001Uh, welcome to the Wednesday, MAY 27th 2026, uh, regular board meeting. Tonight enclosed session. Oh, can I have a roll call to establish quorum. On the attendants row called to establish quorum Student Director Simmons, student director Smith. Director Lata. Director Williams Director Hutchinson Director Berry Director Thompson, present. PRESIDENT Vice PRESIDENT Brohart. Vice PRESIDENT Brohar I m sorry. PRESIDENT Vice PRESIDENT Bachelor, sorry. He and PRESIDENT Perhar. Ok. Uh, can we have an interpretation check, MR. Hollis. Uh yes, MADAM PRESIDENT. For tonight s meeting, we have currently 2 languages available for live interpretation. They are Arabic and Cantonese. Um, and we have a translation of closed casting Future available on Zoom that you can use by clicking the close caption icon on your Zoom taskbar. With that, we will uh move on to announcements for live interpretation.
002We will start with Cantonese, I would lower all attendees hands on Zoom. Please only raise your hand if you need the language being announced at this time, which is Cantonese, and I will ask MR. Yuan if he can come off and you can get the uh translation announcement for Cantonese. Owainui Owainui. You go to see your kong tong Wagapane singing yao hafong Dimkiyote kao Jingzhongouho, you know, Xinha Konang tong wale ahoyao tendoang tongwagapani. You go to see your gong tongwagapane Cheuaoito so you will send to Yintel so you gongwapagawa so you will send to Yintel so you gongwapagawa so you will send to Yintel so you gongwapagawa so you will send to Yintel so you gongwapagawa Qingdu so you will send to Yintel so you gongwapagawa uh hengyloboin no you know country Tao xing ii
003tong zhoyijin Tong bongsheng and Xaodong tong tote which is the hardest, uh, now candidates announced MISS Tan. Yen. Checking the attendees to see if there s any hands raised for Cantonese interpretation? Seeing no hands, we will not start with Cantonese interpretation at this time. Moving forward to Arabic, I will lower all attendees hands on soon. Please only raise your hand if you need the language being announced at this time, which is Arabic, and I will ask MS. Abdi, she could come off the mute and get the interpretation announcement for Arabic. Italia via bolejasa Arabic announcement Checking the attendees to see if there s any hands raised for Arabic interpretation. Seeing no hands, we will not start with any interpretation at this time. That concludes the first announcement for uh interpretation, and I will pass it
004back to you, MADAM PRESIDENT. Thank you. Tonight in closed session, we will discuss the following matters. D1 labor matters conference with labor negotiators. D2 Conference with legal counsel, existing litigation. D 3 conference with legal counsel existing litigation. D4 Conference with Legal counsel anticipated litigation. D 5 conference with illegal counsel, existing litigation. And item d6 conference with legal counsel, existing litigation. Under public employment, we ll discuss d7, public employment superintendent of public schools. Under pupil matters, d8, expulsion, student ww. D 9 expulsion Student xx. D 10 expulsion, student yy. Nd 11 expulsion student zz. We will then return to reconvene to public session at 5:30 P.M. Are there any public comments on closed session items? Yes, Prince Bruhar, we have, um, one registered speaker, Carol Doughton. Yeah Hello, I don t see a clock, so I
005hope you can hear me. We can hear you. Thank you. Um, I am commenting on items d2 and d3, and I m speaking very personally. I d like to begin by telling you how happy I was to see that we are one world poster that appeared as part of the multicultural celebrations in ousd s elementary schools, because it included both the Israeli and Palestinian flags alongside many other countries. At the last board meeting, several speakers opposed to the district complying with the cde order on anti-Semitism, received extended time to speak on the superintendent s report, while others like myself were not called on, nor were we called on to speak during the non-Agenda public comment. I m not a member of the Oakland Jewish Alliance, but I ve seen the suggested remedy from their attorney.
006And I think it s reasonable and that you should take it seriously by providing dedicated time to the speakers who are registered and not called, given that speakers opposed to the cd order were given more than double the allotted time to speak. Some referred to the need to teach critical thinking. In 2023, the curriculum provided in late 2023, the curriculum provided to teachers on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, trivialized or ignored the history of Jews in both Europe and the Middle East. That is not teaching critical thinking. My grandfather, who came on his own to the us in his late teens, not unlike our unaccompanied migrants here. Never got over what happened to his parents and siblings who were barred from entry to the us a few, few years later. Those who survived were essentially stateless and
007had no place to go, but Israel. Nor my in-laws from Libya, native speakers of Arabic, by the way. Who also had no place to go. Nor those Jews who have lived continuously in the land for centuries, despite repeated invasions by the Babylonians, Romans, and Ottomans. From my perspective, anti-Zionism unfortunately overlaps with anti-Semitism in the very basic question of where can my family live? When I see a map of the region, as was published by ousd in repeated years that has erased Israel. I feel worried No matter how much I or they, my family in Israel, disagree with the Israeli government. They have nowhere else to go. In Oakland, I hesitate to wear the necklace my grandmother gave me or responded in public to a cousin s WhatsApp message in Hebrew in case someone is looking
008over my shoulder. Much like the Jewish students at our schools. When I hear that someone is lifted up as a hero at one of the school sites, and that person has vowed part of their life s mission to kill Jews. I feel worried. When I offer for time and time again to district staff to work with them, so the board and committee meetings aren t scheduled on the very most observed Jewish holidays. I feel frustrated When I notice there s a conflict like that, right to board leadership and don t hear back after a month. I feel dismissed. I value that there is one place in the world that runs on my calendar of religious observance. Some of the e-comers at the last board meeting wrote that they were asking that both Jewish and Palestinian
009history and peoplehood be lifted up. And so do I Thank you for listening Thank you Are there any other public speakers? Whole journey. To the MARCH 27th, sorry, MAY 27th. Uh. Uh, school board MR. Rakeestar, can we have a roll call to establish quorum, please? Yes, on the, on the attendance roll call for the purposes of establishing a war. Due to director summons student Director Smith, our absent director Lauder. Uh, director, uh, Williams. Director Hutchinson. Director Barry. Present. Director Thompson. Vice PRESIDENT Of Baselor and PRESIDENT Berhar. Thank you. And MR. Hollis, can we have an interpretation check, please? Uh, yes, MADAM PRESIDENT, for tonight s meeting, we have 3 languages available available for live interpretation. They are Cantonese, Arabic, and Spanish. We also have a translation codes caps and feature available on Zoom that you
010can use by clicking the closed caption icon on your Zoom taskbar. With that, we will start with announcements for live interpretation. We will start with Cantonese. I will lower all attendees hands on Zoom. Please only raise your hand if you need the language being announced, which at this time is Cantonese. And I asked MR. Yin if he could come off the mute and give the interpretation of for Cantonese. Tongwalizia hoyao Tongwalizia teno gong to find it. You go to so you find it for more mapani Guo qi and so you Guang tongwaanjit to Cannes announcement is done, MR. Hollis. The attendees on Zoom to see if there s any hands raised for Cantonese interpretation. Seeing no hands, we will not start with Cantonese interpretation at this time. Moving forward to Arabic. I will lower all
011attendees hands on Zoom. Please only raise your hand if you need the language being announced at this time, which is Arabic, and I will ask MR. Tareq if he can come off the mute and get the interpretation announcement for Arabic. I ll ask MISS Abdi if she can come off a mute and give the interpretation announcement for Arabic. altare. What s your He announcement is done. Thank you, MS. Abdi. Checking the attendees to see if there s any hands raised for Arabic interpretation. Seeing no hands who will not start with Arabic interpretation at this time. Moving forward to Spanish. I will lower all attendeess hands on Zoom, please only raise your hand if you need the language being announced at this time, which is Spanish. And I ll ask MR. Copenhagen if he could come
012off the mute and give the interpretation announcement for Spanish. Thank you. Buena momentodiremo via interpretation, uh, look, uh Pacuarlolocalisenellicona interpretation and la parte inferior de la ventana selection and lorida alimas. Selection in Spanish but ecuchareepanard. Sinoveliga cliquelos refundo supensos ran apola interpretation. Paraser personas in la ronion que esitanel ericio porfa Levante la mano virtual in momento oh rian in a chat keneesitanel erico de tamanera in nose prearal erviio Durante la primera parte de la genai parala personas presentes en ellauditorio sine necessitan interpretationium. I computadoras er different Englishuncha gracias. Thank you. Copenhagen, checking the attendees on Zoom to see if there s any hands raised for Spanish interpretation. seeing no hands, we will not start with any interpretation at this time that concludes our second announcement for live interpretation, and we will make a further announcements
013later on in the meeting. And with that, I ll pass it to you, MADAM PRESIDENT. Thank you. At tonight s meeting, there s several a lot of times where you MAY make public comments, provided you pre-registered to speak online before the meeting started or if you fill out a comment card, which you can find on the table by the entrance, and you can submit those cards at any time. There ll be time for public speaking after the adoption of the pupil at the time of the uh pupil dis discipline consent report. At the time the Special orders of the day. Um, at the time of superintendent s report, the adoption of the general consent report. The adoption of the general consent report number 2. The adoption of the general consent report. All non agenda items
014with the within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board. During the public hearing after unfinished business. And after, after each of the items, I m sorry, of unfinished business, the amendment application local assignment option California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, Application for provisional internship permit, application for variable term waiver. Application for local assignment option. There will be public speaking allotted under new business under the first item, 20242027 local control and Accountability plan, 2025 report board Policy 7115 Capital Program construction related local, small, local and small local resident business enterprise program and the application for provisional internship permit. California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Please be aware that in compliance of the Brown Act, board members MAY not respond to comments regarding issues that are not on our posted agenda for tonight. I ask that all speakers keep
015their comments to the scope of an item, and if a speaker speaks to a different item, the chair will need to ask that that speaker either speak to the specific item or hold their comments until the appropriate public comment period. Report out of closed session for me, um, close session for MAY 27th, 2026. Under labor matters on item d1, number 25-1864 conference with labor negotiators. The board gave direction on this matter. Um under legal matters Item d2 under number 25-2682 conference with legal counsel, existing litigation, the board discussed this matter. On item d3, number 26-0703, conference with legal legal counsel, existing litigation, the board discussed this matter. On item d4, number 26-1246 conference with legal counsel, anticipated litigation. The board approved a settlement in this matter, motioned by Vice PRESIDENT Batchelor, seconded by Director Thompson
016with a vote of 6 to 0 and 1 absent. PRESIDENT Brohard, yes, Vice PRESIDENT Bachelor, yes, Director Barry, yes. Director Hutchinson absent Director Lauda, yes Director Thompson, yes, and director Williams, yes. On item d5, number 26-1248 conference with legal counsel, existing litigation. The board approved a settlement in this matter motioned by Vice PRESIDENT Batchelor, seconded by Director Thompson. Vote approved 6 to 0. PRESIDENT Brohard, yes, Vice PRESIDENT Bachelor, yes, Director Barry, yes. Director Hutchinson absent, Director Lauda Yes, Director Thompson, yes, and director Williams, yes. On item d6, number 26-1298 conference with legal counsel, existing litigation, the board approved a settlement in this matter, motioned by Vice PRESIDENT Batchelor, seconded by Director Thompson, approved on a vote 6 to 0. With 1 absent. PRESIDENT Brohard, yes, Vice PRESIDENT Bachelor, yes. Director Barry, yes Director Hutchinson absent
017Director Latta, yes, Director Thompson, yes Director Williams, yes Public employment matters on item d7 number 24-1967, Superintendent of schools, the board did not take up this matter. Pupil matters on items d8 through d11, the board heard these matters and will vote on the matters in public in Section 1 on the agenda. That is the end of the MAY 27th, 2026. Close session report out. Now have modifications of the agenda, and I have, uh, I would like to pull items 000-1. And 0-21. I would like to withdraw Special Order of the day j1. And I would like to move our public hearings. After our special meeting on the agenda. Are there any other items modifications to the agenda Director Batchelor, I d like to pull 021. That pulled pulled because I heard 0101021. 021 was pulled.
