[A. Call the Meeting to Order]
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>> GOOD EVENING. CONEJO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION, JUNE 5TH, 2024, PLEASE COME TO ORDER. PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT, THIS IS A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION , AND ONLY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WILL BE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING. PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC OF WHICH IT STANDS , ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[C. Announcements from Closed Session and Open Session Procedures]
>> THE BOARD IS ADJOINING FROM CLOSED SESSION, OR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS PERMITTED BY LAW WERE SUBMITTED. ITEM 1B, CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, EXISTING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9D-1, VENTURA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT CASE - TRAN15 CONSULTED WITH ANOTHER CASE.
THERE IS NONE FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM. CONFERENCE 1C, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.8, RANCHO CANAL BOULEVARD, THOUSAND OAKS CALIFORNIA, 91320, DR. VICTOR V. HYACK, NEGOTIATING PARTY ARCTRAC, NO READOUT. ITEM 1D, EXISTING LITIGATION, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 57956.9D-1, CONEJO VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT BA-073.61, NO WE DON'T. ITEM 1E, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT SECTION CODE 5496.8, RANCHO CONEJO BOULEVARD, THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA, 90 ONE320. AGENCY NEGOTIATOR, DR. VICTOR HAYEK , DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, NEW GOSHEN PARTY, NO READOUT. DISSIPATED LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION ARCTRAC, WESLEY VILLAGE INCORPORATE IT. NO READOUT FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM. AND OFFENSIVE LEGAL COUNSEL EXISTING LITIGATION IN ITEM 1G, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 54956.9D-1, CASE, OAH, 2024020381, MOTION BY GORBACK AND SECONDED BY GILL. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU INTO THE MEETING. THE BOARD VALUES YOUR INPUT ON IMPORTANT EDUCATION MATTERS WE FACE .THEREFORE, THE DISTRICT IS PROVIDING MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION. PUBLIC FEELING IS AVAILABLE VIA REGULAR BROADCAST ON TELEVISION AND THROUGH THE INTERNET LIVESTREAM ON THE CVUSD WEBSITE. PLEASE NOTE THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT OR WRITTEN COMMENTS SO THE BOARD CAN BE FOUND ON THE MAIN PAGE OF THE BOARD AGENDA. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN COMMENT HAVE THE OPTION TO EMAIL THE COMMENTS TO MRS. STILLMAN AT SFELLMAN@CANEJOUSD.ORG, AND BOARD MEMBERS WERE PROVIDED WITH WRITTEN COMMENTS BEFORE THE MEETING. PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN PERSON WILL FILL OUT A BLUE SPEAKERS CARD AND HANDED TO MRS. STILLMAN AT HER DESK. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A SPECIFIC ITEM, PLEASE TURN IN YOUR CARD PRIOR TO THE ITEM'S SECTION OF THE AGENDA. IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUSINESS YOU WHICH TO SPEAK ABOUT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE TURN IN YOUR CARD BEFORE THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE AGENDA. IF YOU INTEND TO DONATE TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER, PLEASE HAND IN BOTH CARDS AT THE SAME TIME TO MRS. FELLMAN. IF YOU WISH TO REGISTER YOUR CONCERN BUT NOT SPEAK AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW PUBLIC STATEMENT FORM AND TURN IT IN AT THE SECRETARY'S DESK. BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH
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THESE STATEMENTS AFTER THE BOARD MEETING. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT A RECORDING OF THIS MEETING IS BEING MADE AND BROADCAST FOR OUR LIVESTREAM AUDIENCE. THE RECORDING AND BROADCAST MAY CAPTURE IMAGES AND SOUNDS OF THOSE ATTENDING THIS MEETING. SMOKING IS NOT PERMITTED IN THIS BUILDING OR ANYWHERE ON DISTRICT ARE PRETTY. COPIES OF THE AGENDA ARE AVAILABLE ON THE TABLE IN THE LOBBY. PLEASE SILENCE ALL[D. Approval of the Agenda]
MOBILE PHONES. WE ARE NOW AT ITEM 2D, APPROVAL OF THEAGENDA. >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA SUBMITTED WITH ITEM H PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND MM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TABLED .
>> DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> I SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. TRUSTEE KAHL?
[E. Student Recognitions]
>> YES. >> I'M A YES VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 5-0 WITH PREFERENTIAL YES BUT FROM TRUSTEE POWELL. WE ARE NOW AT ITEM FOR STUDENT RECOGNITIONS, 2E. SIT BACK AND RELAX, EVERYBODY, THIS IS GOING TO BE EXCITING. FIRST ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE OUR TOP SCHOLAR AWARD FOR CBHS. AND -- WE HAVE
MR. ANSER. >> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GOLDBERG, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. MCLAUGHLIN AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION. TONIGHT, YOU ARE RECOGNIZING THE TOP SCHOLAR FROM THE CLASS OF 2024 FOR CONEJO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. AS HER PRINCIPAL, TO SAY THAT I AM VERY PROUD TO BE INTRODUCING THIS AMAZING YOUNG WOMAN WOULD BE AN EXTREME UNDERSTATEMENT. I WILL NOT BE SHARING SPECIFIC DETAILS OF THE MANY OBSTACLES ALAYNA HAS HAD TO OVERCOME . HOWEVER, IF I DID, I BELIEVE YOU WOULD LIKELY BE MOVED TO TEARS AND LEFT IN AWE OF WHAT SHE HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY.
ALAYNA CAME TO CVUSD IN OCTOBER OF 2022 IS SEVERELY DEFICIENT IN CREDITS AND AFTER AND ONLY KEPT HERSELF IN SCHOOL REGULARLY AND LACKED CONFIDENCE IN HERSELF. WILDLIFE CONTINUED TO THROW TREMENDOUS DIFFICULTIES AWAY, INCLUDING THE DEATH OF HER MOTHER THIS YEAR, ALAYNA CONTINUED TO BLOSSOM IN THE CARING AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT CONEJO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL PROVIDES. NOT ONLY IS ELAINE OUR TOP SCHOLAR TODAY WITH A 3-8 GPA, BUT ALSO TRANSFORMED INTO A DYNAMIC SCHOOL LEADER WHO IS SEEMINGLY UNAFRAID OF ANYTHING. ALAYNA MAKES THE DAILY SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS, PLANS AND DEVELOPS SCHOOLWIDE ACTIVITIES, GOES OUT OF HER WAY TO WELCOME INCOMING STUDENTS, AND WILL BE SPEAKING AT OUR GRADUATION CEREMONY NEXT THURSDAY. AFTER GRADUATION, ALAYNA PLANS TO ATTEND TRADE SCHOOL TO PURSUE HER CAREER AS AN ELECTRICIAN. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> NEXT UP, CENTURY ACADEMY -- I AM SORRY --
>> GOOD EVENING. YES? >> SORRY.
>> THAT'S OKAY. >> SORRY. GOOD EVENING. I'M JOHN MCDONALD, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, ON BEHALF OF CENTURY ACADEMY, THE 24 VALEDICTORIAN, YORK KENIBRATH. YORK HAS CHALLENGED HIMSELF WITH A VERY RIGOROUS CURRICULUM, EARNING AN IMPRESSIVE 4.7 WEIGHTED GPA . ADDITIONALLY, HE HAS EARNED THE
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CALIFORNIA STATE BLM BILITERACY. HE HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS ACCEPTANCES FROM ELITE UNIVERSITIES, HOWEVER, HE HAS DECIDED TO DEFER ENROLLMENT SO HE CAN CONTINUE TO PURSUE HIS DREAM OF PLAYING PROFESSIONAL SOCCER. HE HAS ACCEPTED AN OFFER TO PLAY SOCCER PROFESSIONALLY IN GERMANY FOR SC -- ALSO BEEN LEARNING TO SPEAK GERMAN FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND IS ALREADY ON HIS WAY TO GERMAN FLUENCY.CONGRATULATIONS, YORK, AND GOOD LUCK IN GERMANY. CENTURY ACADEMY IS LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS A STELLAR EXAMPLE OF EXCELLENCE, AND AS THEY SAY IN GERMAN -- I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THIS RIGHT --
>> NEXT UP, WE WILL HAVE THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL, VALEDICTORIANS, FOLLOWED BY THEIR ATHLETIC CHAMPIONS.
>> FANTASTIC. I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR TONIGHT TO START THINGS OFF BY INTRODUCING THE 2024 THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL VALEDICTORIANS. JOINING ME TONIGHT -- BY THE WAY -- I'M ERIC BERMAN, PRINCIPAL OF THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL.
JOINING ME TONIGHT, DANIELLE OLIVERI, PRINCIPAL OF INSTRUCTION. FIRST OF ALL, OUR FIRST, TORIAN IS GIOVANNI AGUIRRE. HE WILL BE ATTENDING CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY.
SARA BORWICK, ATTENDING UC SANTA BARBARA. JUDE COLE, ATTENDING UC SAN DIEGO. LUKE COLE, ATTENDING CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO. SERENA EATON, ATTENDING SMITH COLLEGE. NICE JOB, SERENA. TAYLOR IK WILL BE ATTENDING UC BERKELEY. ON A CAR ECKENSTAM, ATTENDING UCLA . GENEVIEVE FOURNIER, ATTENDING UC SAN DIEGO. NICE JOB. DEAN HARRINGTON WILL BE ATTENDING SAN DIEGO STATE , AND UNFORTUNATELY, DEAN CANNOT MAKE IT TONIGHT, MEETING WITH THE SAN DIEGO STATE FOOTBALL STAFF THIS EVENING. EMMA MARTIN KRAMER, ATTENDING NYU. NICE JOB. ATTENDING OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE, SANAL KENSTAL. ZACH
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LOBENHOBER WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. BRODY MANZER WILL BE ATTENDING THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY. KYLIE MARTIN WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. KATIE MILLER WILL BE ATTENDING UC SANTA BARBARA. RAMON MARINO WILL BE ATTENDING HARVARD UNIVERSITY. NADIA MATHAKUMAR WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. LAUREN OFER WILL BE ATTENDING UC DAVIS. CONGRATULATIONS. SERENA REINHARDT WILL BE ATTENDING CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE. THERE YOU GO . NICE JOB, SERENA. NICHOLAS SCOTT WILL BE ATTENDING UC SANTA BARBARA . NICE JOB I DON'T BELIEVE ANYA SHAW IS WITH US TONIGHT, SHE WILL BE ATTENDING USC. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, DENVER VOTT WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. CONGRATULATIONS .>> OKAY. I HAVE THE GREAT PLEASURE OF ALSO INTRODUCING TONIGHT THE CIF WINNING BOYS SWIM TEAM FROM THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL . YEAH. LET'S HEAR IT FOR THEM. NOT ALL OF OUR SWIMMERS COULD BE WITH US TONIGHT, BUT WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW. I AM EXCITED THAT THEY'RE HERE. BOWDOIN EDEMA, NOT HERE? HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO. ALL THE WAY UP AND AROUND. LUKA BAZERKANIAN. JOHN HENRY. JOSIAH KANE. JONATHAN MARTINEZ. THOMAS
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MCDONOUGH. CURRAN MELIFF. CONNOR OVERTON. ERIC SHEA .KEITH WARNER . MATTHEW WILLIAMS. AND DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? OH , AND OUR COACHES , AUSTIN GREGORY --
>> AND HEAD COACH, GREG RON. THANKS, BUDDY. WELL DONE. ALSO, NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT ALSO COACH DAVID BLYBER SHOULD BE ANNOUNCED. DAVID CANNOT BE WITH US WITH WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT.
>> THAT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.
>> ALL RIGHT IN ADDITION TO A SWIM TEAM THAT BROUGHT HIM A CIF TITLE, WE ALSO HAD SOME TRACK ATHLETES WHO DID EXTERNALLY WELL THIS YEAR. OUR BOYS TRACK TEAM WON OUR LEAGUE, AND HAD QUITE A FEW OF OUR TRACK ATHLETES WHO TOOK HOME INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, BOTH AT THE LEAGUE LEVEL, BUT ALSO AT THE CIF LEVEL AS WELL. WE'RE GOING TO BE RECOGNIZING SOME OF OUR TRACK ATHLETES TONIGHT. FIRST OF, JORDAN BROWN JORDAN.
OLIVER CLIPPINGER-ZIMMER. CASSIDY COULD YOU DO. LUCAS SNYDER. IS LUCAS BACK THERE? ANDREW SIMON LOOK DOWN . NO ANDREW TONIGHT. MADISON TIE. POWELL WILLIAMS . HERE HE COMES. NICE JOB, POWELL . ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. FOR OUR BOYS TRACK TEAM, THESE ARE INDIVIDUAL WINNERS. FORMER BOYS TRACK TEAM -- COOPER BUMGARNER. COOPER? NO COOPER TONIGHT SAMUEL CAMPOS? LUCAS CARLSSON? GOOD JOB, LUCAS. GABRIEL CHAN.
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I HAVE ALREADY ANNOUNCED OLIVER CLIPPINGER-ZIMMERMAN. CHARLES DENIERS -- DANIELS -- CHARLIE? DANIEL DREYER? DAN ROSS-ENGERER. NIGEL FITZGERALD. DANIEL GONZALES. JORDAN GRAY .DEAN HARRINGTON OFFICE AS I MENTIONED, DEAN IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING MARK ASPER. NICE JOB, MARK. ORN HILL. JORDAN JOHNSON. ALEXANDRA CORRISTON. SILAS KEMP, TYLER PRATT , BLAKE LORENZEN , CARSON LEWIS , SCOTT MCKENNA , BENJAMIN MCLEAN , COREY MCENROE. JASPER METZ, SEAN MCSORLEY , DAVID OPOKU , MAXIMILIAN PADILLA. LEON 54956.9D-1. KEVIN PARKER. RYAN QUINN. BRODY RICHMOND. LUCAS SNYDER. HANG IN THERE, BROOKS.
I'M IN -- ANDREW SIMON LOOK HOME -- LACOMBE -- HENRY MCALLISTER. THERE WE GO, HENRY. MICHAEL TAO. CHRISTOPHER TOPPI.
WE'LL GET YOU. YUP. WE'LL GET -- GABRIEL TORA BLANCA? PETER TURCK? POWELL WILLIAMS, WHO HAS ALREADY BEEN RECOGNIZED , JAMES WHITMAN , AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST , BROOKS SCHMIDT NICE JOB, BROOKS. BROOKS -- OKAY. I WILL GET YOU. ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE COACHES OF OUR TRACK TEAM, LED BY OLYMPIAN MARLENE WILCOX. MARLENE CANNOT BE HERE TONIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE STEPHEN BLACKMAN , KEVIN BURNETT, SARA FITZGERALD, ANTHONY FLORES, IV MCENROE, DAN PETERSON , JILL SAVAGE, HAROLD SUGGS, AND ANDREW THOMPSON. AMAZING COACHES . AMAZING,
AMAZING COACHING STAFF. >> HERE YOU GO.
>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MADAME.
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>> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, BOARD PRESIDENT GOLDBERG, TRUSTEES, PRINCIPAL MCLAUGHLIN, LEADERSHIP IT IS A GREAT EVENING. IN THE SPIRIT OF BREVITY, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE 47 OUTSTANDING STUDENTS THAT NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL RECOGNIZES AUDITORIUMS. THE GREAT THING I WILL SAY, WANTING YOU WILL SEE IS THAT GET BACK IN LINE AGAIN FOR OTHER RECOGNITIONS BASED ON THEIR ANALYTICAL COMPLIMENTS, AS WELL AS -- YOU PROBABLY SEE THEM IN PLAYS OF HIS BAND, AND EVERYTHING, SO THIS IS A TRUE TESTAMENT TO THE WHOLE CHILD AND THEY'RE ALL AROUND THE ELEMENT. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PARENTS AS WELL. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, UCLA, AYAN AHMED.
ANANYA ARMEN, UCLA. KAYLA BACH, EMORY UNIVERSITY. MADELEINE BYRNE, CAMPOLI 'S AND ABYSMAL. LUCY CLAUDIA, UC IRVINE. PETER CHEN, UNIVERSITY -- OLIVER CAPUTO, CAL LUTHERAN. MY SORRY.
THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WITH YOU. LUCY CARDIAC, UC IRVINE. PETER CHEN, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. PRISHA DUDA, EMORY UNIVERSITY. GRACE FLAHERTY, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. COLE ROM, UCLA. JACOB BROWN, BROWN -- JACOB HOLLAND, BROWN. SORRY, JACOB. QUINN HENDERSON, UCSB. ANANYA JABALAGADA, UC BERKELEY. EVEN KIM, UC BERKELEY. LEANNE KING, UCLA. MADISON KLEIN, UCSB. KATIE KANOOLER, CAL STATE ISLANDS. WAN JON CRAUX -- CAL POLY ABYSMAL, LEANNE LAMB, NEW
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YORK UNIVERSITY. NOAH ORLANDO, UCLA. MICHAEL LOU, UC BERKELEY.BREANNA LOPEZ, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. ELIZABETH LOONEY, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH. SARA MENSORIAN, UCSB. UDIA ING, UCLA. NIKITA POWELL, UCSB . JACKSON RIPPON, WILLIAM AND MARY UNIVERSITY. NATHANIEL SEAN, UC BERKELEY. ARNAV SHEDI, HARVEY MED . MICAH STRAHAN, UC BERKELEY. GREGORY SAM KOCH, CAL LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY. LILY SAMIDA, EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC DARHMAL TARAZI, JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. CHARLIE TAYLOR, UCSB . A SPECIAL THREE NAMES, THEY'RE TRIPLETS. ANJALI PURADOR, UCSB. CARSON PURADOR, UCLA, AND KRISHNA PURADOR, UCLA . ROHIT LUKAN, EMORY UNIVERSITY. KARITHA WILU, UCLA.
JADEN VISHA, UCSD. AVA WANTANABE, CAL UNIVERSITY .
LAURYN WU, UCSD, SAHAN WAJATAKA -- SAME ISSUE, UCLA , ERIC YU, CORNELL , AND EILEEN JANE, UCLA.
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>> AT THIS TIME, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE OUR MONEY LEAGUE CHAMPIONS FOR GIRLS LACROSSE. OUR GIRLS LACROSSE TEAM IS FOUR-TIME LEAGUE CHAMPION IN A ROW. SO, IT HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS AT NEWBURY. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE OUR CHAMPIONS IN GIRLS LACROSSE, KATELYN ARRINGTON , L.A. BUSH , SOPHIA CAMPBELL , ELOISE CARDENAS , ELIANA DORSEY , ANGELA GAMBINO, TAYLOR HEREDIA, CHARLIE HUBER, REAGAN LOCHNER, SADIE LEE, BEATRICE MCDONALD , KAYLEE METZNER, MEYER PETHELA, NICOLE PARIS , MY CHRISTIAN , AND CHARLIE TAYLOR. WE HAVE THREE COACHES THAT ARE PART OF THE PROGRAM FIRST. WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MATTHEW SANTOS. CHRIS HUBER. AND HER HEAD COACH WHO CANNOT BE HERE TONIGHT, SAVANNA SANTOS.
>> IT IS MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE OUR GIRLS BORROW MONEY LEAGUE SWIMMING CHAMPIONS FOR THE '23-'24 SCHOOL YEAR.
FIRST, KINSEY ATILLA, INDIVIDUAL WINNER AND PART OF THE LEAGUE CHAMPION, MARIAM ATILLA, REESE BENTLEY
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, VERA BEZAMER, JULIANA BOONE , MARIN CRUMLEY , CAROLINE DUC, INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION AND LEAGUE CHAMPION, COOPER ESKIEGIEN, MOLLY FITZGIBBON , STELLA ALL SCAMP -- OLSKAMP, LEANNE KING, SIMONE COREN , MEGAN NGUYEN.INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION AND TEAM CHAMPION, CAROLYN NAIB OR .
LARKIN PATCH, SYDNEY SCOTT'S, THREE-TIME INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION AND TEAM BAR MONEY CHAMPION MEGAN WAYNE . AND OUR OUTSTANDING GIRLS SWIM COACH, EMMA LYTHGOE .
>> AS PART OF THE MORE MONEY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR BOYS TENNIS, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE THE BOYS TENNIS DOUBLES TEAM THAT WON THE MARMONI LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP, JASON KYUNG, AND KARTHIN THOLADOR.
>> AT THIS TIME, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE THE INDIVIDUAL WINNERS AT THE MARMONI LEAGUE TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR THE LEE COWAN, TWO EVENTS , NATHANIEL SHOWN , AND ARNAN SHEDI.
>> IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE COACH FLOREZ AND COACH RASHID TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WINNERS, TOO, PLEASE.
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>> OKAY. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE OUR BA-073.61 LEAGUE CHAMPION FOR THE 2024 SEASON, AND JILL ABBOTT GONZALES, OLIVIA ARMSTRONG, EMMA BUCKLEY , KRISTIN CARRERA , AVA CHISHOLM , AVILA COPE , AMY CURLEW , GRACE CLARITY -- FLAHERTY , ALLISON DOHLER, DYLAN GARRITY , SAVI HENRY, EMMA ARRETAY, SAMANTHA JACOBS, MADISON KLEIN , LAUREN COOLEY , SARA MENSORIAN, GIULIANA MANZANO , KATE MCGOWAN , GRAYSON WRESTLING, PENELOPE BALDWIN, TAYLOR NEWTON, KEELY NORIS, GABRIELLE BURZYNSKI, OLIVIA SAFER, TAYLOR SENT, SUSIE SHAW, ALYSSA STEINER, VANESSA STATICKY, CHLOE TRUJILLO , AND EMILIO WATSON. IT'S ALSO MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE HOW TWO OUTSTANDING COACHES, WILLIE RICHARDSON , AND HEAD COACH BREANNA GONZALES.
>> CAN WE THROW THEM IN THE AIR? GREAT
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.>> ALL RIGHT. ARE WE READY? ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. BOARD PRESIDENT GOLDBERG, SUPERINTENDENT MCLAUGHLIN, BOARD MEMBERS, DISTRICT STAFF, WE APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS . THIS EVENING, WE WILL BE RECOMMENDING A 59 VALEDICTORIANS, 4 MORE LEAGUE SPRING CHAMPIONS, CIF CHAMPION FOR THE SCREEN, TWO CIF INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS, AND 16 OUR MONEY LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. WE WILL START OFF WITH OUR VALEDICTORIANS. OKAY. CHLOE ATKINSON WILL BE ATTENDING TCU. CINDY BEEN THE HOUSE WILL BE ATTENDING WINDSOR POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. I HAVE ALVIN GULLEY WILL BE ATTENDING CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY. KAI BENNETT WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. SADARTH BAMARHETI WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. NATHAN BROCK WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. DOMINIC C WILL BE ATTENDING UCSD. MELIA JOE WILL BE ATTENDING USC.
BRENNAN CHU WILL BE ATTENDING USC. NICOLA KUCHMA WILL BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA. JOHN DEVEER WILL BE ATTENDING UC BERKELEY. JULIE DOYLE WILL BE ATTENDING BEN STATE UNIVERSITY. LOGAN'S WHICH WILL BE ATTENDING UCSB. JR. GAR WILL BE ATTENDING BROWN UNIVERSITY. ALIAN GOLISTANI
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WILL BE ATTENDING UC SANTA BARBARA. LAYTON GOMEZ WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. CHRISTINA GONZALEZ WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. DAVID GONZALES WILL BE ATTENDING UC SANTA BARBARA.TIMOTHY HOP WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. LILLIAN HAMILTON WILL BE ATTENDING UC SANTA CRUZ. BRIAN ONE WILL BE ATTENDING UC BERKELEY. MICHAEL YOUNG WILL BE ATTENDING USC. WAS I GOOD? MELINA JUERGENS WILL BE ATTENDING CAL POLY SLOPE. NAEMA PAUL WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. ETHAN KANE WILL BE ATTENDING BROWN UNIVERSITY. DANIEL KIM WILL BE ATTENDING USC. CALVIN KISSEL WILL BE ATTENDING UC SANTA BARBARA. KAYLEE LAMB WILL BE ATTENDING CAL POLY SLOPE. ALEXANDRA MONET WILL BE ATTENDING UCSB. MADISON LEE WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. MIA LESSER WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. ALISON LEE AND WILL BE ATTENDING UC SAN DIEGO. MAX LEM WILL BE ATTENDING CALTECH.
ARIANNA LOU WILL BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. ARE WHEN THE WE WILL BE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ARIANNA CHAMPAGNE. BRIANA MY HOLLOW WILL BE ATTENDING EMORY UNIVERSITY. ELLE RORY WILL BE ATTENDING UC DAVIS. EMMA NAPSTER WILL BE ATTENDING POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY.
GUNNAR PETERSON WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. LIAM PETERSON WILL BE ATTENDING RICE UNIVERSITY. ETHAN RHODES WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. KIERSTEN ROTH WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA.
ALAN SHE WILL BE ATTENDING UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, OR BY CHAMPAGNE. ANNIKA SARKAR WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. MEGAN SUTTON WILL BE ATTENDING MIT. LILY THOMPSON WILL BE ATTENDING BOULDER UNIVERSITY. ALLISON TUE WILL BE ATTENDING UCSD .
NICHOLAS CHO WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. MARIAM TONG WILL BE ATTENDING UCLA. JACLYN CHONG WILL BE ATTENDING UCSD. HUNTER LONG WILL BE ATTENDING UC BERKELEY. SAGE WARD WILL BE ATTENDING UC DAVIS. MARINA WEST, CURRENTLY UNDECIDED.
EMILY WILL, CURRENTLY UNDECIDED. CATHERINE CHAIR, ATTENDING UCLA. MATTHEW ZHANG, ATTENDING UC BERKELEY. AND
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NICHOLAS IS ON, ATTENDING UC SANTA BARBARA.>> I WILL HAVE THE FRONT ROW CROUCH IN JUST --
>> AGAIN, ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL VALEDICTORIANS.
ONE, TWO, THREE, DONE. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU GUYS. STUDENTS, YOU GUYS WILL EXIT OUT OVER THERE PLEASE. THANK YOU.
>> RIGHT HERE, GENTLEMEN. GENTLEMEN. I WILL CALL YOU FIRST. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE OUR BOYS GOLF TEAM FOR THEIR CIF CHAMPIONSHIP. SAMUEL BERMONT.
HERE, SAMUEL , YOU ALSO HAVE THE CIF SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION FOR INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION SHIP AS WELL.
CONGRATULATIONS. DEVON CARTER . ALEXANDER CORRECTION. NATHAN HOLIDAY. WILLIAM QUAN . JAXEN TURNER THEN, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR COACHES AS WELL. COACH MARK OFTEN . ALSO, COACH ANTHONY HOLIDAY.
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>> VENTILATIONS TO OUR BOYS GOLF TEAM. YOU GUYS CAN SIT,
STAND RIGHT HERE. >> HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU?
>> HONOR TO RECOGNIZE OUR MAMONI CHAMPION LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM.
JOHNNY BACCHUS, JESSE BEER, MASON BREWER VENTURE, JOHN BATTLE III, MASON CHARLES, ANDREW COSWORTH, ANDREW HABERMAN, CONNOR JACOBSON, NATHAN JOHNSON, NOLAN JOHNSON, WILKINS END -- KAZINSKI, DYLAN MARISETH, MAC MCKINLEY, JACK PLUMMER, DYLAN RAMSEY , BRADEN SMITH, KNOW WILSTEAD -- NOAH STEAD, DYLAN VILANTIS, KAYDEN YOMAS. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR COACHES AS WELL. COACH ALI BARNETT GOT YOU.
