[B. Instructional Services - Approval of the 2024/2025 Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), Inclusive of the Budget Overview for Parents (Previous Board Meeting Information/Discussion Item)]

PREFERENTIAL VOTE FROM TRUSTEE KAHL. ITEM 3.B. . INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES, APPROVAL OF THE 2024-2025 LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE 2024-2025 LOCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN, INCLUSIVE OF THE BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR PARENTS.

>> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING?

>> ME I ASK A QUESTION? >> OF COURSE.

>> ANOTHER COUNTY SUBMITTED A LONG CHECKLIST IN THE 11TH HOUR. DID THAT MATERIALLY CHANGE ANYTHING?

>> IT DID NOT. THEY PROVIDED US A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON SMALL AND SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES . I SHOULD NOTE THAT SINCE OUR LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD WE DID GET THE APPROVAL OF THE COUNTY OFFICE ON OUR LCAP BUT THERE FEEDBACK IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND AS A DISCLAIMER WE MAY NEED TO ADJUST FEEDBACK TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH -- GUIDELINES. THAT IS NOT SPECIAL FOR CVUSD.

IT IS FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY OF THOSE CHANGES BUT THAT IS THE POSSIBILITY. I ALSO WANT TO SAY QUICKLY THAT WE DID CHANGE THE COLOR ON THE GRAPHIC AND I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT IT IS A VERY DEFINITIVE FORM OF GREEN. AND THE COLOR IS CALLED FERN.

>> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.

[C. Human Resources - Ratification of Future School Year Calendars: 2025-2026; 2026-2027]

PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE BY TRUSTEE KAHL. ITEM 3.C.

RATIFICATION OF FUTURE SCHOOL YOUR CALENDARS, 2025-2026 AND

2026-2027. >> PRESIDENT GOLDBERG. I MOVE THAT WE RATIFY THE FUTURE SCHOOL YOUR CALENDARS 2025-26

AND 2026-27. >> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AROUND THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE --

>> WEIGHT. >> IS THERE ANYTHING UNUSUAL WITH THE CALENDAR OR MARKEDLY DIFFERENT?

>> NOTHING MARKEDLY DIFFERENT. THEY NARROWED THE EXISTING CALENDAR IN TERMS OF THE WEEKLY START AND AND AND IN TERMS OF THE RECOGNIZED BRAKES AND NONINSTRUCTIONAL DAYS.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CALENDAR? SEEING NONE ,

PLEASE VOTE. >>

[D. Student Services - Acceptance of the 2023-2024 School Wellness Policy Annual Report]

>> MOTION CARRIES, 5-0 WITH THE PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE BY TRUSTEE KAHL. NEXT ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE ITEM 3.D. ,

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STUDENT SERVICES, ACCEPTANCE OF THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL WELLNESS

POLICY ANNUAL REPORT . >> DOCTOR CHAMBERLAIN IS GOING

TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE. >> WE DO NEED A MOTION BEFORE

WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. >> I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL WELLNESS REPORT AS SUBMITTED.

>> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND

SECONDED. DISCUSSION? >> WE DO HAVE A BRIEF UPDATE.

IT HAS BEEN A GOOD YEAR AND WE REALLY JUST WANT TO HONOR VIRGINIA BACK WHO HAS BEEN AN AMAZING PARTNER IN A CHANGING THE LEAD OVER. I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY SAY THANK YOU. YOU HAVE MADE THE TRANSITION AMAZING.

>> I AM NEW TO THIS ROLE THIS YEAR SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A REALLY BRIEF PRESENTATION OF WHAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN UP TO. IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. I AM ALWAYS SO PROUD OF OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE WE CONSIDER THE ROLES OF ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF OUR STUDENTS LIVE AND THAT IS WHAT THIS COMMITTEE IS ALL ABOUT. I THINK THAT WE ARE UNIQUE WHEN YOU CONSIDER ALL THAT GOES INTO SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS IN TERMS OF NUTRITION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND MENTAL HEALTH. I AM REMINDED OF THE PRIVILEGE THAT I HAVE IN BEING A PART OF THIS WORK. THIS YEAR MR. GORBACK LED DISCUSSION ABOUT SHORING UP, IF YOU TAKE THIS IS A THREE PRONG STOOL, THE TWO PRONGS ARE PHYSICAL LIKE TO THE AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

WE WERE DOING GREAT IN TERMS OF THE AREA OF NUTRITION BUT WE NEEDED MORE VOICES AT THE TABLE THAT FOCUSED ON THESE AREAS. WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY LEADERS IN EACH ONE OF THESE AREAS.

VIRGINIA IN THE AREA OF NUTRITION AND JASON FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND MYSELF FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

WE HAD FIVE MEETINGS AND ALL SCHOOL SITES IDENTIFIED A WELLNESS COORDINATOR. ALL SCHOOL SITES ARE ENGAGING IN EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES RELATED TO NUTRITION, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL , AND MENTAL HEALTH. THESE ARE WITH THE MEETINGS COVERED. THE FIRST WAS REALLY A BRAINSTORMING MEETING TO JUST START TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOCUSED ON AND DISCUSSED. WE HAD FOCUS BREAKOUTS ON NUTRITION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, UNTIL HEALTH AND WELLNESS. WE HAVE CREATED A RUBRIC THAT WILL ACCOMPANY THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS NEXT YEAR WHEN THEY GO OUT TO THE SITES.

IT IS IN DRAFT FORM AND IT WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE FIRST MEETING NEXT YEAR. THAT TAKES HIGHLIGHTS OF INFORMATION THAT WE TOOK FROM THE BREAKOUTS AND ALSO FROM ALL OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS. IT GIVES SIDE A RESOURCE TO BE ABLE TO DRAW FROM SO, IT IS NOT THE SAME THING YEAR AFTER YEAR. WE HAD A FABULOUS PRESENTATION ON FOOD SELECTION PROCESSES. ONE OF OUR MEMBERS IS VERY INTERESTED IN THIS AND VIRGINIA DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB ANSWERING A LOT OF VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PROCESS. WE DID A MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS PRESENTATION SO THAT MEMBERS WERE AWARE OF ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT OUR SIDES OFFER AND THE GRAND FINALE WAS THE TOUR OF THE CENTRAL KITCHEN. THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT IS GOING ON ON SOME OF THE SCHOOL SITES.

THE TEAM JUST SAW THE IN INTRICACIES INVOLVED IN GETTING SCHOOL LUNCHES TO OUR STUDENTS BY TOURING THE CENTRAL KITCHEN.

WE SPOKE A LOT ABOUT THE GROWING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE AT OUR SCHOOL SITES FOR STUDENTS. RUNNING CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS AND SO, THAT IS THE BASICS. I NEED TO WORK A BIT ON MY PACING AND GETTING INFORMATION TO AND FROM AND THAT IS MY GOAL IN LEADING THIS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? OR VIRGINIA?

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>> I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT AND SAY THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. YOU DID A MARVELOUS JOB RUNNING THE COMMITTEE THIS YEAR AND GETTING SCHOOL PARTICIPATION. AND THE ACTIVITIES GOING IN THE SCHOOLS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO TAKE ON THIS ROLE AND I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE LEADERS FOR EACH OF THE THREE PRONGS. I KNOW THAT THIS -- THIS WELLNESS COMMITTEE IS A STATE REQUIREMENTS, RIGHT? I THINK -- AND WE HAVE TO DO SOME SORT OF REPORTING ABOUT OUR WELLNESS POLICY EVERY THREE YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT? SO, EVERY THREE YEARS IS THERE A PLAN TO DO A MORE ROBUST LOOK AT THE PROGRAMMING AND HOW IT IS WORKING? AND THEN COLLECTING INFORMATION?

>> YES. >> OKAY.

>> I KNOW PART OF THE WELLNESS POLICY INCLUDES , THE WELLNESS COMMITTEE IS UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THAT POLICY TALKS ABOUT HOW THE COMMITTEE -- WE ARE ASKING THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE HAS COME UP OR MIKE COME UP? AND DO YOU HAVE POLICY

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US? >> WE DON'T HAVE ANY POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS BUT SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED HAVE BEEN THINGS LIKE REQUIREMENTS TO COMPOST. THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE HAVE NOT REALLY SOLIDIFIED ANY OF THESE INTO POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO HAVE MORE REPRESENTATION AT THE TABLE IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE THOSE KINDS OF RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE, IT WILL INVOLVE OTHER

STAKEHOLDERS. >> SO MAYBE IF NEXT YEAR YOU REACH THAT GOAL OF HAVING THE WELLNESS COORDINATORS ATTENDING MEETINGS, MAYBE WE CAN MOVE DOWN THAT PATH A BIT MORE.

>> DOCTOR POWELL , ALSO, THIS YEAR WAS A LOT FOCUSED ON CLEARING UP MISCONCEPTIONS AND LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO OFFER FROM NOT EVEN BE CLEAR -- AND HOW PROCESSES WORK SO WE DID A LOT WITH GETTING EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE BASIS WORKS AND ON THE THREE-YEAR REPORT, WE WILL ACTUALLY BE LOOKING AT GOALS THAT WE SET AND HOW WE ARE DOING WITH IMPLEMENTING THEM AND HOW THOSE ARE GOING OVER THE THREE YEARS.

THE THREE-YEAR REPORT WILL DEFINITELY BE MORE LAYERS. BUT IT WILL BUILD OFF THE FIRST YEAR.

>> THAT IS HELPFUL. I KNOW LAST YEAR ALL OF US GOT TO READ THROUGH ALL OF THE SITE REPORTS AND THERE WAS A WIDE RANGE.

SOME SCHOOLS ARE DOING SOME REALLY INNOVATIVE THINGS AND SOME WERE JUST CHECKING THE BOX. I IMAGINE MAYBE THAT RUBRIC THAT YOU DESIGNED WITH SICK JUST SINCE IS INTENDED TO PUSH SOME OF OUR SITES A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN.

>> CORRECT. >> THANK YOU DOCTOR CHAMBERLAIN FOR COMING AND PRESENTING TO US. I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE WELLNESS COMMITTEE FOR FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE MEETINGS AND THE DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN AMAZING AND PRODUCTIVE. I HAVE SEEN THE EVOLUTION OF THIS WELLNESS COMMITTEE. THE FOCUS SEEM TO BE ELIMINATING BIRTHDAY CUPCAKES. IT WAS VERY NUTRITION FOCUSED.

I'M NOT MAKING LIGHT OF THAT. I DO AGREE THAT WE NEED TO UP THE PARTICIPATION AND HOLD PEOPLES FEET TO THE FIRE AND GET THEM TO COME TO THE MEETINGS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE SOME OF THESE POLICY SUGGESTIONS ALONG. I HAVE APPRECIATED MY TIME ON THERE AND I HAVE LEARNED QUITE A BIT ABOUT HOW MEALS ARE ORDERED AND WELLNESS SERVICES ARE DELIVERED

AND THE LIKE. >> I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

I DON'T THINK THIS WAS IN THERE . IS THE WELLNESS PLAN FROM EACH SITE REQUIRED TO BE A PART OF THEIR -- ? OR CONTAINED

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WITHIN IT? >> THERE ARE NO EXPLICIT REQUIREMENTS BUT THERE IS OVERLAP.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY GRATITUDE. IT IS A LOT TO WRANGLE PEOPLE AND TAKE AN ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY AND LEAD FEETFIRST. SO, I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS AND I JOIN YOU IN YOUR PERSONAL YAY FOR ELEMENTARY HEALTH ISSUES BECAUSE IT STARTS YOUNG. WE ALWAYS SAY GET THEM EARLY.

TEACH THEM EARLY. AND THEY WILL SOAR FOR THE REST OF THEIR

LIVES. >> PRESIDENT GOLDBERG.

>> YES. >> I KNOW DOCTOR HIATT TALKED ABOUT HAVING STUDENTS ON A NUTRITION COMMITTEE. WOULD THE WORK THAT YOU DO BENEFIT FROM STUDENT PARTICIPATION? I KNOW THE FUTURE -- IS SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE. I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AND INQUIRE IF THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR

NEXT YEAR . >> WHEN YOU PRESENTED AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, YOU ARE ALREADY DOING SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF RECYCLING SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIP.

>> FANTASTIC. HOPEFULLY CONNECTIONS CAN BE MADE AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT SUB COMMITTEES THAT CAN HELP WORK

ON THAT. >> I MENTIONED BEFORE , ABOUT

WHAT THE SDAC WILL DO. >> I THINK WE NEED TO VOTE.

>> SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE VOTE.

CALLED ] MOTION CARRIES, 5-0 WITH A PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE

[E. Business Services - 2023-2024 Child Nutrition Annual Report]

FROM TRUSTEE KAHL. NEXT UP, 3.E. , BUSINESS SERVICES 2023-2024 CHILD NUTRITION ANNUAL REPORT.

>> I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CHILD NUTRITION ANNUAL REPORT

AS SUBMITTED. >> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. WE HAVE A

PRESENTATION. >> IT IS ACTUALLY COMING FROM VIRGINIA BACK. IT IS REQUIRED IN POLICY BUT THAT IS NOT THE ONLY REASON WE GET THIS PRESENTATION. WE JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LUNCH AND BREAKFAST

PROGRAM. >> IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

SUPERINTENDENT MCLAUGHLIN AND PRESIDENT GOLDBERG AND THE REST OF THE BOARD. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT WITH THE PROGRAM. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT . IT BEFORE I BEGIN I WOULD LIKE TO THANK HEATHER. SHE HAS BEEN AMAZING AND IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO HAVE HER TAKE ON THE REINS OF THE WELLNESS COMMITTEE AND, SHE IS DOING A GREAT JOB. I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU ALL UP TO DATE ON WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING. PARTICIPATION, CHILD NUTRITION IS CONSISTENTLY SETTING NEW RECORDS. IT IS AMAZING. I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO OUR AMAZING STAFF. THEY ARE VERY DEVOTED TO PREPARING AMAZING AND TASTY MEALS THAT MEET ALL OF THE REGULATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS. THEY ARE JUST SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT FEEDING THE KIDS. I GOT A CALL FROM DANA STARK, THE MANAGER AT SYCAMORE.