018Thank you Director Hutchinson. Excuse me, thank you. I d like to pull on the uh facilities consent report p8 and p12. P8 and p12 thank you Are there any other modifications to the agenda With that, we will move into the pupil consent. Pupil matters. Is there a motion to approve? So moved Second And is there any public comment on this Yes, for public comment we have Assad Olabala. the same thing. i, I think that attention to what is happening and you re gonna see it when you do this uh review of the violence that s going on all over the country. With our young people around discipline. And we have to do something to take our most uh vulnerable students when it comes to their behaviors and work with them. Not send them to Alameda
019Uh, I, I just think that we did a wrong action when we close that community center. School. Uh where we had the ability to embrace these young people, find a way to put them on the right track, keep up with their academics, work with their parents and their teachers. Uh, I, I, I, you talk about a lot of groups. That you focus on. I look at the agenda, your refugees, your immigrants, your newcomer students, every agenda you give attention to them. There s nothing wrong with that attention, but these young people need attention. They need care, they need support. And we re not doing it. I m sorry. Thank you. MR. Rakestra, can we have a roll call on the vote please? On the motion to adopt the pupil Discipline and Consent report. To the
020directors are absent and would be recused. Uh director Lata. Yes. Director Williams Yes, sir Director Hutchinson abstain. Director Barry Yes Director Thompson? Vice PRESIDENT Batchelor Yes and PRESIDENT Bhar. Yes. The pupil discipline consent report is adopted. The next item on the agenda is item j, which is special orders of the day. I believe we have a presentation on the renaming of the field. In honor of John Beam and Tony Fardeho, thank you, sorry you. Leaves this as a voting item I d like to make a motion to move this item forward. I ll second him. I mean, you ll prove it, right? The move to approval, yes. Bro Good evening. Board Superintendent Sandler and Community. I m Trinita Rambase, executive director of Facilities. Pest ok, go ahead. Good evening, board members and Supanon and Sadler,
021uh, and the community. I m Trinita Rambua. I m the executive director of Facilities Planning, uh, first off, i m honored to be able to present to you all resolution for renaming the um Skyline High School athletic field resolution 25 260107, um, I would, before I go into the brief presentation, I would like to first of all, thank you. I thank the Skyline High School leadership team, um, the Fiji naming Advisory Committee, um, Sky line students, families, and staff, uh, as well as, uh, the alumni, coaches, and community members who actively participated in this thoughtful and collaborative process. Um, I also want to recognize, um, the facilities engagement specialist Ray Bermuda, who helped lead this, uh, community engagement effort as part of the renaming process. Uh, tonight I m really honored to be able to
022present this resolution to you all, um, in honor of John Beam, Tony Fardella, uh, ts recommendation comes straight following a community led request and a formal engagement process conducted in alignment with board policy 7310 regarding the naming of district facilities. Coach John Beam and Tony Fardella have made long standing and meaningful contributions to Skyline High School through decades of their leadership, mentorship, coaching, advocacy and support of student athletes and the athletic programming. As part of this process, staff convened an advisory committee of staff, alumni, community, and students who conducted outreach as well as we had a public survey with participation from our parents, students, alumni, teachers and staff, the feedback demonstrated a strong support for recognizing both individuals and highlighted appreciation for the skyline s athletics legacy and uh community identity. Uh, the resolution also
023acknowledges future opportunities to continue celebrating Skyline athletics, including the potential for a future consideration of John Beam Stadium, Tony Fardella Field, as well as additional plaques displays monuments or recognitions featuring honoring Skyline athletics history and achievements. This naming effort is also being coordinated alongside District, District s active skyline athletic field lighting project of approximately 1.5 million. The fiscal impact associated with the renaming of this field is anticipated to primarily include signage installation, and related recognition materials. Uh, staff proposes that these costs be supported through existing facilities resources operational resources, and community partnerships. Tonight staff respectfully request the board to adopt resolution 25260107, naming the Skyline High School Athletics Field to John Beam, Tony Fardellafield. Thank you. I m happy to answer any questions. Comments? There s no registered speakers. Vice PRESIDENT Batchelor. Thank you. Um,
024as a facility s chair and the board director representing this, uh, Skyline community is an honor to bring forward this resolution, recognizing these two individuals whose names are deeply woven into the fabric of Skyline High School. Coach John Beam and Tony Fardella each pres represented decades of dedication, mentorship, leadership, and unwavering commitment to Oakland students and student athletes. For generations of skyline families, Coach Beam was more than just a coach. He was a mentor, a role model, and a steady presence who pushed young people to believe in themselves both on and off the field. His impact extended far beyond the wins and losses. He helped shape character build community, and create opportunities for countless students across Oakland. Tony Fardello s contribution to Skyline athletics and school spirit, um, has also left a legacy, a lasting
025legacy through the years of advocacy, support, leadership. He um, he has helped strengthen the athletics program and ensure that student athletes had championships standing behind them. What makes this resolution especially meaningful is that it came from the community itself. Alumni, students, families, staff, and stakeholders participated in the process and expressed overwhelming support to ensure these contributions are permanently recognized at Skyline High School. Facilities are more than just buildings and fields. They hold history, identity, community memory, and using the superintendent s words, our schools have souls, and we must honor that. Naming this athletic field, the John Beam, Tony Fardella Field ensures that the future generations of students will know the shoulders that they are standing on. And the legacy of excellence, mentorship, and pride that will help them shape skyline athletics. I am proud to
026bring this resolution forward from the Facilities Committee where it was voted on by more by my board colleagues unanimously. Thank you. Director Hutchinson Yes, thank you. Um. You know, Skyline class of 91. Um, both MR. Farella and Coach Beam were teachers at Skyline when I was a student there. Um, they were both lifers, uh n ousd and in the community. And I know dozens of people, uh, personally who really benefited from their experiences with both of them. You know, it s a, it s a little bittersweet that this honor um didn t happen at a time when they could have both been here to enjoy it. Um and, and I have to say on a, uh, for something like this as important as this, something that is important as this to uh a lot of
027us in the Skyline family it s disappointing to see that this is how it s being handled. Um you know, to have a renaming of a field and not have anyone here to speak on it from the community. From the alumni, from their families. Um it really means that as a as a district and as leadership of the district, we continue to drop the ball. And um to me it also shows a troubling lack of connection that too many people on the school board actually have with the community. If I would have known that this was a plan, I would have personally made the phone calls to make sure the skyline alumni were here. You know, many of the same people who were putting on the memorials for Coach Beam, not too long ago. Um,
028and it s just disappointing, and at a certain point, you know, this is long overdue. I m really happy that this is finally happening. But it, it feels, it feels disrespectful. To the communities that this really matters to. Um, so hopefully going forward if the board is going to honor people who mean a lot to some of us in the community. We can do it in a way where we actually allow the community to come in and participate, um, enjoy this, and hopefully there s gonna be a different ceremony for the naming of the field itself because um both MR. Fardella and Coach Beam s legacy deserve more than what I m seeing here tonight. Thank you. Uh, I wanted to just make a comment. Um, I did know, um, Coach Pardella and Coach Beam
029well, and I also want to mention that uh Coach Bream s daughter uh saw her recently at the African-American honor roll. Uh, she participated in that. She s participated in many, many events in the community. It s very stressful for them. I ve had personal phone calls with them. I have not talked to, um, Coach Fardella s family, but I know Frankie Nav ar ro is in touch with them. So we are very sensitive to when we ask families to come out to these events. We wanted to be a time when it s a celebratory time, but it is very emotion there s a very emotional context for the families. So I do not want it to be, uh, anyone to know that staff has not been in touch with families that staff has not
030worked with staff and his staff has not worked with community. That is not the case. Are there any other comments Uh, can we take a roll call, please, uh, about, um, we ll call on the vote, please. Yes, on the roll call to adopt the resolution as stated. General directors are absent Uh, Director Thompson. Director Barry. Director Hutchinson. Yes. Director Williams Yes, sir. Director Lata. Yes Vice PRESIDENT Batchelor, yes. PRESIDENT Brohar. Yes Motions adopted Yeah. We do have a special meeting, um, I m sorry, we don t have any, uh, student report tonight, and we don t have peac. Um, we do have a special meeting, but it is not scheduled to start until 7, and this is probably record time, but we are not, we re ahead of our schedule, so we are going
031to move to Labor Partner, um, comments. Are there any, um labor partners online to see if I have any collective bargaining units online? PRESIDENT Bruhart had no bargaining units online. Thank you we now move to the superintendent s report. Good evening, community, uh, members of the audience, um, board members. I d like to start off just highlighting, um, several events that occurred, um, between our board meetings, most recently on MAY 6th we had the annual stem fair, which was much bigger than last year, in fact, uh, it was hosted at the Oakland Coliseum. There are hundreds of students, families, and educators and stem professionals that attended to view our students, uh, creative science and engineering projects. We had everything from robotics to, um, what I call movable science projects, uh, I truly enjoyed the opportunity
032of spending time talking with students, hearing them describe their projects. I wanna commend the staff for a phenomenal, uh, display uh by school of students fantastic work. You know, I ve been around a long time to see um how the science fair has evolved from a small school site science fair, then to the Chabo Science Center, and now at the Colosseum. I want to thank, um several organizations for supporting us having access to the Colosseum, and by the way, families and staff were able to enter the Colosseum parking lot without fees. I mean, there was a lot of support for this happening. Um, I wanna thank the Oakland Roots in Seoul for hosting us. Uh, this was a very special occasion, which was uh covered by the press and uh just a great acknowledgement of
033student learning and grow I also want to acknowledge um Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. And our partner, the Oakland Public Ed Fund, which does on a regular basis does literature read-ins, and they had a major read in on MAY 4th at 15 Elementary Schools. There were over 100 volunteers from organizations like the Oakland Literacy Coalition, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Blue Shield, and Lyft that visited schools and read books by Asian and Pacifican Islanders to students. They visited schools including Bella Vista, Martin Luther King Elementary, and Manzanita Community and Seed. Uh, the ed fund says that the read-ins are 90 minutes experiences where volunteers read aloud, and this is something that s wasn t an isolated event um for Asian American Pacific Islander. This is something that uh the fund does on a regular
034basis with our students and with their volunteers. Next, I wanted to highlight um Oakland lacrosse, um, hosted the oel championships and unveiled new scholarships, um with a heartbreaking beginning, but, um, something good has come out of something extremely sad. On Saturday, MAY 16th, the Oakland Lacrosse Club hosted their annual oal championships which were won by Oakland Tech Boys and Girls teams, and the Edinburghor Boys and Girls teams at the middle school level. During their, um, high school celebration, um, sadly, um, we know that there were some students who died in a car crash in 2024 and their families chose to provide what they call purple one scholarships to students. The first two recipients of those scholarships of $2500 where Jeremiah Boone, a recent graduate of Dewey Academy, and you ll see them in, in the
035picture and Cesar Carmona, Philippe, a recent graduate of Oakland Tech and their parents were on the scene, um, again, this was a wonderful, um, expression of ongoing, um, remembrance of students who lost their lives in a recent car accident. Then moving on um our supporters, great supporters, Golden State Community Foundation celebrated educators, and they were, um, during educator appreciation Month, the, uh, community foundation, Golden State Community Foundation visited Highland Community School, uh, excuse me, where Samantha Keller is principal and delivered me of Mexican food feast and um facilitated a surprise visit from Warriors legend Festus Ila Uh, the, the former Warriors Center talked about the importance of work of of education and gave the staff lots of trivia questions. He loves to do that, and if you see him on the news, it s a
036regular occasion. He brought with him a signed jersey, um, Draymond Green jersey and one from Valkyries s Kayla Thornton, uh, to support educators at the site. I wanna thank the Golden State Community Foundation for continuously supporting our educators. Then I want to move on to a recent Oakland Education summit that was hosted by the Oakland Ed Fund, where along with Sofia Navarra, who s Oakland s deputy city administrator and Doctor Ingrid Roberson from cde, formerly, um, an ousd staff person and myself participated in a panel along with other staff persons who talked about our um teacher uh task for a teacher. Teacher task forces and several issues, current issues that education is facing and the nexus between what we can do on the city level and on the state level. Uh, this was, uh, supported
037by district partners from the ef fund as well as Salesforce and Comcast. And we also had with us former uh Superintendent Kyla Johnson Trammell and Gary Yee who were in attendance and part of the discussion. We talked about Next Generation stem and support for educators and the retention of educators. And lastly, I wanna just highlight um our focus on student achievement, where um I was in attendance along with many board members at all of these celebrations of student achievement, of students who ve achieved, uh, 3.0 or above. Certainly we want to increase these numbers, um, and I m, uh, next time we have the report, I wanna share out of how many students in that category. But at the 25th Oscar Wright annual celebration of 2000, uh, there were 2003 students who received GPAs, African
038American students with GPAs of 3.0 and above. And by the way, Maria Beam was one of the people who gave out those medals at that event, and that was pretty special. Um, and then at the annual Arab American Student Honor roll. There were 303 students who received awards. I attended that over at um ics and tcn, uh, and it s very well attended. And then, um, the Pacific Islander student honor roll, um, was held, uh, in APRIL, and we had 125 students and at the Latino honor roll, which was held at Fremont High School. That was a, a major event where we had 3,0857 students who had a 3.0 or above. And most recently, um, Vice PRESIDENT Batchelor attended um the Maya honor roll, and I m sure she ll share that more information about
039that in her report. There will be many more discussions on really how our students are doing. They should be at the top of our communication at all board meetings, how they re actually doing and what kinds of things are we doing to support students who need assistance. Um. I wanna ask at this point, um, as at the end of my report, um, i would respectfully ask the board to um um adjourn the meeting this evening we lost two wonderful staff people who, uh, most recently, um Max Robinson iii. Um, any of you who have been in the district any time have had an inner inner reaction with Max, who was a very special person, so I, I, I recommend and hope that we would consider adjourning in his memory as well as Deborah King Cooper,
040who was another longtime staff person who many people might have known. That s the end of my report, MADAM PRESIDENT. Are there any public comments on this item? Excuse me, yeah, um, I probably speak for this island we have Sheila Haines, Carol Delton, Ay Ringer, and Assal Olabala. Asada first and then we ll go to online. Noted, thank you. 2 minutes So much on your plate uh it s just a lot And thank you for being here, all of you. I have been looking at some of the challenges going on in classrooms across this country. And it s quite overwhelming. So a couple of things parental support for their children. And the academic arena as well as in the what we call a behavior issues. Uh, I think parents are not involved enough. This room
041should have some parents in it. The other thing is classroom management. Uh based on some of the behavior challenges we got kid, young people are different. They really think they can talk to adults as if they are adults and uh we have to look at teacher retention because of these challenges. A lot of teachers are walking away, good teachers. And they need support to keep them in the classroom. And uh that s, that goes for our administrators as well, principals. And anybody involved in the system. To, to put out do an outreach to people. If you need support let us know If something s going on uh I just had a relative commit suicide. We didn t know anything was going on. So a lot of people are very stressed and these teachers, I don
042t know how they re doing it, but uh that involves money uh, but I, I, I would just hope that we could do number one uh, our students behaviors in the classroom. Uh and i m just seeing it from an outside source and all across the country. And physical attacks on teachers. Ok, thank you, that s all Thank you. Uh, the first speaker online is MS. Haines. Yes, we re going to MS. Hay, if you can go ahead and mute yourself. Hi, can you hear me ok? Yeah, we can hear you. Ok. Um, I, I don t know if I heard right, but I was signed up for the Violence Prevention presentation. Um, I have over 1300 supporters that support a ban on hate speech and keeping our kids in the most loving space. I
043don t want to take it personally, but, you know, the board knew I was gonna ask for you guys to mandate an official ban increases in violence happen during the summertime. So I m just wondering if there s a reason why this violence prevention presentation was withdrawn. It, it doesn t show a good look that you guys are putting student safety as a priority to withdraw this item on the last day, the last couple of days of school. I mean, I know there s financial challenges, but helping to cut down on violence has a lot to do with our youth being able to talk to each other and respectfully. Lives are being lost. I mean, you know, ever since my resolution was introduced, the board has taken milons away through a block grant and additional
044cuts to staffing and programs in the arts. Again, I know there s financial challenges, but it doesn t cost money to mandate love and respect. We need to go back to a culture of respect. So I just, I don t understand why that violence prevention, uh, presentation was withdrawn. There were many people that were going to speak out about student safety. I mean, while I appreciate that the board has recommitted to a zero tolerance of hate speech. That s not good enough. Lives are being lost and I just, I, I don t know what to feel about you guys in terms of student safety because this presentation was critical for the community and for people to be able to see what the board is actually doing to combat violence. And so I was really looking
045forward to the presentation. I actually did see on the report that um verbal altercations have been witnessed at different school sites. So again, I mean, I just I would just like to understand why it, why it was uh withdrawn. It, it, it makes my hope of safety being priority for the board, um, I don t know what to think. I m just really disappointed. Was postponed until JUNE 10th at the presenter s request. So that presentation will be um held on JUNE 10th. We take that that seriously too and and wanted to um accommodate that request from the presenter. Nick, yes, Nnake s registers register speaker is Carol Deng. Go and mute yourself to speak. Um, good evening. Uh, I did submit an e-com. Um on the violence prevention. Um report One of the things
046that I saw in it from students was request for de-escalation. And there is a program that the district adopted a number of years ago. It s called cpi or Crisis Prevention and intervention. It tends to be used very much in special education settings, but it s really for everybody It s a multi-day training and the first day is really about recognizing a crisis before it becomes a crisis, and helping with the de-escalation process. That is something that could benefit staff around the district to have a common language and therefore be able to support students, uh, with more collaboration among staff. And I hope that you will seriously consider, as you have many professional development days, devoting some of that time. to this type of intervention that you can do that consistently and across all settings.
047Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker is Avi Ringer. I m on the, I m on the thing Hello? Hi, we can hear you Thank you. Uh, Doctor Sadler, um, I just wanna let you know why, uh, I don t want someone uh who s dishonest as superintendent. Um. Because core character and leadership matters. Uh, do you know that after I attempted to speak at the last meeting opposing the extension of your contract for your dishonesty and deceit. I sat down and your deputy superintendent turned around and said to me, you better watch yourself. Do you know how, what it feels like as a parent to have a senior official of the district threaten you like that when every day I leave my daughter in your care. But what can I do about it Nothing, because
048I don t trust you. I have nothing against you personally. But if I can t trust you to keep my daughter safe, if I can t trust what you re saying about the district books. Uh, then my rights as a citizen are violated. When MS. Gard saw you. Be deceitful to your senior staff. She saw what leadership was above her, and she must have internalized that, and, and made it that made it seem ok that she could do that to me. I don t know, but I hope that you will um exercise a better character in leadership from here forward. Thank you. Uh, Speaker s name has been called comment Hutchinson Yes, thank you Um, unfortunately, I m very frustrated with what s been going on, um. And I, I found the press release that
049you sent out Superintendent Sadler on Tuesday. To be offensive Um you know, when you first became superintendent on JULY 1st, you inherited a balanced budget. Balanced budget that the board had approved the JUNE before. Then in SEPTEMBER you notified the community that there was a crisis because the district was overspending by $4 million a month. Then in DECEMBER, on scenario 3, what you re now referring to as a plan. It s stated that there needed to be $27 million in emergency solutions for this year. But now we can see what the original budget that was passed. Originally called for $916 million in expenditures for this year. On the second interim, that number had ballooned to 260 million That s all overspending. And now in the 3rd interim, it s increased even more to 978 million.
050So that means what was once a $4 million a month overspending has at least doubled now at this point. Not only have you not curtailed the overspending or stopped it or looked to make cuts, it s accelerating But yet you put in a press release that we ve solved the problem because of hard work. And that s not what the numbers show The numbers show that on your watch this year we are projected to overspend by more than $60 million. And we know we don t have any place to draw those dollars from. So what is really going on with the budget numbers and how can you call that positive. When you haven t stopped the overspending that s incurred on your watch solely. On your watch solely in this fiscal year. And that s
051what your numbers that you re putting out in the 3rd interim report, say. That expenditures this year have now projected to go from 916 million. To 978 million. So not only have we not cut spending. Not only have we not stopped the overspending. It s only gotten worse and worse each month. So I thought you said we had freezes. I thought you said there were measures taken. But spending continues to escalate out of control. And on top of it now you issue a press release saying this is positive, we finally solved this after decades. That s not what the numbers show and I also have a real lack of faith now. We have to be able to do better and I don t understand a pr campaign when we all know what the real numbers
052are. I ve never seen anything like this before, and I know a lot of us feel like we deserve a whole lot better than this. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any other board comments? Vice PRESIDENT Bachelor Thank you. Um, as a superintendent mentioned this Saturday at Clinton Park, uh, was a really a beautiful reflection of what Oakland is at its best, uh, more than 400 of our Mayan mum students were honored in the first annual Mayan Mom honor roll. Uh, this community celebration was hosted by, uh, Union Maya and tribe and it recognized the hard work, academic achievement, and resilience of our students. Families gathered with food, music, and enjoyed the celebration of those, uh, cultures, their languages. Again, most of our students are not only um uh, bilingual, but most of these students
053are now trilingual, um, because of their academic excellence. Um, what made this event especially powerful, uh, was it was created by students themselves and supported by our ousd teachers, Christie Grossman and Frida Karo volunteering their own time alongside dedicated community leaders like Henry uh Sales Hernandez and Andrew Park. Their collaboration showed what is possible when schools, students, and communities come together to uplift young people. At the same time in the near in the same park nearby, seniors were practicing tai chi while our Arab families were gathered in the playground with their children. One, this was really again an amazing experience because we were all sharing that space, many cultures, many generations, many traditions, all that make Oakland the vibrant community that it is. These moments remind us that Oakland s diversity is one of our
054greatest strengths. When our students feel seen, celebrated, and connected in community, they thrive. So congratulations to all the Mayan mom honor roll students. Again, these are students that achieved a 3.7% or above gpa from our middle schools through our high schools and as Queen mentioned, uh, one of the staff at Tribe, they MAY not look like me, but they re my family now. I also lastly want to give a shout out to again our student athletes from Skyline, our varsity, uh boys uh baseball team made a remarkable championship run and recovering from an early six game loss to win the Oakland Athletic League, uh, Premier division, and it s gonna be advancing to the cif, uh, Oakland selection tournament. So again, congratulations to our amazing student athletes and scholars. Doctor Berry Just to really quick
055things about the report. So one, I did notice a thank you b, I did notice the footnote. Uh, about the Latino student honor roll and the significant decline in the Latino student population, and it is significant and is falling at a faster rate than, for instance, African American students and so I, especially at this time of year and especially because it does impact budget because it does impact culture of schools and our approach to teaching and learning just what love to get an enrollment update and whether what we, how we were interpreting shifts this time last yea has changed over the last 12 months. And then the other thing at the end of the educator summit. Um, the last line spoke to educator, uh, support and retention, and I really want to pay a lot
056more attention there, um, because it s just such a big issue and it, it could be an incredible asset, especially at a time like this, and I m also thinking, um, in particular about how we re not just supporting educators, um, who are teaching in our classrooms, but educators at every level, including our principal s and how we re supporting them. As well. Um, I just wanted to add to the, um, celebrations. I had the opportunity to go to the Dewey celebrate a graduation this year and uh I have to say it was packed. It was a tech in the auditorium. And um watching the students get up to give their speeches and watching how nervous they got and some of them kind of stopped, but it was the whole audience started cheering and getting
057encourage them to continue with their speeches and I mean for a number of these students to see themselves as, as leaders and as, as public speakers, I think was um they re both nervous about it, but to see the encouragement of the families and, um, it was just, uh, it was very heartwarming graduation. So, um again, I just, uh, shout out to Dewey students and um again I also share the same concerns about, um, some of the decline in the numbers of, um students on the honorable Um, I, I hope next time we also have a report on the graduation rates because I think we ve also, you know, had some concerns about that. Right, thank you That we are going to make one other adjustment in the agenda. We re going to move into
058public comments. So if there are any anybody who wants to add a speaker card at this point or for public comment. Um, please do so. A non agenda items, yeah ok. Public commented on agenda items. No. We re gonna, I, I feel like we re making a stand up and sit down and stand up and sit down, MR. Nelson. Do you want to come on up and your ok. For call our names? Ok the comma on non-gen items, uh, we have Carol Dunn, Kim Davis, av Ringer, and Jack Nelson. We ll start with Jack Nelson in person and we ll do the others online. It s good either way Uh, sorry, I m late. I would ve been here on time, but um I was at the a s game. My friends still is vice
059PRESIDENT Of operations there and I took some people home and I thought I d be all right, but I m behind. Um to say I m thrilled that you voted 70. To name the stadium uh yep, uh, the John Beam at Tony Fardella Field, we ll have a slash there, by the way, after. John Beam, uh, I want to thank you as Gomer Pyle would say, thank you, thank you, thank you. Back in the old days here, you got to be over 50 to appreciate that, I guess, but, uh, it s been a long, long, uh, long, this is my 30th meeting, 7 facilities and 23. Uh, board meetings, and I would say I d do it again. It s worth it. Um these guys did a lot, um, I mentioned last time Valerie and
060uh director Thompson, director, uh, Barry, you were there. Um. Just quickly about John Beam. I got to know him better in 2012. My father was still alive. My father ran the oal from 69 to 82, and they wanted him to do the coin flip at the Silver Bowl. Lanny and John was the athletic director at that time, just had become it. And I went up because my dad couldn t roll out in his walker. He was getting old. And he died the next year. So I went up to the booth up there and I said, Coach, I was, didn t really know him that well so I said, coach, could you help get my dad somehow out too. The 50 yard line so they can do the coin flip, and he said, Joseph you go
061get that golf cart right now and take that oal icon legend Aldo Nelson out to midfield, and I said, Whoa, that s pretty good. And it, it was done like that. And I, I try to do that myself with things. Try to stay on point and um remember this isn t gonna cost you a dime. I m going to write the check tomorrow and uh. You know I hope SEPTEMBER 25th you can all come and uh we can have the beam family and the Fardella family. Tanya has gone through breast cancer this year, so that s his daughter, and she was a toddler when I went to Skyline, but, uh, I m hoping you can all come. I m also hoping in the future, I m not done. Uh I, I wanna make sure McClymons
062gets some of the things that they need. And I m thinking about doing a fundraiser for them and for Skyline, and it s, it s just in the in my head now, but I ll, I ll work on it and I ll tell you about it when I get it in full, um this I ll finish with this, this means a lot to me. This is one of my most prized possessions, believe it or not, it is my volunteer card. This is my city and you know, for better or worse, I m going to work and volunteer for it for as long as I can and do as many good things as I can. Um. And I wanna thank everybody. I wanna thank Mike Hutchinson for his uh, keeping me abreast of things and Valerie,
063of course and Director Berry and Director Thompson, uh, for pushing this on to the full board. Thank you very much because this means a lot. Fardello was big in my life too. He filled a void for my dad was running the oal and you guys know because you have lots of meetings. My dad wasn t around much, but Fardella was for me and um. That s about it. I, again, thank you very much and uh you won t hear the last of me. Yes You call him MR. Suttery Yes to for the work that has happened at McClymon s. There s nobody to thank because nothing has happened. We had a facilities meeting and I got some documents. The document that is the uh geotechnical study for McClymons was completed SEPTEMBER 30th, 2022. So in
064that document, there s sulfur concentration. Seismic issues, foundation issues, retaining wall issues. High moisture moisture control. Uh, not suitable for vegetable garden. And drainage issues at the school. In the breakdown, I got this, for everything that s gonna have a cost factor. It s broken down in 3 pages. As it relates to the contaminated material abatement, zero amount of money. They say in here that it will be shown in the select demolition report below. So for site demolition, they have an amount of money. But they don t break down for your understanding how much of that money is gonna go towards contamination material abatement. Something s wrong The biggest issue going on at McClymon s, one of them is the contamination of the soil in other places. And you have a listing that will demonstrate
065how much money you re gonna spend and you got 0. You also have 0 uh for carpentry, you have 0 amount for electrical issues. You have 0 as it relates to the feel. You guys have to stop being so ridiculous as it relates to this McClymons issue. On the agenda tonight I ll wait till that item comes up, but uh I m not satisfied. I will continue to come back here. It s insulting, it s a slap in the face of these children and teachers that are there. This project was supposed to start the summer of 2025. It s as far as actual work. Next speaker is Carol Deon Next speaker Next speaker is Carol Deon. If you can go ahead and move yourself to speak. Uh, thank you So I would like to lift
066up some of what I ve been hearing, um, in the community, seeing online, on different platforms, very much questioning the accuracy of the 3rd interim that s going to be uh reported on later tonight. And I think that the communication from the district and board has led to some of that. Since I ve been digging into the documents all along, and having them match up with each other. I knew that we were headed at ousd was headed into a more positive direction. But that wasn t apparent from various things that were put out, um, and we still don t know. I still don t know whether many of those suggested practices in attachments a, b, and c. Ever came to pass. So I m gonna ask you again to put out to the community a
067comprehensive list of the budget adjustments that were done this year. And the status of everything that was previously recommended, whether it was completed. Whether it s in process and where that is, or whether and why there was a decision that this was not an appropriate way to go. Thank you very much speaker please. All the speaker s name has been called. We are now going to we re going to recess will take a 5 minute recess and then we ll go into our public come to your seat MR. Rakestra, can we have a roll call to establish quorum, please. Yes, ma am. On the roll call for attendance. And reconvene of the regular meeting. The directors are absent Director Thompson here Director Lata. Director Williams present, sir Director of Barry. Present Director Hutchinson present Vice
068PRESIDENT Batchelor PRESIDENT Brohar warm present. Thank you. I m now opening the public hearing. For a s items, excuse me, r1 and r2, which will have one presentation. Voted on together and reported separately. That is item 26-1159a. 4217 Energy Services Agreement Division of Facilities Planning and Management. And our 2 26-1159 design build contract solar photovoltaic systems division of Facilities Planning and Management. We do have a presentation, however, this, um, both these items were recommended favorably to the Board of Education by the Facilities Committee. Good evening, board, uh, Superintendent Sadler and community, thank you for the opportunity to present this item. I m Pernita Ranbu, the executive director of Facilities Planning, our we heard this evening to present two related energy and sustainability actions in partnership with Willan Energy Solutions, along with me, we do have
069Shawan Cornish, who is our project manager and Elliott, who is with the Worldan team. These actions focus on expanding our new solar generation across campuses and recommission ing existing district-owned solar systems that are currently underperforming. These recommendations support the district s long-term sustainability, climate resilience, and operational efficiency goals. I ask of the board tonight is, um, we re seeking adoption of the resolutions authorizing the solar pv material procurement strategy to secure the federal investment tax credit opportunity and the recommissioning of our existing solar systems. These actions would allow the district to move quickly to meet the federal safe harbor deadline while advancing broader energy and sustainability goals. Um, in terms of the agenda, we will be presenting an overview, but, um, as PRESIDENT Rouhat mentioned these resolutions I m presenting them together and, and you
070have in your packets two separate contracts for both these resolutions. So what is the um solar investment tax credit. The inflation reduction Act created a significant opportunity for public agencies, including school districts, to receive direct federal reimbursement for eligible clean energy projects through the investment tax credit or itc direct pay program, or you still can receive approximately 40% reimbursement on eligible solar project costs through a direct cash reimbursement from the irs. To qualify, the district must meet the federal safe harbor requirement before JULY 5, 2026 deadline. For projects under 1.5 megawatts, federal guidance requires the district to procure and pay for at least 5% of total project cost and take title to the equipment before the deadline. Under the proposed strategy, ousd would purchase qualifying solar equipment in advance and safely store the material until
