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So, I always get inspired when he does do walkthroughs in my class because I'm always learning something from him that he's teaching to my kids. Um, and as an professional, I've always tried to strive for that because I feel like sometimes you get stuck in the rut of just doing their job. But he does have that opportunity and that ability to enlighten kids. And so when he left to go do admin, it was unfortunate for our students because he is such a great motivator in the classroom atmosphere. So, and that part of it and I was able to also work with him as a freshman coach. And to see kids want to play for a coach, just to show up regardless and work hard and do that is something that's a lost quality, I think, in a lot of people. And I really feel like with Justin being as a teacher and an administrator and also as a coach, he kind of brings that out of people.
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It's also an opportunity to get a sneak peek at the next year that your child's going to be going into, you know, for school. It's a good chance to meet that potential teacher and see the kind of work they're doing in that next grade up. It's also enrollment time. So, this is also a good opportunity for families to come on to our school sites to see the great school cultures that we have and all of the good teaching and learning that's happening. So, just want to make sure that we highlight those events. And um then also we have another big event that's coming up at the start of May, but I want to make sure I acknowledge it here because when our next board meeting happens, the event would have passed. And that's our Beressa Art Festival. There's a wonderful committee of volunteers that have been working for months along with our support staff.
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Furthermore, when decisions are being made about our identities and safety, we lose all autonomy. California Teachers Association President David Goldberg stated, "Our union will always stand up to protect the rights and safety of our students." End quote. This policy directly contradicts this stated mission. The students choosing to keep their identities private from their parents have a reason. Enforcing teachers to out students our safety with the mandated reporting policy advocates for is being put at risk. A study by the Trevor Project cites a 72% increase in rates of suicide attempts by transgender and gender non-conforming teens after legislator legislature negatively targeting them has passed. This means the students who are already at a statistically higher likelihood to attempt suicide are now even more at risk. Coming out involves considered conscious choices which aren't taken lightly. To come out is to reveal one's true self. This is a highly vulnerable and potentially dangerous situation.
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So, I think that we keep on uh as we go through the months and we get closer to the final budget date, we have to keep on expressing that that the improvements we make on the facilities are from money that we saved in a savings account to put we can't spend it legally on anything else but facilities and capital improvements. So, for people to say, well, why can't you move money? We are legally not allowed to do that. So, we just want to make sure that everybody knows that and that there's no issue. With that being said, um I'm going to form an ad hoc committee on our RFP committee. Um I'm allowed to have four members. Um thinking about June for this committee to get together and start just looking at some of our vendors and the cost and see where we can basically sharpen our pencils up.
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Do you have any Do you have any questions? I know we have a purpose in mind. So, we want to do the educational and historical sites in the And then we want to have like um prefect training where we can monitor the children and then we can have the historical perspective of instead of And the other trip means to teach leadership outside of the classroom setting. Um help our middle school members of the state of California. You know we're allowed. And help teach us like we said the historical and cultural significance and provide sites within the school.
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So that's to take it all the way down to the stone. Um and then to put an underpin drain in there. Um that if you've you know if you ever drive around here right after rain, that whole triangle is just soaking wet. Um which is kind of leading to the deterioration of that road, but also it's it's a major issue for the softball field as well. Um so we'd pick up an underpin drain um there on the west side of that road um that would flow. And then we've got actually um storm water drain running uh kind of a caddy corner right there um through the split and then it goes straight north and so we'd be able to pick that up. Um and then also there is an alternate in there um to pave the cutoff that goes um back towards the west and so to bring that all the way back over here to the new islands for the parking lot expansion.
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Um I've supported you and backed you up 100% since you were principal in our building and I was the new guy walking in trying to figure out what is going on. Uh from that time, I I talked to you and Dr. Kriplever and stepped out from the SRO to run for school board. And, um, haven't regretted it since working next to you, with you, bringing you on as the assistant, and now bringing you as our superintendent. I see a bright future for you and our district. And, uh, I'm here to back you up 100%. So, thank you. That's all. Peeps, do you have anything? I do. I want to say congratulations to all the students. Um, it's always such a joy to be able to celebrate the accomplishments that our students have made. And I want to thank the parents because it also takes a lot of effort on your part to make sure they get to the clubs and that extra time after school to to get them to and from the activities.
