[A. Call the Meeting to Order]
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>> GOOD EVENING. THE CONEJO VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT OR DISTRICT BOARD MEETING OF JANUARY 15TH, 2025 WILL PLEASE COME TO ORDER. PURSUANT TO THE RALPH AND BROWN ACT, THIS IS A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN PUBLIC AND ONLY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WILL BE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY
[C. Announcements from Closed Session and Open Session Procedures]
>> WE ARE AT ITEM 2C . ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM CLOSED SESSION. THE BOARD IS ADJOURNING FROM CLOSED SESSION.
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS CONSIDERED BY LAW WERE CONSIDERED. ITEM 1B, TRUSTEE GOLDBERG MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR CASE OAH202417704 SECONDED BY TRUSTEE SYLVESTER.. 1C, TRUSTEE GORBACK MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT . SECONDED BY TRUSTEE GILL. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. ONE D , TRUSTEE SYLVESTER MADE THE MOTION TO MAKE A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR CASE SECONDED BY TRUSTEE GOLDBERG. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO OUR MEETING AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE BOARD VALUES YOUR INPUT ON THE IMPORTANT EDUCATION MATTERS WE FACE.
THEREFORE, THE DISTRICT IS PROVIDING MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. PUBLIC VIEWING IS AVAILABLE THROUGH INTERNET LIVE STREAM ON THE WEBSITE.
PLEASE NOTE THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC OR WRITTEN COMMENT ON THE BOARD CAN BE FOUND ON THE MAIN PAGE OF THE BOARD AGENDA. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN COMMENT HAVE THE OPTION TO EMAIL THEIR COMMENTS TO TODAY. PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD IN PERSON SHOULD FILL OUT A BLUE SPEAKERS CARD AND HANDED TO MISSES DEVELOPMENT AT THE SECRETARY'S DESK. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON A SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE TURN IN YOUR CART PRIOR TO THAT ITEM IN THE AGENDA. IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUSINESS YOU WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE TURN IN YOUR CART BEFORE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION OF THE AGENDA. IF YOU INTEND TO DONATE TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER, LEASE HAND IN BOTH SPEAKER CARDS AT THE SAME TIME TO MISSES FELLMAN. IF YOU WISH TO REGISTER YOUR CONCERN BUT NOT BE AT THE PODIUM, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW PUBLIC STATEMENT FORM AND TURN IT IN AT THE SECRETARY'S DESK. BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE STATEMENTS AFTER THE BOARD MEETING. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT A RECORDING OF THIS MEETING IS BEING MADE AND BROADCAST FOR OUR LIVE STREAM AUDIENCE AND THE RECORDING AND BROADCAST MAY CAPTURE IMAGES AND SOUNDS OF THOSE ATTENDING THE MEETING.
SMOKING IS NOT PERMITTED IN THIS BUILDING OR ANYONE ON DISTRICT POVERTY. COPIES OF THE AGENDA ARE AVAILABLE ON THE TABLE IN THE BOARD LOBBY. PLEASE SILENCE ALL MOBILE
[D. Approval of the Agenda]
PHONES. WE ARE NOW AT ITEM 2-D. DO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE>> TRUSTEE GORBACK. >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE
AGENDA AS SUBMITTED. >> SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. TRUSTEE LIGHT?
>> YES. >> I AM A YES. MOTION CARRIES
[E. Student Recognitions]
WITH A 5-0 VOTE. WE ARE NOW AT ITEM 2E . WE HAVE TWO TEAMS TO PRESENT OUR RECOGNIZED STUDENTS.>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD PRESIDENT POWELL. TRUSTEES.
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DISTRICT LEADERSHIP. AS I ALWAYS SAY EVERY TIME I AM HERE, IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE INVITED TO RECOGNIZE THE SUCCESSES OF OUR STUDENTS HERE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SO THANK YOU FOR INVITING US. OUR FIRST GROUP TO RECOGNIZE IS OUR GIRLS MARMONTE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM. THAT SUCCESS CONTINUES . OUR GIRLS PROGRAM HAS ONE LEAGUE AND THREE OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND CONTINUES TO DO WELL AT BOTH THE CIF AND STATE SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR COMPLIMENTS OF OUR GIRLS PROGRAM AND WINNING THE MORE MONTE LEE. I LIKE TO FRACAS THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT HERE WE WILL: ONE PERSON ALONG WITH OUR COACH. SO, OUR TEAM MEMBERS, CAMBRIA BROWN, SOPHIA BRUNELLO, SOPHIA GRANT, MORALE HOMBO , VILLA CONCORD HERE, LAUREN MARLIN, ZOE MATROX, ELLA MUSCAT, AVA SANDERS, KARINA YORK, AND OUR REPRESENTATIVE,ISABELLA STEINER. >> MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE OUR VARSITY HEAD COACH AS MORE
>> IT IS MY PLEASURE NOW TO WELCOME OUR BOYS VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM INTO THE BOARD ROOM.
>> THIS BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS RELATED TO THE SUCCESS. THE 2024 CAMDEN COVES UNDEFEATED LEAGUE CHAMPIONS.
THEY HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZE AS PUBLIC THE SECOND DIVISION IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF THE CALIFORNIA. 2007 REGIONAL FINALISTS , TOP 10 RANKING IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE NUMBER ONE MIDDLE SIZED SCHOOL RANKED INCOME OF ONE YEAR.
WITHOUT QUESTION, THIS TEAM HAS HAD THE GREATEST SEASON IN COUNTY HISTORY WHEN YOU LOOK AT OVERALL ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE TEAM, THE RECORD-BREAKING ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PLAYERS ADJUST THE OVERALL LEVEL OF SPORTSMANSHIP , RESILIENCE, AND DEMONSTRATION BY THIS PROGRAM. THE MANY ASPECTS TO RECOGNIZE AS WE LOOK BACK ON THE SEASON. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE COACH AND THE ENTIRE COACHING STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND
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DEDICATION TO MAKE THE SEASON SO MEMORABLE. NEXT, THE PLAYERS NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT ROUTE THIS ENTIRE SEASON. WE PLAYED FIVE MORE GAMES AND MOST TEAMS AND PROBABLY TRAVELED OVER 1000 MILES ROUND-TRIP DURING THE PLAYOFFS AND CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON RUN. THE SACRIFICE IT TAKES TO BE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY READY IS HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS FOR BOTH THE COACHES AND THE PLAYERS. ALSO, A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR PARENTS AND OUR BOOSTER CLUB FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SEASON.AS MENTIONED BEFORE, WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE FROM EVERYBODY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
FINALLY, A BIG THANK YOU FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL TEAM THAT HELPS MAKE EACH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT LIGHT SPILLS SPECIAL . THANK YOU TO MR. DENNIS CRYSTAL VAN DIRECTOR, COACH, DANCE COACH, COACH BREE, CHAIR COACH, MISSES HARRY AND ADVISERS FOR THEIR AMAZING PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. MR. BERRY, MR. SOREY AND MISSES ADAMS AND THE PANTHER PET FOR YOUR ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT MAKE THE GAME THEY EXPERIENCED SAFE AND FUN FOR ALL ATTENDANCE AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT FOR MR. JASON KLEIN FOR THE COUNTLESS HOURS PUTTING INTO MAKING OUR GAMES ORGANIZED, SAFE AND A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR EACH HOME GAME. THERE IS NO WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE BEHIND-THE-SCENE S WORK IT TAKES TO MAKE THESE GAMES RUN AS SMOOTHLY AS THEY DO. AT MY TIME, IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE PLAYERS FROM OUR 2002 CIF DIVISION TWO CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. DREW
>> CONNOR SCHMELGEN . >> TYLER .
>> COACHES TO REPRESENT OUR STAFF. I WANT TO NAME A FEW THAT ARE NOT HERE. ANTHONY FOLEY, REDAN ANDERSON, AUSTIN'S AVEDA, BRIAN COOPER, BRAD DINAPOLI, RYAN, KEVIN KEENAN, CAESAR MAGDALENA, CHET POWER. AND FOR THE FOUR COACHES THAT ARE HERE, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO NEWBERRY PARK HIGH SCHOOL. FIRST, DOUG DAGAN.
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[F. Reports from Student Reporters]
>> OKAY. WE ARE AT ITEM 2F . OUR REPORTS FROM STUDENT REPORTERS. FIRST, WE WILL HEAR FROM NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL.
FROM SHEA GROHS. >> GOOD EVENING, DISTANT WHICH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DISTRICT PERSONNEL. I AM SHEA GROHS AND IS A PLEASURE TO BE JOINING YOU AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL ON THIS WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE PANTHERS HAVE STARTED THE NEW YEAR STRONG AS WE STARTED TO GET BACK TO THE SWING OF THINGS OF EXCITING THINGS THAT WILL COME OUR WAY. ON MONDAY, THE ASSOCIATED STUDENT GOVERNMENT HAD BUILT THEIR MONTHLY BIRTHDAY. THE STUDENTS WITH JANUARY BIRTHDAYS AT LUNCH. EARLIER TODAY, OUR UNIFIED SPORTS CLUB HAD A FUN ITEM AND THE CLUB TOOK A FIELD TRIP TO ENJOY SOME BOWLING AT THE NEW ALLEY. GIVING THEM A FUN BREAK TO BOND WITH OTHER MEMBERS. NEXT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22ND AT 5 P.M., THEIR HOSTING PANTHER PREVIEW NIGHT, A NIGHT GIVING PANTHERS A LOOK INTO THEIR FUTURE. THEY WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE POTENTIAL CLASSES AND MEET THE TEACHERS INVOLVED IN THE AMAZING PROGRAMS OFFERED AT OUR SCHOOL.
ON JANUARY 4TH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS THEIR SOLO NIGHT FROM 7:00 TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOUR TALENT ACQUIRES AS ALWAYS. AT THE END OF JANUARY FROM THE 27TH TO 31ST, WE WILL BE CELEBRATING THE GREAT TIGHTNESS CHALLENGE ENCOURAGING US TO SPREAD KINDNESS THROUGHOUT OUR AMAZING SCHOOL. ON MONDAY THE 27TH, STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS POSITIVITY AND KINDNESS ON THEIR CREATIVE SIDE TO DECORATE OUR QUAD. ON THE 29, WE HAVE A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY PLAN FOR STUDENTS TO THE DECORATIVE FRAME WITH POSITIVE MESSAGES AND DESIGNS TO MAKE A PHOTO COLLAGE OF KINDNESS. ON TUESDAY THE 30TH THINK YOU KNOW WHERE STUDENTS GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY WRITE THANK YOU NOTES FOR OTHER STUDENTS BUT STAFF, COUNSELORS, ADMINISTRATION, AND MORE. ON FRIDAY THE FIRST, WE WILL BE HANDING OUT WARM APPLE CIDER IN THE MORNING WITH KIND MESSAGES WRITTEN ON THE CUPS TO MAKE STUDENTS FEEL VALUED AND EXTRA SPECIAL. LOOK FORWARD TO CARRYING OUT THIS SPECIAL WEEK WITH OUR AMAZING STUDENT BODY. WE ARE ECSTATIC FOR THE REST OF THIS MONTH AND THE EXCITING EVENTS PLANNED FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF OUR SCHOOL
>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS CONEJO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. JJ JIMENEZ.
>> GOOD EVENING, RESIDENT GOLDBERG, DR. MCLAUGHLIN AND MORE NUMBERS AND ADMINISTRATION. HERE ARE SOME
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OF THE ACTIVITIES AT CONEJO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL SINCE OUR LAST REPORT. IN THE FIRST WEEK OF QUARTER THREE, NINE STUDENTS RETURN TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL , FIVE STUDENTS GRADUATED WE HAVE 50 NEW STUDENTS ENROLLED THIS QUARTER. FORTUNATELY, SEVERAL STUDENTS ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN TO SCHOOL BUT RELATES CVH AS IS WHERE SCHOOL IS. IN ADDITION, WE ARE RECOGNIZING FIVE STUDENTS FROM QUARTER TWO FOR THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL AND POSITIVE CHARACTER TRAITS. WE LOVE TO RECOGNIZE OUR STUDENTS NOT JUST FOR THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE BUT FOR MODELING THE TRUE DRIVING SPIRIT IN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. EVEN THOUGH WE HAD NO POWER FOR HALF OF LAST WEEK, STAFF AND STUDENT SUPPORT EACH OTHER AT SCHOOL AS WE MADE SURE EVERYONE WAS SAFE WHILE STILL BEING PRODUCTIVE. THIS SHOWED OUR NEW DRAGON'S HELP WE MEET TOGETHER AND HELP THEM FIT RIGHT IN AS THEY TRANSITION INTO A NEW ENVIRONMENT. HEY, MR. GORBACH, DELUXE LOOSE BALL BECAUSE TUESDAY IS A START OF OUR FOOSBALL TOURNAMENT. STUDENTS VERSUS STAFF.>> OF THE STAFF PARTICIPATING. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUN.
THIS HELP STUDENTS CONNECT WITH AND BOND WITH EACH OTHER , BUILD COMMITTEE AND HELPS TO MAKE MEMORIES AT OUR SCHOOL. IT ALSO HELPS STUDENTS INTERACT WITH TEACHERS DIFFERENTLY SINCE HALF OF THE STUDENTS ARE NEW STUDENTS HELPING THEM WRITE AND. ON THE 25TH, WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE ROLLING DRAGON DRESSER TAKING PLACE AT CONEJO VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE HOPE THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL PROVIDE CLOTHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DONATE MORE. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ATALANTE. ON THE LAST WEEK OF BREAK, WORKSHOPS WERE PUT TOGETHER FOR STUDENTS WHO HAD FINISHED THEIR COURSE WORK. THE WORKSHOPS CONSISTED OF RESUME BUILDING , THE NEXT STEP, MILITARY OPTIONS AND JOB AND CAREER PREPARATION.
GIVING STUDENTS AN INSIGHT INTO THE REAL WORLD WHILE BEING PRODUCTIVE. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THESE WORKSHOPS AGAIN IN JUNE. FOR QUARTER TWO, WE ARE HAVING A RENAISSANCE CELEBRATION HONORING SOME OF OUR DRAGONS FOR THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. THIS IS A TIME TO RECOGNIZE OUR HARD-WORKING STUDENTS FOR THE 90% ATTENDANCE EARNING AT LEAST 2.5 OR MORE CREDITS IN EACH CLASS AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP. WE HOPE THIS ENCOURAGES OTHER STUDENTS TO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND ATTENDANCE. LASTLY, WE INTRODUCED A NEW CLASS, SOUND ENGINEERING. LED BY KENNEDY, WHO IS A LOCAL PROFESSIONAL MEDICINE. STUDENTS WILL BE LEARNING HOW TO PRODUCE MUSIC, CREATE PODCASTS , AND GREAT SOUND EFFECTS. WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE NEW CT OPTIONS IN OUR SCHOOL TO EXPAND OUR KNOWLEDGE.
TO THINK AND HELP PRESENT NEXT MONTH.
>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL. ELLA
NEALE. >> GOOD EVENING , ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. MCLAUGHLIN, AND DISTRICT PERSONNEL. I AM ELLA NEALE. LSV VICE PRESIDENT AT THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL AND AMOUNTED TO PROVIDE THE BOARD REPORT FOR JANUARY 2025. FIRSTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE PRESIDENT DR. LISA POWELL ON HER BOARD OF PRESIDENT. WELCOME BACK, TRUSTEES OF ULSTER AND GILL FOR THE RE-ELECTION ON THE BOARD.
AS WE BEGIN THIS SEMESTER, OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY REFLECTS ON A BUSY YET REWARDING CLOSE OF OUR FALL SEMESTER AND LOOKS FORWARD TO THE MANY EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES THE SPRING SEMESTER HOLDS. BEFORE HEADING INTO WINTER BREAK, THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL CONCLUDED THAT SEMESTER WITH FINALS WEEK. A TIME OF FOCUS AND PERSEVERANCE FOR OUR STUDENTS. IN KEEPING WITH PREDICTION, WE AIM TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS DURING THIS CHALLENGING TIME PROVIDING FREE HOT CHOCOLATE IN THE QUAD AS WELL AS PENS, PENCILS, NOTEBOOK PAPER AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES. THIS GESTURE OF CARE AND ENCOURAGEMENT MISTREATS THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO HELPING OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED.
WHILE WINTER BREAK PROVIDED A WELL-DESERVED REST FOR MANY, OR WINTER SPORTS TEAM IS HARD AT WORK REPRESENTING THE HIGH SCHOOL WITH PRIDE. BOYS AND GIRLS BASKETBALL, WAS ENGROSSED SOCCER AND WATERFALL POLO COMPETED TO THE BREAK SHOWCASING THE TEAMWORK AND LANCER SPIRIT. THE DEDICATION OF OUR ATHLETES AND COACHES CONTINUES TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY PROUD AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THEIR SEASON. AND SPECIAL COLLABORATION THIS MONTH. TOSH PARTED WITH RAMS WHO GENEROUSLY DONATED 2000 RALLY TOWELS FOR STUDENTS AND DISTRICT IN PREPARATION FOR THE PLAYOFF GAME. THERE WAS NO DENYING THE EXCITEMENT AS STUDENTS RECEIVE THEIR TOWELS ON LUNCH ON MONDAY TAKING PHOTOS AND SHOWING SCHOOLWIDE ENTHUSIASM. THESE MOMENTS OF CONNECTION HIGHLIGHT THE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WE HOLD AND CONTINUE TO BUILD WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. RECENTLY, OUR COMMUNITY HAS FACED CHALLENGES INCLUDING POWER OUTAGES AND ANXIETY SURROUNDING POTENTIAL FIRES AND EVACUATIONS. THROUGH IT ALL, THERE ARE MANY STEADFAST SOURCE OF STABILITY WITH TESLA BATTERY
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BACKUPS ENSURING OUR CAMPUS STATE OPERATIONAL. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS RESEARCH THAT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE SERVING OUR STUDENTS DURING UNCERTAIN TIMES. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL HAS UPHELD ITS PRESENTATION WHERE AS A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED AND CARING FOR COMMUNITY AND ADMIN. AS WE BEGIN THIS NEW SEMESTER, WE DO SO WITH OPTIMISM AND EXCITEMENT FOR WHAT LIES AHEAD. THERE ARE COUNTLESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO SHINE AND CREATE LASTING MEMORIES. THE ENERGY AND PASSION OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FAMILIES ENSURE THAT 2025 WILL BE A YEAR OF GROWTH, ACHIEVEMENT, AND CELEBRATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL. TODAY, WE ARE BUILDING A FUTURE WHERE EVERY LANCER THRIVES.>> UP WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. BRANDON OSBORN.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND DISTRICT STAFF. I AM BRANDON OSBORN AND I AM THRILLED TO BE GIVING YET ANOTHER EXCITING OFFICIAL REPORT IN BEHALF OF WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL. I MISS ALL OF YOU VERY MUCH AND I HOPE YOU HAVE ALL BEEN SAFE AND UNAFFECTED BY THE FIRES. I'M EXCITED TO REFLECT ON THE AMAZING MONTH WE HAVE HAD CELEBRITY WOULD MAKE SO WILL SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE. IN DECEMBER, INCLUSIVE SCHOOL HE WAS IN A NOTABLE SUCCESS IN THE WEEK WAS FULL OF OUR STUDENTS AT WESTLAKE LEARNING WHAT IT MEANS TO TRULY BE INCLUSIVE AND LOVING TO ALL. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STUDENT GROUPS FOR UNIFIED'S SPORTS, THE BLACK STUDENT UNIT, JEWISH UNION AND SDA THAT HOSTED FANTASTIC LUNCH TIME ACTIVITIES. THESE ACTIVITIES BROUGHT THE STUDENTS TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAD AN EXCITING DAY WHETHER IT WAS A SERVICE PROJECT SUPPORTING HEALTHCARE WORKERS, MAKING BLATANT LINKAGE FOR DRIVES OR COMING TOGETHER TO HAVE FUN, IT WAS CLEAR WE ALL SHOWED UP TO MAKE IT A WEEK OF INCLUSION. WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY PROUD THAT THE STUDENT GROUPS CAME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT SUCH A WONDERFUL CAUSE. IT IS MOMENTS LIKE THESE THAT REMIND US HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO WORK TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER. IN ADDITION TO THESE WONDERFUL LUNCH TIME ACTIVITIES, OR FUTURE WARRIOR NIGHT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. THE EVENT HAD A FULL HOUSE AND IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE PERFORMANCES BY ALL REQUIRE, BAND, DANCE TEAM, AND CHEERLEADERS. THE WINTER CONCERT GLOW WAS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING. IT IS BEEN SO GREAT TO SEE CHOIR MEMBERS PERFORM AROUND DIFFERENT VENUES AROUND ONE AS WELL. DEDICATION TO MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE FULLY SHINES. WE ALSO HAVE A MENTAL CONCERT WEEK WHERE WE ENJOYED THREE NIGHTS OF BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. WE SAW PERFORMANCES FROM DREAMS, JASMINE, PERFORMANCE BAND. EACH OF HIS CONCERTS WITH A TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORK AND TALENT OF OUR AND I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT OUR SCHOOLS MUSIC PROGRAM IS PRETTY TOP-NOTCH. WE ALSO HAD AN EXCITING WINTER SPIRIT WEEK LAST WEEK WHERE EVERYONE CAME TOGETHER TO SHOW THEIR SCHOOL PRIDE. THE ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM WAS CONTAGIOUS AND IT REALLY BROUGHT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY CLOSER. AS WE HEAD INTO BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE LOOK FORWARD FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN, REFLECT, CELEBRATE, THE RICH HISTORY OF BLACK AMERICANS.
JAMIE, AN ASU VETERAN IS WORKING TIRELESSLY TO MAKE EVEN A HUGE SUCCESS WITH POSTERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND FLYERS. WE ALSO HAVE PLENTY OF VETERANS HAVING DRIVES GOING ON AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE. IT IS A GREAT WAY TO GIVE BACK AND MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO GET A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MISS BENNETT. WE ARE SO PROUD OF HER AND GRATEFUL IN THE DISTRICT DO DEDICATE -- THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE PROUD OF HERE AT OUR SCHOOL.
THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO LOOK FORWARD TO. FROM THE UPCOMING RODEO SEEMED RALLY TO EVERYTHING ELSE WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH, LET'S CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. IT IS A PLEASURE CATCHING ALL UP AND UNTIL NEXT TIME, ONE LOVE, ONE TRY. THANK YOU.
