>> And I just like to say, yeah, thank thank you so much. And also, uh, thank you, Mr. Jamal, and your team for for making it an easy presentation for us this evening, uh, with all the work that that you you do. >> Thank you. And I just want to take a second to thank ED services and human resources. Um, because it's a collaboration report. Um so um effort we do the work do the numbers but they actually provide us all the feedback the attendance reports the hiring they look at personal records so it is a joint effort for the entire district >> you know I just want to say that since I've been on the board one of the things I've noticed is that we have very tight controls here and I really do appreciate that because coming from a government background you need to have that in order to reach a high level of um you know audit report like we have here tonight and I think it's thank you to all the team Miss Jamal and all the cabinet members and those in leadership because it takes it takes a lot of discipline really to and focus really so that we are in compliance with all the state and federal funding and it we're not talking small dollar values.
He is responsible and has grown by leaps and bounds this year. Casey, keep up the great work and keep on shining bright. Congratulations, Miss Manis. >> Natalie, >> congratulations, Natalie. I chose this student because she has become a fabulous first grader. Natalie uses kind and respectful words with classmates, teachers, and staff every day. She uses class supplies, and school equipment safely. Natalie is responsible because she completes her assignments on time, and she has a terrific attitude towards learning. Keep up the good work. Congratulations, Natalie, for Mrs. Rodriguez. Maddie is my cult of the month nominee because not only is she kind, safe, and responsible, she's a wonderful student in classmate. Maddie comes to school every day, willing and ready to learn. She recognizes when others need help or support, and she is always willing to help them. She is a joy to have in class.
The students give us feedback on which products they would like to see on our menus. We use student feedback, supervisors, managers, and registered dietitian analysis for the future products that we will use on our menus on all grade levels. Now, let's discuss how we use commodity dollars to drive down the price of the most expensive menu items utilized for breakfast and lunch. A few years ago, we determined that it was $20 cheaper per case to order frozen broccoli at retail price from our distributor instead of receiving this product from the USDA. Therefore, we did not assign any of our entitlement dollars to frozen broccoli from the USDA, and we decided to save the money and order it retail. This school year, however, the same frozen broccoli is $30 less from the USDA than ordering it from retail from the distributor. So, this year, we'll use our entitlement dollars to receive the frozen broccoli from the USDA.
I'll keep you guys continuous to keep you updated on that. And I thank the people that are on that committee. I know Lisa as well on that committee as well as people in our admin team. Um this there's some heavy lifting we do and some thoughtful conversations, but um again, it's because we didn't have one. If we had one, we'd be updated, but we we're starting from scratch on this one. Um but um I'll share that with you at the next school as well, too. So, thank you. That's all I have. >> All right. Thank you, Al. So, administrator updates, uh, we'll go for an update on Securely from >> So, I just wanted to follow up. Um, Securely was a a platform that we brought in to the district this year to help monitor um, student safety. Uh, it provides teachers with the opportunity to, uh, view uh, the students Chromebooks while they're working in class.
>> There was one more piece too that um we forgot to mention was um another really cool part about this conference is um the the ex the exhibition hall. So talk about overwhelming, right? But vendors for all types of products for all different career areas and just just super amazing things. Um so we we spent some time going into some very specific ones. There was even one that um one of our programs had looked into initially um and and we explored it further. We we've brought vendors into um the school too to to for the the rest of the team to vet. So, um, that's another piece, too. Um, that's really helpful to see all those things because there's just so much out there. It's exhaust. It's it's it's, you know, great learning experience. It's like, yeah, but yeah, it's a lot. So, thank you again.
Um they have 45 students attending. Uh more about the Wolfpack. They um the sixth grade band will be playing Star Spangling Banner at the game and they've sold over 220 tickets and they are hosting a silent auction for Zambon rides. Um they're also gearing up for a busy March conferences and they're doing personality portraits with a local photographer at the community center. Uh middle school, I did hear from them this month. Um they're fulfilling teacher robust like new equipment, a DJ form dance. They're planning the yearly we love CMS program and um their biggest concern remains membership. They have two members. Um currently no one is attending meetings. This is CIS >> middle school. >> Um, and one of the women doesn't even have any children at middle school anymore. She's just stayed on to help. So, anyone out there that has middle school students, please, please, please reach out.
So I appreciate all your hard work and thank you to the auditors for looking at this with also a fine tooth call. So thank you so much. >> Thank you so much. You have a good night. Thank you. Take care. >> Thank you. >> I have a motion to approve. >> Motion to approve. >> Second.
