Okay, I don't see any questions coming forward. Uh non-committee members, are there any questions here? All right. So, we're going to I'm going to look for a motion uh to recommend policy 5121 and examination, grading, and reading uh to the full board for a first read. Is there a motion on the floor, please? From one of my committee members, please. I'll make a motion that we move forward to pass this to to send it to the full board for first read. Thank you, Gladys. Is there a second, please? Sherry, I see your hand up. I'll take that as a second. Um all those in favor, please signify by saying I. I. I.
So, we do have a six a program that's until 6 or until 4. Um what the attendance requirements are for each of those programs and what the program components are. So, so our blast programs um include a supper meal, um homework and reading time, some enrichment play, whereas our homework heroes is a smaller snack, just homework and reading and outdoor play, and then on Fridays we have enrichment. So, just a uh a timeline of how our programs got to where they are today. So, we they started in 2004, so it's been quite the journey now. Um with just six sites, uh Chapman, Citrus, McManus, Neil, Parkview, and Rosedale. So those were our title one schools at the time. We got the ACES state grant. Um and things stayed about the same until 2122 school year when um the state implemented the expanded learning opportunities program for every uh school district in California.
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Uh needless to say, this is what we currently have on file. Now, if there's Now, if an amendment has been made to these original agreements, uh that that could very well be. I'm just uh not aware of it, and it hasn't been entered into uh into our records properly, so um needless to say, legal hasn't been able to find it. So if you do have information uh regarding that, please send it my way. Uh but at least for the the purpose of today's meeting, I'm just going to go over what we currently um know. All right? And then So the other thing I would say is around $5,000 becomes available each year. We haven't taken money in the last several years, so there's a larger fund available for us to just do that. >> Yes, I believe it's 20,000 if Mary, if I'm not mistaken, the the the some balances uh it hasn't been taken out.
Um and if it's not the first spelling I I'd use some other form of of of strategy to figure out the spelling that we have, but it's the it's the standard spelling the like the standard spelling for the words, okay? Um should a team, this is important, should a team give an incorrect answer, you're going to lower one of your flags. Notice that each table has two flags. Uh when you have a if you give us a second incorrect answer, you're going to lower your second flag and then turn over your placard. That team is out of the competition, but you're going to remain on the stage for the duration of the flight, okay? There's going to be a single winner of each flight. The last team with their flags still up will go on to the final competition. There's going to be five flights and so five winners will advance to the championship round.
Any opposed? Wonderful. Motion carries. Okay, so the next Excuse me. The next policy is policy 5121.2. Um, it is a carryover of the former policy just to re-update it. There was a slight typo in the spelling of one of the words in this policy which has been corrected. Um, and this speaks to the fact that in grade 6 through 12, we are noting honor roll for our students. There is a regulation attached to this policy that spells out the exact GPA and what the honor roll system and structure is. But here for the board policy piece is talking about for grade 6 through 12 that we have an honor roll process here in district. Thank you, Kelly. The only sorry, two other things just to note. Um, if students are receiving a pass fail or sometimes we'll see at the middle school level satisfactory unsatisfactory which essentially means the same thing, those courses are not calculated into the overall GPA or honor roll.
Um how we decided to expand our programs with that is we started doing a couple of schools at a time to add the BLAST program. So in 22 23 we added Emma and LCC. In 23 24 we added Shast and Sierra View and also TKK programs for all of the 10 sites that existed at that point. And then our final implementation included Maragold and Hooker Oak and then their TKK kids as well. Um this school year we um have received the ACES grant. So we have now 10 of our 12 schools have the ACES grant. So we were this year we were awarded Emma Wilson LCC Hooker Oak and Margold. So now we have two different funding streams um for those schools which is really important in case something happens to one of the other ones. Um we actually have applied for Shasta and Sierra View.