>> ALL OF OUR STUDENT REPORTERS. ALWAYS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE
[G. Comments - Public]
THINGS OUR BOARD MEETING SO APPRECIATE THE GREAT REPORTS.WE ARE GOING TO BE MOVING ON TO ITEM 2G WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WANTS TO HEAR FROM STUDENTS , PARENTS, EMPLOYEES, AND OUR COMMUNITY. ALL INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54954 .3. COMMENTS REGARDING SPECIFIC ITEMS LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA MUST BE MADE WHEN THAT AGENDA ITEM IS CALLED. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON 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. FELDMAN. PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY MATERIALS TO HAND TO BOARD MEMBERS, PLEASE PROVIDE THOSE MATERIALS TO MR. MRS. FELDMAN. PURSUANT TO THE BROWN ACT, THE BOARD CANNOT UNDERTAKE ANY ACTION OR DISCUSSION ON ITEMS NOT ON TONIGHT'S POSTED AGENDA. HOWEVER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OR STAFF MAY BRIEFLY REPLY TO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS POSED BY THE PUBLIC. USUALLY WE WILL WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE
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PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD BEFORE RESPONDING. AS OUR MEETINGS ARE HELD IN PUBLIC, YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE HEARD BY THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING OR WATCHING A BROADCAST. IN ADDITION, THE BOARD ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC AFFAIRS, THEREFORE WE HOPE STUDENTS ARE WATCHING THIS MEETING OR ARE IN TONIGHT AUDIENCE. AND THERE ARE SOME. PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THAT AND MAKE SURE YOUR COMMENTS ARE EFFECTUAL AND OFFER THEM IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER. IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS, THE GOVERNING BOARD STRIVES TO SPEC THE PRIVACY RIGHTS OF STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES DURING OUR MEETINGS. THIS INCLUDES THE RIGHT FOR THE IDENTITIES OF STUDENTS TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL. WE ALSO ASK THAT SPEAKERS BE SENSITIVE TO OUR EMPLOYEES LEGAL RIGHTS TO PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY. AS A REMINDER, THOSE REQUESTING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME WILL SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE BOARD AGENDA. PLEASE NOTE THAT SPEAKER CARDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED ONCE THE BOARD STARTS THE PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA ITEM WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER. AND EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. AND DO WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS? WE DO. WE HAVE FOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. AND FIRST, WE WILL HAVE JAMIE SONARI. YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND YOU HAVE THREEMINUTES. >> HELLO. THANK YOU. THAT EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS JAMIE SONARI AND I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED AT WESTLAKE IMAGERY SCHOOL LAST WEEK. I APPROACH THIS WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR ALL OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED BUT I FEEL COMPELLED TO HIGHLIGHT THE SERIOUS CONCERNS REGARDING THE DECISION TO KEEP THE SCHOOL OPEN DURING UNSAFE CONDITIONS. ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, WESTLAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPERATED WITHOUT POWER LEAVING CLASSROOMS COLD, DARK, AND UNFIT FOR LEARNING. TEMPERATURES IN THE ROOMS WERE AS COLD AS IT IS OUTSIDE AND THAT NIGHT IT DROPPED DOWN TO 46.8 DEGREES. TEACHERS BROUGHT LINKAGE FOR THE STUDENTS WHEN IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT PARENTS BE NOTIFIED TO DRESS THE CHILDREN IN LAYERS, THE EMAIL WAS NEVER SENT. THE CLASSROOMS AT WESTLAKE ELEMENTARY ONLY HAVE ONE WINDOW NEAR THE DOOR.
MEANING THAT THE DOORS WERE CLOSED TO BLOCK THE STRONG WINDS AND NOISE. THE ROOM BECAME EVEN DARKER. THE GENERATOR PROVIDED WAS INSUFFICIENT , ONLY POWERING THE PHONE LINES AND BELLS TO MAINTAIN SCHEDULE. PROMISED LANTERNS NEVER ARRIVED. LEAVING CLASSROOMS IN YOUR DARKNESS.
COMMUNICATION FAILURES ADDED TO THE DANGER. FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 10:00 A.M. ON THURSDAY, THERE WERE NO PHONES, NO CELL SERVICE, AND NO FUNCTIONAL WALKIE-TALKIES BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT BE CHARGED. SOME CLASSROOMS HAD NO WORKING PHONES AND EVEN AFTER THE LAND LINES WERE RESTORED, REQUIRING OFFICE STAFF -- I AM SORRY. SOME OF THE PHONE LINES WERE NOT WORKING EVEN AFTER THE LANDMINES WERE RESTORED, REQUIRING OFFICE STAFF DO PHYSICALLY WALK TO EACH CLASSROOM TO COMMUNICATE AND HAD THE FIRE OVER THE HILL HAD RAPIDLY CHANGED DIRECTION. AND I EXPERIENCED THIS FIRSTHAND AND HOW FAST I CAN ACTUALLY HAPPEN. EVACUATION AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION WOULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY HINDERED. IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE WERE NO CROSSING GUARDS AT THE SCHOOLS WHERE THE LIGHTS WERE OUT, POSING A LARGE SAFETY CONCERN FOR CHILDREN. I AM NOT SUGGESTING THE ENTIRE DISTRICT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLOSED BUT WESLEY ELEMENTARY SHOULD HAVE BEEN. THE LACK OF POWER, UNSAFE TEMPERATURES, COMMUNICATION CHALLENGES, AND PROXIMITY TO THE FIRE THAT CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT THAT WAS NOT CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING OR SAFETY. IT IS ALSO TROUBLING TO HEAR THAT THE TEACHERS ARE HESITANT TO SPEAK UP PUBLICLY ABOUT THESE ISSUES FOR FEAR OF RETALIATION. THE SILENCE ONLY DEEPENS THE DIVIDE BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THOSE WHO WERE ON THE FRONT LINES OF EDUCATION EVERY DAY. SCHOOLS ARE NOT MEANT TO BE DAY CARES. THEIR PLACES OF LEARNING AND SAFETY UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. NEITHER WAS POSSIBLE. AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY, CONEJO VALLEY UNIFIED GRADUATE, A WORKING MOTHER, WORKING OF THE ISABELLA PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE AND SOMEONE WAS FACED THE DEFINITION DEVASTATION OF THE FIRE FIRSTHAND, I URGE THE BOARD TO TAKE THESE CONCERNS SERIOUSLY AND PLEASE REVIEW THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTOCOLS AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESS THAT ALLOWS WESLEY TO REMAIN OPEN UNDER THESE CONDITIONS BECAUSE WE OWE IT TO OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THIS DOES
NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE
MELISSA HERTADO. >> HI. LEAVING BOARD PRESIDENT POWER AND BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF. MY NAME IS MELISSA HERTADO. I AM THE DEPUTY COMMITTEE SERVICES DIRECTOR AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO INVITE YOU TO A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AROUND THE DOWNTOWN PLANS. THIS IS OPEN TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU WHEN POSSIBLE , STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND HE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ATTEND THESE CONVERSATIONS. SO WHAT IS THE DOWNTOWN PLAN FOR THOSE OF YOU
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HAVE NOT HEARD ABOUT IT, THIS IS A RE-ENVISIONING OF THE CIVICS ARE PLAZA CAMPUS. WE HAVE THEATERS AND WE HAVE CITY HALL GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS BUT THIS IS REALLY INTENDED TO BE A CATALYST FOR CREATING A DOWNTOWN THOUSAND OAK.SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE 2019 GOVERNING COMMUNITY INPUT AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING ADDITIONAL ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, SHOPPING, DINING, COMMUNITY EVENTS, HOUSING ON THIS PROPERTY. AND SO IT IS REALLY EXCITING ENDEAVOR WE ARE UNDERTAKING BUT WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO THIS IS JUST THE START OF SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE ARE GATHERING AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE PROJECT, BUT OVER THE NEXT SEVEN WEEKS OR SO, WE WILL BE HOLDING COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE FIRST ONE IS TONIGHT AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF COMPLEX WITH THE BOARD MEETINGS, THERE WILL BE SOME FOCUSED DISCUSSIONS AROUND ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND OAK TREE PRESERVATION, VISITOR EXPERIENCE AND THE BUSINESS MIX SUSTAINABILITY , ACCESSIBILITY AND DISABLED ACCESS AND THEN, A FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION ON THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE ARE HAVING AND OVERALL PROJECT DISCUSSION. ON SATURDAY , THERE WAS A DATE THAT WAS ADDED ON FEBRUARY 22ND. SO FOR ANY OF YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THIS, WE DO HAVE A DEDICATED WEB DATE AND THAT IS AT TOAKS.GOV/DOWNTOWN . WE WOULD LOVE FOR ALL OF YOU TO PARTICIPATE AS POSSIBLE. THANK
YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT TO HEAR FROM OUR CITY. IT INVOLVED, EVERYBODY. NEXT, WE HAVE MICHELLE GRISIC. I AM SO SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT.
>> HELLO. I AM MICHELLE GRISIC. I AM FORT 14. THE LIBRARY WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT AUTHORS DO IT GIVES US COMING TO THOUSAND OAKS LIBRARY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. HE WILL ALSO BE SELLING AND SIGNING HIS BOOKS. THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY JANUARY 25TH FROM 2:00 P.M. TO 3:00 P.M. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND OUR LAST PUBLIC SPEAKER IS KELLY REEDY. EXCELLENT. THREE MINUTES.
>> >> GOOD EVENING. LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING THAT MY BOSS FOR EVERYONE AFFECTED BY THE ONGOING WELD FIRE EMERGENCY IN OUR SURROUNDING AREA. AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT, I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS PAST WEEK HAS BEEN A WAKE-UP CALL FOR ALL OF US. THIS SHOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE AND ENHANCE OUR DISTRICT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. THIS IS OUR NEW NORMAL. AS A HEALTH CARE AND IT WAS LIKE IMAGERY I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE AND ENSURE ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE SAFE. IT IS MY OPINION THAT EACH SCHOOL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AS FOR WHAT IS DEEMED SAFE TO BE OPEN. I DID NOT FEEL SAFE AT MY SITE ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 9TH. WESTLAKE ELEMENTARY SITS IN A VERY PRECARIOUS AREA ON THE CORNER OF TRAIL AND WESTLAKE BOULEVARD. THE OPEN SPACE AND TOPOGRAPHY OF THIS AREA IS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS DURING THESE RED FLAG EVENTS. IF A WIND DRIVEN FOR FIREWOOD TO SWEEP DOWN THE CANYON AND AN EVACUATION WOULD BE A NIGHTMARE. WITH 500 PLUS STUDENTS, TRAFFIC WOULD BE GRIDLOCKED WITH LIMITED ACCESS OUT OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
TRAFFIC ON JANUARY 9TH WAS ALREADY CONGESTED DUE TO THE ONGOING SITUATION IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT WOULD'VE TRANSPIRED IF WE DID HAVE TO EVACUATE AND IF ANYONE HAS EVER HAD TO EVACUATE DURING A WIND DRIVEN FIRE WITH FIRE IS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, IT IS SCARY.
ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY, WE HAD NO CELL PHONE COVERAGE. CELL PHONE COVERAGE IS SPOTTY AT BEST IN THIS AREA ON A GOOD DAY. WE HAD NO LANDLINE PHONE COVERAGE. GENERATOR WAS EVENTUALLY PROVIDED , WHICH HELPED WITH PHONE SERVICE LATER IN THE DAY. OUR FIRE ALARMS WERE NOT WORKING. OUR CUSTODIAN HAD TO DO A SWEEP OF THE PERIMETER EVERY HOUR. MOST OF OUR WALKIE-TALKIES WERE NOT CHARGED. THEY WERE TAKEN TO ANOTHER SCHOOL TO BE CHARGED AND WE EVENTUALLY DID GET THEM BACK. AND THERE IS NO EMERGENCY LIGHTING IN THE BATHROOMS, SO IN THE HEALTH OFFICE, IF YOU SHUT THE DOOR, THERE IS NOTHING. IT IS PITCH DARK IN THERE. OUR EMERGENCY RADIO BATTERY WAS DEAD. I TOLD PEOPLE TO TURN THAT ON AND WE TURNED IT ON AND IT DID NOT WORK. THE BATTERY WAS LAST CHANGED IN 2018. A NICE GENTLEMAN FROM THE DISTRICT DID COME AND HE DID CHANGE THE BATTERY FOR US. THANK YOU. I ALSO TAKE CARE OF A DIABETIC STUDENT AT THIS SITE. I COULD NOT SEE ANY OF HER NUMBERS THAT DAY. I CONTINUALLY HAVE TO GO CHECK ON
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HER PUMPED TO SEE HER NUMBERS BECAUSE I HAD NO NUMBERS TO LOOK AT. AND AFTER PE , A DROP IN HER BLOOD SUGAR AND I COULD NOT COMMUNICATE WITH HER MOTHER. THERE WAS NO CELL PHONE COVERAGE. HER MOTHER HAD NO CELL PHONE COVERAGE. THAT WAS SCARY FOR ME TO HAVE TO HANDLE. THE DISTRICT COULD PROVIDE THREE LANTERNS FOR OUR 23 CLASSROOMS BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED. WE ARE PRESENTED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE CP DRIVEN CHANGES TO OUR DISTRICT. IN LIGHT OF WHAT SEEM TO BE THENEW NORMAL. >> I'M SORRY. THREE MINUTES ARE UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. WE ARE DONE WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ARE MOVING ON. DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS -- DR.
MCLAUGHLIN LIKE TO ADDRESS SOMETHING.
>> WE APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE SCHOOL SITE.
VERY SPECIFIC TO OBVIOUSLY CONCERNS RAISED . WE AS A DISTRICT ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A TASK FORCE TO DEAL WITH OUR NEW NORMAL OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUT OFFS . THAT TASK FORCE WILL BE MADE UP OF ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, AND CLASSIFIED STAFF. SO, WE WILL BE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE LOOK AT SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL CLOSURES , THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THAT WE ARE SPEAKING TO ON A REGULAR BASIS. SPEAKING WITH PRINCIPALS, DIRECTORS, AND ULTIMATELY DECISIONS ARE MADE.
SO WE APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. THIS FEEDBACK WE WILL BE LOOKING AT WHEN WE ALL ATE OUR SCHOOL SAFETY PLANS ARE DONE ANNUALLY. WE DO HAVE -- WHAT IS A TERMINOLOGY IN THAT?
>> A DOWNED POWER LINE IN THE SCHOOL SAFETY PLAN?
>> OH. CURRENTLY IN THE APPROVED -- THERE IS A UTILITY
OUTAGE SECTION. >> SO WE WILL BE UPDATING OUR SCHOOL SAFETY PLANS TO WORK WITH THE POWER SAFETY SHUT OFFS. SO THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT WILL BE DONE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I THINK EVERY DISTRICT IN OUR AREA IS RUNNING INTO MANY OF THE SAME CONCERNS AND ISSUES AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO WORK THROUGH AS A DISTRICT SO, WE APPRECIATE THE
[A. Student Services - Adoption of Resolution #24/25-21: in Recognition of National Black History Month]
FEEDBACK. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MOVING TO ACTION ITEMS SECTION 3 -- 3A IS STUDENT SERVICES. DO I HAVE A
MOTION? >> YES, TRUSTEE GORBACK?
>> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT RESOLUTION 24/25-21 IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH AS SUBMITTED.
>> THANK YOU. THE NEXT SECOND. >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE
WILL MOVE TO A VOTE. >> TRUSTEE LIGHT.
>> YES. >> I AM A YES. MOTION CARRIES
[B. Student Services - Adoption of Resolution #24/25-22 in Recognition of the Lunar New Year]
5-0 WITH A PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE FROM TRUSTEE LIGHT. ITEM THREE MINUS BE IS OUR RESOLUTION FOR THE LUNAR NEWYEAR. DO I HAVE A RESOLUTION? >> PRESIDENT POWELL?
>> YES, TRUSTEE GOLDBERG? >> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT RESOLUTION DECLARING JANUARY 29TH 2025 AS THE START OF THE CHINESE NEW LEARNER LUNAR NEW YEAR.
>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION ON
THIS ITEM? SEEING >> TRUSTEE LIGHT. NONE, WE
>> YES. WILL VOTE. >> TRUSTEE GOLDBERG.
>> YES. >> I AM A YES. MOTION CARRIES
[C. Human Resources - Adoption of Resolution #24/25-20: National School Counseling Week - February 3-7, 2025]
5-0 WITH A PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE FROM TRUSTEE LIGHT. ITEM THREE MINUS SEE. WE HAVE ADOPTION REGARDING NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK. DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> PRESIDENT POWELL? >> TRAINEE?
>> I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK
FEBRUARY 3RD THROUGH 25. >> SECONDED.
>> THANK YOU. SEEING THEM, WE WILL VOTE.
>> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER. >> TRUSTEE GORBACK.
>> TRUSTEE GOLDBERG. >> YES. V. I AM MOTION
[D. Board of Education - Update and Consideration of School Board Member Assignments to Committees]
CARRIES, FIVE MINUTES YEAR WITH A PREFERENTIAL YES VOTE ON TRUSTEE LIGHT. AN ITEM 3D . WE HAVE OUR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> RESIDENT POWELL?
>> TRUSTEE GOLDBERG. >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE
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UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER ASSIGNMENTS TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES WERE 2025. AS SUBMITTED.>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY
DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? >> OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE WILL
MOVE >> TRUSTEE LIGHT. ON TO THE
>> YES. VOTE. >> TRUSTEE GORBACK.
>> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES WITH A 5-0
[E. Business Services - Approval of Surplus Property Advisory Committee Members]
VOTE. ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> PRESIDENT POWELL? >> YES, TRUSTEE GOLDBERG.
>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE SURPLUS PROPERTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS SUBMITTED.
>> THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE VOTE.
>> -- WE ARE MOVING ONTO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. WE DID NOT HAVE
[4. ACTION ITEMS – CONSENT]
ANY ITEMS PULLED. DO I HAVE A MOTION?>> PRESIDENT POWELL? >> YES, TRUSTEE LIKE?
>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS SUBMITTED.
>> SECOND. >> THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION?
>> SEEING NONE, WE WILL VOTE. >> TRUSTEE LIGHT.
[A. Business Services - MEASURE I: Mid-year Report by the Bond Oversight Committee - Mr. Drew Pletcher, Committee Chair]
>> WE HAVE NOW MOVED ON TO SECTION 5, OUR INFORMATION DISCUSSION ITEMS. AND OUR ITEM A IS IS THE SERVICES. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. I BELIEVE MR. DREW FLETCHER? HELLO.
>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS DREW FLETCHER. VERY HONORED TO BE THE CHAIR THAT'S MY CONTINUED CHAIR OF THE MEASURE I COMMITTEE. SO, NORMALLY, I AM HERE WITH OUR MIDYEAR AND THEN WE DO AN END OF YEAR UPDATE. OUR MIDYEAR, WE REALLY BRING IT TO YOU NOT ONLY TO CHECK OFF WHAT OUR PURPOSE IS WHICH IS TO CONTINUE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC BUT REALLY, WE ADDRESS THE AUDIT AND WE USUALLY HAVE A SLIDE IN THERE REGARDING PASSAGE OF THE AUDIT.
BUT I WANT TO PREFACE THAT BECAUSE OF SOME CONTINUED ISSUES THAT WE CAN GET TO TOWARDS THE END, THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN REALLY APPROVED BY OUR SUBCOMMITTEE , WHICH IS BEEN MADE UP BY TWO INDIVIDUALS, MR. TONY GET ON THE COMMITTEE AND MYSELF. SO I CAN'T OFFICIALLY SAY THIS COMES FROM OUR ENTIRE BODY, BUT BECAUSE OF THESE CONTINUED ATTENDANCE ISSUES, I MADE A CHAIR DECISION TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE BUSINESS OF THE COMMITTEE DONE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO INFORM THE PUBLIC BECAUSE I THINK YOU WILL SEE AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, THERE IS A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS WORTH REPORTING ON. SO IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YOUR MEMBERS AGAIN FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR. -- SORRY. WE WILL KEEP GOING. WE OF COURSE START EVERYTHING OFF WITH OUR BALLOT LANGUAGE. IT IS OBVIOUSLY AN IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE BECAUSE THIS GUIDES NOT ONLY WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN CONTINUE TO DO AND SPEND MONEY ON BUT WITH THE PROMISE HAS BEEN MADE TO THE VOTER WAS IS $197 MILLION COMMITMENT IN 2014. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. JUST REAL QUICK. I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE CAPITAL ALLOCATION BETWEEN THE TWO. OUR CAPITAL ALLOCATION OF $146 MILLION AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH WHICH IS JUST THE END OF OUR LATEST QUARTER THAT WE COULD PULL NUMBERS OFF OF. DOESN'T INCLUDE THE ENCUMBRANCES WHICH WE HAVE A NUMBER TO DISCUSS, BUT WE HAVE $150 MILLION OF THE $146 MILLION SPENT ON THE CAPITAL SO FAR AND $51 MILLION ON THE TECHNOLOGY ALLOCATION, WHICH IS GOING TO LAST AS 20 YEARS. SO IF YOU REMEMBER AS I
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DISCUSSED OUT OUR ANNUAL PRESENTATION AT THE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE ARE AT AN INTERESTING STAGE WITH THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE ARE MOVING OUT OF CAPITAL AND GOING TO START REALLY PUTTING OUR FOCUS ON TECHNOLOGY. SO THE NEXT PHASE OF WHATEVER THIS COMMITTEE LOOKS LIKE IS REALLY GOING TO PUT AN EMPHASIS ON TECHNOLOGY AND MAKE SURE WE ARE USING IT TO GET THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT FOR NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS BUT FOR THE TAXPAYER JUST IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THAT TECHNOLOGY WE ARE USING LASTS AND CAN LASTS BEING IN AND OUT OF STUDENTS HANDS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE OFFICIALLY SOLD ON ALL OF THE BONDS. IF YOU REMEMBER AT OUR YEAR-END PRESENTATION, WE JUST HAD DISCUSSED OUR 2024 SERIES E4 $30 MILLION, BUT THAT IS YOUR BREAKDOWN AND I WILL TOUCH ON THE 2015 SERIES A BOND IN THE NEXT BEST MIKE UPCOMING SLIDES. AND YOU CAN SEE JUST AGAIN, A DIFFERENT WAY OF ESTABLISHING THE BREAKDOWN WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY REMAINING. I WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT 54%. ROUGHLY 27.7 MILLION REMAINING AND OUR CAPITAL AGAIN NOT INCLUDING THE ENCUMBRANCES WHICH WOULD PUT THAT 20% MUCH, MUCH LESS THAT WE ARE COMING TOWARDS THE END OF JUST ALL THE GREAT CAPITAL BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE SEEN ALL AROUND THE DISTRICT. OUR CONTINGENCY ALLOCATION. I THINK THIS WAS TWO OR THREE PRESENTATIONS AGO. WE BROUGHT THE CONTINGENCY ISSUE TO YOU.STAFF I THINK CORRECTLY RESPONDED AND ALLOCATED MUCH OF THE CONTINGENCY OF $6.5 MILLION ALLOCATED AND THAT REMAINING CONTINGENCY OF ABOUT 450,000 , WHICH ADDS PROJECTS AND THE FINISHING, WE WILL SEE HOW THE CONTINGENCY NUMBER CHANGES WITH WHAT HAS BEEN ALLOCATED AND WHAT NOT. OR BOND EXPENDITURE IS THROUGH SEPTEMBER. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS. WHAT WORK IS GOING ON AND THAT'S MY GIVE ME JUST A SECOND TO SWITCH MY NOTES HERE. SPECIFICALLY, I ALWAYS WANT TO HIGHLIGHT NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL . NOT ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR WONDERFUL PANTHER PROWLER JOURNALIST HERE BUT IT IS CERTAINLY ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROJECTS REMAINING , AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE SLIDE. SO WE HAVE ROUGHLY 9.35 MILLION REMAINING IN MAJOR ALLOCATION . CAMPUS QUAD ENHANCEMENTS WERE COMPLETED OVER THE SUMMER.