COACH MATTHEW COALFIELD . CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU. >> ONCE AGAIN, BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR MARMONI LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL TEAM.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE. CONGRATULATIONS.
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>> I HAVE BEEN LETTING PEOPLE DOWN FOR YEARS.
>> AT THIS TIME, IT IS MY HONOR TO WELCOME OUR BOYS LACROSSE MAMONI LEAGUE CHAMPIONS. JACK'S ADEVA, ROMERO ADEVA , COLIN ANDREWS, COLE BACCHUS, THOMAS BOYD , WYATT BOYDEN , MAXIMUS CHASSY-BALBANI. AVA: -- COWAN, MARA CORPUS, JACK FILLET, SEAN GOODMAN, QUINN HOVERED -- HAVARD, SOUTH JORDAN, -- SETH JORDAN , AIDEN CASPER , ROMAN GALLARDI, THERAN LEBIB, ETHAN LONG , JULIO MAURO PEREZ , JACOB SCHNELLDORFER, NARVAEZ -- NOAH SHAM, ERICKSON AT LOCK , MARK CHAPMAN -- WILL LONG , OSHAN MAGLINO, D'ANGELO SILVA , JORDAN SKLAR , JACKSON WHITE , THEODORE YURKOV, AND HEAD COACH, PETER SWANYER.
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>> NEXT UP , IT IS MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE OUR BOYS SWIM TEAM, NOT ONLY AS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS FOR THE MARMONI LEAGUE, Bā UT ALSO INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS. DYLAN BACCHUS, ALSO INDIVIDUAL TO BE FOR 500 FREESTYLE AND PART OF THE BOERS 4-BY-400 FREESTYLE RELAY CHAMPIONSHIP. NEXT UP, LUCAS BLEETZ, ALSO AN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION IN THE BOYS 4-BY-200 FREESTYLE RELAY AND THE BOYS 4-BY-400 FREESTYLE RELAY. JOHN DEVERE WAS ALSO AN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION AS PART OF OUR BOYS 4-BY-200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY RELAY. KEVIN FEE. BRIAN WONG OF HIS BRIAN WAS ALSO OUR BOYS INDIVIDUAL -- 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. TYSON KATO .
RICK LOU . NOAH LOU , AND WAIT, HOLD ON, NOAH WAS ALSO OUR BOYS 4 BY 200 FREESTYLE RELAY TEAM. CHASE MORAL OF, ALSO OUR BOYS INDIVIDUAL 100-METER FLY CHAMPION, AS WELL AS PART OF OUR BOYS 4-BY-200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY RELAY CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, AS WELL AS PART OF OUR BOYS 4-BY-200 FREESTYLE RELAY TEAM AND OUR BOYS 4-BY-400 FREESTYLE RELAY TEAM.
>> HIS BROTHER MASON, NOT FAR BEHIND, AS AN OFFICE A CHAMPION OF OUR BOYS 4-BY-200 INDIVIDUAL REEL IT IN, VOICE 4-BY-200 FREESTYLE RELAY TEAM. FINALLY, PRESTON ZEDNIK. I'M IKENASIO KOJENETS, -- RECOGNIZING OUR COACHES, COACHES STEPHANIE BARLOW AND COACH MICHAEL WALL. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR BOYS SWIM TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS. ONE, TWO, THREE. OKAY, GUYS, THANK YOU.
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>> ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR MARMONI INDIVIDUAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS IN TRACK AND FIELD. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE WINNER FOR THE BOYS 10 METER HURDLES, JAI ABEL. YOU WILL GO THAT WAY. YOU ARE GOOD. THAT IS OKAY. NO WORRIES.
MARLON BYRD JR., PART OF OUR BOYS 4-BY-100 METER RELAY TEAM.
CONGRATULATIONS. DANTE SCHOLZ FOR OUR BOYS HIGH JUMP.
CONGRATULATIONS. LAWSON GRACE FOR BOYS DISCUS . IF AND OR COURIER FOR PART OF OUR BOYS 100-METER RELAY TEAM. GILLIAN OSTAGITCH, AS PART OF OUR BOYS 300-METER DASH WINNER, ALSO PART OF OUR BOYS 4-BY-100-METER RELAY TEAM. FINALLY, CLAUDIA TURNER, WHO WAS OUR CIF DIVISION II CHAMPION FOR GIRLS POLEVAULT. THEN, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF OUR COACHES AS WELL, COACH CHAD SCOTT , AND COACH TROY BURNS CONGRATULATIONS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYBODY.
>> NEXT UP, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR MARMONI LEAGUE SINGLES CHAMPION FOR SINGLES TENNIS, KIMMY MAZMAKOV.
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>> NEXT UP, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR MARMONI LEAGUE CHAMPIONS FOR STUNT CHAIR. BELLA ELI. EVER AS LINE. ALINA BAIER. ALEXIS CLOVER. KATELYN FERDINAND. KATELYN -- AVA GORLITZ. PAIGE ISHAMARO. ZOE JACKSON. SIENNA SCHWANOUR. RAY SHARONA-FOSTER. MELIA SMITH. AND OUR HEAD COACH, CARRIE PONZE.
>> ONCE AGAIN, BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR STUNT TEAM.
>> THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT, WE HAVE 2024 INDIAN EDUCATION STUDENT HONOREES.
>> OKAY. GOOD EVENING . EACH YEAR, INDIAN EDUCATION TEACHERS PROVIDE THROUGH A COUNTYWIDE PARTNERSHIP SELECT STUDENTS FOR THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE THEY HAVE BASED OFF OF THREE A'S, THOSE BEING ACADEMICS, ATTENDANCE, AND ATTITUDE. IN ADDITION A LOOK AT THIS IS ALSO A TIME AT THE END OF THE YEAR -- THAT WE RECOGNIZE OUR GRADUATING SENIORS, WHO ARE ALSO HONORED AS NUMBERS OF THE INDIAN EDUCATION GRADUATING CLASS OF 2024. THE STUDENT HERE TODAY ARE TRULY EXEMPLARY AND TOP-NOTCH. IN HONOR OF THEIR ANCESTORS, THEY BRING PRIOR TO THEIR NATIVE AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES. FIRST UP , RECEIVING THE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION OFFICE INDIAN EDUCATION -- STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM EARTH'S MAGNET SCHOOL, ALEXA MARTHA.
>> NEXT, RECEIVING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION AND IN EDUCATION STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM SYCAMORE CANYON MIDDLE SCHOOL, SPENCER BRISTOL. WE HAVE THREE HIGH SCHOOL
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STUDENTS TO RECOGNIZE, RECEIVING THE HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION, INDIAN EDUCATION, STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL AND BEING HONORED AS THE OTHER PART OF THE INDIAN EDUCATION GRADUATE CLASS OF 2024 ---SETH-ROSS. RECEIVING HONORS AS A MEMBER OF THE INDIAN EDUCATION GRADUATING CLASS OF 2024, KEHRA LEFTKOWITZ.RECEIVING HONORS FOR THE 2024 HERE, JAMES ALSTON. AND FINALLY, RECEIVING HONORS AS MEMBER OF THE INDIAN EDUCATION GRADUATING CLASS OF 2024, SHANE MCCARTNEY .
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY AND THEIR FAMILIES. THAT WAS
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AMAZING. WE ARE NOW AT ITEM 2F, PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE CVUSD BOARD OF EDUCATION WANTS TO HEAR FROM STUDENTS, PARENTS, EMPLOYEES AND OUR COMMUNITY. ALL INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54954.3. COMMENTS LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA MUST BE MADE ON THAT AGENDA ITEM WHEN IT IS CALLED . IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, NOW IS THE TIME TO PROVIDE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO AND WAS TO SPEAK, PLEASE HAND IN YOUR BLUE CARD TO MRS. STILLMAN. PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY MATERIALS TO HAND TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, THESE PROVIDE THOSE MATERIALS TO MRS. FELLMAN 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 PERIOD BEFORE RESPONDING. AS OUR MEETINGS ARE HELD IN PUBLIC, YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD BY THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING OR WATCHING THE BROADCAST, AND IN ADDITION, THE BOARD ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO PRODUCE A IN CIVIC AFFAIRS.THEREFORE, WE HOPE THAT STUDENTS ARE WATCHING THIS MEETING OR IN TONIGHT'S AUDIENCE. PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THAT AND 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 THAT OUR SPEAKERS BE SENSITIVE TO EMPLOYEES' LEGAL RIGHTS TO PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY. AS A REMINDER, THOSE REQUESTING SPEAK AT THIS TIME WILL SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SPEAKER CAN'T WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED ONCE THE BOARD STARTS THE PUBLIC COMMENT'S AGENDA ITEM WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMON CARDS? MS. FELLMAN? WE HAVE ONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AS A REMINDER, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK, AND OUR SPEAKER
TONIGHT IS MAGALI WILLIAMS. >> HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MAGALI WILLIAMS, A PARENT OF WALNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MY DAUGHTER, ALANA, IS IN FIRST GRADE, GOING INTO SECOND GRADE.
I AM VERY PROUD OF HER. THE REASON WHY I AM HERE IS IN REGARDS TO A CONCERN. NOT ONLY MY , BUT 20 OF THE FAMILIES AT WALNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALL OF THE WE HAD GOTTEN OUT OF VACATION AND ON MAY 15TH, WE GOT A NOTIFICATION OF THE CHILDCARE WOULD PROBABLY BE CLOSED TO THE COMMUNITY , AND THEREFORE, WE ARE KIND OF UP IN THE AIR RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE NO
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ALTERNATIVE PLAN, NO TYPE OF RESOURCE INCLUDED IN THE EMAIL.I HAVE PRINTED OUT THE EMAIL, AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT SO YOU CAN REVIEW IT YOURSELF. I FEEL THAT EMAIL HAS COME OUT PREMATURELY WITH A LACK OF EMPATHY WITH NO FORM OF A PLAN TO RESOLUTION IN TRYING TO SUPPORT THE PARENTS AT WALNUT.
WE HAVE NO OTHER MEANS. THAT'S WHY WE PAY CHILDCARE. I AM JUST LOOKING FOR SOME SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE OF ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS
FOR US. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON ANYTHING FROM ON THE CHILDCARE
YOU CAN SHARE THIS EVENING? >> YEAH. THERE'S A SET MINIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS FOR US TO OFFER A CHILDCARE CLASS. WE HAVE NOT CLOSED THE CHILDCARE CLASS YET. WE ARE WAITING UNTIL JUNE 15TH. WE HAVE OUR PRINCIPAL AT WALNUT PUTTING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT IT IS OPEN, AND IT IS AVAILABLE, AND WE WERE TRYING TO SOLICIT ADDITIONAL
STUDENTS INTO THE CLASSROOM. >> TO FOLLOW UP, I WORK WITH DR. HUNT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER SOLUTIONS WE CAN COME UP
WITH MOVING FORWARD AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE
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AGENDA, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM OUR STUDENT DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE , TRUSTEE CALL, AIDAN LIGHT, BEN KEARNS AND ANNA -->> JUST TO EXPLAIN TO OUR LAST PUBLIC SPEAKER AND THE FAMILIES HERE, WE CAN'T ENGAGE IN A BACK AND FORTH. WE CAN'T HAVE ANY CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT IS NOT AN AGENDIZED TOPIC WE CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER THAN A LITTLE BIT OF EXPLANATION THAT WE CAN GIVE, AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT WE ARE NOT HAVING THE CONVERSATION BY LAW, WE CAN'T ALL RIGHT? I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN THAT THAT IS WHY I READ THE WHOLE LONG THING AT THE BEGINNING. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY
>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US THE CHANCE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON EVERYTHING WE HAVE WORKED ON THIS YEAR. THIS IS THE OFFICIAL STUDENT DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, '23-2024 RECAP, AND WE WILL BE SWITCHING OFF GIVING THIS VISITATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME . OKAY. PERFECT. SO, I WANT TO GO OVER A FEW OF THE S-TYPE GOALS WE HAD THIS YEAR. FIRST, TO WHAT I WAS WORKING SUBCOMMITTEES. ONE MAIN GOAL OF S-DOC IS TO ENSURE STUDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO PURSUE TOPICS THERE IS AN ABOUT. THESE SUBCOMMITTEES ARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO WORK OUTSIDE OF GENERAL MEETINGS AND REALLY GET FOCUSED WORK DONE. WE'LL DISCUSS MORE ABOUT WHAT THEY COMPASS LATER ON. THE SECOND GOAL WE HAD FOR THIS YEAR IS FOR THE PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS, AS WE ARE ALL REPRESENTATIVES OF STUDENTS, AND THE VALLEY -- WE REALLY, REALLY FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS TO ENSURE THAT STUDENT REPRESENTATION IS HAD. THIRDLY, WE WANTED TO ENSURE EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT, MAINLY PERTAINING TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE OVERSEEING THE COMMITTEE, EFFECTIVELY, AND ENSURE THAT ALL OUR PROCESSES ARE IN ORDER FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GET THE GREATEST FEEDBACK. FINALLY, WANTED TO PROVIDE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES. WE ARE, AS I SAID, REPRESENTED US AND WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S AS MANY STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK AND PERSPECTIVES TO INFLUENCE OUR CONVERSATIONS AND THE DIRECTIONS THAT WE TAKE. THANK YOU.
>> AS TRUSTEE HALL MENTIONED, OUR SECOND GOAL WAS TO FACILITATE EFFECTIVE DISCUSSIONS, SO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS WE HAD THIS YEAR AND MAJOR COMPLIMENTS. FIRST, WE ESTABLISHED OUR CAMPUS CULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE , WHICH HAS BEEN WORKING HARD ALL YEAR.
YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT IT LATER IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE SECTION , BUT THIS SUBCOMMITTEE HAS BEEN REALLY WORKING CLOSELY WITH EDUCATIONAL EQUITY TO TRY TO BETTER STUDENT EXPERIENCES.
ALSO, BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION, MENTAL HEALTH AT SEL, AND HELPED TO ESTABLISH BETTER SUBCOMMITTEE EXPECTATIONS. WE ALSO LOOKED A LOT AT THE DIFFERENT READING POLICIES. AS WE KNOW, GRADING FOR MASTERY OR EQUITY IS STARTING TO BE USED MORE AND MORE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT'S, AND LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT RATE DISTILLATION AND REVIEWING SOME OF THOSE POLICIES AND IDEALS BEHIND THAT , ENVIRONMENTAL SUBCOMMITTEE GAVE THEIR PROPOSAL. WE ALSO LOOKED AT FOUR CURRICULUM AND STUDENT GRADES WITH THE ETHNIC STUDIES AND DISCUSSING THE WINTER FINALS, THE FIRST YEAR WHERE FINALS WERE MOVED BEFORE WINTER BREAK, WHICH WAS RECEIVED MOSTLY POSITIVE. THE ONLY KIND OF DRAWBACK WE HEARD WAS ABOUT
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THE IMBALANCE OF SEMESTERS , WITH THE FIRST SEMESTER BEING 78 DAYS, OR 77 VS. A LITTLE OVER 100 IN SEMESTER 2, BUT WE HAVE NOT YET HAD A CHANCE TO FOLLOW UP TO SEE HOW THAT SECOND SEMESTER WAS FOR STUDENTS. HOPEFULLY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THAT IN THE FUTURE. WE ALSO HAD OUR PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT COME IN AND OPEN OUR DISCUSSIONS REGARDING EQUITY, WHICH WILL BE EXPANDED WITHOUT ALL-AXIS CUSTOMS AND LATER IN THE WITHOUT THIS, THE TORY BULLYING CAMPAIGN WITH MAGALI THREE. FINALLY, WE WORKED WITH ACTUAL COMMITTEES AND DEPARTMENT DISCUSSING THE TRAUMA ATTRITION SERVICES, DRESS CODE, MAGALI FOR AND HOW WE CAN MAKE S-DOC MORE KNOWN TO THE STUDENT BODY.>> THE DISCUSSION THAT WE FOUND PARTICULARLY IMPACTFUL THIS YEAR WOULD HAVE TO BE THE CREATION , DISCUSSION AND PROPOSAL OF THE CAMPUS CULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH WE WILL HEAR ABOUT LATER. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN FOCUSING A LOT ON ADDRESSING SPECIFICALLY RACISM ON CAMPUSES OF CVUSD WITH ADAC AND PARTNERING WITH THE BSU'S A LITTLE BIT AND SEE IF WE CAN SUPPORT THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. ALSO, WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON HOW WE CAN INVOLVE S-DOC IN THE COMMUNITY AND TAKE CHARGE OF OUR UNIQUE POSITION AS COMMUNITY LEADERS ON CAMPUS, WHICH TOOK SHAPE AS MANY PUBLICITY EFFORTS FOR 52, THAT SOMETHING WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING NEXT YEAR. WE ALSO HAVE A FEW PICTURES OF WHAT 52 LOOKS LIKE.
>> OUR SUBCOMMITTEES, THIS YEAR, INCLUDED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONAL EQUITY, MENTAL HEALTH, FINANCIAL LITERACY, PUBLICITY, AND CAMPUS CULTURE, AND WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO SEND A FEW STUDENT PERCENTAGES TO THE BUDGET AND MM , BOND OVERSIGHT, AND CSM COMMITTEES. WE WILL NOW BE GOING INTO A FEW OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES WE HAVE , AS WELL AS THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS YEAR. IN MY MENTAL SUBCOMMITTEE HAD A FANTASTIC STUDENT LEADER.
THEY WERE ABLE TO CREATE A FANTASTIC PROPOSAL TO REDUCE PLASTIC WASTE ON CAMPUS, AND THEY'RE REALLY CONNECTING WITH CLUBS ON-SITE WITH ENVIRONMENT-BASED STUDENT GROUPS THAT ARE ABLE TO HELP PURSUE THIS POLICY AND REMOTE PLASTIC WASTE USE OF HIS OR RECYCLING OF PLASTIC WASTE -- EXCEEDS ME -- ON CAMPUS. THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN LOOKING INTO EDUCATING STUDENTS ABOUT RECYCLING PROPERLY AND HELPING TO CREATE SIGNAGE TO INCREASE AXIS TO RECYCLING. FOR THE FUTURE, THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO FINISHING PLASTIC WASTE PRODUCTION PROPOSAL AND DISCUSS FOOD WASTE DURING LUNCH
AND NUTRITION AS WELL. >> THIS YEAR, THE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY SUBCOMMITTEE WORKED ON REACHING OUT TO DIFFERENT AFFINITY GROUPS AND CLUBS THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOLS.
RECENTLY, WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A COMBINED MEETING BETWEEN OUR CAMPUS CULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE AND EDUCATIONAL EQUITY SUBCOMMITTEE, WHERE WE HAD MS. NICOLE UPDAGRAF AS A GUEST AND WE BRAINSTORMED IDEAS FOR HOW WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT STUDENTS EXPERIENCING RACISM AND HOW WE CAN ERADICATE THE ISSUE AS A WHOLE. LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR, WE PLAN TO RE-WORD OUR MISSION STATEMENT MORE TO INCLUDE CLEAR, AND ITS COMMEMORATION INC. WHICH, TO ENCOURAGE MORE STUDENTS TO REPORT AND GIVE US FEEDBACK, AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT S-DOC STANDS FOR AS A WHOLE.
>> SO, THE FINANCIAL LITERACY SUBCOMMITTEE IS A RELATIVELY NEW SUBCOMMITTEE ON SDAC. THIS WAS THE FIRST FULL SCHOOL YEAR SINCE ITS INCEPTION , AND SO, THE FINANCIAL LITERACY SUBCOMMITTEE IS TRYING TO DEVELOP A CURRICULUM TO EVENTUALLY BE IMPLEMENTED AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN CVUSD.
TO DO THAT, THIS SURVEY WAS SENT OUT THROUGHOUT THE CVUSD CAMPUSES . THIS ASKED STUDENTS HOW FAMILIAR THEY WERE WITH DIFFERENT TOPICS, AS WELL AS FACULTY AND STAFF , HOW IMPORTANT THEY THOUGHT VARIOUS FINANCIAL LITERACY TOPICS WORK TO OUR SUBCOMMITTEE THAT ANALYZED THE DATA AND COORDINATED WITH MATH TEACHERS, AS WELL AS TEACHERS AND OTHER THE PROMISE TO SEE HOW FINANCIAL LITERACY COULD BE INCORPORATED IN VARIOUS CURRICULUMS AND CLASSES THROUGHOUT OUR DISTRICT. TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, WE ALSO FOUND PRETESTING CURRICULUM FROM RELIABLE SITES, INCLUDING THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. WE ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THAT CURRICULUM TO SEE IF WE CAN USE OR MODIFY EXISTING CURRICULUM TO TRY TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THESE FINANCIAL LITERACY CURRICULUM, AND FINALLY, WE DECIDED TO DO A SHIFT IN THE GOAL. INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ONLY ON AN PLUMMETING POTENTIAL LITERACY INTO OUR MATH CLASSES, TRY TO IMPLEMENT IT INTO OTHER CORE CLASSES AND GET AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS.
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>> NEXT, MENTAL HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE PROVIDED BY ANOTHER FANTASTIC STUDENT LEADER . THEY WORKED PRIMARILY WITH PUBLICITY TO CREATE AND PUT OUT FORMS AND SURVEYS REGARDING STUDENTS' MENTAL HEALTH AND OPINIONS ON SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL LEARNING, WHICH HAS BEEN A HUGE TOPIC IN SDAC RECENTLY. ALSO, THE HIGH SCHOOL FROM, THEY ANALYZE THE WELLNESS CENTER USAGE DATA. FINALLY, FUTURE GOALS, THEY HELP TO FOLLOW UP ON THEIR SUCCESSES IN AREAS OF GROWTH WITH THE WELLNESS CENTERS, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WORK, AND WORK TO CREATE MENTAL HEALTH FEEDBACK FORM THAT CAN EVENTUALLY GO OUT REGULARLY AND ASSESS STUDENTS' MENTAL HEALTH ON THE WEEKLY TO FIND MORE RESOURCES AND EDUCATION
RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH. >> IN REGARDS TO PUBLICITY, THE STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS CURRENTLY MADE UP OF SIX GORDON REPRESENTED US FROM EACH OF THE CONFERENCE OF SCHOOL SITES AND 3 FROM EACH OF OUR 2 ALTERNATIVES WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEND ONE OR TWO ALTERNATIVES TO SCHOOL SITES, BUT ULTIMATELY, 6 TO 8 STUDENTS, OR 3 OF THE ALTERNATIVE, CANNOT CAPTURE EVERY STUDENT VOICE. SO, PUBLICITY SUBCOMMITTEE HAS HAD TWO PRIMARY FOCUSES. THE FIRST IS TO HELP THE STUDENT BODY UNDERSTAND WHAT SDAC IS AND HOW SDAC IS DIFFERENT FROM ASP. ASP AND SDAC ARE IMPORTANT GROUPS OF LEADERS ON CAMPUSES WITH DISTINCT RESPONSIBILITY AND ROLES. SO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT BOTH EXIST , AND THE DIFFERENCES AND NUANCES BETWEEN THE TWO. SECOND, WE CREATED A FORMAT FOR A SURVEY TO BE SENT OUT TO STUDENTS. THIS SURVEY WILL INCLUDE QUESTIONS RELATED TO OUR UPCOMING SDAC DISCUSSION TOPICS AGGREGATED BY SCHOOL SITES. WE HAVE DATA FROM EACH OF THE SCHOOL SITES TO COMPARE AND FOR THE REPRESENTATIVES ON SITE TO USE WHEN THEY COME TO THE MEETING TO GET A MORE ACCURATE PICTURE OF HOW THE STUDENTS ARE THERE AS OPPOSED TO THE ONES YOU CAN JUST CONNECT WITH HER PUBLICITY COMMITTEE DEVELOPED THAT INTO A FORMAT THAT CAN BE ROLLED OUT NEXT YEAR .WE ARE TRYING TO COMBINE MULTIPLE MONTHS OF DISCUSSION TOPICS INTO ONE SURVEY TO AVOID DEATH BY SURVEY, AS WE HAVE BEEN CALLING IT, BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO BE SENDING OUT SURVEYS CONSTANTLY EVERY MONTH, BUT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT WILL LIKELY SEE A DROP OFF IN RESPONSES, BUT THIS YEAR, THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL PILOTED ONE OF THE SURVEYS IN, I BELIEVE, NOVEMBER, AND RECEIVED CLOSE TO 500 RESPONSES, JUST UNDER 1/2 OF THE STUDENT BODY. WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH MANY STUDENTS TO GET REPRESENTED SAFELY.
>> THE CAMPUS CULTURE SUBCOMMITTEE, NEWEST SUBCOMMITTEE OF OURS, HAS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING THIS YEAR.
WE BEGAN THE YEAR BY DISCUSSING IMPROVEMENTS OR HOW TO BETTER MAKE THE ALL AXIS RESTROOMS MORE ACCESSIBLE. THEN, WE FINISHED THE YEAR WITH A JOINT MEETING WITH EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND ADAC ARE PRESENTED, MS. NICOLE UPDAGRAF, DISCUSSING RACISM ON CAMPUS AND RESTAURANT IDEAS TO BRING BACK TO THE GENERAL SDAC STUDENT BODY. WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXTRA TWO UTILIZING SOME MORE SURVEY DATA WITH THE PUBLICITY COMMITTEE, TO BETTER ADDRESS ISSUES STUDENTS BY MOST IMPACT ON THEIR CAMPUS, AS IT IS CAMPUS CULTURE DIRECTLY TALKING ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT STUDENTS HAVE WITH THE CAMPUS. ONE THING THAT WE ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS IS VAPING, SPECIFICALLY OUTSIDE OF ATHENS, BEEPING AND DRUG USE. WE DISCUSSED A LOT ABOUT HOW IT IS GOING ON INSIDE BATHROOMS, BUT IT HAPPENS IN OTHER PLACES OUTSIDE OF CAMPUS., SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF BATHROOMS WE WANT TO
FOCUS ON. >> I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT BEFORE WE COMPLETELY MOVE ON THAT ALL THIS WORK AND THE SURVEYS, THE PROJECTS, THE POLICY PROPOSALS, THOSE ARE ALL DONE OUTSIDE OF OUR GENERAL MEETINGS, OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL TIME. THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE VERY, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO , AND THEY DO A VERY, VERY WELL. I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL OF THEM.
I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO FANTASTIC WORK. LEADING ME TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE 2024-2025 EXECUTIVE BOARD, IT WILL BE CHAIRED BY IAN LEE, CLASS OF 25 AND A RECORDER, JONAH KIM, CLASS OF 2025, UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY.
>> IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN THREE EXECUTIVE BOARD NUMBERS, WE ALSO MEMBERS AT LARGE INSURANCE SCHOOLS A PRESENTATION ACROSS THE ENTIRE EXECUTIVE BOARD . FROM WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, HAVE MELINA SURVEY, CLASS OF 2025. FROM NEW BANK HIGH SCHOOL, RILEY SHEAHAN, CLASS OF 2028, FROM THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL, VICTOR PARK, CLASS OF 2025.
