GJUESD Board of Education Meeting: February 18, 2026

001to order. And the flag salute. Ready. Salute. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. As far as action taken in close se closed session, upon the motion of Casey Ra boy, seconded by Matthew Ward by a vote of 5 to zero, up to nine intern teachers will be released no later than at the end of the 202526 school year. And upon the motion of Annette Kunzie, seconded by Casey La Boy by a vote of 5 to zero, a provisionary certifi certificated employee was non-reelected and released effective no later than the end of the 2526 school year. We have a presentation I believe from Greer. We do. Welcome Greer. Students, families, Mr. McLaren, check,

002check, check. Well, good evening. Thank you for allowing us to kick off this evening with a presentation from our wonderful Greer kiddos. Uh, good evening board members, superintendent, cabinet, staff, and community. My name is Adam McLaren and I am the proud principal of Greer Elementary and we're here to share the really cool things that our students have been up to and I've brought three students with me from our student leadership team. They've put together a special project that they'd like to share with you tonight. First though, I'd like to have the kids do the majority of the talking. Uh, and I'd like to invite Kaylee, Sophia, and Allison up to the podium. Hello, I am Kaylee and this is Sophia and Allison and we are leadership students at Greer Elementary. Tonight we are really excited

003to show you a video we made about our school. There were 10 of us on the leadership team who worked on it and our leadership teachers helped us a lot along the way. They helped us stay organized, figure out what to film and how to put everything together. One of our leadership students even acted like the producer, and worked with our teachers to help edit the video. It was a big project, and we all had different jobs. We chose the questions, interviewed students, took pictures, and worked together to show what GRE is really like. Before we show the video, one of our leadership students wants to share what leadership means to them and why GRE is such a great school. Greer is a wonderful school. It helps me and various others accomplished skills and everyone

004is special. You are treated with respect and kindness. I like how every time I pass by a teacher or staff member, they always have a smile on their face. leadership and their task. Leadership is where two students from each class get chosen to be part of leadership. I really enjoy leadership. You do various tasks such as help in roundups and help other classes such as to read with students, help them with Lexia with I Ready or whatever task they need you for. Musty Market. Musty Market is a store for everyone including kindergarten, sixth grade, and all the other grades. The task is simple. Every time you are kind, empathetic, respectful, responsible, and safe, you get a golden ticket. A golden ticket is a token where you put your first and last name and you also

005put your grade. When you go to the Musting Market, you will be welcomed with a leadership student that will help you shop and with whatever you need help with. As leadership students, our task is to make sure everyone comes in with a smile and leaves with a smile. Once you are done shopping, you put your tickets in a raffle where you can win a prize. Treat trolley. We also help with a tree trolley where is where leadership students get selected to go around classrooms and hand out a snack and a drink to the teacher and staff. The next task leadership helps with is spirit week. Every day for one week, student leadership goes through a schedule to go around campus in classrooms and take pictures of the students and their unique clothing. I really like

006leadership and if I had a chance I would happily do it again. Greer is a really good school and is special in every single way. Now we are excited to show you our video. We hope it helps you see Greer the way we see it as a place where students feel safe and supported and proud to be Mustangs. You hope you enjoy it. There is sound. Go rewind it. We have >> Oh, is that >> to learn about? >> My favorite thing to learn about is math because it's fun. >> Find out what we're made of. We are called to help our friends. >> Your favorite place at Greer? Why? >> My favorite place at Greer is the library because there are so many books to read and we are also allowed to create our

007own books. >> 1 2 3 I'll be there. >> Something a teacher does that you like? Uh, one thing I my teacher does that I like is that we can have fun Fridays. We get to pick for recess or computers. >> And I know when I need it, I can count on you like 42. You'll be there cuz that's what friends are supposed to do. Oh yeah. >> What's your favorite thing about Greer? My favorite thing about G is roundups because we sing, dance, play games, and have fun. If you're tossing and you're turning and you just can't fall asleep, you like most about coming to Greer. Well, I like most of coming too is going to the mushroom store because I like buying toys. >> I'll sing a song and >> can you tell

008us more about the leadership program at Greer? Yeah. So at Greer for leadership, we do all sorts of things like take pictures for yearbook, help out a musking marker market and sometimes carnivals and we also can help out in classrooms and we are showing leadership all over >> greener You really mean to me every day I will >> your favorite thing to do at Greer? >> One of my favorite things to do at Greer is football, the after school clubs, football, basketball, volleyball, and what's what a thing that's coming new is flag football and the new playground. Find out what we're made of when we are called to help our friends in need. >> Someone that greer that makes you happy. >> I'm so that Greer that makes me happy is the door in this

009candle. >> I'll be there. >> How do you feel when you are at Greer? I feel happy because Gria is a good place to go to >> you like 4 3 2 and you'll be there cuz that's what friends are supposed to do. Oh yeah. Ooh. Yeah. Thank you for watching our video. Making this video taught us that leadership is not just about being in charge. It's about listening, helping others, working as a team, and sometimes doing hard things together. We are really thankful for our leadership teachers for helping us and guiding us through this project. We couldn't have done it without them. G is special because of the people in it. Our teachers care about us. Our students try their best and we get chances to lead and make a difference. We are proud

010to be Mustangs and we are proud to represent Greer tonight. Thank you for your time and supporting our school. >> Thank you. Thank you students and thank you Mr. McLaren and Mrs. Dunl for coming. >> Thank you. Great job boys and girls. Thank you parents for coming out too. Good. Okay. All right. I will start with our board meeting protocol. Our meeting is being recorded, open to the public. It is um broadcast live through Zoom. And public comments are three minutes per agenda item and they will be timed. The board shall limit the total time for public comment for each agenda item to 20 minutes. With board consent, the president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public comment. to make comment in person. Um there are comment cards at both sides of the

011the door and they would go to our board meeting assistant, Miss Bach. Email public comment should be emailed to the superintendent email address 24 hours before the board meeting and would be posted on our website. And we did receive one comment that's posted to our website for tonight. And public comments are limited to 450 words. Board vote and connectivity. Each motion will be followed by a roll call vote for action items. Should a board member attend the meeting remotely and lose connectivity by teleconference or phone, uh the meeting will be delayed by 5 minutes and regular board meetings shall be adjourned by 10:30. >> I believe we have a report from Skoey. >> We do. So, we have a report that um states um notification from our county office of education that our first interim

012budget has a positive certification. We're going to move on to G public comments. So, the first public comment that I have um is from Maria Bernal. Good lord. Sorry, I'm already nervous. Good morning uh board members and administration. My name is Maria Bernal and I work in the special day class SDC classroom. I am here tonight to speak about safety, staffing and fairness. When cuts are made to school staff, especially in special education is not just a a budget adjustment. It is a safety issue. It is a student service issue and it is a more out issue. We already short staffed and the SDC classroom students have higher needs academics, behavioral, medical and are emotional. They require consistency supports and trained adults at all times. When classified staff and their hours are reduced or cut,

013the workload does not disappear. Sorry, I have to do my thing. We already short. Oh, sorry. It it does not disappear. It creates uncondition uh unsafe conditions. Fewer adults in the special education classrooms means slow response times during behaviors or emergency, increase of risk of injury to students or staff, less individualized instruction, more burnouts and turnovers. We are already being asked to accept cuts in hours or and we also only get 1% raise. While the cost of adjustment, cola and CPR are significant higher than that. Every year, groceries, rent, gas, healthcare increase, and a 1% raise is not keeping up with the inflation. In reality, that is a pay cut. Low morale affects retention. It affects stability and stability directly affects students outcomes especially in special education. We are not asking for anything that is

014unreasonable. We deserve transparency. We deserve fairness and our students deserve safe, fully staffed classrooms. We just want respect from everybody and acknowledgement of the work that us employees do. Thank you for your time. Thank you. >> I have another public comment from Brian Mettings. >> Good evening, board. I'm here to address you tonight. Hopefully, uh, you can hear what we're saying. What I briefly want to speak about is our failed observation and evaluation process. This has to do with names that most likely you read in closed session or they're in our your board packets. I would have brought those people here tonight, but I felt that their dignity was a lot more than having them stand here and be beaten down again. Right now, what we are doing is simply not good enough. Doing the

015bare minimum will not cut it. Our teachers have invested years in their education and professional growth. Yet, decisions about their continued employment are being made based on just two formal observations and four many observations. That is a limited snapshot of a complex and demanding profession. Now this process has worked in the past, but now that observations and evaluations are being done quickly and with a vengeance, it's not it's not sufficient. Equally concerning is how those observations are conducted. Scheduling three observations within a 10 to 12 day period does not provide a balanced or accurate picture of a teacher's performance. Effective evaluations requires time. Time for feedback, reflection, implement implementation uh implementation of suggestions and measurable growth. Clustering observations together undermines the very purpose of this process. In several instances, the written feedback from observations included

