So, you know, we are looking >> convincing everybody to join you ultimately. Is this where your plan is? >> No. They're all gonna be having >> everybody. You guys have to stick around. But um yeah, listen, we you know, Luther uh and Rich Clevette, myself, we're all in the same age bracket, you know, and I I know the board members are aware that there were these potential retirements coming up, but um you know, getting ahead of it by hiring somebody to replace Luther before he leaves is is a good strategy obviously in my opinion. Do we post it already or No. Yeah. >> Yeah. So, we've actually we interviewed someone we interviewed um someone about two weeks ago. We interviewed someone this morning who um honestly was was um really great. Um I would say that we're just kind of in this this has been a really challenging position to hire for to find someone with that level of expertise especially in public schools that has done routing and kind of does this unique configuration that we do.
And most of all, we remember that each student brings their own unique story, gifts, cur curiosity and challenges to their class community. Um, and we try to cherish and nurture their sense of individuality, their sense of competence that they can do things, their sense of agency, and their in interconnectedness to their class community, the school community, the larger community of Chico and the world. Thank you so much for your continuing support of our beloved school and for your time and consideration this evening. Um, and I'd like to introduce now current Blue parents, Lauren and Daniel, Setha. >> Um, hi Chico, uh, Unified. Uh, thanks for letting me speak for a moment. Um, I just wanted to share, uh, my support and enthusiasm for Blue Oak. Um, I grew up in a Waldorf education and so it's something that is very dear to my heart and something that I want to be able to provide both my kids.
With with Hawaii importing between 85 and 90% of its food, differing state restrictions would impact thousands of products, disrupt supply chains, and increase costs for consumers who already pay roughly 33% more for groceries than the national average. FDA has accelerated its review of food and color additives, and manufacturers are already reformulating products. New state specific restrictions during this process would only complicate [clears throat] and impede these efforts. Additional information is in our written testimony. Thank you. Thank you, Jennifer. Next is Lauren Zerbal from Hawaii Food [snorts] Industry Association, >> not on Zoom. Chair, >> thank you, chair. Uh, actually in person. Good to see you guys. [laughter] >> Um, we submitted testimony in opposition primarily due to the fact that, um, we would suggest using the federal regulatory agency to handle this type of thing. Having a patchwork of different regulations across each state, especially for our state, which is remote and rather small, creates a lot of implementation issues for retailers, distributors, um, and can create issues with even getting certain types of products.
Um we st strongly support this measure and stand by our testimony, but I'm here for any questions you may have. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh Kieran Poke, Chamber of Commerce of Capolet on Zoom. >> Not on Zoom, chair. >> On Zoom. Okay. Uh Stacy Aldridge with comments and Johnny May Perry opposing. Anyone else here wishing to testify on this measure hearing? None. Uh let's see. Members questions. >> Questions. Go ahead, Senator. >> This is for the libraries. >> Libraries. >> Sean, not the libraries. >> Okay. There's nobody here from the libraries. Yeah. My my question there if someone out there in TV land is listening. Um how will they control the amount of alcohol being brought in? Is there going to be police presence what to make sure that other uh library users cannot jeopardize? Again, I'm not testifying for them, but when I when I watch stuff on TV where you have these little bookstores or you have places where they have like a little coffee bar or perhaps a wine bar that they definitive places that you can be in and you can't take it outside or I don't know.
It's how much money we make, what's our profits, um things of that nature. Where with >> education, you have variables obviously from year to year. even if you look at those cohorts, we would have varying levels of incoming student data um each year. So, it it is very difficult to determine that. And I think that's really why we have multiple levels of measure on there because we'd be remiss if we just said, well, number one, we want to look at our achievement data, but then we also didn't look at the climate and culture of our school building as well. So it impacts very a variety of areas of our building. So that's why we had selected a variety of uh metrics to measure. >> Okay. >> And one one more question that I had too. So on your slide that said what is changing and what's not changing.
>> Okay. >> So, if we can get that information up there so people can have >> a comparison, that would be awesome. So, I know, you know, there was a lot of >> a lot of a lot of moving parts with with our finance team at at budget time last year. So, I get it that it may not have made it up to the website. >> So, school choice re receiving tuition, are we expected to are we expecting to increase the number of school choice seats or is the tuition that we're getting per seat more? >> I don't know. I um I know those seats are getting slimmer and slimmer. just as we take on. >> Oh, sorry. Sorry, Mackey. I had it off. Um, >> yeah. I mean, I know the seats are getting just >> Well, that's why I'm surprised that the school the the receiving tuition is not quite double, but >> more.