>> FROM CONEJO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE JOSLIN "JJ" JIMENEZ, AND FROM CENTURY ACADEMY, MYSELF, MAGALI.
>> LESLIE, DISTRICT STAFF, THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING US UPDATES AND SUPPORTING ORDER STUDENTS' WORK, ESPECIALLY WITHIN SUBCOMMITTEES. WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THEN, ALSO, JUST LIKE TO ADD A HUMONGOUS THANK YOU TO OUR CHAIRPERSON AND STUDENT BOARD TRUSTEE, WE TRULY CANNOT HAVE
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DONE IT WITHOUT YOU, MAGALI FIVE.>> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK AIDAN, FINN AND ON YOU, TAKING AN AMOUNT OF TIME TO BE A PART OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM AND WE ARE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANKS GOES TO YOU ALL. GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR MR.
QUARTERBACK. >> WOW. FANTASTIC PRESENTATION, CONCISE, CLEAR, EVERYTHING WE CAN ASK FOR. THANK YOU MUCH FOR
THAT GREAT PRESENTATION. >> I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, BUT I HAVE TO ECHO WHAT MR. GORBACH JUST SAID. BE ON THE FACT THAT YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB PRESENTING TONIGHT, WE HAVE GONE TO MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF YOUR SDAC MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE GROUP YOU ARE. QUITE HONESTLY, IT IS JUST UNBELIEVABLE. THE FOUR GOALS THAT YOU HAVE SENT OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU HAVE MORE THAN ACHIEVED THEM THIS YEAR. THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY PRODUCTIVE, AND AS A BOARD MEMBER, I KNOW I FOUND THEM VERY, VERY HELPFUL, AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE REINVENTION, AND THE REAL REWORKING OF IT IS ALSO INCREDIBLE HE COULD AND PRODUCTIVE. SO, WELL DONE. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SPENDING YOUR TIME HERE TONIGHT.
>> RESOLUTIONS ON A GREAT PRESENTATION. I CANNOT SAY, I'M SURPRISED, BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN YOU ALL IN ACTION AT SDAC MEETINGS AND HAVE SEEN TRUSTEES CALL AND APPEAR. I KNOW YOU ARE ALL VERY WELL POISED, WELL SPOKEN YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT IT IS IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE RANGE OF TOPICS THAT YOU HAVE ALL COVERED AND DISCUSSED AND PUT FORWARD PROPOSALS ON, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. I KNOW THAT IT IMPACTS ALL OF US. I THINK WE ALL ARE BIG BELIEVERS IN STUDENT VOICE. SO, I KNOW THAT THE WORK YOU ARE DOING IS IMPACTING OUR DISTRICT GREATLY. SO, CAN'T WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.THANK YOU.
>> I WILL JUST ADD MY THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR A YEAR THAT WAS INCREDIBLY PRODUCTIVE FROM THE BEGINNING-TO-END. IT IS SUCH A PLEASURE TO SIT AND WATCH YOU WORK AND LEAD. YOU ARE AN INCREDIBLE CREDIT TO OUR DISTRICT.THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK
>> I AM JUST GOING TO SAY, DITTO, BECAUSE YOU ALL EXAMPLE IF I WHY WE CREATED SDAC IN THE FIRST PLACE, BECAUSE YOUR LEADERSHIP SHOWS THAT STUDENT VOICE MATTERS IN A WAY THAT ARE JUST SAYING IT . THANK YOU FOR THE WORK AND THE LEADERSHIP.
EVERYBODY SAID, POISE AND DEDICATION, THOUGHTFULNESS, AND COMPASSION , AND THE FACT THAT YOU ALL, IN A ROOM, MADE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS HEARD, AND EVERYONE IS VALIDATED AND VALUED, THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO YOUR VALUES , AND IT IS A GREAT REFLECTION OF OURS. THANK YOU.
>> I JUST WANT TO END WITH TRUSTEE KAHL, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE EVER HAD A BASIC YEAR IN REVIEW. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR STUDENTS, TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU STARTED OFF WITH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND HOW THE COURSE OF THE YEAR WENT, AND HOW WE FINISHED. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE ARE
[H. Budget/LCAP Committee Annual Report]
AT ITEM MARMONI, BUDGET ANNUAL COMMITTEE REPORT. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY -->> ONE SECOND TO GET SITUATED. I HAVE ALLERGIES. I MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE SOME -- ALLERGIES, RIGHT? OKAY. HELLO, EVERYONE.
THIS IS MY LAST REPORT. FOR THIS COMMITTEE EVER -- I'M REALLY THRILLED. I FEEL LIKE I'M GRADUATING TOO , BUT BEFORE WE START, I WANT TO SAY, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS, ADMIN, YOU SEE THE COLLETTE RICHARDS OF EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO SO WELL TONIGHT. SO, KUDOS TO YOU. SO, HELLO. MY NAME IS ALICE CHOU. I'M HERE TONIGHT AS CHAIR OF THE BUDGET MM COMMITTEE FOR, I DUNNO, THE 100TH YEAR, TO PRESENT OUR END OF THE YEAR REPORT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, LET'S START FROM THE BEGINNING . FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE OUR COMMITTEE OVERVIEW. AS WRITTEN IN AR- 3100, OUR COMMITTEE'S DUTIES AND MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT
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LIMITED TO, ONE, MAKING ACCOMMODATIONS ON BUDGET PROTAS, TWO, MATT MANNING COST STRATEGIES, SUCH AS IDENTIFYING SERVICES THAT MAY BE REDUCED, MADE MORE EFFICIENT OR DISCONTINUED, THREE, REVIEWING THE CLARITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF BUDGET DOCUMENTS AND MEDICATIONS, AND FOUR, PRESENTING PROGRESS REPORTS ON THE COMMITTEE'S WORK AND A FINAL REPORT OF RECOMMENDATION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE AND TO THE BOARD. THIS YEAR, WE WERE TASKED TO FOCUS AND WORK ON THE LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN, BETTER KNOWN AS THE LCAP. ONE IMPORTANT PART OF AR-3100 IS THE SPECIFIC DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE CLEARLY DEFINED AND WRITTEN FOR ANY BACKGROUND INFORMATION NECESSARY, AND THIS IS THE COMPLETION OF THE COMMITTEE'S CHARGES, THE TIMELINES FOR REPORTING THE COMMITTEE'S PROGRESS, AND TIMELINES FOR COMPLETION OF EACH TASK. SO, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES THIS YEAR AS A RESULT OF NO WRITTEN -- INAUDIBLE ] THERE WAS AN UNINTENDED GAME OF TELEPHONE BETWEEN OUR COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD , WHICH RESULTED IN SOME NUMBERS HAVING DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS AND LEAD TO DIFFERENT BELIEFS ON WHAT THE SCOPE AND WITH THE COMMITTEE IS ALLOWED TO DISCUSS AND FOCUS ON. WITHOUT A WRITTEN, CLEAR CHARGE FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE YEAR, THE SCOPE AND PURPOSE WAS MURKY. FOR EXAMPLE, BEFORE ALL NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR LCAP WERE NOT, THERE WAS DEBATE AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL AS TO WHETHER KEEP THE BA-073.61 STRATEGIC PLAN OR CHANGE IT TO AN UNDECLARED STUDENTS ONLY PLAN. COUPLED WITH ONLY PERMISSION FROM THE CDE, THERE WAS SOME FRUSTRATION THAT ALSO LED TO THE NEED FOR REVISITING PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED WORK . IN FACT, IT BECAME SO CHALLENGING THAT MR. LOU PROVIDED THREE SLIDES WORTH OF TRANSCRIPTS FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S DISCUSSION SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR TO HELP CLARIFY. I AM ADHERING TO AR-3100 IN THE FUTURE. WE CAN AVOID SOME OF THE PUBLICATIONS FACED BY OUR COMMITTEE IN DOING SO. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS COMMITTEE IS ONE THE MOST DIVERSE IN TERMS OF EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS. WE HAVE MEMBERS, MEMBERS FROM ADMINISTRATION, STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES, PRINCIPAL, UNION REPRESENTATIVES, PARENTS , GUARDIANS, AND COMMUNITY GROUP REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAVE ALL COME TOGETHER TO CREATE AN INCREDIBLE BREADTH OF EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS. THE DIVERSITY OF THIS GROUP IS CRITICAL TO ENSURE THAT THE MOST COMPLETE AND EQUITABLE DISCUSSIONS AND COLLABORATIONS TAKE PLACE. NUMBERS WERE ALL ASKED TO STUDY AND CONTRIBUTE FEEDBACK AND QUESTIONS IN ORDER TO ENSURE ROBUST AND PRODUCTIVE DIALOGUE AND RECOMMENDATIONS. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND COLLABORATION TIME THIS YEAR. IT WAS NOT EASY. A SPECIAL THANKS TO MR. LOU, DR. HYATT AND COURTNEY STOCKTON FOR GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND . I WANT TO MENTION THAT THERE ARE SOME CRITICAL REPRESENTATIVES MISSING .NAMELY, WE NEED TO ENGAGE WITH FOSTERING YOUTH, HOMELESS YOUTH AND ASSOCIATE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO STUDENT OR PARENT REPRESENTED UP FOR ANY OF THESE THREE STUDENT GROUPS, NOR ANY DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THEM. THE BEST EXECUTED PLANS INCLUDE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE DESIGN PHASE ONWARD. THE VISIBILITY COMMUNITY , THERE'S A SAYING, NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US. IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS COMMITTEE, IT MEANS THE DECISIONS AND PLANS SHOULD NOT BE MADE FOR ANY STUDENT, GROUPS, OR FAMILIES WITHOUT THEIR DIRECT AND MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LATE START, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WERE STILL ABLE TO HAVE EIGHT MEETINGS THIS YEAR. I DID HAVE A COUPLE CONFLICTS -- WHICH IS IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE PRODUCTIVITY BOARD MEETINGS, WE REALLY WOULD RECOMMEND -- SO WE DON'T START LATE -- THAT WE BE GIVING A CLEAR, WRITTEN CHARGE PRIOR TO THE FIRST MEETING, AND FOR ME, IT WOULD START IN SEPTEMBER. THE REASONING IS THAT IF THE COMMITTEE PIVOTS TO BUDGET OR EVEN REMAINS ON LCAP, THERE'S A WORKLOAD FOR STAFF AND ADMIN TO GATHER DATA AND INFORMATION TO PRESENT TO THE COMMITTEE FOR EVALUATION AND DISCUSSION. IN THE PAST, THERE WERE OFTEN QUESTIONS THAT REQUIRED ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP TIME IN ANOTHER MEETING.STARTING EARLIER, ALSO ENSURING THAT, FOR PERTINENT LINE ITEM DISCUSSIONS WITH REGARDS TO BUDGET, IT ENSURES THAT ARE AND WHY AND OTHER ANALYSIS CAN BE DONE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE BEFORE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE CHARGE OF OUR COMMITTEE. CHARGE THIS YEAR WAS PROVIDE SUGGESTIONS AND FEEDBACK ON THE NEW '24-'25 LCAP AS IT IS DEVELOPED. THANKS TO CDE, THE DISTRICT'S LCAP CHANGE FROM A CONFERENCE OF STRATEGIC PLAN TWO VERY DIFFERENT AND EVOLVING LCAP. THE NEW LCAP MUST NOW FOCUS ON STUDENTS, WHICH ARE
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FOSTER YOUTH, HOMELESS YOUTH, SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. AS WELL AS THE LOWEST PERFORMING GROUPS IN THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD, FOR THOSE WATCHING WHO DON'T KNOW, THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD IS ESSENTIALLY A REPORT CARD FOR PERFORMANCE REVIEW FOR THE DISTRICT. THIS MEANS IN YOUR REQUIREMENT FOR LCAP TO INCLUDE ACTIONS, METRICS AND EXPENDITURES FOR ANY STUDENT GROUP IN THE RED OR VERY LOW FOR ANY CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD INDICATOR. AS A RESULT, NOT ALL STUDENT GROUPS ARE INCLUDED BECAUSE OF THE TARGETED PURPOSE AND REDUCED SCOPE A NEW MAJOR FUNCTION AS A DEFICIT OF CONTINUITY PLAN HAD REQUIREMENTS THAT EVOLVED OVER THE. TRUTHFULLY, REQUIRED OUR COMMITTEE TO ESSENTIALLY BUILD THE PLANE AS YOU FLY IT. THE COMMITTEE'S PATIENCE AND CIVILITY WERE CRITICAL IN OUR ABILITY TO HELP CREATE THE PLAN THAT WILL LATER BE PRESENTED IN THIS MEETING. AFTER THE REQUIREMENT AND DEFICIT ACCOUNTABILITY WAS GIVEN, I WENT THROUGH THE DASHBOARD FOR BOTH DISTRICT AND ALL SCHOOL SITES AND COMPILED THE DATA FOR STUDENT GROUPS THAT WERE IN THE RED AND/OR ORANGE FOR BOTH SCHOOL SITE LEVEL AND DISTRICT LEVEL . I PRESENTED THIS RED AND ORANGE PRESENTATION TWICE IN THE LCAP BUDGET COMMITTEE AND A VARIATION OF IT IN SDAC. IT WAS A TWO-TIME PART BRAND WITH PARTICLEBOARD SLIDES AND SHEETS EASILY VEGETABLE AND PROVIDED IMPORTANT INFORMATION DATA SIZES. THERE ARE THREE IN PARTICULAR I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT BUT ONE IS 23% OF SCHOOL SITES HAD 50% OR MORE APPLICABLE INDICATORS IN THE RED. THE SECOND IS 77% OF SCHOOL SITES HAVE 50% OR MORE APPLICABLE INDICATORS IN THE RED AND ORANGE. THIRD, THE DATA SHOWS THAT THERE ARE PARTICULAR STUDENT GROUPS THAT ARE VERY MUCH WORSE THAN THEIR PEERS YEAR AFTER YEAR . AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, THERE'S A THREE-WAY TIE, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, ENGLISH LEARNERS, AND HOMELESS YOUTH WITH TWO INDICATORS IN THE RED EACH. THEY ACCOUNT FOR SIX OUT OF THE NINE TIMES THE DISTRICT LEVEL IS IN THE RED AT SCHOOL SITE LEVEL, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AT 20%, ENGLISH LEARNERS HAD ALREADY 3%, AND SOCIAL ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS WITH 18% AND THE TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF ALL STUDENTS IN THE RED. WHILE ALL STUDENT GROUPS SHOULD BE SUPPORTED, THAT DATA IS CLEAR , THERE'S A CRITICAL IMPORTANCE TO ELEVATE AND SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THERE ARE FIVE COMMITTEE TOPICS REVIEWED. WE HAD NEW LCAP TEMPLATE, LCAP LANGUAGE, '23-'24 LCAP ACCIDENT SERVICES, AND WE REVIEWED THE DRAFT TODAY '24-'25 LCAP DOCUMENTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE . OKAY. NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO GO OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS OF COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS . BY NO MEANS IS THIS A COMPLETE OR EXHAUSTIVE LIST. OUR LCAP METRICS, WE MOVED METRICS ACROSS EXAMPLES OF EL PROGRESS IN GRADUATION RATE, AND WE ADDED THE VOLUMETRICS. WE ADDED THE CALIFORNIA ALTERNATE ASSESSMENT, CAA, ANNUAL SURVEY RESPONSES, DESCRIPTIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD LOCAL INDICATORS, NEW TEACHER INDUCTION METRIC, SEL EFFECTIVENESS SURVEY RESULTS FROM STUDENTS. FOR LCAP ACTIONS, WE ADDED EFFORTS TO RECRUIT STAFF WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, ADDED ADDITIONAL ACTIONS OF PROMOTING IMPACTS OF POSITIVE ATTENDANCE, UPDATED DISABILITY HISTORY MONTH TO MARCH, ADDED ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT TRAINING, AND EXPANDED RESTORATIVE PRACTICES TRAINING TO COUNSELORS AND TEACHERS. IN TERMS OF IMPROVING MUTABILITY AND INCREASED ACCESS, WE REQUESTED FOR AN UPDATED INFO GRAPHIC ON THE LCAP. ADDITIONALLY, WE STREAMLINED MORE WITH BULLET POINTS AND LINKS THAT MADE THE USUALLY BULKY LCAP MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD AND EASIER TO UNDERSTAND. SOME OTHER KEY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR COMMITTEE ARE PROPOSING UPDATES TO THE LCAP BOWLING WITH, FOR SAMPLE, THE GOAL ONE NOW READS IMPLEMENT TARGETED ACTIONS AND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT CONDITIONS FOR OPTIMAL LEARNING, EQUITABLE ACCESS, AND POSITIVE STUDENT OUTCOMES. THIS INCORPORATES LANGUAGE TO REFLECT THE VALUES OF EQUITY AND ACCESS OF OUR DISTRICT. MENTAL HEALTH WAS ALSO ADDED TO THE LANGUAGE, WHICH NOW READS, ENHANCE A SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL/PHYS ICAL AND WELL-BEING AND MENTAL WELL-BEING FOR ALL STUDENTS THROUGH TARGETED ACTIONS AND SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY, THE LCAP HAS NOW INTEGRATED OTHER DISTRICT PLANS WITHIN THE GOALS, INCLUDING THINGS WITH ALLIED ACTIONS AND GOALS , EXPLANATION, AND I BELIEVE , LASTLY, -- MAKE SURE -- YES, LASTLY, UPDATES OF SOME MEMOS OF MONITORING AND ACCOUNTABILITY TOOLS TO TARGET, ADDRESS, GAP IN BETWEEN DISTRICT AND SITE LEVEL FOR STUDENT GROUPS IN THE RED .THE STUDENT GROUPS IN THE RED WERE AN INDICATOR , DO NOT LARGELY MATCHUP BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND SCHOOL SITES. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES. SO, THESE ARE THE INDICATORS IN THE RED AT DISTRICT LEVEL, BUT NOT AT SCHOOL LEVEL. AFRICAN AMERICANS[02:10:01]
FOR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, FOSTER YOUTH FOR SUSPENSION, HOMELESS FOR MATH, AND COLLEGE AND CAREER WERE INDICATORS IN THE RED AT SCHOOL LEVELS WITH NOT AT DISTRICT LEVEL, AND THE DASHBOARD SHOWS 6, 7 INDICATORS, CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, SUSPENSION, MATHEMATICS, ENGLISH LANGWOOD CHARTS, GRADUATION RATES AND COLLEGE AND CAREER ALL HAVE INDICATORS IN THE RED THAT ARE NOT ALL DOESN'T DISTRICT LEVELS. SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS HAD THE HIGHEST REPRESENTATION OF RED FOR SUSPENSION AT SCHOOL SITE LEVEL, BUT DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE RED AT DISTRICT LEVEL FOR SUSPENSION. WHITE , TWO OR MORE, RACIST, SOCIOECONOMICALLY THIS ADVANTAGE OR CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IS RED AT SCHOOL LEVEL BUT DO NOT APPEAR RED AT DISTRICT LEVEL. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS A NEED FOR FURTHER CORONATION FOR THE SPSA AND LCAP GOALS AND ACTIONS. THE DISTRICT CAN ONLY MOVE OUT OF THE RED OF ALL SCHOOLS IS ALSO ADDRESSED WHERE THE DISTRICT IS IN THE RED WITHIN SPSA. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NOW, WE MOVE ON TO TAKEAWAYS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OUR COMMITTEE. OUR TAKEAWAYS WERE THE HONEST CONVERSATIONS WERE CRITICAL TO PRODUCE BETTER LCAP PRODUCT FOR OUR COMMUNITY , UPDATED INFO GRAPHIC IS NOT EASILY ACCESSIBLE AND DATA-DRIVEN , AND IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH IT, ONGOING PROCESS TO ENGAGE WITH EDUCATIONAL PARTNER GROUPS IS CRITICAL FOR IMPROVING LCAP, COMMITTEE INCLUDED RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT REPRESENTED DIVERSE GROUPS AND PERSPECTIVES THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO IMPROVING THE LCAP. THE COMMITTEE SYNTHESIZE THESE DIVERSE INPUTS INTO LARGER CONCEPTS WITHIN LCAP. FOCUS ON METRICS WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED , COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION AND ATTENDANCE HAS IMPROVED, STREAMLINING GOALS AND METRICS INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY/INABILITY, AND REALLY IMPROVED THE LIKELIHOOD OF ENGAGEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING. THE CDA REQUIREMENT TO TARGET UNDUPLICATED STUDENTS, FOSTER YOUTH, HOMELESS YOUTH, SO SHELL KNOB REMOTELY THIS ADVANTAGE AND LOW PERFORMING CREDIT A HUGE SHIFT IN PERFORMANCE FOR LCAP. THE GAP BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND SCHOOL SITES, MISTREATED THE NEED TO FURTHER CHORDATE SUBSEQUENT LCAP GOALS, ACTIONS AND METRICS. SPSA ARE MORE IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER.THE COMMITTEE WAS INFORMED THE MOST OF THE FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS FROM THE OLD LCAP WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE SPSA. SPSA ARE NOW THE MAIN STRATEGIC AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR ALL STUDENTS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A STRATEGY OF HOW SPSA WILL BE IN LOCKSTEP WITH LCAP AND SUPPORT ON HOW TO INCORPORATE THE ADDITIONAL WORK REQUIREMENT. LASTLY, FOR OUR TAKEAWAYS, THE COMMITTEE BELIEVED THAT EMBEDDING PLANS IMPROVED THE LCAP. I WILL MONTEREY CONDITIONS FOR NEXT YEAR.FOR THE LCAP, THEY RECOMMENDED A DEEPER LOOK AHEAD AND SEEING SOME OF THE LCAP METRICS, PARTICULARLY METRICS NOT REQUIRED, MONITORING THE LCAP GOLD FOR A THREE-YEAR CYCLE AND THE NECESSARY. THERE'S ALSO FOR THE NEED TO DISCUSS AND EXPORT DIFFERENT TOPICS THE COLLEGE AND CAREER INDICATORS, DI, LIKELY THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD NEED AT LEAST ONE TO TWO MEETINGS TO REVIEW THE PROGRESS OF THE LCAP, AND IF NECESSARY, DISCUSS CHANGES AND ADDITIONS. ADDITIONALLY, RECOGNITION WAS MAYBE WE DON'T ALWAYS NEED HOMEWORK, TO WHICH I AGREE. BIG SHOUT OUT TO BRING THE BUDGET BACK TO THE LCAP BUDGET COMMITTEE. THERE WAS A DESIRE TO SHIFT FROM THE FOCUS OF LCAP FOR NEXT YEAR TO MORE TARGETED BUDGET FOCUS . THE LINE ITEMS ARE PROGRAMS THAT I BELIEVE THAT I THINK SHOULD START WITH THE HIGHEST CLASS LINE ITEMS. ANALYSIS OF COST PROGRAMS AND ANALYSIS OF HOW AND HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE SERVED AND REMINDER, TO PUT IT OUT THERE, ALREADY EXISTS AN EVALUATION SYSTEM , AND THEY CAN BE REVISED AS A COMMITTEE SEES FIT AND KNOW LONGER WILL BE HERE, SO I CAN REMIND EVERYONE. THERE ARE ALSO TWO FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS REQUESTED, INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE DIRECTORS WITH OVERSIGHT OR NEEDED FOR BETTER ARTICULATING SUCCESSES , AND WE WOULD LIKE MORE INPUT FROM CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL. CLEAR, WRITTEN DIRECTIONS AND CHARTS GIVEN TO THE COMMITTEE EARLY. LASTLY, THERE IS A NEED FOR REALIGNMENT AND POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF OTHER DISTRICT PLANS THAT ARE NOTED IN THE LCAP. A REMINDER FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT AWARE, THE DISTRICT'S PLANS WERE RATED TO BE IN LINE WITH THE OLD VERSION OF THE LCAP. BEFORE, WAS IT NECESSARY TO INCLUDE THE DETAILED METRICS, TIMELINES AND BUDGETS WITH OTHER DISTRICT PLANS BECAUSE THE MECHANICS WERE GENERALLY DETAILED WITHIN THE LCAP. OUT OF THE LCAP HAS A REDUCED CHANGE PURPOSE, THOSE PLANS ARE NO LONGER CLOSELY ALIGNED , AND IS LESS COORDINATED AND UNIFIED FORCE AND WOMEN FOR EXCELLENCE FOR STUDENTS. THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO REALIGN AND EXPAND OTHER DISTRICT PLANS TO ENSURE CONTINUITY AND PREVENT LOSS OF MOMENTUM AND PROGRESS. I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO BE LOST IN THE SHUFFLE. NEXT SLIDE. SO, AGAIN
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, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ANY QUESTIONS.>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT THURSDAY -- PRESENTATION -- I WILL OPEN IT UP ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
>> I FEEL THAT PRESSURE. ALICE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE THIS FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE TIME AND TALENT .FOR ANYONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, ALICE IS A PARENT VOLUNTEER. SHE IS NOT A DISTRICT EMPLOYEE.
SHE IS DOING THIS HOPE IS NOT QUITE SURE WHY ALL OF THIS BUT OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF HER HEART. I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING AND WHAT YOU POINT OUT AS THE ALIGNED MATRIX, WHICH HE WON'T SAY, BUT YOU DID DEVELOP. THAT WAS A GREAT TOOL A FEW YEARS AGO. PIVOTED TO TAKING A DEEP DIVE INTO THE LCAP , WE LOOK AT SRA FUNDED PROGRAMS THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR. HE POINTED OUT WE WERE, WHAT'S THE TERM, BUILDING THE PLANE AS WE WERE FLYING IT. THERE WERE CHALLENGES AND TIMING CHALLENGES, AND THE BOARD DID HAVE SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS AS TO REALLY WHAT THE BEST USE OF THE BUDGET LCAP COMMITTEE WITH THE, GIVEN ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT WERE GOING ON, AND I THINK, GOING FOR NEXT YEAR, GETTING STARTED EARLIER, AND THEN IN THAT CLEAR FASHION WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE HELPFUL. THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT YOU ARE CLEARLY NOT AFRAID OF NUMBERS AND MATRICES, DATA, AND SPREADSHEETS, AND GRAPHS, AND I THINK THAT DOES PUSH THE GROUP INTO LOOKING AT THIS. I THINK THAT HAS REALLY HELPED US FOCUS A LOT OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE DEEP DIVE AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU QUICKLY RECOUNTED, BUT THAT TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND EFFORT AND TIME. AGAIN, THANK
YOU. MUCH APPRECIATED. >> THANK YOU.
>> I WILL CHIME IN AS A NEWER MEMBER OF LCAP BUDGET COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THIS YEAR AND FOR THE THREE YEARS OF LEADERSHIP . AGAIN, JUST TO RESTATE WHAT TRUSTEE SYLVESTER SAID, AS A PARENT VOLUNTEER, WE KNOW IT TAKES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF TIME AND ENERGY AND EFFORT TO WRANGLE THIS MANY PEOPLE AND TRY TO GET WORK DONE AND ALL OF THAT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND APPRECIATE THE REALLY THOROUGH FEEDBACK YOU GET TONIGHT ON THE NUMBER OF ISSUES, BECAUSE I THINK, AS WE ARE EVALUATING ANY PROCESS, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO HEAR THAT AND TRY TO READJUST WHATEVER WE NEED TO. I APPRECIATED THE EXTRA EFFORTS YOU MADE BY DIVING INTO DATA FOR THE COMMITTEE AND PRESENTING THE RED AND ORANGE AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DISTRICT LEVEL AND THE SCHOOL LEVEL. YOU ARE RIGHT, IT MAKES THE BUCKETS FOR MAGALI FOR THE MUCH MORE IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF HAVING A REALLY SOLID, THOROUGH, STRATEGIC PLAN FOR EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS. WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IT AND LOOKING AHEAD TO THE FOLLOWING REVIEW FOR SPSA.