I think it has gone into 20,000, but the part of that I I want this commission to kind of focus on is if the if the language has been changed, then great. That definitely opens the the room for opportunity, but as it stands uh the direction I got is that this fund is specifically intended for maintenance and preservation of existing public art, which kind of um I understand you changed it. I'll find the language or or they I'm sure they have the language on file because they had to approve it at one of their um like board meetings, so Yeah. They would have Yeah. And full disclosure, we're still waiting on a response from the foundation. This is just purely what we've uncovered and what we're trying to kind of get just get our heads around this because on our side, it looks like there is multiple mechanisms.
In the championship round, the competition will be double elimination. A team must spell the final word correctly to win. So, if the final teams misspell their final word, another word will be given until there's only one team that has spelled the word correctly, and that team becomes the champion. Are we ready? We're ready? All right. Flight one, I'm going to call you down. Flight one is sponsored by Lima Construction and Seashore Marine Services. Let's give them a round of applause. We have the Lexicon Legends from DeMello sponsored by Environmental Pools. >> [applause] >> We have the Alphabets, aka Can I Get a High Definition? Uh a group of DHS students sponsored by Fit by Nima. >> [applause] >> We've got Help which is a group of DHS students sponsored by Michael and Michelle Maddox. And we have AI before E from the district office sponsored by the Central Office Leadership Team.
And then at the high school level particularly when you're talking about sometimes some of our seniors that may not need to take a full course load that they must be enrolled in at least five classes to receive waiting towards that honor roll.
We should hear back about that in May, but we're pretty hopeful since we were able to get those other four this last school year. Um we also established Homework Heroes this year to give more options to our families that you know the attendance policy were blast. They didn't didn't work for that. You know that doesn't work for them. Um we now have homework heroes. started in October and started rolling out and we were fully implemented by January at all 12 of our elementary sites. And next year we look to just add more students um to all three of our options. Um particularly our TKK is where we're starting because we have a lot of need for those um for those spots for those students. Um this is a little bit more about our BLAST program and what our goals are. We provide 60 minutes of academic sus um support daily.
It could very well be that all of this kind of got umbrellaed into a single fund, which is what I likely suspect, but until that gets confirmed by the foundation, I am operating on I will tell you I know specifically the Jewett fund is within that same fund because I saw the dollars that were donated for the Jewett fund as entries in the public endowment fund. So, that separate fund does not exist any longer. I don't know about the pass-through fund. Okay. Okay. Well, we can circle back on the endowment fund. Again, if you have that information, please just send me a quick email. Like I said, I'm still trying to I'm still pending a response from the foundation to be honest, so it could very well be that like you said, since the last record that we have is from 1999, so I'm sure things have changed and we're just trying to get a sense of what is the current day present day existing agreement so that we can work within the the confines of that agreement, right?
>> [applause] [applause] >> Familiarize yourself with what's up there. In addition to the dry erase boards, you've got some notepads and some pens to scratch out to scratch down some ideas to hand to the person who's going to be your scribe. Ready? All right, flight one. The first word is first. It's an adjective. First, being before being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance. First. This first word in the DHS spelling bee should be an easy one for everyone to spell. First. All right, pens down. Reveal your answers. Everyone spelled it right? Great. The second word. Separate. It's a verb. Separate or separate. To keep apart or divide as by intervening barrier or space. Separate or separate. The teachers kept the pop quiz in a folder separate from the classroom lesson plans. Separate. Pens down. Reveal your answers. So, if you if you've misspelled the word, put one of your flags down.
Meeting members, any questions? No. Sherrod, do you have a question? We can't hear you. I'm sorry. Are you muted? You want to type a question into the chat, we could also try to do it that way. Okay, looks like you're giving me the go ahead, Sherry. So, I'm going to go ahead um with no further questions from committee members. Um >> want to not a question. I I think this has been long long awaited the honor roll system. And I don't know, seem like somewhere along the line that it was lost in in our honor roll. Maybe I was asleep, but you know, uh I thought it was a pleasure to uh really uh recognize students that are really going uh the second effort. And to bring the honor roll, I don't know if to bring it back or the way it was put in the policy, I think it's a great idea.
