Oct 04, 2023 Board of Education

[A. Call the Meeting to Order]

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>> THE KAU NAY HOE -- THE CONE EJO SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.

THIS IS A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND ONLY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WILL BE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING. JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> THE BOARD IS ADJOURNING FROM CLOSED SESSION, 1B, CONFERENCE

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

I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE.

THE BOARD VALUES YOUR INPUT ON THE IMPORTANT EDUCATION MATTERS WE FACE. THE DISTRICT IS PROVIDING MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

PUBLIC VIEWING IS AVAILABLE VIA REGULAR BROADCAST THROUGH TELEVISION AND THE LIVE STREAM ON THE WEBSITE.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE WRITTEN COMMENTS FOUND ON THE MAIN PAGE OF THE BOARD AGENDA.

MEMBERS WISHING TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN COMMENT CAN EMAIL THEM BY 3 P.M. TODAY. BOARD MEMBERS WERE PROVIDED WITH THE WRITTEN COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN PERSON SHOULD FILL OUT A BLUE SPEAKER CARD AND HAND IT TO THE SEBGTD'S DESK -- SECRETARY'S DESK. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO A SPECIFIC ITEM TURN IT IN PRIOR TO THAT SPOT ON THE AGENDA.

IF THE ITEM IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TURN IT IN BEFORE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE AGENDA.

HAND IN BOTH SPEAKER CARDS AT THE SAME TIME.

IF YOU WISH TO REGISTER YOUR CONCERN, BUT NOT SPEAK AT THE PODIUM, FILL OUT A YELLOW PUBLIC STATEMENT FORM AND TURN IT IN AT THE SECRETARY'S DESK. BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THESE STATEMENTS AFTER THE MEETING.

COPIES OF THE AGENDA ARE AVAILABLE ON THE TABLE AND THE

[D. Approval of the Agenda]

WE ARE AT 2D, APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

MAY I PLEASE HAVE A MOTION? STR*US IGOR -- TRUSTY GORBACK.

>> I MOVE WE APPROVE THE AGENDA AS SUBMITTED.

>> DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? I DON'T SEE ANY SO LET'S VOTE.

TRUSTY POWELL. >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE GOLDBERG. >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE POWELL. I AM A YES.

IT CARRIES 5-0. AND NOW OUR FAVORITE PART IN

[E. Reports from Student Reporters]

SEN TOUR RE-- SEN TOUR RE-- CENTURY ACADEMY.

TRUSTY.

>> MY NAME IS ABIGAIL VAY AND I WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE YOU ON THE LAST MONTH. WE FINISHED WITH A BACK TO SCHOOL BARBECUE TK THROUGH 12TH GRADE STUDENTS CAME TOGETHER. WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ENRICHMENT WORKSHOPS. IT INCLUDES FOOD AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. WE STARTED OFFERING A WELLNESS LUNCH ACTIVITY AND STUDENTS HAVE REFRESHING TEA AND PLAY GAMES. ON WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS STUDENTS PLAY MENTAL HEALTH-RELATED GAMES AND ACTIVITIES TO WIN PRIZES. ON WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY, STUDENTS CAN LEARN NEW SKILLS AND GATHER TOOLS ON RELATED TOPICS.

ON FRIENDSHIP BUILDING FRIDAY STUDENTS CAN LISTEN TO MUSIC AND MEET NEW PEOPLE IN A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT.

OUR COUNSELORS ARE FOCUSED ON SMALL COUNSELING GROUPS BASED ON STUDENT NEEDS. FINALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP SEMIFINALISTS.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ABIGAIL.

>> MARIAH HILL. >> GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT GILL AND DR. MCLAUGHLIN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION. HERE ARE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES AND THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED SINCE MY LAST REPORT AND WILL BE HAPPENING SOON. WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO RECOVER CREDITS. WE ARE ON A QUARTER-BASED SYSTEM AND THE FIRST QUARTER IS ENDING SOON.

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WE WILL START QUARTER 2 ON OCTOBER 23RD.

TODAY DURING AN EXTENDED PERIOD 2 ALL OF THE STUDENTS FILLED OUT A SURVEY. THIS IDEA EMERGED FROM THE STUDY AS THEY LOOKED AT STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND INCREASING PARENT ENGAGEMENT. IT IS SIMILAR TO PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES WHEN STUDENTS WERE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

STUDENTS WILL MEET TO SET STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT GOALS.

WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CVHS SEVERAL HALLWAY BULLETIN BOARDS AND OUR LIBRARY HAVE SPACE DEDICATED TO HISPANIC HERITAGE. THERE ARE LESSONS RELATED TO HIS SPANISH -- HISPANIC HERITAGE AND NEXT WEEK WE WILL HAVE A PINATA ACTIVITY AT LUNCHTIME.

ADDITIONALLY, EARLY LEADERSHIP CLASS IS WORKING TO PREPARE FOR AND PROMOTE UNITY DAY ON OCTOBER 18TH.

OUR STUDENT OF THE QUARTER RECOGNITION IS OCTOBER 18TH IN THE BOARDROOM. THE RECOGNITION IS ALWAYS A SPECIAL EVENT. OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER REMAINS A VERY BUSY PLACE. MRS. GREER HAS BEEN PROMOTING COLLEGE AND CAREER NIGHT ON OCTOBER 5TH.

REPRESENTATIVES CAME TO MEET WITH SEVERAL STUDENTS WHO EXPRESSED INTEREST IN CAREER PATHS WITHIN THE NAVY.

ON OCTOBER 11TH, THEY ARE OFFERING A FIELD TRIP TO AN INSTITUTE FOR CAREERS OF EDUCATION.

I MENTIONED THAT CVHS WAS HOSTING A BLOOD DRIVE.

SEVERAL FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENTS WILL BE IN HALLOWEEN COSTUMES AND DONATING THAT DAY. REMEMBER, WE WANT YOUR BLOOD SO PRESIDENT GILL AND DR. MC -- MCLAUGHLIN, IF YOU CAN HELP US TO DONATE WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU IN THE BOARDROOM.

CONTACT THE SCHOOL OFFICE TO SIGN UP.

THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING AGAIN NEXT MONTH.

>> THANK YOU, MARIAH. YOU CAN COUNT ON ME FOR A PINT.

NEWBURG PARK HIGH SCHOOL, WELCOME.

>> IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE JOINING YOU ON BEHALF OF NEWBURY PARK AS A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE.

SEPTEMBER WAS A MONTH FILLED WELCOMING, HONOR AND FUN.

ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, NEWBURG HIGH SCHOOL BEGAN THE RECOGNITION OF HIS SPAN -- HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

AS WE NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH ASG HOSTED A PEP RALLY FOR OUR RIVALRY GAME AGAINST THOUSAND OAKS WITH PERFORMANCES FROM DANCE, CHEER AND BAND. IT WAS OVERALL A FUN AND ENTERTAINING GAME. THAT SAME NIGHT, THE THEATER DEPARTMENT STARTED THEIR ANNUAL 24-HOUR THEATER FESTIVAL.

THE FOLLOWING NIGHT THEY PERFORMED IN A 24-HOUR SPAN.

IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY FOR STUDENTS.

AT LUNCH WE HOSTED OUR ANNUAL CLUB RUSH WHERE STUDENTS FROM THE STUDENT BODY GET TO FIND A WAY TO GET INVOLVED ON CAMPUS.

WE HAD ABOUT 60 GROUPS WHO WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.

LATER THAT EVENING, FOUR OF OUR STUDENTS FROM OUR SCHOOL NEWSPAPER, THE PANTHER PROWLER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AT RONALD REAGAN LIBRARY IN SIMI VALLEY. OUR STUDENT JOURNALISTS ASKED QUESTIONS AND HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH POLITICIANS INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN GOVERNOR. IT WAS AN HONOR FOR NEWBURY PARK STUDENTS TO BE REPRESENTED AT SUCH AN ESTABLISHED EVENT AND WE ARE PROUD OF OUR ATTENDEES.

MOVING INTO OCTOBER, MONDAY WE KICKED OFF OUR HOME -- HOMECOMING WEEK WHERE WE HAD A RALLY AND ENJOYED PERFORMANCES AND INTRODUCED TO THE HOMECOMING COURT NOMINEES.

IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT WELL ATTENDED AND A PERFECT WAY TO START A PERFECT WEEK IN. HONOR OF OUR HOMECOMING THEME, THE ROARING 20S WE WORE POLKA DOTS AND GAVE OUT SHIRLEY TEMPLES AT LUNCH. STUDENTS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY FUN GAMES AT LUNCH TO GET INTO THE HOME -- HOMECOMING MOOD. FRIDAY NIGHT IS OUR HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME AGAINST THE AGOURA CHARGERS.

THERE WILL BE A GREAT HALF TIME SHOW AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE GAME. TO WRAP UP THIS WEEK WE HAVE OUR DANCE ON STAET NIGHT WHICH I KNOW I AM SUPER EAGER FOR.

MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL CELEBRATE OUR LATINX COMMUNITY AS HISPANIC WEEK COMES TO AN END.

NEXT WEEK WE WILL RECOGNIZE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS AND IT WILL BE A PINK OUT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHOWING SUPPORT.

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AND ALSO NEXT WEEK IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH AMAZING PERFORMANCES FROM CHOIR STUDENTS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE GREAT CAUSE AT OUR EQUITY AND THERE WILL BE HALLOWEEN WITH MANY FESTIVITIES TO COME.

IF YOU MISSED ANY INFORMATION FROM MY REPORT YOU CAN FIND THE DATES AND LOCATIONS ON OUR CALENDAR ON OUR WEBSITE.

YOU CAN CONTACT OUR ASG INSTA -- INSTAGRAM.

WE HOPE TO MAINTAIN AN INCLUSIVE AND CARING ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS STAY INVOLVED AND HAVE A GREAT TIME ON CAMPUS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE YEAR.

>> THANK YOU, EVAN. THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL,

ASHLEY. >> GOOD EVENING DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, MR. MCLAUGHLIN AND DISTRICT PERSONNEL. MY NAME IS ASHLEY AND AS THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL ASB VICE PRESIDENT, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE OCTOBER BOARD REPORT FOR THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL. COMING OFF OUR SUCCESSFUL HOMECOMING CELEBRATION, I AM HONORED TO PRESENT THIS EVENING. IT HAS BEEN A BUSY, BUT EXCITING MONTH. AS WE HAVE GOTTEN SETTLED INTO THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST OUR FIRST IN PERSON BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT SINCE THE PANDEMIC HAS STARTED AND IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST OUR THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY ON CAMPUS.

OUR PROGRAMMING STARTED OFF IN THE GYM WITH INTRODUCTIONS FROM SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS A BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE FROM OUR CHOIR, BAND AND ORCHESTRATE. OVER 500 PARENTS AND SUPPORTERS ATTENDED OUR BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT AND THEY GOT A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE A DANCER FOR A -- LANCER FOR A COUPLE HOURS. IN CONTINUING OUR ACTIVITIES, OUR ACTIVITIES ARE A FOCUS ON WHAT WE CAN GIVE OUR STUDENTS.

ASB HAD THE TRADITIONAL SENIOR SUNRISE EVENT.

ASB INVITED ALL SENIORS TO THE FIELD AT 6 A.M. IN THEIR PAJAMAS AND BLANKETS AND PROVIDED BREAKFAST, FRIENDSHIP BRACELET MAKING, GAMES AND OTHER FUN ACTIVITIES.

TWO-THIRDS OF OUR SENIOR CLASS JOINED US ON THIS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING TO SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCH OUR YEAR OF SENIOR ACTIVITIES.

JUST THIS PAST WEEK, THS HOSTED A HOMECOMING WEEK WHICH HAD AN ANNUAL HOMECOMING RALLY AND THEME DRESS UP DAYS EACH DAY AND OUR TRADITIONAL HOMECOMING HALF TIME PARADE WITH FLOATS AND FIREWORKS AND CAPPED OFF THE WEEK WITH OUR HOMECOMING DANCE IN OUR GYM THIS PAST SATURDAY.

OUR HOMECOMING THEME THIS YEAR WAS MUSIC MANIA.

EACH STUDENT GROUP PARTICIPATED BY HIGHLIGHTING A DIFFERENT GENRE OF MUSIC THAT WE ALL LOVE.

HOMECOMING IS ALWAYS A FAVORITE WEEK FOR THS LANCERS AND WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE SO MANY ALUM CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY WHO COME TO VISIT US AT THE HOMECOMING GAME.

AS WE LOOK TO THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, OUR STUDENT SECTION CONTINUES TO SUPPORT OUR BOYS AND GIRLS FOOTBALL TEAMS AND VOLLEYBALL, WATER FOLLOW LOW -- WATER POLO AND GIRLS AND BOYS CROSS COUNTRY. WE HAVE A THEATER PROGRAM IN FULL PREPARATION FOR NOVEMBER SHOWS AND EXCITED ABOUT HOSTING OUR UNIFIED SPORTS BOCCI TOURNAMENT AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND GO LANCERS. THANK YOU, ASHLEY.

WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. >> GOOD EVENING BOARD PRESIDENT GILL, BOARD MEMBERS DR. MCLAUGHLIN AND DISTRICT STAFF. I AM THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. I AM ALSO THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT GOVERNMENT VICE PRESIDENT.

WE WERE HAPPY TO FINALLY HAVE OUR HOMECOMING DANCE BACK IN THE GYM WHICH TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 9TH.

WE HAD A THOUSAND STUDENTS ATTEND AND IT WAS OVERALL REALLY SUCCESSFUL. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY HEADED BACK TO SCHOOL SINCE COVID.

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY COULD GO BACK TO CLASSROOMS AND MEET STUDENTS IN PERSON. MOST WERE IMPRESSED WITH THE SCIENCE BUILDING. OUR CHOIR AND BAND PROGRAMS PERFORMED AND THEY HELPED WITH THE RIGHT CLASSES.

PARENTS GOT TO SEE HOW CHALLENGING IT IS TO WALK THE STAIRS OF THE WESTLAKE CAMPUS. MOST OF THEM GOT TO CLASS ON TIME. LAST FRIDAY WE HAD OUR ANNUAL CLUB RUSH IN WHICH 55 CLUBS PARTICIPATED.

WE ALLOWED CLUBS EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE SIMILAR TO OTHERS TO FORM IN ORDER TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO CONNECT WITH

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FOR EXAMPLE, OUR UNIFIED SPORTS CLUB, SPARKLES CLUB, LEAF OUT REACH CLUB AND FRIENDSHIP CLUB HAVE THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING OUR ELITE PROGRAM. THEIR COMMUNITY PROJECT WILL BE COMBINED TO HELP LEAP STUDENTS. WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF CLUBS ON CAMPUS AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL INCLUDED. WE ALSO HAVE OUR INTEREST GROUP EXPO THIS FRY -- THIS FRIDAY AT LUNCH TO SHOW OUR STUDENT-LEAD INTEREST GROUPS AND SO PROUD OF OUR STUDENT LEADERS ON CAMPUS.

WE STARTED USING 5 STAR TO TRACK STUDENT INVOLVE -- INVOLVE MEANT IN ENGAGEMENT AND ATHLETICS AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT 73% OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION ARE INVOLVED IN ONE OR MORE ACTIVITIES. THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER WAS A WHEUL -- WHIRL WIND AT WESTLAKE AND JUST STARTING OUR CELEBRATION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

WE DECIDED TO CONTINUE INTO OCTOBER TO SEE WHAT IS PLANNED INCLUDING MUSIC FRIDAYS BY HISPANIC ARTISTS AND EVEN LOOKING TO INCLUDE DANCE AND MUSIC PERFORMANCES FOR STUDENTS AT LUNCH. WE HOSTED FIVE MEMBERS OF THE WASC COMMITTEE ON OUR CAMPUS TO SHOWCASE OUR ACADEMICS, ACTIVITIES, ATHLETICS AND SCHOOL CULTURE.

THE PROCESS INCLUDED GETTING INPUT FROM STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF. W*PB OF THE -- ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND SUPPORT. IT MADE ME PROUD TO BE A WARRIOR. SOME THINGS WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER ARE WORKING WITH OUR SPARKLES AND GSA CLUB TO PLAN AND FACILITATE UNITY DAY.

AND LASTLY OUR FOOTBALL TEAM IE JUST WON THE GOLDEN STATE TENNIS CLASSIC. WE ARE SO PROUD OF ALL OF OUR WARRIORS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, CAITLIN AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR COMING AND TAKING THE TIME TO KEEP US UPDATED.

[F. Comments - Public]

>> WE ARE NOW AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE AGENDA.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM STUDENTS, PARENTS, EMPLOYEES AND OUR COMMUNITY. ALL INDIVIDUALS FROM THE RIGHT TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS UNDERCOAT -- UNDER OUR GOVERNMENT CODE. COMMENTS ABOUT SPECIFIC ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA MUST BE MADE PWH-T AGENDA -- MADE WHEN THE AGENDA ITEM IS CALLED. NOW IS THE TIME TO PROVIDE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO AND WISH TO SPEAK HAPPENED -- HAND IN YOUR BLUE CARD.

IF YOU HAVE ANY MATERIAL TO HAND TO BOARD MEMBERS PROVIDE THEM TO MRS. FELLMAN FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE BOARD.

THE BOARD CANNOT TAKE ACTION OR DISCUSSION ON ITEMS NOT ON TONIGHT'S PO*GS ETD -- POSTED AGENDA.

HOWEVER, MEMBERS OF THE STAFF MAY RESPOND.

USUALLY WE WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BEFORE RESPONDING. IT WILL BE HEARD BY THOSE ATTENDING OR WATCHING THE BROADCAST.

WE HOPE THAT STUDENTS ARE WATCHING THIS MEETING OR IN TONIGHT'S AUDIENCE. BE MINDFUL OF THAT AND MAKE YOUR COMMENTS FACTUAL AND IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER.

IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS THE GOVERNING BOARD STRIVES TO RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE MEETINGS. THIS INCLUDES THE RIGHT OF THE STUDENTS TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND WE ASK SPEAKERS BE SENSITIVE TO THE RIGHT OF PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALLY.

THOSE REQUESTING TO SPEAK ARE REQUESTING FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. SPEAKER CARDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED ONCE THEY START THE AGENDA ITEM WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER. DO WE HAVE CARDS?

>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER.

WELCOME TO THE PODIUM. >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

I HAD A DIFFERENT AGENDA TOPIC TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT, BUT I WATTS GIVEN -- I WAS GIVEN AND ADVICE BEFORE I CAME AND UNLIKE MOST OF YOU THINK I LISTEN TO ADVICE.

ON SEPTEMBER 20TH WE SENT YOU AN EMAIL TO DIRECT YOU TO MARK AND VICTOR REGARDING SOME COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS ABOUT PESTICIDES AND HERBACIDES BEING SPRAYED IN THE DISTRICT.

I SAID WE ARE HOPING TO BE TRANS -- TRANSPARENT.

AS OF TODAY TWO WEEKS LATER, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED AND YOU HAVE

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PROVIDE COPIES OF INVOICES AND PURCHASE ORDERS AND RECEIPTS AND INDICATE WHICH PRODUCTS WERE TAKEN FROM SITE ONE IN THE LAST 2 YEARS. THAT WOULD TAKE FIVE MINUTES.

EXPLAIN THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT PESTICIDE REGULATION. I FOUND THAT ONLINE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT ONE IN I MORE.

EXPLAIN WHY AN EMPLOYEE WAS DIRECTED TO POUR THE CONTENTS OF PROSECUTOR INTO THE CONTAINER OF CHEETAH PRO.

THAT WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER. I UNDERSTAND.

THE REASON WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT IS I HAD TO EDUCATE MYSELF IS THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT AND GLYSOPHADE.

IF WE ARE NOT JUMPING ON THE BALL ON THIS WHAT ARE WE DOING? I AM HOPING THAT THE DISTRICT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IS DOING A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. I FOUND OUT TODAY AS LATE AS AN HOUR AGO, BOOKS HAVE DISAPPEARED, THE SPRAY EQUIPMENT AND THE CONTAINERS TAKEN FROM THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

I'M HOPING THAT IS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING INVESTIGATED PART OF THE INVESTIGATION IT DOESN'T WORK OUT WELL.