I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE -- AGAIN -- COMMENTS ABOUT SOME OF THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMITTEE, MAKING SURE WE HAVE CERTAIN PEOPLE AND ALL THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T BEEN, STARTING EARLIER. SO, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER
INSIGHTS YOU WANT -- YES? >> I DO THINK THAT THERE IS JUST ONE, WHICH IS I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A NEED TO INTEGRATE ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS INTO ALL OUR PLANS AND TO KIND OF THE PROCESSES FOR THE DISTRICT . WITHOUT IT, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT TRULY KNOW , BE ABLE TO KNOW AND REALLY IMPROVE DECATUR'S. SO, LET ME JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE THAT I GAVE AT C-DAC. IF I HAVE A FEDERAL STUDENT THAT MAY HAVE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM, THAT CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM MAY MEAN THAT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE , MATH SCORES AND GRADES ARE LOW, WHICH MAY MEAN THAT THEY WILL HAVE MORE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, AND THEY MAY NOT GRADUATE WITH A DIPLOMA. SO, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT ALL THE LAYERS, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE COURT, IN ORDER TO REALLY KNOW, OKAY, WE MAY KNOW SYMPTOMATICALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING, BUT IF WE ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE, THEN WE CAN SEE OFFICE I REALLY DO BELIEVE IN ELEVATION AND IMPROVEMENT ACROSS ALL
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EDUCATORS. THANK YOU. >> I HAVE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES IN THE PAST -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS -- I WANTED TO POINT OUT YOUR EXPERTISE TO TAKE BROAD TOPICS OF CONVERSATION AND TARGET THEM INTO ACTIONS IS INCREDIBLE. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. IT SHOWED IN THIS REPORT AND YOUR LAST COMMENT. JUST YOUR ABILITY TO TAKE GENERIC CONVERSATIONS AND TARGET IT TO A SPECIFIC END. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK , AND WE'LL MISS YOU AS THE PARTICIPANT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MCCORMICK. >> THANK YOU FOR THE RECAP, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER THESE YEARS, NOT JUST THIS YEAR. I KNOW THIS YEAR WAS TRYING.I'M GLAD THAT YOU OFFERED THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU JUST DID, BECAUSE I THINK IT POINTS TO THE REASON THAT THE LCAP WAS REFORMATTED , AND I THINK IT IS GOING TO HELP US . I THINK THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS , IN WHICH YOU HAVE PARTICIPATED FULLY TO REALIGN THE SCHEDULE FOR PREPARING OUR SINGLE-SCORE PLANTS SO THAT THEY DO ALIGN WITH THE TIMING OF THE LCAP -- AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THESE SEPARATE PLANS, BUT THEY ARE INTERWOVEN, AND THAT WE ARE REFERRING TO THEM, I THINK THIS EVOLUTION IS POINTING US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO REALLY IMPORTANT WORK. I AM SORRY THAT YOU WON'T BE PARTICIPATING IN IT NEXT YEAR, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS YOU HAVE
MADE.WE APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU.
>> IT HAS ALL BEEN SAID, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, YOUR DEDICATION, AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO ALL STUDENTS AT ALL TIMES. IT TAKES A TEAM -- AS YOU SAW, PARTICULARLY I APPRECIATE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, THAT IT COMES FROM ALL PARTS , AND YOU POINTED OUT WHERE IT MIGHT NOT BE ALL OF THEM, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT. AND, GETTING THOSE MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES TO CRAFT SOMETHING THAT WORKS AS BEST AS IT CAN FOR AS MANY AS IT CAN'T, BUT YOU STILL REMIND US THAT IT IS STILL IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE LESS WELL SERVED , AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT REMINDER, BECAUSE WHILE WE DO IT , NATURALLY, SOMETIMES YOU GET GOING AND YOU ARE LIKE , WAIT. SO, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION. ALSO, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ON YOUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.
>> YES. >> AND MY GRADUATION TOO.
>> AND MIKE GRADUATION TOO . WE ARE SORRY TO SEE YOU GO, BUT YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND US. WE ALWAYS WELCOME YOU .
>> IT IS GOODBYE FOR NOW. >> I KNOW. THERE'S TIMES.
>> THERE'S TIME. THE BABY WON'T BE A BABY FOREVER. I KNOW. I KNOW. THEN, IT TAKES A WHILE, BUT -- TRULY APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP AND THE PARTICIPATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH . >> A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE UNC CAME BACK INTO THE FOLD.
>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT UP, ITEM 2H, BUDGET COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT . NO, SORRY, YOU'RE RIGHT. ITEM 3A.
[A. Business Services - Public Hearing: 2024-2025 Proposed Budget - General Fund and Ancillary Funds]
THANK YOU. I DIDN'T CROSS IT OFF MY LIST. THANK YOU. ITEM SDAC, PUBLIC HEARING 2024-2025, PROPOSED BUDGET . GENERAL FUND AND ANCILLARY FUNDS. I DIDN'T GET TO USE THE GAVEL. WE WILL NOW CONVENE A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE 2024-2025 PROPOSED BUDGET, GENERAL FUND AND ANCILLARY FUNDS.ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.[02:25:04]
AT THIS TIME -- ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION FROM INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS? OR WANT TO HAVE A PRESENTATION FIRST, THEN ASK RUSSIANS, OR ASK QUESTIONS AS WE GO ALONG?YOUR CHOICE. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. FOR '24-'25 -- WE WILL PUT OUR BUDGET TOGETHER -- THE PROCESS STARTS IN JANUARY WENDY GOVERNOR GIVES HIS PROPOSE -- GIVES HIS PROPOSED BUDGET, AND BETWEEN MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, LEGISLATURE APPROVES IT, MAKE SOME CHANGES, ADJUSTMENTS, BEFORE THEY COME OUT WITH THE FINAL BUDGET. THIS BUDGET IS PREPARED USING THE SOURCES THAT ARE PRESENTED HERE. IT IS OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, BUT THE STATE BUDGET IS NOT FINALIZED YET . THE STATE HAS UNTIL JUNE 15TH TO FINALIZE THEIR BUDGET. IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES, THEY WOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE FIRST INTERIM UPDATE, WHICH WILL BE DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR. THIS YEAR 'S MAY REVISE WAS A LITTLE BIT UNCONVENTIONAL , AND IT WASN'T A REGULAR MAY REVISE MEETING. IT WAS JUST PRESENTED AS A LIST OF LINE ITEM REDUCTIONS, AND MAINLY RESULTING IN LOWER THAN ESTIMATED TAX COLLECTIONS FOR PRIOR YEARS AND PROJECTED FISCAL YEAR '24-'25 . K-12 WAS ESSENTIALLY SHIELDED FROM THE ONGOING REDUCTIONS, EVEN THOUGH THE STATE'S GENERAL FUND WAS ESTIMATED TO RECEIVE MUCH LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED REVENUES . THERE WAS A PROPOSAL IN THE MAY REVISE TO USE THE RAINY DAY FUNDS, WHICH ESSENTIALLY RESERVE FOR CROP 98 SCHOOL FUNDING. THE STRATEGY WAS LABELED CONTROVERSIAL, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE LEGISLATURE. THERE WAS A LOT OF CRITICISM ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO PROP-98. SOME CALLED IT A MANIPULATION OF THE MINIMUM GUARANTEE FOR SCHOOL FUNDING. THE MINIMUM GUARANTEE IS DOWN 3.7 BILLION JUST FROM JANUARY BASED ON TAX COLLECTIONS ON THE STATE REVENUE SIDE. COLA WAS PRESENTED IN JANUARY AS .76% AND WAS RAISED SLIGHTLY UP TO 1.07. THE GOVERNOR DOESN'T ASSUME A RECESSION MOVING FORWARD. HE PROJECTS THE U.S.
ECONOMY WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND THE STOCK MARKET WILL CONTINUE TO PERFORM WELL. THE RISKS NOTED BY THE GOVERNOR IN HIS PROPOSAL ARE THE SALES AND USE TAX. WE SAW SLIGHT INCREASES, BUT PERSONAL AND CORPORATE AND CAPITAL AND TAX GAIN S AND PERSONAL CORPORATE TAX HAVE DECLINED WHICH PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE STATE BUDGET. WHAT HAS BEEN DUBBED AS THE MANEUVER HAS BEEN SETTLED SINCE, BUT WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL IN THE MAY REVISE WAS -- YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET ON THE THREE-YEAR CYCLE . LOOKING BACK TO '22-'23 -- BECAUSE COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC -- I BELIEVE SOME OF THE HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING AND OTHER THINGS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN THE STATE -- THE TAX COLLECTION OFFICE TAX FILING DEADLINE LOPEZ WAS EXTENDED TO OCTOBER OF THAT YEAR. SO, THE ESTIMATED REVENUES WERE DONE EARLY IN THE YEAR, THEN WHEN IT CAME TO FRUITION AND THEY COUNTED ALL THE TAX REVENUES, IT WAS FAR LESS THAN WHAT WAS ANTICIPATED.
SO, IN A NUTSHELL, WHAT HAPPENED WAS, IN '22-'23, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE LESS MONEY THAN WE DID, AND WHAT IS BEING DUBBED AS THE MANEUVER WAS THE GOVERNOR WAS TAKING THE ROUGHLY $8.8 BILLING OUT OF PROP 98 WITHOUT US HAVING TO GIVE BACK MONEY, BUT WHAT THAT IS, ESSENTIALLY, IS LOWERS THE BASE MOVING FORWARD FOR THE YEARS AHEAD , AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT ON THAT STRATEGY, AND ESSENTIALLY, THE CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION FILED A SUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE MANIPULATION OF PROP 98 FROM SCHOOL SERVICE, THIS GIVES YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE IMPACT WAS , LOOKING AT THE BLUE LINE, THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL, AND ACCORDING TO THE LAW FOR PROP 98, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UP AT THE ONES LINE. BUT A DIFFERENCE OF 12 MILLION TO $14 BILLION TOTAL FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING IN CALIFORNIA. SO, SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, THE GOVERNOR, DID GET TOGETHER AND THEY REACHED AN AGREEMENT . I AM NOT GOING
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TO SAY EVERY SINGLE DETAIL OF ALL THE LETTERS AND THE MOVING PARTS THAT HAPPENED FOR THAT SETTLEMENT, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOW ESTABLISHED AS WHAT IS CALLED A MAINTENANCE FACTOR, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY MONEY THAT WILL BE OWED TO SCHOOLS IN FUTURE YEARS WITHOUT SPECIFYING HOW MUCH WERE ANY FUTURE YEARS. THE DEAL RELIES ON THREE ROUNDS OF ANTERIOR DEFERRALS AND SUSPENDING PROP 98 FOR '23-'24, WHICH ALLOWS THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE TO NOT FOLLOW THE PROP 98 VERBATIM. IT ALLOWS FOR A MAY REVISION TO BE MAINTAINED, MEANING THE DOLLARS FOR REVENUES FOR SCHOOLS WILL BE WITH THE GOVERNOR HAS PROPOSED , PUT FORWARD. IT IS JUST A BACK END MECHANISM OF HOW THAT HAPPENS IS WHAT THE MANIPULATION IS. SO, THE COMPROMISE IS ON THE TABLE NOW , LEGISLATURE IS REVIEWING IT. THERE HAS BEEN SOME POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM LEGISLATURE. LEGISLATORS -- AND AGAIN, THEY HAVE UNTIL JUNE 15TH TO FINALIZE WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE . WE DID ASK SEVERAL QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS, LIKE DO WE SHOW THIS IN FUTURE YEARS, AND WE WERE TOLD, NO. WE WERE TOLD, WHEN WE GET IT, WE WERE TOLD, WE DON'T KNOW. AND A LOT OF IT ASSUMES GROWTH IN THE ECONOMY, AND A NUMBER OF ECONOMISTS ARE NOT PREDICTING A RECESSION, THE LEVEL OF GROWTH IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS IS NOT INSPECTED TO CONTINUE. THE STRONG ECONOMY EVEN ISN'T GOING TO GET US BACK TO WHERE WE BELONG IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. WE'LL SEE ALL THE MULTIYEAR GUARANTEES HERE. THE LAO, LEGISLATIVE ANALYST OFFICE, THEY'RE FOR THE MAY REVISIONS APPROACH OVER JANUARY'S PROPOSAL. THEY HAD SOME THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE MANEUVER, AND THEY ESTIMATE THAT IT INCREASES GENERAL FUND COSTS BY $1.8 BILLION OVER 5 YEARS AND THE USE OF ONE-TIME FUNDS FOR ONGOING PROGRAMS IN '24-'25 -- WAS PROPOSED -- STILL CREATE A SHORTFALL FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND IS VERY DANGEROUS TO USE ALL OF THE PROP-90 RESERVES, WHICH MEANS WHEN -- LOOKING AT FUTURE YEARS -- SOMETHING COMES UP, THERE ARE NO RESERVES TO HELP. THAT WOULD LEAD TO LARGER CUTS MOVING FORWARD. CAPITAL ADVISORS , ANOTHER ADVOCACY FIRM FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. BASICALLY, THEY WERE GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE SETTLEMENT AS THEY WERE GIVING THE PRESENTATION, AND THEY GAVE US AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE WERE AT THE MAY REVISE. THEY, TOO, AGREED THAT THE PROP 90 RESERVES, BASED ON THE PROPOSED MAY REVISE, ESSENTIALLY, ARE GOING TO BE GONE, AND IT STILL LEAVES A LOT OF OPEN HOLES IN '25 HAVEN'T '26 AND '26-'27 AS TO HOW TO ADDRESS ANY SHORTFALLS OF FUNDING. ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS KIND OF OVERLOOKED, BUT IS SOMETHING NOTEWORTHY THAT WE JUST HAVE TO MENTION, THAT IN MARCH, 2024, CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE BECAME THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY. IT IS STILL RELATIVELY LOW, BUT IT IS THE HIGHEST OF THE 50 STATES, AND THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON CALIFORNIA BECAUSE OF THE RELIANCE ON INCOME TAXES. I JUST WANT TO GO OVER AND TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME -- BUT IF YOU ARE NOT LOOKING AT A REGULARLY, I FEEL LIKE IT IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. WE HAVE FUNDED AN ATTENDANCE, NOT ON ENROLLMENT, AND THE INSTRUMENT BEHIND THAT IS WHAT IS CALLED THE LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA, AND WAS INSTITUTED COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, IT ALWAYS USED TO BE WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE OUR CURRENT YEAR OR PRIOR YOUR A.D.A., WHICHEVER WAS GREATER, BUT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AFFECTING ATTENDANCE ON SUCH A LARGE LEVEL, THE STATE HAD CHANGED THAT AND MADE IT A ROLLING THREE YEARS. ESSENTIALLY, GIVE YOU A THREE-YOUR AVERAGE INSTEAD OF USING THE HIGHER OF TWO YEARS.HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE WERE. WHERE WE ARE IN '23-'24 AND WHAT IS PROJECTED THROUGH '26-'27. THE IMPACT OF THE ROLLING THREE YEARS, YOU CAN SEE , OUR MOMENT IS PROJECTED TO BE OVER THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD DOWN 935 STUDENTS. OUR A.D.A. IS PROJECTED TO BE ONLY DOWN 667, BUT ARE FUNDED 88 IS GOING DOWN DOUBLE THAT, 1257. WHAT HAPPENS, THINK OF IT AS AN ALLIGATOR'S MOUTH, THE MOUTH IS CLOSING, CLOSING, GETTING CLOSER. WHEN THAT REACHES THE THREE-YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE, WE
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WILL FINALLY LEVEL OFF. THAT IS WHEN WE WILL SEE AT LEAST SOME CONSISTENCY IN A.D.A. FUNDING LEVELS GOING FORWARD. THIS GIVES YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN THE STATE SAYS, COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT, WHEN THEY ARE GIVING 1.07 % NECTAR, FOR US, IT IS NEGATIVE THREE DOES.40% BECAUSE OF OUR CHANGE IN ENROLLMENT. THE YEAR-TO-YEAR, STATE-FUNDED, LOCAL CONTROLLED FUNDING FORMULA, IS DOWN 6.5 MILLION. IN THE OUT YEARS, WE ARE LOOKING AT AN ESTIMATED TWO DISTANT 93 AS A STATE COLA FOR US, THEN '26-'27, OVER 3% AT 29 MILLION. IN '26-'27, DOESN'T GET US BACK TO THE LEVEL WE ARE AT IN '23-'24. I GET ASKED A LOT , WHY CAN'T YOU FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH WE ARE GETTING FUNDED. IT IS A COMPLICATED FORMULA, AND I TRIED TO ILLUSTRATE A LITTLE BIT HERE. THERE IS A BASE AMOUNT FOR EVERY STUDENT, BUT BY TK, WHICH IS SEPARATE, AND THEN YOU HAVE K THROUGH 3, 4 THROUGH 6TH , 11 THROUGH 12. AT THE BASE AMOUNT WITH THE CAA, THE GIVES YOU THE BASE PER THE A.D.A., THE 3RD LINE DOWN. GSA IS A GREAT SPAN ADJUSTMENT. FOR TK STUDENTS, $134,000 MORE, AND FOR K THROUGH 3, WE GET $1334 MORE FOR CLASS-SIZE REDUCTION IN 9 THROUGH 12, WE GET AN ADD-ON OF $316 PER STUDENT. SO, FOR TK, BECAUSE OF THE IMPLANTATION, GET AN ADDITIONAL $3077 PER A.D.A. AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL FUNDING PER A.D.A. FOR CUSD -- CVUSD -- HOW MUCH WE GET FOR EACH STUDENT WITHIN THOSE WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE, AS THE STUDENTS GO THROUGH THE GRADES, WE ACTUALLY GET LESS FUNDING UNTIL THEY GET BACK TO THE 7 AND 8 BAND, THEN HIGH SCHOOL. WE'RE GETTING $2000 MORE FOR TK STUDENTS, BUT ONCE IT CROSSOVERS INTO KINDERGARTEN, WE GET $3000 LESS PER A.D.A. , AND WITH A CROSS OVER TO GRADE 4, FIVE, SIX, WE GET 800 -- $890 LESS -- AND AT GRADE 7, $300 MORE, THEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE GET $1980 MORE PER A.D.A. WHEN WE DO OUR PROJECTED ENROLLMENT IN A.D.A., WE MOVE OUR GRADES UP . THE SAME STUDENT GENERATED X DOLLARS THIS YEAR WILL GENERATE LESS DOLLARS THE NEXT YEAR. SO, HERE, WE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE MAJOR BUDGET IMPACTS, YEAR-OVER-YEAR. TOP LINE, YOU CAN SEE THE FUNDING DECREASE FOR LCFF, THEN A LIST OF OTHER SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, PLUSES AND MINUSES , AND IT ADDS OF BEING THE $6.4 MILLION CHANGE , AND AGAIN, WE ARE ALWAYS HOVERING AROUND THE 6 1/2 MILLION DOLLAR MARK, ESSENTIALLY THE MARKED TO LCFF WE ARE SEEING BECAUSE OF THE LOW COLA AND OTHER CHANGES. WHEN YOU PUT THIS TOGETHER, WE SEPARATED NOW BASED AND SUPPLEMENTAL. THE SUPPLEMENTAL, MR. LITTLE WILL COVER -- IN THE MAJORITY OF THE DOLLARS THAT GO TO THE STUDENTS FROM THE LCAP THAT QUALIFY FOR THOSE FUNDS .SO, OUR LCFF IS CONSIDERED BASELINE SETTLEMENT WITH WONDERS 26 PLUS THE OTHERS WANTED 80 MILLION+ THE 27 MILLION FOR THE TOTAL LCFF , AND YOU CAN SEE IS DOWN WITH THE SUPPLEMENT AS WELL DOWN UNDER 4%. FEDERAL, STATE, THOSE ARE DOWN FROM SECOND TERM MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE ONE-TIME DOLLARS ARE GONE. THE GRANT DOLLARS IN THERE ARE ONE-TIME DOLLARS. THOSE ARE THE CHANGES IN THE YEAR-TO-YEAR ON THE REVENUES. AND, LOCAL, THE BIG CHANGE THERE IS MOSTLY DONATIONS AND OTHER TYPES OF GRANTS WE GET OVER THE YEAR. WE DON'T BOOK THOUGH DOLLARS UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GET THEM IN.
OUR TOTAL REVENUE PROPOSED FOR '24-'25 IS 260 MILLION, OFFICE I'M SORRY, 239 MILLION ALL THIS COMING FROM A $260 MILLION BUDGET. IT IS A DECREASE OF $27 MILLION DOWN YEAR-OVER-YEAR . HERE, YOU CAN SEE IT, THE SAME NUMBERS EXCEPT THEY ARE BROKEN FROM UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED, AND RESTRICTED DOLLARS ARE ESSENTIALLY ANYTHING THAT IS COMMITTED, HAS TO BE USED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, AND ARE
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RESTRICTED BUDGET ESSENTIALLY STARTS AT 0 AND ENDS AT 0. OUR UNRESTRICTED DOLLARS ARE ESSENTIALLY ABOUT $170 MILLION . THIS IS HOW WE SPEND OUR MONEY . HOW MONEY COMES IN, 79% COME FROM THE STATE THROUGH THE LCFF FOR 4%, FEDERAL, 5% FROM THE STATE, 2% FROM OUR COMMUNITY HERE, LOCALLY, AND IN THE 6% COMES MOSTLY FROM TRANSFERS AND THE BIG PIECE OF THAT IS SELMA, THE WAY THAT IT WORKS IS A SPECIAL ED FUNDING GOES FOR THE COUNTY, THEN ESSENTIALLY, WE GET THOSE DOLLARS THROUGH A TRANSFER FROM THE COUNTY. THAT IS WHY IT IS LISTED THROUGH TRANSFER. ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, WE ARE LOOKING AT JUST OVER $113 MILLION ON CERTIFICATED SALARIES, 36 ON CLASSIFIED BENEFITS.WE ARE ABOUT 67 MILLION BOOKS AND SUPPLIES, 11 CONTRACTS, OTHER SERVICES, 24 , AND OUR TEMPERATURES ARE ROUGHLY $254 MILLION, WHICH ARE DOWN 12% FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE ONE-TIME DOLLARS THAT WE SHOWED IN REVENUE AREN'T THERE, BUT ALSO THE CORRESPONDING EXPENSES AREN'T THERE AS WELL BECAUSE FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF ONE-TIME MONEY COMES IN, THERE'S A DOLLAR EXPENDITURE. THE REVENUE GOES AWAY, BUT SO DOES THE EXPENDITURE. THEORETICALLY, UNLESS IT IS ABSORBED INTO THE GENERAL FUNDS . AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A DIFFERENT WAY TO LOOK AT IT FROM UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED. 185 MILLION IN EXPENSES AND UNRESTRICTED AT 69 MILLION , UNRESTRICTED, TOTAL, 254 MILLION . DIFFERENT WAY, AGAIN, TO LOOK AT IT THIS IS ALL THE SAME INFORMATION, JUST MAKING IT EASIER TO LOOK AT OUR DIFFERENT WAYS OF LOOKING AT THIS TYPE OF DATA. 84% OF ALL BARRACKS FENCES GO TO PEOPLE WITH SALARIES AND BENEFITS.WHEN YOU PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER, WE PROJECT -- THIS IS LOOKING FORWARD TO JUNE OF 2025 -- WHERE WE ESTIMATE WE'LL END UP -- THIS IS EXACTLY WRONG -- BUT ALMOST CORRECT -- BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT JUNE FOR THEM. SO, WHERE WE ARE, COMBINED, WE WILL START THE YEAR WITH 30 MILLION. WE SHOULD HAVE SOME FALLOUT MONEY FROM THIS YEAR, COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS, POTENTIALLY, THAT WILL INCREASE THE BEGINNING BALANCE. OUR REVENUE , 239 MILLION , 254 MILLION, ESTIMATED ENDING BALANCE, NET, GOING TO BE 15 1/2 MILLION DOLLARS , AND IN THE 15 AND HAVE MILLION DOLLARS, BROKEN DOWN BELOW, 211 FOR OUR INVENTORY INVOLVING CASH, 3 MILLION IS OUR LOCAL FISCAL STABILIZATION RESERVE, AND ARE MANDATED 3% RESERVE IS 70 STAR 6 MILLION. THAT LEAVES US AT AN UNDESIGNATED AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT $4.7 MILLION . OUR UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE AS A PERCENT OF OVERALL EXPENSE IS JUST OVER 3%. OUR GOAL WAS TO MAINTAIN IT OVER 6%. SO, WE ARE BELOW ESTIMATED -- PROJECTED TO BE BELOW THAT NEXT YEAR SO, WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THE THREE-YOUR PROJECTION. WE'RE LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR, THEN THE TWO YEARS THEREAFTER, AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES , LOOKING AHEAD HELP AS I MENTIONED EARLIER ALL OF THE FUNDING 88 FOR ACTUAL A.D.A. AS THE ALLIGATOR MOUTH CLOSES OFFICE SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING IN PROPORTION TO A.D.A. -- THIS IS A THING WITH SPECIAL ED FUNDING. WE DON'T GET FUNDED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. IT IS BASED ON A.D.A.
