and amongst other things that states a high school ethnic studies course examining the roles of race nationality and culture on identity and experience boosted attendance and academic performance of students at risk of dropping out the study looked at ethnic studies classes in the pilot program in San Francisco high schools and compared academic outcomes for students encouraged to enroll in the courses with similar students who did not take them the researchers found that students not only made gains in attendance and grades they also increased the number of course credits they earned to graduate and by the way I myself am a ethnic studies uh success story I first took my uh first took a ethnic studies course at city college and I was immediately drawn in because I was learning about myself thank you very much thank you next person after Gabriel Hernandez okay did we already read a statement from Mr Hernandez Mr Sanchez or was it just a couple words I know there was a few that were red and a few there were just a few words yeah I believe so it was a statement or a couple words no this was a couple words okay so we can go ahead and give them a minute Mr Gabrielle are you can you hear me okay there we go yes we can hear you in the late 1980s and 1990s I worked with tens of thousands of high school students to organize ethnic studies in schools we worked as far as Sacramento and as far down as Fresno Los Angeles and San Diego in fact Ernesto and Jenny you were part of that process in the later years in the mid-1990s um in in doing that ethnic studies programs we were able to establish that in a number of different school districts and some of those youth um some were expelled but others became Educators School administrators professors and authors of ethnic studies materials some of these children that have been instrumental in developing movements like the Occupy Movement and the black lives movement our families have been here as long as the pine trees the Bears the Eagles and the Condors even as this Society struggles with what is described as systems of racism it is curriculum like ethnic studies that demystifies the colonization of these lands and makes clear how systems of racism established it is time for you to help our children understand the rightful place in our history her story our story and the wisdom that they hold to help during these divisive times thank you thank you Avatar uh they're calling you foreign you Peter hello can you hear me sorry about that I went to my charger that's all right we can hear you okay okay um hello superintendent Bauer uh board president bejarano and the honorable Board of Trustees my name is Peter Ortiz and I'm here as an individual uh trustee for the Santa Clara County Board of Education and I wanted to speak in favor of the resolution I wanted to share really quickly how grateful I am for uh trustee Herrera Loretta's leadership in introducing this resolution and really the entire board's dedication to education Justice for Alum Rock students the Santa Clara County board of education has also passed the ethnic studies resolution and has begun working closely with districts that wish to establish their programs I'm hoping that there is an opportunity uh to collaborate and with that looking forward to watching you all make Eastside history thank you next person is Paul Soto okay Mr Soto let's see okay yes we can hear you okay I'd like to acknowledge uh George Floyd and the connection between the document that founded this country the three fits compromise that was in the Constitution and how that led to his death and what we're really talking about here is white supremacy we're not just talking about can we have ethnic studies in our schools what we're talking about is the dominance of white supremacy that put that knee on George Floyd's neck and that's the reason why we're having this conversation now so I'd just like to acknowledge that I'd like to also acknowledge that in the Declaration of Independence itself it states that Indians are savages it's specifically so what we're talking about is a direct link between that time period and now because there's no distinction between the two and so I really like to think uh uh Minister for bringing this to the table and for all that are participating and trying to get this uh resolution fast and talk to a kid because that's where the identity is formed when they're young not when they get already in college because they've already been indoctrinated with white supremacy in the elementary school years thank you thank you next person after yes Libya Ortiz okay hi Kevin it's Olivia again I'm a parent of delamrocks District I just want to uh thank uh trustee Herrera for bringing this item up and I am really excited I'm very proud of you know uh a parent at the Ellenbrook School District like someone said earlier we're making history uh I am like I said I'm very very happy I have a child as a third grader and I really hope that this doesn't just get a resolution but also gets implemented I want to thank board members that I have uh acknowledged the importance of evening studies so I just want to say that thank you so much and have a good night thank you next person hello can you hear me yes uh good good evening my name is here and I'm a student at Goodrich in high school and I'm here to support the calls for ethnic studies uh last year I took Mexican American history and it has completely altered my perspective not only on myself but the world around me for the better and thinking back to my elementary and middle school years the eurocentric school system caused me to americanize my way of living and leave behind my Mexican culture because I felt ashamed of it and it's not until I took ethnic studies that I finally became proud of my history my culture and aware that we are still growing and we are and we will overcome the injustices that our people are inflicted by every day giving youth the opportunity to learn about their own culture as well as the culture surrounding them allows them at a young age to point out racism and discrimination and to create a positive change in our society and I urge you to pass this resolution resolution thank you thank you next person after my Trinidad okay hello can you guys hear me hear me uh hello my name is dutchie Molly and I just completed eighth grade I was accepted into Crystal way high school and I believe ethnic studies is important because we have always we have always been taught America's history but there is two sides to every story and we should be taught our side of History I feel like this is an important topic and we should and we should include it in all schools thank you and have a good night next person is um if I pronounce it right what was the uh the first name I know you had a yeah t-l-a-n-e-x-t-i-a last name Trinidad okay are you here I think we can hear you go ahead then next Oh I thought that was her oh are you able to hear us um sometimes you never know the screen name is the real name oh yeah we'll move on to the real name okay we'll move on to the next one that was the last okay got it okay well thank you everybody huh she's no longer available that's also thank you everybody for your comments I think he's saying she's muted oh she was saying she is muted I'm missing the signals here thank you I'm here sorry muted okay yeah next year training that is unmuted okay thank you can everyone hear me yes yes okay um so I just wanted to share what I wrote uh my first experience with ethnic studies was at home and I didn't realize it not until I took an official class last semester at San Jose City College I was raised by a single mother who identifies as an educated Chicana which she implemented into my sisters and I when I was in high school my mother moved us to the south side of San Jose where we attended Santa Teresa high school my sisters and I stood out we were teased and made fun of because of who we were the way we spoke the way we dressed the way we carried ourselves our mother's teachings were set strong within us so we did not alter our pride or our personalities ethnic studies creates a sense of normality and a sense of Pride which allows us to stand tall when we stand out that's it thank you very much thank you okay so now um thank you everybody for your participation and your comments um so we got one now Mr springner Springer did we pass the 15 no okay I can't go back on my word okay okay Mr what was it sprainer finger Springer yes okay Mr Springer can you hear us yes hello okay my name is Jesse Springer I'm a teacher here in Alum Rock I just wanted to uh Express that as a child I grew up never hearing of ethnic studies until college and I am wholeheartedly in favor of ethnic studies on our campuses I want to recognize how important this is for children of color growing up knowing their roots and finding their identities and you know knowing their people's stories I also want to address how this affects white children as well um and I know we are not the majority on our campuses but without ethnic studies white children do grow up indoctrinated with values of racism and Supremacy and I just wanted to highlight how important it is for everyone to move forward with these type of studies thank you so much I yield my time thank you I'm glad you ended it there thank you thank you for that valuable perspective Mr Springer and Mr at this point now that um okay I'll move on at this point we um again thank you everyone for your participation we have a motion and a second um Mr Sanchez mentioned that he has won comment via email okay um one minute for that comment and this will be the last one we we need to move on [Music] yes I'm sorry this is from a student that came in after uh my name is monse I am a student at Evergreen Valley College I'm a sister of student that attends Renaissance Academy at Madison my mother is also a Community member involved with I myself have been part of this District growing up and attended several schools within the district growing up I never had a full understanding of what it what was ethnic studies since that term was never used the importance of ethnic studies classes is to teach elementary students and middle school students the importance of how to think critically about the society around them ethic studies should be considered an essential in the district because it supplies the younger students due to the fact that many students only know the basics of several races I myself hadn't had an assignment to interview my mother for ethnic studies Chicano and Chicana class at Evergreen I learned more of her than I than I had assumed I was surprised to learn so many things that I was never taught at school when I was younger that was due to the lack of importance that the district doesn't provide this generation with classes that should be taken into iteration thank you okay now um okay after can you unmute trustee Quintero foreign did you have a question or comment oh are we back are we back to board comments or yes um we're done with public comments so we're back to for comments and uh hopefully yeah I know just to finish up I really appreciate everybody's comments I think it just reiterates what we all feel at least those of us who are in support um that uh with ethnic studies we can go ahead and hopefully avoid some of the problems that are that uh that arise in the future when people don't know each other as you mentioned earlier in clarified uh that ethnic studies isn't just about one group but it's about bringing out the voices of those underrepresented groups in our society and so it's a really good opportunity to really give give people opportunity to get to know each other and that uh so they can kind of dispel some of those myths some of those things that sometimes creep up amongst uh family members who might push some sort of uh idealism some sort of uh ideas that aren't based on facts and so I'm very supportive of this uh once again one thing my colleague for bringing it Forward I just want to share an experience that I had uh in high school a a teacher that was he legitimately he's a good guy but he had this fear of Cinco de Mayo and he would say here I'm so scared of all these people flying this foreign flag and it scares me and uh and I snap back at him and told me you know what those people flying that flag you know when many other folks went over there and I'm worn they came back in body bags at a higher percentage than than they were in the population you had no problems with that huh and so you kind of he stepped back and but uh you know that was just me going out there and looking at looking at a book at Mount Pleasant High School's library and it wasn't necessarily in the curriculum my Spanish teachers tried to incorporate as much as they could but they were Spanish teachers they weren't ethnic study teachers and so you know I just I want to point this this uh thing back there it's a some U.S and a Mexican flag 1864 people flying those two flags because they wanted a Lincoln to win uh so that guy obviously didn't have ethnic studies or else he wouldn't have been penis sorry about that you wouldn't have scared he wouldn't have been so scared by watching people find this flag since 1860s has been flown in political races um and so um yeah with that said I'm I'll be supporting this motion okay um trustee Chavez I'm glad that trustee Quintero brought that up about the soldiers dying over there in Vietnam that's why the GI Forum was formed because when one of the soldiers died they didn't want to let him in uh they didn't want to bury him there and so that's when they formed that and let all them know and a lot of the vets that did come back they didn't have all the help but this will help people and I'm glad everybody spoke um I wanted a vote earlier because I just wanted to come on let's just vote for this so I'm gonna ask you now can we vote now yes I'm going to now that everyone has had an opportunity to speak I was going to call for the vote at this point sure um so I will just do a roll call vote as I see you on my screen um and Maribel are you ready yes I am okay yes trusty Quintero I trusty Marquez hi trusty Chavez hi and myself I the motion passes unanimously thank you everybody I'm looking forward to further work on this now at this point um we have a lot to do still on our agenda um and we're coming up on our our self-imposed time limit so I'm wondering if my colleagues have any um suggestions or would like to put a motion on the floor to extend the time room is 10 30 huh so we're at 9 30 around is it is it 10 30 Mr Ruiz it's hard it's it's 10 30.