Congratulations, Maddie. Mrs. Higetta. >> Axel has shown so much growth this year, and I'm incredibly proud of him. He works hard every day and continues to challenge himself to do his best. Seeing how much Axel has learned and matured throughout the year has been truly amazing. His effort and determination do not go unnoticed, and he should be very proud of himself. Keep up the great work, Axel. We are proud of you. Congratulations, Miss Janette. >> Faith is an excellent example of a cold. She always has a positive attitude, always is. She's always ready for school, has a great giving heart to classmates, and works so hard in the classroom. Her leadership skills and confidence have grown so much, and she stands out like a bright star. Faith, continue working hard. Find your talent and you will do great in all you put your mind and heart to.
We will always adjust to procure the food products whichever way makes the most fiscal sense. The nutrition service department and me as the buyer are constantly researching and evaluating the cost of our food items to bring down the plate cost to keep prices low for district families and to continue to receive the highest quality products for our students. All right, a few examples. Right now, as Natalie said, it is a very important time. We're finalizing all of our menus for next school year. So, each spring, we estimate usage on how many cases of each item we will use for our entire upcoming school year. Then every March, we lock in our choices to the USDA of how we're going to spend the awarded entitlement dollars to each food item, every single item on the menu. Lastly, we must provide estimated usage amounts for the products to the manufacturer as well as our distributor.
um make sure that they're staying focused and and on task. Uh but one of the platforms that was built into securely that we that we took on was securely home since the beginning of January. Um in the school newsletters that have been sent home, we rolled out securely home for for our families. Um and this gives them an opportunity to uh kind of control their their their devices at home as long as it's a a Chromebook. going to be kids logged in with with their school issued Google account. Um so they can lock down, they can unrestrict um they can provide time limits on certain things and and just provide that extra layer of security and monitoring at at home using um the application that we're providing um them through the district. Since the roll out uh we've had uh 16 families enroll in it.
>> Thank you very much everybody. I want to echo what Mr. Mercedes said. Well, our thanks from the committee. Um, we're always authorizing these trips and it's nice to get the feedback from the people who actually went to it. That was Mrs. Ferris's uh point a couple meetings ago. We pay for these trips and we never hear anything about it. I thank you very much. And Chad, I like the way you come back and grab that mic. You first you wanted to get out of here. Now you're coming back grabbing a mic. I know I know >> I know some of you have a long ride home. Thank you very much for being here. You've had a long night. We appreciate it. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Um Brenda, assistant superintendent, you doing the admissions lottery or is Mr. Lavoy doing that? >> Yes.
Um, there's things like, uh, eighth grade promotion that need to be planned and usually planning for that starts like November. Um, so they're in they're working on recruitment, but they're struggling in that age group. Um, let's see. I was able to go to the uh boosters meeting last night. Um they were lovely, very welcoming. Um they provide shirts for teams that have won championships and the boys soccer team who received their shirts this week for winning conferences. Um they're currently working on forming their scholarship committee who will receive their scholarships. Uh they've got some new fundraisers in the work that I'm not going to report on yet because I don't have details, but uh stay tuned. Um, they are also still looking for volunteers to go to the transfer station. As I talked about in my last report, the co-president, Colleen Zen, is working on making an how to video.
>> Any discussion? Seeing none. Student board member preference. >> Yes. >> Please place your vote. And the item passes by Vizero. Moving on to item 14.2, presentation of governor's TK through 12 budget proposal. Mr. Jam, I turn it over to you. >> Thank you, board president. Um, tonight we're going to give a overview of the governor's um TK12 budget propos I'm sorry, proposal. Um, we're going to reflect on those items that actually impact our district. Um, as a framework, we always use utilize the financials that the board of education approved last December, which is first interim. And so we're using those financials and we're just updating what changes to show what the effect could be if this is actually adopted come July. So we're going to start with what um has not changed. So there's no major changes up um to eliminate anything, but universal meals will be maintained.
