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It's autism awareness month which encourages the recognition of neurodeiversity. The idea that neurological differences including autism are natural natural variations of the human brain. Understanding and celebrating neurodiversity makes our community stronger and more inclusive. It's also Arab heritage month where we celebrate ArabAmerican heritage and culture while recognizing the important contributions of Arab Americans. Lastly, it's school library month and I'm a proud library card holder and sponsor and sponsor of the library and I hope you are all library card holders. I want to urge everyone to visit your local library, get a library card and support these incredible institutions. A special thanks to our library staff for their dedication and hard work. You are deeply appreciated. Next, I need to address an important and pressing matter. Commissioner Brunzak spoke on this a little bit. Uh I'm something that's been bothering me of the recent Facebook posts and the spread of misinformation.
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And that for me means that I would support the proposal that is currently on the table to leave status quo except for the redrawing of uh transportation boundaries for kindergarten. So that's yeah, thank you. Other questions or comments? Uh, I'll just make a comment um that as soon as you get that number in the mayor's budget, you know, you're headed for really devastating times for our educational community. Um, and I know that the the mayor didn't necessarily want to make um devastating cuts to the to our educational system. she's in a situation with insurance rates that can just go up by, you know, double digits, um, with no transparency and I think from my own perspective fueled by a pharmaceutical industry that's making a fortune. Um but um so so then if we're looking at basically devastating cuts regardless of which way we go. If we keep if we pause on redistricting, do the geographic redistricting and take a look at this basically brand new environment that we're in.
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Um this is the one right before our June LCAP board meeting where we will be presenting the recommendations from our greater community. Um uh based on their priorities and what they're going to be voting on on April the 24th. Um also just we want to express our our deepest gratitude for our our assistant principles. It's national assistant uh principal week. So, we know that they're um at our sites working hard and doing that really hard work that you know to better support our students, our families, and our staff. So, with the our deepest gratitude, just want to extend that that um that shout out to them. Thank you. Moving on to the next item of business. Uh 11.1 resolution number 2024-25-B44, excuse me. Uh funding public education and the we can't wait campaign. So move. So move. Okay. This is a roll call vote.
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We want the board to step up and lead. We want you to ask district leadership to get creative and find solutions. Solutions that make our staff feel safe when they walk into work every day. We want you to make it just as clear that students deserve the same level of safety when they walk into their schools. We want you to step stop accepting the idea that nothing can be done. That our hands are tied excuse isn't good enough anymore. We can't keep letting unsafe conditions slide. Trusty Aaparo said it best when she said just follow ED code. Yes, we care about suspensions. Sorry, it went too fast. Yes, we care about suspensions and expulsion numbers, but more than that, we care about keeping our schools safe for everyone, staff and students alike. The dashboard should not take precedence over suspensions. And let's not forget class sizes.
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Misinformation, especially when directed at a community, is incredibly harmful. When falsehoods are circulated, particularly by people using fake profiles, aliases, unsigned letters, it misleads those who may not have full context and causes unnecessary harm. For anyone in our community with concerns or questions, I urge you to address them openly, whether through meetings or direct communication. There's no need to hide behind anonymity when we have platforms for open discussion. I also want to be clear that both this administration and the board have operated with complete transparency. To provide an example, when a relationship developed between a board member and a member of the administration, we were transparent from the very beginning. Legal opinions were secured and the board was kept fully informed. The recent misinformation being spread by individuals who may not have followed the situation closely from the start is unfair, not just to the board and the administration, but to our entire community.
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I I think both in terms of enrollment and in terms of budget, I don't think it would be responsible for us just to continue as though 26 27 we're going to have we're definitely going to have the same number of schools and that is what the all the two and a half years that I was here for doing that plan. It would all assuming that we would have five schools available. Um so uh this one hurts. I don't like making this motion. I appreciate the members for for um making the motion and seconding it and discussing it. Um and um I hope that as a nation we can uh pivot to being a country that prioritizes educational funding so that district after district doesn't have to be making these heartbreaking choices. So with that, I guess I would uh like to hear the vote. So just to repeat, the motion is to continue with uh on a redistricting to continue with redrawn geographic lines with a hold on moving any grades out of their current buildings for the 202526 school year.
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Any discussion on this? Just a quick comment. Sure. Yes. Um uh I just want to comment. I know we uh it's no surprise that the uh public schools are underfunded uh throughout the state by the state and by the federal government as well. And we just heard from our uh SYS uh director special education is also underfunded. So just want to uh thank ASA for bringing this forward and advocating to the state. So thank you. So I'm just going to read the I don't know if everybody has seen it, so I'm going to read the the paragraph. says, "The district is proud of its collaborative relationship with the Anaheim Secondary Teachers Association or ASA in the areas of community schools and collective bargaining, ranking the district among the the compensation leaders for teachers among public school districts in Orange County and providing continued health and welfare benefits to all full-time employees with no contribution toward premium costs for employees or their beneficiaries.