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And now that I have the enterprise funds, I can do a revision and include all of that in there. >> I found my page. >> Okay. >> Thank you for bearing with me. Okay. So, under the appropriations by department, um I just wanted us to run through some of the departments that have large increases just so we can talk about that um publicly. I think this is the first time we're really looking through it. >> Um so, under assessors, we have a um an increase of about 57,000 that has to do with software. Is that am I remembering that correctly? that is well that two um yes that is the software um software change uh so we're currently on a system an older system that is uh really no longer being supported anymore I think only five communities are left using it so um we are we are moving to a new software system called vision um Don uh our assessor uh actually did a really good job of negot negotiating with them um negotiating down getting their price down.
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It's going to take a hop. Schreiber came over from short and he makes the play. Well done by Schreiber to get to it. The grounder will end the top of the fourth but not before Holliston puts up two. It's 2-0 as we go to the bottom of the fourth. So, a new pitcher in the bottom of the fourth for Holliston. Switching to a right-hander. Max McFadden or McFaggin. It's been a little bit of a rough go so far for McFadden. Six and two-thirds, 14 hits, 14 runs, only eight of them earned. He's walked four. He hasn't struck out anybody yet. His ERA is quite high so far. 8.40 earned run average. A good day on the mound for Henry Leake. He leaves with his team up two. Three scoreless with a couple strikeouts. So, Leake will move over to first base. Baker remains at second.
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Um, and I think is one of his best qualities that he has. Thank you. [applause] >> Good evening. My name is Shaunie Church and I'm going going to be reading a letter that I emailed to you all and I have not received response from dear board members and superintendent. My name is Shaunie Church and I graduated from West Valley High School in 2023. I spent all four years of my time at West Valley playing for the volleyball program. Two of these years being coached under my mom, Melissa Church. I wanted to take the time to speak on the issue of the volleyball program at West Valley as there are many concerns and questions about what is happening with the school's varsity volleyball position. I want to start this letter off by saying that I've been contemplating whether I should even email you all considering that I am Melissa Church's daughter.
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I know Dan out there is part of a key member of that planning committee as well as some other folks in our district. Um so it's Saturday, May 9th, uh from 10 to 5. Uh you can park over at the Beressa Community Center and join the fun. Our students will be performing. There'll be lots of other community groups performing and all of the proceeds raised go into um scholarship donations for our teachers that they can apply for special projects for their classroom. So, just want to encourage everyone to join us on that Saturday. And then finally, um, we know that there's a lot of movement right now with the state budget and a lot of advocacy. And so next week I will be in Sacramento lobbying on behalf of public schools to ensure that we get the Prop 98 funds that are due to us.
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We are forced to consider the implications of telling anyone around us, but even more impactfully so our parents. As teenagers, we are forced to be under their roof literally and metaphorically. Additionally, as literal children, we crave their support and acceptance. Many of us know from the point of realizing our own queerness that if our parents were to be told, we would no longer have them in our lives. Alternatively, if this policy if this policy is implemented and students know their safety will be risked if they are outed, they may likely choose instead to stay closeted. Forcing teachers to out students drives a wedge between those who are supposed to support us academically and when we are struggling. School is designed to be a safer place to designed to be the safest place possible with an optimal learning environment. Speaking from my personal experiments experience, the name and pronouns I use are dependent on my level of trust in the teacher and their respect for my identity.
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If anybody would like to be on that committee, please email me or discuss it with me. I'm not going to have a lengthy discussion tonight, but if you're want want have interest in it or want to talk to me more about it with the superintendent because we the three of us actually talked about this and I think it's time that we start looking at some of our vendors and maybe sharpening some of our pencils up a tad. So, all right. I just wanted to make that announcement. Any other questions about any committee reports? Yes. >> Yes. Um, >> so the uh the turf replacement, do we have a I know we we didn't even start yet, but do we have a projected date where we're not going to affect any sports? >> The athletic department is so pleased that this is happening. They will said they will move whatever they need to move in order to make it happen.
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Do you have any questions? You know, you know who is president? Um This is This is my fourth year as superintendent. And I think it's easy to say that this is the best student student presentation that I that I've seen. Whether it be for student council or senior trip. Very detailed. Um It's very impressive and and and I believe this team here and one of you also they do the morning announcements. And what you hear right now is how we start our day at school. And I'll hear it right here. I'll hear it right here when when you hear it through the intercom. And it keeps getting boring.