Congratulations, Faith. Miss Diaz. Pablo is not only kind, safe, and responsible, but he also has great empathy for his peers. He is always willing to help without being prompted, and he embodies what kindness should be. He has also grown so much academically. His hard work is paying off. Great job, Pablo. You should be very proud of your accomplishments. Congratulations, Pablo, from Miss House. Laya is an excellent choice for cult of the month because she consistently demonstrates kindness, responsibility, and genuine care for others. She is always willing to assist her classmates, particularly during reading activities, and frequently volunteers to support students who need additional help. Laya has a natural instinct for recognizing when someone may need a friend, and she thoughtfully seeks out those students to offer kindness and inclusion. She speaks to others with encouragement and respect and truly recognizes the unique value in every individual.
That way, these products will be available for our students for the entire school year at the best possible price. A great example of processes to receive the best possible price would be our JTM seasoned beef that we use for nachos on our school menus. The cost per case of JTM seasoned beef without using commodity entitlement dollars is currently $168.74. The cost per case of JTMC's and beef utilizing these commodity entitlement dollars is only $51.74. This is a significant cost savings of $117 for every case of beef. For perspective, each case of beef provides servings of nachos. So in conclusion, we're receiving the same brand highquality product that students enjoy, however, at a much lower price by utilizing these commodity entitlement dollars. We are constantly looking for ways to get the most bang for our commodity dollar buck. Thank you very much for your time and interest in our cost analysis and our menu building process.
um in this platform that's being offered. So, we have 19 students that are being monitored at home using this platform, but it's 16 families. Um I just wanted to again let families know that we are providing this to them. Um it it's I believe it's still in the the newsletters that go home on a weekly basis. They just fill out a form, I enroll them, they get a welcome letter. Um, I know that that Jessica is enrolled in it and and she has firsthand experience in this platform. Um, but again, it's just another layer of of service that we're trying to provide our families in the district. And I just wanted to reiterate that and and hopefully we can get some more comm community involvement if parents want to be involved. >> And Joe, that's built into the cost that that monitoring at home. >> Yes, we're the families are monitoring that at home.
I was just going to go over um briefly the admissions lottery process. So it's not the report. I don't know. I don't think you have the admissions data in this report. Um so um in terms of the our first admissions lottery um so our application deadline for entry into the initial um admissions lottery was February 1st. Um so anyone who was um eligible living in district we you know confirmation of residency they will be able to go into that first lottery. So it's scheduled to take place in March. Um at this point we believe it will be on March 12th. Um, so in line with the the regulations, it will be a live lottery. We actually plan on live streaming it. So it will be conducted in person with members of our administration and our admissions team. Um, so we'll also have um a representative from GO2CTTE.
Um, and they're also sending out a sign up genius to current members to get people to sign up hopefully in a day to go sort. I know no one really wants to go sore when it's, you know, below zero Saturday and there's 10 beaches now. So, um, >> sorry, Mr. Sh. >> That's like founding that part. She's going for Starbucks. >> I highly recommend it. >> One of the things we did talk about and this might go along with what you're talking about with um the plastics loop is I said people like easy too. >> So like if there's a place at the high school that people can actually take their things to and not have to go out to the transfer center that might help too. So something they're going to look into as well. >> Good idea. Um, finally, uh, CFA. Despite the cold, they had a very well attended and successful Christmas concert.
So that means there will be additional kit funds that we can apply for. Approximately $und00 million is currently in the budget. Community school expansion continues to be an ongoing commitment of the governor with committing additional $1 billion dollars of ongoing funds. And then ELOP will be um funding will be stabilized at rate one which will be additional um $2,750 will be continued for each ADA um that actually qualifies for those funds. Here are some changes. Um so right now um we're using the the ghost of Prop 98 passed and that's only because right now we are projected to continue to have deferrals. Um so the governor is committed to fully fund um K12 education but with deferrals which means that we have to manage our cash flow. So we are committed for example to get a million dollars. They may say okay you're going to get a million dollars but we're not going to send you the million dollars until XYZ date.
Laya is an invaluable member of our classroom and I greatly appreciate the support she provides each day. Her character, compassion, and willingness to help others make her a strong role model. Congratulations, Laya. I hope you know just how special you are. You amaze me every day with your poise, grace, and love towards others. Mrs. FLOWERS >> GRACE, thank you for being such a positive influence in our class. Your amazing attitude every day helps everyone, including me. Your kindness towards your peers never disappoints. Everyone knows they can count on you if they ever need help. Or I know you're watching. Congratulations, Grace. Mrs. Montoya. >> Hello. My name is Janice. >> Janice is just an unbelievable cult. She's one of the kindest students we have on our campus to all staff and students. She always follows the rules and is an extremely responsible student, especially concerning her studies.