Becca my name is Anne sang last name T as in Tom asta Dean Sam Eng first names and a NN e thank you I'm a parent I have one child still in the district I wanted to echo what dr. I just had said about the math proficiency I just wanted to say I noticed in the past school year there has been significant reduction of homework even at high school level for math they become optional and I simply don't see my child doing enough math exercise and even at her level relatively okay I think but her accuracy has reduced I can noticed it that during tests that there are more mistakes so I would encourage we revisit the math curriculum and to see if there is a way to to improve from here thank you thank you thank you was there anyone else wishing to address the board no there are no other requests okay president Becker could I could I clarify about the comments I just wanted to close the public portion I'm sorry yeah I'll be absolutely thrilled for you to clarify okay thank you to those who came and spoke we appreciate it and now I close the public portion dr.
that's hard and fast you can extended only one time yeah we better wait till we get closer to 10 30. well can we just extend it to 10 30 right now the deadline is 10 30. right now we have it at 10 30. so let's wait and then see if we need to extend it closer to them yeah we're gonna need to okay so let's do that just let's just be mindful that most likely we're gonna need to extend at 10 30. okay so only because we can do it one time only yeah okay thank you everyone so let's go now back to item 4.01 Teamsters I know we had um at a different point on the agenda we had a comment do we have um any another uh communication from Teamsters I don't see or hear anyone so we can move forward if someone pops up we can come back to it um 4.02 CSEA is there anyone here to provide comments from CSEA okay nothing there I don't think um area Allen Market administrator I mean I'm sorry ARA Alan Market administrators Association do we have communication from them Jocelyn are you there this is I messed up this is administer administrators okay what's that Dr Bauer I um I don't remember whose turn it is it's either Miss Bickford or Miss Martinez whoever had the June turn and I can't remember um our administrators are exhausted okay so um I guess we will skip on that one and move on to 4.04 now Alum Rock Educators Association area do we have Jocelyn ready are you still with us Jocelyn I'm here I'm here I'm here your teachers are exhausted too but we're here yeah so and good evening um human rights issues are at the core of all components of public education including student learning and achievement School culture teacher quality and parent and Community engagement in light of the most current black lives matter Civil Rights Movement witnessed worldwide resulting from the recent murder of George Perry Floyd Jr tonight's report from area will be delivered by two members of the area Equity human and civil rights team this committee is a part of the Statewide CTA human rights Department its intent is to create a more Equitable Union and public education system by helping to change behavior and practices that perpetuate inequality you will hear first from Veronica Talton co-chair of our local committee followed by a member of the committee both of whom are teachers in Alum Rock so if you could turn on Veronica talton's um microphone that would mute thank you this is the one that just says Veronica right it says Veronica Talton good evening good evening can you hear me yes yes superintendent Bauer for president bejarano school board members and the Alum Rock Community as an African-American educator and area member I'm compelled to speak about race relations at this critical moment in our nation's history I'm the only African-American in my department and one of only two at my school sites blacks have had to exist in a society that fails to acknowledge the pain and the suffering that we regularly experience we are fed up with Injustice communities Across the Nation are enraged and are joining forces to show solidarity with the cause of racial Justice I will now read the public statement from area concerning these matters the Alum Rock equity in human and civil rights committee stands in solidarity with the black lives matter Movement we agree with the prosecution and prison time for what appears to be hate crimes it is our hope that there is Justice for George Floyd Justice for Ahmad Arbury Justice for Brianna Taylor as well as all of the African-American men women and children criminally abused and murdered in the United States arusd cannot be silent we are urging this board and the district to take a Firm Stance against the senseless murder of black people against police brutality and affirm that black lives matter whether collectively or individually we need to know say and remember the names of the blacks who have been murdered at the hands of law enforcement Michael Brown Tamir rice Stefan Clark Sandra Bland philando Castile Trayvon Martin Kendra James Eric Garner Tony McDade Maurice Gordon and many many more which won't permit time will not permit me to finish listing so what's the answer in my opinion it's not enough for School Employees to participate in a one or two day anti-bias training to resolve this racial pandemic we must be committed to being anti-racist and our roles as Educators and it must permeate every area of our work in order to erase the underlying racism and white privilege that exists in school institutions historian ibram X kindy said it this way quote the only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it and then dismantle it end quote arusd must be intentional about recruiting and hiring black Educators and administrators and a good place to start is that historically black colleges and universities we must also be intentional in creating spaces where African-American staff and students know that they can bring their whole selves not just the parts of them that make others comfortable I have been a proponent of culturally relevant teaching for most of my career and have witnessed its positive impact on all students this school year I established the 1619 Club at Joseph George middle to promote awareness of and to preserve the culture of students from the African diaspora the 1619 Club derived its name from the year that Africans were brought enslaved to the Americas and is based upon the work of Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times journalist Nicole Hannah Jones that club was open to students of any race interested in social justice work was created for the social emotional health of African-American students on Georgia's campus and there they are few it is my hope and I'm wrapping up that no one will all lives matter this moment Aria is asking that arusd remained Resolute in its commitment to black students and employees it is my hope that the area Equity human and civil rights committee will be directly involved in decisions concerning a committee racial Justice task force whatever you want to call it and that this committee can assist with the adoption and creation of the ethnic studies curriculum in arusd I sincerely thank you for hearing me tonight as I seek to keep beating the drum for justice my colleague Alberta will now provide additional comments thank you is my Mona muted or unmuted my Mona absalberta I don't see yourself here on the screen um yes I'm here can you hear me oh yeah yes we can hear you yes I just got unmuted thank you my name is maimona of salberta I'm a special education teacher in the allermark school district and I'm here speaking as a director on the Executive Board of area on behalf of the alamark Educators Association we demand that the district make an official statement to explicitly support black lives we notice when our district leadership has remained silent silent and it is both harmful and disappointing to see the lack of acknowledgment of black lives the resolution before you tonight on condemning all discrimination and racism falls short of acknowledging the continued and unacceptable loss of black lives we must be visible in our outrage and more importantly in our resolve to work for change stating that black lives stating that black lives matter does not negate our commitment to all members of our community but rather elevates the importance of the lives of black people whose lives have been historically oppressed by our society by white supremacy and by affirming that their lives specifically mattered our students and Community are watching as Educators we know that is not enough to Simply say that we are promoting diversity and inclusion in our district in action by individuals and institutions perpetuate Injustice bias and racism we need to be equipped with the resources to actively be anti-racist in our teaching and instructional approaches our learning environments must be intentionally safe for black students and Educators we respectfully demand that the district break the silence and complacency we need the district to take specific actions to acknowledge black lives and to make commitments area voted unanimously to support the creation of of the ethnic studies adoption Committee in our district and we thank you for taking action to support that tonight we believe that students students need to learn the histories that are not currently being consistently told in our classrooms including the histories of black brown and Indigenous people this is how we Empower students to end racism something we as adults have failed to do as Educators we are ready and willing to do the work the Santa Clara County Office of Education is already engaged in developing ethnic studies resources and supports for teachers and school districts you may you heard from many professors and Educators describing their years in teaching ethnic studies and its Effectiveness as Educators we cannot do this work of educating alone and we ask that you work with us acknowledge specifically that black lives matter and show us that you will take that responsibility to put it into action approving ethnic studies is a start and we look forward to seeing the additional actions the district will take thank you thank you was there anything further from area or does that make up the communication tonight I think Jocelyn is muted can we unmute her just to make sure that their communication is done we are done and thank you very much for listening thank you okay we move on to superintendent 4.05 today I received an email from one of our American teachers asking why I have not made a an official statement about black lives matter I just want to say in public this time have been extremely challenging for me in a very very personal way I hope that you may understand that to some of us when we when we are angry and frustrated and this is so deep we just go silent sometimes that's what I've been feeling these days but I stand against all kinds of celebrities including the brutality that is going on against thousands of kids that are caged in our borders and many of them end up in our district they which have received them and they're in our class so I want to honor Ms Lynn quite that call me out on an email very respectful email and she and I went back and forth she has been teaching in Alhambra for years and I do appreciate her generosity for between me and understanding my feelings I do stand as I do stand besides all kinds of lives and I stand firm for blood black lives because they do matter I apologize because I get very emotional about these people this is very very emotionally it's difficult for me and I don't have I don't this is not for me to make the headlights the headlines this is this is a personal moment for me thank you Dr Bauer um item 4.06 Board of Trustees communication comments is there any comments um from any of our trustees um I just there's so many things to talk about but I do want to highlight um the town halls that we had this past month um you know very proud of our staff for gathering over 400 plus families I know it was 300 in the English I'm about 150 in the Spanish and then I'm not sure in the Vietnamese but I know um well I mean almost about 500 of our our parents our families that came together to talk about you know the reopening of schools um just had questions um information about cover 19.