016statements such as no questions at this time or stop by if you'd like to chat. Um, responses like this are insufficient when evaluation outcome directly impact a teacher's livelihood. When administrators hold responsibility for high stakes employment decisions, feedback must be substantive, specific, and actionable. Anything less fails to meet the level of professionalism and accountability this process requires. One teacher was even not even given a firstear evaluation after she completed that year. How how can you improve upon that? How do you know what to work on? When there is an indication that a teacher is not meeting standards, the response must be immediate, structured, and supportive. Every meaningful opportunity for improvement must be provided before recommending non-renewal. There should be clear documented evidence that resources, coaches, and supports were not only offered, but intentionally modeled and

017consistently implemented. Feedback must be specific and account actionable. A final evaluation should never be a surprise. No teacher should learn for the first time in an evaluation meeting that they're not meeting expectations. A discrepancy between evaluation feedback and final evaluations was recently cited by an administrative law judge that we're not sufficient. We're not doing our jobs. This should concern all of us. It signals inconsistency in a process that must be fair, transfer uh transparent and defensible. If we expect excellence from our teachers, we must ensure excellence in how we evaluate and support them. Our current approach is not sufficient and it must improve. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> We're ready to move on to reports. All right. Thank you. Tonight we are going to start with um our MAP data and our I Ready

018data. The winter assessment window just completed. Okay. Good evening. Okay. Um, we did our district reading and math window just closed and so we have the data to share with you from both I Ready and um there it is and our MAP assessment. So what we've added um in uh columns in both data sets are the results of the winter 20126 assessment. Um the the first set of data I think that's up there that's district data uh followed by data sets for each um elementary and middle school site. like to highlight the grade levels that met their 5% growth goal um on um performance. Again, this is indicative of moving um percentile um making growth on students who um are at or above this 60th percentile and staying there. it. This MAP assessment is not

019indicative of personal growth or um growth that students have made um individually. This is just performance growth. So first grade um we have um not applicable. They they don't have growth from kindergarten, but you can see that our second grade um met their 5% growth goal. Uh third grade met their 5% growth goal. Um fourth grade um did not fifth grade was very close to meeting one percentage um point away. Um sixth grade as well very close to meeting and seventh and eighth grade also met their map reading growth goal targets. Um in um I Ready Math we added the spring column. will bring to you results for kinder first and second. Um, intermediate grades won't take the assessments because of the CASP CASP test that comes in the spring. Okay. Okay. Um, so I

020know principles are going to share um a highlight from their site and also an action item from their site based on data. We have academic team meetings coming up and we'll be reviewing um data for each learner. Jessica, you want to start? You okay? Okay. >> Hi, I'm here tonight for River Oaks and Valley Oaks. Um but River Oaks, I'm going to start with River Oaks. uh River Oaks uh staff made great growth um and students made great growth on the MAP uh reading and the I Ready math diagnostic. Um on MAP, four out of five of our grade level cohorts have met the LCAP target of that 5%. Um five out of six of our grade levels have more than 60% of the learners meeting the 60th percentile on MAP rating. um which is

021um when comparing that to the district uh we're most of our grade five out of six of our grade levels are scoring six% or higher also compared to that district average on math um all of the River Oaks grade levels showed an increase in learners meeting the 60th percentile from the beginning of the year to winter and second grade had 71% of their students meeting 60th percentile. third grade had 66% um of their students meeting that 60th percentile and all the grade levels in K through six were above the district average in math. Um, so action item is I know we're going to be having them do their PDSAs where we're going to be really looking at data and hopefully um and then targeting those students that are um close to that 60th percentile in

022their those academic conferences and hopefully figuring out which of those students we can help meet that the level three and level four on the on the state testing. Okay. and career is next. >> Excellent. Yes, we are very proud of the two groups that were able to meet their targets. Of course, we do still have work to do in those other three grade levels. Uh we don't spend as much time looking at our first, but when uh Kristen and I sat down to look at it, we were looking at that doubling of their percentage from 25% to 51% one year is still very huge growth even though we are really looking at second through six. So, we're we're very proud of them. Um, are we allowed to talk about I Ready as well, or we

023just focusing on math? >> Oh, either. Yeah. >> Um, we're very happy that we saw growth in every single grade level except for two. Uh, second saw 13 points of growth. And you know why we're so happy and proud about this is a first year of our adoption. And, uh, to see growth in a first year of an adoption can be hard to come by, but it seems like not only our teachers, but also our students are responding really well to that adoption. So we're very uh happy with that. Uh the action item that we are leaning very heavily into uh does come around those academic conferences. And one of the strategies we use uh very acutely at Greer is correlating our MAP data with our DRRA data. Uh because when we dial down into

024those domains, it can show us where to focus and where those needs are. uh right you know MAP is very holistic but when we look at the DRA and look at that internal data it can really help us pinpoint where the time and effort needs to be spent and we will be committing to that. >> Thank you very much. Okay, Lake Canyon. >> All right, good evening. Can you hear me? All right. So, first let me just say how proud I am to be part of such an amazing team at Lake Canyon. Um, you know, as the years kind of progressed, I've developed the the there's like a formula for Lake Canyon. Um, and why it's so great. And it's, you know, we have awesome kids that are being taught by awesome teachers that come

025from awesome families. And, uh, it really is a a community feel at Lake Canyon. um and lots of amazing stuff going on. So you can see with our map reading um three grade levels, three out of five have already met their winter target of 5% growth. So second grade, third grade, and fifth grade um all doing some phenomenal work. Um for I Ready, we've had a majority of the grade levels have um demonstrated a 10 to 15% growth from diagnostic one to diagnostic 2. um with most students meeting their goals and many students meeting their stretch goals. And uh the the standard growth goal um is usually 10 to 12 points. Um and then that more rigorous stretch goal um can be upwards of 20 um or 25 points. Um and it was neat to

026see my own daughter uh hit her 24 point stretch goal. So that was that was pretty awesome. Um and then as far as you know action steps for moving forward um with our new adoption of the I Ready Math curriculum, we're focusing on teaching the curriculum to Fidelity. And so our partnership with uh CMC Math and the team, they've already been out to the site two times um for walkthroughs and we've gotten a lot of really great feedback that teachers are taking um and then continued professional development and implementation of that and they're just really helpful at giving us le uh ways to kind of level up the instruction in the classroom. So we're going to focus on uh teaching the the new curriculum to fidelity Thank you. And Moringo Ranch. >> Yeah, good evening.

027It's nice to be here and share a little bit of some of the happenings at Moringo. Um, I wanted to kind of just add to what was said is um, well, I'm going to recognize some of what's here in the data, but as Miss Simon said, I just want to recognize all the hard work from all of our teachers and students because they did make substantial growth and you can see that in the I Ready platform. um whether it was typical growth or um talking about stretch growth. So, I just want to recognize all that. Um a special shout out to second grade and fifth grade teams. Um fifth grade or second grade achieved a 73% um on MAP reading of students meeting that 60th percentile. Um fifth grade also met that target. So, both

028teams met the target. Um they got a 46 percentile and that was an 11% gain. Also for our I Ready um all primary grades and most of intermediate grades um made growth in achieving that 60th percentile from between one and over 20%. So that's really exciting for both. Another exciting thing as was just pointed out is we have a new curriculum. We're very excited about it. Um I would say everyone in our academic conferences was singing its praises that it has been very positive. Um some of the main points that we have seen is really just increasing students confidence to discuss mathematical concepts um to kind of focus on their their learning the platform a little bit more and just how it works. Um so some of our areas of focus though um we've had

029a nice collaboration also with you know our new ma math curriculum and I Ready and so the areas we're focused on very practical um from our recent um academic conferences is collaboration for our student conversations. we're just really focusing on um whether it's content specific vocabulary or general academic vocabulary and making sure that all students are focusing on that. Um the other area that we really want to focus on in their academic conversations is giving them some of their you know sentence frames and supports. So just get them to have those conversations. We've seen it in some of our grade levels where they can students are able to not only have those academic conversations but also um share that in writing and prepare for some of the testing and just responding appropriately. Um and the

030other area is in engagement. You know, we know that students that are engaged part of the lesson um participating that's where they're really going to show growth and so we are really going to focus on every student answering every question. And that doesn't always mean that they're speaking to in front of the class every single time. But whether it's mini whiteboards, partner discussions, coral responses, repeating and rephrasing, they always have an opportunity to be part of it because as they're part of it, they're engaged and they're learning and they're growing. So we're just excited and want to keep that work going on our math curriculum. So that'll be our focus. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. And then Jessica, you're sharing for Valley again. >> Okay. Thank you. So, Valley Oaks also made great progress