071installation. Staff believes this is a strategic opportunity to leverage federal funding to reduce long-term utility costs and advance the district sustainability and climate resiliency goals. So I m going to talk through 3 or 3 reasons why this opportunity is something for us to consider, one being the cost savings. One of the biggest benefits for this opportunity is a long term utility saving. These projects are expected to reduce pgne utility costs of 22 million over their life cycle, hedge against future utility rate increases, support the general funds savings and create opportunities to continue growing what we have set up as a revolving green revolving fund. The district also expects significant life cycle savings through increased increased through through increased through increased through solar production and reduced energy demand. We also want to emphasize that restoring existing
072systems is important and to maximize that value prior to any future investments as well. The second reason is alignment with our sustainability commitments. So as these projects directly support ousd s climate emergency resolution and the sustainability policy. Expanding on site renewable energy reduces dependency on fossil fuel based on electricity and lowers greenhouse gas emissions. The projects also create opportunities for sustainability education and certain workforce pathways tied to clean energy infrastructure. In addition, operational savings generated through these projects can help fund future sustainability initiatives district-wide. And then the third reason is our heat mitigation strategy. This ties back to the resolution that we discussed last month as well around, um, air quality and thermal comfort. These projects align with the district s broader heat medication and climate resilient strategies. Solar shade structures and canopies can help
073reduce surface temperatures and improve student comfort on campuses. It reduces electrical demand also supporting future cooling and hvac improvements at sites with aging infrastructure. Also something that has been identified as a priority in our facility s master plan. Utility savings from solar can also support additional investments in shade, greening, cool roofs, and student wellness improvements. So, as I mentioned, there are 2 contracts that you re gonna see in front of you. The first contract is around the new solar Safe Harbor procurement. Uh, this is with regards to the solar pv design, build, and material procure procurement, excuse me, contract. This contract authorizes early procurement of solar pv modules to preserve eligibility for the federal itc incentives. Materials would be purchased title to the district and is stored in an insured warehouse until installation. The strategy
074allows oust to meet the federal deadline while continuing to finalize project scope, sites, pricing, and implementation schedules. The second one is around solar recommissioning. This proposed action focuses on recommissioning existing district-owned solar systems. So this includes existing conditions assessment, monitoring and in voter upgrades, repair and replacement of failed components and restoration of our solar production. Current analysis shows that many systems are producing significantly below expected levels. So our goal is to restore these systems closer to full operational performance and maximize long-term savings from prior investments In terms of the fiscal impact before I turn this over to Usha Kwan Cornish. Um, the funding source that has been identified is from Me y. This is from the earned interest from some of our measureide projects. These do not impact any existing project allocations identified within Measure
075y. I ll pass it on to Shikwan Good evening, I should say, uh, Jaquan Cornish, project manager with facilities. Um, so wanted to touch on the uh recommended new solar pv sites, um, so this slide is, uh, provides a summary of the seven proposed solar expansion sites and the uh proposed projects include rooftop systems, carport, uh, canopies, and shade structures, depending on the site conditions, of course. Um, in these locations are proposed again and we will revisit to ensure that uh we create the most impactful and beneficial location for our students and the school community. Uh, the projects are expected to generate significant first savings, first year savings as uh Pernita mentioned and um again expanding on uh renewable energy uh throughout the district. The initial safe harbor material procurement across all seven sites is
076approximately $669,000. That is theunt that we will need to cut a check for to Safe Harbor, the solar itc. Um, and to touch on the financials, this, uh, slide provides an overall program, uh, summary of the financials for the new solar sites as well as the recommissioning sites. The totals you see here represent the 30% phase, um, which are, uh, rough orders of magnitude, and these are the proposed estimates about how much the solar will cost for the new sites, the recommissioning, the first year savings, the savings over their 25 year life cycle, um, and the, uh, incentives that we will receive from the itc Direct Bay. Uh, the proposed solar expansion program is estimated at approximately 8.9 million solar recommissioning is approximately 1.5 million and um to be transparent, the contracts, uh, also include
077a different amount so that the total contracts that we re bringing to you today for the new solar at 12.5 and then the recommissioning is 2.5 and those uh deltas provide space for design, approvals, and any construction continue contingencies that we MAY need to. Uh tap into during construction. Um, again, to mention it s about $440,000 total together for new solar recommissioning for that first year, um, and then we re estimating approximately 22 million um over the 25 years for the seven sites in the 16 uh recommissioning sites. And um to close, uh, you know, we, we really believe that this is a, a great opportunity for us, um, and there s a, a strong long term operational and financial investment for the district, um, that we can directly put back into our general fund
078into um potentially include into our green revolving fund that will also just support additional um sustainable and energy efficiency projects um for the future of the district. And um just to touch on the next steps, so, uh, last week we brought this to the facilities committee and we re here to bring this to the board tonight, uh, so what we re gonna do is immediately after hopeful board approval will be um procuring and titling the solar material so that we can uh. Secure the itc by that JULY 5th date. Well then, uh, work with our partner Willan to finalize the project scope, the pricing, uh, guaranteed savings and the implementation schedules uh with Will Dan and then we ll bring that back to the facilities Committee for review, um. And hopeful, uh, back to the
079board after that. Um, and we anticipate we ll get through the design phases and get through dsa um fall 2026 of this year and we would uh love to start installing the new solar, uh, projects, um, during the summer of 2027, um, to obviously minimize the disruption to to school. Session uh, and we will also be immediately addressing the recommissioning sites as well. That s an effort that will be happening at the same time as the design for the new sites. And um we re happy to take any questions if you have them. Thank you. Is there a motion to adopt? So moved Not yet. You have to Oh sorry, you have to finish the hearing. There s a second part to this That s it? Ok. And the hearing. Um the uh the hearing
080is public comment Uh, ok. Is there any public comment on this? We do not have any registered speakers. Comments comments Director Hutchinson Yes, thank you Um, especially with what just happened with the vote, the special meeting with the 3rd interim. Um can t suspend disbelief anymore. I, I can t trust the numbers and the documents that were being shown. I can t trust a fiscal analysis that s being put in front of us. I also have real concerns about how Measure y has been used. Um and dipping into these funds and and all sorts of ways. But with the way our the district s finances have been managed over the last 16 months. I m scared to approve anything that s being put in front of us. There was no real work. To talk about
081this collectively. Or to gain an understanding or for the board to engage to make sure this was the best deal for us. Or even to make sure our limited facility bond dollars can even be stretched in this way when we still don t even have a new school at McClymon s yet. Uh, we just had a 3rd interim where we can see that spending has exploded this year. This is a part of it that this board keeps taking on new projects and new spending. Whether it s in the facility s bond or it s in the general fund. With no real acknowledgement that we have limited resources. With no real acknowledgement that if we spend $1 over here, that means there s a dollar we can t spend over here. And when we re doing
082this without a plan. Without a framework without uh overarching policy that dictates how these decisions should be made, and what order we should prioritize things. We re just in freefall you know, I, I have real concerns and issues with what s going on with the facilities department. On the head of facilities, a former head of facilities, Kenya Chapman, was no longer working here in the district. I ve concerns about how the new head of facilities was hired. I have concerns who did the hiring, especially with the way the district is now. No. I helped author the last reprioritization of Me y before we made certain decisions then. There was supposed to be an overall lead abatement plan for the whole city to address that issue once and for all. Generational work I haven t seen
083anything Projects keep getting added ahead of it. Um, this is not how things are supposed to work. This is not how we as a school board are supposed to decide how to dedicate 15 to $20 million of funds. Encumbering the district for a decade or longer. There s a level of seriousness and work that s involved, and I just don t see it. When staff can t answer basic questions about the finances, how can I trust other staff. I d like to hear from the facilities chair. Um, I know you guys discussed this in the, the board meeting in your, uh, community meeting. Yes, thank you, and for those who haven t tuned in, Facilities committee meetings are fun. So please join us and we have conversations about all of these, um, different areas as
084well as the um the next meeting we re also gonna have uh in-depth conversation about all the different types of facilities, um, restricted dollars that we have and take a deep dive into that as well. Um, so, uh, for those who MAY not know, measure y dollars there is an allocation for climate resiliency and heat mitig ation that s included in Measure y already. That doesn t touch any of the major projects, um, that are coming up in the, in the why, um, I m sorry, in the measure why um spending plan, um, we also in the later part of the meeting we ll have the opportunity to be voting on items to actually move forward with the different um projects that are part of Measure y. Um, but I d like to ask, uh,
085MS. Rambay if you can come up and talk a little bit about, um, this specific solar project, how, um, how can we use our bond dollars, uh, for this project, um, and again, can you talk a little bit more about the bond, um, uh, interest, um, as well. Thank you for that question. Um, certainly there are two elements maybe that I ll touch a little bit, and this is going to be in the spending plan presentation that we plan to bring back to the full board, um, in JUNE as well. Um, some of the priorities as um some of the priorities that we have heard within the master plan and through resolutions and from you all is um around heat mitigation strategies, um, air quality, thermal comfort, sustainability in our commitment to the sustainability policy
086and the climate emergency action resolution. Um, and the solar and energy infrastructure. So within the spending plan, our staff is bringing that back to be able to allocate some of our contingency funds, uh, to some of these, um, initiatives. Um, it s prioritized within the master plan. This is also what we have heard through the community as well, specifically for um these projects, the overall program is proposed to be funded through Measure y bond interest earnings that we have and, um, we re not as, as you mentioned, Do Asher, we re not, um, allocating or reallocating any funds from any major projects, um, as part of the measure why cash flow management, the district earned interest on unspent bond funds while projects weren t design, dsa reviews, regulatory reviews, and approvals, procurement, and as we
087start now to launch our construction phases, so this interest is owned interest is what we re recommending we allocate to the solar infrastructure, uh, so this does not again impact any identified projects within the measure why spending plan, um, as well as we have been maintaining a really steady and strong contingency. Thank you. And we ve also, again, been really clear about projects that are supportive of uh climate, um, the climate emergency as well as budget savings. Um, I also had an additional question, but it escaped me. Um, but thank you so much. Are there any other board questions? Director Berry? Just two clarifying questions. So one, the 22 million in life cycle savings, um, that hits that alleviates general fund. And is that the life cycle defined as 10? I can t remember. Uh,
088good evening and thank you for the opportunity to be here. So, uh, the $22 million is projected, uh, life cycle savings over the course of 25 years for solar projects, we used 25 years because that s what the panels are warrantied for, um. How it s, you know, it is fair to note that these systems potentially could last longer, but we re gonna use a conservative 25 years to match the warranty. Those are avoided pg&e costs through electricity produced by the solar panels, both the new solar as well as the recommissioned solar sites, and so that s how we um have projected out for that $22 million. Are there any other board questions it s both the green revolve, it s actually we re trying to use those funds back into the green revolving fund
089to be able to invest back. Into energy or sustainability efforts um at the facilities. And then that 5% uh cost that we incur, do we have to pay that upfront, or can you commit to paying it and pay it later Getting steps in. Thank you. Um, so you, you, if approved this evening, you are essentially approving for that material order, so ordering the solar panels, uh, which equates to 5% of the total projected cost. That is a requirement from the irs about how you basically get grandfathered in for the expiring incentive. So if approved tonight, we have an invoice ready to go. We would do everything needed before the deadline to ensure the panels are are titled over and you re essentially in the queue for that expiring incentive. And if the work, scope of
090work or the plans change, do we recoup? Those costs? Yeah, so we, we wanted to be fully eyes wide open to the potential risk of that, and so what we ve um worked with district administration to do is that there would be a very minimal restocking fee of 10% of that. Uh $600,000 approximate, uh, if the project doesn t move forward. So the risk is about $60,000 but you d have the opportunity to return the panels if you decide not to to move forward. Any other board questions Uh, Director Williams Uh, thank you very much for the presentation. I think I m gonna speak to the uh recommended solar pv site details. Um, and Prescott is listed on there, and, and I just want to get some clarification about shade structure. Um Presco has expressed
091concern about that previously, um, when the first rounds of solar panels went out, um, because of the, the blueprint proposal was to put it in the middle of the playground. And what we ve seen is that has happened in my district in and Hoover Elementary. It s right in the middle of the playground, as well as Martin Luther King. It s right in the middle of the playground. So my concerns really is um are we going to have conversations with uh uh the Prescott family team, as well as the administrator, uh. Uh MS. Dewana Slaughter and the and the community to really try to find the best place to uh allow the shade structure to happen because it just would be devastating again. Where it s restricting our young folks to be able to add
092I think on I think on this on the board agenda we have another, uh, project that is coming for landscaping, building out a playground for the young folks at Prescott. So there s a couple things that are happening coming next year. So the question really is, you know, are we going to sit down and have that conversation to see what does it look like? Because the last time it was, you take this or leave it. And they said, take it somewhere else, right? So I hope that we re open to have those conversations moving forward. Thank you for that question. Uh, yes, absolutely. We will be working with each individual side, as well as the site administrators in the community to be able to to best identify what the design and the layout looks like.