MUSIC FROM MODERNIZATION WITH THE CORE ROOM WAS COMPLETED OVER THE SUMMER. LOTS OF WORK TO DO. THE MAIN CHUNK OF THAT WORK WERE THE MAIN BODY OF THAT WORK IS OBVIOUSLY THE SCIENCE CLASSROOM MODERNIZATION MOVING AROUND DR. HAYEK I MEAN I BELIEVE BUILDING E ON THE CAMPUS. GETTING THAT MUCH -- SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU CAN IMAGINE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE DONE AT THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL. IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE DONE AT NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL.
AGAIN, EVERYTHING THE DISTRICT HAS DONE IN RELATION TO CHOOSING TO GO FORWARD AND MODERNIZE OUR BUILDINGS, MAXIMIZES DOLLARS WE HAVE SEEN AT NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL AND I THINK REALLY IS GOING TO TRANSFORM THAT CAMPUS MUCH MORE THAN JUST DECIDEDLY BUILDING A NEW BUILDING , WHICH AS YOU KNOW OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE GOES AT BUT IT JUST NEVER IS QUITE PENCILED OUT. SOME OF THE PROJECTS IN THE PLANNING PHASE AT THE SCHOOL SITES I WILL JUST GO THROUGH.
WE HAVE CLINGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL NPR UPDATES. THE EARTH MAGNET NPR UPGRADES. MABEL AND HER ENTRY ELEMENTARY. OFFICE RECONFIGURATION AND PARKING LOT UPGRADES. UNIVERSITY CENTER, THE NPR MODERNIZATION. WOULD MODERNIZATION GLENWOOD AND PURE UPDATES. AND MUSIC FROM UPDATES 2000 OAKS HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.
NEXT SLIDE, THREE. >> IN THINKING ABOUT HOW WE TRANSFER OUR FOCUS ON TO KNOWLEDGE HE, WE REALLY BEGUN -- WE REALLY WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO BREAK OUT WHAT EXACTLY THE DISTRICT IS SPENDING MONEY ON IN TERMS OF OUR TECHNOLOGY. SO, YOU CAN SEE HOW REALLY AS A POLICY FOCUS NOT ONLY HAS THE DISTRICT CHANGED AND PUT IT SPENDING FOCUS ON TABLETS AND LAPTOPS VERSUS COMPUTERS, THIS WAS A CHANGE EARLY ON. COMPUTERS WERE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS TO SPEND TO REFRESH THE COMPUTERS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND THEN, MOVED TO THIS IDEA OF THE $100 PER YEAR PER STUDENT TO GET THE
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TABLETS IN THE LAPTOPS AND ESPECIALLY DURING COVID, YOU SAW OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST FOCUS BEING PUT ON MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS REMAINED CONNECTED AND ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL. ONE OF THE BIGGEST, I THINK, ISSUES -- IT IS NOT REALLY AN ISSUE BUT A PRACTICAL REALITY IS WHEN YOU GIVE STUDENTS TABLETS AND LAPTOPS AND PUT THEM IN THEIR HANDS, INEVITABLY, THERE IS A BREAKAGE ISSUE AND A WARRANTY ISSUE AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT I THINK IS CERTAINLY DOING THE BEST THEY CAN TO MANAGE IT AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE STAFF THAT WORKS ON THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAVE SEEN MORE EFFICIENT WAYS OF HANDLING IT. DEFINITELY A LOT MORE REFURBISHED COMPUTERS WHERE YOU CAN REFURBISHED TABLETS WHERE YOU CAN. BUT I APPRECIATE THE WORK BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, I THINK THE SPENDING IS GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED OVER THE YEARS. SO, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, SOME GOOD NEWS. I MEAN, IT IS ALL GOOD NEWS BUT THIS IS SOMETHING DEFINITELY WORTH HIGHLIGHTING. OUR SERIES A BONDS, IF YOU REMEMBER 2014, THEY WERE A 15 YEAR TERM ON ALL OF OUR CAPITAL BONDS. REALLY, TWO POSITIVE THINGS OUT OF THAT I WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT IS MANY DISTRICTS AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY AND WE ACTUALLY JUST TALKED ABOUT IT AT OUR OCTOBER MEETING IS WHEN THEY PASS THESE BONDS RECENT DISTRICTS I THINK VENTURA, THE CITY OF VENTURA AND SOME OF THE OTHERS ARE PUTTING ON THE BACKS OF TAXPAYERS A 30 YEAR BOND AND THIRTY-YEAR REPAYMENT BONDS AND TO ME, AS IF SOMEBODY WAS ON A COMMITTEE THAT IS IN CHARGE OF KIND OF BALANCING TAXPAYER INTEREST AGAINST MAKING SURE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SPENDS THE MONEY ACCORDINGLY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, PARENTS ARE VOTING FOR THESE BONDS . THEY HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT. 30 YEARS LATER, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE NO KIDS IN THE DISTRICT. 30 YEARS FROM NOW, THEIR KIDS ARE GOING TO HOPEFULLY HAVE KIDS IN THE DISTRICT AND WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT OUR CVUSD IS 30 YEARS TERMS, YOU CAN THEORETICALLY HAVE KIDS AND HIGH SCHOOL AND 30 YEARS THE BONDS ARE GOING TO BE PAID OFF AND I THINK THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO HOW WELL THE SCHOOL MANAGES THEIR FINANCES AND REALLY YOU CAN SEE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MOODY'S REPORT AND THE SMP REPORT IS THE DISTRICT CREDIT RATINGS WERE RECENTLY UPGRADED AND IT ALLOWED THE DISTRICT TO REFINANCE THOSE SERIES A BONDS WHICH TO DR. HAYEK'S CREDIT AND HIS STAFF JUST REALLY ISN'T DONE. BEING ABLE TO SAVE ROUGHLY $1.5 MILLION TO TAXPAYERS, IT IS NOT DONE AND IT IS A TESTAMENT TO HOW WELL THIS DISTRICT MANAGES THE TAXPAYER FUNDS BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THE TAXPAYER SAVINGS THAT I NOTED IN A RECENT LETTER I WROTE TO THE THOUSAND OAKS ACORN, IT IS NOT REALIZED BY THE DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT DOES NOT SAVE THE MONEY. IT IS THE TAXPAYER SAVING THE MONEY. IT IS THE VOTERS THAT SAVE THE MONEY. AND I THINK TO REALLY GO THROUGH A SELFLESS ACT BECAUSE WE DISCUSSED IT AND IF I RECALL, DR. HAYEK, HE SAID IT WAS ABOUT $100,000 OR SO TO GO THROUGH THE REFINANCE PROCESS. IT IS AN EXPENSE. IT IS AN ADDED EXPENSE OF THE DISTRICT HAS NO OBLIGATION TO DO. BUT DID BECAUSE OF REALLY SHOWING THE PUBLIC, SHOWING THE VOTERS THAT THEY MANAGE FINANCES WELL. THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEIZE IT AND FROM MY CONVERSATIONS AND JUST PUT IN MY EAR TO THE GROUND TO FIND OUT IF OTHER DISTRICTS ARE DOING THIS, OTHER DISTRICTS ARE NOT DOING THIS. IT IS NOT EVEN COMING ACROSS THE DESK IN TERMS OF IDEAS OF OBLIGATIONS BECAUSE IN THEORY, THE VOTERS VOTED FOR IT. THEY CAN SELL THE BONDS, THEY CAN GET THE MONEY SO THEY WIPE THEIR HANDS OF IT. BUT I SINCERELY APPRECIATE AND I KNOW TONY AND THE MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BRIEF DISCUSSION ON IT, WE ALL APPRECIATE IT FROM A TAXPAYER AND A VOTER STANDPOINT . AND CHEERS TO THE DISTRICT. AND THEN, THE 1.4 MILLION ROUGH ESTIMATE IS REALIZED OVER THE TAX BILL OVER THE NEXT 2024 -- ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2029. SO A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT THINGS HERE. WHEN YOU THINK OF A REFINANCE, YOU REFINANCE YOUR MORTGAGE, YOU TAKE OUT A 30 YEAR REFINANCE. YOU EXTEND THE[01:00:01]
LIFE OF THE MORTGAGE AND NOW YOU ARE PAYING MUCH LONGER THAN YOU ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED. THE DISTRICT AGAIN DID SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL IN THAT THEY REFINANCED THE BRONZE, BROUGHT INTEREST RATE DOWN, SAVE MONEY FOR THE TAXPAYER AND STILL ARE GOING TO PAID OFF ALONG THE SAME TIME LAYING THE ORIGINALLY PROMISED THE VOTERS. SO AGAIN, IT IS JUST A CONTINUED BENEFIT AND A CONTINUED REALIZATION OF THE DISTRICT HAS A TAXPAYER IN MIND AND SHOULD BE FULL CREDIT TO DR. HAYEK AGAIN AND HIS TEAM. A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL BENEFITS. YOU CAN SEE THE CAMPUS MODERNIZATION THERE WITH -- I KNOW THE PARKING LOTS HAVE BEEN A DISCUSSION OF STAFF AND PARENTS BUT WE WILL JUST HOP TO THE NEXT SLIDE LEASE. REDWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. WHAT A CHANGE TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP THAT AREA AND KIND OF CREATE A MULTIUSER AREA AND PULL STUDENTS OUT OF THAT NPR ROOM THAT IS VERY CLOSED OFF WITH THE WAY IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED. I LOOK FORWARD TO EVENTUALLY GETTING IN A MEETING OVER THERE AND TAKE A TOUR AGAIN AND TRULY SEE ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE. JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE LOCKER ROOM MODERNIZATION OF HORSE AT THOUSAND OAKS HIGH SCHOOL.COMING TO THE END, OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY.
OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING IS IN MAY AND WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING IT SCHEDULED FOR NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO DO A WALK-THROUGH AND SEE ALL THE BENEFITS AND IMPROVEMENTS MADE OVER THERE.
BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY A LOT OF QUESTIONS OUT RIGHT NOW AND I APPRECIATE IN THE LAST MEETING, I KNOW YOU BRIEFLY DISCUSSED SOME ATTENDANCE ISSUES THAT WE ARE HAVING. I CAN'T LEAVE THE PODIUM WITHOUT HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HAVE OUR DECEMBER MEETING. WE TRIED TO HAVE ANOTHER SCHEDULED MEETING IN DECEMBER, DID NOT OCCUR AT OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED JANUARY MEETING DID NOT OCCUR BECAUSE OF CONTINUED ATTENDANCE PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW, IT IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE I THINK FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS, ONE, THIS COMMITTEE IS MADE BY STATE LAW. IT IS A BROWN ACT BASED COMMITTEE . I HAVE A PROBLEM AND I NEED TO GET A FULL AUDIT NOT ONLY DONE AND CERTIFIED BUT I HAVE TO GET A FULL PRESENTATION AND COME BACK TO YOU IN JUNE AND I THINK IT IS WORTH HAVING THE CONVERSATION. I APPRECIATE THE LETTERS BUT I AM NOT QUITE SURE HOW EFFECTIVE THEY WERE AT THIS TIME. BUT, I THINK PER OUR BYLAWS, WE NEED TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP . I LEAVE IT UP TO YOU. THAT IS THE WAY OUR BYLAWS ARE WRITTEN. BUT IF I CAN'T GET MY BUSINESS DONE, THEN I HAVE GOT A FUNDAMENTAL
>> BUT INEVITABLY THOUGH, I CONTINUE TO BE GRATEFUL FOR DR.
HAYEK AND HIS STAFF FOR BEING SO OPEN WITH THEIR BOOKS, THEIR TIME, THEIR QUESTIONS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK HERE IN JUNE. SO, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM OR IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND FOR YOUR GREAT COMMUNICATION AND GETTING INFORMATION OUT.
>> THANK YOU. SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT.
>> ONE OF THE LAST POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE IS IN A RECENT MEETING, I PUT OUT A CALL AND I WILL PUT IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE BOARD HERE, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE 2025 AND WHEN I COME BACK NOT ONLY IN OUR FINAL PRESENTATION FOR THE YEAR BUT IF THERE ARE POSITIVE STORIES OR POSITIVE IMPACTS THAT HAS BEEN MADE TO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL SITES, TEACHERS , YOU KNOW, ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY, I WOULD LOVE OUR JOURNALISTS IN THE ROOM, HINT HINT, IF YOU COULD HELP ME OUT THERE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO JUST GET POSITIVE STORIES TO START TELLING ABOUT WHAT MAJOR I HAS DONE FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, THE COMMUNITY, SCHOOL SITES . LET'S BUILD ON THIS POSITIVE ACTS BY DR. HAYEK AND THE REFINANCE AND CONTINUE TO TELL THE POSITIVE STORIES THAT MAJOR I HAS BEEN SICK AND I SAID EVERY TIME I AM UP HERE, WE NEED TO PROMOTE THE POSITIVE GOOD BECAUSE THESE TEXT BONDS ARE GETTING HARDER AND HARDER AND HARDER TO PASS AND THE VOTERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND NOT
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ONLY THE BENEFIT TO THE FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL THAT THE DISTRICT HAS IN TERMS OF MANAGING TAXPAYER DOLLARS, THEY JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE POSITIVE GOOD, YOU KNOW? IT IS THE ATTACKS ON THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM -- THESE SENSELESS ATTACKS JUST DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE POSITIVE GOOD THAT MAJOR IS DOING. I APPRECIATE IT. I AM SORRY TO INTERRUPT AGAIN BUT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IF YOU HAVE POSITIVE STORIES, I WOULD LOVE TO HEARTHEM. >> THAT IS A GREAT ADDITION.
THANK YOU FOR ADDING THAT. DO ANY OF YOU -- YES, TRUSTEE
GORBACK. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT DETAILED REPORT. SECOND OF ALL, AND I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF YOUR COMMITTEE. I DON'T KNOW WHO IS SHOWING UP AT THE MEETINGS AND WHO IS NOT SHOWING UP AND I AM NOT PINPOINTING ANYBODY ET CETERA, BUT I REMEMBER BEING ON THAT COMMITTEE AND THINKING BEFORE HE LEFT IT AND THERE WERE BYLAWS SAYING SPECIFICALLY IF YOU HAVE HAD THIS MIKE IF YOU MISSED TWO CONSECUTIVE -- I DON'T KNOW. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. TWO MEETINGS AND THERE IS A SPECIFIC PROCEDURE FOR REPLACING PEOPLE -- IS THAT NOT RIGHT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. , MR. TRUSTEE. IT IS TWO MEETINGS -- BASICALLY, TWO UNEXCUSED ABSENCES IN TERMS OF MEETING.
IF YOU ARE TRAVELING, IF STAFF KNOWS, I THINK THAT IS ONE THING BUT JUST FAILING TO SHOW UP WITHOUT ANY COMMUNICATION IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT PROBLEM BUT OUR BYLAWS STILL STAND THE SAME AS THEY WERE WHEN YOU WERE ON THE COMMITTEE. THERE HAVE BEEN
NO CHANGES SO, THAT IS CORRECT. >> AND I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE YOUR LAST POINT IS THAT WITH ALL OF YOUR ELECTION PINS AND STUFF, YOUR COMMITTEE IS ALL ABOUT THE KIDS AND BENEFITS THE KIDS IN THE LOCKER ROOM. I AM LOOKING AT STUDENTS AND THEIR NODDING APPROVAL. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE BENEFITS TO THE STUDENTS. I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT ON BEFORE THE EFFECTS TOOK PLACE, THE LOCKER ROOM FROM SOMETHING LIKE THIS MIKE YOU WANT TO GO IN THERE. AND NOW, THEY HAVE NICE LOCKER ROOMS. SO I JUST COMMEND YOU, YOUR COMMITTEE AND ALL THAT WE HAVE DONE, DR. HAYEK, EVERYBODY. I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR MAKING LIFE BETTER FOR OUR STUDENTS.
>> YES, TRUSTEE SYLVESTER? >> A FEW THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR COMING. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE. I APPRECIATE EVERY WORK YOU HAVE DONE. YOU AND MR. GET WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF MANY OF YOU IN YOUR COMMITTEE. EVERYTHING WE DO AND EVERYTHING MAJOR I DOES IS FOR THE STUDENTS. HE MADE THE POINT WITH A 15 YEAR TERM IS IF YOU ARE A PARENT, YOUR KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL FOR ABOUT THAT TIME BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT INVESTING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND INVESTING -- MAKING THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BENEFITS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND THAT REALLY HELPS OUR PROPERTY VALUES, HELPS ATTRACT PEOPLE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
IT IS NOT JUST THE BENEFITS OF THE STUDENTS WERE ON THE FIRST LINE BUT IT IS FOR EVERYBODY. AS FAR AS THE COMMITTEE, REMIND ME HOW MANY COMMITTEE MEETINGS THERE ARE IN A YEAR?
>> THIS YEAR, WE HAD FOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS BUT OBVIOUSLY WE PUT TOGETHER ENDED IN OUR DECEMBER MEETING TOGETHER A SPECIAL MEETING TO HANDLE IMPART THE AUDIT AS WELL AS -- THIS WAS ALSO ON THE AGENDA, THE REPORT.
>> AND FOR A MEETING TO BE HELD AS IT IS THE BROWN ACT COMMITTEE. YOU NEED ACORN WHICH IS SEVEN MEMBERS. YOU NEED TO
HAVE FOUR SHOW UP? >> CORRECT. AND YOU ARE HAVING
TROUBLE GETTING FOUR -- >> PEOPLE.
>> -- MEMBERS TO SHOW UP. ALSO IN YOUR SLIDE SHOWED UP THE VARIOUS NUMBERS ARE NOT RANDOMLY CHOSEN. THEY REPRESENT VARIOUS COMMUNITY ASPECTS. CORRECT? OLDER ADULTS, PTA REPRESENTATIVE , ET CETERA, ET CETERA. SO GETTING A TAXPAYER REPRESENTATIVE, -- GETTING THESE EYES AND HAVING THE INPUT FROM THESE VARIOUS GROUPS IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE ROTTED AUDIT REPORT IN GENERAL . JUST TO CLARIFY, I ALSO DID SIT ON THIS COMMITTEE BEFORE IT WAS ELECTED SO I SAW FIRSTHAND THE NATURE OF THE WORK AND THE IMP RUINS OF THE WORK. SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT LEVEL OR DEGREE OF OVERSIGHT RIGHT NOW. SO, I GUESS I DO HEAR YOUR FRUSTRATION AND I DO WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN DO AND OBVIOUSLY, HERE WE ARE IN JANUARY BUT THEY ARE STILL SEVERAL MONTHS OF THE YEAR. SO,
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WHAT NEXT STEPS THERE ARE AND THIS IS SOMETHING THE BOARDNEEDS TO DO. DR. HAYEK. LEVER. >> AND I SHOULD CLARIFY, IN YOUR LAST BOARD MEETING AS YOU REMEMBER, YOU REQUESTED A LETTER TO GO OUT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.. THE SUPERINTENDENT AS WELL AS DR. HAYEK SENT THOSE LETTERS OUT. SO, THE MEMBERS HAVE RECEIVED BOTH VIA EMAIL AND U.S. MAIL, THEY RECEIVED THESE LETTERS. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION THAT STAFF IS CERTAINLY DOING EVERYTHING THAT THE BOARDS DIRECTLY.
>> I DO AND I APPRECIATE THAT. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. YES, TRUSTEE GOLDBERG?
>> FIRST I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE REPORT AND ESPECIALLY ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO TRYING TO HOLD MEETINGS, CREATE REPORTS, GET WORK DONE, UNDER EXTENUATING LEE CHALLENGES OR CIRCUMSTANCES. NO IS NO GREATER COMMUNITY STORYTELLER IN CHAMPION FOR MAJORI THEN YOU AND SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT HAS THE STORY OF MEASUREI IS TREMENDOUS AND THE BENEFIT TO THE STUDENTS AND VALUES CANNOT BE OVERSOLD. IT IS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT. YOUR COMMITTEE IS MANDATED BY LAW?
>> CORRECT. STATE LAW. >> STATE LAW AS AN INDEPENDENT
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. >> I WAS NEVER ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT, WHEN YOU ARE SEATED, OR MAKING A COMMITMENT,
>> I FEEL LIKE HAS BEEN ANY, NEGATION WITH THE MEMBERS WHO RECEIVED THE LETTER? TO YOU AS CHAIR ACKNOWLEDGING OR TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT AWAY OR RESIGNING OR ANY OF THAT?
>> FROM THE CHAIR'S PERSPECTIVE, NO.
>> AND I JUMPED IN REALLY QUICK?
>> THE LETTER ITSELF ASKS IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE ON THE COMMITTEE OR NOT, LET US KNOW. NO ONE HAS REPORTED BACK THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE OFF THE COMMITTEE AND I WOULD NOTE THAT ANYONE WHO WAS ON THIS COMMITTEE FILLED OUT AN APPLICATION AND WENT THROUGH A PROCESS TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE SO IT IS NOT A WE SELECTED INDIVIDUALS TO BE ON THEIR YEAR SO THAT WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS SENT WITHIN THE LETTER ITSELF WAS IF YOU ARE NO LONGER INTERESTED THAN LET US KNOW SO WE NOW THAT WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER A HIRING COMMITTEE TO PUSH OUT APPLICATIONS AND GO THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS AGAIN. SO THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE NEED TO TAKE PLACE.