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Those limits exist for a reason. Overcrowded classrooms just make everything harder, especially when behavior is already an issue. Now, I understand that the state has changed the rules around suspensions and expulsions, but that doesn't mean we're stuck. At times, it can feel like some administrators believe our options are extremely limited, but the reality is there are still meaningful steps we can take. Some schools are being told to not send disruptive students to the office at all. We even had a special ed teacher who was told that she should expect to be hit by her students and that's outrageous. Here are some suggestions that have been sent to me to share. Behavior intervention teams create sitebased teams of educators chosen by their colleagues, counselors, and administrators who meet regularly to monitor students with ongoing behavior challenges and intervene early. Alternative learning spaces create calm-own rooms or alternative learning environments staffed with trained professional or personnel where students can take a break, reflect, and return to class ready to participate.
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I also want to take a moment to acknowledge that while I sometimes disagree with my fellow board members on certain topics such as tax increases. We all strive to work together respectfully and keep our discussions civil. Differences of opinion are critical for effective board. If we all agreed on everything, we wouldn't truly be serving this community in a thoughtful way. Debate and discussion allow us to represent diverse perspectives and arrive at balanced decisions. Moving forward, I ask for transparency and collaboration from everyone. This board is committed to being open and honest with our community, and I encourage us to work together as a unified body. By doing so, we could focus on what matters most, our students, our staff, and the well-being of our community. Thank you, and I hope everyone has a great evening. Thank you, Commissioner Ciano. Commissioner Suarez. Thank you, President Paris.
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Secretary Den, will you call the vote? Chair Johnson Massad, yes. Vice Chair Ston, yes. Secretary DNA, yes. Member Goodwin, yes. Member Childs, yes. Mayor Disorger, yes. Member Martini, yes. It's unanimous. Thank you. Um so as I mentioned um the redistricting and reorganizing ad hoc committee uh doesn't meet unless the school committee uh or the superintendent uh has a need for them to meet. And um clearly with this vote tonight, we do need uh you all to to to meet to address how the loss of 30,000 students from public schools across the state continues to affect Greenfield's enrollment numbers and how we plan for the future to accommodate future potential reductions in the school budget and to maintain the geographic redistricting GPS has already done while minimizing disruptions to families. If the committee agrees, the reinvisioning our school's ad hoc committee, which includes school committee members and mayor disorder, will work alongside the superintendent to identify the most sustainable and efficient path forward for our schools in light of our current challenges.
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The district is committed to ensuring that every student continues to have access to a high quality, equitable, and well-rounded public education in modern facilities and upto-date technology and supported by well-compensated teachers and staff who model kindness, compassion, civic engagement, civil discourse, and the importance of community to success in college, career, and life. So with that said, Mrs. Smith, I, Mr. Hosshi, I, Mr. Reynold Tjo, I, Miss Guero, I, and I vote I 50. Item 112, resolution number 2024-25 HR-04, Day of the Teacher. So moved. Second. Second. Motion in a second. And this is a roll call vote. Miss Smith. I. Mr. Hosshi. I. Mr. Rand Tjo. I squarero. I. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And. And I vote I. 50 11.3 resolution number 2024-25-B16 temporary interf fund transfer roll call vote and we need a motion second motion in a second we got a motion in a second got Mrs.
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Admin presence and support. Administrators should have a visible presence in hallways, lunch areas, and classrooms, not just in offices. Be available to support teachers, not dismiss concerns. Promptly follow up on referrals or incident reports and communicate outcome to staff. Datadriven decisionmaking. Track and analyze behavior referrals, suspensions, office visits, and teacher feedback. Identify patterns and adjust supervision or supports. Share data with staff regularly and involve them in planning response. Enforce class size limits and instructional support. Avoid overcrowded classrooms which increase stress and trigger misbehavior if class sizes are unavoidable. Provide instructional aids and behavior support personnel. Redefine the role of behavior support staff. shift BSBAs from a treat dispenser role to a behavioral coaching role. But here's the thing. You ran for this board because you wanted to make a difference. And when we're facing a crisis this big, saying there's nothing we can do just isn't good enough.
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Um, I want I truly want to thank all the educators who came out tonight. Um, seeing the glow of red shirts is not only a visual representation of the support for the teaching profession and for one another, but it's also a visual representation to urge us here on the dis and as well as the community to help us understand your needs as educators who face students and the demands of the profession every single day. Your presence allows for us to consider our power to support the needs of the budget, which directly translates into your needs to teach our students. I was elected with the phrase, "Let teachers teach." And please know that you have my personal support. I'm not speaking for the board. Um because I firmly believe that you all need the resources to teach to the highest potential. I see you and I hear you.