031with their MAP reading and their I Ready math this trimester. Um, in math, three out of our five cohorts met that LCAP target of 5% growth. Um, half of our sixth graders at Valley Oaks and almost half of the second and third grade um met that 60th percentile, which is great for our students and showing that great growth on MAP. Um in math, five out of the six of our grade levels um made growth on the I Ready math assessment from the beginning of the year to the winter. Um of those grade levels, second, third, and sixth grade made significant growth in the number of students meeting that 60th percentile. So um I think sixth grade made 9% more and then second and third grade both made 12 over 10%. Growth, which is great for

032our students. And you know, just similar to with um River, we're going to have those academic conferences. And one of the things that we do at our academic conferences at Valley Oaks also is in the fall we identify those students that are close to meeting that that 60th percentile and we we figure out action steps or things to do in the classroom to reach help them reach that goal. And in the winter we then look at those students and identify did they meet the 60th percentile? And if they didn't, what are we going to do to help support them continuing in making growth? and for the students that did meet it, what are we going to do to keep them staying above that 60th percentile or um what other action steps do we need to

033put into place? So, we we definitely take a look at all the things that we can to help all of our students that are close and in all the levels within our testing. >> Okay, thank you. and then um McAffrey Crystal. So, we're really pleased with our MAP growth. Um both grade levels exceeded their growth goals. Um we did try a couple things different this year. We took our bubble kids that were already making progress and we were able to free up a period and do some targeted quick small groupoup interventions shortterm. And that seems to have made a big impact in our MAP um growth as well as um we noticed that our seventh graders slid pretty steadily on that I Ready. So we offered an incentive for the seventh grade for the kids

034individually who met their math goal for seventh grade and that seems to have counteracted that a bit in um the MAP scores. When we look at our I Ready, our eighth grade's making progress. They're really working on implementing the curriculum with fidelity, but our seventh grade backslid quite a bit. So, we're trying to drill down drill down into why. We've done some questioning of kids who have had substantial decreases, and we're getting a whole gamut of answers, including I wanted my my path to be easier, so I did that on the test. And so, we're really looking at how to motivate seventh graders. Um, eighth graders were more motivated because this impacts their high school math placement. So in our academic conferences, we're really focusing on how do we motivate those seventh graders to care

035about a test. >> Motivation and engagement is really important in these assessments. Uh they are online digital assessments. Um thank you. I wanted to point out to um in in all of our um sites that there is growth between fall and winter. I know that that isn't necessarily accounted for in our growth target. Um, and I also just wanted to remind um, everyone that we will look at each learner. This is percentile data. It's performance based on where students are. It's not individual growth goals. Um, so that's important to to consider as well. It's one assessment. Um teachers do give other formative and summitative assessments in their classrooms. Um also want to highlight some feedback from our CMC trainers as we are doing walkthroughs through classrooms. They are very complimentary um about the um instruction

036that they're seeing and um teachers have done a wonderful job implementing the new math program. You can see that in the data already. Um it's a first year um you know our first year and we're still learning and growing. Um students are uh finally starting to um make lots of stride in their my path or personalized learning um toward um the domains where they have areas of need. And um so we're we're hoping that our math scores will will also go up as well. We um we um we have I think some of you mentioned academic conferences coming up and so each grade level will um reflect and um it's possible that their change ideas will um be created to address um some of the gaps that we might see or needs that students have

037in um either math or reading. It could be um writing as well. But our data looks really good and um when we look at compared to other districts, we're we're doing really well. >> We have two more slides. >> We do that to show you compares for um I Ready. I Ready does some great um they they have great reports for us. >> We showed you the slide last um after our first assessment. And so, um, now that we've completed the second, uh, assessment for I Ready, you can see, um, a district outcome compared to both California and the nation. And of course, um, relatively doing well compared to to both. Of course, we're going to see the green get more green and the red colors decrease. Um in the next slide we'll see um

038comparative data from from fall to winter for our district. And so um again lots of growth for first year implementation. Um teachers are are really uh doing a wonderful job in their classrooms um implementing the the program. Kids are doing a wonderful job in the classrooms as well. It's fun to watch lots of new strategies. >> Thank you for your report and your analysis and thank you principles. >> Before we move on to the next report set, I have another public comment from Brian Nettings. >> Good evening again. Well, this was perfect timing. Uh the reason I come to you up here on this second part is tonight to recognize something that you've already seen with your own eyes, something that you've spoken about. The results, the test scores you've highlighted in meetings, the growth

039you've praised publicly, the progress you've said that makes you proud to represent this district. Thank you, principles, for making this easy for me. Those numbers didn't rise on their own. They are the direct result of the dedication, expertise, and relentless commitment of our teachers and our instructional aids. Behind every data point is a teacher and instructional aid who stayed late to retach a concept. A teacher who came in early to mentor a struggling student. A teacher who analyzed assessment results, adjusted instruction, and refused to let any child fall through the cracks. The scores we celebrate are proof of their hard work and that their work is working. And to do all this with a new curriculum, to have these scores where they're at, imagine the hours that have been spent to get these kids where

040they're at. But pride alone does not retain great educators. Some surrounding districts are offering higher, more competitive salaries, definitely better benefits. If we truly value these outcomes, we must value the people who create them. It's time to align our compensation with our ex with our expectations. It is time to invest in our professionals who invest in our students every single day. Let's show our teachers that our appreciation is not only spoken, but it's also demonstrated. Thank you. >> Thank you >> to LCAP bowl number two. >> All right. Thank you. Um and I do want to recognize but you know moving um on from the academics the hard work of our our teachers support staff and our administrators and the direction from the board. Um I think that the fact that we invested in this

041math curriculum is just great for our students and our staff. It has taken a lot of work. Um and I also do want to recognize not only are we seeing um locally on our district assessments, we're also seeing great growth on dashboard. I just recently shared with the board um our our county office of education gives us um rankings on how we're doing compared to the 13 count 13 districts in our county and our district is performing first, second or third in all of the compared to all of the 13 um districts in academics in chronic absenteeism and English learner progress and suspension rates. So, we are doing some great work for students in this district in all areas and I thank the board for the direction. I thank our staff and we'll continue to

042continue this great work. >> You ready to move on? >> Yes. Okay. So, starting LCAP goal two, um we have one individual that will be certified and that is now certified CPR to be a certified coach at Macaffrey Middle School and our additional reports. We will move on to our chief business officer for governor's proposal um for the state budget outlook. >> Good evening board. Um so our governor's proposal is a routine item we normally bring after the governor's budget in January. Uh we basically summarize what they're telling us in over 50 60 slides into something. How does that affect us? What does that mean for us? And what does that look like for our multi-year? Um so to begin with um the in order for the governor to prepare their budget for the for

043the year u they have to look at the overall economy. um that's when we present um the following slide. Thank you. In the following slide, you'll you'll notice some key factors of the economy and it has grown. Um something that has shown in his um budget is for the 2627 fiscal year is balanced, but it is projecting a deficit of 22 billion dollars for the 2728 with some shortfalls in the following two years out. We did see some growth in the California tax collections and which is outperforming their projection. So that did change and um right now the governor governor's budget budget is not projecting any um economic recession or stock market downturn for the out second year out. So the big three taxes what what are those? Personal income tax, corporation tax, sales tax.