>> AND MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT THERE IS ALWAYS WAY MORE APPLICATIONS FOR THIS COMMITTEE THEN THERE ARE SLOTS.
>> IN CERTAIN AREAS. >> IN MOST AREAS. YES.
>> MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT. SO, I SHARE YOUR FRUSTRATION.
>> I DO WANT TO NOTE, THIS HAS NOT BEEN AN ISSUE OF ATTENDANCE IN THE PAST, CORRECT? IT HAS BEEN REALLY THIS YEAR FOR THE MOST PART WHERE WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET OR HAS THIS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR TWO YEARS?
>> I WILL SAY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND I'M SURE DR.
HAYEK HAS A COMMENT OR TWO, CERTAIN NUMBERS I WOULD SAY THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE BUT NOT TO THE POINT WHERE I DID NOT HAVE A QUORUM AND CANNOT GET THE BUSINESS OF THE BODY DONE.
BUT IT CERTAINLY JUST PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE TO THE POINT WHERE HERE WE ARE TODAY.
>> THANK YOU, DREW, FOR THIS GREAT PRESENTATION AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND FOR THE COMMITTEE'S WORK AND OF COURSE, DR. HAYEK AND HIS TEAM'S WORK. THE VOTERS INVESTED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TRUST IN US WHEN THEY PASSED THE BOND AND I TRULY APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE AND THE DISTRICT THROUGH DR. HAYEK AND HIS OFFICE HAS CONTINUED TO STAY FAITHFUL TO THAT TRUST. I THINK IT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT AND IT IS REALLY MUCH, MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.
>> MY PLEASURE. >> FIRST, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. I KNOW U.S. CHAIRPERSON HAVE TO TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS TO KEEP EVERYTHING RUNNING SMOOTHLY WHEN EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES AFFECT THE PRODUCTIVITY OF THE COMMITTEE. I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THE DECISIONS TO KEEP
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PUSHING THROUGH IT TO STILL BE HERE TO PRESENT. TO STILL GO OUT OF THE COMMUNITY AND INFORM EVERYONE ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS THAT MEASUREI HAS DONE FROM THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE. THE AMOUNT OF VALUE IT HAS BROUGHT TO THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE BOTH SOCIALLY, HAVING RE-BUILDINGS AND HAVING THE LAPTOPS AND JUST BEING ABLE TO ENSURE THAT ACCESS IS EQUITABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. SO, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. JUST OR QUESTION ABOUT SOME OF THESE ATTENDANCE ISSUES. HOW OFTEN ARE U.S. CHAIRPERSON AWAY BEFORE THE MEETING THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A QUORUM OF PEOPLE SAYING? IS THAT NEVER HAPPENING OR HAPPENING TO SOME OF THEMEMBERS? >> I HAVE CERTAINLY MADE CHANGES. SINCE THIS ISSUE HAS COME UP AND BEEN IN MUCH MORE CONFIDENT, NEGATION WITH DR. HAYEK LEADING UP TO THE MEETING BUT THIS HAS JUST NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE BEFORE. DR. HAYEK AND HIS STAFF ARE INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE IF ANY ISSUES COME UP TO LET ME KNOW FIRST, SO CERTAINLY MORE COMMUNICATION IS BEING HEAD RIGHT NOW . IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE PAST UNTIL
MOST RECENTLY. >> AND WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE NEXT STEPS, WHICH I KNOW OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HOLD YOUR LAST TWO REGULAR MEETINGS. YOU ARE STILL HAVING ISSUES SO WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? ARE YOU PLANNING TO RESCHEDULE THOSE MEETINGS? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE? GOING FORWARD? >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
SO, I THINK NUMBER ONE IS THE BOARD HAS TAKEN ACTION ON THE AUDIT ITSELF. I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE AUDIT. I WILL SAVE FOR MY OWN INDIVIDUAL PERSPECTIVE, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH IT. AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS OR ANYTHING WORTH NOTING, BUT REALLY, BECAUSE THE BOARD HAS ALREADY TAKEN ACTION ON THE AUDIT, THEY ARE THE DECISION-MAKERS AND APPROVAL BODY SO, IN TERMS OF RESCHEDULING, I DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED TO RESCHEDULE. IN MY MIND, THIS ISSUE AND THE TIME IN BETWEEN OUR NEXT BEST EXCUSE ME. THE TIME BEFORE OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IN MAY RESENTS A 9000 SOMEDAY WINDOW IN WHICH SOME ACTIONS CAN BE TAKEN BY THE BOARD. BUT IN TERMS OF MY NEXT STEP IN TERMS OF ATTENDANCE ISSUES, I HAVE TO LEAN ON THE BYLAWS AND MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD LOOK AT ENFORCING THOSE BYLAWS AT THIS POINT BECAUSE LETTERS HAVE GONE OUT AND NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN WILLINGLY BY THE MEMBERS. BECAUSE AGAIN AND I THINK IT WAS VERY WELL HIGHLIGHTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, APPLICATIONS WERE FILLED OUT. CHOICES WERE MADE. INTERVIEWS WERE HAD.
PEOPLE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN BEING HERE AND IN MY OPINION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE NOTABLE AREA THAT WE HAVE STRUGGLED GETTING PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS, , YOU KNOW, I AM HAPPY TO DO WHATEVER I NEED TO DO TO HELP PROMOTE AND GET NEW PEOPLE HERE JUST SO THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR MEETINGS. SO, CONSIDER ME AN OPEN RESOURCE AND AVAILABLE RESOURCE TO THE DISTRICT IN ANY WAY TO HELP PROMOTE, BUT LONG STORY -- LONG ANSWER SHORT IS MY PLAN IS JUST TO GO FORWARD WITH OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING IN MAY. I DO KNOW THAT EITHER WAY, I PLAN ON TOURING NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE WHAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE THERE AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK AGAIN TRUSTEE GOLDBERG MADE THE POINT THAT I SCREAM IT FROM THE ROOFTOP ABOUT ALL OF THESE BENEFITS AND WOULD LOVE TO GO TO MEETINGS AND TALK TO SITE REPS AND PARENTS AND AS MANY
PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. SO, YEAH. >> DR. MCLAUGHLIN?
>> JUST TO THE QUESTION AND THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE, OBVIOUSLY, OUR BYLAWS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD SO IT IS NOT LIKELY TO BRING BACK IN THE ACTION ITEM TO SAY WE NEED TO DO STEPS BECAUSE IT IS VERY CLEAR IN THE BYLAWS WHAT THAT IS. AND SO, IN MY PERSPECTIVE, A RUN OF ATTENDANCE FOR THE LAST COURSE OF THE TWO YEARS AND IF WE SEE ANY NAMES HAVE NOTABLY MISSED A NUMBER OF MEETINGS, PRESIDENT POWELL, MYSELF AND ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER WILL MAKE THE DECISION TO REMOVE INDIVIDUALS OFF AND THEN REPOST FOR APPLICANTS TO APPLY AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND WE CAN DO THAT SOONER THAN LATER SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT SOME DAYS HAVE A QUORUM
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AND AN ACTIVE COMMITTEE. >> AND JUST TO CLARIFY. I AM NOT NAMING NAMES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IS THE ATTENDING PROBLEM A ROTATING PROBLEM WHERE YOU GET THESE FOUR ONE
MONTH AND THESE FOUR -- >> I THINK IF YOU PULL THE ATTENDANCE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, YOU WILL SEE THE
PATTERNS YOU NEED TO SEE. >> I AM TRYING TO BE RESPECTFUL OBVIOUSLY OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND NAMES.
>> WE WILL LOOK AT THE BYLAWS AND LAYOUT PROCEDURES AND LOOK
AT THAT. >> I KNOW I CAN SPEAK FOR MR. GOETZ AS WELL AS GAIL THAT WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
>> THANKS AGAIN. >> OKAY. WE ARE MOVING ON TO 5B
[B. Instructional Services - Presentation: Elementary Co-Teaching]
. WE GET TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON ELEMENTARY CODE TEACHING FROM DR. SHAN CRAVEN FROM ASPEN ELEMENTARY.>> I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE ARE THE SECOND GROUP TODAY THE TO HEAR THIS PRESENTATION SO I WILL LET MR. LOU DO HIS PRESENTATION BUT EXCITED.
>> EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SHARE DR. MCLAUGHLIN. I WANTED TO FRAME OUR RESIDENT EXPERT ARE HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE CO-TEACHING EFFORTS OVER AT ASPEN ELEMENTARY. DR. D-LINE SELLER IS OUR DIRECTOR AND DR. SHAN CRAVEN OUR PRINCIPAL AT ASPEN ELEMENTARY. THEY WERE JUST TODAY EARLIER THIS MORNING AROUND 9:30, THEY PRESENTED AT THE STATEWIDE EVERY CHILD COUNTS SYMPOSIUM IN SAN DIEGO.
THEY PRESENTED TO A GROUP OF ABOUT 60 ADMINISTRATIVE THROUGHOUT THE STATE WHO WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING AND THE GREAT WORK THAT THE STAFF AT ASPEN ELEMENTARY ARE DOING TO REALLY IMPLEMENT SUCCESSFULLY CO-TEACHING AT ASPEN ELEMENTARY. SO THEY MAY HAVE DRIVEN UP AND HERE THEY ARE. THEY ARE PRESENTING SOME OF THE SLIDES THEY PRESENTED EARLIER. SO WITH THAT, YOU GUYS CAN TAKE
AWAY FOR THE SECOND TIME. >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT POWELL. TRUSTEES, DR. MCLAUGHLIN. DISTRICT. WE DID COME STRAIGHT FROM SAN DIEGO BUT ALSO WITH OUR STUDENT SERVICES FRIENDS SO, IT WAS EXCITING TO PRESENT THIS MORNING. I REALLY FEEL BAD BEING THE FIRST ONE TO PRESENT BECAUSE THIS WAS REALLY DR. CRAVEN'S IDEA. HE ASKED ME EARLIER IN THE SCHOOL YEAR WHEN I PRESENT WITH HIM AT THE CONFERENCE SO THAT WE COULD SHARE WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AT ASPEN ELEMENTARY FOR THE LAST THREE SCHOOL YEARS AND WHAT REALLY STARTED IN BOTH MINE AND SHANE'S FIRST YEAR IN OUR ROLES AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR IN THAT FIRST YEAR IS WHEN WE WERE REALLY BLOWING UP ALL OF THESE IDEAS TOGETHER IN CONJUNCTION WITH STUDENT SERVICES. SO, WE REALLY EMPHASIZE AND YOU WILL SEE THE IMAGERY OF BRIDGES THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE SEE AND IF YOU HAVE VISITED ASPEN ELEMENTARY AND SEE THE CO-TEACHING CLASSES, YOU REALLY JUST SEE THOSE BRIDGES BETWEEN THE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, BETWEEN THE STAFF. IT IS JUST AN OVERARCHING VISUAL REMINDER OF WHY CO-TEACHING IS SO IMPORTANT. SO, MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION IS REALLY GOING TO BE AN OVERVIEW OR REVIEW OF CO-TEACHING AND THE PEOPLE WE PRESENTED TO THIS MORNING. WE DID A QUICK POLL TO MAKE SURE THAT HOW FAR INTO CO-TEACHING WE NEEDED TO GO AND DESCRIBING IT AND WE REALLY HAD A GROUP THAT NEEDED SOME BACKGROUND FILLED AND I KNOW WE HAVE HAD PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD ABOUT CO-TEACHING SO THIS WILL BE A REVIEW FOR YOU, BUT ALSO MAYBE GIVE YOU SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR SOME REMINDER SO THAT WHEN YOU DO VISIT ASPEN AND SEE OUR ELEMENTARY CO-TEACHING, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE THINGS YOU ARE SEEING IN THOSE CLASSROOMS. SO CO-TEACHING IS THOSE TWO PEOPLE FOR US. TWO TEACHERS SHARING RESPONSIBILITY FOR TEACHING ALL OF THE STUDENTS ASSIGNED TO A CLASSROOM. AND WHEN WE SAY ALL THE STUDENTS IS BECAUSE ALL OF THE 20 TO 24 STUDENTS ARE IN THE 2K TO DO TO CLASSROOM ARE THE ACCOMMODATION OF STUDENTS WITH IEP'S, GENERAL EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER. AND SO THAT CO-TEACHING INVOLVES THE DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES. THOSE ARE TWO EQUAL TEACHERS THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM. BOTH FOR PLANNING DIFFERENTIATING THE INSTRUCTION AND ALSO ASSESSING AND MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASS. SO, THIS IS A MINI SLIDE TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN ONE.
SO BY DEFINITION, IT IS A COLLABORATIVE TEAM TEACHING.
AGAIN, IT IS A GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHER AND A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER. THEY PLAN AND TEACH TOGETHER TO SUPPORT ALL OF THE STUDENTS IN THE CLASS AND THEY WORK TOGETHER IN THAT GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM SETTING. WE ALSO HAVE
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BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH AT ASPEN THAT THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER ALSO MAINTAINS THEIR OWN CLASSROOM AND THOSE CLASSROOMS ARE TYPICALLY CONNECTED OR VERY CLOSE IN PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER SO THAT IT IS VERY FLUID BETWEEN THE TWO CLASSES. THE ADULTS CAN MOVE BETWEEN THE CLASSROOMS, THE STUDENTS CAN MOVE BETWEEN THE CLASSROOM AND THERE ISN'T SOME SPECIFIC LIMITATION OF THIS TIME IN THIS ROOM AND THIS TIME IN THIS ROOM. SO FOR US, IT IS A MIND-SET. CO-TEACHING THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS FIRST. AND WE WANT TO BUILD IN THE INCLUSIVE CULTURE INSTEAD OF IMMEDIATELY TRACKING THEM INTO TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ELEMENTARY EXPERIENCES RATHER THAN THEY ARE ALL STUDENTS IN TK OR K OR FIRST OR SECOND OR WHEREVER WE ARE NOW AND WHAT WILL BE THEIR SUCCESSES IN GENERAL EDUCATION AND WHAT'S UP WHAT'S DO THEY NEED FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION THROUGH THE IEP PROCESS. AND SO, WHAT WE REALLY SEE IS THAT STUDENTS SENSE OF BELONGING, IS NOT LIKE WHO ARE THOSE KIDS AND THOSE OF THE CLASSROOM? I THINK THEY ARE FIRST-GRADERS. OFTEN TIMES BY DEFAULT, MANY ARE SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS MAY BE MIXED GRADE. LIKE EMPTY KK AND 1 STUDENTS TOGETHER. THIS ENABLES US TO HAVE STUDENTS IN THE SAME GRADE LEVEL WITH THESAME GRADE LEVEL PEERS. >> WE TALK ABOUT REMOVING BARRIERS. CO-TEACHING IS VERY COMMENSURATE WITH TTL. WITH HOW WE THINK OF EACH STUDENTS NEEDS AND ABILITIES AND STRENGTHS AND HOW WE BUILD INTO THOSE STRENGTHS IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM AND HOW WE CAN REMOVE BARRIERS FOR STUDENTS TO THEIR LEARNING AND THAT GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM SETTING. AND THEN, ANY EDUCATOR THAT YOU TALK TO WOULD TELL YOU THAT WE NEED THAT STRONG FIRST INSTRUCTION IN GENERAL EDUCATION WITH EXPOSURE TO THE GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS FOR THE GRADE LEVEL THAT THE STUDENT IS IN. THERE ARE LONG-HELD BELIEFS AND EDUCATION THAT YOU MAY HEAR THE WORD SCAFFOLDING A LOT. LIKE THEY ARE NOT LETTING TREMENDOUS BECAUSE ANY TREMENDOUS FIRST AND THEY'RE GOING TO CLIMB THE LADDER TO LEARNING. THAT ISN'T THE WAY THAT IT WORKS. THEY DO NEED THE SUPPORT. THEY DO NEED INTERVENTIONS BUT THEY ALSO NEED THE EXPOSURE TO THIS AND THEY CAN MAKE CONNECTIONS AND BUILD THOSE BRIDGES BETWEEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING. AND THEN, OF COURSE, CO-TEACHING REALLY ADDRESSES RESTRICTIVE CLIMATES.
WE WANT TO BE COMPLIANT WITH HAVING STUDENTS OUT OF THE GENERAL EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TIME POSSIBLE AND AS DR. CRAVEN SHARE THIS MORNING DURING OUR PRESENTATION, ALL OF THESE PIECES WORK TOGETHER INCLUDING THE SUPPORT OF THE BOARD, INCLUDING HAVING INCLUSION OPPORTUNITIES AND CO-TEACHING IN OUR DISTRICT MAKING SURE WE ARE DISCUSSING IT IN THE NEGOTIATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS AND HAVING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR INCLUSION THAT WE HAVE LISTED IN SERVICES TO DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENT AND ADJUST AND
THEN IMPLEMENT AGAIN. >> AND SO, WE PUT THIS ON ITS OWN SPECIAL SLIDE BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING CO-TEACHING, WE ARE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT IT BUT WE ARE NOT THE ONES DOING IT EVERY DAY. IT IS THOSE TWO TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM TOGETHER. THEIR LOVING EACH OTHER, WORKING TOGETHER. IT IS A PARTNERSHIP. SOME PEOPLE SAY IT IS A MARRIAGE BUT THEY REALLY DO HAVE TO VALUE EACH OTHER, TRUST EACH OTHER AND LEAN ON EACH OTHER BECAUSE EVERY DAY THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND SHARING SPACE AND NOT ALL TEACHERS ARE USED TO SHARING SPACE WITH ANOTHER TEACHER IN THEIR CLASSROOM. IT CLASSROOM IS REALLY A TEACHER'S DOMAIN.
SO THE TEACHERS THAT DO CO-TEACHING TOGETHER REALLY ARE EMBRACING THAT PARTNERSHIP. SO, ULTIMATELY AT THE CORE OF ALL WE DO WHEN WE HEARD THIS NIGHT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MEASURE I IS IT IS FOR OUR KIDS. IT IS FOR THE STUDENTS.
PROVIDING THEM WITH THE BEST PROGRAM WE POSSIBLY CAN THAT WILL MEET THEIR NEEDS BUT ALSO HAVE THOSE HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR THEM AND HELP THEM DEVELOP THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR PEERS. SO, AT ASPEN, THEY REALLY CREATED AN OFFENSIVE AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY CULTURE THE TEACHERS, THE FAMILIES AND ALSO WITH THE STUDENT SO EVERYONE FEELS WELCOME AND THEY HAVE THAT BELONGING ON THE CAMPUS. SOMETIMES, BECAUSE IT IS SEPARATE, IT FEELS SEPARATE WHEN THEY ARE DOING CO-TEACHING, EVERYONE IS WORKING TOGETHER. SO IN CO-TEACHING, OUR STUDENTS AGAIN ARE PROVIDED ACCESS TO GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM. DR. CRAVEN WILL SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SOCIAL OUTCOMES THAT HE HAS SEEN FOR STUDENTS AS THE ADMINISTRATOR AT ASPEN. ATTENTION AND INTERACTION WITH ALL OF THE TEACHERS ON CAMPUS BECAUSE THEY ARE PLANNING AND WORKING TOGETHER AS A COHESIVE STAFF. REDUCTION OF PULLOUT. WE PUT THE WORD SITUATIONS BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETIMES HOW IT FEELS.
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THERE ARE A LOT OF DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE WHEN YOU ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO STUDENT WITH AN IEP AND PROBABLY GOING OUT CAN BE THE MOST INVASIVE FEELINGS AND SO, HAVING THOSE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS PROVIDED IN THE CLASSROOM IS SO BENEFICIAL. AGAIN, REMOVING BARRIERS FOR THEM AND BEING COMPLIANT LEASE RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENTS. SO HERE ARE THE SIX CO-TEACHING MODELS. TO THESE LOOK FAMILIAR TO EVERYBODY? I WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL WITH YOU THAT THIS IS WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN EACH OF THE CLASSROOMS. IF YOU WILL CLICK TO THE NEXT ONE, MR. LOU.>> THESE ARE SOME BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS. ONE TEACH, ONE OBSERVED AND THIS IS ONE WAY IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST PASSIVE OF THE SIX MODELS WHERE ONE TEACHER IS TEACHING AND OTHER TEACHER IS IN THE BACK. OBSERVING, MAYBE COLLECTING SOME DATA ON THE STUDENTS. ACTUALLY WATCHING HOW THE TEACHER IS TEACHING SO THAT THEY CAN HELP PROMOTE AND REINFORCE WHAT THE TEACHER THAT IS TEACHING WHEN THEY ARE MEETING WITH THEIR STUDENTS. STATION TEACHING IS VERY NATURAL FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. WE CALL THEM CENTERS. BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH TEACHERS TO HAVE A SMALL GROUP OF STUDENTS AND THE OTHER GROUPS MAYBE WITH A PARENT VOLUNTEER WERE WORKING ON A SEMI-INDEPENDENT ACTIVITY SO THEY GO FROM STATION TO STATION. PARALLEL TEACHING MIGHT BE THE ONE THAT WHEN YOU WALK IN, THEY FEEL LIKE A LOT IS GOING ON BECAUSE BOTH TEACHERS HAVE HALF OR PART OF THE CLASS SO ALL STUDENTS IN THE CLASS ARE ENGAGED WITH ONE TEACHER OR THE OTHER SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE SAME ROOM AND THEY ARE TEACHING. IF YOU WILL CLICK BACK AND YOU LOOK AT THE PARALLEL TEACHING. THAT DIAGRAM REALLY HELPS SO YOU CAN SEE HALF THE KIDS ARE FACING ONE TEACHER AND HALF THE KIDS ARE FACING THE OTHER TEACHER IN OUR INCLUSION TELLS HAPPEN HELP BECAUSE SHE HELPS ASSIGNED VIDEOS AND DIFFERENT DESCRIPTIONS AND LESSON PLANS THAT ARE RELATED TO ALL OF THESE MODELS BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR US TO SEE WHAT PARALLEL TEACHING LOOKS LIKE. ONE MORE. THANK YOU. ALTERNATE TEACHING IS WHEN ONE TEACHER HAS THAT LARGER GROUP AND THEN THE OTHER TEACHER HAS A SMALLER GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT MIGHT NEED MORE SPECIALIZED ATTENTION AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS BUT IT IS NOT NECESSARILY MEANS THEY ARE PULLING BACK THE STUDENTS ARE ON THEIR CASELOAD OR HAVE IEP'S. IT CAN BE ANY SMALL GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT NEED A REINFORCEMENT OF A SKILL THAT HAS BEEN TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOM. TEAM TEACHING IS WHEN THEY ARE UP THERE TOGETHER. THAT IS WHAT DR.