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So, there's two motions I have for you tonight on this ad hoc committee. One is um basically very slight language change to the uh the functions and duties documents for the redistricting and reorganizing ad hoc committee which basically is uh as presented. It just changes um from recommend changes to redistricting policy. Instead it says recommend changes to redistricting plan to the full committee on an as needed basis. And in one other place it changes the word p uh policies to plans just to make it clear that this is not part of our school committee policies. It's part of a a strategic plan we made basically as a as a committee. So I'd like to hear a motion to approve the revised functions and duties uh document as presented. So moved. Motion from member Martini. Is there a second? Second it to bring it to discussion.
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Smith I Mr. Hosi I Mr. Retro Tjo I Miss Gero I and I vote I 11.4 Four, resolution number 2024-25-B7, school lunch hero day. Slow moved. Second. Second. Have a motion and a second. All right. Roll call vote. Mrs. Smith I. Mr. Hosshi. I. Mr. Randjo. I. Mr. Barrow. I. And I vote I 11.5. Resolution number 2024-25-B8 establishing the Anaheim Union High School District Measure K Citizens Bond Oversight Committee and approving its bylaws. Second motion in a second. I had a question. Yes. Uh just a quick question if we can share uh to the community how we will be advertising the uh recruitment process. Perfect. So, uh, it's being advertised in newspapers as well as our district website is already currently on the website already, pending the approval obviously after this. Um, and um, so and u, we are working with John as well, our PIO to make sure it gets out on social media as well.
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We need you to be problem solvers. Teachers need to be able to teach and students need to be able to learn. And we're going to keep raising alarm until something changes. Our students deserve it. Our teachers deserve it. And honestly, our community deserves it, too. I'll leave you with this thought. You were able to easily remove someone from this very meeting because you felt he was disruptive. What a concept. Teachers have students in their classrooms every day, all day, doing the same thing and much worse, but cannot have them removed. Where are their rights? On a different note, members would also like to know why we are placing reader reading intervention teachers back into the classroom, but we are hiring another administrative secretary. Thanks for listening. In solidarity, [Applause] Karen. Okay, moving on to item seven. We have close session reports. Do we have a need to go back in?
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Thank you for showing up. And I I just wanted to just a small short anecdote just for um the library month. I have such fond memories of going to the library as a young girl. Um and I bring my son uh to the library here and actually sometimes he'll just ask to stop to the library if we have some time. Um so I urge every person here in Clifton if you're able to go to the library, take a book to read with your young ones. It it's really creates beautiful memories. That's all I have to say. Thank you everyone. Good night. Thank you, Commissioner Suarez. Commissioner Bassford. Thank you. Uh, speaking about National Library Month, my Google was a card index box, the draw. Those were heavy and you pulled them to the table and you that was Google for me. I'm dating myself. Everybody's nodding in the audience.
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Okay. Uh any discussion? Changing word policy to plan. Member Stton. I don't have a specific comment about that in particular. That's fine for me. But I would suggest we revisit the second bullet point where it discusses who actually can convene this ad hoc subcommittee. If it is true as we are saying that we are going to essentially have to do what the prior ad hoc committee did but in half the time then I think that it would be prudent to give the chair the opportunity to call the meeting. Not just to have us as a full committee have to vote to say they can meet or only have Karen have the option to call the meeting. I think Elizabeth should be able to have the right to call that same meeting. Um, can I just respond to that? Yeah. Just that that the next motion is basically where we're going to charge the the the ad hoc committee with with a project.
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So, we need um about seven members in different categories and you will see the detail information in which categories as well as the bylaws when you go up to website. It's written up front and center. So, you should be able to see it right away. So we do encourage all the community members to apply uh to be on a committee. It's about meeting about four times a year about two to three hours each time and you will get to see all the exciting projects are happening with measure K. And so really do uh want the community to come out and apply for um for this. And you know obviously down the road too we will also as people uh you know for different reason leave the committee and we also need replacement and so we love to have people to make sure they continue to support and continue to be on a committee as well.
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Are we done? Okay, so do we hold off on that? No, she go ahead and read what we've so far. All right. On a motion by Maria Akapara and seconded by Rick Raleigh, the board of trustees approve the following. Appoint Lindsay Bales as K through six principal, Rio Vista School of Applied Learning, range 14, column one on the certificated management salary schedule 205 base duty days effective July 1st, 2025. [Applause] On a motion by Maria Akara and seconded by Renee Longshore, the board of trustees approved the following. Appoint Zara Canola as director nutrition services range 59 step one on the classified management salary schedule 256 base duty days effective May 5th [Applause] 2025 B6 conference with labor negotiator On a motion by Anita Tucker, seconded by Maria Akara, the board of trustees approved the following. Approved the memorandum of understanding with the Apple Valley Unified Teachers Association, AVUDA, dated March 10th, 2025 regarding health and welfare benefits.
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