OTHER THINGS, WHY FACILITY GROUND SUPERVISOR, DIRECTED STAFF NOT TO POST WARNING SIGNS RELATED TO HERBACIDE AND PESTICIDE IN THE LAST YEAR. THAT'S A CONVERSATION.

I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND TWO WEEKS.

I DON'T GET IT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR KIDS AND STAFF.

OUR GUYS ARE WALKING AROUND SPRAYING PESTICIDES THEY DON'T HAVE THE PROPER SHEETS FOR. THEY WERE GIVEN A DIFFERENT SHEET. THAT'S UNAGO -- UNACCEPTABLE.

I GUESS THAT IS THE MUSIC FOR THE ACADEMY AWARDS.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

[G. Comments - Board of Education]

>> WE ARE MOVING ON TO 2G, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND BEGIN THIS EVENING WITH TRUSTEE POWELL.

>> GOOD EVENING. I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. I HOPE EVERYONE WHO CELEBRATED HAD A GREAT YOM KIPPER AND A GREAT START TO OCTOBER.

IT IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH AND I HOPE WE WILL SEEK AVENUES TO SPREAD KINDNESS AND POSITIVITY ON OUR CAMPUSES.

AS WE MOVE ALONG WITH COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND WORKING ON THE CAMPUS PROPOSAL I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THE PROPOSAL AT THE NEXT MEETING ON OCTOBER 23RD.

WE HAVE THE MID-MONTH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT MONDAY OCTOBER 9TH AND THEY ARE PROVING HELPFUL FOR COMMUNICATION AND STAYING CONNECTED.

WE ARE WELCOMING NEW MEMBERS NEXT MEETING AS WELL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM. AS ALWAYS, MANY THANKS TO MR. M ERCER AND DISTRICT PERSONNEL WHO MAKE SURE MEMBERS ARE WELL EQUIPPED FOR THEIR POSITIONS AND SUPPORT.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE, WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL WELCOMED DR. ROGERS TO TWO UNION MEETINGS. HE PLAYED A ROLE IN BUILDING MORALE AND BRAINSTORMING GOALS. THANK YOU, DR. ROGERS FOR COMING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ALL STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL CVUSD COLLEGE FAIR TOMORROW, OCTOBER 5TH, 2023 AT NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL. IT WILL BE OPEN FROM 5 TO 7 P.M. AND 120 COLLEGES WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.

IT IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN BUILDING OR ADDING TO COLLEGE LISTS. MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE CVUSD HIGH SCHOOL.

I STROPB -- STRONGLY ENCOURAGE STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO ATTEND IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND THIS INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE KAHL. TRUSTEE POWELL?

>> THANK YOU TO OUR STUDENT REPORTERS.

I LOVE HEARING UPDATES. I ESPECIALLY LOVED HEARING WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

AS WE GET CLOSE TO WRAPPING THAT UP.

WE ARE WORKING AT ISSUES AND ONE IS LGBTQ PLUS HISTORY MONTH. WE HAD OUR FIRST ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE YEAR AND SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT

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WHEN I VOTE ON RESOLUTIONS I DO IT WITH AN INITIAL STEP I HOPE WILL LEAD TO MORE UNDERSTANDING.

I THINK MOMENTS LIKE LAST WEEK AND HEARING THE GRATITUDE FROM PARENTS THAT THIS MONTH IS BEING ACKNOWLEDGED WAS A REMINDER HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO JUST HAVE THAT PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT ON AN ISSUE OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OR CARE ABOUT. THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO HEAR THAT. WE KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. THANK YOU FOR THE PARENTS INVOLVED IN THE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND ALL OF OUR ADVISORY COUNCILS. WE WERE ABLE TO BE PART OF THE ENGLISH LEARNER COUNCIL LAST WEEK AS WELL.

I AM SORT OF IN A DAK ROLE TONIGHT, I GUESS AND I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE CDAK MEETING THAT WAS YESTERDAY.

IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER, BUT IT WAS YESTERDAY.

THAT'S OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL AND THAT WAS THEIR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR AND WANTED TO SHARE SOME THINGS I APPRECIATED ABOUT THE MEETING.

THE LEADERS AND THE ORGANIZERS REALLY MADE, WITH INTENTION, REPEATEDLY REMINDED THEIR NEW MEMBERS THAT THE MORE SEASONED MEMBERS WERE THERE TO HELP AND SUPPORT THEM ALONG THE WAY.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF NEW MEMBERS JOINING THIS YEAR.

AND SO THEY TOOK THE TIME TO GIVE A THOUGHTFUL INTRODUCTION TO A LOT OF THE LOGISTICS AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MEMBER OF CDAK AND TRY NOT TO SCARE THEM, BUT GIVING THEM GREAT INFORMATION AND EVEN INTRODUCING THEM TO WHERE THE DATA SOURCES ARE. I THINK WE OFTEN FORGET HOW IMPORTANT INTRODUCTORY MEETINGS ARE, WHEN WE TRY TO GET NEW MEMBERS ENGAGED AND ACCLIMATED. I BELIEVE THAT EARLY SUPPORT MAKES FOR A SUCCESSFUL AND PRODUCTIVE AND ENGAGED BODY.

THEY HAVE GOALS AND PRIORITIES AND BREAKOUT SESSIONS TO DISCUSS WHICH ARE IMPORTANT. I WANT TO KUDOS TO ALL WHO WERE INVOLVED IN PLANNING THE MEETING.

IT IS OUR AMAZING STAFF IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT AS WELL AS PARENTS. I THINK IT WAS GREAT MODELING FOR US AS WELL AS ANY OTHER DA AK OR -- DAK OR COLLABORATIVE BODY IN THE DISTRICT. THANK YOU.

OTHER THAN THAT I WANT TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH AND I WILL SAY MORE AT OUR NEXT MEETING.

I AM WEARING THIS FABULOUS ARM BAND THAT WAS GIVEN TO US AT THE CDAK MEETING WHERE THEIR CDAK REP HANDED THEM OUT.

ANYTHING THAT SAYS KINDNESS, AGO -- EXCEPTION AND INCLUSION IS GREAT. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEACHER OF THE MONTH RECOGNITION AT THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL. THAT WAS LOVELY.

AND ALSO THEN FINALLY TODAY, THIS MORNING, WE HAD OUR ROCK AND ROLY -- ROCK AND ROLL EVENT AND IT WAS A JOY BEING THERE AND WATCHING THE CELEBRATORY NATURE OF WHAT THEY DO AND THE MUSIC AND THE DANCING AND IT WAS JUST A FUN EVENT.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE POWELL.

TRUSTEE GOLDBURG. >> I WASN'T EXPECTING IT SO EARLY. I TOO WANT TO THANK THE STUDENT REPORTERS. I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THEY MENTIONED THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES TO GO TO THE REAGAN LIBRARY TO COVER A NATIONAL REPUBLICAN DEBATE.

THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND IF YOU ARE A STUDENT.

AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB. IF YOU HAVEN'T CHECKED OUT THE TWEETS, CHECK OUT THE REPORTING.

IT WAS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY AND THEY ROSE TO THE OCCASION.

THANK YOU PANTHER PROWLERS. LIKE TRUSTEE POWELL I STARTED THE MORNING -- LIKE EVERYBODY UP HERE I STARTED THE DAY ROCKING AND ROLLING. THE AIR WAS ELECTRIC AND THE BICYCLES WERE NOT. IT WAS A GREAT MORNING AND I WANT TO THANK THE PARENT VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE THAT EVENT ON CAMPUS AND THE WALK ITSELF GREAT AND THE OFFICER WHO WAS THERE TO HELP MAKE EVERYTHING SAFE.

IT WAS A GREAT MORNING. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS AND I DO MEAN FAVORITE.

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IT IS COORDINATED BY THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL AND THEIR NEW BAND DIRECTOR WHO IS ONE OF OUR OWN.

THE TEAM DID A GREAT JOB AND ALL OF THE STUDENTS WERE AMAZING. IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE TO SOUNDS OF CONEJO, GO NEXT YEAR. PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.

AND WELCOME HOME. WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.

I WAS FORT -- FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GO TO A RALLY.

YES, A RALLY. THIS WAS A BEST PRACTICES LEARNED FROM PRINCIPALS WHO LEARNED FROM OTHER PRINCIPALS AND IT WAS FANTASTIC. THEY HAD SLIDES AND THE STUDENTS LEAD THE RALLY. THEY CREATED THE RALLY.

THEY DESIGNED THE WHOLE FLOW OF IT IT WAS INTENTIONALLY DONE TO INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL POPULATION IN SHARING OUT EVENTS AND THINGS GOING ON. IT WAS EMPOWERING AND GREAT AND A FEEL GOOD. SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE PRINCIPALS WHO STARTED THAT AND WOULD CONTINUE ON WITH THAT WONDERFUL TRADITION. ALL OF US HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE VENTURA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION MEETING ON MONDAY. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING ON THE GOVERNING BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES WHO VOTE TO ELECT THE INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE ON THE VENTURA COUNTY COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION PRIOR TO THE MEETING KATHY SMITH FROM DISTRICT 1 AND DENISE FROM DISTRICT 2 WHICH WE ARE PART OF, THEY WERE ELECTED TO SERVE ANOTHER FOUR-YEAR TERM FOR THAT ORGANIZATION. AND FINALLY I HAD THE PLEASURE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CDAK MEETING YESTERDAY TO GO TO THE CONE ON COALITION -- -- THE CONEJO COALITION WHERE THERE WAS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PARK DISTRICT AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE NON-PROFIT PARTNERS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH YOUTH AND FAMILY ISSUES.

AT THAT MEETING I LEARNED OF A COUPLE THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE. ONE, CRPD FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IS HAVING IN ADDITION TO THE HAUNTED TRAIL, THEY ARE HAVING A DIA DE LOS MUERTOS EVENT.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS. IT IS FREE.

THEY WILL HAVE MUSIC AND FOOD AND DANCERS AND A CAR SHOW AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS. THANK YOU.

WE LEARNED ABOUT A WONDERFUL GRANT THAT WAS RECEIVED BY COMMUNITY CONSCIENCE. IT IS A GRANT FROM CANEJO HEALTH THAT WILL INSTALL A HARM REDUCTION VENDING MACHINE OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY CON BUILDING.

CONSCIOUS BUILDING. IT HAS NARCAN AND WOUND CARE AND OTHER ITEMS THAT WILL SERVE THE OVER 400 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED SUCH THINGS AND REGULARLY USE THE SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY CONSCIENCE BUILDING.

THESE HAVE TWO NEW TENANTS WHAT IS NAMI AND THE OTHER IS CREATIVE STEPS. IT IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CLASSIFIED TO MODERATE TO SEVERELY IDD WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES AS WELL.

IT IS ANOTHER GREAT RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

IT WAS NICE TO HEAR COMMUNITY CONSCIENCE IS BUILDING A BREADTH OF SERVICES. FINALLY CANEJO COALITION FAMILIES IS A PROUD SPONSOR. ON OCTOBER 7TH AT THE TEEN CENTER, THE CHIEF SPEAKER WILL BE CHIEF PERRIS AND IT IS CONVENING AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SRO'S AND OUR COUNSELORS HERE AND YOUTH OUT REACH WORKERS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO YOUTH AND FAMILIES. IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH TO GET YOU THERE AT 7:30 IN THE MORNING THERE WILL BE A LIGHT CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST SERVED. RSVP TO CRYSTAL RODRIGUEZ.

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THAT'S IT. >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GOLDBERG.

TRUSTEE GORBACK. >> GOOD EVENING.

FIRST OF ALL, ECHO EVERYBODY ELSE ON HERE.

THANK YOU TO THE STUDENT REPORTERS WHO PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. I LOVE HEARING THE THE EVENTS OF WHAT IS GOING ON ON CAMPUS ESPECIALLY WHEN I DON'T GET TO SEE THE EVENTS. I LOVE THEIR ENTHUSIASM AND I LOVE THE EVENTS. THANK YOU STUDENT REPORTERS.

WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

I AM HEARING THERE IS A LOT OF FUN ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATIVE ACTIVITIES AT MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS TO CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE HISPANIC HERITAGE OF OUR COUNTRY.

THIS IS ALSO ANTI-BULLYING MONTH.

I HOPE IT IS MORE THAN I AM NOT GOING TO BULLY THIS MONTH.

I HOPE IT IS REACHING OUT IN KINDNESS AND INCLUSION.

NOT JUST NOT BULLY, BUT LET ME TRY AND UNDERSTAND SOMEBODY ELSE. I WELCOME THAT.

ALONG A SIMILAR THEME I AM WEARING MY DR. SUESS TIE.

IT IS BANNED BOOK WEEK WHICH IS SIMILAR TO ANTI-BULLYING.

I AM PROUD OF OUR PROWLER -- OUR NEWBURY PARK PROWLER COVERING THE DEBATE LAST WEEK. THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

AND AS EVERYONE SAID LGBTQ PLUS HISTORY MONTH AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY.

I RECENTLY WAS INVITED TO HELP -- HELP IN A KINDERGARTEN CLASS. I WILL AT THE YOU -- I WILL TELL YOU, I AM SO PROUD OF THOSE IN THE DISTRICT.

I WANTED TO STAY THERE FOR THE AFTERNOON AND GO OUT IN PEACE AND SOLEMNITY AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE KIDS AND SCIENTIFIC LEARNING. AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE GREAT, GREAT PROGRAMS AND AS I SAY OFTEN THERE IS A PROGRAM FOR -FRB IN OUR -- FOR EVERYBODY IN OUR DISTRICT.

IF YOU LIVE AT ONE END IT TRAEUBGS -- IT TAKES 10 MINUTES TO GO TO THE OTHER. I WENT TO THE HOMECOMING RALLY AND THERE WAS WONDERFUL, FUN, FRIENDLY COMPETITION.

THE KIDS HAD COMPETITIONS TOO. THE TEACHER COMPETITION WAS INTENSE. THERE WAS PULLING OF CHAIRS.

THEY WERE COMPETITIVE. IT WAS A FUNERALLY AND FUN TO CELEBRATE -- FUN RALLY AND FUN TO CELEBRATE WITH THE KIDS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SABRINA CHASE WHO WAS HONORED AS TEACHER OF THE MONTH. AS EVERYONE SAID, IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO WALK WITH FAMILIES AND KIDS THIS MORNING FROM THE PARK IN NEWBURY PARK TO SYCAMORE CANYON.

AND WHAT IT REPRESENTED WAS OLD TIME COMMUNITY.

2 WAS FAMILIES WALKING TOGETHES WALKING TOGETHER AND TALKING TOGETHER. THE POLICE ESCORTED US, ARE EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T NEED IT. EVERYBODY STAYED ON THE SIDEWALK. IT WAS NICE HAVING THE POLICE THERE. THEY HANDED STICKERS OUT TO THE KIDS. SEEING THE KIDS, ARE DO I REALLY WANT TO SAY HI? IS THEY DID AND EVERYBODY WAS FRIENDLY AND SYCAMORE COYOTE WAS EVEN THERE.

IT WAS A FUN TIME. ALL OF OUR EVENTS ARE FUN.

I ENJOYED GOING TO EVERYTHING. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GORBACK. TRUSTEE SYLVESTER.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. HAPPY OCTOBER, EVEN THOUGH HONESTLY IT FEELS LIKE AUGUST. I WILL TRY TO PICK OUT A FEW THINGS IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS THAT HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN COVERED. THIS WILL BE PROBABLY PRETTY BRIEF. LET'S START WITH FLAG FOOTBALL.

I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND TIO HIGH SCHOOL TKPWEURLGS FLAG -- GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL GAME.

THIS IS A NEW SPORT FOR THE DISTRICT.

IT IS A NEW SPORT FOR THE STATE.

EACH OF THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS HAS A TEAM.

IT WAS GREAT FUN AND IT WAS GREAT ATHLETICISM ON THE FIELD WHILE WESTLAKE WON, HENCE THE 12-HAVE RECORD, IT IT WAS -- IT WAS REALLY TIED FOR MOST OF THE GAME.

IT WAS. GO WARRIORS ANYWAY.

SORRY. I DO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO OUT AND SEE ONE OF THESE GAMES AND SUPPORT THIS BRAND-NEW SPORT. RATHER THAN WATCH OTHER PEOPLE

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WE ALL MET. THERE WERE SEVERAL OFFICERS WITH THE THOUSAND OAKS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THERE WAS SO MANY PEOPLE -- AND THIS IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND I NEVER SEE THIS MANY PEOPLE OUT. SO MANY WALKING AND BIKING AND SKATEBOARDING TO SCHOOL. ONCE WE WERE ALT WESTLAKE, -- ONCE WE WERE AT WESTLAKE, THEY WERE AT VARIOUS STATIONS WITH DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. SADLY I COULD NOT GET TRUSTEE GOLDBERG TO DO JUMPING JACKS AND DEEP KNEE BENDS.

NOT THAT I DID EITHER. THE WHOLE EVENT AND THE EVENT AT THE OTHER SCHOOL IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, ALL VOLUNTEER DRIVEN, WERE WORKING TOGETHER. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THIS. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THEIR CARS ALT BIT MORE -- A LITTLE BIT MORE AND I DO BELIEVE MORE SCHOOLS WILL BE KICKING OFF EVENTS LIKE THIS IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS.

AFTER SOME OF THE DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST SPRING CONCERNING OUR POST SECONDARY PROGRAM I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE CANEJO OAKS BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE PROGRAM IS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND EVOLVE AND THERE ARE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS IN TERMS OF LEARNING LIFE SKILLS AND CREATING MICROBUSINESSES AND HAVING MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO INTERACT.

I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THE ENERGY AND NEWS.

YEAH OF THOSE IN THE STAFF AND A CROWD OF STUDENTS SHOWING OFF THEIR CLASSROOM. FINALLY, THE CO-FOUNDER OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED CANCER FIT IS A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT FOCUSES ON CHILDHOOD CANCER PATIENTS AND SURVIVORS HAS REACHED OUT AND ASKED OUR COMMUNITY TO, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, GO GOLD. THAT MEANS WEAR YELLOW AND GOLD NEXT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, IN HONOR OF NATIONAL CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. ACCORDING TO CANCER FIT THERE ARE MORE THAN A DOZEN STUDENTS ACTIVELY IN TREATMENT.

A DOZEN CHILDREN ACTIVELY IN CHILDREN WITHIN OUR STUDENT COMMUNITY PLUS ALL OF THE SURVIVORS WHO ARE NO LONGER IN TREATMENT. THE PURPOSE OF WEARING GOLD IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE CARE AND SUPPORT FOR THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND FUNDING. SO TUESDAY OCTOBER 10TH, WEAR GOLD AND WEAR YELLOW IN HONOR OF THIS.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE SYLVESTER. WE DO GO TO SOME AMAZING PLACES TOGETHER AND IN SMALL GROUPS. EVERY TIME WE STEP ON TO ONE OF OUR SCHOOL CAMPUSES I AM EXTRAORDINARILY PROUD AND I SEE THE EVIDENCE OF SO MUCH GOOD, HARD WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS. THIS MORNING, WALK AND ROLL CELEBRATION WAS REALLY UP LIFTING.

TRUSTEE GORBACK AND I WERE TOGETHER AT SYCAMORE CANYON AND I WAS AT THE EVENT THERE LAST YEAR.

I WOULD ESTIMATE THERE WERE THREE TIMES AS MANY STUDENTS AND FAMILIES PARTICIPATING AS A YEAR AGO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS BECOME A HABIT. NOT JUST ONCE A YEAR, BUT AS I JOKE TO MY COLLEAGUES, EVERY DAY.

[H. Comments - Superintendent]

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. JUST A BRIEF COMMENT FROM ME TONIGHT WHICH HAS BEEN A TRADITION OVER MAYBE THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS. NICHE.COM CAME OUT WITH THEIR RANKINGS. CVUSD WAS AN A PLUS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND NOTED THAT WE ARE IN THE TOP 25 OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHICH IS ABOUT 755 DISTRICTS AND IN THE TOP 40 OF DISTRICTS IN THE STATE WHICH IS JUST OVER 1100. AGAIN, I WILL CONTINUE TO ANNOUNCE THAT AS IT TURNED INTO A TRADITION WHEN THAT GETS BROUGHT UP. WITH THAT I WILL END MY

COMMENTS. >> THANK YOU, DR. MCLAUGHLIN.