Valesky I just want to clarify for the public the the rankings in ich komm this year we also noticed right away the the scores in mathematics which are reported from the from our state report card and I'm an ask dr. bolli to weigh in along with me too she is the assistant superintendent for academics but one of the issues that we suffer is we are not a comprehensive 9 through 12 high school so we are ranked treated differently because of that also many of our students complete their math work required for graduation before they even get to high school and students are not sitting for standardized tests and so we're being penalized not only for a student not sitting for a standardized exam but for not responding in not putting answers on that exam so we're being held by Double Indemnity on those test results and I will tell the community that those rankings and mathematics are not accurate we are working to do our own analysis so we can come up with an apples to apples comparison that does not mean that that we do not need to improve in mathematics and I'll let dr.
um it was it was a just I was ecstatic to see so many families um that logged on um so I do want to highlight that um and then also I do want to you know State um just my disappointment personally um I had uh already submitted for this ethnic studies resolution on on May 15th the day after our last board meeting um and then you know just so many things happened since then and um you know I I personally didn't you know put out a statement um for the black lives matter in writing but I do want to publicly say that I stand with the black lives matter movement and I look forward to working with my colleagues to putting something and writing on behalf of Alan Rock um and I do agree in that you know what we have thus far is not enough um so I uh will continue to be a part of the change um you know to move our district forward um thank you Bauer for your comments and I look forward to putting those sentiments in writing and supporting with that thank you okay any other comments from board members yeah trustee Marquez okay go ahead I would like to thank everyone who got you know on the phone and called the van um or got online and talked to us it was memorable I know that I'm going to ask for a copy of this um for a historical purpose to keep it because um I when I was very active as an employee and in the movement of trying to bring just to get Cesar Chavez on as you know as a holiday and then doing the March where we had schools that didn't even participate and then we had to really work them to get them going I know that this is the right it just the ripe time I mean R.I.P it's ripe um it's it's it it's for me it's um I I'm very touched um truly um Professor cobarrubias thank you so much for being on um and the other gentleman uh oh my goodness that there was just so many I'm going oh my God I haven't heard about these professors in such a long time and um and that they actually came on and and reached out to us and I will always give my support to community for things that are just to do the right thing yeah I want to thank everyone for that it's been a great evening um just hearing all the testimonies and not the young ones that are that are right behind us ready to take the Baton and and move forward I know that we are going to be making a difference and these young ones they're going to make such a difference so thank you again from from this board member thank you thank you any other board member comments okay um I just have a couple comments a very brief comment that um I just wanted to say that uh I know that we are um we've talked about this the challenges of zoom and and online learning and things like that but I do want to also recognize that this situation that we're in has actually allowed myself and a number of my colleagues both on this board and and throughout the county and Beyond to be able to collaborate on a number of items including the ethnic studies issue the digital Equity um overall issues of equity we've been myself and others have been able to attend because of the online environment many meetings and and consistent ongoing meetings where where we are establishing these relationships with other boards and learning you know how things are happening in different places and so um I just want to say that on behal half of my colleagues and myself we are I'm looking at this situation as opportunity to to further the work of our district by collaborating with and learning from these um these online platform opportunities that have been presented to us so so that's just a brief comment on that um so with no other comments that I saw we can move forward oh trustee Quintero yeah really brief uh I want to go ahead and um thank the administration for the work that was John in town halls I know that was extensive work and uh reaching out to folks in different languages and so um I recall that uh the Vietnamese uh language town hall meeting was well attended and so I appreciate the efforts that the administration is making to reach out to uh the the the very diverse uh community that we have in Alum Rock um I want to appreciate the comments by that were raised earlier by um some of the staff um I myself put out a statement of my own in my personal capacity as a board member um but um I I would I would welcome the the work of others you know for example I would suggest that the superintendent reach out to Franco McKinley and take a look at what resolutions they've formally passed and then maybe that could be used as a template as far as I can see it as you know official resolution has been passed by that board though so we can see if they've done something and reach out to them and we can collaborate to put out a statement that spans Beyond just Alum Rock and and kind of takes that same sentiment so maybe that's something that we should explore okay thank you trustee Chavez thank you my Mona and uh and Veronica for for that and Whenever there is these instances that happen it's always rooted in hate and um if we can probably put maybe some programs behind it with some um emotional learning as well because um like in my family personally they had because my my children are brown and they had a lot of instances with um police and it shouldn't have ever happened and they were targeted because of the color of their skin but um I understand their pain in their and the the root of their problem is the bottom line is hate so if we can maybe put some some courses that were or some somebody come up with a solution maybe to not only have the the ones that need that have been the victims but also to have a support for the ones that that have the hate because those are the ones that need to be spoken to the the victims in in let's face it with kids there's a lot of bullying back and forth and they're probably always will but if maybe we can address some of those issues maybe we can help a few kids thank you bye okay thank you okay um so with that we can move forward to item 5.01 yes 5.01 approved citizen schools contract um is there a presentation that will be made Dr Bauer this is an action item I'm sorry uh supposed to be here I know what was your question is someone presenting something to us tonight for this um citizen schools contract or are we able to take action on it now um this is a returning contract um this is for uh it's an Asus contract I don't know if I um I don't I don't understand move approval I'm sorry can I have the item agenda 5.01 pardon me 5.01 5.01 yes I'm here if you have questions yeah Sandra do you want to talk a little bit about citizens schools which schools they are serving this this is a recurring ages contract contingent it's contingent on the on us getting the Asus grant for next year yes so this is for our after school program and citizen School serves four School four middle schools in our district Renaissance one uh Renaissance at um Fisher Renaissance at Madison George and Shepard middle schools and they provide uh the after school program for these schools and this is uh through a state um grant for the Asus program comment go ahead thank you um so Professor I mean um Dr Bauer you just said this is in in uh we're we don't know if we're gonna get this grant or not uh no remember that the the state budget is still being discussed so all of the questions contingency okay yeah in contingency yeah yeah I get it now it's very clear with the the public and with the board you know how we're moving forward well I'd like to recommend that we table that until we know more about what the budget is going to look like for us um instead of uh putting more expenditure on the table uh let's see what the governor is going to send down and what it's going to look like and what our deficit that we have to deal with here um it can always come back at another agenda and we'll have more information on what the budget really likes it looks like can I add a little more information um I I believe that we are going to be funded it's the the question is whether we're going to be funded um at the current rate or if there's going to be a reduction and so we wrote the contract uh with the reduction in mind and um if we um if the budget is passed at the current rate then we will um adjust the contract so the total amount for the whole thing for the events at 5 30.
bolli clarify further beyond what I just said thank you dr. velinski that is accurate it's a different configuration of our high school the 10th through 12th grade configuration is different comparing it to the other districts as well as the majority of our students take their state required raishin assessments in Churchill so that falsely reduces our proficiency scores in the high school so we are working on an apples-to-apples comparison so we can give the community a true sense of where our students perform mathematically as well as in every other area but that does not mean that we do not need work and we we appreciate the input from the community absolutely thank you again to all who took their time out to speak tonight thank you dr. Valesky and dr. bolli moving on to the Board of Education items could I please have a motion for items 1 & 2 I think you guys need to earn themselves my job second second by Li Wu is discussion I actually had something I was wondering if dr.
