So when I was scheduling for the past four years in the high school, what I noticed was that as the years went on, a lot more humanities classes were dropping. And while I understand low enrollment is a concern as compared to other classes that are more STEM driven, it forced me and a lot of other students like me who want to pursue those fields to then go to colleges like Montlair State University and Pay County Community College and pay hundreds and thousands of dollars out of pocket to take the courses for the rigor that we were seeking in terms of seeking top colleges. So, I understand that it is hard for the school to kind of offer everything and ensure that every student is taken care of, but I want you to know on the student side, it places a lot of financial burden and worry on us because now sometimes our credits won't transfer.
They spent an entire day looking at pages and pages of data. They only highlighted a portion of it tonight, but they were trying to highlight why the things that you see on your sheets as the top priorities got there. Um, and so what we would like to do is to proceed forward would be at a next regular the next regular board meeting to ask for approval of these action areas of the strategic plan and then the next steps and the timeline would look like first um broadening who's involved in strategic plan. We really want to see our um teachers who want to be leaders having an opportunity to step into those roles. So we'd like to use the strategic plan as a driver for that and people opportunities. If you want to jump in and help with food and security in the county, volunteer for as part of the committee.
Um, so I had the opportunity to attend Anaheim High School's uh dance program, Shapes of Pressure, and I want to thank uh Miss R and the dance team for just a beautiful, beautiful performance. Um, also attended Steooa. Thank you to staff again for everything that went into that. Um, it's such an extraordinary event. Also attended Color and Light Color and Light Art Show. Um, and just the talent of our students is just incredible year after year. I'm constantly impressed. um had the opportunity to hear from our seniors at their capstones at both Anaheim High School and Catella High School and very excited about their future journeys. Um attended the assurance committee meeting um and also attended the California design build construction uh with Anaheim High School and Savannah High School students uh in partnership with the building industry technology academy, Simon Builders, and the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters.
Uh I'll move it. Can I get a second? Second. All right. This is Longshore. Is there any discussion? I just had a quick question if nobody else does. Sure, go ahead. So, I noticed that on page three, we have two listed two licensed vocational nurses with a start date in March, paid 8 hours a day. Um do you have the cost for that? Those positions, you could just do one of them. No, I mean I can look at the salary schedule on the classified employees to see, you know, what range they are and um uh how you Yeah, I I definitely know they're cheaper than third party. Yeah, I can tell you that. You're saving a lot. But I can I can it's public, we can look at the range and check the teacher the hourly rate right now. Yes, well, you don't No pressure right now, but if you could get that to me, I would appreciate it.
We pay thousands of dollars and we're not seeing what we hope to see. So, even in choosing CHS, chose CHS because the course selection is so grand and varied as opposed to other schools. But now what we're seeing is that classes of harder rigor are being taken out. And one instance in particular was last year I had over a hundred students come to me and I talked to about bringing back an AP course AP European history that had gotten taken out in years prior due to low enrollment. I had even formed a petition of around over 50 signatures sections of the course. And when I had went to the supervisor with this petition, I wasn't given so much as even a response. So, what I want to kind of bring to the board is on the students end, we're hitting a dead end. We're not seeing action taken even when we see people will enroll in these courses.
If you want to help with connecting community resources or employability skills, that's your passion, jump in and help on this committee. So, we're going to really open the doors to make this the community and the staff's plan. Um, not just an operational plan is is our focus. So, we will put a call out to ask for volunteers and then in June bring that group of volunteers together to get the 100page version. um presentation deep dive into the data and then like the last plan we will make action steps with smart goals. So for each of these areas that you have on your paper in front of you there will be a smart goal developed what the progress monitoring will be and what the action steps will be to achieve it. So that's what we'll end up with. Um so this is just the first step in a long four-year process.