093Right now, we have just identified the locations and the type of solar, uh, installation and then we would definitely be re-engaging with the communities to better, um, align with ongoing projects like the Living schoolyard project that s Prescott. Thank you so much. Really appreciate it. Thank you. DR. Berry Because it s on the agenda tonight, um, a presentation on the local business utilization plan. Can you speak to how that will be applied to this project. Um, I believe for our bond measure, um, spending or projects within the bond measure y, um, the lbu policy would apply just to say in the same manner that would apply to any of our projects, so we will certainly be, um, going through the same process as we would have with any of our Measurey projects. A little, uh,
094one of, um, the subcontractors were planning to use for the recommissioning effort, lives here in Oakland, so we did try to take, uh, account and be mindful of your lbu requirements. Obviously, we re adhering to the pla and part of our, you know, a process and approach when responding to the initial rfq is how we can be impactful and help the local community. And so we intend to do that with the first phase of solar projects here. The public hearing is closed. Is there a motion to adopt the um r1 and r2. And report out separately. So moves 2. MR. Rastock, can we have a roll call on the vote, please? Motion as stated. The student directors are absent. Director Williams Yes, sir Director Hutchinson abstained. Director Lauder Yes Director Barry Yes Director Thompson. Vice
095PRESIDENT Batchelor. Yes. And PRESIDENT Bro. Yes. Motions adopted. Projects are approved. All right, we ll move on to, uh, with the exemptions of No, no, no I m sorry, um, 021. That s the, this is the next item, the general consent report is the next item. Minus 021. Yes, minus 021. Is there a motion on general consent. Minus 021. So moved. Board colleagues, any comments? Director Hutchinson? Thank you. Oh I think today with the presentation of the 3rd interim. Hopefully it became clear to more people. Why I haven t voted on a consent report in over a year. So when we saw in the 3rd interim report how spending this year has exploded and how overspending has increased. A lot of that s because of the consent report that comes forward at every meeting. These
096are additional costs, most of these above what was budgeted for at the start of the year. Yet they just keep coming forward. And the other thing that is a real concern is when you look through this there s not a lot of fiscal impact analysis within the consent report. I firmly believe that we don t have the internal capacity anymore in ousd. To do a fiscal impact analysis. And when people can t explain numbers around projected expenditures. I m really worried that how can I trust those same people then to do a fiscal impact analysis on all the contracts and resolutions coming forward. When we see money getting um scooped up from restricted dollars and questionable ways. How can we then trust this going forward? And what should have really happened this year? Since we
097were in a financial crisis and we had a large projected deficit for next year. At some point, there should have been a moratorium on new spending. Some accounting of maybe we can t do all of these things in the consent report right now. But no, we ve just barreled headlong into this, spending more and more each meeting. And our pie is limited. We have a finite set of resources. So for every $1 we spend on these consent reports. Are dollars that we can t spend other places. And I hear a lot of talk all the time about wanting to reduce contracts and consultants. I challenge somebody to look through this consent report. And out of how much out of how much mon in contracts there are to consultants and advisors. Because it sure hasn t
098been items in the consent report to hire more ousd staff. More union ousd staff. It s all of these outside contracts. And this is what s largely driven the overspending that continues to this point. Though hopefully more people will see the through line. And the implications of this. Just wanton spending, just saying yes to every contract that comes forward in a consent report, nothing being vetted, not having a real internal financial team to do that work. This is the outcome and this is what happens when you pay consultants to be your financial advisors. For this year, $800,000 instead of getting free help from the county from experts. What s really going on? Who s in charge of our dollars, and when are we going to put a stop to them putting us in financial ruin,
099which is what we are facing right now, whether they call it a positive budget certification or not. The numbers are the numbers. Thank you. Director Thompson Director Latta Director Williams Director Barry Uh, I would just like to uplift the following items on consent, uh, 011, which is a skyline, um, high school dining room improvements, uh, for some outdoor seating spaces and meal areas. Uh, this is again going to improve this, the, the life of folks on that campus. Also, um 51, which is the pathway Summer, uh, work-based learning program, the eco program, um, which is exploring college career and community opportunities. This is through the Oakland Ed Fund that gives our students a stipend to support them through work-based learning, uh, for our high school students again at Skyline, um, next, uh, 033, which is
100el education. Um, this is a conference for two of our, uh, ml mla, um, teachers to attend. Um, again, I hope that they re able to learn everything they can to bring it back into the classroom and support our students. Um, and then 069 uh Washington Early Childhood Center and tk Space. Um, this is, uh, an item that is actually totally funded the 19 million um is funded by the Oakland Children s Initiative, um, it s the same number because folks might remember the 1819 million that we re getting funded for Garfield. It s the same number because of the number of classrooms that we re going to be opening up for tk there, um, because it s a modular build, it s gonna be speedier. We re not going to have to go through
101an arduous dsa approval like we did for McClymons, um, and, uh, if, if the contract is passed today, um, work will start soon after, and then the school year, 27, 28 is when we ll be able to actually enroll our tk students into that space. So that s, I m really excited about, um, again, the expansion of transitional kindergarten in that way. Um, MR. Um oh, sorry, um, any public comment on this agenda item, MISTER. Choo? Yes, we have Carol Don, Avi Ringer, and Osalolabala. I do see, uh, MISS Stone online. Either. Uh you for calling on me. You know, I d like to clarify that when I spoke about overspending on contracts. That is a pattern years back The people who analyzed it with that. 4 years from last year. So we re not
102actually talking about this here, and I certainly hope that the pattern changes. It s been a long-standing issue. To speak specifically about some of the contracts. Um, I also noticed the two contracts with open public education fund to bring around $160,000. One of them specifies that 10% of the money will be retained by the fund. Uh for administration. The other one doesn t specify. So I m concerned about developing a better cover sheet for this board, uh, and better specifications for this type of contract. And especially what happens? If not all of the students are able to take advantage of the opportunity. How can the ousd account for and make sure that the money is refunded to ousb so that it would be available to others. Thank you. Thank you, MR. Chow, any other speakers?
103No, that include public speakers. Um, can we take a roll call on this item, which is general consent? Yes, on the roll call to adopt the general consent this general consent report number 1 minus item 0. Uh, student directors are absent. Director Eri Yes Director Hutchinson, abstain Director Williams Uh yes Director Ladder. Yes. Director Thompson. Vice PRESIDENT Batchelor. Yes. And PRESIDENT Brohar Yes. The consent report is adopted minus item. 0.21. Thank you with that, we ll move on to 0.21. I believe, uh, Doctor Brohart, you re the one who pulled this item. Um, this proposed resolution authorizes the superintendent or designee to identify documents in retroactively reclassify eligible expenditures from the general fund to legally permissible restricted friends for fiscal years within the applicable records. Retention period, and, uh, generally 3 to 5 years. Financial
104restatement is a process of revising previously issued financial statements to correct material errors. It s in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles. The auditor has been involved in this process. The auditor is, uh, is the auditor available tonight? No, ok. Um. So again, this has been a process that s done with our with our finance team and with the auditor, um, who uh audits our, um, budgets. So again, I would, um, uh, encourage my colleagues to support this resolution. MADAM PRESIDENT, we need a motion that can make a motion to approve 21. 2nd. Board colleagues, Doctor Berry Director Williams Director Latta Director Thompson Doctor Hutchinson Yes, thank you I ve never seen or heard of this one before. And this is not something ousd has done. To have an effort to look back over previous
105years? 3 to 5 years, to look to reclassify spending that happened in this year, in those years, from restricted to unrestricted or vice versa. After those numbers have already been audited after we ve closed the books, passed every audit, a lot of these numbers after we left receivership now and we got the gold seal of approval. So what is the purpose of this resolution? What is the purpose of reclassifying dollars. Is this some accounting trick to generate more money on paper now So there really should be an explanation This is not something that should be buried in the consent report? This is definitely something that should have been discussed at the budget and Finance Committee first. But I d really like a larger explanation, especially on the financial impact. And what kind of savings we
106re looking to achieve in our unrestricted general fund by doing this. Because again, I ve never heard of reclassifying previous year s dollars. I would really like to know whose idea it is. I mean, the memo had uh Superintendent Sadler, uh, MS. Garre, and general counsel Lindsay s name on the document. So there should be something that says what we re looking to gain from this, what dollar amount, why are we pursuing this now? And how are we really doing this when all of these past numbers were already certified. It d be really good if there was an answer, um, because again, I ve been watching ousd s budget. And finances for 15 years? I ve never seen this happen before, and this is not the normal practice that school districts engage in. So a
107clarification would be really nice and I think justified in this case. Um, both for the board and for the community at large. So I m specifically asking what are the financial implications? Why are we doing this? How much money is this supposed to free up and where? Superintendent Um, and, uh Deputy Superintendent, um, Gard will answer any of the financial questions, but I think I can um cover a portion. So you mentioned that this is coming from the, the superintendent, deputy superintendent, and myself. And um I want to just share with, with the board as a part of that. The reason that it s coming from the three of us is that we are we have quality controls in place, such that as we re looking at these type of steps, we have um myself
108reviewing for legal, um legal concerns, but besides behind myself, I also have outside counsel available to check. Each and every one of these. And for Deputy Superintendent Guard, um, as she s doing her work, she also checks with the auditor, and then we also have uh our superintendent who s also in communication with the county Office of Education and their superintendent, as we re taking this walk, and it s essentially a continuation of the primary strategy, um, that s been named in um in the stabilization plan, which is looking at restricted dollars and right sizing to ensure that we re using those first where appropriate. So thank you. My question was specifically about what kind of savings do we look to achieve and from where I didn t, I didn t question whether it was
109legal or not. I just said, we ve never done this before, and it s really hard to internalize it with everything else going on. This is really setting off red flags on the finances. That would be appreciated. I didn t say whether we ve done it before or not, um. I think, I mean, it could have been because again, it was in plans from back in 2017 where we talk about the use of restricted funding, um, and prioritizing it so I would, I m gonna go back to look to see if we have um prior. However, what we re doing is I ll give you an example, um, Medi-Cal billing is one. Where the, um the billing funds that we were getting, we weren t getting in time, so we were covering it with general
110purpose funds. And you can pay back the general fund when those funds come in. So we re looking at what has been expended out of the general fund? And if it compliantly should have been paid by another fund? Then you can move the funding to back to the general fund. So you re just paying back the general fund. And I m sorry, just, just so everyone s explicitly clear when this, uh, this resolution explicitly is looking at previous years. So it s, so it s not about a policy of using our restricted dollars first going forward. This is looking at previous years that have already closed their books and already been audited. And trying to move money around in those previous years. I heard 3 to 5 years into the past. So it doesn t
111say um user restricted dollars. First going forward. It just says use your restricted dollars first. And so what we re doing is looking at it going forward, and we re looking at what has happened, and that is in our current year. And we ve looked at it in the previous year and as our general counsel said, we re not just sitting and doing things and trying to make maneuvers. We re looking at what can be compliantly moved. And paid um moved into restricted funds. How can the general fund be paid back for things that it had covered that should have been paid through our restricted dollars. Compliantly And is there a projected total that we re looking to achieve or that we re hoping to achieve? Because we don t know if it s compliant
112we re not going to do, for example, we looked at, um, facilities, and it looked like there could have been upwards of $23 million but we re not going to we re looking line by line, so it s not a matter of how much can we get? It s a matter of what the general fund paid for and if there is excess in the restricted dollars and it s compliant to be paid through there, then we can pay the general fund back. But what would be the danger of waiting till we ve done the work to see how much we can actually achieve through it and then come forward with a resolution after that work has been done. I m, I m really uncomfortable with uh uh voting on something and saying, yes, let s
113do this. When we re still talking hypothetical, and it hasn t been looked through. You don t need this resolution to pass. In order to preview that work, to see how much savings we could find for the unrestricted general fund. And so this, this, uh, blanket approval, not having any dollars connected to it for something that we haven t done before. I m very uncomfortable with it, and I think it s backwards. This is not how we should do work. I would expect somebody to say, hey, we found that if we do this one thing, we can free up $23 million in our unrestricted general fund You bring that dollar amount and then the board would say, yes, that s what we want to do, especially if it s going to achieve that amount of
114savings. So it just makes me really uncomfortable to authorize changing past determination, and we don t even have specifics on what we re talking about. I in in talking with our auditor and talking with staff and actually having conversations with the county. What we re doing is looking at, we re looking at all of our systems, and we re looking back and finding that we have spent money in some cases that should have been spent out of restricted funds. And we re making plans to identify that and we want the board to know that we are going through that process. We want you to be absolutely clear that it s something that we re doing as a part of becoming more fiscally solvent, but also looking at our systems around making sure we re very
115clear about how we spend every dollar. And we looked at the funds that were listed in this report, the 3rd interim report. We re looking at all of those funds, cafeteria funds, facilities funds, what we re spending in the academic side, things that could have been spent, um, special ed, all of our funds to make sure that we re booking them appropriately. And we have identified some areas where we haven t consistently. So this is something that we want you to be aware that we are using, looking at this process, we re gonna have specific information to bring back to the board once we complete the process, but are being asked to vote on this now if that list and that hasn t been determined. You say you re, you say you re finding these
116dollar amounts, then all I m asking for, and all I ve been asking for is then produce what s been found so we know what we re talking about ratify the process that we re using, that s all numbers and what this could achieve before I m gonna give a blanket ratification to go back and change these things. When you say that you ve done work and you ve identified things, but nobody has any numbers or documents to show that. Thank you. Yeah, you re next. Yeah, I just uh wanted to clarify because I ve read the resolution. In that way, and I think you were starting to explain it. So the way I read it is that this resolution gives you the authorization to do the work. And any retroactive reclassification would have to
117come back to the board for approval. So we re not approving any action today except to allow you to do the intellectual exercise. MAY I, so, um, I just, just to be clear, because there s different funds involved. There s also different rules. There s a different um California code and federal rules associated with Fund 13, for example, and for 112, there s cfr, um, that is for fund 12, an early childhood and for fun 25, for building, there s all different rules. So that s the reason why there s a 3 to 5 year period, look back that that is applicable depending on the funding source. Some of them require specific action to come back to the board as you, um, ratify or or approve certain line items and amounts, and others, if it
118s within a certain time frame, it does not. And so, but in any event, the board will have all of those numbers before him. It ll depend on the, the funding source. So that s the reason why Essentially, I m gonna try to do it in 25 characters or less. Some will come back for board approval and others won t. And it depends on the fun. Yes, and this is you re ratifying the process here, you re approving us to move forward with the process, but in any event, everything that is done in the budget is a part of budget adoption. So it all got it. Thank. Thank you, Director Brohart. Ok. Um, Director Williams. Just real quick, I do want to thank the superintendent as well as the deputy superintendent for moving us forward.
