Uh so again big shout out to the folks at Kennedy and Walker. Uh you heard about the AI summit from one of the parents. So, we have our AI summit coming up that we're a showcase district on March 19th through the 21st at the NIM Hilton. Uh, we are a showcase district. We have about 50 teachers going. We have classified staff going, parents and students who will also be participating. So, I'm really excited to have a lot of our stakeholders represented. Um, the district is also going to be receiving an award at the summit at the AI K12 student advocacy award. So, I just want to let you know that we're being recognized because of the work we're doing around our student voice. The theme around the AI summit is student voice and community voice. um advocacy around AI. So, I'm excited that it's that we're a big part of this work.
This document was made public tonight. Its intent was not to be made public. It was not. And why why I can understand people have their own opinion. It wasn't their story to tell. It wasn't their story of how it made them feel. It wasn't their story of how they have changed security measures for their family for the last year, almost a year. And it was confirmed tonight that not only is my child identified at his school, which was asked by this individual to me a year ago about my children, it was they were identified to a guest in a classroom, a non-employee guest by a staff member. Tonight is the first night my children have come to a event. The event was the board meeting. My children were going to speak tonight. They went home. It was going to be past their bedtime. This is not okay.
And then I also want to mention the soapbox speech finals March 17th. It's always one of my favorite events, but as you think about the civic work that we do, you're going to be able to see a lot of our students really showcase the topics and issues that are important to them. Uh and and and that event's at 6:00 p.m. at Laare High School's auditorium. And then as I had mentioned and you heard Savannah High School CIF champions and girls basketball, Kennedy CIF champions. We have a number of wrestlers who have placed in CIF masters in state. Um and then we also have the Cypress song and cheer team. I believe two-time national champion. They did two big tournaments, one in Florida, one here at the Anaheim Convention Center, which was big and they took first in both of those. So we have a lot of folks being uh that are going to be coming to the May board meeting to be recognized.
What has happened in this community is not okay. People do not realize people live in this community. things that have been said to people, the way people have been made to feel. It's not it's not right. It's every employee at this district should be treated the same. Every employee, not a select few, not whoever's loudest, not whoever wants to yell at the moment, every employee. I am also an employee here. My children are students here. I reside in this community also. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. >> Board comments. Mrs. Longshore. >> None. Mrs. Tucker. >> No comment. Miss Apara, >> I do have a comment. Um, I'm going to start by asking that every board member should turn back in this piece of paper that says not to be distributed back to the main um to uh Mrs. Cordell so that we don't distribute what what is not required to be distributed.
So just want to give you the heads up. So that'll be my report. and I'll turn over to our team, >> MissWan. >> All right. I'll do the best I can to be uh succinct. We want to wish our social workers National Social Worker Appreciation Month. Um I also want to share that we have a small but mighty AUHSD presence at the COAB conference right now happening up in San Francisco. Cabab is the California Association for Bilingual Education. Um we including our very own Cabab board member and principal of Ball Junior High School, Miss Mariana Lee who serves as the Cabab director of parent relations. We have our executive director Robert Salavar who's at Cababe. Um and science teacher Rich Padilla who's presenting on science PTAs that he's developed for the DLI program. and RSelli Chavez and Robert Salavar are presenting alongside three of the DACA parents, Julie RmIrez from Savannah, Sonia Moran from Brookhurst and Nadi Deoya from Catala and they are presenting on the importance of parent engagement and uplifting family voice through shared leadership.
Um, unfortunately, I don't know if it was at the back table, but at least for us, the board member, we need to return it so that we can keep our employees children safe. All of our employees belong to us. All of their children belong to us. So, if anybody has this paper, please send it back so that we can destroy it. We need to keep our people safe. That's number one. Number two, um I have to say um for all the people who have spoken um we did hear you. Um Miss Swat, I heard you. Um I heard your heart. Where we come from, when we say good morning, the response is I see you. Um I want to be sure that people know that I do see them. I see them even when they don't want to see me but I still see them because that is very important.