yes 539 yes is that 539 yes George Shepherd and Renaissance two that's four right one two three four yeah I I still I think that we should really be careful where we're spending and what we're bringing forward to this um these meetings as expenditures until we know what the state budget is going to look like and what we're going to be getting thank you funds go ahead correct they're a grant so they have something those after-school programs correct they cannot be spent on anything else once again I move approval for president there's a motion on the floor and a second by trustee Chavez um trustee I mean I'm I'm gonna definitely vote for this you know that if we get the funds and we'll go through and if we don't then the funds you know I just wanted to clarify for everybody and for our public that they crafted that contract on the conservative side and I know that Caldera wants to mention something so he's the money man if that is okay yes yes uh to provide a little bit more clarification um we will be getting um After School Educational uh program for next year um in both version of the governors and the legislative proposal it's just a variance of amount and like Sandra had mentioned earlier um we're budgeting for the lower amount um and so uh we're being very conservative um we are we will be getting after school money uh for the next school year and we are being conservative in terms of uh bringing forth the contracts at its based on the lower amount thank you any other questions or comments from the board there's a motion in a second on the floor is there public comment on this item Avatar or Mr Sanchez I mean all I wanted to say there was no public comment but I did want to add just reiterate that that we have looked at all the differences and the funding and the funding for the after-school program we took a very clarified that it's already there um then the the program wouldn't exist right okay thank you for that um after any public comment it is one hand raised by Veronica okay um so can we have the or um for two minutes on this item there's just one hand you said the only one okay so in the interest of time we're gonna people have had the opportunity and at this point there's only one so we're gonna go with just this one comment for two minutes so when the timer available um well first Veronica can you hear us yes I can hear you can you hear me uh yeah just give us a second to get the timer is Maribel working on the the timer there we go yes she is okay so um you can make your statement when you begin talking your your time will um begin and you'll have two minutes okay okay hello everyone again my name is Veronica I am the mother of two Alum Rock School District students they actually go to San Antonio I want to address um even though I couldn't address the comment that was or apology that was made by the superintendent um it was first used in silence and now you want to take some kind of stand but it's not um superintendent about her it's still kind of what are we doing to make sure that does not happen in our schools what action are you actually taking and are you standing with black lives matters because that didn't come out of your mouth so we need to know where you stand I understand that yes our our families are in cages but right now our our black and brown our black brothers and sisters are dying out there by police brutality what are you doing to make that stop and it starts in our schools right Dr Eladio so why don't you just take a stand I don't want to hear about oh I'm so sad yes take a stand now and make it with action as well as any one else in the board that stems with the black lights matters you know I believe also Ward Chavez talked about her experience and her own family experience brutality with um police enforcement I do not want that for my children I do not want that for my neighborhoods children I do not want that for any child in the Island Rock School District or in the east side so we must take a stand now and stop police in our school stop funding the San Jose police department thank you so much thank you um Okay so back to Citizen schools contract um do we so I'm gonna call for the vote on this um unless there's yeah there's no other con so I'll call you um for a roll call vote as I see you on my screen for item to approve item 5.01 trustee yes Tres di Quintero hi trustee Marquez are you muted we can't hear you can you hear me am I muted we hear you now hello okay so um until we hear what the state budget looks like for us I'm going to abstain I don't want to do an expenditure we don't have it and then have to put it back on the agenda and say well we didn't get the money so we're not going to do that or we're going to have to take it from somewhere else okay so I will abstain trustee Chavez uh I kind of agree with uh trustee Marcus but at the same time since you've said that the money's already there I'm voting yay I for myself motion passes four to one with abstention from from trustee Marcus thank you okay we'll move forward to item 6.01 elect resolution regarding electrician requirements um is there a motion to adopt this resolution remove approval the motion second by trustee Chavez um are there any questions or comments by our board members really brief I'd like to speak to my emotion and choose the item that I brought forward okay I really would appreciate support from my colleagues um I think I heard some positive sentiments or views on this item when it was when it was just brought up as a as an idea last month and so thank you the administration for bringing it forward as a resolution uh through this item we're going to go ahead and give the authorization to Administration to make sure that those folks who are doing electrical work in our district are properly certified by the state and that uh individuals who are you know doing this very very sensitive and very it needs to be in a safe manner uh thing that impacts our children um we'll be able to make sure that uh individuals are properly certified by giving the authority to anybody from the public to demand to see proper cards that that prove certification so with that I want to I hope I can count on my colleague's support and moving this and look forward to seeing the proper implementation by the administration through whatever appropriate uh policies administrative regulations that might be required in the future just a clarification trustee consider you said that um I think I heard you say that the community would be able to check their um their certification but is it not correct that they actually have the opportunity to report it not necessarily like go in and and and do the checking themselves no well no it's uh any member of the public and so that could be another employee another staff person from Alum Rock uh that may request that that individual uh demonstrate that they're properly certified so and if what happens is that sometimes you yeah you you can have flowery language that says hey you know everybody has to be certified but uh there's no mechanism of enforcement or to determine if somebody's actually certified so a lot of people might fly under the radar and they might get away with doing things that are obviously in contradiction to whatever written policy you have yeah my question more specifically is just to clarify that the actual verify so the public has the opportunity to report someone yeah it's not like somebody off the Street's gonna come and grab that person yeah you go ahead and name it they provide notification that this individual doesn't have a card and then then the district could take action too I'll go ahead and check on them just wanted to clarify that that's what I thought um the the only thing I wanted to add to that is if and when this resolution passes tonight um as as trustee Quintero already alluded to that the district will develop a a process whereby the public can report so I just look if it passes then I look forward to um when that process is developed the district um sharing making sure that we share that process publicly either in these meetings or on the website or social media just so that the public does actually know um that they have this the ability to do this and the the process whereby to to get that done any other comments or questions from the board okay so I'll take a roll call vote uh trustee yes trusty Quintero aye trustee Chavez can you hear it trustee Chavez it doesn't look like she's saying anything maybe she's Frozen um can you hear me on the phone oh we can hear you now okay I got both things going on because the thing keeps going in and out I said a okay trusty Marquez yes and yes for myself so motion passes unanimously thank you um item 6.02 adopt resolution order of election um is there anything that you wanted to present on this Dr Bauer or this is just the motion that we have uh Board elections in November um for the board to recognize that that that's happening okay okay is there a motion Listen to I can't I oh okay for uh so there's a motion to approve the resolution 6.02 is there a second I'll second it interesting modicus you had a question yeah I just wanted some uh Dr Bauer um I didn't hear you were cutting out on me what um you or I guess you were just you know summarizing what this is so can you repeat what you were saying with I didn't hear this is the resolution that needs to be taken every two years trusting Market when there are elections for new board members to the voter registers office right yes or is it or is it something we have to do over two years because I don't remember doing this before you have to do it every time there's going to be Board elections we got the language from the register of Voters trustee Marquez and it's in the book yeah I see it take the action if not then we have to hold a special election ourselves and pay the full free of your own on our own it just sticks the election to with everybody else's in November okay understood thank you any public comment on this Avatar okay Mr Sanchez none I'm assuming assuming I think he's muted though so once we get that confirmation we'll call for the vote Mr Sanchez public comment no comment thank you so um we'll go ahead and call for the vote to approve the resolution um item 6.02 trustee yes Quintero aye trustee Marquez aye trusty Chavez hi and myself I motion passes unanimously um item 6.03 review draft of board governance handbook this is information only did anyone have any questions or comments from the from the board on this item uh I just I guess moving forward we need to schedule a date for uh to come up with the other items that we haven't um discussed yet so I don't know if that's something to do now or maybe we email the staff later and we in the interest of time I was going to suggest we go ahead and do that offline I think that's um to your point of a major part of this item is just to make sure that we continue this work so thank you for bringing that up and um if it's okay with everyone we can we can try to schedule offline and then keep going in in that way is that okay with everyone is there any public comment on this item Mr Sanchez or miss or Mr Avatar Gil none okay and Mr Sanchez can we keep him unmuted yes I did sometimes you're muted then I just want to confirm there's no public comment teach no public comment you said no okay trustee Chavez oh you're muted thank you okay and also I have a question on the handbook so were we supposed to have a meeting June 27th no no I don't have my calendar fine I think we had something tentative is that when we're going to cover uh if we do have it the board governance handbook I can't speak to that right now meeting is to approve the budget trustee Chavez it's a regular schedule board meeting it's June 25th okay can we also maybe talk about the handbook then we could it's going to be a long meeting and the idea was to remind the board that we probably need to schedule a special study session to finish the book kind of what we did last time it's just a reminder and then we can take it offline I can pull the board to see if you enjoyable for that study session foreign no that's it for now thank you okay so um no no action on that item so we can move forward to item 6.06 um non-discrimination in District programs and activities is there a motion to approve the second reading uh did we pass up 605 yes it was passed up yeah you passed it it's just the first reading but I don't know sorry oh I got that okay thank you item 6.05 to go back um information only um the first does anyone have anything for the first reading for board training um that particular item okay so yes uh trustee Chavez on the board training I do have a comment um I would if I would like to request to put in an item where the district has to also um help the board members especially the new board members that come on to to sign them up for the governance classes if they're willing because I know I for a whole year I would say for the first four months I was saying I want to I want the classes I want the courses sign me up sign me up and I didn't get signed up and I was told I was going to be signed up but I wasn't I even went as far as um even though one of the courses was all full I went over there to see at scoey in San Jose when they were holding it there to see if I if somebody didn't show up maybe I could take their seat it just so happened that uh the superintendent Dewan didn't show