[A. Call the Meeting to Order]
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>>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. THE CONEJO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 18TH, WILL PLEASE COME TO ORDER. PURSUANT TO THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT, THIS IS A MEETING OF THE PUBLIC, AND ONLY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WILL BE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING. PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[C. Announcements from Closed Session and Open Session Procedures]
>> THE BOARD IS ADJOURNING FROM CLOSED SESSION, WHERE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS PERMITTED BY LAW WERE CONSIDERED. ITEM 1B, CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, PURSUANT TO CODE 54956.9D1 CASE NON-ED ON 54B-24/25.
TRUSTEE GILMAN MADE THE CASE AND SECONDED BY TRUSTEE POWELL.
THE MOTION CARRIED, 5-0. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THIS MEETING AND MAKE THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE BOARD VALUES YOUR INPUT ON THE IMPORTANT MATTERS THAT WE FACE.
THEREFORE, THE DISTRICT IS PROVIDING MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
PUBLIC VIEWING IS AVAILABLE, VIA REGULAR BROADCAST ON TELEVISION AND THROUGH THE INTERNET, LIVES STREAM ON CVUSD WEBSITE. OR WRITTEN COMMENTS CAN BE MADE ON THE MAIN BOARD AGENDA. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAD THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS. BOARD MEMBERS WERE PROVIDED WITH THESE COMMENTS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. PERSONS WISHING TO APPEAR IN PERSON SHOULD FILL OUT THE BLUE CARD AND HAND IT TO THE DESK.
PLEASE TURN IN YOUR CARD PRIOR TO THAT AGENDA ITEM'S SECTION IN THE AGENDA. IF THE SCOL DISTRICT ITEM IS NOT ON THE ITEM. PLEASE TURN THAT IN BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION OF THE AGENDA. IF YOU INTEND TO DONATE TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER, PLEASE HAND BOTH SPEAKER CARDS IN AT THE SAME TIME TO MRS. FELLMAN. IF YOU WISH TO SUBMIT YOUR TURNS BUT NOT SPEAK AT THE FODE PODIUM, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW CARD IT PROVIDE IT TO MRS. FELLMAN AT HER DESK.
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE RECORDING OF THIS IS BEING MADE AND BROADCAST FOR OUR LIVESTREAM AUDIENCE. AND THE RECORDING AND BROADCAST MAY BROADCAST IMAGES AND SOUNDS OF THOSE ATTENDING THE MEETING. SMOKING IS NOT PERMITTED IN THIS BUILDING OR ANYWHERE ON THIS PROPERTY. COPIES OF THE AGENDA CONGRESS FOUND ON THE BOARD TABLE AND LOBBY. AND
[D. Approval of the Agenda]
PLEASE, SILENCE ALL CELL PHONES. WE ARE NOW AT ITEM 2D, APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> PRESIDENT GOLDBERG. >> TRUSTEE POWELL.
>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA AS SUBMITTED WITH ITEM
BEING PULLED FROM THE AGENDA. >> DO I HAVE A SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. TRUSTEE LIGHT?
>> YES. >> I AM A YES VOTE MOTION
[E. Report from Parent Organization - Conejo Schools Foundation (CSF)]
CARRIES, 5-0, WITH A PREFERENTIAL VOTE FROM TRUSTEE LIGHT. WE ARE NOW TO ITEM 2E.CONEJO SCHOOLS FOUNDATION. THE REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED TO US BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LANA CLARK.
>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GOLDBERG, ESTEEMED TRFTEES.
MY NAME IS LANA CLARK. IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE BACK THIS EVENING FOR THOSE LISTENING AT HOME OR WHO DO NOT KNOW.
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. AND OUR MISSION IS TO SUPPORT STUDENT
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SUCCESS BY PROVIDING LOCAL SUPPORT FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS.THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF OUR LOCAL SUPPORTERS. WE ARE ONCE AGAIN, EXCITED TO OFFER TEACHER #KR 123 GRANTS THIS FALL.
ANY MAY APPLY FIA GRANT UP TO A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
FOLLOWING A BAN, WE LOOK FORWARD TO FULFILLING EVEN MORE REQUESTS THIS YEAR. THE APPLICATION WINDOW IS CURRENTLY OPEN. AND TEACHERS INTERESTED IN APPLYING REQUEST DO SO.
THIS YEAR, WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE COVERING THE COSTS OF SCRIPTS SPELLING BEE ORGANIZATION.
SCHOOL LEADERS CAN REACH OUR PROGRAM COORDINATOR AT LAURA@CONEJOSCHOOLS.ORG FOR INFORMATION. WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A WORD OF THANKS TO CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY FOR THEIR FOR A CAUSE. AND WELDORAN GOODMAN FOR FALL. SHE HAS A PASSION FOR STUDENT SERVICES. AND WILL BE ASSISTING
AT THE CONEJO CLOSET. >> THIS YEAR, WE SAID FAREWELL TO ANDREA LAMBERT, WHO SERVED AS OFFICE MANAGER FOR CSF FOR MANY YEARS. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR HER MANY SERVICES. SUMMER 2025 WILL MARK THE 15TH YEAR OF OUR PROGRAM. AND GET AHEAD FOR THE NEXT PSYCHOLOGY YEAR. WE HAVE BEGUN TO LAUNCH IN JULY. AND LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING WITH YOU ABOUT THAT, AS IT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP. THIS YEAR, CSF WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE CONEJO CLOSET. BREAKTHROUGH PROGRAM.
PARENT OUTREACH PROGRAM. MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES.
EARLY BACK PROGRAM. WE THE PEOPLE. TEACHER OF THE MONTH AWARDS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND MORE.
THANKS TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR FIRST EVER PLAY IT FORWARD INSTRUMENT DRIVE LAST SPRING. HELPING TO REMOVE A BARRIER FOR MANY ENROLLED IN THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM CONDUCTED BY #KR #R 3. WE LOOK FORWARD TO PRODUCE THE DISTRICT THIS SPRING. WHERE THESE STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM ON THE BIGGEST STAGE IN TOWN.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CSF BOARD WAS VERY EXCITED TO RECEIVE THE PROPOSAL FOR RIDE WITH THE L.A. RAMS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL ON THIS PROJECT, PENDING BOARD
APPROVAL. >>> LAST BUT NOT LEAST. THE FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER WILL BE A VERY BUSY ONE FOR US I AM EXCITED TO INVITE YOU ALL TO THE. SOIREE.
THE EVENT INCLUDES DINNER, '70S, LIBATIONS, AND OF COURSE, DANCING. WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING DIRECTOR AND ALL DISTRICT MUSIC PRODUCER. AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH AND SERVICES TEAM, REPRESENTED BY YOUR VERY OWN DR. EGANS. THE NEXT DAY, WE'LL BE HEADING OVER TO THE KARAOKE CLUB.
PERFORMING WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS OF HER TEAM. LAST YEAR, MR. DENNIS CARTER, FROM ACACIA, WALKED AWAY WITH A CROWD FAVORITE AWARD. AND WE ARE HOPING TO GO FOR BACK-TO-BACK WINS. YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, CONEJO SCHOOLS.ORG. THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO GIVE TO THE FOUNDATION AND AS ALWAYS, WE ARE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU FOR SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE REPORT. AND REALLY, ALL THAT YOU DO TO HELP OUR STUDENTS. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, AND WE
[F. Comments - Public]
ARE GRATEFUL. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW AT ITEM 2F. PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE CVUSD BOARD OF EDUCATION WANTS TO HEAR FROM STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND EMPLOYEES AND OUR COMMUNITY. ALL INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54954.3. COMMENTS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA MUST BE MADE WHEN THAT AGENDA ITEM IS CALLED. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, NOW IS THE TIME TO PROVIDE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO AND WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE HAND IN YOUR BLUE CARD TO MRS. FELLMAN.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY MATERIALS TO HAND TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE PROVIDE THOSE MATERIALS TO MRS. FELLMAN FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE BOARD. PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT, THE
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BOARD CANNOT UNDER TAKE ANY ACTION ON ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S POSTED AGENDA. HOWEVER, MEMBERS OF THE STAFF MAY BRIEFLY REPLY TO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS POSED BY THE PUBLIC. USUALLY, WE WILL 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 ATTENDING OR WATCHING THE BROADCAST. IN ADDITION, THE BOARD ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN STUDENT AFFAIRS. THEREFORE, WE HOPE STUDENTS ARE WATCHING TONIGHT'S MEETING OR IN TONIGHT'S AUDIENCE. PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THAT AND PLEASE OFFER THEM IN A MINDFUL AND RESPECTFUL MANNER. IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS, THE GOVERNING BOARD RESPECTS THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF STUDENTS AND BOARD MEMBERS DURING OUR MEETING. THIS INCLUDES THE RIGHTS FOR IDENTITIES OF STUDENTS TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL. WE ALSO ASK THAT STUDENTS BE SENSITIVE TO LEGAL RIGHTS TO PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY. AS A REMINDER, THOSE REQUESTING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME WILL SPEAK TO ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE BOARD AGENDA. PLEASE NOTE THAT SPEAKER CARDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED, ONCE THE BOARD STARTS THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AGENDA ITEM, WITH THE VERY FIRST SPEAKER.
>> WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKERS. FIRST IS SANDY ISRAEL, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTY WARNER, AND VICTORIA GRAIGHTER.
IF I MISPRONOUNCED ANYBODY'S NAME. I'M SORRY.
FIRST UP, SANDY, YOU NEED TO GO UP TO THE PODIUM AND DONATE YOUR TIME TO CHRISTY.
>> I'M DONATING MY TIME TO CHRISTY WARNER.
>> THANK YOU. CHRISTY, YOUR TURN.
>> YOU WILL HAVE SIX MINUTES AND THE CLOCK IS ADJUSTED.
>> GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT GOLDBERG. MY NAME IS GRAYSON LUGET AND I COME FROM LOS CERRITOS BUILDERS CLUB. THIS IS MRS. WARNER. SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE THOUSAND OAKS KIWANIS CLUB.
ADVISER TO WESTGATE KEY CLUB AND NEWBERRY PARK KEY CLUB. AND THE K SERVICE. SHE IS ALSO THE EVENT LEAD AND VOLUNTEER FOR RELAY FOR LIFE. WE ARE VOLUNTEERS, TOO WITH THE K KID PROGRAM. WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS SHARING IN OUR 2024 CONEJO VALLEY RELAY FOR LIFE. THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOPE.
>> NEXT UP CHARLOTTE? >> HELLO. MY NAME IS CHARLOTTE.
AND THIS -- AND THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY RELAY FOR LIFE EVENT GIVES EVERYONE ACROSS THE WORLD TO CELEBRATE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BATTLED CANCER, REMEMBERED, LOVED ONES LOST, AND FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE DISEASE.
THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY IS THE LARGEST PRIVATE SOURCE OF CANCER RESEARCH FUNDING IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE FUNDS RAISED THROUGH RELAY FOR LIFE WILL HELP FIND BETTER TREATMENTS AND LEAD SCIENTISTS CLOSER TO A CURE, AS WELL AS PROVIDE MANY EARLY DETECTION, AND SERVICES RECOMMENDED.
YOU . >> THIS STARTS LOCALLY AND KNOW SPAS THE GLOBE WITH EVENTS IN OVER 32 COUNTRIES. IT'S THE CHANCE TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN JUST YOURSELF BY CELEBRATING CANCER SURVIVORS AND REMEMBERING LOVED ONES LOST TO CANCER. FUNDS MAY HELP IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH CANCER AND IT IS ONLY THROUGH ] RESEARCH, EDUCATION ]
>> ALL RIGHT. HELLO. STAND UP.
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>> HELLO. MY NAME IS SHAYNA. PLEASE JOIN US OCTOBER 5, 2024, 8:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M., AT CL U MEMORIAL STADIUM.
PLEASE JOIN OUR TEAM, KIWANIS CARES TO START YOUR OWN.
WE'VE RAISED $3,341. BRING YOUR FAMILY AND THOSE WHO SURVIVED TO SUPPORT AND HONOR. HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THE FIGHT OR ARE STILL FIGHTING. KIWANIS CLUB OF THOUSAND OAKS WILL BE COOKING UP A PANCAKE AND SAUSAGE BREAKFAST, STARTING AT 8:00, FOR ALL REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS. GO TO OUR WEBSITE, RELAY FOR LIFE.ORG. CONEJO VALLEY PA TO REGISTER.
WE WILL HAVE OPENING CEREMONIES AT 9:45 A.M., WITH CITY OFFICIALS SHARING A FEW WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
>> AND YOU'RE BACK UP. WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
>> WE HAVE AN ININAUGURAL STARTS AT 8:05 A.M.
AS RELAYERS WALK AROUND THE TRACK, TEAMS WILL HAVE SILENT AUCTION ITEMS, LIKE A BEAUTIFUL QUILT, HAIR CUTS FROM PACIFIC BREEZE, AND A GIFT CARD FROM KIRK'S JEWELERS. WE HAVE A VENDER NOW THIS YEAR, TOO.
>> SHAYNA? COME ON OVER. QUICKLY. OUR CLOCK IS TICKING.
>> SURVIVORS WILL THEN TAKE THE OPENING LAP WITH THE COMMUNITY CHEERING THEM ON.
>> AND I GUESS IT'S MY TURN NOW, TOO, GUYS. SURVIVORS ARE THEN SERVED A SPECIAL DINNER AT 6:00 P.M., DONATED BY A LOCAL RESTAURANT. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE FOOD FOR PURCHASE. THE TEAMS TAKE TO THE TRACK AND WALK UNTIL OUR LUMINARIA STARTS AT 7:00 P.M. AND CHARLOTTE, YOU WANT TO FINISH THIS OFF? COME HERE. QUICK. HERE WE GO. THIS.