AMOUNT. AS OUR OVERALL A.D.A. GOES DOWN, SO DOES OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING, BECAUSE IT IS NOT BASED ON SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. IT IS BASED ON ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. EVEN THOUGH THE POPULATION ISN'T GOING DOWN, THE FUNDING BEHIND IT IS. MEDICAL BENEFITS CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CLAIMS THAT I BELIEVE HAVE EXCEEDED THE THRESHOLD FOR BEING COVERED UNDERNEATH OUR STOPLOSS, PUSHING $2 MILLION ABOVE AND BEYOND PREMIUMS. WE HAVE SOME PENDING LITIGATION. WE HAVE SET ASIDE SOME LEGAL FEES FOR PROPERTY LIABILITY INSURANCE CONTINUES TO RISE, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE FIRES , AND I FORGOT WHICH LAW IT WAS, BUT IT OPENED UP A NUMBER OF THE ABILITY FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO GET SUED FOR THINGS RELATED TO SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND SUCH, GOING BACK TO THE '70S. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE CASES THAT WERE FILED AGAINST THE DISTRICT. SO, WE HAVE SOME POTENTIAL EXPOSURE THERE WE CAN ACCOUNT FOR . TRANSPORTATION COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE. THERE IS A BIG CHANGE GOING THROUGH -- YOU CAN'T BUY DIESEL BUSES ANYMORE. YOU HAVE TO BUY ELECTRIC. THERE'S A
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CONVERSION TO ELECTRIC A FEW YEARS AGO WITH A DIESEL BUS 1 $80-$200,000 PURNELL, 1 ELECTRIC BUS IS $430,000. AND YOU HAVE TO BUILD THE STRUCTURE BEHIND IT. STAFFING CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE IN SOME AREAS. IT HAS IMPROVED. THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WE HAVE BEEN GETTING A NUMBER OF LARGER RESPONSES TO CERTAIN POSITIONS THAT WE POSTED . SO, THAT HAS BEEN CHANGING, BUT THERE ARE STILL SPECIALIZED POSITIONS WE HAVE TO OUTSOURCE, AND OUTSOURCING ALWAYS COST US MORE FOR WHAT WE PAY AND HOUSE FOR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT WE HAVE ABSORBED INTO THE GENERAL FUND THAT WERE ONE-TIME VENDORS. LOOKING FORWARD, FACTORS USED IN THIS CALCULATION IS, FIRST ROW, THE 107 FOR NEXT YEAR, 293 AND THREE DATE FOR '26-'27 FOR THE COLA. THE MOMENT AND SUBSEQUENT ROLLING A.D.A. FOR THE PEOPLE PERCENTAGE REMAINING RELATIVELY THE SAME, AND THE PEOPLE COUNT -- PUPIL COUNT -- LITERALLY LITTLE FLUCTUATION, THAT IS THE EMPLOYER RATE WE PAY. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE $1900 OF EVERY HUNDRED DOLLARS AND $27 AND EVERYONE HUNDRED DOLLARS GOES INTO THE CALPERS.WE DON'T HAVE EVERY SALARY ADJUSTMENT DUE TO OUT YEARS AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE ALWAYS ANTICIPATE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF RETIREMENTS FOR TEACHERS, AND ANOTHER NUMBER FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN HERE -- IT REMAINS OUR PROJECTION FOR THE OUT YEARS. WHAT HASN'T CHANGED IS OUR STAFFING RATIOS, 21 1/2 TO 1 IN K THROUGH 3, LOWEST IN THE COUNTY. AND -- WHEN YOU DO THOSE CALCULATIONS, THIS IS WHERE IT PUTS US . WHAT YOU HAVE GOT TO LOOK AT, HERE, WHAT WE HAVE TO CERTIFY TO THE COUNTIES THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MEET OUR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS IN YEAR 3, '26-'27. AS MUCH AS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN BY JUNE OF 2025, OUR ESTIMATION IS THAT WE WILL BE IN JUNE OF 2027. BASED ON THOSE PRODUCTIONS, THE FACTORS, THESE PROJECTIONS PUT US IN A POSITION WHERE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO USE THAT $3 MILLION FISCAL STABILIZATION RESERVE IN '25-'26, BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A 3% REQUIRED RESERVE IN YOUR 3, '26-'27, BUT THAT WILL LEAVE US WITH ONLY $250,000 OF UNDESIGNATED FUNDS, WHICH IS DANGEROUSLY LOW.25 -- '25-'26 AND '27- '27 HAS A TRANSFER FREE TO THE FIGURES FROM THE HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND, WHICH HAS ACCUMULATED A RESERVE AND WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO USING IT TO HELP OFFSET FUTURE INCREASES IN SALARIES , AND WE HAVEN'T NEEDED TO DO THAT THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT IF THINGS HOLD STEADY THE WAY THEY ARE, WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO THAT IN '25-'26 AND '26-'27. IT IS MY DUTY AND OBLIGATION TO PUT THIS UP. WE DON'T MAKE ANY CHANGES. IT DOES PUT US IN A CHALLENGING POSITION IN THE OUT YEARS , YOU KNOW, LIVING WITH $250,000 IN DESIGNATED RESERVE IS EXTREMELY LOW . ESPECIALLY GIVEN A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY RELATED TO ISSUES WE HAVE HERE LIKE WEATHER , NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE CONTEND WITH, THE PROPERTY INSURANCE, ALL THE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED PRIOR , WHICH ARE THE CHALLENGES LOOKING AHEAD. ARE OTHER FUNDS THAT WE MAINTAIN HERE, THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW FOR THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE ESTIMATE TO BE AT THE END OF JUNE 2025.
EVERYTHING IS PRETTY HEALTHY . ADULT EDUCATION RUNS PRETTY MUCH -- INCOME EXPENSE -- CHILD DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO BE IN THE BLACK. WE HAVE CONTINUED THAT AND EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE. OUR CHILD CAFETERIA SPECIAL REVENUE, CHILD NUTRITION IN CALIFORNIA SCHOOL LUNCH, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REMODELING, UPDATING THE CENTRAL KITCHEN WITH THE BALANCE THAT IS HIGH THOSE FUNDS ARE LIMITED. WE CAN'T SPEND THE MONEY WE WANT. HAS TO GO BACK INTO THE FOOD SERVICE OPERATIONS. DEFERRED MAINTENANCE WERE TRYING TO PUT MONEY INTO DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND CONTINUE OUR UPKEEP OF FACILITIES, ANTICIPATING THAT MEASURE WILL RUN OUT SOMETIME IN '25 OR '26. WE SOLD OUR LAST SERIES OF BONDS AS REFLECTED HERE, IN THE MEASURE ON THE BUILDING FUND WITH THE CAPITAL. WE EXPECT TO DO ABOUT $27 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS NEXT YEAR, WHICH WOULD LEAVE US JUST OVER 5 THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
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OUR TECHNOLOGY ENDOWMENT WILL RUN US THROUGH 2034. THAT IS WHY THE BALANCE IS SO HIGH. THE GOOD PART OF THAT IS WE HAVE THE INTEREST ON THOSE MONIES AND WE SOLD THOSE BONDS TWO YEARS AGO. THAT'S WHEN INTEREST RATES -- THREE YEARS AGO -- INTEREST RATES WERE EXTREMELY LOW. NOT SURE WE WILL SEE THAT AGAIN, BUT WE TALK ABOUT IT PERFECTLY . CAPITAL FACILITIES ARE DEVELOPER FEES THAT WE GET FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION. THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY . WE ARE EXPECTING SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUES IN THE COMING YEARS, BUT THE APPROVALS DON'T GIVE US THE MONEY. IT IS THE POLLING OF THE PERMITS AND THE ACTUAL WORK WHEN WE START TO SEE SOME OF THE FEES COMING IN. SURPLUS PROPERTY, WE HAVE JUST OVER 90S.8 MILLION FROM THE SALE OF PROPERTY THAT WE HAD AT THE CENTER DRIVE, AND WE EXPECT TO COMPLETE THE ACQUISITION OF THE TWO BUILDINGS DISCUSSED EARLIER TODAY IN CLOSED SESSION. AT SOME FOUR IN TIME, WE WOULD MAKE SURE WE COULD ESSENTIALLY SHIFT THOSE DOLLARS INTO ASSETS THAT ARE NOW FIXED. BOND INTEREST REDEMPTION IS WHERE WE PAY OUR MEASURED BONDS OUT OF. IT IS CONTROLLED BY THE COUNTY, ESSENTIALLY OUT OF PAID TAX PAYER DOLLARS AND PAID TO CREATE THE BOND AGENCIES. SELF-INSURANCE OR WORKER COMPENSATION AND HEALTH AND WELFARE IS WHAT I REFERENCED EARLIER. THE HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND, YOU SEE THE ESTIMATED ENDING BALANCE OF 21 MILLION. WE WILL TAKE 6 MILLION IN THE 2ND YEAR OUT, 6 MILLION IN THE YEAR AFTER THAT. SO, THAT FUND IS GOING TO DIP BELOW $10 MILLION IF ALL THINGS REMAIN THE SAME. PRIVATE PURPOSE TRUST IS JUST A SMALL PASS THROUGH TOWN FOR SOME SCHOLARSHIPS AND UNRESTRICTED MONIES THAT HELP GET THE INCOME -- STIMULUS. SR-3 WILL BE 0 NEXT YEAR, CONCLUDED THAT THE DEADLINE IS SPENT AND SEPTEMBER, 2020 FOR RECONCILING EVERYTHING NOW , AND THE SAME WITH YELLOW , EXPECTED TO BE GONE BY SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY LEFT IN THE IN PERSON CONSTRUCTION GRANT, WHICH WE ARE CONTINUING TO SERVICE OUR HVAC AND TO OTHER FACILITY THINGS RELATED TO COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC. SO, -->> I'M ASSUMING THE WHOO-HOO IS BECAUSE YOU ARE DONE, NOT
BECAUSE OF THE VILLAGES >> THANK YOU, DR. HAYEK . HUGE
SIZE FROM THE BOARD. >> I WILL ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THAT MEAN INSPECTOR PIECE OF THIS NEW AGREEMENT, MAYBE IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY, BUT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY -- IT IS NOT REFLECTED YET HERE , BUT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A GOOD THING DEPENDING ON WHAT IS DECIDED?
>> YEAH. WELL, -- >> TRYING TO BE HOPEFUL HERE.
>> I'M NOT SURE THAT IT WAS SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO OWE US MONEY IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE ARE NOT IMPACTED TODAY. WE ARE NOT REQUIRED AS WE ARE NOT SEEING A DECREASE IN PROP 98, PER SE, SO I THINK THE MOVES WE ARE MAKING TO GET THAT DONE WERE DONE ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE OF THE STATE BUDGET, NOT THE PROP 98 SIDE. WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING ON THE FUNDING ON THAT SIDE, I DON'T KNOW, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, HOW THAT TRANSLATES INTO PROP 98 EXCEPT THAT THEY WILL OWE US MONEY IN THE FUTURE, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO CALCULATE WHAT WHAT THAT MEANS EXACTLY. BECAUSE THE WAY PROP 98 IS WRITTEN, IF THE ECONOMY GROWS OR DOES WELL, WE BENEFIT BECAUSE WE ESSENTIALLY GET 40% OF EVERY DOLLAR THAT COMES IN.
IF THE ECONOMY GROWS, WE WOULD STILL BE ENTITLED TO ADDITIONAL MONEY. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE MONEY ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT IS GOING TO WORK . WE ARE EAGERLY WAITING TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS, BUT WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE IS NOT NOTHING WE CAN SHOW OUR BOOKS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
>> YEAH -- THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT FINANCES, YOU HAD THE BLACK SIDE OF THIS SLIDE AT THE END OF HIS NOW YOU REPLACED IT WITH A WARNING SLIDE IN THE MIDDLE, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A WARNING I THINK. I'M NOT SURE.
>> I DON'T KNOW. >> THE NUMBERS ARE FAIRLY ALARMING. OFTENTIMES, WE SEE WITH YEAR THREE, THINGS DON'T LOOK GREAT. WE ALWAYS HEAR, NEVER YOUR THREE -- THINGS DON'T LOOK TOO GOOD IN YEAR TWO. YOU KNOW, SPENDING DOWN, STABILIZATION RESERVE, POTENTIALLY MOVING MONEY OUT OF THE SELF-INSURANCE, AND WE'RE STILL LEFT WITH HIGHER THAN THE
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BALANCE IN YEAR THREE, STILL LEFT WITH A PRETTY LOW UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE. IF I UNDERSTAND THE MAJOR BUDGET IMPACTS, THAT DETAIL, THIS BUDGET REFLECTS CERTAIN LIPIDS A COUPLE OF POSITION ELIMINATIONS , ALREADY, THAT ARE IN THERE. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS -- IT SEEMS LIKE WE'LL GET THROUGH NEXT YEAR -- BUT AT WHAT TIME AND WHEN DO WE NEED TO START TALKING AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT FURTHER CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE ? SO MUCH OF THIS IS NOT UNDER OUR CONTROL. ALMOST NONE OF IT. SO, I GUESS IT IS REALLY A TIMING CONCERN. SOMETHING WE HAVE THE BUDGET LCAP PRESENTATION EARLIER, TALKED ABOUT , DO WE MOVE THE COMMITTEE FOR A BUDGET, AND IS THIS SOMETHING THAT , ON AUGUST 1ST, WE SHOULD HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, OR HAVE WE KIND OF EXHAUSTED MONIES TO BE DONE NEXT YEAR? I REALLY DON'T KNOW.>> I WOULD GUESS THERE IS GOING TO BE HACKED -- HAVE TO BE A CHARGE FROM THE BOARD, EITHER THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IN AUGUST THAT IS GENERATED, WE HAVE GOT TO START NO LATER THAN
SEPTEMBER 1ST. >> LOOKING AT SOME POTENTIALLY
>> WHAT IS DIFFERENT HERE, I THINK, WE TALK ABOUT THE YEAR 3 AND YEAR 3 NEVER COMES. WHAT IS DIFFERENT HERE IS WE ARE NOT HEADING FOR A RECESSION. WE ARE NOT ADDING FOR A DOWN ECONOMY.
ESSENTIALLY, WE ARE LEVELING OFF , BUT IT SEEMS AS IF THE STATE EXPENDITURES ARE HIGHER , SO EVEN WHEN WE HAVE AN CONVERSATION TO 2008, THERE WAS A SPECIFIC RECESSION IN THE ECONOMY. WE ARE NOT SEEING THAT HERE. THEY POINT OUT UNEMPLOYMENT AS THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY, BUT IT IS STILL LOW, STILL 4%, SO THERE'S NO INDICATORS SAYING THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE IN A RECESSION. THAT SAYS TO ME THAT THIS IS OPEN IS NOT JUST FOR US -- A DISTAIN LEVEL OF SPENDING REVENUE CONUNDRUM THAT, IF IT CONTINUES THAT WAY, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN YEAR THREE, BECAUSE IF WE WERE IN A RECESSION, IT IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT DOWN REVENUES AND SUCH, AND IT JUST -- WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS BEFORE -- AT THIS MAGNITUDE -- AND TWO EXHAUST RESERVES IN THE YEAR, IT LEAVES OUT-YEARS PRETTY MUCH OPEN, AND I THINK THAT IS WHERE THIS CONVERSATION IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST FOR THOSE REASONS , BECAUSE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO POINT TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN BUDGETARY ISSUES, REVENUE EXPENSE. IT IS RELATED TO THE ECONOMY, BUT NOT IN THE RECESSION PERSPECTIVE WHEN WE LOOK AT MAKING CUTS BECAUSE WE WILL GET CUT IN FUNDING. AND WE TALK ABOUT ENROLLMENT A LOT. WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES. THE ALLSTATE IS GOING DOWN. THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT, OVERALL, IN THE STATE, IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO DECLINE, I THINK, VENTURA COUNTY HAS WONDERS 30,000 STUDENTS. BY 2030, IT WILL BE DOWN TO WONDERS 22 OR 123 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT IS ACROSS THE BOARD AS MUCH AS IT IS A 1% COLA, NOT 1% FOR US OR ANYBODY ELSE. IT IS IN THE DOLLARS, BUT WHEN YOU NET IT OUT BECAUSE OF CHANGES IN ENROLLMENT, UNTIL THEY SHIFT TO A MODEL WHERE THEY ARE FINDING US THROUGH ENROLLMENT AND NOT ATTENDANCE, WE ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THAT. THERE'S NO TALK ABOUT DOING THAT, THEN YOU HAVE GOT ELECTION CYCLE COMING UP, AND A NEW GOVERNOR COMING UP, AND WHO KNOWS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN POLITICALLY, BUT ANYTHING WILL CHANGE OR SHIFT.
THEY SUSPENDED PROP 98 . I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
THAT MEANS THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING PROP 98 I GUESS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS IN THE FUTURE. IF YOU CAN SUSPEND ONCE, YOU CAN SUSPEND TWICE, AND , YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE GOING TO RUN INTO BUDGET ISSUES ON THE STATE SIDE OF PROP 98, I DON'T KNOW. THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANYTHING POSITIVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WHICH, IN THE PAST, WE HAVE HAD SOME EXPECTATION AND ANTICIPATION THAT, WE ARE NOT GOING TO -- YOU KNOW, PREDICATED THIS ON THE RECESSION OR THIS OR THAT, AND THAT JUST HASN'T HAPPENED THIS TIME AROUND. THAT IS NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW STILL LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE POSITIVE. WE ARE JUST LEVELING OFF THE ECONOMY INSTEAD OF GOING UP LIKE THAT. WE ARE JUST INCHING UP TO WHAT IS A NORMAL GROWTH RATE, RATHER THAN THE ACCELERATED GROWTH RATE, WHICH WE WILL BE SEEING COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC. THAT IS WHAT THIS IS. SO, YES, WE NEED TO START
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NOW. MAKING BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME -- NONE OF IT IS GOOD -- BUT MY POINT IN THE SLIDE IS IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, YOU ARE LOOKING AT MASSIVE, MASSIVE CUTS IN ONE-YEAR , WHICH WOULD DEVASTATE THE WHOLE DISTRICT , BUT IF WE COULD HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW AND DO SOMETHING, TILT CHANGES OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, IT SOFTENS THEBLOW A LITTLE BIT. >> I APPRECIATE THE CLARITY. I WISH IT WAS A ROSIER PICTURE, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO SORT OF LOOK AT REALITY, LIKE THE CARDS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN OUR HAND .
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK AND CREATIVE THINKING. COUNSEL --
[B. Business Services - Public Hearing: Resolution #23/24-38: Education Protection Account (EPA) Spending Plan, 2024-2025]
NONE -- WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM 3B, BUSINESS SERVICES.PUBLIC HEARING. RESOLUTION '23-'FOUR -- 24-38, EDUCATION PROTECTION ACCOUNT, EPA, SPENDING PLAN '24-'25. WE WILL NOW CONVENE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION '23 SLASH '24-38, EPA SPENDING PLAN '24-'25. ANY PUBLIC , AND ITEMS OR CARDS ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:02. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM DR. HAYEK?
>> MAKE ME DO THIS AFTER STUDENT RECOGNITIONS, SO I JUST
DEPRESSED EVERYBODY. >> ORCHIDS ARE AWESOME .
>> YEAH. THIS IS RELATED TO PROP 30, WHICH WAS AN INCREASE IN SALES TAX A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO. IT DIDN'T MEAN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS. IT WAS ACTUALLY A PART OF PROP 98 .
SO, IT HAS BEEN CARRIED THROUGH. WE HAVE TO CERTIFY TO THE STATE THAT WE ARE NOT SPENDING THIS ON ANY AND MINISTRY OF SALARIES, SO THE PORTION OF THE EPA FUNDS WE GET, 100% OF IT GOES TO TEACHER SALARIES.
>> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. HAYEK.
[C. Instructional Services - Public Hearing: 2024/2025 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), Inclusive of the Budget Overview for Parents]
MOVING ON TO ITEM MAGALI, INSTRUCTIONAL PUBLIC HEARING '24-'25, LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNT ABILITY PLAN, LCAP-INCLUSIVE OF A BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS. WE WILL NOW CONVENE A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF THE 2024-2025 LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN , LCAP, AND INCLUSIVE OF THE BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ON THIS ITEM? THEN, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT9:04. COMMENTS FROM MR. LOU? >> MY COMMENTS COME IN THE FORM OF A PRESENTATION. I AM HAPPY TO BRING FORWARD TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, TO THE PUBLIC, OUR DRAFT OF OUR 2023-'24 ANNUAL UPDATE FOR LCAP, BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS AND THE PROPOSED 2024- '25 LCAP ITSELF. BEFORE I DIVE MORE INTO THE PRESENTATION, I WANT TO GIVE -- THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS -- BUT I WANT TO ADDRESS GRATITUDE TO OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT. IN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, WHEN WE HAD STATUTORY CHANGES TO THE LCAP ACROSS THE STATE , OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION , SUPERINTENDENT, AT THE LEADERSHIP TO HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS HERE , AT THE BOARD LEVEL, ABOUT OUR LCAP. WHETHER THOSE BE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE LINKAGE OF OUR GOALS, THE SPECIFIC INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THE STATUTORY CHANGES ARE, AND THE FOCUS OF OUR LCAP, AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT AS A DRAFT DOCUMENT IN ADVANCE. SO, AGAIN, I THANK OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION AND SUPERINTENDENT FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT REALLY ALLOWED US TO PRESENT NOT JUST THIS PRESENTATION, BUT THE 173-PAGE DOCUMENT INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA ITEM. WITH THAT, AS
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A BRIEF LCAP OVERVIEW, THE LCAP IS OUR THREE-YEAR PLAN THAT DESCRIBES GOALS, ACTIONS, SERVICES, EXPENDITURES TO SUPPORT POSITIVE STUDENT OUTCOMES AND ADDRESS STATE GOALS AND PRIORITIES. NOTED HERE AND IN THE BOLDED SECTIONS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO ASSEMBLE A SINGLE DOCUMENT THAT DOES COMPRISE OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE LCAP FOR THIS YEAR. NOTABLY, THE 2023-'24 LCAP ANNUAL UPDATE IS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT THIS PARTICULAR YEAR BECAUSE, AS WE EMBARK ON A NEW THREE-YEAR CYCLE, THE STATE HAS A SEPARATE LEAD FOR THE ANNUAL UPDATE. THAT ANNUAL UPDATE IS FOR THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND SERVICES AND METRICS FOR THIS '23-'24 SCHOOL YEAR. AS I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW LCAP REQUIREMENTS , JUST HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THEM HERE, THESE REQUIREMENTS, OF COURSE, ARE REFLECTED WITHIN OUR LCAP DOCUMENT IT'S SELF FOR THE '24-'25 SCHOOL YEAR, SPECIFICALLY, WITHIN OUR REFLECTION SECTIONS, A LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY MUST IDENTIFY SCHOOLS, STUDENT GROUPS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS WELL AS STUDENT GROUPS WITHIN EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL PERFORMED AT THE LOWEST PERFORMANCE LEVEL . THOSE, BEING EITHER RED OR VERY LOW IN THE CASE OF THE COLLEGE CAREER INDICATOR. IN TERMS OF GOALS AND ACTIONS, ELLIE A MUSTARD AND OF HIGH ACTIONS DIRECTED TOWARDS THOSE IDENTIFIED STUDENT GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE ABOVE POINT AND REFLECTIONS, AND FOR EVERY ACTION THAT TARGETS UNDUPLICATED STUDENTS OR IN THE LCAP NOTED AS CONTRIBUTE IN TOWARDS INCREASED OR IMPROVED SERVICES FOR UNDUPLICATED STUDENTS, WE WOULD REQUIRE THIS YEAR FOR A SPECIFIC METRIC. WE SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THESE PARTICULAR PIECES OF HIS AS WE DO A SNAPSHOT IN THE '24-'25 SCHOOL YEAR, THOSE PIECES CARRY FORWARD FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR'S, AND IF YOU WEREN'T QUITE SURE WHAT DR. HAYEK SHARED, I HAVE A ONE-SLIDE BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS THAT IS SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE A COPY HANDS OF LOOK AT SOME OF OUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, COMPREHENSIBLE ENOUGH FOR ME TO TALK THROUGH THE PROJECTED REVENUE FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. YOU CAN SEE OUR LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA BASE GRANTS IS $180 MILLION . WE RECEIVED SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS IN THE FORM OF ABOUT $90S.8 MILLION, SPECIFICALLY TO INCREASE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS AND FOSTER STUDENTS. WITHIN OUR PROPOSED LCAP FOR THE '25-'25 SCHOOL YEAR, TOTAL NUMBER OF THESE MINIATURES THERE IN TERMS OF BUDGETING WOULD BE $12 MILLION. WITH SPECIFICALLY $1.3 MILLION, SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING OF HIS AS NOTED THERE -- FOSTER YOUTH, ENGLISH LEARNERS AND LOW-INCOME STUDENTS. AS PART OF THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND REFLECTIONS NOTED WITHIN OUR LCAP, WE REALLY CALL TO ATTENTION THE SUCCESSES AS WELL AS IDENTIFIED NEEDS THAT, REALLY, WE HAVE PRESENTED BEFORE TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN OUR FEBRUARY SORT OF DATA PRESENTATION .SOME OF THOSE SUCCESSES , JUST TO NOTE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THOSE IDENTIFY NEEDS , AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE LOOK AT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. WE CONTINUE TO OUTPERFORM THOSE LEA IN OUR COUNTY AND STATE, SPECIFICALLY, VENTURA COUNTY FOR UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTS SERVING 5000 STUDENTS OR MORE, OR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AS THE HIGHEST PERFORMING IN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ARTS, MATHEMATICS, GRADUATION, COLLEGE CAREER INDICATOR, AND COLLEGE CAREER INDICATOR -- AND OTHER SUCCESS IN THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD FOR THIS YEAR WAS WE DID HAVE SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN OUR NUMBER OF ENGLISH LEARNERS WHO ARE REACHING PROFICIENCY. IN TERMS OF IDENTIFIED NEEDS, OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS ARE DEFINITELY OF A PARTICULAR GROUP THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE MORE ADDITIONAL ACTIONS TO SUPPORT. THEIR ACHIEVEMENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATHEMATICS, AND THEN AT THE VERY BOTTOM, WE SHOULD NOTE THAT, AS WAS DISCUSSED IN THE PRIOR BUDGET, LCAP PRESENTATION, ALTHOUGH OUR STUDENTS , OVERALL, FOR THE COLLEGE CAREER INDICATOR, SCORE HIGH FOR ALL STUDENTS , WHICH AS I MENTIONED, THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTY, WE DO HAVE ENGLISH LEARNERS, HOMELESS STUDENTS AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE AT THE VERY LOW CATEGORY. A BRIEF SNAPSHOT AT SOME OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE TO MEET THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS TO ENGAGE OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF OUR LCAP IS NOTED HERE . I WILL GO
