUSED ON THE COURSE LEADERSHIP CAREER EXPLORATION AND INNOVATION AND THEN THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE PATHWAY AND IN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE WHERE THEY TAKE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION MARKETING COURSE IS A CURRENTL BEING PILOTED THIS SEMESTER AT REDWOOD. THIS REAL ACADEMY IS CONNECTED TO THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM AT THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL AND STUDENTS WITHIN THE COURSE GET TO TAKE OR ENGAGE IN SOME STUDENTS INTO PROJECTS SUCH AS SHARK TANK, CAREER RESEARCH, TV PRODUCTION AND 3-D DESIGN. MOVING ON TO COLINA MIDDLE SCHOOL WE HAVE A CLEAN ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGY AND STUDENTS PROGRESS THROUGH SEVERAL COURSE AS WELL MAY START WITH EXPLORATORY COMPUTERS IN SIXTH GRADE AND THEN THEY MOVE ON TO ADVANCED COMPUTERS AND PRINCIPALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE IN THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE THIS IS CONNECTING TO THE WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND DIGITAL MEDIA PATHWAYS AND SIMILARLY, STUDENTS HAVE HAND ON PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES AND THEY ARE ENGAGING IN CODING, ROBOTICS, VIDEOGAME DESIGN, DIGITAL ART AND 3-D PRINTING AS WELL AS LASER AND CRAVING. THEY HAVE SOFTWARE PROGRAMS AND CHIPS THAT HAVE ACCESS TO AND THAT HELPS THEM TO CREATE ENGAGE IN HANDS-ON PROJECTS. MOVING ONTO ROSARITO'S MIDDLE SCHOOL WE HAV AN INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING AND AN ADVANCED WOODSHOP. THIS CLASS TAKES STUDENTS THROUGH MATH AND SCIENCE AND ALLOWS THE TO APPLY THAT TO DESIGN AND INNOVATE WITH WOODWORKING AND MACHINES . THIS COURSE ACTUALLY STARTS OFF WITH THE WOODCHUCKS. IT IS GENERAL TWO-DIMENSIONAL DESIGNED AND PROGRESSES ONTO INTO ENGINEERING WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL DESIGNS. IT I PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION PATHWA AT TEAL HIGH SCHOOL AND SIXTH GRADE THEY GET TO EXPLORE SOME CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND HAVE SPECIFIC LESSONS THAT HELP THEM BUILD FROM IMPORTANT LIFELONG SKILLS WITH SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING SKILLS SUCH AS RESILIENCY AND OVERCOMING OBSTACLES AND STUDENT SUCCESS AND SKILLS THAT CAN HELP THEM CARRY FORWARD THROUGH THIS PATHWAY AND BEYOND. IN WRAPPING UP AT SEQUOIA MIDDLE SCHOOL WE HAVE A DIGITAL PRODUCTION AND KA 19 PODCAST AND THIS IS OPEN TO THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AND IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS DIGI PRO AND STUDENTS IN THIS CLASS ENGAGE IN DEVELOPING A LIVE STREAM PODCAST SO THEY AR LIFESTREAM OR RECORDED PODCAST AND THESE ARE LIFESTREAM TO TH CLASSES AT SEQUOIA MIDDLE SCHOO AND THEY ARE CONNECTED TO THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPIC AND WITHIN THE CURRICULUM WITH SCHOOL RELATED TOPICS AND CULTURAL EVENTS THAT THEY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. THIS PATHWAY CONNECTS TO THE NEWBERRY PRODUCTION PATHWAY AND SIMILAR TO MOST READERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, SEQUOIA MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS GET TO DO EXPLORATION IN SIX GRADE AND HAVE A CAREER ELECTIV CLASS THAT ALLOWS THEM TO EXPLORE A VARIETY OF AREAS SUCH AS ART, PRINCIPALS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE. TO WRAP UP THE PRESENTATION IS MR. MERCER HIGHLIGHTING A STAFF AND STUDENT TESTIMONIAL THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE AND IT WAS CREATED BY ONE OF OUR CTE PATHWAYS. >> [02:08:09] THE THINGS. THERE IS FREEDOM TO ASK LAUREN TO HAVE ACCESS TO EQUIPMENT AND TO REALLY ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL HANDS-ON LEARNING ACTIVITIES. WE APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING AND WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. >> THE WAY THE CTE PROGRAM HAS EXPANDED, THE DEPTH AND QUALITY OF THE OFFERINGS AND THE EXPERIENCES THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN IS A TESTAMENT TO THE DYNAMISM AND THE COMMITMENT OF EACH ONE OF YOU AND ALL OF YOUR TEACHERS. I WAN TO SAY THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE? >> I WENT TO ECHO ON THAT. I HAD A HEAD START ON THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE I WENT TO THE MAJORS PROGRAM SENIOR PRESENTATION LAST WEEK AT TO AN THE PREPARATION AND PROFESSIONALISM IN THE PREPARATION OF THE KIDS IN THE STUDENTS I SAW WAS INCREDIBLE. IT WAS A SMALL SAMPLE OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN ALL OF YOUR SCHOOLS, THEN THE PROGRAM IS S BENEFICIAL TO OUR KIDS AND I'M SO PROUD TO BE PART OF THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. >> DITTO. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS BACK . PRESIDENT GAIL AND I WERE LUCKY TO BE PAR OF THE CTE CONFERENCE WHERE YO PRESENTED THIS AND BY YOUR STUDENTS. I LOVE HAVING THE STUDENTS VOICE AND I KNOW WHEN WENT TO THE MAJORS EVENT THE OTHER NIGHT AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS VIDEO HE WAS SUPER [02:10:04] EXCITED. THANK YOU FOR HAVING OUR STUDENTS PUT THAT TOGETHER EVEN THOUGH IT CAME OUT OF TEAL HIGH SCHOOL AND THE PATHWAY FROM SEQUOIA TO NEWBERRY IS TOTALLY NEXT LEVEL. I'VE BEEN I BOTH OF THEIR STUDIOS AND OH MY GOD. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CTE PATHWAY OR A COMBINATION OF THREE. IS THAT COMBINATION WE HAVE SECTORS LIKE YOU TRIED ONE AND YOU DON'T LIKE IT SO YOU GOING TO ANOTHER ONE. IS THAT WHAT THAT MEANS? >> WE LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS AND WE FIND SOMETIMES WHEN WE WENT OUR ANNUAL REPORT THAT A STUDENT HAS TAKEN FIVE O SIX MAYBE EVEN SEVEN CTE COURSE AND WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE STUDENTS. MAYBE THEY DID FOOD AND NUTRITION OR A WOODSHO AND A BROADCASTING. AND THEN THEY PUT AN INTERNSHIP TOGETHER SOMEHOW. WE LIKE TO BACK IT IS THEM WHAT THEY COME PATHWAY COMPLETE A PROGRAM AS WELL. >> MRS. COOPER WINS A SPIRITED AWARD TONIGHT. IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A QUESTION. I WANTED T THANK YOU FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE PROFESSIONAL THEATER PATHWA BECAUSE SHOWING THAT ARTS CAN BE AN INDUSTRY AS WELL AS A PASSION IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. I THINK THE ARTS SECTOR PROVIDES LOT TO LOCAL ECONOMY AND I'M GLAD OUR STUDENTS HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE THAT AS WELL. A QUESTIO FOR YOU ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL. OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR CENTURY ACADEMY STUDENTS TO JOIN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL OF CHOICE IN A CTE PATHWAY PROGRAM. I LIVE IN THE NEWBERRY PARK ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES WITH SPORTS OR THINGS THAT ARE NOT OFFERED THERE. IF THEY WERE SO INCLINED, COULD THEY JOIN A PATHWAY AT ONE OF OUR TRADITIONAL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS? IF SO, WHAT IS THE MECHANISM OF LETTING THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM? TO THEM AND IT WOULD BE A MATTE OF COORDINATING WITH THE STUDENT AND THE SITE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE COURSE I AND SEE HOW THAT WOULD FIT IN T THEIR SCHEDULE OF THE DAY. WE WOULD CERTAINLY WELCOME THAN HAVING MY STUDENTS JOIN IN THE PROGRAM AND WHAT I HAD ENGENDERED WAS THAT FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA, BU I WOULD LIKE TO DO, THEY NOW HAVE A MIDDLE LEVEL PROGRAM. I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND TOOLS COMPREHENSIV AND OUR OUR COMMISSION HIGH SCHOOL ALL INVOLVED IN THE LA AND HAVING BUILD THAT COMMUNITY OF BUSINESS LEADERS WITHIN THE PROGRAM AND HAVE CENTURY STUDENTS GET INVOLVED WITH THA ALSO. >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THE MY FINAL QUESTION IS ABOUT LUC READERS IS WOODSHOP PROGRAM. IS THAT A TRADITIONAL WOODSHOP LIKE MY KIDS WENT THROUGH AT REDWOOD WHERE THERE IS ACTUAL MACHINERY AND THEY CAN DO SOMETHING OR IS IT DIGITAL COMPUTER DESIGNED? I COULDN'T TELL BY THE PICTURES. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY BE IN A WOODSHOP, BUT I DON'T KNOW. >> THERE IS EQUIPMENT IN THERE. BUT I WILL REFER TO MR. KLINGE SO HE CAN PROVIDE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT EQUIPMENT. >> THERE IS A TRADITIONAL WOODSHOP COMPONENT WHERE THERE IS GOOD OLD-FASHIONED SAWS AND DRILLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BU THE SECOND PHASE IS THROUGH THE GRANT AND WE HAVE COMPUTERS AN WE BOUGHT CNC MACHINES . FROM THE ENGINEERING COMPONENT AS THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A CNC MACHINE CREATE THREE-DIMENSIONA OBJECTS AND THEN PUT THEM TOGETHER IN ORDER TO CREATE SOM FANCY MACHINE OR PUPPET OR WHATEVER DESIGN THEY CREATE. >> THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. >> I WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THIS PRESENTATION. SPECIFICALLY, THE EMPHASIS ON HOW ONE CTE DOESN'T JUST HAVE T BE ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENGINEERIN TECHNOLOGY TRADE SKILLS AND TH LIKE THAT. I'M IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY CTE AT TO AND I [02:15:04] KNOW THAT IT PROBABLY WON'T GO INTO PHOTOGRAPHY AND HONESTLY, BEEN THERE FOR THE EXPERIENCE AND AND HAS OPENED UP THE PHOTOGRAPHY WORLD TO ME AND I' VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT, BUT IT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT I THINK HER STUDENTS TO REMEMBER THAT ONE, THE ARTS IS JUST AS VALID AS TH FIELD AS LIKE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND OFTEN TIMES, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THEY CAN GO TOGETHER AND ALSO IT DOESN'T ALWAYS. IT IS NOT ONLY CAREER TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT FOR YOUR CAREER ONLY AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WAS EMPHASIZED BECAUSE A LOT OF STUDENTS MIGHT FALL INTO THAT RIGHT OF HAVING TO BECOME A CARPENTER OR WHATEVER. I THINK THE MESSAGIN AND IT IS KIND OF WHAT YOU MAK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I APPRECIATE THAT. >> IF I CAN ADD WE HAVE A GUEST IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAS BECOME A FIXTURE HERE AT THE CONEJO BOARD MEETING. THE IBOS ACADEM HAS UNDERGONE REFRAMING AND RE-FRACTURING . AND SHE IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC AND A BIG REASON OF THE TRAJECTORY OF OU PROGRAM FOR STUDENT LEARNING AN ANOTHER BIG PART OF THAT IS A VERY QUICK TO KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW AND WHEN BILL CAME TO THE DISTRICT AND SAID, "HOW MAY I HELP?" AND WE SAT DOWN AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE LET HIM GO. HE'S AT THE SCHOOL DAILY WORKING WITH STUDENTS AND HE HA HELPED THEM IMMENSELY WITH THEI IDEAS AND EMPOWERING THEM AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR AL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS AN I THINK WE BARELY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE OF THESE CONVERSATIONS AND HE HAS THE RIGHT QUESTIONS AT THE RIGHT TIME TO GET US WHERE WE NEED TO GO EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS YET AND THAT IS ALWAYS ASKING QUESTIONS AND ALWAYS GROWING AN I REALLY ENJOY WORKING WITH YOU AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YO DO FOR THE IBOS ACADEMY. THANK YOU. >> I HAVE TO ALSO SAY THANK YOU I WATCHED CTE PROGRAMS DEVELOP OVER THE PAST YEARS AND IT'S REALLY PHENOMENAL WHAT HAS BEEN TAKEN PLACE AND ALSO A SHADOW TO THE CTE WEBSITE WHICH IS REALLY AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE IN KIND OF ENCAPSULATING ALL OF THE INFORMATION. I HAVE A QUIC QUESTION AND I HATE TO SPEND MONEY BEFORE WE GET IT, BUT WHA ARE SOME OF THE THOUGHTS AROUND HOW THE DUAL ENROLLMENT GRANT MONEY MAY BE SPENT? IS THAT ANY THOUGHT GIVEN TO THAT? >> I RETURNED FROM BAKERSFIELD AFTER TWO DAYS AT A STATEWIDE DUAL ENROLLMENT CONFERENCE THA INCLUDED A COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND HIGH SCHOOL COAST DISTRICTS. AND THE PUSH IS REALLY FOR INCLUSION OF ALL STUDENTS IN DUAL ENROLLMENT AND ACCESS AND EQUITY . OUR GRANT DOLLARS ARE GOING TO GO TOWARDS PROVIDING THAT ACCESS AND EQUIT TO ALL STUDENTS TO GET INTO DUAL ENROLLMENT AND BENEFIT FROM THOSE PRECOLLEGE CREDITS AND SO I WILL BE WORKING WITH ASHLYN HOPING THAT WE BOTH HAVE THAT GRAND FUND, BUT ALSO WITH THE DISTRICT TO HAVE THE LAST TWO DAYS WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE MOORPARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN AUGSBURG COLLEGE TO START TALKING ABOUT STRATEGIES OF HOW WE CAN PROVIDE ACCESS AND INCLUSION FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. THAT IS REALLY WHAT W ARE LOOKING FOR. WE HAVE SO MAN STUDENTS THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT DUAL ENROLLMENT IS AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT A BENEFIT IT IS A SO WE WILL BE DOING OUTREACH TO OUR STUDENTS AND TO OUR FAMILY . BOTH PARENTS AND STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE BENEFIT OF DUAL ENROLLMENT AND HOW PRECOLLEGE CREDITS CAN HELP THEM AS A DOORWAY TO THEIR FUTURE WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. >> I'M FOLLOWING UP WITH A QUIC QUESTION. HOW WE RUN INTO ANY ROADBLOCKS WITH OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND BEING ABLE TO DO THAT AND ARE WE RESOLVING THOSE ISSUES I GUESS ON YOUR GUISES AND OR DO YOU SEE A RESOLUTION TAKING PLACE? TALK ABOUT THAT. >> THERE ARE ROADBLOCKS AND WHA I FOUND THE LAST FEW DAYS THAT THAT THERE ISN'T ONE COMMUNITY COLLEGE THAT WAS WELL WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT DOES DUAL ENROLLMENT THE SAME WAY. W NEED TO START HAVING MORE DISCUSSIONS THAT IS THE PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR WE WANT TO GET AL STAKEHOLDERS IN A ROOM FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND FROM OUR DISTRICT WHO WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT DUAL ENROLLMENT SHOULD LOO LIKE IN OUR DISTRICT AND WHAT I [02:20:01] CAN LOOK LIKE IN OUR DISTRICT. RESOLUTION ISN'T THERE YET, BUT I THINK STARTING THESE DISCUSSIONS AND BRINGING IN THESE GRANT DOLLARS HOPEFULLY ARE GOING TO START RESOLVING SOME OF THE ROADBLOCKS THAT ARE IN OUR STUDENTS AWAY. WE WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE ALL BARRIERS FOR STUDENTS TO ACCESS DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES. >> WE CAN SEE THE ROADBLOCKS COMMUNITY COLLEGE ROADBLOCKS. CORRECT? >> CORRECT. RIGHT NOW, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES HOW THEY ARE LOOKING AT PROVIDING CLASSES AN PROVIDING INSTRUCTORS . THAT IS A ROBOT AND SO I DID HAVE SOME VERY FRUITFUL DISCUSSIONS WITH MORE MOORPARK AND OXFORD COLLEGE THE LAST TWO DAYS AND STARTING TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN REMOVE THOSE ROADBLOCKS AND ONE OF THE FIRST WAYS IS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO ENGAGE THE PRESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND GET THEM TO SIT DOWN WITH THE DISTRICTS AND REALLY START TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN RESOLVE THE ISSUES THAT ARE PRESENTED. >> I HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS. THE FIRST IS ACTUALLY ON THE DUAL ENROLLMENT CONVERSATION THAT YOU MENTIONED . I WILL SAVE IS PRETTY MUCH ABOUT ANY CONVERSATION INVOLVIN STUDENTS. