>> I'm sorry >> reports after. >> We're going to we're going to we're going to we're going to do uh public comment and then we're going to go into exact. Uh it's just uh we have something pressing that may >> change your mind on some of the uh votes that you may have to make with the rest part of the meeting >> uh including everything. So I I want you to hear from the superintendent what he needs to discuss. This portion of the meeting is open to the residents and non-residents of Clipton for the purpose of addressing any subject matter pertinent to andor or or directly related to the operations of the Clipton Public School District. Residents and non-residents are request requested to sign the register provided for this purpose and to state their names, addresses, and subject matter. Comments are limited to five minutes per person.
So that was an important data point. And then the Oh, I'm sorry. Is there any questions on positive school culture and climate? >> I've got one, you mentioned reducing discipline occurrences. I mean, are you saying that we're we need to reduce those or the kids's behavior needs to? >> I think we take a proactive response to that. We I feel like what we want to do is what we want to aim for is give skills and teach skills to students so that they can mitigate their own conflict so it doesn't escalate because I think that that's what we saw in a lot of our conversation is something that is maybe a disagreement is turning into something way bigger because we don't have skills to mitigate some of that >> and I'm glad you're clarifying that because the discipline data shows overall decreased discipline in the last four years but the work of PB you always study what your discipline is and you look for where is the most area of need.
Uh, we made a surprise visit to Hope School. Um, with the prize patrol from Orange County Department of Ed. Um, one of the really great things about what they do is they um um out of all of the schools that turn in um uh names from the uh the u the or whole of Orange County um they choose six of the top uh folks to feature. Um and those are the folks that you see when you go to school's first bank um and you see their pictures all over the place. So, uh, one of our, uh, teachers, and I know there's another one from Anaheim Elementary, uh, Katherine, can you help me out with her last name? S, it's Sarah. I can't pronounce it. Yes. >> Sarah Sulo. >> Sarah Swo. >> Sarah Swallow. I wouldn't want to pronounce it correctly. From Hope School. And they surprised her and she was just uh, it was amazing um, to see that.
I do have a couple questions. Um part of these cuts are 59 vacant classified positions. After these cuts, are there any more classified vacant positions left in AVUSD? That's a hard one to answer. We get um unlike the certificated staff, the uh classified staff has uh not not necessarily a, you know, heavy August to May kind of hiring and leaving the system. Um it is possible that, you know, I sign resignations weekly, um that we analyze each of those resignations and determine whether or not it is something that needs backfilled, something that might need to be offered in modified backfill, or something that maybe grabs off of the the layoff list to attempt to restore to whole. It just depends case-by-case, situation-by-situation. I would anticipate additional vacancies occurring based on resignations moving forward. Thank you. Um as I looked at page nine on the memorandum of understanding by and between Apple Valley Unified School District and the California School Employees Situation Association and it's Apple Valley Chapter 828 dated April 21st, 2026.
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Um is it I'm I'm just making up a category but is it um uh issues in the bathroom? Is it peer conflict? Um and then PBIS has you study that area and put proactive teaching in place to help fix that concern overall. And so I think that's what Morgan's referring to is through that student conflict is what bubbled up. >> Absolutely. Thank you. >> Any more questions? That was great. Another great question. >> I just wanted to comment. So, at my job, I'm usually the person when we have students doing work based learning um here with us at Lowe's, I'm usually the person that's talking with their academic adviser or whatever, kind of evaluating them on that. And I just want to say from the data that they gave us on this slide, actually we can teach those kids the importance of attendance and punctuality, teamwork, and work ethic.
and all of her students were there to capture the moment and there were about 50 people that came from OCDE to surprise her. That was a wonderful thing. Um I met one-on-one uh with the superintendent um RO Dana Lynch um attended our OP meeting as well as um their uh celebration of success um uh where they awarded uh students um uh selected. Um we um we uh had to actually interview students and that was a really hard thing to choose um just a couple of students but um they were all wonderful. So um they had their great um celebration for our the RO students. Of course the highlight of SEMA Palooa every year um a great celebration of all the work that um students and teachers uh uh do. Uh Laera open house. Oh, and I completely forgot to bring my hardware that I got um that uh that's a laer crest that I was given over there.