[A. Instructional Services - Approval of Amendments to Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 6158 - Independent Study]

>> PRESIDENT GILL. >> TRUSTEE GOLDBERG.

>> I MOVE WE MOVE APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT BOARD POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION REGULATION 6158 AS AMENDED VERSION 2.

>> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. NOW WE HAVE A COMMENT.

[00:45:02]

>> MY NAME IS LAUREN AND I SPOKE AT THE FIRST STAFF MEETING TALKING ABOUT OPENING UP INDEPENDENT PE, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CINDY GOLDBERG DURING THE LAST BOARD MEETING AND BRINGING IT UP TO DISCUSSION.

IT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF INDEPENDENT PE FOR 6TH GRADERS. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT LEAD ME TO TALK TO YOU BEFORE YOU DISCUSS SOME OF THE POINTS YOU BROUGHT UP AND THERE IS COLLEGE RECRUITING AND IT WILL REQUIRE FLEXIBILITY AS HE ENTERS THE 6TH GRADE. MY DAUGHTER IS IN 6TH GRADE NOW AND A PRE-PROFESSIONAL DANCER AND NEEDING THIS FLEXIBILITY. SHE TRAINS 30 PLUS HOURS A WEEK BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL AND TRAVELS ALL OVER THE U.S. FOR COMPETITION, TRAINING AND WORK ON MANY WEEKENDS.

BOTH ARE STRAIGHT A STUDENTS AS WE VALUE SCHOOL AND ACADEMICS VERY MUCH. THEY WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT FROM HAVING THE ADDITIONAL TIME TO COMPLETE HOMEWORK AND THEIR STUDIES. INDEPENDENT STUDY PE FOR MY DAUGHTER NOW AND MY SON ONCE HE ENTERS 6TH GRADE WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH SOME BREATHING ROOM AS THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO BALANCE THEIR EDUCATION WITH THEIR DREAMS. I STAND HERE ADVOCATING FOR A COMMUNITY OF TALENTED AND DEDICATED KIDS TRYING TO PURSUE THEIR ATHLETIC TKPWROELS AND STILL BEING ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THE GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WE HAVE HERE IN THE CANEJO VALLEY.

ONE ISSUE THAT CAME UP AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING WAS SCHEDULING. HOWEVER, 6TH GRADERS COME OFF THE TRADITIONAL 6TH GRADE SCHEDULE.

AT OUR SCHOOL, SYCAMORE CANYON WE HAVE 7TH GRADERS AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN INDEPENDENT PE IS MUCH SMALLER.

AT THE LAST MEETING, IT WAS PREDICTED WE ARE LOOKING AT 226 TH GRADERS ACROSS ALL OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS SHOULD WE OPEN IT UP WHICH IS FIVE KIDS PER SCHOOL.

THAT'S A FRACTION OF THOSE ALREADY ACCOMMODATED FROM MATH 7A AND AN EVEN SMALLER AMOUNT FROM THE TOTAL 6TH GRADE POPULATION. I CAN TELL YOU MY DAUGHTER NOW WAS ALREADY EASILY ABLE TO PUT HER ELECTIVE PE AS 5TH AND 6TH PERIOD. I DON'T SEE SCHEDULING TO BE A ROAD BLOCK HERE. THE OTHER ISSUE THAT CAME UP WAS THE SOCIAL/Y MEETINGS -- SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL ASPECT.

I AM NOT HERE TO ARGUE THE VALUE OF THE PE PROGRAM.

HOWEVER, I CAN TELL YOU AS A FAMILY WE ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP OUR KIDS IN TRADITIONAL SCHOOL WHILE TRAINING AT THEIR CURRENT LEVEL. BUT THEY LOVE THE BENEFITS THEY GET FROM BEING IN SCHOOL IN PERSON AND TKPWAOEG -- BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND SO DO WE.

HAVING THIS EXTRA TIME WOULD BE IMPACTFUL TO THEM AND THEIR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL BEING.

CONSIDER OPENING UP INDEPENDENT PE FOR 6TH GRADE.

IT WOULD BE MEANINGFUL FOR THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND THERE IS VERY, VERY LITTLE IMPACT TO THE SCHOOL WHICH IS WHY MANY OF THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS HAVE ALREADY ALLOWED THEIR ENTIRE MIDDLE SCHOOL, INCLUDING SECONDSTH GRADE -- 6TH GRADE THIS FLEXIBILITY.

I AM JUST ASKING THAT WE JOIN OUR NEIGHBORS --

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SO WE WILL OPEN THIS UP AND WE HAD A RE-- AND JUST TO REMIND YOU WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION AND WE NEED A LITTLE TIME TO REFLECT MORE.

THE MOTION WAS FOR VERSION 2. WE WERE GIVEN TWO VERSIONS.

ONE, VERSION 1, TO KEEP IE FOR PE AT 7 THROUGH 12.

VERSION 2 WHICH IS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO CHANGE IT TO 6 THROUGH 12. DO WE HAVE COMMENTS OR

QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION JUST

TO CLARIFY. >> WHAT WOULD THE STUDENTS DO WITH THEIR TIME IF GRANTED INDEPENDENT PE? ARE THEY DISMISSED EARLY AND IS THERE A STUDY HALL? AND HOW DOES IT WORK WITH THE CURRENT 7TH AND 8TH

GRADERS? >> SO FOR 7TH AND 8TH GRADE STUDENTS, LIKE -- BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE CLASSES AND SECTIONS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE STUDENTS -- I DON'T WANT TO GUARANTEE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART THOSE STUDENTS WOULD GET THAT LAST PERIOD AS THE INDEPENDENT STUDY PE PERIOD.

FOR 6TH GRADE WE WOULD WORK TO DO THE SAME THING IF WE WERE TO -- ABLE TO PROVIDE INDEPENDENT STUDY FOR 6TH GRADE. BASED OFF THE SPECIALTY ELECTIVES OR THE MATH PATHWAY THE STUDENT IS N IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE A GUARANTEE. IF IT WEREN'T A GUARANTEE, THE

[00:50:04]

THEY MAY HAVE A STUDY HALL PERIOD AND AN ADDITIONAL ELECTIVE OR SOMETHING ELSE WHERE THE STUDENT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE PHYSICALLY NECESSARILY ACTIVE IN A PE CLASS, BUT WOULD BE -- STILL ON CAMPUS WITH US. IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT'S SCHEDULE AND NEEDS.

>> AND WE DO KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO BE ON CAMPUS FOR 240

MINUTES. >> QUESTION.

IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THE VERSION THAT'S IN THE MOTION THAT WOULD BE EXPANDING IT TO 6TH GRADE, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS SOME LOGISTICAL THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN. WHEN WOULD DASH -- WHEN COULD IT BE IMPLEMENTED? NEXT SEMESTER? WHAT CHANGES DO WE NEED FOR IT TO WORK?

>> ULTIMATELY IT SAYS THEY HAVE TO HAVE TWO PASSING QUARTERS OR ONE SEMESTER OF 6TH GRADE PE.

I ANTICIPATE THIS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED SECOND SEMESTER OF THE YEAR WHICH WOULD BE THE CASE ANY OTHER YEAR OTHER THAN NOT GOING INTO THE YEAR WITH MASTER SCHEDULE IN MIND THINKING WE WOULD HAVE 6TH GRADERS HERE.

WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK OUT THE INDIVIDUAL DETAILS OF THE SITE

FOR THOSE STUDENTS. >> SOMEWHERE I GOT CONFUSED.

I UNDERSTAND IT IS OCTOBER AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS.

IF IT IS APPROVED, NEXT YEAR WOULD 6TH GRADERS BE ABLE TO START THIS FIRST SEMESTER OR DO THEY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE SECOND SEMESTER SO THEY HAVE THIS PHYSICAL EDUCATION CREDIT

AND GRADE? >> SO THE POLICY -- WE WOULD BE ABLE TO START IT THIS YEAR. I AM UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE COULD GO INTO THE SECOND SEMESTER OF THIS YEAR AS IMPLEMENTING. THE POLICY SAYS THEY NEED TO HAVE TWO C GRADE AVERAGE OR A 2.0 AVERAGE -- WHAT IS THE

VERBIAGE? >> THE STUDENT SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED PHYSICAL EDUCATION CREDIT WITH A GRADE OF C OR BETTER FOR THE TWO QUARTERS PRECEDING THE PERIOD TO WHICH THE ORIGINAL REQUEST IS MADE. WE WOULD BE ABLE TO IF THE BOARD PASSED VERSION 2. WE COULD TAKE A LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE PRECEDING TWO QUARTERS WERE AND THEN USE THE TIME FROM NOW UNTIL THE START OF THE SECOND SEMESTER TO SEE IF THAT STUDENT'S NEEDS CHANGED AND WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE THAT WITH

THE STUDENT PARENT. >> I KNOW I AM BEATING THIS DOWN. SO NO 6TH GRADE STUDENT IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS WOULD BE STARTING INDEPENDENT PE IN AUGUST? IS THAT CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. >> IT WOULD ONLY HOLD FOR HALF A YEAR IN 6TH GRADE BECAUSE THERE IS NO 5TH GRADE PE

GRADE I'M ASSUMING. >> YES.

AND THAT'S HOW WE HAD -- WHEN WE LOOK AT THE POLICY CURRENTLY IT IS THE TWO QUARTERS PRECEDING THAT INDEPENDENT STUDY TIME. THAT'S TRUE.

FOR 6TH GRADE YOU WOULD HAVE SEMESTER 1 FOR PE SO YOU COULD DEMONSTRATE AND MEET THE CRITERIA OF HAVING TWO QUARTERS OF A C OR BETTER TO THEN QUALIFY FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY PE. THAT'S HOW IT CURRENTLY IS NOW.

>> GOT IT. THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> YES. >> GO AHEAD.

>> I'M NOT SURE HOW TO PHRASE THIS.

WOULD THIS DISCRIMINATE OR HARA DIFFERENCE AS FAR AS -- I KNOW THE SPEAKER SAID HER KIDS WERE ACADEMICALLY QUALIFIED.

WOULD THIS MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS FAR AS THE ACADEMIC -- WOULD IT BE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST A STUDENT WHO IS ACADEMICALLY AND MAYBE NEEDS A PARTICULAR MATH OR ENGLISH VERSUS A STUDENT THAT IS JUST SAY -- WOULD IT CAUSE HARDSHIPS?

>> I AM NOT SURE I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.

THE STUDENT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A C IN THE TWO PRECEDING PE QUARTERS AS WELL AS MAINTAIN AN OVER ALL 2.0 GPA.

THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD MAINTAIN BEING IN INDEPENDENT STUDY.

>> I GUESS I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE 6TH GRADE STUDENT WHO IS PUT INTO MATH 7A. WOULD THE TIGHTNESS OF THAT SCHEDULE DISCRIMINATE AGAINST KIDS WHO HAVE A GENERALLY GOOD

SCHEDULE? >> THE SCHOOL SITES WILL HAVE TO WORK THAT OUT. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE DISCRIMINATORY IN NATURE. AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE BOARD POLICY ITSELF.

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>> I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE GIVEN THIS SOME THOUGHT SINCE OUR LAST MEETING AND I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT I SHARED LAST TIME.

I PERSONALLY SUPPORT HAVING THE IDEA OF HAVING 6TH GRADE INCLUDED AND DOING INDEPENDENT PE, BUT I REALLY -- I'M NOT COMFORTABLE CHANGING THE POLICY UNTIL I HAVE HEARD MORE FROM TEACHERS OR ADMIN. I KNOW IT SOUNDED LIKE FAIRLY -- A DISAGREEMENT ACROSS THE BOARD THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE EASY TO DO.

I WOULD PUSH FOR IF WE WERE TO NOT VOTE FOR THIS, REVISIT IT AND IT MAY GIVE US TIME TO ACTUALLY HEAR FROM TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS ON HOW COMPLICATED THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE FOR THEM TO

CHANGE. >> SO THIS MOTION IS TO CHANGE THE POLICY TO ALLOW FOR 6TH GRADE TO BE UH LOWED FOR -- TO BE ALLOWED FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY PE.

>> TRUSTEE POWELL. >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER. >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE GORBACK. >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE POWELL. >> NO.

>> TRUSTEE GOLDBERG. >> YES.

>> I'M A YES. SO MOTION PASSION -- PASSES 4-1 WITH A PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE FROM TRUSTEE KAHL.

[4. ACTION ITEMS – CONSENT]

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

>> TRUSTEE GORBACK. >> I MOVE WE APPROVE THE

CONSENT AGENDA AS SUBMITTED. >> SECOND.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE SYLVESTER.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION ON THE

CONSENT AGENDA? >> TRUSTEE KAN.

>> YES. >> TR*UGSY POWELL.

>> YES. >> GORBACK.

>> YES. >> SYLVESTER.

>> I AM A YES AND MOTION CARRIES 5-0 WITH A PREFR WEPB SHALL -- PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE FROM TRUSTEE KAHL.

[A. Instructional Services - Presentation: Elementary Physical Education and Music]

>> WE ARE AT SECTION 5 AND INFORMATION DISCUSSION ITEMS BEGINNING WITH 5A, INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES PRESENTATION, ELEMENTARY PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND MUSIC.

MR. LOO. >> GREAT.

GOOD EVENING. >> THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR AN UPDATE ON THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND MUSIC PROGRAM.

I AM JOINED TONIGHT BY NOT JUST A GREAT TEAM OF EDUCATOR THAT'S ARE STANDING UP HERE THAT WILL BE PRESENTING, BUT ALSO I AM HERE TO SUPPORT SOME OTHER PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.

WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. STANDING UP HERE WHO WILL DO THE BRUNT OF THE PRESENTING AND REALLY HAS SO MUCH TO SHARE AND OFFER IN TERMS OF THE DAY-TO-DAY AND FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND IMPLEMENTING THESE PROGRAMS WE HAVE ELEMENTARY MUSIC TEACHER SEKOS AND TEACHERS HARVEY AND TAYLOR AND YOU MAY RECOGNIZE HIM, THE VISUAL AND PERFORM -PBS ARTS -- PERFORMING ARTS TEACHER MR. PETER.

I AM GRATEFUL FOR COMING TO THE BOARD MEETING AND WE WILL HAVE A RICH OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER.

THE PRESENTATION AGENDA IS SET FORWARD HERE.

WE WILL LEARN ABOUT THE GENERAL MUSIC AND WHO OUR TEACHERS ARE.

THE GREAT TEAM AND THE CURRICULUM AND HOW WE ARE APPROACHING THAT. HOW WE ARE APPROACHING THE STANDARDS AS WELL AS SOME FINAL INFORMATION ABOUT PROGRAM FUNDING. THAT LUCKILY I GET TO SHARE.

THE FINAL FOR ME IS TO SHARE THE BROAD GOAL AND INTENT AND PURPOSES OF THE PROGRAMS WE WILL BE SHARING AND THAT REALLY IS IN PARTICULAR COMING OUT OF THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC WE FELT IT WAS CRITICAL TO ENSURE A CONSISTENT BASELINE AND IMPORTANT SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION FOR OUR EL -- ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN THE AREA OF MUSIC AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION. AND SO OUR GOAL IS THAT FOR THOSE STUDENTS NO MATTER WHAT SCHOOL THEY ARE AT, THEY ARE RECEIVING THIS REALLY IMPORTANT STANDARDS-BASED INSTRUCTION FROM A CREDENTIALED TEACHER. WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT TO MRS

STARTED. >> JUST BEFORE MR. PETER STARTS, I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, COMMEND THE BOARD FOR ALLOWING OR GIVING US DIRECTION TO DO THIS.

THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF DISTRICTS OUT THERE THAT OFFER ELEMENTARY MUSIC PROGRAM AND ELEMENTARY PE PROGRAM.

I THINK IT IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD ABOUT.

I THINK IT IS SOMETHING TO BRAG ABOUT.

[01:00:04]

TO MR. PETER. >> GOOD EVENING.

IT IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE. I WAS SITTING HERE REFLECTING BACK AND IT WAS A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE IN THIS SCHOOLROOM AND WE ADOPTED THE STRATEGIC ARTS PLAN AND IT IS A FIVE-YEAR PLAN. THIS POSITION WAS CREATED AND THE VISUAL AND PERFORM -- PERFORMING ART PROGRAM.

AND I AM THE ONLY ONE IN VENTURA COUNTY THAT EXISTS.

FIVE OF THE PEOPLE WOULD ARE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE STRATEGIC ART PLANNER IN THIS ROOM. ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT, ONE OF THE FIRST IMPLEMENTATIONS WAS THE ELEMENTARY MUSIC PROGRAM. WORKING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS WE HIRED THREE ELEMENTARY MUSIC TEACHERS AND PROVIDED ELEMENTARY MUSIC 30 MINUTES A WEEK TO OUR 4TH AND 5TH GRADERS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

WE GOT STARTED WITH ALMOST NOTHING.

WE WERE ORDERING INSTRUMENTS AND FIGURING OUT WHAT WE HAD.

4TH AND 5TH GRADE TEACHERS WERE LIKE, WHAT IS GOING ON? IT IS A BRAND-NEW THING.

HERE WE ARE A YEAR LATER AND WE HAVE EQUIPMENT AND WE HAVE SPACES AND WE NOW HAVE SIX ELEMENTARY AND MUSIC TEACHERS THAT SERVICE ALL 17 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

I BELIEVE THAT IS 218 CLASSES THAT THOSE PEOPLE SEE EVERY WEEK AND SERVE MUSIC EDUCATION. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THOSE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW IN OUR NEXT SLIDE.

SOME OF THEM ARE FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS.

SOME ARE TEACHING FOR 25 YEARS. ONE IS A PROFESSOR AT CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD MUSIC EDUCATION.

ANOTHER HAS BEEN IN OUR DISTRICT FOR OVER 24 YEARS.

STARRED OUR -- STARTED OUR STRINGS PROGRAM.

AN KNEW GUTIERREZ YOU -- ANNA GUTIERREZ YOU MAY REC -- RECOGNIZE THE NAME. SHE BRINGS HER EXPERIENCES AND SHE IS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES.

YOU LOOK AT THE COLLABORATION YOU HAVE AND ALL OF THE EXPERIENCES WE SHARE TOGETHER AND IT ALL GETS BACK IN THE CLASSROOM AND INTO ALL OF THE STUDENTS.

WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. LAST YEAR WE WERE DISCUSSING CURRICULUM IT WAS, WHAT DO THE KIDS KNOW? THEY COME FROM 218 PLACES AND SCHOOL SITES.

SOME HAD SPECIALISTS, SOME HAD NO MUSIC AND SOME HAD PIANO LESSONS AT HOME. YOU GET TO THE CLASSROOM AND YOU HAVE TO ASSESS. AS WE SPABDED THAT -- EXPANDED THAT THIS YEAR, WE MEET EVERY MONDAY MORNING AT 8:00 AS A TEAM AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN YO ARE DAY AND WHAT -- WHAT DO WE NEED TO IMPROVE? OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE VERTICAL ALIGNMENT THROUGH YOUR -- THROUGHOUT CLASSES.

THE CURRICULUM SPECIFICALLY WHICH WE WILL GET TO IN A MOMENT HEAVILY INVOLVES OUR NATIONAL STANDARDS AND CALIFORNIA STANDARDS IN MUSIC. THEY WERE ADOPTED IN 2019.

THE FRAMEWORK FOR ARTS WAS ADOPTED IN 2020.

NOBODY SAW EITHER OF THEM BECAUSE OF THE PLAGUE.

WE WERE SUPER EXCITED THAT OUR DISTRICT AND OUR BOARD WAS WILLING TO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLAY SAY LET'S HIRE A COORDINATOR AND LET'S DO THIS ART PLAN.

WE CAME OUT OF THIS WITH MOMENTUM.

NOT A LITTLE, BUT WE ARE GOING. THE SUPPORT WAS THERE AND THE TIME. THE ART -- FOUR OF THE MAIN COMPONENTS ARE THE FOUR ANCHOR STANDARDS.

THAT IS THAT STUDENTS WILL CREATE, PERFORM, PRODUCE AND RESPOND AND CONNECT TO THE MANY AREAS OF MUSIC.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE LOOKING AT AND WRITING SCOPE AND SEQUENCE FOR THE DIFFERENT AREAS.