044um for his projections they did see an increase in personal income taxes about 5.7 billion corporation tax about 5.7 billion this is for the whole California govern um governor's budget this is not just for K12 so let's bring it back a little bit as he prepares he needs to see overall what is he going to give from K12 to college community college so when I'm giving you these numbers it's not directly going to be us I will be sharing what what does that affect us or what does that look like in some of the slides? So, he did see some increases in the taxes in the big three areas. So, for the 2627 minimum guarantee, there is a minimum guarantee that we are required um to receive based on um um Prop 98. The governor's

045estimate for 2627, it is higher by 7.7 billion. the LOA fiscal outlook their projections was a little lower but you'll notice that from general fund 80 um from 82 mil um billion to 89 billion and a lot of it it's due to those taxes coming in higher the assumptions were not what he projected so proposition 98 the governor's um educational priorities he has spent over 70% in core education programs ed um key enrichment programs we know we've seen additional funding for ELO um universal meal um for all all students. He has continued that and the TK expansion for education, but he has been drawing unfortunately using last last year's playbook um a settle up and I'll go over in the next slide what that means, but he's been using money he doesn't have to try

046to settle up for at least for us to continue the funding. um this is to address his deficit. So somehow he's trying to I'll pay you back. I'll take it but I'll pay you back. So um follow me with the next slide so I could describe what that means. So the risk in Proposition 98 and local budgets at this time the district ourselves were not experiencing declining enrollment like many other districts in California. We do see small growth. So we're very conservative. for as long as we're not decline declining our projections have been very conservative and then they've been sustained uh deficit spending even as we are deficit spending during COVID we receive a lot of one time on um one-time funds that we've been we've been helping to offset some of the costs and

047you'll notice those reserves are continue to get spent down because that money was one time and we're not the only district going through that so we will continue seeing that through the years. Even this year, we we're projecting to get one time and based on the governor's budget, as I mentioned, the Proposition 98 settle up is the state is relying on Prop 98. Borrowing is so concerning because we are he's deficit spending too. So, um he as you can see the funding side on the Orians. So far, you're borrowing more than you normally do. The governor is doing this. So, it's something to keep in mind, keep observing. Again, we continue to um project very conservatively to make sure we're we are fiscally stable um and making uh financially sound decisions. So the next slide

048will go over the settle versus the maintenance factor. So in the past the state has not um the state has not appropriated full guarantee. It suspends the uh proposition 98 meaning the we would appropriate less than the minimum guarantee. So in the past it has been done in three different times 0 um05 010 and um 10 2010 111 and in 2324 meaning that the minimum guarantee was suspended for the 2425 school year and because the state could not afford higher um higher estimates. Again this is where he's borrowing money and he doesn't have. So um we will continue to observe it but again the district continues to monitor our financials to sustain a um a fiscal stabil a stable budget. So the local reserve cap. So for the 2520 school 2520 2526 school year for

049budget adoption, the 45day revision required the district to meet uh cap because this January's budget was presented after the fact. The district doesn't have to maintain that 10% cap. even after the at June 30 at the end of this fiscal year they're projecting a 4.1 reserve meaning that we still that trigger cap does not come into place for the next fiscal year. So based on their projections we don't have to worry about that trigger because again as I mentioned the governor's continuing to borrow money and he is projecting less reserves on his end conditions for local reserves. So nearly 40% of all school districts were deficit spending and with shortfalls about 3% of total expenditures. This is to a lot due to the onetime dollars that was previously provided. Um the many districts used it

050for operational costs as we did too. Um again we're not we're not seeing that declining enrollment but um reserves for many districts are decreasing for the next fiscal years. Even for us, our projections for our reserves are going to be um and I'll show in the f following slide. We are anticipating decrease over the years on our reserves. Here is the multi-year projection that the state provides on their view. So, COLA did come come in um lower than what we anticipated for first interim. We will present our financials next month for second interrum showing what that looks like. What does that look like to us and numbers and on our actual budget based on the expenditures? I'll give you a small projection based on what was provided in the following slides. But he did also

051had um lower the projections for the two outy years 2728 and 2829. You'd see a small increase in the base growth, but special education always has a question mark because it still continues to not be fully funded by the state by the state. So we did see an increase in special ed funding and but there's other areas that our expenditures have grown. So it outweighs more than what we actually receive from the state. So LCFF funding factors um um this is this is how we're funded based on per ADA per attendance average daily attendance. Um, one thing that I will note here is the base grant amount uh for 2526. You can see that we get 10,256 for TK to3 and you notice there's a jump for four to six and 7 to8. Um on

052the following slide I'll show an average of what does that look like for us in um dollars per student because it's all going to depend if they're a supplemental concentration which basically are they a UP student um TK has the additional add-on due to that um the requirements to meet the ratio and so in our multi-year projections when we'll present in in March you're going to be able to see what what this impact and overall look like for our multi-year Here is a visual of what does the funding mean to us for the 2627 school year because grades TK3 46 and 78 have different amount of funings. I just took the average. How much do we get about per student if um based on the ADA their attendance it's about 12,800 our projected ADA is

053at 3251. This does include the SKO operated programs because it's part of our LCFF funding, meaning we get about $41 million. Our projections and expenditures are much higher than that. So, we do rely on other state federal um federal funding and other grants that we get because our expenditures are more more like 60 million. So, that just tells you that we're not fully funded from the state, but this is where majority of our funding is. So what does that mean for our reserves for G in first interim? We presented that our multi-year reserves for this fiscal year is projected at 13.35% um for 2627 12.81 2728 11.27. So with the governor's budget based on their projections and what we're getting um and we'll present again in second interim um 2526 didn't change because this is

054his budget for next year we see a reduction about almost half a percent about 12 12.20 and then 2728 10.66 66. So there is a reduction. Again, this doesn't include any projected um salary increases that will be reflected once we settled and we'll present to Skoey and everything. But this just gives you a visual what impact it did from from first in to the January's budget. What does that look like to us? Something that um he mentioned again more onetime funds. the student support professional development discretionary block grant. The longest name I have seen so far. Um so we did receive these funds. These are one-time funds for um discretionary blockground. And we have dedicated these funds for our science curriculum curriculum adoption, I'm sorry. And um and we're we set it we set some

055money aside for PD for that. So that has been designated um based on feedback we received in other board meetings, teacher feedback, and board direction. So I'm glad we're continuing to invest in our students educational programs. Here's our financial pro uh projection for our dart board. Basically what we use to help build our second interim, it gives us the foundation for the outyear cola. But um some other important key factors is the consumer price index um for our for our supplies and services. Um I factor in the consumer price index because the cost of a pencil this year is much higher than next year. I'm just using a pencil but just in general we've seen um our electric bill go up, our water bill, utilities have gone up, um gas. So um we use those

056to project for best estimates because we know that not just salaries increase also the cost of goods and operating the district increases. So this helps us project that out as well. And that's what I have for now. We'll I'll have more information and the financials for next board meeting. Any questions? Yeah, just one question and I hate to put you on the spot, but like for the expected reserve of like 10% 11% I think maybe you mentioned this in a meeting a couple months ago, but in terms of like how much time that equates to in terms of expenses, I think that was like one month or two months or something along those lines. >> Yeah. So, our payroll right now is running at two close to 3 million. And um um it's very recommended

057to have at least several months of payroll alone just payrolls because priorities that um not the operational cost that it it takes to run the district. So uh when we presented the numbers I think in in December we said it it a 10 point when I calculated a 10.2% 2% would be exactly what we need to be able to operate for payroll and our operational one month >> for yeah because one month a we could have one month but I we still have our project the the state doesn't give us all our funding at once we get majority of our funding sometime in October December then no money so we still have to pay everybody and then we get a large lump in April we get some amounts um about 1.2 2 million monthly, but

058again that our monthly payroll alone is almost $3 million. That doesn't cover payroll. Um, but we rely on these reserves to continue operating our cash flow without having to borrow. >> Gotcha. All right. Well, thank you. >> Any other questions? >> Thank you. Okay, I will move on to our CAST report. We had our cities and schools together. We had our meeting last week report out some um safety um updates that were discussed by the city and both districts. During spring break, the G Police Department will be conducting an active shooter training at Liberty Ranch High School, similar to the training that they did at G High last year. Liberty Ranch received a new fire alarm system and they are working out some details with operating the system. The elementary district is working with the

059G PD and the city to see if they can add any signage at some of our schools in front of the schools to um related to not making U-turns in front of the schools or in the crosswalks. So, that's to be come, but the city's working with us. And then both districts thank the city and the PD for the continued support and collaboration especially with our SRO programs. The high school district also shared moving away from safety that they are gearing up for a potential bond on the ballot in November. Uh G residents should have received a mailer most recently from the high school showcasing facility improvements that they have done with past bonds. They also are getting ready to survey the community. They're working on updating their facility master plan. Surveys will be out

060soon to pull the community on their feelings um and thoughts for a potential bond in November. And the city shared um that they will be working um with the high school district to possibly determine a new route for the homecoming parades in the fall, trying to not cross the railroads and and things like that. So, more to come on that for the fall. And our next meeting is scheduled for May 11th. Um, Trusty Ra Boy, thank you for attending with us. Anything you'd like to add from the cast meeting? Uh, no, it was it it's just really good to to hear from the chief of police and the city manager on any, you know, the um the development that's coming and projected, you know, student populations that are um that could impact us. And and

061you know, it for school districts especially right now um we need students. So, >> it's all it's all good for us. So >> yeah, it is good. >> All right, thank you. So we'll move on to our school calendars. We have Fair Sight Elementary and Early Learning Center first and I believe Principal Marquez is with us online. >> Hi Laura, are you there? >> Hi. Can you hear me? >> Yes. Thank you. Can you hear me? >> Yes. Go ahead, Lauren. >> Okay. Sorry about that. Uh, this month at um upcoming month, sorry, at FSite, our TK or ATK classes um have a field trip scheduled to the SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity, which is uh fairly new in the Sacramento area. So, because our team is so large, four classes will be going