119Um, what we did realize in JANUARY was that there were transactions that were miscoded. We identified that um, and we ve saved multi-millions of dollars because we identified that the monies that we were using our general funds. Uh, were actually reducing our particular ability to pay our deficit. So, thank you for identifying that in JANUARY, and I think this is just an extension of the process. If it is, if we identified it in JANUARY, then there s possibly opportunities to look back, uh in the past to really address some of the issues that MAY have been miscoded, and I, I think you should have the authority to actually go back over the last 3 to 5 years to see what particular funds have been miscoded, and if they have, you bring that forth. If not,
120then move on, but I appreciate that you re thinking about ways of being more accountable, and this is really not like uh about uh uh uh not a budget cut, but a budget correction that every dollar recovered through reclassification as a dollar that goes back, that works for our students. So I really appreciate that you re trying to find more money to invest into our schools and our students. Thank you very much. And my, my only comment will be I appreciate Director Williams for being the one that s saying rang the alarm ever since I ve been on the board around the transfers of monies from the unrestricted funds to the restricted funds, and I think this is another course correction, um, that we are making, um, and I think it is. About time, uh,
121that we make some of these course corrections. Um, so with that, can we go ahead and take a vote on um 021. Public comment on this item. Any public commenters would like to comment on this item? Yes, we have Carol Dillton I d like to remind folks in public if you would like to get up and make a public comment, you can, since this item was pulled, but go ahead. Um, thank you So I have attended a lot of audit committee meetings over the last decade. The auditor is always very clear that the section of the audit, the fiscal audit, is looking at the transactions. Did you cut this check? Did, did you cut it from the, the funds that you said you cut it from, does was it correctly deducted from the balance, and
122so on. Since the general fund is can cover so many different things. It s a business and management decision. Indiscretion to decide for some expenses, whether they charged to the, the general fund and in some cases, um, there have been emergencies where uh certain facilities, uh, issue needed solving right away because it was a sewer main at first, and that would be an example of going to the general fund. So I very much hope that you will vote in favor of this motion and the systems that will keep all of the funds used to the maximum possibility for the purposes for which they were designed. Thank you. Other folks in public. Anybody raise their hand online. That was the only hand. Thank you. We ll go ahead and take a vote on this item. On
123the roll call to adopt item 0.31, which is file id 26-1362 as stated. Uh, Director Thompson. Director Barry Yes. Director Hutchinson No Director Williams Yes, sir Director Lauder. Yes. Vice PRESIDENT Batchelor Yes. PRESIDENT Brohart. Motions adopted Thank you. Um, and as chair, I would like to go ahead and move t up, um, and we ll take t2 first, um, since we have some local business owners that have been patiently waiting, um, in this board meeting. Um, and then we ll take t1 and then t3. Apologies everyone for the last minute change. Thank you. MADAM Vice PRESIDENT, uh, what these, uh, that item is was the t. T2. Uh programs and construction-related local and small business and small local resident. Residential resident business enterprise program. Good evening, MADAM PRESIDENT, Board of Education, and Superintendent, thank you
124for the opportunity to present the annual local business utilization report this evening. I m happy to share that the report s findings will be positive news for Oakland Unified School District and the Oakland community. I m Shawn Deco, ceo and founder of 360 Total Concept, second generation business owner in Oakland. I was born in Oakland, Oakno Naval Hospital. Uh, I went to Oakland public schools and when I was growing up, my mom was a school nurse in the district as well. Uh, I started the company 20 years ago and for two decades we have been doing the monitoring compliance for ser uh for small business programs for both public and private entities. Most of our team are from Oakland and raised in Oakland and many of us still live here. Uh Tiffany Knuckles. There you
125are, ok, who we will be present with me is an Oakland resident. She went to Oakland, grew up in Oakland as well, and she s the lead on the district s project for us overseeing the monitoring compliance for the board s local business utilization policy. Because of the shared connection, I m truly honored to be here, um, and to do this work with the district to ensure that local businesses have the opportunities to participate on district projects. And just to start, we have a few local business owners that are here that we have spotlighted in this video, and some are here as well, um, so if we could just start our presentation with the first slide, or do I do that? Is that is? For nearly two decades, Oakland Unified School District has remained committed
126to ensuring that public investment in school facilities also supports Oakland communities. In 2008, the district established its local business utilization policy to intentionally expand opportunities for Oakland-based businesses. Since then, local business participation has increased from 6% to 50%. With the reinvestment of over $500 million back into the local economy. Born and raised in Oakland, went to Oakland schools. My mother actually worked for the Oakland Youth High School District as a cafeteria lady for 24 years. He stayed in Oakland and the fact that we can stay here and contribute back and, and, and make a living here, you know, send our kids to school here is everything, you know, the ability to actually open opportunities for others to carry the torch forward into the future as folks did with me coming up is a, is a
127big deal for me. I was a part of the Oakland Youth High School District. I went to Fremont High in 200 5 and I just remember the sense of, of anxiety that I got when I was arriving at school, um and when I look at Fremont High now, it looks like a safe environment and that s something that I m proud of. We are currently on that project, yes, for both phases, having been a student or usd, they take pride, ok, in making sure that uh we participate in projects that will benefit students, the community, workers, and we get the word out. The small local business program has really given a, a foothold to those companies that are interested in construction and engineering at Tulum we have 65% of our employees are Hispanic. 30% are
128black, ok? And the other percentage are women. So we ve been able to blend our communities in a strength, you know, a strong company because we have a vested interest in what the city and the opportunity osd has brought to us. And to implement the board s policy Team 360 acts on behalf of the district at Pander in the compliance and monitoring and working closely with the superintendent s office and the facilities department to ensure that the program is executed based on the board s policy and with fairness. Just a little bit about how the program uh came about a little background, like Tiffany mentioned in 2008, the board, uh, passed their first uh local business policy, but it was based on the fact that communities came and raised the issue that Oakland businesses were
129not participating on Oakland projects. Um and then when the board gained local control, they looked at the data and saw that 94% of the district s do on the on the bond side as well as the general fund side were being spent with businesses outside of Oakland. And on the bond side, we know that s the voter approved bond dollar, so the, the local businesses and the local residents that are paying the property taxes, all that money was being spent out. But in 2008, um, as a response to the findings, the and the community s concerned, the board estab li sh ed its first race and gender neutral local business utilization policy. Modeled after the city of Oakland s policy. Oakland Unified School District s program has become a strong model to have to continue
130investing in economically challenged communities through the utilization of small local businesses and how that impacts the diverse diversity of the contracting pool as well. And that is a direct success credit to the district and its leadership to continue to have a program such as this. This program during financially challenging times actually help local dollars and local businesses when there were times where federal and state dollars were not coming back to the city. So that that s what 2008 looked like at the time and that s what we continue to see, um, I m happy to see, uh, a former board member James Harris here, uh, he was actually, he and director Torres were led the effort to have the policy then increased from the original 20% local participation to the now where it s 50%
131participation as a requirement. So that happened um in 2014. And now I pass it to Tiffany, and Tiffany will go through more of the project details, the implementation, uh, efforts and the outcomes from the local business utilization program. So I am. Ok, um, as Shana mentioned, my name is Tiffany Knuckles. I am with 360 total concept, I am community relations manager as well as a project lead for the lbu compliance um, program for ousd. Um, our presentation today. Is, um, organized into 6 sections. We will briefly provide an overview of the program and policy history will share the 2025 annual priorities. We ll take a look at program performance, outreach efforts, and end with recommended next steps. Gonna skip this slide because we covered this in our intro. Um, this here is our team. Um,
132our work is supported by a multi-disciplinary team focused on compliance oversight, community engagement, media communications, and strategic program development. I will say that in the interest of time, uh, this evening, some of the slides will be skipped during this presentation, but the full deck is available online. Um, so our team partners with the facilities planning and Management department to oversee implementation of the district s local business policy, um, bp 7115. Our role includes compliance monitoring over the life cycle of contracts, contractor outreach and engagement and technical assistance. We also work with the district to ensure the policy evolves and is responsive to changes in government contract code as well as general best practices for local business programming overall. The district already sets a model for this type of program, and we wanna continue to ensure
133that we strengthen the program, whether that be through the use of innovative tools, creative outreach strategies or useful and supportive resources for the contractor community. All right, so now we re just gonna provide a brief overview of, um, the obu policy over time, uh, Shonda briefly spoke about this already. This, um, slide just outlines common terminology found throughout the presentation, um, for your reference. Um, and here to explain the lbu requirement, um, a bit more. We have this, we have this slide Currently, and as of 2014, the district local business requirement is 50% for projects funded through bond measures that requirement includes a 20 that requirement includes a minimum of 25% local business participation along with at least 25% um participation from small local or small local resident businesses, and we like to clarify that,
134um. The district does not, it s not a certifying agency, however, the district does recognize certifications from multiple approved agencies in order to expand access and increase the pool of eligible Oakland-based firms. Um, these agencies do their due diligence and complete site visits, uh, to verify that firms meet the local and size standards, and those agencies are listed here on the screen. Um, however, uh, unique to ousd is the slrb, the small local resident certification, so ousd does certify firms as SLRBEs when they are a small local business and the owner of that firm is an Oakland resident. This slide here outlines the benefits and the some myths of the lbu program, um. What we know is that the lbu program generates multiple community benefits, including economic reinvestment, local job opportunities, and stronger partnerships between
135diverse firms. However, some of the common myths and misconceptions regarding local firms have no basis in data and are often naturally mitigated by the development of actual partnerships and management of logistics, but the data does consistently demonstrate is that local firms are capable of successfully delivering on, on large scale projects, again, particularly when supported through intentional partnerships and outreach. All right? And so now we re going to move into just looking at some of the major um priorities and accomplishments from 2025. Uh, in 2025, our program priorities focused heavily on strengthening compliance systems, refining policy recommendations and improving transparency. We conducted an audit of board approved contracts to ensure that contracts were following the lbu, uh, the proper lbu protocol for for documentation we advanced recommendations for modernization of the current lbu policy based on
136evaluations of the program and identify ways to enhance the policy, and we also streamlined the verification procedures for non-city of Oakland certified firms to create, uh, creating a digital application process for ease of use and data collection. I ll turn it off ok. All right. Um, so this slide here reflects just a cumulative monitoring of lbu data between JUNE 2022 and DECEMBER of 2025 at the close of q4. During the reporting period, the district monitored approximately $377 million in contracts where lbu was monitored with a cumulative lbu spend of 175 million. Based on what was contracted through 2025 upon contract completion, the estimated local participation projections are approximately 244 million, and that s tracking at 64%, significantly above the district s 50% requirement. And for us, this demonstrates sustained um program performance even as project
137scopes, um, and contract values change over time. This slide here, uh, several major capital this like highlights several major capital improvement projects that are currently underway or recently completed, um. The project s listed here. Are all projected to meet or exceed the district s 50% requirement, and these numbers again want to reiterate that they re based on um work that was completed through q 4 2025 All right, and then here we have a slide that highlights two of our outreach engagements in 2025. We hosted multiple workshops and matchmaking events focused on improving contractor access and strengthening understanding of the local business policy. Our matchmaking events allows small businesses to connect directly with projects teams and prime contractors for possible teaming opportunities in our technical assistance workshops focus on clarifying lbu protocols, expectations, and available resources
138of the gallery of photos here, but we re gonna that. So now we re gonna uh start to wind down with our next steps. Moving forward, uh, the focus is to continue refining the policy recommendations support the buildout of the student career development program, expand oppornities for local firms through trainings, workshops, and compliance support, and, um, we wanna, we plan to continue quarter leadership briefings to ensure ongoing accountability and program visibility. Ultimately, the goal is continuous improvement and long-term community impact. All right, one next exciting next step is the ousd Career Development Program. So in partnership with the superintendent s office. This program would be where students would work hands-on with the district. This initiative creates direct pathways for ousd students into construction and facilities careers through stipends, course credit, and hands-on project exposure. This
139effort reflects the district s broader commitment to connecting capital investment with student op opportunity. Uh, the recommendation would be to start the pilot program with 2 different high schools, one in East Oakland and one in West Oakland. All right. And in closing, the lbu program continues to demonstrate measurable economic impact, strong compliance outcomes, and meaningful community investment. Uh, we appreciate the board s time tonight, and we look forward to, um, for developing the program further. Thank you so much. We ll now go to board comments, uh, Doctor Berry. So I did have the benefit of seeing a preview of this presentation and I was wild then. I m wild now. I think it s really awesome and that the progress has been amazing. Uh former director I didn t know that you were uh responsible
140for some of this work, um, so shout out to you. One question I have is what the day to day relationship looks like between 360, the district and the potential um uh, not vendors, but in companies who work or hope to do work in the district. District on like daily, um, so the folks who were just up here presenting and talking about the solar projects, like we were reviewing their, their lbu documentation. I m on the phone, uh, making sure they understand, you know, uh, the various components of the program we do um. Yeah, just it s, we re, we re very much involved. It is very much a partnership, I would, I would say, um, in, in my experience. Yeah, so we do, we, we work with the the facilities team and then we
141work with the contractors too. So we re monitoring the whole program. So in some cases the the GCs are the ones that are being monitored and sometimes it s the district of work too, because it s all cohesive to how the program is successful. So we interface with the facility side as well as the contractors and part of the outreach, some of the matchmaking that we ve had have been where we have set up one on one meetings with small businesses and large contractors for the district s projects to to get them to have part to a to a to allow the um possibility for them to team on the district projects, and many of them have been selected through those round tables to be on the teams for like the McClymons project over it