>> THIS IS WHERE WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE LOST TO CANCER, AS WELL AS CELEBRATE THOSE THAT HAVE SURVIVED.
WE WILL HAVE A SPEAKER THEN WALK IN TRACK IN SILENCE.
THE EVENT ENDS WITH CLOSING CEREMONIES AND TEAM AWARDS.
>> HELLO, EVERYBODY. COME OVER HERE. HERE WE GO. ONE, TWO, THREE. JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE SURVIVORS, RAISE FUNDS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. CVUSD, WE RE-LAY NEED YOU.
>> THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH. AND UNDER TIME. WELL DONE.
>> RIGHT IN TIME. SO WE HAVE A BUNCH OF FLYERS
AND GIFTS FOR YOU GUYS. >> HAND THOSE TO MRS. FELLMAN, PLEASE. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. IT WAS GREAT.
GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS VICTORIA GRAITHER, AND I'M THE MOTHER OF A SECOND AND FIFTH GRADER IN OUR DISTRICT. I'M HERE TO ASK THE DISTRICT TO BAN SMART PHONES, YOUTUBE AND VIDEO GAMES FROM SCHOOL CAMPUSES. I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD THIS ALL BEFORE. BUT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE HOW THE PARENTS ARE FEELING. OUR ELEMENTARY KIDS ARE WATCHING YOUTUBE SHORTS, SENDING E-MAILS AND PLAYING GAMES DURING CLASS. COVID SEEMED TO BE A CATALYST FOR USING COMPUTERS REGULARLY FOR CLASSWORK, HOMEWORK AND TESTS, AND IT WAS NEEDED DURING THAT TIME, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO PAUSE AND REEVALUATE THE IMPACT CONSTANT SCREEN USE IS HAVING ON OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. I WAS AT A SCHOOL SITE MEETING WHERE WE WERE DISCUSSING SOME OF THESE ISSUES. THE TEACHERS PRESENT DESCRIBED THE MONITORING SOFTWARE THEY USED TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS AREN'T GOOFING OFF ON COMPUTERS DURING CLASSTIME. IN THEORY, THIS SOFTWARE SOUNDS GREAT. BUT IN REALITY, IT'S JUST NOT FOOLPROOF. MY FIFTH GRADER WAS IN THE ROOM DURING THIS DISCUSSION. AND AFTERWARDS, I ASKED HIM WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT IT. AND HE SCOFFED AND SAID, IT ONLY WORKS WHEN THE TEACHER IS ACTIVELY LOOKING AT THE DASHBOARD. WHICH IS HARD TO DO WHEN TEACHING A CLASS. WHAT A BURDEN ON OUR TEACHERS TO HAVE ONE MORE THING TO DO. HE SAID THAT KIDS RUSH THROUGH ONLINE TESTS OR ASSIGNMENTS AND THEN WATCH YOUTUBE SHORTS BEFORE THE TEACHER NOTICES. AND REMEMBER, THIS IS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STILL. IT'S NOT EVEN HIGH SCHOOL. WHY CAN'T WE JUST ELIMINATE THIS DISTRACTION BY GETTING RID OF YOUTUBE AND BLOCKING GAMING SITES? THIS
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NEEDS TO BE DONE AT A DISTRICT LEVEL NOT INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL. I AM ASKING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAKE THREE SIMPLE CHANGES.NUMBER 1, BAN SMART PHONES FOR ALL AGE LEVELS. NUMBER 2, REMOVE YOUTUBE FROM KIDS' COMPUTERS. TEACHERS CAN STILL USE IT TO SHOW THE CLASS EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS. AND NUMBER 3, NO VIDEO GAME SITES ACCESSIBLE ON CAMPUS. THERE ARE PLENTY THEY CAN USE IF THEY HAVE FREE TIME. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER CHANGES TO TECHNOLOGY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR, TOO. BUT I'M TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE ONES THAT WILL MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT AND ARE THE EASIEST TO IMPLEMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE A SETTING THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING AND CREATING STRONG, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. AND BEFORE WE DO GO. MY FIFTH GRADER WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A TEST ON PAPER BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO CHECK HIS WORK AND FIND MISTAKES. HE ALSO FINDS IT EASIER TO READ IT AND FOCUS ON IT THOROUGHLY, INSTEAD OF WHERE INTERESTING WEBSITES ARE JUST A CLICK AWAY. WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT A TEACHER THIS YEAR SEEMS TO EMBRACE THAT APPROACH AND IS USING MORE PAPER. AND WE HOPE THAT IT CAN
CONTINUE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[A. Student Services - Adoption of Annual Resolution #24/25-10 in Support of LGBTQ+ History Month]
>> WE ARE NOW AT ITEM, SECTION 3, ACTION ITEMS, ITEM 3A.
STUDENT SERVICES. ADOPTION OF ANNUAL RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF LGBTQ+ HISTORY MONTH. DO I HAVE A MOTION?
>> PRESIDENT GOLDBERG. >> MR. GORBACK.
>> I PROVE THAT WE MOVE ANNUAL RESOLUTION 24/25-10 LRNLG
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. THERE THEIR ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. PLEASE VOTE. TRUSTEE LIGHT?
>> YES. TRUSTEE POWELL. >> YES.
>> TRUSTEE GILL. >> I AM A YES VOTE.
[B. Human Resources - Adoption of Annual Resolution #24/25-09 in Support of "Week of the School Administrator" - October 13-19, 2024]
MOTION CARRIES, 5-0. WITH A PREFERENTIAL VOTE FROM TRUSTEELIGHT. >>> HUMAN RESOURCES. ADOPTION OF ANNUAL RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE WEEK OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR, OCTOBER 13 THROUGH 19, 2024. DO I HAVE A
MOTION? >> PRESIDENT GOLDBERG.
>> TRFORT LIGHT. >> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24/25-09 IN SUPPORT OF "WEEK OF THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR" OCTOBER 13 THROUGH 19, 2024.
>> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? OKAY.
SEEING NONE. PLEASE VOTE. TRUSTEE LIGHT.
>> YES. >> I AM A YES VOTE. MOTION CARRIES, 5-0, WITH A PREFERENTIAL VOTE FROM TRUSTEE
[C. Instructional Services - Public Hearing: Independent Study]
LIGHT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING OCTOBER 13 THROUGHINSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES. PUBLIC HEARING FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY.
GAVEL TIME. WE WILL NOW CONVENE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY RESEARCHING KRRGSES OF THE SCOPE OF USE OF INDEPENDENT STUDY AS A STRATEGY.
AND FACTORS BEARING SIGNIFICANTLY ON MAXIMUM, REALISTIC LENGTH OF ASSIGNMENTS AND ACCEPTABLE NUMBER OF MISSING ASSIGNMENTS FOR SPECIFIC POPULATIONS OF STUDENTS OR ADULT EDUCATION STUDENTS.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.
SEEING AS THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE HEARING AT 6:24. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS?
[D. Instructional Services - Adoption of Annual Resolution #24/25-08 - Pupil Textbook and Instructional Materials]
OKAY. SEEING NONE.WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM 3D. INSTRUCTIONAL ADOPTION OF ANNUAL RESOLUTION, PUPIL TEXTBOOK AND INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> PRESIDENT GOLDBERG.
>> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER. >> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT PUPIL T BOOK AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.
>> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS?
IS YOUR LIGHT ON BECAUSE -- >> I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO MISS
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YOU. OVERZEALOUS. I'M SORRY. >> I'M SURE THAT'S TRUE.
SEEING AS THERE ARE NO COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION, MEAS COMMENT,
>> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER. >> I AM SAY YES VOTE.
[E. Instructional Services - District Advisory Committee/Council Handbook]
5-0, PREFERENTIAL VOTE WITH TRUSTEE LIGHT.>>> DISTRICT ADVISORY HANDBOOK. DAC HANDBOOK.
>> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
HAND BOOK. >> IS THERE A SECOND.
>> SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? WE HAD A LOT LAST TIME. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO
ADD? >> I JUST WANT TO THANK WHOEVER MADE THE CHANGES. BECAUSE I THINK THE CHANGES REFLECTED OUR DISCUSSION. SO THANK YOU. MR. LU.
>> THANK YOU. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. I WILL ECHO THE THANKS. THEY CAPTURED THE DISCUSSIONS BEAUTIFULLY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. PLEASE VOTE.
>> I AM A YES VOTE. 5-0, WITH A PREFERENTIAL VOTE.
[F. Human Resources - Ratification of Changes to Future School Year Calendars: 2025-2026; 2026-2027]
>>> 25-26. DO I HAVE A MOTION. PRESIDENT
GOLDBERG? >> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER.
>> I MOVE THAT WE RATIFY TO FUTURE SCHOOL YEARS 2025/2026
>> I WILL HAVE MS. ASHMAR GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE TO WHAT THE ADJUSTMENTS ARE ON THOSE TWO CALENDARS.
>> THERE ARE TWO CHANGES. ONE TO '25-'26 AND ONE TO '26-'27. THAT COME IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR DIALOGUE OF ASSOCIATION OF CONEJO TEACHERS. AND THE CHANGES ARE, THE SECONDARY PREP DAY, PREVIOUSLY SET FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 5TH, HAS BEEN MOVED TO FRIDAY JANUARY 9TH. AND THEN 26-27. SECONDARY PREP DAY, JANUARY 4TH TO FRIDAY JANUARY 8TH. AND THE REASON FOR THIS IS, WITH SEMESTER 1 ENDING PRIOR TO WINTER BREAK, HAVING THAT SECONDARY PREP DAY ON THE MONDAY MEANS THAT GRADING OF THE END OF SEMESTER WORK, AS WELL AS THOSE ASSESSMENTS IS BEING DONE ON THAT MONDAY.
SO THERE'S LITTLE TO NO OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO MAKE UP THOSE ASSESSMENTS AND/OR TURN IN MAKEUP WORK.
PRIOR TO THE TEACHER PREP DAY.
>> SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD ADJUSTMENT. IT'S A WIN-WIN.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE
>> I AM A YES VOTE MOTION CARRIES, 5-0, WITH A
[R. Instructional Services - Approval of New MOU with California State University Channel Islands]
PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE FROM TRUSTEE LIGHT. WE ARE NOW AT THE CONSENT AGENDA. AND WE HAVE ITEM R PULLED FROM THAT AGENDA. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR 4R PLEASE?>> PRESIDENT GOLDBERG. >> TRUSTEE LIGHT?
>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE NEW MOU WITH COME STATE
UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS. >> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS?
>> I HAD REQUESTED THAT WE PULL IT JUST BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT IN OUR PUBLIC MEETING. BECAUSE I THINK IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
>> YES. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY IN THE PRESENTED MOU WITH CAL STATE, UNIVERSITY OF CHANNEL ISLANDS. THE MOU. I REALLY JUST PROVIDE LIKE A PARTNERSHIP FOR CSUCI TO PROVIDE GUARANTEED ADMISSIONS TO RCU STUDENTS THAT MEET THE ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS FOR THE UNIVERSITY. THIS IS AN MOU THAT CSU, USI HAS TAKEN.
ORGANIZATION THEY'VE PRESENT IT TO ALL IN VENTURA COUNTY. WE DID, HOWEVER, TAKE TIME TO MEET WITH THEM AND TALK ABOUT ADDING SPECIFIC DETAIL TOLS THE MOU THAT WE THOUGHT WERE FAVORABLE
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TO OUR STUDENTS. THOSE ARE NOTE THE IN RED. BUT SOME OF THAT, WE SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO OUTLINE SOME RESPONSIBILITIES LIKE THE CSU, UCI, ADMISSION COUNCIL, WOULD BE DEDICATED TO PRIDING TO OUR STUDENTS. SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE'D LIKE FOR THEM TO DO ON AN ANNUAL MISSION. REVIEWING ANNUAL TRANSCRIPTS TO SEE IF THOSE STUDENTS ARE ON TRACK TO GRADUATE. MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS. AND ELIGIBLE TO BE ADMITTED TO CSU, USI. OR IF NOT, HAVING THEM PROVIDE TO FAMILIES, REGARDING THAT TRANSCRIPT ANALYSIS. SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THIS PARTNERSHIP GOES. AND DO FEEL PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE SPENT A LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO GET IN A BETTER SPOT.>> YEAH. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, ON WHEN THIS CAME OUT IN THE SPRING. I THINK ONE OF THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS HAD REACHED OUT TO US, AND WANTED TO KNOW, BASICALLY, ARE WE LOOKING AT DOING THIS MOU? AND WHY ARE WE NOT YET SIGNED IT? AS WE ARE DOING A STORY ON LOCAL DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ALREADY SIGNED IT. FOR US, I THINK WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SOME DETAILS IN THIS MOU THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO CVUSD AND THE SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENTS, AND OUR DIFFERENT STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS. AND I THINK THAT MR. LOO TAKING THE TIME, WHICH TOOK US PROBABLY A COUPLE MORE MONTHS, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, THROUGH THE SUMMER, TO GET THAT NEGOTIATED OUT WITH -- WITH THE UNIVERSITY, I THINK, IS GOING TO BE A BENEFIT TO US. SO I APPRECIATE HIS NEGOTIATING SKILLS. AND OBVIOUSLY THE UNIVERSITY'S WILLINGNESS TO PUT IN SOME STRUCTURES THAT SUPPORT OUR CVUSD STUDENTS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. AND ACTUALLY THE WORK THAT GOES INTO IT. BECAUSE DOING IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME IS ALWAYS BENEFICIAL. ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. TRUST LIGHT.