062on the 16th and another four on the 23rd. And this museum has a lot of interactive hands-on activities focused on science, technology, engineering, math, and art. >> All right. Thank you, Mrs. Marquez. We have Lake Canyon, Mr. Lyman. >> All right. Lake Kenyon's got a lot of exciting things coming up um in March and things that we're preparing for for the end of the year. Um our academic conferences are scheduled and we've got our state testing right around the corner. Our science testing is coming um starting March 16th. The window opens for our fifth graders. Um some other big events that we're looking forward to uh that Lake Canyon is known for is our color run that's happening. Um and then we also have our um celebration of learning um is coming up as well

063which is like our open house that we celebrate um all the academic achievement and growth uh for the year will be coming up as well. >> Thank you very much. Mingo Ranch Mr. Salady >> yes there's um a lot going on in March. We start trimester 3. And so something that doesn't show up here, but on the last day of the trimester, it kind of adds to it's a good segue into what we're doing in March is we have our readathon, just one of our big fundraisers that's going to help with field day at the end. And so we take that and move right into the 10th where we're doing our readers challenge where we have three books selected for our fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. And it's a really enjoyable event. Um that week

064we didn't want to be bored. So also on Friday um we have a family dance. A lot of people Morango they have missed the dance and wanted to back. So we're going to put on our dancing shoes and do that. And then uh the week of the 16th we have um our leadership students have wanted the the March spirit week. So we figured we get a little bit of St. Patrick's Day in there too. So we're excited. There's a few things coming up for us. Just enjoying it along with all the testing and everything that we're doing. But we're just um trying to enjoy some time together too. So, >> thank you very much, River Oaks. Miss Rogers. All right. Hello again. Uh, we've got a very full calendar at River Oaks. Um, we've got

065a lot going on. Um, on March 2nd, our fourth graders are going to do their Sutter Fort. It's a really big, it's a long day. They actually go for quite a while and it's a it's a full event and they um, they're really excited about it. They're getting prepared. They're getting ready to do the parent meeting and so they're very excited to do that um field trip for fourth grade. Um on March 6th uh we have Friday sing but we also have a first time silent disco. So a silent disco is where kids have headphones and they get to listen to a choice of music and then they're dancing and no one else can hear what's they're dancing to. But it's, you know, it's chosen. But it's a it's a positive behavior incentive um program

066that we're trying out with um our students for no referrals and things like that and seeing how it goes and giving some positive behavior incentives. Um we're really excited. I've seen it done before. It's very fun and so I'm excited to see the kids are going to have so much fun. Um on March 13th, the PTO is putting on a father-son event at six o'clock and then we also have on March 19th a literacy night at 4:30. >> All right. Thank you. We'll just keep you going for Valley Oaks. >> Okay. Um on at Valley Oaks, um on March 4th, we have our 100% AR celebration. So, every um trimester, we have a celebration of some sort for those students that meet their 100% AR goal for their points and then that 85% accuracy. And

067so, um at the end of the year, it's always a big fun event with water slides and everything. But this one is going to I think this is a light show from what I've heard. We've done it before where they come out and do a laser light show. So, it's something fun that the kids get to participate in. Um on March 12th, we have the V uh the Valley Oaks Art Art Night and it's an art show where all the grade levels um choose some sort of art to do and they have it displayed like like a beautiful art display. Um and that's going to be at six o'clock. And then on March 27th, PTO is putting on another Laria or bingo night. It's a lot of fun. our families come out and um there's

068prizes. They do all sorts of activities with it and it's it's a lot of fun. I actually bring my own family to it. So that's going to be at six o'clock. >> All right. Thank you, Greer. Uh Mr. McLaren, >> thank you so much. I was looking at a last minute date. I was trying to figure out where we had moved it to. Uh like all the previous principles, we have so much going on. So I won't rehash the things that are also going on with us that are the same like testing and academic conferencing. We have a couple really big things for us. We are participating in the kids heart challenge that is through the American Heart Association. Kids are going to learn about heart health. Uh you know the various diseases that are

069associated with uh the heart. Uh there's fundraising. There's a kickoff assembly. Um, and it's a really great event for kids to not only learn about themselves, but how to keep themselves and other people healthy in their lives. Uh, we have lots of performances and field trips. Sutters Ford is coming up. B Street Theater. Uh, Gallow Center for the Arts is doing a theater presentation on the 23rd. But the thing we are looking most forward to, and we hope it goes off without a hitch, is on the last day of March, which is uh the beginning of our install of our uh new playground. We are hoping that that is going to happen over the course of our spring break and into uh the next we making eye contact Alejandra, right? We're all knocking on all

070woods, crossing all fingers that it goes off without a hitch. But uh with Alejandra's um guidance, I'm sure we'll uh be fine. Yeah. Yeah. We're really looking forward to that because it's been a long time coming and the the kids are really excited. In fact, I think one of the kiddos talked about it. I don't think it was in that video specifically, but he said he was looking forward to the new playground, and I think that's really great. >> All right, thank you. We have Miss Grooms from McCaffrey. All right, we we have a lot going on. Both boys volleyball and soccer tryyouts happen in March. Um, our FFA students are traveling down to Southern California for the state leadership conference. Um, we have lots of club meetings. Our spring dance is going to happen

071on March 13th and our band and choir are doing a showcase at Greer on March 25th. All right. Thank you very much, principles. Lots of exciting things coming up. So, next we have the consent calendar with the consent agenda. Is there anything you wanted to highlight? >> I do. I want to turn to our human resources calendar. We have almost 100 years, 97 years of experience to be exact in our district. Um, retirees. So, some big retirements here. We have Ray Railen England who is retiring after 27 years in the district, retiring as a speech and language um pathologist at River Oaks. We have Terry Glenn retiring after 20 years, currently PE teacher at Macaffrey. Marian Hamrich retiring after 16 years special education teacher at Fairsight and David Moore retiring after 26 years in the

072district currently sixth grade teacher at Moringa Ranch. So we thank them all very much for their their years of service and dedication to our district. Anything else? Okay. Can I get a motion to approve 242.680? 680. I'll make the motion and I'll second. >> Thank you. Have a motion from Annette Kunzie to approve item number 242680 the consent calendar seconded by Katherine Harper. Casey Rabo I. >> Matthew Ward I. >> Wesley Kaggel I. >> Thank you. The motion carries unanimously. Agenda item 242.682, the board consideration of approval of the district audit report by Christy White Associates for the year ended June 30th, 25. Yes. Um so um education code does require the district to present an independent annual financial audit and compliance for school financials and internal um controls. Um the following audit, it is

073for last fiscal year. They conduct um the final audits during the fall, October, November and they get all the information together. Um we will have a representative from Christy White through Zoom presenting a presentation. I do want to say there is no audit findings and I do I know Brenda's here, our fiscal supervisor. I want to thank our fiscal team for doing such a great job with our audit. Um I couldn't have done this without the whole team. Thank you. And Devin is on. >> Okay, there he is. >> Um, oh, sorry. Am I upside down? Am I? Maybe >> I think >> give us a moment. Just setting it up. Wonder if it's smooth there. Yes. >> Okay. Um, I can record that with my camera or I can record I can present with

074my camera off because I'm having issues with that. Sorry about that. >> That's okay. I can go ahead and move through your slides for you. >> Okay. Yeah, that'll work. me share. Okay, there you go. Devon, can you see your slide? >> Yes, I can see it. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Okay, so good evening. Um, my name is Devon Arguyas. I'm a senior accountant here at Christy White and tonight I'll be discussing the um the audit results for this year's audit for the fiscal year 2024 25. And if you can go to the next slide there. Thank you. So um just a quick overview of the audit process that we do here at Christy White. We have two phases of the audit. We have the interim audit and we have the year end

075audit. The interim audit will occur in the springtime and this is where we mainly focus on internal control testing um state and federal compliance testing and internal control. This is where we'll we'll test the design and effectiveness of controls that are implemented to prevent detect and correct misstatements due to error or fraud. We'll we'll review cash receipts, cash dispersements and payroll and state compliance. um this, you know, they're always adding new areas for us to test for this uh this area. Um this is determined by the state audit guide and we also test federal compliance. So during the year on audit, we focus on account balances. Um this is after the board approves the unodudited actuals typically uh I believe September 15th. And then you can go to the next side slide please. This is