142said that some of their small local businesses they ve met at the matchmaking, um, because it s not just a pool of people that s like intentional to make sure that they can tell them about their firms and they can actually build relationships to work on future projects, and some of the people are here that have actually teamed on some of the larger projects with the district, which have given a small business the ability to have the past performance of a large, you know 10. $70 million dollar project because now they re part of the prime contracting team, not just the subcontractors. So we re in partnership and Tiffany s the lead on there, so she s on project full time. The others are just part-time when as needed, um, in order to make sure
143that we re being efficient with the with the with the bond dollars. I ll also add too that um. So weekly for, for many of the active projects, there are oac meetings and so I attend all of the oac meetings and so I m, I m hearing how the projects are going. I m able to provide lbu updates in those meetings, and if there s ever any concerns either on the, the small local side or from the prime or if, you know, we we have those conversations in those meetings. We um have resolution meetings as well, and so we re, it s a it s like a full cycle, a full. Part of the full cycle of the projects. Thank you cycle too to make sure that the program s being applied to the contracts,
144and then in cases where uh there s not enough avail availability, then those cases, there wouldn t be a local business compliance because this has to be 3 or more firms that could meet the requirement. So all of that assessment is done too before the contracts are awarded. So it s all part of the cycle. Just two quick comments. The $500 million reinvested in communities and thank you so much for the first answer. It would be nice to see that data broken by the bond measure, especially as we intend to go back to community and ask for more resource to invest in more projects like demonstrating to them that not only did you help us get a new field at Fremont, but also this money is being poured back into your community as well. And
145then the differences between um the rate at which different people, different uh projects are making use of the lbu. I wanted to understand why, but question for another day. I can, ok, because you now what was that question though you said like why it s 38% for this project and 21% over here like what some of the yeah, the context there. Some of that s based on the availability. So if there s, there s not enough firms, you know, there s not enough firms in a certain area, and that s when the 50% would be adjusted for that project. Were you talking about the slide so I think it s just scheduling like where they re at in their schedule when they started. Some of the projects are are finished and so like that s
146when those projects are over. 50% Um. Yeah, I think it s just um the scheduling of talk closer. Thank you I ll tell her so in some cases, that s the case, but in some cases there, it MAY not be a 50% for that project because the availability might be different. So some cases you will see no participation or you ll see 30% like on the solar or on on other cases that MAY not always be 50. So but in the case Tiffany s talking about on the, on that fly is in the cycle of where that project is, but they re all, like she mentioned, we re supposed they re all projected to meet. They have 50% on those on that slide. For the full project. Thank you, Director Williams. Yes, thank you very
147much for this. It s really nice meeting you again, Scott. Uh, in person, yes, on Zoom, first time, which is fantastic. And and also for you know, you really understanding, uh, this gentleman, Eddie Dillard s vision about really trying to bring some equity to this process, to local communities, and it really touches my heart because, uh, when I first started on the board, he was really schooling me up on how the game is played and uh to see that you ve stepped into this position, you re hired in this position and you re really holding integrity in this process. It is really I know he s smiling. I know he s happy that we have that because we were, we re a little worried, therefore a bit there, right? So and then that was the
148gap that Ed was upset about and then we end up. Procuring again. Yeah, so I just really want to thank you for the work you re doing. Um, all I ask is, whatever you have another showcase of local talent. I love to come and just really see the work that is going on. One of the things as a district. We get a lot of negative criticism and just constant planting seeds of fear and uncertainty and doubt, but we don t really show the roses that grow from the concrete, right? From our district, from our school sites. We don t show that. We don t even the work that is going on at school sites, right? We don t have a sign that s in front to say, these are your measure y dollars. Look what
149we re doing, or it s an open house, come check it out. See what we don t promote ourselves enough to really show like, oh these are the contractors, right? We, we have these local contractors. People know, you know, if you re doing business in Oakland, we know that you re doing it, but we got to showcase some of our folks, and we just don t do a good enough job. So hopefully there s an opportunity that we can like really take that on as a partnership and say how can we help you promote us all over the place, right? If we have to, uh, you know, have a convene a larger conference of local folks to come together. We need to really try to do that. So I just want to thank you for
150all that you re doing. Um, and the integrity that you re bringing to this process and really excited. Thank you. Doctor Latta Do. Doctor Thompson into the microphone just real quickly, um, I too immediately thought of Ed Dillard, when um when you guys were presenting, and it makes me feel really good because just like he did you, he also uh kind of like took me under his wings when I first ascended to the board and helped me understand um local business. Um, but I noticed something that you didn t say, but I think it s part of what you actually do. You make sure that it takes place. Are there paid internships for kids. I believe the facility does have they ve had a paid internship for first kids for a number of years. The,
151the career development program, we re saying it should be more than the summer. It should be something that they actually are working on site and be and and getting credit, school credit, and then they ll be part of the, you know, like McCliny students can work on McClymon s projects with the contractors in a way that s part of the district cycle. So the superintendents, you know, that s all for it because it s like we re not just building schools to build schools, we re building schools for the learning and development of the students and the more we can help them, um, like students that went to Oakland public schools, maybe we can help them work on projects where they went to school, it just really makes um for a good story and and
152helps us evolve the next generation of leaders in our community and give them that foothold that they need, that experience that they need to be successful. Yeah I I think that s that s um outstanding. I went to Castlemont, and I, and I have a chance to um see how kids were using the design of the Colosseum. The ideas of the design of the Colosseum area, also the, the transit from the airport, so that whole thing, and so you re, I, I think you re right. You hit the nail on the head. You re right there. If kids could help design what they could actually use, we can take their concept of what they think should take place for our businesses. The Oakland Ed Diller to uh just real quick is that some of the
153policy recommendations that we have were to bring the policy back to the robust policy that the district had, um, so that in his honor, would be a huge accomplishment to get those things passed for the board in this cycle. Director Hutchinson. Yes, thank you, um, as we re remembering people, I also really want to give a a a big shout out and rest in peace to Alice Spearman and Darryl Carey. And, and especially with, uh, you know, with MISS Spearman and and with Darryl, um, I wouldn t be on the school board now today if they hadn t supported and encouraged me many, many years ago. Um, and hopefully some of the folks who came out tonight for this, um, exact item. Hopefully some people had their eyes open to what s really going on
154in ousd these days. Um, we need help from everyone. Um, you know, some of us in the past were on different sides of some of the construction projects. Uh, in my opinion, largely because I was always fighting for us to manage our dollars well so we can maximize our scarce dollars that we have. And um I think having this presented at the same uh meeting that we re, we had the 3rd interim report and some of those budget numbers, hopefully it does open some more eyes and that we just need more involvement and more engagement from all of the different constituencies in Oakland to get us back on track. Um, and I, I am, I am glad that uh you all have the contract now again, but I really want to, um, it s always
155important to me that I honor the work that Alice Spearman and Darryl Carey did, um, both for our community and for me personally, and i wish we had more of that energy around right now. Um, so thank you all, and, and please, everyone who came out there in the audience for this item, please come back again. We need real help here across the board for everyone, because if this district tanks, I cannot imagine the trauma and the harm it s going to cause all of us. And when we mismanage our finances, there s less contracts to go around for everyone and it s just a real problem that we re facing right now. So thank you all for for coming and giving me the opportunity to shout out some folks. Thank you. Thank you. All
156right, thank you so much for that item. Now we re moving to t1, which is the local control and accountability. Plan. Oh, I apologize. Public comment, yes, I m sorry, we are just running so quickly at a time. Yes, public comment on this agenda item, MR. Choo thank you. Yes, we have 10 speakers and those 10 speakers or Gloria t. Marissa Zumara. Rafaels, is it Zamra? Do apologize for mispronounced your name. Christian Gonzalez. Niederbey Cao Williams James Harris Aaron Gabriel Ronald Muhammed and Jack Nelson. We ll do one minute each noted. Quick. Thank you very much for allowing us to come here today and share with you our experience for this wonderful program that we continue to have the board and current board members. Thank you so much. I have Doctor Sandler, it s, uh,
157uh, superintendent, it s, it s been a wonderful to hear all the support for 360 and for the program. Um, I ve been around for many, many years. I grew up in Oakland. I, I ve, since I was uh 3 years old, uh, from a large family and decided, uh, one of my brothers decided to open a business here in Oakland because our heart is here, we belong here, we want to give back to our community. We want to open jobs, opportunities, and if it wasn t for this program, as a small local, we might not, we wouldn t have had the opportunity to continue to work on larger projects and this has really opened it up. Why not just to improve, um, our knowledge and skill to provide and enrich our schools, make them
158better for our students. S like they were when I was in school. I, I, I m so proud to see and you have to be proud that there are so many schools out there that are beautiful, and I just glow when I see those little ones in there, these powerful magnet schools it s, you just have to walk them, and I did that as I walked in when I was at Holy Names University when I went to observe teachers in action there because I supervised them and so I am so proud to continue to work here, uh, in the capac ity of vbi vp of operations for digital design communication where you have given us the opportunity in a long partner with you guys, uh, and in other projects in in Oakland that um I
159am um proud as a student here, proud as a community member of my family, and now you, Oakland is our family to continue the work that we need to despite the issues that come as a family we can get there and we re long gone past whatever anybody could have imagined. So thank you so much and thank you for having 360 participate and work with us so that we can develop what we need to for creating jobs and good schools for our kids. Thank you. Thank you. I would just like to please have one minute for comments so that we can uh finish out our meeting. Who s next? Just come on up. Come on up, whoever is next, just come on up. Michael thank you both for having us It s a great honor
160to be here You mentioned Darryl, Alice Spearman, Noel Gallo Near Bay and I think I m the last one of the old guards. They re standing behind me They re standing behind me, because this program we started pushing it in 2002 with the city of Oakland. Here we are I get discussion last two weeks ago with somebody who says you know, if we weren t mandated to to use Oakland companies, we wouldn t use you. Two weeks ago I raised that point because the struggle continues. The struggle continues, and we have to prepare our next generation to understand that equity is ownership and economic With that, we can meet anything. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next, come on up, come on up. Good evening. Thank you for allowing me the time to speak today
161and I appreciate you guys taking the time to listen Uh, my name s Marissa Zamora. I m PRESIDENT And ceo of Tulloom Systems, a small Oakland-based contracting company. Programs like the lbu program create real impact because they give business businesses like mine the opportunity to grow higher within the community and rein reinvest back into the people who live here in Oakland. Not only does this create sorry, because of the opportunities created in this program, our company has grown significantly. Today we have about 30 employees with 85% of them being work of our workforce, our Oakland residents. Many of our employees grew up here and now their children attend Oakland schools. When businesses like ours are hired, we create jobs for people who are personally invested in the neighborhoods they work in every day. This program
162works because it keeps opportunity, investment, and growth within the Oakland community it s meant to serve. The impact of this program goes far beyond a single contract. It strengthens small businesses, supports working families, and creates a stronger connection between our schools and the communities around them. Thank you. Gotta be quick, but this is, uh, really personal to us. Uh, we re glad that 360 is back on the project. That was one of the best moves you guys could do. Small businesses are crushed because they don t have the capacity and when you re working with general contractors and general folk who are in the prime position who don t see um the, the, the, the, the importance of dealing with you with equity, uh, they can slow up payments that can crush a small business
163at 360 is always stood in the gap as an advocate from the district side from the uh subcontractors who this program was designed to grow the small guy into a competitive state. And that only happens with a certain kind of mindset. We just want to say thank you, uh, I could go on, but thank you, thank you, thank you. Uh, and I m a homeowner, so I m paying into my own stuff, so thank you. Come on up y all gonna really do me with one minute, huh? Yep. As much time as I sat there. Yeah So I just wrote a little statement for you and I will go a little over by about 15 seconds, but this is special as everyone has said because of the people who made this happen and as we
164all know public money is a public promise. Regardless of the politics and turmoil that we witnessed earlier. Oakland Unified has chosen to keep that promise through service. Service to our neighborhoods, to our families, services to the businesses that are woven into the fabric of this city. I want you to think about them when you do your work. When Rosie and I championed this expansion of this policy, we stood on the shoulders of the people that fought for this. People like Tim White Alice Spearman, my predecessor on this board. Who championed it with conviction, my brother, my long gone brother Naddar Bay, who showed us every day in his work why this matters. When I joined this board, as they said one of my first acts was raising the threshold from 30 to 50% because I
165believe then and I believe today that black and Latino businesses in the city deserve more than access, they deserve a real seat at the table, and I am proud that we continue and you continue to honor their legacy. And the opportunity this policy creates. That the policy lives on the day tells me that this district can keep its word. Tim, Alice, Nadar would be proud. To the board, remember whether you like it or not, you are a team. This city needs you. The students need you to work together. Let s keep it going Let s go Oakland Thank you speaker Good evening Um, my name is Kyle Williams, and I work for electrical contractor and I started as an apprentice. You know, working in schools and over the years, I grew into a foreman and
166was able to buy my home. I m an Oakland resident. And i m just this stuff like this is important, you know, and it s made me who I am and I just. I think it um is just something that I that holds dear to me, you know, it s important and. It s it s important for people like me that grew up here to represent and build this community and just have programs like this to keep things going. And um yeah, that s just how I feel. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Hi, my name s uh Aaron Gabriel with Liferame Construction. Um, born and raised in Oakland. Um, we ve been on a couple of ousd projects called uh Claremont, um, but the project that s, uh, uh, that I I personally to
167my heart is uh Fremont High, um. I was a student there and um just being able to uh be a part of that project, invest back into my community, uh, the students being able to see me, uh, young black contractor, um, it means a lot to, to the community and uh the students and I believe that they are our future, so, uh, I would love to keep that going, um. Um so uh, it was, it was a pleasure just. Making Fremont. It just looks different, totally different school. Um. Uh. I was a pleasure to be a part of that, that, uh, that school, that project. So thank you. Thank you. And so last two in-person speakers come on up. Is there anybody on Zoom, MR. Ho? No Zoom speaker. Go ahead Jack All right Yeah,
