Jan 17, 2024 Board of Education

[A. Call the Meeting to Order]

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

[D. Approval of the Agenda]

[E. Student Recognitions]

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NICE JOB, ALEXANDER, DON , DRUM MAJOR , OLIVIA BARBER.

AMANDA BARTON. MIRABELLA LAU . SARAH . SYDNEY CAN APPEAL

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LUKE GREENBERG. GRACE GROVE ARIANNA . GRANT HOME QWEST -- HOME QWEST . MATTHEW HOGUE ROMERO HUNT . MATTEO .

DUSTIN. GOOD THING HE WAS NOT HERE TO HEAR ME BUTCHERED HIS NAME. NOAH KIM. ALEX LOU. ZACHARY. HONEY MAC . WINSTON .

SIERRA. CATHERINE.

EMILY O'KEEFE. KYLE O'KEEFE. I WAS CLOSE , I WAS CLOSE.

KAREN . LIANA . SERENA REINHARDT. ALSO A DRUM MAJOR, CHRISTOPHER ROSS. MAHALIA RUBIO. NICE JOB, EVERETT.

CATALINA SERRANO. JAMES SHIELDS. TOM SHIELDS. BRANDON . EMILIANO. KATELYN. MORGAN THOMPSON. JOSE . NATALIE.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, HOPE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK THE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF PARENTS WHO MADE THIS A SUCCESS THIS YEAR. NICE JOB. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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>> NICE JOB PEOPLE .

THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU. IT IS NICE TO PACK THE HOUSE. THANK YOU FOR COMING. SORRY I DID NOT

KNOW YOU FROM ADAM AND >> NOW YOU DO.

THE NEWBURY PARK CANYON LEAGUE BOYS FOOTBALL COACH CHAMPIONS.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP . THANK YOU FOR INVITING THE MEMBERS OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS THIS SEASON. IT WAS A FANTASTIC SEASON CAP WITH MANY MEMORABLE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

THEY ARE THE CO-LEAGUE CHAMPIONS, TWO OF THE LOSSES INCLUDED A LOSS IN THE FINALS TOO LONG VISTA HIGH SCHOOL AND ANOTHER LOST DURING THE SEASON. AND THERE WERE 4000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE FOR BOTH GAMES. IT WAS A FANTASTIC COMMUNITY EVENT THAT BROUGHT OUT THE BEST IN STUDENTS FROM BOTH TEAMS. THERE WERE MANY RECORD-BREAKING ACHIEVEMENTS, INCLUDING SHANE ROSENTHAL NAMED CANYON LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND BRADY'S MICHAEL, NAMED THE CANYON LEAGUE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. YOU CLE, OREGON, BYU, PENN STATE, THEY WERE ON CAMPUS WATCHING CURRENT NEWBURY PLAYERS WORKING OUT. I WANT TO THANK OUR ENTIRE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM, ATHLETIC COORDINATOR JASON KLEIN, AND SECRETARY , FOR THEIR WORK THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. AND I WANT TO THANK THE BOOSTER CLUB FOR THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT THEY GIVE TO THE ENTIRE PROGRAM. WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THE MANY THINGS WE CAN DO. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE HEAD COACH JOE'S MICHAEL AND THE ENTIRE STAFF FOR THE WORK THEY PUT IN TO

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NOT HERE TONIGHT, AGAIN, BLAKE BRYCE. CASTLE.

NEXT UP, TJ FORD. TALON GOLD. NOT HERE TONIGHT, JOEL GONZALEZ . ETHAN GONZALEZ. AND JADEN GRIFFIN. NEXT , MICHAEL GUZMAN.

NOT HERE TONIGHT, BODI IAN AND JOHN LEON. NEXT UP, COLIN WENTZ . NOT HERE TONIGHT, JADEN MAC. NOT HERE TONIGHT, PRESTON . NOAH MCARTHUR. NOT HERE TONIGHT, JACKSON MCKINNEY. AND LEVI MCKINNEY. JUAN MOYA , ISAIAH PAIN .

SHANE ROSENTHAL. LUCAS RUDY. NATHAN . ANGELO . TYLER .

NOT HERE TONIGHT , NEXT, BOW 'S MICHAEL , BRADY SMIGEL.

NOT HERE TONIGHT, JADEN SMITH. URIAH . CODY . JUSTIN. NOT HERE TONIGHT, REGGIE ZUCKERMAN. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF OUR COACHING STAFF WHO ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT, FIRST, COACH BRADEN ANDERSON.

AUSTIN. RYAN COOPER. DANIEL. RYAN HURLEY. KEVIN KANE EGG

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FINALLY, OUR HEAD COACH, JOE SMIGEL.

APPLAUSE, CONGRATULATIONS!

[F. Reports from Student Reporters]

CENTURY ACADEMY. >> GOOD EVENING, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I'M A JUNIOR AT CENTURY ACADEMY. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YOU ON THE MAST MONTH. LAST MONTH STUDENT AND FAMILY TO JOIN HOLIDAY SPIRIT WEEK. STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND STAFF CAME TOGETHER THIS WEEK TO DISSIPATE IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES INCLUDING DOOR DECORATING, GIFT MAKING, GINGERBREAD HOUSES, AND ENJOYING FOOD TOGETHER. FIELD TRIPS AND ACTIVITIES. IN DECEMBER THEY SAW THE NUTCRACKER AT THE CIVICS ARTS PLAZA AND WERE ABLE TO GO BACKSTAGE AND MEET THE DANCERS. STUDENTS WILL BE RETURNING TO THE CIVICS ARTS PLAZA TO SEE A LIVE PERFORMANCE OF THE LIBRARY LADY. STUDENTS ALSO HAD A HOLIDAY PARTY AT MEADOWS IN DECEMBER. LAST WEEK STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN A COOKING LESSON AT CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN AND LEARN HOW TO RUN A RESTAURANT. NEW SHINE WORKSHOP STARTED THIS WEEK, INCLUDING HORTICULTURE, ART, AND INDOOR GAMES. CENTURY ACADEMY STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN STUDENT SUCCESS SEMINARS IN JANUARY. STUDENTS RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL THIS SEMESTER, AND PARTICIPATED IN A VARIETY OF WORKSHOPS, INCLUDING COUNSELING, SEL, TECHNOLOGY, STUDENT STUDY SKILLS, AND SESSIONS LIKE THAT. STUDENTS ALSO REVIEWED CAMPUS SAFETY PROCEDURES. CENTURY AND SHINE STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN MATH TESTING. MAP TESTING IS ADMINISTERED TWICE A YEAR TO MEASURE GROWTH AND HELP INFORM CLASSROOM STRUCTURE. ELECT CLASSES AT CENTURY ACADEMY WILL BE PILOTING SCHOOLS PLP, A NEW ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM, TO SEE IF IT'S A BETTER FIT THAN OUR CURRENT PLATFORM, APEX. FEATURES AND STEP-BY-STEP FEEDBACK FOR MATH PROBLEMS. ON GENERA 22ND, CENTURY STUDENTS ARE GOING ON THE ANNUAL REAGAN LIBRARY FIELD TRIP. STUDENTS WILL DISSIPATE IN A SITUATION ROOM SIMULATED EXPERIENCE.

THESE ARE TECHNICALLY INTEGRATED ROLE-PLAYING CRISIS SIMULATIONS IN THESE HIGH INTENSITY COLLABORATIVE DECISION-MAKING SCENARIOS, INFORMATION MOVES QUICKLY AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS CHOICE, EVERY INDIVIDUAL CHOICE HAS

CONSEQUENCES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT

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ROBERT. >> YOU'RE GOOD! GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GOLDBERG AND DR. MCLAUGHLIN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AND DISTRICT MINISTRATION. I SERVE ON THE ED STACK AND AM PROUD TO BE REVISITING MY SCHOOL THIS EVENING. HERE ARE SOME ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT WE HAVE HAD HAPPENED AT CONEJO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL SINCE OUR LAST REPORT. WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT 15 DRAGONS MET GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS DURING THE FIRST SEMESTER, AND 50 MORE STUDENTS RETURNED TO THEIR HOME SCHOOLS. FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER. WITH 30 STUDENTS MOVING ON, WE HAVE WELCOMED SEVEN NEW STUDENTS AND HAVE SIX STUDENTS SCHEDULED TO ENROLL IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WE ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL REFERRALS FOR ENROLLMENT SOON, AS PER SEMESTERS GRADE FOR DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL WERE DUE THIS PAST FRIDAY. DURING THE LAST MONTH OF THE SEMESTER, SEE VHS OFFERED A PROGRAM TITLED DECEMBER BONUS DAYS. STUDENTS DISSIPATING IN BONUS DAYS STAY BEYOND THE SCHOOL DAYS TO GET ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND TIME TO MAKE UP MISSING ASSIGNMENTS. OVER 50% OF OUR STUDENTS ATTENDED A STANDARD DAY OPPORTUNITY TO MAXIMIZE LEARNING AND CREDIT RECOVERY. IN JANUARY, THE COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER WILL BE FOCUSING ON WORKING WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY COLLEAGUES, COLLEGE APPLICATIONS, AND THE FAFSA. BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS, THE LEADERSHIP CLASS HAD A LOT OF ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS. WE SOLD HOLIDAY GRAMS, HAD DRESS-UP DAYS ENDING WITH PAJAMA DAY ON THE LAST DAY BEFORE BREAK. THE CLASSROOM PARTICIPATED IN A DOOR DECORATING CONTEST WHICH MR. WHITE'S CLASS WON. WE HAVE LARGE MEMBERS IN THE LEADERSHIP CLASS AND WE ARE PLANNING, WE ARE IN THE PLANNING PHASE FOR MORE UPCOMING EVENTS. STUDENTS ARE PLANNING TO SELL VALENTINE DAY GRAMS IN FAIRBURY, YESTERDAY OUR GROUP MET UP WITH THE ROTARY CLUB TO START PLANNING COMMUNITY SERVICE

OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT UP, WE HAVE EVAN SUSSMAN FROM NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL.

>> GOOD EVENING, DISTINCT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DISTRICT PERSONNEL. I'M EVAN SUSSMAN. HAPPY NEW YEAR, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE JOINING ON BEHALF OF NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL. COMING BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER A RESTFUL WINTER BREAK, THE CAMPUS HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT, THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK PREPARING FOR THE WINTER FORMAL DANCE, TANGLED IN OUR DREAMS. GETS ARE ON SALE AND PRICES WILL GO UP ON FRIDAY. THE DATE OF THE DANCES EVERY THIRD 2024. WINTER SPORTS HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK WITH OUR BEST BALL TEAMS HAVING GREAT SEASONS THUS FAR. IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO MANY OF OUR SPRING STUDENTS BACK TO THE SPORTS THAT THEY LOVE AS WELL, RETURNING TO THEIR PRACTICES SINCE WINTER BREAK. AND PHS WILL BE DISSIPATING IN THE KINDNESS CHALLENGE NEXT WEEK AND WE ARE PLANNING ON ACTIVITIES FROM KIND AFFIRMATIONS IN THE MORNING AND HOT CHOCOLATES AS WELL TO GIVE BACK TO THE NEWBURY PARK STUDENT BODY.

NEXT WEEK WE'RE ALSO WELCOMING PERSPECTIVE STUDENTS TO NEWBURY PARK. ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOR PANTHER PREVIEW NIGHT. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING THE FUTURE PANTHERS AND ARE THRILLED TO SHARE HER AMAZING CAMPUS. POSING OUT JANUARY WE WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR WESTERN FORMAL SPIRIT LAKE. THE THEME IS TANGLED IN OUR DREAMS AND IT WILL BE A FUN FILLED WEEK WITH TANGLED AND DISNEY THEMED DRESS-UP DAYS. LIVING IN FAIRBURY, THE NPHS STUDENT DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING A MURDER MYSTERY DINNER THEATER, IT'S A FUN FILLED SHOW WITH A SHOCKING MYSTERY, AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU., AND SUPPORT.

NEWBURY PARK WILL BE CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO HAVE GREATLY IMPACTED OUR CULTURE. WE WILL BE CELEBRATING OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS IN FEBRUARY DURING NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHOWING OUR GRATITUDE TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED US ALONG OUR HIGH SCHOOL JOURNEYS. AT THE END OF THE MONTH PERFORMING ARTS CLASSES WILL BE HAVING THEIR PERFORMANCE NIGHT AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME AND JOIN OUR HARD-WORKING STUDENTS. IF YOU MISSED ANY INFORMATION FROM A REPORT TONIGHT, YOU CAN FIND THE DATES AND LOCATIONS OF THESE EVENTS ON THE NPHS CALENDAR. FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE. YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT OUR INSTAGRAM, OR EMAIL NPHS MAINTAIN AN INCLUSIVE AND CARING ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS STAY INVOLVED AND HAVE A GREAT TIME ON CAMPUS. THANK

YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT, WE HAVE ASHLEY DEACH FROM THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL.

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>> GOOD EVENING, DISTINCT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

MCLAUGHLIN, AND DISTRICT PERSONNEL. HAPPY NEW YEAR. MY NAME IS ASHLEY DEACH, AS THE THOUSANDS OAKS ASB VICE PRESIDENT, IT'S MY ARE THRILLED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE NEW YEAR BRINGS AND ARE PARTICULARLY EXCITED FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR. WE CLOSED OUT THE FALL SEMESTER ON A HIGH NOTE WITH AN EXCELLENT FINISHED FINALS WEEK BEFORE THE HOLIDAY BREAK. THIS WAS A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR TOHS, AND BOTH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FELT RELIEVED BY THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONCLUDE THIS SCHOOL YEARS FIRST SEMESTER BEFORE DIVING INTO THE HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES. ASB CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACTIVITY BY HOSTING HOT CHOCOLATE GIVEAWAYS EVERY MORNING OF FINALS, PROVIDING A DELIGHTFUL BOOTH TO EVERYONE'S ENJOYMENT AND MORALE. ARE PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS ADDED TO THE FESTIVE SPIRIT WITH THEIR HOLIDAY CONCERTS, SHOWCASING THE INCREDIBLE TALENT AND DEDICATION OF OUR STUDENTS. IT WAS A JOYOUS CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS AS WE BID FAREWELL TO 2023. AS WE DIVE INTO JANUARY, WINTER SPORTS ARE IN FULL SWING, BRINGING A BURST OF EXCITEMENT AND ENERGY TO OUR CAMPUS. WE HAVE BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS TEAMS FOR BASKETBALL AND SOCCER, AS WELL AS GIRLS WATER POLO, AND WE ARE EXCITED TO NOT ONLY HOST BUT ALSO TRAVEL TO MANY OF OUR GREAT LEAGUE RIVALRIES THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. THE DEDICATION AND SPORTSMANSHIP OF OUR ATHLETES ARE ON DISPLAY AS THEY COMPETE IN VARIOUS EVENTS REPRESENTING TOHS WITH PRIDE. THE WHOLE SCHOOL IS BUZZING WITH ANTICIPATION AND SUPPORT FOR OUR WINTER SPORTS TEAMS. JANUARY NOT ONLY MARKS THE CONTINUATION OF ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC PURSUITS, BUT ALSO BRINGS A TON OF FRESH ENERGY AND EXCITEMENT. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES, ACHIEVEMENTS, AND MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES IN THE COMING MONTHS. THE ENTHUSIASM WITHIN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY IS PALPABLE, AND WE ARE READY TO EMBRACE ALL THAT THE SECOND HALF OF THE SCHOOL YEAR HAS IN STORE FOR US. AS WE KNOW, SECOND SEMESTERS IN THE SCHOOL YEAR ALWAYS SEEM TO FLY BY AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT FILLING OUR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES SCHEDULE WITH MANY DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LANCERS TO GET INVOLVED AND FEEL A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, HERE'S TO AN INCREDIBLE 2024 AT TOHS. GO LANCERS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, KAITLIN KNIGHT

FROM WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT GOLDBERG, BOARD MEMBERS, DR. MCLAUGHLIN, AND DISTRICT STAFF. MY NAME IS KAITLIN KNIGHT, I'M THE STUDENT PRESENTED IS FOR WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M ALSO THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT GOVERNMENT VICE PRESIDENT THIS YEAR. WITH SEMESTER ONE CLOSING OUT WITH FINALS, STUDENTS AND STAFF WERE EXCITED TO HAVE AN ACTUAL BREAK. AS THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR IN MANY THAT FINALS TO PLACE BEFORE WINTER BREAK INSTEAD OF AFTER. AFTER WELCOMING STUDENTS BACK ON CAMPUS AND COMMEMORATING THE START OF SEMESTER TWO, WE ARE CELEBRATING THE NEW YEAR AS A TRIBE DURING OUR WINTER RALLY THIS FRIDAY. WE WILL PLAY FUN GAMES, WATCH GREAT PERFORMANCES, AND RECOGNIZE OUR WINTER SPORTS IN OUR BASEBALL CHAMPIONS. ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE EXCITED TO SPEND FUN TIME TOGETHER CELEBRATING 2024. WITH THE START OF SEMESTER TWO, THAT ALSO MEANS REGISTRATION FOR NEXT YEAR'S BEGINNING. ARE FRESHMAN, SOPHOMORE, AND JUNIORS ARE HAVING PRESENTATIONS WITHIN CORE CLASSES ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS IN THEIR ACADEMIC CAREERS. AND ON WEDNESDAY, GENERALLY 24TH AT LUNCH, AND ELECTIVE FAIR WILL BE HELD IN THE QANTAS SHOWCASE THE MANY WONDERFUL ELECTIVES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS. WE ARE ALSO GIVING STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT NEW HYBRID SECTIONS THEY CAN SIGN UP FOR AS WELL. ARE JUNIORS ARE ALSO GETTING READY FOR THEIR TESTING, WHICH I'M SURE THEY'RE ALL SUPER EXCITED ABOUT. LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME OF THE FUN THINGS WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY IS NATIONAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME FUN AND EDUCATIONAL THINGS PLANNED FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE MONTH. COUNSELOR APPRECIATION WEEK TAKES PLACE FEBRUARY 5TH THROUGH THE NINTH, SO OUR COUNSELORS WILL BE SPOILED ALL WEEK. OUR ACA A CAPPELLA GROUP IS PERFORMING FEBRUARY 8TH THROUGH THE 10TH, AND WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE HOSTING THE GOLD COAST FELA SECTION CONFERENCE WITH A TOTAL OF 18 SCHOOLS FROM ALL OVER SANTA BARBARA, VENTURA, AND L.A. COUNTY. THAT WILL TAKE PLACE EVERY 10TH. AS WE ENTER THE NEW YEAR, OUR ENTIRE WESTLAKE FAMILY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING AN AMAZING AND SUCCESSFUL YEAR. 2024 IS DEFINITELY THE YEAR OF THE WARRIOR. ONE LOVE, ONE TRIBE, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR STUDENT REPORTERS.

WE LOVE HEARING ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON ON YOUR CAMPUSES, AND YOU DO THEM PROUD, THANK YOU FOR BEING

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[G. Comments - Public]

>> GREAT, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD ONTO THAT. WE ARE NOW AT ITEM 2G, PUBLIC COMMENTS, BOARD OF EDUCATION WANTS TO HEAR FROM STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES AND OUR COMMUNITY, ALL INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT DURING OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE 54954.3. COMMENTS REGARDING SPECIFIC ITEMS LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA MUST BE MADE WHEN THAT AGENDA ITEM IS CALLED. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, NOW IS THE TIME TO HAND IN YOUR CARD AND PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO AND WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE HAND IN YOUR BLUE CARD TO MRS. FELTMAN. THESE NOTE THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY MATERIALS TO HAND IT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE PROVIDE THOSE MATERIALS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE BOARD.

PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT, THE BOARD CANNOT UNDERTAKE ANY ACTION OR DISCUSSION ON ITEMS NOT ON TONIGHT POSTED AGENDA.

HOWEVER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OR ITS STAFF MAY BRIEFLY REPLY TO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS POSED BY THE PUBLIC. USUALLY, WE WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT. BEFORE RESPONDING. AS OUR MEETINGS ARE HELD IN PUBLIC, YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD BY THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING OR WATCHING A BROADCAST. IN ADDITION, THE BOARD ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC AFFAIRS AND THEREFORE WE HOPE STUDENTS ARE WATCHING THIS MEETING OR IN TONIGHT'S AUDIENCE. PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THAT, AND PLEASE MAKE YOUR COMMENTS FACTUAL AND OFFER THEM IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS, THE GOVERNING BOARD STRIVES TO RESPECT THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES DURING OUR MEETINGS. THIS INCLUDES THE RIGHT FOR IDENTITIES OF STUDENTS TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL. WE ALSO ASK THIS BECAUSE BE SENSITIVE TO OUR EMPLOYEES LEGAL RIGHTS TO PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY. AS A REMINDER, THOSE REQUESTING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME WILL SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE BOARD AGENDA. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SPEAKER CARDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED ONCE THE BOARD STARTS THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AGENDA ITEM WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER. AS A REMINDER, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. MRS. FELTMAN, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? GREAT. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME

DEJA STINGLEY. >> I'VE NEVER ATTENDED BEFORE, I HOPE ADDRESSING YOU AS DISTINCT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. MCLAUGHLIN, AND DISTRICT STAFF IS APPROPRIATE. I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY INTRODUCE MYSELF. I AM A FORMER EMPLOYEE, I USED TO WORK IN STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES UNDER DR.

EGAN'S AND SHAWN ASHMORE. I AM ONE OF THE GRANT WRITERS FOR THREE OF THE GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, MENTAL HEALTH WITH DR. CHAMBERLAIN, AND THEN THE GRANT AND THE NEW MENTAL HEALTH GRANT. I JUST WANTED TO GET A CONVERSATION STARTED ON HOW WE'LL BE WORKING TOGETHER. I'M WRITTEN IN AS A FACILITATOR FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, AND I KNOW SOMETIMES BEING OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND THERE MIGHT BE A DISCONNECT, SO I WANTED TO INTRODUCE, PUT A FACE TO THE NAME AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THE CONVERSATION STARTED FOR HOW WE CAN GET THESE PROGRAMS GOING. THAT'S IT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS ITEM 2H, COMMENTS FROM THE

[H. Comments - Board of Education]

>> THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, I HOPE EVERY ONE HAS HAD A FULFILLING AND TO 2023 AND A FANTASTIC START TO 2024.

I HOPE THE NEW SEMESTER INSPIRES MOTIVATION AND HARD WORK IN EVERY STUDENT WHO HAS MADE THE TRANSITION BACK TO THE CLASSROOM. AS FOR US, WE ARE USING RIGHT BACK IN WITH OUR FIRST GENERAL MEETING NEXT MONDAY, GENERALLY 22ND. ARE SUB COMMITTEE MEETINGS HAVE STARTED AS WELL, I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THE CONTINUED WORK THOSE ARE DOING.

AS PER USUAL I LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN REMIND STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND STAFF THAT THEY ARE OPEN MEETINGS AND WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTIONS, SO IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO FALLEN STUDENT YEARS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PARTICIPATE.

ALL OF OUR MEETINGS AND PROCEEDINGS CAN BE FOUND ON THE

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JANUARY. >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE SYLVESTER.

TEMPERATURE IN THE ROOM, THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

HAPPY NEW YEAR. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A NICE BREAK, EITHER EXCITING OR RESTFUL AND QUIET. AS A COUPLE OF OUR STUDENT REPORTERS MENTIONED, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS ACTUALLY HAD FINALS AND ENDED FIRST SEMESTER BEFORE BREAK. I THINK THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED HAS BEEN MOSTLY POSITIVE. ABOUT DOING IT THIS WAY SO THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN ACTUALLY ENJOY BREAK AND NOT WORRY ABOUT RETURNING TO FINALS. THE PLAN IS TO CONTINUE DOING THIS IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. I ALWAYS HAVE TO THINK THE STUDENT REPORTERS BECAUSE THAT IS ALWAYS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE MEETING. AND I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM AND THE MANY MEMBERS OF THE THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND, AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE RECOGNIZE BOTH ATHLETES AND MUSICIANS IN THE SAME MEETING.

BOARD MEETING IN 2023, I ATTENDED THE BUDGET OUT CAP MEETING. THIS IS THE DISTRICTWIDE COMMITTEE THAT I SERVE ON. AT THE LAST MEETING, WE BASICALLY DID A VERY DEEP DIVE INTO THE ACTIONS OF THE FIRST GOAL OF OUR ELL CAP. THIS IS A GOAL AROUND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT SPECIFICALLY IMPLEMENT TARGETED ACTIONS AND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT POSITIVE STUDENT OUTCOMES. SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT MEETING IS EVERYONE REALLY LIKES PICTURES AND INFOGRAPHICS AND WE DO HAVE ONE THAT HAS BEEN DONE A FEW YEARS BACK, AND THE CONSENSUS WAS THAT THAT IS A VERY GOOD WAY TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AROUND THE LCAP. THERE ARE SUGGESTIONS ABOUT REORDERING SPECIFIC ACTIONS, COMBINING REDUNDANT ITEMS, PRIORITIZING, ITS PAGES AND PAGES. I THINK THE PLAN IS TO GET THIS DOCUMENT TO A BETTER, MORE FOCUSED SHAPE FOR THE NEXT THREE-YEAR ITERATION, AND MAKE IT A LOT MORE USABLE. SPEAKING OF BUDGETS, LAST WEEK I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND VIRTUAL CSB A WEBINAR ON THE GOVERNOR'S CALIFORNIA STATE BUDGET. WHEN I FIRST WROTE TO SUMMARIZE THIS IT WAS THAT THE GOOD NEWS WAS THAT THE DEFICIT THAT HAD BEEN PROJECTED BACK IN DECEMBER OF SOMETHING LIKE 68 BILLION WAS DOWN TO SOMETHING LIKE 38 BILLION. THERE'S BEEN A FEW ARTICLES THAT CAME OUT TODAY THAT SUGGEST THAT THE DEFICIT MIGHT BE CLOSER TO THE 68. ALL OF THAT IS IN A STATE OF FLUX AND I GUESS WE'LL LEARN MORE AS IT GOES ALONG. THE ONE POSITIVE TAKE AWAY FROM LISTENING TO THE GOVERNOR IS THAT HE REALLY IS DEMONSTRATING A COMMITMENT TO PRIORITIZE K-12 EDUCATION, DESPITE THESE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, AND HE'S DOING IT THROUGH THE USE OF GOING INTO RESERVES AND HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF BELT-TIGHTENING TO AVOID THE DEEP CUTS FOR THE NEXT YEAR. AGAIN, STAY TUNED AS TO HOW THIS WILL IMPACT THE STATE, AND ULTIMATELY ASKED.

YESTERDAY, I ATTENDED A CDAC MEETING, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF THAT PRESENTED THE INCLUSION PLAN, IT WAS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK PRESENTATION THAT WENT VERY SEAMLESSLY. IS ALWAYS THERE WAS A NUMBER OF GREAT COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK FROM SEATBACK REPS. BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF INVITING THREE THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO COME AND SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON INCLUSION, SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE LENS OF THE UNIFIED SPORTS CLUBS AT TO HIGH SCHOOL, MAJOR GOLD STAR. THAT WAS A BRILLIANT WAY TO HEAR EVERYTHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT, HOW IT LOOKS FOR A STUDENT AND LOOKS ON CAMPUS. EACH OF THE THREE SHARED ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT BEING PART OF UNIFIED SPORTS HAD ON THEM.

THESE ARE NEUROTYPICAL STUDENTS. AND IT DEMONSTRATED AGAIN HOW ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT INCLUSIVE PRACTICES ARE AND HOW EVERYBODY, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM THIS TYPE OF CULTURE. IT WAS ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THE STUDENT VOICE. FINALLY, A COUPLE OF NOTABLE EVENTS THAT I DON'T WANT TO GO UNNOTICED. FIRST, BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MR. GORBACH WHO CELEBRATED A FEW DAYS AGO. SECOND, A COUPLE

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YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR CINDY,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! >> I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL.

BEAUTIFUL. YOU ALL SHOULD JOIN CHOIR. IT DOES WONDERS FOR YOU.

THANK YOU. >> AND THAT CONCLUDES MY

OPENING STATEMENT. >> GREAT, WHY THANK YOU, TRUSTEE SYLVESTER, TRUSTEE GILL.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I AM SO HAPPY THAT WE'RE BACK IN 2024, I DON'T MIND TELLING YOU I MISS EVERYONE WHEN WE'RE NOT TOGETHER. DO CHECK IN ON ME DURING THE SUMMER, IT'S ROUGH.

LONG TIME AGO, BEFORE BREAK, WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT MUSICAL PERFORMANCES IN OUR SCHOOLS, I ATTENDED THE NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR CONCERT, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GREAT TRANSITION. WHEN THE ENTIRE CHOIR COMES OUT AND DOES THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS AT THE FINALE, AND ALUMS ARE WELCOME TO COME UP ON STAGE, AND IT'S SO MOVING TO SEE THE STUDENT MUSICIANS THAT I WATCHED THROUGH THE YEARS NOW COME BACK AS GROWN-UPS, AND NOT MISS A NOTE AND NOT MISS A BEAT, IT'S AMAZING. OUR ADVISORY COUNCILS ARE BACK TO TERRIFIC ACTIVITY, WE HAD A GREAT MEETING LAST WEEK, IF YOU'RE THINKING TO YOURSELF I WISH I COULD SEE SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT HAPPEN AT THESE ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS, YOU CAN. THEY ARE ALL CATALOGUED ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE, AND YOU FIND THEM UNDER THE PARENTS AND COMMUNITY TAB, ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE SEE HERE AT THE BOARD MEETINGS AND AT THE ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE THERE FOR YOU TO REVIEW, AND I RECOMMEND THEM. THEY'RE TERRIFIC. FINALLY, MONDAY WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY, WHICH WAS A DAY OF SERVICE, AND I JOINED MANY FOLKS OVER AT ACACIA ELEMENTARY WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE DONATING FOR FREE MARKETPLACE EVERY MONTH AT CONEJO ACADEMY. COMMENTS HE IS, THERE, THE FINAL SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH. THAT'S IT FOR ME,

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE GILL,

THE BIRTHDAY BOY. >> FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO TOHS MARCHING BAND FOR THEIR FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE AND AWARDS. CONGRATULATIONS TO NEWBURY PARK'S FOOTBALL TEAM FOR THEIR SUCCESSFUL GREAT SEASON. THANK YOU TO OUR REPORTERS AS WAS ALREADY SAID, THEY ARE, AS I TOLD HIM THIS EVENING, THEY ARE OUR LENS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THEIR CAMPUSES. THANK YOU TO THE REPORTERS OF. THANK YOU, I'M SORRY, FOR WRITING THOSE GRANTS, AND FOR PARTICIPATING AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF US. YES, AS TRUSTEE GILL JUST SAID, WAY LONG TIME AGO , FIRST OF ALL BEFORE I GO INTO RECOGNITIONS, WELCOME BACK. IT'S SO GREAT, AS ALL OF OUR REPORTERS SAID, IT'S SO GREAT TO COME BACK AND START THE NEW YEAR WITH A NEW SEMESTER. AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THREE WEEKS BEFORE FINALS. JUST WELCOME BACK AND ENJOYED AT. A LONG TIME AGO, BACK IN THE YEAR 2023, I WENT TO A COUPLE CONCERTS, TOO. THE TOHS ORCHESTRA AND REDWOOD STRINGS CONCERT, REDWOOD BIKING BAND CONCERT DIRECTED BY ADAM PAYNE. AND AS TRUSTEE GILL SAID SO ELOQUENTLY, THE NEWBURY PARK CHOIR CONCERT WHICH WAS SO MUCH FUN BECAUSE OF THE TRADITION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE WENT TO A GREAT MEETING LAST WEEK, THERE WAS A FANTASTIC PRESENTATION BY SECOND GRADE TEACHER, MRS. NORDSTROM, THANK

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AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT FOR US TO GET THE CROSSING GUARDS THAT WE NEED, THAT WE ARE, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS, FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY, DRIVING BY THOSE INTERSECTIONS, WE HAVE TO USE THOSE. SO I URGE PEOPLE, WE'RE GOING TO START PROMOTING A PROGRAM OF A MARCH TO SCHOOL MARCH WHERE, IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY, IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, TO WALK TO SCHOOL AND HAVE WALK AND ROLLS TO SCHOOL. I URGE EVERYONE TO DO THAT. THERE ARE BENEFITS TO THAT, BOTH ACADEMICALLY, HEALTHWISE, COMMUNITY-WIDE IS. I LOVE ANY ACTIVITY THAT ENCOMPASSES BRINGING SCHOOL TOGETHER WITH COMMUNITY, OR COMMUNITY TOGETHER WITH SCHOOL. AND I THINK WALKING TO SCHOOL IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS FROM THE PAST THAT WE HAVE NEGLECTED, BUT I WANT TO BRING BACK. SO I URGE EVERYBODY TO WALK, BIKE, WHENEVER YOU CAN TO SCHOOL. THAT WAY WE WILL HAVE CONSISTENT CROSSING GUARDS AT OUR MAJOR INTERSECTIONS TO OUR SCHOOLS. JUST GOING THROUGH MY NOTES REAL QUICK. AND YES, YESTERDAY'S PRESENTATION PARTICULARLY OF THE THREE STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE ARE NARROW, WHAT IS IT? NEUROTYPICAL STUDENTS ALSO BENEFIT AS MUCH AS OUR NEURODIVERSE AND STUDENTS WHEN THEY WORK TOGETHER. YOU LEARN COMPASSION, YOU LEARN HOW TO INTERRELATE WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU MAY SEE AS DIFFERENT FROM YOURSELF. I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL, I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE THREE KIDS, SO IMPRESSED WITH THE TOTAL PRESENTATION BY OUR STAFF, AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED. THANK YOU. AND HAVE A HAPPY REST OF

JANUARY. >> TRUSTEE POWELL?

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL. THANK YOU TO OUR STUDENT REPORTERS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM AND TO THE THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND. THE SUCCESS THAT THESE GROUPS HAVE ACHIEVED IN COMPETITION IS QUITE SOMETHING.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY TRULY UNDERSTANDS THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AND PRACTICE AND BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS IT TAKES TO ACHIEVE THIS LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE, WHETHER IT'S A GROUP OF ATHLETES OR MUSICIANS OR ANY OTHER COMPETITIVE EFFORT. THE TEAMWORK, THE COLLABORATION, THE MANAGEMENT OF 1 MILLION MOVING PARTS, THE LEVER OF UNCERTAINTY THAT COMES WITH ANY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT OR PERFORMANCE.

KUDOS TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED. I HOPE THAT EVERYONE IN THE CVUSD COMMITTEE HAD A HAPPY AND HEALTHY WINTER BREAK AND A GOOD FIRST WEEK OR SO BACK AT SCHOOL. IS ANYONE ELSE AS SURPRISED AS I AM THAT HALF THE YEAR IS OVER? I'M SHOCKED. BUT THAT MIGHT BE BECAUSE IN PART BECAUSE I AM A MOM TO A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR. SO I'M A LITTLE BIT IN DENIAL THAT GRADUATION IS LOOMING CLOSE ALL OF A SUDDEN. NOW, AS A TRUSTEE, I DO MY BEST AT GETTING TO SCHOOL EVENTS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. AS A BASKETBALL PARENT, JANUARY IS ALL ABOUT BASKETBALL. BECAUSE I HAVE A PLAYER, AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING A GREAT CROSSTOWN RIVALRY GAME ON FRIDAY, LAST FRIDAY, THOUSAND OAKS VERSUS WESTLAKE. IT WAS A PACKED GYM, IT WAS ENTHUSIASTIC STUDENT SECTIONS, GREAT TALENT ON THE COURT. AND YOU CAN'T HELP BUT GET CAUGHT UP IN IT ALL. WHILE THE MOM IN ME COULD JUST BE HYPER FOCUSED ON MY CHILD AND HIS TEAMMATES, THE TRUSTEE PART OF ME APPRECIATES THE BIGGER PICTURE OF PUTTING ON EVENTS LIKE THIS, ACTIVITIES LIKE THIS. ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO CLEANING AND PREPPING THE GYM, THE PARENT VOLUNTEERS THAT RUN THE SNACK SHACK, THE STUDENTS WHO VOLUNTEERED TO LEAD THE SPIRIT SECTION, THE AMAZING STUDENT PERFORMANCES WE'VE HAD AT THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL SO FAR OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM BEING SUNG LIVE. OUR DANCE AND CHEER SQUADS PERFORM THROUGHOUT THE GAME. THERE'S ADULTS, STAFF

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IN ADDITION TO BASKETBALL SEASON GETTING ME BACK INTO THE THICK OF THE NEW YEAR, WE HAVE HAD, AS MENTIONED, TWO MEETINGS ALREADY, NEXT WEEK WE HAVE DLAC AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. I WANT TO ONCE AGAIN SAY HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE PARENTS, THE PARENT LEADERS AS WELL AS THE PARENT REPS OF THOSE GROUPS, ALWAYS INTERESTING, INFORMATIVE STAFF PRESENTATIONS THAT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY THAT GOES INTO THOSE.

AND ALL THE STAFF THAT WORK WITH OUR DAC PARENTS TO MAKE THE SYSTEM SUCCESSFUL. AND FINALLY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PRESIDENT GOLDBERG, AND BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TRUSTEE

GORBACK. THANK YOU ALL. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WARM WISHES. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY, WELCOME TO 2024, I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT IT'S 2024. I'D LIKE TO START OFF THANKING HER STUDENT REPORTERS WHO WERE HERE, WE APPLAUD THEM EVERY MONTH, AND THEIR EFFORTS DO NOT GO UNNOTICED BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT TO GET UP AND REPRESENT YOUR SCHOOL MONTH AFTER MONTH, AND WE APPRECIATE THEM. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AMAZING NEWBURY PARK FOOTBALL TEAM, AND TO MY BELOVED LANCER BAND, THE TALENTED STUDENTS AND COACHES AND TEACHERS, AND LIGHT LIKE TO ESPECIALLY ECHO DR.