up and I was able to get her bats to be able to get into the meet and I did pay for the meeting myself with an extra fee as well because I was late but um I just feel should make it easier for the board members want to go to um just signed them up for it on time and without the hassle thank you okay so can you put um put that in into uh in writing and send it to staff and have that they can incorporate it into the second reading oh thank you okay thank you okay so now we'll go to item um 6.06 wait yes am I right now yeah 6.06 right okay thank you second reading um is there any comments or questions regarding item 6.06 for a second reading and this is an action item so there could be a motion as well move to approve there's a motion a second discussion or questions about this item from board members okay any public comment Avatar or Mr Sanchez none none okay so I'll call for the roll call vote uh trustied yes trusty Quintero hi trustee Marquez hi trustee Chavez hi and myself I motion passes unanimously I'd um 6.07 um approved board policy non-discrimination harassment second reading um is there a motion to approve this item second from who said second I said second the same thing moved to approve the second okay what I got uh trustee Marquez on this one um that's just what I what I got sorry is there any questions or comments by the board on this item any public comments Mr Sanchez or Mr Gill none okay uh so I will call for a roll call Vote Yes trustee Quintero I trustee Marquez hi trustee Chavez trustee Chavez we can't hear you so we'll wait until we can get your vote there we go and I for myself so motion passes unanimously item 6.08 second reading hate motivated Behavior any is there a motion to approve this item by a board member motion to approve motion by trustee Marquez is there a second second by trustee is there any questions or comments regarding this item okay any public comment it's 10 13 just to let you know okay thank you any public comment on this item none okay so I will call for the roll call vote yeah I trustee Marquez hi hi and myself I motion passes unanimally unanimously I'd um 6.09 adopt resolution and supportive digital access and inclusion um motion to approve oh no yes there's a motion by trustee Marquez I heard a second from trustee Chavez so I'll if I'll just go ahead and speak to this I brought this item um as I mentioned previously tonight a number of us have been have been attending these these online forums and opportunities to work on a number of different areas that we feel are important to to the district um we we've learned a lot of stuff through this whole covid thing and it's brought a lot of realities to light um we've seen in spite of all the things that we've talked about tonight with it not being the same as being in person but we have seen that internet access for for our students and our community is crucial not only for um you know the the work that we're doing and the great stuff tonight and if you think but but just life in general it used to be kind of that internet access was kind of a luxury it was kind of an extra but in today's day and age we need to begin to look at internet access as as almost like a utility like electricity or water um and and really as a human right are our children our families our community needs access um quality long-term access to to internet in order to access a lot of just the daily necessities of life our district has some of the lowest rates of internet access right now so that means that our families are you know are going to be facing a lot of barriers trying to get to those things like um just education stuff that we talked about tonight but also even um health related things that they may need the Internet for access to resources in the community a lot of this the realities of daily life are now happen they now happen in a digital environment and so um the district has done a great job I think in in getting a short-term solution and getting devices in in our students hands getting internet access to students um doing the best we can to provide um training and and platforms for learning but what we've done is has been kind of our our quick response and a short-term solution to to what covid has presented us with but in this resolution what what we're asking for um is to to look to look to work with and and actually put um help our our state and and federal and and government representatives to look for more long-term solutions to internet access so that you know that might look like Partnerships with industry or other different systemic structural things that we can put in place to ensure that moving forward Beyond covid or any other things that our community will have access to this what I consider a human right um and and what many are are kind of understanding and learning more and more about um through what we've gone through with this so I'm hoping for um support from my colleagues as I mentioned this is a county-wide and even bigger initiative and some of the people that have been working on it I think maybe online tonight um still with us so I just wanted to um ask for my colleague support in this on this resolution um any other comments or questions from board trustee [Music] for it and the only thing I would add the uh ensure that our city and county um and you know like you said other partners uh take the financial burden I don't know burden but uh Financial you know costs of this and that it doesn't cost Alum Rock additional monies of everything that we've already provided um I'm a hundred percent and I just want to um you know highlight that we get to call on other organizations other agencies to ensure that they provide resources into our community just as all the other communities um so I just wanted to you know make sure that we put that out there yeah thank you for that costs yeah that's definitely the idea is that you know we a lot of districts have had to come up out of pocket to to address the the need now but that's definitely of the idea is that structurally systemically um this would not be a cost to us that we have to continue to incur so 100 um agree with that and thank you for that and the other question hey thank you for bringing this forward I think it's very important to go ahead and highlight um the the issues that we're dealing with here that you've identified through the resolution um and yeah I fully agree we have other entities that have a billion dollar Bond program uh they've passed technology bonds so you know what they can go ahead and and lead the effort on this all of our kids eventually if they're doing the job right will go to their schools and it's their future kids too that they should reimbursement so um I don't want to throw stones or anything but but then let's just be real here that uh um there are those of us who have a really really large Bond programs they have the resources to part and open the city and make this happen if the will is there so okay thank you any other questions or comments from board let's vote trustee Marquez um no I'm just saying can we just vote now we're running out of time and we're gonna have to extend this yeah we are going to have to extend but we're getting pretty close though um any other questions comments from boys from board okay any public comment um Mr Gill or Mr Sanchez and none that I can see okay so we will go ahead and take the roll call vote on this item trust yes di Quintero hi trustee Marquez oh hi trusty Chavez hi and myself yes motion passes unanimously thank you um item 6.10 adopt resolution condemning all discrimination and racism um that item where is it okay let me just bring this over here so so this is another I know this item has been um spoken to to some extent tonight um and and I I brought this item you know Dr Bauer and I kind of went back and forth about how we should bring this and I won't go into Dr Bauer I think spoke um about just kind of the rationale of why it got put on this month's agenda like this partially the rationale behind that um my thoughts about this are you know it's it's a very different time obviously and first and foremost I I want to acknowledge that clearly and obviously there's a currently a specific focus on black lives matter and and I 100 percent a thousand percent stand in solidarity with my black brothers and sisters who are who are very clearly and obviously um the face of this problem that we're having right now or not having right now but it's coming to light right now with police brutality and and just um beyond the police brutality all the other systemic issues so so I do stand in solidarity with that on its own as an entity my understanding as we kind of went back and forth to try to get something on the agenda next month I Believe by area that spoke specifically to Black lives matter and so I think part of the thought was that we wanted to to leave that space and allow that to happen but still make a statement and so you know I think I do think that the idea of black lives matter and just the idea of equity for many other communities are not mutually exclusive um as I mentioned clearly in this moment there is this there's a clear item in front of us that we all need to to give energy to and give space to but I do think it is important to also um just recognize the broader picture and and provide that a little bit as a foundation um for what we're going through knowing that we'll have another statement coming up um and and the next next month's agenda um and you know I think the importance of that is that you know in this moment it is black lives matter it is all those names that were that were read off in in our presentation tonight and those that have hundreds of years before that that is what it is right now um and we also have to remember that in any given moment the way things have been going it could be back to kids in cages or the Chinese flu or radical Islamic terrorists you know any one of our student populations our community can come under attack and so I do think that it is important important simultaneously to to also honor that space for the the broader Community but again my intention and I think Dr Bauer's intention was in no way shape or form to take away from the from the very specific And Timely um space and energy that we should devote to and support for black lives matter um and so I think that's just the the idea behind this is to to re to give that space for next month's um resolution that will come to us also recognizing the diverse community that makes up Alum Rock and knowing that you know that that these challenges could come to any of our communities and we are in support of all of our communities while specifically supporting black lives matter in this moment so um you know I don't know if that will be enough for people but that is my my statement on on why this resolution was brought tonight in this way any other questions or comments from the board trustee Quintero yeah I appreciate the resolution that's been brought forward and I'll be supporting it of course um but I've sent over a request to Dr Bauer and I've provided a sample language from a resolution that speaks specifically to Black lives matter to be put forward in the next regular board meeting and if we have one later on this month I would like to see it on there so we can just uh express our support with uh uh black community um so that's my my comment okay thank you any other questions or comments from the board I'm also in agreement and was going to say the same thing uh that Andreas just mentioned so maybe I'll just I'll send ilaria my language and then maybe include it in there for next month but I'll also support is it also accurate that we're expecting a resolution and very specifically towards black lives matter from I believe area next month [Music] I believe uh the email from area was for July 9th I just okay okay thank you any other questions or comments from board so I think the sooner the better okay thank you um before we go any further it is 10 27 so we have the budget update to go after this item and a few more items and consent calendar so is there a motion by anyone to extend our time tonight I heard a motion to extend to 11 30 um to to an uh 11 30.
of Alaska could just talk for a moment on item number two which is the required update to district public health related schools closure plans uh yes president Becker so at the closure of our schools on ljt we had to submit to the county superintendent our plan for closure of school for long term closure and how we would address delivery virtually remote instructions taking attendance students with disabilities English language learners safe delivery of meals to what turned out to be the entire community not just children that were identified as free and reduced all of our facilities and how we would clean them and our summer programming and we had you we were required as we move through the pandemic to upgrade and to refine our plan which will be used in the future if we need to close our schools any time in the foreseeable future although we're hoping that's not going to happen but that is one of the reasons - and I think that communicated out that our summer programming for this year will continue virtual at we begin to assemble a recovery to the 2020 2021 school year whatever that looks like a murder whatever will be mandated by the governor and the Department of Health thank you dr.