[4. ACTION ITEMS – CONSENT]
MOTION CARRIES, 5-0, WITH A PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE FROM TRUSTEE LIGHT. NOW, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THECONSENT AGENDA. >> PRESIDENT GOLDBERG.
>> MR. GORBACK. >> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT AS
PRESENTED. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. TRUSTEE LIGHT.
>> YES. >> I AM A YES VOTE. MOTION
[A. Instructional Services - Presentation: Dual Enrollment]
CARRIES, 5-0, WITH A PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE FROM TRUSTEE LIGHT. WE ARE NOW AGENDA 5 FIRSTUP, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT DUAL ENROLLMENT.>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. TONIGHT, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PROVIDING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION A PRESENTATION ON DUAL ENROLLMENT. THIS WAS A PRESENTATION REQUESTED BY OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION IN SPRING. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE JOINED BY MISS NICOLE JUDD, OUR DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOLS.
SHE'LL BE TAKING ON THE TAIL END OF THE PRESENTATION. ALSO, COMING IN TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AT THE END OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION. WE'RE HAPPY TO WELCOME DANNY OLIVERY, PRINCIPAL OF INSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS EMILY NELSON.
I WASN'T LOOKING AROUND -- IS THAT HERE? OH, NO. THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE.
>> YEAH. SEE? >> EMILY NELSON. COUNSELOR. AS WELL AS OUR HIGH SCHOOL LEAD COUNSELOR. JUST TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL JUST TAKE THE FIRST FEW SLIDES, REALLY WANTED TO PROVIDE JUST LIKE A BROAD OVERVIEW OF DUAL ENROLLMENT FOR BOARD OF EDUCATION.
DUAL ENROLLMENT IS DEFINED IN OUR CURRENT BOARD POLICIES AND ADMINISTRATOR REGULATIONS. SOME OF THOSE REGULATIONS NOTED HERE. DUAL ENROLLMENT REFERS TO A FULL DAY HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT. CAN ALSO BE TAKEN FOR DUAL CREDIT. REFERRING TO A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, RECEIVING BOTH HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CREDIT FOR THE COMPLETION OF THAT COLLEGE COURSE WORK. AS REFERENCED IN OUR BOARD POLICY. OUR BOARD OF EDUCATION SUPPORTS OPPORTUNITIES LIKE DUAL ENROLLMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF
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ADVANCING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE COLLEGE -- I'M SORRY. DUAL ENROLLMENT, THERE IS JUST A BRIEF CONNECTION I WANTED TO MAKE TO THE COLLEGE AND CAREER INDICATOR. THE COLLEGE AND CAREER INDICATOR IS A PARTICULAR METRIC OF THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DASHBOARD. AND IT IS ONE WAY THAT THE STATE MEASURES THE PREPARATION OF OUR GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BE COLLEGE OR CAREER-READY. THERE ARE 11 DIFFERENT POSSIBLE WAYS TO BE, QUOTE, PREPARED, ACCORDING TO THE COLLEGE AND CAREER INDICATOR. AND I'M JUST CALLING OUT HERE THAT THREE OF THEM, EITHER SOLELY RELATE TO DUAL ENROLLMENT OR PARTIALLY DO. SO YOU CAN NOTE THAT ONE OF THE INDICATORS FOR COLLEGE CREDIT COURSES WOULD BE COMPLETING TWO SEMESTERS, THREE COURSES OF COLLEGE SEMESTERS, WITH A GRADE OF C MINUS ORBETTER. >> IF A STUDENT WERE TO DO THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE MET THE COLLEGE CAREER INDICATOR. THERE ARE TWO OTHERS, WHICH IS THE A THROUGH G REQUIREMENT. AS WELL AS THE COMPLETION OF A CTE PATHWAY. A LITTLE UNKNOWN FACT ABOUT THOSE TWO IS THAT NOT ONLY WOULD YOU, FOR INSTANCE, HAVE TO PASS OR MEET THE A.G. REQUIREMENTS BUT YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE TO, FOR INSTANCE, COMPLETE ONE SEMESTER, OR TWO QUARTERS OR TWO TRIMESTERS, OF COLLEGE COURSE WORK, WITH A GRADE OF C MINUS OR BETTER. SO OUR COLLEGE AND CAREER INDICATOR, DEFINITELY POINT TO AN EMPHASIS ON DUAL ENROLLMENT. AND THAT IS BECAUSE I THINK A CONVERSATION ABOUT DUAL ENROLLMENT DOES -- I WOULD SAY, NOT REQUIRE. BUT IS BENEFICIAL TO UNDERSTAND LIKE THE LARGER CONVERSATIONS. AND POLICIES AND CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE STATEWIDE LEVEL. AND SO TO TALK ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, DUAL ENROLLMENT CONTINUES, I WOULD SAY, TO BE AN ONGOING, AND ESPECIALLY IN RECENT YEARS, A PRIORITY FROM THE CALIFORNIA COLLEGES THROUGHOUT OUR STATE. THE CHANCELLOR FOR THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES PUT OUT SORT OF A VISIONARY DOCUMENT THAT THEY CALLED VISION 2030. AND IN THAT VISION DOCUMENT, THE GOAL FOR THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM IS TO HAVE ALL GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ENROLL IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER, CAREER APPRENTICESHIP PATHWAYS AND COMPLETE AT LEAST 12 UNITS OF DUAL ENROLLMENT CREDIT. THAT IS, IN MANY PARTS, LIKE THEIR ASPIRATIONAL GOAL. AND IN PARTICULAR, TO SERVE STUDENTS WHO HISTORICALLY MAY HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. IN ADDITION, THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THROUGH CALIFORNIA LAW, HAS EXPANDED DUAL ENROLLMENT, THROUGH THE COLLEGE ASK CAREER ACCESS PATHWAYS PARTNERSHIPS OR WHAT WE WILL CALL, FROM NOW ON, CCAP, WHICH IS ANOTHER ACRONYM. CCAP ALLOWS LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS TO COME IN PARTNER WITH EACH OTHER, TO REALLY STREAMLINE, DUAL ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES. AGAIN, FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY BE UNDERREPRESENTED IN HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. OR I'M SORRY, HIGHER EDUCATION. WITH THAT, TOO, COMES SOME STATE GRANT MONIES THAT DO HELP TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OR THE EXPANSION OF THESE CCAP PATHWAYS.
>> SINCE THE YEAR 2019, OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE VENTURA COUNTY COLLEGE DISTRICT, HAVE HAD AN AGREEMENT UNDER THE MOU OR WHAT WE CALL OUR TYPICAL CCAP AGREEMENT. AND SHOWING UP HERE ARE OUR FALL 2024 CCAP DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES FOR THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL, NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL AND WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. THESE ARE SPECIFIC COURSES THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH, SPECIFICALLY MOORPARK COLLEGE, IN AN EFFORT TO, AGAIN, PROVIDE ACCESS TO STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT TYPICALLY HAVE ACCESS OR GET THE ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE GOAL AND AIM OF PROVIDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.
>> SO THERE'S CCAP. AND THEN THERE'S NONCCAP.
THERE ARE LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS -- WELL, I GUESS MAYBE NOT LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS. BUT TWO DIFFERENT WAYS STUDENTS CAN GET DIFFERENT ENROLLMENT. ONE IS THROUGH CCAP. AND THE OTHER IS NON-CCAP. AND HERE WE'VE TRIED TO DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOSE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS THROUGH ITS PURPOSE, PARTNERS, FEES AND FUNDING. YOU CAN SEE THROUGH CCAP, WHICH
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WERE THE COURSES THAT I SHOWED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. THAT, AGAIN, THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO STUDENTS WHO -- TO REALLY OPEN THAT DOOR FOR COLLEGE AND HIGHER EDUCATION.THESE ARE CLOSED COURSES, MEANING IT IS JUST -- THESE ARE COURSES DESIGNED JUST FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO TAKE FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, ON NONCCAP CLASSES. THESE ARE REALLY JUST THE FULL COURSE OFFERINGS THAT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS PROVIDING AN OFFERING. AND STUDENTS OR THEIR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS. ACCESSING THOSE COURSES. INDEPENDENT OF WHAT WE HAVE ARRANGED THROUGH OUR CCAP AGREEMENT. THOSE ARE COURSES THAT ARE OPENED FOR ALL. IN TERMS OF PARTNERS, OUR CCAP COURSES COME SPECIFICALLY WITHIN OUR CCAP AGREEMENT. THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC FORMAL PARTNERS UNDER NONCCAP DUAL ENROLLMENT. IMPORTANTLY, STUDENT FEES AS PART OF OUR CCAP AGREEMENT, LIKE WE ARE REALLY WORKING TO REMOVE AND REDUCE THESE COURSES. THOSE SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR FREE. ASK WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH MOORPARK AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO MAKE SURE FEES ARE NOT AN ISSUE FOR OUR STUDENTS I AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE FOR OUR NON-CCAP CLASSES. AND THAT INCLUDES NONFUNDING AS WELL.
AND HERE IS SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT FOR OUR NONCCAP COURSES. THIS REFLECTS ANY OF OUR DUAL ENROLLMENT.
COULD INCLUDE OXNARD COLLEGE OR VENTURA COLLEGE. YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT IN THE LIGHT BLUE, ARE CCAP COURSES. DARK BLUE ARE NONCCAP. THESE ARE COURSES TAKEN.
SO NOTING IN THE DATA, WE DID NOT HAVE ANY CCAP COURSES COMPLETED BECAUSE WE HAD NOT ENTERED INTO A FORMAL CCAP AGREEMENT. YOU CAN NOTE THAT COME 1920 TO 20, THAT WAS WHEN THE CCAP INITIATED. I WOULD SAY THERE WAS A DECLINE, SPECIFICALLY BASED ON COVID. AND AS A GRADUAL INCREASE AS TIME HAS GONE ON. THAT GRADUAL INCREASE HAS ALSO, WE SEE THAT IN OUR NON-CCAP AS WELL. DEFINITELY WORTH IT TO NOTE, THAT WE HAVE MORE TAKING CCAP THAN NON-CCAP. THIS IS JUST DUAL ENROLLMENT BY SCHOOL SITES. REPRESENTING THOUSAND OAKS, WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL. THE NUMBER OF COURSES ENROLLED THAT FALL UNDER CCAP AND NON-CCAP. SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT DISTRIBUTION LOOKS LIKE ACROSS OUR SCHOOL SITES.
I DO KNOW THAT, FOR INSTANCE, MR. MERCER, FOR CONEJO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IS WORKING HARD TO INCREASE OR INITIATE DUAL ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES HERE AT THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE.
>> AND WITH THAT, NICOLE JUDD WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT MAYBE
MORE OF THE EXCITING THINGS. >> WELL, WE'LL SEE.
>> SO I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE PROMOTION OF DUAL ENROLLMENT ON OUR CAMPUSES, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE SUCCESSES AND THE CHALLENGES. BUT BEFORE I BEGIN TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES, WHO HAVE HELPED ME GATHER THIS INFORMATION. WITHOUT THEM, THE EXPERTISE ON THE CAMPUSES. I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET ALL OF THIS INFORMATION. OUR PRINCIPALS, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE THANK THEM. HIGH SCHOOL A.P.I., MRS. OLIVER WILL THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. EMILY NELSON. THANK YOU FOR SPENDING AN HOUR WITH ME TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THE INFORMATION STRAIGHT. THANK YOU, EMILY. AND OF COURSE, THANKS TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WHO PROVIDED FEEDBACK. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDED A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT DUAL ENROLLMENT. STARTING WITH THE PROMOTION OF DUAL ENROLLMENT ON OUR SCHOOL SITES THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB OF MAKING SURE THEY CAN PROMOTE DUAL ENROLLMENT. IT IS QUITE CONFUSING. AND THEY DO A LOT OF WORK TO HELP OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. THEY DO PROMOTE DUAL ENROLLMENT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. WE HAVE FUTURE NIGHTS FOR ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS AT NINTH, TENTH, AND 11TH AND 12TH GRADE. THEY ARE PARENT PRESENTATIONS
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AT NIGHT. BUT THOSE SAME PRESENTATIONS ARE ALSO GIVEN TO OUR STUDENTS DURING THE DAY. AND WHAT'S REALLY POWERFUL ABOUT THAT IS OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS ARE HEARING THE SAME INFORMATION. WE KNOW SOMETIMES, INFORMATION THAT GOES HOME TO OUR FAMILIES, FROM OUR STUDENTS, SOMETIMES CAN GET CONFUSED. SO WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT THIS IS OUR PARENTS ARE HEARING THE SAME INFORMATION AS OUR STUDENTS. THOSE FUTURE NIGHT PRESENTATIONS CAN INCLUDE INFORMATION, SPECIFICALLY TO DUAL ENROLLMENT. WHAT IS DUAL ENROLLMENT? AND HOW IS ITBENEFICIAL TO YOUR STUDENT. >> AND USE IT TO MOTE THE DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES THEY MIGHT BE DOING IN THE SPRING.
ALL OF OUR COUNSELORS MEET ONE ON ONE WITH STUDENTS PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL YEAR IN THEIR COURSE OF STUDY. SO IF ANY OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE QUESTIONS, NOW IS A OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE ONE-TO-ONE TIME WITH THEIR COUNSELOR.
TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO THEM. THIS IS A REALLY GREAT TIME FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT ONE-ON-ONE OPPORTUNITY. IF YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE WEBSITES, YOU WILL FIND ALL THREE OF COMPREHENSIVE. THEY DO A GREAT JOB, EXPLAINING WHAT DUAL ENROLLMENT IS. AS WELL AS THROUGH THE COLLEGE AND CAREER WEBSITES AS WELL. THEY DO A GREAT JOB. WHAT IS DUAL ENROLLMENT? HOW CAN I GET ONTO CLASSES? THAT WONDERFUL FLYER IS SOMETHING I STOLE FROM NEWBURY HIGH SCHOOL. I THOUGHT IT WAS SO CUTE. IT HAD THE NICE LITTLE PANTHERS LEAP INTO DUAL ENROLLMENT. I LOVED THAT. AND IT WAS OPEN TO ALL PANTHERS.
AGAIN, THE WAY THEY PROMOTE DUAL ENROLLMENT WITH S'MORES, NEWSLETTERS. IT'S FANTASTIC. PARENT WEBINARS, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH IS THAT, IT'S ONLY ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO. AND IT WILL TELL YOU HOW TO GET YOUR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN MOORPARK COLLEGE.
AND WILL EXPLAIN DUAL ENROLLMENT. SO THERE'S MANY WAYS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. AND FINALLY, OUR PRINCIPALS SEND OUT WEEKLY NEWS LETTERS. YOU CAN LINK TO THE COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER. AND WHERE YOU CAN FIND DUAL
ENROLLMENT INFORMATION. >>> OKAY. SO FOR SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES. WITH EVERY SUCCESS, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE EVERY BIT OF A CHALLENGE. THIS FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED IS FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS. WE REACHED OUT TO COUNSELORS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS. REALLY WANTED TO GRAB THAT INFORMATION. THERE WAS A LOT OF FEEDBACK.
OUR STAFF IS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN DUAL ENROLLMENT. SO THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'LL BE SHARING TONIGHT IS WHAT WAS CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL THREE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. LET'S START WITH SUCCESSES. STUDENT ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES. OUTSIDE PASSION.
DEEPER LEARNING, BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL COURSE OFFERINGS, PREMAJOR EXPLORATION AND ABLE TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THEIR MATH LEVEL. FOR EXAMPLE, WE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE STUDENTS TEACH. AND THEY WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT A.P. PSYCHOLOGY. AND THEY GO AND TAKE ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY, FORENSICS. THINGS WE CAN'T OFFER. SO THEY CAN EXPLORE THOSE PASSIONS. PERHAPS, THAT WILL GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THEIR PRE-MAJOR EXPLORATION.
SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE SO ADVANCED IN MATH, THEY'RE TAKING CALCULUS AS JUNIORS. THAT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF MATH WE HAVE. SOME OFURE STUDENTS WILL GO TO MATH. NEXT WOULD BE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE MATRICULATING OUTSIDE OF AN AP EXAM SCORE. FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS. THEY'RE VERY INTIMIDATING.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE TWO-YEAR COLLEGE-BOUND TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A TWO-YEAR CLASS THAT DOESN'T TAKE AN A.P. TEST. AND GIVE THAT COLLEGE CREDIT. AND GIVES EXPOSURE AND STUDENT TO TAKE THOSE CLASSES, WITHOUT HAVING TO PASS A TEST AND GET COLLEGE CREDIT.
LATE DECISION, A THROUGH G ELIGIBILITY OPTIONS. AND I LEARNED ABOUT THIS, THROUGH MRS. NELSON. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE MAKE MAKING A LATE DECISION ABOUT GOING TO COLLEGE. THEY START THEIR CAREER. AND THEY DECIDE BY JUNIOR YEAR, I WANT TO BE A THROUGH G ELIGIBLE. STUDENTS CAN TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, A WORLD LANGUAGE, TAKE A WHOLE YEAR. WELL, ACTUALLY, TWO YEARS OF A ROLLED LANGUAGE THROUGH A SEMESTER. AND BECOME AG-ELIGIBLE. FOR STUDENTS WHO MAKE THAT DECISION, THEY CAN
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MAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY BY TAKING DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES.COLLEGE SAVINGS, THE PARENTS REALLY WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THIS ONE. THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE PUT YOUR KIDS THROUGH COLLEGE.
STUDENTS CAN EARN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CREDITS. AND THEREFORE, PERHAPS EVEN START AS EARLY AS -- OR ALREADY AS A SOPHOMORE, BY THE TIME THEY START THEIR COLLEGE CAREER.
>> EARLY GRADUATION OPPORTUNITIES. SOME OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE -- THEY'RE READY. THEY'RE READY TO MOVE ON. THEY'RE READY MAYBE TO START WORKING. MAYBE THEY'RE READY TO JUST MOVE ON FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATE EARLY. WITH THESE. OUR STUDENTS CAN BE MIDYEAR GRADS.
>>> AND FINALLY, PROMOTE THE COLLEGE-GOING CULTURE.
CREATE AVID PATHWAYS. SO WHEN STUDENTS WHO MIGHT NOT NORMALLY BE EXPOSED TO CLASSES. THIS GIVES THEM THAT JUMP-START. AND THAT CONFIDENCE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A COLLEGE LEVEL CLASS AND DO WELL. I JUST HAD A -- WE HAD OUR WORLD LANGUAGE ARTRICKULATION. AND MS. SANDRA MARTINEZ TOLD ME SHE'S HAD STUDENTS WITH SUCCESS WITH THE COLLEGE LEVEL CCAP. AND THAT
HAS GIVEN THEM EXCITING MOVES. >> CHALLENGES A LITTLE LONGER.
THAT'S OKAY. WE'LL HAVE WORK TO DO WHEN WE GET THERE. YOU NOTICE ON THE SLIDE THAT WE SHARED EARLIER. FEWER UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THOSE CCAP CLASSES. SO MEANING THAT A LOT OF OUR -- WHILE THIS -- AN OPPORTUNITY IS AMAZING. AND IT'S MEANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR STUDENTS WHO MIGHT NOT ALWAYS BE REPRESENTED IN COLLEGE, WHAT IS HAPPENING IS MORE OF OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKING THOSE NON-CCAP OPPORTUNITIES. SO THERE'S JUST GROWTH FOR US TO BUILD MORE CCAP CLASSES.
NUMBER 2, APPLICATION REGISTRATION PROCESS IS CUMBERSOME. AND IT CREATES A LOT OF FRUSTRATION FOR FAMILIES. SO IF YOU SAW ONE OF THE LINKS ON THE MANUAL THERE TO ENROLL YOUR STUDENT AND REGISTER IS 55 SLIDES LONG. IF YOU WERE TO DO THIS PROCESS, YOU'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH 55 SLIDES. MR. LOO AND I GOT TO SLIDE 10. AND IT IS A CUMBERSOME PROCESS. I WILL SHARE WITH YOU AS A PARENT, WHO DID ENROLL THEIR STUDENT FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT, IT WAS VERY CHALLENGING. WE GOT STUCK SEVERAL TIMES THROUGH THE PROCESS. TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULDN'T EACH FIGURE OUT WHERE TO GO OR WHO TO ASK. THAT KIND OF LEADS US INTO OUR NEXT POINT, WHICH IS OUR CVUSD COUNSELORS ARE PROVIDING MOST OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND REGISTRATION SUPPORT. AND I SHARE THAT BECAUSE OUR FAMILIES, THERE'S NO ONE THERE FOR THEM TO REACH OUT TO. AND SO THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO OUR COUNSELORS ON OUR SITE. SO THIS IS PUTTING A LOT OF STRESS AND WORK ON OUR OWN COUNSELORS TO TRY TO HELP OUR FAMILIES GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS. DR. LOOKER SHARED A STORY WITH ME RECENTLY, WHERE AT WESTLAKE THIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE INTRO TO BUSINESS CLASS. WHEN THE CLASS STARTED, THERE WAS 5 OF 20 STUDENTS ENROLLED. DR. LOOKER WAS ABLE TO GET A PERSON FROM MOORPARK COLLEGE. TO HELP HIM ENROLL. IT TOOK TWO DAYS, A TOTAL OF FOUR HOURS TO REGISTER 15 STUDENTS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF COUNSELORS YOU CAN IMAGINE THE TIME IT'S TAKING OUR COUNSELORS TO HELP ENROLL
STUDENTS. >>> MASTER SCHEDULE COMPLICATIONS. I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MASTER SCHEDULE. BUT THEY -- BUT THERE'S LOTS OF COMPLICATIONS FROM STUDENT LATE ADS TEACHER SCHEDULES.
STUDENTS POSSIBLY NOT ON CAMPUS, STUDENTS ONLY IN SHORT SCHEDULE THEIR SENIOR YEAR. THIS DOES PUT COMPLICATIONS TO OUR MASTER SCHEDULES. AND KUDOS TO APIS WHO WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS. BUT IT CAN BE CHALLENGING. AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE START TO REGISTER OUR STUDENTS IN FEBRUARY. SO WE'RE REGISTERING STUDENTS IN FEBRUARY. AND OUR APIS ARE BUILDING SCHEDULES FOR THE MASTER IN FEBRUARY. BUT STUDENTS ARE MEETING WITH COUNSELORS AND TELLING OUR COUNSELORS THEY WANT TO TAKE DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES. WELL, WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET INTO THOSE CLASSES IN MAY. SO WE'RE BUILDING OUR SCHEDULES, BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE IN FEBRUARY. I ALWAYS TELL STUDENTS, WE CAN ONLY BUILD THE ONE YOU WANT NOW, NOT THE ONE YOU HOPE YOU CAN GET. SO WHAT HAPPENS, WHEN KIDS GET LATE ADDS, THEY DON'T GET THAT. THEN WE'VE ALREADY USED THE ENTIRE SPRING AND SUMMER TO BUILD THAT SCHEDULE. THIS ALSO AFFECTS SOME OF OUR SENIORS. SO HEARING FROM OUR COUNSELORS AND OUR TEACHERS, THAT SOME OF OUR SENIORS ARE ONLY IN THREE CLASSES ON CAMPUS. AND MAYBE FOURTH IN SPORT.
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AND IN YOUR SENIOR YEAR. YOU WANT YOUR KIDS TO BE ON CAMPUS.AND THAT CREATES A LITTLE DISCONNECT BETWEEN OUR STUDENTS ON CAMPUS, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THERE AS MUCH. SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE GETTING AFFECTED BY DUAL ENROLLMENT.
SOME OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE GETTING MORE HEAVILY HIT. SO WHEN I SAY WE'RE LOSING SECTIONS. I DON'T MEAN LOSING OVERALL SECTIONS. BUT THERE ARE DEPARTMENTS, WHERE CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS ARE LOSING SECTIONS. SOME ARE TAKING DUAL ENROLLMENT FOR, SAY, SOCIAL STUDIES. AND TEACHERS ARE HAVING TO TEACH DIFFERENT COURSES. ELECTIVE COURSES, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE HAVE TWO MORE.
>>> STUDENTS WHO SAY THE COURSE IS MORE RIG RUSSMENTS.
>> SOTHERE IS A PERCEPTION THAT IS NOT AS RIGOROUS AS OUR A.P.
COURSES. AND SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THOSE WERE, I MEAN, KIDS WERE CLAMORING TO GET IN THOSE CLASSES. THEY WANTED TO GET IN THERE. THEY WERE THE COVETED CLASSES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO TAKE. FOR NOW, STUDENTS ARE NOT MAKING THE A.P. CLASSES WITH US. THEY PERCEIVED THEM TO BE LESS RIGOROUS. AND THIS IS AFFECTING OUR TEACHER MORALE. BECAUSE STUDENTS ARE CHOOSING NOT TO BE WITH THEM. BECAUSE THE CLASS IS
NOT AS DIFFICULT. >>> AND THEN FINALLY, WE'VE MADE MANY ATTEMPTS. I KNOW OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, TO HAVE OUR QUALIFIED CVUSD TEACHERS BECOME DUAL INSTRUCTORS. OUR TEACHERS WANT TO TEACH. THESE DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES. AND THEY ARE QUALIFIED TO DO SO. THEY HAVE MASTERS DEGREES, THEY'RE EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTORS. AND WE WANT THEM TO BE HIRED BY MOORPARK COLLEGE. AND SO FAR, WE'VE BEEN
UNSUCCESSFUL. >>> TO EMPHASIZE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES. THAT REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT PROCESS IS CUMBERSOME, TO SAY THE LEAST. NOT JUST BECAUSE ONLY MADE IT TO SLIDE 10 OF 50, BUT IN PART BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE LOOKING TO OUR CVUSD COUNSELORS TO ASSIST THEM. AND OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERS ARE PROVIDING SOME RESOURCE. BUT THAT IS REALLY BEING SPREAD OUT AMONGST ALL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT SERVE LIKE THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
AND SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE, LIKE A FULL-TIME OR DEDICATED INDIVIDUAL TO ASSIST WITH THAT PROCESS. AND SO INSTEAD, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE GOING TO SAY, LIKE MISS NELSON, TO HELP THEM. THE CHALLENGE, THOUGH, FOR MISS NELSON IS THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE, LIKE THE BACK-END ACCESS TO SEE WHERE A STUDENT IS AT IN THE PROCESS. SO THERE MAY BE AN ERROR COMING UP AS PART OF THAT ENROLLMENT REGISTRATION PROCESS. AND MS. NELSON MAY DO ALL THE TROUBLE SHE CAN DO. BUT SHE CAN'T REALLY IDENTIFY THE NEXUS OF WHAT THAT IS.
WE'RE NOT COMMUNITY COLLEGE STAFF.
THE OTHER ONE THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WAS THE LAST ONE.
AND SO WE RECENTLY, MEANING YESTERDAY.