MCLAUGHLIN'S, MAYBE IT WAS SENTIMENTS ABOUT, HE'S TAKING A LEGENDARY PROGRAM AND HELPING IT SOAR TO NEW HEIGHTS. AND I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. BEFORE BREAK, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND KINDERGARTEN HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD AT ASPEN. TALK ABOUT AN INCLUSIVE, UPLIFTING WAY TO START THE HOLIDAY. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE INCLUSION HERO, DR. CRAVEN AND HIS TALENTED TEAM OF TK AND CANDOR TEACHERS. THE FAMILY AND THE FAMILIES WERE BEING SO WELCOMING. THIS WAS AN AMAZING PROGRAM THAT COULD BE REPLICATED AT OTHER SCHOOLS, JUST SAYING. THEY STARTED WITH KIDS SINGING SONGS WITH MOVEMENT, THE CO-TAUGHT CLASS, YOU COULDN'T TELL WHO WAS NEUROTYPICAL, WHO WAS NOR DIVERGENT, IT WAS JUST A GREAT WAY TO START THE PROGRAM, AND FAMILIES CAME AND BROUGHT FOOD FROM THEIR COUNTRIES TO SHARE, AND ALL THE KIDS WENT AROUND, THEY HAD A PASSPORT YOU COULD GET STAMPED. IT WAS GREAT. FROM THE PHILIPPINES TO CHEROKEE NATION, FRANCE, GERMANY, POLAND, IT WAS AMAZING. IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY. I HAD THE HONOR OF JUDGING, OR HELPING FACILITATE THE BANYAN SPELLING BEE. THOSE KIDS DO NOT RELY ON THE LITTLE RED SQUIGGLY LINE, THEY WERE FANTASTIC. IT'S A LOT OF WORK, AND IT'S A LOT OF, TAKE A LOT OF GUTS TO GET UP THERE. AND SPELL. WHEN YOU ARE IN THIRD GRADE, FOURTH GRADE, FIFTH GRADE, ANY GRADE, QUITE FRANKLY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD ONTO, EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT DAC THIS WEEK , AND THE GREAT PRESENTATION, I WANT TO THANK DR. RODERICK FOR REMINDING US TO SWAY THE DAY AWAY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DO NATURALLY, I'M GLAD IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO DO.

AND ALSO ABOUT THE TL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, THEY WERE A HIGHLIGHT, STUDENTS ALWAYS ARE BECAUSE YOU GET TO SEE THE WHY AND WHO YOU ARE WORKING FOR. AND AGAIN, IN THAT INSTANCE YOU CAN'T TELL WHO IS NEUROTYPICAL, WHO IS NARRATIVE URGENT, THEY JUST PRESENT THEIR TRUTH, AND IT WAS SPECTACULAR.

THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO THE PARENTS. ONE THING, TWO THINGS I WANT TO SAY THAT I LEARNED AT ALL OF THESE MEETINGS THAT WE GO TO.

ONE, LOCAL FIELD TRIPS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THE CITY BUS FOR

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[I. Comments - Superintendent]

HAS BEEN COVERED. I'M WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY 2024, I KNOW ME, PERSONALLY, WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD, LOOKING TO A GREAT YEAR. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON.

[A. Board of Education - Update and Consideration of School Board Member Assignments to Committees]

>> THANK YOU, DR. MCLAUGHLIN, WE ARE NOW AT ITEM THREE, ACTION ITEMS GENERAL. DO I HAVE A MOTION?

>> PRESIDENT GOLDBERG. >> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER.

>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE SCHOOL MEMBER ASSIGNMENTS TO

COMMITTEES AS SUBMITTED. >> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. TRUSTEE KAHL?

>> YES. TRUSTEE GORBACK? >> YES . TRUSTEE POWELL?

>> YES >> TRUSTEE GILL?

>> YES >> TRUSTEE GOLDBERG

>> YES. >> MOTION PASSES WITH A

[B. Human Resources - Adoption of Resolution #23/24-20: National School Counseling Week - February 5-9, 2024]

>> PRESIDENT GOLDBERG? >> MR. GORBACK.

>> I MET WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION 23/24 DASH 20 NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING

LEAGUE EVERY 539 2024. >> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ONLY THAT WE APPRECIATE OUR COUNSELORS ALL THE TIME. NOT JUST THAT WEEK. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION,

PLEASE VOTE, TRUSTEE KAHL? >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER? >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE POWELL? >> YES.

>> I AM A YES, MOTION CARRIES 5-0 WITH A PREFERENTIAL BOAT

[C. Student Services - Adoption of Resolution #23/24-19 in Recognition of the Lunar New Year]

MOTION? >> PRESIDENT GOLDBERG?

>> TRUSTEE GILL >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE STUDENT SERVICES ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 23/2419 IN RECOGNITION OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.

>> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE

VOTE. TRUSTEE KAHL? >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE GILL >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE POWELL ? >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER ? >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE GORBACK? >> YES.

>> I AM A YES VOTE, MOTION CARRIES WITH A PREFERENTIAL YES

[D. Business Services - 2022-2023 Financial Audit for Bond Measure I]

>> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER. >> I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE 2022-2023 FINANCIAL AUDIT REPORT FOR BOND MEASURE I AS

SUBMITTED. >> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY

DISCUSSION? >> I WILL JUST SAY IT WAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR MEASURE I. NO AUDIT FINDINGS, THIS WAS LABELED A CLEAN AUDIT, THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMUNITY REVIEW THIS AT THEIR LAST MEETING WHERE WE HAD AN AUDITOR COME IN AND GO OVER SOME OF THE PROCESSES AND ITEMS THAT WERE SAMPLED AND HOW THEY GO ABOUT TESTING THE MEASURE I ACCOUNTS,

BOTH TECHNOLOGY AND CAPITAL. >> I'M REALLY GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT THE MEASURE I OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS SEEN THIS. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE SYLVESTER.

>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION, THIS IS A NEW AUDIT FIRM, IS THAT

CORRECT? >> IT IS, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF MEASURE I, THIS IS OUR THIRD AUDIT FIRM. WE'VE HAD THREE DIFFERENT FIRMS LOOK AT HOW WE DO WHAT WE DO.

>> DID THINGS GO WELL WITH THIS FIRM COMPARED TO PREVIOUS FIRMS? ANY DIFFERENCES IN APPROACH?

>> IT WAS A LOT MORE DETAILED, THERE WAS A LOT MORE COMMUNICATION DURING THE AUDIT PROCESS. OUR PRIOR AUDITOR VALUED, IT WAS DURING COVID, UNDERSTANDABLE NOT AS MUCH FACE TO FACE INTERACTIONS. BUT THE AUDITORS THIS TIME AROUND, BOTH

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>> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, TRUSTEE KAHL, I SAW YOUR LIGHT BEFORE.

GREAT. GREAT. SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. TRUSTEE KAHL?

>> YES. >> TRUSTEE POWELL?

>> YES. >> TRUSTEE GORBACK?

>> YES. >> TRUSTEE GILL?

>> YES. >> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER?

>> YES. >> I AM A YES, MOTION CARRIES 5-0 WITH A PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE FROM TRUSTEE KAHL. WE ARE

[B. Board of Education - Approval of Amendments to Board Bylaw 9124 - Attorney]

>> TRUSTEE GORBACK. >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO BOARD BYLAW AMENDMENT ATTORNEY.

>> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? . TRUSTEE KAHL.

>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE OKAY WITH THE CHANGED LANGUAGE IN THERE. WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION OVER THIS POLICY, AT OUR LAST MEETING, AND IT WAS REALLY, THE DISCUSSION WAS AROUND THE LANGUAGE ON PAGE THREE REGARDING THE POWERS OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO WITH SEEKING LEGAL COUNSEL. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL WERE OKAY WITH THIS. FOR ME, IT FELT A LITTLE, IT DIDN'T FULLY ALIGN THAT FIRST SENTENCE, SAYS THAT THE BOARD PRESIDENT OR SUPERINTENDENT MAY AT THEIR DISCRETION CONFER WITH DISTRICT LEGAL COUNSEL SUB YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD. A COUPLE TIMES IT SAYS THAT. SO THAT FIRST SENTENCE SEEMED TO CONFLICT A LITTLE BIT WITH THE REMAINDER OF THAT PARAGRAPH. IN MY

INTERPRETATION OF IT. >> ANY THOUGHTS, ANY CONCERNS FROM ANYONE ELSE? TRUSTEE GILL?

>> SO, IT'S CONFUSING, I WILL GIVE THAT TO YOU. IT IS CONFUSING. BUT IT SAYS SUBJECT TO ANY LIMITS OR PARAMETERS ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD, SO ARE THOSE, THE WAY I'M READING IT, WHAT'S DISCUSSED LATER IN THE PARAGRAPH?

>> WAS THAT THE INTENTION? WAS THAT THE LIMITS AND PARAMETERS ARE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE BOARD? IS THAT HOW WE'RE INTERPRETING THAT?

>> THAT'S HOW I READ IT WHEN I WENT THROUGH IT. DO YOU HAVE CHANGES? DO YOU HAVE WORDSMITHING THAT MIGHT MAKE IT MORE CLEAR? I UNDERSTAND THE CONFUSION. COMPLETELY. BUT TO ME, IT WAS, IT'S SLIGHTLY CONFUSING, BUT NOT REALLY.

>> YOU COULD SIMPLY ADD SOMETHING TO THE FIRST SENTENCE SAYING SUBJECT TO LIMITS OR PARAMETERS ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD INCLUDING THOSE LISTED BELOW. JUST MAKE REFERENCE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE RULES LAID OUT IN THE NEXT SENTENCE.

ANYBODY? ANYBODY, ANYBODY? >> THE IN ADDITION PART I THINK IS WHAT MAKES IT A LITTLE MORE CONFUSING. BECAUSE, IT'S SAYING IN ADDITION TO THAT FIRST SENTENCE, ALSO. SO IT WOULD SEEM LIKE BOTH WOULD HOLD TRUE.

>> JUST TO NOTE, THE DARK BOLD IS GAMUT LANGUAGE, THIS IS

COMING FROM ITSELF. >> SO WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO TAKE ANOTHER STAB AT IT? ADDING TRUSTEE POWELL'S , THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH RIGHT AWAY.

>> IF WE JUST REMOVE THE AT THEIR DISCRETION PRAISE, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE CONFLICT IS, RIGHT? THE LIMIT IS, SHOW DIRECTED BY MAJORITY. THAT'S NOT AT AN INDIVIDUAL'S

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BOARD. IF WE TAKE OUT, >> STRIKE THE LANGUAGE THERE.

>> REMOVE AT THEIR DISCRETION, DOES IT READ MORE CLEANLY?

>> YES. >> WHAT IS OUR PRACTICE? CAN SOMEONE SPEAK IN PLAIN ENGLISH? CAN THE BOARD PRESIDENT OR SUPERINTENDENT CONFER WITH LEGAL COUNSEL WITHOUT A BOARD

VOTE? >> SUPERINTENDENT DOES REGULARLY, OBVIOUSLY, BASED ON DISTRICT BUSINESS. PRACTICE, RECENT PRACTICE SINCE I'VE BEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT, WE'VE HAD A VOTE AT THE DAIS FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD, INCLUDING BOARD PRESIDENT TO HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH AN ATTORNEY.

BECAUSE I THINK THE CONCERN IS IT'S FINE WHEN YOU HAVE A BOARD WITH SIMILAR PHILOSOPHIES AND WORK WELL TOGETHER, BUT IF YOU HAVE A BOARD PRESIDENT WHO EVENTUALLY COMES IN, AT ANY POINT IN TIME JUST REACHING OUT TO ATTORNEYS, I THINK THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHERE THE CONCERN WOULD LIE. COULD LIE. SO WE WILL TAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT LANGUAGE, AND FIX IT SO OUR PRACTICE, RECENT PRACTICE HAS BEEN FOR ANY BOARD MEMBER TO HAVE BOARD APPROVAL BY MAJORITY.

>> THERE WAS A TIME WHERE A BOARD PRESIDENT IN THE PAST SOUGHT LEGAL COUNSEL AND IT BECAME A PROBLEM. FROM MY VIEW IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. AND SPENT FUNDS, BECAUSE IT'S COMMITTING FUNDS TO SOMETHING. THE IDEA OF CODIFYING THAT YOU NEED A VOTE, WHICH HAS BEEN OUR PRACTICE AT LEAST IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD,

>> DO WE WANT TO ADD WHAT DR. MCLAUGHLIN JUST SAID AND NOT CONFINE IT TO THE BOARD PRESIDENT BUT SAY THE BOARD PRESIDENT OR ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD REQUIRES THE MAJORITY

VOTE? BEFORE CONSULTING? >> CAN WE SAY, OR PRESIDENT DESIGNEE OR BOARD MAJORITY DESIGNEE?

>> NOT A DESIGNEE. >> IF WE SAY, IF THREE OF FIVE OF US SAY ONE OF US OTHER THAN PRESIDENT GOLDBERG ,

>> SEEMS TO BE A THING. >> IF WE VOTE THAT SOMEONE ELSE CAN DO IT, DO WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO VOTE THAT SOMEONE

ELSE CAN CONTACT? >> THE LAST PARAGRAPH, THE NEXT PARAGRAPH, INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS, I CAN SEE US ILLUMINATING THE FIRST PARAGRAPH AND USING JUST THE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS, THAT CLARIFIES WHAT THE PRACTICE IS.

MEMBERS INCLUDING PRESIDENT IF YOU WANT TO SPELL IT OUT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NEED TO ALSO IN THAT FIRST PARAGRAPH YOU'RE LUMPING THE BOARD PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT TOGETHER AND THAT'S NOT REALLY APPROPRIATE.

>> SO WE'LL ILLUMINATE THE FIRST PARAGRAPH, AND ADD SOME LANGUAGE WHERE INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS, I THINK THE BOARD PRESIDENT IS IN THERE, BUT WE CAN LEAVE IT, WE CAN ADD THAT IN THERE AS A CLARIFICATION, SPECIFIC TO THE DUTIES OF THIS INDIVIDUAL. AND THEN USE THAT PARAGRAPH.

>> MAY WANT TO LOOK AT THE BOARD BYLAWS ON RULES AND RESPONSE ABILITIES AS WELL JUST TO MAKE SURE IT JIVES WITH THAT. SO, MR. GORBACK, WE NEED AN AMENDED MOTION, FROM WHAT

I'M HEARING. >> I MOVE THAT WE, LET'S GO BACK HERE. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO BOARD BYLAW 9124 ATTORNEY AS AMENDED.

>> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND

SECONDED. LET'S PLEASE VOTE. >> JUST ONE QUESTION. DOES THE BOARD FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH US, WITH YOU APPROVING IT AS IS, BECAUSE YOU'RE MOVING THAT DIRECTION? AND THEN JUST

POSTING THIS AS, >> I'M FINE WITH IT, IF WE STILL DON'T LIKE IT I GUESS WE JUST BRING IT BACK TO ANOTHER

BOARD MEETING. >> WE CAN.

>> I'M TOTALLY FINE WITH MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. TRUSTEE

KAHL? >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE POWELL? TRUSTEE GILL .

>> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER? >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE GORBACK? >> YES.

>> I AM A YES, MOTION CARRIES 5-0 WITH A PREFERENTIAL YES

VOTE FROM TRUSTEE KAHL. >> PRESIDENT GOLDBERG?

[4. ACTION ITEMS – CONSENT]

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>> MR. GORBACK. >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AS SUBMITTED.

>> SECOND. >> AS SUBMITTED, OR AS AMENDED?

>> THAT'S FINE. THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND SECOND. PERFECT. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE

VOTE, TRUSTEE KAHL. >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE GILL? >> YES. TRUSTEE POWELL?

>> YES. TRUSTEE GORBACK? >> YES.

>> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER? WITH A PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE FROM

[A. Instructional Services - Presentation: WASC Report from Westlake High School]

>> GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU GUYS ARE HAVING US HERE. ORD MEMBERS, DISTRICT STAFF, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PRESENT ESPECIALLY ON THIS SPECIAL, MOMENTOUS EVENING WITH DR. GOLDBERG'S BIRTHDAY, THANK YOU. SO, REALLY EXCITED, THIS IS ALWAYS A BIG THING FOR US AT SCHOOLS, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS SO YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR STRENGTHS, SOME OF OUR AREAS OF GROWTH AND NEXT STEPS AS WELL. HOPEFULLY THERE'S GOOD INFORMATION WITH THAT MOVING FORWARD. WE WILL TAG TEAM THIS AND GO BACK AND FORTH, SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR. LOOKER TO START US.

>> GOOD EVENING, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. COULDN'T RESIST. SO, THE WASC PROCESS IS REALLY, IT'S THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES THAT ARE LOOKING FOR SCHOOLS TO DO A SELF-STUDY, AND EVALUATION OF THEIR PROGRAMS AND WHAT THEY HAVE GOING ON ON THEIR CAMPUSES. SO THAT'S THE KEY, IS THAT IT'S A SELF-STUDY. AS WE HEAD INTO WASC, THE SITE DESIGNATES A SITE LEAD, ALSO KNOWN AS THE SELF-STUDY COORDINATOR, AND OUT OF, I STARTED IN WESTLAKE 2001, AND THIS IS MY FOURTH WASC AND THIRD TURN AS THE SELF-STUDY LEAD. JASON HAD TO TWIST MY ARM BUT I SAID I WOULD DO IT. SO, WITH THE SELF-STUDY PROCESS, ONCE I WAS SELECTED AS THE SITE COORDINATOR, I WENT AHEAD AND REVIEWED THE MATERIALS, AND THEN WE PUT OUR STAFF, ALL OF OUR STAFF INTO FOCUS GROUPS AND A FOCUS ON ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN OUR EXAMINATION AND EVALUATION. SO IT IS AN ALL SCHOOL PROCESS, AND WE NOT ONLY HAVE THE FACULTY INVOLVED, BUT STUDENTS ARE GIVEN SURVEYS AND PARENTS ARE GIVEN SURVEYS, WE TALKED TO ALL OF OUR CLASSIFIED STAFF. IT REALLY IS A GROUP EFFORT. BUT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, ORGANIZATION, CURRICULUM, LEARNING AND TEACHING, ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND SCHOOL CULTURE AND SUPPORT. SO, OUR STAFF WERE DIVIDED INTO THOSE GROUPS, THOSE WERE THE FOCUS GROUPS. WE MET REGULARLY, IT'S A YEAR-LONG PROCESS. WE MET DURING OUR PLC TIMES IS WHEN OUR FOCUS GROUPS CAME TOGETHER.

I PROVIDED THEM WITH GUIDING QUESTIONS ON WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD THROUGH THE EVALUATION, AND WHEN WE WERE DONE WE SUBMIT OUR SELF-STUDY REPORT, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO SAY HAS NOW REQUIRED TO BE LESS THAN 50 PAGES, THE FIRST WHEN I WROTE I LOOKED BACK WAS 289 PAGES. SO, THEY REALLY REDUCED THAT. ABOUT THE VISITING COMMITTEE COMES ON OUR CAMPUS FOR THREE DAYS, THEY ARE IN CLASSROOMS, THEY'RE TALKING TO STUDENTS, THEY'RE SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE SCHOOL, THEY'RE OUT AT LUNCH WHILE TALKING TO STUDENTS AND WHATNOT, AND THEN THEY EVALUATE, THEY MEET WITH JASON AND I EVERY MORNING TO DISCUSS WHAT THEY'VE BEEN SEEING, AND THEN THEY GIVE A FINAL REPORT ON THE LAST DAY THAT THEY'RE THERE. THEN THEY PROVIDE US, THEY'LL BE PROVIDING US WITH SOME FOLLOW-UP RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT ACCREDITATION, THERE'S VARIOUS LEVELS, BUT THE ACCREDITATION IS USUALLY SIX YEARS, WITH A THREE YEAR FOLLOW-UP. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING.