I also want to highlight our VAPA programs who are entering their own CIF like playoff season as they enter um adjudicated festivals which is a rigorous evaluation process that builds the discipline and collaboration of students um need collaboration students need for college career and life. This Friday is the district theater and dance showcase at CPAC. Followed by throughout March, we have our band, orchestra, and choir festivals featuring over 80 different performances from our students districtwide. And so, we wish all of our student mi musicians the best as they perform and receive feedback from their panel of experts. I also want to share that our district has been awarded two significant grants that recognize and expand the strong work happening here. One is the California Serves grant in the amount of $472,000 um 506 actually in recognition of the opportunities um for more students to engage in civic engagement um already taking place and also expanding that um to in the state seal of civic engagement.
We are part of a community. Above Valley is small enough as it is and we meet each other in very uh difficult places. Um so I am hoping that after today that we have found a common space where we can rebuild and begin to be a community. Oallay is my home. I have lived here longer than I've lived anywhere in my life, including my birth country. So, this became my home. I don't want to find any one of you on the street and you are needing water and I cannot give you water to drink because we have crossed we have become enemies. Fingerpointing does not get us anywhere. Kylie, I truly apologize for the pain that you are you endure on behalf of your children and on behalf of the job you have chosen to to accept. Um, we want to be able to make sure that our personnel are safe.
So, thank you to Ruben Patino for applying for that. We also received the OCDE innovation funding initiative grant for $525,000 to support innovative strategies that strengthen career development, work-based learning, and student career identities with 12500 of those,000 dedicated to hope campus to support their simulation centers and expand post-secondary opportunities all throughout AUHSD. So, thank you to Amanda Bean, Scott Randelle, Tyler Sherman, and Louiesie Laymaner for putting that grant proposal together. Um, lastly, we have we want to thank our communities who've been engaging in LCAP, our engagement nights. We have our final LCAP engagement nights coming up on March 12th where we'll look at goal one and April 16th for the final convening. And at this moment want to share that we are approaching the end of third quarter and our seniors are entering their final stretch of high school and beginning to finalize their post-secary plans.
It's okay to disagree, but it's not okay to make us unsafe. Um, we I don't know where to start, but Apple Valley is really my only home right now. I can go home to Africa, but it is no longer my home. Please, you guys, find ways to to be one. Find ways to hold on to each other. Find ways to respect each other. Find ways to trust each other. Life is hard as it is. But you have no idea what it feels for me. This is the only home I have. And now I am running around being scared of who wants to talk to me, who wants to be part of my family, who wants to be part of my life. We can do better. Apple Valley is known for being able to withstand whatever is out there and we find a common ground enough.
And as Lacy Monger shared that right now is um times that students are receiving their college admissions decisions but many families all across our district are preparing for their um post-secary pathways including career training programs, military service and other um opportunities after high school. That's the happenings around ed division. >> Thank you Dr. Nin. >> Just a quick announcement again. The booster club training will be next Wednesday, March 11th at 6 PM in La Palma room. So we send out the information after the last board meeting. So please feel free uh please do come and join us in person next Wednesday. Thank you. >> Thank you. We will now move on to 12 items of business. Starting off with 12.1, resolution number 2025, authorization of resolution declaring intent to consider proposals to redevelop hope school. >> So moved. >> Second. >> And do we have any comments or questions?
We have come to a place where we can love each other and look each other in the eye and say to the person I am sorry for the pain I have caused you now can we move on and we can honestly say yes we are ready to move on. That's what I live with. This is my faith. If you hurt me, I'll let you know. And once I let you know, I am done with it. But to find our employees hurting this way is unacceptable. We've got to find a way to be able to meet each other at a place and break bread. I am sorry. I apologize to Kylie for the fear. I live in fear. And this is not the apple. I know now. And I'm scared to even leave when it's night time now. And I can't leave my house. I'm constantly worrying about who's coming for me.
I had a few. Um and then I'll take some from the board. Uh uh Terry, thank you for being here. Um, I had a quick question on the resolution on page five of the resolution. Um, speaking of the possible housing units available. >> Yes. >> Um, so part of the process said it would be available to district employees, employees of the elementary school districts, employees of local agencies within district boundaries. Um, does that also include any students and families that live in the district? not necessarily staff but students and families >> typically not. The legislation was actually drafted around um workforce housing. So it would be employees, teachers, um people that are associating with the district. >> Okay. U if we wanted to add that, would that be the board adding that or later down the line when we get through that process? >> It's actually possible because um remember this is a fairly large piece of property.