076next slide, Devin. >> Oh, I'm so sorry. It was a little laggy on uh my end. Uh okay. So, um and just a quick overview of the audit responsibilities that that occurs. Um so, there's two sides. there's management's responsibility and then you know the auditor's responsibility. So management um their responsibility is to to design and maintain effective internal controls um properly prepare financial statements as well as prepare and manage financial activity for continued operations. And on the other hand, um it's the auditor's responsibility to obtain reasonable assurance that financial statements are free from material misstatements and that we provide any related audit opinions um on those areas. So our audits are conducted in accordance with US GAP standards and it is important to note that our opinion does not does not address the financial condition

077of the district. And then next slide please. Oh, thank you. So, I'm happy to report that the district received an unmodified opinion. This is the best audit uh sorry, this is the best possible audit opinion. This means that we issued a clean opinion and that the financial statements are free from material misstatements. And you can find this on page one in the second paragraph of the audit report. >> Next slide. Okay, so these next few slides I'm going to go over. Um, I'm just going to cover the opinions that we provided for this audit. Um, so the first one is going to be the internal controls over financial reporting. Um, you'll hear me repeat this several several times throughout the presentation, but there was no significant deficiencies and no material weaknesses to report. And next

078slide, please. And so the second opinion that uh we issued is the opinion on federal compliance. So this year the federal program selected for testing was a special education cluster and we issued an unmodified opinion and no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses to report. And the third opinion is going to be the opinion on state compliance. You know, this is one of the most difficult opinions to get a clean opinion on. Um, just because, you know, every year the state likes to issue new uh new programs for us to test and you know, often times districts don't have enough time to or they have very little time to, you know, implement these new areas. Um, so it's always kind of difficult for districts to implement it, but um, you guys did really good. We issued

079an unmodified opinion and again, no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses to report. And this year there was no state compliance findings in any of those um applicable areas that you see on the screen. And then next slide. All right. So this slide is just going to be a summary of pretty much everything that I just covered. Uh it gives you a quick breakdown of the financial statements, federal awards, state awards. Um and this can be found on page 78 of the audit report. And then next slide. Okay. And that's going to be the PowerPoint for the district audit report. Um, does anyone have any questions? I can try my best to to answer them. >> All right. I do have one question and it might kind of come across as kind of a dumb question,

080but I'm going to ask it anyway. And because this came up as like a real issue for an organization in G last year, just to con ask as part of your audit, do you actually go in and like log into checking accounts digitally and actually check the information in the checking accounts rather than just relying on information that's given to you? >> Yeah, that's that's actually a really good question. Um, this year we implemented a new procedure. Um, we call it for us we call it cash confirmations. Um because usually like you know we'll ask for bank statements and stuff and you know we'll have it uploaded but our thinking going forward you know especially with AI um you know I guess anything could be altered. Um but this year we have we had a

081new procedure going forward and um we we set up a meeting with someone who has access to you know either all the bank statements or we had to set up several meetings uh with different staff to you know just to log in on Zoom and have them log into the bank account so we can see the statements u for oursel you know just on their from their screen. And I'll add to that, Devon, even um I know we had a different auditor last year. We been doing that. We set up meetings um with them on Zoom. They want to visually see us log in um see the statement themselves without us having to modify it or download it at all. >> Also, the person reconciling does not do any of the deposits um or or

082any of the financial touching. And then the person reconciling does not do any of the check writing. So you have several um layers of protection. So it keeps consistent by the time it gets to this fiscal supervisor. It's gone to at least two or three different methods of reconciliation and to protect our especially student funds, student raised funds that um it's one of the higher areas you do see in California most fraud. But we we do have great internal controls to protect this. Any other questions? Okay. Thank you, Devin. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> I want to thank Alejandra and Brenda Bachmann for their and their fiscal team for great accounting and a wonderful audit. >> You okay, >> can I get a motion to approve 242.682? >> I'll make the motion. I'll second.

083>> Thank you. Have a motion from Matthew Ward to approve item number 242.682. Seconded by Casey Rabo. Katherine Harper. >> I had seconded actually. >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> That's okay. >> I was going to second. >> She said she was going to. >> Oh, okay. I put my head down too soon. I'm sorry. Annette Kunzie, I >> Casey Ra Boy. I >> Wesley Kaggel. Hi. >> Thank you. The motion carries unanimously. Thank you. Agenda item 242.683, the board consideration of approval of resolution number nine to resolution to reduce a particular kind of service in one certificated position. Okay. And before I introduce the next three agenda items that are all related to potential reductions in staff, I just wanted to give a little background and I recognize and I appreciate the hard work and

084dedication from our staff. I know that reductions are difficult, but sometimes they are necessary due to student enrollment, lack of work, or lack of funding. The district has also completed parody of salary and work days, which is the result of some of these potential reductions that we're looking at tonight. And as already mentioned, I believe a couple times um tonight, I do want to recognize that we have not settled for compensation for the current school year. And once we do settle, we do anticipate um a salary increase for for all staff members. >> Anything additional on that? >> And so I'll actually go to that was kind of background for all three of the next agenda items. Um this first one here um 242.683. Um this reduction proposed reduction is based on the enrollment at

085Macaffrey and the number of elective classes that we currently are offering. Uh it's recommending that the district um reduce one single subject Spanish certificated teacher from a full-time FTE full-time equivalent to a6 FTE. It is a reduction of 4% of a contract. Um I will make the motion to approve 242.683. >> Can I get a second? I'll second. >> Thank you. Have a motion from Katherine Harper to approve item number 242.683. Seconded by Casey Rao. Annette Kunzie. >> Hi. >> Matthew Ward. >> Hi. >> Wesley Kaggel. >> I. >> Thank you. The motion carries unanimously. Item 242.684. Board consideration of approval of resolution 10. resolution to reduce particular kind of service due to lack of work or lack of funds. >> All right. Thank you. These reductions are based on lack of work in parody.

086Um most of these positions um are working 195 days in a school year. We currently have 180 student days. So that is 15 non- studentent days. Um that is a lot more than other districts. The average in other districts for these positions or these classifications is 184 work days. We are recommending 186. Um those positions are some for health assistants, the licensed vocational nurse, four of the bright future center library technicians, one library technician bilingual, an early childhood home visitor. Also some reduction in hours for one bilingual office assistant um due to lack of work would be reduced from eight hours to six hours. And then we have instructional assistance two positions that would be reduced from 181 days to 175 days and that is due to the reduction of full day kinder teachers. Um,

087our full day kinder teachers receive add additional IIA support and we are reducing the number of full day classes for next school year. >> A couple questions. Number one, uh, how many contract days are the teachers contracted for? >> 186. >> Okay. And then my second one is uh when did the 195 days when did they start doing 195 days while the teachers were doing 186 >> for as far back as I can remember? We we we looked for we for many many many years probably 20 plus years. >> I believe I take that back. I believe for the BFL A technicians that might have increased with Race to the Top. Don't quote me on that. I don't I'm not 100%. But I do know that we increased um work hours I believe and days

088that were even open during the summer. remember dur when we had Race to the Top that was a big part of that initiative to increase um the workload in the BFL. That's when it became the BFLC. Um but as far as the other positions, as far back as we we've looked, it's been 195. >> Thank you. >> Anything additional there? Okay. I'm going to make the motion to approve 242.684. Can we get a second? I'll second. Thank you. Have a motion from Katherine Harper to approve item number 242.684. Seconded by Casey Rabo. Annette Kunzie. >> Hi. >> Matthew Ward. >> I'm going to choose to abstain. >> Wesley Kaggel. >> I. >> Thank you. The motion carries 4. Thank you. Agendum item 242.685 um consideration of resolution 11, resolution to abolish classified positions due to

089lack of work or lack of funds. Okay, these reductions are based on enrollment numbers and decrease again in full day kinder. Um, some of the there's a good chance special education instructional assistance may be may be brought back based on student needs and based on enrollment numbers and class sizes. Um, we go through this every time a year. Um, right now we're looking at reducing um two positions for special education IAS. One is currently vacant. For general education IAS, um there would be five positions. one is currently vacant and that again is related to decrease in full day kindergarten and a social worker one position that is currently vacant. Any questions on that? I do have a question. Is it possible that due to enrollment that these positions might become available again? Yes, definitely for

090special education. Um we're we're hiring all the time usually for special education, but this time of year we're looking at current IEPs, current class sizes. Um and that's what that's as of today what it looks like for tomorrow. That could change. We could end up hiring more special education IAS than we even have now. Um uh based on the the general education instructional assistance, I don't see that changing. Um it would change if we had more teachers volunt kinder teachers can voluntarily teach full day kinder. We can't mandate it. Um so if we had more teachers that wanted to teach full day um we could possibly be hiring more IAS but at this time our principles have already talked to our um kinder teachers and we we know how how many want to teach full