>> AS DR. LOOKER SAID, IT'S A BIG PROCESS, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED. FOUR WE GET INTO OUR STRENGTHS, AND AREAS OF GROWTH AND NEXT STEPS, TAKING A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE PART OF IT, IT'S A YEAR-LONG PROCESS, AND IT GUIDES US FOR THE NEXT SIX YEARS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROCESS IS SOMETHING THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF EVERYBODY'S VIEW, AND WHERE WE TRULY ARE AS A SCHOOL FOR GOOD OR FOR BAD. SO YOU CAN SEE,

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YOU CAN SEE FROM THAT IT IS TRULY A COLLECTIVE OF ALL DIFFERENT AREAS OF OUR SCHOOL. AND OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE ALSO HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT MEETING GROUPS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS THAT INCLUDED BOARD MEMBERS WERE THERE, DR. MCLAUGHLIN, DISTRICT STAFF AS WELL. ARE CLASSIFIED STAFF, OUR SUPPORT STAFF WAS INVOLVED, COUNSELORS, PARENT ARE PRESENTED IS, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND ADMINISTRATION. WHEN YOU REALLY TALK ABOUT A FULL VIEW OF OUR SCHOOL OVER 3 1/2 DAYS, FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL WEDNESDAY WHEN THEY LEAVE, IT'S A BIG PROCESS. WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE THIS YEAR, OUR WASC VISITING CHAIR WAS OUR WASC CHAIR SIX YEARS AGO, THAT NORMALLY DOES NOT HAPPEN. SHE WAS OUR CHAIR, THEY ASSIGNED HER AGAIN AND WE HAD TO SIGN OFF ON THAT AND IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME BACK AND SEE OUR SCHOOL SIX YEARS LATER AFTER WE WENT THROUGH THAT, AND SEE WHERE WE WERE, IT GAVE US A TOTALLY DIFFERENT VISION IN VIEW OF THINGS AS WELL. SPECIAL SHOUT OUTS, THERE, ON THAT FRONT. NEXT UP, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT AND CELEBRATE OUR SCHOOLWIDE STRENGTHS. NEXT LIGHT. I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST TWO STRENGTHS THEY TALKED ABOUT, AND WHAT WAS REALLY NEAT WAS OUR WASPS CHAIR SAID ONE OF THE GREATEST STRENGTHS THAT WE SAW IN YOUR SCHOOL WAS YOUR CLIMATE, YOUR CULTURE, AND THE TRUST THAT WE HAVE AMONG STAFF, STUDENTS TO STAFF, PARENTS TO STAFF, PARENTS TO STUDENT, HOW ALL OF THAT WORKS IN OUR SCHOOL AND I'LL NEVER FORGET, THE CHAIR ACTUALLY SAID I WISH WE COULD BOTTLE THIS UP AND TAKE IT OTHER SCHOOLS. SHE SAID COMING OUT OF COVID AND BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. THAT'S SOMETHING YOU NORMALLY DON'T SEE. I WAS REALLY PROUD OF THAT. OUR FIRST STRENGTH WAS THAT WE HAVE A CULTURE WITH STRONG TRUST AMONGST ALL LEVELS, EVIDENT IN GENUINE INTEREST FOR THE WELL-BEING AND SUPPORT OF ALL STUDENTS. I THINK WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR ALL STUDENTS, AND FOR THEM TO REALLY POINT THAT OUT AS OUR NUMBER ONE STRENGTH MADE MY HEART WARM. I WAS HAPPY ABOUT THAT. THE SECOND POINT OF STRENGTH, WE HAVE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. AS A DISTRICT WE TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENGAGE ALL STUDENTS IN A VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES, AND THEY REALLY SAW THAT. THEY SAW THAT IN OUR SCHOOL WHETHER IT BE SPORTS, ACTIVITIES, PERFORMING ARTS, CLUBS, INTEREST GROUPS, WHATEVER IT IS, THERE'S A PLACE FOR EVERY KID. REALLY

PROUD OF THAT PART, TOO. >> NEXT, THEY REALLY COMMENTED ON OUR STRONG ACADEMIC FOCUS AND AT WESTLAKE WE HAVE A ROBUST PROGRAM WITH AP AND HONORS CLASSES, BUT THEY ALSO WERE IMPRESSED WITH OUR A THROUGH G COMPLETION RATES AND THE NUMBER OF OUR CLASSES THAT ARE A THROUGH G APPROVED, AND THAT WE WERE REALLY STRIVING TO HELP ALL OF OUR STUDENTS BECOME ACADEMICALLY SUCCESSFUL, AND HAVE OPTIONS WHEN THEY GRADUATE. NEXT, THEY COMMENTED ON OUR CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM WHICH WARMS MY HEART, SINCE THAT'S WHAT I AM INVOLVED WITH. AGAIN, THE CHAIR NOTICED THAT WE HAD REALLY IMPROVED OUR OFFERINGS IN CTE BUT ALSO IN THE CLASSROOM WITH HAVING LESSONS AND DISCUSSIONS FOCUSED ON CAREER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN SCIENCE CLASSES, MATH CLASSES, ET CETERA. SO WE WERE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE FACT THAT THEY NOTICED THAT WE REALLY ARE MAKING AN EFFORT, AGAIN, TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO EXPLORE CAREERS AND BE ACADEMICALLY SUCCESSFUL. AND THEN THE FINAL THING WITH OUR STRENGTHS IS, AGAIN, THEY WERE IMPRESSED WITH OUR CAMPERS OVERALL, WITH JUST AS JASON SAID, THE CLIMATE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. WHAT A WELL-MAINTAINED AND BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS WE HAVE, MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME TO OUR CAMPUS AND SAID IT REMINDS THEM OF A COLLEGE CAMPUS, AND I THINK WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE IN THAT, AND IN HOW SAFE IT IS. OUR CAMPUS SECURITY PEOPLE THAT ARE AROUND, AND PEOPLE MONITORING, AND IT JUST SEEMED VERY SAFE, AND WELL-MAINTAINED.

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>> SO EVERYTHING CAN'T ALWAYS BE ROSES, THERE'S ALWAYS WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE AND GROW. SO THOSE WERE THE NEXT AREAS THAT THEY TALK ABOUT. WE HAVE FOUR GOALS. BEFORE I REALLY DIVE INTO THESE GOALS A LITTLE BIT, THESE GOALS ARE THINGS THAT THE PLAN IS GOING TO BE REFLECTED ON. OUR PLAN IS IT'S IT'S THIS YEAR IS GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR. OUR 24-25 PLAN, WASC WANTS IT TO BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR WASC ACTION GOALS. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT DRIVE OUR GOALS FOR CONTINUOUS APPROVAL MOVING FORWARD. AS A BOARD WHEN YOU SEE OUR SIPSA PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR YOU SHOULD SEE DIRECT ALIGNMENT WITH THESE GOALS RELATED TO THAT AS WELL. THE FIRST AREA OF GROWTH THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS WITH OUR PLC MODEL. WITH OUR BELL SCHEDULE WE HAVE PLC TIME SET ASIDE. ARE USING THE MOST EFFECTIVE MANNER? THAT'S ONE AREA THAT WE NEED TO GROW IN. THANKS TO THE ASSISTANCE, ALREADY REALLY HAVE SOME WAYS THAT WE'RE GOING TO START ATTACKING THAT AND WORKING THROUGH THAT THIS YEAR. WE HAVE THE TIME TO DO IT, OR USING THE TIME IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO TALK ABOUT ANALYZING DATA FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES? REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVELY TEAR ONE ACADEMIC SUPPORT CONSISTENTLY.

REALLY, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN THAT PLC TIME, IS THAT ANALYSIS OF DATA AND HAVING SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO MAINTAIN THAT OVERTIME. THAT'S WHAT THE GOAL ONE SAYS. GOAL TWO, REALLY MAKE SURE THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF ENGAGEMENT IN AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE RELEVANCY OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL LESSONS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SAID, OUR STUDENTS ARE GREAT. IF WE TOLD HIM TO DO SOMETHING, THEY DO IT. THEY'RE GOOD KIDS AND THEY'LL DO IT, BUT DO THEY UNDERSTAND WHY? DO THEY UNDERSTAND THE DEEPER MEANING OF WHAT WE ARE LEARNING AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT OUR LIVES, NOT ONLY TODAY, TOMORROW, IN COLLEGE, BEYOND? THAT ENGAGEMENT PIECE WAS A WORD THAT CAME UP QUITE A BIT I THINK WE'RE DOING SOME GREAT THINGS, LIKE DR. LUKER SAID, THAT WE CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE UPON THAT. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR NEXT STEP, TOO. HOW CAN WE HELP STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE RELEVANCY FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND HELP TIE IN THE ENGAGEMENT PIECE INTO THE LESSONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE EVERY DAY? THAT'S WHAT GOAL TWO IS SPEAKING ABOUT, THERE.

GOAL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JASON AND I REALLY APPRECIATED ABOUT THE VISITING COMMITTEE THAT WAS ON OUR CAMPUS, THE CHAIR WOULD MEET WITH US EVERY DAY, AND WITH OUR REPORT THAT WE ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED TO THEM, WE HAD WRITTEN WHAT WE THOUGHT OUR GOALS SHOULD BE, AND THEY ALLOWED US TIME TO DISCUSS IT AND REFLECT, AND WE ENDED UP REWRITING A COUPLE OF THEM TO REALLY REFLECT WHAT THEY SAW ON CAMPUS. WE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT ABILITY TO DO THAT, SO THESE GOALS REALLY ARE ABOUT OUR SELF-STUDY, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. GOAL THREE, AGAIN, EXPANDING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, THEY SAID IN THEIR REPORT, BACK TO US, THEY REALLY LIKED WHAT THEY SAW, BUT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE MORE INTERDEPARTMENTAL, COULD MATH AND SCIENCE TEACHERS BE WORKING TOGETHER, TO SHOW SKILLS IN A SPECIFIC CAREER FIELD? AND BRINGING IN MATH OR ENGLISH AND SOCIAL STUDIES, RIGHT? AND LOOKING AT THAT. WE HAD SEVERAL TEACHERS THAT THEN WENT, OH, YEAH, WE COULD DO SOME COALESCENCE OR SOMETHING, AND REFLECT ON THAT. JUST CONTINUE THOSE, AND CONTINUE TO CONNECT STUDENTS TO SCHOOL THROUGH THESE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. AND THEN GOAL FOUR, OUR WELLNESS CENTER, THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH OUR WELLNESS CENTER, THE STAFF IN OUR WELLNESS CENTER AND WHAT WE OFFER. OUR STUDENTS. AND THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE AND EXPAND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S EFFECTIVE WITH SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND THAT IS WHERE WE HAD A HEALTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT INCORPORATING TIER 1 SUPPORTS INTO THE CLASSROOM CAMPUSWIDE. WE DID AN INFORMAL SURVEY AND FOUND THAT SOME TEACHERS ARE REALLY MORE INVOLVED WITH TIER 1 SUPPORTS THAN OTHERS, SO HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT MORE CAMPUSWIDE, AND ALSO BRINGING IN OUR COUNSELING DEPARTMENT WITH THAT.

>> THE NEXT STEP, WHAT ARE THE STEPS YOU ARE TAKING MOVING FORWARD? WE SUBMITTED OUR ACTION PLAN, IN NOVEMBER, WE HAD SIX WEEKS TO DO THAT, WE GOT THAT SUBMITTED TO THEM, WE ARE WAITING IN FEBRUARY FROM WASC TO GIVE US OUR FINAL ACCREDITATION STATUS. WE EXPECT IT TO BE A SIX YEAR WITH A THREE-YEAR VISIT, EITHER ONE OR TWO DAY MID VISIT IS WHAT I THINK IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN BASED ON FEEDBACK BUT WE WILL GET OFFICIAL WORD IN FEBRUARY. FROM WASC ON THAT FRONT. AND THEN A LITTLE UPDATE TO THIS SLIDE, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME CAP STRAINING, I KNOW AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THEY'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THIS WORK IT IS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW WILL THAT WORK FOR US AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY IN MARCH AND APRIL, SO WE HAD AN ADJUSTMENT ON THOSE DATES. AND THEN AGAIN,

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WE CAN CLARIFY FOR YOU? >> FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF WASC AS A PARENT AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER, THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. REALLY, A LOT OF WORK. BUT IT'S REALLY VALUABLE WHEN IT'S TAKEN SERIOUSLY. AND IT'S CLEAR THAT YOU TOOK IT VERY SERIOUSLY. NEXT, ANY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? DR. MCLAUGHLIN?

>> JUST A QUICK REMINDER TO OUR BOARD AND COMMUNITY, FOR YEARS, OUR SCHOOLS HAVE GONE THROUGH WASC VISITS AND THAT INFORMATION FOR THE MOST PART JUST STAYED AT THE SCHOOL SITE, OR TRICKLED BACK OUT THROUGH SCHOOL SIDE COUNSEL OR SOME OF THE PARENT GROUPS THAT MET ON THOSE DAYS, WITH THE WASC PEOPLE. STARTING LAST YEAR AS OUR SCHOOL SITES HAVE GONE THROUGH WASC ACCREDITATION, WE FELT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO ATTEND OUR BOARD MEETING AND SHARE THE PROCESS, WITH THE SCHOOL SITE, LEARN FROM THEIR VISIT, FEEDBACK THAT THEY RECEIVED BOTH POSITIVE, AND STEPS TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS OUR THIRD SCHOOL TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS IN DOING SO. AND COMING TO SHARE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WITH US AT

THIS TIME. SO, THANK YOU. >> I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT I HAVE TO COMMEND JASON FOR SOMETHING. WHEN HE WAS STRUGGLING, TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE TO LEAD THE SELF-STUDY, HE AND I TALKED A LOT, HE REALLY DID MAKE AN EFFORT TO FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO TAKE OVER, SO FINALLY HE SAT ME DOWN IN HIS OFFICE AND HE'S LIKE, HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT. I AGREE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE PROCESS, AND I KNOW HOW IT WORKS, BUT WHAT HE AND I DISCUSSED AND AGREED ON WAS, I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE IN SIX YEARS. I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE IN SIX YEARS. HE AGREED TO HE AND I EACH SELECTED ONE STAFF MEMBER AND WENT AND TALKED TO THEM AND SAID WOULD YOU SHADOW LORI AND LEARN THE PROCESS. SO WE HAD TWO TEACHERS WHO SHATTERED ME THROUGH THE PROCESS AND ONE OF THEM REALLY EMBRACED IT, SABRINA BECKWITH, ONE OF OUR SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS. SHE'LL BE TAKING OVER AT THE THREE-YEAR PROGRESS REPORT TIME. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT HE AND I RECOGNIZED THAT IN OUR CONVERSATION, THAT WHOEVER IS AT THE PRINCIPAL HELM AT THAT TIME IN SIX YEARS SHOULD NOT BE SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE AGAIN. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT HE WAS WILLING TO BE THOUGHTFUL, AND FORESIGHT WITH THE FUTURE. NEXT PERSON UP GETS TO LEAD THE CHARGE.

>> THAT'S GREAT, THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GORBACK.

>> FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT CONFERENCE REPORT.

THAT WAS EXCELLENT. SECOND OF ALL, I DID IT WAS SO IMPORTANT AS A TEACHER I WAS INVOLVED IN ONE OF THESE EXACTLY 30 YEARS AGO TODAY. AT A HIGH SCHOOL, NOT FAR FROM HERE. AND THE WHOLE THING WAS DELAYED BECAUSE THERE WAS A SHAKEUP, BUT, WHAT I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON IS TO NOT LOOK AT THIS AS A REPORT CARD, BUT AS A PATH TOWARD WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO IMPROVE OURSELVES IN THE FUTURE. IT'S NOT LIKE I'VE GOT A C ON THIS OR THEY SAID WE NEEDED TO IMPROVE ON THIS. BUT WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON THIS, LET'S GET STARTED. LET'S DO THE IMPROVEMENTS. YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB, AND I SAY YOU GUYS MEANING THE ENTIRE TRIBE FAMILY.

>> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER. >> FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS, THOSE ARE GREAT RESULTS. I GOT A GLIMMER OF HOW HARD IT IS, I WAS THERE ON A SUNDAY MORNING FOR 45 MINUTES AND THEY ASKED SOME TOUGH QUESTIONS. THAT WAS A VERY TINY PART OF IT. CONGRATULATIONS ON THESE

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>> I WOULDN'T SAY SURPRISES. I WOULD SAY WHEN WE'RE WRITING IT AS A SCHOOL AND LOOKING AT IT, WE LOOK AT IT THROUGH OUR LENS. HAVING OUTSIDE FOLKS COME IN AND LOOK AT IT, AND POINTING OUT THINGS THAT WERE IN OUR SELF-STUDY, THAT MAYBE DIDN'T JUMP OUT AS MUCH TO US. SO WHEN THEY SAID, LOOK AT THIS, AND WHAT DO YOU NOTICE ABOUT A PATTERN? IN GOALS I WANT TO SAY THREE, FOUR, FIVE AREAS THREE, FOUR, FIVE, THEY SAID EVEN THOUGH THIS THING DIDN'T RAISE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, THIS THING WAS NUMBER TWO ACROSS-THE-BOARD IN THESE THREE. STRONGEST IN ONE AREA, BUT IT'S REALLY HIGH IN THESE THREE. YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER PUTTING IT INTO YOUR ACTION PLAN AND WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE. THE THING THAT SHOCKED US OR SURPRISED US, I DON'T THINK. BUT IT ALLOWED US TO REFOCUS OUR LENS A LITTLE BIT, ON SOME OF THOSE

AREAS. >> GOOD, THANK YOU. I'M HIGHLY BIASED, ALL THREE OF MY KIDS WENT THROUGH WESTLAKE SO I'M VERY WELL AWARE OF THE QUALITY OF ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION AS WELL AS THE BREADTH OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WHICH HAS BEEN POINTED OUT. I LOOK FORWARD TO READING THE NEXT SUBSEQUENT.

>> TRUSTEE KAHL. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING HERE, SPECIFIC THANK YOU TO THE TEACHERS AND STAFF WHO WORKED SO HARD ON THIS, I PARTICIPATED IN A FOCUS GROUP AND IT WAS SUCH A ROBUST OPERATION, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME THAT WAS PUT INTO IT. I SPECIFICALLY LOVED, I BELIEVE IT WAS GOAL NUMBER TWO, WHERE THERE WAS A FOCUS ON STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING THE RELEVANCE OF THEIR EDUCATION. I FELT LIKE I DO GO TO WESTLAKE FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, IN MY TIME I'VE NOTICED THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO STRUGGLED TO FIND THE RELEVANCE OF THEIR EDUCATION, IT'S MORE OF JUST A PLUG AND CHUG METHOD AND GO AND DO THE STEPS AND GET THE GREAT. I DID HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. FIRST, IS THERE ANY PLAN TO PRESENT THIS INFORMATION IN SOME CAPACITY TO GENERAL WESTLAKE STUDENTS? I THINK HAVING THEM ALSO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, NOT YOU, BUT, THE GENERAL WESTLAKE ADMINISTRATION UNDERSTANDS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND HIGH ACHIEVING AREAS OF WESTLAKE MIGHT BE HELPFUL. IS THERE ANY PLAN TO DO THAT?

>> FOR SURE, THE THINGS WE'RE WAITING ON BEFORE WE DO THAT IS WAS THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION FROM WASC SO WE CAN PUT A BOW ON THAT, AND ALSO DIVING INTO THOSE ACTION PLANS AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE FIRST STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING TO MEET THE ACTION PLAN SO PEOPLE CAN SEE, THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT ARE UPCOMING TO REACH THOSE GOALS AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT POINT YET. I THINK THAT PRESENTATION FROM A STUDENT LENS, AND APPARENT LENS, TO SEE THAT PROGRESS COMING FORWARD SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT, THAT'S WHY WE'RE WAITING UNTIL WE GET TO THAT POINT. I EXPECT SOMETIME IN THE SPRING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

>> THANK YOU, I AGREE, THAT WAS A PERFECT EXPLANATION.