is there a second to that motion [Music] to extend for so then coming for a closed session excuse me say 11 30 is that to then move to close yes the 11 30 is the maximum time I believe in this motion that we can go here and then go to closed session however I don't believe that we'll need till 11 30 but um you have to include closed session all the way in other words if you go to 11 30. to have closed session covered 11 30. so maybe 12 30 was that just be safe you can always end earlier yeah I mean we'll do our best so I heard trusted suggest 12 30 trustee Chavez are you amenable to amending your motion to 12 30 to include regular meetings if you want to go to one I could do that too me too let's say 12 30 we're I'm gonna I mean do my best to push through this any other so there's a motion on the floor and a second I believe do we have a second Mighty Ben to extend till 12 30 um any other comments okay I'll call for the roll call vote on this can uh president yes can I um in in all the discussion you know and listening to everyone talking um in the consent item there um there was the one about the um the minutes for last year about last month and it says I wasn't there I was there for the meeting and I'm like oh I better pull that out so we could review that I could pull that one um yeah but in terms of the the motion to extend till 12 30 um no but do we do it do we do this before we end the meeting oh we're not ending the meeting yet we just need to because announcement all right okay so all right yes Marquez aye trustee Chavez hi and myself I so we will extend to a maximum of 12 30 including closed session so now Avatar or um Mr Sanchez do we have public comment on item 6.10 none I knew um I have one Veronica okay um can we get the timer Mighty Ben and meanwhile can we oh there we go she's unmuted questions okay can you hear me yes we can hear you and you have when you begin speaking your two minutes will start great thank you again my name is Veronica I'm the mother of two Alum Rock School District um student and I am talking on behalf of again myself and my children and my community um and I I appreciate you um board president talking about and apologizing on behalf of um Dr Bauer on standing on black lives matter and putting something together for next board meeting I wasn't sure why this wasn't brought up in this board meeting which makes me very that that it is not out of Frontline um and again in taking action with that that should be defunding the police right taking those police officers rsos out of our schools that's where we should start so again I call to action to bring that into that next month agenda and talk about those contracts over three years you all have spent over half a million employees yet we don't have Librarians we don't have counselors right we have to go in ourselves and find a counselor for our children to provide that support so if you want to also stand with black lives matters please take a stand on it and do us what they are also asking administrators are asking the public to do and it is stand and defund the police right take the police out of our schools and actually invest in counselors and the well-being of our children academically holistically everything and as well as our families thank you so much thank you okay um it's already too late for me so we didn't vote on this yet right 6.10 I feel for some reason I thought we voted already okay so I will call for the roll call vote for to approve or adopt the resolution in item 6.10 trustee yes Marquez yes hi okay Travis oh you're muted um after can you unmute her or she muted are we able to unmute trustee Chavez I'm trying to okay is that a yes yeah okay so we're okay there we go Christy Chavez why hey got it okay yeah I foreign we can move on forward to item 7.01 budget update Mr Chang um we have a presentation for us yeah laughs yes can you hear me yes thank you um good evening board president uh members of members of the board and superintendent Dr Bauer um today I wanted to give you an update um of the state budget and words that um you know um and and at this time in the process of the state budget it's pretty clear um that the governor and the legislator are way apart and are not on the same page so um the purpose or the goal of this presentation is to um provide an overview of both versions of the governors and the legislators proposals um and elements that are relevant to um Alan Bach and hoping that it can provide some clarity going forward foreign okay so with that we'll start with the May revision which is the governor's version of the budget um and you may recall that uh on May 14 um the governor presented some Navy Vision um and based on the directive from County Office event um Allen Brock will be developing its budget our budget um based on the labor revision assumptions the first component that I wanted to go over um with respect to the main revision is the state revenue and um under state revenue the local control forming funding formulas the the biggest revenue streams uh for Allen Park in most districts and So based on the main revision the governor is proposing uh for fiscal year 2021 a reduction of 10 and then in 2122 uh a reduction of 12.178 um and in year 2223 a reduction of 14.95 uh with respect to lcff from link um also state revenue is your categorical program uh we spoke earlier about the the ace which is the after school education safety um the governor is proposing to uh reduce that rate uh from 8.88 per student per day um to seven dollars and fifty cents seven seven dollars and fifty cents per student per day uh which is about a 15 reduction um other state revenue include special education Revenue um the governor is proposing to eliminate um the one-time early intervention peaceful Grant which is about four thousand five hundred seventy dollars per student uh and this was The Proposal that was made in January uh but due to all the covet condition situations um he's proposing to eliminate that source of funding however uh the proposal maintains um the special education Statewide Target adjustment uh which brings the rates to 645 uh dollars per Ada uh previously it was 557 dollars um as a part of the graph hosel to mitigate some of the revenue loss to the state due to cobit 19.
velinski is there any other discussion all those in favor hi stain motion carries moving on to our I'm sorry you're on mute thank you appreciate it moving on to our community programs Genda can I please have a motion for items 1 through 8 throw me mu by Todd second Jeff by Jeff is there any discussion I actually have another question for dr. Valesky dr. Valesky what we're doing is we're approving a whole bunch of programs for a virtual summer school program and I wonder if you could just talk about that for a minute because I'm sure a lot of parents are wondering why we're doing it what we expect the kids to get out of it it cetera president Becker we you know I'm very proud of Henry Gilbert who manages our community programs and mr.
um the governor is proposing to implement deferrals of apportionment which is um monies that would be sent to um school districts would be delayed um either a month or later down the road so for this particular year um which will be happening is that the June apportionment that the state will be making would be delayed until July of next year um and in addition to the June the Pearl um the governor is also proposing to uh this were um the April May and June um of 2021 um to the following fiscal year which is 21-22. um what this is going to do to uh most districts in the state is that they will need to go out and issue Trends uh which is a Tax and Revenue anticipation note this is a short-term um that is that instrument used for mitigating um temporary cash shortflow thank you um another source of uh state revenue is that you may recall that um as a part of the enacted budget for this current year uh 2019-20 um the state have allocated or had allocated 3.15 billion of non-prof 98 funds um towards paying long-term unfunded liability for Persian stirs um there's a balance of 2.3 billion billion dollar in that fund um so the governor is proposing to redirect that money um to provide some relief to school districts by reducing the employer contribution rates uh for persons stirs uh for for 2021 and 2122 and I want to stress that this relief is only for two years um so with respect to the purse rate um in 2021 that rate would be reduced to 20.7 from 22.8 um in 21-22 school year um that rate would be reduced to 22.84 or 24.9 and then in 2223 um the curse rate would actually remain pretty much consistent to um to what was supposed in January because this is only a two-year release uh with respect to stirs um the rates were 20 20 21 uh would be reduced to 16.15 from 18.4 um in 2122 um that rate would be reduced to 16.02 from 18.10 and then in 20 to 23 um you actually see a slight increase um increase to eight or from 18.10 um so that covers the majority of the state revenues I'll go into uh the federal revenue um that is part of the May revision and so um the first part of the federal revenue is the cares act um the cares act provide uh 1.85 billion in um Esser money which is the elementary and secondary school um emerging release um relief for for leas um the funds will be will be distributed and allocated based on Title 1 allocation um this money must be spent or obligated by September of 2022 um and this pot of money actually provides a lot of flexibility in terms of what we can use those funds for um another pot of money under the cares Act is the Corona relief um fund for learning loss under that pot uh the governor is proposing to allocate 1.5 billion dollars um that comes out to about 1 900 per student um the second part of that money um is the governor's proposing to allocate 2.855 billions uh to concentration Grant districts on a per Ada basis um and that's approximately uh 735 dollars per Ada um this a lot of money um has garnered a lot of controversy um because of the distribution methodology um the governor's proposal to only provide this funding to concentration districts um has created what is you know is is um a winner and a loser situation where not all districts are receiving these funds um and I do want to um stress or emphasize that um the 1.5 billion and the 2.855 billion dollars uh those funds will need to be spent um in line with um mitigating um learning loss that's been occurring uh since the shutdown of school foreign [Music] can you just refresh my memory uh um can you go back to the other page was it concentration Grant what what is that again referring to so concentration districts are districts with um at least 55 of unduplicated percentage or under unduplicated count and so these are students that fall under free and reduced English learner uh Foster Youth and so if you have more than 55 percent um of that population in your districts unduplicated um then you're considered a concentration District so that percentage is 85 so then there's because you said that there is a big thing going on with this I'm assuming that um there's quite a number of these districts that don't fall into that and so right so do we know that is there a timeline on when that is going to be settled um and and we'll get into that uh when we go over the the legislative version of the budget itself okay uh this is the governor's proposal okay thank you before we go on um on the ESS ER funds yeah I know you said that we would have we would we it didn't have to go to certain things um right you know how much I know it's maybe not Ada because it's not for student but do you know about how much that would come down to it's close to three million dollars for Alum Rock thank you yeah yeah so then another um part of the potential uh Federal stimulus dollars which is the heroes act um the heroes actors it has been approved by the house um but it's sitting with the Senate at the federal level um to be considered um the governors does not assume that we will be um receiving any additional um dollars from from the federal government in which case um that's why he's applying all those reductions to to the revenues um in the event that the federal government provides additional funding sufficient to cover all the reduction um the governor is proposing to include a trigger off which means that all the reduction that he's proposing will go away but that's contingent on the herald act being passed by cons by by the federal government um and right now there's there's a lot of um there's a lot of concerns that that that's going to be passed um and in the gov in the governor's proposal um there's also no guarantee that additional Cuts could not be made um you know during the mid-year even in federal dollars were received so that covers the governor's proposal I'll be going over now the legislative proposal um so on June 3rd um the Senate and the assembly um reach an agreement on their proposal for next year's budget as it relates to education funding um of course we'll go with the state revenue for lcff um the legislator is proposing um to fully fund lcfs and also including applying the the cola for next year um so that's vastly different from the governor's version um where um the governor you know right off the top it was a 10 reduction um this legislative version not only takes away that but is also applying to 2.13 the 2.31 percent Cola um there's we don't have any information at this point um what that proposal would look like uh for 2122 and 22 23 with respect to lcfs um so we'll be waiting for um additional information from uh from from the trailer bill um for categorical programs uh we spoke about the governor's proposal uh where there was a 15 reduction um the legislator is recommending to uh fund the AHS program at the current school year level um back to the eight dollars and 88 cents per student per day um with respect to special education um the legislators consistent with the elimination of one-time early intervention preschool Grant um the legislator version what special ed is a little bit different um in terms of um if they've broken into different parts in terms of how special that should be funded um but overall it was very consistent in terms of the total dollar amount that will go into special ed programs and here are some of the details in terms of the variation on in the legislative proposal um the legislators proposing to provide 640 million dollars in prop 98 for special ed services and support uh 545 million to increase the base rate um and 100 million dollars for low incidence pool um the legislative version also includes deferral um it's consistent with the June deferral um that would be the first to July of next year um the April May and June um of 2021 uh will be um deferred to the falling physical here uh the vast difference here with the deferrals is that um since the legislator is assuming that there will be some additional federal dollars um in the event that the federal dollars don't materialize um the legislator is um is proposing to add an additional 4.6 billion dollars of deferrals in year 20 122.