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT W CAN GET INVOLVED IN THAT CONSIDERING THAT IT IS LITERALL ABOUT STUDENTS IN THE CREDITS IN THE CLASSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? AND THEN ALSO, A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE CTE WEBSITE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BRIEFLY. THERE WAS A SHORT MENTION OF ROP CLASSES IN A PRESENTATION AND I WAS WONDERIN . I DID A QUICK SEARCH ON THE WEBSITE AND ON THE CTE WEBSITE AND I'M NOT SEEING ANY INFORMATION ON THE ROP . I KNOW THAT BEFORE WE GOT THE NEW WEBSITE THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE, BUT I DIDN'T SEEM SUPER UPDATED AND NOT SEEING ANYTHING. I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WERE PLANS T GET INFORMATION OUT THERE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT AT TO THER WERE SOME ROP CLASSES THAT I WA INTERESTED IN THAT I WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AND I DIDN'T REALLY GET ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED ON THAT. >> AS FAR AS MY UNDERSTANDING, WE WERE USING THE ROP ACRONYMS FOR WHILE STILL AT OUR CAMPUS AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WITH THE CODING AND THERE IS CAREER EDUCATION ACRONYMS THAT IS ALL-ENCOMPASSING FOR ALL CAMPUSES NOW. THAT SHOULD BE UPDATED AND CHANGED ACROSS THE BOARD. IF IT IS NOT, WE WILL NEED TO BE. >> THE TERM IS REALLY UNIQUE AN EXCLUSIVE TO THE CEC DOWN IN CAMARILLO. WE SHIFTED THAT OVER TO CTE. >> I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE YOU ALL PRESENTED SOME OF OUR MEETINGS THIS YEAR AND I HAVE ALREADY SEEN THEM PRESENT AND I THINK I KNOW IT ALL AND IT WAS FANTASTIC. IT WAS SO THOROUGH AND I LEARNED A LOT JUST IN THI HEARING YOU ALL TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THIS GREAT WORK THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON. I WILL ASK TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS IN ENROLLMENT IN THE PATHWAYS. ARE YOU FEELING LIKE THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE FULL OR ARE YOU KIND OF WISHING THERE WERE MORE KIDS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE PATHWAYS? AR THERE ANY STUDENT GROUPS THAT W WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT MAYBE AREN'T TAKING ADVANTAGE O ANY OF THE PATHWAYS? MY OTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE WORK REQUIREMENTS OR EXPECTATIONS IN TERMS OF INTERNSHIPS OR ANYTHIN IF SOMEBODY CAN MAYBE STICK TO THAT AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH BUSINESSES. >> SPEAKING FIRST AT THE NUMBER AND CTE ENROLLMENT APPEAL BASE ON OUR ANNUAL REPORT THAT WE RA A FEW WEEKS AGO FOR OUR PERKINS AUTHORIZATION OUR CTE NUMBERS ARE QUITE HIGH. FOR EXAMPLE, W WERE LOOKING AT LAST YEAR'S NUMBER 21 AND 22. WE FOUND THAT IN LAST YEAR WE HAD 30% OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A C CLASS. ONE AREA OF THE FOCUS FOR US IS INCREASING NUMBER OF PATHWAY COMPLETERS. IT IS A QUESTION THAT YOU BRING UP AND THAT CAN HELP US WITH OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS INDICATOR ON THE DASHBOARD DATE AS WELL IN ADDITION TO OUR FOCU ON A THROUGH G BY INCREASING AS MUCH AS TALKING WITH TRUSTEE GORBACK HOW STUDENTS TAKE ALL CART SAMPLE OF CLASSES AND WE [02:25:06] WANT TO LET STUDENTS KNOW THAT IS OKAY. IT IS TRUE ALSO, THAT THE STATE GIVES US RECOGNITION FOR THE NUMBER OF PATHWAY COMPLETERS THAT WE HAVE. THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE ARE WORKING TO INCREASE FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF OUR HOLDER PATHWAYS THAT HAVE BEEN THREE-COURSE PATHWAYS LEVE 1, LEVEL II , WE ARE HAVING TO TAKE A REALLY HARD LOOK AT MAKING THIS INTO TWO COURSE PATHWAYS. I CAN THINK AT ONE AT NEWBURY PARK SPECIFICALLY THAT WE HAVE HAD TO HAVE THAT TOUGH CONVERSATION RECENTLY FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. ENROLLMENT INCREASING PATHWAY COMPLETERS. OVERALL, I BELIEVE ACROSS ALL O OUR SITES THE CTE ENROLLMENT IS QUITE STRONG. ON THE WORK-BASE LEARNING, THIS IS AN AREA THAT MR. MERCER AND MYSELF AND OUR PARTNER CAREER HUB, WE HAVE A MEETING RECENTLY TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WORK -BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT WE OFFERED OUR STUDENTS. WE ALREADY DO QUITE A BIT AS SOME OF IT HAS BEEN SHOW WITH GUEST SPEAKERS AND INTERNSHIPS AND WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SCALE THAT WITH THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND BE ABLE TO OFFER EVEN MORE. AND WE PILOTED A PLATFORM THIS YEAR CALLED TRANS IO, AND WE HAD SOME SUCCESS WITH THE PLATFORM AND WE ARE BUILDING ON THE SUCCESSE WE HAD AND TAKE WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THE EXPERIENCE AND IF AN ONLINE DIGITAL PLATFORM CAN BE USED IN INTO THINGS LIKE POSSIBLY DIGITAL SIGNATURES SO THAT STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE ALL ON BOARD TOGETHER, WE MIGHT BE ABL TO SCALE OPPORTUNITIES AND POSSIBLY BRING BACK A SIMILAR TYPE PROGRAM AS TO SOME OF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER WE MIGHT HAVE TH CITY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF THOUSAND OAKS . WE ARE DEFINITELY IN ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH THESE LEARNINGS AND NEXT YEAR MIGHT B A GOOD YEAR TO FOCUS ON THAT POSSIBLY. >> THANK YOU. >> INCREDIBLY QUESTION IS THAT THERE IS A PART OF A GROUP THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE TO ENROLL IN CTE COURSES AND WE DO HAVE TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT AND INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS IN SPECIAL ED CLASSES, EL CLASSES, PARENT NIGHTS, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH COLLAGEN READINESS COUNSELORS TO GET INFORMATION OUT TO MAYBE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES NOT NECESSARILY CONNECTED WITH CAMPUSES. WE AR WORKING WITH EQUITY AND ACCESS . >> THAT IS GREAT. IT I SAW YOU PRESENTATION TOO BUSY WHICH I THOUGHT WAS FANTASTIC. THANKS. >> THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. APPLAUSE ] 'S GMAC WE ARE AT [B. Student Services - Presentation: English Language Development Program] 5B. THE PRESENTATION ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM . WELCOME. >> HELLO, GOOD EVENING. I AM EXCITED TO HAVE THE DOCTOR PERCENT ON OUR PROGRAM AND SOM OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT IS REALLY LOOKING AT THE PROCESS AND DISCUSSING WHAT WE ARE DOING AT THE DISTRICT TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENT AND BE ABLE TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT AS WELL AS THERE IS DEVELOPMENT THEY ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE CURRICULUM AS WELL AS THEIR PEERS. WITH THAT, HELL TRANSFERRED OVER. >> GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE CABINET AND BOARD MEMBERS. TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRAM I DO HAVE SOME SUCCESSES WE CAN TALK ABOUT AND SHARING THAT WITH THE END OF TH PRESENTATION. NEXT SLIDE. THE PURPOSE IN OUR PRESENTATION IS TALKING ABOUT STANDARDS IS WHAT THEY ARE AND HAVE A BRIEF DEFINITION ON THE AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE JOURNEY THAT THE ENGLISH LEARNER STARTS BY FILLING OUT A HOMEOWNER SURVEY AND THEN TALKING ABOUT THE PACKET AND THE TYPE OF INSTRUCTIONS IN THE CLASSROOM THAT IS INTEGRATED AND THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW THE ENGLIS LEARNER ACCESSES THIS AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR FEDERAL PROGRAM MONITORING WHICH WAS DEVELOPED AT THIS YEAR WORKING ON THE PROGRAM AND THE REQUIREMENTS AND THEN AT THE EN WE WILL TALK ABOUT A MASTER PLA AND HOW WE ARE PROGRESSING. [02:30:01] THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF THE EOP STANDARDS AND I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE TWO PARTS. THE FIRST ONE IS SUPPORTING LANGUAG DEVELOPMENT FOR STUDENTS AND IT IS BASED ON RECENT RESEARCH AND 2012, A LOT OF THE INFORMATION INCLUDED THERE IS INFORMATION BASED ON CAREER SEARCH AND STUDENTS START LEARNING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE I THE SECOND PIECE OF IT HERE IS HOW WE ARE USING THIS LANGUAGE TO HAVE STUDENTS ACCESS THE ACADEMIC SUBJECT WHICH IS INTEGRATED ELD, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WITH THE STANDARDS THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE CURRENT STANDARDS. THEY WORK IN TANDEM WITH THE STANDARDS. AND WHEN WE GET TO THIS SCENARIO WE WILL EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT THAT. THIS IS HOW OUR JOURNEY BEGINS WITH AN ENGLISH LINER . WHEN THE FAMILY INVOLVED THE STUDENTS IN ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT THEY HAVE A SURVEY SO THERE ARE FOUR SURVEY . THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT LANGUAG YOU'RE TRYING TO LEARN WHEN YOU FIRST BEGAN TO TALK AND THE SECOND ONE IS WHAT LANGUAGE DO YOU FREQUENTLY SPEAK AT HOME AN WHICH LANGUAGE DO YOU AND THE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS MUST FREQUENTLY IS WHEN SPEAKING WIT THE CHILD AND THE LAST ONE, WHICH LANGUAGE IS MOST OFTEN SPOKEN BY THE ADULTS IN THE HOM BY PARENTS, GUARDIANS, GRANDPARENTS, OR OTHER ADULTS. THESE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AN WE WANT TO SEE IF THE STUDENT HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO OTHER LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH. WHEN THE PARENT FILLS OUT THIS HOME LANGUAGE SURVEY, WE THEN HAVE 30 DAYS TO ASSESS THE STUDENT IF ANY OF THE FIRST THREE QUESTIONS INCLUDE A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH. AND THEN THERE CAN BE ENGLISH AND SPANISH OR VICE VERSA. WE WILL HAVE THAT TRIGGER US TO ASSESS THE STUDENT ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. >> THOSE THREE QUESTIONS, AND I QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED THAT WOULD DETERMINE THE STUDENT BEING DESIGNATED AS AN ENGLISH LEARNER? OTHERS QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK OR ARE THOSE SUGGESTED STATEWIDE QUESTIONS THAT EVERY DISTRICT NEEDS TO ASK AND THAT IS HOW EACH DISTRICT DETERMINES THE STUDENT HAS IDENTIFIED AS AN ENGLISH LINER? >> YES. THESE QUESTIONS COME FROM THE CD, EVERY DISTRICT HAS A VERY SMALL VARIANCE AND THA ACTUALLY COMPARED OUR PREVIOUS HOME LANGUAGE SERVICE AND THER WAS ACTUALLY A NEED FOR UPDATING IT BECAUSE THE PREVIOU ONE HAD A BIRTHPLACE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T BE ASKING FOR THAT INFORMATION FOR THE HOMELAND SURVEY. IT WAS SIMILAR BUT WE NEEDED AN UPDATE TO SEE IF WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE CBE LANGUAGE. >> ONCE THE FAMILY COMPLETES THAT AND THE CHILD IS IDENTIFIED AS AN ENGLISH LEARNER, SOMETIMES THERE IS SOM CONFUSION IN THE HOUSEHOLD FROM THE PARENTS ON HOW THE CHILD GO DESIGNATED AS AN ENGLISH LEARNE AND THE PROCESS FROM THERE. IS THAT CORRECT? SO I GUESS. IF YO LOOK AT THE VERY LAST SENTENCE ON THE SECOND PARAGRAPH IT SAYS THAT THE SCENARIOS MAY REQUEST DIRECTION . WE HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE THERE IS A PARENT FOR WHATEVER REASON DOESN'T ADD ANOTHER LANGUAGE AND THEY SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT, I MADE A MISTAKE." WE ARE ABLE TO CORREC THAT AND IN THAT SENSE, THE STUDENT IS ASSESSED AND AT THAT POINT, THE ENGLISH LEARNER SAY IT IS IMPORTANT AND THEN THE ANSWER APPROPRIATELY AND HONESTLY WITHIN THE SAME TIME W ARE ABLE TO CORRECT. >> THERE IS TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF L PACKS. THEY ARE VERY DIFFERENT TO DIFFERENTIATE. TO BEGIN WITH THE LETTER L PACKS, THERE IS A COMPUTER-BASED SEVE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS. K THROUGH 12. THE INITIAL L PACK IS BROKEN DOWN IN THE SAME WAY BUT IT DOESN'T ONLY HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADES ALTOGETHER. THE INITIAL L PACK IS FOR ANY STUDENT REGARDLESS OF WHEN THEY ENTER THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR OR THE EN OF THE YEAR AND THE HOME LANGUAGE SURVEY IS ANOTHER LANGUAGE THAN ENGLISH WE ASSESS STUDENTS AND THE INITIAL L PAC WILL TELL US IF THE STUDENT WIL BE IN ENGLISH LEARNER OR NOT SO THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS. ONE IS [02:35:02] THE ASSESSMENT IS GIVEN TO THE STUDENT AND THE INITIAL ONE IS THE STUDENT HAS ENOUGH ENGLISH TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND THE STUDENT RIGHT THERE AND THEN IS EFFICIENT OR NOT A PATIENT. AN THE STUDENT WHO TOOK THE L PAC IN EIGHTH GRADE AND THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY BE CLASSIFIED