SECONDLY, THIS IS OUT OF MY OWN PERSONAL CURIOSITY. I KNOW WESTLAKE HAS A REPUTATION OF BEING A VERY COMPETITIVE SCHOOL AND I'VE SEEN THAT IN A LOT OF MY CLASSES. WAS THERE ANY MENTION, SORRY, SIDETRACKING, IN MY FOCUS GROUP THAT I ATTENDED SPECIFICALLY A LOT OF STUDENTS COMMENTED ON THAT.

WHERE THERE ARE MENTIONS OF THE COMPETITIVE NATURE OF WESTLAKE, OR WAS THAT MORE LUMPED INTO THE GOALS OF NUMBER TWO AND FOUR WITH THE UNDERSTANDING RELEVANCE AND MENTAL HEALTH?

>> IT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED 100%. WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR SCORES, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR NUMBER OF VALEDICTORIANS, THERE'S A COMPETITIVE NATURE THAT COMES TO IT. I THINK THE CONVERSATION RELATED TO THAT WAS IN GOAL TWO WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT ENGAGEMENT AND RELEVANCY. WHEN THEY SAID WE HAVE GREAT KIDS THAT WORK HARD AND YOU TELL THEM TO DO THIS THEY'RE GOING TO GO DO IT, THE BEST THEY CAN AND WE'LL GO, BUT DO THEY KNOW WHY? AND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT? THAT COMPETITIVENESS AND THAT PART OF IT TIED INTO THE ENGAGEMENT PIECE, AND BE COMPETITIVE, GO AS HARD AS YOU WANT. BUT DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE DOING THAT AND HOW TO DO THAT AND WHAT BALANCE IN YOUR LIFE COMES FROM THAT? ALTHOUGH IT COULD HAVE TIED INTO GOAL FOUR MORE, WE SAW IT IN GOAL TWO MORE THAN ANYWHERE

ELSE. >> FOLLOW-UP QUESTION TO THAT.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF TALK IN THE DISTRICT FOR GRADING FOR EQUITY, DO YOU FORESEE MORE CONVERSATIONS TYING THOSE TWO GOALS TOGETHER? IN TERMS OF GRADING FOR MASTERY AND UNDERSTANDING CONCEPTS AND UNDERSTANDING THE RELEVANCE?

>> THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT GOT BROUGHT UP, IT DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO A GOAL, NECESSARILY, BUT AS A DISTRICT, THIS IS A STEP AND A PROCESS AND AN AREA OF FOCUS AS A DISTRICT, REALIZING

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BETWEEN THAT GRADING FOR MASTERY OR GRADING PRACTICES IN GENERAL WITH THE RELEVANCY ENGAGEMENT PIECE. THEY'RE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW IT SHAKES OUT, BUT WE'RE SO EARLY IN THAT PROCESS IT'S HARD TO PREDICT EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S

GOING TO LOOK LIKE. >> THAT MAKES SENSE, THANK YOU

SO MUCH. >> TRUSTEE POWELL?

>> THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT PRESENTATION. I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE WASC PROSPECT , I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT GOES INTO THIS PROCESS FROM SO MANY OF THE FOLKS ON YOUR CAMPUS. I ALWAYS LOVE SEEING WHERE WE HAVE COHESION AND SYNCHRONICITY, AND I SEE WITH THESE ACTION GOALS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS, NUMBER ONE, I LOVE THAT SO MANY OF THESE WILL BE WORKED INTO THE SIPSA FOR NEXT YEAR. WE WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THAT IT MATTERS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ACTING ON THESE AND IT'S PART OF OUR CORE WORKINGS OF WHAT WE DO AS A SCHOOL. THOSE GROWTH AREAS, IT'S THE PLC, WHICH WE'RE DOING, THERE'S SO MUCH WORK GOING ON AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT SPREADING TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS. GREAT, HERE WE ARE, WE'RE ALREADY THERE, MOVING INTO THAT. UNDERSTANDING THE WHY AND THE ENGAGEMENT, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE SO MANY INITIATIVES THAT ARE FOCUSED AROUND THAT, WE KNOW THAT WAS JUST SPOKEN TO BY TRUSTEE KAHL.

THE CTE WORK THAT OUR DISTRICT HAS DONE, AS WELL AS THE SEL.

IT FEELS LIKE IT'S ALL VERY COHESIVE WITH THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY WANTING TO DO, OR DOING. I WANTED TO ASK YOU BOTH WHAT YOU THOUGHT, MAYBE, OF THESE FOUR ACTION AREAS, WHAT MIGHT BE THE MOST CHALLENGING FOR WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL?

>> YOU WANT ME TO GO FIRST? FOR ME, REALLY, I THINK GOAL TWO, TO ME, IS THE MOST CHALLENGING. I THINK WITH SEL, WE CAN PUT THINGS IN PLACE, WE CAN DO THINGS WITH SEL, WE CAN REDEVELOP OUR PLC TIME AND STRUCTURE, THE RELEVANCY AND ENGAGEMENT I THINK IS THE DIFFICULT PIECE, BECAUSE THAT REALLY TAKES ON OWNERSHIP AND BY-AND-BY THE STUDENTS. I CAN'T JUST SAY, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS ENGAGEMENT OR THIS RELEVANCY, BECAUSE EACH STUDENT IS GOING TO TAKE EVERY LESSON AND EVERYTHING THEY LEARNED THROUGH THEIR OWN LENS IN THEIR OWN LIFE. HOW DO WE CONSTRUCT OUR LESSON? HOW DO WE CONSTRUCT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN A WAY THAT EVERY STUDENT REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM AND WHERE THERE LENS IS, TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE RELEVANCY AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THEIR LIFE IS GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE? I THINK BECAUSE THERE'S A LACK OF CONTROL, I CAN'T CONTROL HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PICK ABOUT THAT ARE RECEIVE THAT. THAT'S THE THING THAT I THINK IS MOST CHALLENGING, TO ME, IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONSISTENTLY DO THAT FOR ALL STUDENTS ACROSS THE BOARD? THAT'S WHERE I SEE A BIG

CHALLENGE COMING IN. >> AND FOR SOME, THAT ALSO MAY MEAN A BIG SHIFTING TEACHING STRATEGIES FOR OUR TEACHERS,

TOO, RIGHT? >> I THINK, FOR SURE, IT COULD.

WE'VE MADE GOOD PROGRESS IN THAT, WE'RE CONTINUING TO MAKE PROGRESS IN UNDERSTANDING HOW DIFFERENT EVERY STUDENT IS IN OUR CLASSROOM EVERY DAY. DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR.

THE STUDENT THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR CLASS IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER IS GOING TO LOOK VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE SAME STUDENT IN APRIL. JUST THE TIME OF THE YEAR. I AGREE WITH YOU.

>> AND FOR ME, I THINK THE MOTHER RELEVANCY PIECE REALLY STUCK OUT STRONG FOR EVERYONE, BUT, WE'RE LOOKING AT ACADEMIC SUCCESS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE RELEVANCY, AND IN THE CAREER EMPHASIS. WHAT I SEE THE CHALLENGE AS I TALK TO TEACHERS AFTER OUR SELF-STUDY IS, HOW DO I INCORPORATE SOME OF THOSE CAREER EMPHASIS SO THAT IT THEN REFLECTS ON ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND RELEVANCY? BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND THROUGH CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION IS THAT STUDENTS IN THOSE COURSES SEE THE RELEVANCY, AND AC WHERE MATH AND ENGLISH AND SCIENCE FIT INTO WHAT THEIR CAREER GOALS ARE. SO NOW, WE NEED TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO INCORPORATE THAT AND ALIGN THAT SCHOOLWIDE, AND MAKING SURE WHETHER YOUR TEACHING PERFORMING ARTS, OR TEACHING SCIENCE, OR TEACHING PHYSICAL EDUCATION, HOW CAN YOU BRING THAT RELEVANCY IN AND HAVE THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT RISE BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE NOW ENGAGED AND INTERESTED. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M WORKING ON, AND CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION, I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE ITS GROWTH AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE MORE AND MORE STUDENTS ARE EXCITED ABOUT COMING TO SCHOOL, AND THEY ARE

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INCREASES. >> THANK YOU, I THINK BOTH OF YOU MADE SOME EXCELLENT POINTS, BUT IN TERMS OF RELEVANCY, USE YOUR STRENGTHS AND USE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING IT WELL. I AGREE, THAT'S GREAT. BUT REALLY, SOME OF THE EXPERTS IN THE ROOM GO TO WHAT TRUSTEE KAHL SAID, WHICH IS BRINGING IN STUDENTS, AND GETTING THEIR INPUT ON RELEVANCY WOULD BE CRITICAL. IT'S A GREAT POINT. TRUSTEE GILL.

>> THANK YOU FOR SHARING SO OPENLY ALL OF THESE INSIGHTS.

IT ALL RINGS TRUE TO ME FROM WHAT I'VE OBSERVED, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT YOU EMBRACE THE PROCESS, THAT WAS SO CLEAR TO ME ON THE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. WHEN TRUSTEE SYLVESTER AND I JOIN YOU FOR A SHORT TIME, IT WAS TERRIFIC THAT THE VISITING WASC TEAM , ESPECIALLY THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE TEAM KNEW YOU, AND WAS CLEARLY INVESTED. IN YOUR SUCCESS, AND WANTING TO BE A GUIDE AND HELP THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO, VERY IMPRESSIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF THE EFFORT, YOUR ENTIRE TEAM, AND REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS AND SUPPORTING YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS. THANK

YOU. >> GREAT, THANK YOU GUYS VERY,

[B. Instructional Services - Presentation: International Baccalaureate TK-12]

THAT GOES INTO IT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, HAVE A

GOOD NIGHT. >> NEXT ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE 5B, INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES PRESENTATION INTERNATIONAL

BACCALAUREATE T K-12. >> GOOD EVENING, AS WE HAVE OUR PRINCIPLES COME UP, I HAVE SOME INITIAL WORDS FOR THE COUPLE SLIDES, YOU CAN GO ON THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE WEBSITE AND DO A WORLD SCHOOL LOOK UP, WHICH IS REALLY NEAT.

YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE WORLD ON A MAP AND YOU SEE THESE BIG DOTS, AND THESE BIG NUMBERS FOR THE NUMBER OF I.V. SCHOOLS THAT ARE AROUND OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY, OUR ENTIRE WORLD. THEN YOU CAN START ZEROING IN ON WHERE WE ARE, AND YOU START SEEING A LOT FEWER OF THEM. BUT WHAT YOU START TO NOTICE IS THAT THERE'S A COUPLE DOTS, AROUND VENTURA COUNTY, AND WE CERTAINLY ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT A CLUSTER OF THOSE I.V.

WORLD SCHOOLS, HERE IN CVUSD AND SPECIFICALLY AT CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SEQUOIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE THOUGHT THAT THERE'S SO MUCH TO BE PROUD OF IN TERMS OF THE ESTABLISHED WORK OF OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF NEW PROGRAMS AS WELL AS CANDIDACY SCHOOL PROGRAMS. WE WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH OUR PUBLIC, A QUICK PLUG OF COURSE, IT IS OPEN ENROLLMENT TIME IN CVUSD, OPEN ENROLLMENT BEGINS ONLINE GENERATE 29TH, SCHOOL CHOICE DEADLINE FOR PRIORITY IS GENERALLY 31ST, AND WE'RE ALWAYS TAKING INNER DISTRICTS APPLICATIONS. OUR PURPOSE AND OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY AGAIN, TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE DEVELOPING OF ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS, I WILL COVER THE IB BACKGROUND BRIEFLY, AND THEN WE WILL GET TO THE GOOD STUFF HEARING FROM EACH OF OUR PRINCIPALS IN OUR SCHOOLS. AS WE HEAR FROM EACH OF THE THREE GREAT SPANS, REALLY, IN THE IB PROGRAMS THAT ARE THERE, OR ARE DEVELOPING, WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THESE FOUR ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS. YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS AT EACH OF THE DIFFERENT LEVELS, BUT PART OF IB IS THE INTERNATIONAL MINDEDNESS. IT REALLY IS ABOUT PREPARING GLOBAL CITIZENS WHO WILL CONTRIBUTE TO NOT JUST THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BUT THE GLOBAL ONE. WE'LL HEAR A LOT ABOUT THE IB LEARNING PROFILE, THESE ARE KEY ATTRIBUTES THAT ARE FOCUSED OF ALL IB SCHOOLS, ATTRIBUTES FOR LEARNERS THAT THE IB PROGRAM FEELS LIKE CAN HELP POSITIVELY IMPACT THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNITY.

WE'LL HEAR ABOUT HOW INHERENT TO IB IS LOOKING NOT AT INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES OR SUBJECTS, BUT MAKING CONNECTIONS AND ANALYZING THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MULTIPLE AREAS, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF DEFINED APPROACHES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING, WHICH REALLY ARE FLEXIBLE FOR IB TEACHING AND LEARNING THROUGHOUT SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS. WITH THAT, I'LL HANDED OVER TO PRINCIPAL

MICHELLE MCDONALD. >> IN QUEUE VERY MUCH. I WILL SAY THAT THE WINTERTIME HAS CAUGHT UP WITH MY VOICE, SO I WILL SPEAK AS LOUDLY AS I CAN, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF I NEED TO SPEAK UP AND I WILL LEAN IN TOWARD THE MIKE. I HAVE A NICE LOW VOICE TONIGHT, BUT I AM HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT INTRODUCTION. I REALLY APPRECIATE HOW MUCH YOU HAVE REALLY EMBRACED THE IB, AND INQUIRED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ITS. AND FOR THAT WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION. I'M GOING TO

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UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL. HAVING THAT GLOBAL MINDEDNESS REALLY STRUCK STRONGLY TO ME, WHEN I LOOKED TO APPLYING TO CYPRUS AS AN I.D. CANDIDACY SCHOOL. IF WE FOCUS HERE ON THIS SLIDE, EACH OF US IS GOING TO BEGIN WITH THIS CIRCLE FOCUS, AND ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT AS A COUPLE SIMILARITIES YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE BETWEEN ALL THREE OF OUR PROGRAMS AND THEN I'LL POINT OUT THE UNIQUE NESTS ABOUT CYPRUS. YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE IN THE CENTER THOSE IB LEARNER PROFILE TRAITS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AT THE BEGINNING IN HIS OPENING, THOSE ARE CORE. THOSE ARE THE COURT TO ALL THREE OF OUR PROGRAMS. YOU'LL SEE THAT AT THE CENTER AND YOU'LL NOTICE AROUND THE OUTSIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE INTERNATIONAL MINDEDNESS, AND THAT ENCOMPASSES AND BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER WITH ALL THE PROGRAMS AT EACH OF THE THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS. I'M GOING TO POINT OUT, NOW, SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES ABOUT OUR CYPRUS, THE PYP PROGRAM. THE ONE BIG DIFFERENCE IS, YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE SECOND RING, CYPRUS TEACHES THROUGH SIX TRANSDISCIPLINARY THEMES, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO READ THOSE THEMES ON THAT RING, THERE. WE TIED TOGETHER ALL OF THE STATE STANDARDS, ALL OF THE ADOPTED CURRICULUM, AND WE TEACH THROUGH THESE TRANSDISCIPLINARY UNITS. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT OF ALL PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAMS AROUND THE WORLD. SO IT GIVES THAT CONNECTEDNESS TO OTHER SCHOOLS AND LEARNING SIMILAR THINGS. ONE OF OUR TRANSDISCIPLINARY THEMES IS HOW WE ORGANIZE OURSELVES. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN SEE THE PERHAPS IN A FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM, THEY WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE ORGANIZE OURSELVES BY LEARNING ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY, HOW TOWNS WORK, HOW TOWNS ORGANIZE THEMSELVES, AND THEN LOOKING TO THE PAST, INTO THE FUTURE, AND AROUND THE WORLD ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ORGANIZE THEMSELVES AROUND COMMUNITIES, MAYBE CLOSE TO SOURCES OF WATER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THOSE SAME SIX THEMES ARE TAUGHT EVERY SCHOOL YEAR BUT INCORPORATE THE CURRENT STANDARDS FOR THAT GRADE LEVEL.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT, IN FIFTH GRADE THEY TALK ABOUT U.S.

GOVERNMENT, IT'S A BIG U.S. HISTORY GRADE. YOU TALK ABOUT HOW THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ORGANIZES THEMSELVES, BUT AS AN IB SCHOOL, WE ARE TYING INTO HOW GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD ORGANIZE THEMSELVES AS WELL, GIVING THE GLOBAL VIEW.

JUST A FEW SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES I WANT TO POINT OUT. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE. AT THE BEGINNING, THE IB MISSION WAS MENTIONED. IF YOU NOTICE, THE FIRST COUPLE WORDS OF THE IB MISSION INCLUDE THE WORD INQUIRY. THAT IS VERY PURPOSEFUL, BECAUSE THE IB WAY OF TEACHING IS THROUGH INQUIRY.

THAT IS HUGE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AREA. SO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS BEGIN THESE UNITS THAT I MENTIONED PRIOR, WITH WHAT WE REFER TO AS A PROVOCATION. THE PROVOCATION CAN LOOK AT MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, IT CAN BE A FIELD TRIP, IT CAN BE A HANDS-ON ACTIVITY. BUT IT IS TYING IN AND GARNERING THE INTEREST FROM THE STUDENTS BEFORE THAT UNIT AND THE LESSONS EVEN BEGIN. SO THAT YOU'RE GETTING THE STUDENTS INVOLVED AND INQUIRING, ASKING QUESTIONS, OFTENTIMES THEY WILL CREATE QUESTION WALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. INQUIRY STARTS WITH THAT PROVOCATION. THING IS THAT, IN THE PRIMARY YEARS PROGRAM WHAT IS UNIQUE IS THAT WE TEACH IN A TRANSDISCIPLINARY FASHION. ALL THE CURRICULUM, ALL OF THE SUBJECTS NEED TO WEAVE TOGETHER. YOU NOTICE THAT WE HAVE SIX TRANSDISCIPLINARY THEMES, WHEN TEACHERS GO TO

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TAKES A LOT OF COLLABORATION TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THIS OCCURS.

I'M BLESSED TO HAVE SUPPORTED WITH A PART-TIME IB COORDINATOR, AND WE DEDICATE TIME IN AUGUST TO COME TOGETHER AS A FULL STAFF. FOR A FULL DAY TO REALLY WORK ON THAT COLLABORATION. THIS YEAR, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE TO INCORPORATE OUR SPECIALISTS MORE, I INVITED MY SPECIALIST TO COME AS WELL, AND ALL BUT ONE OF THEM WERE ABLE TO ATTEND, AND WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME REALLY WORKING TOGETHER.