THE LAST THING I MENTIONED WAS THE INVESTMENT IN INSTRUMENT EQUITY. THAT WAS A BIG THING THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE STRATEGIC ARTS COMMITTEE WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT. AND A LOT OF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IF WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME TEXTBOOK AND SAME INFORMATION.

THROUGH THE ESSER3 FUNDS WE INVESTED $10,000 INTO THE MUSIC EQUIPMENT FOR EACH OF THE 17 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE

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BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> HELLO, EVERYONE.

I AM PROUD TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU.

WE ARE PROUD OF OUR PROGRAM AND IT IS GREAT OUR DISTRICT IS DOING THIS. THERE ARE MANY OTHER DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA WHO ARE SCRAMBLING TO GET TEACHERS AND RESOURCES. THIS IS WONDERFUL IT WAS PUT INTO PLACE LIKE THIS AND I AM GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF IT AND TO BE ONE OF THE TEACHERS. I I CAN DO SOMETHING I LOVE EVERY DAY. I AM LUCKY TO GET TO DO THIS.

WHEN WE FIRST GOT TOGETHER WE COMBINED OUR RESOURCES.

KAREN IS A PROFESSOR AND TEACHES MUSIC TEACHERS.

BETWEEN THE THREE OF US AND MRS. TAYLOR, WE LOOKED AT THE STANDARDS AND WE LOOKED AT THE CURRICULUM THAT WAS PURCHASED AND WE COMBINED ALL OF THAT AND USED OUR EXPERIENCE FROM TEACHING 4TH AND 5TH LAST YEAR.

WE WERE ABLE TO SEE WHERE KIDS WERE AND WHAT THEY NEEDED TO KNOW FROM THE BEGINNING. WE GOT TOGETHER WITH THE REST OF THE TEAM ONCE THEY WERE HIRED AND WE WERE ABLE TO REFINE IT AND MAKE IT MAKE SENSE ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO WE MEET EVERY WEEK AND BOUNCE IDEAS OFF EACH OTHER AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

WE ARE ALL WORKING ON RHYTHM THIS MONTH.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT LOVELY PICTURE SOMETIME SOON. THERE IS A PICTURE WHERE I HAVE RHYTHM STICKS ON MY HEAD AND ALL OF THE KIDS HAVE RHYTHM STICKS ON THEIR HEAD. YOU MAY NOT THINK IT RELATES TO MUSIC, BUT THE KIDS CAME IN AND I TAUGHT THEM A GOOD MORNING SONG,. ♪ GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING, HOW DO YOU DO ♪ THAT'S THE FIRST PART.

THEY DID A LITTLE CLAPPING ROUTINE AND THEY GOT THE STICKS AND WHAT CAN GO WRONG WHEN YOU GIVE FIRST GRADERS RHYTHM STICKS? I GAVE THEM A MOMENT TO TAP ON THEIR STICKS AND GET IT OUT OF THEIR SYSTEM.

AND THEN I SAID ALIENS AND THEY PUT THE STICKS ON THEIR HEADS.

WE WERE READY TO GO AFTER THAT. I TAUGHT THEM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STEADY BEAT AND THE RHYTHM.

THE STEADY BEAT IS THE PULSE OF IT,.

♪ GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING ♪ THEY TAPPED IT THAT WAY.

THE RHYTHM IS WHAT THEY ARE SINGING.

♪ GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING ♪ LIKE THAT.

SO THAT IS HOW WE STARTED INTEREST DUTIESING THAT.

STARTED INTRODUCING THEM. IF YOU LOOK AT 5TH GRADE WE HAD THOSE STUDENTS LAST YEAR. THEY KNOW ABOUT NOTES AND RHYTHMS. AFTER A QUICK REVIEW I WAS ABLE TO LAUNCH INTO PUTTING THEM ON INSTRUMENTS.

WE HAD FOUR AREAS AND THEY EACH HAD DIFFERENT RHYTHMS AND PLAYING ON INSTRUMENTS AT THE SAME TIME AND THEY ROTATED.

WE ARE GETTING IN THERE WITH THAT.

THE THING THAT IS GREAT IS WHEN I BEGIN SCHOOL NEXT YEAR, I WILL KNOW WHAT THOSE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT, SO I DON'T HAVE TO START FROM SQUARE ONE EACH TIME.

THE 5TH TKPWRAOEUDERS -- 5TH GRADERS I HAVE THIS YEAR I KNOW WHAT THEY KNOW. I CAN GO RIGHT 234 -- RIGHT IN AND TEACH WHAT I WANT. EVEN AT THE BEGINNING WE TOOK THEM FROM NOT KNOWING MUSIC AT ALL, THEY WERE PLAYING THE UKULELE BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

MANY OF THEM PERFORMED FOR CULMINATION ACTIVITIES.

I THINK I SAW SOMEONE WHEN WE DID THAT.

IT'S BEEN A REALLY, REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE.

>> AT THIS TIME ARE WE GOING TO ASK THE BOARD TO PULL THE RHYTHM STICKS FROM OUT OF THEIR CHAIRS?

>> I ASKED -- I THOUGHT ABOUT BRINGING SOME.

>> I WANT TO EMPHASIZE HOW VALUABLE AND CRITICAL IT THE VERTICAL ALIGNMENT IS YEAR TO YEAR.

JUST LIKE FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS OR MATH, IT BUILDS YEAR TO YEAR TO YEAR AND THE CONSISTENCY AND KNOWING WHAT THE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE IS BEFORE, IT BUILDS INTO SOMETHING QUITE

TREMENDOUS. >> MR. LOU AND THE KIDS HAVE A BAND IN THEIR GARAGE AND THEY ARE LEARNING THIS TOGETHER.

>> AFTER THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE STARTED OFF WITH NO INSTRUMENTS ACROSS THE BOARD. SOME SCHOOLS HAD A FEW THINGS HERE AND THERE. WE GOT THESE BEAUTIFUL XYLOPHONES. THEY ARE HUGE AND WONDERFUL.

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WE GOT TRAINING FOR TWO WEEKS AND WE ATTENDED EIGHT HOURS A DAY AND GOT CERTIFIED TO -- CERTIFIED SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE CRAZY. ANYWAY, WE GOT THE CERTIFICATION TO GO AHEAD AND TEACH THIS.

IT TIES INTO THE NEXT PART WITH THE STANDARDS ARTISTIC PROCESSES. THE PROCESS IS CREATING AND IMPROVISING AND DOING ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT AND LOOK AT THE STANDARDS AND COMBINE ALL THAT TOGETHER. FOR FIRST GRADE, THEY ALREADY KNOW QUARTER NOTES AND 8TH NOTES.

WE TAUGHT THEM THAT. I WILL GIVE THEM CARDS AND LET THEM ARRANGE THEM THE WAY THEY WANT.

THEY CAN PICK AN INSTRUMENT AND LET THEM PERFORM FOR EACH OTHER AND DOT DIFFERENT THINGS THEY HAVE CREATED.

WHEN YOU GET TO 5TH GRADE, BY THEN THEY ARE GOING TO BE READING MUSIC ON THE LINES AND SPACES.

AND SO WE CAN USE THOSE XYLOPHONES AND THE UKULELE AND ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS SO THEY CAN CREATE AND PERFORM AND IMPROVISE, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO ME ANYWAY, THEY WILL KNOW WHY THEY MADE THOSE CHOICES AND BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE THAT TO SOMEONE ELSE.

WHY DO I CHOOSE THIS? HOW DID THAT MAKE ME FEEL? WHAT ARE MY GOALS HERE? THAT TO ME IS VERY EXCITING.

BEFORE I GET OFF THIS, TO ME THIS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THIS.

THIS IS GREAT. THIS IS BASED ON STANDARDS, BUT KIDS GET SO MUCH MORE OUT OF MUSIC THAN JUST THE KNOWLEDGE.

THEY GAIN CONFIDENCE. THEY FEEL PART OF THE GROUP AND THEY ARE INCLUDED NO MATTER WHAT PHYSICAL OR AO*E -- OR EMOTIONAL ISSUES THEY HAVE. THEY CAN ALL BE SUCCESSFUL IN MUSIC. THEY CAN FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PART OF SOMETHING IMPORTANT. I LOVE BEING PART OF SOMETHING THAT CAN MAKE KIDS BE BETTER PEOPLE.

THERE ARE THE ALIENS. WE ARE ALL TEACHING THE SAME THINGS ACROSS THE BOARD. WE ALL SING AND WE ALL PLAY DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS. NOW WE HAVE SIMILAR INSTRUMENTS AT EVERY SITE SO WE CAN GIVE EACH CHILD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE IN MUSIC. WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM AND EVERYBODY IS ENTHUSIASTIC AND WE ARE READY TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS EVEN FURTHER. ALL RIGHT.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT SPACES, BUT THEY ARE ALL WORKING. WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE TECHNOLOGY WE NEED AND WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE PRINCIPALS AND WE HAVE TEACHERS THAT ARE EXCITED TO BRING THEIR KIDS AND KIDS THAT ARE EXCITED TO BE THERE.

I DON'T SEE A DOWNSIDE TO ANY OF THIS.

EVEN THE KIDS WOULD DON'T THINK THEY LIKE MUSIC THEY GIVE THEM A DRUM AND THEY ARE VERY HAPPY. IT'S BEEN REALLY GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THIS WAS -- THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN KIND OF SORT OF.

THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF WHAT OUR TEACHERS AND MUSIC GO THROUGH. IT IS CRAZY.

NOT ONLY BUILDING THIS, BUT THEY HAVE TO GO FROM FIRST GRADE CLASS AND 30 MINUTES LATER FIFTH GRADE CLASS AND THIRD GRADE CLASS AND THEN RECESS AND THEN MAYBE GETTING INTO A CAR. BUILDING THIS, THIS IS TWO OF THE SIX SCHEDULES THAT YOU SEE THERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE MAKE THIS ALL WORK ALL OF THE TEACHERS AT THE SITE WILL CONTINUE TO THE SITES AND SOMETHING SO HEAVY ON THEIR CAMPUS NOT ONLY SCHEDULING, BUT PHYSICALLY.

WHAT ABOUT THIS, WORKING WITH A TEACHER.

ANYWAY AS A BOARD YOU CAN SEE THAT WHEN WE WERE PLANNING FOR THE START OF THIS YEAR AND I WALKED INTO A MEETING AND THIS

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IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. >> WE HAVE UKULELES, WE HAVE STORAGE CARTS AND RHYTHM STICKS AND THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER ARE THE INSTRUMENTS AND ALL OF THE NOTES WORK.

IT UH DISTANTS -- IT ADAPTS WITH THE SOUNDS AS WELL.

IT IS 1050 THIRD GRADE RECORDERS.

I WILL GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY. WHAT DID -- WE'VE DONE A LOT IN TWO YEARS. IT IS NUTS.

ANYWAY, IN JUNE I WAS HIRED AND WE DO THE STRATEGIC ARTS PLAN.

THERE IS AN INVESTMENT OF 600,000 AND IT STARTED FUNDING FOR TEACHERS AND PURCHASED EQUIPMENT.

IN JULY OUR GOVERNOR PASSED THE LEARNING AND RECOVERY MATERIAL BLOCK GRANT WHICH THEY ALLOCATED $3 MILLION SPECIFICALLY TOWARD EQUITY OF ACCESS AND THE STRATEGIC ARTS PLAN. THAT IS NOT JUST ALL FOR ELEMENTARY. IN NOVEMBER, THE VOTERS, THANK YOU VOTERS FOR PASSING PROP 28. THAT WILL GIVE THIS DISTRICT APPROXIMATELY $2 MILLION ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT ART EDUCATION TK THROUGH 12. 80% HAS TO GO TOWARD INCREASING EDUCATION -- OR STAFFING CREDENTIALED OR NON-CREDENTIALED PEOPLE. WE PUT A TEMPORARY PAUSE ON THE INSTRUCTION MATERIAL AND WE ARE WAITING FOR THE CDE TO GIVE US CLARIFICATION ON THE PROP 28 LANGE -- PROP 28 LANGUAGE.

THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD THANK OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WHO ARE WAITING FOR THE FUNDS TO BE RELEASED.

THIS PAST AUGUST WE HIRED THE SIX TEACHERS AND NOW WE ARE BEING PATIENT AS WE WAIT THROUGH THE LANGUAGE INTERPRETATIONS FROM THE CDE. OCTOBER WE ARE PLANNING TO LAUNCH OUR NEW WEBSITE. WE ARE HOPING TO GET LANGUAGE TO RELEASE THE FUNDS. IN JANUARY WE WILL START SPENDING LIKE CRAZY BEFORE THE SPENDING DEADLINE.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT I HAVE. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME AND THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT AND THE VISION.

>> GREAT. WE WILL TRANSITION OVER TO OUR ELEMENTARY AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION AND LEAD OFF WITH MS. KIM HARGRAVE.

>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KIM HARGRAVE AND SO TEMPTED TO ASK YOU ALL TO STAND UP AND DO SOME JUMPING JACKS, BUT I WON'T. DO COME OUT AND DO IT WITH US WHEN YOU CAN. YOU HAVE SOME PHOTOS OF OUR PE STUDENTS BEING ACTIVE. THAT'S THE MOST BASIC.

THE MOST BASIC IS TO ENCOURAGE OUR STUDENTS TO BE ACTIVE FOR LIFE. WE ARE A TEAM OF SIX.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WE HAVE BRETT, JOE, SPENCER AND ALEC AND MYSELF. OF HONESTLY -- HONESTLY, IT IS AN ALL-STAR TEAM. I MAY HAVE A FEW SPORTS PUNS.

EACH OF THE TEACHERS IS SKILLED IS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT TEACHING FITNESS, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLNESS.

WE, LIKE MUSIC TEACHERS ARE SPLITTING OUR DAYS BETWEEN THE SITES. I THINK YOU MENTIONED 218 CLASSES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE FIGURED WE ARE UPWARDS OF 4,000 TO 4500 STUDENTS WE SERVE DIRECTLY.

NOT TO MENTION OUR IMPACT ON THEIR FAMILIES WHEN THEY BRING HOME THEIR EXCITEMENT AND NEWS. YEAH.

DIRECTIVELY OUR TEAM HAS CLOSE TO 80 YEARS -- COLLECTIVELY OUR TEAM HAS CLOSE TO 80 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

WE COLLABORATE AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AND ARE UNIFIED IN OUR GOAL OF GUIDING THE STUDENTS TO BE ACTIVE FOR LIFE.

AFTER LISTENING TO THE MUSIC TEACHERS, IT IS CLEAR THAT THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE A KEY AND SECRET TO LIFE IS MUSIC. THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING.

AND THEN YOU HAVE WE WHO ARE LEADING THE SECRET TO LIFE IS

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WE LOVE WHAT WE DO. WE HAVE THE SKILLS TO DELIVER THIS EFFECTIVELY TO OUR STUDENTS.

PERSONALLY BEFORE TEACHING PE I TAUGHT 20 YEARS IN THE CLASS ROOM, THIRD, GRADE, FOURTH GRADE AND KINDERGARTEN.

THE VALUE AND NEED FOR THIS PROGRAM AND ITS ALIGNMENT WITH MY PERSONAL LIFESTYLE WAS SO COMPELLING I MADE A LEAP INTO A NEW POSITION AT THIS STAGE IN MY CAREER TO GROW AS A TEACHER AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE WAY I FELT I BEST COULD.

THAT'S WHAT WE MODEL IN OUR PE CLASSES AND TAKING ON EXCITING AND THOUGHTFUL CHALLENGES AND GROWING, BUT SAFELY AND WITH EMOTIONAL SAFETY. A QUICK ILLUSTRATION OF THE SAFE ENVIRONMENT. A 4TH GRADE STUDENT IN ONE OF MY CLASSES, HE HAS HAD DIFFICULTY -- WE WORKED LAST YEAR AS WELL WITH SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SELF-REGULATION.

HE MAY LOSE HIS TEMPER AND HAVE OUT -- OUTBURSTS AND BE NON-COMPLIANT. ONE DAY I LEFT A STICKY NOTE ON HIS DESK AFTER CLASS AND I SAID I NOTICED YOU RAN A LAP AND PLAYED HAPPENED -- HANDBALL TODAY.

THESE ARE NO JUDGMENT. THESE ARE STANDARD ACTIVITIES.

NOTHING EXCEPTIONAL TO PARTICIPATE IN FOR MANY.

BUT FOR THIS BOY IT WAS A BIG DEAL.

I DIDN'T WRITE "YOU DID BETTER TODAY" OR" KEEP ON IMPROVING," JUST "I NOTICED." IT WAS REMARKABLE.

THE NEXT CLASS HE WOULD CATCH THE BALL OR MISS THE BALL, BUT HE WOULD TRY AND NOT GET UPSET AND HE WOULD LOOK OVER TO SEE IF I WAS NOTICING HIM. TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

OF COURSE I DID. THE MAGIC WAS THAT HE KNEW HE WAS SEEN. SINCE THAT DAY HE HAS HAD NO OUTBURSTS AND NO ANGER AND FRUSTRATION.

HE IS PARTICIPATING MORE. HE FEELS SEEN AND HE FEELS SAFE AND HE KNOWS IT IS OKAY TO TRY AND HE KNOWS HE IS NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEL. HE IS JUST TRYING.

ON OUR NEXT SLIDE OUR GOALS. WE TEACH SKILLS THAT ARE THE LAUNCHING POINT FOR CREATING ACTIVE, HEALTHY LIVES.

WE PRACTICE THROWING, CATCHING, RUN -- RUNNING, JUMPING AND KICKING, BUT THEY ARE THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.

WE MAINTAIN STUDENT FITNESS TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE AND CARDIOVASCULAR AND MUSS -- MUSCULAR STRENGTH.

COORDINATION, FLEXIBILITY AND BALANCE.

WE ARE IN YEAR TWO OF THE PROGRAM AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO ARE SPEAKING WITH US AND SAYING, WOW, THE NEW 6TH GRADERS ARE REALLY WELL PREPARED IN COMPARISON TO THE PAST.

WE FEEL THAT IS A RESULT OF THE WORK WITH THEM.

IT IS EARLY, BUT AS THIS GOES ON, I THINK IT WILL ONLY INCREASE. I THINK THIS IS ONLY MORE CRUCIAL AS WE SEE THE RATE OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY AND THE ASSOCIATED HEALTH COMPLICATIONS RISING.

MANY OF THE SKILLS WE TEACH IN T -- IN PE ARE IN GAME AND PLAY FORMAT. WHERE BETTER DO CHILDREN LEARN THAN IN PLAY WITH THEIR PEERS. THEY LEARN HOW TO KEEP -- COPE.

THEY LEARN SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL STRATEGIES.

FIRST -- OUR NEXT SLIDE WE ARE IF AN INCLUSIVE NATURE OF OUR PE PROGRAM. OUR PE CLASSES COMBINE WONDERFUL DIVERSE GROUPS. GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSES ARE COMBINED WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION PROVIDING A RICH ENVIRONMENT WITH ALL TYPES OF LEARNERS WITH A VARIETY OF ABILITIES TO INTERACT IF AN ENGAGING AND FUN SETTING.

OUR PE CLASSES ARE NOT JUST FOR THE NATURAL ATHLETE.

BECAUSE OF THE VARIETY OF ABILITIES AND EXPERIENCES WE CREATE LESSONS THAT ARE UNIVERSALLY ACCESS -- ACCESSIBLE TO PRACTICE SKILLS, GAMES AND ACTIVITIES.

STUDENTS SUPPORT EACH OTHER AT UNIQUE LEVELS.

WE HAVE STUDENTS IN OUR CLASSES THAT OUT -- UTILIZE VARIOUS SUPPORTS, LEG BRACES AND THEY ARE AS THRILLED TO DO LAPS AND CELEBRATE ACHIEVE METS -- ACHIEVEMENTS.

OUR INCLUSIVE CLASS MODEL ALLOWS STUDENTS TO SEE ONE ANOTHER SHINE IN A NEW SETTING. FOR EXAMPLE.

ONE YOUNG STUDENT WITH AUTISM EMERGED AS A PROLIFIC RUNNER IN PE CLASS. REMIGHT NOT HAVE DISCOVERED -- WE MIGHT NOT HAVE DISCOVERED HER TALENT AND JOY OF RUNNING.