It was a great way to see their teamwork. Um and it's uh both boys and girls uh in construction and I was very proud to hear that some of them already actually got union jobs ready lined up after they graduate. Uh so very excited for them. I attended along with our um team the visit from the Embassy of Spain international Spanishmies as Anam High School and Sigma Junior High School are officially recognized as members. This milestone um honestly refle reflects over a decade of dedication, talent, and commitment from our dual language academy students and staff at Anaheim High School and Sycamore Junior High School. And I'm just incredibly proud of them um for all their work and what this partnership means to them. And then also want to echo the sentiments about the AUD parent volunteer celebration. Thank you to RSelli um and the team for just a wonderful event, over 300 volunteers and it was our first ever districtwide uh parent volunteer recognition.
Thank you. >> It's on our website. So, I can get you that. Okay. Thank you. All right, I'll call for the vote. Uh Mrs. Longshore? Aye. Mr. Rawley? Aye. Mrs. Tucker? Aye. Ms. Akbar? Aye. Mrs. Buchanan, aye. Item four, approve the purchase of the Axon body-worn cameras. Let's see. I'll go ahead and move that. Second.
So, I want to see, you know, I know I'm a senior and I probably won't get to benefit from this and I did have to go seek some hard rigor outside of CHS, but I want you guys to know that I see the potential in it and I know that even everything the cost of living is increasing for housing, for schools, but if we're cutting it at the schools, we're going to see it and it's going to put more stress on the students, especially lowincome first generation, which CHS has a lot of. So, I just ask that you consider it. And with the 6% increase, I want to ask what are the chances that these elective courses are going to be cut? Is there like a certain threshold that the counselors need to be aware of, that the students need to be aware of? Because I feel as though if they were to know what was on the line and they would enroll in these courses.
But I cannot thank the committee enough for their work. um we were guides on the side and had all of the papers and things prepared and the data pulled together, but it was the committee that really dug through that data and sorted through and found what rose up to the top for priorities and I appreciate all their hours of hard work and um deep caring and thought that went into that day. We sure have some wonderful staff. >> So, that was very well done tonight, ladies and gentlemen. Any any other questions or um comments? >> My only question is you said at the next school meeting you're not talking about tonight. You're talking about >> I am referring to the next one that's tonight. Okay. It's on there for approval. But if you would like more time because I know you've had the data packet before this meeting.
And I know sites do separate recognitions, but this was districtwide and it was just really a beautiful day of community, family. Um, I know I don't think we all thought we were going to be dancing up there, but it was a lot of fun, uh, joining our family and just being in community. Um, I want to congratulate all of our honores, uh, including the parent leadership legacy award recipients, uh, Miss Esther Franco and Miss Nati Vasquez, who's here. Uh, congratulations on your award. Very welld deserved. Um, and then I had the opportunity to go to Sycamore Junior High School and watch their a story of hope in partnership with Chance Theater as part of building up our drama program at Sycamore. Um, I want to give a special thanks to the teacher, Miss Maryanne Ty and the students who wrote wrote and performed an original play based on their own lived experiences.
All right, any discussion? What's the total the total price? Uh yeah, I can I can speak to that. The Well, first of all, I I just looked. LVN start at $29.76 an hour. So, that's before statutory and benefits and things like that. Um the body cam the it's broken over a 5-year plan of payment. Yeah. Uh yeah. And it's 18,000. >> you the exact. Thank you. I was going to give you 30 and 15, but it is $31,931.46 for the first year, and then $15,332.59 for the subsequent 4 years. 20? 15,000. No, 18. >> Yeah, grand total $93,000 over 5. Okay. I have a question. >> Yes. So, in the past, I would assume that our officers have been accused of things. And the cameras would then provide clear description of whether or not or how what occurred. Do we have um any information on money that we've spent on like investigations that might possibly be be saved by the purchase?
So, what can the students do on our end to ensure that these courses won't be cut? >> Mrs. best word if I may. Jenna, thank you for that spirited um those spirited words. I I I can't honestly sit here and give you a number and say if if nine students enroll in a class, we can hold that class. There's so many factors involved. What you can do is continue to advocate to your fellow students to sign up for the most rigorous classes to ask for the things that they want. And I'm very, very disappointed to hear that you reached out to one of our supervisors and didn't even get a response. So, we'll talk about that privately. Um, but you just continue to advocate. If students want something, I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure that they get what they want, need, and that will benefit them.