IN MY SPECIALIST THAT SPENDS THREE TO SIX HOURS A WEEK IS THERE KNOWING WHAT THE INSPECTION IS, WHAT'S GOING ON, THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE IB TRAINED. SO I HAD TO FIGURE OUT THE FUNDS, AND WORK WITH COORDINATING SO THAT ALL OF MY SPECIALISTS ARE IB TRAINED, SO THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO TEACH THROUGH INQUIRY, AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO INTERTWINE THE DIFFERENT SUBJECTS TOGETHER. SO THIS, HERE, IS AN IMAGE FROM OUR MEETING BACK IN AUGUST. WE GOT TOGETHER AND WE CAME UP WITH EIGHT GOALS FOR THE YEAR. THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL DO EACH YEAR. I THINK THAT REALLY SETS APART OUR SCHOOL IN A WAY, BECAUSE WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT GOAL SETTING, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT REFLECTION BY IB. SO IT REALLY PUTS THAT PURPOSE AND IMPORTANCE AT THE TOP, AND ALTHOUGH IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ALL SCHOOLS, WHEN IT BECOMES REQUIRED IT HAPPENS MORE, SO I APPRECIATE THE REQUIREMENT OF THAT COLLABORATION PIECE, SO THESE ARE OUR DIFFERENT GOALS THAT WE COME UP WITH, THAT ARE SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF IB AND INCLUSION POLICY IS MANDATORY, ACADEMIC POLICY IS MANDATORY BY IB, SO WE WERE SIMPLY UPDATING SOME OF OUR POLICIES THROUGHOUT SOME OF OUR GOALS FOR THE YEAR. WE STARTED THAT PROCESS IN AUGUST AND UTILIZED SOME OF OUR STAFF MEETINGS TO CONTINUE WITH THAT PROCESS. ALL OF MY TEACHERS MEET WITH THE IB COORDINATOR EVERY SINGLE WEEK TO LOOK THROUGH, TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE MEETING ALL OF THE STATE STANDARDS, TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE INCORPORATING THE DIFFERENT SUBJECTS, AND MEETING ALL OF THE IB REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.

JUST THAT PIECE OF COLLABORATION, I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT ALWAYS TO HAVE THAT COORDINATOR TO DO THAT PIECE, THEY ALSO MEET WITH ALL THE SPECIALISTS, SO THAT SHE IS THE COMMUNICATION AND CONNECTION PIECE WITH THE TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THE COLLABORATION OCCURS. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THIS ONE. YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK, I'M NOT GOING TO READ SOME OF THE QUOTES BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE. I JUST WANT TO SAY WHAT A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE IT IS TO BE ON THIS CAMPUS, AND HAVE SUCH DEDICATED EDUCATORS. THAT PUT FORTH THEIR TIME, AND THE STUDENTS THAT REALLY, TRULY ENJOY THE EDUCATION THAT THEY'RE GETTING, THERE. I WELCOME ANY VISITORS AT ALL TIMES. THANK YOU.

>> GOOD EVENING. BEFORE I START, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I DIDN'T WANT TO FORGET THAT ONE. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SING, WE WERE DECIDING WHETHER WE WERE GOING TO SING OR NOT, WE

WILL HOLD OFF ON THAT. >> WE ALREADY SANG.

>> WE MISSED IT, OKAY. AS YOU KNOW, SEQUOIA MIDDLE SCHOOL RECEIVED CANDIDACY EARLY THIS YEAR IN OCTOBER 2023. TO GET TO THAT POINT, WE NEEDED TO GO THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS, SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE ARE HAVING, WE WERE HAVING AS EARLY AS MAY WITH THE DISTRICT, WITH MR. KENNY LOU, AND WE HAD DR. SONIA WILSON WITH US DURING THAT PROCESS, THEN IT EXPANDED TO DR. MCLAUGHLIN AND THE BOARD FOR THOSE SUPPORTS WITHIN THE APPLICATION PROCESS. THE IB APPLICATION PROCESS WAS EXTENSIVE, AND WE NEEDED TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE DISTRICT IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THAT APPLICATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THIS CANDIDACY PHASE, MY POWERPOINT IS GOING TO BE JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY MOVING TOWARDS AUTHORIZATION. SO I WILL BE GOING OVER THE STEPS TO

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THEY'LL TALK TO STAFF. THEY'LL TALK TO COMMUNITY, THEY'LL TALK TO STUDENTS. I DIDN'T SAY THAT ALREADY. AND MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THE PROCESS OF THE MYP. AND HOPEFULLY, THE GOAL IS THAT WE HAVE A 25-26 IMPLEMENTATION POST AUTHORIZATION. I'VE LAID OUT A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TIMELINE THAT STARTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GO TO THE HEAD OF SCHOOL WORKSHOP WITH TWO ENGLISH TEACHERS, AND IN THE PARENTHESES, IB DOES HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF FOCUSING ON THE SUBJECT MATTER. ENGLISH WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE INTO LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH, WORLD LANGUAGES IS KNOWN AS LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. WHEN YOU SEE THOSE WORDS IT'S BECAUSE IB RECOGNIZES WORLD LANGUAGES AS LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. WE HAD A TEAM THAT JUST WENT TO THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND THE COORDINATOR WORKSHOP IN LOS ANGELES. JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND. I HAVE A TEACHER GOING TO LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN MARCH. AND I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE SUPPORT FOR THE MARCH 18TH PD DAY. SEQUOIA MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS OUR VERY OWN SCHOOLWIDE IB TRAINING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IT TOOK PLANNING AND SOME CHANGES BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. WE HAVE EVERYBODY GOING AND THE TEAM SHOULD BE FULLY AUTHORIZED, WITH TRAINING INVOLVED 2024. OKAY. THE KEY TAKEAWAYS, YOU CAN SEE HERE, EVERY TIME WE COME BACK FROM A TRAINING, THE KEY TAKEAWAYS ARE, IT INCLUDES ALL SUBJECT AREAS, IT INCLUDES ALL TEACHERS, ALL STUDENTS. WE WOULD BE WALL-TO-WALL AS AN MYP

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THAT BASIS OF THE IB PROGRAM, AND OUR TEACHER AS WELL AS OUR APARTMENT CHAIR FOR DISCOVER THIS YEAR LOVES HOW THAT WORKS TOGETHER, AND IS GROWS FROM THE DISCOVER PROGRAM TO A WALL-TO-WALL PROGRAM. NEXT STEPS. THE NEXT STEPS AGAIN THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON ALL OF OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, GETTING ALL OF OUR TEACHERS TRAINED. AND THEN USING OUR PLC TIME AND STAFF MEETING TIME TO REALLY FOCUS ON TEACHERS WORKING TOGETHER, READING THE SUBJECT AREA GUIDES, PREPARING FOR THE MARCH PD DAY, AND CREATING AN IB COMMITTEE. MUCH LIKE WASC, BRINGING STAFF, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THE IB COMMITTEE.

NEXT STEPS FOR ME IS MORE INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY, ADDING SESSIONS TO FUTURE SEQUOIA NIGHT, ADDING SESSIONS TO BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHT, SO WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION TO EVERYBODY. OKAY. AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE MR.

LAPEER. >> THANK YOU, I HAD THE PLEASURE, THIS IS NOW MY 15TH YEAR AT NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL, AND EVERY ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE AS POSSIBLE. I'VE SEEN IT, YES, 15 YEARS. PRISON GOLDBERG, MY APOLOGIES. BEING AT NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL AS A DEAN AND AN AP AND DOING DIFFERENT JOBS GAVE ME A VERY GOOD LENS IN THE SENSE OF LEARNING WHAT THE IB PROGRAM WAS ALL ABOUT. THEN COMING BACK AS THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO LEARN HOW MUCH THE PROGRAM HAS GROWN SINCE I HAD LEFT, AND RETURNED. AND AS CARLA MENTIONED WITH THE HELP OF DEBBIE AND THE TEACHERS THERE, IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO LEARN EVEN MORE ABOUT WHAT THE IB PROGRAM HAS BEEN ABOUT. AS KENNY SAYS AND MR. LEWIS SAYS, HOW WE OFFER THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAMILIES WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL AS OUTSIDE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY SOME BIG COMMUNITY PARTNERS AS WELL AS BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT JUST LOCAL, BUT THEY'RE NOT EVEN NATIONWIDE, THEY'RE WORLDWIDE.

THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR FAMILIES IN AND THEY TARGET OUR SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF THE IB PROGRAM AS WELL. THEY WANT TO GO TO UNIVERSITY WHEN THEY'RE DONE FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND RETURNED BACK TO EUROPE, AND IB IS RECOGNIZED AS THE MAIN WAY FOR STUDENTS AND COURSES THAT ALIGN WITH WHAT THEY WOULD BE DOING IN EUROPE AS WELL ON THAT. WE GET A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT REALLY WANT TO COME TO NEWBURY BASED ON THAT PROGRAM.

NEXT SLIDE. FIRST, I KNOW DEBBIE, WE WANT TO THANK THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, FOR THE SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM OVER THE YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD ITS. THE PHYSICAL, THE FINANCIAL, THE MORAL SUPPORT IN TERMS OF A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, THAT IT MADE THIS PROGRAM WORK AND DEVELOP INTO WHAT IT IS. WE'VE BEEN AN IB SCHOOL FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS, WE ARE THE OLDEST SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY, AND SO I WOULD SAY WE'RE THE BIGGEST DOT IN THE COUNTY, SO WE'RE PROUD OF THAT, AND THE DP PROGRAM, DIPLOMA PROGRAM, IS FOR 11TH AND 12TH GRADE STUDENTS. WE USE THE NINTH AND 10TH GRADE TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE COURSES THAT ARE PART OF THE DIPLOMA PROGRAM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CIRCLE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IT GETS FOCUSED ON THE OUTSIDE, SAME THING INTERNATIONAL MINDEDNESS, AND APPROACHES THE TEACHING AND LEARNING BUT IT GETS INTO THE SPECIFIC SUBJECTS FOCUS FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE AND BE PART OF AS A FULL DIPLOMA CANDIDATE WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT AS WELL AS DABBLING IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAT OUR STUDENTS WANT TO BE PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM. THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MANY INDIVIDUALS HAVE IN THE PROGRAM. ALSO AS MENTIONED, WE HAVE ONE THIRD OF MANY OF OUR

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ONE OF THE THINGS, ALSO, NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL THE PROGRAM IS A RESOURCE FOR OTHER SCHOOLS THAT WANT TO BECOME IB SCHOOLS AS WELL OR ARE CURRENTLY IB SCHOOLS THAT ARE STRUGGLING. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU PUT YOUR SCHEDULE TOGETHER, THE COURSES YOU OFFER, THE PROGRAMS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE CONSTANTLY ASKED AND ASKING FOR ADVICE OR CAN WE COME TALK TO YOU. WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT SCHOOLS COME TALK TO US, DOWN AT RIO MESA, SO, WE'VE BEEN A SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY AS WELL TO SUPPORT THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM. ONCE AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE LEARNER PROFILE, AND THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN THOSE STUDENTS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID, GOING BACK TO THE WASC PROCESS, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO OUR WASC IN 2019. AND WE WERE SCHEDULED AND COVID HIT, AND WE HAD OUR WASC POSTPONED FOR A YEAR AND A HALF AND IT WAS VIRTUAL. A VIRTUAL WASC VISIT. HOWEVER, WHEN WE WERE STARTING THE PROCESS , AND DEBBIE WAS ONE OF OUR FOCUS LEADERS AS WELL, WE TALKED TO OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND STAFF, AND WE LOOKED AT, THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REVISE OUR SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT. OBVIOUSLY, WE WANTED TO REFLECT SOME OF THE QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS RELATED TO THE IB PROGRAM. WHEN YOU HEAR OUR MISSION STATEMENT, WHICH IS NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL IS AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY THAT PROVIDES ACTIVE AND ENGAGING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WHICH FOSTERS PASSIONATE, OPEN-MINDED AND INQUISITIVE STUDENTS, WE ENCOURAGE A HEALTHY AND BALANCED OUTLOOK ON LIFE WHILE PREPARING OUR STUDENTS TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES.

YOU CAN PROBABLY FIND 10 WORDS ON THAT PAGE THAT ARE IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT, AND THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF THE WORK THAT WE DID WHEN WE WERE REVISING IT, BECAUSE WE ARE AN IB SCHOOL, THAT'S THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT IN THAT WAY. AND THEN WITH THIS, THIS ALSO TIES INTO LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE AND AP. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? WHEN YOU TAKE A STRONG LOOK AT IT, ONE OF THE THINGS IS THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASSES, WHICH ARE GREAT COURSES, THE DIFFERENCE WE SEE IS IB TAKES A MORE IN-DEPTH APPROACH TO THE COURSES IN THE SUBJECT AREAS, BECAUSE THERE'S THE CROSS CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES.

DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER IT'S DANCE, MUSIC, MATH, THERE'S ALWAYS A LEVEL OF WRITING COMPONENT THAT GOES INTO THOSE SUBJECTS. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ACROSS-THE-BOARD. IS MORE DEPTH, IT'S MENTIONED THERE, MORE OPPORTUNITIES, AND THERE'S MORE FOCUS ON STUDENTS BEING ACTIVE LEARNERS, AND RESPONSIBLE NOT ONLY FOR THEIR LEARNING BUT THE WAY THEIR ASSESSMENTS AND HOW THEY PREPARE FOR THEIR ASSESSMENTS AS WELL. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS SIX SUBJECT AREAS AND THAT FOCUSES ON THE IB CIRCLE. SO STUDENTS, IF THEY WANT TO BE IN THE DIPLOMA PROGRAM WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT MORE, THEY HAVE TO TAKE COURSES IN SIX DIFFERENT SUBJECT AREAS. AND OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE, PROBABLY THE LAST YEARS, WE MADE REVISIONS, WE'VE ADDED MORE COURSES, SUBJECT COURSES WITHIN THE SUBJECT AREAS FOR OUR STUDENTS. THE CHOICES THAT WE FOCUSED ON, FOR EXAMPLE, STUDENTS IN THE DP PROGRAM WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO FOCUS ON ONE AREA, THEY ARE ABLE TO CHOOSE FOR SCIENCE, THEY WILL FOCUS ON CHEMISTRY OR BIOLOGY FOR TWO YEARS. THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE BIO FOR 11TH AND CHEMISTRY, THE IMPORTANCE IS TO FOCUS ON A SUBJECT AREA THAT THEY'RE MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND THAT MEETS THE CRITERIA ON THAT. OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS WE'VE UPDATED OUR COURSE OFFERINGS IN MATH AND ENGLISH. WE'VE ADDED ENGLISH COURSES, REVISED MATH COURSES AND A LOT OF TIMES WE GET THOSE REVISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS COME FROM IB AS WELL. THEY TEND TO CHANGE CURRICULUM ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. SO, THAT ALIGNS WITH KEEPING A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT AS WELL AS CONTENT AND CURRICULUM ON THAT. ANOTHER PIECE THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT YOU CAN SEE, IN THE GROUP THREE AREA, THERE'S NO MENTION OF POLITICAL SCIENCE OR ECONOMICS. OUR STUDENTS MEET THOSE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS BY COMPLETING THOSE HISTORY OF AMERICAS IN THE 20TH CENTURY CLASS, IF IT FULFILLS THAT REQUIREMENT AS WELL. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IS AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT OUR CORE LITERATURE TITLES IN AN EFFORT TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND OFFER DIVERSE OFFERINGS TO OUR STUDENTS, WHEN WE AUDITED THAT, THE CURRICULUM WAS ALREADY EMBEDDED WITH RICH, DIVERSE CONTENT AND CURRICULUM IN SUBJECT AREAS, WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT POETRY, MUSIC, SHORT STORIES, NOVELS, THERE WAS A VARIETY OF US THAT OFFERED,

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AND THAT'S CONTINUED TO EXPAND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE PART OF THE IB PROGRAM. SO, THERE'S A COUPLE WAYS THAT STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE IB PROGRAM.

IF YOU WANT TO BE IN THE ACTUAL DIPLOMA PROGRAM, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE SIX COURSES IN ALL SUBJECT AREAS. THEY TAKE THOSE COURSES OVER THE COURSE OF TWO YEARS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE, THEY MAKE SOME CHOICES AND THROUGH THOSE PROGRAMS, AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT PIECE, A LOT OF THAT IS INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS WHERE STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY DOING THINGS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, AND WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS RIGHT NOW, TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS LEADING UP TO MAY, WHEN WE HAVE THOSE FINAL EXAMS FOR THOSE COURSES. WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO SCHEDULE TIME FOR OUR TEACHERS TO ADMINISTER THOSE INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS. THEY CAN ALSO BE LABS THAT STUDENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR MULTIPLE DAYS AS PRACTICE, AS THEY PREPARE FOR THOSE EXAMS THAT ARE COMING UP AS WELL. SO WHEN YOU GET TO THOSE EXAMS, THEY CAN SCORE UP TO SEVEN POINTS THAT ARE PART OF THE DIPLOMA PROGRAM, AND THE EXTRA PIECE THAT GOES WITH BEING A FULL DIPLOMA CANDIDATE IS THE THREE EXTRA COURSES THAT STUDENTS DECIDE TO TAKE, ONE IS THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE, THE EXTENDED ESSAY, AND ALSO THE CREATIVITY ACTIVITIES SERVICE PROJECTS THAT STUDENTS CAN DO. A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS ON THAT IS, FOR EXAMPLE, EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS WOULD BE LIKE SETTING UP TUTORING STUDENTS IN A COMMUNITY SETTING HIM, A RECYCLING PROGRAM, CAMPAIGNS TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, VOLUNTEERING AT A LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER, DIFFERENT THINGS THAT STUDENTS COME UP WITH THAT WE HAVE A TEACHER OR STAFF MEMBER THAT OBSERVES AND MAKE SURE THOSE STUDENTS FOLLOW THROUGH WITH PROJECTS AS WELL. AND CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 34 SENIORS THAT ARE ON TRACK TO BE FULL DIPLOMA CANDIDATES THIS YEAR. AND WE HAVE 48 JUNIORS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE ON TRACK TO BE FULL DIPLOMA CANDIDATES THIS YEAR. WE'VE GOT A GREAT NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE PART OF THE DIPLOMA PROGRAM. AS MENTIONED, THERE'S MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM.

TYPICALLY FULL DIPLOMA CANDIDATES, YOU'LL SEE, OUR STUDENTS SCORE WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE WHEN IT COMES TO, WHEN THEY GET THERE TOTAL NUMBER OF POINTS. TYPICALLY THE MINIMUM YOU HAVE TO SCORE TO EARN YOUR IB DIPLOMA IS 24. OUR STUDENTS AVERAGE TYPICALLY AROUND THE 35 POINT AREA. WHEN WE GET OUR RESULTS EVERY YEAR, WE ALWAYS SEE ANYWHERE FROM 95 TO 100% PASS RATE ON THE EXAMS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE TAKING. AND PART OF THAT, ONE OF THE OTHER PIECES OF THAT IS EVEN THOUGH WE OFFER FIVE AP CLASSES AT NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL, WE ADMINISTER AROUND SEVEN TO 800 EXAMS EVERY YEAR. WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING IS TAKING THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE COURSE, AND THEN SIGNING UP AND TAKING THE AP EXAM WITHOUT TAKING THE AP COURSE, AND OVERALL, OUR SCHOOL PASS RATE IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 75 AND 80% OVERALL AS A SCHOOL. A LOT OF TIMES THE KIDS AREN'T EVEN TAKING THE EXACT AP CLASS.

THERE'S A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE THAT TRANSFERS OVER FROM THOSE COURSES THAT ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO TAKE THOSE EXAMS AND BE SUCCESSFUL IN THOSE EXAMS AS WELL. WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO ADMINISTER CAS, AP, AND IB, WE MOVE CAS UP BUT TRYING TO DO AP AND IB AT THE SAME TIME IS CHALLENGING. WE END UP HAVING TO GO UP TO SYCAMORE TO DO SOME OF THE EXAMS, IN ORDER TO FIND ENOUGH SPACE TO DO THAT. WE APPRECIATE THEIR HELP WITH THAT. IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, IT'S ONE OF THE RESULTS OF THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM. THIS YEAR WE HAVE 574 UNDUPLICATED JUNIORS AND SENIORS THAT ARE TAKING AN IB COURSE THIS YEAR. RIGHT NOW, AS OF TODAY WE'RE 2100 STUDENTS.