Joe Crouch felt that as well they've taken great care to provide virtual opportunities for students this summer it does not replace the face-to-face but we really wanted to create engaging programs where students would learn something they would have some fun they would be entertained and and to take their minds off the the regular school year and all the the things associated with the pandemic that they've had to deal with so this is kind of a an escape for them and a chance for their creativity to shine thank you any other discussion all those in favor aye opposed same Susanna did you ever end up for a question or was that an I that was a night motion carries moving on to our financial services item can I please have agenda can I please have a motion for items 1 through 11 emmys Jeff move by Jeff anyone Euler Euler second by Marc thank you bye mark is there any discussion I would like to comment on item number nine the gift of these Brunswick Chamber of Commerce and Washington through the digital message billboard on the route 18 corridor that I believe dr.
um and again there's you know we don't have all the specifics in terms of how that um it's going to be applied um sorry yeah so we'll we'll still um we'll still need some more information um with regards to that additional squirrel um but in both versions um you know if it's imperative or it's going to be required that districts we need to go and issue trans um to cover the shortfall of cash flow foreign the legislator is consistent with the governor's proposal so I won't be going over um you know the rates uh because they're the same as the governor's version um the federal revenue cares act um slightly different with the Esser money um the legislator broke um deviated from it a little bit but for the most part it's pretty consistent with the um with the governor um the Coronas Rel Relief Fund um uh with respect to the one point billion dollars distributed so that's consistent with the governor's proposal um the big difference with this Corona Relief Fund is the 2.9 billion dollars um the legislative proposal that uh this point this 2.9 billion dollars would be distributed to all school districts based on the lcff model um so that um you know every District would be receiving some of that funds um and a little bit deviation from the governors that the legislator is proposing um a hundred million dollars to leas um based on Ada um to the freight costs associated with opening schools and then 62 63.2 million dollars um to uh schools um to reimburse um during the summer for covet and related closure um and I do want to stress that uh this fund are restricted for the state of purpose that this bit above so they're not uh we don't have a lot of discretion on how that money can be used um and again the heroes act um you know passed by the house but not by the Senate at the federal level level um again the legislator assuming that there will be some additional fun from the federal government um the federal government um in anticipating that there will be federal dollars but if that doesn't materialize they've added language in terms of the trigger on Cuts would be uh related to the referrals to the increase in the referrals that would be added on to year 24 and 22.
Valesky referred to how grateful we are or they're taking this opportunity to recognize the class of 2020 that we are so very proud of is there any other discussion well the secretary please call the roll this is true yes mr. sesmar yes mrs. boss yes mr. Hong yes mrs. lacs mrs. Reese yes mr. Simmons yeah mr.
um and in both versions there's no guarantee that um there's any aversion of um uh a mid-year cut so next steps um what are you waiting for uh by tomorrow um the the state budget bill would need to be printed in order for um the legislator to take a vote on it um by June 15th um the Senate and the assembly will need to adopt uh next year's budget um that June 15 deadline does not apply to all the trailer bills that could be coming down the road um because Trail bills can be approved days or weeks um after the state um after after the the legislators takes action on it um and a key date for us is that on June 25th um you know the districts will be presenting um art next year's budget and the assumption that we'll be using um will be based on the main revision um as prescribed by the county office event and then hopefully by June 30th the governor will come to some sort of agreement and enact next year's budget um important notes um things to note here is that the governor has the power to veto the entire budget and send it back to the legislator uh which then um you know goes back to step one of the budget process or he can approve the budget um with some line items reductions so um there's a lot of uncertainties uh we're still waiting for what's to come um with this with the the negotiation with the um legislator and the governor and um we just wait to see what happens and um provide the board with additional updates as we have them available with that I'd be happy to take any questions Christian trusty Marcus go ahead um colvera did I did I hear in the news I think I read in the news I mean this is such a that report you know we just got it's just like wow but um did did the paper break a story out that the the the state was cheating the school district districts with the um yeah I I mean there was a there was an article that there was um um error that was made at the state levels in terms of how much Lottery money was was distributed to um to schools I forgot what that figure is um I'm not I don't have the exact number but yeah there I mean there there was an issue with a lottery funds yeah so we're gonna have a few pennies coming in right uh we're not certain yet I don't know the state's going to be making up for there are they better that's what the that's what the lotto money was written for is for this you know the schools so I would you know so I'm just wondering if you had gotten a letter or heard anything about it or amounts or anything yeah but in the big scheme of things um that's very a small amount um for the districts in terms of no I realize that but you know cheating is cheating you know you keep the people out of the money that they intended to where it grows you know you just don't let it sweep it under the carpet okay thank you thank you any other questions I had a quick question so on the 25th June 25th we're going to as a board we're going to be expected to approve our budget but then the state budget on June the 30th will be um approved is that how I remember reading it and so yeah I'm sorry go ahead oh just just the um you know then will we be able to go back and modify based on what the actual state budget ends up being yes so let's um let's assume I mean anything can happen between June 15 and June 30th um the governor might approve the budget before we present our um our budget to the board uh but in any case whatever um the final budget is um the districts would have 45 days to make revisions to the budget and resubmit that to the county office for their consideration um they under they recognize that um there's a lot of uncertainties and so they're expecting you know every school district at this point to adopt one version of the budget and then 45 days you know within 45 days come back in uh make some significant changes yeah I mean just because the governors and the legislators are so wide apart with the proposal um yeah okay thank you any other questions okay um any public comment on this item Avatar or Mr Sanchez yeah there are two okay so the two that we have I'm gonna go ahead and limit it to those two since people have had the opportunity to submit this whole time um so for the the if we can get the clock up um and then those two people will have two minutes um and then we'll this is information only so we'll move on after that um so [Music] let's see do we almost Mighty Bell's getting the clock what is the first name while we were jumping between the screen so I have the other person flor de Leon okay we can unmute her and then once she once she begins speaking the two minutes we'll start Miss de Leon are you yeah yeah can you hear me a little bit messed up but we can here on the water um foreign [Music] I'm trying to hang on as much as possible because it sounds really I never heard this one on Zoom actually it's a different sound um we got some of what you're saying but I'm wondering if you could um email us that comment because we're just not able to hear it clearly and we did get some of them I couldn't hear that but I see a thumbs up so I'm assuming you're okay with that I apologize for the technological problem here but um we heard I think a decent amount and and we'll look forward if you would like to email us your comment and we'll we'll look at that thank you Flor and I apologize for the technical thing um the next person the other person Avatar Veronica okay there we go okay Veronica um when the are you we just need to unmute her and then when she begins speaking we can start the two minutes are you unmuting after yes I tried Veronica I don't know if you can hear me I I have you muted on your end I think we're trying to unmute you um are we not able to do it after for some reason yeah for some reason I'm unable to okay I apologize again um it looked like I'm I'm trying but I was not taking an action on far end okay I apologize Veronica I'm hoping you can hear me um I'm gonna have to ask the same thing with Floyd if you can submit us your comment um through email or or text or however because we're having technical difficulties and we can't get you on here for now so I apologize for that but um you can still submit your comment written and we'll we'll all take a look at that thank you for understanding um so I apologize for those problems there but we will move forward to item 8.01 information regarding resignations um is there any anything to discuss on this item questions or comments it's an information only item okay um so we can move forward can we improve 8.02 and 180.03 together information for approval move approval of both 8.02 and 8.03 okay motion by trustee kitetto second by traced we can't do that Dr Bauer or Mr Ruiz I always get I want confirmation that we can do two at once can we unmute him after he used to do on each one all right move approval of resolution number three four dash 19 4 20 recognition of certificated retirees okay there was a an amended motion we have a second from trusted is there any questions or comments from the board trustee Chavez can we unmute her if she's go ahead I'm sorry not even on the phone or the computer this time did I hear it can you buy one more time please there's a lot of technical issues I'm moving approval of item 8.02 resolution number 34-194 20.
Winston yes there's a pepper yes except item 2 Billis issuance on June 12 I need to Spain on purchase order number P 2 0 3 - oh no - thank you motion carries moving on to our Human Resources Genda there's one item can I please have a motion for item number one the most belly wolf Mowgli I'm sorry second second Barbara second by Barbara is there discussion will the secretary please call the roll mrs. Chu yes mister sesmar yes mrs. boss yes yes this is wax mr. mrs. Reese yes mr. Simmons yes mr.