SHE IS RECOGNIZED AND CHEERED ON BY HER PEERS WHEN SHE EXCELS IN PE. THIS MAY NOT BE SOMETHING SHE EXPERIENCES IN OTHER PARTS OF HER DAY.

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AND WE PRACTICE HOW TO COPE WITH BOTH GRACEFULLY.

GENERAL ED AND SPECIAL ED STUDENTS ARE LEARNING EMPATHY AND KINDNESS. ANOTHER INCLUSIVE QUALITY IS ITS TEACHING AND LEARNING FORMAT.

THIS IS AN AUTHENTIC SUPPORT FOR OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. WE HAVE NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION AND BODY LANGUAGE. PE CLASS BECOMES A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD IN THIS WAY AND CONFIDENCE WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER AND THEY CREATE FRIENDSHIPS OUT THERE.

YESTERDAY I PLAYED A BEGINNER VERSION OF VOLLEYBALL.

WE CALL IT "PRISONER" AND THEY LOVE IT.

THE EMERGING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS BRRRR ABLE TO -- WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AND RECEIVED HIGH FIVE'S AND FIST BUMPS AND HAVE FUN IN THE GAME BY OBSERVING THE DEMONSTRATION AND THEN BY LEARNING WHILE PLAYING.

ALL THIS TOOK PLACE IN A GAME FORMAT WHERE LANGUAGE LEARNING WAS AN ORGANIC BY-PRODUCT. ANOTHER BENEFIT OF THE ELEMENTARY PE PROGRAM ISING BATISTA -- IS EQUITY BY GIVING PE TIME TO EVERY CHILD. SOME STUDENTS, OR MAYBE SOME TITLE 1 STUDENTS AT TITLE 1 SCHOOLS PARDON ME DO NOT GET TO BE ON EXTRACURRICULAR TEAMS AND SPORTS AFTER SCHOOL AND ON WEEKENDS. THESE KIDS NOW RECEIVE DIRECT SKILL AND GAME INSTRUCTION IN THE SCHOOL DAY.

IT OPENS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO JOIN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS. THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE OTHERWISE HAD THAT CHANCE. THE ABILITY -- THINK ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. THE ABILITY TO BELONG TO A TEAM OR GROUP AND MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND IMPROVES RETENTION IN THE UPPER GRADES.

I'M SORRY. WE TOOK THE SLIDE OUT.

I WANTED TO SAY QUICKLY, A FEW OF OUR PROGRAMS AND AND AND THEY RUN THEIR LAP -- LABS AND THEY ARE MOTIVATED.

AND THEY HAVE PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES.

THEY FOSTER HAPPY AND HEALTHY AND YOUNG STUDENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING.

MY COLLEAGUE BRETT WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE MORE AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE SLIDE SHOW FOR YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. I KNOW KIM SAID SHE DIDN'T WANT YOU TO ALL DO JUMPING JACKS. I OF COURSE DON'T WANT YOU TO DO JUMPING JACKS, BUT CAN I GET EVERYBODY TO STAND UP FOR ME? SORRY. SORRY.

IT IS THE PE TEACHER IN ME. CAN EVERYBODY STEP TO THE RIGHT? EVERYBODY STEP TO THE LEFT.

NOW GO AHEAD AND SIT DOWN. ONE OF MY MENTORS TAUGHT ME THAT A TRULY GREAT TEACHER CAN GET -- CAN REALLY TRULY MOVE PEOPLE. THANK YOU.

MY TIME IS UP. JUST HAD TO SHAKE OFF A LITTLE OF THE NERVES. HERE WE ARE.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION IS ALL ABOUT EDUCATING THE WHOLE STUDENT.

HERE AT CANEJO VALLEY THAT'S WHAT WE ALL AS TEACHERS AND STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS AND EVERYBODY ELSE, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. WE ARE DOING IT THROUGH PERSEVERANCE, ADAPTABILITY, CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND GROWTH MIND -- MINDSET. I HAVE STUDENTS ALL THE TIME, MR. LANE, I CAN'T DO A SINGLE PUSH UP.

I TELL THEM, YOU CAN'T DO IT YET.

ADDING THE GROWTH MINDSET OF "YET" AND NOW THEY GO, WELL, I CAN'T DO IT YET SO I MIGHT AS WELL PRACTICE.

AND THAT'S WHAT PHYSICAL EDUCATION IS ALL ABOUT.

IT IS PRACTICING THE SKILLS AND IT IS NOT JUST THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION SKILLS. IT IS THE SOCIAL ANDY PHAEUGSA.

OH IT IS EASY. YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR LEG STRAIGHTER OR BEND YOUR ARMS MORE INSTEAD OF AT THE HIPS.

AND THEY ARE TAKING THE STUFF WE TAUGHT THEM AND THEY ARE APPLYING IT TO EACH OTHER AND THEY ARE GIVEN CONFIDENCE BECAUSE THEY DON'T EVEN REALIZE THEY HAVE A GROWTH MINDSET ALREADY. WE ARE TRYING TO OPEN THINGS UP AND BROADEN OTHER STUDENTS' MINDS TO NOT JUST THE ATHLETES BECAUSE PHYSICAL EDUCATION IS EVERYBODY -- IS FOR EVERYBODY.

WE TRULY BELIEVE IN STUDENTS BEING ACTIVE FOR LIFE.

WE TEACH THEM LIFE SKILLS. IT IS NOT JUST HOW TO THROW A

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WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF MENTAL HEALTH WITH STUDENTS.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION IS SO GOOD FOR THAT.

WE GET THEM MOVING AND WE GET THEM SWEATY, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT ALWAYS LIKE T BUT WE GET THEM SWEATY, ESPECIALLY THE 5TH GRADE CLASSES IN THE HEAT.

WE GET THEM MOVING AND GET THEM ACTIVE AND WE GET SMILES ON THEIR FACE. WE GIVE THEM THE CONFIDENCE OF -- THEY START SHARING THINGS WITH US OF WHAT THEY DO AND OTHER INTERESTS AND WE ADAPT TO THAT AND CREATE OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR THEM THROUGH THAT IS WE HAVE HAPPY STUDENTS.

WHEN WE HAVE HAPPY STUDENTS, WE CAN SEE IMPROVEMENT.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I DO A CHECK IN THE MORNING OF HOW DO YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW? THUMBS UP? GOOD? OKAY IN THIS AND NOT SO GOOD.

I GET A FEW OF THESE FOR WHATEVER REASON.

BUT BY THE END OF THE CLASS I'M ALWAYS LIKE IF I CAN GET YOU AT LEAST TO GO HERE, THEN I'M DOING MY JOB AND YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB. IT IS EXERCISE DOES CREATE STRESS ON THE BODY AND THEY ENCOURAGE THEMSELVES AND IS PUSH THEMSELVES BEYOND WHAT THEY THINK THEY CAN DO.

IT IS NOT SO BAD AND I CAN HANDLE IT 12K3 -- AND NOW I CAN HANDLE BOX THAT IS GIVING ME AN ISSUE.

AND THEN FINALLY SOCIAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I SEE KIDS, JUST NEW FRIENDSHIPS STARTING BECAUSE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

AND THEY HAVE TIME TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER.

JUST LEARNING NEW THINGS ABOUT EACH OTHER AND ACCEPTANCE IN THE MORNING AND THE SKILL SETS THEY ALL HAVE.

ON THE LEFT IS THE TEACHER VERSION.

WHAT WE ARE DOING THAT FOR IS OUR TEACHER OBJECTIVE IS STUDENT LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS THE VOICE AND WE START TO GET RID OF THE I CAN'T AND I HAVE THE SKILLS TO PLAY.

I ACT FAIRLY AND RESPECTFULLY. I KNOW WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE. ALL OF THE STANDARDS WE HAVE, WE ARE INCORPORATING THAT WITH OUR OTHER GOALS OF SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE SO MUCH PEER TO PEER INTERACTION. THEY ARE GETTING OUTSIDE ALL THE TIME. IT IS GREAT FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE THIS. I CAN'T TELL YOU ABOUT TALKING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS. THEY SAY THE INCOMING 6TH GRADERS WHO JUST CAME IN THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE ALREADY SPENT ONE YEAR AND IT IS -- THEY ARE SO MUCH MORE ADJUSTED IN PHYSICAL EDGE KWAEUGS -- EDUCATION.

THEY ARE PREPARED AND NOT AS SHOCKED IF THEY HAVE TO RUN A CERTAIN DISTANCE, BUT THEY HAVE THE SKILLS WHERE THEY GO, OH, OKAY. I HAVE THIS.

I LEARNED HOW TO THROW A BALL A LITTLE BETTER THAN I HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN TAUGHT. AND SO NOW I CAN TAKE THAT SKILL AND ADAPT IT TO ANOTHER SPORT.

IT GETS THE MIND AND BODY FEELING GOOD.

WITH THAT BEING SAID WE CAN SKIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

JUST TO PAINT A PICTURE A LITTLE BIT WE MIGHT SEE THE PARACHUTE AND WHEN MY TEACHER PULLED OUT THE PARACHUTE I WOULD THINK TODAY IS GOING TO BE AMAZING.

IT IS ALWAYS A BIG ONE. BUT WHAT THE STUDENTS DON'T REALLY REALIZE IS HOW MUCH THEY ARE FORCED TO WORK TOGETHER IN ORDER TO GET A BUNCH OF FIRST GRADERS UNDER A PARA-- PARACHUTE LIKE THAT. THERE IS A LOT OF COORDINATION AND IT IS NOT JUST THE TEACHER. THE STUDENTS HELP EACH OTHER OUT AND WORK TOGETHER. WE HAVE SO MANY SKILLS INVOLVED IN THE PLAN -- MANIPULATION SKILLS.

PRETTY AMAZING. AND TAKING ITEMS THAT THEY MIGHT THINK -- IT MAY ONLY BE A HULA HOOP.

WREL -- WELL I SEE HULA HOOPS, BUT I CAN SEE RINGS FOR A LORD

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I CAN SEE SAFE SPOTS WHEN PLAYING CATCH THE FLAG.

REALLY EXPANDING THOSE STUDENTS' HORIZONS SO WHEN THEY GO HOME AND THEY ARE SO BORED BECAUSE THE INTERNET IS OUT, NOW THEY CAN LOOK AROUND THE HOUSE AND FIND SOME OTHER OBJECTS THAT THEY HAVE TO CREATE THEIR OWN GAMES WHETHER IT IS BY THEMSELVES OR FRIENDS AND SIBLINGS.

AND WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU, I WAS GOING TO -- WE ARE GOING TO PLAY A QUICK LITTLE VIDEO JUST TO PAINT A BIGGER PICTURE.

>> ALL RIGHT. THAT IS A SMALL TA*EUGS -- TASTE. IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED IF STOPPING BY -- ONE MORE TIME, RIGHT? WE ALWAYS WELCOME ANYBODY TO COME IN AND NOT JUST OBSERVE, BUT PLEASE PARTICIPATE WITH US. YOU MIGHT END UP HAVING A LOT OF FUN AND REALIZING THAT IT IS GREAT TO BE A KID.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

I KNOW IT IS GETTING LATE. IT IS 7:30 AND MY KIDS, YOU GOTTA GO TO BED. SORRY.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> AND I'M GONNA JUST WRAP UP THE LAST TWO SLIDES REALLY QUICKLY. YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO SHARE FROM THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION STANDPOINT AS WELL, JUST HOW COMPLEX THE SCHEDULING CONSIDERATIONS ARE, JUST THE LOGISTICS. IN ADDITION TO MUSIC AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, LANGUAGE ARREST -- LANGUAGE ARTS, MATH, SOCIAL STUDIES AND MUCH, MUCH MORE, PART OF THE PUZZLE, AGAIN, WE GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO DR. SELLERS AND MS. TRIPLETE AND HER TEAM FIGURING OUT AND COMMUNICATING WITH OUR SCHOOL SITES ON HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK. FINALLY I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT SOURCES OF FUNDING.

WE PRESENTED THIS INFORMATION ON THE -- I THINK ON THE JUNE 26TH -- SORRY, JUNE 21ST BOARD MEETING WHEN WE PROPOSED THE 23-24 BUDGET PROPOSAL.

YOU CAN NOTE HERE FOR EL FUNDING IS THE LEARNING RECOVERY BLOCK GRANT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IS A ONE-TIME STATE FUND THAT WILL EXPIRE AT A CERTAIN POINT. FOR ELEMENTARY GENERAL MUSIC YOU CAN SEE HOW WE FUNDED THAT THE PRIOR YEAR.

FOR THIS YEAR IT IS A COMBINATION OF THE LEARNING RECOVERY BLOCK GRANT AND ART AND MUSIC INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS BLOCK GRANT. BOTH ONE-TIME STATE FUNDS THAT ARE SET TO EXPIRE AT SOME POINT.

FOR ELEMENTARY GENERAL MUSIC, YOU KNOW THAT IS PENDING CLARIFICATION, CLARIFICATION THAT MR. PETER AND I SEEK ON A DAILY BASIS FROM THE STATE ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE MOVING FORWARD AND NOT JUST FOR OUR SCHOOL TKREUPBLT -- DISTRICT, BUT EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE.

AND I SHOULD NOTE TOO, LIKE I SPECIAL -- I CERTAINLY AM NOT Y COLLEAGUE TO THE RIGHT, IT DOES SEEM THAT AS WE WENT THROUGH THE STATE BUDGETING PROCESS FOR LAST YEAR, THE LEARNING RECOVERY BLOCK GRANT AS WELL AS THE ARTS MUSIC INSTRUCTIONAL BLOCK GRANT AS THE STATE WENT TO REVISE THEIR BUDGET, THERE WERE PROPOSALS TO REDUCE THAT. EVENTUALLY THERE WAS A REDUCTION AND IT WAS A LOT SMALLER THAN ANTICIPATED EARLY ON. IT SEEMS TO BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE YEAR TO YEAR JUST THROUGH THE REGULAR AND BUDGETED PROCESS. SO THAT IS CERTAINLY I WOULD SAY PROBABLY JUST EMPHASIZING SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE WE TALK OFTEN HERE AS WE DEVELOP GREAT THINGS FOR STUDENTS THROUGH THESE ONE-TIME FUNDS. EVENTUALLY THE ONE-TIME FUNDS GO AWAY WHICH LEAVES US, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS.

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BOARD. >> WHAT A GREAT PRESENTATION.

WHAT EXTRAORDINARY TEAMS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES FOR COMING TO DELIVER YOUR INCREDIBLE EXPERTISE TO OUR KIDS HERE. YES, IT IS CLEAR THAT WE ARE INCREDIBLY PROUD. THESE INVESTMENTS REPRESENT A CONVICTION FROM THE BOARD THAT THESE ARE NOT EXTRAS.

I'M GLAD YOU HAVE THE ACCESS AND EQUITY BECAUSE WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THESE ARE EXTRAS FOR SOME CHILDREN SOME OF THE TIME. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY CORE.

THANK YOU AND I WILL TURN TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR DISCUSSION OR

QUESTIONS. >> AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND ECHO WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING.

FANTASTIC PRESENTATION. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE TEACHERS THAT ARE HERE AND EVERYTHING, AND IT WAS A FANTASTIC PRESENTATION. I WON'T EVEN MENTION THE ACTIVITY I CAN SEE GLARINGLY MISSING.

I'M A PICKLEBALL PLAYER. WELL, I ATTEMPT IT ANYWAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE DEDICATION AND FOR THE WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS THAT MORE COME OUT OF IT THAN JUST PLAYING MUSIC OR JUST PLAYING PE, THAT THEY DEVELOP AS A PERSON AND I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I MEAN, THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE PRESENTATION.

AS MY COLLEAGUES SAID, I AM PROUD AND APPRECIATIVE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER THESE TWO PROGRAMS TO OUR STUDENTS.

AND THEY CAN BE LIFE-LONG PURSUITS AND PASSIONS.

FOR SOME KIDS IT MIGHT NOT BE WHAT IT IS, AND IT MIGHT BE JUST TRYING AND NOT JUST GETTING ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX. IT BECOMES A LIFE-LONG PASSION WHEN YOU ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND TO A COMMUNITY.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE AS SOMEONE WHO -- WHOSE GARAGE HAS BEEN RECENTLY TRANSFORMED INTO A MUSIC STUDIO SPACE BOO I MY SON, -- SPACE BY MY SON SO MR. LOO BRING TKWROR -- YOUR CHILDREN WITH A BAND OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN EDUCATED HERE IN CANEJO VALLEY, AND I CAN SEE FIRSTHAND DAILY AS DO MY NEIGHBORS DAILY. THEY CAN HEAR IT.

IF ONLY I WAS JOKING. IT IS JUST ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC. AS A MEMBER OF THE VAPA STRATEGIC ARTS COMMITTEE LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION, IT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED. WHAT WE EMPHASIZED WAS THAT WE WANTED EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR ALL KIDS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS.

WE STARTED OUT AND IT WOULD BE JUST A COUPLE GRADES AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO THIS FOR FIRST THROUGH 5TH GRADES AT ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

KUDOS TO YOU AND KUDOS TO ALL OF THE TEACHERS IN BOTH PROGRAMS. HONESTLY, NO QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT WAS PACKED WITH INFORMATION. THANK YOU ALL.

I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE THE WORK OF THE STRATEGIC ARTS PLAN PUT INTO PLAY HERE. I CAN SEE -- I SEE MUSIC AND MOVEMENT AS PART OF THE SAME CONTINUE -- CONTINUUM.

THEY GO HAND IN HAND. THEY ARE STRESS MANAGE -- MANAGEMENT AND MOOD ENHANCING. IT IS STRESS SEL AT ITS BEST.

I LOVE THE CREATIVITY AND BOTH THE -- LIKE THERE IS -- IT JUST EXPANDS HORIZONS AND IT IS SO GOOD.

AND WELL PLAYED, MR. LANE. REALLY WELL PLAYED.

HAPPY STUDENTS IMPROVE MOODS. I DID NOT SEE A PERSON IN THIS ROOM WHO DID NOT REACT TO THE PARACHUTE SUPPLIED -- SLIDE.

WE ALL REMEMBER THAT. IT WAS GREAT.

AND MR. PETER, I'M SORRY YOU DID NOTE -- DID NOT BRING THE INSTRUMENTS. I FIGURED HE WOULD BE HERE WITH BELLS ON. EXACTLY.

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IT IS CRAZY WHAT THAT SLIDE, BOTH THOSE SLIDES AND THE HOOPS YOU HAD TO JUMP THROUGH AND I DID HAVE OCCASION TO SPEAK TO A LOT OF PRINCIPALS AND A LOT OF TEACHERS ON BEING AT VARIOUS SITES WHO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION.

I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION BECAUSE IT NAGS AT ME, THE RECORDERS.

SO ARE THOSE INDIVIDUAL RECORDERS YOU BUY EVERY YEAR, OR DO YOU HAVE TO CLEAN THEM SOMEHOW? THAT'S KIND OF LIKE TKWARB -- THE MOM IN ME CRIGES.

>> -- CRIGES. >> THERE IS JUST ONE RECORDER IN THE WHOLE CLASS AND THEY ALL SHARE.

MAYBE TWO. NO.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THERE ARE 1050.

EVERY THIRD TKPWAEUD -- THIRD GRADER GETS ONE.

IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY COULD KEEP THEM INTO 4TH GRADE AND 5TH GRADE AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT CAN GROW AS WELL.

>> THAT'S AMAZING. IT IS FANTASTIC AND I THANK YOU

ALL. >> OKAY I WILL CHIME IN AND HOPEFULLY NOT TOO REPETITIVE FROM THE KUDOS MY TEAM HAS GIVEN. I WAS NOT ON THE BOARD WHEN THESE DECISIONS WERE MADE, BUT OBVIOUSLY I'M ALL IN.

WHEN I SAW THE PRESENTATION EARLIER, I WAS -- IT ALMOST BROUGHT ME TO TEARS. IT WAS SO WELL DONE VISUALLY.

GETTING TO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY BROUGHT IT TO LIFE.

I SKWR*U CAN'T -- I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH OF THE QUALITY OF THE PRESENTATION. IT IS A REMINDER TO US THAT THE MOVEMENT AND ACTIVITY SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED EXTRAS.

THEY ARE A CORE PIECE OF HUMAN BEINGS REALLY FOR THE LIFESPAN.