CRAVEN AND I DID THIS MORNING AS WE WERE TEAM TEACHING TO THE GROUP WE WERE PRESENTING TO WHERE WE WERE KIND OF INTERRUPTING EACH OTHER, SUPPORTING EACH OTHER, TALKING THROUGH DIFFERENT PIECES WHICH YOU CAN IMAGINE TAKES A LOT OF PLANNING. AND AT THE FINAL MODEL IS ONE TEACH ONE ASSIST.
SO NOT JUST THAT THE OTHER ONE IS OBSERVING FROM THE BACKGROUND ASSISTING THE STUDENTS THAT THEY MAINTAIN ATTENTION, THEY MAY NEED SUPPORT, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TK AND K AND THEY MAY NEED TO HAVE THEIR SCISSORS FLIP TO THE OTHER DIRECTION OR MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE RIGHT MATERIALS IN THEIR HAND WHILE THE OTHER TEACHER IS TEACHING. AND I WANT
TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU. >> SO, WE DID THINK IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO PAINT A PICTURE OF OUR JOURNEY OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS. SO IN THE FALL OF 2021, MY FIRST YEAR AT ASPEN, WE STARTED HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT JUST EVALUATING THE CURRENT MODEL THAT WAS IN PLACE FOR SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN OUR SPECIALIZED PROGRAM. THE LANGUAGE IN LEARNING SPECIALIZED PROGRAM IS A PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS ARE STILL ACCESSING GENERAL EDUCATION STANDARDS, GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ABLE TO JUST ADJUST THE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL SUPPORT INSTRUCTION. SO IN THE FALL WE WERE WORKING WITH INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE STEPS NEEDED FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. AS YOU RECALL THERE WAS A SIMILAR SPECIALIZED PROGRAM AT ACACIA SO THE SIMILAR CONVERSATION ABOUT HAVING TWO PROGRAMS IDENTICAL LESS THAN TWO MILES APART. WE HAD TO THINK ABOUT WAS THE TEACHER FOR BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND OBVIOUSLY THE DECISION WAS MADE TO COMBINE THE PROGRAMS AND HAVE THEM AT ASPEN KNOWING WE WERE MOVING TO THIS MODEL. SO, SPRING OF 2022, THAT IS WHEN WE STARTED TO ENGAGE WITH TEACHERS. THE FIRST STAKEHOLDER GROUP WITHOUT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO RULE OUT THE PLAN. THESE ARE IDEAS. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. THERE WERE A LOT OF EXCITEMENT BUT THINGS WE NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT AND LOGISTICS AND THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS ACTUALLY CAME FROM TEACHERS. VERY INSIGHTFUL AND THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS ON HOW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND THE LOGISTICS THAT REALLY REQUIRED US TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND REALLY BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE STEPS WE WERE TAKING BECAUSE THEN QUICKLY IN MAY AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WERE THEN MEETING WITH THE NEXT IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDER GROUP AND THAT HIS PARENTS. SO WE ARE MEETING WITH THE PRESCHOOL PARENTS THAT ARE METRIC LEADING FROM BEING PRESCHOOL INTO OUR KINDERGARTEN
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PROGRAM AT THE TIME AS WELL AS THE TK PARENTS FROM ACACIA THAT ARE THEN GOING TO COME OVER TO ASPEN. REALLY NOT JUST THE COMPLIANCE OF HOLDING THE IP AND MAKING OUT BUT REALLY HELPING THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS AND WHY WE ARE DOING IT.REALLY EDUCATING PARENTS ON THE CULTURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DEVELOP AND BUILD AND FOR ME, IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT IT WAS NOT JUST TALKING TO PARENTS. WE INVITED THEM. I GAVE EACH PARENT AN INDIVIDUAL TOUR PICK SO THEY CAN SEE THE CAMPUS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE TRANSITION TO SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS. IT WAS POTENTIALLY THEIR THIRD SCHOOL IN THREE YEARS. WE WANTED TO MAKE IT AS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE KNOWING AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FOR KIDS. SO IN THE FALL OF '2022, WE ROLLED OUT OUR FIRST CO-TAUGHT CLASS. IT WAS A KINDERGARTEN CLASS. LAST YEAR, THOSE KINDERGARTNERS BECAME FIRST-GRADERS. IT HAPPENS. AND WE KNEW THAT WE COULDN'T JUST GO BACK TO THE OLD MODEL. WE CREATED THIS PROGRAM FOR THESE STUDENTS AND WE NEEDED TO CONTINUE TO SEE IT THROUGH. SO THEN WE EXPANDED TO FIRST GRADE. AND AS IT HAPPENS, THOSE FIRST-GRADERS THIS YOUR SECOND GRADERS AND SO NOW, THIS YEAR WE ALSO WITH REALLY THE NEW ENTRY POINT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH TK WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE BIRTH DATE RANGE, WE SAW IT REALLY CRUCIAL TO INVEST ALL OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE IN KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE INTO TK AS WELL. SO AS OF THIS YEAR AS WELL, WE ARE CO-TEACHING AND TK KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST AND SECOND GRADE. SO THERE ARE FOUR CO-TAUGHT CLASSES.
>> SO WE IDENTIFIED FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS FOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. AND THINGS THAT WERE REALLY CRUCIAL IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE OUR PROGRAM WAS IMPLEMENTED WITH FIDELITY BUT WE ALSO HELD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE BUT ALSO REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE WERE BUILDING THE PROGRAM AND DEVELOPING THE TEACHERS, THE STUDENTS, AND FOSTERING THAT CULTURE AT ASPEN. SO WE WILL GO THROUGH EACH ONE ON THE NEXT SLIDES BUT HIRING AND MATCHING CO-TEACHERS IS THE FIRST ONE.
SO, AS IT HAPPENS, WE STARTED WITH KINDERGARTEN AND SO HAPPEN TO HAVE TWO KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS RETIRE. WE ACTUALLY HAD A VETERAN TEACHER TEACHING FOURTH GRADE THAT BELIEVES SO STRONGLY IN WHAT WE WERE DOING THAT SHE VOLUNTEERED TO COME TO KINDERGARTEN AS A GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHER AND TAKE ON THAT ROLE. I ASKED HER TO REALLY WORK WITH ME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD SHE WANT IN A CO-TEACHER BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CO-TEACHER YET AND THAT TEACHER SAT IN ON ALL INTERVIEWS WITH ME AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THE PERSON THAT WE HIRED TO BE HER CO-TEACHER WAS REALLY SUITED FOR HER AS A PARTNER. WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP.
SO, HER VOICE IN THAT PROCESS WAS REALLY CRUCIAL. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT AT FIRST GRADE AND THEN SECOND GRADE, WE FOSTERED THE STAFF AND LET THEM COME OVER. WE ALSO RECRUIT NEW POST POSITIONS. WHEN WE FOLLOW OUR PROTOCOL FOR POSTING AN OPEN POSITION, WE ARE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT IDENTIFYING IT AS A TOP POSITION. SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO GO INTO THE POSITION KNOWING THAT THAT IS WHAT THE ROLE IS GOING TO ENTAIL BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF WORK AND IT IS UNIQUE WORK.
SO HAVING SOMEONE WHO JUST GOES INTO A POSITION THINKING IT WASN'T WHAT THEY HOPED IT WOULD BE, WE DIDN'T WANT THAT TO IMPACT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAM.
>> PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THERE IS A LOT OF RESEARCH AROUND THE MODELS THAT WE SHARE. THERE ARE A LOT OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES FOR THE OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORTED OUR TEACHERS IN DEVELOPING THE SKILLS TO TRULY IMPLEMENT THIS CORRECTLY AND IMPLEMENT IT THE RIGHT WAY. SO, THAT SUMMER PRIOR TO -- IN THE SUMMER OF '2022, THERE WAS A SIMILAR FOCUS ON CO-TEACHING AND EVIDENCE-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND ADDITIONALLY THERE WERE CARVED THAT TIME IN THE SUMMER FOR THEM TO GO PLAN TOGETHER. THEY PLANNED FOR THE FIRST MONTH AND WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THE YEAR, RIGHT? ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE ONGOING SUPPORT FOR INCLUSION. TEACHING ON SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT HAS BEEN CRUCIAL AS A PERSON COMING IN AND PROVIDING A PERSPECTIVE OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOL CAMPUS BUT EVERY KNOWLEDGEABLE INDIVIDUAL THAT CAN SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS BUT ALSO BE A THOUGHT PARTNER. MAYBE IF WE NEED TO SWITCH SOMETHING OR THINK ABOUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. FOR ME, IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT IN THE FIRST YEAR THAT I CARVED OUT TIME WEEKLY TO MEET WITH THAT KINDERGARTEN TEAM. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD NEVER DONE SO WE HAD A STANDING UP OINTMENT FIRST DAY IN THE AFTERNOON. IT WAS AN HOUR AND SOMETIMES, IT WAS LET'S TALK THROUGH WITH THE REQUEST. WHAT CAN WE PLAN AHEAD? WHAT DO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IN TERMS OF
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THE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND SOMETIMES, WE JUST NEED TO GIVE EACH OTHER A HUG, RIGHT? BUT THAT DID FADE OVER TIME BECAUSE THE TEACHERS FELT MORE CONFIDENT IN WHAT THEY WERE DOING. THEY DIDN'T FEEL THE NEED TO DO IT WEEKLY AND THAT IS STILL AVAILABLE TO ALL OF OUR CO-TEACHING TEAMS. ESPECIALLY AS WE DEVELOP NEW TEAMS. THIS LAST YEAR IS MAKING SURE WE ARE CHECKING IN WITH THEM AND ERIC CO-TAUGHT IN THE GARDEN TEAM WHO IS NOW OUR MOST VETERAN ACTUALLY HAS TAKEN ON A MENTOR ROLE FOR THE OTHER TEAMS AS THEY COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER. AND THEN ONGOING SCHEDULE RELEASE DAYS. THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL IN CARVING OUT ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR SOME STUDENTS FOR PLANNING DAYS FOR OUR CO-TEACHING TEAMS. SO WE HAVE A GOAL AT EPSON THAT IS ENTIRELY FOCUSED ON STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WHICH HAS ALLOWED US TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE RING THIS PROGRAM IN CARVING OUT TIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR THOSE TEACHERS TO USE THAT EITHER FOR PLANNING OR ASSESSMENT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY CO-ASSESS AS WELL. LET US ALL STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM. WHAT WAS EIGHT NOT JUST STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES VERSUS THE GENERAL ED STUDENTS. THEY ARE CO-ASSESSING ALL STUDENTS. AS WITH ANY NEW PROGRAM, WE HAD TO CREATE A SHARED VISION AND CREATE GOALS. I HAD AN IDEA OF WHAT I WANTED IT TO LOOK LIKE BUT IT CAN BE TOP-DOWN, RIGHT? SO, WE SAT DOWN AND THEY ARE EVER-CHANGING, RIGHT? AS WE MATRICULATE UP TO DIFFERENT GRADES AND ADDED TK, BUT IN CREATING GOALS AND VISION, IT WAS REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE INSTRUCTION OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS. CLEARLY DEFINING THE STRUCTURAL OUTCOMES AND IT IS DIFFERENT AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL. SO FOR EXAMPLE IN CRITTER GARDEN, IT MAY NOT NEED ALL DAY BECAUSE THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS MAY REQUIRE PULLING STUDENTS BACK TO WORK ON SOME IEP GOALS WHEREAS IN TK, ALL OF THEM HAVE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL ROLES SO WE'RE NOT TARGETING ACADEMIC. THEY ARE IN GENERAL EDUCATION 100% OF THE DAY SO IT IS REALLY VARIABLE AT EACH GRADE LEVEL. TEACHER RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT. CLASSROOM CULTURE. I WOULD TALK TO PARENTS AND TALK TO STUDENTS ABOUT THE CLASSROOM. BOTH TEACHER NAMES ARE ON EVERYTHING. SO THE LETTER THAT GOES HOME, TO SCHOOL NIGHTS TOGETHER. KINDERGARTEN TK ORGANIZATION IS WITH TWO TEACHERS SO, REALLY OUR GOAL IS AROUND HOW THE TEACHERS CAN FOSTER THAT CULTURE IN THE CLASSROOM. RATING AND ASSESSMENT. MAKING SURE THEY WERE CLEARLY DEFINED GOALS FOR THAT AND ALSO HOW WE MEASURE SUCCESS. SO, THE THING THAT WOULD REALLY BE THOUGHTFUL WITH A LOT OF THE FEET UP FROM TEACHERS INITIALLY WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN 2022 WAS PLANNING. WE NEEDED TIME TO PLAN BECAUSE WHILE THEY PLAN THE GRADE LEVEL TEAMS, IT DOES TAKE EXTRA TIME ESPECIALLY AT THE ENTRY LEVEL . YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE COVERING MULTIPLE SUBJECT STRUCK THE DAY YOU REALLY NEED TO TAKE THE TIME TO PLAN THOSE PRINCIPLES.HOW YOU ARE GOING TO DIFFERENTIATE AND ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. SO, TK AND KATE HAVE A EARLY RELEASE. THEY GET OUT AT 1:20. SO THAT NATURALLY PROVIDES NATURAL OPPORTUNITY FOR AN HOUR AND 20 MINUTES EVERY DAY FOR THOSE TEACHERS TO COLLABORATE. AT ASPEN, WE ARE REALLY LUCKY IN PART WITH OUR PFA TO FUND A VARIETY OF ELECTIVE SPECIALISTS. SO, WE HAVE DANCE AND LIBRARY AND MUSIC AND OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE THINGS ALL ENTRY SCHOOLS HAVE. AND PD. SO IN CREATED THE SPECIALIST SCHEDULE, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS CLUSTER THERE ARE TIMES. SO THERE IS AN ADDED TWO HOURS A WEEK. SO I ONE HOUR PER DAY TWICE A WEEK. OF TIME THEY ARE ABLE TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER AND THAT IS REALLY WITH SOME INTENTIONALITY BECAUSE WE WANT TO GIVE THEM THE TIME IN THE DAY BECAUSE FIRST GRADE AND SECOND GRADE, THEY'RE NOT JUST LEAVING AT 1:20. WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT PLANNING TIME. WE HAVE SHORT DAYS ON FRIDAYS ON FRIDAYS, STUDENTS RELEASE AT 1:30 THAT IS ADDED TIME ON FRIDAY WERE TEACHERS ABLE TO COLLABORATE AND WORK THROUGH THE PLANNING. SO REALLY, THE OUTCOMES WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR, WE HAVE BROKEN IT UP INTO THREE DOMAINS. STUDENTS, THERE IS IMMENSE SOCIAL BENEFIT FOR ALL STUDENTS AND SO REALLY, FOSTERING REALLY MEANINGFUL AND NATURAL FRIENDSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES. PARENTS HAVE REPORTED THAT IN THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE DID THIS, PARENTS ARE SAYING WE GOT INVITED TO EVERY BIRTHDAY PARTY. I NEVER THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAPPEN. AND THAT REALLY GOES A LONG WAY. IT IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST THE INSTRUCTION. THAT IS REALLY WHAT INCLUSION ALSO IS ABOUT. ACCESS TO FIRST INSTRUCTION AND
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GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS. WE ALREADY HAVE STUDENTS AXING THE GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM. NOW WE ARE MAKING SURE IT IS DONE IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM AND DONE WITH ALL OF THEIR STUDENTS. THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS OF WHY WE REALLY SHIFTED THIS MODEL. MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH TYPICAL PEERS. IT IS NOT JUST GOING IN A ROOM. YOU ARE PART OF THE CLASSROOM CULTURE. THAT IS PART OF YOUR CLASSROOM. THE SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION. EVERYTHING IS DESIGNED TO ENGAGE STUDENTS ALL DAY. IT IS REALLY DONE. KINDERGARTEN AND DECAY IS DONE IN CENTERS AND IT HAS BEEN REALLY FUN TO GO AND GET CREATIVE WITH SOME OF THOSE TEACHING MODELS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ENGAGING ALL STUDENTS TOGETHER. IT IS NOT THAT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE STILL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. IT IS ONE BIG CLASSROOM. WHEN YOU WALK IN THOSE ROOMS, IT IS ONE BIG CLASSROOM. AND ALSO INCREASED APPLICATION. THAT IS REALLY AT THE CORE OF HOW WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS -- THE STAFF. THERE IS DEFINITELY INCREASED HUMOR BETWEEN CO-TEACHING PARTNERS FOR SURE BUT ALSO GREAT LEVEL PARTNER SO WHEN THEY'RE PLANNING ACROSS GRADE LEVEL, IT IS ONE OF GRADE LEVEL TEAM DEPENDING ON WITH YOUR CO-TEACHER OR NOT. THEY ARE TEACHING THE SAME CURRICULUM TO ENSURE BOTH OF THOSE CLASSES ARE THE ON THE SAME PACE AND RIGOR IT FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS. WHOLE STAFF COLLABORATION AT STAFF MEETINGS. WE ARE CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT OUR CULTURE AS AN INCLUSIVE CAMPUS. DO PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME. ARE WE DOING RIGHT BY THESE KIDS? ON MY EMAILS TO THEM, IT SAYS EVERY STUDENT EVERY DAY. ARE WE THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING IN OUR CLASSROOMS? INCREASE COHESION BETWEEN GENERAL EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS. NOT THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG BEFORE BUT WE ARE REALLY JUST ENSURING THAT ALL OF THE TEACHERS ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON POSSIBLY PUTTING STUDENTS -- DISTRICT WIDE, IT COMES BACK TO THE COMPLIANCE STAFF. NATURALLY, THAT IS INCREASED AT LEAST AT THE SITE LEVEL OR LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT NUMBERS. WE SEE A 3% INCREASE YEAR-OVER-YEAR IN OUR LRE NUMBERS. IMPROVED ATTENDANCE. STUDENTS ARE CONNECTED. FAMILIES ARE ENGAGED IN ON CAMPUS. IN 2021 -- '22, CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM RATE DROPPED TO 50 TO 14%. AS OF THIS MORNING WHEN I LOOKED, IT WAS JUST UNDER 2%. SO PEOPLE FEEL CONNECTED TO THE CLASSROOM . THEY ARE NOT FEELING OTHER .THAT WAS THE INTENTION BEFORE BUT WHEN YOU FEEL CONNECTED TO SCHOOL, YOU WANT TO GO. AND WHEN KIDS WANT TO GO, THEY SHOW UP. AND ALSO FURTHER PROMOTING INCLUSION AND BELONGING. AND THAT IS REALLY THE CORE OF WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE AND WHAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO. AND THEN I THINK WE ARE DONE BUT I WOULD BE REMISS TO ALSO DOES NOT THINK THE ASPEN TEACHERS, PEER EDUCATORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, OFFICE STAFF. IT REALLY DOES TAKE A WHOLE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE, PARENTS, STUDENTS, TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. I AM LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF GOT EVERYONE BUT THEY ARE REALLY DOING THE WORK. SO I AM REALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE ALL KIND OF ON THE SAME PAGE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN SO, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE.
>> THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING ALL OF THIS . OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW CO-TEACHING IS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS SO IT HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL TO HEAR ASPEN'S JOURNEY. IF WE IMAGINE, WE DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> FIRST OF ALL, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR THE PROGRAM. . ABOUT BIRTHDAY PARTIES , IT SOUNDS SO FRIVOLOUS BUT IT IS REALLY SO MEANINGFUL AND HE MADE THE SAME POINT THAT MR. FRANKLIN MAKES ABOUT WE CAN OFFER INCLUSION UNLESS THE KIDS FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG. SO, MY QUESTION IS, IF MY UNDERSTANDING IS CORRECT, YOU ARE UP TO THE SECOND GRADE NOW. 25-26, IT IS GOING TO BE GREAT? HOW EARLY DO YOU PUT THEMES TOGETHER? DO YOU LOOK TO ASSESS -- WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT THIS YEAR FOR NEXT
YEAR'S? >> I KNOW THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOGICAL ARTICULATION OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY EVALUATING WHAT WE WANT TO DO NEXT. SO, GOING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GRADE, WE REALLY KNOW THESE STUDENTS. SO, DO WE CONTINUE IN A CO-TEACHING MODEL FOR THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH, OR DO WE USE THOSE ALLOCATIONS TO DO SOMETHING AT ANOTHER
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CAMPUS? WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS BREWING RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE SOME VISITATIONS TO SOME OTHER SCHOOL SITES. SO, WHEN WE ARE BACK IN APRIL -- I BELIEVE IT IS ON THE APRIL AGENDA, THAT WE WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER TO PRESENT TO YOU WHAT OUR NEXT STEP PLAN IS. BUT FOR US RIGHT NOW, WE ARE EVALUATING WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS THE NEXT BEST STEP FOR US.>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR CO-TEACHING US SO THAT WE COULD LEARN. WE APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE ONE QUESTION AND A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS. LET ME GIVE YOU THE THOUGHT SO THEN I CAN TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS AS YOU WERE SPEAKING, A BENEFIT THAT I DON'T THINK YOU ENUMERATED IS THAT OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS IN THESE CLASSROOMS ARE GETTING TO SEE THE MODEL OF TWO GROWN-UPS AUTHENTICALLY COLLABORATING AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HAPPENING OTHERWISE ON SUCH A CONTINUOUS BASIS. AND THERE IS SOME POWER IN THAT I WOULD EXPECT. THE OTHER OBSERVATION I JUST HAD WITH JOY IS THAT I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT THERE ARE STUDENTS OF HOURS WITH IP'S AND DISABILITIES WHO COME TO INTERNALIZE AN IDENTITY THAT HAS LIMITS AND WHAT YOU ARE DESCRIBING IS I THINK THE MOST POWERFUL SOLUTION TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING UNDER OUR WATCH AND THAT IS REALLY WONDERFUL. SO, THE QUESTION IS, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE MODELS AND WE ARE FAMILIAR FROM PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS WITH THIS MODEL . I AM WONDERING IF THERE ARE SOME THAT PREDOMINATE? ARE THERE CO-TEACHING PAIRS THAT CYCLED THROUGH THE MODELS DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH? HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> SO, I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT AT EACH GRADE LEVEL. SO, WHAT YOU SEE IN TK WHERE THE CURRICULUM IS INHERENTLY MORE PLAY-BASED, THEY ARE NOT SITTING FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME. THERE IS LESS WHOLE GROUP INSTRUCTION. WE USE A LOT OF STATION TEACHING AND CAN A GARDEN ANTI-GAY BECAUSE THAT IS A LOT OF THE INSTRUCTION ALREADY IN PLACE.
WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IS WE ARE ABLE TO STRATEGICALLY PLACE SPECIAL ED TEACHER, GENERAL ED TEACHER, PEER EDUCATORS. THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE KIDS ANYMORE. THEY ARE AT THE STATION. SO WHAT IS HAPPENING IS ALL STUDENTS ARE MOVING THROUGH THOSE CENTER ROTATIONS SO EVERY STUDENT IN THE TK OR KINDERGARTEN CLASS IS WORKING WITH THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER. WORKING WITH THE GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHER. MOST KIDS SEE THEM AS TO WHAT YOU SHARE. HOW LUCKY YOU MIGHT HAVE TWO TEACHERS IN MY CLASS, RIGHT? AND SO IN TK NK WE ARE SEEING THAT. IN FIRST GRADE, WE ARE SEEING ALSO CENTER ROTATIONS. AT ASPEN WE DO SOMETHING CALLED WORKSHOPS WHICH IS SIMILAR, RIGHT? BUT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO AND DR. SELES HAS BEEN WITH US BEFORE IS WE HAVE THE LUXURY OF HAVING ADJOINING ROOMS. SO, EVERY CO-TEACHING CLASS, WE HAVE A SECTION OF THE KINDERGARTEN LIKE A 10 FOOT WALKWAY. EVERY OTHER CO-TEACHING CLASS HAS AN ADJOINING ROOM SO IT CREATES THIS ONE BIG CLASSROOM SO WHAT YOU SEE LESS OF IS THE ONE TEACH ONE OBSERVE AND THE ONE TEACH ONE ASSIST BECAUSE WE WANT THE TEACHERS TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH THE STUDENTS. NOT JUST WAITING BACK, RIGHT? SO I THINK WE ARE REALLY INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE ARE DESIGNING THE INSTRUCTION. IN SECOND GRADE, WE ARE SEEING MORE BUILD INDEPENDENCE AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IS THEN BREAK OFF THE STUDENTS AND THEN USE THAT ROOM NEXT DOOR OR EVEN SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT IP'S WERE GOING INTO A SMALL GROUP FOR JUST SOME REINFORCEMENT OF SOME OF THE SKILLS AS WELL. AND IT IS EVER CHANGING EVERYDAY DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CURRICULUM IS, THE NEEDS ARE, AND THE STUDENTS IN THE
CLASSROOM. >> FABULOUS. THAT IS BRILLIANT.
SPEAKERS ] >> OKAY. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS. QUITE HONESTLY, I LOVE THE THOUGHTFUL APPROACH YOU TOOK, THE PROCESS YOU USED, THE RESULTS AND THOSE ARE PRETTY COMPELLING RESULTS YOU HAVE SEEN. I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE LOGISTICS. I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. AT EACH GRADE LEVEL, IS IT EVERY GEN ED STUDENT ARE PART OF A COHORT CLASS OR IS THERE ONE GROUP OF GEN ED STUDENTS THAT ARE PART OF A CO-TAUGHT CLASS AND A GEN ED CLASS THAT IS JUST GEN ED? IS THAT
CORRECT? >> THAT IS EXACTLY IT. WE HAVE TWO CLASSES AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL AT ASPEN. ONE OF THEM IS A GENERAL EDUCATION CLASS AND ONE OF THEM IS CO-TAUGHT.
>> OKAY. >> MY QUESTION THEN IS IS THERE ANY THOUGHT TO WHAT GEN ED'S PUT IN WITH THE CO-TAUGHT CLASS? I KNOW YOU HAVE TOUCHED ON SOME OF THE BENEFITS TO ALL
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STUDENTS . WHAT IS THE FEEDBACK -- HAVE YOU SEEN ANY RESISTANCE FROM THE PARENTS? I HATE TO ASK THAT QUESTION BUT I AM KIND OFCURIOUS. >> NOT RESISTANCE JUST INQUIRY.
TRYING TO JUST UNDERSTAND WHY MY STUDENT -- ESPECIALLY TK NK WHEN THEY ARE NEWER TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE HAVE TWO TEACHERS BUT FOR ME IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT IT. AND I THINK THE KEY IS, THERE IS REALLY NO DIFFERENCES IN TERMS OF THE PACING, THE RIGOR, THE CURRICULUM THAT THEY ARE ACCESSING. SO IF YOU WALK INTO ANY ONE OF OUR, GARDEN CLASSES THAT I GIVE TOURS TO EVERY WEEK, I CAN GO INTO EITHER ONE OF THEM AND THEY LOOK IDENTICAL. INTERNALLY, ONE-ROOM OBVIOUSLY HAS MORE ADULTS IN IT OTHER THAN THAT, THEY ARE REALLY WORKING ON THE SAME THINGS AND WE REALLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN MUCH RESISTANCE. WE HAVE BEEN TRANSPARENT AND I'M HOPING WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM AND IT IS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR ALL STUDENTS. IN TERMS OF PLACING STUDENTS, WE FOLLOW THE NORMAL PROCESS IN TERMS OF CLASSES DEVELOPMENT IN THE SPRING AND THERE ARE DEFINITELY BENEFITS THAT IF WE FEEL LIKE STUDENTS MAY NEED JUST A LITTLE EXTRA SUPPORT IN KNOWING THAT THERE IS ANOTHER ADVISE AND PROFESSIONAL IN THERE, THERE IS SOME THOUGHT FOR CERTAIN SITUATIONS WHERE REPLACE A STUDENT IN THERE BUT A LOT OF IT FALLS ON NORMAL PROCESS THAT
WE DO FOR ALL CLASSES. >> THAT IS GREAT. MY FINAL QUESTION IS HOW DO WE ROLL THIS OUT TO OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
THAT MIGHT BENEFIT FROM THIS? >> THAT IS REALLY THE SAME ANSWER THAT I GAVE MR. GORBACK. OUR EVALUATION RIGHT NOW IS OUR PRIORITY ACTUALLY TOO EXPAND AT THESE LOWER GRADES. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT TK AND KAY AND THE SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME NOW THAT STUDENTS ARE IN SCHOOL AND THE SHORTER AMOUNT OF TIME EVEN AT OUR BMP PRESCHOOL BECAUSE THE TK BIRTHDATES. THESE TWO HAVE TWO YEARS BUT NOW THAT THE BIRTHDAY CHANGES HAVE HAPPENED, THEY CAN BE LESS THAN A YEAR. SO, FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING EVERY KIDDO THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN GENERAL EDUCATION TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE IS REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR CO-TEACHING TO BE IN TK AND KATE SO THEY CAN START OUT IN THE GENERAL EDUCATION SETTING WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE FROM THERE BECAUSE IT IS VERY DIFFERENT TO COME FROM A PRESCHOOL TO COME FOR ME COMPREHENSIVE ELEMENT TO CAMPUS EVEN IF IT IS A SMALL ENROLLMENT CAMPUS, THERE ARE BIG KIDS THERE. THERE ARE 10 AND 11-YEAR-OLDS THERE. SO WE WANT TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE GENERAL EDUCATION AT THOSE YOUNGER AGES AND AS WE GET TO KNOW THEM, THEN WE CAN MAKE BETTER PLANS FOR THEM AS THEIR THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS AND PLANNING FOR THEIR MATRICULATION INTO MIDDLE
SCHOOL. >> IF I MAY ADD, MAYBE, TRUSTEE SYLVESTER, YOU WERE REFERENCING THE EXPANSION BE ON ASPEN ELEMENTARY. AND SO, JUST TO SHARE, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PRINCIPLES AT OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THE SUCCESS THAT THEY ARE HAVING AT ASPEN ELEMENTARY. I KNOW VISIBLE CRAVEN IS HAVING LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND TALKING ABOUT SCHEDULING SOME VISITS AND MAYBE SOME TEACHERS TO GO CHECK OUT THE GREAT RUCKUS IS THAT WE HAVE AT ASPEN. WE ALSO HAVE SOME SCHEDULED VISITS TO GO TO SOME OTHER SCHOOL SITES OUTSIDE OF OUR DISTRICT THAT REALLY HAVE A FOCUS AND EMPHASIS ON INCLUSION TO SEE WHAT WE CAN LEARN THERE
TOO. >> THANK YOU. I WOULD ALSO WANT TO RE-EMPHASIZE THAT WE DO THIS WITH THE STUDENT SERVICES. THEY ARE OUR PARTNERS IN THIS PROCESS SO IT IS THAT ELABORATIVE TIME THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM WHERE WE ARE TALKING THROUGH DURING THE VISITS TOGETHER AND REALLY WORKING AS
A TEAM. >> SO, INCLUSIVE FROM TOP TO
BOTTOM. >> I THINK THAT IS FANTASTIC.
JUST WANT TO ECHO THE GRATITUDE AND ALSO WHAT STRUCK ME WAS THE INTENTION BEHIND ALL OF IT IS SO GENUINE AND SO ENGAGING I THINK NOT JUST FOR YOUR TEACHERS BUT YOUR PARENTS AND THE TUNES AS WELL. I LOVE THAT YOU ARE REVISITING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE DOING AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AS YOU GO.
>> IT IS PHENOMENAL, I LOVE IT, SO, I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST A ROADSHOW WHERE PEOPLE COME IN, SO THAT SHOWS THE VALUES OF THE SCHOOL AND YOUR DISTRICT MODEL OF BEHAVIOR BACK THEN.
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>> YEAH, I WILL ECHO THE GRATITUDE. THANK YOU. I ALSO WA MODELS WERE USED MOST, SO I LOVE THAT YOU ARE INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO USE CERTAIN ONES AND STAYING AWAY FROM ONES THAT ARE MORE PASSIVE. I WILL CONFESS THAT I HAVEN'T RECENTLY REREAD OUR INCLUSION PLAN, OR CO-TEACHING HANDBOOK. BUT, I WANTED TO JUST ASK, DO WE HAVE -- AS WE ARE THINKING AHEAD TO EVALUATING WHAT WE DO NEXT, WHETHER IT IS MOVING INTO UPPER GRADES AT ASPEN, WHETHER IT IS EXPANDING TO OTHER SCHOOL SITES, CAN WE SET AN INTENTION FOR WHAT WE WANT TO DO AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL? I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL APRIL? OKAY, SO, IT IS IN PROGRESS. LIKE I SAID, I CONFESS, I DID NOT REREAD OUR PLAN. I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BENEFITS FOR BOTH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND OTHER STUDENTS, AND I THINK MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE INTENTION OF THIS STRICTER ENVIRONMENT IS IT REALLY ENABLES US TO HOLD OUR -- I MEAN, THERE ARE ALL THESE WONDERFUL SOCIAL BENEFITS WITH INCLUSIVITY AND ALL OF THAT. BUT, IT ALSO IS REALLY PROVIDING HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND THAT RIGOR THAT WE ARE INCLUDING OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS ON. I AM ASSUMING WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE SOME ACADEMIC GROWTH. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT YET? OR, IS IT TOO EARLY TO KNOW IF THAT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE YET FOR ANY OF THESE STUDENTS?
>> SO, IN THE TK THROUGH SECOND, WE ARE ABLE TO REALLY TRACK STUDENT GROWTH AT EACH TRIMESTER WHEN WE ARE MAKING THOSE ASSESSMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, THOSE STUDENTS STILL DO HAVE RIGHTS, SO WE ARE STILL TARGETING AREAS WHERE THEY REQUIRE GOALS, AND GOALS HELP IN THE SERVICE. SO, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THAT FIRST INSTRUCTION, SO OUR SECOND GRADE CO-TAUGHT GROUP RIGHT NOW, TAUGHT IN KINDERGARTEN, AND FIRST GRADE, IN FIRST GRADE, WE SAW THE INCREASED TIME IN GENERAL EDUCATION BEING TAUGHT. NOW, IN SECOND GRADE, THEY ARE IN THERE ALMOST ALL DAY AND IT IS TO A POINT WHERE THROUGH THE IP PROCESS IT IS STILL INDIVIDUALIZED FOR THOSE STUDENTS, WE ARE EVALUATING THAT THOSE STUDENTS MAY NOT EVEN NEED THAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT, AND THEN, WE HAVE OUR LEARNING CENTER OF SUPPORT, AS WELL. SO, WE ARE CONSTANTLY COLLECTING DATA ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, AND THE RESEARCH SHOWS WHAT WE ARE SEEING, YES, THE SOCIAL BENEFITS FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED, BUT WE ARE STILL SEEING ACADEMIC GROWTH BECAUSE WE ARE PROVIDING MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO THE CURRICULUM AND HOLDING THOSE STUDENTS TO THE SAME EXPECTATIONS AS WE WOULD THE OTHER STUDENT. LIKE I SAID, WE KEEP USING THE WORD "INTENTIONAL," WE ARE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT MODERATING
THAT CLOSELY. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER
-- OH, YES. >> JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION, YOU MIGHT HAVE ALLUDED TO THIS RESPONSE IN TRUSTEE SYLVESTER'S LINE OF QUESTIONING, BUT THE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN GENERAL EDUCATION WHO ARE IN THESE CO-TAUGHT CLASSES, YEAR OVER YEAR, HOW DOES IT LOOK FOR THEM? ARE THEY CONSISTENTLY IN CO-TAUGHT? OR, ARE THEY BEING PULLED IN AND OUT, SO SOMETIMES THEY ARE IN, SOMETIMES THEY ARE NOT?
>> IT IS VARIABLE, WE HAVE A PROCESS WHERE WE'VE BEEN ON THE GUIDANCE OF THE TEACHERS AND WE LOOK AT A VARIETY OF FACTORS, ACADEMIC FACTORS, SOCIAL FACTORS, AND PEER DYNAMICS. SO, THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS THAT HAS BEEN A GENERAL EDUCATION PEER THREE YEARS IN THE CO-TAUGHT CLASS AND SOME THAT ARE ONE YEAR AND ONE YEAR THEY ARE NOT. WE REALLY INTENTIONALLY DO NOT TRACK THAT. I THINK IT IS BECAUSE WITH ASPEN HAVING THOSE TWO CLASSES AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL, YOU END UP DEVELOPING A LARGE ONE, ANYWAY. SO, WHETHER IT IS A CO-TAUGHT CLASS OR GENERAL EDUCATION CLASS, THEY WILL GET THE SAME CURRICULUM, SO WE USE THE SAME PROCESS.
>> HAVE YOU SEEN ANY DIFFERENCES IN STUDENT SUCCESS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES BETWEEN CO-TAUGHT GENERAL EDUCATION, FOR GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE TWO TEACHERS IN THE ROOM, A FEW MORE LEARNING MODELS, ARE THERE ANY DIFFERENCES IN LEARNING OUTCOMES, OR BROADER DATA
BETWEEN THOSE TWO CLASSES? >> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION, WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE DIFFERENCE AND LOOKING YEAR OVER YEAR IN TERMS OF OUR BENCHMARK DATA, IT SEEMS PRETTY CONSISTENT IN
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TERMS OF COHORTS AT THAT LEVEL. >> PERFECT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> SO, WE ARE MOVING ONTO ITEM
[C. Business Services - Discussion of Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 3100 - Budget]
5C, WHICH IS OUR REGULATION 3100 AND I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE -- YOU HAVE THIS SOMEWHERE?>> THE SAY POLICY AND ADMINISTERED OF UPDATE WHICH DISCUSSES BUDGET. THERE ARE OPTIONS IN HERE, BUT WE WOULD NEED SOME GUIDANCE AS TO WHAT LANGUAGE THE BOARD WOULD LIKE.
SPECIFICALLY, IN THE WRITE UP, THERE ARE OPTIONS IN APPOINTING A BUDGET COMMITTEE. THE FIRST OPTION IS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE APPOINTS A BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMPOSED OF STAFF, BOARD REPS, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. OPTION TWO IS THE BOARD APPOINTS AN BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE, COMPOSED OF STAFF, BOARD REPRESENTATIVES, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
OR, OPTION THREE, THE BOARD ESTABLISHES ITS OWN SUBCOMMITTEE COMPOSED EXCLUSIVELY OF BOARD MEMBERS.
THE ACCOMPANYING AR WITH THE CHARGE FOR THE COMMITTEE IS ALSO ON, SO THAT WAS SUBJECT TO BE MODIFIED, BASED ON THE BOARD'S DISCRETION, AS WELL, WHICH IS ON PAGE TWO OF THE AR.
>> IS THIS SOMETHING WE ARE ULTIMATELY GOING TO NEED TO BRING BACK? OR, HOW WOULD WE LIKE IT TO READ?
>> WE SHOULD TAKE DIRECTION TONIGHT IN ORDER TO PUSH THIS
BACK AS AN ACTION ITEM. >> ANYBODY WANT TO WEIGH IN AT ALL ON THOSE OPTIONS? I KNOW IT HAS SORT OF BEEN THAT INTERNAL QUESTION WITH THIS COMMITTEE OF ITS ORIGIN AND WHERE IT STARTED SO WE WILL FINALLY HAVE IT IN WRITING.
>> I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, WHAT WOULD BE -- IN OTHER WORDS, I WOULD SAY YOU PROBABLY HAVE THE EXPERTISE, IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY HAVE.
>> I THINK WHATEVER DIRECTION THE BOARD GIVES US, WE WILL
TAKE. >> I WILL JUST ADD THAT IF IT IS A BOARD APPOINTED COMMITTEE, THEN IT BECOMES A BROWN ACT COMMITTEE AND EVERYTHING IS DONE IN THE OPEN. IF IT IS A COMMITTEE MADE UP OF MINORITY BOARD MEMBERS, THEN IT IS NOT NECESSARILY A BROWNOUT COMMITTEE, AND SAME FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE.
>> I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE THAT EXACT POINT. I FEEL PRETTY STRONGLY ABOUT IT BEING THE SUPERINTENDENCE COMMITTEE BECAUSE OF THE FLEXIBILITY THAT THAT PROVIDES, CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN NEED TO BE FRANK, AND OPEN, AND NEED TO HAVE LESS RESTRICTIVE PROTOCOLS LIKE WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA. SO, THAT WAS MY GUT FEELING HAVING WATCHED THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
>> THAT IS GENERALLY MY LINE OF THINKING, AS WELL, TOO. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THIS?
>> OKAY. SO, I REMEMBER, I WAS WATCHING THIS WHEN YOU ALL LAST DISCUSSED THE CHARGE AND ONE OF THE BIG DISCUSSIONS WE WERE LOOKING AT, SOME MAJOR BUDGET CUTS IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AND I REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION REALLY BEING BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC, DO WE WANT TO TASK THEM WITH MAKING THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS AND LOOKING AT POSITIONS? I REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION AND THAT IS WHERE THE BOARD SUBCOMMITTEE WAS. SO, WHERE ARE WE AT WITH -- IN THIS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION, ON PAGE TWO, IT READS THAT IT MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT NECESSARILY LIMITED TO THE EXACT RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH ARE NOT PRESENT, SO WHETHER THAT IS STILL A CONCERN AND WHETHER WE ARE LOOKING BETWEEN A
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SUBCOMMITTEE AND A SUPERINTENDENCE COMMITTEE, COMES DOWN TO WHAT THEY ARE BEING TASKED WITH DISCUSSION, AND WHAT THEIR CHARGE IS AND WHAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH.JUST FROM THINKING BACK TO THAT LAST CONVERSATION.
>> I THINK THOSE ARE SOME GREAT COMMENTS AND AS I LOOK AT THE AR, I READ THIS AS FAIRLY LOOSE, THE COMMITTEE'S DUTIES MAY INCLUDE, RIGHT? SO, IT GIVES SOME POINTS OF THINGS THAT COMMITTEE MAY OR MAY NOT BE ON. SO, I COULD REALLY ALLOWS FOR A LOT OF ROOM FOR DESIGNING AT HOW DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS OF THAT PARTICULAR TIME, BECAUSE IT MAY VARY FROM
YEAR TO YEAR. >> RIGHT, I AGREE. I HAVE SERVED AS VICE CHAIR OVER THIS COMMITTEE LAST YEAR SO I FOUND WITH A SUPERINTENDENCE COMMITTEE MODEL WITH THE PUBLIC BEING PEACEFUL AND I AM ON BOARD WITH THAT IDEA BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT INTO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT SOME CONCERNS IF THIS DECISION WOULD HAPPEN. SO --
>> I HEAR THAT. >> SO, I DO AGREE WITH THE POINTS THAT TRUSTEE GOLDBERG MADE AND I DO BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A SUPERINTENDENCE COMMITTEE. TRUSTEE LIGHT, I DON'T WANT US TO CONFUSE PUTTING THIS POLICY TOGETHER TONIGHT WHEN ONE ULTIMATE CHARGE MAY OR MAY NOT LEAD TO A BUDGET COMMITTEE. THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE -- AND OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE NOT VOTING TONIGHT, WE GO DOWN THE PATH OF CHOOSING OPTION ONE -- IN THE FUTURE, IF WE WANTED TO CREATE AN AD HOC OR A SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF TRUSTEES, TO LOOK AT SOMETHING SPECIFIC, WE ARE NOT PRECLUDED FROM DOING THAT,
CORRECT? >> WE HAVE A BYLAW ON
SUBCOMMITTEES. SO -- >> OKAY, GOOD, THANK YOU.
>> JUST TO INTERJECT SOME THINGS, TRUSTEE LIGHT'S COMMENTS HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF MERIT. WE CERTAINLY ARE FACING HEADWINDS, WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE CUTS IN THE COMING YEARS, AND DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE HAD ON BUDGET COMMITTEE, 85% OF EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE SPEND IS SALARY AND HAVING A COMMITTEE MADE UP OF PARENTS AND MEMBERS IN THE ROOM HAS MADE IT CHALLENGING IN THE PAST TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH ANY PRODUCTIVE
RECOMMENDATIONS OR DISCUSSIONS. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE A POINT, THOUGH, THAT -- I AM THINKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THIS POLICY.