SHE WAS SO ECSTATIC AND SAID, VIRGINIA, WE SERVED 1006 MEALS TODAY. IT IS A NEW RECORD. IT IS JUST SO FUN TO WORK WITH SUCH AMAZING PEOPLE. NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL CONSISTENTLY SERVES AROUND 800 LUNCHES EVERY SINGLE DAY IN 30 MINUTES. I WOULD LOVE

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TO INVITE YOU TO COME OUT AND WATCH THE STAFF SERVING THESE MEALS. IT IS REALLY AWESOME. NEWBERRY PARK HIGH SCHOOL AVERAGES 1400 MEALS EVERY SINGLE DAY. IT IS PRETTY EXCITING. DOCTOR -- AND I MET WITH THE -- COMMITTEE AND INVITED THEM TO POLL THEIR COMMITTEE. WE HAVE THE NAMES OF THE STUDENTS THAT WILL BE SERVING ON OUR TASTE TEST PANEL BEGINNING IN THE FALL AND WE PLAN TO PREPARE NEW ITEMS AND INVITE THEM OVER TO THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL TO CHASE THEM SO THEY CAN GIVE US THEIR OPINION ON WHAT TO INTRODUCED TO THE MENU. AND WE WILL DO THAT AGAIN AFTER WINTER BREAK.

SOME NEW MENU ITEMS THAT WE HAVE INTRODUCED THIS YEAR. THE ROTINI AND MEAT SAUCE WAS THE BOMB. IT WAS THE BEST THING THAT WE PUT ON THE MENU. DOCTOR HIATT HAD TO STOP BY MY OFFICE THE DAY AFTER WE SERVED IT AND HE SAID THAT HIS SON JUST RAVED ABOUT IT SO I ALWAYS LIKE WHEN I HEAR THAT. OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE ADDED, PASTA AND MARINARA SAUCE. A VEGETARIAN MEAL. CHICKEN BACON CLUB SANDWICH. WE CAME UP WITH A RECIPE FOR THAT AND IT WAS A BIG HIT. CHEESE QUESADILLA. WE MAKE THOSE IN HOUSE AS WELL. FAVORITE MENU ITEMS THAT I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN. AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL, HOT SPICY CHICKEN SANDWICHES CONTINUE TO BE THE NUMBER ONE FAVORITE ITEM THEY HAVE. POPCORN CHICKEN IS A CLOSE SECOND. BACON CHEESEBURGER. MANDARIN CHICKEN AND RICE. ROTINI AND MEAT SAUCE. BEEN , CHEESE, AND GREEN CHILI --. IT IS SO EASY FOR ME TO PREPARE THAT LIST. LAST YEAR WE WERE REALLY THRILLED TO BRING ON THE SOFTWARE FOR OUR MENU PLANNING. I CAN RUN A REPORT THAT SHOWS ME THOSE TOP 10 ITEMS AT EVERY SCHOOL. SO, IT IS SO HELPFUL WHEN I AM PREPARING MY MENUS FOR THE NEXT YEAR. I CAN ALWAYS PICK OUT THE ONES THAT WERE THE BEST RECEIVED. AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, THE ITEMS WERE POPCORN CHICKEN, HOT DOGS -- THOSE ARE A BIG FAVORITE, UPSIDE DOWN DAY IS ANOTHER FAVORITE. A PANCAKE AND SAUSAGE BOWL. ROTINI AND MEAT SAUCE. DOUBLE DOGS. YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE? THEY ARE A FAVORITE BECAUSE THEY ARE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THEY ARE A HOT DOG BUT THEY ARE TWO LITTLE HOTDOGS ON HALF A BUM. ALSO, BEING AND CHEESE BURRITO IS ALWAYS A FAVORITE AND THE CHICKEN FILLET SANDWICH. WE HAVE REINTRODUCED THE SALAD BAR. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME FORMAT AS WE HAD BEFORE COVID BUT IT WAS REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEM BACK. WE ARE USING THE SALAD BARS AGAIN AND WE DO HAVE -- SOME OF THAT IS PACKAGE BECAUSE, WITH OUR PARTICIPATION, TRYING TO GET THAT NUMBER OF STUDENTS THROUGH THE LINE IN A TIMELY MANNER, WE HAVE TO MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM TO PICK UP THE ITEMS QUICKLY AND GET THROUGH THE LINE.

BEFORE COVID-19, THE KIDS WOULD WALK THROUGH THE LINE AND THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR TIME DISHING THINGS ON THEIR PLATE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT AGAIN. WE HAVE STREAMLINED IT AND AT EACH ONE WE OFFER TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT VEGETABLES IN TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT FRUIT SO THE KIDS HAVE SOME VARIETY AND IT HAS BEEN REALLY WELL RECEIVED. I WANTED TO LET YOU SEE THIS. THE SCHOOLS ARE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL LUNCH NOW AND OF COURSE, WITH OUR PARTICIPATION, IT IS REALLY BENEFICIAL. THE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN REALLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT

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MENU REVISIONS. THIS WAS IN THE LANCER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

TRUSTEE SYLVESTER AND TRUSTEE GORBACK CAN ATTEST THAT WE DID TO THE CENTRAL KITCHEN TOUR AND I THINK THEY FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING. THEY GOT TO SEE OUR EQUIPMENT AND HOW OUR MACHINES WORK, THE OVER WRAP MACHINES. IT IS QUITE AN EXTENSIVE OPERATION. AFTER THE TOUR WE DID ADJOURNED TO THE STAFF BREAK ROOM AND WE HAD A Q&A WITH THE WELLNESS COMMITTEE MEMBERS WITH MYSELF, MY SUPERVISOR AT CENTRAL KITCHEN AND THE ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR AND CATERING COORDINATOR. IT LASTED OVER AN HOUR. HAD AMAZING QUESTIONS TO ASK AND WE WERE THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THEM. THE NEW FEDERAL REGULATIONS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS BUT THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO TWEAK THE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM. SOME THINGS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO THIS YEAR. THEY WANT TO CHANGE IT SO THERE WOULD BE NO FLAVORED MILK IN THE SCHOOLS BUT THAT DID NOT FLY. WE WANT THE KIDS TO GET THE CALCIUM.

WHEN WE DID CHANGE TO ONLY DOING WHITE MILK, PARTICIPATION , THE KIDS JUST DID NOT TAKE IT . RIGHT NOW OUR PERCENTAGE OF WHAT KIDS TAKE IS ABOUT 20% WHITE MILK AND 80% CHOCOLATE MILK SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO OFFER THAT. FOR FALL 2024, NO CHANGES TO THE FLAVORED MILK STANDARDS AND WE WILL BE OFFERING ADDITIONAL MENU OPTIONS. FOR FALL 2025, THE USDA IS GOING TO ENFORCE A LIMIT ON ADDED SUGARS IN YOGURT, CEREAL, AND MILK. THE MANUFACTURERS CURRENTLY ARE MAKING THOSE CHANGES NOW AND I EXPECT THOSE TO ALL BE AVAILABLE BY JANUARY SO IT WILL BE WELL IN ADVANCE OF 2025.

FALL 2027, ADDED SUGARS WILL BE NO MORE THAN 10% OF WEEKLY CALORIES. SODIUM, THERE WILL BE A 10% REDUCTION FOR ROCKFEST AND A 15% REDUCTION FOR LUNCH. IT WILL BE A CHALLENGE. I WOULD LIKE TO ASSURE YOU OUR MENUS ARE ALREADY MEETING THAT SO I AM NOT CONCERNED. WE HAVE FOUR MOBILE SITES FOR SUMMER MEALS AND IN JULY WE WILL BE SERVING STUDENTS AT THOUSAND OAKS , WALNUT ELEMENTARY, AND GLENWOOD ELEMENTARY. CURRENTLY WE ARE DOING RIGHT AROUND -- WE JUST STARTED THIS LAST WEEK -- WE ARE DOING RIGHT AROUND 600 MEALS PER DAY WHICH IS EASY FOR MY KITCHEN RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE USED TO REALLY CRANKING THOSE OUT DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. FOR JULY WE ARE EXPECTING TO DO RIGHT AROUND 2500 MEALS EVERY DAY AT THOSE FIGHTS. WE HAVE REIGNITED OUR CATERING DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE A GREAT NEW COORDINATOR AND SHE IS DOING A TERRIFIC JOB. SO, THAT IS IT IN A NUTSHELL. IT IS HARD TO PUT A WHOLE YEAR IN A FEW MINUTES. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE CENTRAL KITCHEN TOUR. IT WAS FASCINATING AND THE FACT THAT YOU CAN TURN OUT THAT MANY MEALS IN THE SPACE THAT YOU HAVE IS REALLY UNBELIEVABLE. I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU TOOK AS WELL AS YOUR STAFF. SEEING THE WHOLE PROCESS OF MENU PLANNING AND THE PIVOTING WHEN NOT ENOUGH CANTALOUPE HAD ARRIVED. AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO SUBSTITUTE. IT WAS ACTUALLY VERY IMPRESSIVE. THE ONE THING THAT I HAVE LEARNED IS THE LOCAL SOURCING INGREDIENTS. I FOUND THAT INTERESTING.

>> SURE. WE DO PURCHASE ALL OF OUR PRODUCE THROUGH THE -- AND THEY ACTUALLY GET ALL OF THE PRODUCE THAT THEY DELIVERED TO US FROM THE LOCAL FIELDS. IT IS FRESH FROM THE FIELD WHEN WE HAVE IT DELIVERED. WE ORDER IT ONE DAY AND THEN THE NEXT DAY

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IT IS DELIVERED. IT IS JUST A GREAT ASSET TO DO BUSINESS WITH THEM. WE WERE ABLE TO ATTAIN SEVERAL GRANTS AND ONE WAS LOCAL FOOD FOR SCHOOLS. I WAS ABLE TO USE THAT GRANT, WHICH WAS JUST A LITTLE OVER $100,000 AND I WAS ABLE TO USE THAT FOR PURCHASES FROM THE BARRY MAN .

>> IT SEEMS THAT I STARTED ON NUTRITION BEFORE I WAS EVEN UP HERE. IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO. FOR ALL OF YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE BEFORE AND SINCE THEN, THANK YOU. YOU SAID THAT YOUR NEW SOFTWARE SHOWS THE TOP 10. IS THAT IN EACH SCHOOL? IS THERE A VARIANCE FROM ONE SCHOOL TO ANOTHER ?

>> THERE IS A BIG VARIANCE. I HOLDS MANAGER MEETINGS ONCE A MONTH AND I WILL HAVE ONE OF THEM SAY, THAT BURRITO YOU BROUGHT IN IS TERRIBLE AND ANOTHER ONE WILL SAY MY KIDS LOVE IT SO THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE. THE SOFTWARE IS AMAZING BECAUSE I CAN DO IT FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, PER HIGH SCHOOL, I CAN DO IT PER GRADE. I CAN DO IT FOR ALL OF THE ELEMENTARIES AND BREAK IT DOWN. IT IS VERY HELPFUL.

>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO ECHO, TRUSTEE SYLVESTER . WATCHING THOSE PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER WAS LIKE WATCHING A WELL OILED MACHINE. LIKE TRUSTEE SYLVESTER SAID, TO GO IN THERE AND HEAR THEM SAY, SUKHOI YET DID NOT GET ENOUGH STRAWBERRIES SO WE NEED TO SEND OUT ANOTHER CASE OF WHATEVER -- YOU HAVE TO MAKE SWITCHES ON THE AUDIBLE AT THE LAST MINUTE AND THAT IS AMAZING TO WATCH. THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF. OUR NUTRITION IS A

TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. >> I APPRECIATE YOU. YOU WERE ON THE COMMITTEE WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE EIGHT YEARS AGO.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. IT IS ALWAYS INTERESTING TO HEAR WHAT IS GOING ON WITH NUTRITION BECAUSE IT IS A QUESTION THAT WE GET A LOT. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE KITCHEN. I THINK MOST OF THE WORK HAPPENS IN THE CENTRAL KITCHEN BUT THEN THERE ARE SOME OF THE KITCHENS AT SITES. CAN YOU TALK A BIT ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS AND IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO SEE

DIFFERENTLY. >> SURE. CURRENTLY, ALL OF -- ALL BUT ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS RECEIVES ALL OF THEIR MEALS PREPARED FROM THE CENTRAL KITCHEN. ARE WERE OVER WRAP MACHINES, EVERYTHING IS SENT OUT COMPLETELY SEALED AND THEY GO OUT IN REFRIGERATED VANS SO FOOD SAFETY AND SANITATION IS OUR UTMOST PRIORITY. SYCAMORE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, THEY PREPARE ALL OF THEIR MEALS IN THE KITCHEN. OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS PREPARE ALL OF THEIR MEALS IN THEIR KITCHENS AND THE HIGH SCHOOLS PREPARE ALL OF THEIR MEALS AND CALL OUR KITCHEN. ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF THE CENTRAL KITCHEN IS COMPLETELY SEALED SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT

CONTAMINATION. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING TO UPDATE US AND THANK YOU FOR LEAVING THROUGH THIS TIME OF TREMENDOUS CHANGE. I IMAGINE BEHIND ALL OF THE RECORDS YOU ARE BREAKING IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND INNOVATION AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE THE SECURITY OF KNOWING THAT EVEN THOSE SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION, KIDS WILL BE FED THIS SUMMER AND THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> I AM GOING TO ECHO WHAT TRUSTEE GILL JUST SAID . THAT VOLUME DOES NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT A LOT OF WORK. THANK YOU FOR LOCALLY SOURCING AND I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THE SUMMER MEAL PROGRAM. IT MAKES A TREMENDOUS

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DIFFERENCE. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT GO AWAY BUT I AM VERY HAPPY THAT IT IS NOT. THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL OF THAT WORK.

>> TRUSTEE KAHL . >> THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING REPORT FOR SOMEBODY THAT ATE THE EMAILS BUT I DO HAVE QUESTIONS. FOR THE NEW SOFTWARE THAT YOU SAID YOU INSTALLED, DOES IT TELL YOU WHICH DAYS MORE STUDENTS GET LUNCH? OR IS

IT JUST BASED ON THE MEALS? >> I GET THAT FROM A DIFFERENT PROGRAM. I CAN SEE HOW MANY MEALS ARE SERVED AT EACH SCHOOL AND WITH THAT I CAN BREAK IT DOWN BY GRADE AS WELL. I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT I HAVE ALL OF THESE TOOLS AT HAND.

>> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO ASK , IS THERE A DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE REGULATIONS FOR NUTRITION AND LUNCH ? OR IS IT THE AMOUNT OF SUGAR AND CALORIES? DO YOU HAVE TO COMBINE THOSE TOGETHER WITH NUTRITION AT LUNCH? OR IS IT SEPARATE?

>> NUTRITION HAS ITS OWN REQUIREMENTS FOR CALORIES , SODIUM, PROTEIN, AND ALL OF THAT. LUNCH HAS THEIR OWN REQUIREMENTS AND THEN WE HAVE THE AFTERSCHOOL SNACK PROGRAM AND WE HAVE A SEPARATE PROGRAM AT GLENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN REQUIREMENTS.