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THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR MANY PARENT ADVISORY, AS WELL AS STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCILS AND LADIES, AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES OUR BUDGET LCAP COMMITTEE. THIS YEAR, AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST, SUBMITTED AN ANNUAL FEEDBACK SURVEY, WHICH WE NO LONGER CALL THE LCAP SURVEY IN HOPES OF GETTING MORE FEEDBACK, AS WELL AS THIS YEAR, IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE SOUGHT OUT A LOT OF TRAINING AND SUPPORT FROM THE COUNTY OF EDUCATION ON THESE NEW REQUIREMENTS. SOME HIGHLIGHTED INPUT THAT HAS IMPACTED THE '24-'25 LCAP IS NOTED THERE. TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THEM, WE HAVE SHIFTED TO USING ADDITIONAL METRICS FROM OUR ANNUAL SURVEYS, REALLY WITH THE FEEDBACK, TRYING TO BETTER CAPTURE AND MONITOR THE FEEDBACK FROM STAFF, STUDENTS, FAMILIES, ON AN ONGOING BASIS, AND A LOT OF OUR INPUT, SPECIFICALLY FROM STAFF, HAS BEEN THE EXPANSION OF THE NUMBER OF OUR TRAINING PRIORITY AREAS, SPECIFICALLY ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, AND -- WISE ENOUGH TO INCLUDE THE AMAZING INFO GRAPHIC AS PART OF MY BRIEF WALK-THROUGH OF THE LCAP. A BIG THANKS TO KIM FOR HER WORK ON THIS. BUT AS WE JUST DESCRIBED OUR LCAP FOR THE '25-'25 SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAVE THE ADJUSTED LCAP LANGUAGE APPROVED BY OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION, OF COURSE, ARE TRYING TO, THROUGH THIS GRAPHIC, NOTE THAT GOAL ONE IS THAT UMBRELLA , BROAD GOAL THAT REALLY ENCOMPASSES GOALS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR. WE HAVE LINKED TOGETHER ALL OF OUR CO-ALIGNED PLANS THAT, AGAIN, ALL WORK TOGETHER TO SUPPORT THOSE FOUR GOALS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT . SOME NEW ADDITIONS SINCE WE LAST HAD THIS DISCUSSION, WE HAVE LINKED IN THE MONITORING TOOL FOR THE SPSA, THE STRATEGIC ARTS SCHOOL AND LINKED IN THE GOALS FROM YEARS PRIOR, BUT BRIEFLY AS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION, THE BOARD OF CITIES DISCUSSION GOALS, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT ALLOWING THE BOARD STUDY SESSION GOALS DOCUMENT TO NOT JUST MIRRORED WHAT WE HAVE IN THE LCAP, BUT FOR THE BOARD TO ESTABLISH OTHER GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR US TO REPORT ON MEASURE AND IMPLEMENT, IN ADDITION TO THE LCAP AND OTHER PLANTS. A BRIEF WALK-THROUGH OF GOAL ONE, WE HAVE COME ON ONE SIDE, HIGHLIGHTED -- JUST HIGHLIGHTED -- NOT ALL OF THEM -- METRICS AND THREE-YOUR TARGETED OUTCOMES, AND THEN, HIGHLIGHTED ACTIONS AND AMOUNTS . OF COURSE, THIS IS ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE A HOOK FOR PEOPLE TO SCAN THE QR CODE THAT WILL TAKE HIM TO ALL OF THE FULL CONTENT FOR GOAL ONE. FOR HIGHLIGHTED METRICS AND THREE-YEAR TARGETED OUTCOMES, WANTING TO SPECIFICALLY NOTE, IN THIS, THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE COLLEGE CAREER AND READINESS FOR COLLEGE CAREER INDICATOR AS MEASURED BY THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE PERCENT INCREASE NEEDED FOR A NUMBER OF OUR STUDENT GROUPS TO , OF COURSE, MOVE OUT OF THE RED, AND CONTINUE TO PROGRESS OVER TIME. THAT, HE EITHER BEING 1%, 3% OR 5%, SPECIFICALLY FOR GROUPS OF THE LOWEST AREAS WITHOUT TARGET BEING THE MOST, WHICH WOULD BE 5% . A PARTICULAR ACTION I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE FOURTH ACTION DOWN . I KNOW IT IS HARD TO READ, BUT WE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL ACTION AND CONTENT TO THIS. THIS PARTICULAR ACTION IS TO SUPPORT, AND DISCUSSED THE COLLEGE CAREER INDICATOR . THE ADDITIONAL PIECES ARE AN ANNUAL DISTRICT MONITORING OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS' PROJECTS -- PROCESS ORDERS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH ENGLISH LEARNERS, AND STUDENTS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE MEANT THAT THESE ARE THE THREE PARTICULAR GROUPS WE WANT TO SEE THE MOST SUPPORT BASED OFF OF THE DATA. IN ADDITION, THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE COLLEGE CAREER INDICATOR, WHICH IS THE TRANSITION CLASSROOM AND WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES INTERIOR WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENTS WITH IEP WHO EARNED A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION. WE THINK THAT, BY HAVING FOCUSED ON THAT ADDITIONAL AREA AND THE INCREASE IN DATA MONITORING, OF COURSE, AND COMMUNICATION WITH OUR SCHOOL SITES, WE THINK THAT THAT IS , CERTAINLY, ONE IMPORTANT STEP IN IMPROVING THAT PARTICULAR INDICATOR. FOR GOAL TWO, THE HIGHLIGHTED METRICS AND HIGHLIGHTED ACTIONS AND OUTCOMES. TWO OF THE[03:15:02]
HIGHLIGHTED METRICS, TO NOTE -- I MENTIONED THAT BEFORE -- WE HAVE ADDED A MEASURE OF STAFF REPORTING THROUGH THE ANNUAL SURVEY THAT THEY RECEIVE, JANUARY, FEBRUARY. THOSE REPORTS PROVIDE TRAINING TO EFFECTIVELY PERFORM THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THEIR JOB . IN ADDITION AND AS PART OF SOME THE FEEDBACK, WE HAVE ADDED A MEASURE AND METRIC TO SEND US THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR NEW TEACHER IN. SHINTON PROGRAM. ONE ITEM HIGHLIGHTED IN TERMS OF ACTION IS TO NOTE THE FOCUS ON DESIGNATED AND INTEGRATED ELD TRAINING FOR OUR CERTIFICATE, STAFF, REALLY STARTING AT, I WOULD SAY, A SYSTEMATIC ENCUMBRANCE OF LEVEL, STARTING NEXT YEAR, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE PROVIDED MANY OPPORTUNITIES SPECIFICALLY FOR DESIGNATED ELD THE LAST 2 YEARS, BUT THIS IS THROUGH THE FRAME OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING. GOAL THREE OFFICE I SHOULD NOTE, WE INTENTIONALLY CHANGED AROUND SOME OF THE COLORS ON THESE SLIDES FROM THE FIRST, WANTING TO MOVE AWAY FROM ORANGE AND RED, BECAUSE THAT HAS A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION. DO YOUR BEST TO THINK ABOUT ALL THINGS. THAT WAS A PIECE OF FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED. SO, GOAL THREE, HIGHLIGHTED METRICS AND OUTCOMES, AS WELL AS HIGHLIGHTED ACTIONS . ONE PARTICULAR HIGHLIGHTED METRIC I WOULD NOTE WOULD BE A RESPONSE FROM HER PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AS PART OF THE ANNUAL SURVEY IN WHICH THEY REPORT FEELING INFORMED ABOUT THEIR CHILD'S ACADEMIC PROGRESS . IN PARTICULAR, ACTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, IN THE MIDDLE, SPECIFICALLY THE REALLY GREAT WORK OUT OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, MS. HARRISON AND MS. BOWMAN, THEY HAVE REALLY DONE GREAT LENGTHS TO ADD TO, I WOULD SAY, COMMUNITY'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE, AS WELL AS THE TRAINING OF OUR STAFF TO ENGAGE IN BEST PRACTICES TO NOT JUST MONITOR BUT INTERVENE IN ATTENDANCE.THEN, FOR GOAL FOUR, ONE HIGHLIGHTED METRIC IS ANOTHER STUDENT'S ANNUAL SURVEY QUESTION ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE SCHOOL BEING AN INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. I WILL OF THIS IN TERMS OF ACTIONS AND AMOUNTS -- TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING NOT ON THIS SHEET, AGAIN, AS JUST A TEASE TO SCAN THE CODE AND GO MORE INTO DETAILS -- WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE ACTION THAT THESE CRIMES , REALLY, OUR EFFORTS TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS' MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, AS WELL AS PROVIDE TIER-1 AND TIER-2 SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL
LEARNING'S. >> WAS THAT MORE OF A GRAY OR
GREEN COLOR TO YOU? >> YEAH --
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS A COLOR -- WE ARE HOPING --
>> I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. >> WE ARE OPEN TO FEEDBACK ON THE COLORS. I'M JUST SAYING. THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, WE MAKE SURE TO DO EVERY YEAR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE LCAP -- SOME OF THIS INFORMATION OF WHERE WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THIS BY LAW -- THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD THAT WE ARE TYPICALLY MOST COMFORTABLE WITH AND SEE MOST OFTEN IS THE GAS GAUGE IS AND, IN ONE CASE, THE CELL PHONE BARS, BUT EACH YEAR , SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE LOCAL INDICATORS, AND THOSE REALLY ARE TO ASSESS STATE PARTIES ONE, TWO, THREE, SIX AND SEVEN. ANNUALLY, WE REPORT AFTER THE BOARD OF EDUCATION PUBLIC, WHERE WE STAND IN THESE OTHER PRIORITY AREAS. SO, FOR PRETTY ONE, THAT IS BASIC SERVICES. AND WE IDENTIFY THIS. WE SELF ASSESS THIS AND INDICATE THAT IT MET THROUGH OUR SUFFICIENCY REPORTS THAT THE COUNTY OFFICE PROVIDES US. FOR PRIORITY TWO, AND LIMITATION OF ACADEMIC STANDARDS, THAT IS ALSO MET, AND EVIDENCE OF THAT WOULD BE THE RECENT ADOPTION OF SOME NEW STRUCTURAL MATERIALS, SPECIFICALLY SOCIAL SCIENCE AND SCIENCE. PARENT/FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IS MET IS SOME OF THAT EVIDENCE WHICH IS ONGOING, DIALOGUE WITH OUR STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL AND STUDENT LEADERS, AS WELL AS A PARENT/GUARDIAN DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCILS AND COMMITTEES, SCHOOL CLIMATE, WE HAVE INDICATED THAT AS MET AND REFERENCED SOME OF THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED THROUGH SURVEYS THE STUDENTS AND PRIORITY 7, ACCESS TO A BROAD COURSE OF STUDY. WE NOTED THAT AS MET, EVIDENCED THROUGH OUR MASTER SCHEDULES, OF COURSE, OFFERED.FINALLY, AT THIS TIME, WE ALSO TRIED TO NOTE AND DESCRIBE , IN ADDITION TO THE ACTIONS AND SERVICES IN THE LCAP -- WE ALSO RECEIVED FEDERAL FUNDING , TITLE I, TOTAL TWO, TITLE THREE AND TITLE FOUR -- AND WE USE THOSE ACTIONS AND THOSE FUNDS, FEDERAL FUNDS , TO SUPPORT AND, AGAIN, WORK TO ADDRESS THE FOUR LCAP GOALS WE HAVE,
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SPECIFICALLY FOR GOAL ONE , WE CAN POINT TO THE ACADEMIC SPECIALIST THAT WE HAVE AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT PROVIDE REALLY IMPORTANT ACADEMIC INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT , AND FOR GOAL TWO, THE USE OF TITLE I DOLLARS TO SUPPORT OUR ELEMENTARY INTEGRATED ELT TRAINING , AND FOR GOAL THREE, AGAIN, THROUGH TITLE I, JUST AS SOME HIGHLIGHTS, OUR AMAZING OUTREACH COORDINATOR'S , AVERAGE ASSISTANCE FOR THE TITLE I SCHOOLS, AND THEN FOR GOAL FOUR, AGAIN, NOTING SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL COUNSELING AND MENTAL HEALTH STAFF DIVIDED TO TITLE I SCHOOLS. ALL OF THAT, AGAIN, WORKS IN CONJUNCTION TO SUPPORT THOSE FOUR DISTRICT GOALS. WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE VERY GOOD, CONCISE REPORT.
THANK YOU. ON SLIDE FIVE , I'M CURIOUS -- NOT COMPARING US WITH ANYBODY AS WE GO DO THE BEST WE CAN BY OURSELVES -- BUT I'M GOING TO COMPARE ANYWAY. ON -- IT SAYS -- OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS, HOMELESS AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES -- THOSE ARE THE RED AREAS. HOW DOES THAT COMPARE WITH THE OTHER DISTRICTS IN THE STATE AND WITH THE OTHER DISTRICTS , SAY, IN VENTURA COUNTY? I GUESS I AM ASKING NOT BECAUSE I WANT TO COMPARE BECAUSE THIS IS A UNIVERSAL PROBLEM OR THIS IS A
CVUSD PROBLEM? >> I CAN ONLY SPEAK BROADLY , LIKE THAT IS MORE OF A BROAD ISSUE . I WOULD SAY, THOUGH, HOWEVER, WE LOOK AT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, MAYBE ARE DOING, AND THAT IS FINE, TO SAY, BETTER THAN US, AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING, AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO REPLICATE SOME OF THEIR
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE UPDATES THAT YOU SHARED WITH US AND ALL THE THINGS UPDATED SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF ADDITIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE THE BOARD GOALS , AS WELL AS THE MONITORING TOOL.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW, GIVEN THIS MORE FOCUSED DOCUMENT, HOW WHATEVER THE CONTENT AND THE WORK DONE WITHIN THE SPSA MAY BE MORE IMPORTANT -- PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT -- THAN THE PAST . I NOTICE ON THE TOOL THAT SOME INDICATORS HAVE SUBGROUP PARTICULAR SUB -- SO GROUPED AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, SO I WASN'T CLEAR ON THAT. I WAS WONDERING, IS THAT MONITOR TOOL TAILORED FOR EACH SCHOOL SITE? I KNOW SOME SCHOOLS HAVE SUBGROUPS THEY NEED TO WORK DIFFERENTLY THROUGH. I WAS JUST ASKING ON THAT.
>> THE BLUE FONT ON THE TOOL INDICATES , AS UPDATED, A MORE NEW CRITERIA , ASPECTS, THAT WE HAVE ADDED. IT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO ANY PARTICULAR SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT SPECIFIC TO THE NEEDS OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A WHOLE . THERE ARE PARTICULAR STUDENT GROUPS THAT WE DO CALL OUT , THAT WE HAVE REQUIRED ACTIONS, FORMS , SAMPLES, SAY, IN A CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM. WE SPECIFICALLY CALL THEM OUT, I THINK, ONE OR TWO PARTICULAR GROUPS. THAT IS BECAUSE THOSE ARE PARTICULARLY SMALLER GROUPS, FOSTER YOUTH, HOMELESS, AND IN MANY CASES, BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS. THAT IS BECAUSE, IN THE CALIFORNIA DASHBOARD, WHEN A SCHOOL PULLS UP THE RESULTS, THEY MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH STUDENTS BASED OFF OF CONFIDENTIALITY FOR A PERFORMANCE LEVEL COLOR TO BE REPORTED. SO, KNOWING THAT, AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, AND THIS WAS DISCUSSION WE HAD AT THE LCAP BUDGET COMMITTEE -- KNOWING THAT, AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, THERE DEFINITELY IS THAT NEED, THAT THAT NEED MAY NOT SHOW UP WITHIN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS ' DASHBOARD RESULTS --
WE MADE THOSE REQUIRED. >> IN THE SPSA?
>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. WE HAD A DISCUSSION ON THIS LAST MEETING WITH A LOT OF THE CHANGES INCORPORATED . YOU HAVE EVEN GONE BEYOND THAT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU, IN THE LARGER PRESENTATION, WHICH WAS THE HEALTH OF MANY PAGES WHICH YOU DID NOT GO THROUGH PAGE-BY-PAGE, BUT THE SECTION
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WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS LCAP AND NOTED WHAT WAS CHANGED , I FOUND IT REALLY HELPFUL. SEEING IT ALL-IN-ONE PLACE, HERE, AS WE CHANGE THE WORDING OF THIS GOAL CAN WE MOVE THIS METRIC HERE, HERE IS AN ACTION WE ARE NOT DOING. I THOUGHT, THAT IS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD DOCUMENT TO LOOK AT AS WE MOVE FROM ONE LCAP TO A VERY DIFFERENT ONE. I REALLY APPRECIATED ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT SO, THANK YOU.>> I AGREE. IT WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, AND IN WHAT FEELS LIKE A LOT OF TIME, IT ALSO FEELS LIKE A VERY SHORT TIME. YOU PROBABLY THINK, OH MY GOD, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE EFFORTS TO MAKE IT UNDERSTANDABLE , AND EASY TO DIGEST FOR SOME OF US WHO AREN'T QUITE THE DATA GEEKS THAT OTHERS MIGHT BE. I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT , LIKE, THE HANDY-DANDY QR CODES. DO WE HAVE A WAY TO CAPTURE -- I'M SURE WE PROBABLY DO -- THE USE OF THOSE? LIKE, IF SOMEBODY SCANS IT, DO WE KNOW? CAN YOU TELL WHERE IT COMES FROM,
BASICALLY, IF YOU GET A HIT? >> I WOULDN'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM. THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD REPORT BACK. IN THE PAST, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO. I DON'T KNOW IS EVERYWHERE THOSE THINGS GET STORED , BUT MAYBE WE CAN FOLLOW UP.
>> I ALSO APPRECIATE, IN THIS PRESENTATION, YOU HAVE THE ACCESSIBLE TEXT DESCRIPTION OF THE PIE CHART, WHICH I THOUGHT
WAS, YOU KNOW, A NICE ADD. >> YES .
>> AND I WILL COME TO THE QUESTION ABOUT THE SAGE ON GOAL FOUR, BECAUSE ALL MY SCREEN, IT LOOKED GREAT. I THOUGHT MY COMMENT ABOUT GETTING AWAY FROM ORANGE AND RED, MENTAL HEALTH
>> WE CAN DO THAT. >> BUT YELLOW -- I DON'T KNOW.
THAT MIGHT MAKE PEOPLE -- I DON'T KNOW. BUT ANYWAY, IF IT IS SAGE, I WILL GO WITH SAGE. ON SOME COMPUTERS, IT MAY LOOK GRAY. THE GRAY CLOUD . AND I THINK , YEAH, OTHER THAN THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, TRUSTY --
>> THANK YOU. THIS PROCESS, THIS YEAR, IT HAS HAD ITS CHALLENGES, BUT I FEEL REALLY POSITIVE ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BEEN ON THIS EVOLUTION , WE HAVE LINKED OUR SPSA MORE CLOSELY TO THE LCAP. AND I THINK THAT ALL OF THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THE VERY STRATEGIC PLANS MAY HAVE SO CLEAR NOW THAT IT SHOULD BE INTERWOVEN AND INTERDEPENDENT ON ONE ANOTHER. I THINK WHEN WE HAD AN LCAP THAT TRIED TO BE COMPLETELY COMPREHENSIVE, IT HAD THE EFFECT OF MAYBE MAKING PEOPLE NOT LOOK TO THOSE OTHER PLANS, BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE IT WAS JUST THIS ONE SOURCE. I LIKE THESE INTERLOCKED PLANS. I LIKE THE STRATEGIC FOCUSED LCAP, AND I'M ENCOURAGED THAT IT WILL REALLY KEEP OUR FOCUSED ON WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT . SO, THANK YOU FOR WHAT WAS, I KNOW, A CHALLENGING EFFORT. A
WONDERFUL FINISHED PRODUCT. >> THANK YOU TO KIM GOLD TOO , BECAUSE THE EPIGRAPHIC IS TERRIFIC .
>> I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE EPIGRAPHICS . I KNOW THAT , FOR EACH GOAL, YOU USE AND PULL OUT A FEW WORDS.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S TOO MANY WORDS TO PUT THE ENTIRE GOAL AT THE TOP. I JUST WONDERED ABOUT , PARTICULARLY, GOAL FOUR. I FELT, BECAUSE WE ADDED MENTAL HEALTH, MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE OFFICE WE SHOULD LEAVE MENTAL HEALTH OUT IN THAT SHORTER
TITLE . >> ARE YOU SAYING TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL
WELL-BEING? >> JUST ADDING IN MENTAL.
>> JUST SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING MISSING.
>> EVERYBODY ELSE -- STRONG FEELINGS ONE-WAY OR THE OTHER?
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CHANGING -- >> I SEE WHAT THE OMISSION IS.
I JUST LIKE KEEPING SHORTER AND PUNCHIER. THAT IS WHERE I AM ON THE FENCE. I DO AGREE, IT IS EVERY OTHER THING EXCEPT FOR THE METAL PIECE OF IT. I DO LIKE THE SHORTER, PUNCHIER --
>> THAT IS THE RULE OF THREE. RIGHT?
>> WHAT I THINK, MENTAL HEALTH IS IMPORTANT.
>> TO ME, MENTAL IS ALMOST TOO BROAD. IT ALMOST IMPLIES, BESIDES THE EMOTIONAL /INTELLECTUAL UP AS I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A MIX UP THERE. I'M A LITTLE BIT AGAINST IT,
BUT I'M NOT STRONGLY -- >> DR. CHAMBERLAIN, WOULD YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? MR. LOU, COULD YOU PUT UP NUMBER FOUR? IN THE TITLE, WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHTS ON ADDING MENTAL IN THERE? I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, I NOTICED IT TOO .
>> THANK YOU. >> THE EXPERT NOTICED IT , AND DOES THAT CHANGE ANYBODY'S OPINION? YES. GREAT. SO, PLEASE
ADD THE WORD MENTAL. >> WELL DONE, DR. MCLOUGHLIN.
>> I CAN SEE IT IN HER EYES FROM THE GET-GO. SO, I GOT IT.
>> ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT. SEEING AS THERE ARE NO MORE
[D. Instructional Services - Approval of New High School Core Literature Title - They Called Us Enemy]
COMMENTS, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3-D, APPROVAL OF NEW HIGH SCHOOL OR LITERATURE TITLE. THEY CALL US ENEMY .>> MOVING FORWARD. >> MR. GORBACK?
>> I MOVE WE CALL THIS TITLE, THEY CALL US ENEMY FOR THE HIGH
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY CARDS ON THIS ONE? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE .
[E. Human Resources - Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators and Annual Statement of Need]
>> I AM A YES VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 5-0. PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE BY TRUSTY -- ITEM 3E, HUMAN RESOURCE DECLARATION OF NEED FOR FULLY QUALIFIED EDUCATORS AND ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF NEED. DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> I AM OF THAT WE APPROVE DECLARATION OF NEED FOR FULLY QUALIFIED EDUCATOR FOR '24-'25.
>> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY CARDS ON THIS ONE? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. TRUSTY KAHL?
[4. ACTION ITEMS – CONSENT]
>> YES. >> I AM A YES VOTE. 5-0,
[H. Instructional Services - Annual Update on Educator Effectiveness Block Grant]
PREFERENTIAL YES BUT BY TRUSTY KAHL. WE HAVE COME TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE ONE ITEM PULLED , AND THAT WAS, WHAT, H? THAT ONE STABLES. H, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT. CAN I HAVE A MOTION ? H WAS PULLED CAN I HAVE A MOTION? H? YES?>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ANNUAL REPORT ON THE EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS BLOCK GRANT AS SUBMITTED .
>> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED .IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
>> SORRY, I DIDN'T REALLY WANT MR. LOU -- THIS IS PROBABLY MR. LOU'S -- I DIDN'T WARN YOU I WAS GOING TO PULL IT. I JUST THINK IT IS A LOT OF GOOD STUFF, AND I THINK IT IS REALLY AWESOME. SO, I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT , AND WHILE BEING HIDDEN IN OUR CONSENT AGENDA, I HOPE IT HAS HELPED US DO
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ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE DONE BEFORE -- BUT I ALSO KNOW IT IS -- WE HAVE THE MONEY THROUGH '25-'26.RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE
IMPORTANT TO SHARE. >> WE WOULD AGREE. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND WE DO HAVE THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND THE FOLLOWING TO EXHAUST THOSE FUNDS. BY LAW, WE REPORT OUT ANNUALLY ON JUST THE PROGRESS.THAT IS WHY WE INCLUDE
IT IN THE CONSENT AGENDA. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? SEEING ON, PLEASE VOTE. TRUSTY KAHL?
>> YES. >> I'M A YES VOTE, MOTION CARRIES 5-0 WITH A PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE FROM TRUSTEE KAHL .
>> I MOVE WE APPROVE THE REST OF THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
>> SECOND. >> MOVED AND SECONDED. PLEASE
>> I AM A YES VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 5-0 WITH A PREFERENTIAL
YES VOTE FROM TRUSTEE KAHL >> I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CONGRATULATE JENNIFER DOBSON AS A NEW PRINCIPAL AT
KALINA MIDDLE SCHOOL. >> WELCOME FOR THE FAMILY.
[A. Instructional Services - Ethnic Studies Update]
NEXT, NOW AT SECTION 5, INFORMATION DISCUSSION ITEMS .ITEM 5A -- MR. MERCER , I SEE MR. HUDSON HERE .
>> YES. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT GOLDBURG, DR. MCLAUGHLIN , MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, CABINET, AND OUR CVUSD COMMUNITY. VERY EXCITED AND PROUD TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE MR. HAROLD HUTTON, AMAZING ETHNIC STUDIES FROM THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL, PRESENTING THE END OF THE YEAR HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR ETHNIC STUDIES COURSE. THIS IS OUR YEAR TWO OF IMPLEMENTATION, SIMILAR TO THE AWESOME STUDENT REPORT HEARD EARLIER THIS EVENING, THIS IS KIND OF A CULMINATING EVENT, ALSO WANT INTO THE ROOM, AMAZING WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, MS. ASHLEY RUFFINELLI, TAKING US THROUGH HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR. THE WORK IS ALSO REALLY ATTRIBUTED TO THEIR COLLABORATION TOGETHER , AND WE HAVE MET MONTHLY THIS YEAR, WE HAVE ALLOCATED SOME TIME FOR THEM FOR THE BOARD TEACHERS TO MEET, HERE, AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO LOOK AT CURRICULUM, TO PLAN ACTIVITIES , CULMINATING EVENTS, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, AND REALLY TRYING TO DO A UNIFICATION OF THE CLASSES AND UNIFICATION OF ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS TOGETHER IN THESE EVENTS , AND I DON'T WANT TO STEAL THEIR THUNDER, I KNOW THEY WILL EXPLAIN THE ACTIVITIES, CURRICULUM, FIELD TRIPS AND EVERYTHING GREAT WE HAVE DONE THIS YEAR. I REALLY WANTED TO THANK THEM, AS WELL AS THE TEACHER AT CBHS WHO WASN'T HERE, AND MR. BUCKO, WHO ALSO CAN BE HERE. HAVE COLLABORATED FOR AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE ENROLLED IN THIS ETHNIC STUDIES COURSE. AGAIN, THIS IS -- WE HAVE ONE MORE YOUR OF THIS COURSE BEING NOT REQUIRED . SO, STARTING IN THE FALL OF 2025 WITH THE FRESHMAN IN THE FALL OF 2020 -- AT THAT POINT, IT WILL BECOME A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT. REALLY, HAVE ONE MORE YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION AS AN ELECTIVE.
YOU WILL SEE THE SLIDES AND THE INFORMATION THAT THEY GIVE FOR AN INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT , AND HOW IN THE SHORT TWO YEARS, IT HAS BLASTED INTO A REALLY COVETED AND IMPORTANT COURSE FOR OUR STUDENTS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANT TO INTRODUCE MR. HUTTON AND MS.