WE WERE AT A COMMUNITY PRACTICE, ORGANIZED BY THE VENTURA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND THE VENTURA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMUNITY PRACTICE IS TO REALLY SHARE BEST PRACTICES AND TO GET INFORMATION. KIND OF TRAINING ON HOW WE CAN BEST DO DUAL ENROLLMENT. WE SHARED THEN, LIKE WE'VE SHARED BEFORE. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SHARE. THAT, YOU KNOW, WE FULLY BELIEVE, TOO, THAT DUAL ENROLLMENT, THROUGH CCAP, PROVIDES AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. AND IN PARTICULAR, THOSE WHO ARE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AND UNDERREPRESENTED IN HIGHER EDUCATION. WE THINK THAT THE ASPIRATION OF HAVING EVERY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE LEAVE WITH 12 COMMUNITY COLLEGE CREDITS, WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT A HUGE SOLUTION DOZ TO THIS IS TO HAVE OUR OWN QUALIFIED TEACHERS TEACH THOSE. WE CONTINUE TO SHARE VOCALLY THAT THAT IS OUR DESIRE. SO WHEN WE MEET WITH THE COLLEGE AND THE CCCSD ENROLLMENT REP. AND OUR TEACHERS WHO ARE QUALIFIED, LIKE ARE WILLING AND CERTAINLY ABLE TO TEACH THESE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES AT OUR SCHOOLS DURING OUR BELL SCHEDULES. BUT THAT FOR US, REALLY REMAINS A BIG KEY TO UNLOCK AND SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
AND WITH THAT -- I GUESS JUST BEFORE WE GET INTO QUESTIONS,
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WANTING TO, I THINK, SHARE THAT IN THE LAST PROBABLY YEAR AND A HALF OR YEAR, WE HAVE WORKED TO REALLY INCREASE OUR COMMUNICATION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE. HAVING REGULAR MEETINGS, WITH THE STAFF THERE. NOT JUST AT -- WITH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL SITES MEETING WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES, BUT MEETING ALTOGETHER. TO TALK ABOUT, NOT JUST WHAT ARE WE GOING TO OFFER ALTOGETHER, BUT HOW CAN WE IMPROVE OUR SYSTEM? EDUCATION? HOW CAN WE REDUCE SOME OF THESE BARRIERS.THIS COMMUNICATION, WE THINK, IS AT LEAST A GOOD STARTING PLACE, TO REALLY MAKE SOME FORWARD PROGRESS. WITH THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER. >> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. I WAS THE ONE WHO REQUESTED THIS CLARIFICATION. IT CLARIFIED A LOT BUT ALSO OPENED UP MORE QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT. THE CLASSES WE ARE CALLING CCAP CLASSES ARE THE ONES ON THAT SLIDE, AND ON THAT SLIDE ONLY? THE ONES THAT ARE PHYSICALLY ON OUR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES? IS THAT CORRECT? AND THOSE CLASSES ARE OFFERED DURING THE SCHOOL DAY? BEFORE SCHOOL? EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK? ARE THEY ON THEIR OWN TIME FRAME? THAT'S MY FIRST,
>> MS. NELSON, YOU CAN COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
YOU CAN ALSO BE ON THE READY. >> A THE THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL, OUR THREE CLASSES ARE ASYNCHRONOUS. SO THAT MORE STUDENTS CAN ACCESS THOSE COURSES. SO THEY ARE NOT ON CAMPUS, BUT THEY ARE TAUGHT BY MOORPARK COLLEGE. OR ARRANGED
BY MOORPARK COLLEGE PROFESSORS. >> OKAY.
>> AND THEN THE NON-CCAP CLASSES ARE ONLY CLASSES AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. LIKE IF A STUDENT WANTS TO TAKE A CLASS AT UCLA ONLINE OR SOMETHING. THAT IS NOT PART OF THE
NON-CCAP CLASSES, CORRECT? >> SO ANY -- ANY COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, WHERE A STUDENT IS GETTING -- AND IS IT ONLY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR? OR IS IT ALSO OVER THE SUMMER, IF
THEY'RE DOING A SUMMER CLASS? >> YES.
SUMMER. IT COULD BE OVER THE SUMMER, TOO. YES.
>> I GUESS MY BROADER QUESTION IS, IN TERMS OF THE CREDIT LIMIT, BECAUSE THERE'S A DIFFERENT A.R. THAT HAS A 40-CREDIT LIMIT, VERSUS THE A.R. GOVERNING THIS. HAVING, WHAT IS IT? 11 CREDITS PER SEMESTER? WHAT GOVERNS THAT? WHEN DOES THE 40-CREDIT LIMIT TAKE PLACE?
>> GO AHEAD. YOU CAN DO IT. >> WE DO NOT COUNT THE CCCD COURSES. THE COURSE IS TAKEN OUTSIDE OF THE VCCSD SYSTEM. AS WELL AS ANY PRIVATE SYSTEM.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT ACTUALLY -- THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. AND JUST GRADE BUMPS. IS THERE A GRADE BUMP FOR ALL OF THE CCAP OR NON-CCAP CLASSES? OR DOES IT DEPEND ON
THE PARTICULAR CLASS. >> THE CCAP AND NON-CCAP
CLASSES GET A GPA BUMP. >> I'LL START.
>> ONE GPA-GRADE BUMP PER CLASS. IF YOU WOULD TAKE ONE, YOU WOULD GET TWO GRADES. EVEN THOUGH YOU WOULD GET 10 HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS FOR HISTORY. WE WOULD GIVE YOU ONE GRADE BALTIMORE BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE GRADE BEING PRODUCED. LIKE WHEN WE'RE FACTORING IN VALEDICTORIAN, YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE TWO SEMESTERS TO GET THAT BUMP.
>> I DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU.
>> SO THIS PRESENTATION, OBVIOUSLY FOCUSED ON OUR HIGH STOOL STUDENTS. DO WE OFFER ANY CCAP OR DUAL COURSES TO OUR MIDDLE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
>> WE RECENTLY AMENDED OUR POLICY TO ALLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ALSO TO PARTICIPATE IN DUAL ENROLLMENT. AND TO
EVENTUALLY TAKE DUAL CREDIT. >> AND NONE HAVE SO FAR? OR JUST WASN'T GATHERED FOR THIS PRESENTATION?
>> I DO KNOW A HANDFUL OF STUDENTS AND JUST IN MY TIME HERE, WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED AND TAKEN COURSES AT, SAY, MOORPARK COLLEGE. AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PURPOSES
>> AND THEN ONE OTHER QUESTION. JUST BECAUSE IT'S ASKED BY
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STUDENTS ALL THE TIME. I FEEL LIKE I WOULD BE DOING A DISSERVICE. IF THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CCAP AND THE NON-CCAP COURSES. WILL THEY COUNT TOWARD THE INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES?>> YES. DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES DO NOT COUNT FOR THE MINIMAL INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS IN TK THROUGH 12.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF A STUDENT WAS TAKING A DUAL COURSE, WHETHER IT'S CCAP OR NON-CCAP DURING THE DAY, THAT WOULD NOT COUNT AS PART OF THE REQUIRED 240 MINUTES OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.
THE 240 MINUTES OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME IS ONLY AENT TRIBUTED TO CVUSD COURSES, TAUGHT BY CVUSD COURSES.
>> OKAY. SO WITH THAT BEING THE CASE. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE WE'RE HAVING STUDENTS ON CAMPUS FOR ONLY THREE CLASSES IN THEIR SENIOR YEAR AS A RESULT OF DUAL ENROLLMENT?
>> JUST TO CLARIFY. IT WAS THREE ACADEMIC CLASSES, PLUS
>> YES. >> THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.
>> FIRST OF ALL, THANK ALL FOUR OF YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IT WAS VERY CLARIFYING. THANK YOU. WHERE IS -- WHERE IS THE HANGUP EXACTLY THAT OUR TEACHERS CAN'T QUALIFY TO --
YOU'RE SMILING. GO AHEAD. >> THE -- IT'S -- I MEAN, I SPOKE WITH SOMEONE YESTERDAY. ABOUT IT.
I THINK THAT SOME OF THE ISSUE BECOMES HAVING AN AGREEMENT AMONGST THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY ON, LIKE, THE ROLE OF HIGH SCHOOLTEACHERS WHO ARE QUALIFIED, SERVING AS ADJUNCT FACULTY AND PROVIDING DUAL ENROLLMENT. THAT'S A CONVERSATION I KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERS, LIKE ARE FOCUSED IN ON HAVING. BUT IT DOES REQUIRE LIKE A
TWO-WAY CONVERSATION. >> I'D ALSO JUMP IN THERE TO NOTE THAT OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, OUR TEACHERS ARE ALSO PART OF A BARGAINING GROUP. AND THERE IS A PIECE OF THAT WHERE THEIR UNIT MEMBERS DEFINITELY CREATE SOME OF THE ISSUES IN US BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
ULTIMATELY, THEY HAVE, AS A BARGAINING GROUP, THEIR INTERESTS IN MIND. AND THEIR INTERESTS, I THINK, IS FROM A COMMUNITY COLLEGE LENS, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN OUR LENS, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS THAT ARE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO THERE IS DEFINITELY A PIECE OF THAT THAT CREATES SOME FRICTION IN THE PROCESS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
IT -- CLEARLY, THERE ARE LOTS OF QUESTIONS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR FAMILIES, AND SO THIS WAS REALLY ILLUMINATING, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THAT WENT INTO GETTING US ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS, AND I LEARNED A LOT. CAN YOU SHED A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT ON HOW THE CCAP COURSE IS? CLEARLY, THEY TAKE MORE SORT OF PLANNING AND THOUGHT? HOW THEY ARE SELECTED AND SET UP. AND HOW FAR IN ADVANCE DO YOU KNOW TO ADVISE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, WHAT THE OFFERINGS WOULD BE.
>> WELL, I THINK IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AT EACH HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS. SO AT THOUSAND OAKS, I SAT DOWN WITH OUR COUNSELING TEAM. AND WE LOOKED AT COURSES THAT WOULD SUPPORT CURRENT ONES WE HAVE. FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE FORENSICS. SO WE LOOKED INTO -- THAT'S WHY WE THOUGHT, WELL, STUDENT JUSTICE. MAYBE STUDENTS CAN FURTHER THEIR KNOWLEDGE, LIKE YOU HAD SPOKEN ABOUT BEFORE WITH CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
AND THEN THE SECOND COURSE IN THAT PATHWAY, WHICH I CAN'T REMEMBER THE COURSE RIGHT NOW. BUT IT BACKS UP TO THAT CRIMINAL JUSTICE COURSE. WE CHOOSE COURSES THAT SUPPORT CURRENT COURSES WE HAVE ON OUR CALENDAR.
>> AT WESTLAKE HIGH, WE DID TAKE A SURVEY A FEW YEARS BACK.
SO NOT VERY RECENTLY. AND ONE OF THE CLASSES OF INTEREST THAT WAS MOST POPULAR WITH OUR STUDENTS WAS BUSINESS AND WE WEREN'T OFFERING ANY BUSINESS CLASSES. THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE WEREN'T OFFERING FORENSICS CLASS. THAT WOULD BE AGAIN, THE GROWTH, ADDING TO ENROLLMENT. THE ENGLISH CLASS
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IS INTERESTING, THOUGH. BECAUSE WE CAN'T OFFER. I AM NOT SURE HOW THAT ENGLISH CLASS CAME TO BE.>> TO ADD INTO KIND OF LIKE THAT PLANNING PART. SO OUR CURRENT CCAP AGREEMENT IS A FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT. ACTUALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. SO WE WILL BRING FORWARD TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, A NEW FIVE-YEAR, CCAP AGREEMENT.
AND A NEW PART OF THAT AGREEMENT WILL BE EACH SCHOOL'S -- I FORGOT ABOUT WHAT THE TERM IS. BUT ESSENTIALLY, THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR THE PATH WAYS. RIGHT NOW, REPRESENTS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR SCHOOLS. AND I KNOW WE'RE REALLY GOING TO WORK HARD FROM YESTERDAY'S TRAINING.
TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THOSE COURSE PATHWAYS, IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR T.O., WESTLAKE, NEWBURY, CVHS, AND HOW CAN WE BUILD THOSE PATHWAYS, AMONGST OUR EXISTING COURSES. AND IMPORTANTLY, WE KNOW THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS PUT IT ON PAPER. WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH THEM AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE NOW. AND THIS IS WHAT WE WANT. YOU TELL US. WHAT MIGHT THIS LOOK LIKE? CAN WE GET THE FACULTY PERSON TO COME TO OUR SCHOOLS? THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WHAT CHANGES DO WE NEED TO MAKE IN OUR PATHWAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH ACCESS. AND SUPPORT BECAUSE, AS WE HEARD AND TALKED WITH THEM YESTERDAY, IF WE SELECT PATHWAYS THAT THEY CAN'T NECESSARILY PROVIDE SUPPORT IN OR HAVE STAFF IN, THEN THOSE REALLY BECOME KIND OF DEAD ENDS. AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS COME BEFORE OUR BOARD WITH OUR CCAP. AND THOSE FIVE-YEAR PLANS AND HAVE, LIKE, SOME CONVERSATION, KNOWING THAT WE'RE ON GOOD FOOTING.
>> TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU REALLY TOOK THE TIME TO COLLECT OPINIONS FROM A WIDE ARRAY OF STAKEHOLDERS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I DID TAKE THE TIME TO WATCH THE LINK THAT WAS THE PRESENTATION.