>> FINALLY, MY OWN PERSONAL CURIOSITY, DO ALL OF THOSE REALLY RANKED HIGHER THAN PIZZA?

>> THAT IS AMAZING. WE DON'T PREPARE THE PIZZA. SO, MY SOFTWARE IS JUST SHOWING -- THE PIZZA IS EXTREMELY POPULAR BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I AM PREPARING AND THAT THE KIDS

ENJOY IT. >> THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.

>> YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW BUT WE DO BRING IN DOMINOES PIZZA TWICE A WEEK BUT ALONG WITH THE PIZZA WE ARE SERVING OUR HOUSE

PREPARED FOOD. >> THAT IS GREAT.

>> JUST TO CLARIFY ON THE TWO DAYS THAT YOU BRING DOMINOES, IT IS A SPECIAL RECIPE HE THAT DOMINOES HAS THAT QUALIFIES FOR

THE NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES. >> IT IS THE SMART SLICE

DOMINOES. >> IT IS NOT THE SAME THING THAT PEOPLE GET WHEN THEY GO THERE.

>> IT IS LOW SODIUM AND LOW FAT.

>> GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE , LET'S CALL THE

ROLL. >>

[F. Budget/LCAP Committee Charge]

>> MOTION CARRIES, 5-0 WITH A PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE FROM TRUSTEE KAHL. ITEM 3.F. BUDGET/LCAP . DO I HAVE A

MOTION? >> I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A MOTION. WE COULD GET DIRECTION OUT OF THIS CONVERSATION.

>> IT WILL PROBABLY BE CONSENSUS WITHOUT A VOTE.

>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVED THESE PACIFIC BUDGET/LCAP COMMITTEE CHARGE FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR .

>> I SECOND THAT. >> NOW IS THE ACTUAL DISCUSSION

PIECE. DOCTOR MCLAUGHLIN. >> IT IS TOUGH TO GIVE THE CHARGE WHEN OBVIOUSLY WE CAN ONLY GO OFF OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE KNOWN NOW AND INFORMATION COMING OUT REGARDING THE BUDGET, AND I GUESS THE LOSS OF ONE TIME DOLLARS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH. MANY ARE DEPLETED AND GONE AND THEY WILL NOT BE SENT OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WITH THAT BEING SAID WE KNOW THAT THERE IS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE WITH BUDGETS NOT JUST FOR CONEJO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT ALL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE. ULTIMATELY, WORKING WITH OUR BUDGET LCAP, THAT IS TRADITIONALLY WHERE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TAKE PLACE. IF ALL THINGS STAY EQUAL TO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING AND THE GOVERNOR HAS NOT SIGNED THE BUDGET YET BUT I AM NOT HEARING ANY WINDFALLS COME IN, ULTIMATELY, WHETHER LCAP IS FOCUSED ON, THEY ARE GOING TO

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HAVE TO FOCUS ON BUDGET. AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN REGARDS TO STAFFING AND STAFFING RATIOS. NOT JUST STAFFING RATIOS IN THE CLASSROOM BUT ALSO AT SCHOOL SITES. THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL SITE AND WHAT DOES THE STAFFING LOOK LIKE IN THE OFFICE. THERE IS A LOT OF FACTORS THAT COME INTO PLAY. OBVIOUSLY OUR BUDGET LCAP IS FULL OF A LOT OF FOLKS.

THIS WILL PROBABLY BE THE TOUGHEST ROUND OF CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE SINCE THE 2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR. WITH THAT BIT OF INFORMATION I WILL TURN IT OVER TO -- TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SHARE BEFORE DISCUSSION STARTS.

>> WHEN WE DID THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, AND IT IS STILL ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, WE ARE RUNNING OPERATIONAL DEFICIT. 2024-2025 IS ABOUT $15 MILLION. THEY SHOW LOWER BECAUSE, WE ARE DOING A $6 MILLION TRANSFER OUT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TO COVER THE DEFICIT. WE WILL USE OUR STABILIZATION RESERVE IN A 2025-2026 IF ALL THINGS HOLD TRUE SO WE ARE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY 8 12-$15 MILLION OPERATING DEFICIT. WE HAVE BEEN OPERATING IN A DEFICIT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, IF THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL WINDFALL THAT WILL BE A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE, AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT A RECESSION. WE ARE JUST LOOKING AT A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT FACTORS BASED ON ENROLLMENTS , COLA, STATE TAX COLLECTIONS. IF WE DON'T TAKE ANY ACTION WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE WILL BE FORCED TO MAKE CUTS AT ONE PERIOD OF TIME. THE PRUDENT THING TO DO IS TO SAY, LET'S DO THIS ON AN INCREMENTAL BASIS OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS TO MINIMIZE THE OVERALL IMPACT BUT ANY KIND OF REDUCTION WILL HAVE AN IMPACT NO MATTER WHAT WE DO. TO DO IT YOU, MENTALLY IS MORE PRUDENT , ESPECIALLY TO KEEP OUR PROGRAMS INTACT AND STAFFING LEVELS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE TO WHERE THEY ARE NOW. BUT WE HAVE TO BE REAL ABOUT IT AND UNDERSTAND IT WILL

REQUIRE CHANGES. >> JUST A REMINDER THAT 87% OF OUR BUDGET IS MADE UP OF PERSONNEL. AND SO, ULTIMATELY, THAT IS WHERE THE CONVERSATIONS WILL HAVE TO LEAD. AS WE THINK ABOUT A CHARGE AND WHO WILL LEAD THAT CHARGE, JUST TO THROW IT OUT THERE, IT IS HARD TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND SCHOOL FINANCE. IT DR. HAYEK MAY NOT UP -- APPRECIATE THIS -- OTHERS MAY THINK THAT SOMEONE ELSE WHO DOES NOT KNOW THE INS AND OUTS MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEAVE THIS COMMITTEE BUT WHEN IT WAS CREATED IT WAS CREATED BY, AT THE TIME, THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO JUST STEPPED OUT OF THE BUSINESS OFFICE. SO, I DO THINK SOMEONE WHO HAS -- UNLESS YOU ARE GOING TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, SOMEONE TO LEAD IT WHO CAN ACTUALLY SPEAK TO THE DOLLARS AND CENTS ON A REGULAR BASIS. BECAUSE DR. HAYEK WILL ONLY BE HERE UNTIL DECEMBER AND IS THE ONLY OTHER PERSON THAT CAN SPEAK TO THE NUMBERS SO

JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. >> MY INITIAL QUESTION IS JUST TO CLARIFY. THE AGENDA ITEM IS ASKING TO DISCUSS THE COMMITTEE CHARGE. THIS IS NOT A BOARD COMMITTEE PER SE SO ARE WE HAVING DISCUSSION JUST TO GIVE SUGGESTIONS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ON WHAT WE THINK MIGHT BE THE BEST WAY TO GO? AND THAT JUST INFORMS SOME OF YOUR DECISION-MAKING? JUST FOR

CLARIFICATION. >> THIS WAS BROUGHT ON EARLIER

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THIS YEAR AS A CHARGE FROM THE BOARD. IT IS NOT A BOARD COMMITTEE BUT THE CHARGE DID COME FROM THE BOARD FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR, UNLESS I AM MISTAKEN. IF THE BOARD WANTS TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT I NEED TO KNOW THAT AND WE CAN TAKE DIRECTION BUT, I DON'T KNOW WHICH DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO.

IF IT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE OCTOBER DISCUSSION OF THE CHARGE THAT CAME SPECIFICALLY FROM THE BOARD AT THAT TIME.

>> I'M GOING TO GO OUT ON A LIMB AND SAY AM GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT UP 2007-2008 AND SUSAN TALKERS INVOLVEMENT IN IT.

THIS, IN MY MIND, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SUPERINTENDENT COMMITTEE . WORKING GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS WITH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO INFORM THE PEOPLE DOING THE ACTUAL WORK ON THE BUDGET BEFORE IT COMES TO THE BOARD. FOR ME, IT DOES NOT MAKE A LOT OF SENSE FOR US, AS YOU DO SO ELOQUENTLY PUT IT, WE DON'T KNOW THE INS AND OUTS AS INTIMATELY AS DR. HAYEK. WE ARE IN THAT HELICOPTER BUDGET SPACE THAT WE LEARNED AT CSBA.

REMEMBER THAT REALLY DARK TIME AND I THINK WE NEED KNOWLEDGEABLE LEADERSHIP TO HELP GUIDE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW THINGS ARE WORKING OR NOT WORKING TO INFORM THOSE DECISIONS. FOR ME, IT IS WHAT WOULD HELP YOU DO YOUR WORK, NOT A CHARGE FROM THE BOARD. THAT IS JUST ONE

PERSONS OPINION. >> JUST GOING OFF OF THAT COMMENT, WE DON'T HAVE TO TOTALLY REINVENT THE WHEEL. WE HAVE A MODEL AND WE CAN TAKE WHAT SEEMED TO WORK WITH THAT PROCESS. PART OF THAT WAS THE BUDGET/LCAP COMMITTEE. I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO USE THE HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE

PROCESS OF MAKING REDUCTIONS. >> I WOULD SAY, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT WAS JUST SAID ABOUT WHOSE COMMITTEE IT IS, IT DOES NOT MATTER TO ME. WHAT -- WE, INTERNALLY, AS AN ADMINISTRATION COULD BRING YOU $15 MILLION IN CUTS AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LIKE ANY OF THEM. THAT IS NOT THE CHALLENGE. IT IS HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THAT $15 MILLION -- MAYBE WE WILL LOOK AT $6 MILLION IN CUTS IN ONE YEAR AND $6 MILLION IN ANOTHER YEAR. OR WHATEVER. HOW DO YOU WANT THAT EVALUATED? WE CAN DO THAT AS AN ADMINISTRATION. WE DON'T NEED A COMMITTEE TO DO THAT. OR, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US SOME KIND OF CHARGE AND SAY WE WANT TO DO IT INCREMENTALLY AND WE WANT $6 MILLION PER YEAR OR $8 MILLION PER YEAR AND THEN HAVE THE COMMITTEE WORK ON THAT $4 MILLION AND HAVE THE COMMITTEE EVALUATE AND THEN BRING IT TO YOU AND THE BOARD WOULD THEN TAKE THE ACTION ON IT AS WE FORMERLY THE BUDGET FOR THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR. THAT WOULD HELP US AND I THINK THE TALK OF WHICH COMMITTEE IT IS IS REALLY -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY IRRELEVANT BUT IT IS -- WE JUST NEED SOME KIND OF GUIDANCE BECAUSE WE COULD EASILY COME AND DO IT AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO DROP ALL OF THIS STUFF TO YOU AND THEN WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT? ARE YOU GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO US AND SAY SEND IT TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND SORT IT OUT? JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF TIME AND THE BUDGET CYCLES AND THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE HAVE TO WORK ON THESE THINGS, IT IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO SAY WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE TO DO THIS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS IN A COLLABORATIVE WAY AND THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE

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FOR YOU TO BRING TO US.

>> SO WE ARE KIND OF GRAPPLING AROUND A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE FOCUS , THE PROCESS FOR THE BUDGET/LCAP PROCESS IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. I THINK WE ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE FOCUS HAS TO BE ON THE BUDGET AND THE NUMBERS. SCHOOL FINANCE IS ITS OWN BEAST AND IT IS VERY SPECIALIZED SO WHO DRIVES THAT VOTE HAS TO BE SOMEONE LIKE YOURSELF OR SUSAN TUCKER, FOR AS LONG AS WE HAVE HER. I THINK WE HAVE A COMMITTEE IN PLACE WITH DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS AND THEY CAN GIVE DETAIL AND BACKGROUND ON SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND WHAT IS WORKING AND WHAT IS NOT. TO ME, THAT WOULD BE THE BEST PLACE TO BOUNCE AND TO FORMULATE SOME OF THESE PROPOSED CUT. WE COULD TALK IS A BOARD ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO ROLL THOSE OUT. $4 MILLION PER YEAR OR $15 MILLION UPFRONT OR HOWEVER. I THINK THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AS IT STANDS WOULD BE A GOOD FORUM RATHER THAN YOU

COMING UP WITH SOME CUTS. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE A HEARD YOU SAY HAVE THEM BRING SOME PROPOSED CUTS. TO THAT

COMMITTEE FOR ESCUTCHEON? >> -- FOR DISCUSSION ?

>> THERE HAS TO BE A STARTING POINT SOMEWHERE AND I SUSPECT THAT WOULD BE IN THIS NECK OF THE WOODS HERE. VERSUS THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.

>> AND IT IS GOING TO INVOLVE STAFFING SO THERE ARE POTENTIALLY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT MY POSITION OR ANYONE ELSE'S AND YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH THIS A FEW YEARS AGO AND WE LOOKED AT SOME SMALL PROBE -- SMALL PROGRAMS AND NOTHING CAME OUT OF IT AND I WOULD HATE TO WASTE TIME ON THREE PROGRAMS THAT ARE $15,000 EACH. IT DOES NOT DO ANYTHING FOR US. I THINK WE AS AN ADMINISTRATION CAN BRING THIS STUFF TO THE COMMITTEE BUT IT IS THE EVALUATION PROCESS THAT BECOMES THE CHALLENGE BECAUSE, WE DO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS AND WE DO AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB AT THEM AND NOBODY IS GOING TO WANT TO CHANGE OR CUTS ANYTHING AND THAT IS THE ROADBLOCK THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS FACED AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO FACE. IF WE SAY WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE $6 MILLION, AND THAT IS IT, THEN WE CAN HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS IN THE COMMITTEE BUT THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS BECAUSE THERE IS NO WELL, NO, WELL -- IT WAS A DIFFICULT THING TO GET THROUGH THAT ONE OR TWO YEARS WHERE WE LOOKED AT THOSE INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF THE VERY NATURE OF EVALUATING A PROGRAM AND ULTIMATELY COMING UP WITH WE WANT TO KEEP IT, WE WANT TO KEEP IT, WE WANT TO KEEP IT. WE CAN'T KEEP EVERYTHING. I'M ACTUALLY MENTORING ANOTHER CBO AND I SAID TO THEM, WE CAN TO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE AND A LOT OF THIS WILL HAVE TO BE AROUND STAFFING. I WOULD SAY THAT THE COMMITTEE NEEDS TO BE A BIT SMALLER THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, ONE, I THINK THERE ARE 24-27 PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE. WE NEVER GET THE WHOLE COMMITTEE TOGETHER BECAUSE OF SCHEDULES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I THINK IT HAS TO BE A SMALLER COMMITTEE AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE FINE-TUNED. THERE NEEDS TO BE A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT TALKS ABOUT PERSONNEL AND STAFFING. WE ARE ESSENTIALLY TALKING ABOUT PEOPLES POSITIONS TO PARENTS, TWO PEOPLE, STAKEHOLDERS IN THE DISTRICT THAT ARE NOT EMPLOYEES. WE MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF CONFIDENTIALITY BUT WE DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY OVER THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF HERE SO IT PUTS US IN A DIFFICULT SPOT TO TALK ABOUT THINGS IN THAT COMMITTEE

WITHOUT THOSE SET PARAMETERS. >> HOW EXACTLY DID IT WORK IN

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CODE 2007-2008. WHO WERE THE MEMBERS OF THAT COMMITTEE AND HOW WERE THOSE DIFFICULT DECISIONS DONE?