On page nine, it references a staff being fully funded once by the unrestricted general fund and now they are being moved to split funded with restricted and unrestricted funds. Um my question for these positions, it's listed PC number 2 CSEE E C A 0044 through 2 S O A E 49001. Which restricted funds are being used for these positions? For for that particular group, the vast but I think all of them will be through ELO funding serving students in the after school hours. Thank you. And then directly below that it says um following positions will be discontinued being funded by the general fund. They'll be reestablished as categorical funds 2 ADSC through 2 W A R E H M 001. Which categorical funds are being used for this grant? Uh this one if if memory serves me is the L R E B G combined with family with community school except for the top one.
Is there anyone Mr. Melon? >> Okay. Could I have a motion? >> Motion to close remote. >> Uh motion by uh Commissioner Bronziac. Second >> uh Commissioner Paris. Uh, anybody in the public would like to address, please step up. Five minutes. Okay. Hi, my name is Sher Morola. I'm the Clifton Education Association president and a proud art teacher at Woodro Wilson Middle School. I'm here tonight to urge this board to adopt a budget that prioritizes maximum possible funding for our schools, not just for the coming year, but as a long-term commitment to our community. Your mission statement, the mission of the Clifton School District in an open and reciprocal community partnership is to provide all students with a quality education to develop the skills necessary to become literate lifelong learners who are responsible and productive citizens contributing to a democratic society in an everchanging world.
All the rest of those take care of themselves. I mean, those kids show up with that. I mean, if they want to stay working with us after they graduate, we'll hire them 100% of the time. And I just I really like that that's some of the feedback that we got from that survey because that's something we can really try to instill to those kids. The community employer survey responses were really interesting and we talked about um modifying the survey a little bit for a future year to follow up for progress monitoring. One part we didn't realize is if you think of a large employer, they don't know who were our graduates and who weren't. Um so we're really asking it in that context, but it's more of overall what's important for entry level employees. So th that was one thing that we learned. The other was we love to your point seeing what employability skills are truly most important to the employer because the high school's been having deep conversations about employability skills and life skills overall.
Haha. And I also just wanted to remind everybody that Stema Palooa was the brainchild of our wonderful Jackie Counts. Um and so this was how uh how many years have we done this now? 11 or 12. Yeah. Wonderful. Um attended the uh CAC awards which is the community advisory awards uh for uh Gulpa and uh attended our parent affinity meeting uh the other night and uh discussing some really um amazing topics. uh attended the Sylvia Mendes celebration, the ambassador new pinning um and a um color and light uh was just spectacular this year. And um I was really blessed to meet a student from Gilbert who was just just beside himself and just emotional about seeing his art placed in the um in the in the city. um what do you call them? The um the community center, but inside the the glass. >> Yeah.
The top one is Oh yeah, the top one admin secretary two, that one is a mixture of C Y B H I ELO P and title one. Sorry. It's his department. >> Yeah. California Youth and So, the top position will be categorically funded as long as we have um ELOP and Title I funds to fund that position with some responsibilities changing particularly and focused on helping to recover the attendance recovery funds. Um The other positions listed as family center coordinator all the way down to the warehouseman, that was submitted as part of our LCAP as um dual funded between the LREBG, the learning recovery mercy block grant, which will pay for one of the family center coordinators, but that funding cannot go to one position and will go to several in portions in order to fully serve families across the entire district. And the remaining portions will be uh from the community schools grants from those various school sites as reported to our LCAP committee.
I love when you read that. By the way, we often hear that budget decisions are about numbers, but I ask you to remember that these numbers are not just line items. They are the tools that dictate our students potential. Research shows that money does matter in education, particularly for student success. When schools are adequately and fully funded, we see higher high school graduation rates, higher standardized test scores, and increased earnings for those students later in life. Conversely, when we cut funding, we are effectively choosing to create larger class sizes, reduce access to technology, and lose dedicated educators. Maximum funding is not merely an expense. It is investment with a high rate of return. Studies confirm that for every dollar invested in school funding, there is a substantial return in long-term economic gains for our community. I urge this board to take decisive action to support committing to prioritizing classroom resources by maintaining and keeping student teacher ratios low, ensuring every student receives the attention and support they deserve.