MS. NELSON WAS A STAR OF THAT. AND IT WAS -- IT WAS ACTUALLY A FABULOUS -- IT WAS VERY WELL DONE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BECAUSE I SEE HOW COMPLICATED IT IS. AND YOU ALL DID A REALLY NICE JOB OF LAYING IT OUT FOR PEOPLE. I DIDN'T SEE A SLIDE WITH -- I KNOW WE ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING AS MANY UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTSA WE HOPE TO TAKE THESE COURSES. DO WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE NUMBERS? OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE?
>> THE -- WE REQUESTED SOME OF THE INFORMATION FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. AND THEY PROVIDED SOME OF THAT TO US IN GENERAL, THAT REFLECTED LIKE DEFINITELY JUST TALKING BROAD TERMS. GENERALLY, LIKE A PORTION OF STUDENTS, FOR INSTANCE, THAT ARE, LIKE, FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS.
THAT'S GOOD TO SEE. TAKING BOTH CCAP AND NON-CCAP. WE KNOW, LIKE, THROUGH OUR OWN DATA, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COLLEGE AND CAREER INDICATOR THAT I REFERENCED. WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE A NEED TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS, OR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND FOSTER YOUTH WITH ACCESSING DUAL ENROLLMENT AND OTHERS REFLECT IN THAT
COLLEGE AND CAREER. >> I IMAGINE OTHER DISTRICTS IN OUR COUNTY ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE SAME. GRAPPLING WITH THE SAME ISSUE, RIGHT? WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GET MORE OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM IN TERMS OF DUAL ENROLLMENT. I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING TODAY THAT WE HAD THE M.O.U.
COME FORWARD WITH CAL STATE CHANNEL ISLANDS THAT YOU SO NICELY NEGOTIATED ADDITIONAL THINGS ON.
BECAUSE THAT -- THAT'S AN INDICATOR OF WHAT THINGS COULD LOOK LIKE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. AND CAL STATE CHANNEL ISLANDS. THEY'RE DOING THAT WITH A LOT OF THE DISTRICTS.
I WONDER IF THAT MIGHT ULTIMATELY PUSH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY? I DON'T KNOW.
>> WE WOULD HOPE SO. WE DID SPECIFICALLY, AND REALLY, THIS TEAM HERE, AS WELL AS OTHERS, HAD A SPECIFIC CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, WITH CHANNEL ISLANDS.
AND THERE IS NO ED CODE OR, LIKE SIMILAR TO WHAT PROVIDES US WITH CCAP WITH THE CSUS. SO CCAP REALLY IS A FUNCTION SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES. ASK SO THERE WOULD BE, SAY, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT AT, SAY, CAL STATE CHANNEL ISLANDS. BUT THERE'S NO LIKE ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR SUPPORT TO DO ANY OF THAT. I WAS NOT ABLE TO QUITE NEGOTIATE THAT PORTION OF IT. SO WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS. WE DID ADD A LITTLE BIT OF IT INTO OUR
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M.O.U. TO EXPLORE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD CONTINUE TO DO IF THERE WERE CHANGES THAT LIKE I SAID, WOULD BETTER ALLOWUS TO DO THAT. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. JUST GOT ME THINKING ABOUT, HOW COULD WE MAKE THIS WORK? ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES THAT YOU HAD LAID OUT SO NICELY. SO DO WE KNOW, IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA? ARE THERE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE LIKE BEST PRACTICES FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT THAT ARE DOING SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO JUST YET THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE?
>> SO I'LL GO IN AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE -- WHEN WE GO TO THESE COMMUNITY PRACTICES. IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THE ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES THE TRAINING, THE CAREER LADDERS PROJECT. THEY ACTUALLY GO THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND THEY WORK INTO THESE COMMUNITY PRACTICES. AND WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THAT IS IT'S DIFFERENT COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS. SO THERE ARE MANY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS, MORE LIKE IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THAT DO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS THAT, ALLOW HIGH SCHOOLTEACHERS WHO ARE QUALIFIED, TO TEACH THESE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES. AND THEY TELL US ALL ABOUT IT AND HOW IT WORKS. AND IT GETS US VERY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, KNOWING THAT THEY CAN EXIST WITHIN OUR STATE. JUST NOT YET WITH OURS. BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY A BEST PRACTICE THAT WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT WHEN WE GET EXCITED ABOUT I DON'T KNOW IF OUR TEAM HAS ANY OTHER THINGS TO SHARE IN TERMS OF BEST PRACTICES?
>> I MEAN, I THINK WE HAVE ALL BEEN GOING TO A LOT OF DUAL ENROLLMENT, INFORMATIONAL TRAININGS AND C.O.P.S FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. MY SENSE IS THAT WE'RE VERY MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHEN IT COMES IN TERMS OF HOW FUNCTIONAL IT IS. THERE ARE DISTRICTS WHO HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 10 PLUS YEARS REALLY.
AND HIGH SCHOOLTEACHERS ARE TEACHING THOSE COURSES. AND COLLEGE PROFESSOR. AND THEY'RE TEACHING KIND OF THE SAME COURSE. SO THERE ARE DEFINITELY MODELS OUT THERE THAT HAVE PERSISTED AND WORKED. BUT ARE, AS THEY SAID YESTERDAY. THE EXPERTS SAID YESTERDAY, ARE QUITE TRICKY TO NAVIGATE.
THERE IS ALSO A WHOLE SOFTWARE CALLED DUAL ENROLLMENT.COM.
THAT THE VENTURA COLLEGE DISTRICT IS EXPLORING THAT WOULD ALLOW PROFESSORS TO HAVE SOME ACCESS TO WHERE STUDENTS ARE AND ALLOW THEM TO SUPPORT US BETTER. AND THAT HAS ALSO EXISTED FOR QUITE SOMETIME. I FEEL LIKE AS THE NUMBERS INCREASE, THEY'RE FEELING THAT, TOO. SO THEY'RE EXPLORING DIFFERENT WAYS. AND THEY'RE STARTING TO FEEL THINGS BREAK DOWN ON THEIR SIDE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S GOOD. BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE BEEN THERE ALREADY. AND THEY'RE JUST CATCHING UP AND TAKING SOME ACTIONS, TOO, IT SOUNDS LIKE.
>> I'M GOING TO ADD MY GRATITUDE FOR THE PRESENTATION, THE WORK AND ALSO, I REMEMBER BACK IN 2018, WHEN WE STARTED HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS, WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE BOARD, ABOUT DUAL ENROLLMENT, AND GETTING OUR TEACHERS TO TEACH.
>> TEACHERS WHO ARE ALREADY TEACHING IN THE MOORPARK SYSTEM, WHO ARE OUR TEACHERS AND WE COULDN'T MAKE IT WORK.
SO I'M SORRY THAT WE'RE NOT FURTHER ALONG ON THAT. BUT I GET THAT IT'S REALLY TRICKY. AND THE APPLICATION IS INCREDIBLY CUMBERSOME AS A PARENT. WE DROVE ALL THE WAY TO MOORPARK COLLEGE JUST TO HAVE THEM WALKS THROUGH IT. SO.
>> THANK YOU, MR. LOO FOR INCLUDING CVHS AND CENTURY BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION.
AND PRESENTATION. REALLY INFORMATIVE.
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS. BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, A.P.
CLASSES MAY BE VERY RIGOROUS. BUT YOU'RE NOT GUARANTEED THAT COLLEGE CREDIT THE SAME WAY YOU ARE WITH A DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASS. THAT'S A BONUS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS WELL.
>> I WANT TO SAY, WE THINK ABOUT THE COST OF COLLEGE IN THE COUNTRY. THIS IS SO HUGE FOR FAMILIES.
AND I KNOW NOW, HAVING TWO KIDS IN COLLEGE RIGHT NOW, I WAS ACTUALLY SORT OF SURPRISED. WELL, YEAH. I'M FEELING THE HIT. BUT I WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED -- I'VE BEEN SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MANY -- MY KIDS ISSUE BOTH OUT OF STATE.
HOW MANY OF THE STUDENTS THEY'RE GOING TO SCHOOL WITH, CAME IN WITH SO MANY CREDITS. SOME MAY BE A.P. BUT SOME ALSO, THE DUAL ENROLLMENT. THEY SEE IT AS A WAY TO CUT DOWN ON THAT EXPENSE OF COLLEGE.
>> I GUESS MY FINAL QUESTION. AND IT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES.
IS THIS PERCEPTION ABOUT THE RIGOR OF THE CLASS.
AND AGAIN, YOU'VE COINED IT AS A PERCEPTION. IS THERE ANY WAY TO REALLY ASSESS. DO WE NEED TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT IF THAT
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PERCEPTION IS GROUNDED IN REALITY.>> I THINK THAT'S A TOUGH WAY TO ANSWER. I MEAN, THE CLASSES ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ACROSS THE THREE COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM PROFESSOR TO PROFESSOR.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY.
>> I THINK IT'S DIFFERENT. IT'S ALSO ACROSS DISCIPLINES, TOO. LIKE WE'VE HEARD ACROSS DISCIPLINES THAT CAN CAN BE EASIER. FOR EXAMPLE, THE EXAMPLE I SHARED ABOUT WORLD LANGUAGES, HOW YOU CAN FINISH TWO YEARS OF A WORLD LANGUAGE IN A SEMESTER. I MEAN, THAT IN AND OF ITSELF, FOR SOME STUDENTS, JUST THE TIME FRAME ALONE, IS -- THE PERCEPTION IS REALITY THAT MAYBE THE ACTUAL COURSE WORK ITSELF. BUT THE TIME FRAME TO GET IT DONE. SO MUCH QUICKER. I THINK IT'S DIFFICULT TO ASSESS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT WAS REALLY RAMPANT AMONGST LIKE THE FEEDBACK, THAT THIS IS WHAT KIDS ARE EXPRESSING. HOW YOU MEASURE THAT, I'M NOT SURE HOW
WE WOULD MEASURE IT. >> DO WE EVER SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A STUDENT TOOK A FOREIGN LANGUAGE LANGUAGE COURSE AT MOORPARK, AND THEN CAME BACK TO ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS TO TAKE THE NEXT LEVEL, I MEAN, IS THERE ANY KIND OF ASSESSMENT FROM THE TEACHER, THAT THEY WERE LESS PREPARED? OR DOES
THAT VIRTUALLY NEVER HAPPEN? >> THIS WAS LITERALLY THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD IN THE WORLD LANGUAGE ARTICULATION TODAY. I MEAN, TO THE TEE. ABOUT THE TEACHERS EXPRESSING STUDENTS WHO HAVE ATTEMPTED A DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASS OR ONLINE CLASS. THEY ARE DIFFERENT THINGS, THAT THEY WOULD TAKE A DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASS AND LET'S SAY SPANISH 1 AND THEN ATTEMPT TO COME BACK AND TAKE SPANISH 2 ON THE SITE AND THE STUDENTS WOULD REALLY STRUGGLE. SO THIS IS ANOTHER CONCERN THERE ARE THEM. THE MINUTE THE STUDENTS TAKE A DUAL ENROLLMENT. IT WOULD BE CHALLENGING FOR THEM TO COME
>> AND I ASSUME THAT WE -- I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WOULD BE A DELICATE CONVERSATION TO HAVE, COUNSELOR TO STUDENT. BUT I
WOULD THINK THAT COMES UP. >> IT COMES UP FREQUENTLY.
BEFORE BEFORE DUAL ENROLLMENT, HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE CLASSES WERE THERE. AND I WOULD NOT ADVISE TO TAKE ONE AND JUMP BACK INTO SEQUENCE. WHETHER IT'S
LANGUAGE OR MATH. >> THAT'S GOOD ADVICE.
>> JUST QUICKLY, IN REGARDS TO STUDENT PERCEPTIONS, BECAUSE I HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON CAMPUS WITH A NUMBER OF STUDENTS. A LOT OF THE PERCEPTION OF IT BEING EASIER, COME FROM THE FACT THAT THEY ARE FAR LESS STRUCTURED COURSES, THEY CAN DO IT ON THEIR OWN TIME, THE WAY THEY WANT TO DO IT. AND I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT THEY'RE NOT PROCTORED. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHEATING THAT ARE NOT PRESENT FOR AN IN-PERSON CLASS. AND THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, DOES PLAY INTO THE PERCEPTION OF IT BEING
>> THAT IS TRUE. THERE HAS BEEN A SHIFT TO REQUIRE STUDENTS TAKING MATH CLASSES TO TAKE ASSESSMENTS IN PERSON. THAT IS NEW AS OF THIS SEMESTER. ANY OTHER QUESTION?
>> THANK YOU, ALL. THAT WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE AND REALLY
[B. Instructional Services - Approval of 2024/2025 School Plans for Student Achievement (SPSA)]
GREAT. AND I SEE YOU ALL. >> THANKS.
>>> NEXT. ITEM 5B. INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES. SCHOOL PLANS FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SPSA.
>> IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN. REALLY PROUD TO PROVIDE OUR PUBLIC AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, OUR DRAFTS OF SCHOOL PLANT PLANS FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, OR SPSA. THESE ARE THE ACHIEVEMENTS TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT EDUCATION FOR ALL OF THAT SCHOOL AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR DISTRICT WIDE GOALS. THE SPS A'S ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. IF YOU GO ON OUR MAIN PAGE.
THERE'S A BUTTON. AND YOU CAN VIEW THOSE DRAFT SPS A'S. WE'VE SHARED BEFORE IN THE PAST. BUT I WILL MENTION. OVER TIME, PARTICULARLY IN THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, THESE DOCUMENTS HAVE SHIFTED TO BECOMING MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE IN NATURE.