>> I WAS NOT HERE BUT BASED ON SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT I WENT THROUGH, ADMINISTRATION BROUGHT STEP FORWARD AND ASKED EVERY DEPARTMENT TO DO A 10% CUT ACROSS THE BOARD INCLUDING POSITIONS AND STAFFING AND THAT IS WHERE THE CONVERSATION STARTED. A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF POSITIONS WERE ELIMINATED AT THAT TIME IN A SPAN OF ONE YEAR.

>> AND THAT STARTED THAT -- AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE?

>> YES. >> IT WAS KEPT AS FAR AWAY FROM THE CLASSROOMS AS POSSIBLE. THAT WAS THE PHILOSOPHY.

>> I WILL SAY, I'M NOT GOING TO GET TO $6 MILLION WITH JUST DISTRICT OFFICE CUTS. IF YOU THINK THAT IS THE DIRECT ROUTE YOU WANT TO GO, THAT WON'T HAPPEN.

>> BUT THAT COULD BE A START. >> I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT ALL THREE AREAS OF ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER AREAS.

I CAN'T SAY CUT $6 MILLION . I JUST SENT YOU A REPORT OF EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AT THE STATE LEVEL. IT IS EASY FOR THE BOARD TO SET UP YOUR AND SAY CUT THE DISTRICT STAFF BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WILL BE SAID IN EVERY DISTRICT. BUT WE CAN'T GET THIS DONE. IT IS THE EASY TO SAY CUT DISTRICT OFFICE BUT IT WON'T HAPPEN. THE ONLY THING THAT WAS JUST SAID WAS DISTRICT OFFICE. THAT IS WHAT WAS JUST SAID.

>> FROM WHAT I WAS SAYING, I WAS JUST GOING OFF OF THE HISTORY. THAT IS WHERE THEY STARTED.

>> THEY DID NOT START AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE. IT WAS THE DISTRICT OFFICE MAKING THEIR GENERAL THOUGHTS OF WHAT WAS COMING IN FROM SCHOOL SITES, THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT.

THERE WAS A PLAN BUILT AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE BUT NOT JUST

DISTRICT OFFICE POSITIONS. >> WHEN I SAID DISTRICT OFFICE I MEANT MANAGEMENT WENT DOWN THE CHANNELS AND COMMUNICATED TO EACH DEPARTMENT AND BROUGHT STUFF BACK THAT WAY.

>> I WOULD INVITE SHAWNA AND ANYONE THAT WAS HERE AT THAT TIME TO STEP UP . WE ARE ONLY GOING THROUGH DOCUMENT REVIEWS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH

THIS CONVERSATION. >> I THINK IT'S JUST HELPFUL

TO GET THE HISTORY. >> I THINK THE CONCEPT OF ELIMINATING POSITIONS WAS PART OF IT BUT IT IS ALSO, HOW DO WE REDUCE THE COST OF CERTAIN POSITIONS. SO, LIKE IMT'S , WE REDUCED THOSE. SOME WERE REDUCED TO A SIX-HOUR POSITION WHEN STUDENTS WERE PRESENT. WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF LOOKING UP POSITIONS ON THE COST OF THE POSITION AND THE COST OF REDUCING DEPOSITION BY TWO HOURS. SO, IT TRICKLED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WHOLE SYSTEM AND AT THE TIME WE DID ELIMINATE IT DISTRICT OFFICE POSITION , IT WAS ALL PART OF A GREATER DISCUSSION OF EVERYBODY PARTICIPATING BUT IT WAS NOT COMPLETE ELIMINATION. THERE WAS MINIMIZING IN ADDITION TO ELIMINATING. AND PRIORITIZING THE SCHOOL HOURS WHEN STUDENTS ARE PRESENT AND HAVING STAFF THERE AND MAKING SURE THAT THE NUMBER OF HOURS WAS SPREAD OUT BY ENROLLMENT AND THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE GOTTEN OUR ENROLLMENT BASED STRUCTURES FOR HOW MANY HOURS DIFFERENT POSITIONS ARE. AT THIS POINT WE ARE PRETTY EVENLY SET AND NEED TO ADJUST DOWN.

>> I WOULD SAY IF YOU DON'T THINK THIS IS KEEPING ME UP AT NIGHT, IF I DON'T HAVE LISTS OF REDUCTIONS AND ELIMINATIONS, AND VICTOR , IF YOU THINK VICTOR DOES NOT, EVER SINCE REPORTS OF WHERE THE BUDGET IS AT OR COMING OUT AS, THIS IS KEEPING US UP AT NIGHT . HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THIS WORK?

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WHILE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE SOUNDS -- IT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE AND I KNOW THE PERSON THAT LED THAT CHARGE. HE PUT HIS HEAD DOWN AND SAID WHAT HE NEEDED TO SAY AND HE PROBABLY PUT THE POSITIONS OUT THERE. EVENTUALLY HE JUST SAID THIS IS THE WAY IT IS GOING TO BE . I DON'T THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE THE CASE FOR US. BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING CONFIDENTIAL COMING OUT OF THESE MEETINGS, IT IS NOT. IF YOU DISCUSS A PERSONS POSITION, IT WILL GO OUT TO THAT PERSON . THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN. IN A MY DISTRICT, IT IS

A TOUGH CONVERSATION. >> WE DID DO A LOT OF WORK IN LEADERSHIP LIKE THE PRINCIPLES ON THE EXECUTIVE CABINET AND THE DIRECTORS, WE WOULD MEET IN HERE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE ON THE TABLE FOR LEADERSHIP. TO HAVE THEIR INPUT FIRST. IT WAS VERY MUCH EMPHASIZED THAT THIS WAS SENSITIVE AND WE WERE NOT TO GO BACK TO OUR SCHOOL SITE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WERE SPIT BALLING AROUND UNTIL THINGS GOT FIRM AND IT COULD BE COMMUNICATED WITH BARGAINING

GROUPS FIRST. >> THANK YOU. THAT IS MY RECOLLECTION. THAT IT CAME FROM PEOPLE IN THE NO AND THEN IT CAME TO THE PEOPLE DOING THE WORK AT THE SCHOOL SITE LEVEL.

THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. >> MS. GOLDBERG, WERE YOU PART

OF THE COMMITTEE ? >> I WAS NOT ON THE COMMITTEE IN 2007-2008. I GOT TO WATCH A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AND I WAS AN ALTERNATE FOR SOMEONE THAT WAS ON THE COMMITTEE FOREVER AND EVER. IT WAS A REALLY HARD JOB. I DID NOT SIGN UP FOR IT BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE THE STOMACH FOR IT. I SAT IN THE BACK ROW AND JUST WATCHED. THEN I WOULD GO TO SOME OF THE

MEETINGS. >> I'M HEARING ABOUT THE CONFIDENTIALITY PIECE AND I THINK THAT IS CRITICAL AND I THINK WE HAVE MORE CONTROL WHEN IT IS STAFF AND EDUCATORS.

>> THE OTHER PART IS IT WOULD HELP TO KNOW WHAT IS SACRED, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. IF YOU TELL US -- AND JUST PICKING ON OUTDOOR SCHOOL. IF THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE FEEL ARE CORE FUNDAMENTALS TO OUR DISTRICT, WE WILL JUST TAKE THEM OFF THE TABLE AND NOT EVEN HAVE A CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND THEN ULTIMATELY SAY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO KEEP . I THINK THAT GOES TO THE VISION AND THE MISSION OF THE DISTRICT AND WHAT WE BELIEVE ARE CORE PROGRAMS AND THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HOLD ONTO NO MATTER WHAT. IT COULD BE CLASS-SIZE.

YOU CAN'T THROW EVERYTHING OUT AND SAY YOU DON'T WANT TO DO ANY OF THIS BUT IT WITH BE HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE SAY ARE OFF LIMITS. THESE ARE HOURS AND WE WANT TO KEEP THEM AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.

>> I WOULD SAY, WE MAY NOT WALK AWAY WITH ANYTHING TONIGHT BUT I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THE BOARD NEEDS TO PONDER AND THINK ABOUT. AND PUT THIS BACK ON IN AUGUST. EVENTUALLY WE HAVE TO START THE WORK. SO, THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION IS TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. RIGHT NOW, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE A CAUSE. OBVIOUSLY, I WOULD BE MEETING WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND HAVING SOME CONVERSATION ON WHERE WE ARE AT WHEN WE COME

BACK IN AUGUST. >> I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA IN TERMS OF TIMELINE AND WHAT I AM HEARING FROM EVERYBODY. IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THE INITIAL WORK AND STEPS WOULD BE A SUBSET OF STAFF OR LEADERSHIP MAKING SOME DECISIONS SO THAT THE COMMITTEE ITSELF WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE

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ASKED TO GATHER IN THE FALL. >> THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.

>> ALL RIGHT. I HATE TO SAY IT BUT THE LISTS ARE THERE.

>> I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOUR LISTS HAVE LISTS.

>> ARE WE CIRCLING BACK TO THE QUESTION OF WHO DECIDES THE CHARGE AND THE BUDGET COMMITTEE? THIS IS NOT -- THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE THE CASE. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOPIC AND IT IS A SENSITIVE TOPIC. IF IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HIS OR HER DESIGNEE TO COME UP WITH WHAT THEY BELIEVE THE CHARGES, MAYBE WITH SOME DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD, THAT MIGHT BE A BETTER WAY TO DO THAT. RATHER THAN US NOODLE IT OUT UP HERE.

>> I THINK THE THING THAT I AM STRUGGLING WITH IS THAT THE COMMITTEE IS TETHERED TO THE BOARD. AND WE -- -- I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF BUT, IN MY READING OF IT AND MY EXPERIENCE OF IT, IT WAS, HISTORICALLY, AN ADVISORY TO THE DISTRICT AND THEN THE BOARD IS INFORMED AND ULTIMATELY, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, WE CAN SEE IT DOES NOT FEEL RIGHT.

>> THE OTHER HALF OF MY SENTENCE IS, WHEN IT COMES TIME, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. AND SO , I AM STRUGGLING WITH PUTTING A COMMITTEE OF ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF ROLES OF FOLKS -- PUTTING THAT BURDEN ON THEM WHEN IT IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO US. SO, I AM WONDERING, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE WHEN THE EXPERTISE AND THE UNDERSTANDING IS SITTING RIGHT THERE TO TELL US, IF WE SAY WE HEARD YOU DR.

HAYEK, WE UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO MAKE INCREMENTAL CUTS AND IF YOU ARE IDENTIFYING $6 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR IS SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO CONSIDER, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT SCENARIOS THAT MIGHT DELIVER THAT AND MAKE SOME HARD CHOICES. THAT IS A HARD JOB THAT WE ARE CHARGED WITH. MAKING THOSE DIFFICULT DECISIONS. SO, WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE? ARE THEY HELPING TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR NETWORKS ? I'M A COMFORTABLE PLACING THE BURDEN OF DECISION-MAKING ON THE COMMITTEE. THAT IS OUR JOB

>> I ALMOST LOOK AT IT AS THE OPPOSITE. NOT PUTTING THE BURDEN ON THEM BUT TAKING THE BURDEN AWAY FROM OUR EXPERTISE.

AND I DON'T MEAN TAKING THAT JOSH BUT TAKING THE KNOWLEDGE AWAY. THAT YOU KNOW WHERE THE GREATER CUTS , THE GREATER EXPENSES ARE AND YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THIS. WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE COUNTY AND THE STATE. BUT , TO TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY AWAY FROM YOU AND HAVE A COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW THE IMPACT IN THE SCHOOLS , I WOULD RATHER PUT THAT BURDEN ON YOU.

>> THAT IS A GOOD POINT. NO ONE WANTS TO BE THE BAD PERSON AND THE BAD PERSON IS JUST GOING TO BE ME. ANYTIME A DOLLAR IS SPENT ON SOMETHING GOOD, IT'S LIKE GREAT. AND WHEN IT DOLLAR IS TAKEN AWAY, IT'S LIKE , VICTOR TOOK IT AWAY. THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE STRUGGLED THE LAST FEW YEARS WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT BUDGET BECAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE THE PEOPLE TO GIVE THE BAD NEWS BUT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO

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IT. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO BRING IT TO YOU AND AGAIN , WHERE THE COMMITTEE SITS ON THIS IS THE CHALLENGE. NOBODY WANTS TO BE A BAD PERSON OR ELIMINATE OR CUT ANYTHING. IT IS, WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT THEM TO DO IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS COMMITTEE? ARE THEY GOING TO EVALUATE THE CUTS THAT WE BRING FORWARD AND SAY, WHAT? WE AGREE ? NO ONE WANTS TO AGREE WITH IT. AND IF THEY SAY THEY DON'T AGREE, WHAT IS THE POINT OF THE COMMITTEE? THAT IS WHERE THE BALL BOUNCES BACK AND FORTH WITH , LET'S NOT WASTE EVERYBODY'S TIME IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXACT ROLE OF THAT COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE.

THAT IS WHERE WE WILL END UP. IF THEY SAY YES THEY WILL BE THE BAD PERSON SO THEY ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO SAY YES. THERE IS AN UNWILLINGNESS TO MAKE A DECISION WHEN YOU PUT A GROUP OF 27 PEOPLE WHO HAVE -- WHO REPRESENT VARIED STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO BE RESPONSIBLE

FOR THAT. >> WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

>> I ALMOST FEEL LIKE THE COMMITTEE HAS -- THEIR GREATER RESPONSIBILITY THAT THEY WORKED ON , THE LCAP COMMITTEE, I FEEL LIKE SHOULD BE A SEPARATION BETWEEN THE LCAP AND THE BUDGET. AS FAR AS WRITING THE LCAP AND RECOMMENDING THE WORDING , I FELT THE COMMITTEE SERVED A GREAT PURPOSE. AS FAR

AS THE BUDGET GOES, -- >> IT WAS JUST THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND WE ADDED LCAP A FEW YEARS AGO. THIS IS WHERE THE AMOUNT OF SUPPLEMENTAL DOLLARS PLAYS IN OUR FAVOR. WE GET , ROUGHLY $9 MILLION OF SUPPLEMENTAL AND IT IS A SMALL PORTION OF THE $240 MILLION BUDGET. THERE IS A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE THAT THE STUFF IN THE LCAP IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE. AT $9 MILLION OF $240 MILLION, MOST LIKELY, THOSE ARE PART OF THE CORE PROGRAMS AIMED AT THE STUDENTS WITH THE MOST NEEDS.