I have it right now. We'll bring it back to the school climate committee and take a look at those things. Um the monthly school climate progress monitoring. We do that every month. We talk about our plan. Um and then we're always looking for feedback. Um you know uh open door policy. Lots of students do come and talk to me. I have staff members that come to talk to me as well that say, "Hey, listen. Have you thought about this?" Things come up. We do celebrations and areas of concern at the beginning of every school climate meeting. Um, and so there it's been it's been a a busy fall. I guess it's really you can't say fall. It's almost winter. It's almost over. Um, but we're well on our way. Um, you know, was it was an interesting uh timeline having the school climate improvement plans not due till December was a was a different weird thing.
Um, but we did have uh two candidates. Like I said, we interviewed one this morning and are feeling good about that. So, we'd like to get someone in as soon as possible. So, >> is there a potential for, you know, unlike the other processes the board members have been a participant in? Um, I just want to make sure that they're or at least the parent population has a, you know, a piece of that process. >> Luther Luther has Luther is a is a parentf facing job. Luther has a parent facing job. A very much parent facing >> with a lot of the requests that comes in and so forth. So, Yeah, >> calm. Someone who's calm and listens. I think that's I think that's an important aspect because >> yeah, you can have upset parents calling up. >> Yeah, let me um let me follow up with Jeff about that.
Um, I've got two two two kids in at Blue Oak, one in the TK and one in first grade. Um, and every day they love they love going to school. They love their friends, they love their teachers. Um, you heard a little bit about the wonderful curriculum that the teachers provide. And I think that's one of the biggest strengths that I remember is the development of a love of learning um and exploring you know not just strictly academics but all all the broad breath of being human. Um you know the the different art classes, the different history lessons, all of that is really focusing on developing the whole child. Um and that's something that's really instilled in me a lifelong love of learning to this day. um and something that I really want to be able to provide to my kids and I'm really happy to have them be part of such a wonderful school um with such caring teachers um that really are the the beating heart of everything that happens there.
Um, there is a lot of movement at the federal level right now. We included in our testimony a link to several of these that are currently being banned at the federal level. So, um, we don't think it is necessary for the state to pursue separate action. Also, it is extremely costly to do the testing um necessary to implement this. Thank you very much for the opportunity to testify. >> Thank you, Lauren. Anyone else wishing to testify on this measure?
I'm just guessing. But yeah, of course you guys, TV is real. Don't you know that? I'm kidding. Senator. >> Yeah, I I was actually going to ask a similar question to that. Thank you, Senator Kedani. So, maybe Sean, if you could come up. Uh, so currently your administrative rule says that alcohol is not permitted within 500 ft of schools. >> That's a that's a law. >> Yeah. Um, and so is this more of an enforcement effort? Is it more of um Yeah. So, I I'll say that. is more of an enforcement effort or or what will try what is the accomplishment of this because it's already in law. So >> I think we're just we're just citing that as something to support not having it on or near our school campuses >> within 500 ft. >> Correct. >> Okay. >> So do you have libraries within state libraries within 500 ft of the school?
I forget which one but you talked about actually can you go to it because I want to make sure I think of the right thing. >> Yeah. That's towards the end. Slide 16, 15, and 16. >> I think I wanted the changing. >> We'll get there. So, yeah. No. So, exactly. So I think as I was reading through these, as you were going through them, I think the thing that seems like it changes is that we're moving from a system that's very much about the student at the center. I was going to say patient because that's what I work in healthcare. Student at the center versus um this this sounds like this is more topical I guess if that makes sense. It's it's not everybody's coming together to talk about the student. It's kind of here there. It's more on the topics and the tears and where are people falling?
Okay. It's a 58% increase. >> Okay. >> All right. Does anybody else have any questions or are we good to I mean we're going to be coming back to this? >> Yeah, quite a bit. >> Quite a bit. So, are we >> I'm good. >> You guys Everybody else is good. >> Yeah. So, we're going to then maybe for next time or before next time even have uh a column that'll show us what if the override doesn't pass the the budget and then what the implications are too. I want to understand the implications on the general government side as well as on the school side. Right. >> Yeah. >> And I can explain in general terms like we would so we would lose basically any community presence with our public safety personnel. Um that's one thing. Um maintenance of a lot of our parks and grounds and everything since we would lose the landscaper contract.