You know, we're adding financial responsibility class. We have preparing for college and careers. So, how do we create a K through 12 scope of employability skills and executive functioning to help our students with all those pieces of development that aren't measured on a test but are determine life success as well? And so, that's embedded in this next strategic plan is really putting a focus on that and looking at that whole child focus of how do we make sure they have all of the domains of need to be a successful adult. Um so then the last and final section is fiscal responsibility and um I'm just going to share briefly we have had a lot of meetings talking about finances. Um so I'm just summarizing very quickly that that focus would stay in as an action area. Um our big four areas of action would be long-term needs planning, doing a facility study, doing a redistricting study, looking at how our resources match our enrollment and our needs.
And just he just was just staring at it. And I uh had a conversation with him. I introduced him to you and we both after he left were crying because just he was just so sweet and just could not believe he actually won that people took a chance on him and awarded him for his work. And I just that that's that's why we do this, right? When when you can just actually see um a student just lifted up, you know, lifted. Um see, I think that is all. Uh oh, two more things. I attended the um inter mural sports um at Cyprus um the junior high one uh track meet and it was really really fun. I want to go uh again and again. Uh it was very exciting and got to see uh some uh former students that I I knew and they um they were excited to see uh a familiar face there as well.
The warehouseman will be LREBG funded for the term of that grant, which is 2 years. Thank you. Thank you. And of the ones just directly under that, um the district shall permanently discontinue the following positions. Um are any of those positions currently filled? Yes, definitely. Absolutely. Um are any of those employees being transferred to another position? Yes. Uh how many? 12. Well, um Well, you see on the the resolution when it names Let me go back. Let me go to final layoff list. If you look at um the last page of the final layoff list, you will see uh a list of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 individuals that are laid off in totality. And if I guess if we cross-check that to the list on what you're referencing, it would be that number. Every Everybody else has either landed somewhere or could possibly have um That's what I just counted.
two, investing meaningfully in recruiting and retaining highquality educators and substitutes through competitive sustain sustainable compens compensation because our schools are only as strong as the professionals in front of our students every day. Three, safeguard and expand extracurricular programs and mental health supports that make the school experience whole. Recognizing that a well-rounded education is essential to student success, well-being, and long-term outcomes, we want our district to be a place where families move to, not away from. By funding our schools at the maximum possible level, we ensure a vibrant community, a prepared workforce, and a bright future for every child in our care. Please make the hard choices elsewhere, but keep our classrooms funded at the maximum level. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Would anybody else like to address the board, please? >> Hi. So kind of like my spiel is regarding elective courses and just some clarity around it.
Um the use of future bonding capacity. We do have some bonding capacity opening up soon. What are the maintenance needs of the buildings that we have and making sure that we match up our timing. Um looking for innovative funding. School funding in public schools is decreasing. Um you see it's a drop in the bucket of what we get compared to what the needs that are still there. So how do we think outside of the box when those if those dollars don't come that we're used to and anticipating to have the same programs for our kids? And then finally, cash balance sustainability with dropping enrollment that always has to maintain as a focus. So we always maintain our um credit rating and all the things that we need to operate effectively. So those would be our fiscal responsibility priorities. So all combined um you can see the great work that this large committee did.
And um the last thing was um you know we attend all these wonderful events but I had the best feeling when a former student called me up and found me and um left her number, called her back and she invited me to her choir banquet at Oxford Academy. And so to see her celebrated and to hear um her sing was just really a highlight um and and why I I love doing this job. So uh congratulations and um we uh love all of our employees, our teachers. It's going to be employees week um soon. And um like uh we said, we couldn't do um any of this without all of our employees, all of our parent volunteers, and especially our students. Um and happy Mother's Day. >> Yeah. Yes. >> Thank you. Yes. It's been a very good uh it's been a very uh eventful month uh at the end of the school year.
That's That's the 11. And then Down at the bottom, these are folks that didn't accept another position somewhere else. They said, "In lieu of me going to another school or or doing something else, I I just rather take the layoff." And that, you know, those spots free up for others on the list, too. It's quite a game of uh I I don't mean a game in a in a unsensitive way, but once one person goes, who's next to bump there and bump there and bump there and bump there. So, it's quite a um a process of connecting the dots to get from one to the next. Thank you. Those are all my questions. Okay, thank you. We will be taking the vote via roll call. Mrs. Longshore? I abstain. Mr. Raleigh? I. Mrs. Tucker? I. Ms. Akpara? I. Ms. Buchanan? I. All right. Number three, approve the certificated and classified personnel actions as listed.