NOT WHETHER THIS GROUP SHOULD CONVENE THIS YEAR, NOT WHETHER THIS GROUP SHOULD BE LOOKING AT BUDGET CUTS, BECAUSE I AGREE THAT THAT IS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST FORMAT FOR DOING SO. SO, I'M JUST SAYING IN GENERAL, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BUDGET COMMITTEE, A SUPERINTENDENCE COMMITTEE EACH YEAR, A DISCUSSION TO BE HAD OR A SUPERINTENDENT TO DECIDE HOW TO UTILIZE THE COMMITTEE, BUT I DO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, SENSITIVE TOPICS, AND POSSIBLY REDUCTIONS, HAVING A ROOM OF 20, 30 PEOPLE, SOME OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS
NOT THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. >> WELL, I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT I BELIEVE WE ARE AT THAT POINT, THAT WE DO NEED TO CONVENE TO START LOOKING AT THESE THINGS NOW, MOVING
FORWARD. >> SO, ARE YOU ARGUING FOR CREATING A BUDGET COMMITTEE, SIMILAR TO OUR BUDGET ON SUBCOMMITTEES IN THE PAST, AND PUTTING THESE QUESTIONS IN FRONT OF THEM? OR, ARE YOU ADVOCATING FOR A DIFFERENT TYPE
OF COMMITTEE? >> I'M JUST GIVING YOU THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH. I MEAN, IT'S -- AND I'M JUST GOING TO SPEAK HYPOTHETICALLY, THE BOARD COULD SAY, LOOK, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE WANT A BALANCED BUDGET NO MATTER WHAT THAT TAKES, AND WE COULD COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, INTERNALLY, AS ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING THROUGH SOME OF OUR OWN COMMITTEES AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE TOPICS ARE, HOW MUCH WE CAN GIVE. HAVING A COMMITTEE MADE UP OF PARENTS AND FOLKS IN THE ROOM THAT ARE POTENTIALLY INVOLVED IN PROGRAMS DIRECTLY RELATED TO SALARIES, NOT HAVING A BROWNOUT COMMITTEE DOESN'T REALLY BIND ANYBODY FROM NOT DISCUSSING OR TALKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS OUTSIDE OF THAT COMMITTEE. NOW, NOR DOES THE BROWNOUT COMMITTEE DO THAT, AS WELL, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE A MORE STRUCTURED AND ORGANIZED AGENDA SYSTEM AND THINGS AND TOPICS TO SEE YOU ABOUT. THAT
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DOESN'T NEGATE THE FACT THAT YOU STILL CAN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT PERSONNEL IN THE BROWNOUT COMMITTEE, BY A BOARD OF APPOINTED COMMITTEE, EITHER. SO, WE ARE KIND OF IN A SITUATION WHERE IT IS REALLY TOUGH TO COME TO THE BOARD WITH SOME PRODUCTIVE AND EFFECTIVE BUDGET PLAN IN SUCH A LARGE COMMITTEE WITH A BIG, DIVERSE GROUP OF MEMBERS AND HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS PROBABLY SEVEN TIMES IN THE LAST I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS, EIGHT YEARS, IT IS -- I WILL TELL YOU, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN EFFECTIVE, AND WE HAVE NOT HAD PRUDENT DISCUSSIONS, AND IT IS REALLY WISE FOR US TO TAKE THE ACTION NOW TO DETERMINE WHAT DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO SO WE ARE NOT FACED WITH OUR BACK AGAINST THE WALL AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WHICH IS VERY, VERY NEAR, VERY CLOSE.>> I THINK I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH TRUSTEE SYLVESTER THAT WE CAN SEPARATE THE CRAFTING OF THIS POLICY FROM THE SITUATION OF OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE TODAY. OR, THIS YEAR. OR, IN ANY YEAR, REALLY. I AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE A SUPERINTENDENT COMMITTEE.
BACK IN JUNE, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BUDGETS, SPECIFICALLY, I ASKED FOR SCENARIOS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER, 2%, 6%, 10% REDUCTIONS, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK. AND THAT, INFORMING THE BOARD, LOOKING AT SCENARIOS, HAVING THE STAFF LOOK THAT UP, THAT CAN COEXIST WITH THIS POLICY, WITH NO DISCOMFORT, I FEEL.
>> I AGREE WITH THAT. I THINK, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE LANGUAGE OF THIS PARTICULAR POLICY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY A SUPERINTENDENCE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AT SOME POINT.
AGAIN, IT IS PRETTY OPEN. IT IS COMPOSED, IT CAN BE COMPOSED OF STAFF, BOARD REPRESENTATIVES, AND/OR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. SO, I THINK WE ARE SORT OF CONDITIONING DOING IT THE WAY WE HAVE ALWAYS DONE IT AND THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS POLICY IS SAYING. WE CAN DECIDE TO HAVE A MUCH SMALLER TYPE OF BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT COULD ULTIMATELY BE ADVISING THE BOARD ON BUDGETARY ISSUES. BUT, THEN, I DO THINK THERE IS THIS SEPARATE THING, I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE TO BE TALKING AS A BOARD ABOUT MOVING FORWARD ON MAYBE SOME OF THESE SCENARIOS, OR HOWEVER WE CHOOSE TO REQUEST INFORMATION ON HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS.
>> BUT, I UNDERSTOOD MR. MCGLOCKLIN SAYING WE NEED SOME DIRECTION TONIGHT. OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T TAKE A VOTE BECAUSE A VOTE IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
>> WE JUST NEED ADVICE ON THE THREE OPTIONS, IT'S NOT ABOUT
ANY CHARGE. >> RIGHT, SO AS FAR AS THE CONSENSUS, I HEARD WITH MY QUESTION AND EVERYONE ELSE'S, I HEARD THAT THE CONSENSUS WAS NUMBER ONE. IS THAT ALL WE
NEED? OKAY. >> SO, I THINK WE ALL -- IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE SOME CONSENSUS ON WHERE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE HAVING THE LANGUAGE OF THE POLICY BE A BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT IS APPOINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT. WE COULD MOVE FORWARD ON THAT.
>> DOES IT ALSO SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED A FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO WHAT TRUSTEE GILL DESCRIBED IN VARIOUS SCENARIOS AND IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS WITH WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? WHICH, I COULD BRING UP AT A LATER DATE.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WAS ASKING THE QUESTION, BUT I WILL
SAY YES. >> SO, TO UNDERSTAND, LOOKING AT THESE THREE OPTIONS, THE ONLY WAY -- VOLUME ] OPTION ONE DOESN'T PRECLUDE US FROM ALSO CREATING -- JUST BE BOARD PERSONNEL, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. BUT, THAT IS CORRECT.
>> DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? ARE YOU THINKING?
ARE YOU -- OKAY. >> YEAH, I WILL MULL IT OVER BECAUSE HISTORY SHOWS THESE THINGS -- I WILL THINK ABOUT
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IT. >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MOVING FORWARD, NOT HISTORY. SO, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE WANT THIS COMMITTEE TO GO, MOVING FORWARD. NOT -- LOW VOLUME ] WOULD BE MY GUESS ON THIS TOPIC.
>> NO. >> SO, DO WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OPTION ONE IN THIS POLICY? OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS MORE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE WILL BE AGENDA RISING AROUND BUDGETARY DISCUSSION. OKAY. WE ARE MOVING
[D. Business Services - Discussion of Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 3280 - Sale, Lease, Rental of District-Owned Real Property]
ON. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. WE ARE ON 5D, DISCUSSION OF BOARD POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION -- 3280, WHICH I BELIEVE IS ALSO DR. MCLAUGHLIN.>> THIS IS ANOTHER COMMITTEE YOU AUTHORIZED AT THE LAST MEETING AND WE APPROVED TONIGHT, THE 7-ELEVEN SURPLUS PROPERTY COMMITTEE. THESE PROPERTY AND AR ARE BOTH TIMELY, BECAUSE THAT OVERVIEW IS WHAT THE COMMITTEES RESPONSIBILITIES ARE. SO, THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES, AS OF JUNE 30TH, OF 2024, IT USED TO BE THAT IF YOU HAD BUILDINGS LIKE COMMERCIAL OR OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT WERE NOT USED FOR SCHOOL, YOU HAD TO GO TO THE SURPLUS PROPERTY COMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO RENT OR DISPOSE OF THEM. NOW, STARTING JULY 1ST OF 2024, THAT IS REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE AND WE DO HAVE POTENTIALLY TWO BUILDINGS THAT ARE UP FOR A POTENTIAL SALE OR LEASE AT THIS TIME.
>> WOULD YOU MIND GIVING A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT DISTINCTION? AND THE REQUIRED ACTIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO
SURPLUS PROPERTY? >> RIGHT, SO, THERE ARE NO MORE SURPLUS PROPERTIES, SO EVERYTHING HAS TO GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE. WE, THE COMMITTEE, REFUSED THE DATA AROUND EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES. IF IT IS A SCHOOL SITE, THERE IS ONE SCHOOL SITE ON THERE, THAT HAS PHASED OUT, WE HAVEN'T USED IT IN A LONG TIME. LOOK AT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, ENROLLMENT REPORTS, KIND OF COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD SAYING, THERE IS NO FUTURE NEED FOR THIS, AND THEN THE COMMITTEE IS FREE, ALSO, TO HAVE SOME FUTURE DISCUSSIONS AND POTENTIALLY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USE OF THE PROPERTY. AND THAT COMMITTEE BEING MADE UP OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FOLKS WHO HAVE SOME EXPERTISE ON REAL ESTATE, AND LAND DEVELOPMENT, AND SUCH. IT SHOULD PROVE TO BE A FRUITFUL DISCUSSION. WE HAVE THREE PROPERTIES FOR DISCUSSION TO LOOK AT. I POTENTIALLY SEE MAYBE TWO MEETINGS BEFORE THE REPORT COMES BACK TO THE BOARD, AND THAT REPORT IS NOT BINDING, THE ONLY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMITTEE AND AT THAT POINT, THE BOARD CAN DISCUSS THOSE FINDINGS.
[E. Student Services - Discussion of Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 5113 - Absences and Excuses]
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE ARE MOVING ON. 5E, WE HAVE STUDENT SERVICES, BOARD POLICY AND AR 5113. ABSENCES AND EXCUSES. I THINK THIS MIGHT BE -- DR.
EGANS? >> YES, SO, ON THIS BOARD POLICY, THE VP, IS REALLY JUST UPDATING ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE FOR TEACHERS TO PROVIDE IDENTICAL AND EQUIVALENT ASSIGNMENTS AND TESTS, WHEN AN ABSENCE IS EXCUSED. THIS HAS VARIOUS UPDATES THAT REFLECT -- ONE THAT REQUIRES STUDENT ABSENCE TO BE EXCUSED UP TO FIVE DAYS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTENDING A FUNERAL. IN ADDITION, UP TO THREE DAYS FOR TIME TO ACCESS SERVICES WHEN GRIEVING A DEATH. IT ALSO, ADDITIONALLY, REFLECTS THE NEW LOT 5113 PROVIDES THAT ATTENDANCE AT A RELIGIOUS RETREAT MAY BE EXCUSED FOR NO MORE THAN ONE SCHOOL DAY EACH SEMESTER. AND THEN, IT ADDS, GENERALIZES THE COMMUNICATION FOR WHEN PARENTS WANT TO EXCUSE AN ABSENCE, INSTEAD OF THE FORMER LANGUAGE IDENTIFYING -- THEY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION, AND BROADENED IT, AND MADE IT MORE GENERAL, WRITTEN, ELECTRONIC, VOICEMAIL. SO --
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>> THANK YOU. NO COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? ANYONE? OKAY.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE ARE MOVING TO 5F, WHICH
[F. Student Services - Discussion of Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 5141.21 - Administering Medication and Monitoring Health Conditions]
IS BOARD POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION, 5141.21, ADMINISTERING MEDICATION AND MONITORINGHEALTH CONDITIONS. >> YES, SO, ON THIS BOARD POLICY, THE ONE THING I DO LIKE -- AND YOU WILL NOTICE RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING -- IT DOES ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPACT ON ATTENDANCE, AND IT IS CLEAR THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NEED MEDICATIONS OR RECEIVE SOME SORT OF SERVICE, YOU STILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE IN ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL. THIS BOARD POLICY -- THE BIGGEST OF THE IS MOSTLY ADDING THE IDITAROD AND INHALER, BUT FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION, IT UPDATES VARIOUS LAWS FOR JUST TO SUMMARIZE, A B-17 22 LOOKS AT HIRING A LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSE THAT WILL HELP SUPPORT AND ALSO REFLECTS THE NEW LAW THAT IDENTIFIES THOSE WHO ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE EPINEPHRINE INJECTIONS, THE SUPPORT THAT WOULD REQUIRE, THE SUPPORT FOR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE TO PROVIDE EPINEPHRINE ON INJECTIONS. IT ALSO AUTHORIZES DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY STOCK IP ROLE INHALERS. SB 114 WAS ALSO EMBEDDED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING A SUFFICIENT STOP STOCK OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS. A.B. 116 WAS ALSO ADDED AND PROVIDES EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS WHO RENDER EMERGENCY TREATMENT -- AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT -- IT SPECIFIES THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE LIABLE FOR CIVIL DAMAGES, RESULTING IN THE ACT WHILE THEY ARE TRYING TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WITH THIS MEDICATION SERVICE. AND FINALLY, A.B. 1810, WHICH AUTHORIZES A SCHOOL NORSE FOR A VOLUNTEER DESIGNATED AND TRAINED TO ADMINISTER EMERGENCY ANTISEIZURE MEDS YOU GET INTO A STUDENT DIAGNOSED WITH SEIZURES, OR A DISORDER. SO, THAT REGULATION HAD A LOT OF UPDATES, WITH A LOT OF CHANGES.
>> ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SO, WE DO HAVE THE EMERGENCY INHALERS? IS IT AT ALL OF OUR SITES?
>> I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT. I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. WE DO HAVE THE OTHER, THE OPIOID AND THOSE, BUT I WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW-UP WITH YOU ON THE
] >> I'M WORKING. IT ACCIDENTALLY --
>> THERE IT GOES. OKAY. OKAY. COMING BACK TO MY QUESTION.
WHAT ABOUT THE TRAINING OF IMPLEMENTING -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORD IS -- AND LAMENTING AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE TO COUNTERACT SEIZURES, OVERDOSES, ET CETERA? DO WE TRAIN EVERYBODY ON THE STAFF? I MEAN, INCLUDING EVERYBODY?
>> SO, OUR INTERNAL, OUR NURSES, THEY TRAIN ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR HEALTH CLERKS ARE TRAINED. IF YOU SEE THEM IN THE HALL, HOW THEY REFERENCE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE VOLUNTEERED TO TRAIN. SO, THAT LANGUAGE, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR OFFICE STAFF WOULD
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BE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER TO BE TRAINED BUT THERE ARE STAFF AT EVERY SITE THAT ARE TRAINED AS PART OF OUR STRUCTURE. AND THAT IS DONE IN HOUSE, AND ONE THING TO NOTE IT DOESN'T SPECIFY HOW WE ARE ALLOWED TO SOLICIT EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD LIKE TO BETRAINED TWICE A YEAR. >> THANK YOU FOR SPECIFYING, YOU ARE JUST GOING TO MAKE THAT LANGUAGE CONSISTENT, FOR THIS
VOLUNTEER EMPLOYEE, HERE. >> RIGHT, SO THAT IT IS CLEAR, WE WILL USE THE TERMINOLOGY FOR EMPLOYEES THAT WISH TO BE
TRAINED. >> ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I THINK WE
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ARE MOVING ON TO 5G, WHICH IS HUMAN RESOURCES, ADMINISTRATIVEREGULATION 4112.5. >> HAVING BROUGHT OUR CONTRACT FORWARD, I KNOW THE CONSENT AGENDA ALSO LOOKED TIMELY TO LOOK AT THE CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK POLICY. THIS GAMBIT UPDATE INCLUDES CLARIFYING LANGUAGE REGARDING DEEPLY PRE-EMPLOYMENT RECORD CHECK, THE SUBSEQUENT ARREST NOTIFICATIONS, HOW WE NAVIGATE THOSE, AND THEN MAINTENANCE OF CRIMINAL OFFENDER RECORD INFORMATION. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, ON PAGE TWO IN THE MIDDLE, THERE IS A PARAGRAPH WITH A BLUE STRIKETHROUGH AND THAT IS BASED ON A RECOMMENDED EDIT BECAUSE OUR PRACTICE IS TO CONDUCT OR MAINTAIN A CRIMINAL RECORD SUMMARY OF EVERY PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE DURING THEIR ON BOARDING PROCESS. SO, WE DO NOT CURRENTLY EXERCISE THE MAY OPTION IN THAT PARAGRAPH, BUT I LOOK TO YOU, TO LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT STRIKETHROUGH, OR
MAKE A CHANGE, THERE. >> IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OPINIONS, I --
>> I AGREE. SO, KEEP THE STRIKETHROUGH. THANK YOU, THANK
YOU. >> WE WILL NEED TO NOTE THAT IN THE POLICY REPORT, THAT IT STAYS IN THERE, ANOTHER GAMBIT
UPDATE MIGHT COME. >> THANK YOU.
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>> THANK YOU. AND WE ARE AT 5H, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD. WE
WILL START WITH TRUSTEE LIGHT. >> GOOD EVENING, CONEJO VALLEY.
HAPPY 2025. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A SAFE AND RELAXING WINTER BREAK. WELCOME BACK. THANK YOU, ALL, FOR YOUR SUPPORT DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF UNKNOWNS WITH THE FIRES AND POWER OUTAGES. THANK YOU TO ALL THE FACULTY AND STAFF WHO HAVE SCHOOLS OPERATING SMOOTHLY THROUGH THESE CHALLENGES. I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS TO THE L.A.
WILDFIRES, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. TO THE INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY THE PALISADES, EATON, HEARST, OTTO, AND OTHER FIRES OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, THESE ARE TRYING TIMES, BUT KNOW THAT THERE IS A VERY STRONG COMMUNITY AND VILLAGE BEHIND YOU AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THIS COMMUNITY IS NO STRANGER TO WILDFIRES. PROBABLY THE ONE THAT MOST OF US REMEMBER IN 2018, AND THIS COMMUNITY IS SPECIAL, COMING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT. DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES, IT HAS CONTINUED TO BE AN EXCITING TIME AT CONEJO VALLEY, FROM THE HOLIDAYS, TO THE INNOVATIONS ADOPTED FROM POWER OUTAGES, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING TEACHERS AND FACULTY FOR ADAPTING TO THE LESSON PLANS, MAINTENANCE, MEAL DISTRIBUTION, AND SO MUCH MORE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A RESILIENT AND ADAPTIVE HUMAN BEING, PROVIDING A SOURCE OF STABILITY FOR OUR STUDENTS. I AM THRILLED THAT I AM ABLE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS' FAMILIES. I HAVE THE CHANCE TO ATTEND THE SECOND INFORMATION NIGHT AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS TITLE IN THE HANDS OF STUDENTS.
AFTER A NUMBER OF MONTHS, I NOW HAVE NUS STACKED BOARD, WE WILL MEET JANUARY 27TH, 2025 AT 4:00 P.M. IN THE BOARDROOM AT CONEJO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT HERE, 1402 EAST JAMS ROAD. ALL ARE
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WELCOME TO ATTEND AND MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT. AN EXCITING TIME, JANUARY STARTS THE BEGINNING OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS BEFORE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO APPLY IN EARLY JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRUARY WITH INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED IN LATE FEBRUARY, EARLY MARCH. ATTENDING THE FIRST MEETING IN APRIL, AND SEATS WILL OPEN ALONG WITH NOMINATIONS TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. THAT DAY, JANUARY 27TH, ALSO MARKS THE HOLOCAUST -- INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY.PLEASE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REMEMBER THE VICTIMS AND REFLECT UPON HUMANITY AND THE NEED TO RESPECT OTHERS. HAVE A SAFE, WONDERFUL THREE WEEKS UNTIL THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. I HOPE YOU ALL GET POWER RESTORED SOON, AND GOOD NIGHT.
>> TRUSTEE SYLVESTER? >> ALTHOUGH, IF YOU DON'T HAVE POWER, YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT WATCHING THIS MEETING. BUT, BY THE TIME YOU ARE WATCHING IT, I'M GLAD YOU HAD YOUR POWERBACK. HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY 2025. ALTHOUGH, I HAVE TO SAY, THE EVENTS OF THIS PAST WEEK HAVE SEEMINGLY OVERSHADOWED THE TWO WEEKS OF RESTFUL BREAK AND THE NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATIONS. IT SEEMS LIKE QUITE A LONG TIME AGO. LIKE ALL OF YOU, MY HEART AND MY THOUGHTS GO OUT TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DISPLACED BY THESE TERRIBLE FIRES. JUST LOOKING AT THE PICTURES, IT IS HONESTLY JUST HARD TO COMPREHEND THE EXTENT OF DESTRUCTION, NOT JUST OF THE HOMES, BUT OF THE ACTUAL COMMUNITIES, THEMSELVES. AND WE ARE LOOKING AT YEARS, AND YEARS OF REBUILDING. OUR OWN ISSUES HERE WITHIN THE DISTRICT WITH THE LOSS OF POWER, THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOL SITES, WAS DIFFICULT, IS DIFFICULT. ALMOST EVERYONE HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS. I KNOW IT IS NOT EASY, WORKING AND LEARNING IN THESE SCHOOLS WITHOUT POWER, BUT I AM EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP FUNCTIONING AND KEEP SOME FOR OUR STUDENTS. I AM GRATEFUL THAT FOR THOSE CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS HAD TO GO TO WORK, OR WHO RELY UPON US FOR A NUTRITIOUS MEAL, WERE ABLE TO ATTEND OUR SCHOOL. I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO THE TEACHERS AND STAFF WHO ARE MAKING THIS WORK. I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM, WHO GO OUT IN THE MORNING AND CHECK EACH SCHOOL SITE AND MAKE SURE IT IS SAFE. AND I AM ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO DR. MCLAUGHLIN FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND DECISION-MAKING OVER THIS PAST WEEK. I KNOW THE "POSTMORTEM DISCUSSIONS" STARTED, AND I KNOW WE ALL KNOW THAT THESE TYPES OF OUTAGES AND FIRE RISKS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE. JUST LIKE IN OUR OWN HOMES, WE NEED TO CONTINUE CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO BE BEST PREPARED IN THE FUTURE. ON A SIDE NOTE, OR NOT A SIDE NOTE, I DO WANT TO WISH AN EARLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TRUSTEE GOLDBERG, WHO THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A COUPLE YEARS, IS NOT CELEBRATING WITH US AT A BOARD MEETING. AND I WISH I HAD KNOWN, NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL DOES THE RICE CRISPY TREATS FOR JANUARY BIRTHDAYS. HAD I KNOWN THAT, I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT YOU A RICE CRISPY TREAT. SO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
>> TRUSTEE GILL? >> THANK YOU, AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I KNOW WE ARE ALL JUST ONE DEGREE AWAY AND CLOSER TO THE LOSSES THAT WERE SUFFERED BY OUR NEIGHBORS, AND THAT IS DIFFICULT. AND ALL OF US HAVE HAD CHALLENGES GOING THROUGH THESE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WITH THE MOST SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS THAT ARE EVER ISSUED, THAT WE HAVE NOW SEEN FOUR TIMES IN THREE MONTHS. I HEARD ALL OF THE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED AND THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WERE FACED AT OUR SCHOOL SITES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I MOST LOVE ABOUT OUR SUPERINTENDENT IS THAT HE TREATS EVERY SITUATION AS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE, AND SO WE WILL, AND WE WILL BASICALLY LEARN AND DO BETTER. BUT, I AM SO ENORMOUSLY PROUD THAT IT IS AT TIMES LIKE THIS, THAT WE MAKE GOOD ON THE COMMUNITY TRUST, AS THE ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE KEPT OUR STUDENTS SAFE, AND FED, AND AVAILABLE TO SERVICES, AND WITH CARING ADULTS, AND WITH THEIR
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FRIENDS, AND LEARNING THROUGHOUT THIS TIME. I AM SO GRATEFUL TO EVERY MEMBER OF CVUSD STAFF, EVERY SINGLE ONE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THESE PAST FEW WEEKS, SO HUGE,HEARTFELT THANK YOU FROM ME. >> TRUSTEE GOLDBERG?