I AM ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THE LIFESPAN.

OBVIOUSLY WE ARE FOCUSED HERE ON TK THROUGH 12, BUT THE WORK YOU ARE DOING IS CHANGING LIVES.

WE LOOK AT THE RESEARCH ABOUT THE IMPACT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND THE HABITS THAT WILL SERVE THEM WELL THROUGH THEIR LIFETIME AND CHANGE HOW LONG THEY ARE GOING TO LIVE AND HOW HEALTHY HE -- THEY WILL BE WHEN THEY ARE OLDER.

MUSIC, WE CAN SEE THE RESEARCH OF HOW IMPACTFUL IT IS IN SO MANY WAYS. I KNOW TRUSTEE GOLDBERG MENTIONED A FEW THINGS. USING MUSIC THERAPY, WE LOOK AT OLDER ADULTS AND DEMENTIA PATIENTS AND HOW MUSIC MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE. THERE IS SO MUCH THAT MAKES THIS SO IMPORTANT. I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU ALL.

I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT I LOVE THE FOCUS ON INCLUSIVITY AND WHAT YOU SHARED ABOUT THE DISABILITIES AND THE MULTI-LINGUAL LEARNERS. HAVING IT IN A SIMPLIFIED LANGUAGE IS AMAZING. SO MANY LOOK AT THE STANDARDS AND YOU LOOK AT THEM AND SAY WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? THAT IS A GREAT SLIDE AND ACTUALLY I NEED THAT FOR ALL OF THE STANDARDS. HINT, HINT.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR KIDS.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> JUST A COUPLE THINGS FOR THE BOARD TO -- BECAUSE IT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED.

AS OUR STUDENTS ARE WORKING WITH THESE TEACHERS IT ALLOWS THE STUDENTS' TEACHERS TO PLAN AND GET AHEAD ON SOME WORK IN THE CLASSROOM. THERE IS ANOTHER PIECE TO THIS THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE PRESENTATION THAT IS A BENEFIT FOR THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS AS WELL AND THAT IS THE ABILITY TO TRY AND GET AHEAD AND DO SOME PLANNING.

THAT IS A KEY PIECE FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AS WELL.

>> I JUST WANT TO ECHO ALL OF THE GRATITUDE.

PARTICULARLY FOR THE MUSIC TEACHERS AND PE TEACHERS.

I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO WRANGLE A BUNCH OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLERS TO LEARN THINGS.

IT IS FOR DEVELOPING APPRECIATR MUSIC AND I WANTED TO ECHO THE PARTICULAR GRATITUDE FOR EQUITY I AM FROM A MUSICAL BACKGROUND AND EXCITED TO SEE THE PRESENTATION.

I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS IN MY CLASS.

PARTICULARLY IN THE INSTRUMENTAL DEPARTMENT, MUSIC IS VERY MUCH AN INVESTMENT THAT STUDENTS ARE PLAYING LESSONS, BUT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL TO HAVE THAT EQUITY REALLY MAKES

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PARTICULARLY FOR THE MUSIC THEME.

SOME SCHOOLS HAVE ACTUAL BAND AND ORCHESTRA-REQUIRED PROGRAMS. IS THERE COLLABORATION WITH THOSE TEACHERS AND THOSE DEPARTMENTS, OR IS IT A

SEPARATE CLASS? >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

THE PROGRAMS YOU SPEAK OF ARE RUN BY OUR CRPD PROGRAM AND THEY ARE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT OF WHAT WE HAVE AT CVUSD.

OUR GOAL IS FOR THE ARTS PLAN TO OFFER THOSE PROGRAMS THROUGH THE CVUSD TEACHERS ON OUR SITE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY.

THAT IS OUR LON -- LONG-TERM GOAL, BUT AT THIS TIME IT IS A

SEPARATE ENTITY. >> THANK YOU.

>> COULD YOU ELABORATE FURTHER OR COULD YOU ELABORATE FURTHER -- YOU JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THE TEACHERS GETTING THE TIME TO ENHANCE THEIR WORK. IS THERE A COLLABORATION THOUGH FOR THE TIMES WHEN THE SPECIALISTS ARE NOT IN THE

CLASSROOM. >> FOR MUSIC WE DON'T HAVE THAT. ONE OF THE TETRIS MANIA IS THAT THE TEACHERS MEET EVERY MONDAY MORNING AT 8:00.

WE CAN COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER AND DO THAT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO SPECIFICALLY STP.

>> I THINK YOU ARE ASKING IF THERE IS COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR TEACHERS HERE AND THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS TO -- YEAH.

THERE MAY BE SOME. >> ACTUALLY, WE EMAIL THE TEACHERS AT OUR SITES AND TELL THEM THE CONCEPTS WE ARE COVERING IN CLASS. WE WELCOME THEM TO TELL US ANYTHING THEY ARE WORKING ON, THINGS WE CAN INCORPORATE INTO WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE DEFINITELY DO WORK WITH THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

WE DO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AND SEND THEM UPDATES ON WHAT WE ARE DOING. TO THE PRINCIPALS WE TRY TO DO IT ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH TO TELL EVERYONE WHAT WE ARE UP TO

IN THERE IN THAT MUSIC ROOM. >> THANK YOU.

THAT'S GREAT. >> THE OTHER ADVANTAGE OF HAVING OUR TEACHERS AND THESE TWO PROGRAMS IS IN YEARS PAST AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER IT WAS EASY FOR ME TO PLAN IN MY PLANNING TO HAVE PE CLASS OR TO DO SOME ART OR MUSIC ACTIVITY.

AND THEN WHEN I SEE KIDS STRUGGLING WITH THE CONCEPT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO SKIP THE ART LESSON I HAD PLANNED OR THE PE TIME AND STAY FOCUSED ON INSTRUCTION.

THIS DOES ALLOW THE ABILITY TO GET THE INSTRUCTION THAT THEY NEED AND IT DOESN'T ALLOW ME AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER TO BEG TWO REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS, NOT THAT OTHER CONCEPTS AREN'T IMPORTANT, BUT YOU CAN DO INSTRUCTION-BASED CLASSROOM WORK ALL DAY LONG AND NEVER GET OUT TO DO SOME OTHER ACTIVITY.

THERE IS AN ADVANTAGE BY HAVING A SET SCHEDULE IS THAT TEACHERS HAVE TO GET OUT THERE. AND THEY ARE PROBABLY RUNNING

OUT THE DOOR TO GET OUT THERE. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[APPLAUSE]. >> OKAY.

[B. LCAP/Budget Committee Discussion]

THIS ONE? >> A PRIME EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING MAYBE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL TALK ABOUT IN MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. OUTSIDE OF THAT, JUST ADDED SOME COMMUNICATION ON WHAT IS THE BACKGROUND OF THE COMMITTEE AND WHAT IS THE BOARD POLICY SUGGESTING AND HOW DOES IT LOOP BACK TO THE BOARD AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.

OUTSIDE OF THE INFORMATION PLACED ON THE AGENDA ITSELF.

WE DID LOOK ALT -- AT WHY WE HAVE A CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND THAT WAS TO MOVE SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE TWO

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HENCE WE GOT BILL WHO WAGS THE COUNSELOR -- WHO WAS THE COUNSELOR AT THOUSAND OAKS WHEN WE STARTED.

THAT'S A BACKGROUND OF HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT AND OBVIOUSLY HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD THE NEXT YEAR WITH OUR BOARD

DIRECTION WITH THE COMMITTEE. >> SO THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE DISCUSSION WE HAD. I JUST WANT TO SORT OF ESTABLISH A PERSPECTIVE. WHEN IT WAS LAUNCHED WE WERE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE. WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GREAT RECESSION AND WE HAD TO CUT.

WE FEED -- NEEDED TO HAVE A DIFFICULT DISCUSSION WITH AS MANY SECTIONS AS POSSIBLE. WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE CONSIDER THE CHARGE THAT WILL -- YOU KNOW, ANIMATE THE WORK OF THIS COMMITTEE AND MAKE IT AS A VALUE AS AN ADVISORY BACK TO THE BOARD. I WANT TO GO FURTHER BACK A LITTLE BIT TO SAY THAT WE ARE TO THE FULLY FAIRLY FUNDED.

WE HAVE NOT BEEN. WE HAVE BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY UNDER FUNDED FOR SUCH A LONGTIME.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT AND EASY TO FORGET BECAUSE WE ARE ADAPTABLE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCE.

ONE EXAMPLE, IDEA, THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT WAS PASS ETD IN -- PASSED IN 1975.

I REMEMBER 1975. MR. LOO DOES NOT.

SOME OF US UP HERE WERE A BABY. AND OF US ARE THINKING THERE WERE YEARS THAT STARTED WITH 19? THERE WERE. WHEN THE IDEA WAS PASSED BY CONGRESS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S TARGET WAS TO PROVIDE 40% OF THE FUNDING FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.

WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 13% AND NEVER APPROACHED ANYWHERE NEAR THE 40% GOAL AND YET WE MUST MEET OUR STUDENTS' NEEDS.

THE INFLICKS OF ASH -- DASH INFLICKS OF AUSTERITY IS A TERRIBLE CHOICE. WHAT IT FORCES PEOPLE TO DO WHEN THERE ARE A FEW DROPS OF WATER IN THE GLASS AND MANY PEOPLE ARE THIRSTY, PEOPLE HAVE TO SCRAMBLE AND FIGHT WITH ONE ANOTHER. I DO NOT WANT OUR LCAP BUDGET COMMITTEE TO PIT GROUPS OF OUR STUDENTS AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.

IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SEPARATE PROGRAMS FROM PEOPLE.

I DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR CHARGE TO OFFER, BUT I WANTED TO PLACE THIS DISCUSSION INTO PERSPECTIVE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE, WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS AS A BOARD AND WHAT INFORMATION WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US, AND THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS ONE OF MY ROLES AS A TRUSTEE IS TO ADVOCATE TO NOT ACCEPT A STATUS QUO WHERE WE ARE SYSTEMATICALLY UNDER FUNDED, BUT TO ADVOCATE THAT WE BECOME FULLY AND FAIRLY FUNDED.

SO I TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH FELLOW ELECTED OFFICIALS, LEGISLATORS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF OUR GOVERNMENT AT THE -- TO TELL THEM WE NEED TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM THAT SAYS LET'S SEE HOW THE ECONOMY IS DOING AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DEDICATE TOWARD K-12 PUBLIC EDUCATION.

INSTEAD WE ARE THE ENGINE OF THE ECONOMY AND FUND US FIRST.

THAT'S MY MESSAGE. I AM OFFERING THIS NOT TO POINT THE DIRECTION FOR WHAT THE CHARGE FOR THE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE, BUT JUST TO SAY THAT WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE THAN WHEN THE COMMITTEE STARTED. THIS YEAR WE ARE NOT CUTTING, BUT WE JUST SAW WHAT IS AT-RISK IN THE FUTURE.

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FROM HERE. >> I HAVE TO SAY I GREATY WITH YOUR FRAMING OF THE HISTORY -- I AGREE WITH THE FRAMING OF THE HISTORY OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.

IT IS HISTORICAL. THE NOTION THAT WE ARE SEVERELY UNDER FUNDING EDUCATION, AND WE SHOULD, WHENEVER POSSIBLE, ADVOCATE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

MY CONCLUSION MAY BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

I DON'T VIEW THE BUDGET LCAP COMMITTEE AS NECESSARILY ONE THAT SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH INFLICTING A -- I CAN'T SAY THE WORD. AUSTERITY.

I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE BIG TICKET ITEMS. AS WE JUST SAW THE MUSIC AND PE GRANTS WILL GO AWAY AT SOME POINT. I DON'T THINK THE GOAL SHOULD BE WHICH DO WE CUT FIRST, BUT RATHER EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HOW WE ARE CURRENTLY OFFERING THESE PROGRAMS AND FIGURING OUT ALTERNATIVE FUNDING IF POSSIBLE. AND I'M PICKING ON THOSE TWO AND I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST TICKET ITEMS WE HAVE WITHIN OUR BUDGET. OBVIOUSLY I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT GETTING INVOLVED WITH STAFFING AND SALARIES AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT IS SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT ONCE WE HAVE OFFERED THEM, IT IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO TAKE THEM AWAY, AND THAT WOULD BE VERY HARD TO ADVOCATE FOR. SO I'M LOOKING AT IT AS PERHAPS IF THE BUDGET LCAP COMMITTEE CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT MIGHT BE A PRODUCTIVE USE OF TIME.

>> CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT ITEMS YOU ARE SPEAKING ABOUT?

>> WELL, ANYTHING THAT IS A BIG-TICKET ITEM, PRIMARILY THOSE BEING FUNDED BY ONE-TIME FUNDS.

MUSIC, PE, WELLNESS CENTERS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AS WELL AS OTHER BIG-TICKET ITEMS THAT ARE MAYBE COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. YEAH.

THAT WOULD BE THE STARTING POINT.

NOT WASTING TIME ON PROGRAMS THAT IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS

DON'T COST US THAT MUCH. >> I JUST WILL PUSH YOU FOR A LITTLE MORE CLARITY. WHEN YOU SAY LOOK AT PROGRAMS LIKE WHAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COMMITTEE'S WORK? WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO ACTUALLY DO?

>> I THINK FIRST OF ALL WOULD BE TO DETERMINE PRIOR TO 2024, 2027, A LOT OF THEM HAVE END POINTS -- WE JUST SAW A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. THEY ARE EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BENEFITING OUR STUDENTS AND ENSURING THAT FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE WELLNESS CENTERS THAT WE ALSO THINK ARE EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS AND ARE THEY BENEFITING OUR STUDENTS? IF SO, HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT WE CAN FUND THESE PROGRAMS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE AND NOT JUST THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

>> OKAY, SO IN THE EXAMPLE OF THE WELLNESS CENTERS WHICH WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF ROBUST DISCUSSIONS ABOUT AND I THINK WE ARE PRETTY CONVINCED THAT THEY ARE NECESSARY AND A BENEFICIAL THING, WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT ONE-TIME DOLLARS, BUT WE KNEW MANY OF THESE DOLLARS WERE ONE-TIME DOLLARS.

IN SOME CASES WE INVESTED IN THINGS THAT HAVING PURCHASED THEM WE NOW HAVE THE BENEFITS OF THEM ONGOING.

IN OTHER CASES LIKE THE EXAMPLE OF THE WELLNESS CENTERS, DR. EG INS, KNOWING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY RUN OUT OF FUNDING AND HER TEAM WENT OUT AND SOUGHT GRANT FUNDING.

SO AGAIN I'M GOING TO ASK WHAT IS THE WORK THAT THE COMMITTEE WILL DO? DR. EGINS AND HER TEAM TOOK THAT ON WITHOUT PROMPTING FROM EITHER THE BOARD OR THE LCA PJ

BUDGE -- LCAP BUDGET COMMITTEE. >> AND THAT IS A GREAT EXAM -- EXAMPLE OF ALTERNATIVE FUNDING. THAT HAS AN END DATE AS WELL.

>> I THINK HAVING A PLAYINGS WH*ER YOU -- WHERE HAVE YOU TRUSTEES AND PARENTS REPRESENTING THE ADVISEE COUNCIL IN ONE PLACE, THAT'S A POWERFUL GROUP TO BETTER ASSESE DISTRICT AT THIS MUSIC -- WE LOVE THIS MUSIC PROGRAM.

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I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THIS TIME UNLIKE IN 2007 WHEN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WAS LAUNCHED MAY NOT

LAST FOREVER. >> OKAY.

WHO ELSE? >> I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE SILVER SISTER -- SILVER SISTER ON THIS W*UFPB -- ON THIS ONE.

SOMETIMES THEY ARE GOOD AND SOMETIMES THEY ARE FINE.

THERE IS NOT ANOTHER ADVISORY BOARD OR COUNCIL OR COMMITTEE LIKE IT AND IN THE BREADTH OF EXPERIENCE AND PROBLEM SOLVING AND PERSPECTIVES BECAUSE YOU -- LIKE TRUSTEE SYLVESTER SAID, WE HAVE PRINCIPALS, AND NOW WE HAVE STUDENTS AND WE HAVE PAEURPBS AND WE HAVE TEACHERS -- PARENTS AND WE HAVE TEACHERS IF THEY ALL SHARE THEIR POINT OF VIEW WE HAVE A BETTER DISTRICT. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

CONVERSATIONS USED TO BE LEAD AND CONVERSATIONS FLOW.

THEY ALL HAVE IDEAS IN THAT ROOM AND SINCE IT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMITTEE THEY HAVE IDEAS ON WHAT THEY WANT HIM TO KNOW. AND THEN US TO KNOW.

I FEEL LIKE A CONVERSATION BY THE COMMITTEE TO COME UP WITH THINGS LIKE BIG-TICKET ITEMS OR WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT IS TO THE WORKING AND WHAT DO I SEE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS A COUNSELOR OR A TEACHER OR A PRINCIPAL THAT WE NEEDS TO FOCUS IN ON. IT ALWAYS TIES BACK TO DOLLARS.

FOLLOW THE MONEY. WHERE IS THE MONEY? THANK YOU DR. EGINS AND DR. CHAMBERLAIN AND DR. ROGERS AND EVERYBODY WHO GOES OUT TO FIND ALTERNATIVE SOURCES.

WE SHOULD GET WHAT WE DESERVE. WE NEVER DO, BUT HOW CAN WE BEST SERVE OUR STUDENTS WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND HOW DO WE GET

MORE. >> I AGREE THAT THIS IS A HIGH OCTANE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THEY HAVE A CRISP CHARGE. SO WHAT IS THE WORK THEY ARE GOING TO DO THAT WILL COME BACK AND ADVISE US?

>> I WILL SAY YES HIGH OCTANE, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY A SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMITTEE WHICH ULTIMATELY THEY ADVISE US. I'M NOT PUTTING THIS ON YOU, BUT THESE PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS AND A LOT OF EXPERTISE AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY THEY WOULD COALESCE BECAUSE I SAW IT HAPPEN ABOUT TOPICS THEY FELT WERE IMPORTANT FOR US JUST LIKE OUR DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCILS ARE RUN BY THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, THEY SET THE AGENDA. TO ME IF THIS ADVISORY BOARD, COMMITTEE, IF IT FUNCTIONS THE SAME WAY WE ARE CONSISTENT AND I THINK THAT THEY ARE THE EXPERTS IN THEIR OWN LITTLE SPACES. TOGETHER THEY ARE --

>> I ACTUALLY DON'T THINK -- IT IS NOT THE SAME AS THE OTHER DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCILS. I THINK IT IS DISTINCT.

>> IT IS DISTINCT AND BECAUSE OF THAT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THEY HAVE THOSE CON SREFR SAYINGSES.

>> I SAT ON THE COMMITTEE FOR A SHORT WHILE.

IT WENT FROM -- THERE WAS A LOT OF ANALYZING PROGRAMS STRICTLY

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THERE, TO EVALUATE WHAT IS MEASURABLE MAYBE NOT BY A NUMERIC -- BY JUST NUMBERS. THERE IS A MEASURE THAT IS VALUABLE. THEY PROBABLY ALL WATCHED IT THROUGH THE DISTRICT WEBSITE, BUT SEEING IT IN PERSON -- I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S MY TICKET.

WE ARE SEEING THE VALUE OF THE PROGRAM FROM EXPERTS.

>> I AGREE THAT IS VALUABLE, BUT IS IT MORE VALUABLE TO HAVE ALL OF US SEE IT? THERE CAN'T BE MORE THAN TWO OF US IN THAT ROOM. I THINK WE ALL NEEDED TO SEE

WHAT WE JUST WATCHED. >> OH, I'M NOT SAYING INSTEAD OF US. YES, I KNOW.

>> BRIAN WILL KILL ME LATER, BUT --

>> WHAT IS THE WORK OF THE LCAP BUDGET COMMITTEE THAT IS DISTINCT FROM WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS ROOM AND WHAT HAPPENS AT THE OTHER DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCILS? THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO GO.

>> I WILL SHARE SOME THOUGHTS BECAUSE I KNOW WE ARE ALL THINKING ABOUT THIS AND I APPRECIATE THE THINKING AROUND WANTING TO KNOW HOW TO FRAME IT.