WE'RE TRENDING ABOVE THE 50%. WHICH SHOWS THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GIVEN TO THE STUDENTS, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE FULL DIPLOMA CANDIDATES IN ORDER TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM WHICH IS AWESOME. THAT GROWS WITH THE EXPANSION OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING RELATED TO WHAT EVAN WAS TALKING ABOUT THE IB PERFORMANCES THAT THE STUDENTS WILL BE DOING. IT'S THEATER, DANCE, AND THAT'S GROWN. IT'S A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL, ON THAT. NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN WE GOT SOME

[02:25:07]

>> THANK YOU. THAT WAS A VERY THOROUGH, VERY EXCITING PRESENTATION, TO ME. I LOVE THE WAY IT WORKS, AND THE 80 OF INTERCONNECTEDNESS, ALL OF IT JUST MAKES SENSE. AND I THINK, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT RELEVANT, I THINK IT'S EASY TO SHOW THE RELEVANCE WHEN YOU DO THINGS THAT WAY. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.

MR. GORBACK? >> I WANT TO THANK ALL THREE OF YOU FOR THIS EXTENSIVE PRESENTATION, ALSO FOR THE DEDICATION, I'M EXCITED. HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

I'M EXCITED FOR YOUR PROGRAM, IT'S THE WAY ALL EDUCATION UNIVERSALLY SHOULD BE HEADING TOWARD. I'M PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED BY THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THE CLASSES, THE CURRICULUM. ALSO THE FACT THAT WITHOUT TAKING THOSE COURSES, HOW WELL YOUR KIDS DO ON THE AP TESTS.

WITHOUT TAKING THE COURSES, BECAUSE THE OVERALL GENERAL LEARNING APPLIES. SO CONGRATULATIONS, I'D LOVE TO VISIT YOUR CAMPUSES AND SEE IT AT WORK.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I REALLY LIKED LEARNING ABOUT IB AND HAVE KNOWN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AND WE'VE HAD PRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE PYP BUT GETTING TO SEE THE CONTINUING, THIS IS REALLY THE MOST THOROUGH, AS YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FROM TK THROUGH 12TH GRADE, THAT SAID, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT AS A CONTINUUM OFFERING IT AT THREE LEVELS, ALL OF OUR GRADE SPANS, AND KNOWING THAT IN ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOLS IT REALLY IS MEANT FOR ALL STUDENTS, IMPACTING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. OF COURSE AT HIGH SCHOOL IT'S DIFFERENT. RIGHT? IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE STUDENT BODY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF NIGHT OR 10TH GRADE IS IMPACTED AT ALL. I'M THINKING AHEAD TO ALL THESE KIDS COMING THROUGH, THEY'VE BEEN EDUCATED, WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN AS THEY COME INTO NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL AT THAT POINT? AS A NINTH GRADER?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE THERE CAN BE A CONNECTION THAT KEEPS IT GOING THROUGH THE 11TH, THROUGH THE NINTH AND 10TH GRADE YEAR. THERE'S A COUPLE WAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE WANT TO DO THAT. SOME OF THE THINGS, WITH ANY ORGANIZATION THERE'S REQUIREMENTS, AND GUIDELINES THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW RELATED TO THAT. SOME PUT RESTRICTIONS ON, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE GO ONE WAY IT COULD LOCK IN STUDENTS ON THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE. HOW WE GO ABOUT THAT CANDIDACY IS ONE THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN MAKING WORK SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT. THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED AS WELL.

AND FORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF TEACHERS THAT ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCED, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN SEQUOIA AND TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE STARTING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS, WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE FOR OUR NINTH AND 10TH GRADE STUDENTS. CURRENTLY ONE OF THE THINGS WE USE OUR NINTH AND 10TH GRADE HONORS CLASSES AS A WAY TO START PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE IB COURSES ON THAT. PART OF THAT, DEBBIE DOES A PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT FOR OUR RISING 10TH GRADERS, AND TALKS ABOUT WHAT IB IS, FOR CURRENTLY OUR 11TH AND 12TH GRADE STUDENTS, BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT WAY TO DO.

>> IF I CAN ADD TO THAT, ON THE MARCH PD DAY THAT WILL BE

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>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHEN YOU SAY ONE THROUGH FIVE, FOUR AND FIVE ARE GRADES NINE AND 10, POTENTIALLY? IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? OKAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M PLAYING ALONG.

>> AND SIMILARLY, YOU HAVE EIGHT, DID YOU SAY YOU HAVE EIGHT? HOW DOES THAT WORK IN A MASTER SCHEDULE?

>> HOW YOU WANT TO DO THAT. YES, IN THE MYP PROGRAM THERE ARE EIGHT SUBJECT AREAS. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MYP PROGRAM IS NOT THAT THE SUBJECTS ARE ALL YEAR LONG.

SOME OF THESE SUBJECTS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN OTHER SUBJECT AREAS. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A COOL EXAMPLE, IS THE ONE THAT GETS ME EXCITED. I HAD A SIXTH GRADE TEACHER IN SOCIAL STUDIES, I KNOW YOU CAME TO CAMPUS AND YOU SAW THE CREATION OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING, AND SO DID DR. ROGERS. HE WAS ABLE TO SMELL WHAT WAS HAPPENING. I'M GOING TO PUT RELEVANCE TO WHAT I'M SAYING HERE. MY SIXTH GRADE TEACHER WAS WORKING ON ANCIENT EGYPT. THEY WERE FOCUSING THAT IN SOCIAL STUDIES. SHE WAS CROSSING THAT OVER INTO A DESIGN PROJECT. SO THEREIN LIES THE DESIGN COMPONENT WITHIN IB. SHE PULLED THAT INTO THE DESIGN COMPONENT AND BRANCHED OFF INTO THE RELEVANCY OF MUDBRICK HOMES IN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION TO TODAY'S WORLD, KIDS READ THE ARTICLE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DESIGN AND LOOK AT THE ACTUAL ENTIRE PIECE. OF THE GLOBAL CONTEXT. EIGHT DIVIDED INTO SIX DOESN'T WORK, YOU ARE RIGHT.

HOWEVER, THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER WITHIN EACH OTHER, IN AN

INTERDISCIPLINARY CONTENT. >> THAT'S GREAT, THANK YOU, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT, TOO, THAT'S VERY COOL.

>> IT WAS SO GOOD. >> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER?

>> THANK ALL OF YOU. THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLY THOROUGH PRESENTATION. ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, MY KIDS DID NOT DO IN INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE, I'VE HEARD PIECES BUT THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT EXPLANATION OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. IT STRUCK ME AS MS. MCDONALD STARTED TALKING ABOUT WHAT LOOKED LIKE A MILITARY SCHOOL CAMPUS IT PIGGYBACKED ON THE LAST CONVERSATION WE WERE HAVING WITH WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND KIDS WHO ARE SUPER ACHIEVERS, CHECKING THE BOXES, BUT MAYBE NOT QUITE AS ENGAGED OR SEE THE RELEVANCY AND IT STRIKES ME THAT IF YOU START A STUDENT BACK IN THIS TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT, TK AND KINDERGARTEN, THAT WILL CHANGE. KUDOS TO THE THREE OF YOU FOR SPEARHEADING THIS AT YOUR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS. I KNOW WE ARE AT VARIOUS PHASES, CYPRUS, YOU ARE YEAR TWO AS FULL AUTHORIZATION? MY QUESTIONS ARE FOR SEQUOIA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE THROES OF IT. WHAT, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES ARE? IS IT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT? IS IT FINANCIAL NEEDS? RESOURCES, STUDENT BUY-IN? WHAT ARE CHALLENGES AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP?

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD THIS PROGRAM, THERE ARE DIFFERENT VARIETY OF NEEDS. THE 6÷8 LOOKING INTO THAT AND SAYING, HOW DOES THAT WORK? HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY, NOT ONLY WITHIN THE STAFF BUT WITHIN INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES AS WELL, SEEING HOW A COMPONENT OF DESIGN CAN WORK INTO A MATH CLASS OR SCIENCE CLASS, AND I APPRECIATE MY SCIENCE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY LOOKING INTO HOW TO MELT BOTH DESIGN AND SCIENCE BECAUSE IT WORKS TOGETHER. THE LANGUAGE COMPONENT IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THOROUGHLY, I KNOW MR. LEPIRE BROUGHT IT UP AT THE MYP PROGRAM AS WELL. AND KNOWING THAT EACH PROGRAM, EACH ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS, I KNOW MINE COMING IN WE ARE AT THE BEGINNING PHASES, IS KNOWING THAT THERE ARE THOSE LOGISTICS, AND THOSE NEEDS IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE AUTHORIZATION.

UNDERSTANDING WHEN I SEND THAT INFORMATION, HE SHARES THAT AND WILL CASCADE THAT TO EVERYONE HERE, KNOWING THAT THESE ARE NEEDS FOR AUTHORIZATION PROCESS. THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPPORT. IN GETTING ALL OF THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DONE. BECAUSE THAT WAS A HUGE TASK THIS YEAR, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT BY FALL OF 2024 I SHOULD HAVE EVERY STAFF MEMBER TRAINED IN IB MYP PLUS HAVING

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>> EXCELLENT, THANK ALL THREE OF YOU FOR YOUR PASSION.

THAT'S WHAT CARRIES THESE PROGRAMS AND MAKES THEM

SUCCESSFUL. >> YOU MENTIONED TALKING ABOUT THE RELEVANCE AND THE UNDERSTANDING IN CHUCKING THE BOXES, IS THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE. AND REALLY, AND THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO EARN, CAN I ASK YOU TO TALK ABOUT T OKAY? BECAUSE YOU TEACH AT. I DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS

ONE UP. >> SURE. THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE, IT'S THE MOST EXCITING CLASS EVER, I'M SO, I FEEL GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH AT. IT'S CENTRAL TO ALL OF THE OTHER DISCIPLINES, SO IF WE WENT BACK TO THE PROGRAM MODEL YOU WOULD SEE SYRIA THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE CENTER WITH CREATIVITY ACTIVITY SERVICE. THE IDEA IS THE STUDENTS ARE LEARNING ALL THIS REALLY IN-DEPTH INFORMATION AND TYING CONCEPTS TOGETHER. BUT THEY'RE DOING IT IN THESE INDIVIDUAL CONTEXTS, STILL GOING TO SIX CLASSES, GOING TO MATH, GOING TO HISTORY. GOING TO THE VISUAL ARTS CLASS. THEY COME TO THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE AND IS A SEMINAR STYLE CLASS WHERE WE LOOK AT THE NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE, AND IT'S VERY META-, IF YOU WILL. WE GET TO THINK ABOUT WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW, HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW, TO REALLY REFLECT ON WHAT OUR OWN PERSPECTIVE IS, AND HOW THAT IMPACTS THE CONCLUSIONS WE DRAW. WHEN WE ARE PRESENTED WITH NEW INFORMATION. IT'S A VERY ENGAGING CLASS THAT REALLY HAS STUDENTS REFLECT, NOT JUST WITHIN THAT CLASS ABOUT WHAT THEY KNOW AND HOW THEY KNOW WHAT THEY KNOW, BUT IT CONNECTS TO ALL THE DISCIPLINES THAT THEY'RE LEARNING, AND THEY REALLY GET TO THINK ABOUT, WHEN I SEE THE NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE, WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION WOULD WE EXPLORE IN A SCIENCE CLASS, AND HOW CERTAIN ARE WE IN OUR PREDICTIONS? THEN WE LOOK AT OTHER KNOWLEDGE CONCEPTS IN ADDITION TO CERTAINTY, AND PREDICTION, THINGS LIKE POWER, SO THAT CAN REALLY TIE INTO INDIVIDUALS IN SOCIETY, SOCIAL SCIENCE CLASSES, TO THINK ABOUT THE NATURE OF POWER AND HOW THAT IMPACTS WHAT IS KNOWN IN A COMMUNITY. IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING CLASS THAT REALLY GETS THEM ENGAGED, AND HOPEFULLY SEEING THE RELEVANCE OF HOW IT ALL CONNECTS. TO THE REAL WORLD, THAT'S THE LAST BIT. THEY DO HAVE A FORMAL ASSESSMENT IN THAT CLASS, THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF FORMAL ASSESSMENTS, BUT THE FINAL IS AN ESSAY WHERE THEY ANSWER THESE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS, AND FOR EACH ASSERTION THEY MAKE THEY CAN'T JUST STATE UNSUPPORTED PLATITUDES. THEY NEED TO BRING IT IN WITH A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE, IN THE CASE OF THAT ESSAY IT'S PERSONAL, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE THE MOST SCHOLARLY SOURCE, ALTHOUGH THAT'S SOMETHING THAT GOES INTO THE EXTENDED ESSAY, BUT WE THEY'RE ASKED TO LOOK AT ANY STIMULUS FROM THE REAL WORLD AND CONNECT THAT TO THEIR OWN LEARNING, IN A WAY THAT SUPPORTS THE THINGS THAT

THEY'RE SAYING. >> AND NOW WE KNOW WHY SHE'S THE REIGNING TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR VENTURA COUNTY. VERY

CLEAR. >> TO GO BACK TO TRUSTEE SYLVESTER'S QUESTION ABOUT SEQUOIA TRANSITIONING, ONE OF THE PIECES THAT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AWARE OF IS WE HAVE A LOT OF PARENTS WHO ATTEND AND TRANSITION INTO THE DISCOVER PROGRAM. THE DISCOVER PROGRAM WILL NO LONGER EXIST WHEN THIS TRANSITION HAPPENS. SO, WE'RE GOING FROM A SECTIONED GROUP OF 50% OF THE STUDENTS, TO NOW OPENING THIS UP TO ALL STUDENTS. THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ADJUSTMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW THEY'RE COMMUNICATING THAT THROUGH BOTH SEQUOIA WITH THEIR OPEN HOUSES AND CONVERSATIONS WITH TRANSITION INTO MIDDLE SCHOOL. FROM A BOARD PERSPECTIVE WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, THAT WE SAY THINGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS CONNECT, UNTIL SOMEONE IS IN THE THRUST OF IT, AND THEN YOU'LL GET AN EMAIL. KNOW THAT THIS TRANSITION WILL BE HAPPENING WITH THAT ONE PARTICULAR PROGRAM AS STUDENTS ENTER.

[02:40:02]

>> ONE THING THAT SHOULD HELP IS THAT IT'S ALSO AN INQUIRY-BASED PROGRAM. THEY'RE USED TO WORKING IN THAT SAME

SORT OF WAY. >> I WON'T TAKE TOO MUCH TIME.

WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN DISCOVER AND IB, THERE ARE DEFINITE SIMILARITIES WITH THE INQUIRY-BASED AND CROSS CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS.

BUILDING IT, SPREADING IT OUT TO EIGHT SUBJECT AREAS, AND WALL-TO-WALL. THE QUESTION IS, I'VE HAD THIS QUESTION BEFORE, THEY WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROCESS AS WELL. THEY ARE, THEY WOULD BE IN AN IB MYP AUTHORIZED SCHOOL. THAT'S WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS. DOWN TO OUR SPECIALIZED PROGRAM WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH THOSE IEP'S AND CASE MANAGERS, THAT IS THE GOAL IS THAT EVERY STUDENT WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO

THIS PROGRAM. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TRUSTEE

GILL? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHEN WE SAY THAT WE HAVE A RIGHT FIT FOR EVERY STUDENT AND EVERY FAMILY, IT'S DIFFICULT. IT'S A CHALLENGE TO COMMUNICATE THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF THE OFFERINGS THAT WE HAVE.

PRESENTATIONS LIKE THIS GIVE US ON THE BOARD A WINDOW, BUT ALSO FAMILIES WHO ARE CONSIDERING WHETHER THEY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE, WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE THEIR CHILDREN TO GO TO SCHOOL, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE RICHNESS, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO HAVE THE FLAGSHIP POGROM AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, FOR AGREEING TO DO THE VERY HARD WORK TO BRING IT THROUGH THE GRADE SPAN, SO WE HAVE THIS RICHNESS WHICH I'M PROUD TO SAY IS LOCATED IN THE NEWBURY PARK CLUSTER. THANK YOU

VERY VERY MUCH. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE

PROWLER HEARD THAT. >> CAN I REFLECT ON THAT REAL QUICKLY? I WANT TO SHARE THAT I RECEIVED AN EMAIL, TWO WEEKS AGO FROM A FAMILY FROM GERMANY, WHO WAS SAYING THAT THEY WERE MOVING INTO THE AREA, AND WE SHARED WITH THEM YOU LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE YOU CAN GO TO TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND WERE VERY OPEN ABOUT THAT AND THEY SAID, NO, WE WANT TO COME TO CYPRUS, THIS IS A FAMILY FROM GERMANY. YOU'RE TALKING TO THAT TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT, I GUESS A COUPLE OTHER GERMAN FAMILIES THAT ATTENDED OUR SCHOOL HAD SHARED, SO I DOUBT THAT THEY'RE MOVING TO CYPRUS, TO OUR AREA JUST BECAUSE OF THE EDUCATION, BUT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE COMING HERE AND CHOOSING SPECIFICALLY TO LIVE IN THIS AREA, WAS A GREAT EMAIL TO RECEIVE. I SHARED IT WITH MY STAFF AND SAID, WE'RE GETTING OUT THERE, PEOPLE ARE HEARING ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS GOING ON. SHARING THAT CONNECTION PIECE, AND WE REALLY ARE HEARING STUDENTS PURPOSEFULLY COMING TO OUR SCHOOLS FOR THAT

IB PROGRAM. >> ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS PEOPLE MOVE TO THOUSAND OAKS IS BECAUSE OF OUR SCHOOLS. THE FACT THAT WORD IS REACHING GERMANY IS FANTASTIC.

>> WE HAVE A GERMAN FOLLOWING.

>> GREAT JOB ON THE MARKETING OF THAT. ANY OTHER? TRUSTEE

KAHL. >> I WANT TO ECHO ALL OF THE THINGS. THIS IS SUCH A BIG PROGRAM AND I'VE NEVER HEARD A LOT ABOUT IT, AND I'M SO GLAD I GOT TO SIT HERE TODAY AND HERE YOU GUYS SPEAK WITH ALL YOUR PASSION ABOUT THIS GREAT STUFF THAT YOU'RE DOING. SPECIFICALLY I WANTED TO COMMENT THAT I REALLY LOVE THE GLOBAL MINDEDNESS ASPECT OF IT, I GREW UP WITH PARENTS WHO DIDN'T GO THROUGH THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM, I'VE NOTICED THAT IT'S LOST SOMETIMES IN THE TYPICAL CURRICULUM THAT MOST STUDENTS FOLLOW. I LOVE THAT THIS IS AN EMPHASIS ON RECOGNIZING THAT AMERICA IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE, BUT THERE IS A GLOBE, AND LOTS OF COMMUNITIES AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO DO THINGS DIFFERENT WAYS AND THOSE WAYS CAN BE GOOD AS WELL. I LOVE THAT PORTION OF IT. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THE COURSES ARE TWO YEARS, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE STUDENTS TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY WOULD MAYBE WANT TO DO. HAVE YOU FOUND OF THE GLOBAL MINDEDNESS IN THAT CURRICULUM IS LOST IF STUDENTS DON'T CHOOSE TO TAKE THOSE IB COURSES?