>> I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD HERE, HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, MR. GORBACK. IT IS NOT JUST ME. LIST OF PEOPLE TO THINK, JUST -- WE WOULD BE HERE ALL NIGHT, SO I'M NOT GOING TO. BUT, LIKE TRUSTEE GILL SAID, EVERY SINGLE PERSON WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AND MODELED THE BEHAVIOR WE EXPECT TO SEE. AND IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH WEEK, WE ARE A TOUGH PEOPLE WHO ARE TIRED OF BEING TOUGH, AND TIRED OF BEING RESILIENT. AND YET, WE WILL BE BOTH. THANK YOU, ALL, FOR CARING ABOUT EACH OTHER AND ABOUT THE KIDS. WE HAVE LEARNED THE HARD WAY, WHERE WE NEED TO PAY BETTER ATTENTION. IT IS HARD TO FIND BALANCE, WHICH IS MY FAVORITE THING TO DO, IS TO FIND THAT BALANCE AND OUR EYES HAVE BEEN OPENED TO NEW CHALLENGES, AND QUITE FRANKLY, THERE IS NOBODY BETTER AT LOOKING AT HOW DO WE ADDRESS NEW NORMAL, THEN DR.
MCLAUGHLIN, BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN DOING NEW NORMAL SINCE HE TOOK THIS JOB. EVERY DAY IS A "NEW NORMAL." I THINK OUR STUDENT REPORTER SAID IT BEST, WHEN SHE THANKED OUR SCHOOLS FOR BEING A STEADFAST SOURCE OF STABILITY, AND MADE EVERYBODY FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED, AND SURROUNDED BY A CARING COMMUNITY. SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY, BE SAFE, BE GENTLE WITH YOURSELVES AND EACH OTHER.
FIND THEN IN THE UNIVERSE. >> TRUSTEE GORBACK?
>> TO ECHO EVERYBODY, FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY NEW YEAR. THE ONE THING ABOUT THE START OF OUR YEAR IS THAT IT CAN ONLY GO UP AND IMPROVE FROM NOW ON.
OUT TO ALL THOSE WHO WERE DIRECTLY AFFECTED AND ALL THOSE WHO WERE INDIRECTLY. I TALKED TO SOMEONE THIS MORNING WHOSE BROTHER-IN-LAW AND SISTER-IN-LAW, THEIR HOUSE IS NO LONGER STANDING. SO, IT IS PEOPLE WHO HAVE RELATIVES, MY HEART GOES OUT TO EVERYBODY AFFECTED BY THE FIRES. MY DEEPEST THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO DISTRICT AND SITE STAFF, STARTING WITH YOU, DR. MCLAUGHLIN, FOR YOUR JUST -- EVERYTHING. TAKING CARE OF US. AND TO DISTRICT AND SITE STAFF WHO CONTINUE TO SHINE THE LIGHT ON -- SHINE THE LIGHT ON OUR STUDENT EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION EXPERIENCE, AND KEEP THEM IN AS MUCH A STATE OF NORMALCY AS WE CAN POSSIBLY BE UNDER THE CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE. SO, THANKS TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND TO ALL OF OUR PEOPLE, FROM JUST EVERYBODY WHO
PARTICIPATED, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I KNOW I WILL PROBABLY BE REPEATING SOME OF THESE SENTIMENTS, BUT, FIRST, I WANT TO SAY, GOOD EVENING, AND I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE, AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR JANUARY BIRTHDAYS. ONE THAT HAPPENED, AND ONE TO COME. BIRTHDAYS ARE AWESOME, AND AS THESE GUYS KNOW, I LOVE BIRTHDAYS, SO I AM EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING STUDENT REPORTERS, FOLKS THAT CAME FOR COMMENT, THANKS TO PANTHER PROWLER STUDENTS FOR BEING HERE, WE LOVE THAT YOU COME AND RECORD OUR MEETING.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS. I WILL SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND I WILL ALSO SAY, JUST MAKE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT OUR SITUATION WITH THE FIRES, I KNOW WE WERE SAFE HERE. IN THE CONEJO VALLEY. BUT, I KNOW WE WERE ALL IMPACTED, WHETHER WE KNOW SOMEBODY WHO LOST THEIR HOME OR JUST THE STRESS OF WORRYING IN THE STRONG WIND WEATHER, THE CHANCE OF FIRE, TRYING TO -- I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE RUNNING A SCHOOL AND TRYING TO TEACH A CLASSROOM THAT DIDN'T HAVE POWER. I AM JUST SO IN AWE OF SO MANY PEOPLE RIGHT NOW. BUT, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, TOO, THERE IS A COLLECTIVE GRIEF THAT I THINK WE ARE ALL FEELING WITH THE DEVASTATION WE ARE SEEING NEARBY, AND I KNOW I WAS REALLY PLEASED THAT THE DISTRICT WHEN THEY PUT OFF SOME COMMUNICATIONS THIS PAST WEEK, INCLUDED SOME RESOURCES GEARED TOWARD HOW TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE TYPES OF EVENTS, WITH THE CHILDREN, WITH YOUR
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STUDENTS. AND SO, I REALLY HOPE THAT FOLKS WILL USE THESE RESOURCES. THE MENTAL HEALTH FOLKS, OR YOUR COUNSELING STAFF BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS CAN BE A SCARY TIME, EVEN IF YOUR HOUSE DIDN'T BURN DOWN, THERE IS A LOT GOING ON. SO, AGAIN, I'M VERY THANKFUL TO ALL THOSE FOR MAKING TODAY AND THE DAYS LAST WEEK OUR SCHOOLS WORK, I KNOW IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY. THIS WAS, LIKE SOMEBODY SAID, THE LONGEST AND MOST WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGE IN THE CITY OF CONEJO VALLEY'S HISTORY AND THERE IS MORE TO COME. IF SO, I AM REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE REGULAR COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION ACROSS NOT ONLY THE DISTRICT, BUT ACROSS AGENCIES. AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALREADY TALKS OF HOW TO LOOK FORWARD, MAKE CHANGES, PLANNING. AGAIN, NOT ONLY ACROSS AGENCIES AND OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WITHIN THE DISTRICT. AND LIKE WITH ANY EXTREME SITUATION, WE WILL LEARN, AND ADJUST, AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO HAS WORKED SO HARD DURING THIS TOUGH TIME AND I KNOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AS WE NAVIGATE THIS NEW NORMAL, REALLY, OF MORE FREQUENT POWER OUTAGES[I. Comments - Superintendent]
THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE BECAUSE OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. THAT IS ALL FOR ME. THANK YOU, DR. MCLAUGHLIN.>> WELL, VERY SIMILAR COMMENTS TONIGHT. OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE AN EXTREMELY GREAT CABINET THAT I WORK WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS HAVE DIRECTORS UNDER THEM WHO THEY WORK WITH DIRECTLY, WHO COMMUNICATE REALLY WELL. FOR MAKING THESE DECISIONS START OFF AT 5:30 IN THE MORNING, AND THROUGH OUR NEW CAMERA SYSTEM WE WERE ABLE TO GET A QUICK LOOK AT WHAT CAMPUSES ARE UP WITH POWER AND WHICH ONES ARE NOT. WE FOCUS OUR MEDICATION DISTRICT WIDE THEM INTO SPECIFIC SCHOOLS. MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNICATION GETS OUT BETWEEN 6:30 AND 6:45 EVERY DAY AND HAS MULTIPLE MESSAGES TO GO. ALSO WHEN I TALK ABOUT ACROSS AGENCIES, REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, EVERY DAY. THEY ARE COMMUNICATING WITH TEXT MESSAGE, PHONE CALLS. FOR US, THAT IS THE KEY PIECE IN MAKING A DECISION TO CLOSE OUR SCHOOLS. IS IT SAFE? IF IT IS, HOW DO WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN? AND ULTIMATELY, THAT FALLS BACK ON TO OUR TEACHING STAFF AND FULL-TIME ADMINISTRATORS AND I KNOW IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY ON THEM. LAST WEEKEND, IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT. WE ARE SEEING SEARCH SHUTDOWN MORE THAN OTHERS, WHICH IS TIRESOME TO FOCUS ON THAT CAMPUS. I FEEL REALLY BAD, I KNOW BOARD FEELS BAD, WE ARE HEARING FROM STAFF ON BOTH CAMPUSES. IT IS AN EVEN KEEL AMONGST OUR 20, THAT IS NOT THE CASE. SO WE ARE SEEING SOME MORE THAN OTHERS, BUT ULTIMATELY, THE CLOSEST SCHOOL HAS THAT CONTINUITY, FOOD, THE FIRST IS THE ABILITY TO HAVE YOUR KIDS PLAY WHILE THEY GO TO WORK, AND THEN COMING HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY WITH THEIR KIDS, INSTRUCTIONS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WORKING WITH COURTNEY STOCKTON, WORKING WITH ME, PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO US FROM THINGS THAT ARE HEARING FROM THEIR TEACHERS IS ALSO KEY. ULTIMATELY, THIS WILL ALL LEAD TO PLANS IN PLACE. WE HAVE NOT HAD A GREAT LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK TO SAY, BUT MAKE SURE WE GET 40, 60 SCHOOL SITE, IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY, SO ONCE WE GET THIS BREAK AND GET OUR TASK FORCE UP AND RUNNING, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PUT SOME PROCEDURES IN PLACE THAT HELP FOOLS. OUR SCHOOLS' FACILITIES ALL LOOK DIFFERENT, SOME HAVE BIG WINDOWS AND ARTHRITIS, AND YOU HAVE OTHERS THAT HAVE VERY FEW WINDOWS, THAT ARE VERY DARK, AND THAT IS FRUSTRATING TO TEACHERS THAT KNOW THAT THE STRUCTURE LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS AND TEACHING AND LEARNING IN ONE CLASSROOM WITH NATURAL LIGHT IS A CLASSROOM WITH DARK IS VERY DIFFERENT WE ARE CONSIDERING
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THOSE IN HOW WE PROVIDE SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS. THERE IS A PROCESS WE THINK THROUGH DAILY OF HOW WE DO THIS, SO I THINK OUR SUPPORT TEAM FOR THE GENERATORS AND MAKING SURE THE SCHOOL SITES ARE SAFE BUT THERE ARE BRANCHES AND TREES AND STUFF IN THE WAY THAT THEY ARE CLEARING AS BEST THEY CAN SO STUDENTS CAN BE THERE ALONG WITH CUSTODIAL STAFF WHO WAS THERE EARLY IN THE MORNING WHO CAN REPORT BACK, AS WELL. I COULD GO ON AND TALK ABOUT EVERY POSITION THAT IS DOING REALLY REMARKABLE WORK TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS CAN GO TO SCHOOL. AND IT IS EASY FOR ME TO SAY, WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE SCHOOL WITH NO POWER. THERE IS A PART OF ME THAT KNOWS KIDS HAVE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE ON A DAILY BASIS BUT WHAT I DON'T WANT IN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE STOPLIGHTS ARE DOWN, WE KNOW KIDS WITH THE DAY OFF ARE GOING TO BE OUT WITH FRIENDS, AND THOSE ELECTRIC BIKES ARE LIKE KIDS GOING THROUGH STOP SIGNS, I'M WATCHING CARS SPEED THROUGH STOPLIGHTS. THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE, IT IS DECISIONS, SO IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT HAVING KIDS IN SCHOOL OR NOT HAVING KIDS IN SCHOOL, THERE IS A BIGGER PICTURE, WITH WHAT WE LOOK AT IN HOW WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS, SO THAT WILL ALWAYS BE MY GUIDE. I THINK WHAT WORKING WITH OUR BOARD DOES, THAT COMES FROM STAFF, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT COMES WITH FRUSTRATION FROM OUR CLASSROOMS AND WE ARE WORKING ON TRYING TO MITIGATE THAT FRUSTRATION. SO, IT JUST TAKES TIME AND LIKE WE SAID, THESE ARE THINGS WE HAVE NOT FELT BEFORE. THIS IS NEW, REALLY, ABOUT SHUTTING DOWN SCHOOL SITES. WE DO FEEL ON THESE TWO, OR THREE, OR FOUR SITES, IT IS DOABLE. WHEN IT GETS BEYOND THAT, IT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. I DO WANT TO TOUCH BASE REALLY QUICK ON THE TESLA BATTERIES THAT ARE ON CAMPUS. I KNOW THERE IS SOME FRUSTRATION OUT THERE, THEY ARE NOT MEANT TO BE GENERATORS. THEY ARE MEANT TO BE BATTERIES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE USED FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME, TO ALLOW A SCHOOL THAT HAD SHUT DOWN TO COME BACK ON. THEY ARE NOT MEANT TO BAIT TWO DAYS, THREE DAYS OF BATTERIES. THEY ARE JUST NOT THAT WAY. WE DON'T GENERATE OR RECOUP THEIR ENERGY UNLESS THEY HAVE POWER COMING IN, SO IF THE POWER IS OUT, THEY ARE NOT REGENERATING MORE POWER, BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST SITTING THERE AFTER THE POWER IS USED BY THE SITE. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY IS WE ARE JUST KEEPING KIDS IN SCHOOL BECAUSE -- GOING TO SAY THERE IS A REALLY GOOD CHANCE, SCHOOL SITES, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT WE HAD FIRES IN NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THAT THE J 13 FORM WILL BE COMPLETED AND APPROVED AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE J 13 IT IS ABOUT PROVIDING SERVICES TO OUR KIDS EVERY DAY THAT THEY NEED. SO, THE J 13 AND IS COLLECTING MONEY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT BECAUSE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE FORMS AND CHANCES ARE WE WILL BE RECOUPED FOR IT. LAST THING, I JUST SEE SOME OF THESE COMMENTS BRIEFLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IT IS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACKS WHO ARE NOT SITTING IN THESE CHAIRS MAKING THESE DECISIONS. AND IT IS REALLY EASY TO BE IN OFFICE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND STAY A LOT OF STUFF BUT ULTIMATELY, I AM HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, HERE TO RESPOND BACK TO EMAILS, I AM HERE TO LISTEN TO PEOPLE'S FRUSTRATIONS, I AM HERE TO LISTEN TO OUR TEACHERS SO WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO FIX. WE KNOW THERE IS RETALIATION THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE. OPEN SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED SCHOOLS HAS ANY MEANS TO HAVE ANY RETALIATION. WE DON'T HANDLE ASSIGNMENTS, WE DON'T HANDLE EVALUATIONS, WE DON'T HANDLE DISCIPLINE ON THE SCHOOL SITE, WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN AND TRY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS BEST WE CAN TO SUPPORT YOU IN THE CLASSROOM, SO YOU CAN SUPPORT STUDENTS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME. SO, I KNOW I JUST SAID A LOT, BUT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS. JUST KNOW, AGAIN, TO EMPHASIZE IT. OUR SCHOOLS ARE URBAN THROUGH EMERGENCY SERVICES. A LONG LIGHT ALONG WITH MANY OF OUR TEACHERS AND MANY OF OUR SITE ADMINISTRATORS THE SAME WAY. SO, THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, DR.
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MCLAUGHLIN. OKAY, WE ARE MOVING ON TO ADJOURNMENT AND WE WANT TO LOOK AT FUTURE BOARD TOPICS. WE HAVE A LIST, THERE. WOULD[02:55:04]
ANYBODY LIKE TO ADD ANY MORE TOPICS?>> YOU KNOW, I HEARD SOMETHING YESTERDAY THAT BOTHERED ME, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS A DISTRICT DECISION OR IF IT IS SACRAMENTO AND THAT IS THE FACT THAT -- AND IT DOESN'T JUST PERTAIN TO SPORTS, SPORTS BROUGHT IT UP, BUT IT IS ALL PROGRAMS, OUR CARE PARENTS BRING KIDS BACK AND FORTH, THEY DONATE BACK AND FORTH, AND WHEN THEY GO TO SEE THEM PERFORM, WHETHER IT IS A DRAMA PRESENTATION OR AN ATHLETIC EVENT, THEY HAVE TO PAY. AND I AM WONDERING IF THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE, AND WHETHER THAT IS US, WHETHER THAT IS CIF, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? IS THAT
SOMETHING THAT IS A CONSENSUS? >> I DON'T SEE IT AS ANYBODY NODDING HEADS AND CONSENSUS IN TERMS OF DISCUSSION. I THINK --
>> WHAT I CAN DO IS PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW THE AUSPICE OF THE COLLECTION OF DOLLARS, WHERE I WILL TELL YOU, THE DISTRICT OFFICE, DISTRICT BUDGETS, WITH THOSE COLLECTIONS, THEY GO BACK TO OTHER SPORTS THAT MAY NOT COLLECT AS MUCH REVENUE AS OTHERS. THERE IS, AGAIN, A WIDE RANGE OF WHERE THOSE DOLLARS GO THAT ARE NEEDED FOR ACTIVITIES IN SPORTS TO SURVIVE ON OUR CAMPUSES, ON MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE REFEREES, TIME MANAGEMENT, EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH FACILITATING THIS. SO, WE WILL WORK ON A BOARD REPORT AND FIND THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL SO YOU KNOW HOW THAT COLLECTION WORKS AND STUDENTS ON OUR CAMPUSES.
>> I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND BEFORE THE ERA OF CAITLIN CLARK WORD WAS ATTRACTIVE, WE DIDN'T DRAW MANY PEOPLE.
>> OKAY. >> GREAT, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THIS LIST?
>> TWO THINGS, FIRST, DO WE WANT TO CONSIDER ANY FURTHER
BUDGET DISCUSSION? >> I THINK WE ARE, AND I THINK WE WILL JUST HAVE TO GET IT A GENDERIZED IN THE FUTURE.
>> ALL RIGHT, AND MY SECOND ONE -- FROM STUDENTS AT OTHER SITES REACHING OUT. I KNOW THERE WERE SOME UPDATES --
>> CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? THIS CAME UP IN A MEETING, DIDN'T YOU DISCUSS IT? OR AM I REMEMBERING INCORRECTLY?
>> THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO BEFORE COMMUNICATIONS.
INAUDIBLE - LOW VOLUME ] >> SO, THERE IS CONCERNS ABOUT THE REVISIONS THAT WERE MADE IN OUR MOST RECENT --
>> THE CONCERNS I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING'S ARE NOT THE REVISIONS BUT THE LACK OF REVISIONS, WISHING THERE WERE CONTINUED CONCERNS PUSHING THROUGH.
>> WHEN WAS THAT, THAT WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION?
>> IT WAS JUNE 20TH, APPROVED AT THE FIRST BOARD MEETING OF
THIS YEAR. >> THANK YOU, TRUSTEE LIGHT.
>> COMMENTS, AGREEMENTS? >> IT'S HARD TO A PINE WITHOUT KNOWING THE SPECIFICS. I MEAN, WE DID CREATE A GROUP WHICH STUDENTS WERE ON AND WE DID HEAR FEEDBACK AND THE BOARD EITHER AGREED WITH FEEDBACK OR DID NOT AGREE WITH THE FEEDBACK, SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT REVISITING IT WOULD
LOOK LIKE. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
DON'T GET TO THE POINT -- >> I AM NOT BEING SPECIFIC.
>> YEAH. >> SO, I DON'T SEE ANY CONSENSUS FOR THAT. YOU WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY
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TO GO AROUND AND GET THERE. ANYONE ELSE? YES, TRUSTEESYLVESTER? >> I HAVE TWO, BUT WE ALREADY COVERED THE BUDGET PIECE, SO SEEMINGLY AT ODDS WITH THAT, I DO THINK, AT SOME POINT, WE NEED TO WORK OUT SOME MORE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, SPECIFICALLY AS WE ARE JUST SAID, THIS LAST WEEK HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE ARE FACING AROUND POWER OUTAGES. WE HAVE ALSO SEEN IN THE PAST CHALLENGES AROUND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, OUR PHONE SYSTEM, WHICH IS SOMETIMES RELATED TO POWER OUTAGES, BUT NOT ALWAYS. IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS WE HAVE, WHAT WE MIGHT NEED AND WHAT THAT ANTICIPATED COST WOULD BE. HAVING A DISCUSSION, WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT MAY BE SOME NOT ONLY SHORT AND LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS AND POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES AND FINANCING THESE NEEDS. MEASURE I HAS A WONDERFUL, AS WE LEARNED EARLIER, SOURCE FOR SCHOOLS TO INVEST IN THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THOSE MONIES ARE OBVIOUSLY MOSTLY SPENT. SO, I JUST THINK THAT MIGHT BE A CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE.
>> ANY OTHER THOUGHTS ON THAT? OR, ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS?
CONSENSUS? TRUSTEE GILL? >> I LIKE THE IDEA OF SHEDDING SOME LIGHT ON WHERE WE HAVE NEEDS. I, MYSELF, WORRY ABOUT
>> I WOULD BE OPEN TO ADDING THAT TO OUR LIST.
>> OKAY, I AM SEEING NODS. OKAY, WE HAVE A MAJORITY HERE, SO I THINK THAT IS A YES. THANK YOU.
>> OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN. WE NOW
[B. Adjournment]
ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 9:02 P.M. THANK YO* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.