AS WELL AS COLLABORATIVE. MEANING WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS TO NOT JUST CREATE THE PLAN. BUT ALSO TO REVIEW AND MONITOR AND FOLLOW UP. THROUGH THE SCHOOL SITE COUNSELS. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK OUR PRINCIPALS, AS WELL AS THE LEADERSHIP TEAMS THAT HAVE WORKED HARD TO DRAFT THESE PRESENTATION.
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>> I'LL JUST JUMP IN REALLY QUICK ON THE PROCESS. AND OBVIOUSLY, OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE'VE ADJUSTED TO THE TIME IN WHICH THE SPSAS WILL COME FORWARD. I WILL SAY, TRYING TO GET A SCHOOL YEAR STARTED. PLUS, GETTING MASTER SCHEDULE, AND STUDENT SCHEDULES HAMMERED OUT.
PLUS GET YOUR SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL TO GET ENGAGED EARLY ON IN THE SCHOOL YEAR, A LOT OF CREDIT GOES OUT TO OUR SCHOOL SITES TO MAKE ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN, PLUS MAKE BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS AND EVERYTHING THAT TAKES PLACE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR TO GET US TO HAVE OUR SINCAS AVAILABLE, EARLY ON AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS ON AND OTHER THINGS ARE COMING IN, LIKE D.A.C. BUT I DO GIVE A LOT OF KUDOS TO OUR SCHOOL SITES FOR GETTING THEM UP AND READY FOR REVIEW AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO ECHO THAT GRATITUDE. READING THROUGH THEM, IT IS JUST SO CLEAR HOW MUCH THOUGHT AND YOU KNOW, SCHOOL SITE COUNSELORS, WRESTLING WITH SCHOOL SITE DATA. AND THE TIMING, WHILE IT CREATES BURDENS, IT IS JUST SO ADVANTAGE OWTION TO HAVE THEM EARLY IN THE SCHOOL YEAR. JUST ECHOING GRATITUDE FOR THE PRINCIPAL'S SCHOOL SITE LEAD ERS AND COUNSELORS WHO GOT THEM READY.
>> AND I WILL SAY THAT WILL ESPECIALLY APPLY THIS YEAR.
WITH THE SPSAS WITH THE RED. WITH THE LOWEST PERFORMING GROUP. THAT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO DO UPDATES. AND I FOUND IT REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE DIFFERENT SCHOOL SITES IMPLEMENTED THAT. ESPECIALLY GOING BACK AND READING SOME OF THE SPSAS FROM SCHOOL SITE COUNSELS THAT I HAVE BEEN PART OF, SEEING THE CHANGE THAT WENT INTO THAT. AND I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF EXTRA WORK TO GO THROUGH THIS YEAR. SO THANK YOU.
>> SO YEAH. I ALWAYS TAKE GREAT JOY IN GOING THROUGH THE SPSAS.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, OVER THE FOUR YEARS I'VE BEEN ON BOARD.
EVERY YEAR, THERE IS A MARKED IMPROVEMENT. AND TO ME, AT LEAST, IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS, THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR. WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW LCAP IN THE SPRING. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SPSAS REALLY ROSE TO THE TOP. THEY CLEARLY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT.
YOU ABOUT GIVEN THE CONFIGURATION. THIS IS WHERE THE INTERVENTIONS TAKE PLACE. WHERE THE STRATEGIES TAKE PLACE. AND I HAVE TO SAY IN THE SPSA PLANS THAT I READ. AND I READ SOME IN DEPTH. AND I SKIMMED SOME OF THEM. BUT AGAIN, MUCH MORE DETAILED, MUCH MORE FOCUSED THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST YEARS. AND I DO THINK IT'S BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE LCAP IS NOW NEWLY FOCUSED. WE ALSO HAVE THIS MONITORING AND ACCOUNTABILITY TOOL, WHICH IS PUSHING OUR SCHOOLS TO LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT THOSE STUDENT GROUPS THAT ARE IN THE RED. OR A COUPLE OF LEVELS BELOW THE AVERAGE.
I THOUGHT, WHEN I LOOKED AT METRICS. AND I ALWAYS LOOK AT METRICS, BECAUSE I DO LOVE STATISTICS AND NUMBERS. AND PUTTING THE RIGHT METRICS IS IMPORTANT. AND I REALLY FELT THAT OUR SCHOOLS WERE VERY CREATIVE IN THINKING BEYOND.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO LOOK AT STATE TESTING RESULTS, WHICH I HAVE SCENE IN THE PAST TO, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SURVEYS. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT GRADES. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT D.F. LISTS. AND ATTENDANCE. AND I THINK THAT MAKES A MORE MEANINGFUL PLAN. THE OTHER -- SEVERAL OF THE SCHOOLS I READ ALSO PUT A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND P.L.C. TIME, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES. AND THAT'S REALLY THE LACE WHERE OUR EDUCATORS CAN FOCUS ON LOOKING AT THE DATA AND COLLABORATING AND LOOKING AT TRENDS. AND THAT TO ME, WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT TIME. I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON IS THAT. SO ALL IN ALL, I CONCUR, MR. LOO. THESE WERE ALL COMPREHENSIVE AND A STEP UP FROM THE PAST. I WANT TO THANK THE PRINCIPALS AND THEIR TEAMS AND GETTING THIS DONE IN SUCH A TIMELY MANNER. SO IT'S IN PLACE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
>> OKAY. I'LL TRY NOT TO BE TOO REPETITIVE HERE. BUT I WILL
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ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED SO HARD TO GET THEM ALL IN. LIKE TRUSTEE SYLVESTER, WITH THE INTENTIONAL AND THOUGHTFUL DATA. AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT WAS TRYING TO TELL THEM. AND THEN INCORPORATING A WIDE VARIETY OF DATA OF METRICS. YOU LISTED SOME OF THEM. BUT IN ADDITION TO THE STATE TESTING, OF COURSE, THERE IS GRADES, DEPARTMENT OF COMMON ASSESSMENTS. READING, ATTENDANCE DATA FOR ASSESSMENTS. IT WAS NICE TO SEE SCHOOLS BRINGING ALL OF THAT IN. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU NEVER WANT TO USE JUST ONE MEASURE TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND PROGRESS. AND SO I IMAGINE IT LOOKS DIFFERENTLY ACROSS SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF HOW THESE SCHOOLS WILL MONITOR THEIR SPSA PROGRESS. I KNOW, I SERVED AS AN ALTERNATE PARENT ROUTE FOR THOUSANDS OAKS HIGH SCHOOL.SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL. AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THEIR VERY THOUGHTFUL, REGULAR DISCUSSIONS IN SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL, USING DATA, FOCUSING EACH MEETING ON, LIKE, TAKING ONE GOAL AND REALLY LOOKING AT IT. AND SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE SCHOOLS TO, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE SPSAS, I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO BE LOOKING AT THOSE AND LOOKING AT THE THEM REGULARLY. SO THANK YOU.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO ECHO THE GRATITUDE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY ENJOY IN READING THE SPSAS THAT I WENT THROUGH WAS THE FACT THAT THEY REALLY SHOWED THE CHARACTER OF THE SCHOOLS. THEY'RE ALL SO DIFFERENT. THEY FOCUS ON WHAT THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON. BUT IN VERY UNIQUE WAYS. YOU CAN LEARN A LOT ABOUT A PLACE, BY HOW THEY PUT TOGETHER THESE PLANS. AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL AND THE TEAMS PUT TOGETHER IN PLACE. AND YOU NAILED IT. TRUSTEE SYLVESTER AND TRUSTEE POWELL. IT WAS A LOT OF WORK AND IT SHOWS. AND THE NUMBER OF REDS AND ORANGES.
LIKE, BECAUSE I SEARCHED FOR SOME KEY WORDS BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED. SO A LOT OF SCHOOLS REALLY DID THE WORK FOR BOTH. AND USED IT -- TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE IT FOR WHAT IT'S INTENDED TO BE USED FOR.
THANK YOU. NEXT. WE ARE AT ITEM 5C.
[C. Board of Education - Discussion of Board Bylaw 9321 and Exhibits 9321 (1) and (2) - Closed Session]
DISCUSSION OF BOARD BYE LAW 9321 AND EXHIBITS 9321.1 AND 2.DR. MCLAUGHLIN SNY. >> THIS IS JUST A GAMUT UPDATE.
DEALS WITH OUR CITY OF LAFAYETTE COURT CASE, AND THE ABILITY, IF THERE IS A CLOSED SESSION ITEM, DEALING WITH SOME TYPE OF A THREAT, THAT THAT THREAT NEEDS TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. ALSO, IT'S JUST AN ADJUSTMENT TO TWO EXHIBITS ON HOW WE WOULD IDENTIFY INFORMATION, BEING IN CLOSED SESSION ITEMS AND JUST REGULAR UPDATES COMING FROM THE LAW AND HOW WE HANDLE CLOSED SESSION. AGENDA ITEMS.
>> QUESTIONS, COMMENTS ON THIS ONE.
[D. Human Resources - Discussion of Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 4119.11, 4219.11, and 4319.11 - Sex Discrimination and Sex-Based Harassment]
>> ITEM -- I LOST MY NUMBER, 5D. DISCUSSION OF BOARD POLICY AND A.R.4119.21. AND 43119.1. SEXIUM DISCRIMINATION AND
SEX-BASED HARASSMENT. >> SO THESE ARE GAMUT UPDATES TO REFLECT UPDATES TO TITLE IX, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT CAME TO BE THIS PAST SUMMER. THE BOARD POLICY REQUIRES DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION, WHICH WE DO REQUIRE EMPLOYEES WITH KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH CONDUCT TO NOTIFY THE TITLE IX COORDINATOR AND REQUIRE THE TITLE IX COORDINATOR TO OFFER UP SUPPORTIVE MEASURES. AND THAT CAN BE BOTH TO THE COMPLAINANT AND RESPONDENT, AS APPROPRIATE.
AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE GOES INTO THE REQUIRED TRAININGS, NOT ONLY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO SPECIFIC TRAINING FOR INVESTORS AND DECISION MAKERS DURING ANY TITLE IX GRIEVANCE PROCESS. AND THEN IT DOES SAY THAT WE NEED TO KEEP EVIDENCE OF THOSE TRAINING MATERIALS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THOSE
TRAININGS ARE CONDUCTED. >> LIKE YOUR TAX RECORDS.
>> QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? >> YEAH.
>> SO I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A REFERENCE SET OF LIKE A BOARD POLICY AND A.R. THAT WAS PERTAINED TO STUDENTS IN SEX-BASED HARASSMENT. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS
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UPDATES THERE AS WELL. >> SO THE ONE THAT IT'S REFERRING TO WOULD BE 54.153. WHAT IT'S SAYING IN THIS POLICY IS THAT IT WOULD ADJUDICATE A STUDENT COMPLAINT UNDER 13. BUT THIS SETS THE EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES.
[E. Human Resources - Discussion of Administrative Regulation 4119.12 - Title IX Sex Discrimination and Sex-Based Harassment Complaint]
>>> ITEM 5E. DISCUSSION OF AR4119.92.
>> THIS IS ANOTHER GAMUT UPDATE. BASED ON TITLE IX UPDATES. CLARIFYING THE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES. REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO INFORMAL RESOLUTION PROCESSES, IF THAT'S DEEMED TO BE APPROPRIATE. AND THEN PROVIDE AN EXTENSION TO TIME LINES IF THERE'S SUCH CAUSE TO DO SO. AND YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, THERE WERE TWO PLACES IN THERE, WHERE THOSE TIME LINES ARE IN BLUE. THE RECOMMENDATION I MADE IS TO ALIGN THOSE TIME LINES TO 4030, NONDISCRIMINATION EMPLOYMENT, THAT WAS JUST APPROVED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT.
AND IT DOES REQUIRE THAT WE WORK THROUGH THIS EXPEDITIOUSLY. BUT THAT FEELS MOST APPROPRIATE
>> THANK YOU. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?
>> I JUST HAD A QUESTION. SO IT LOOKS LIKE NOW, YOU HAVE TWO
SETS OF POLICIES TO FOLLOW? >> UH-HUH.
>> INCIDENTS BEFORE AUGUST 1ST. >> UH-HUH.
>> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ON
[F. Comments - Board of Education]
THE AGENDA. WE ARE AT ITEM 5F. COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OFEDUCATION. TRUSTEE LIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING, CONEJO VALLEY.
HAPPY NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. I HOPE EVERYONE TAKES TIME TO LEARN ABOUT HISPANIC, LATINO, LATINA HISTORIES. OUR STUDENTS 17 CAN REGISTER TO ZOTE NOW. CAN ENCOURAGE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTIONS. STUDENT D.A.C. HAS NOT HAD A MEETING. BUT AS A REMINDER, STUDENT D.A.C. ARE BOARD BOK DOCS. NEXT MEETING IS MONDAY, 4:00 TO 6:00 P.M. LOCATED AT 1402 EAST JANSS ROAD. EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND.
BOARD MEMBERS CAN COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION ON THE AGENDA OR ON THE SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM. WE ANTICIPATE DISCUSSING CELL PHONE POLICIES, FINALIZING SUBCOMMITTEE INFORMATION AND BYLAWS AT THAT SEPTEMBER 23RD MEETING. THIS MEETING, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICE DEPARTMENT.
CITY D.A.C. WAS JOINING US. ASK WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED US AND THE WORK THAT IT DOING.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL STUDENTS ACT AS WELLNESS AT THEIR SITE. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
>> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT OUR AMAZING STUDENT JOURNALIST, WHO RECENTLY HELD A JOINT PANEL.
THE FULL VIDEO HAS BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE PANTHER PROWLER AND IT'S AMAZING TO WATCH THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND ACTION. THEY ARE HERE TWEETING. THANK YOU ALL.