THERE IS A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE THAT THE LCAP WILL NOT CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY IN THIS CONVERSATION. IT DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T WARRANT THE BACK-AND-FORTH CONVERSATION.

THEY ARE GOING TO BE MORE VOLUNTARY AS TO THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS AS OPPOSED TO MAKING SOME TOUGH DECISIONS ABOUT BUDGET CUTS BECAUSE WE ARE OBLIGATED TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS ON THE STUDENTS THAT GENERATE THE DOLLARS. THERE IS A BENEFIT TO HAVING THE CONVERSATION BUT I DON'T SEE IT AS A MAJOR IMPACT IN THIS CONVERSATION .

>> WE ARE ONLY GOING OFF OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE NOW. I DON'T ANTICIPATE MUCH CHANGE IN THIS BUDGET BUT THERE IS HOPE OF INCREASED DOLLARS COMING IN DURING YEAR TWO AND YEAR THREE. THAT COULD BE HELPFUL IN THE FUTURE BUT IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE IT IS COMING IN THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

>> SO, JUST THINK OF THE TIMELINE. IT IS JUNE AND YOU WILL BLINK YOUR EYES AND IT WILL BE AUGUST. IN AUGUST, EVERYONE IS BUSY. SEPTEMBER WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE ACTUALS OF HOW WE FARED DURING 2023-2024. JANUARY WE'LL BE THE GLIMPSE OF MIXTURES BUDGET AND A LOT CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND JANUARY. DEPENDING ON THE NEWS IT CAN MAKE THE DECISION THE SITUATION EVEN MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE OF THE FUTURE OUTLOOK CHANGES SUBSTANTIALLY WE ARE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT A $6 MILLION CUT. IT COULD BE $10 MILLION DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS IN JANUARY AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE ECONOMY THE REST OF THE YEAR.

>> OR IT COULD BE $2 MILLION. >> OR A COULD BE $2 MILLION. I

LIKE THE OPTIMISM. >> I DO THINK WE NEED TO BE PRUDENT AND START PLANNING. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW. PART OF WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS , YOU MAY COME UP WITH

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A LIST OF POTENTIAL BUDGET CUTS. THE RISEN TO HAVE A BUDGET COMMITTEE IS TO HEAR DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS WITH VARIOUS PERSPECTIVE LIVES TO DISCUSS THINGS. WE REALLY DO NEED TO HAVE INPUT FROM WHOEVER. IF IT IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL, AND HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL TYPES OF THINGS I'M NOT SURE THAT IS THE BEST FORMAT TO DO IT. I THINK IT MAY BE GOES BACK TO WHAT TRUSTEE GILL SAID. IF WE DO NEED INPUT FROM OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO WAIVE VARIOUS THINGS, THAT MAY BE THE TIME THAT WE CALL . BUT I AGREE. IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT REDUCING FTES AT SCHOOL SITES, I'M NOT SURE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, AS IT IS STRUCTURED, IT WOULD GIVE US THE INPUT THAT WE NEED. IF WE START TALKING ABOUT OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMS, GETTING A PERSPECTIVE FROM SOME OF OUR PARENT GROUPS AND SCHOOL SITE DIRECTORS WOULD BE HELPFUL. I GUESS I AM CIRCLING BACK TO THE CONCEPT THAT WE MAYBE NEED TO GO THROUGH A FIRST GENERATION AND SEE WHAT IT IS WE ARE LOOKING AT AND THEN DECIDE WHAT TYPE OF RESOURCES WE MAY NEED AS A

BOARD TO MAKE A DECISION. >> I KNOW WE HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HISTORICAL FROM THESE TOUGH DECISIONS HAD TO BE MADE AND WHEN THIS COMMITTEE WAS FORMED. WE HAVE BEEN GOING OFF OF SOME ASSUMPTIONS THAT AT LEAST PART OF IT WAS HELPFUL AND MAYBE THE REASON BEHIND IT WAS TO HAVE THIS REPRESENTATION AND INPUT. AND CERTAINLY WE COULD DECIDE MAYBE THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED IN THIS ITERATION OF HAVING TO MAKE BIG BUDGET DECISIONS. THAT THERE MIGHT BE PIECES THAT WORK. BUT HAVING THIS DISCUSSION AND HEARING ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE DONE PRIOR IS HELPFUL AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO CONSIDER THAT.

>> I WOULD SAY THE DIFFERENCE IN 2008 IS THE CUTS HAD TO BE DONE IN ONE YEAR. HERE, WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF TRYING TO BE PRUDENT BECAUSE DOING THIS OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS ALLOWS US TO DEFINE HOW THE CHANGES WILL COME ABOUT SO, I THINK WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT POSITION WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY BUT, -- WE COULD EASILY KICK THE CAN DOWN AND INSTEAD OF SAYING WE ARE GOING TO TRANSFER $6 MILLION, JUST TAKE ALL $12 MILLION. WHAT HAPPENS THEN IS THE $50 MILLION BECOMES $25 MILLION AND THEN WE END UP IN A MAJOR FISCAL DISASTER. THE PRUDENT THING TO DO IS TO DO IT OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME. TO CIRCLE BACK, IT IS WHAT DO WE WANT THE COMMITTEE TO DO? THIS IS NOT REALLY THE ROLE FOR THE COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW, WE CAN SAY THAT, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM WON'T WORK ON THIS. WE WILL JUST DO IT INTERNALLY AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM AS OPPOSED TO A GROUP WITHIN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IF WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT COMMITTEE -- WHAT WE WANT THAT COMMITTEE

TO GIVE TO US. >> THE MOTION THAT WAS ELOQUENTLY MADE AND SECONDED, DO WE VOTE NO ON THAT OR DO WE

TABLE IT? >> WE WERE NOT DOING IT AS A VOTE. IT WAS MORE SO WE COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION. AND TAKE SOME SORT OF CONSENSUS AND THE CONSENSUS COULD BE TO TABLE IT

UNTIL AUGUST. >> YES. THERE IS A LOT TO THINK ABOUT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO THROW OUT SOMETHING THAT IS USEFUL WITHOUT CONSIDERABLE THOUGHT. I DON'T WANT TO DO SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN DONE. THAT IS STUPID BUT AT THE SAME TIME THERE WERE REASONS THAT THE DISTRICT FOUND VALUE IN HAVING STAKEHOLDER INPUT IN THE

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DECISIONS THAT THEY CRAFTED IN THE SMALLER COMMITTEE. KIND OF LIKE A CLEARINGHOUSE. LIKE, WHAT DOES THIS DO FROM A USER PERSPECTIVE. LIKE, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL IMPACT ON THE GROUND.

SO, THAT WAS , AND LATER, WHEN WE WERE NOT MAKING CUTS, I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE. WE JUST HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IF THIS IS A

VALUABLE PROGRAM. >> THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WAS NOT JUST SPECIFIC TO CVUSD. THERE WERE PROBABLY 1000 DISTRICTS IN A 2007-2008 AND ALL OF THEM PROBABLY CREATED A BUDGET COMMITTEE. THAT WAS THE TREND. BUT IN MY SCHOOL DISTRICT, TALKING ABOUT HOW QUICKLY IT NEEDED TO BE MADE, EVERY ADMINISTRATOR IN THE DISTRICT GOT A PINK SLIP. IT DID NOT MATTER WHAT JOB YOU HELD. WE HAD TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION THAT WE COULD BE FISCALLY SOUND AND THEN BE ABLE TO SPEND ANOTHER MONTH AND A HALF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT POSITIONS WERE GOING TO COME BACK. IT WAS STRAIGHT OUT , EVERY SINGLE ADMINISTRATOR GOT CUT. THAT IS JUST HOW QUICKLY THAT THERE CAME OUT IN JANUARY AND WE WERE CUTTING BECAUSE WE HAD A MARCH 15 DEADLINE. WE NEEDED AT LEAST THREE BOARD MEETINGS TO MAKE THE CUTS. TALK ABOUT THE SADDEST BOARD MEETINGS TO EVER SIT THROUGH. IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT .

>> YOU KNOW, THIS IS WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS. THE TIMELINES, WE WOULD NOT REALLY NEED TO KNOW BY DECEMBER OR JANUARY, ANY CHANGES THAT WE WOULD MAKE TO GIVE THE BOARD TIME FOR THE MEETINGS AND TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS. THE WINDOW IS REALLY SMALL TO MAKE ANY CHANGES BECAUSE, ONCE WE PASS THE DATE, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.

>> SO , I THINK WE NEED TO SIGNAL THAT WE HEAR YOU AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SOME KIND OF INCREMENTAL CUTS.

I FEEL LIKE WE NEED YOUR SCENARIOS FOR $2 MILLION, $6 MILLION, AND MORE. I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE SYLVESTER. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE IS BUT THAT MIGHT BECOME CLEAR TO US WHEN WE START TO EXAMINE THESE SCENARIOS AND WHEN WE HAVE A BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT

IS COMING AT US. >> SO THE MULTIYEAR PROJECTIONS DON'T INCLUDE SALARY ADJUSTMENTS. I KNOW WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THEM IN FUTURE YEARS BUT THAT IS A REALITY THAT IF WE DO ANTICIPATE MAKING SALARY ADJUSTMENTS OR RAISES FOR EMPLOYEES, THAT WILL CHANGE THE CALCULATION EVEN FURTHER. NONE OF THAT IS BAKED INTO THE CAKE THAT WAS DELIVERED LAST WEEK.

SO, THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE DO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO KEEP UP WITH. THERE IS THAT PIECE OF IT AS WELL. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WILL INCREASE THAT GAP . LIKE THE COST OF UTILITIES, GAS, TRANSPORTATION, SERVICES. ANYTHING WE CONTRACT, WE ARE SUBJECT TO INCREASES ON THEIR SIDE. THE ECONOMY DICTATES WHAT THE GOING RATES ARE AND THOSE EXPENSES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE WHILE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AT THE SAME TIME.

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>> SO ARE WE IN CONSENSUS THAT WE WILL TABLE THIS? WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE RECORD NICE THAT WORK DEFINITELY HAS TO BE DONE AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BECOME A. WERE -- BECOME

[4. ACTION ITEMS – CONSENT]

APPARENT WHERE THE BUDGET COMMITTEE FITS IN. THANK YOU.

[S. Instructional Services - Approval of Renewal Contract - Turnitin Holdings, LLC (Turnitin) - DEC]

LET'S MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. TWO ITEMS WERE PULLED.

THE FIRST IS S. THAT IS TURNITIN HOLDINGS, LLC. DO I

HAVE A MOTION. >> I MOVE THAT WE CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR TURNITIN HOLDINGS, LLC.

>> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND

SECONDED. >> I ASKED FOR THIS TO BE PULLED BECAUSE I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BEFORE I AM WILLING TO INDICATE APPROVAL TO THIS CONTRACT AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE BUSINESS MODEL . IT'S ESSENTIALLY STRIP MINES HOURS STUDENT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TURNS THAT INTO VALUE FOR THE CORPORATION. THE LAST TIME TURNITIN WAS SOLD IT WAS $1.75 BILLION AND TO ALL OF THAT WEALTH AND VALUE COMES FROM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF STUDENTS WHO SUBMIT THEIR WORK. THE CONTRACT , THE COST OF THE RENEWAL FOR A YEAR FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO USE IT, IF WE FIGURE ROUGHLY 6000 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, IS ABOUT $4.75 PER STUDENT IF EVERY STUDENT PARTICIPATED. SO , WE ARE ACTUALLY PAYING FOR STUDENT WORK TO BUILD VALUE FOR THIS CORPORATION. AS FAR AS I KNOW, TURNITIN IS USED ALMOST SOLELY FOR PLAGIARISM DETECTION. BUT, THE WAY IT IS MARKETED TO FOLKS IS THAT IT DOES ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS THAT SOUND REALLY NICE. IT EMPOWERS STUDENTS AND IT FOSTERS ORIGINAL THINKING. I AM NOT SURE THAT IT DOES THOSE THINGS. SO MY QUESTION ABOUT IT BEFORE WE CONSIDER IF WE WANT TO RENEW IS, HOW IS IT USED EXACTLY? VERSUS, HOW IT IS PORTRAYED. AND, WHAT IS THE VALUE THAT WE RECEIVE? I HAVE REAL CONCERNS ABOUT STUDENTS BEING TOLD THAT THEIR WORK MAY NOT BE ORIGINAL AND THE SOFTWARE IS CERTAINLY NOT FLAWLESS. THERE IS A NUMBER OF FALSE INDICATORS AND I AM WONDERING HOW STUDENTS EXPERIENCE THAT, BEING ACCUSED OF PLAGIARIZING WHEN IN FACT, THEY HAVE NOT. AND HOW DO THEY WORK THEMSELVES THROUGH THAT PROCESS? AND WHAT DOES THAT FEEL LIKE IN TERMS OF THEIR LEARNING? I AM WONDERING, IS THE EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE ENGLISH LEARNERS? IS IT MORE DIFFICULT ? DOES IT PLACE AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN? I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU READ THE ENTIRE 47 PAGE CONTRACT BUT, WHEN WE GIVE OUR OKAY , WHAT WE ARE GIVING TURNITIN PERMISSION TO -- THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS -- THE INSTITUTION GRANTS TURNITIN LICENSE TO ACCESS PRODUCE, MODIFY, PUBLISH, TRANSLATE, CREATE DERIVATIVE WORKS FROM AND DISPLAY INSTITUTIONAL DATA. ONCE A STUDENT SUBMITS THEIR PAPER, THE WORK IS NO LONGER THEIR OWN. IT IS PART OF THE CORPORATION PROPERTY THAT THEY TURN INTO FOR SHAREHOLDERS. SO, I HAVE RAISED THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE AND I CONTINUE TO WONDER

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IF THIS PARTICULAR RENEWAL MAKES SENSE FOR US. AND I GUESS MY REQUEST WOULD BE IF WE COULD POSTPONE A YES ON RENEWING UNTIL WE GET ANSWERS ABOUT HOW IT IS USED VERSUS HOW IT IS MARKETED AND WHAT THE VALUE IS FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS. WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WHEN OUR STUDENTS ARE ACCUSED FALSELY OF PLAGIARIZING. AND, DOES IT PLAYS AN UNDUE BURDEN ON SOME GROUPS OF STUDENTS VERSUS OTHERS. I WOULD LIKE THE ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS BEFORE I APPROVE THIS RENEWAL.