AND SO FOR ME I REALLY CAME AT IT FROM THINKING THROUGH, OKAY, WHAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD AND WHAT INFORMATION DO WE NEED IN GENERAL. THAT'S AROUND POLICIES AND HAVING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND REVIEWING UTILIZING DATA TO DRIVE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT. ALL IN THE CONTEXT OF LISTENING TO COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS. I SEE THIS BODY AS A PRIME MECHANISM. IT ENCOMPASSES ALL OF THAT.

I LOOK AT IT -- AGAIN, I HAVEN'T SAT ON THIS COMMITTEE BEFORE AND I REALLY AM VIEWING IT AND I KNOW I SAID THIS LAST TIME LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEW THREE-YEAR PLAN.

WE WILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK CREATING A NEW PROGRAM IN 2024.

NOT THAT IT IS TOTALLY RE-WRITTEN, BUT MAYBE REVAMPING WILL BE NEEDED AND THERE WILL BE REQUIREMENTS ON US.

FOR ME I REALLY THOUGHT THAT THIS IS A PRIME, IT IS A PRIME CHANCE TO LOOK AT WHAT DO WE NEED TO CHANGE? SOME OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT.

IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE BIG-TICKET ITEMS ARE THERE METRICS THAT NEED REDESIGN. ARE THERE SUGGESTIONS FOR FALL OF 2024? FOR ME I FEEL LIKE AS WE ARE COMING INTO WHATEVER IT IS GOING TO BE, FEBRUARY OR MARCH AND REALLY NEEDING TO DIG INTO THIS AS WE PUT TOGETHER THAT PLAN, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE INPUT FROM THIS GROUP THAT IS COMPRISED OF SO MANY DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS.

>> SO IT IS CALLED LCAT/BUDGET. LCAP/BUDGET AND IN SOME CASES IT IS MORE BUDGET. WHAT I HEAR IS WE HAVE A NEW LCAP FRAMEWORK AND MAYBE IT IS TIME FOR US TO SPEND SOME FOCUS TIME PUTTING OUR GOALS AND VALUES INTO THAT NEW LCAP FRAMEWORK IN A MEANINGFUL WAY THAT MAYBE DRAWS ON THE WORK OF OTHER -- AM I TRANSLATING YOU VERY WELL?

PROBABLY NOT. >> I THINK THAT WAS FINE.

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I JUST THINK IN TERMS OF THE TIMING RIGHT NOW AND THINKING AHEAD TO DESIGNING THE NEXT THREE-YEAR PLAN THIS IS A PRIME TIME FOR THIS GROUP TO EVALUATE WHERE WE ARE ON THAT AND THINK AHEAD TO WHAT DO REWANT TO REVAMP? WHAT DO WE WANT TO ADD? WHAT DO WE WANT TO SHIFT? HOW CAN WE TIGHTEN UP THE METRICS? THERE ARE SO MANY OPTIONS THERE.

MAKE THE NEXT LCA, P BIGGER AND BETTER.

LCAP BIGGER AND BETTER. >> I DO THINK ONE OF THE OVERRIDING QUESTIONS IS WHO DOES SET THE CHARGE? WE DID SET THE CHARGE AT THE END OF 2022.

ALICE CHOW CAME HERE AND PRESENTED -- ASKED WHAT THE CHARGE WOULD BE. THE BOARD DID NOT SET THE CHARGE FROM WHAT I COULD TELL. I DO GET THE ARGUMENT THAT THAT GROUP AND MAYBE IT IS THE ENTIRE GROUP OR MAYBE THERE IS AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE -- OF THE BUDGET LCAP COMMITTEE. THEY SPENT THE PAST MANY YEARS IMMERSED IN THIS. AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT VIEW POINTS, THERE ARE ALL OF THESE GROUPS IN THE ROOM AND I FORGOT TO MENTION THE STUDENTS. THE STUDENTS WERE PRETTY CRITICAL IN ONE OF OUR LAST BUDGET LCAP MEETINGS.

WE TALKED ABOUT CAMPUS SAFETY UH -- ASSISTANTS AND THERE WAS A METHODOLOGY OF RANKING THOSE. AT THE END THE STUDENTS EXPRESSED THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT IT AND HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO THEM. THAT WAS SOMETHING THE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.

HEARING THE STUDENTS ARTICULATE HOW THEIR SENSE OF SECURITY WAS ENHANCED BY HAVING THESE CAMPUS SAFETY ASSISTANTS.

I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE IN ONE ROOM.

IT IS ONE EXAMPLE AND A GOOD ONE OF WHY THIS GROUP CAN BE

POWERFUL. >> I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE.

WE ALSO HEARD THAT COMMENT FROM STUDENTS ABOUT CAMPUS SAFETY ASSISTANTS FROM MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS.

WE HEARD IT FROM SDAG MANY TIMES.

NOT TO DIMINISH THE VALUE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPEN IN THAT ROOM BECAUSE THEY ARE POWERFUL, BUT I STILL WANT US TO DEFINE A CHARGE FOR THAT COMMITTEE THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER DAKS AND DIFFERENT THAN THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE OPENLY HERE IN THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARDROOM.

I AM OPEN TO HAVING THE CHARGE COME FOR APPROVAL BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ITSELF. IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IT BE A CONTROL PROCESS.

AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WERE GIVEN SOME SIGNIFICANT HOMEWORK AND TURNED IN SOME IDEAS BEFORE WE HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION. I WOULDN'T WANT ALL OF THOSE REALLY IMPORTANT PEOPLE WHOSE TIME IS SO VALUABLE TO JUST KIND OF HAVE AN EXTENDED BRAINSTORMING SESSION.

I THINK THEY SHOULD COME PREPARED TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD BRING TO US.

OTHER THOUGHTS ON THAT? >> I HAVE A QUESTION ACTUALLY.

I HAVE NOT SAT ON A BUDGET COMMITTEE.

I ONLY HEARD WHAT MY FELLOW STUDENTS TOLD ME.

I AM HEARING A LOT ABOUT PRESERVATION VERSUS THINKING ABOUT WHAT CAN BE CUT. AND I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ON IT BEFORE, HAVE THERE ALREADY BEEN EVALUATIONS DONE ON SOME OF THESE LARGER TICKET ITEMS WITH THE ONE-TIME DOLLARS LIKE MUSIC PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, HAVE THESE THINGS ALREADY BEEN DONE BEFORE? AS YOU SAID, IT IS A COMMITTEE FULL OF PEOPLE WITH KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE WHO UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE. TO YOUR POINT PREVIOUSLY ABOUT HOW IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE HELPFUL TO CUT COMMITTEES -- OR CUT PROGRAMS THAT DO SERVE SOME STUDENTS.

LIKE EVERY STUDENT IS VALUABLE. WOULD IT BE HELPFUL TO TRUSTEE SYLVESTER'S POINT TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE MIND SET OF PRESERVATION. ARE THE EVALUATIONS NEEDEDNESS NECESSARILY -- NEEDED NECESSARILY?

>> THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE EVALUATIONS OF PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE FRUSTRATIONS THAT WAS EXPRESSED IS THAT IN SOME

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AGAIN, IF WE ARE NOT CUTTING THAT ADVISORY ISN'T OF AS MUCH VALUE TO US. THE PROGRAMS WE JUST HEARD ABOUT, MUSIC AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION, WE INVESTED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY AND RESOURCES TO BRING THOSE TO OUR STUDENTS. IT SEEMS AMOUNTS ODD TO -- IT SEEMS A LITTLE ODD TO SAY ARE THEY OF VALUE? WE JUST LAUNCHED THEM AND WE DID SO WITH TREMENDOUS INTENTION. ABSOLUTELY WE WANT TO EVALUATE HOW THINGS GO AND WE WANT TO LOOK AT OUTCOMES AND RESULTS, BUT WE ARE JUST GETTING OFF THE GROUND WITH THOSE PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR. SO WHERE ARE WE? DOES ANYONE WANT TO PROPOSE A CHARGE OR ARE WE THINKING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO LET THE COMMITTEE ITSELF HAVE A GO AT RECOMMENDING SOMETHING TO US TO UH -- TO APPROVE FOR THE WORK.

>> AND YOU ARE SAYING WHATEVER CHARGE THE COMMITTEE COMES UP WITH WOULD COME BACK FOR OUR APPROVAL? THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY HOW IT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.

>> I WORRY ABOUT THAT. BECAUSE IT MOVES FROM A SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMITTEE TO A BOARD COMMITTEE WHICH CHANGES STRUCTURE. THAT IS ONE CONCERN I HAVE IF THE CHARGE IS CREATED AND THE BOARD WANTS TO APPROVE IT, IT IS JUST THE BOARD COMMITTEE TO A BOARD COMMITTEE.

IF THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO CREATE A CHARGE AND IT LOOPS BACK TO ME OR ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT SUPES AND WE PROVIDE IT IN A BOARD REPORT YOU KNOW WHAT THE FOCUS IS OF THAT GROUP. THAT WOULD STILL CONTINUE TO STAY AS A SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMITTEE.

>> I'M ALL FOR THAT. I DO NOT WANT THIS TO BECOME A BOARD COMMITTEE. I WANT THIS TO STAY WHERE IT

IS. >> SO DO WE FEEL LIKE WE ARE ARRIVING AT A CONSENSUS THAT WE ARE GONNA ASK THE COMMITTEE TO DELIVER A CHARGE. WE ARE NOT GOING TO APPROVE IT.

THEY ARE GOING TO DO THEIR WORK AND COME BACK AND ADVISE US AT

THE END OF THE YEAR. >> IS THE -- I GUESS, AGAIN, WE GO BACK TO THE FRAMING AND WHAT WE WANT THE INFORMATION FOR AND HOW WE ARE USING THE INFORMATION.

SO IS IT HELPFUL FOR US TO GET WHATEVER INFORMATION WE ARE GOING TO GET FROM THEM IF THEY DECIDE TO CHARGE IN JUNE? OR WOULD IT HELP US TO GET SOMETHING EARLIER?

>> MY EXPECTATION IS THEY WOULD BUILD A CHARGE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WE WOULD COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE BOARD.

THE SOONER YOU KNOW WHAT THAT CHARGE IS, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY

ARE WORKING FOR. >> RIGHT.

SO IT IS MAYBE MORE THAN JUST A CHARGE.

IT IS ALSO A TIMELINE. IS IT POTENTIALLY INFORMATION THAT WOULD HELP US WITH LCAP PLANNING SO IS IT HELPFUL TO GET A REPORT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

>> THERE IS NOTHING IN WRITING AND WHEN THE REPORT COMES FORWARD IT SAYS THERE WILL BE AN ADVISORY COMING BACK TO THE BOARD. THEY CAN BUILD THE TIMELINE OUT IF THEY WANT TO OR UP IT FROM WHAT IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.

THE LAST TWO YEARS WERE THE ONLY TWO YEARS WE HAVE HAD -- IT WAS TWO OF THE LAST THREE YEARS WE HAD AN ACTUAL PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD. THEY ONLY TALK ABOUT BUDGET CYCLES. THEY TALK ABOUT THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND THE DIFFERENT BUDGETS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. I WENT BACK THROUGH THE AGENDAS AND THAT WAS REALLY WHAT WAS BEING DONE.

IT WASN'T UNTIL THREE YEARS AGO OR WHATEVER YEAR THE DEAL WAS UP AS A COMMUNITY CHAIR IS WHEN WE STARTED TO ADVANCE THAT TO A LARGER COMMITTEE. SO WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIBELING COMING BACK.

THERE IS NO OUTLINE OF THE STRUCTURE.

>> JUST TO COMPLICATE MATTERS A LITTLE MORE, IF THERE IS WORK ON THE LCAP THAT THE BOARD IS TALKING ABOUT, THIS WILL BE THE PSEUDO, YOU KNOW, LCAP COMMITTEE, LCAP DEVELOPMENT

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>> IS THAT A NEW STATUTE? >> NO.

IN OUR CURRENT POLICY THE BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE TO

REVIEW IN COMMON ON THE LCAP. >> IT WAS A PARENT ADVISE -- ADVISORY COMMITTEE SO THAT IS BRINGING IN CDAK AND ALL OF THE OTHER PARENT DAKS AND NOT NECESSARILY THE BUDGET

COMMITTEE. >> CAN YOU REPEAT THAT LANGUAGE

AGAIN? >> YEAH.

IT STATES, OUR BOARD POLICY ON THE LCAP SAYS THE BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND COMMENT ON THE

LCAP. >> THAT'S BEEN THE STRUCTURE OF THE DA, K GROUP OVER -- DAK GROUP OVER THE YEARS.

>> DO YOU -- WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS EMERGING CONSENSUS?

>> IT PUTS THEM IN A BAD SPOT JUST FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT THE ASSISTANT SUES WERE IN CHARGE OF THE COMMITTEE -- SUPES WERE IN CHARGE OF THE COMMITTEE AND THEN WERE PUSHED AWAY. I AM COMFORTABLE WITH EITHER ONE OF THEM ANSWERING T BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW THERE MUST HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATION AT SOME POINT IN TIME TO SAY SOMETHING WASN'T WORKING AND WE NEED TO GO THIS DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

>> WHERE I THINK I WANT SOME CLARITY IS ARE WE GETTING A COMMITTEE TOGETHER AND SAYING WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS YEAR? I TKORPBLT -- I DON'T HAVE A DIRECTION TO GO WITH THEM. WE HAVE TO DEVELOP AN LCAP.

WE HAVE A PROCESS ESTABLISHED WITH THAT IF THAT'S WHAT THE THOUGHT IS, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING WE GO IN WITH.

YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET IS A COMPLEX PROCESS.

I WILL TELL YOU, EVERY TIME WE PRESENT THE BUDGET, WE ARE UNDER FUNDED. WE DO NOT HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET. WE HAVE LOOKED AT BIG-TICKET ITEMS IN THE PAST AND THERE ARE AREAS THAT WE CAN CUT, ELIMINATE. THERE IS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT MOVING AND SHIFTING, BUT NO ONE TALKED ABOUT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY. THE ONLY WAY THAT WE ARE GONNA BALANCE THE BUDGET AND MOVE INTO SOME LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IS BY ELIMINATING PROGRAMS AND NOT SPENDING MONEY ON CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING RIGHT NOW. THAL 10 -- THE ALTERNATIVE FUNDING FOR WELLNESS SERVICES -- WE ADDED SERVICES OF WE DIDN'T IS UP PLANT SERVICES.

SUPPLANT SERVICES. THE PRESIDENT BUSHES -- THE PE TEACHERS WERE ADDED IN A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE ALREADY UNDER FUNDED. FROM A BUDGETARY PERSPECTIVE IT IS BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTIES AND THE -- AND TIED TO THE ECONOMICS OF THE STATE AND HOW WE ARE FUNDED.

YEAR THREE ALWAYS DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.

AND WE CAN SIT HERE TODAY AND SAY YEAH WE HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES FOR YEAR THREE, BUT THEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YEAR THREE DOESN'T COME? THEN WE CUT PROGRAMS AND WE ELIMINATED SOMETHING AND THEN THREE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WE ARE LIKE, WELL, WE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT.

AGAINST MY FINANCIAL PRUDENCE AND OTHERS IN THE POSITION, TO MAKE THOSE KINDS OF CUTS ON PAPER, YES, IT IS JUSTIFIABLE, BUT BASED ON OUR HISTORICAL FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE AND EVEN ON THE FEDERAL SIDE, IT IS NOT JUSTIFIED AT THIS POINT. IT PUTS US IN A SITUATION WHERE THERE IS JUST TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY TO SAY AND OUR BACKS AREN'T AGAINST THE WALL. I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE WILL HAVE TO BE A DRASTIC CUT IN FUNDING AND PUT US AGAINST THE WALL WHERE WE HAVE TO SAY WE ARE CUTTING THIS AND THAT. THERE ARE HIGH-TICKET ITEM THAT'S WE CAN DISCUSS. WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE COMMITTEE. YOU TALK ABOUT CLASS SIZE RE-- REDUCTION. WE HAVE THE LOWEST KHRAGS SIZE FOR TK-3. THAT COMES AT A COST.

ARE WE WILLING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WHERE -- WHERE WE WILL SAY WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT ANYMORE, BUT USE LONG-TERM TEACHERS. THEN THE GRANT RUNS OUT AND THE FUNDING SCENARIO CHANGES AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

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IT IS HARD BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY IN FUNDING AND THE LACK OF CLARITY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE ECONOMY AND HOW WE ARE TIED SO MUCH WITH HOW THE ECONOMY AND THE POLITICAL WIN -- WINDS ARE BLOWING AT ANY PARTICULAR POINT

IN TIME. >> RIGHT.

WE HAVE TO SOLVE THE ACTUAL PROBLEM OF THE YEAR WE ARE IN.

YOU MENTIONED CLASS SIZES. THAT IS A NEGOTIATED ITEM.

THAT'S BARGAINED. THE COMMITTEE HAS NO SAY OVER THAT. THAT'S WHY I KEEP PUSHING FOR WHAT IS THE WORK OF THE LCAP BUBBLING -- BUDGET COMMITTEE THAT IS DISTINCT FROM ANY OTHER WORKING GROUP THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT MAKES IT OF VALUE COMING BACK TO THE BOARD WITH

ADVISORY? >> STP WE -- IF WE LOOK AT THE LCAP BUDGET COMMITTEE, THE LCAP SIDE OF IT IS -- WE HIGHLY ANTICIPATE THAT COME NOVEMBER AND NOT LATER ON WE WILL HAVE THE NEW TEMPLATE. WE KNOW THAT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. WE ALSO KNOW THAT AS TRUSTEE POWELL POINTED OUT, IT IS THE START OF THE NEW THREE-YEAR CYCLE. ALSO THERE IS INFORMATION WE HAVEN'T SHARED AT THE BOARD, BUT NEW LAW BY THE END OF 2024, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE A MID-YEAR UPDATE ON THE LCAP SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, BUT NOW IT IS MOVING FORWARD. IT IS A MID-YEAR REVIEW.

THE COMMITTEE CAN BE A PART OF THE PROCESS FOR SURE AS WE UNPACK WHAT THE TEMPLATE IS AND WHAT THE NEW THREE YEARS WOULD BE. I WOULD SAY THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO LOOK TO CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY BASED OFF THE TEMPLATE, WHAT THE LCAP WOULD BE IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO REPORT THAT -- MAYBE NOT REPORT OUT, BUT TO FINALIZE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

BECAUSE WE START TO LOOK AT THOSE IN JUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. IT IS HARD TO LAND ON RECOMMENDATIONS IN MAY WHEN ULTIMATELY WE SHOULD BE DONE TWO MONTHS BEFORE THAT TIME. THAT IS HAD -- THAT IS THE LCA SIDE. LCAP SIDE AND THERE ARE SO

MANY CHANGES COMING. >> WOULD IT BE PRODUCTIVE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO BE A COMPANION AS WE UNPACK THAT NEW TEMPLATE AND THREE-YEAR CYCLE AND PROCESS OF BUILDING THE LCAP NOT NECESSARILY THE WORK OVER HERE AND THEN PRODUCE A FINAL REPORT, BUT WORK ALONG AS THAT PROCESS UNFOLDS?

>> YEAH. I ANTICIPATE THEY CAN PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS SO WE CAN HAVE ROBUST SUGGESTIONS -- DISCUSSIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE CHANGES WOULD BE THAT EVERY CONTRIBUTING ACTION, AN ACTION SUPPORTS ENGLISH LEARNERS OR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS OR FOSTER STUDENTS. IF WE NEED TO HAVE A CORRESPONDING METRIC WE CAN GENERATE DISCUSSION OR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE GROUP ABOUT WHAT MIGHT SOME OF THOSE METRICS BE IN A MEANINGFUL WAY? THAT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE.

AGAIN, HARD TO SAY BASED OFF OF NOT KNOWING WHAT THE TEMPLATE WILL LOOK LIKE. BUT I THINK IT WOULD -- YEAH.

SOME OF US THINK IT WILL COME IN JANUARY AND SOME THINK IT WILL BE IN NOVEMBER. THE COUNTY OFFICE HAS PLANNED TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON THE NEW TEMPLATE LIKE IN

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NOVEMBER. >> WE ARE SIGNED UP TO GO TO A PRESENTATION IN NOVEMBER AT THE COUNTY.

HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE SOMETHING FOR US.