>> IN THEIR NINTH AND 10TH GRADE YEAR, THEY DO HAVE, WE HAVE THEM DO BIOLOGY HONORS AND THEY GET AN OPPORTUNITY, TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN, PASSIONATE IN, AS WELL AS THAT'S WHY WE EXPANDED THE TWO DIFFERENT OFFERINGS IN ENGLISH AS WELL, TO OFFER THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

WHEN I TALK TO STUDENTS, THEY'RE APPRECIATIVE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE, SO, WHETHER IT'S STUDENTS THAT

[02:45:01]

>> I WAS GOING TO MENTIONED THAT OUR TEACHERS DON'T EXCLUSIVELY TEACH IB. ONE OF THE BENEFITS IS THAT PERMEATES DOWN TO ALL THE CLASSES, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TEACHING TEACHING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, AS SOON AS I DID START TO START TEACHING IB WHICH WAS 15 YEARS AGO, THAT WAS A SHIFT, AND ONCE YOU HAVE TEACHERS WHO ARE TRAINED IN THE MIND-SET, IT PERCOLATES THROUGH ALL OF THEIRS OTHERS AS WELL.

MAYBE ISN'T SPECIFICALLY IB, INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE IS PART OF OUR LONG-STANDING IDENTITY AS A SCHOOL, IT JUST BECOMES SO MUCH PART OF OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT I FEEL LIKE, AT LEAST IN WAYS, IT ENDS UP BECOMING PART OF THE COURSE IS. AS TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO THE DIFFERENCES OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF MYP, THE PYP, TO BE WALL-TO-WALL SCHOOLWIDE EVERY SCHOOL IS TAKING CLASSES ALL THE TIME, IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE THOSE COURSES ARE MORE ABOUT THE APPROACH, AND THE APPROACHES TO TEACHING IN LEARNING, WHEN YOU GET TO DIPLOMA, THOSE ARE ARTICULATED WITH THE UNIVERSITIES FOR UNIVERSITY CREDIT. THOSE ARE VERY SPECIFIC CONTENT IN ADDITION TO APPROACH, BECAUSE THE COLLEGES HAVE TO AGREE THAT IF YOU TAKE THIS COURSE AND YOU SCORE AT THIS LEVEL, WE'RE WILLING TO GIVE YOU COLLEGE CREDIT FOR THAT COURSE IN THE SAME WAY THAT ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES WORK. MAYBE NOT EVERY 11TH AND 12TH GRADE STUDENT IS READY TO BE TAKING A COLLEGE CLASS, AND THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE, BUT THEY'RE STILL GETTING ACCESS TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING THAT GOES ACROSS OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL.

>> THAT'S FANTASTIC, THANK YOU.

>> I LEFT THIS OUT OF MY PRESENTATION, BECAUSE FOR BREVITY, I'M GOING TO MAKE IT LONGER. IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING, THEY'RE THE SCENE OF INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE, ARE TWO THAT COME TO THE TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT AWAY. THOSE CHARACTERISTICS AS DEBBIE TALKED ABOUT, THE APPROACHES TO TEACHING OUR GOOD TEACHING CONCEPTS ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT JUST FOR AN IB CLASS. IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE STANDARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHING, THEY ALIGN WITH A LOT OF THOSE THINGS ON THAT. SO THEY DO, THEY TRANSLATE ACROSS THE BOARD

FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF. >> DEBBIE, YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT MADE ME THINK. THE COURSES ARTICULATED WITH COLLEGE AND THEY GET COLLEGE CREDIT IF THEY PASS AT A CERTAIN LEVEL. DOES THAT WORK LIKE AN AP CLASS WHERE YOU GET CREDIT BUT NOT ANALOGOUS? YOU DON'T NECESSARILY GET CREDIT FOR THAT PARTICULAR CLASS? OR IS IB DIFFERENT IN SOME WAY THAT IF YOU'RE TAKING AN IB MATH CLASS THAT'S RETICULATED, AND YOU PASS AT A CERTAIN RATE, YOU GET CREDIT FOR THAT PARTICULAR

MATH? >> GREAT QUESTION. I BELIEVE SO. EACH UNIVERSITY HAS THEIR OWN SYSTEM OF, WE WANT THESE SCORES AND THIS COURSE WE SEE AS EQUIVALENT TO THIS COURSE.

THEY DO GIVE THEM THAT DIRECT TRANSFER OF CREDIT, IN ADDITION, IF STUDENTS MAYBE THEY DON'T NEED TO HAVE VISUAL ARTS IN THEIR MAJOR, MOST COLLEGES WILL STILL, IF THEY DON'T NEED THAT SPECIFIC COURSE, THEY WILL AWARD ELECTIVE CREDIT, GENERAL ELECTIVE CREDIT.

>> A LOT OF TIMES WITH APL JUST GET AN ELECTIVE CREDIT OR SOME KIND OF CREDIT BUT IT WON'T BE FOR THAT PARTICULAR CLASS. I

WAS CURIOUS. >> IN MOST CASES STUDENTS ARE GETTING CREDITS AWARDED IN THAT PARTICULAR CLASS. I CAN'T SAY

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>> GREAT, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? GREAT, THANK YOU GUYS VERY, VERY MUCH. WE HOPE YOUR VOICE GETS BETTER, MICHELLE.

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT A BREAK? IT COULD BE A GOOD TIME IF WE'RE THINKING WE NEED A BREAK, BECAUSE I MIGHT IN 10 MINUTES, OR WE CAN GO NOW. SO, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK FOR

[C. Instructional Services - Approval of New Middle School Core Literature Title - Almost American Girl]

PAIRS WITH THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS FOR A PROPOSED NEW CORE LITERATURE TITLE FOR TWO OF THEM, BUT WE'RE BRINGING THESE FORWARD THROUGH OUR ESTABLISHED PROCESS WITH THEIR TEACHERS, AS ONE OF THE BOOKS GETS SHOWN RIGHT HERE. OUR TEACHERS RECOMMEND THESE TITLES AND THEY GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES ARTICULATION MEETINGS, SECONDARY CURRICULUM ADVISORY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THESE TITLES, AND THEN WE BRING THEM FORWARD TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TWICE FOR INFORMATION DISCUSSION, AS WELL AS ONE FINAL TIME FOR ACTION, FOR POSSIBLE ACTION AND FOR THE PUBLIC AND OTHERS TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE TITLES AND PROVIDE INPUT OR FEEDBACK. YOU CAN GET ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR TITLE AND THE TWO OTHERS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING NEXT ON OUR MAIN CVUSD WEBSITE, YOU CLICK THE I WANT TO BUTTON AND LEARN ABOUT GRADES SIX THROUGH 12, YOU'LL SEE SUMMARIES OF THE TITLES, YOU'LL SPECIFICALLY SEE OUR BOARD POLICY AND ADMINISTERED A REGULATION THAT DETAILS ARE PROCESS. AND WE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT TITLES WE HAVE APPROVED IN THE PAST AS WELL AS YOU CAN CLICK THE SUBMIT A QUESTION BUTTON, AND OUR STAFF IS HAPPY TO RESPOND.

>> I'M VERY EXCITED, I PICKED MINE UP FROM THE PUBLIC LIBRARY TODAY, ALL THREE OF THEM, VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO READ

THEM. >> I FORGOT TO MENTION, THANK YOU. ALL THE TITLES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE THOUSAND OAKS PUBLIC LIBRARY, THIS ONE INCLUDED FOR EIGHTH GRADE AS WELL AS SUBSEQUENT TWO. YOU CAN CHECK THEM OUT AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL MAIN OFFICE.

>> THAT'S GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS,

COMMENTS? TRUSTEE GILL? >> I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR ITS CONSIDERABLE WORK TO IDENTIFY THESE TITLES, AND BRING THEM FORWARD. AND THEN CONSIDERABLY MORE WORK ONCE THE BOARD AGREES TO APPROVE THEM, TO DEVELOP THE CURRICULUM, AND I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THAT HARD WORK, AND THE CONSISTENT WORK THAT'S TAKEN PLACE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, TO OUR PROGRAM. I HAVE THIS TITLE RIGHT HERE. I HAVE THE OTHERS WAITING. IT BEARS REPEATING THE BOARD POLICY THAT GUIDES THIS PROGRAM. IT WAS DONE TO REALLY WELCOME THE COMMUNITY IN, TO READ THESE BOOKS TOGETHER WITH US, BECAUSE WE ARE PROUD OF THE PROGRAM OVERALL. JUST WORDS OF APPRECIATION, DEEPLY FELT.

>> IT BRINGS A RELEVANCE, THE THROUGH LINE OF THIS MEETING, RELEVANCE. AND I THINK THESE TITLES, FROM FIRST GLANCE IT

[02:55:05]

[D. Instructional Services - Approval of New High School Core Literature Titles - Overground Railroad and Piranesi]

RAILROAD" AND BERENICE. >> DITTO.

>> DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD PIRANESI, DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU

HAVE SOMETHING SPECIFIC. >> I DO HAVE SOMETHING SPECIFIC. "ALMOST AMERICAN GIRL", I'M SORRY, THE PREVIOUS ITEM AS WELL AS A GROUND RAILROAD, THOSE ARE ABSOLUTELY TITLES THAT OUR TEACHERS BROUGHT FORWARD AS TITLES THAT FEATURE AN UNDERREPRESENTED PROTAGONIST AS WELL AS AUTHOR.

PIRANESI IS NOT NECESSARILY IN THAT TITLE. IF WE DO APPROVE THAT, THAT WOULD NOT GO INTO THE OPTIONAL REQUIRED, THAT WOULD GO INTO THE OTHER OPTIONAL. THIS IS MORE OF A MYTHICAL TEXT, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY ALIGN EXACTLY 2

HOUR LCAP GOAL. >> THANK YOU. MR. GORBACK?

>> I WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU SAID, PRESIDENT GOLDBERG, THAT THE PASSION FOR OUR TEACHERS TO FIND A BOOK THAT THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT, THAT THEY WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS TO GET IT APPROVED, AND COME TO US, SHOWS THAT THEY WOULD BE PASSIONATE ABOUT IMPRISONING TO THEIR KIDS AND WITH THAT KIND OF PASSION IT'S CONTAGIOUS. AND THE KIDS WILL GET IT, AND IF IT IS NOTHING ELSE IT WILL INCREASE THE READING THAT OUR KIDS DO. SO I WANT TO THANK THE TEACHERS THAT HAVE THE PASSION TO BRING IT UP TO US.

>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON, ITEM 5E. APPROVAL OF

[E. Superintendent - Approval of Amendments to Board Policy 1150 - Commendations and Awards]

DR. MCLAUGHLIN? >> THIS IS JUST A GAMUT UPDATE WITH GAMUT LANGUAGE, UPDATING ACKNOWLEDGMENTS EITHER THROUGH LETTERS FROM THE BOARD TO COMMUNITY OR STUDENTS, AND/OR BRINGING THEM TOGETHER AT A BOARD MEETING WHICH WE DO FREQUENTLY. I THINK WE'VE GOT THIS ONE PRETTY NAILED DOWN.

THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION THAT GOES OUT ON BEHALF OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD TO ALL SORTS OF CONTEST WINNERS, THEY GO TO MY OFFICE FREQUENTLY, YOU GUYS MAY NOT EVEN KNOW ABOUT. I DO THINK THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION

AND THIS IS A GAMUT UPDATE. >> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? EXCELLENT. MOVING ON, ITEM 5F, ANOTHER SUPERINTENDENT

[F. Superintendent - Approval of Amendments to Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 1340 - Access to District Records]

DISTRICT RECORDS. >> WE'RE PROBABLY EXPERTS AT THIS ONE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS THAT GET ASKED. THE INTERESTING THING IS, I NOTED IN HERE WHICH IS GAMUT LANGUAGE, THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT WE ADJUSTED BASED ON OUR PROCESSES BECAUSE WE FOLLOW THE LAW, WHICH IS TIED TO THE PROCESS.

OTHER THAN IT NOTED THAT BOARD MEMBERS CAN PUT IN PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, WHICH, WE WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN, BUT IT'S NOT ANYTHING THAT I'VE PROBABLY FACED IN MY TENURE, BUT IT IS A NOTED, BOLDED PARAGRAPH IN HERE.

ANYHOW, IT'S EVERY THING THAT WE FOLLOW ALIGNS WITH THE LAW, AND WE GET THESE FREQUENTLY, AND, I THINK WE DO A PRETTY THOROUGH JOB AND GET BACK TO THE RESPONSES AS NEEDED. WE DO LIKE TO TIE AS MUCH AS WE CAN BACK TO BOARD DOCS, AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO OUR BOARD, SO WE SEE THAT MORE FREQUENTLY, NOW, THAT WE TIE THEM BACK TO SPECIFIC BOARD MEETINGS, AGENDA ITEMS, AND KNOW THAT EVERYTHING WE REQUESTED IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ALREADY.

>> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER? >> A QUICK QUESTION, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T FACED THIS AND MAY NOT RAISE IT, BUT IF A BOARD MEMBER DOES PUT IN A PRA, WITH THAT INFORMATION THEN BE SENT TO EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE BOARD? BECAUSE THAT IS OUR PRACTICE

WITH OTHER THINGS. >> YES. I WOULD NOTE THAT AS

THE WAY WE HANDLE IT. >> GOOD, I THINK.

[G. Instructional Services - Approval of Amendments to Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 1312.3 - Uniform Complaint Procedures]

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ONE? GREAT. MOVING ONTO

[03:00:02]

COMPLAINT PROCESS. MR. LOO? >> THESE UPDATES AND ADMINISTRATOR REFLECT GAMUT UPDATES THAT ARE ALIGNED WITH NEW CALIFORNIA LAW, SPECIFICALLY A SIMILE BILL 1078, WHICH CLARIFIES WHEN IT IS UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION FOR A GOVERNING BOARD TO REFUSE TO APPROVE THE USE OR PROHIBIT THE USE OF INCLUSIVE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. IT ALSO ADDS THAT COMPLAINTS REGARDING DISCRIMINATION, IN THIS CASE, WOULD BE HANDLED THROUGH THE UNIFORM COMPLAINT PROCESS.

>> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ONE?

>> I HAVE ONE MINOR QUESTION. I'M JUST CURIOUS. THAT IT STRUCK ME, ON PAGE 11 OF THE AR. IT TALKS ABOUT, THIS IS OLD LANGUAGE. IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH BEFORE ALL THE NUMBERS, TALKS ABOUT APPROPRIATE REMEDIES THAT MAY BE OFFERED TO SUPPORT THE VICTIM. I HEARD A COUPLE OF TIMES IN OTHER MEETINGS LAST YEAR ABOUT HOW PEOPLE PERCEIVED SOME OF THE SUPPORTS BEING OFFERED AS PUNITIVE TO THEM, TO THE VICTIM, AS OPPOSED TO SUPPORTIVE, AND I WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE NEED TO REALLY INFORM THE VICTIMS THAT IT'S OFFERED IN SUPPORT, JUST SO THAT, SO THAT WE'RE MINDFUL OF THAT. BECAUSE THEY'RE TELLING ME I HAVE TO GO TO COUNSELING. KNOW, WE'RE OFFERING YOU SUPPORT. BUT IT MAY NOT TRANSLATE TO THEM, THEY MAY NOT HEAR IT THAT WAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE HERE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO TELL THEM.

>> ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? GREAT. EXCELLENT. 5H, AGAIN,

[H. Instructional Services - Approval of Amendments to Administrative Regulation 1312.4 - Williams Uniform Complaint Procedures]

>> THIS UPDATE ALSO REFLECTS THE NEW CALIFORNIA LAW ASSEMBLY BILL 1078, SPECIFICALLY DENOTES THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC INSTRUCTIONS AUTHORITY TO INVESTIGATE AND INTERVENE ON COMPLAINTS REGARDING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, WHICH MAY BE PROHIBITED OR REFUSED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

>> QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? GREAT. NUMBER 5I, STUDENT

[I. Student Services - Approval of Amendments to Board Policy 5145.6 - Parent Guardian Notifications]

GARDEN NOTIFICATION. >> GOOD EVENING. THIS BOARD POLICY IS JUST UPDATED TO IDENTIFY THAT IF FOR ANY REASON WE KNOW THAT A PARENT IS NOT ABLE TO READ THE PARENT NOTIFICATION THAT WE ARE TO ACCOMMODATE, FOR EXAMPLE, BRAILLE OR LARGE FORMAT AUDIO, EVEN IF IT'S NOT LISTED WE'RE REQUIRED TO WORK WITH THEM SO THEY CAN BE COMMUNICATED WITH.

>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ONE? GREAT. STUDENT

[J. Student Services - Approval of Amendments to Board Policy 6159.2 - Nonpublic, Nonsectarian School and Agency Services for Special Education]

EDUCATION. >> THIS BOARD POLICY IS UPDATED JUST TO FURTHER MAKE SURE THAT IF WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL, THAT WE IDENTIFY IN THE CONTRACT THAT THEY ARE TO FOLLOW OUR POLICIES, WITH REGARDS TO ANY TYPE OF SECLUSION OR HOLDS AND OUR POLICIES, WE DO NCI TRAINING, IN OUR NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS FOLLOW THE SAME, BUT IT IS WRITTEN THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO HAVE IT SPELLED OUT IN

THE CONTRACT MOVING FORWARD. >> GREAT, THANK YOU.

>> I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. >> DR. POWELL.

>> DOES THAT MEAN THAT A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL THAT WE'RE CONTRACTED WITH COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF DEALING, HAVE DIFFERENT POLICY THAN WE DO? IT'S JUST THAT OUR CONTRACT LANGUAGE WOULD REQUIRE THAT THIS PARTICULAR STUDENT? HOW DO WE ALIGN THAT? OR ARE WE JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE USING, GOING TO A NONPUBLIC SCHOOL SETTING THAT HAS THE SAME PROCEDURES?

>> RIGHT. WE DEFINITELY ARE LOOKING AT THE NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT ARE APPROVED, THAT HAVE THE CERTAIN PROCEDURES, AND THAT FOLLOW THOSE PRACTICES ALREADY.

>> OKAY. >> HOWEVER, EXACTLY. WE ALSO

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STIPULATE >> WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE SELECTIVE OF THE SCHOOL. SO THAT MAKES SURE THAT OUR SELECTION PROCESS IS SOMETHING THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR PROCESSES IN CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE. RIGHT?

>> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS,

[A. Future Board Topics / Activities]

FUTURE BOARD TOPICS. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO ADD TO OUR CURRENT LIST? TRUSTEE POWELL.

>> YES. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE HAS BEEN PRESENTED ON IN RECENT YEARS BUT SINCE I'M A NEWBIE, SOMETHING THAT I'M INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE ABOUT, ARE THE CVUSD NEW TEACHER INDUCTION PROGRAM.

>> SO I'M GOING TO PROPOSE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE SEEN PRETTY RECENTLY. WHICH IS THE STATUS REPORT OF MASTERY GRADING. SOMETIME IN THE SPRING, ABOUT A YEAR SINCE THE LAST TIME WE HAD THOSE TWO TEACHERS, AND PRESENT, I PERSONALLY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT HAVE BEEN THE INROADS WE'VE MADE SINCE THEN, WHAT IS IT LOOKING LIKE ON CAMPUSES, ET CETERA. SOMETIME IN THE SPRING IT WILL

BE AT THE ONE-YEAR MARK. >> I'M SEEING NODS. WE'LL ADD THAT ONE ALSO. GREAT. ANYBODY ELSE? WE'RE ON A ROLL. OKAY.

SEEING NO OTHER AGENDA ITEMS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT

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