>> I DO NOT HAVE ANSWERS TO ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS BUT I DO HAVE INFORMATION TO PROVIDE TO THE BOARD. ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS USE TURNITIN AND ABOUT HALF OF THE HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS USE IT. IT CERTAINLY DOES PROVIDE THE PLAGIARISM DETECTION FEATURES AND WE ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY I THINK, TO PILOT AN ALTERNATIVE THIS YEAR WITH ABOUT 20 TEACHERS. THE TEACHER FEEDBACK WAS REALLY THAT IN CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIALLY NOT HAVING LIKE TURNITIN OR, THE TEACHERS DID FEEL LIKE THE FEEDBACK MECHANISMS WERE REALLY HELPFUL FOR THEM. THE FEEDBACK BEING THAT STUDENTS COULD SUBMIT A DRAFT AND THE TEACHER CREATED MARKUP THE DOCUMENTS AND THEN THE FEEDBACK WOULD GO BACK TO THE STUDENTS AND THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO IMPROVE THEIR PRODUCT. THAT IS JUST SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE

GOTTEN >> I DON'T WANT TO SAY I AM CONFUSED BECAUSE I SAY THAT TOO OFTEN BUT, AT WHAT POINT IN THE PROCESS THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED, THE STUDENT TURNS IT INTO THE TEACHER AND THEN -- AT WHAT POINT DOES -- IS EVALUATED FOR PLAGIARISM? AS SOON AS THE STUDENT TURNS IT IN?

>> AS SOON AS IT GOES IN AND THE STUDENT LOOKS BACK AT THEIR MARKS IT IS -- IT IS HIGHLIGHTED. THERE ARE HIGHLIGHTS OF POSSIBLE PLAGIARISM.

>> I MEAN, I WILL SAY I HAVE HAD TEACHERS USE TURNITIN.

MAYBE THE SOFTWARE HAS GOTTEN BETTER. IT IS NOT FLAWLESS SOFTWARE. I WILL SAVE THAT THERE IS NOT AS MUCH PLAGIARISM ISSUE BUT MORE A I USE ISSUE . I KNOW ALL OF THESE COMPANIES ARE TRYING TO ESTABLISH A I DETECTION BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT IS EVEN WORSE IN ITS STAGES BUT I FEEL LIKE THE TEACHERS THAT HAVE NOT USED TURNITIN, I HAVE NOT HEARD ISSUES WITH PLAGIARISM. IT HAS NOT BEEN SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE MISSED AS FAR AS I HAVE KNOWN. I CANNOT SPEAK TO THE STUDENTS WHO , AS TRUSTEE GILL WAS SAYING, THEN BEING WORSE OFF. I WILL SAY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT TRUSTEE GILL BROUGHT UP HIS KIND OF ALARMING. I WILL SAY THAT TURNITIN HAS NOT BEEN THAT MONUMENTAL. THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT DO SIMILAR

THINGS. >> QUICKLY, FOR THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT, WE DELIBERATELY DID NOT ADD. THERE IS AN ANTI-DETECTION MODEL AND WE DID NOT ADD THAT ON TO THIS CONTRACT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IT TO BE UNRELIABLE.

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>> WITH THE PLAGIARISM PIECE OF THE SOFTWARE, HOW DOES IT WORK? IS IT JUST THE STUDENT SUBMITS AND THEN THE TEACHER WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE A REPORT? I KNOW THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS WHERE , YOU CAN RUN IT THROUGH AND THE WRITER KNOWS THAT THERE MIGHT BE PLAGIARISM CONCERNS THAT POP UP SO THEN YOU COULD AT LEAST CORRECT IT BEFORE YOU SUBMIT. I'M JUST CURIOUS.

>> I BELIEVE IT WORKS IN THE FORMER WAY. BUT I WILL HAVE TO

ASK DOCTOR SOUTER. >> SO THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IF TURNITIN IS PICKING UP ON PLAGIARISM CONTAINED WITHIN WHAT THEY WANT TO SUBMIT .

>> IN MY EXPERIENCE IT GIVES YOU A PERCENTAGE. LIKE 38% OF THIS WORK IS PLAGIARIZED BUT IT WILL BE A PHRASE. IN MY EXPERIENCE IT HASN'T BEEN LIKE YOU TOOK A WHOLE PARAGRAPH FROM SOMEBODY. IT MIGHT BE 36% BUT IT IS ALL COMMON WORDS.

>> THOUGHTS ON THE SUGGESTIONS FROM TRUSTEE GILL TO TABLE APPROVAL ? OR DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH?

>> I STILL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE TOLD THAT THEY PLAGIARIZED WHEN THEY HAVE NOT.

I HAVE SEEN, NOT IN OUR DISTRICT NECESSARILY, BUT OTHER CASES AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE WOULD PLACE AN UNDUE BURDEN ON SOME GROUPS OF STUDENTS VERSUS OTHERS. ALSO, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET AND I AM HEARING THIS IS NOT THE MOST ESSENTIAL PRODUCT THAT WE PURCHASE.

>> TELL THAT TO THE TEACHERS THAT USE IT.

>> I CAN HEAR THE TEACHERS RIGHT NOW SAYING IT IS CRITICAL TO THE CLASSROOM. MR. GORBACK.

>> WE ARE NOT MEETING AGAIN UNTIL AUGUST 14. WHAT IS THE TIMELINE IF WE DON'T ACCEPT IT TODAY? WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE NEED TO ACCEPT IT BY TO GET INTO TEACHERS HANDS BY THE

TIME THEY START SCHOOL? >> WE DO HAVE SUMMER SCHOOL STARTING JULY 1. THAT IS THE FIRST CONSIDERATION THAT COMES

UP. >> GOOD POINT.

>> IF YOU'D TABLE IT TO THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU GAIN FEEDBACK CONSIDERING A LOT OF PEOPLE

WILL BE OFF. >> ON THE FACE OF IT, I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO TEACHERS. YOU KNOW, PREPARING STUDENTS WHO UNDERSTAND HOW THE SOFTWARE WORK, THIS COULD BE HELPFUL .

>> IT IS A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT AND THEY CERTAINLY GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY AND I MENTIONED THAT WE DID LOOK AT AN

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ALTERNATIVE TO IT THIS YEAR AND I KNOW THAT NEXT YEAR WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVES AS WELL. AND THAT THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT EXIST THAT PROVIDE THE SAME TYPES OF FUNCTIONALITY FOR TEACHERS BUT MAYBE BETTER OR AT

A REDUCED COST. >> BETTER AND REDUCED COST ARE KEY, ESPECIALLY GIVEN OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSION. AND I WOULD AGREE TAKING THE TOOL FROM TEACHERS AT THIS JUNCTURE MAY NOT BE THE BEST MOVE. HOWEVER, I WOULD SECOND THE

CONTINUED LOOK. >> I DO WANT TO ASK , HAVE WE HEARD OF ANY ISSUES WITH THE CORPORATION TAKING THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF STUDENTS? THAT IS THE FIRST I AM HEARING OF IT AND IT IS A LITTLE ALARMING TO HEAR. HAS THERE BEEN ISSUES WITH THAT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE STUDENT?

>> THAT IS THE ENTIRE BUSINESS MODEL OF TURNITIN. IT VACUUMS UP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND THEN TURNS THAT INTO VALUE FOR SHAREHOLDERS.

THAT IS THE BUSINESS MODEL. SO, I HEAR YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT TAKING THE TOOL FROM TEACHERS, WHICH IS WHY I AM ASKING, WHAT ARE THE AUTHENTIC USES VERSUS WHAT IT IS PORTRAYED TO BE. WE CAN'T REALLY BRING IT UP UNLESS IT IS ON THE AGENDA SO THE TIMING IS NOT GREAT BUT, WHAT IS GREAT TIMING? I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE IN ENTERTAINING THIS DISCUSSION AND I CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT SURVEILLANCE SOFTWARE AND WHETHER THIS COMPANY IS ALIGNED WITH OUR VALUES.

>> I KNOW AT LEAST ONE PERSON IN THIS ROOM THAT IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SURVEILLANCE SOFTWARE, BESIDES YOU. SO, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT. ARE YOU READY TO VOTE?

>> I HAVE A COMMENT. SO, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY RIGHTS , LET'S SAY WE HAVE A STUDENT WHO WROTE A PAPER AND THEN SHE GOES TO COLLEGE AND WRITES ANOTHER PAPER BUT USES SOME OF THE RESEARCH FROM HER ORIGINAL PAPER, IS SHE BEING ACCUSED IN COLLEGE OF PLAGIARIZING SOMETHING FROM A

YEAR AGO. >> CAN A PERSON MODIFY THEIR PRIVACY SETTINGS? LIKE AT ANY OTHER THING? CAN YOU DO THAT

WITH TURNITIN? >> WE CAN DO THAT HERE. BUT , REALLY, I ACTUALLY DID READ ALL 47 PAGES. ONCE WE SAY OKAY THEY CLAIM A LICENSE TO DO WHAT THEY WISH WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS

SUBMITTED. >> DEPENDING ON WHICH DIRECTION THE BOARD GOES WITH THIS, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES BRING THIS FORWARD IN MARCH RATHER THAN THE LAST BOARD MEETING OF THE YEAR.

>> I HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED A REMINDER TO TURN IN THE CONTRACT OR ALTERNATIVE IN FEBRUARY.

>> IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SPEND SOME TIME LOOKING AT -- AI MODULES ARE GETTING BETTER SO MAYBE TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS MAYBE A MORE SIGNIFICANT FACTOR.

>> SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION CURRENTLY, PLEASE VOTE.

>> I'M SORRY, I'M VOTING FOR WHAT ?

>> VOTING TO ACCEPT OR NOT. >>

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>> THE MOTION CARRIES 4-1 WITH A PREFERENTIAL NO VOTE FROM

[SSS. Business Services - Approval of Workplan Violence Prevention Plan]

TRUSTEE KAHL. THE NEXT ITEM THAT WAS PULLED IS ITEM SSS.

>> I'M TRYING NOT TO MOVE MY MICROPHONES ON TRYING TO BE CAREFUL. I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO MOVE IT SO I AM JUST GOING TO DO THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN AS SUBMITTED.

>> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND

SECONDED. AND A DISCUSSION? >> I PULLED THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE. I KNOW THIS IS A MANDATED ACTION DOCUMENT THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO PUT TOGETHER BASED ON STATE LAW. SO, I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. I KNOW THAT THE INTENT , IT IS CALLED A VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN AND THAT COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF TYPES OF VIOLENCE IN THE WORK PLACE. I DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO GET INTO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS PRIMARILY, FROM WHAT I READ, A WAY OF DOCUMENTING VIOLENCE AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE DISTRICT. SO, IT'S REALLY ABOUT RECORD-KEEPING AND DATA COLLECTION BUT MY QUESTION IS, HOW IS THIS REALLY PREVENTING VIOLENCE?

>> IT GIVES A MECHANISM FOR REPORTING AND THERE IS A PIECE IN HERE THAT THE IDEA OF REPORTING, INVESTIGATING, AND FOLLOW-UP IS SO THAT WE CAN LEARN AND WHAT THE UNDERLYING FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE OR CAUSE OF SOMETHING IS . THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ISSUES THAT COME UP BUT THE IDEA OF HAVING THIS IS NOT JUST FOR REPORTING. IT IS TO REPORT, DOCUMENT, INVESTIGATE , AND LEARN. THAT IS WHY IT IS CALLED A PREVENTION PLAN. CALLS ATTENTION TO IT SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND IT AND THEN TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT IT.

>> SO, WE COULD SAY HAVE , THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR BE COLLECTING THESE DATA AND THEN HAVE A REPORT OUT ON THAT THAT MAY INFORM US THAT WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES IN OUR POLICY? ARE WE JUST USING THIS BECAUSE IT IS NEW ? OR JUST GETTING STAFF USED TO REPORTING CERTAIN KINDS OF INCIDENTS? MAYBE NOW THERE IS A MORE FORMAL PROCESS FOR DOING THAT. WE CAN HAVE THE DATA MORE FORMALIZED AND COLLECTED AND THEN AT SOME POINT WE GET A REPORT BACK ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

>> IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE POLICY. IT COULD JUST BE A PROCEDURE. I WILL USE A SIMPLE EXAMPLE . LET'S SAY THAT YOU HAVE SOME ISSUES OUT A PARTICULAR SCHOOL AND THEIR TWO OR THREE REPORTS OF WHATEVER AND YOU REALIZE MAYBE WE SHOULD MAKE THE NUTRITION TIME 30 MINUTES EARLIER IN THE DAY TO GIVE KIDS A BREAK. WE DON'T HAVE TO DEVELOP A POLICY ON IT BUT BASED ON INCIDENTS REPORTED WE SEE THAT SOMETHING IS GOING ON AND THROUGH INVESTIGATION WE REALIZE WE CAN ADDRESS THIS IN A PARTICULAR WAY AND IT COULD BE BY SHIFTING THE NUTRITION TIME 30 MINUTES EARLIER OR LATER OR BY SHORTENING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN CLASSROOMS AND MAKING LIBRARY TIME DIFFERENT.

IT COULD BE A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS BUT REALLY IT IS JUST TO CALL ATTENTION SO WE CAN LOOK AT IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO TO HELP THE STUDENTS AND STAFF.

>> THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL. I KNOW THAT EVERY SINGLE REPORT WILL GO TO THE DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT AND

IT IS VERY CENTRALIZED. >> WE ALREADY DEVELOPED A TRACKING MECHANISM. I CAN USE WORK COMP AS AN EXAMPLE. WHEN WE SEE A NUMBER OF ISSUES AT A PARTICULAR SITE AND KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS GOING ON AND WE LOOK INTO IT FURTHER THAN WE SAY, WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE CLIMBING UP ON CHAIRS

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INSTEAD OF A LADDER SO WE FOLLOW-UP WITH SOME SUBSEQUENT TRAINING TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO HANG SOMETHING FROM YOUR CEILING IF YOU WANT TO. MAYBE THERE ARE NO LADDERS OR STEP STOOLS AROUND. SAID THEN WE CAN PURCHASE THOSE AND MAKE THOSE ACCESSIBLE. I KNOW WHEN YOU SAY WORKPLACE VIOLENCE IT IS A HOST OF THINGS BUT THE IDEA IS TO DO THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT MAYBE WE CAN TAKE SOME ACTIONS THAT HELP

US MOVING FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. THAT GIVES SOME CONTEXT. THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL. A APPRECIATE IT.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> I WILL SAY, AT SOME POINT, THE RISK MANAGER WILL HAVE A VIDEO OUT ON THIS. I KNOW HE IS WORKING ON IT

>> SEEING NO OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE .

>> PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE FROM TRUSTEE KAHL. WE NOW COME TO THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

>> PRESIDENT. >> TRUSTEE GORBACK .

>> I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSENT AGENDA

AS PRESENTED. >> SECOND.

>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. I WILL NOTE THAT TRUSTEE POWELL HAD TO LEAVE DUE TO A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT. SO,

LET US VOTE. >>

>> MOTION CARRIES, 4-0 WITH A PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE FROM TRUSTEE KAHL. IT IS 9:00. DO WE NEED A BREAK?

>> YES. >> WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR A BREAK SO, LET US TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK.

[A. Instructional Services - Grading for Mastery Update]

>>> WELCOME BACK. WE ARE NOW ON ITEM 5.A.. IT INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES , GRADING FOR MASTERY UP DATE.

>> IN TERMS OF A QUICK LOOK BACK IT HAS REALLY BEEN TWO FULL YEARS OR MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF SINCE WE INTRODUCED AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, DISTRICT WIDE, CONCEPTS ON MASTERY GRADING. WE HAVE TAKEN THE APPROACH OF A TEACHER TO TEACHER AND COLLABORATION APPROACH WITH THE AIM THAT'S THESE ARE PRETTY IMPORTANT MIND SHIFT SETS THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN SUSTAIN OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. AS A BRIEF LOOK BACK AND REMINDER, THESE ARE THE THREE PILLARS OF MASTERY FOR READING THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY USED ACROSS OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND ALSO WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THE FIRST IS ACCURATE AND GRADING CALCULATIONS ARE MATHEMATICALLY SOUND AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND. THERE ARE SOME PRACTICES THAT ALIGN WITH THAT LIKE AVOIDING USING ZEROS. BIAS RESISTANT IS THE OTHER PILLAR IN THE MIDDLE. THAT IS GRADES BASED ON VALID EVIDENCE OF STUDENT CONTENT, KNOWLEDGE, AND UNDERSTANDING AND ARE NOT IMPACTED BY IMPLICIT BIASES. SOME OTHER PRACTICES RELATED TO THAT PILLAR MIGHT BE GRADES BASED OFF OF REQUIRED CONTENT. NOT BASED OFF OF EXTRA CREDIT AS WELL AS EXCLUDING THINGS LIKE PARTICIPATION AND EFFORT THAT ARE SUBJECTIVE. THE THIRD PILLAR IS MOTIVATIONAL.

PRACTICES THAT MOTIVATE STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND GIVE STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR REDEMPTION .

SOME SPECIFIC STRATEGIES FOR THIS PILLAR MIGHT BE

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ENCOURAGING A RETAKE OR A REDO. AS EARLY QUICK LOOK THROUGH AT SOME OF THE ACTIONS TAKEN THIS YEAR, EARLIER IN THE YEAR, WE UPDATED CVUSD ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION -- INCLUDING A USEFUL PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT PROVIDED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS A BROAD GENERAL DIRECTION AS TO COMMUNICATION TO TEACHERS AND THE COMMUNITY AND SPECIFICALLY NOTING THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS COMMITTED TO EXPLORATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE PRACTICES AND AT THIS TIME WE ARE ENCOURAGING INNOVATION AND FLEXIBILITY TO PURSUE THOSE THREE PARTICULAR PILLARS THAT I JUST SHARED. IN TERMS OF TRAINING AND COLLABORATION, AND AS I HAVE SAID BEFORE, WE HAVE FOUND SUCCESS AND TAKEN THE ROUTE OF TEACHER TO TEACHER WORK. AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL WE HAD SOME MIDDLE SCHOOL COLLEAGUES PROVIDE A PRESENTATION TO THEIR ELEMENTARY COUNTERPARTS IN GRADES THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE.

AFTER THAT PRESENTATION TO THE TEACHERS, DOCTOR SELLERS AND HER TEAM ADMINISTERED A STUDY TO ALL OF THE GRADES THREE, FOUR , AND FIVE TEACHERS AND BASED ON THE SURVEY FEEDBACK IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIRD GRADE TEACHERS HAD A DESIRE TO SHIFT TOWARDS STANDARDS-BASED GRADING AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE PRACTICES THAT WE DO THROUGH GRADE 2 AND THROUGH GRADES FIVE, WE WOULD KEEP LETTER GRADES LIKE WE HAVE NOW . AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, I WOULD SAY SOME OF OUR TRAINING WAS CUT OFF BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE WAS SOME STRANGE WEATHER THING THAT IMPACTED THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. GOING BACK TO NOVEMBER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR TEACHER LEADERS TO FACILITATE TRAINING AND DISCUSSION ON THE PILLARS OF BIAS RESISTANCE AND MOTIVATION. IN MARCH 2024, AS PART OF A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAY WE USED THAT TO FACILITATE A VERTICAL AND RESPECTFUL PARTICIPATION BY ARTICULATION MEETING MEANING THAT TEACHERS TALKING TOGETHER AND SHARING THEIR STRUGGLES AS WELL AS THEIR SUCCESSES WHEN IT CAME TO PRACTICES THEY HAVE TRIED. DOCTOR SOUTER LED A TEAM , A MEETING WITH TEACHERS ACROSS ALL GRADES BANDS TO GET SOME OF THEIR TEACHER FEEDBACK ON HOW THESE PRACTICES CAN BETTER ALIGN WITH OUR CURRENT GRADEBOOK SYSTEM. I KNOW THAT DOCTOR SOUTER HAS TAKEN A NUMBER OF THE IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS AND IS WORKING ON THOSE CHANGES AS WELL AS PROVIDING THE TEACHERS WITH A RANGE OF MASTERY BASED OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN --. IN ADDITION, WE DID USE THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER INFORM TEACHERS, GUARDIANS, AND STUDENTS ABOUT THESE REALLY IMPORTANT CONCEPTS. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT -- WITH TWO HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS THAT ARE LEADING THE WAY. WE HELD A REALLY FUN QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION AND ALSO GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE STUDENT DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL . SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY OUR TEACHERS . A LOT OF TIME WENT INTO EXPLAINING WHAT THESE PRACTICES ARE AND WHY THEY ARE DOING THEM. WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A QUICK TEACHER PERSPECTIVE AND THESE TWO TEACHERS COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO TEACHERS THAT SYCAMORE WHO HAVE PROVIDED TRAININGS TO THEIR COLLEAGUES AS WELL AS PRESENTATIONS TO ELEMENTARY TEACHERS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE. I TOOK JUST A COUPLE OF THE SLIDES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN USING AND I CERTAINLY WON'T DO ANY OF THEM -- EITHER OF THEM ANY JUSTICE

[03:10:04]

BUT THE SLIDE THAT WE HAVE HERE IS SORT OF -- IT DESCRIBES THEIR ADVENTURE AND THEIR JOURNEY AND WHAT IS PROBABLY ACCURATELY NOTED AS A WINDING TWISTING ROAD. IT STARTS ON THE LEFT BY, AS A STARTING PLACE, WITH WHERE SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE AT, WHICH IS, THOSE ARE THE TWO KEY QUESTIONS. HOW MANY POINTS IS THIS WORTH. WILL IT BE GRADED? AND IT MOVES TO THE RIGHT AND BOTH TEACHERS HAVE REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW DO WE BETTER MOTIVATE OUR STUDENTS NOT TO BE THINKING ABOUT THE GRADE BUT MORE ABOUT LEARNING . HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE WITH PARENTS AND USE THE GRADEBOOK TO COMMUNICATE . AND FOR THEM, WHAT TYPE OF GRADING SCALE DO THEY WANT TO USE TO -- ACADEMIC STANDARDS. IT LANDS TO THE RIGHT. TO HIGHLIGHT SOME, THEY NOTE WORKING HARDER AND NOT SMARTER, WHICH I DO OFTEN HEAR FROM SYCAMORE CANYON BUT, AS THEY HAVE MADE THESE SHIFTS THEMSELVES AS TEACHERS THEY SAY THEY ARE SPENDING LESS TIME GRADING ASSIGNMENTS AS WELL AS WORKING ON UPLOADING AND RECORDING THE GRADES AND THEY ARE SPENDING MORE TIME ON THINGS LIKE PLANNING AND GOING THROUGH DATA AND THINKING ABOUT HOW THEY CAN BETTER SUPPORT STUDENTS IN LEARNING AS OPPOSED TO BEING HELD UP BY WHAT SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE BUSY WORK. THEY NOTED THAT THEY ARE FINDING WAYS THROUGH THEIR OWN SYSTEM TO COMMUNICATE TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHEN MISSING WORK IS NOT COMPLETED.

THAT IS REALLY, THEY ARE NOTING THAT THINGS ARE NOT BEING GRADED THAT THEY ARE BEING SIGN FOR STUDENTS. SO IF STUDENTS HAVE PRACTICE OR SOMETHING THEY ARE NOT GETTING AGREED ON, THEY STILL WANT STUDENTS TO KNOW , AS WELL AS THEIR PARENTS TO NOW, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT GRADED, WE EXPECT YOU TO DO THIS. THE OTHER PIECE, AND IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, THE USE OF LEARNING TARGETS. THAT IS REALLY SPECIFIC TO THEIR JOURNEY AND THE JOURNEY FOR A LOT OF TEACHERS. IF WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING MASTERY GRADING, WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A CLEAR IDEA AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS MASTERY AND WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC CONCEPT AND STANDARDS THAT OUR STUDENTS SHOULD MASTER. WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO STUDENTS AND DEVELOP ASSESSMENTS TO MEASURE THEIR MASTERY OF THOSE PARTICULAR ASSESSMENTS AND THEN USE GRADES TO COMMUNICATE MASTERY WITHIN THOSE STANDARDS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT CONNECTS TO THE LEARNING COMMUNITIES, THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY PROVIDES US WITH THE WHY WE WOULD DEVELOP SUCH STANDARDS . SOME OF THEIR TAKEAWAYS ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS NOTED THERE. THEY ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT NOT GOING BACK TO THEIR PRIOR PRACTICES BUT REALLY, AND I EVEN SPOKE WITH THEM AT PROMOTION, THEY ARE ALWAYS THINKING, HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS BETTER? HOW CAN WE TAILOR THIS TO THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS? AND TO THE EDUCATORS? THEY SAY AT THIS POINT IT IS FAR LESS STRESS FOR THEM AND AS THEY HAVE GONE OVER THE MOUNTAIN OF PROVIDING PARENTS AND GUARDIANS WITH THE MUNICATION , THEY ARE IN A PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS IS.

ALSO IN HERE, WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, AS AN UPDATE , SOME SURVEY RESULTS FROM A SECONDARY TEACHER SURVEY THAT WE PROVIDED ONCE IN THE FALL AND THEN ABOUT A MONTH AGO IN SPRING. YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF SURVEY RESPONSES FROM BOTH.

FROM BOTH SURVEY ADMINISTRATIVE PERIODS. ABOUT 83 OR 81% OF

[03:15:02]

TEACHERS ARE REPORTING THAT THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING MASTERY BASED PRACTICES . WHEN YOU LOOK AT SPRING 2024, BECAUSE I DID READ ALL OF THE QUALITATIVE COMMENTS THAT THE TEACHERS MADE, THE NUMBER SHOULD PROBABLY BE MORE LIKE 88% BECAUSE 11 INDIVIDUALS IN SPRING INDICATED NO. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTING THESE PRACTICES PRIOR. WHICH IS POSITIVE. WE DID READ THROUGH ALL OF THE COMMENTS. TO THE NEXT QUESTION, WHICH PRACTICES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED ? ALLOWING FOR RETAKES AND REDOS SEEMS TO BE VERY COMMON AS WELL AS ACCEPTING LATE WORK WITHOUT A GRADE PENALTY AND NO EXTRA CREDIT. WE WERE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW TEACHERS FELT ANECDOTALLY THE IMPACT WAS ON THESE CHANGES ON GRADING PRACTICES AND YOU CAN NOTE THE HIGHER RATED -- THE MIDDLE RANGE. YOU CAN NOTE HERE THAT STUDENT GRADES SEEM TO BE MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTENT. AND THEN AT THE TOP, SPRING 2024, TEACHERS FELT LIKE MOTIVATION WAS GENERALLY ABOUT THE SAME AS THEY PERCEIVED IT WITH THEIR STUDENT . WITH THAT , THAT IS THE UPDATE THAT WE HAVE AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER

QUESTIONS. >> TRUSTEE KAHL.

>> I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS SO THANK YOU FOR RINGING THIS PRESENTATION. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WEIRD TO ASK BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE IT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD NOT USUALLY BE INTERESTED IN THAT , IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, OBVIOUSLY I FEEL LIKE OUR WORLD IS NOT FOCUSED ON LEARNING. IT IS MORE ABOUT THE SUCCESS . I AM JUST WONDERING, HOW WILL CVUSD KEEP IN LINE IF OTHER DISTRICTS DON'T LEARN THEIR MODEL. OBVIOUSLY, A COLLEGE IS NOT GOING TO KNOW IF A STUDENT WAS IN A MASTERY BASED CLASS VERSUS SOMEONE WHO HAD A BUNCH OF BUSY WORK AND JUST GOT THE GRADE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS BEING DISCUSSED?

>> THERE ARE MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE DOING THIS WORK AND I KNOW THAT US AND A FEW IN -- COUNTY , AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL , A LOT OF THE RESEARCH THAT WE SEE ACTUALLY STARTS -- THERE IS ACTUALLY A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT UNIVERSITIES PROVIDE TO THEIR FACULTY ON SHIFTING TOWARDS THESE PRACTICES. DOES THAT IMPACT THINGS LIKE ADMISSIONS? NO BUT IT DOES PROVIDE CONTINUITY FOR LEARNERS THAT DO GO TO COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY BUT HAVE THE SAME LEARNING VALUES THAT WE HOPEFULLY CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON IN THIS DISTRICT.

>> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER . >> I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE TEACHERS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING. WE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST WRITE A POLICY FROM UP HIGH. WE WANTED THE TEACHERS TO LEAD AND ROLL WITH IT. I DO UNDERSTAND WE ARE NOT QUITE TWO YEARS IN SO IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. BUT I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. WHAT DO THEY TEACH AT MIDDLE SCHOOL?