RUFFINELLI . >> GOOD EVENING, BOARD. AS WE HAVE OFTEN DONE IN CLASSES, WE USE THIS TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE
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THE LAND WE ARE ON WE KNOW THAT THIS IS THE NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE ] AND WE ALWAYS ESTABLISH THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL CLASS TO RECOGNIZE THIS IS LAND THAT WAS THEIRS, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE, CULTIVATING IT TOGETHER AS ONE . GOING THROUGH OUR SLIDES, WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A LOT OF COOL THINGS. HOW THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH OTHERS TO LEARN OF DIFFERENT CONTRIBUTIONS, CULTURES, AND THAT HAS BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MANY OF THE STUDENTS JUST TO COME TOGETHER TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT EACH OTHER. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT THROUGH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES. ONE OF OUR DUTIES WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO ADD ON THE SLIDES, WE TOOK A GROUP OF STUDENTS ON THE METROLINK TO DOWNTOWN L.A., WHICH WAS AN AWESOME -- WE WALKED FROM CHINATOWN THROUGH THE PLACITA, THEN WE WALKED TO LITTLE TOKYO, AND ALL THESE KIDS ATE EVERYTHING, AND WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE, MS. HARRISON, IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE CONNECTIONS , HISTORICALLY, OF WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND THEM AND HOW LOS ANGELES ENDS UP, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THAT SUBURB , AND HAVING THEM MAKING THOSE CULTURAL CONNECTIONS BY GOING TO SOME OF THE ENCLAVES IN LOS ANGELES WAS A REAL COOL EXPERIENCE. SO, I APPRECIATE THE BOARD DOING THAT. MS. HARRISON ROLLING WITH US ON THAT EXPERIENCE. SO, IN THAT ASPECT, SEEING THE DIVERSITY OF THEIR COMMUNITY REFLECTED IN THE CURRICULUM, WE DO THAT THROUGH, MANY TIMES, UTILIZING THE BOOK, WE USE RONALD THE COCKY'S "A DIFFERENT MIRROR." HOWEVER, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE A NEW ETHNIC STUDIES TEXTBOOK CREATED TO SHARE, AS A PILOT, POSSIBLE CALLED "VOICES." I CAN SEND YOU THE LINK TO BE INCREDIBLE BUT TO THINK ABOUT AS A DESIGN AND CURRICULUM THAT SHOWS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. THE POINT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- I HAD GONE TO THE CALIFORNIA COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL STUDIES, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, BUT I ALSO GOT A CHANCE TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT A NEW TECHNOLOGY BEING CREATED, AND THERE IS A HUGE EMPHASIS TO ENSURE THAT ETHNIC STUDIES STAYS AS A STANDALONE COURSE TO MAKE A BENEFIT FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE A PART OF IT. THERE ARE STEPS THAT ARE BEING DECIDED TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS -- ALL STUDENTS -- CAN BE A PART OF ETHNIC STUDIES, BUT THE KEY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, NEW TEACHERS, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOMETHING TO HOLD ONTO WHEN THEY START ON THAT JOURNEY AND HELP STUDENTS FOR ETHNIC STUDIES. SO, IT HAS BEEN A REAL POSITIVE JOURNEY MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.STUDENTS WILL BE EXPOSED TO DIFFERENT CULTURAL EXPERIENCES OF AMERICAN SOCIETIES. THAT IS DONE BY -- MANY TIMES -- WE JUST HAD A VIRTUAL VISIT FROM THE PULITZER CENTER . ONE OF THE DOCTORS WROTE A PIECE ON FEMALE IMAMS IN LOS ANGELES, WHICH WAS MIND BLOWING. IT STARTED WITH A CONVERSATION AND HOW SHE EXPLAINED, TRAGICALLY, TO SOME POINT, HOW HER FATHER HAD PASSED AWAY, BUT HOWEVER, IN ISLAM, SHE IS NOT ALLOWED TO ATTEND A FUNERAL. THAT WAS SOMETHING TO BRING THE CLASSROOM TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND HOW WOULD YOU HAVE A FAITH THAT DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO BE INCLUSIVE, AND THAT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION TO START WITH THE STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND, CULTURALLY, THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE STILL -- THAT NEED TO BE OVERTAKEN -- BUT SHE ALSO EXPLAINED HOW AWESOME IT IS TO BE IN THE UNITED STATES TO WEAR A HEAD JOB, TO WORK AND WALK AMONGST PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE HER. IN ADDITION, THE IMAM S HAVE LED AN INTERFAITH MOVEMENT FOR JEWISH AND PALESTINIAN AND ISLAMIC WOMEN TO PRAISE AND WORSHIP TOGETHER. THAT VIRTUAL VISIT WAS REALLY COOL, ESPECIALLY FOR A FRESHMAN AND SOME SENIORS AND SOME JUNIORS THAT HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. THE STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS, NOT JUST HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EMAIL , AS MANY OF YOU -- SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN EMAILS FROM SOME OF OUR STUDENTS -- HOWEVER, WE HAD A VISIT FROM OUR MAYOR PRO TEM, DAVID NEWMAN, CAME INTO THE CLASSROOM, AND -- ALSO, AND SPOKE TO ALL THE STUDENTS. SO, THAT WAS REALLY COOL. REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE AMERICAN WOMEN UNION ASSOCIATION, MS. SALLY HIBBERT , CAME IN VIRTUALLY AND TALK TO THE STUDENTS ABOUT BEING CYNICALLY ENGAGED. SHE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT SPURNED HER INTO CIVIC
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ENGAGEMENT. SHE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE VIETNAM WAR AND WATCHING STUDENTS PROTEST -- IT WAS A GREAT ELEMENT TO MAKE A CONNECTION, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITIES NOW. YOUNG STUDENTS ARE MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD ON CAMPUSES. THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT GETTING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS MORE, AND IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS COME IN TO THE CLASSROOMS, AND THEY WANT TO DO MORE OF THAT. SO, THAT OPPORTUNITY WAS REALLY COOL.PLEASE AND THANKS. WHAT WE STUDY, THESE THREE AREAS , ARE ALWAYS HIGHLIGHTED , STARTING WITH IDENTITY, ORIGINS OF MIGRATION, AND IMMIGRATION , AND WE TRY TO GET THE STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND WE START WITH ANCESTRY.COM TO ACTUALLY FIND OUT WHAT THEIR LAST NAME -- WHERE IT ORIGINATED FROM -- AND THEN TO SAY, DOES THAT LAST NAME REALLY REFLECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY , AND HOW DID YOU GET THAT LAST NAME, AND YOU MAY WANT TO GO BACK TO YOUR PARENTS OR FAMILIES AND START TO TRACK THAT DOWN, AND THE REASON I HIGHLIGHT THAT IS BECAUSE THE END OF THE YEAR SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY PROJECT , THEY HAVE TWO OPTIONS. THEY CAN CONTACT ONE OF YOU AND TALK TO YOU AND ASK YOU ABOUT ISSUES, OR THEY CAN INTERVIEW A FAMILY MEMBER WHO HAS A MIGRATORY STORY. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE COME FROM THE UKRAINE WHO ARE GOING ON TO INTERVIEW EACH OTHER AND TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES COMING HERE TO THE UNITED STATES. THIS SYSTEM OF POWER AND OPPRESSION, WE TALK ABOUT THE BALANCE AND HOW IT HAS BEEN INTERWOVEN INTO THE UNITED STATES' FABRIC OF WHO WE ARE. OPPRESSION AND SYSTEMS OF POWER HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO ALWAYS OVERCOME. HOWEVER, WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT WHEN WE COME TOGETHER, WE DO OVERCOME ALL OF THIS ADVERSITY THAT IS CHALLENGING. WE HAVE CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT. THE RESISTANCE IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS WE TALK A LOT ABOUT, ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS, ANY ENGAGEMENT, AND WITH EACH ONE OF OUR COUNCILMEMBERS WHO COME IN, THEY TALKED ABOUT WHAT MADE THEM WANT TO GET INTO POLITICS , AS MR. NEWMAN EXPLAINED, HOW HE WAS LIVING IN NEW YORK, THERE WERE GOING TO BULLDOZE HIS HOUSE, AND HIS FATHER WAS DRAGGING HIM TO GO PROTEST THAT AREA THAT THEY DIDN'T DRAG AND MAKE IT A HIGHWAY . THEY ACTUALLY SOLD THE PROPERTY THERE AND ENDED UP BUILDING A UNIVERSITY THAT HE ENDED UP ATTENDING. SO, YOU CAN SEE HOW SOME THINGS, WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW DOWN THE LINE, HOW IT WILL AFFECT YOU, LATER, SMALL BITS OF PROTEST CULMINATED IN THAT.
IN THE TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE, SERVICE CALL TO ACTION FOR THE STUDENTS, WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW STUDENTS OF YOUNGER AGES , LIKE TORRES , WHO STOPPED THE ELEMENTS FOR THE GAS BATH RIOTS WHERE INDIVIDUALS WERE BEING SPRAYED WITH KRYLON 7 BEFORE THEY ENTERED THE UNITED STATES -- PART OF A PROGRAM A LONG TIME AGO, AND IT WAS A DISINFECTION PROGRAM BECAUSE OF -- AFTER THE SPANISH FLU -- THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE IMMIGRANTS COMING IN WHERE DISINFECTED, WITH A CHEMICAL ALSO USED BY THE AND LATER IN THE HOLOCAUST , KRYLON 7. GETTING STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE CALL TO ACTION, AND TO PREVENT SOME THINGS , THEY HAVE TO GROW
COLLABORATIVELY. >> BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I WANT TO KNOW, FRAMEWORK FOR THIS IS THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S ETHNIC STUDIES MODEL. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT MORE INFORMATION TO THE BOARD OF -- EDUCATION BEFORE -- BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY. >> EVERYTHING WE TALKED -- ESPECIALLY FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR, SENIOR LEVEL -- WE ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE END UP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. THERE'S SOME THINGS WE DO HAVE TO DISCUSS INTERN, BECAUSE OUT OF BAD THINGS, GREAT THINGS OCCUR. SO, THE DISCUSSION OF SOME OF THE TURMOIL THAT MANY OF OUR SOCIETIES HAVE HAD TO BATTLE , WE TALK ABOUT HOW COLLABORATIVELY MANY PEOPLE OF ALL DIFFERENT COLORS AND ALL DIFFERENT CREEDS, RACES, HEIGHTS OR WHATEVER, THEY DECIDE THAT THE RIGHT THING HAS TO HAPPEN, AND THEY COME TOGETHER AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. THAT IS HOW WE MOVE FORWARD AS A DEMOCRACY, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE UCSB FOR EXITO, WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE UCLA HUMAN GEOGRAPHY PROJECT, MANY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH THEM AS A DESIGNING PROGRAMMING, AND CURRICULUM, AND THE ETHNIC STUDIES SUMMIT AND COLLEGE I ATTENDED WAS A COMBINATION OF CANAL VALLEY, OXFORD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT,
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VENTURA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE ALL COME TOGETHER OFTEN TO SET A STRATEGIC PLAN TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ALL DISCUSS AND HELP EACH OTHER MOVE FORWARD IN THE ETHNIC STUDIES OF CURRICULUM . I ATTENDED THE CALIFORNIA SOCIAL STUDIES, AND ENHANCE REFINED UNIVERSAL CAMPUS COURSE WAS ESTABLISHED TO ALLOW ALL TEACHERS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO UTILIZE OUR CURRICULUM, TO SEE HOW WE HAVE SET IT UP, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, FAMILY, A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE NOT PREPARED LIKE WE ARE, AND GETTING CALLS BY SAYING, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT IN COMMENTS IS A PLUS, BECAUSE SO MANY TEACHERS ARE STARTING FROM SQUARE ONE. SOME DISTRICTS HAVEN'T EVEN HIRED A TEACHER YET. SO, BEING ABLE TO HAVE A CURRICULUM SET IN THE COMMENTS THAT THEY CAN REFER TO FOR CVUSD -- I HAVE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF APPLAUSE ON THAT -- BECAUSE SOME DISTRICTS ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. PLANNING FOR THE 2024 CONFERENCE, THIS SUMMER, WE ARE GOING TO LOS ANGELES TO ENACT IN A PROFESSIONAL DEPARTMENT FOR EACH ONE OF THE HOLOCAUST -- OR -- SITUATIONS WHERE EITHER GENOCIDE, HOLOCAUST, OR THINGS THAT ARE IN DISCUSSION, THOSE ELEMENTS ARE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED IN A BOOK FOR US TO HAVE A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING, ESPECIALLY WHEN SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE DOING WITH THINGS FROM GAZA AND PALESTINE, AND OTHER THINGS, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE EMPATHETIC AND UNDERSTANDING , AND AS THAT, WE ARE LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN RWANDA AND A FEW OTHERS. SO, PROFESSORS ARE COMING TO US TO TELL US, HEY, LET'S BE PREPARED AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DISCUSSION OF THINGS, BECAUSE MANY OF THESE STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM THESE AREAS FROM FORCED MIGRATION, WHETHER IT IS MEXICO, RWANDA, STILL, SOUTH AFRICA, THE UKRAINE, AND OTHER STUDENTS. AND SO, THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PREPARED TO HELP THEM MOVE FORWARD.CALIFORNIA ISLANDS -- WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO WORK WITH THEM. THERE ETHNIC STUDIES DEPARTMENT ARE VERY HANDS-ON, WOULD LOVE TO COME IN WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WITH US. PRESENTATIONS, VIRTUAL VISITS WITH OUR STUDENTS, WE ARE SETTING UP SCHEDULING FOR THAT AND COLLABORATING WITH ONE SHINE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, JUST HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE MUSEUM HERE .HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO? IT IS REALLY COOL, YOU CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO SURVIVE, LEARNING HOW TO MAKE A STRING, WHICH IS REALLY INTERESTING AT THE CHUMASH MUSEUM. AND WE HAD GONE TO THE MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE EARLIER IN THE YEAR. WE HAD TWO TRIPS WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE ALL OF THE STUDENTS INTERESTED THEM ALL OF THE CLASSES , AND JUST TO KIND OF PUT SOME EMPHASIS ON SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES, MR. LAROCCA AND NEWBURY PARK GAVE THE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REWRITE SOME SONGS THAT ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, SO, IT IS ELEMENTS OF UTILIZING SOME OF THE OLD SONGS THAT HAVE TRANSITIONED FROM 1920, 1930S, FROM JAZZ, AND THEN TRANSITIONING THEM TO MORE CURRENT LYRICS STUDENTS CAN GRAVITATE TO. THEY WERE CREATING THEIR OWN. THEY WERE ADDING THEIR OWN WORDS, TAKING THEIR OWN WORDS OUT, SHAPING THE MUSIC SO THAT IT WOULD REPRESENT THEM AND THEIR
PERSPECTIVES. >> SO, WITH MY STUDENTS, I DID AN IDENTITY PLAYLIST WHERE THEY GOT TO REFLECT ON SONGS AND GET ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS. IT WAS ALL ABOUT WHO ARE THEY, ASKING ABOUT HOW THEY SEE THEMSELVES, WHAT IS THE STORY OF THE FAMILY, ET CETERA, AND GET TO SELECT SONGS THAT REPRESENT THAT. IT COULD BE SOLD FOR SOME STUDENTS WHEN YOU ASK THEM TO ACTUALLY SIT BACK AND CONSIDER LYRICS, IT IS QUITE A CHALLENGE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY LOVE GETTING TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, SOMETIMES GETTING THEM TO FIND MORE SCHOOL APPROPRIATE SANS IS AN ADDITIONAL CHALLENGE, BUT THEY DID THAT AND TURNED OUT AMAZING, BUT OVERALL, I LOVE GETTING JUST TO SHOW WHAT THEY ARE, GETTING TO TALK ABOUT IT, STUDENTS THAT YOU NORMALLY DON'T SEE REALLY SHARE A LOT, YOU GET TO LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT THEM IN THOSE ASSIGNMENTS, WHICH IS AMAZING. ADDITIONALLY, I GOT WITH A COWORKER OF MINE, DEVELOPED SOME AMAZING SLIDES, AND A SLIDE TEMPLATE I USED AND MODIFIED FOR THE ETHNIC STUDIES COURSE, AND ONE OF THEIR FINAL OPTIONS LAST SEMESTER WAS THEY COULD PICK ANY ACTIVIST, I LEFT IT OPEN, PRETTY BROAD, I TRIED TO KEEP IT WITHIN THE 1900S TO CURRENT DAY, AND COULD SELECT ANY ACTIVIST THEY WANTED THAT INTERESTED THEM. DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH, CONDUCTED, IT WAS BASED OFF OF -- IT WAS
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ACTUALLY SOME "BARBIE" SLIDES, BASED ON "BARBIE" COMING OUT WITH A COUPLE OF LINES OF DOLLARS TO REPRESENT AND REFLECT DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY, SO IT WAS A VERSION OF THAT. AND WE CALLED IT THE ACTIVIST SERIES. THAT IS WHERE THAT STEMMED FROM. ADDITIONALLY, THESE ARE -- THERE IS JUST ONE OF THESE SMALL GROUPS -- WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE MORE WHEN WE WENT TO THE MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE ON THE FIRST DAY. A LOT OF THEM, IT WAS A MONDAY MORNING AT 7:00 A.M., TOO EARLY FOR THEM. ULTIMATELY, WE HAD FUN.WE HAD FUN. HOWEVER, ADDITIONALLY, THE POSTER RIGHT THERE, WE HAVE OUR END-OF-YEAR GALLERY WORK TOMORROW. THAT IS IS ONE SNIPPET OF ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING POSTERS THAT MY STUDENTS CREATED THIS YEAR. I WAS VERY PROUD OF ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT IN. I LEFT IT, AGAIN, VERY OPEN TO THEM.
ULTIMATELY, I WANT THE STUDENTS TO FEEL THAT THEY HAVE A SAY IN THEIR LEARNING AND TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE GETTING TO CHOOSE ASPECTS AND EVENTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM, AND THAT THEY CARE ABOUT, SO THAT IS WHERE THE MENTAL HEALTH ONE CAME FROM, IN ADDITION TO MANY OTHER ONES FROM BLM TO ANTI-SEMITISM, ET CETERA AS WELL.
>> MR. SCALISE , ETHNIC STUDIES TEACHER AT CBHS, HE AND SOME STUDENTS DO SOME ELEMENTS OF HIS IN THE PAINTING. YOU CAN SEE THE LOWER PART HERE, HE AND SOME OF HIS STUDENTS ARE WORKING WITH PROJECTS ACTUALLY CREATING PROJECT THAT WILL BE PRESENTED. SO, PLEASE, I INVITE YOU ALL TO COME OVER HERE TO THE AMPHITHEATER, IT IS GOING TO BE FUN, FOOD, I'M GOING TO FEED YOU. IT IS GOING TO BE AN ART GALLERY, IT IS GOING TO BE FUN. JUST COME AND MAKE SURE YOU COME BY. IN ADDITION, AT THE MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE, THEY HAVE A GLOBAL CRISIS CENTER.
THAT IS WHERE YOU GET A CHANCE TO CALCULATE WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF YOU WERE IN POSITION OF POWER, HOW WOULD YOU GOVERN IF THERE WAS A CRISIS, IF THERE WAS A POINT OF FAMINE, IF THERE
WAS A. >>> OF A SMALL CONFLICT, WHAT WOULD YOUR POLITICAL PROWESS, WHAT WOULD YOU GAIN FOR POINTS AND LOSE POINTS ON THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE? IT IS AN INTERESTING ACTIVITY FOR THE STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT POLITICS ISN'T JUST A SWITCH, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE LIVES AND THE WELFARE OF OTHER PEOPLE.
SO, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE IS GOING TO HAVE THE STUDENTS, AND THAT THEY HAVE CREATED THAT WILL BE ON DISPLAY TOMORROW. SOME OF THE BOXES REPRESENTING SOME FAMILIES, SOME OF THEIR BELIEFS, THEIR IDEAS, AND IN ADDITION, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A FEW OF THE BILLBOARDS AND POSTERS THAT THEY HAVE ALSO CREATED THAT REFLECTS THEIR IDEAS. PLEASE? SO, AS I WAS EXPLAINING OUR ETHNIC STUDIES SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY PROJECT, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO CREATE A PRESENTATION ABOUT WHO THEY THINK IS IMPORTANT IN SOCIAL JUSTICE , OR THEY NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE THAT THEY HAVE HAD IN THEIR FAMILY TO DISCUSS THEIR MIGRATORY STORY. I HAVE ONE STUDENT WHO RAN UP TO ME TODAY, AND SHE IS A LATINA AMERICAN GIRL WHO LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, YOU KNOW -- CLAUDIO LIVE IS RIGHT, THE ONE WHO WANTED TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO, SHE JUMPED INTO IT, SHE IS GETTING READY, SO IT IS AN INCREDIBLE POINT FOR HER AND A POINT OF PRIDE , AND HAVING SOMEONE THAT NOW SHE IS REALLY WANTING TO STUDY, BECAUSE SHE BARELY SPOKE A WORD AND NOW THAT SHE SEES SOMEONE SHE REALLY WANTS TO RESEARCH AND PRESENT, AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR HER PRESENTATION. SO, THESE ARE OUR WONDERFUL COUNCILMEMBERS THAT CAME IN TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH OUR STUDENTS. MR. NEWMAN GOT A CHANCE TO HAVE A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT IS INTERESTING THAT THE CONVERSATION THEY HAD , THEY ACCEPTED TO DO IT AS A PODCAST, SO IT IS RECORDED, SO IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE CONVERSATION, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO LISTEN TO IT, AND THE LINK FOR YOU IS FOR ACCESS FOR THAT RECORDING. IN ADDITION, MR. NEWMAN, ALL EYES ARE ON HIM, BECAUSE WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT NEW YORK AND HIM HAVING TO ASSIST IN PROTESTS , AND THEY ASKED HIM HOW OLD IS HE SAID -- SEVEN OR EIGHT. WE LOOK AT HIM LIKE, REALLY, BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW SMALL SEEDS LIKE THAT HELP YOU MOVE FORWARD IN A LONG LIFE. PLEASE -- SO, THE ENROLLMENT -- LOOKING AT '23-'24, 35 STUDENTS ON AVERAGE FOR CVHS FOR NEWBURY PARK, WONDERS 34. THOUSAND OAKS, 206 ENROLLED INTO THE CLASS WITH THE 445 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN ETHNIC STUDIES TOTAL. THE LARGE NUMBER THAN BEFORE WE STARTED, OF COURSE.
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2023, 3 TEACHERS WERE ASSIGNED. HOWEVER, NOW WE HAVE 4, AND AS THEY SAY, IN SPORTS, WE ARE RUNNING IT BACK. THE SAME CREW.WE ARE, AGAIN, LOOKING FOR MORE THINGS TO DO. I ALWAYS INVITE YOU, PLEASE, COME TO THE CLASSROOM, COME SIT AND TALK TO THE STUDENTS. SEND ME AN EMAIL. I WILL MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE TIME FOR YOU TO COME IN AND BE A PART OF IT. STUDENTS ARE AWARE OF THE DIVERSITY IN THE COMMUNITIES, THEY ARE BETTER PREPARED FOR LEADERSHIP AND SUCCESSFUL ACADEMIC CAREERS. WE TRY TO ENSURE THAT WHEN STUDENTS COME IN TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE CAPABLE OF DOING AND THEY'RE CAPABLE OF DOING EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING THEY WANT TO DO.
PLEASE? ANY QUESTIONS? >> FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO SAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION, BUT EVEN MORE, FOR THE WORK, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THAT MANY STUDENTS TAKING THIS CLASS NOW, AND THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY AHEAD OF THE CURVE, THAT THERE'S A CAMPUS OUT THERE THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO MODEL AFTER , IS A TREMENDOUS TESTAMENT TO ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE HERE. NO, AS A TEAM -- I KNOW YOU WANT --
>> SHE IS NOT HERE , BUT GETTING ALL THAT STUFF TOGETHER WITH ME AND THE ASSISTANCE OF THE TEAM -- IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT HUGE STEPS FROM LEADERSHIP HAVE HAPPENED WITH HUGE STEPS ON THE END, OF THE BACKSIDE. WHEN PEOPLE SEE YOU ARE MAKING HUGE STEPS GOING FORWARD, OTHER DISTRICTS ARE SAYING, HOW ARE THEY DOING THAT, OR WHAT ARE YOU DOING, OR WHAT STEPS CAN WE TAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE -- I WANT TO SAY, LIKE YOU, BUT TO GET TO THE LEVEL YOU ARE NOW. TO BE THREE YEARS AHEAD OF OTHER DISTRICTS IS INCREDIBLE NOW.
AGAIN, HAVING THE INVESTMENT AND THE TIME AND HE BELIEVED TO DO THAT. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY COOL FOR YOU GUYS.
>> I WILL PUT IT OUT THERE, I'M GOING TO TAKE A WILD LEAP AND SPEAK FOR MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.I'M SURE WE WOULD ALL LOVE TO COME TO YOUR CLASSROOMS.
>> COME ON. >> JUST SCHEDULED THE THING.
>> HAVE THEM COME ON OVER THERE.
>> ALSO, THE LINK FOR VOICES AND THE PODCAST THAT YOU
>> WE DEFINITELY -- I WILL SPEAK FOR THEM ALL ALSO -- WE
PROBABLY ALL OF HIS >> NEXT, GO TO DT L.A. --
>> THAT SOUNDED AMAZING. MRS. HARRISON GETS TO HAVE ALL OF
THE FUN. >> FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE WHERE PRESIDENT GOLDBERG LEFT OFF AND REMIND YOU THAT WE HAVE THE LINKS FOR VOICES, BUT SECOND OF ALL,
TOMORROW IS 5:30? >> 5:30 TO 8:00, RIGHT HERE IN THE APATHY. WE WANTED TO HAVE AN OUTSIDE SETTING, AND THE SUN DOESN'T GO DOWN UNTIL AFTER 8:00 ANYWAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT FOR THE ART GALLERY. IT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GO ON THE WALKWAY AT THE APPLICATOR, A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIT AND HAVE A CONVERSATION AND ENJOY THE
EVENING. >> I WANTED TO NOT JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD TEACHING, BUT TEACHING US ABOUT BEING ON INTERNATIONAL LAND AND RESPECTING THAT. THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING US IN THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PRESENTATION, ALSO WITH THE
STUDENTS ALL YEAR LONG. >> THANK YOU.
>> ALL Y'ALL . >> THERE YOU GO.
>> TRUSTEE KAHL? >> THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK TO THE REPORT ON SO MUCH PROGRESS. IT IS A TREMENDOUS SOURCE OF PRIDE THAT WE HAVE THIS COURSE HERE. I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT IN THIS PLACE WHERE WE LIVE IN THE TIME THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, AND YOU REFLECTED IN THE BEGINNING OF YOUR REMARKS ABOUT FOOSLAND WE ARE STANDING ON , WHERE WE ARE LEARNING, MR. HUTTON. IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE ROOM, YOU DON'T SEE ANY VISIBLE SIGN THAT WE ARE ON CHUMASH LAND. IF IT ISN'T THERE, IS IT VALUED? THESE ARE COMPLEX QUESTIONS AND OUR STUDENTS NEED TOOLS TO REALLY SORT OF EXCAVATE AND FIND EVIDENCE AND VALUE FOR THE COMPLEX IDENTITIES THAT THEY POSSESS AND THAT WE, TOGETHER, AS A COMMUNITY, DO . SO, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS COURSE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALL OF YOU, FOR THE TREMENDOUS WORK.
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>> IT IS AMAZING. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT PILOTING THIS CLASS, IT FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE SO MANY YEARS BEFORE IT BECAME A REQUIREMENT. YOU ARE TALKING NEXT YEAR ALREADY. THAT WENT VERY QUICKLY TO ME, BUT I DO RECOGNIZE THAT HAVING THE ABILITY TO BE PILOTED FOR THREE YEARS IS TREMENDOUS. IT HAS BEEN -- SEEING THE EVOLUTION, AS I HAVE SEEN VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS OF VARIOUS POINTS -- HAS BEEN JUST AMAZING TO ME, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE AN AMAZING CLASS. I GO UP AS ECHO WHAT PRESIDENT GOLDBERG SAID. YOU PROMISED FOOD, SO I
>> IT WILL BE INTERESTING. THIS WON'T WRAP UP FOR EVERY FRESHMAN. THEY WILL HAVE TO TAKE THIS CLASS, AND THEN I THINK THE CHALLENGE WILL BE JUST KEEPING THAT COHESIVENESS AND THE WAY YOU ARE GOING ABOUT IT WHEN, SUDDENLY, THERE'S MORE STUDENTS. OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS A POSITIVE, BECAUSE MORE STUDENTS WILL BE EXPOSED TO IT. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT, BOTH OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE IN
THIS. >> I WILL ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF WHAT THEY HAVE ALL SET. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING TO VISIT, AND I WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT.