so do you have a question or a comment on 8.02 trustee Chavez no okay um uh there okay so we'll go ahead and is there any public comment on this none a second okay we got a second we're ready to call for the vote uh yes Quintero hi trustee Marquez aye trustee Chavez aye and myself I motion passes unanimously item 8.03 resolution a pre-resolution to for recognition of classified retirees is there a motion on this motion motion by trustee Chavez is there a second second by trustee Quintero is there any questions or comments from the board on this item okay any public comment none okay so I will call for the roll call vote Tristan yes trusty Quintero I trustee Marquez hi trustee Chavez Jarvis aye and I for myself motion passes unanimously we move on to the consent calendar my understanding trustee Marquez is that you wanted to pull item 9.01 is that accurate correct correct okay is there um any other items that anybody would like to pull for consideration okay is there a motion to um to approve the consent calendar with the exception of item 9.01 oh move approval the consent calendar with the Amendments that were made okay second by trustee Chavez is there any questions or comments to for items 9.0205.05 foreign items don't see or hear anything okay so um we'll call for the vote on item the motion to approve items 9.02 through 9.05 of the consent calendar trustee trustee Quintero because I didn't hear anything we'll come back I think he's Frozen interesting Marquez I I trustee Chavez hi myself I trustee Quintero I think we may have lost trustee Quintero but we still have a quorum on this item so we can go ahead and pass it correct okay so motion passes for in favor one problems he's back okay um I mean he was a maker of the motion so I assume yes my internet went out all right if we if we can still count that um I guess we could figure out after but if we can still count him since we already voted it's unanimous if we're not able to count him then it's four with one um absent for that vote I guess technical difficulties so item 9.01 um trustee Marquez you wanted to bring up a something on that item yeah yes I I wanted to print this out because I needed to check my reference um uh when my husband you and I met because my husband had a procedure done a medical procedure and on that day and the date I wanted to check that so I didn't want it to go like that until like for sure and you Okay so so can we bring this a bag or can I just look into it and you know because then we have to vote this page right yeah I'm not quite clear so are you saying are you saying that I think I heard you say before that it marked you were Mark absent but you were not absent yes because you and I talked about the day I was not going to be able to be there so I wasn't sure okay so that was so you and you didn't were you here that day or were you not here due to your I believe I was but I gotta check my husband's calendar because he marked his procedure on that on his calendar can we bring him back on the 25th of an hour okay can we do that yes okay okay all right and that's foreign and I remember being there I mean I remember being online correct March 12th yeah well yes well we're pulling the whole if the Border uh can approve the rest remember the state auditor has been trying to get to our minutes and we have just been very we did approve we did approve all the rest of the uh the other item is just the um the roll call on the first page but I don't think I don't think we can approve that separately it's the whole minutes or not yeah that's what I was thinking sounds like okay got it we're gonna bring those back the 25th perfect 25th okay oh um so we can do that but but do we the only other thing I'll say is that the provision that we have in our in our um bylaws or or I figure where it's housed but that if the board um does approve of the excused absence then it can be excused um and so I'll just say at this point that um I know that uh trustee Marcus did meet with me the day before and she did mention that there was some things going on for her personally and so I think correct me if I'm wrong trustee Marquez but you said that if you did need to miss you would be able to provide um being able to provide something from you know the doctor so so I I would suggest when we get to that that upon that approval or something to show that that we go ahead and and support that but we can obviously discuss that at that time okay okay so we're good with that so we're gonna we're gonna bring it back on the 25th correct with um with the proof that you had just spoke about is that what I'm understanding all right okay okay thank you so item let's see where am I 10 closed session um so I need to read all these items correct yes I'm sorry I need to take a drink of water I'm starting to lose my voice so let's see if I can get through them support uh can you go can you do me a favor vice president and read these off I'm I'm like I'm struggling a little bit can I interject yes you just have to call for public comment and uh because everything is already stated on the agenda you don't need to read them I always forget that thank you um okay so is there any public comment on items to be discussed in closed session none that I see okay um so thank you what was that okay um can I ask a question as to why they did not put the sca with the calendar of Teamster supervisory management confidential where is it separate the SCA it's there yes why was it not included in 902 is what my question is there a difference there why oh I mean you put Teamsters up there you put management confidential calendars and supervisory that you did it staysca separate I I just I just want an explanation why it's separate and it wasn't just all one all together you're referring to 902 and 903 correct correct Dr Bauer are you um probably HR Mr Moran looking through the um so the only difference was separately because they I guess they're on their own cover sheet so as you can see their calendar okay so it was like a minor um technical difference that caused the diff the separation yes okay but you have the management confidential first time it was supposed to have been there but you added a covered sheet sheet is that correct yes is that correct yes the reason that sounds like that's why the cover sheet was added and so it did Mr Moran say that the difference was that there was a cover sheet for csda yeah so CSEA when we met with them to review the calendar the rep requested informed me and requested that we add a cover sheet it was said on there and a new policy to put on so uh we accepted it okay okay thank you so we had one public comment for um items in closed session after is that correct yes okay so we'll keep it at that one since the opportunity has been there um so if we can get the clock back up um and this is to speak to any item that will be discussed in closed session exclusively okay so Veronica your two minutes are there so when you begin speaking we can start the clock on your comments regarding closed session items I'm sorry can you repeat again what the closed session items are so do you have an account do you have an agenda and uh yeah yeah I do I have it here so it's it's all of the items under Section 10 so 10 point it's a lot to read that's why I'm just oh yeah okay I see it okay no um I have for uh item section 13.
Winston yet present Becker yes motion carries for our information technology agenda there is one item can I please have a motion for item number one don't most deals by Lee one second by Todd is there any discussion yeah and now I am raising man I was just wondering is what this number have been different if we were not in the remote learning environment because I know we were already on the past 2 1 2 1 so is this the same number we would have ordered anyway or is this different doctor sorry it it is the same number we at plan to roll out technology to the acquire population of Churchill okay thank you any other discussion all those in favor abstain motion carries on our staff development agenda we have one item can I please have a motion for item number one so moved moved I lose second by Todd is there any discussion all those in favor Stane motion carries for our student services agenda can I please have a motion for items 1 through 4 some will move by Barbara second second by Leo is there any discussion dr. molesky Jones 5 again but I do have a question and about item number 2 I'll just 2020 2021 clubs activities athletic academic teams I'm not going to ask you to look into your crystal ball tell us what it's going to look like the next year but I would like to get a few thoughts from you on how our extracurricular program that was able to run virtually this spring how'd it go we had you know honestly our our clubs and activities continued right along in a virtual environment after we closed schools parallel to what we were doing instructionally in the academics area so it was also an opportunity for students to continue to expand their their their touch with the school be it you know remotely so it actually worked as well as we hoped it would but I will tell you nothing nothing replaces face to face after being in this remote environment I think we're all looking forward for the opportunity to get back together we're gonna have to do that slowly and carefully as as the authorities allow us to it worked really well and I'm very proud of the entire team for me because it wouldn't have happened with a lot of dedicated people putting in the time to make that if I may add also dr.
so I guess I'm not ready okay thank you thank you so um so we'll be we will go into closed session but before we do that we will um go to item or section 13 I know I don't know if this is did we take a vote on the approval for all of those calendars yes they did in the consent calendar yes yes we improved the consent calendar yes okay so um so we are on item 13 we have received numerous requests to put an item on the agenda for Action um regarding the the cancellation of the contract with our SRO student resource officer so that has been received by numerous community members um is there any so that is one that will be considered for next month's agenda are there any other items that anybody would like to request be added to a future board agenda yes sorry I didn't know we're going to take it out of a um or so I just want to make want to make sure that we have the black life matter resolution um and then also also uh include the um contract reviewing the contract for uh San Jose police department yeah that's the one that I that I was mentioning so so those two black lives matter and the um SRO contract are there any other items r o what's the afternoon student resource officer I Believe full resource officer Dr Bauer did you have something additional to add to that I just wanted to ask Rogelio to remind us the needs to have the hearing for the budget and the budget do you want to talk to us just to so that everybody knows if we have to call for a special board meeting um so you have uh you're running up uh on the uh on the time limit for your board meeting I'm not sure if there are any urgent items for closed session discussion there aren't that were that were going to come for me but there will need to be a hearing before the 25th on the prepared proposed budget for the district so we should set a set a special meeting for that and we should also uh or you might want to also consider recessing this meeting so that it's continued to the next date um so it's just a thought just an idea yeah there's been some changes yeah there's been some changes with respects to the public hearing for the budget um typically we would need to do a public hearing before we can at a separate meeting before we can do the budget but with the delay of the l cap we can do the public hearing and the adoption at the Hellcat I mean of the budget at the same meeting you know what I'm sorry I think that's right that's right I'll take another look at that we're good all right I'm sorry we're good I I think so let me take a look at that yeah just wanted to let everybody thank you are there any other items to be um put on the edge request to put on the agenda or Avatar or Mr Sanchez any other any public comment on that so I have two public comments one is from Veronica and Brenda's and the house and um Rogelio are these considered public common or are these just requests do they need to fall under the the typical structure for public comment with timer and all that stuff this is regarding closed session um no this is future board agenda requests well uh then it should just be a simple request that's it yeah I mean they did okay so we can just open up the first mic on that one and see what the request is Avatar Veronica okay yes uh I'm ready can you hear me yes okay great again my name is Veronica I am the mother of two Alum Rock School District students and just like uh uh trustee um I am requesting to have the black lives matter um something in writing something that we stand for um that's my first request my second request is having to cancel any contract with this I was a police department and no rsos in our school that's my second request and my third request is taking action on and what are we going to do with that money that we have been investing because they're lcap money so I want to know also what that money is going to be diverted into what kind of um Community or educational programs are we going to create with that money uh positively with our students um and I believe that is it thank you so what what money are you referring to I'm referring to the money that we invest in the San Jose police department right now with the rsls it is I believe for the fiscal year 2019-2020 was 100K contract um and those were lcap funding okay so that one well okay that is for consideration for um for the a future agenda thank you yeah I want to make sure that I'm sorry I'm not I'm not done I make I want to make sure that it is considered for next month's agenda I'm not future agenda I want to make sure that it's for next month agenda that is July 2020.
Valesky and a lot of the parents that I had spoken to during this time it said that he also gave this child chance to kind of have a normal school feel because a lot of these plump women walk to our kids and I was and they were able to continue on they were very happy that they still had a chance to participate even if it was virtually in something that they really enjoy so that was that was really positive from the comments yes anything we could do to help our kids stay connected Thank You dr.