AS ENGLISH AS HIS PROFESSION AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GO INTO TH REGULAR PROGRAM. IF THE STUDENT COMES FROM A COUNTRY AND IS NOT ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE ENOUGH ENGLISH PROFICIENCY FOR HIS GRADE LEVEL AT THAT POINT, THE CITY THE STUDENT BECOMES AN ENGLISH LEARNER IN THE DISTRICT THE L PACK IS THE TEST WE GAVE EVERY YEAR TO ALL OF THE STUDENTS WHO ARE PART OF THE ENGLISH LINER PROGRAM AND WE HA ONE FROM FEBRUARY TO MID MARCH AND THE FOCUS OF THIS ASSESSMEN AGAIN VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE INITIAL ONE IS TO ASSESS THE ENGLISH ACQUISITION OF THE STUDENT YEAR AFTER YEAR. WE DO HAVE A FOUR CATEGORIES LISTENING, READING, AND WRITING AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A SECTION WITH ADMINISTERING 101. LAST YEAR, WE HAD A 2000 STUDENTS WHERE EVERY STUDENT HA TO BE ASSESSED ONE-ON-ONE ON TH SPEAKING SESSION. AND EVERY TEST IS ADMINISTERED INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE STUDENTS HE CAN IMAGINE HOW MANY STUDENT WE HAVE TWO ASSESSED ONE-ON-ON AS WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE ESPECIALLY THESE FOUR SECTIONS THAT WE ARE CAPTURING AND INFLUENCING THE LANGUAGE AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, READING AND WRITING, THEY ARE DONE IN A GROUP AND IT COULD BE A CLASSROOM SETTING OR SMALL GROUPS . THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD DO WITHOUT ADMINISTERIN THE L PACK. >> THE ONE-ON-ONE ASSESSMENTS AND THINGS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE, DO WE SEE A TREND OF ENGLISH LEARNERS INCREASING IN OUR DISTRICT OR DECREASING OR I IT SAYING ABOUT STATUS QUO FROM PREVIOUS YEARS? YOU MAY NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION. I'M ONLY CURIOUS IF YOU DID. >> THE L PACK? >> IN GENERAL. THE EL STUDENTS, DO WE SEE INCREASE IN ENGLISH LEARNER STUDENTS COMING THROUGH OR A DECREASE OR MAINTAINING ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT EACH YEAR FROM 9% TO 11% AND THE POPULATION IS MOSTLY DECREASING I WOULD SAY ABOUT 10% HERE AND THERE. IN THE LAST YEAR WE HAD 2051 ADMISSION WE HAVE ABOUT UNDER 1900. >> FOR THE L PACK SCORES, WE WERE AGAIN THE REST WILL BE ASSESSING STUDENTS . THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT SCORES HERE. THAT IS THE EXPECTED GROWTH OF THE STUDENT THAT IS DEMONSTRATING THE LANGUAGE AND ATTRIBUTE THIS TO THE EFFECTIVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON THE SCHOOL SIDE AND ALSO THE PROGRESS MONITORING AND OF COURSE THE AREA FOR US IS MAKIN SURE THAT THAT PRACTICE CONTINUES. THE SECOND IS PROGRESSING ONE LEVEL AND THE STUDENTS NOT ONLY MADE PROGRESS, BUT ALSO WENT UP FRO ONE LEVEL TO ANOTHER. THERE ARE FOUR LEVELS ON THE L PACK THERE ARE ABOUT FOUR. WE CAN HAVE STUDENTS MAKING PROGRESS BY SAYING AT THE SAME LEVEL, BUT ONCE THEY UP ONE LEVEL THAN THA MEANS THAT IT WILL FAST-FORWARD OR SPRINT TOWARDS THE L PACK . WE ARE DOING ATTRIBUTE TO INTERVENTION AFTER SCHOOL AND ALSO BEING ABLE TO USE PRACTICE AND REPLICATE THOSE AT OTHER SCHOOL SITES. OUR CONCERN IS TH ONES THAT DECREASE THE LEVEL, THE 22 POINT 22% OF THE STUDENTS BORN DECREASE THE LEVEL. THAT IS A CONCERN. I ATTRIBUTED SOME OF THE L PACK QUESTIONS AND THE HIGHER THE GRADE LEVEL, THE MORE DIFFICULT THEY ARE. THAT IS SOMETHING I KNOW THAT IT WAS A LITTLE MORE THAN I WOULD SAY HELLO STANDARD BUT IT IS NOW WITH ALPACAS WHERE WE ARE AT A LEVEL OF WHER WE STARTED. SO I DO ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THAT PART, BUT ALSO KNO THE CONCERN WOULD BE THE CURREN PRACTICE . MY ASSISTANT IS NOT PROGRESSING THE WAY THAT THEY SHOULD BE YEAR AFTER YEAR? WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRACTICES. THE FIRST ONE IS [02:40:04] EVERY CLASSROOM IN EVERY SCHOOL SIDE WE OFFERED THIS DEPENDING ON WHAT THE ENGLISH LINER IS THAT. SO FROM AN ELEMENTARY LEVEL WE HAD 20 MINUTES OF INSTRUCTION AND THEN WE BROUGH IT TO ALL ENGLISH LEARNERS TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL OTHERS THAT IS MOSTLY LIKE A COURSE THAT THEY TAKE. THEY CAN TAKE UP TO ONE OR TWO COURSES DEPENDING ON WHERE THE NEED IS. AND THAT IS FOR EVERY LEARNER W HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THAT AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY TO BUILD THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LEARNING ENGLISH. AND THEN INTEGRATING, THAT IS AN ASSUMPTION THAT IS WHERE WE UTILIZE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL IN EVERY SUBJECT. FOR INSTANCE, IF WE ARE TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES, THE TEACHER NOT ONLY HAS THE STUDENT BEING IN ENGLISH LEARNER, HOW ARE THEY ABLE TO HAVE THE ENGLISH LINER TRANSITION BACK TO THE VOCABULARY OR OTHER BARRIERS . TEACHERS WILL DO EITHER GRAPHS OR PICTOGRAPHS OVER STRATEGIES THAT WILL MAKE SURE THE STUDEN UNDERSTANDS THE CONTENT AND UNDERSTANDING ALSO THAT THE ENGLISH LEVEL HAS TO BE INTEGRATED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENT IS ABLE TO ACCESS THE ACADEMIC STANDARDS. THEY WORK IN TANDEM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE IT HAS TO HAPPEN EVERY 30 MINUTES FOR INTEGRATED , IT' UP TO THE REST OF THE PEERS TO MAKE SURE THEY ENGAGE THE ENGLISH LEARNER IN THE CLASSROOM. RECLASSIFICATION IS THE ENVELOPE FOREVER ENGLISH LINER. WE DO HAVE TWO DIFFEREN WINDOWS. WENT IN DECEMBER AND THE OTHER ONE IN JANUARY. IN JANUARY, THIS IS THE FIRST AROUND . LOOKING IN THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR, THAT IS THE MOST RECENT DATA . OUR RECLASSIFICATION RATE WAS HIGHE IN THE STATE I WAS 8.3 AND THE OTHER STATE WAS 6.9. WE DON'T HAVE ANY DATA FOR 21 AND 22 OR 22 AND 23 SCHOOL YEAR. THAT GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE W ARE IN REGARDS TO THE STATE AND I ADDED THE NUMBERS FROM 2020 ALL THE WAY TO 2023. THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE, BUT THE ONE I THE MIDDLE OF 350 STUDENTS WASN'T BECAUSE I STARTED THE POSITION. WHAT HAPPENED IS THA WE DIDN'T SS DURING THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR AND WE HAD A DOUBL AMOUNT OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAD TO RECLASSIFY. I WAS A VERY HIG NUMBER. AND THIS YEAR, WE'RE NO FINISHED. WE ARE STARTING IN MA SO I DO EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO B HIGHER. AND THAT MEANS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CLASSIFY MORE STUDENTS BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE NUMBERS ARE GREAT, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE HAVING INCREASING THOS NUMBERS AND PRACTICE WHAT WE DO. THIS IS TIME FOR CELEBRATION FOR A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WERE SELECTED . NOT ONLY THE VIRTUAL VERIFICATION, BUT IN PERSON. IN JANUARY, THE TEAM CAME OVER AND NOT JUST MY DEPARTMENT BUT A LOT OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAD 37 AREAS THA THEY ASSESSED AND I JUST WANTE TO SAY THAT STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING I THINK THAT LEADERSHIP IS REALLY GUIDING US TO THE VERY BEGINNING AND IT STARTED EARLY AND I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY MENTIONED. THEY STARTED EARLY I THIS PROCESS AND THAT IS WHAT IS MAKING THEM BE VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH IT. AND THEN THERE'S MATERIALS WITH ENGLISH LEARNERS WITH MATERIALIZATION AND THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. THERE IS A FULL DAY VISIT AND WHEN THEY VISITED CONEJO THERE WERE VISITING ELECT PARENTS AND WALKED TWO CLASSROOMS AND IT WA QUITE AN EXPERIENCE AND WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE . IT WAS DEFINITELY GREAT . I HAD A LOT OF PLANS. IT WAS THE TEAMWORK AND THE SUPPORT WORK FROM THE [02:45:01] CABINET AND THE COLLEAGUES AND MY STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE . WE ARE NOW MOVING ONTO THE MASTER PLAN AND WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE MASTER PLAN AN WE WERE IN 10 DIFFERENT DAYS WITH THREE HOURS EACH AND THAT WAS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. WE MET AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE NOT ON THE LIST WERE PART OF IT SO I APPRECIATE THE PRESENCE OF OUR PARTICIPATION. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR MASTER PLAN AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO UPDATE AND OF COURSE WE DID NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND ABOUT THE NEW ACADEMY SO THAT IS FOR SUR THAT WE WILL BE PART OF THAT PLAN. AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE IN THIS LIST FOR BEING PART OF THA EXPERIENCE AND FOR SUPPORTING OUR PROGRAM. RIGHT NOW, WE MET IN THOSE 10 DAYS AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL PROCESS BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO LEARN INCLUDING AN RESEARCH AND UPDATES AND LOOKE AT OTHER PLANS AS WELL. IT WAS EXCITING. AND WE'RE ON STEP TWO WHICH IS THE WRITING PIECE AND WE WANTED TO KEEP IT AS SHORT A POSSIBLE, BUT I KNOW IT MIGHT B 800 PAGES, BUT I HOPE NOT. IT I HARD TO CONDENSE THAT WE WANT T MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE UP-TO-DATE AND INCLUDING ALL THE INFORMATION T MOVE FORWARD. AND ONCE WE DO THAT WE PLAN ON BRINGING IT BAC FOR THE BOARD TO REVIEW AND EVENTUALLY APPROVE AND HORSE, EVENTUALLY WE WILL THEN SHARE WITH THE STAFF WITH WHAT IS NE AND ESPECIALLY INCLUDING PROGRAMS BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIO . I WAS AT ACACIA ON FRIDAY IT WAS A BONDING EXPERIENCE WITH FIFTH-GRADERS OR EIGHTH GRADER GOING FIFTH-GRADERS GOING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I KNOW THEY WERE MENTIONING IT THERE AND THEY WERE NOW GRADUATING NEXT FROM SCHOOL AND HE WAS IN ENGLISH LEARNER. I WAS VERY PROUD TO SEE THAT AND JUST THE FACT THAT OF COURSE HE WAS SAYING THAT HE GOT A FULL SCHOLARSHIP. HE WAS HEARING HI EXPERIENCE ON WHERE HE SAT AND INVITED HIM TO COME BACK AND CHECK HIS EXPERIENCE WITH A NEW AND OTHER STUDENTS SO THAT THE CAN SEE IF YOU PRACTICE TO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO YOU WILL EVENTUALLY GET THERE. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION. I LOVE THE STORY AT THE END ABOUT THE STUDENT WH CAME BACK. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, PLEASE. STAY NO THE FIRST ONE IS REALLY CURIOSITY. REALLY THINK ABOUT ENGLISH LEARNERS WE TALK ABOUT THE PREDOMINANT LANGUAGE THAT IS SPANISH. THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER LANGUAGES THAT WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR AS WELL. YOU KNOW THE NUMBERS UP AND LIKE HOW MAN OTHER LANGUAGES? >> I KNOW I LIVE IN SPANISH, MANDARIN, THAT IS THE SECOND ON AND I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. I WILL BE MORE THA HAPPY TO SHARE WITH UPDATES. >> I GUESS THERE'S A COUPLE OF UKRAINIAN FAMILIES WHO CAME IN. APPARENTLY THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS WHO DON'T SPEAK ANY ENGLISH. IT'S MORE OF A POINT O CURIOSITY. YOU TALK ABOUT THE FOUR AREAS SPEAKING AND LISTENING AND READING AND WRITING. ARE THERE ANY TRENDS IN THAT ONE AREA IS MORE DIFFICULT IN GENERAL THAN OTHER OR IS THAT REALLY STUDENTS PACIFIC? >> I WOULD SAY WRITING IS BY FA THE MOST DIFFICULT OF ALL OF TH AREAS WHEN THE STUDENT START WITH THE SPEAKING AND LISTENING AND LISTENING . I WOULD SAY THA THIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT FOR [02:50:01] ALL OF THE AREAS. >> FINALLY OF THE 80% OR MORE STUDENTS WHO PROGRESS AND MOVE UP A LEVEL, ARE THESE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE BEFORE AND AFTER . DO YOU SEE ANY LINKAGE IN THE STUDENTS WHO FELL DOWN A LEVEL WERE NOT THE ONES WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE WERE NOT NECESSARILY? THINK THE SCHOOL SITE HAS TO ANNOUNCE IF THERE IS A NEED AN THEN THEY CAN CONTINUE ON THE PATH. I THINK THE SUPPORT AFTE SCHOOL AND BEFORE SCHOOL AND EVEN DURING SCHOOL INTERVENTION HAVE SOME WAY OR ANOTHER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT THE ENGLIS LEARNERS AND IF THERE HAS BEEN THE PATH. >> TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, ONE OF THINGS WE LOOK AT FROM A DATA PERSPECTIVE IS THE 20% OF STUDENTS TO SEE IF THE STUDENTS ARE PARTICIPATING AND A SIMILA PROGRAM OR ANY IN SCHOOL INTERVENTIONS SO WE CAN BRING THE SCHOOL BACK AT THE BOARD ON THAT PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS. I'M KIND OF CURIOUS. >> LAST QUESTION. I ASKED A LO OF QUESTIONS TO YOU LEADING UP TO THIS PRESENTATION AND I'M NO GOING TO ASK ALL OF THEM TONIGHT. I HAD REQUESTED THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE I'M REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS. THIS IS REALL GREAT TO GET THE INFORMATION AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME SOM MORE CLARIFICATION ON SOME THINGS. I WAS HOPING THAT MAYB YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THE SUPPORT FOR TALKING ABOUT THE INTEGRATED ELT WHICH IS THE STUDENTS ARE GENERAL AND CLASSROOM WITH THE TEACHER WHO IS TEACHING THEM IN ENGLISH YET KNOWING THESE ARE KIDS NEEDING EXTRA SUPPORT AND I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE RECLASSIFIED STUDENTS WHO MAY NEED SOME SPECIAL ATTENTION INTERVENTION. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT WITH TEACHERS. ARE THEY HAVING SPECIAL TRAINING? ARE THERE SPECIAL WAYS TO WORK WITH THE STUDENTS? >> I KNOW DR. MARTINEZ DID A LOT OF TRAINING WITH STAFF . ON THING WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WORKING WITH TEACHER ADVISERS FOR EVERY SCHOOL SIDE. THERE IS A TEACHER WHO EITHER WORKED WIT ENGLISH LEARNERS OR WHO IS INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH ENGLISH LEARNERS. I AM WITH THE MONTHLY AND VIRTUALLY AND WE GO OVER STRATEGIES AND RESEARCH AND ANYTHING THAT IS RELATED TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ENGLIS LEARNER WORLD AND THEY SHARE WITH THE STAFF FOR THE STAFF MEETING AND THEY ARE THE POINT PERSON FOR THE TEACHER IS STRUGGLING TO WORK WITH IN ENGLISH LEARNER, THEY WOULD GO WITH THAT PERSON AND ASK, " WHA DO YOU RECOMMEND WE DO IN THIS CASE?" AND THAT WOULD BE THE INITIAL SUPPORT THAT A TEACHER CAN ACCESS. DIFFERENT SCHOOL SITES HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT TRAININGS THEY PROVIDE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT KAGAN, STRATEGIES, THE SCHOOL SITES THAT HAVE SCHOOLWIDE STRATEGIES NOT ONLY FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS BUT FOR AN STUDENT. AND THEN CONEJO FOR INSTANCE IS TRAINING AND THE LAST STRATEGY IS SOMETHING THA WILL BE THE FOCUS MOVING FORWARD. THE PRACTICES DO VARY FROM SCHOOL SIDE TO SCHOOL SITE , BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE DOING AS PAR OF THAT IS BRINGING IN THE CL TRAINING TO OUR TITLE I ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SO WE DID THA IN OUR FIRST TRAINING PHASE AND WE WILL BE DOING THAT WITH THE REST OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND WE ARE ASKED BORING ON BRINGING IN TRAINING FOR MIDDL AND HIGH SCHOOL STAFF. THEY AR MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET A REFRESHER COURSE AND THEY ARE MORE AWARE OF HOW TO ASSIST ENGLISH LEARNERS AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT ENGLISH LEARNER STRATEGIES ARE GOOD FOR ALL STUDENTS FOR THE MOST PART. I WOULD SAY DEPENDING ON THE SCHOOL SIDE TO SOME OF THEM DO HAVE IS THE FOCUS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON TO SUPPORT SPECIFICALLY ENGLISH LEARNERS O AS A SCHOOL SOCIETY THAT WILL BE BENEFIT OF THE STUDENTS. >> THANK YOU. HAD ANOTHER QUESTION. THE STUDENTS ARE [02:55:09] COMING IN AT DIFFERENT AGES WIT A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE ABILITIES AND THAT IS A LOT TO GRAPPLE WITH IN TERMS OF HOW WE SERVE FAMILY WELL. AND I KNOW YOU AR TALKING ABOUT THE DESIGNATED EL AND HOW IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE IS A 30 MINUTES A DAY. AN I AM NOT AN EXPERT SO THAT A SLAM AT INYO. IF THERE IS A FIVE-YEAR-OLD COMING IN AS AN E STUDENT, BUT AT 30 MINUTES, THE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH THAT. THEY'RE GOING TO GET CAUGHT UP PRETTY QUICK LEARNING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE BUT A FOURTH O FIFTH GRADER, I WONDER IF THAT' ENOUGH. ESPECIALLY THINKING ABOUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HAVING FULL COURSE DEDICATED TO ELT, I'M WONDERING IF IT'S ABOUT THA MAY BE DIFFERENT AGES WHEN THEY ARE COMING IN ORDER ? >> WHEN I CAME IN SEVENTH GRADE AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL AND THAT IS WHEN I STARTED MY SCHOOL. I WAS BORN HERE IN FIRS GRADE AND THEN WE CAME BACK IN SEVENTH GRADE AND HAD LIMITED ENGLISH. I THINK ONE THING I'V SEEN THAT IF A STUDENT COMES IN TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOO AND THEY HAVE A STRONG PRIMARY LANGUAGE WHATEVER THAT LANGUAGE MAY BE. THEY ARE ABLE TO TRY AN , ESPECIALLY SPANISH, THERE IS LOT OF SIMILARITY WITH BEING ABLE TO TRANSFER INFORMATION AN WHEN THEY ARE A GRADUATE THERE FOR. THE AGE IS A FACTOR, BUT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I HAVE SEE THAT WE SEPARATE LEARNING ENGLISH INTO ONE CLASSROOM AND THEN THOSE WHO ARE AT LEVEL 1 ARE WORKING ON VERY BASIC CONVERSATIONAL SKILLS AND ANOTHER CLASS AND THEY WILL HAV A STUDENT ABLE TO SPEAK ALREAD AND WORKING ON THE READING SKIL PIECE OF IT. THAT IS HOW WE STRATEGIZE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HAVING A CLASSROOM WITH FIVE ENGLISH LEARNERS AND THEY CAME AT DIFFERENT TIMES IT WOUL BE DIVIDE AND CONQUER AND BE ABLE TO PUT OUR STUDENTS IN TH CLASSROOM WHERE THEY HAVE SIMILAR NEEDS SO THAT WE ARE MORE FOCUSED ON HOW WE CAN TEAC THEM. THAT IS HOW WE CAN PUT IT IN AN ELEMENTARY LEVEL. THE UKRAINIAN STUDENT WE HAVE. WE HAVE BILINGUAL WHO IS WORKING WITH WESTLAKE AND OTHER SCHOOL SITES HELPING THOSE STUDENTS BECAUSE TRAINING IN ENGLISH LANGUAGES ARE VERY DIFFERENT TOO. WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT IN THE CLASSROOM WITH OUR STUDENTS TRANSITIONING FROM SPANISH TO ENGLISH OR UKRAINE TO ENGLISH. >> THANK YOU. THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL FROM THE CURIOSITY. AN THEN I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION. COULD YOU SPEAK ABOUT OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO GET RECLASSIFIED? HOW DO WE HELP WITH THAT BEFOR THEY ARE OUT OF OUR HANDS? >> THIS IS A STATEWIDE CHALLENGE. IT IS NOT ONLY CVUSD, IT IS ALWAYS BEEN IN M 20+ YEARS IN EDUCATION . IT IS USUALLY WHEN THEY REACHED THE PLATEAU AND THEY HAD SEVENTH GRADE. AT THAT POINT, THEY ARE NOT PROGRESSING IN THAT IS WHE WE SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO WITH THE STUDENT. EVERY SCHOOL SITE DEPENDING ON WHEN THE NEED IS, THINK USUALLY THE ONES THAT HIT AND IN NINTH GRADE AND STILL NOT LEARNING, THAT IS WHEN WE NEED TO BE THINKING OUT OF THE BOX AND KNOWING A LOT OF SCHOOL DO IT WITH SUCCESS TEAMS AND SEE IF THIS IS A LANGUAGE ISSUE OR IF THERE ARE MORE SITUATIONS HAPPENING. IT COULD BE A HOUSIN SITUATION WITH ATTENDANCE OR SO MANY FACTORS THAT AFFECT STUDENTS . NECESSARILY A STUDEN NOT LEARNING, BUT WHAT IS CAUSING THE STUDENT TO ACCESS THE CURRICULUM OR NOT LEARNING WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO FOR THAT GRADE. I THINK WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THEY REALLY NEE TO BE ABLE TO HONE IN ON WHAT OTHERS CIVIC NEEDS AND SOMETIMES, THEY ARE ALREADY BEHIND AND WE WOULD PROVIDE INTERVENTION FOR INSTANCE THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH. I WOUL SAY CASE-BY-CASE BASIS AND ONE THAT I THINK OTHER THAN CONTINUING PROVIDING ELT AND HAVING THIS MEETINGS BASED ON OUR ELEVATION PROGRAM WE MONITOR. NOT JUST FOR [03:00:03] RECLASSIFYING BUT ALSO TO SEE HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT I THINK ULTIMATELY, WE ARE ABL TO GRADUATE THE ONLY BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO CHALLENGE ELECTIVES OR ANY OF THE SCHOOL YEARS AND THA IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL FOR INSTANCE WE PROVIDED A ZERO PERIOD OR AFTER SCHOOL PERIOD S THEY CAN ACCESS THAT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> THANK YOU. >> ANOTHER PIECE AS WE HAVE OU NEWCOMERS HERE THAT WE HAVE TO MONITOR. I THINK WE HAVE A FAIRLY DECENT MODEL IN THE BEGINNING PHASES OF THE NEWCOMERS BECAUSE NOT ALL OF OU ENGLISH LEARNERS IN HIGH SCHOOL GO TO THE NEWCOMER CENTER. SO WE HAVE STUDENTS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE COMPREHENSIVE AND STUDENTS THAT ARE AT NEWBERRY PARK . ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONCERNS ME AND WE NEED TO MONITOR IS SO OFTEN OU NEWCOMERS BECOME REALLY CLOSE LIKE A FAMILY SO WHILE THERE I THE CLASSROOM GETTING INSTRUCTION IN ENGLISH WHEN THERE AT LUNCH PASSING PERIODS WITH THEIR FRIENDS THEY ARE CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS WITH SPANISH ORIENTAL LANGUAGE THAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH THEIR PEERS. ARE WE SEEING THA AS A CONCERN WITH OUR NEWCOMER CENTER AND THE MODEL TO LOOK A THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE CHOSEN NO TO GO TO THE NEWCOMER CENTER AND DO THEY HAVE MODELS OF FRIENDS THAT THEY MAY HAVE PICKED UP ON AND THEY ARE THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL CENTER AND ARE WE SEEING GROWTH FROM THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE MODEL OUTSIDE OF THEIR PEER GROUP OR THE PEER GROUP THAT IS SPEAKIN THE SAME LANGUAGE. THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO MONITOR AN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO MONITOR IN MY PREVIOUS DISTRICT AND AREAS THAT WE KNEW WAS A CONCERN. AND I KNEW IT WAS A CONCERN AS AND IT IS STRAIGHTER AND SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO MENTION AS WE PROGRESS FORWARD WITH THE NEWCOMER CENTER AND WE ARE NOT CREATING THAT ISSUE OF THEM ONLY USING ENGLISH IN THE CLASSROOM FOR A SHORT PERIOD O TIME BECAUSE IT IS NOT A LARGE CONVERSATION TAKING PLACE I WIS THERE WAS A LOT MORE WHEN I CAM OUT TO THE CLASSROOM SINCE ALL THAT, BUT IT IS NEW SO IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME MODELS FOR THEM. IT'S A FOLLOW-UP IN THE QUESTION FOR REDESIGNATION. WE DO HAVE TO MONITOR OUR KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN RECLASSIFIED BECAUSE THERE IS A COUPLE OF YEARS OF MONITORING. IT IS NOT LIKE THEY GET RECLASSIFIED IN ABOUT . WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE CONTINUING TO BE SUCCESSFUL ACADEMICALLY. >> HOW ARE WE DOING THAT? IS IT LIKE CHECKING GRADES? I THINK YOU CHECK PRICING APPEARS IN ELEVATION IS THE MONITORING TOOL. BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND IT WOULD BE HARD TO PICK ONE AT A TIME. SO YOU CAN SEE THIS ONE GOT A D IN THIS ONE GOT A F AN THEN WE SHARE IT WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND THE PRINCIPAL THE MEETS WITH PRETTY MUCH WITH TH COUNSELOR AND THE TEACHER AND THEY SAID, HOW ARE WE GOING TO HELP STUDENT WHEREVER THEY ARE AT TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T FALL BEHIND WITHOUT A PROGRESS . >> IN MY EXPERIENCE, STUDENTS WHO HAVE RECLASSIFIED OUR STRON EVENTS . WORKING YOUR WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS TO BE RECLASSIFIED IS TO BE MONITORED WE DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THE STUDENTS DROPPING ACADEMICALLY BECAUSE THEY WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET TO THAT RECLASSIFICATION STAGE . I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. BUT AT TIMES I PUT THEM UP WITH OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS IS SUCCESSFUL GRADE WISE AND ON ANY LEVEL ASSESSED. FOR CLASSIFIED STUDENT WE HAVE ENGLISH LEARNING STUDENT . STUDENTS REALLY HAD TO PUSH THEMSELVES TO BE ABLE TO GET T THAT LEVEL AND IT CONTINUES ONCE THEY ARE RECLASSIFIED AND THEY CONTINUE TO EXCEL AND I WOULD ADD THAT THE PROGRAM THER IS A HIGH RECLASSIFICATION RATE OF ENGLISH LEARNERS AND A REGULAR PROGRAM THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. I'M SUPER EXCITED THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE U BETTER SUCCESS WITH ENGLISH LEARNERS. >> I CAN HIGHLIGHT TWO QUICK THINGS. I THINK THE FIRST ONE I REALLY HOW COMPLEX IT IS. I THINK IT WAS A MONTH OR TWO AGO AND WE WERE MADE AWARE THAT FROM AN ANALYSIS DONE LAST YEAR'S THIRD GRADE L PACK FOR [03:05:04] OUR STUDENTS IN A COHORT WHERE THEY WERE SORT OF BLOW ON THE L PACK WHICH WAS THE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY BUT ACTUALLY IN THE STATE HAD THE HIGHEST PERCENT O THESE STUDENTS WHO MET OR EXCEEDED THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS OR AFFECT TESTS. I THINK T HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THERE I SO MANY FACTORS . I WANT TO EMPHASIZE TOO IN TERMS OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. OUR DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY . THE NEED AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TRAINING FOR DESIGNATED ELT IN ADDITION TO MAYBE MORE IMPORTANTLY LIKE INTEGRATED ALD. WE TALK ABOUT STRONG CONSTRUCTION AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE PROACTIVELY ABOUT REMOVING BARRIERS LIKE WITH THE CASE OF OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS OR THE VARIOUS REPRESENTATION LIKE UNDERSTANDING CONCEPTS AS WELL AS ACTION EXPRESSION LIKE DEMONSTRATING OUR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE CONCEPTS WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ON A LONG-TERM BASIS ON HOW WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE INTEGRATED PERIOD TRAINING AN THROUGH AN STRUCTURAL FRAMEWOR THE UDL. THE TRAINING WILL BE LONG-TERM. >> ANYONE ELSE? TRUSTEE LOPEZ. >> HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I KNOW THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT STUDENTS LEAVING THE CLAS AND REVERTING BACK TO THE OTHE LANGUAGE THAT THEY WERE ALREADY SPEAKING AS A ELD STUDENT. AR THERE ANY CULTURAL TIE-INS IN THE ELD CLASSES FOR STUDENTS T HELP REMAIN CONNECTED TO THEIR ROOTS BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT OBVIOUSLY FOR THEIR LEARNING TO CONTINUE TO ENGLISH, BUT ALSO A PART OF YOU IDENTITY . ALSO TRYING TO NOT LIKE , OVERSTEP AND TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE KIND OF LOSING THAT ASPECT OF THEMSELVES. >> YES, DIFFERENT SCHOOL SITES HAVE DIFFERENT CELEBRATIONS. A NEW A NEWCOMER LAST YEAR WE HA DECEMBER LAST YEAR WE HAD BETTER REMEMBER WHAT THE EVENT WAS BUT , WE HAD STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT CLUB FROM THE AVIATION CLUB IN DIFFERENT TYPE OF CLUBS AND FILIPINO. THERE WAS LIKE A CLUB, DATE NIGHT, EVERYBODY WAS THERE AND IT WAS FUNDRAISING AND THEN THEY WERE DANCING AND I THINK EVERY SCHOOL HAS THEIR WAY TO CELEBRATE AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CULTURE. SO I ON FRIDAY MAYBERRY ELEMENTARY WILL BE THE CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THERE IS A LOT OF GROUPS THAT WILL B THERE. CONEJO GROUPS I HAVE SEE THERE AND THOSE ARE ONE OF THE SCHOOLS I MEAN BY CULTURAL. BU FOR THE MOST PART, THERE IS DEFINITELY THE RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION OF THEIR OWN CULTURE AND FINDING DIFFERENT EVENTS FOR THEM TO RECOGNIZE THAT I KNOW MS. CORTEZ FROM NEWBERRY PARK AND I HEARD LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A DANCE AND EVERYBODY WAS DANCING TO THE RHYTHM OF THE SONG IN MEXICO AND IT WAS VERY POPULAR THEY CAN BE VERY SMALL EVENTS AND ALSO THERE ARE SPOTLIGHT VERSIONS OF THE STUDENT CULTURE. >> I WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. ESPECIALLY SINCE THE QUESTION I OUT THERE IS WHY WE HAVE SO MAN RESOLUTIONS AND CELEBRATE THE DIVERSITY AT OUR BOARD LEVEL WHICH BOILS DOWN TO THE SCHOOL LEVEL. THIS IS A SPECIFIC QUESTION AND A SPECIFIC REASON ON WHY WE RECOGNIZE THE TRUE REVOLUTIONS AND IMPLEMENTING TH SCHOOL SITE ACTIVITIES . THAT I THE MAIN REASON WE DO IT. QUICK QUESTION. >> GOING OFF OF THAT , THERE AR ALSO THINGS