>> THE COMMITTEE HAS A TWO-WAY FUNCTION WITH ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND IN THE KNOW AND FINDING OUT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS LCAP PROCESS. THEY CANDICE SIM -- THEY CAN DISSEMINATE THE INFORMATION OUT.

I SEE THAT AS A POTENTIAL BENEFIT AS WE HEAD INTO A NEW THREE-YEAR CYCLE. WHAT DO WE THINK?

>> I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT.

WE SAW ALICE CHOU TALK ABOUT HOW SHE WANTS TO USE THEM MORROW BUSTLY SO WHEN SHE ATTENDS THE -- MORE ROBUSTLY WHEN SHE ATTENDS SO SHE IS REPRESENTING A LOT OF THE PARENTS AND NOT JUST HERSELF AND THAT IS TRUE OF THE PARENTS. I WANT TO GO ON RECORD THAT I AM NOT AT ALL QUESTIONING THE EFFECTIVENESS OR VALUE OF THE MUSIC OR THE PE PROGRAMS OR THE WELLNESS CENTERS.

I ACKNOWLEDGE WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY.

WHAT I REALLY AM TRYING TO GRAPPLE WITH IS HOW DO WE CONTINUE PAYING FOR IT. I WANT TO GO ON RECORD THAT I AM NOT QUESTIONING THAT. 24E -- THEY SOUND BRILLIANT.

I HAVE GOTTEN ENOUGH INFORMATION AND I DON'T THINK

WE SHOULD MEASURE ANYMORE. >> THANK YOU.

WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT THIS IDEA THAT THE COMMITTEE CAN BE A COMPANION TO THE NEW PROCESS, A NEW TEMPLATE FOR THE LCAP, A NEW CYCLE THAT WE ARE STARTING AND REALLY ARTICULATING THOSE GOALS WITH ALL OF THE INPUT THEY HAVE FROM THE VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES AND ALSO TO COMMUNICATE THAT OUT AS IT IS HAPPENING SO IT IS NOT GOING TO SURPRISE ANYBODY IN 345EU -- IN MAY OR JUNE NECESSARILY. WHAT DO WE THINK OF THAT AS A POSSIBLE CHARGE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO TAKE UP AND SHAPE?

>> I AGREE. I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THE LCAP BUDGET COMMITTEE IS GOING TO DO THIS COMING YEAR IS -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY TRANSLATE, BUT CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE CHANGES OF THE STATE LCAP TEMPLATE AND TAKE THAT FROM WHAT THE LCAP HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY TO USING THE TEMPLATE TO WORK WERE -- WORK WITH AND MAKE OUR NEW LCAP FIT THE TEMPLATE. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT ITEM FOR

THEM TO WORK ON. >> SORRY.

MAYBE I JUST MISSED THIS, BUT WHAT WOULD BE THEIR ROLE BEFORE THEY GET THE NEW TEMPLATE? WOULD THEY BE EVALUATING THE PREVIOUS LCAP OR WOULD THAT BE KIND OF UP TO THEM TO DECIDE?

>> I'M THINKING OF IT AS, AS WE GET THIS INFORMATION, AS WE HAVE THE TEMPLATE -- THE PROCESS CAN'T STOP AND WAIT FOR THE COMMITTEE TO CATCH UP. THE COMMITTEE CAN BE GRAPPLING WITH IT AS THE WORK IS UNFOLDING.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE, MR. LOO? OR WE CAN PAUSE THE COMMITTEE

FOR A YEAR. >> NO.

FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. >> OKAY.

THAT'S FINE. >> I JUST THINK THAT IT'S -- THE -- I LIKE THE FRAMING, BUT I DON'T WANT IT TO BE LIMITING.

I THINK THE ORGANIC CONVERSATION THAT WOULD COME FROM, OKAY, HERE IS THE NEW TEMPLATE.

WHAT WOULD BE USEFUL TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM? THEY ARE ALL FOCUSED ON WHAT WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS AND HOW DO WE GET THERE FROM DIFFERENT LENSES? I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE HAM -- HAMPERED BY WE HAVE TO STICK TO THIS PARTICULAR THING. THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN WITH THAT. I HEAR THAT.

I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE ENOUGH TO GO FORWARD I THINK.

YEAH? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THIS WAS NOT ONE OF OUR EASIEST CONVERSATIONS. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE THINKING THAT WENT INTO IT. I REALLY THANK YOU ALL.

>> CAN WE JUST HAVE A QUICK RECAP ON WHAT THAT IS SO THESE TWO OVER HERE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING? SORRY. BUT THESE TWO ARE GONNA BE THE ONES AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING AND THEY ARE GONNA HAVE TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY CAN'T JUST HIT PLAY ON

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LISTEN OVER THERE. >> SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING THE COMMITTEE PARTICIPATE ALONGSIDE AS THE NEW LCAP TEMPLATE IS REVEALED TO US, WE LAUNCH INTO THE CYCLR CYCLE, AND THE WORK UNFOLDS TO TRANSLATE OUR DISTRICT GOALS INTO THE NEW TEMPLATE AND HOW THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

I DO THINK THERE WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF MR. LOO AND DR. -- MR. HYAK SHARING TO THE COMMITTEE.

ALL THOSE MINDS ARE GRAPPLING WITH THE SAME THING IN CLOSE TO REALTIME -- CONTRIBUTING THOUGHTS TO IT AND SO IT IS NOT GOING TO SURPRISE PEOPLE AT THE END OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEY ARE ABLE TO PULL INFORMATION IN FROM THE NETWORKS AND THE CONSTITUENCIES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISCUSSION AS WELL AS DISSEMINATE INFORMATION OUT BECAUSE IT IS SO BIG I THINK IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL THE COMMUNITY HERE IS THE NEW LCAP, YOU KNOW, HERE IS WHAT'S IN HERE.

I FEEL LIKE MAYBE WE CAN TRY HAVING THAT INFORMATION COME OUT IN A FLOW AS THE WORK UNFOLDS RATHER THAN HERE IS A -- HERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR A WHOLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY TO DIGEST IN ONE MEAL.

DOES THAT HELP AT ALL? >> I KNOW WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP COMING BACK TO US WITH A CHARGE. I'M WONDERING IF WE GIVE THEM LIKE THAT, WE SAY WE REALLY WANT THEM -- THE FOCUS TO BE HELPING THE DECISION-MAKING AND PLANNING PROCESS WE ARE UNDERTAKING AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE NEXT THREE-YEAR CYCLE OF THE LCAP AND THEN I IMAGINE THEY WOULD HAVE A CLEAR -- WELL, I KNOW YOU TWO ARE PART OF THAT, BUT THE CHAIR WOULD HAVE AN IDEA WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH THAT STARTING OFF IS MY GUESS. SO IT WOULD BE A COMBINATION OF US GIVING THEM THIS DIRECTIVE AND THEM GETTING IT.

>> WE JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT THIS DOES NOT BECOME A BOARD COMMITTEE. THIS IS NOT A BOARD COMMITTEE.

THE WHOLE IDEA FOR ME, I GRAPPLE WITH THE IDEA THAT WE ARE GIVING THEM A CHARGE. WE CAN'T GIVE THEM A CHARGE BECAUSE THEN TO ME IT BECOMES A BOARD COMMITTEE.

>> RIGHT, BUT WE ARE -- BUT THIS WHOLE -- I GUESS THE BOARD

DISCUSSION SHOULD INFORM -- >> YES.

CORRECT. >> OKAY.

>> I MEAN, I THINK -- >> I DO AGREE.

I THINK WE HAVE GIVEN DR. HYAK AND MR. LOO SOME DIRECTION AS TO HOW WE ARE THINKING, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HEAR HOW -- AND I DON'T THINK IT IS JUST THE CHAIR, BUT THERE IS AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MADE UP OF FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE AND THEIR THOUGHTS ON IT AS WELL. AND THAT GOES BACK TO MAYBE IT IS REVEALED TO US IN A BOARD REPORT, BUT WE HAVE SPOKEN OUT STRONGLY THAT THIS WORKING ON A NEW LCAP IS IMPORTANT TO US.

THAT'S BEEN MADE PRETTY CLEAR. >> THE OTHER THING I DO WANT TO ADD IS WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES THAT WERE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION WHO WILL BE THERE AND NOT JUST MR. LOO AND DR. HYAK. WE HAVE A VERY ABLE TRUSTEE.

TRUSTEE SYLVESTER AND TRUSTEE GILL WHO WILL BE THERE.

YOU WERE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION SO IF THE CONVERSATIONS THERE GO AWRY, YOU CAN SAY WELL THIS IS WHAT WE WERE THINKING. YOU ARE PART OF THAT BIG BRAIN TRUST THAT IS IN THAT ROOM THAT I VALUE AND RELY ON.

>> DR. MCLAUGHLIN, DID THAT HELP?

>> JUST SO WE CAN NAVIGATE SO FAR, JUST EXPECTATION OF WHAT IS THE FINISHED PRODUCT, WOULD THE LCAP THEN BE THAT FINISHED PRODUCT OR WOULD THE BOARD BE LOOKING FOR SOME TYPE OF REPORT TO BE GIVEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR?

>> I I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS DIFFERENT DIRECTION IS GOING TO

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THAT IS INFORMED ALONG THE WAY. >> YEAH.

I'M JUST SAYING, WHAT -- WE'LL GO THROUGH THE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DO THE COMMITTEE WORK. WHAT I'M SAYING IS DO YOU WANT THE COMMITTEE, THE, US -- THE CHAIR, US, WHOEVER IT IS TO COME BACK AND GIVE YOU A REPORT OF WHAT WE DID?

>> YES. >> SO WHAT IS THE FINISHED

PRODUCT AT THE END OF THE YEAR? >> YEAH.

>> OR IS THE LCAP AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE LCAP GOING

TO DO THAT? >> I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL -- AS A BOARD MEMBER I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR -- HERE IS WHERE WE WENT WITH THE -- WITH WHAT -- WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE BOARD DISCUSSION AND HOW WE SHAPED THAT AND HERE IS WHAT WE DID WITH IT. YEAH.

I WROTE LIKE -- I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT.

OKAY I THINK WE ARE DONE WITH THIS TOPIC? YEAH. CAN WE TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK? WE DON'T HAVE FAR TO GO, BUT I THINK WE NEED FIVE MINUTES FOR A BREAK.

WE WILL ADJOURN FOR FIVE MINUTES.

[C. Instructional Services - Approval of Amendments to Administrative Regulation 5116.1 - Intradistrict Open Enrollment]

>> WE ARE AT 5C, INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO ADD STRAEUF TIFF REGULAR REGULATION 5,516.1 INTRA DISTRICT OPEN ENROLLMENT. MR. LOO DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS?

>> DO I HAVE COMMENTS THAT REALLY ARE REFLECTED IN THE BOARD AGENDA ITEM, BUT EACH YEAR AT THIS TIME WE BRING FORWARD THE POLICY AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION BY THE BOARD OF REGULATION TO ALLOW US TO SET OURSELVES UP EVERY YEAR FOR SCHOOL CHOICE. THEY MET LAST WEEK AND WE HAD SOME GREAT DISCUSSION AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO SPECIFICALLY THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION ONLY.

SOME ARE JUST REGULAR ADJUSTMENTS WE DO EACH YEAR TO REFLECT THE 24-25 SCHOOL CHOICE WINDOW, BUT WE HAVE SOME SMALL CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS TO CLASS SIZE THAT REFLECT OUR CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL AS WELL AS SOME -- I WOULD SAY SOME CLARIFYING LANGE W-PBLG -- LANGUAGE AS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH SCHOOL SOURCE TO REALLY PROVIDE SOME CLEAR LANGUAGE SPECIFICALLY FOR FAMILIES WITH SCHOOL CHOICE AND THEN WANT TO RETURN BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL. THOSE FOLKS SHOULD BE GOING THROUGH THE SCHOOL CHOICE PROCESS TO RETURN.

WE WANT TO BE CLEAR WITH THAT AS WELL AS CLARIFYING INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVE THEIR FIRST CHOICE WOULD NO LONGER THEN BE ON THE SECOND ON CHOICE LIST.

THAT REALLY, REALLY DELAYS OUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE AND START WORKING TO CLEAR LISTS WHEN WE HAVE TO CONTACT SAY THE NEXT PERSON WHO LISTED AS SCHOOL CHOICE, THEY HAVE THE NEXT PRIORITY. WE HAVE TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM IN 24 HOURS AND FOR SOME SCHOOLS THAT LIST CAN BE 20 FAMILIES WHO GOT THEIR FIRST CHOICE.

WE WANT TO GET THAT LIST MOVING AND THAT HAS BECOME DIFFICULT AND WE WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. FOLKS WOULD GET THEIR FIRST CHOICE, BUT WE WANT TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH FAMILIES AND NOT HAVE THE DELAY.

SO THAT'S JUST A SUMMATION OF SOME OF THOSE PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT AND BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS I HEAR IN THE COMMUNITY I THINK BOTH OF THOSE CLARIFICATIONS AND CHANGES WILL BE WELL RECEIVED. COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM

BOARD MEMBERS? >> JUST A COMMENT.

AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 6, WE MENTIONED ENROLLMENT OPTIONS FOR MAGNET AND ACADEMY SCHOOLS AND THEN WE REFERENCE IN A DIFFERENT AR. SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS WE ARE NOT HANDLING MAGNET AND ACADEMY SCHOOLS THAT MUCH DIFFERENTLY.

WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AR IT IS COMPLETELY OUT OF DATE.

SO IF WE ARE NEEDING A SEPARATE AR, THEN WE PROBABLY HAVE TO

UPDATE AR6181.1. >> JUST TO CLARIFY, ARE YOU

REFERRING TO THE BOARD POLICY? >> I'M SORRY, THE AR.

>> WE UPDATE THIS EVERY YEAR. THIS SHOULD BE UPDATED.

>> NO. IT IS SAYING CAR6181.1.

WHICH IS A SEPARATE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION.

WE ARE NOT UTILIZING THAT. IT TALKS ABOUT 2016 DEADLINES.

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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> THAT DOES MAKE SENSE.

I SEE IT ON THE BOTTOM. WHAT WE CAN DO IS GO THROUGH TO CHECK THAT AND TO SEE IF THAT IN FACT IS NOT APPLICABLE IN THIS CASE. WE CAN LOOK TO REMOVE THAT.

WE DO TALK ABOUT SPACE ABILITY OVER ON PAGE 1 OF THE AR ITSELF. WE CAN CHECK THAT TO SEE.

>> THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? THEN WE WILL MOVE ON, SORRY, TO 5D.

[D. Instructional Services - Approval of Amendments to Board Policy 6170.1 - Transitional Kindergarten]

MR. LOO? >> YES.

SO THIS IS RELATED. AS WE START GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL CHOICE WHICH WILL OPEN ON NOVEMBER 1ST WE WANTED TO -- WE TOOK THE TK POLICY AND PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT.

IT IS IN THERE SPECIFICALLY ON PAGE 2 AND THERE IS GAMUT LANGUAGE THAT TALKS ABOUT SITUATIONS BEING A CASE BY CASE BASIS, SPES -- SPECIFICALLY A CHILD'S FIRST BIRTHDAY IS ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1ST. AND THERE IS NO CRITERIA WITHIN THE CASE BY CASE BASIS. FOR THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS WE WANTED TO CLARIFY OUR OWN -- WITH OUR OWN LANGUAGE SPECIFICALLY THAT A CHILD WILL HAVE THEIR FIFTH BIRTHDAY BETWEEN JULY 1ST AND AUGUST 31E ADMITTED TO A TK PROGRAM OR A KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM BASED OFF THE CHOOSING OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN. THIS HAS BEEN OUR PRACTICE FOR SEVERAL YEARS UP UNTIL REALLY THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE AGE ELIGIBILITY FOR TK WE HAVE SEEN THAT NOW FOR THIS GROUP OF KIDS THAT ARE BORN WITHIN THESE TWO MONTHS, THESE FOLKS CAN KIND OF LAND IN BOTH THOSE AREAS.

WE WANT TO GIVE BACK THAT CHOICE TO OUR PARENTS AND CLARIFY AND BE REALLY CLEAR THAT THAT IS AN OPTION.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THOUGH THAT A STUDENT SAY COULD DO A YEAR OF TK AND ANOTHER YEAR OF TK AND KINDERGARTEN.

THE MOST YOU CAN DO IN THERE IS TK AND K AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. WE DO THINK THIS CLARIFIES THIS CASE BE CASE BASIS. AND THIS WILL ALLOW US TO COMMUNICATE WITH THOSE SPECIFIC FAMILIES WHO WE CERTAINLY DO HEAR FROM AND WHO ARE SEEKING CLARITY THERE.

>> YEP. I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.

QUESTION? >> ARE WE MAKING AMENDMENTS TO

THE BOARD POLICY ONLY? >> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> I KNOW THE AGENDA ITEM TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE AR.

BUT THE DOCUMENT ATTACHED, THE BOARD POLICY.

SO WE ARE ONLY MAKING CHANGES TO THE BOARD POLICY?

>> YES. >> OKAY.

THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.

[E. Student Services - Approval of Amendments to Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 6174 - Education for English Language Learners]

>> 5E, STUDENT SERVICES APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO BOARD POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION REGULATION 6174, EDUCATION FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. DR. EGIN, YOU HAVE COMMENTS?

>> THE BOARD POLICY IT HAS UPDATED BY REMOVING OLD LANGUAGE AND ADDING NEW LANGUAGE THAT REFLECTS THE LAW AND IT ADDS IN ANOTHER LAYER FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING TEACHER SHORE -- SHORTAGE THAT ALLOWS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO COLLABORATE FOR MAKING SURE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO STEM COURSES. FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION, THEY HAVE REMOVED OUTDATED MATERIAL.

ONE OF THE KEY THINGS IS THAT IT ADDED LANGUAGE INTENTIONAL WITH REGARDS TO MONITORING OF STUDENTS ONCE THEY ARE CLASSIFIED DURING THE FOUR-YEAR PERIOD AND ALSO ADDED LANGUAGE SPECIFICALLY REQUIRING THE LCAP ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO GIVE INPUT REGARDING ANY ADDITIONAL, LET'S SAY, INTERVENTION PROGRAMS ORB -- OR THINGS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IF STUDENTS WEREN'T MEETING AGO -- ACADEMIC SUCCESS AT THE SAME LEVEL OF PEERS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN IN THE PROGRAMS.

[02:55:02]

>> PERFECT. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY.

THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE TO 5F, BUSINESS

[F. Business Services - Approval of New Administrative Regulation 3515.1 - Use of Surveillance Cameras]

DR. HYAK? >> WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE CAMERAS AT ALL SCHOOLS. SOME SCHOOLS HAVE THEM.

SOME DON'T. WE ARE OUT FOR A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO INSTALL CAMERAS AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THE OFFICES, DISTRICT OFFICES. WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY ON THE USE OF THOSE CAMERAS AND WHAT TO DO WITH THE RECORDINGS AND SUCH. WE COLLABORATED WITH -- WE SPOKE WITH LEGAL AND THE VENTURA COUNTY SCHOOL FUNDING AUTHORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN HERE COMPLIES WITH LAW AND STUDENT RECORDS AND FERPA.

WE MET WITH THE BARGAINING UNITS AND WE GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT. WE SUGGESTED CHANGES.

THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BARGAIN OVER IT.

IF THEY WANT A PROPOSED LANGUAGE THEY ARE WELCOME TO DO SO. THEY DID EXPRESS SOME INTEREST IN POSSIBLY DOING THAT. WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED LAPPING WEDGE ON THAT YET. THAT HASN'T CHANGED THE TERMS

AND LANGUAGE OF THE POLICY. >> THANK YOU.

DID WE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> I WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK I AM READING IT RIGHT.

THIS IS ALL CVUSD LANGUAGE? IT IS ALL BOLD IN ITALICS, THERE IS NOTHING GAMUT IN HERE? IT IS TAILORED TO US AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE YOU JUST MENTIONED, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> YES. >> GREAT.

THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. THEN WE WILL MOVE TO SECTION 6, ADJOURNMENT. BEFORE WE GO, I WILL ASK IF BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANY TOPICS FOR FUTURE BOARD DISCUSSIONS? NO? OKAY. THEN WE HAVE RUN OUT OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. SO WE WILL ADJOURN AT 9:02.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH.

GET HOME SAFELY PLEASE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.