>> AND MR. BOWEN, SIX GRADE ENGLISH AND THEN MISS GARCIA

TEACHES ENGLISH. >> WHEN I LOOK AT THE SURVEY, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO INTERPRET THE STUDENT IMPACT SO MUCH. I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE ONLY 50% RESPONSE. IT IS HARD TO SAY THAT 88% OF TEACHERS ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE I SUSPECT THE ONES THAT DID NOT RETURN THE SURVEY PROBABLY ARE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE MADE THE CHANGES BUT THAT IS JUST AN ASSUMPTION. WE ASK

[03:20:02]

ABOUT MOTIVATIONS SO THEY ARE SAYING ROUGHLY, ONLY ABOUT HALF HAVE THE MOTIVATION. IT DO A ASSUME THE OTHER 50% ARE MORE OR LESS MOTIVATED? I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO

INTERPRET THE RESULTS . >> IT IS HARD FOR US TO DEVELOP LESSONS. WE ARE TRYING TO ASSESS SOME OF THOSE PILLARS AND THEY ARE VERY SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS. BUT, I THINK , I MEAN, IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE WITH IMPLEMENTATION, I THINK TIME AND CONTINUED WORK WITH THE PAST THAT WE ARE ON, I THINK WE WOULD ANTICIPATE HIGHER RESULTS FOR THAT . I THINK THIS IS A LOOK AND FEEL OF STUDENT MOTIVATION IN THIS

CASE. >> I'M THINKING ANECDOTAL FEEDBACK IS MORE IMPORTANT. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING. MOST TEACHERS THAT ARE DOING THIS, ARE THEY SEEING SIGNIFICANT CHANGES? IT SOUNDS LIKE HALF ARE.

>> YES. >> SO THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION

AROUND THAT. >> TRUSTEE GILL.

>> THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING AN UPDATE. I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF GREAT WORK IS HAPPENING AND THAT IS WONDERFUL. THE SLIDE FROM SYCAMORE CANYON , SOME OF THE BEHAVIORS THAT HAVE BEEN MINIMIZED ON THEIR TWISTY ROAD JOURNEY ARE NOT SO HARD TO GIVE UP AND SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT THE TEACHERS THEMSELVES ARE EXPERIENCING ARE PRETTY AWESOME . SO , STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING MAYBE SOME DIRECT BENEFITS. BUT ALSO, IF THE TEACHERS ARE FEELING MORE AUTHENTICALLY CONNECTED TO THEIR -- THAT IS GOING TO HAVE BENEFITS.

>> WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF EARLY ADOPTERS. THESE ARE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK FOR WELL BEYOND THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO YEARS. AND SO, WE ARE ALWAYS, AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, WE ARE TRYING TO EMPHASIZE THE TEACHER VALUE TO THESE PRACTICES. BECAUSE THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND THEY TAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME. AND TO NOT SHY AWAY FROM THE BENEFITS OF -- TO OUR TEACHERS, I THINK WE SHOULD NOT SHY AWAY FROM THEM.

>> I DO REMEMBER THE TWO HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS THAT CAME IN A YEAR AGO AND THEY WERE EARLY ADOPTERS. THEY WERE SO ENTHUSIASTIC AND DESCRIPTIVE ON THE BENEFITS. SO THAT WAS

REALLY GREAT TO HEAR. >> AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE REPORT. ON THIS SLIDE, IT SAYS , ON PAGE 7, DID YOU SAY 165 TEACHERS? THAT WAS ABOUT HALF OF OUR

TEACHERS? >> FOR SECONDARY.

>> RIGHT . >> MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH

SCHOOL >> SO WHEN IT SAYS 83% WE ARE TALKING 83% TURNED IN THE SURVEY OF HALF. SO WE DON'T

KNOW THE OTHER HALF? >> RIGHT .

>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT .

>> I WILL JUST ECHO THE GRATITUDE FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL AS THE COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. YOUR POINT ABOUT THE TLC AND THIS BEING A USE FOR THEM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT USE. WITH THAT , ANYTHING ELSE? WE WILL MOVE

[B. Business Services - Approval of Amendments to Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 3550 - Food Service/Child Nutrition Program]

ON TO ITEM 5 . LETTER -- LETTER BE . BUSINESS SERVICES,

[03:25:03]

APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO BOARD POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION 3550, FOOD SERVICE / CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM.

>> THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF THE LAW THAT PROVIDES THREE MEALS FOR STUDENTS. THIS IS FOR THE CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM. THE THIRD ONE IS JUST ABOUT FREE AND REDUCED MEALS IN GENERAL.

IT SAYS EVERY STUDENT IS ENTITLED TO BREAKFAST , LUNCH, AND A SNACK EVERY DAY AND STUDENTS NEED TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO EAT LUNCH AND IT REQUIRES THAT IF THE STUDENT WANTS ANOTHER LUNCH WE ARE REQUIRED TO SELL THEM ANOTHER LUNCH IF THEY WANT SOMETHING ELSE. SO , THE CHANGES IN THAT

LAW MIRROR ONE ANOTHER . >> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

>> THE FIRST ONE IS THIS ONE. 3550 . THE NEXT ONE , 3551 .

[C. Business Services - Approval of Amendments to Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 3551 - Food Service Operations/Cafeteria Fund]

[D. Business Services - Approval of Amendments to Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 3553 - Free and Reduced Price Meals]

3553. MR. GORBACK. >> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT FREE AND REDUCED PRICED MEALS. ALL OF OUR KIDS GET FREE MEALS . IS THE REDUCED PRICE WHEN THEY ASK FOR A SECOND ONE?

>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. >> I WOULD THINK , YES. WE DO MAKE PARENTS FILL OUT THE FREE AND REDUCED FORM. EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT BEARING ON FREE OR REDUCED BECAUSE EVERYBODY GETS IT BUT IF YOU WERE GOING TO PURCHASE, I WOULD SAY, IT MOST LIKELY APPLIES TO -- ACTUALLY, NO. YOU WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE MEAL PRICE IF YOU WANT TO PURCHASE. I GUESS, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE REDUCED PRICE.

>> IT IS STILL THE DESIGNATION RIGHT NOW , EVEN WHEN WE DO OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT REPORTING. IT IS FREE REDUCED ELIGIBLE SO THAT DATA IS IMPORTANT TO COLLECT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT DRIVES OUR SUPPLEMENTAL DOLLARS AND CONCENTRATION DOLLARS. IT IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH SO THAT IS WHY THE DESIGNATION IS STILL IN PORT .

THE STATE HAS NOT CHANGED HOW THEY ARE DESIGNATING THAT AND

[E. Comments - Board of Education]

ON WHAT THE SUPPLEMENTAL CONCENTRATION DOLLARS ARE.

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE HAVE ARRIVED AT

5.E.. COMMENTS. >> I HOPE ALL OF THE STUDENTS HAVE A RELAXING SUMMER. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE HAPPY PRIDE AND HAPPY JUNETEENTH. I HOPE THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY CELEBRATE AND TAKE INTEREST IN ALL OF THE HISTORY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THIS IS MY LAST BOARD REPORT SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT MADE THIS TERM INCREDIBLE . I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO ADVOCATE AND BE A PART OF THIS TEAM THAT CARES FOR ITS STUDENTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT ALL OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT NEXT YEAR'S STUDENT BOARD TRUSTEE WILL PROVIDE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME REPRESENT THE STUDENTS OF THE DISTRICT . THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO LEARN AND THANK YOU TO THE BOARD MEMBERS , THE SUPERINTENDENT , THE ADMINISTRATORS, AND THE

[03:30:01]

PERSONNEL WHO SUPPORTED ME AND WHO WERE ALWAYS A FAMILY -- FRIENDLY FACE. I AM EXCITED TO TAKE MY NEXT STOP TO COLLEGE.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR THIS TURN. THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL YEAR AND HAVE A WONDERFUL REST OF THE SUMMER.

>> THANK YOU. TRUSTEE GORBACK.

>> HAPPY PRIDE NIGHT. I AM PROUD OF OUR DISTRICT. I AM PROUD THAT WE TAKE JUNETEENTH INTO CONSIDERATION. I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE STUDENTS AND THE HELPERS THAT WE HONORED EARLIER THIS EVENING. AND ALL OF THE DISTRICT PERSONNEL THAT WE HONORED. AND, TO EVERYBODY, IT HAS BEEN A GREAT YEAR. HAVE A GREAT SUMMER AND WE WILL SEE

YOU IN AUGUST. >> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE LEARNING JOURNEY THAT WE WENT TO ON TOGETHER AND JUST PAUSING THE ACADEMIC YEAR. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT WHO MADE THE CELEBRATIONS LAST WEEK COME OFF FLAWLESSLY . IT WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND I WISH I COULD HAVE DONE AT EVERY SCHOOL . 14 PROMOTION CULMINATION GRADUATION CEREMONIES AND EVERY ONE OF THEM WAS BEAUTIFUL. I LOOKED INTO SO MANY SMILING EYES AND SHOOK SO MANY HANDS AND I AM STILL WALKING A COUPLE OF FEET OFF THE GROUND AFTER THAT EXPERIENCE. HAPPY PRIDE. I AM ALSO HAPPY THAT WE RECOGNIZED JUNETEENTH YESTERDAY . AND ENJOY A BIT OF REST AND RELAXATION. PLEASE KEEP SAFE AND WE WILL SEE YOU ALL BACK IN

A FEW WEEKS. >> THANK YOU . TRUSTEE

SYLVESTER. >> I CANNOT BELIEVE IT IS THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR . IT FELT ALONG RAY COMING WHEN WE FIRST STARTED AND THEN JUST LIKE THAT, IT'S OVER. I WANT TO ECHO WHAT TRUSTEE GILL SAID ABOUT LAST WEEK . ALL OF THE SERVICES WERE AMAZING AND WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE THANKED AND APPRECIATED AND IT JUST TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PLANNING AND I AM FORTUNATE THAT I JUST GET TO SHOW UP AND I GET A FRONT ROW SEAT TO IT. I HEARD SO MANY AMAZING AND HEARTWARMING SPEECHES FROM PRINCIPALS AND STUDENTS. THERE WERE SOME GREAT MUSICAL PERFORMANCES. THE AMOUNT OF TALENT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT IS SO AMAZING TO SEE. PEOPLE COMMENTED THAT THEY WATCHED THE LIVESTREAM SO A BIG SHOUT OUT TO RICHARD LAKE FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN. HE SET UP EVERY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND I GOT LOTS OF REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK ON THAT SO THANK YOU. A VERY QUICK SHOUT OUT TO ONE OF THEIR ACTIVITY, WHICH I THINK ALL OF US ATTENDED. THE ETHNIC STUDIES TEACHERS CAN GIVE A PRESENTATION AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING. THEY INVITED US TO THE END OF YEAR CELEBRATION AND, IT WAS AMAZING. WE GOT TO SEE STUDENT PROJECTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED. THERE WAS AN ARRAY OF FOOD AND WE GOT TO HEAR THE DRUMMERS , THE JAPANESE DRUMMING GROUP THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. STUDENTS WERE ENCOURAGED TO EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS AND COME TALK TO TRUSTEES AND ASK US LOTS OF GOOD QUESTIONS. IT WAS JUST GREAT TO SEE STUDENTS TAKING AN INTEREST IN OUR DISTRICT. TO EVERYONE, HAVE A GREAT SUMMER BECAUSE IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE WE WILL BE BACK HERE. I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR BRINGS.

>> THANK YOU TRUSTEE SYLVESTER. FIRST OF ALL , I WANT TO START OFF WITH GRATITUDE . WE ARE CELEBRATING SUCH A DIVERSE

[03:35:01]

ARRAY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS. IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO START AND AND THE YEAR. IT HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND THESE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. EARLIER IN OUR CONVERSATION I WAS STRUCK FROM THAT CONVERSATION, I DON'T KNOW.

THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR. THE PEOPLE HERE, AND ACROSS THE DISTRICT , AT EVERY LEVEL IN EVERY POSITION ARE ALL TIRED AND LIKE THE ENERGIZER BUNNY THEY KEEP TAKING AT A HIGH LEVEL. I'M GLAD THAT PEOPLE COULD NOW TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A BREAK. AND TRUSTEE SYLVESTER, LIKE THE TRUSTEE I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STUDENTS, STAFF , EVERY SINGLE PERSON. I HAVE -- EVERYTHING AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MISS MEHLMAN WHO IS JUST A ROCK AND REALLY KEEPS THE DISTRICT GOING. LAST YEAR I TOOK THE TIME TO THANK SOME SPECIAL PEOPLE . I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION BRETT . BECAUSE, I FEEL HIS PRESENCE EVERY DAY AND I MISS THEM AND I THINK THAT GOES FOR THIS ENTIRE SYSTEM AND DISTRICT. MY -- I WILL END WITH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE STILL EXCITED ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THERE IS A TRAFFIC COMMISSION MEETING NEXT WEEK AND THEY WILL BE DISCUSSING THE CROSSING GUARDS SO FOR THOSE OF YOU , FOR WHOM CROSSING GUARDS ARE IMPORTANT, PLEASE GO VISIT THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION. AFTER THAT, YOUR CITY COUNCIL . WITH THAT , HAVE A FANTASTIC SUMMER

[F. Comments - Superintendent]

AND WE ARE OUT UNTIL AUGUST. >> OH, SORRY, WE ARE NOT OUT !

>> MINE WILL BE QUICK. AS WE GET THROUGH TONIGHT'S BOARD MEETING, THIS IS KIND OF THE ENDING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THERE ARE ADMINISTRATORS THAT ARE WINDING DOWN STARTING TOMORROW AND NEXT WEEK. I JUST HOPE EVERYONE GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME REST AND A COUPLE OF DEEP BREATHS , TRAVEL, HANG OUT WITH FAMILY, OR DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO TO NOT THINK ABOUT CVUSD. FOR ME, TO NOT THINK ABOUT CVUSD IS TOUGH BECAUSE TOMORROW STARTS YEAR EIGHT AS SUPERINTENDENT IN THIS DISTRICT. IT HAS GONE BY QUICK AND I AM HONORED TO BE IN THIS POSITION. I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS.

>> I ALSO SHORTCHANGED YOU ALL . I THINK I NEED TO TAKE YOUR

[A. Future Board Topics / Activities]

PHONE SO YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT CVUSD. WE DO HAVE ONE MORE THING. WOULD ANY BOARD MEMBERS LIKE TO ADD FUTURE BOARD TOPICS

[B. Adjournment]

TO

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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