LIKE SUPPORT TO HELP YIELD THE STUDENTS CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. IT IS NOT THE TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. HOW DO THE STUDENT CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER [03:10:03] ESPECIALLY NON-SPANISH-SPEAKING ELD STUDENTS FINDING ONE ANOTHER AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS TOGETHER. >> THE NEWCOMER ACADEMY IN NEWBERRY PARK HIGH SCHOOL? I THINK THE FACT THAT IT IS A GENERAL HIGH SCHOOL AT NEWBERR PARK. SOMETIMES, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OUR OWN SCHOOL THAT WOULD BE EVEN MORE NOT ALLOWIN STUDENTS TO INTEGRATE. THE FACT THAT THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL IS THAT THERE IS AN INTERACTION EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT TEND TO BE IN THE GROUP, THERE IS THAT INTERACTION WITH OTHER STUDENTS . WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR NEWCOMERS FOR INSTANCE APPLYING FOR SPORTS AND DOING THE TRYOUTS IN THE NEWCOMER, TH SOCIAL WORKER IS MAKING SURE THEY ARE ABLE TO ACCESS AND GO TO THE CONFERENCE AND THEY ARE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN SPORT. THIS I KIND OF THE LINK AND MAKING SUR NOT ONLY A LINK, BUT PROMOTING DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES OR EVENTS HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOL SITE IS SO THE NEWCOMERS ARE ABLE TO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY IN TH SAME ACCESS FOR INSTANCE, WE HA A SITUATION WHERE THE STUDENT WANTED TO TRY OUT FOR SOCCER, BUT THEY HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THE PHYSICAL, AND HOW THAT WORKED BECAUSE THEY CAME FROM SOMEWHERE. SO THE SOCIAL WORKER MADE THE APPOINTMENT TO SEE THE GET THE PHYSICAL AND THEN HAD SPONSOR PAPER THE MEDICAL FOR THE PHYSICAL. IT IS ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE BARRIERS AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCESS DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES. BUT IN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, THEY ARE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH NON-SPANISH-SPEAKING. >> KIND OF ON THE SAME TRACK . SPECIFICALLY, LIKE HIGH SCHOOL , AND OR EVEN ACCESSIBLE IS IT FOR A ELD STUDENT TO TAKE OR HONOR AN AP COURSE AND SOMETHING MATH OR SCIENCE RELATED. I GUESS THEORETICALLY, YOU WOULD REALLY NEED AS MUCH ENGLISH BECAUSE IT IS NOT LIKE A MAINE ENGLISH COURSE. IS THAT ANYTHING THAT STUDENTS HAVE DON BEFORE? IS THAT OUT THERE AS AN OPTION? >> STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS ANY COURSE LIKE ANY OTHER STUDENT. I WOULD SAY WHEN IT COMES TO LANGUAGES BEING A BARRIER TO FIND WAYS TO SUPPOR THE STUDENT AND WE HAVE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE A STUDENT IS LIMITED IN ENGLISH AND THERE I AN ADVANCED COURSE IN MATH AND EDUCATOR WILL CHECK IN WITH THA STUDENT AND SEE HOW THEY ARE DOING TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE ABL TO ACCESS THE CURRICULUM OR PROVIDE THE SUPPORT . YOU HAVE TUTORING FOR INSTANCE AT LUNCH TIME SO THEY ARE ABLE TO GET THAT SUPPORT FROM ANOTHER'S EVENT AND TAKE HIM TO THE CLASS OVER . WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A LANGUAGE BARRIER AND WE FIND WAYS HOW THIS UNIT ACCESSES THOSE COURSES THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE STUDENT AND EVEN ACQUIRING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EVEN FASTER BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S A LOT OF VOCABULARY THAT NEEDS TO BE LEARNED AND THAT IS REALLY BEIN ABLE TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO ACCESS THOSE COURSES. >> I WOULD SAY THAT MY EXPECTATION IS THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD'S EXPECTATION IS THAT WE ARE GAT OPENERS AND NOT GATEKEEPERS AND THAT WE ARE AT THE SCHOOL LEVE FINDING EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE AND NOT HAV BARRIERS PUT IN FRONT OF THEM S THEY CAN TAKE CLASSES AND EXPERIENCE THINGS THAT THEY AR INTERESTED IN. SO THEY ARE NOT JUST ONLY ACADEMICALLY AND I WILL SAY WHEN ELD IS YOUR ONLY ELECTIVE, IT MAKES SCHOOL REALLY TOUGH BECAUSE YOU DO FOUR CORE SUBJECTS, A PE, AND ELD, THAT IS NOT THE MOST EXCITING OF SCHEDULES BUT THAT IS WHY WE DO ZERO PERIODS AND SEVEN PERIODS OF EACH ONE THAT WILL ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE AN ELECTIVE. THAT IS ABOUT BEING THE GATE OPENER AND MOVING AWAY FROM THAT PHILOSOPHY. AND THEN WE HAVE A GATEKEEPERS THINK THAT THEY CAN'T MAKE IT WORK, THEY HAVE TO MAKE IT WORK. >> THANK YOU. >> I WANTED TO ADD THAT LAST WEEK TOO WE HAD A STUDENT FROM REDWOOD GOING TO TELL HIGH SCHOOL TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND A GOOD NUMBER OF THEM WERE ENGLISH LEARNERS AND THEY CAN ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO BEING AN ENGLISH LEARNER AND TAKING ELD, THAT WOULD GIVE THE OTHER IDEAS OF WHAT COURSES THE [03:15:01] CAN TAKE AFTER SCHOOL OR BEFOR SCHOOL OR PUSH THEMSELVES TO BE RECLASSIFIED BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> I HAD ONE LAST QUESTION. I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT PARENTS ABOUT THE FAMILIES AND HOW THE ARE GETTING APPRISED OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. I KNOW WE CAN'T HAVE A BILINGUAL COUNSELOR. CAN YOU MAYBE TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE MAKING SURE TO KEEP THEM IN THE LOOP? >> THERE IS A COUPLE THAT DEALT, AND WE DON'T HAVE BILINGUAL COUNSELORS THAT WE HAVE A BILINGUAL FACILITATOR AN I WOULD SAY TO COMMUNICATE WIT PARENTS WE USUALLY HAVE EDUCATORS MAKING CALLS TO PARENTS . I DO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC MEETING VIRTUALLY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. AND WHEN IT COMES TO ENGAGING PARENTS, SHE HAS I AM NOT SURE WHAT KIND OF MAGIC BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME OF THA FOR ANY WORK THAT SHE MADE, SHE BRINGS LIKE 200 PARENTS ALL THE TIME. AND FIND A WAY TO TELL M TO MAKE SURE THAT I AM THERE TOMORROW AND IF NOT, SHE WAS GOING TO CALL ME AND FINDS WAYS TO. I THINK DIFFERENT SCHOOL SITES HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS TO BRINGING PARENTS TO HAVE THEM ENGAGE WHEN THEY'RE HAVING MEETINGS, BUT THERE IS ALSO THE CALLS WE GET TO THE PARENTS AN KEEP ON INSISTING THE IMPORTANC OF THOSE AS WELL. I DO KNOW THA THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THEY HAVE WORKSHOP FOR SCHOOL EVENTS THAT ARE OPEN TO ANY PARENT TO ATTEND. IT REALLY JUST IS BEING ABLE TO FIND STAFF COMMUNICATING WITH PARENTS AND INVITING THEM BUT ALSO DOING A FOLLOW-UP AND SIGNING UP WITH REFERENCES WITH SOME SCHOOL SITES AND THEY HAVE NUMBERS THA ARE LOW. WHAT CAN WE DO TO BRIN MY PARENTS? THE IDEA COULD BE T THE STUDENTS TO SOME TYPE OF DEMONSTRATION WHETHER IT IS A PLAY OR SOME TYPE OF RECORD NATION IS LAW ON HOW THEY ARE DOING IT IS FINDING OTHER WAYS TO BRING PARENTS SOMETIMES PARENTS GET TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE ON THE SCHOOL SITE AND THEN SOMETIMES THEY GET TO CONTINUE COMING OVER AND I ALWAYS FIND WAYS TO INCREASE PARENTING LIKE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SEND THEM SOMETHING BY MAIL TWO WEEKS BEFORE AND THEN THE WEEK BEFORE WE CAN CALL THE PARENTS AND THE THE DAY AFTER OR THE DAY BEFOR CALL THEM AGAIN AND THEN BEFORE THE MEETING CALL THEM AGAIN AND SOMETIMES, WE HAVE TO GO KNOCK ON THE DOOR WHEN THEY DO HOME VISITS EVEN THOUGH . BY THE WAY WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP. SO IT IS REALLY BEING ABLE TO FIND DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO ENJO PARENTS AND INCREASING THE INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOL . >> I THINK THAT OUTREACH THAT YOU AND ATTEMPTED TO LAUNCH THE DEAL PROGRAM AT CONEJO IS A SHINING EXAMPLE. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THE INITIAL TARGET WAS FOR ENROLLMENT AND WHAT ENDED UP WITH? >> THE GOAL WAS TO HAVE 40 STUDENTS LAST YEAR TO START DOING A LANGUAGE PROGRAM. BUT W HAD A LOT OF FREE PRESENTATIONS GOING UP TO THE PRESCHOOLS AND FACEBOOK I KNOW THAT THEY WERE ANNOUNCING JOBS AND PROMOTING OUT OF THE VIRTUAL WORLD AND I KNOW SHE HAS BEEN PUSHING LOCAL MAGAZINES AND LOCAL NEWSPAPERS SO WE WENT FROM 40 ALL THE WAY TO 80 DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND I HEARD THAT WE WILL BE ADDING A NEW SECTION AND I AM LOOKING AT THE DOCTOR BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL HAVE TO HIRE MORE TEACHERS NEXT YEAR IF OUR NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GROW. W ARE VERY EXCITED THAT IS BUILDING UP THE MOMENTUM AND USUALLY WE HAVE TO DO A LOT OF HEAVY RECRUITMENT. EVENTUALLY, IT WILL SELL ITSELF BUT WE ARE STILL IN THAT STAGE OF FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO REACH THE PARENTS WE HAVE A PARENT TRAINING ALREADY WITH EVENINGS AND MORNINGS AND PUSHING IT OUT THERE SO THAT THE PARENTS ARE AWARE THAT THE PROGRAM EXISTS. >> THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? TRUSTEE LOPEZ. >> ONE MORE QUESTION. ON THE DUAL PROGRAM. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE HOME LANGUAGE FOR THEM. IS THAT I KNOW WHAT IS FED INTO THE PROCESS OF BEING ELIGIBLE FOR THE DUAL PROGRAM OR IS IT [03:20:09] IF YOU ARE ENROLLED AT THE SCHOOL YOU WILL BE ENROLLED IN A? >> THE HOME LANGUAGE SERVICE FO ANY STUDENT INCLUDING THE STUDENTS AND IS OPEN FOR ANY STUDENT. WE ALSO HAVE SOME INTERDISTRICT TRANSFERS FOR PARENTS INTERESTED AS WELL. TH ONLY GOAL IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THE BALANCE WHEN WE DO ADMIT STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE THE 50-50 BALANCE . TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS THOSE PEER MODELS THAT WE ARE SPEAKING WITH EACH OTHER AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAV THAT ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS AND SPANISH-SPEAKING STUDENTS AND THEY CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE TO CONTINUE THE LANGUAGE BALANCE BUT FAMILY OR ANY FAMIL IS INVITED TO APPLY. >> IS THAT PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS? >> YES. IN IS INCLUDED IN THAT INTRODUCTION? MY GUESS. THAT IS. YEAH. >> THAT WOULD BE COMPLETED FOR THE 50% OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR THAT OR ENGLISH LEARNERS. THAT PROGRAM IS MADE UP OF 50% ENGLISH LEARNERS AND 50% ENGLISH SPEAKERS AND THAT I HOW WE HAVE TO DETERMINE THAT 50% IS WOULD BE INDICATED FOR THAT FORM. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH DR. FOR ALL OF THE GREAT INFORMATION. >> YOU ARE WELCOME. [C. Instructional Services - Ratification of Los Cerritos Middle School Bell Schedule] >> WE ARE AT 5C. RATIFICATION O LOW SERVETUS MIDDLE SCHOOL BELL SCHEDULE. >> THIS IS NOT A HIGH SCHOOL BELL SCHEDULE. WE HAVE ASKED THE PRINCIPAL TO COME UP TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT A PROPOSED BILL SCHEDULE WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD FOR RATIFICATION. MR. KLINGER? >> GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION. I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE. IT'S BEEN A WHILE TO TALK YOU ABOUT A NEW EXCITING CHANGE ON THE HORIZON FOR LOW SERVETUS. I'M GOING TO TAKE ON LITTLE JOURNEY TWO 2011 WHERE WE ARE MORE RESTED AND 2011 THE LEADERSHIP TEAM CAME UP AND BROUGHT FORTH BRAND-NEW INITIATIVES IN THE FIRST ONE WA TO DEVELOP ONE MORE TEACHERS COLLABORATED AND LOOKED AT DATA AND FORMED INSTRUCTION AND PROVIDED THE HIGHEST QUALITY O STUDENT LEARNING. THE SECOND ONE IN ORDER TO DO SO NEED TO BUILD IN COLLABORATION FOR OUR TEACHERS. THE SITE APPROVED A MINIMUM DATE BELL SCHEDULE EVERY TUESDAY AND THE SCHOOL WA OUT AT 1:55 AND PROVIDED OUR DEPARTMENTS AND TEAMS OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT THE MOST TYPICAL EDUCATIONAL QUESTION THAT EXISTED WAS, WHA DO YOU DO WHEN STUDENTS ARE NOT LEARNING? AND I THINK THAT KEEP ME UP AT NIGHT AND MAYBE A FEW OF YOU AS YOU LOOK AT ACHIEVEMENT DATA AND OUR KIDS FOR THE MOST PART ARE SUCCEEDIN THERE ARE THOSE THAT ARE NOT. THEY DEVELOPED AN RTI MODEL AND THEY TOOK TIME OUT OF THE NORMAL BELL SCHEDULE AND BUILT IN 220 TUTORIAL MODELS. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE GROWTH THAT W HAVE MADE. OUR STATE SCORES HAV CONTINUED TO RISE AND OUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING AT A RATE AND THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION HAS IMPROVED. HOWEVER, THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP STILL EXISTS AND THAT IS PROBLEMATIC TO THE SPECIAL ED STUDENTS, AND IN OUR SOCIAL ECONOMIC STUDENTS . WE HAVE TO HAVE AN ONGOING PROCESS TO REFLECT ON MY THEY ARE NOT LEARNING. FOUR YEARS AGO, LOS CERRITOS WAS PART OF THE CAPS PRINCIPALS NETWORK . IT'S A GREAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH A SINGULAR FOCUS OF DEVELOPING STRONG PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TEAMS AND COMMUNITIES. AND LOW SERVETUS HAS BEEN A PAR OF THAT AND WE HAVE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY, BUT THE FOCUS THI YEAR WAS ON RTI. AND OBVIOUSLY DR. CRUZ IS ONE OF THE SPEAKERS UNBELIEVABLE MOTIVATING AND HE ASKED US TO REALLY LOOK AT OUR PROGRAM AND CAN WE SAY WITH [03:25:06] CERTAINTY THAT OUR PROGRAM AND OUR INTERVENTION PROGRAM IS THE REASON FOR OUR SUCCESS? THE ANSWER WAS THAT WE THINK SO. AND THAT IS NOT A GOOD ENOUGH ANSWER. YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT WHAT YOU WOULD DOING AND THE INTERVENTIONS YOU ARE PROVIDING OTHER REASON MY STUDENTS ARE SUCCEEDING. AS WE SAT THERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS . OUR KIDS ARE SUCCEEDING BUT NOT EVERYONE. IN ONE OF OUR TEACHERS CAME UP WITH THE IDEA IS, HOW DO WE SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTION FOCUS ON A COUPLE OF THINGS. IT MUST BE TIMELY. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE INTERVENTION PERIOD EVERY WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY WE WERE ABLE TO PULL KIDS AND PROVIDE MATH AND ENGLISH INTERVENTION, BUT NOT EVERY KID, NOT IN EVERY PERIOD AND EVERY SUBJECT MATTER AND IF YOU LOOK AT DATA ACROSS THE DISTRICT IS THAT OUR STUDENTS OFTEN OUR STUDENTS STRUGGLE IN SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES. WHEN IS THERE THAT TIM TO PROVIDE THAT TIER 2 INTERVENTION? THE TEACHER CAME UP WITH AN IDEA AND SAID, "WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DEDICATED A DAY OF THE WEEK TO PROVIDE INTERVENTION?" WE OBVIOUSLY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS AND WAS LIKE "HAS THAT EVER BEEN DONE?" IT IS A SPECIFIC SET OF TIME USUALLY BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MINUTES WITH A FOCUS ON PROVIDING INTERVENTION. BUT NO A DAY OF THE WEEK THAT IS PRETT UNIQUE. SOME BECAME UP WITH THE CONCEPT OF POTENTIALLY DOING AWAY WITH OUR TUTORIAL TIMES WITH 25 MINUTES THAT WE HAVE TW DAYS A WEEK AND WE PUSH THE TIM BACK IN TOWARD TRADITIONAL SCHEDULES. WE INCREASED INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AND THEN WE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD GET TO MOVE OUR MINIMUM DAY FROM TISDALE BELINDA WEDNESDAY AND MAKE THAT OUR INTERVENTION . TO UNDERSTAND THIS THIS IS UNIQUE AND THE QUESTIONS WILL COME IS THAT EVERY WEDNESDAY AT LOS CERRITOS AT THE BELL SCHEDULE, EVERY TEACHER, EVERY PERIOD AN EVERY SUBJECT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS. AND AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT WHY WEDNESDAY OR WHEN I FRIDAY. TH THREE-DAY WEEKEND. LET'S GO. W THOUGHT THE HUMPTY WAS THE BES BECAUSE NORMALLY, WHEN WE TEACH ANYTHING AFTER TWO DAYS AS A TEACHER YOU ARE LIKE, SOMETHING WENT INCREDIBLY RIGHT OR THEY DIDN'T GET ANYTHING I WAS TALKING ABOUT. WHAT AM I DOING NOW? THIS MINIMUM DAY FLEX THE WILL BE INTERVENTION TIME PERIOD IN ALL SUBJECTS, PE, ELECTIVE, SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, ET CETERA. WHERE TEACHERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO NO ONLY INTERVENE FOR THE STUDENTS WHO NEEDED , BUT ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND AND ENRIC AND I THINK THAT IS OFTEN DIFFICULT BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT WHEN WE EXTEND IT IS USUALLY PERFORCE , AFTER SCHOOL, AT LUNCH. WHY NOT INSIDE THE CLASSROOM? THIS IS BECOMING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOOKING AT THE DATA TO PROVIDE INTERVENTION . IT IS TIMELY AND TARGETED BASED ON THE WAY WE COLLECT MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND POTENTIALLY EVEN THE DAYS LAST WEEK . IN PROVIDING INTERVENTION AND ENRICHMENT AND SUPPORT FOR THE STUDENTS. AND AGAIN, THE FIRST THING IS LIKE WAIT A MINUTE, YO ARE GOING TO LOSE INSTRUCTIONAL TIMING. AND WE ARE NOT LOSING TIME, WE ARE SHIFTING THE FOCUS IT MIGHT NOT BE INSTRUCTION THE MATERIAL , BUT IT'S INSTRUCTION OF THINGS THAT THE STUDENTS NEED. HOW DO YOU GO TO THE NEX SLIDE? WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD THAT BE . OUR DEPARTMENT STARTED COMING UP WITH OPTIONS ON WHAT THINGS WE COULD DO YOU AND WITH THE HELP OF UDL AND ALL OF THE TRAINING WE HAVE DONE. WE ALWAYS HAVE TO STAND AND DELIVER INSTRUCTION . WE CAN CREATE SMALL GROUPS AND GIVE TEACHERS OPPORTUNITIES TO PULL SMALL GROUPS WHETHER THEY NEED TO WORK ON TOPIC SENTENCES OR A MATHEMATICAL CONCEPT OR WHY THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY AND PROVIDING OTHER STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO POTENTIALLY EXTEND AND ENRICH. EVEN BETTER, WE CAN ALSO UTILIZE EVERY STUDENT TO UNDERSTAND CONCEPTS IN ORDER TO RETEACH CONCEPTS TO THOSE THAT MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND AND WHILE ALL OF US ARE EXPERT TEACHERS AT SOME POINT, SOMETIMES, STUDENTS ARE THE BES [03:30:04] TEACHERS. AND NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO RELATE TO THE OTHER STUDENTS, BUT THEY SPEAK ON THE SAME LEVEL AND ARE ACCEPTED DIFFERENTLY. THAT IS SHORT OF IT AND I ONLY HAVE TWO SLIDES AND I ONLY BEAT TWO OF THE OTHER TEAMS. I LIKE THINGS TO BE SIMPLE. WE ARE EXCITED THAT 90% OF OUR TEACHERS VOTED TO CHANGE THIS. OBVIOUSLY, COLLECTED FROM OUR PRINCIPALS COPY AND I WAS A LITTLE BIT WORRIED THAT WE HAVE HAD IT FO 12 YEARS EVERY TUESDAY WITH MINIMUM DAYS. IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT THE FAMILIES AND THE ANSWER WAS TUESDAY, WHEN THEY, AND NOT REALLY THE BIGGEST BILL QUESTIONS? >> SINCE YOU HAVE BROUGHT UP TRAINING, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIM YOU OR AN ASSISTANT PRINT WILL AND YOUR TEAM PARTICIPATED IN A TRAINING PROGRAM? >> THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE UNIFIED DISTRICT . I'M PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. BUT IT HAS BEE ANYTIME YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNIT TO TAKE A TEAM OF TEACHERS AND TO DEVELOP AND HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND REFLECT , GOOD THINGS HAPPEN. CHANGES HAPPEN. I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S HARD GOING WELL, IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS WE ARE DOING OKAY THE TASK WAS PRETTY SOLID . OUR KIDS ARE PROGRESSING AT A HIGHER RATE AN WE ARE DOING WELL. IRON I'M LOOKING AT THE DATA AND SOCIALIST STUDENTS ARE NOT ACHIEVING AT THE SAME LEVELS AS WE WANT THEM. A NEW EVOLUTION THIS TIME. >> I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS NOT WHAT WE HAD PLANNED BECAUSE I DID CALL DR. WILSON AND THEY HA A CONVERSATION . WE HAVE BEEN DOING CAPTION FOR A WHILE. THI IS THE BIGGEST THING IN HIS FOU YEARS I HAVE SEEN COME OUT OF M QUESTION WAS IS THIS AN OUTCOME OF THIS TRAINING AND IS THOUGHT THEY CAME FROM THE GROUP THAT I THAT THE TRAINING IS HERE AND I WAS GLAD TO HEAR YES BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE HAVE TO MONITOR THE PD THAT WE PROVIDE AND WE HAVE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATOR PULLED ON CAMPUS SO WE HAVE SUBSTITUTES IN THE CLASSROOM IN A BE WORTH OUR TIME AND EFFORT AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE IDEA AND THE THOUGHT PROCESS HAS A 90% APPROVAL RATING FROM YOUR STAFF TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS AMAZING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME WITH THIS THAT WE WILL NEVER SE BUT ABLE KEEP THE TEAM UP BY FIGURING THINGS OUT. SO I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE WILL CONTINUE WITH TRAINING AGAIN FOR NEXT YEAR IN HERE AND WE HAVE FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE MIDDL SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING AND THEY ALL HAVE TEAMS AND I AM SURE THE OTHER SCHOOLS ARE GENERATIN STAFF AND I KNOW WE ARE GENERATING SOME THINGS FROM THE DEPARTMENT LEVELS DISTRICT WIDE THIS IS THE BIGGEST IMPACT I HAVE SEEN SO FAR COME FROM THIS BECAUSE HE IS AT THE BOARD SPEAKING ON IT. >> I CAN GIVE YOU A FEW MORE IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ONE. IF YOU LIKE LOS CERRITOS HAS LED THE WAY BY IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL STANDARDS IN MATH AND ENGLISH A WELL AS COMMON ASSESSMENTS ACROSS THE BOARD AND I THINK TH KEY THING IS THAT HAVING A STRONG PLT, YOU NEED TO BE ABL TO TALK WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES AN LOOKING AT DATA THAT IS SIMILAR AND THEN GO, " WHAT WENT RIGHT? WHAT DIDN'T GO RIGHT? WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT IT?" IF WE CAN DO THAT ON A CONSISTENT BASEMEN IN THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP WILL CLOSE AND ENGAGEMENT WILL INCREASE. OUR STUDENTS WILL LEARN AT A HIGHER LEVEL. IT'S OBVIOUSLY WHAT ALL OF OUR MIDDL SCHOOLS ARE FOCUSED ON. >> INC. YOU, MR. KLINGER. I THINK I HAD A SIMILAR SORT OF REACTION . I CHANGED LIKE THI AFTER 12 YEARS WITH A 90% APPROVAL RATE SUGGESTS A LEVEL OF COLLABORATION WITH SOME VAGU BIG GOALS. >> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT >> THIS IS A VERY SHORT QUESTION. THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT WHEN LOOKING AT THIS AN LISTENING TO YOUR PRESENTATION WAS KNOWING IT IS NOT AN OFFICIAL DISTRICT GROUP, BUT MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVISORY GROUPS , DR. WILSON, THIS REALLY SOUNDS [03:35:04] LIKE SOMETHING I THINK THAT WE SHOULD GET. THAT IS ALL. >> ALONG THOSE LINES, THIS IS GREAT. I LOVE THE CREATIVITY AN FLEXIBILITY. THIS IS WITH A STUDENT AT THE CENTER OF ALL OF IT. AND TO MRS. LOPEZ THIS POINT. I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWE TO THIS QUESTION WITH OTHER STUDENTS ON YOUR SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL. THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS AS WELL. >> I THINK IF THERE IS A NAYSAYER OF OUR STUDENTS IS THAT NORMALLY THE STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT PULLED FOR INTERVENTIO IF IT BECOMES A 25 MINUTE CITY HALL . SOME OF OUR MORE PROFICIENT IN HIRING ACCELERATE KIDS WERE LITTLE BIT SAD THAT THEY'LL HAVE 25 MINUTES LEFT TO DO HOMEWORK TO GET AN EARLY START. THEY WILL BE GROWING PAINS, BUT AGAIN I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE HIGHER-LEVEL KIDS WILL CONTINU TO BE SUCCESSFUL. OBVIOUSLY, THE NEEDS ARE WITH OBVIOUSLY ARE MOST AT RISK KIDS IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THEM CONFIDENT IN THEIR SKILL SETS AND NOT JUST WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS DURING THE 25 MINUTE PERIOD IF WE CAN PROVIDE INTERVENTION. IT IS EVERY TEACHER, EVERY WEDNESDAY, PROVIDING TIER 2 INTERVENTION T ENSURE STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL. SOUNDS GOOD. I LIKE OUT-OF-THE-BOX THINKING AND I SUGGEST THAT YOU COME BACK AT A CERTAIN POINT AND LET US KNOW HOW IT WENT ASSUMING THIS PASSE AT SOME POINT. IN LET'S HOPE THAT YOU SEE. >> WE WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORIN THE PROGRESS. AT LOS CERRITOS AND OTHER MIDDLE SCHOOLS AS WEL AND I THINK IT IS GREAT THAT WE CAN SEE PROGRESS THAT YOU WILL MAKE WHETHER IT BE DISTRIBUTION, DATA, OR END OF THE YEAR AS WELL IS OBVIOUSLY THE BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT. IT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND LOOK AT AND MR. KLINGER WIL BE PROVIDING US WITH THE INFORMATION AND I WANT TO REALL RECOGNIZE THE INNOVATION THAT CAME OUT FROM MR. KLINGER'S LEADERSHIP GROUP AND THINKING HOW WE CAN DO BETTER AND I THINK THAT IS PERFECT. >> I AM MORE OF A IN THE BOX THINKER BUT OUR ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CHAIR WITH OUR SPECIAL DEPARTMENT CHAIRS ALSO THERE WITH A SIXTH-GRADE TEACHER THAT IS THERE. THAT IS NICE WHEN YOU HAVE AN IDEA THAT IS OUT-OF-THE-BOX AND NOBODY ELSE DOES THAT. EVERYBODY DOES THIS. YOU TAKE TIME. YOU BUILD A LITTLE TIME 20 PERIOD AND THEN YOU INTERVENE. AND I GET NERVOUS AND DON'T WANTED TO BE FAILURE, BUT OBVIOUSLY, PROVIDING INTERVENTION EVERY SINGLE WEDNESDAY TO EVERY SINGL STUDENT WE ARE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF INTERVENTION TWICE EVERY TWO MONTHS. I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL MAKE SOME GAINS YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR TEAM, AND TO ECHO WHAT MR. LOU WAS SAYING. IT IS VERY EASY TO LOO AT DATA AND SAY THAT WE ARE DOING GOOD ENOUGH , BUT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE SAID LET'S DO BETTER. AND LET'S LOOK FOR WHERE WE CAN AND WAYS WE CAN D BETTER AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR INSPIRING YOUR TEAM TO DO THAT. >> AND WE ARE ALL FOCUSED ON ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MOVE THE NEEDLE. I THINK THAT IS OFTEN A CONVERSATION WITH OUR LEADERSHI . >> ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. THANK YO SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. [D. Human Resources - Approval of Amendments to Board Policy 4140 and 4240 - Bargaining Units] HUMAN AMENDMENT 4140 AND 4240 BARGAINING UNITS. THIS IS VALENTINE. >> THIS IS UPDATES TO A BOARD POLICY PERTAINING TO ACCESS TO EMPLOYEE INFORMATION , COMMUNICATION MEMBERSHIP, AND EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION DO WE HAV [03:40:02] QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THI ITEM? >> I DO. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. THE FIRST ONE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS 4140 AND 4240, CORRECT? IS THAT WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT? I THINK I'M OKA ON THIS ONE. THANKS. [E. Human Resources - Approval of Amendments to Board Policies 4115, 4215, 4315 and Administrative Regulation 4115 - Evaluation/Supervision] >> OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHERS WE WILL MOVE TO 5D IMPROVEMENT AMENDMENTS 441542154315 AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION 4115 EVALUATION SUPERVISION. THIS I VALENTINE. IN THIS IS THE ADDITION OF THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERS AS WELL AS, REMOVING TH LANGUAGE FROM NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND. IMPORTANT. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> TO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I AM ASSUMING THIS IS ALIGNED WITH THE BARGAINING AGREEMENT OVER . I THINK THERE IS A COMMENT IN THERE ABOUT IF IT DOESN'T DO THAT THAN THE BARGAINING AGREEMENT TAKES PRECEDENT AND THEN WE HAVE TO ADJUST . >> THIS IS A POLICY THAT THIS I HAPPENING AND VERY SPECIFIC TIMES THROUGHOUT A TEACHER'S CAREER. >> THAT IS CORRECT AND IT SPELLED OUT IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. >> IS THERE AN ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE OF THAT. THE CDS COMING IN EVERY YEAR. EVERY CYCLE. >> IT IS EASIER NOW THAN WHEN DR. MCLACHLAN WAS IN THE OFFICE BECAUSE IT IS ALL ONLINE. THERE IS NOTICES LIKE , MAY 15 IS TH LAST DAILY EVALUATION HAS TO BE UPLOADED INTO FRONTLINE AND COMPLETED ON THE FRONT LINES OF THEY ARE VERY STRICT DEADLINES THAT WE FOLLOW AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE O IT. >> OUR EVALUATION PROCESS IS A PRETTY IN-DEPTH PROCESS. IT STARTS BY NOTIFYING THE TEACHE WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME AND THEN HE GOES TO THE NEXT PIECES YOU HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND DO YOU SELECTION OF STANDARDS AND KEY ELEMENTS IS THE BIG DATE AND I IT'S NOT THAT OBVIOUSLY OUR EVALUATION SYSTEM WILL LET HR KNOW THAT SOMEBODY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TO BE EVALUATED AND TALKS ABOUT TWO YEARS OR EVERY YEAR AS PERMANENT AND THEN AFTER YOUR 10 YEARS, IT GOES T BE OUTLINED IN THE CONTRACT AS WELL. THE PRINCIPAL CAN MAKE THE DECISION TO ENTER INTO EVALUATED TEACHERS AT ANY POINT AS LONG AS THEY NOTIFY YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR SEAT ON THE STICK TO THE CYCLE SO IF YOU'RE A TEACHER WHO QUALIFIES AND THEN THE PRINCIPAL FEELS LIKE THEY NEED TO DO AN EVALUATION OF THE TEACHER THEY NEED TO NOTIFY THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH THE EVALUATIO PROCESS. THERE IS SOME POINTS WITHIN THE PROCESS THAT ALLOWS US TO KNOW THE PROCESS HAS BEEN STARTED FOR EVERY TEACHER AND WE ARE AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND GUESSING IF SOMEBODY DID TH PROCESS OR DIDN'T DO THE PROCES BECAUSE THERE IS A PROCESS LEADING INTO THE FINAL PAPERWOR BEING TURNED IN. >> IS THAT RIGHT? >> CORRECT. >> I THINK THERE IS POTENTIALL FOUR CRITERIA THAT YOU CAN USE PART OF THE EVALUATION AND ONLY ONE IS REQUIRED. IS THAT RIGHT? >> IT DEPENDS ON IF IT IS A TEMPORARY TEACHER OR SLIPPERY STATUS OR PROBATIONARY STATUS AND USUALLY IF IT IS PROBATIONARY OR PERMANENT THE TEACHER CHOOSES ONE AREA, AND THE SUPERVISOR CHOOSES ONE ARE AND THEN THEY CHOOSE A JOINT LINTEL IT IS ACTUALLY THREE ON THE EVALUATION. AND FOR TEMPORARY TEACHERS IT WOULD BE ALL AREAS. >> WHEN IT SAYS IN THE POLICY THE SUPERINTENDENT IS MAKING [03:45:12] SURE THE EVALUATION HAD UNIFORM MEANING THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT . CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? >> YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT ALL DAY LONG BECAUSE HE ACTUALLY PU IN THE RUBRICS THAT IS THE EVALUATION. I CAN SHARE THIS WITH YOU AS WELL. SO YOU CAN HAVE MORE OF AN IDEA IT IS A VERY IN-DEPTH PROCESS AND IT TELLS THEY ARE DEVELOPING PROFICIENT IT ACTUALLY LAYS OU WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN A CLASSROOM UNDER EVERY STANDARD. IF THERE IS A COMMON EVALUATIO RUBRIC. >> AND THERE IS A SECOND YEAR HERE AND I AM WORKING WITH A NEGOTIATING TABLE THAT GAVE ME LOT OF RELAY IN REVAMPING THE PROCESS ONCE WE ARE NEGOTIATING . I FEEL LIKE WE NEGOTIATED A VERY CAN STRUCTURE THAT IS VER COMPLEX , BUT ALLOWS FOR IN TH RUBRICS TO BE FAIR BUT COLLABORATIVE AND GIVING FEEDBACK. THE TRICKY PART IS W DON'T DO THE EVALUATION AND WHERE WE ARE NOT IN THE CLASSROOM EVERY DAY SO THERE I A PIECE OF WE DO HAVE A LEVEL O EXPECTATION WITH EVERY LEVEL OF OUR PRINCIPALS THAT THEY ARE DOING FAIR AND HONEST EVALUATIONS AND THAT IS THE LEVEL OF EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE SHE'S NOT GETTING , WE CAN GO I AND PULL A LOOK AT CIVIC EVALUATIONS BUT FROM THE HR PERSPECTIVE MAKING SURE THINGS GET COMPLETED WE ARE MAKING SUR THAT THEY GOT COMPLETED. IF WE HAVE TEACHERS BEING REQUESTED TO GO INTO ASSISTANCE THAN THA IS COMING INTO CONSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES AND THE INDUCTION PROGRAM BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THAT SUPPORT COMES FROM IS OUR MENTOR TEACHERS. >> THANK YOU. THAT IS INTERESTING. FOR THE BP 4315 FOR ADMIN AND SUPERVISORY STAFF IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S SIMILAR IN THAT WE HAVE THESE VERY SET , TIMELY EVALUATIONS THAT ARE DON AND SUBMITTED IN A SIMILAR FASHION. IN IT IS NOT QUITE AS STRUCTURED AS WHAT YOU NEGOTIATED. >> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? >> FROM THIS ASIDE THAT DR. POWELL WAS TALKING ABOUT BEING NEW. I AM COMPLETELY UNFAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESS. IS TEACHER EVALUATION PART OF THAT WHEN THE PRINCIPAL WILL COME INTO TH CLASSROOM AND OBSERVE THE CLASS TWO YES. THAT COULD BE. >> GENERALLY, EVERY STUDENT KNOWS THAT IT'S TEACHER EVALUATION DAY FOR A TEACHER BECAUSE THEY WILL WALK IN AND THE TEACHER WILL SAY, "HEY, THE PRINCIPAL IS COMING IN, BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR, WE ARE DOIN THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT TODAY." HOW DO WE PREVENT THAT? I TALKED TO ANY STUDENT AND IS LIKE, OH THE THE DAY THE PRINCIPAL CAME IN WAS THE DAY THAT THE TEACHER DID A LESSON FOR ONCE. THINGS LIKE THAT. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT WE ARE ALWAYS ENCOURAGING AND EXPECTING OUR PRINCIPALS TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM. THE MORE THEI PRESENT AND VISIBLE IN THE CLASSROOMS THE LESS OF A BIG DEAL IT IS WITH THE PRINCIPAL OR ADMINISTRATORS IN THE ROOM FOR AN ACTUAL OBSERVATION SO THAT IS ALWAYS BEEN A CONSISTEN MESSAGE TO ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS IS THAT THEY ARE VERY BUSY AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO IS GO INTO THE CLASSROOM AND BE WITH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. >> THAT IS EASIER SAID THAN DON AT OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHEN THEY HAVE ADMINISTRATION SUPPOR IS REALLY HARD FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY WITH A NUMBER OF A 504 PLAN MEETING AND PARENT DROPPING MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES UP ON AN ELEMENTARY CAMPU HAVING A SINGLE ADMINISTRATOR ON CAMPUS DOES HINDER THE ABILITY AT TIMES. BUT THEY DO WELL. >> HAD ANOTHER QUESTION RELATED TO THAT AND I'M TRYING TO LOOK THROUGH ALL OF THEM. IS THIS [03:50:16] NOT A PART OF THE EVALUATION? >> OBSERVATION IS COMPLETED EVERY YEAR REGARDLESS OF YOUR STATUS. AN EVALUATION IS ON A CYCLE. BASICALLY NOT EVERY SINGLE TEACHER IS EVALUATED EVERY YEAR. IS THERE A REQUIREMENT TO TAB OFF OF WHAT TRUSTEE WILL PASS THE SENATE. I THERE SOMETHING HAPPENING ON ASUS DAY AS SUCH IS THAT BEING A NORM. IN YOUR SCHEDULING THA DAY AHEAD OF TIME AND WHEN TO SCHEDULE THE FIRST ONE YOU CAN SAY IT DIDN'T GO PRETTY WELL. I'M GOING TO DO SOME DROP IN OBSERVATIONS . I THINK THE MOST PART ARE TRYING TO WORK THAT OUT, BUT IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DROPPING EVALUATIONS WITHOUT ALWAYS BEIN SCHEDULED. >> IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE SCHEDULED AT ALL? I THINK IT KIND OF DEFEATS THE PURPOSE IF EVERYTHING IS PLANNE OUT AND THAT TEACHER CAN BE EXPECTING THE PRINCIPAL WILL BE COMING IN. >> I THINK THAT IS WHAT MR. LEE WAS TRYING TO TALK ABOUT, WE HAVE TO PLAN IT OUT BECAUSE NUMBER ONE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS NOT A DAY THEY ARE COMPLETIN AN ASSESSMENT OR WE DON'T WANT TO CATCH PEOPLE NECESSARILY AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO RELY ON THESE WALK-INS WHERE A PRINCIPA GOES IN AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT THE PRINCIPAL SHOULD BE USING AS FA AS EVALUATING THE TEACHERS. >> THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? 5F, NEW HIGH SCHOOL CORE [F. Instructional Services - Approval of New High School Core Literature Title - The Distance Between Us] LITERATURE TITLE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US. >> WE ARE BRINGING FOR THIS PROPOSED TITLE FOR NINTH GRADE. THIS WAS APPROVED AT THE MOST RECENT AND LAST OR THIRD SECONDARY CURRICULUM ADVISORY COUNCIL. WE JUST RECENTLY OF COURSE THANK YOU TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVED FOUR TITLES OF THE SECONDARY LEVEL WITH AN ADDITIONAL NEW ONE FOR NINTH GRADE. WE HAVE A WEBINAR SET UP TWO FOR MAY 11 AND MAY 25 IN PURSUANT TO THE BOARD POLICY WILL BRING THIS BOARD ADDITIONAL TIME AS INFORMATION DISCUSSION AND ONE TIME AFTER THAT FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. >> TERRIFIC. WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS TITLE? >> I THINK IT IS A SHE, SHE HOPES IT WILL BUILD A YEAR-LONG ENGLISH 9 COURSE FOR CONSIDERATION THAT MAY SERVE AS AN ALTERNATIVE 9H AND ETHNIC STUDIES. IS THAT A STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING STUDENTS CAN TAKE INSTEAD OF THE STANDARD ETHNIC STUDIES CLASS OR THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHE HAS WRITTEN HERE? IN SOMETHING OTHER DISTRICTS HAVE DONE. OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS HOLDING OUT OUR CURRENT SEMESTER LONG ETHICS CITY COURSE WITH A REQUIREMENT BUT I DO THINK IT IS GOOD THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE LOOKING AT THE CITY'S REQUIREMENT AND THINKING THAT THIS COULD BE MAY BE MY RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL AND NUMBER TWO, MAYBE THIS IS A CREATIVELY DIFFERENT WAY . I THINK THIS PARTICULAR TEACHER THAT PROPOSED THE TITLE WORKS CLOSE THE WITH MR. LYNCH OVER AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND SO AM SURE THEY HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REQUIREMENTS AND THE POSSIBILIT OF THE COURSE. AND WE WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THIS TEACHER TO SEE AND EXPLORE HOW THIS COULD POTENTIALLY MEET THE ETHNICS REQUIREMENT AS WELL AS COURSES MOVING DOWN IN THE YEARS AND HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE OTHER COURSES THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENT. >> I LIKE THAT SHE IS THINKING IN THIS DIRECTION. I THINK THAT IS GREAT. >> USUALLY IF WE ARE ADOPTING THESE TEXTS, I LOOK AT IT AS A FIRST ACTIVE OF RELATING TO A STUDENT THAT EITHER RELATES TO THE PROTAGONIST OR THE AUTHOR AND HOW IS THIS . AS I READ A WRITE UP ON THIS ONE, THE VALUE [03:55:09] IS NOT ONLY FOR THIS RIDDANCE THAT MAY IDENTIFY WITH THE PROTAGONIST, BUT FOR THE STUDEN MAY BE IN A CLASS THAT IS SITTING NEXT THE STUDENT FOR THAT STUDENT TO RELATE TO WHAT THEIR FRIEND MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH. I THOUGHT IT WAS SO VALUABLE . >> THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? >> THE QUESTION I HAD COMING OUT OF THAT LAST MEETING LIZ ORIGINALLY ASKED SHOWS UP IN A LIBRARY AND NOW I AM WONDERING WHY. >> THERE IS NOT A SPECIFIC REASON WHY I WOULDN'T ORDER WHY THEY COULD NOT INCLUDE THE TITLES. IT IS AS WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD LITERATURE TITLES SPECIFICALLY FOR THE POLICY AND OUR LITERATURE , THAT A SEPARATE ON OUR POLICY AND PROCEDURE FOR LIBRARY MATERIALS. >> IS THERE ANY WAY THE TWO CAN BE INCORPORATED WITH EACH OTHER >> THEY ARE WRITTEN AS SEPARATE POLICIES . I CERTAINLY THINK THAT AS WE REGULARLY MEET WITH OUR LIBRARIANS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL WE CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT THEM WORKING WITH THEIR SCHOOL SITE ADMINISTRATION AND THEIR STAFF ABOUT THE BENEFITS AND VALUE OF HAVING THOSE TITLES AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY WHICH WOULD BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LIBRARY POLICY AND PROCESS SEPARATE . >> GOT IT. THANK YOU. [G. Business Services - Approval of Amendments to Administrative Regulation 3516.2 - Bomb Threats] >> ANYBODY ELSE? MOVING ON. 5G. APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO ADMINISTRATION DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? >> THERE IS AN UPDATED POLICY. THERE IS REFLECTION TO AB 1352. THEIR AUTHORIZED DISTRICTS TO REQUIRE MILITARY DEPARTMENT CONSULTATION OF CALIFORNIA CYBE SECURITY INTEGRATION CENTER TO DO AN INDEPENDENT SECURITY ASSESSMENT IF THEY WANTED TO . THE NEW LAW AB 2355 REQUIRING DISTRICTS THAT GO THROUGH A CYBER ATTACK WHICH IMPACTS MOR THAN 500 STUDENTS OR PERSONNEL TO REPORT CYBER ATTACKS AND REQUIRES THAT ANY SCHOOL EMPLOYEE OR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WHO IS AWARE OF ANY POTENTIAL MAJOR THREAT IS REQUIRED TO REPORT IT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IMMEDIATELY AND THEN SPELLING OUT SOME IMPROVED PROCESSES FOR HANDLING ANY TYPE OF BOMB THREATS OR THREATS AS THEY COME INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA. >> I RECALL THE LEGISLATION IN ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. I HA A QUESTION. THIS POLICY IS SPECIFIC TO BOMB THREATS . THE NEW LEGISLATION IS ABOUT THREAT IN GENERAL. I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS . IS THERE WHY THERE WA SPECIFICALLY WITH BOMB THREATS? IS THIS THE WAY THE POLICY HAS ALWAYS BEEN? DO WE NEED A SEPARATE ONE FOR OTHER TYPES OF THREATS THAT WOULD COME IN? >> IS IN CREATING A NEW POLICY BECAUSE A SIMILAR PROCEDURE WIT A BOMB THREAT OR ANY TYPE OF THREAD I THINK THE GATHERING OF INFORMATION IN THE REPORTING PIECES ARE BASICALLY THE SAME. AND PROBABLY THEY COULD STAND A TITLE CHANGE, BUT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE GAMBIT PLATFORM. I SEE AT SOME POINT IN TIME THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE THAT TITLE. I CAN'T SEE HOW IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND WIT BOMB THREATS. I THINK BOMB THREAT HAVE A CONNOTATION WITH THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE THAT IS HISTORICALLY WITH THE MAJOR THREATS WERE IN THE PAST WHETHE TO PHONE CALLS OR WRITTEN OR WHAT HAVE YOU. >> IS THAT SOMETHING IS FAIRLY CONCERNED ABOUT NOW AND WE WILL SEE WHAT THEY DO OR DOES IT BEHOOVE US TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE NOW AND SAY BOMB THREA OR OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE. I DON'T KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. IN THAT IS NOT A DECISION MADE BY THE DR. OR MYSELF THAT WOUL BE GIVEN BY THE BOARDS WITH THE [04:00:07] BOARD WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE TITLE, WE NEED DIRECTION AND APPROVAL FROM THE MAJORITY TO D THAT. WE DON'T NECESSARILY MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. THE NEGATIVE TITLE IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS SURROUNDING WHEN A BOMB THREAT HAPPENS. AND THAT IS IN A SITUATION OF A BOMB THREAT. DO YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION? >> THE LANGUAGE WITHIN THE POLICY IS MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE. ARE YOU PROPOSING A TITLE CHANGED TO MAKE THE TITLE MORE EXPENSIVE TO MATCH THE LANGUAGE INSIDE? I DON'T SEE THIS COVERING ANYTHING OTHER THAN A BOMB THREAT. >> SOMEBODY WHISPERED IN MY EAR THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER ASSOCIATED POLICIES REGARDING THE NEW LAWS. THERE IS TENDENC TO SOMETIMES COVER THINGS IN MULTIPLE POLICIES AND REGULATIONS. WE CAN GO BACK AN WE WILL TAKE A LOOK FOR THE UPDATES ARE AND PERHAPS, WE CA SEE WHERE THE CONNECTIONS ARE. >> TWO THE POINT ABOUT GETTING AHEAD OF GAMBIT, WE CAN'T GET TOO FAR AHEAD BECAUSE WHEN YOU REVISE IT AND LATER THEY GO TO COMPARE IT AGAIN AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT POLICY YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOU CAN'T MATCH IT AND THE ENTIRE THING GOES HAYWIRE. IF YOU ARE TOO FAR AHEAD IN SOME OF THESE , THE NET BECOMES A NIGHTMARE TO SOR OF MATCH THE POLICY THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE ACCORDING TO GAMUT TO WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. DISCUSSION PAGE AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE LOOKED A WE ARE TOO FAR OVER THE BOUNDARIES. THE MEN ON THAT POINT REAL QUICK. I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY BOARD MEETING AGO IT WAS. BUT THERE IS A SUGGESTION THAT I HAD A FOOTNOT OR SEMI ABOUT WHAT TO GAMUT W WERE PULLING FROM AND SO THAT WOULD KIND OF LIMITATION BECAUS WE STILL HAVE A REFERENCE SOMEWHERE TO WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY BASED ON. THIS IS SOMETHING WE WERE STILL CONSIDERING? >> WAS THAT THE FEDERAL PROGRA MONITORING? >> YES. THAT IS PART OF THE GAMUT. >> WHEN WE BRING THIS FORWARD T THE FINAL ACTION, WE BRING BASICALLY THE LINE VERSION WITH THE NOTES THAT IS EITHER BOARD DISCUSSIONS AND THE COMMITTEE DIRECTION AND WE KNOW IN THE LINE VERSION WE APPROVED THE CLEAN VERSION AND THEN WE KNOW BY THE DATE IT WAS APPROVED THA ANY FUTURE UPDATES EVENTUALLY HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE LINE VERSION TO SEE WHAT WAS NOTED. THAT WOULD WORK FOR US. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE 15 YEARS DOWN THE LINE, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY WAY REALLY TO NOTICE AND HAVE A REFERENCE TO IT UNLESS WE PUT IT STRAIGHT IN POLICY ITSELF WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO BE CUMBERSOME IN THE FINAL FOUR ACTION. THIS IS SOMETHING AS THERE IS NOT A CHECKS AND BALANCE ONCE IT IS APPROVED AND THEN THE NEXT GAMU OF IT COMES OUT WITH FPM AND W NOTED IT. >> I DON'T MIND TWEAKING BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR AHEAD DO SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE CHANGING THE TITLE AND THEN MAKING A REFERENCE WITH BOMB THREATS OR ANY OTHER MAJOR THREATS OF VIOLENCE AND IMPACTING MORE THAN 500 OR WHATEVER IT IS HERE. THE REST OF THE POLICY WILL BE REFERRING [04:05:05] TO THE BOMB THREAT SO WE ARE ME NOT CHANGING MUCH OF THE POLICY. THIS APPLIES TO WHATEVER VIOLENT SITUATION THEY ARE EXPERIENCING IT. >> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE [H. Business Services - Approval of New Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 3515 - Campus Security] ARE NOT INFRINGING UPON ANOTHER POLICY BEFORE WE MAKE THE CHANGE. WE WILL DO THAT IN THE INTERIM BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION. >> OKAY. AWESOME. AND THEN WE WILL MOVE TO 5H NEW BOARD POLICY ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIO 3515 CAMPUS SECURITY. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE POLICIES LINK TO THE OTHER POLICY. WE DON'T HAVE THIS POLICY CURRENTL . IT IS IN LINE FOR THE INITIATIVES YOU WITH THE TO THAT ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION TO OUR POLICY. >> OKAY. QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? OKAY. I DO NOT [I. Business Services - Consideration of Joining in on Social Media Litigation] SEE ANY. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM FIVE, BUSINESS SERVICES , SOCIAL MEDIA LITIGATION. >> THIS HAS BEEN MAKING ITS WAY AROUND AND GETTING SOME PRESS, SO NOT TO BE LEFT OUT OR ANYTHING, WE JUST NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON IT TO DISCUSS IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER INFORMATION REQUESTED ON THIS , WITH THIS LEGAL DISPUTE AGAINST SOCIAL MEDIA , BUT WE WILL JUST PUT IT ON THE TABLE , MOVING FORWARD. LAUNCH LITIGATION ON OUR OWN BUT TO JOIN THE DISTRICT ? >> CORRECT. THERE IS A LAW FIRM THAT SEES THIS AS A CLASS ACTION , NOTING THE SIMILARITY OF THE VAPING SETTLEMENT , SO IT IS IN THE EARLY STAGES , WITH SOME INFORMATION ATTACHED ON HERE. IF THE BOARD WANTED ANY TYPE OF DISCUSSION. >> DO WE HAVE ANY TIME? BY WHICH WE WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD OR NOT? >> WE SAW THIS AND REACHED OUT DIRECTLY TO THE LAW FIRM SO IT'S A BIT EARLY TO SAY WHAT THE LEGAL DEADLINE WOULD BE. TYPICALLY THIS IS A PRETTY WIDE WINDOW AND I THINK THEIR STRATEGY IS TO GAIN AS MANY CLIENTS AS POSSIBLE IN A CASE LIKE THIS. >> WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS , I DIDN'T KNOW THE NEWS, TODAY, IN WASHINGTON , THAT FACEBOOK VIOLATED THE 2021 ORDERS AND IS NOW PROPOSING MORE STRICT MEASURES AGAINST MONETIZING YOUTH DATA . IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING TO THIS. >> THIS IS SPECIFICALLY ON THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACT AND THERE ARE SO MANY PATHWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS . THERE IS NO COST TO US TO JOIN THIS , FOR THE GROUP AS A WHOLE . IT'S ROUGHLY 25%. >> OKAY. >> CAN YOU SUMMARIZE THIS, BESIDES GOING AFTER MONEY? WHAT IS IT ASKING THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TO DO? >> IT IS SAYING, STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. >> SO, FROM WHAT I READ ABOUT [04:10:12] THIS, I KNOW THAT PROVING THEIR CULPABILITY IS A BIG CHALLENGE. I DON'T KNOW , IS IT FOR MONEY , OR IS IT MORE ABOUT THE MOVEMENT THAT IS TRYING TO BRING SOME PRESSURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ? >> SO, WE ARE NOT BRINGING THIS FORWARD . >> AND THAT'S WHY I WASN'T REALLY DIRECTING THAT AS A QUESTION TOWARDS YOU. WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO REALLY DISCUSS THAT, I WAS JUST SORT OF THINKING OUT LOUD. >> I THINK THAT OUR CONCERN IS STUDENT WELL-BEING , THAT THERE ARE ENTITIES CAUSING HARM . THAT IS OUR BUSINESS. >> I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT AND I ACTUALLY THINK MAKING A STATEMENT IS WORTHWHILE, IN THIS CASE . >> ON THE FINANCE SIDE, THIS IS ULTIMATELY NOTHING WE LOOKED AT AS A PLUS GAME FOR US? WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, POSSIBLY. WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BRINGING SOMETHING FORWARD AND SO THAT WE KNOW THAT YOU WANT US TO ENGAGE IN THIS. >> I WOULD JUST SAY THAT FROM A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE, WE LITERALLY HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE . THERE HAVE BEEN TALKS ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA , SO IF WE DON'T EVEN REALLY GET A LOT OF THE MONEY, I THINK IT'S MORE OF A STATEMENT ABOUT STANDING WITH STUDENTS MENTAL HEALTH AND STUFF LIKE THAT. YOU DO HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT IF WE DO GET MONEY FROM IT , DO WE HAVE A SAY OVER IT? OR IS IT LIKE OKAY, YOU GET MONEY, BUT HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. MAC TYPICALLY AWARDS DON'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS. I WILL SAY THAT THE IF THERE IS SOME INTENT ON JOINING THIS, WE WILL MAKE THAT PUBLIC BECAUSE NOW THIS BECOMES A CASE THAT WE ARE ESSENTIALLY BRINGING FORWARD , AS WE SAY IN THE OPEN PUBLIC DOMAIN, THEN BECOMES FAIR GAME TO ONE THING ONE WAY OR ANOTHER , BUT JUST IN A CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING HERE , IN THE LITIGATION. >> SO, ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE , WE HAVE HAD TO MAKE CONSIDERABLE INVESTMENTS IN ORDER TO RESTORE OUR STUDENTS. SO WE HAVE DEFINED SOME ENTITIES AS HAVING CAUSED HARM IN THESE ASPECTS. >> GOING OFF OF THAT, IF IT DID END UP BEING MONEY THAT GOES OUT OF IT, WOULD BE PUT THAT MONEY BACK ? IS THAT THE LOGICAL TRAJECTORY? >> I WOULD SEE IT AS RECOMPENSE . DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO WEIGH IN? >> I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THE LITIGATION , BUT WHERE DO WE CROSS THE LINE OF CENTERING SOCIAL MEDIA ? CENSORING SOCIAL MEDIA VERSUS TEACHING KIDS CRITICAL THINKING , IF A [04:15:03] TIKTOK SAYS GO PUNCH A TEACHER , YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WHERE DOES IT BECOME OUR RESPONSIBILITY , WHERE IS OUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY ? >> I UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT ABOUT A FREE SPEECH ISSUE. IT'S ABOUT ALLOWING TEENAGERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO BE 14 TO USE THEM. BUT WE KNOW THAT KIDS BELOW 14 HAVE ACCOUNTS AND ARE EXPOSED TO CONTENT THAT, THEORETICALLY, BASED ON THE RULES, IS BEING PUT OUT , SO IF THERE ARE NO CONTROLS ON THAT END , WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THE RULES , THAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T HAVE ACCESS TO AN ACCOUNT , IS IT A GENERALITY, THINGS LIKE THAT? >> I AM DEFINITELY ON THE FENCE WITH THIS. I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT SOCIAL MEDIA IS A TREMENDOUS ISSUE FOR KIDS IN TODAY'S WORLD. WE ARE NOT BEING ASKED TO INVEST MONEY, WE ARE NOT ATTORNEYS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK WHAT I GRAPPLED WITH , I WAS VISITING WITH ONE OF THE WELLNESS CENTERS AND ASKED WHAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR KIDS MENTAL HEALTH, BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME , SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP MITIGATE THIS ON CAMPUS , SO THAT'S JUST SORT OF MY THINKING ON THIS DID >> I THINK THE QUESTION IS QUITE LIMITED. I DON'T THINK IT IS A QUESTION OF CENSORSHIP , I THINK IT'S A QUESTION OF COMPANIES SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ADHERE TO A CERTAIN SET OF RULES AND DID NOT DO THAT. >> SO, IT'S 10:25, DO WE NEED TO EXTEND THE CONVERSATION , AND THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN , YOU KNOW. DO YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ? >> I MOVE THAT WE EXTEND THIS MEETING TO NO LATER THAN 10:45. >> THANK YOU. >> YES. >> IS THE ONE WITH THE AP MACROECONOMICS TEST TOMORROW MORNING -- >> SYLVESTER? >> YES. >> OKAY. NO MORE THAN 10:45. RESEARCH. >> YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, TRUST ME. >> LIKE TRUSTEE SYLVESTER, I GRAPPLE WITH THIS BECAUSE I KNOW SOCIAL MEDIA IS GREAT IN SOME WAYS AND REALLY HORRIBLE FOR PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH AND I AM CONSCIOUS OF PULLING MYSELF AWAY FROM A LOT OF IT. SO. THAT SAID , I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE MONITORING OF ACCESS THAT [04:20:04] STUDENTS DO FIND A WAY AROUND THINGS. THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE BUSINESS IS CONCERNED AND PERSONALLY, FOR ME, I NEED TIME TO PERSONALLY WRESTLE WITH IT AND SAY YES OR NO. REALLY, I COULD GO EITHER WAY AND MY IMPULSE WAS, NO. SO, I AM IN THE CIRCLE OF THE PROS AND CONS LIST. >> AGAIN, I THINK THE QUESTION IS MORE NARROW THAN SOCIAL MEDIA OR NO SOCIAL MEDIA. COMPANY SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO THIS, IN BLACK AND WHITE. THEIR ACTIONS DID NOT MATCH . IT'S A QUESTION LIKE THAT. SO THE CHOICE IS, I THINK, ARE, DO WE HAVE A CONSENSUS TO MOVE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? WE CAN DELAY THIS CHOICE A COUPLE WEEKS IF WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE READY TO COME TO A CONSENSUS. >> PERSONALLY, I NEED MORE TIME. >> OKAY. >> I AM NOT READY TO GIVE A CONSENSUS TO MOVE FORWARD . IT'S UP TO PARENTS AND US TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHETHER OUR EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GET ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I THINK WE CAN'T PUT THE RESPONSIBILITY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I THINK IT HAS TO BE APPARENT RESPONSIBILITY . I AM NOT READY TO GO FORWARD. >> OKAY. IS THAT THE CONSENSUS ? >> I WOULD LIKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO UNDERSTAND THE BASIS OF IT. >> WE ARE ONLY AT AN INFORMATION POINT, HERE. >> I WOULD LIKE TO JUST UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER. >> CAN I JUST ASK, WHAT HAPPENS IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT AND IT'S LIKE OH, THERE COULD BE , IN MONEY, OR WHATEVER , WHAT IS THAT SIDE? >> THAN THE EXPENSES FALLEN US, THE WAY THEY HAVE. >> SO YOU ARE NOT SAYING THE EXPENSES FOR THE SUIT, YOU ARE SAYING THE MENTAL HEALTH ASKED ACT. >> I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE ARE DEALING WITH SOMETHING THAT IS SO NEW, RIGHT? SOCIAL MEDIA, AND TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT, IT'S THIS POINT WHERE WE'VE GOTTEN ALL THIS NEW RESEARCH ABOUT HOW DETRIMENTAL IT HAS BEEN AND I THINK THAT PRESIDENT GILL HAS TALKED ABOUT THE BROKEN PROMISES AND WE SEE MORE DISTRICTS JUMPING INTO THIS AND I THINK THAT WE ARE ALSO STARTING TO SEE STATES TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST TO PROTECT CHILDREN. MAYBE IN A COUPLE WEEKS . [A. Future Board Topics / Activities] >> OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT BRINGS US TO SECTION 6 , FUTURE BOARD TOPICS , DO BOARD MEMBERS NEED TO ADD ANY FUTURE TOPICS FOR DISSIPATION? I DON'T SEE ANY. OKAY. THEN WE HAVE RUN OUT OF ITEMS AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO HOME. I'M JOKING. SO, FOR PROPOSING FUTURE TOPICS , I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS , SO WE START THINKING AHEAD TO LIKE HEY, HERE IS SOMETHING, OKAY. >> THE QUESTION IS NOT LIMITED , YOU KNOW. OKAY. [04:25:05] OKAY. SO WE HAVE NOW RUN OUT OF ITEMS TO DISCUSS AND WE WILL ADJOURN * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.