>> STUDENT D.A.C.'S FIRST INFORMATIONAL WAS JUDGE JUST RELEASED VEINSTAGRAM, HIGH SCHOOL CANVAS AND SNAPSHOT.
PLEASE TAKE TWO AND A HALF MINUTES TO WATCH IT AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED. SINCE THE LAST BOARD MEETING. I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE WESTLAKE HILLS BOARD MEETING. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT A WESTLAKE D.A.C. ACCOMPLISHES WITH SO MANY COMING TOGETHER. WELCOME BACK ALSO TO OUR LGBTQ+. I'M SURE IT WILL BE A GREAT YEAR. AS ALWAYS, IT'S A GREAT TIME. AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR STUDENTS AND WORK BEING DONE. TOMORROW IS THE FOCUS ON YOUR FUTURE NIGHT. RUNNING FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 8:20 P.M. IT IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT POST-GRADUATION PATHWAYS. AND I HOPE TO SEE MANY OF YOU THERE.
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HAVE A WONDERFUL TWO WEEKS AND GOOD NIGHT.>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TRUSTEE SYLVESTER.
>> JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. YES, HAPPY HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. AND STARTS ON THE 17TH. I'VE SEEN THE BULLETIN HERE.
WHICH IS FULL OF LOTS OF GOOD INFORMATION. I WANT TO THANK CHRISTY WARNER AND THE K. KIDS FOR COMING TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT THE RELAY FOR LIFE. THAT IS ALWAYS A HIGHLIGHT OF OUR MEETING WHEN WE GET OUR YOUNGEST STUDENTS TO COME HERE AND SPEAK TO US. ALSO BIG THANK YOU TO LANA CLARK AND THE CONEJO SCHOOLS FUNCTION. I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT AND APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT CSF HAS PROVIDED OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, OVER I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS. MANY.
AND I'VE GOT MY TICKET. AND MY DISCO SHOES FOR THE UPCOMING SOIREE, WHICH IS ALSO OCTOBER 5TH. SO I HOPE TO SEE MANY OF YOU THERE. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE AAUW.
THEY DONATED, I BELIEVE, YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE.
THREE LARGE BOXES OF CLOTHING AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO THE CONEJO CLOSET. ASK THAT IS JUST SO APPRECIATED. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT AT WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL.
PRESIDENT GRAHAM GAVE EVERYONE, ME INCLUDED, A SNEAK PEEK AT HIS SCHOOL'S SPSA GOALS. THAT WAS THE FIRST SPSA GOAL I GOT TO READ, SINCE HE LAID OUT WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO.
AS USUAL, OUR FANTASTIC BAND PROVIDED ENTERTAINMENT. MY JOB AFTER THAT, WAS HELPING PEOPLE NAVIGATE TO THE CAMPUS AND GETTING READY TO CHAT WITH KELMAN, WHICH IS ALWAYS QUITE A JOY. I DID GET TO ATTEND TWO OF THE THREE D.A.C. MEETINGS LAST WEEK. D.A. C. AND THE LGBTQ+ ACT. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAD A CONFLICT WITH THE D.A.C. MEETING.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE SUCH GREAT ATTENDANCE AND ENGAGEMENT FROM THE GET-GO. WE ARE CLEARLY OFF TO A GREAT START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN TERMS OF PARENT AND GUARDIAN ENGAGEMENT. AND I AM SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE TIME SPENT BY THESE VOLUNTEERS AND THE IMPORTANCE TO ME, AS A TRUSTEE, LISTENING TO THESE CONVERSATIONS AND GETTING THAT FEEDBACK IS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL AND IMPORTANT.
AND WE REALLY ARE LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A CULTURE OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
HAPPY SEPTEMBER. HAPPY SOON TO BE FALL. I'M CURRENTLY ENJOYING THE ALMOST FALL-LIKE WEATHER, BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS YET AGAIN. GOOD NIGHT.
>> UT TRUSTEE GILL? >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. FEELINGS SO GOOD TO BE WITH OUR DISTRICT ADVISORIES. AGENDAS ARE RICH. AND THE FEEDBACK IS GOOD TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT OUR SCHOOL SITES. AND WE HAVE TO BE BACK TO SCHOOL AND WE HAD BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS AND IT WAS REALLY A JOYFUL EXPERIENCE TO BE AMONG PARENTS AND SIBLINGS AND GRANDPARENTS AND SEE HOW HAPPY THEY WERE TO BE VISITING THEIR STUDENTS CLASSROOMS. SO THANK YOU TO THE PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS WHEN WERE WHO, WOOED SO HARD TO MAKE THOSE SUCCESSFUL. AND I HAVE TO SAY, AS I GET TO VARIOUS SCHOOL SITES, THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL. SO THANK YOU TO MEASURE I. VOTERS ONCE AGAIN FOR PROVIDING THOSE RESOURCES AND FOR ALL THE WORK THAT TOOK PLACE TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL SITES REALLY SPARKLE. THANK YOU.
>> TRUSTEE POWELL? >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU TO LANA CLARK AND ALL THE IMPORTANT WORK YOU DO THANK YOU TO THE RELAY KIDS. HAPPY HISPANIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
HIGH SCHOOL VOTER EDUCATION REGISTRATION WEEK IS THIS WEEK.
AND I KNOW THERE WILL BE SOME ACTIVITIES HAPPENING AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS SOON. AND I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR ALL ABOUT THEM.
AND HAS BEEN MENTIONED, DISTRICT ADVISORY HAS BEEN MENTIONED LAST WEEK, DAK, LGBTQ+ GATE AND DISCUSSIONS ON
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A MYRIAD OF ISSUES THERE ARE THINGS WE KNOW FROM GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE DAKS, OUT TO THE COMMITTEES. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING AND HEARING ABOUT HOW ALL OF THAT ROLLS OUT AS WE MOVE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR. I GOT TO HIT CONEJO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND CENTURY ACADEMY LAST NIGHT. AT CVHS, I REALLY APPRECIATED SEEING THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO WERE THERE AT THE SCHOOL. AND JUST THE SORT OF SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND THE FESTIVE FEEL. CENTURY WAS ALSO A GIFT FOR ME. I LEARNED A LOT BY BEING THERE LAST NIGHT. I WAS ABLE TO SIT IN ON ONE OF THE PARENT WORKSHOPS THAT THEY HELD TO EDUCATE FAMILIES ON THE NEW CURRICULAR PLAT STORM. CENTURIES L.L.P. AND THEY ARE WORKING TO GET THAT ROLLING. THE P.P.L. 3R-78 OFFERS GREAT OPTIONS FOR CENTURY STUDENTS. MUCH MORE SO THAN THE APEX PLATFORM DID. SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW THEY ROLL THAT OUT.AND A COUPLE OF SPECIAL SCHOOL SPECIFIC EVENTS. I'LL SHOUT OUT. IT WAS MY FIRST TIME AT WEATHERSFIELD'S PATRIOTIC ASSEMBLY. I HEARD ABOUT IT A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I GOT THERE.
AND IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT AT ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. MANY, OF COURSE, WERE PRESENT AT THE ASSEMBLY. AND WERE HONORED BEAUTIFULLY BY THE STUDENTS AT SUMMERFIELD. AND FINALLY, I GOT TO SEE ACACIA, WHEN SUBARU CAME AND HAD THEIR PRESENTATIONS. 1500 CLASSROOMS GETTING $500 EACH AND OTHER SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT'S ALWAYS LOVELY TO SEE BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS OUT THERE, SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS. SO THANK YOU. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME.
>> GOOD EVENING. AND WELCOME TO HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. THANK YOU, LANA, AND THE CONEJO FOUNDATION.
THANK YOU TO THE #K KIDS, IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO SEE THE KIDS. AND LIKE PLANE OF MY COLLEAGUES, I WENT TO BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHTS.
I WENT TO, ACACIA. AND TWO OF THE THREE DAC MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD LAST WEEK. WE PASSED RESOLUTIONS LIKE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. AND LGBTQ+ MONTH. TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS HAVE A FEELING OF BELONGING AND INCLUSION.
AND I MEAN, AT THE BIG HIGH SCHOOLS, KIDS FIND THEIR COMMUNITY WITHIN THE SCHOOL, WHETHER IT BE JOURNALISM, WHETHER IT BE MOCK TRIAL, WHETHER IT BE -- THEY FIND A COMMUNITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. LAST NIGHT, I WAS HERE AT CONEJO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. AND IT'S A COMMUNITY OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL. IT WAS LIKE A BLOCK PARTY. THERE WAS A GRILL OUT.
THERE ARE OLD -- I SHOULDN'T SAY OLD. DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT. RETIRED PEOPLE, WHO -- PART OF THE FAMILY, PART OF THE FAMILY WHO WERE THERE, AND CAME BACK. THE COMMUNITY THE KIDS FIND HERE IS SPECIAL. BECAUSE IT INVOLVES THE WHOLE SCHOOL. AND I WAS JUST SO IMPRESSED THAT THEY WERE -- THAT THE SCHOOL CELEBRATES THAT WHOLE COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH THIS THE KIDS. I KNOW THERE ARE KIDS THAT I TALK TO THEIR PARENTS. AND THEY SAID, WELL , HE -- IN THIS CASE, HE WAS CONSIDERING GOING BACK TO HIS OLD SCHOOL BUT NOW NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE HE'S FOUND COMMUNITY IN THIS SCHOOL. I WANT TO EXPRESS. IF YOU GREW UP, FOR PEOPLE LISTENING AND VIEWING, IF YOU GREW UP WITH AN IDEA OF CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL, THIS ISN'T IT. THIS IS DEFINITELY A COMMUNITY THAT BUILDS AND HELPS STUDENTS ACHIEVE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO IMPRESS ON THAT I WAS IMPRESSED.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL BEEN SAID. THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF BEING PRESIDENT. EVERYBODY SAYS THE SAME THINGS.
I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CHRISTY WARNER AND THE K. KIDS
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FOR COMING AND ALL THEY DO. BUT REALLY, I WANT TO PIGGYBACK.SOMETHING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL.
AND HOW WE ALL GO TO LISTEN IN HERE. FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ONE YEAR WHERE WE HAD THIS HAPPEN. IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG TIME, SINCE WE HAD A STUDENT, ACTUALLY ATTEND THE DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL. AND I THINK THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
I MEAN, CENTURY -- DID CENTURY COME? DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
IT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. BUT IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE YOU. EVEN IF THAT'S THE ONLY TIME YOU CAN MAKE IT. THE FACT THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME AND WERE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE, I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE PARENTS TO HEAR AND SEE THEIR WHY. IT'S NOT JUST THEIR STUDENTS OR THE ONES ON CAMPUS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WENT TO A NUMBER OF BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHTS. AND I TOOK A DIFFERENT TACT THIS YEAR. THIS TIME, I WENT AND STAYED IN ONE CLASS THE ENTIRE TIME, JUST TO SEE THE PRESENTATION FROM BEGINNING TO END. IT'S DIFFERENT THAN POPPING IN AND SAYING HI AND GOING AND DISRUPTING. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE TEACHERS WHO WERE VERY GRACIOUS AND HAD ME IN THERE.
AND WERE UNFAZED THAT THERE WAS SOMEBODY THERE THAT DIDN'T BELONG TO ONE OF THEIR CHERUBS. SO THE TEACHERS AT MADERNA, REDWOOD, THOUSAND OAKS, THANK YOU. I LOVE TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR CLASSROOMS FOR OUR STUDENTS. NEVER FAILS TO DISAPPOINT. I WOULD GIVE ANOTHER PLUG FOR
[G. Comments - Superintendent]
THE. SOIREE AND CHEROKEE. THEY ARE NEVER DISAPPOINTING IF YOU GO. WITH THAT, I TURN IT OVER TO DR. MCLAUGHLIN.>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO START OFF BY COMMENDING OUR BOARD. I THINK THAT FROM THE SITE LEVEL. THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND STUDENT TRUSTEE. THE EFFORTS GOING OUT. NOT JUST FOR BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHTS AND ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SPORTING EVENTS. BUT EVERYTHING THAT YOU PARTICIPATE IN THAT TAKES PLACE DURING THE DAY. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE. YOU GUYS GIVE A REPORT OUT. BUT YOU ONLY GIVE PORTIONS OF WHAT YOU DO. AND IN SOME DISTRICTS, MANY BOARD MEMBERS DON'T ATTEND A LOT OF THESE ACTIVITIES. MAYBE THEY DIVVY THEM UP. SO PEOPLE ARE GOING OUT. AND HERE THAT IS NOT THE CASE. OUR BOARD MEMBERS, YOU ALL ARE VERY ACTIVE. AND I THINK OUR SITES APPRECIATE THAT. AND ALSO, OUR DISTRICT STAFF WHO GET OUT TO SCHOOL SITES AND ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE ON CAMPUS. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S WORK THAT IS BEING DONE. BUT WE ALSO GET SOME FOLKS TO GET OUT AND DO SOME CELEBRATION WITH THE KIDS. AND/OR WITH STAFF.
SO THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, I THINK MAKES THIS DISTRICT DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS AND A GREAT DISTRICT TO BE PART OF.
WITH THAT, I JUST REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE MY GRATITUDE TO THE BOARD AND TO OUR STAFF TO GET OUT TO SCHOOL SITES AND PARTICIPATE. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S THE FUN PART.
[A. Future Board Topics / Activities]
ITEM 6A. FUTURE BOARD TOPICS? ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO OUR LIST? GOING ONCE -- SEEING NONE. WE[B. Adjournment]
ARE NOW ADJOURNED AT -- GIVE SOME PEOPLE* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.