Usually it's due at the beginning of the year, but um, we'll certainly have more to update you on. Um, but this was a high level overview for you and any questions? Anyone have any >> I just wanted to say thanks for that. I appreciate it.
Um that's a really good point. And so you are right. They there's a lot of customer service associated with that job. Um >> at least for at least for about a month out of the year, August to August to September. >> Yeah, it's year it's year round now, you know. Um, but that's that's a great point. So, um, and just another thing along with that, because we have talked about bus routing and the redistricting maps, I just wanted to share with you that, um, an a update that we are potentially going to make um, is updating us from the current routing software we use. It was called Trapeze at one point. It's had a couple different names. That's what Luther uses to do all the routing. um to potentially using DACO's software, they use something called Trans Versa. Uh ours is Von now is what it's called now.
So just want to offer my support um and just a little bit of that um you know flavor from my own history and how I'm able to pass it forward to my own kids. Thank you. >> Hi, I'm the other half of Daniel. I'm Lauren Cesca. I'm on the board um at Blue Oak. I'm also a Waldorf teacher. Um I don't teach at Blue Oak, but I've taught at other private schools uh Waldorf private schools around the country. And what I love is that this education is free and it's accessible to anyone. And I think that that's important. Education should be accessible to anyone. Um what I also love about Waldorf education is that um it nurtures the collective as much as the individual. And so community is huge. And one way in which parents at our school can really kind of dip into the wellspring um of all this amazing curriculum and the culture, the artistry, um the beauty is through our seasonal festivals and they are hosted by our parent council.
>> Members, any questions? >> Okay. Hearing none, uh we shall go into decision making. >> Chair. >> Yes. >> Before we do, can we uh have a little discussion about the uh the relating to trespass bill? the the >> the gun bill. >> Yes. >> So, is the I I understand that there's some concerns about whether the person is armed or not if they come onto the property. It doesn't seem like it would be a stretch to say if someone is criminally trespass sorry is criminally tres is convicted of criminal trespassing while bearing a a firearm that that would hold up better in terms of the the legalities of it if if you wanted to move something ahead. I don't know if you don't want to but you don't want to. It's your okay. But I think that would stand a better chance than having just somebody trespassing who's, you know, just walk using a walking stick or something for what it's worth.
>> We have some on campus on campus. Yeah. Th so this will only apply your situation only apply for those that are not on campus or outside of the 500 street. >> Correct. >> Like our state library here and some other libraries that might >> Yes. >> Yeah. Okay. Can I have um uh >> so how does uh envision I can I'm eni envisioning some things but how does uh envision this having the ability to have liquor in some of your establishments? Yeah. So, we feel that it will be beneficial for a lot of our R&D um part of our workforce training program with our culinary um with our culinary institute of the Pacific as well. You know, it will be a training restaurant. Um anytime we would be serving or handling alcohol, it will be for educational purposes. U we do not want to compete with any local bars or anything like that.
Like how are you going to replace that or how does this new system keep that? >> And I would say um it's you're pretty close with that summary and analysis of it. I would say a teaming model is more focused on behavioral and the MTSS is more focused on instructional. the um the MTSS model also um if you look at a lot of the pyramids they they typically try to explain the process in pyramids um a lot of them will have be split into two sides on one side is academic and the other side is behavior and then when you look at the behavior side it's also split into two additional pieces is this behavior uh due to will or skill, right? So, what it is is is a it's a it's a process. It's an intentional process that guides our teachers through um you know finding those needs, understanding those needs, recognizing through data, through um you know academic um response, grades, etc.
And then we really haven't figured out a solution for um you know the one person that we have on fields essentially the one FTE that's in cemetery parks and trees that does some of the fields work and so with that fund moving over to the schools the transfer of the field responsibility um that's something that we have to account for too. So >> and would we be losing any positions on the general government's side? Um we are trying every way to avoid it, but you know it might require in some cases um reopening a contract or something and looking at renegotiating you know certain things. >> Do you know what if the if it doesn't pass how many positions the schools will lose? >> I think it is close to 32 >> 32 positions. And when you say like, you know, we would lose public safety at community, you know, sort of, you know, we're talking things like, you know, the overtime would would only go towards like literally >> public safety stuff.