>> ALSO, JUST TO ECHO ALL OF THE COMMENTS PREVIOUSLY, AS I AM HEARING MORE ABOUT THIS, I REMEMBERED BEING THERE, GETTING SOME FEEDBACK WHEN IT FIRST STARTED BACK DURING COVID AND I WAS ON A ZOOM MEETING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. TO SEE HOW FAR THIS COURSE AS OFFICE HAS COME AND HOW EXPENSIVE IT HAS BECOME, I AM REALIZING HOW CRUCIAL IT IS ESPECIALLY ON THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING ABOUT RACISM, DISSEMINATION IN THIS COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, A COURSE LIKE THIS IS SO, SO VALUABLE, ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THEMSELVES AND THEIR IDENTITY, BUT ALSO FOR THE STUDENTS WHO MAYBE DON'T HAVE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND ARE ABLE TO EMPATHIZE AND UNDERSTAND SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE'S CULTURE. I THINK THAT IS JUST SO INCREDIBLE AND VALUABLE. I DID HAVE A QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE THE PERSON TO ANSWER THIS, BUT GIVEN THAT -- I BELIEVE -- CURRENTLY -- IT IS A SEMESTER COURSE, WILL THERE BE AN OPTION FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE THE COURSE ONLINE OVER THE SUMMER? OR WILL IT BE UP IS LIKE -- WILL IT BE OFFERED
THEM? >> I TO SAY, THAT IS NOT MY PAY
>> HOWEVER, THERE IS A PERSON WHO CAN DO THAT, RIGHT THERE.
>> YES. STUDENTS CAN TAKE ETHICS STUDIES ONLINE. WE HAVE TALKED WITH THE -- NEED TO SEE THE COUNSELOR FOR THE COURSE. WE ALSO HAVE A FEW STUDENTS AT SENTRY ACADEMY WHO TAKE ETHNIC STUDIES -- NOT THIS PARTICULAR COURSE -- BUT IT IS THE APEX OFFERED THAT WAY AS
WELL. >> THANK YOU. DO YOU KNOW -- I KNOW THIS IS PRETTY FAR INTO THE FUTURE -- BUT WILL THERE BE MONITORING OF HOW MANY STUDENTS YOU GET ONLINE? I JUST KNOW HOW POWERFUL AND -- THE CLASSIC EXPERIENCE FOR THIS KIND OF MATERIAL THAT IS I KNOW THAT IT CAN GET A LITTLE BIT LOST
SOMETIMES. >> WE DEFINITELY CAN DO THAT AS THEY START GETTING TRANSCRIPTS TO WORK WITH OUR COUNSELORS TO
MONITOR THAT. >> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU.
>> I WILL SAY, SINCE I HAVE THE MIC HERE, ONE THING I WANT TO ADD -- MR. HUTTON ALLUDED TO IT EARLIER -- OTHER DISTRICTS FROM AROUND THE STATE ARE, LIKE, CALLING US AND EMAILING US, LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING, MIKE, BECAUSE THEY ARE HEARING ABOUT IT. EVEN L.A. COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A VISITORS COME FROM THE CENTRAL VALLEY FROM A DISTRICT UP THERE -- WHO ACTUALLY CAME DOWN, DROVE DOWN TO VISIT EACH OF THE CLASSROOMS -- AND I KIND OF TOOK THEM AROUND. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALLOWED THEM TO KIND OF COLLABORATE IN THE AFTERNOON AFTER THEY HAD VISITED EACH OF THE CLASSES AND LOOKED AT THE CURRICULUM AND THAT OF THE COURSE OF STUDY, AND THEY ALL LOOKED AT ME LIKE, HOW DID YOU DO THAT, LIKE HOW -- THIS IS SUCH A COPY HANDS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR SECRET. SO, LIKE I SAID, I SAID, THIS REALLY IT SHOULD BE DID TO THEIR COLLABORATION. YOU KNOW, MS. CHAPPELL, SHE ACTUALLY DID A LOT OF THE WORK AS WELL. I JUST REALLY AM PROUD OF THIS TEAM, AND THE PROOF WAS WHEN THAT TEAM CAME DOWN FROM THE CENTRAL VALLEY TO REALLY KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT A MODEL CURRICULUM LOOKED LIKE. I WANTED TO MENTION THAT, BECAUSE LOCALLY, STATEWIDE, PEOPLE ARE KIND OF LOOKING AT OUR COURSE. SO, IT IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
>> REALLY IMPRESSIVE. WE ARE GRATEFUL. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. AND MOVING FORWARD , WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SEE YOU
>> IT IS 10:10. DOES ANYBODY NEED A BREAK ? LIKE A FAST BREAK? NO? OKAY THEN. WE ARE GOING TO POWER THROUGH .
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>> DO WE NEED TO EXTEND THE MEETING?
>> THAT IS THE QUESTION . >> WE CAN DO THIS IN 19
MINUTES? >> I HEAR 119 MINUTE OVER HERE
. >> DEPENDS ON HOW LONG YOU'RE GOING TO BE TALKING DURING THAT, THE TRUSTEE COMMENTS.
>> NOT AT ALL. CAN YOU JUST SAY COMING UP?
>> YOU AND I -- >> SHOULD WE EXTEND IT JUST TO
>> I MAKE A MOTION WE EXTEND THIS MEETING UNTIL 11:15 ,
11:30. 11:30. >> YOU GET ONE SHOT AT IT.
>> 11:30. NO LATER THAN 11:30. >> AND HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. MEETING POTENTIALLY MOVED TO 11:30. HOPEFULLY
BEFORE. SO, TRUSTEE KAHL? >> YES .
[B. Instructional Services - Review of Board Policy 5132 and Approval of Amendments to Administrative Regulation 5132 - Dress Code]
>> I'M A YES VOTE. MOTION CARRIES 5-0 WITH PREFERENTIAL YES BUT FROM TRUSTEE KAHL. MOVING ON TO ITEM 5B, REVIEW POLICY 51' 32, APPROVE MR. AR-32 DRESS CODE. COMMENTS ? WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT. EVEN LIGHT. WELCOME, ANYTHING, YOU
WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> GOOD EVENING, ESTEEMED BOARD AND FACULTY, MY NAME IS ADA MICHAEL, CHAIR FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I WILL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF BUT WANTED TO ADDRESS FEEDBACK I HAVE HEARD FROM IN MINISTRY TO REGULATION 5132, EXPRESSED BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER IT IS PROPOSED. NEW LANGUAGE INCLUDES THE PROGRESS OF STUDENT DISCIPLINE MAY BE IMPLEMENTED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS WITH WARNINGS, COMMUNICATION TO PARENT RECORDINGS AND PARENT/GUARDIAN COMPETENCE OF FEEDBACK THAT I HAD FROM GATHERING FEEDBACK ABOUT THE NEW DRESS CODE BASED ON UPCOMING SCHEDULES WAS THE ONE REQUESTING SPECIFICITY. BOTH SPECIFICITY IN WHAT IS AND IS NOT ALLOWABLE UNDER THE DRESS CODE, AS WELL AS SPECIFICITY IN DISCIPLINE EXPRESSED BY BOTH STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS. OVERWHELMINGLY, I HAVE HEARD SPORT -- SUPPORT THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY ENFORCE THE DRESS CODE WITH WARNINGS AND MOVE UPON REPEAT OFFENSES TO TRY TO ENSURE AN EQUITABLE PRACTICE FOR STUDENTS . THE ONLY CONCERN I HAVE WITH THIS LANGUAGE AND THE LACK OF SPECIFICITY , ALSO, EXPANDS TO EQUITY. MANY SCHOOL SITES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL HAVE DISCIPLINE HANDLED BY THE SPRINT ADMINISTRATORS BY THE GRADE LEVELS THE STUDENTS ARE IN. THIS MEANS THAT THE SAME STUDENT FOR THE SAME INFRACTION MAY HAVE THEIR CASE HANDLED -- THE CURRENT LANGUAGE OF MAY AND LIKE A TIMELINE ON HOW THE DISCIPLINE SHOULD PROGRESS IS VAGUE AND CREATE AN EQUITY ISSUE FOR STUDENTS. WHEN A STUDENT BEING DISCIPLINED WHO HAD THE SAME INFRACTION AND THE SAME PRIORS AS ANOTHER STUDENT RECEIVED THE SAME PUNISHMENT IF THEY WERE IN A DIFFERENT GRADE LEVEL -- UNLESS THEY HAD A DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATOR, OR IF THEY WERE AT A DIFFERENT SCHOOL SITE -- AND A CHANGE IN SPECIFICITY TO EXPLAIN HOW THE DISCIPLINE SHOULD PROGRESS WOULD HELP ENFORCE THE DRESS CODE IN A FAIR AND EFFECTIVE MANNER. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK IN REVISING OR REVIEWING THE DRESS CODE. I TRULY BELIEVE THE NEW BALANCE WILL IMPROVE STUDENT AND FACULTY EXPERIENCES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND INDIVIDUAL STUDENT SITUATIONS ARE UNIQUE IN THE FLEXIBLE, FOR THE CURRENT FEEDBACK MAY NOT BE DISCUSSED TONIGHT BUT I SAID WE WANTED TO BRING RECORD MY THOUGHTS AND THOSE OF FELLOW STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS I HAVE SPOKEN WITH TO BE CONSIDERED. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I AM OPENING IT UP TO ANY --
>> JUST REALLY QUICKLY, WE MADE THE AMENDMENT BASED OFF OF THE DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AT THE PRIOR MEETING.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, THERE WAS A PARTICULAR AREA THAT I MISSED. SO, WE'RE ONLY MAKING THESE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT ARE NOTED IN BLUE AND ITALICS. BUT FOR THE ADMINISTERED REGULATION, ON PAGE 2, IT SHOULD ACTUALLY READ , FOR STUDENTS CANNOT WEAR BLUE --, THREE STUDENTS GRADES TK TO 5, NO FLIP FLOPS, ALL SHOES MUST BE -- AND THEN CLOSE-TOE SHOULD BE STRIKETHROUGH BASED OFF OF THE DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD
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OF EDUCATION AND CONSENSUS? SO, CLOSE-TOE STRIKETHROUGH, THEN ALL SHOES MUST BE CLOSE OR STRAPPED-HEELS, NO CAPES EXCEPT FOR DRESSING DAYS. SO, I AM BRINGING THIS FORWARD. AGAIN, I MISSED THAT. SO, JUST AS THE BOARD CONSIDERS MOVING THEM FORWARD, I THINK THAT MAYBE AN AMENDMENT TO CODE WOULD BEAPPROPRIATE. >> INFORMATION ADDED . I MEAN, I THINK YOU ARE ACCURATE IN YOUR CONVERSATION LAST MEETING , AND THIS IS BROUGHT FORWARD AS A LIPID
>> THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION. I NOTED IT .I WAS HAPPY, PERSONALLY, HAPPY TO SEE THAT CLOSE-TOE WAS IN THERE WHEN I OPENED MY DRAFT, JUST BECAUSE I TALKED TO A NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS WHO -- BUT THE CLOSE-TOTE ELEMENTARY -- AND IT WAS A HILL MANY OF THEM WERE WILLING TO DIE ON. WHEN I SAW IT, I THOUGHT, SOMEBODY MUST HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION. I AM HAPPY, STRIKING IT OUT, I AM OKAY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION IF YOU ARE OKAY WITH IT, AND WE ARRANGED WITH OUT THE STRIKE OUT, I WILL TAKE MY SECOND SHOT AT IT.
INSTEAD OF CROSSING OUT A CLOSED-TOE, WE CAN BRING IT BACK THE WAY WE ORIGINALLY DISCUSSED IT, BUT I WILL ASK ONE MORE TIME . SINCE IT IS IN HERE, IN BLUE, AND ITALICS, MISTAKE OR NOT, JUST THE FEEDBACK I HAVE GOTTEN SINCE OUR CONVERSATION THE LAST TIME AS STILL BEEN WE REALLY, ATOLA MEJA, WOULD LIKE IT TO SAY, CLOSE-TOWED SHOE .
>> JUST A QUESTION ON THAT IN PARTICULAR, CLOSED OR STRAPPED
HEELS? >> LIKE CLOGS OR SOMETHING THAT
HAS -- >> SO, CROCS HAVE SOMETHING THAT HOLDS IT ON, OR A SANDAL THAT COMES UP .
>> RIGHT. WE HAD DECIDED WE HAD TO BE CLOSED IN THE BACK OR ATTACHED IN THE BACK, BUT NOW WE'RE DEBATING THE TOE. THANK
YOU. >> IT IS IS WORDED A LITTLE BIT
-- YOU KNOW -- >> WHAT IS THE REASONING ON THE
CLOSED VS. OPEN-TOE? >> SAFETY, SAFETY, SAFETY.
>>> >>> THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING .
>> IT IS TOO RESTRICTIVE FOR ME. TO CLARIFY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LEVEL 2 PAGE ONE. YOUR BULLET POINT YES . AS I AM READING IT IT SAYS THAT IT IS PERMITTED. NOT NECESSARILY THAT IT HAS TO BE IT'S MORE THAT IF THE INDIVIDUAL IN CHARGE DEEMS IT IS NOT SAFE TO WEAR THEM. NUMBER THREE, STUDENTS CANNOT WEAR -- ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, NO FLIP-FLOPS .
>> IN MY OPINION IN THAT CASE IT DOES FEEL A LITTLE BIT RESTRICTIVE TO ME. WE HAD THE DEBATE LAST TIME .
>> THEN I WILL -- >> I'M GLAD WERE GOING TO
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EXCLUDE FLIP-FLOPS. OKAY. MOVING ON, SO DOES ANYBODY HAVEANYTHING ELSE? >> I WAS NOT GOING TO COMMENT BUT SINCE YOU MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT THE FEEDBACK WE HAVE POLICIES SPECIFICALLY ON DISCIPLINE AND I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD IN ANY POLICY THAT WE ARE ADAPTING WHERE THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR -- TRY TO RE-CREATE THAT THAT IS JUST A GENERAL COMMENT. I AM STILL HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE FIELD TRIPS. AND LET ME TRY TO SAY WHY. I THINK THIS IS A SOLUTION IN SEARCH OF A PROBLEM. IT AROSE AND WHEN WE TRACKED IT DOWN WE REALIZED THERE WASN'T AN INITIATIVE. THE STUDENTS WERE NOT GOING PLACES AND GETTING TURNED AWAY. IT HASN'T HAPPENED. I LOOKED AROUND TO PLACES WHERE STUDENTS COMMONLY WOULD GO AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING SAID ABOUT DRESS CODE, IT IS TYPICALLY THAT THEY WANT STUDENTS TO SHOW UP LOOKING LIKE STUDENTS. IN THE CASE THAT OUR STUDENTS MIGHT GO TO A PLACE WHERE THERE IS A VERY RESTRICTIVE CODE OF DRESS , THEN I HAVE A DIFFERENT AND MUCH MORE SERIOUS CONCERN WHICH IS OUR STUDENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND THAT APPLIES WHETHER THEY ARE CLASSROOMS OR A FIELD AND WE ARE THE SAFE KEEPERS OF THAT RIGHT. AND I WILL NOT DESIGNATED TO ANYONE OUTSIDE , SO IF SOMEONE HAS A DRESS CODE THAT SPECIFICALLY VIOLATES THE REASONS THAT WE STAYED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS CODE ABOUT OUR STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO BE COMFORTABLE IN THEIR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND NOT BE SHAMED BUT I THERE HAS TO BE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER OUR STUDENTS BELONG IN THAT ENVIRONMENT . NOT -- I AM NOT WILLING TO GIVE OVER AUTHORITY TO SOME OTHER ORGANIZATION TO SAY WHAT OUR STUDENTS MUST DO.
IF THERE IS A DRESS CODE VASTLY MORE RESTRICTIVE IT IS PROBABLY VIOLATING PRINCIPLES THAT ARE BEHIND THE DRESS CODE IN THE FIRST PLACE. THE REASON THAT WE REVISED IT THREE YEARS AGO, SO I DON'T THINK THE LANGUAGE IS NEEDED. WE HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM AND IT BRINGS UP OTHER CONCERNS I THINK ARE MORE SERIOUS SO I AM ASKING TO REMOVE THE LANGUAGE ABOUT THE FIELD TRIPS BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT IS NEEDED.
>> SO, AFTER OUR MEETING I DID -- SOME PEOPLE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION GRADUATION NIGHT -- BRAD KNIGHT HAS SOME VERY SPECIFIC DRESS CODE LIKE DISNEYLAND HAD VERY SPECIFIC RULES. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY STILL GO TO DISNEYLAND , BUT IT DID HAVE, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, A DRESS CODE THAT MAY OR MAY -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT THE WORD FOR IT I DON'T SEE ANY HARM IN HAVING IT IN THEIR AND CLEARLY IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VASTLY OUT OF WHACK WITH OUR VALUES WE WILL BE GOING AHEAD WITH
>> THEN THE LANGUAGE IS HERE . SAYS THE LANGUAGE IS HERE RIGHT NOW YOUR STORY TO SOMEONE ELSE STUDENT. I DO NOT RELINQUISH AUTHORITY TO KEEP HER STUDENTS SAFE. I DO NOT.
>> I AGREE WITH PRESIDENT GOLDBERG BUT I DO NOT SEE HARM IN KEEPING THIS. I THINK IT COULD BE REQUESTS THAT ARE
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REALLY BE NINE BY A LOCATION -- I THINK THIS DRESS CODE HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR OUR STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND I THINK THAT IT'S DIFFERENT THAN -- I JUST THINK SOMETIMES WE MIGHT COME ACROSS THESE SITUATIONS AND I WOULD RATHER BE PROACTIVE. I THINK IT'S A VERY BENIGN STATEMENT.>> IS THERE ANYONE WHO FEELS HER EDUCATORS CAN HAVE A LEARNING CONVERSATION WITH HER STUDENTS -- THEIR STUDENTS --
>> THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS IF OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO A MUSEUM OR SOMETHING. AN EDUCATOR SAYS LISTEN WHEN WE WALKED TO THE DOOR WERE EXPECTED TO REMOVE OUR CAPS, OKAY? EVERYONE SAYS OKAY AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS BUT WE HAVEN'T RELINQUISHED OUR AUTHORITY IT'S THAT OUR EDUCATORS HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STUDENTS , NOT DISREGARD
>> I DO SEE YOUR POINT IN NOT REALLY PUSHING THE AUTHORITY , BUT I WILL SAY AND CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD THERE IS A LARGE STRUGGLE WITH LIKE TEACHERS FEELING LIKE THEY HAVE TOO MUCH AUTHORITY, LIKE THEY HAVE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS. I WILL SAY I CAN IMAGINE IF A TEACHER HAD A LOOK TOWARDS IN TERMS OF LIKE THE DISTRICT SAID THIS IS THE GUIDELINES ASKING YOU AS A TEACHER TO ADHERE TO THIS I FEEL LIKE THAT MAKE IT -- MIGHT MAKE IT EASIER . I'M NOT SURE IF THE LANGUAGE CANNOT BE ADJUSTED TO BE BROADER. I DO THINK FOR THE EDUCATOR THE GIFT OF HAVING SOMETHING TO BACK THEMSELVES UP ON MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL FOR THESE CONVERSATIONS.
>> I STILL HAVE NOT HEARD A SINGLE CASE WHERE THIS IS AN
ISSUE. >> SO , WE CAN GO ROUND AND ROUND ABOUT THIS BUT I THINK -- I MEAN, I AM OKAY TO LEAVE IT IN. TRISTA GILL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IT OUT
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST MEETING AND I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT -- IF WE NEVER GO TO A VENUE OR LOCATION WITH A DRESS CODE THEN IT IS NOT AN ISSUE. IF WE GO SOMEWHERE VERY RESTRICT TO PUT OUR KIDS IN HARMS WAY THEN WE DON'T GO THERE, SO I AM FINE WITH THE LANGUAGE AS IT STANDS.
>> I DO NOT THINK WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE COME UP WITH A SITUATION IN WHICH IT CONFLICTS, I THINK THAT BECAUSE IT MAY HAPPEN, IT MAY BE THAT WE DECIDE WE WILL TAKE KIDS TO A PARTICULAR VENUE WHERE THEY HAVE A MORE RESTRICTIVE DRESS CODE. I THINK OUT OF RESPECT FOR THAT VENUE THAT WE ARE VISITING I'M IN FAVOR OF KEEPING IT IN.
>> OKAY , THAT -- SO THEN WE WILL -- THE CONSENSUS . ANY
OTHER COMMENTS? >> DID WEEK, -- WE , DID WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DISCIPLINE STATEMENT? I AGREE WITH WE DON'T -- IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE VERY SPECIFICALLY WHICH IN THEIR IT WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY ALIGNED WITH OTHER POLICIES. I DON'T KNOW.
>> PUT WHATEVER DISCIPLINE VOTES ARE UNDERNEATH THAT
PARAGRAPH. >> I THINK WE HAVE HAD THAT.
>> IT IS JUST LIKE A REFERENCE.
>> ALL RIGHT , ARE WE ALL OKAY TO MOVE ON? MOVING ON TO ITEM
[C. Business Services - Approval of Amendments to Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 0450 - Comprehensive Safety Plan]
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5C IMPROVEMENTS OF AMENDMENTS TOWARD POLICY -- REGULATION0450 -- SAFETY PLAN. >> THERE IS SOME LEGAL UPDATES RELATED TO THIS POLITY -- POLICY AND AR THE VERB CHANGES DEAL WITH THE ACCESS AND REPORTING IN WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE DISCLOSED AND THEN ON THE AR IT WAS SPECIFICALLY ADDING GUARDIAN THAT DIDN'T EXIST ON THERE SO IT WAS JUST A PARENT AND NOW IT SAYS PARENT GUARDIAN AND ALSO PSYCH COUNCIL PLANNING COMMITTEE -- PUBLIC MEETING IF AVAILABLE AND RELATED TO REVIEW OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY PLAN AND THEN HAVING ANNUAL REVIEWS THROUGH THE PSYCH COUNCIL AND COMMITTED TO LOOK AT IT EVERY YEAR . IF THE PRINCIPAL DETERMINES THERE IS A MERIT FOR CONCERN IS PUT FORWARD BY A PARENT WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND IT IS UP TO THE PRINCIPAL TO
INVESTIGATE AND ADDRESS THAT. >> THANK YOU. OKAY, LOOKS GOOD.
[D. Business Services - Approval of Amendments to Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 3516 - Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Plan]
ITEM 5D APPROVAL TO AMENDMENTS BOARD POLICY 3516 EMERGENCY AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN. DR. HIAK?>> BOTH FOR THE BP AND THE AR .
>> THANK YOU. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE WE ARE
[E. Comments - Board of Education]
NOW AT ITEM 5E COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD, TRISTA MCCALL ?>> I WILL KEEP THIS BRIEF BUT HAPPY JUNE. CONGRATS TO ALL THE STUDENTS WHO ARE RECOGNIZED AND THEIR FAMILIES. I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF HARD WORK. ADDITIONALLY THIS MONTH IS ALSO PRIDE MONTH SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE MEMBERS OF USD PART OF LGBTQ PLUS . THIS IS A MONTHLY SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO A BIT OF RESEARCH AND CELEBRATE. I ALSO BID A BITTERSWEET FAREWELL TO ESTAK AS MY POSITION HAS ENDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MR. MERCER AND MR. LU FOR THE MENTORSHIP AS WELL AS THE BOARD MEMBERS AND DISTRICTS DRAFT. -- STAFF. I AM EXCITED FOR ALL THE WORK THEY WILL NEED TO DO.
ATTEND THE ETHICS STUDIES EVENT TOMORROW, 5:30 AND ENJOY THE
REST OF YOUR NIGHT. >> TRUSTEE POWELL?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO SAY ANYTHING. HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THOSE GRADUATING AND CULMINATING AND THEIR FAMILIES.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ON ALL THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE FOLKS AT PROMOTION CEREMONIES AND HAPPY PRIDE.
>> JUSTIN CORMACK? >> HAPPY JUNE AND HAPPY PRIDE.
I GO TO SOME AWARD CEREMONIES AND WE HAVE SUCH INCREDIBLE KIDS AND STUDENTS THAT GO TO HER SCHOOL SO I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING AWARDED AND I WILL SEE YOU AT GRADUATIONS AND COMBINATIONS AND PROMOTIONS
NEXT WEEK. >> DITTO, DITTO , DITTO.
>> I DITTO YOUR DITTO. EVERYONE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION WHO IS
[04:35:01]
RUNNING ON FUMES AND YET STILL SHOWING UP EVERY DAY EXCITED AND RACING TO THE END SO THANK YOU FOR AN INCREDIBLE CRAZY END[F. Comments - Superintendent]
OF THE YEAR. I APPRECIATE IT. >> FOR ME TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF TONIGHT FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND ORGANIZING. REALLY 500 STUDENTS CAME THROUGH TONIGHT. THAT'S A LOT OF WORK TO ORGANIZE THAT AND A LOT OF WORK TO PUT THE CERTIFICATES TOGETHER SO MS. SPELLMAN AND MS. SCHNEIDER, THANK YOU FOR THAT . MR. MERCER, FOR DOING THE ORGANIZATION AND TINA FOR ORGANIZING THE PICTURES. DR. ISA FOR PICTURE TAKING AND THE BODYGUARDS AT THE DOOR FOR THEIR EXPLANATIONS OF WHAT TO DO AND LINING PEOPLE UP AND LETTING THEM GO UP SO REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S WORK . I DON'T KNOW , I AM GOING ON 12 YEARS IN THIS DISTRICT AND I REMEMBER -- DON'T REMEMBER HAVING THAT MANY STUDENTS COME THROUGH SO THAT MEANS THERE IS A LOT OF SUCCESS AND I SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR WORK AND ALL THE STUDENTS COMING THROUGH TONIGHT.
[A. Future Board Topics / Activities]
>> AND WITH THAT WE ARE IN THE ADJOURNMENT. ARE THERE ANY FUTURE TOPICS? TRUSTEE POWELL?
IN YEAR FIVE IN INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND I WAS THINKING IT WOULD BE COOL AT SOME POINT -- AND NO TIME LIMIT PUT ON IT -- TO PUT A PRESENTATION ON WHAT HAS IT MEANT FOR TEACHERS AND WHAT HAS IT MEANT IN THEIR CLASSROOMS? WHAT ARE SOME BEST PRACTICES AROUND UDL? WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME. AND I DON'T
KNOW, LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT IT. >> I AM SEEING NODS. SO -- AT SOME POINT WE WILL PUT IT ON THE FUTURE DOCKET. WE WILL PUT IT ON THE FUTURE -- NOW AND WILL PLAN IT. SEEING NONE, THIS
[B. Adjournment]
MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 10:38.