091day. Um there is one other general ed I see. Yes, there's there's one um that could be brought back. There is an general ed IIA that services our um home learning program and we just don't know yet our enrollment for that program for next year. And so every year we typically have reduced one IA um in case that the enrollment is not there to need the IIA support for the teacher. we are losing a large group of eighth graders to the high school that are currently in the BFLA program, the home learning program. Um, so we're just we're monitoring that and recruiting more families, students that might want to enter that program. So that could be a position that comes back as well based on enrollment. And I just wanted to add the special education

092positions that we have listed here are 3.92 positions at the preschool level. We will have uh positions that we need to fill that are more six-hour positions, but we can't just transfer these positions there. These have to be closed and then reopened. >> Okay. Yeah. >> Thank you for that. That helps, too. >> Can I get a motion to approve or do there any other questions? I'm sorry. Before we vote to approve 242.685. >> I'll make the motion. >> I'll second. Thank you. We have a motion from Wesley Kaggel to approve item number 242.685 seconded by Casey Rabo boy. Katherine Harper >> I. Annette Kunzie. >> Hi. >> Matthew Ward. >> I >> thank you. The motion carries unanimously. Item 242.686. Um board consideration of approval of the 2425 comprehensive safety plans for all of

093our sites. >> Thank you. Um, and just a a kind of an edit there is actually 2526 safety code. >> Thank you. >> Sorry, that was in the agenda. >> I didn't catch that the first time. >> So, this is an annual item we bring to the board. Board policy and edco educational code provide that the district and the schools with the direction to develop comprehensive school safety plans under the California Department of Education guidelines. To be compliant, all required sections must be addressed in each school's safety plan. I do want to recognize the work that our site administration um completed with uh working with their school site council and their safety team meetings in making sure that these plans were updated. The safety plans address campus risks, prepare for emergencies, and create a safe

094and secure learning environment for students and school personnel. The law does require that each school update and adopt its policies by March 1st. School safety plans are developed in consultation with the school site council and with local police and fire agencies. Each school must have a comprehensive school safety plan with all nonsensitive safety related materials and plans that can be uh readily available upon public request. Um and as I mentioned we do consult with G police department and consum fire department on our practices. We um as a part of the update every year there are new laws that are passed that require additional components to be added. And so I just want to highlight for this cycle we have updated the instructional continuity plan. We added that as a section last year but additional guidance

095came out after in after March 1st and so the plans were updated at that time and so now it's been incorporated. Additionally, we have added procedures for uh immigration enforcement notifications. Uh procedures regarding pupil smartphones use during emergencies. We also updated the child abuse prevention and reporting um board policies that were approved at the last board meeting. So those are the updates for this cycle. So board recommendation is uh for approval. Any questions or comments on these? There's a lot here. There's a lot. Yeah. Okay. I did look through all the principles. I think the principles are, you know, mostly responsible for, you know, the the um >> the custom pages. I'm trying to think of what Yeah. And yeah, I mean, I can definitely tell that it it's I know that there are definitely

096boilerplate things and there's boilerplate language that you have to include, but I could also tell that there was thought put into each individual campus as to how you know just >> the life of the campus and you know how we do things here based on what works for our people and our facility. And so I did recognize that that it's there. >> Absolutely. that while there are practices that we do across the district, each school has its own practices and policies around how they want to support safety on that campus. And it really is a assessment of what they need at their campus. >> It's how it should be. The one comment I'll just make is I'll I'm glad to see that there's a section added on is it acceptable for a kid to be

097using a phone like during a time of what's called an emergency because I know that's come up before where like okay there's a bunch of cop cars in front of the cafe or something and kids are calling parents and well like are they allowed to have their phones out or they got to be away and so like I'm glad to see that that was addressed. >> Yeah, it's it was actually addressed in our uh board policy that was passed. Um, so the mobile communications policy that we passed at a previous board meeting. >> Yep. >> Anything additional to that? >> Um, can I get a motion to approve 242.686? >> I'll make the motion. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. Have a motion from Annette Kunzie to approve item number 242.686. Seconded by Matthew Ward.

098Katherine Harper >> I. >> Casey Ra boy I >> Wesley Kaggel >> I. >> Thank you. The motion carries unanimously. >> Item 242.687 the board consideration of approval of the district expanded learning opportunities grant plan. >> All right. Thank you. So um this is our uh ELOP plan our gel plan that we bring to the board for approval. It is required to be reviewed annually but adopted every three years. And before I kind of just give you a brief summary of what's in the plan, I do want to recognize our district leadership in developing and coordinating this plan, Lucia Bera Galvan. She's our new district jail coordinator who came on board in July. and additionally with our site coordinators and we do have a site coordinator in the audience here today but their hard work

099um in making sure that our programs are safe, exciting and enriching for our students and our families. So definitely their hard work I do want to recognize that. Um so the the plan is um uh outlined here and there are core components that are required to be addressed and these are um outlined by CDE and the grant requirements. We have um uh in ter in terms of kind of just you know staffing we have about 39 staff members that support our programs. Currently we have students that participate in the jail program and we have a weight list of about of about a 100 students. Um these uh plan the the program is operated on all seven campuses um including McAffrey. We follow all district safety protocols and procedures. Um our staff take attendance. Um the

100afterchool program works in collaboration with other clubs and enrichment activities, sports programs that are being offered across the district. Um the plan really does highlight how we are working with our students to develop those 21st century communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity uh skills, those 21st century skills. Um the program is supported by a food and nutrition department by providing two meals during the afternoon block. We have built in physical activity which entails outdoor activities. There are certain staffing ratios which are outlined in the plan. Um a a a big component of our expanded learning is developing and maintaining and sustaining our community partnerships. And so we highlight in the plan various community organizations that we work with. Um we have transportation services that are provided, field trips that are supported through transportation and ELUB

101funding. And as a part of the program, there is an annual quality uh improvement cycle that the leaders uh leadership goes through in terms of looking at areas that they can continue to develop goals and improve program around. So, so board recommendation uh for approval of the plan is um recommended. Anything on gel program? I have one question about the weight list. Is that limited by space or staff or both? A little bit of both. Uh staff. We currently have a couple of vacancies right now that we can't fill. um I can't remember which school site but um until we are able to have staffing to support to bringing the students on and and space as well. >> Is there a school Sorry to put you on the spot. >> No, that's okay. Is there

102a school with a particularly large weight list? >> Um I would if I can think correctly off the top of my head I think it was Valley Oaks or Greer. Okay. Yeah. If you have nothing additional on that, I'm Can I get a motion to approve 242.687? >> I'll make the motion. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. I have a motion from Casey Rabo to approve item number 242.687 seconded by Annette Kunzie. Katherine Harper >> I. >> Matthew Ward >> I. >> Wesley Kaggel >> I. >> Thank you. The motion carries unanimously. Item 242.688, board consideration of approval of the 2627E rate service provider. So the G joint union district issued a request for proposal for rate services under category 2. What we were looking for in these proposals which were purchase materials, equipment, accessory

103necessary to complete data, electronic system upgrades at all access points and ensure connectivity ac across all districts. This is contingent of approval of funding. So we get a portion of it um paid for and for the 2627 school year based on the evaluation AMS net which is the vendor received the highest overall score of 100 points based on compliance performance and cost effectiveness. Board approval is recommended to select AMS net as our rate provider for the 2627 school year. >> Questions? I was just curious if they've done work for the district before or like a firsttime subcontractor. Okay, >> they have. >> We have a few that we I hadn't seen. Maybe men seen and more, but AMS is one of the ones we have done business with. >> I'll make a motion to approve

104242.688. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. Have a motion from Katherine Harper to approve item number 242.688. Seconded by Matthew Ward. Annette Kunzie. >> Hi. >> Casey Ra boy. >> I. >> Wesley Kaggel. >> I. >> Thank you. The motion carries unanimously. >> I think the next few items are one of the more fun parts of the job, right? >> So, we're going to go to 242.689. They have board consideration approval of the proposed playground replacement at Valley Oaks. Um so as we shared the district did receive a game time funding initiative which covers up to 50% of our playground. Um we began with Greer um evaluating the playground and then we moved on to other sites. Our next site in collaboration with the site administrator um we developed a playground design that promotes active

105play and supports physical education. Um the quote includes replacements of playgrounds with installation installation plan for the summer. Not not spring break. I can't promise that one. Um but um the ponds look amazing. I think this is something Valley Oaks needs. It's something that the our teachers can use also for um for curricular for educational instruction and um with the help of measure H funds, maintenance funds, and expanded learning um we able to fund this project and board approval is recommended. Any questions? >> Yeah, so I was really happy to see this and I think it's really cool. My only question was game time funding initiative. So is that like a grant because it's the same name as the company that's doing it. Game time and recreation is selling the services and the grant's named