This is my home. This is the only home I have left. We can do better than this. Apple has to do better than this. Fingerpointing doesn't get us anywhere. We all know what we have to do. Our children are counting on us. When we walk into that classroom, they want us to wear this mask and just say you matter. When you when you're in front of me here, I see each one of you. But the pain that the the district is carrying right now, we need to be able to put it in a parking lot and move on and shake hands with each other and say to each other, "I know this was a difficult time, but can we move past this?" We've got to find a way to move past it. We have to find the place where we care about each other enough that when you hurt me, I can say you hurt me, but I want to be sure you know you hurt me and after that I move on.
In fact, um we have been talking to a number of uh developers and consultants and uh one of the suggestions that was made was uh to add a line to the proposal. In fact, I was just looking at it um probably a line E, which is um right above uh area three for RFQ timeline for other items. um people who have other suggestions. For example, um it is possible to do workforce housing and also have um various components of housing. Um because remember the part of the goal for the district is not only to do something that is good for the community, but also there's an income component which is um properly using your assets in order to help you with your with your bottom line at the district. So, uh, anything that is, um, income producing would be beneficial to the district. So, it would be a good ad.
This is no longer the space that we need to occupy to constantly point the fingers and say, "You hurt me. You did this and let's just put it aside as a district. Let's make a decision right here and now that when you see me on the road that you will know me as Maria that you don't know me as your enemy. I'm not your enemy. I don't have space in my in my life to be have enemies. That you will see anybody here you see them as somebody that you can break bread with. I don't know what we need to do as a district, but I am more than willing to cross over to the other side and shake hands and say to somebody, I am sorry if I caused you any pain. And I hope you will ask me for my own forgiveness too because the pain has gone both ways.
>> Got it. Um, will we add that during this process or later down the line? >> We would add it as part of this process. You're welcome to talk about it today and um, we can add that uh, to the RFP as an addendum uh, which we would issue. Uh, you have a whole advertising methodology and we'll just add it to that process. >> Okay. Um >> can I can I ask at this point that on that subject um are >> are we limited to only the items that are listed on >> Yes. >> on the proposal such as other items besides um healthcare or housing. Can we put in retail or or manufacturing or or are we totally locked out if if it's not in there? >> You're not actually. In fact, that was the proposal that I was suggesting to add something that said other uh suggestions with regard to the developers, the people who are looking at these proposals.
But nobody should have to suffer this long. And now we have employees who are afraid for their children or afraid for their own safety. This is not who we are. This is not Apple Valley. Apple Valley is going to be my home until the day God calls me home and tells me this is my time. This is a place I chose. I don't know how else to express it except that right this moment I have never felt more hurt. And I've lived in Apple Valley for over 40 years. I've never felt more hurt that employees will be scared for their children or the employees will be scared for themselves or people are throwing daggers at each other. I have never had this in my in my entire 40 years in Apple Valley. I've lived in Apple Valley longer than I've lived anywhere in my life anywhere.
>> Okay. So, that would cover everything I just said. >> Correct. >> One of the issues just just as an ad was um when we were talking with the city for example, they really wanted to know exactly what we were doing. So, um uh this a lot of this was from discussions with the city. What you're saying makes sense. one of the partners that we were talking to or one of the people who was interested actually suggested having essentially an other category which we'll add. >> I would I would like to see that. >> Okay. >> Any other questions? >> Um not so much a question for you but maybe to get your opinion. Um I'm sorry to put you in this spot, but um you know the school uh the California School Board Association has their um education workforce housing um project that they've been doing um and presentations.
And everyone that I have encountered in Apple Valley, I have chosen them as my family. It's not an easy thing for me to choose people as my family and I watch this district and they are taking all of that privilege that I have away and we need to find a better way to deal with each other. Thank you. >> Thank you, Maria. Um, and thank you to everybody who spoke tonight. Um, in regards to Miss Codell's um, request, did we get that written down so we know the information? Okay, thank you, Superintendent Nelson. No. >> Okay, you're welcome. All right. G, public hearing. conduct a public hearing for the public to provide input regarding Apple Valley Unified Teachers Association reopener articles for negotiation with the Apple Valley Unified School District. I now open the public hearing at 10:05 regarding the Apple Valley Unified Teachers Association reopener articles for negotiation with the Apple Valley Unified School District.