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So um again those numbers are due Friday I think by 2 o'clock I think is what I put in there. um in that invite to the contractors. Um and we'll kind of see where those numbers come in. Um obviously um when it's when it's quotes um we can kind of take a look at that and um you know I certainly suggested to the contractors that were there at the meeting um you know if they've got some suggestions or alternates things like that um you know things that maybe to consider uh happy to you know take a look at those. Um they're certainly the experts when it comes to that kind of work. So, we'll take a take a peek and um hopefully comes in budget and we can take a look at that uh on Monday's board meeting. Um boilers um preventive maintenance contract work um done.
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So, thank you very much. And lastly, I'd like to, um, thank the school board for having confidence in me. And, uh, I am truly honored to be appointed the new superintendent and to continue the legacy that Dr. Kriplever has, uh, put into place. Uh, making decisions every day with the mindset of what's best for our students. So, thank you, Dr. Kriplever, for the excellent mentoring that I've had for over a decade. And I am very excited, uh, for our future. So, thank you very much. Well, first of all, I want to congratulate the superintendent what? Gee, I like that term. Thank you. Uh, she, uh, has been, as she had mentioned, for a decade working in our district, working with our families and our students over at Edison Junior Senior High School. And up at the superintendent's office, has worked very, very hard up in the superintendent's office.
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Um but still it is an increase um over over what we were using. Um what we should see though is um considering you know how much time it takes to build you know the necessary technical bridges and everything between the software systems that we do currently use in town hall like munice and and this assess the older assessing database. We actually hope this results in in into some staff efficiencies as well. >> Great. Thank you. >> Um and then going down into the to um the public buildings and property line item. That's a new department for us. And so it's an increase of um 2587. >> Um can you talk just a little bit about what is included in that? I can. So that includes funding for a dedicated director uh for our facilities and grounds and um also includes funding for an additional maintenance uh person that we have uh or additional maintenance staff um to uh to basically amplify the two that we we currently have, the two staff members that we currently have based on our facilities.
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Roche is the shortstop. Kramer's still in left. Quinn stays at third. Cosgrove's in center still. Snyder's still in right. Ryan out of the game. Here comes the first pitch. That's upstairs. Chris Bradica leads off. He struck out his first time up. He's definitely the man you want up to start a rally here in the fourth. They're ahead one nothing. That off-speed misses and it's two balls and no strikes. It'll be Bradica, Schriber, and McCoy. Good three you want up. That one's in the dirt. It's three balls and no strikes. We'll see if Bradica will take all the way here. 3-0, that's a strike. And it's a three and one count now. Schriber on deck. That's a line drive into right center field. It's down into the gap. Bradica's going to go on his way to second base. Here's the throw. He is safe. A lead-off double for Chris Bradica, his eighth double of the season.
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Of course, I'm going to support my own mom, but I truly want what is best for the West Valley volleyball program as a whole, no matter what the circumstances may be. I'm not writing this to tell you how great of a coach and role model she is or how successful she has been. I'm sure you have already been aware of that at the March board meeting and in letters written on her behalf. I'm writing this letter because I have witnessed every perspective of West Valley volleyball program myself and I believe there is truth that needs to be told. As a spectator and as of last this last fall of 2025, a volunteer coach, I feel that it is only right that I voice my concerns about a program that I care so deeply about. Over the last few years, Justin Bixby has taken the role of varsity assistant coach.
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There's 5.6 billion that's being withheld for Beressa. That calculates to about 4.9 million. So that amount of money could be a significant support to our students in our classrooms. And this is really a prime opportunity for everyone to advocate the importance of those dollars. And we encourage everyone to call or send letters to our elected officials letting them know how important that funding is for us. Thank you. >> Thank you so much for that wonderful report. And do we have any comments or announcements from the board? No. All right. Um, nothing in review and discussion. So, we're going to move on to 14A, a public hearing for disclosure of the California School Employees Association on their collective bargaining agreement. So, I'll call this public hearing to order. No comments, I don't think. So, I will close the public hearing. And next I will move on to a public hearing for the disclosure of the teamsters collective bargaining agreement.
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