106after them. >> Yeah, it's a state they funded through the state. So we applied for it early April and May. Um and you fill out the reasons why you want to get the grant and how this is going to help education and um they work with the state to fund half of the playground equipment. It doesn't cover installation. So whatever the full cost of the playground which normally costs what two you can see from 200,000 depends um they cover um the just the equipment piece of it. So they funded and maybe this is a form for them to write off too as well. Um I'm pretty sure they have many projects because they work with the cities as well not just um school districts. >> Can I get a motion to approve 242689? I'll make

107the motion. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. Have a motion from Wesley Kaggel to approve item number 242.689. Seconded by Casey Raoy. Katherine Harper >> I. Annette Kunzie. >> Sorry. >> I >> Matthew Ward >> I. >> Thank you. The motion carries unanimously. 242.690. um board consideration of the same item at River Oaks. >> So the following is for River Oaks. Um again through the game time funding up to the 50% working with the site doing visits looking at the playground um it's something that they really need. We looked at several designs for River Oaks based on student population. Um and we we came up with a design which is a beautiful playground in the back. We are hoping to install this in the summer as well. Um, and with both measure H maintenance funds

108and expanded learning program funds, um, we're hoping to fund this, um, River Oaks playground. Hopefully, we could all do a visit and it's going to be amazing to see all all three of them. >> Border recommended. >> I did just visit River Oaks a couple weeks ago and I can confirm that this is needed. >> Yes. Can I get a motion to approve 242.690? >> I'll make the motion. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. I have a motion from Matthew Ward to approve item number 242.690. Seconded by Annette Kunzie. Katherine Harper. >> I Casey Rabo >> I. >> Wesley Kaggel. >> I. >> Thank you. The motion carries unanimously. Thank you. Item 242.691. 691. Um, the CSBA 2026 delegate assembly. Looks like we have one candidate and one one seat. Is that correct? >> Yes,

109there's two seats. There's one um candidate that is written into the ballot. That is a board member from Nomus Unified School District. And then the board may um write in a name because there are two seats. The board's not required to take an action on this. Um, there's a bio for you of the candidate from Ntomus. She's been a school board member for one year in their district. >> And if we didn't take action, what would happen? >> Well, I think the the writen probably would get chose. I mean, there's two seats, so I even if you don't take action, most likely she would >> take the seat and then I don't know what they will do if they don't get another ride in. Maybe they will appoint. I'm not sure. >> Personally, I don't

110mind voting for the person. >> Yeah, I'm just curious. >> Yeah, I agree. >> Yeah. No, I'll make the motion to approve 242.691. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. We have a motion from Katherine Harper to nominate Simidi Ma Ma um to the CBS delegate assembly ballot um sub region 6B seconded by Annette Kunzie Casey Ra boy >> I >> Matthew Ward >> I >> Wesley Kaggel >> I >> thank you the motion carries unanimously and finally we have 242.692 692. Quite a few uh policies that are up for board approval or action. >> Yes. So last month we brought these policies to the board for first reading. We gave a summary of the changes and updates. Happy to answer any other questions, but there's no changes based on feedback from the board last month.

111I just wanted to make sure that my comment last month is also incorporated into this month as well. But that would be >> Yes, I will make sure that's incorporated. >> Okay, great. Thank you, Coy. Okay. Oh, I see. This was the first reading and then we have more policies. >> Yes, we have another action item. Yes, they're separate. >> Okay. So, um can I get a motion to approve 242.692? >> I'll make the motion. >> Okay, >> I'll second. >> Thank you. You have a motion from Wesley Kaggel to approve item number 242.692 seconded by Matthew Ward. Katherine Harper I >> Annette Kunzie >> I Casey Rab boy >> I thank you. The motion carries unanimously and we have 242.693 I think some extra policies that are coming to us for the first time

112as an action item. >> Yes. So, based on the new law, AB495 um is is what most of these changes are related to and it does require districts to update their policies related to response to immigration enforcement. That includes the attorney general's 2025 model policy language and we are required to submit to CDE by March 1st. And so, um, the board does have the right to wave the first reading, um, and go right to an action and we are recommending that for these policies so we can meet that March 1st deadline to CDE. I can go over um, some highlight some of the changes based on new law. Um, the comprehensive safety plans. Um, there's a board policy and an AR, administrative regulation. Um, Kooljet mentioned most of the changes already. SB848 adds child legal

113act to the child abuse reporting procedures and includes procedures for supervision and protection of children from child abuse or neglect. And SB98 also requires your safety plans to have the policy related to response to immigration enforcement. Uh number two, access to district records. Um some changes here. Any record that contains financial information provided by an Indian tribe to a public agency as a condition of or requirement for receiving financial assistance is confidential and not considered public record. Also, an individual's immigration status may only be disclosed in accordance to policy for response to immigration enforcement. Moving on to number three. Policy response to immigration enforcement has been moved from policy 5145 to policy 1445. There's new law AB495 which requires districts to update their policies by March 1st which I already spoke about. That's in this

114um new policy. also states that unless required by state or federal law or with a valid judicial subpoena, judicial warrant, or court order, the district shall not disclose student or employee information, grant permission to an officer to enter any district property or facility related to immigration enforcement and references procedures in response to immigration enforcement that are outlined in our school safety plans that were just approved by the board. also um student records and release of directory information. This is also reflected in 1445 response to immigration. Um also reflected um the AB495 requirement to have this posted by March 1st. And then we would be deleting response to immigration because it is now moved to 1445. >> And I just had a comment. So just from a um and you can confirm. So what AB495 did

115was previously the law required that um districts adopt certain policies and procedures as outlined within the attorney general's um guidance or provisions. And so previously we had already done that. And so then what this new law did was it took those provisions that were in the attorney general guidance and put them directly into the statutory provisions. So from sort of a process perspective, we had already sort of adopted these last year and so there was a notification which we've we've now since adopted. But >> as far as procedures and practices, for the most part, nothing has really changed with regards to this law. Um it's just where it's now directly in the statutory law versus being in the attorney general's guidance. So it sort of wrapped it into made it more directly in the statute.

116That is correct because we updated most of these policies in 2025 with already the changes and the procedures and processes are in place even in our current policy that's in the 5000s. So, it's moved it around and it's um added that this language now be part of safety plans and and things like that. So, it added it in few other policies, the ones that are brought to you tonight. Anything additional on that set? Okay. Can I get a motion to approve 282.693? >> I'll make the motion. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. I have a motion from Katherine Harper to approve item number 242.693 seconded by Casey Rabo. Annette Kunzie. >> I. >> Matthew Ward. >> I. >> Wesley Kaggel. >> I. >> Thank you. The motion carries unanimously. Thank you. Do we have any

117additional public comments? >> No, there are no additional public comments, Miss Harper. >> Thank you. And then for pending agenda items, did you want to talk about uh the wellness workshop? >> That will be I believe in April or May. When's our last workshop? >> March. >> In March. So, we'll probably bring that to the board in April. And then I think we can probably bring school safety updates to the board in March. March or April. We need to meet with the team. Part of that would be I'm sharing with um with the board how we plan on spending some of that $500,000 that safety grant that we received. So, we're um going to start working on plans for that. So, within the next couple of months, both of these will be brought to the

118board. Okay. Thank you. Anything additional pending agenda items from anyone? Okay. I just wanted to add before we adjourn, I did visit River Oaks a couple weeks ago. um spent some time with Mrs. Wheeler and I did um walk through the classrooms of the autism program. Um I had always known that we had that program and I had visited before, but I just needed a refresher on that and learned that we do have parents who move to G specifically for that program because it is so highly needed um and sought after. So I just want to encourage you guys to visit that if you have not and River Oaks. >> River Oaks. Okay. Yeah, it is a wonderful program for students. >> And then I was able to go where it was able to attend

119the uh fair site science night and it was a really really fun program. There's a lot of families there and they got to do some really neat things. I was able to thank the group that came um out and did that for the school. So it was it was very nice that they hosted that and that um the school made that happen. So it's very cool. And then I also was able to do a presentation, financial presentation at uh Macaffrey for the AVID program. So I think I did five sessions of that. So that was really good. It was neat to see all the students engaged in that. So I I really enjoyed that. >> Thank you. >> I also wanted to shout out to the city and MacAffrey staff and some of our staff

120that were there at the B G Winter Bird Festival last Saturday. It was well attended. I was there for about an hour or so. ran into a couple parents and staff members, but it was great. The uh student artwork in the gym was amazing. Really, really good. So, lots of vendors and it was a beautiful day. >> I'm glad we can host that at one of our sites. >> Yeah, it works out well at Macaffrey. They have the space, they use the multi-purpose room, and they use the gym. Um, yeah. >> Anything else? I will adjourn us.