Um but there's always other options if you would like to extend the timing. >> And uh in front of you you have the timeline. We're on track with the timeline. There is one piece that we've skipped over, but it's because it is kind of um a beauty of technology enhancement. I'll bring it back to you. Um it's defining vision and mission. So, do you remember on all the surveys to the community, the staff, the parents, the students, we had a question of what is your ideal school? We've taken those thousands of responses and were able to get frequency of words um to put it into a mission and vision statement that would have if you would thousands of community members input on what the vision and mission would be for the school. I didn't want to take the time that that's a little bit longer task to do that tonight together, but I'll be bringing that back to you soon um because we have a really neat um vision and mission statement that was developed out of out of that input.
And the play was about immigration. It showed the impact that it has on families and the search for hope and opportunity during such difficult times. And I'm so it was truly such an inspiring and help uh heartfelt performance. Um and it just really showed opportunities like this empower our students to share their voices, strengthen their empathy and see the value of their own stories and experiences uh throughout the time. So thank you to Sigma Junior High. Thank you to our BAPA team uh and the chance theater uh for that opportunity. Um and then just as my colleagues have mentioned, we are heading towards graduation season. Uh I want to thank our teachers, counselors, uh staff, uh classified staff, nurses, um district staff, uh follow their support this school year. Um and just really excited to celebrate our upcoming seniors uh during graduation. So thank you.
Yes, I can I can share. I I mean, because that is something in and I know I'm saying this publicly and I I'm I'm going to round numbers here as I you know, if we pull actual invoices, it might be off a few bucks one way or the other, but um a benefit a selfish benefit to the HR world of investigating against police officers. Police officers have a very, very strict uh and appropriate um police officer bill of rights. The process you have to use to investigate a a complaint against an officer is so different than anybody else in our system that it does come at a cost. And if And unfortunately, you know, as somebody overseeing complaints, I I can't even initiate a conversation without designating a full internal affair investigation. Sometimes those complaints come into us and I have nothing to go to except the officer.
I promise that. And I got to put you on the spot for a minute if I may. Taking a little bit of a gamble here, but I don't think I am. Do >> you remember when we first met? >> Yeah. >> Where were we? >> Football game. And you were in eighth grade. And I was talking to your dad, right? And you were torn between going to Clifton High School or >> PCTI. >> That the name we do not speak of, right? >> And I just have to ask you, right? So I think Did I arrange for you to to spend a day at Clifton High School? Did it make >> I was the first Mustang for a day. >> You were the first Mustang for a day. So the idea came about that talking to her dad at a football game. He's like she's she's not sure.
So, I'll bring that back to you at another meeting. Any other questions? Hearing done and we'll close this work session and we'll be back for the meeting tonight at 7.
And with that, um, more exciting news, we'll move on to our presentations. And we are going to be honoring our, um, honoring the annual report, our our youth arts council will now be presenting their annual report on the arts education in AUHS. And then we'll celebrate our students. So, I'm going to bring up I'm going to defer to Amy Quan to introduce our presenter. I know you're used to we're used to honoring them. >> And I'm I'm just going to um present our director of arts education, Brian Beltsky, and of course, members of our youth arts council. I know this is a new council that we've been working on, and we're just so excited for them to share the state of the arts in AUHSD. So, go ahead and take it away, Brian. >> All right. Thank you. I'm gonna move this just a little closer.
And if I have nothing to go to except the officer, quite often I have to go third-party outside, especially for accusation of say excessive force. And I can use that example that I know affected a couple of our officers relatively recently. I think it was in the 24-25 school year. 100% fabricated, 100% unfounded. Um but we spent about $34,000 on an investigation that a body cam review would have before any conversation with the officer would have produced a closure letter and sent the the investigation done, ask answered and complete without ever launching an IA process. I don't know if that makes sense, but what does it cost to investigate an allegation against an officer, unfounded or founded? I would expect no less than about 12-13,000 dollars per complaint. And if a body cam review saves us one, it made it up for the year. >> [laughter] >> That's It's almost like I'll compare this and I'm probably speaking out of turn, but we we have been aggressively seeking the LVMPD are a perfect example.