Um we do 30 minutes of required reading and then 30 minutes of homework help. If the students don't have homework um then they get do academic activities, games um and they're divided by their age group. So they're with their like um peers for that time. Um then we have enrichment is 60 to 90 minutes kind of depending on what time the school day releases for um different activities with creativity, exploration, student engagement. Um, we have a dedicated recreation time every day with um, standard-based PE lessons where our card leaders are doing um, basically PE time with them every single day. Um, our staff is led by certificated teachers. We have instructional pair of professionals and then we partner with CARD for most of our staffing in our BL BLAST program. So, we have about 110 to 160 students per day across each of the 12 elementary schools and hoping to grow that um, next school year.
But yeah, that's essentially the endowment fund in a nutshell. Um What what I thought was the second fund that we uncovered is a pass-through fund, uh which is the advice pass-through fund uh held through by the community foundation. This is one This one is important because on the surface it looks more flexible, but there's still some key constraints that we need to understand. So, what is this fund? This fund um it's an advice fund, which means that the money is held by the foundation and the commission can make recommendations on how the funds are used, but the foundation ultimately decides whether to approve those recommendations or not. Um so, it it it it would essentially act as the public art commission has an idea to um for a public art installation or or any or anything of that nature, they would send a recommendation to the foundation and ultimately the foundation will decide whether or not they would disburse the funds since it's tied to their general fund.
>> [laughter] >> Was that just one team? That was one team? All right. Third word. Judgment. It's a noun. Judgment. The forming of an opinion, estimate, notion, or conclusion as from circumstances presented to the mind. Judgment. Our judgment as to the cause of his failure must rest on the evidence. Judgment. Judgment without an E. All right. Are we ready for word four? Conscience. It's a noun. Conscience. The inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives. Conscience. The boy followed his conscience and decided not to steal candy from the store. Conscience. Pens down. Reveal your spelling. All set? All right. For your next word tarmac. It's a noun. A road, airport runway, parking area, etc. paved with a layer of tar. Tarmac. The people were asked to exit the airplane onto the tarmac due to an emergency on board. Tarmac. Pens down.
Thank you, Mrs. Cooper. Okay, can you hear me now, Kate? Yes, we can hear you now. So, my question was um if the high schoolers do have enough credits, but they still have to take five classes, can any of those classes be a pass or fail or a satisfactory or unsatisfactory or whatever it was, or does it have to be a grade? That is correct. You just have to be enrolled in five according to this policy. Thank you. So, is that excuse is so is that's just for a senior only? It would typically apply to seniors. There could be other circumstances in which a student is on a partial day, maybe due to a reason or something. Um but uh the purpose really here is many times seniors have obtained enough credits that they may not have to take a full course load and we want to encourage them to continue um you know in to be successful academically to explore other challenging classes and and that is the rationale for having that in here as well.
Uh this is still our BLAST program with the credential teacher. We also have two to three uh subteers that work in our program daily. Um there are assistant coordinators. They have to at least be a teacher sub I should say. Um and then our card partnership. We have some leadership over at the card level that supports the staff and we have 125 card leaders currently that work in our programs and about 50 uh leader subs that support if if they're out. Um, our ratio for the card leaders is 15 to1 for our first through fifth grade students and TKK is 7 to1. So, they're really getting a lot of the support and attention that they need. Uh, homework heroes um is a little bit different that we um we don't partner with CARD for those um for that program. We use our it's led by one school day um credential teacher and supported by one instructional uh pair professional per 20 students.
Um So, unlike the endowment fund, this one is broader in purpose. I believe its direct purpose is to support public art initiatives, potentially new projects, and activities aligned with the commission's mission. And that can be further found on the purpose language. I believe that's page one of that um of that document. But the key limitation is its control. Even though the commission can recommend funding uses, the foundation is the entity that actually approves the distribution of those funds. So, this is not city controlled funding. Uh the source uh the the source and funding stream comes from the foundation, so that kind of limits um some some of the use of it. In in a practical sense, what does this mean is funding is not automatic and recommendations can be accepted or denied by the foundation. Um But this is essentially important when we talk about something like the mini grant program.