168you guys have done a lot of things right. Number one working with 360 and I actually am an Oakland businessman and I do some work with Tulum with the Zamora and uh their integrity level is sky high. They re really great, so. Keep working with them Um, I see you re gonna be working with the McClymons and Sequoia, that s great. Second off the cuff, since I got 30 seconds left, Don James, boy, you made her teacher of the year. She s probably gonna be Alameda County Teacher of the year. She s going against Tony Farley, who I worked with for years at San Leandro, but Tony s good. Don s great. There s a difference. Oakland, we re on the rise Thank you. Uh good evening. My name is Nate Arbe. Uh, thank you
169for having me. Members of the board PRESIDENT And superintendent Sadler. Uh, I m an Oakland native and uh second generation Oakland contractor, uh, this program has allowed me to uh work for multiple different companies in Oakland and work on a lot of the communities that I grew up in, uh, I grew up across the street from Fremont High School, and we ve had the opportunity to work on that campus. Uh, I currently live near Castlemont. I was able to work on that marquee, uh, last year, so it s, it s a beautiful thing where the people who live in their community can get back to it. Uh, and do things for the next generation. Uh, I wanna be where I am today if it weren t for this program, so I wanted to give appreciation
170to all of you here and of course to 360 Total Concepts for uh keeping this going, so thank you guys. Thank you And with that, I ll hand the. Chairmanship over back to Director Brohardt. Thank you. Uh, thank you, 360. Um, our next step is our llcap, uh, presentation, which is a uh first read introduction. Good evening board. My name is Sandra Aguilera. I m the chief academic officer for our district. I ll be taking us through the overview of the, the local control and accountability plan. And for our board office staff, can you please promote Diana Sherman in case there are questions. Thank you. All right, uh, so we re kicking off the llcap season, um, we re going to do a brief overview tonight, and there will be 2 other opportunities, uh, to
171see the, um, lcap, uh, publicly. We have the public hearing, and then we have final adoption, but this season really opens up the opportunity for not only our board members but for our community and staff to give us feedback on the lcap items. So the local control and accountability plan is a description of how a district will use funds to meet student goals. This is part of the local control funding formula legislation and every district in the state must produce an llcap. Um, the lcap focuses on low income students, English language learners, and foster students. What you ll see in our lcap are, um, a description of student needs, our goals uh, which are broader goals, uh, that groups together specific actions and the actions is what you can expect to see, uh, in our
172classrooms and at the district level when you then go further down, you ll see line items, so all the specific investments, um, that are made using, um, school or district funds, I should say. Implementation at the end of every year you see an update. As to the implementation of those actions and the associated metrics that are being met after one year. And of course we have the progress which I, um, mentioned in terms of our metrics we have a large number of metrics in our lcap because we not only look at an overall area, we also disaggregate the data, um, by our student groups, um, and then of course we have engagement, uh, you have, um, a large portion of your board meetings dedicated to pesac, uh, and there are, uh, further engagements that happen
173throughout the year, uh, to collect input on what we should be focused on in terms of our, uh, goals for student learning. Um, a reminder, um, lcff replaced an old outdated system around categorical funds. Um, the lcff gives you a base grant. And then applied on top of the base grant is a supplemental fund, and then a, uh, concentration grants, and you can see the breakdown provided for you for each of the grade spans, how much money you receive per student? Um, and again, we re focused on English language learners, foster youth, and our low income students. All right, so nrlcap, um, it is meant to describe above and beyond the base of funding. We are not going to list out all of the, um, unrestricted base resources, um, so if you re thinking about
174what, um, actual positions that would be you re a teachers, your principals, uh, your special education costs, those will not be described in, um, the lcap, um, because those are base funds, what you will see is a description of how we re using the supplemental grant, the concentration grant, all of our federal funds, the local parcels, um, so measures gg1, m oh sorry, nnh. Um, state and federal grants, and we ll go a little bit more into equity multiplier and then we receive grants, um, from our private donors. So if you think about, um, Kaiser, Salesforce, you learn and play, those are examples of our private donors. We are entering in our 3rd year, um, of a 3 year cycle, and so, um, the board will have an opportunity in the upcoming cycle, uh, to
175relook at the, um, goals and possibly change the goals, um, so that is open to, um, us after every 3 years and so we have 1 more year of this cycle, and then there ll be an opportunity to update those goals, uh, so for goal one students graduate college career and community ready, and you can see the actions that are listed below. Of goal 2, we focus on our focal students so that they re demonstrating, um, accelerated growth. And again, um, the specific actions below. goal 3 students, families, and staff are welcome, safe, healthy, and engaged in joyful schools, um, so you ll see all the associated investments and actions uh to reach that goal and goal 3, and then goal 4, our staff, our high quality, stable, and reflective of Oakland s rich diversity.
176And then again, the investments and the actions listed there. Uh, for the next goals. Um, goals 567, and 8 are focused on equity multiplier. This was an added item for, um, the lcap, uh, when there was, um, the legislation that was passed, it was added on to the El Capitol areas, and so you will see the investments for equity multiplier, um, specific to these particular schools that receive this grant, um, listed out and we have grouped them. I we want to point out the schools looks like a reddish orange color. These are new schools that are, uh, receiving these grants for the upcoming year. And just a quick, uh, reminder about the equity multiplier, uh, schools receive that this fund, um, because they have high attrition rates among their students. Um, so there are a
177few other indicators that identify schools, but that is the one that will tip schools into receiving the grant or not and so it mean s that year after year there s a high amount of students, um, you know, moving from school to school. Um, so the schools that are continuing are listed in the, uh, black color, um, script, and then we have Hoover, mlk, uh, Martin Luther King Elementary and West Oakland Middle, that will be receiving the funds for the first time. Um, and then for our high schools, Matt West will be receiving the funds for the first time. Um, and so on and so forth, um, so. Um, just to close out now, um, again, we re opening the season for collecting feedback. Uh, we have a few engagement opportunities. We use our psac
178meetings to collect feedback from families and from committees on the specific, um, investments, and then we are having this first draft, um, read tonight, next week, there will be the public hearing, um, on JUNE 3rd, um, and then ultimately, um, the board will have before you the lcap and the budget, um, to adopt for JUNE 24th. And so that s our overview. Um, again, Diana Sherman, our llcap coordinator is here on Zoom as well, uh, to answer any questions that you might have, and I ll pass it back to you, PRESIDENT Brohart, for any questions. Uh, before we take any word comments, if there are any, um, I need to have a motion to extend the clock. Motion to extend until 11:45. Back in. And MR. Rick struck me a roll call on the vote,
179please. On the motion to extend the meeting to 11:45. p.M. Uh, student directors are absent to direct the ladder. Director Williams. Yes, sir. Director Hutchinson. No. Director Barry Yes. Rex Thompson. Vice PRESIDENT Batchelor and PRESIDENT Brohart. Yes motions adopted. Are there any board questions Director Hutchinson Yes, thank you. Uh, thank you, Doctor Aguilera. It s, it s not actually a uh I don t think a question directed towards you specifically, um, but that I really want to put out there again. Uh I think there s been problems over the last few years of um of the district having real fidelity with the lcatp plan, uh, especially as there s been budget adjustments and things have changed. Um, it seemed like the, and I know um pea has not been happy with, it seems like it
180s always been a move away from what was actually laid out in the lcap and so I just want to put out there, especially for this year, I m really concerned. You know, I don t think the reduction in force, the layoffs, um, were done, you know, that list wasn t done in conjunction with looking at the lcap and considering the goals that are listed there. And just quickly reading through some of the goals and some of the successes of the past, I m really concerned because I don t think we re gonna have those staff people next year. And so when the two staff people who were in charge of uh the school improvement work and the school redesign work are no longer going to be in the district when that s one of
181the goals in the lcap, I don t know how we re going to fulfill it. So I just want to put out there publicly and for everyone, um, I m really, really concerned about that. And and just the second thing, I think um waiting for this until almost 11 o clock at night by doing it at a time when there s no community here, let alone the community that was involved with developing the lcap. Um, is not a good message to send to the community on top of it. So I know the last two years we ve heard from the Peace Act Committee where they ve come and complained. That they felt like their plan wasn t adhered to and wasn t followed. Um you know, I m concerned about going forward and so I
182appreciate this document, but how do we keep fidelity to it and how do we, uh, even get some kind of document to show, you know, like the delta, the changes that, um, the changes in the budget are going to uh impact the lcap. Uh, especially when it comes down to uh specific positions. And just lastly, when I was on the uh last Peace Act meeting. I was very surprised when uh listening to, um, I think it was Diana Sherman go over all the specific cuts that were involved with the reduction in force list. Um, that was the first time I had seen those specifics and that sort of way. And um again, we, we, if we are going to lift up the lcap and the Peace Act as a um as a real place to
183do work and set policy and set agenda, then we must have some accountability and some insurances when it comes to implementation. So again, that s not directed towards you, um, but I really just want to put it out there, and this year I m, I m more worried about it than ever before. Thank you, Director Hutchinson. Director Berry. Yeah, hi, thank you I want it in the last budget and finance meeting, we spoke about my desire, and I think it s shared. I don t think it s unique to me, um, for the budget, stabilization work, fiscal solvency work. To be anchored in vision for teaching and learning, and one of the comments that came up. In the meeting was how core the vision for the lcap and the decisions related to the lcap was
184to that work. So I just want to hear you um share from your perspective how you see the relationship and what drives what and what information you would want going into lcap. Process Um yeah, I ll stop there. Um, so thank you for the question. Um, one of the areas that we considered was collecting input from school sites, um, to hear from their perspective what, uh, what investments they valued the most, and it s always a little bit of an awkward conversation because they feel like they re ranking people, um, people that they work with, uh, but I still, um, requested that they work through that. And what they, uh, lifted up. Were more of the student facing services, um, and trying to maintain those student facing services, um, so when you think about the
185quality teaching, um, there was a holding on to the literacy investments, um, because we need to ensure that our students can read at grade level, each, um, time that they ve assent, they are ascending into, um, the next grade level. And so you do see that, um, investment, uh, maintained. Um, you also have attendance work, um, that we need to ensure that students are attending. Uh, we have been able to connect the, um, amount of, uh, time that students are coming to school with their actual improvement. Uh, there has been a direct connection there, um, and so we still have our attendance specialists that are invested, um, so we did collect some initial information from our schools to ensure that what we were, um, trying to maintain our investment s And of course, you weren
186t able to do all because we had to make reductions, um, but there were a large, uh, amount of the staffing that the, um, school sites lifted up as being priority. Yeah, thank you very much. Uh, thank you for the lcap, uh, presentation. I, I was actually going through the agenda and I saw a few items that kind of really fit with the lcap, which was for gold one, high quality instruction and academic acceleration. I think in this particular agenda, there are investments in summer learning and instructional support. So thank you for moving that forward, which helps out the accelerated, you know, literacy. Or goal to safe, healthy, and supportive learning environment, seeing a couple of items that really reached to that expanded learning programs that are engaged in their uh Bay Community Resources and
187such, and uh some afterschool enrichment. Um, which is good, and goal 3, I see that, uh, college career and community readiness. You have some career pathway internship investments, uh, in this particular agenda. So I just want to thank you for that and supports as well as uh student stipends with the eco program and Wor-based learning experiences as well. Uh, further and go for organizational effectiveness of fiscal responsibility. How s a strategic use of um our elop funds as well, so um, what we know is that we re moving more towards uh El Kappa Lyme within our particular budget agendas, and I appreciate you thinking about that and moving those items forward. Thank you for the work. Thank you. Look forward to the hearing on JUNE 3rd. Thank you. Is there any public comment on this
188Public comment. We have one registered speaker, Carol Denton. PRESIDENT Brohart, no hands for Carol Donton. Thank you. Uh, the next item on the agenda is item t3, application for provisional internship permit. California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Is there a motion to adopt? So moved. Second, and is there any public comment on this? No public comment Is there any board comment Uh, MR. Rakestrack, can we have a roll call on the vote, please? On, on the motion to adopt, uh to adopt the motion as stated, uh, student directors are absent Director Thompson. Director Barry. Yes ladder. Yes ladder ladder. Yes ladder, Director, Hutchinson. Yes. Uh, Director Williams, Yes, sir. And Vice PRESIDENT Batchelor. Yes. And PRESIDENT Berhar. Motions adopted. Next we have item p consent items, uh, agenda items facilities, minus p8 and p12. Point of
189clarification, do we have 01? The consent report number 2. We do, but people, people forgot to include it even though it was pulled when Vice PRESIDENT Batchelor was running the meeting. We didn t discuss it separately and it wasn t it s, can we just, uh, we ll take item 01. Is there a motion to adopt, please? Is there a motion to adopt 01? So moved Second, is there any board comment? Yeah, I just wanna, I just wanna state for the record that when you pulled items at the start of the meeting PRESIDENT Brohard, you said you were pulling 01 and 021. So I just want to make that clear, that s what you read out in your modifications to the agenda, then when the consent report came up, uh 01 wasn t pulled and
190it wasn t discussed separately. Thank you. Is there, um, a motion? I mean, can we take a roll call on the vote, please? PRESIDENT I thought I recall that you meant 021 and and the director, vice PRESIDENT, bachelor corrected you. That we, you didn t actually pull us oh my. Ok, can we take a roll call on the vote, please? 2, which is, uh, 01. Um, MR. Rickshaw, just, just for the record, we have no public comment on this item. The student directors are absent. Director uh, Barry Yes Director Hutchinson abstain. Director Williams. Director William. Yes, sir ok You I direct a lot of recused, uh, Director Thompson. Yes. Uh, vice PRESIDENT Bachelor. Yes. And PRESIDENT Brohart motions adopted. Is item p minus items p 8. And p12. Is there a motion to adopt? So
191moved. I ll second it Is there public comment No public comment. Like we have roll call the vote, please. Uh, p minus p2, I m sorry, minus and p12. Yes Yes sir abstain Yes Yes. Yes Yes. Items, ok. Um, I m items p8 and p12 both have to do with 1025. Director Har Hutchinson, I know you pulled them. Do you want to take them separately or do you want to take them together and as one. Ok I m gonna make a motion. I mean that we, um adopt items p8 and p12. Second. Or is there any public comment? No problem, no public comment Comment Director Hutchinson Thank you. You re welcome. As my mom would say, I can tell who didn t have my mom for kindergarten these days. So I pulled these items to
192make sure I could explicitly vote against them. Um, one of the many problems that we have going on in ousd right now is, uh, passed legislation. And resolutions aren t being enforced. So for example, we have a resolution for the 3 r s that called for action last JUNE. That was never enforced. I mentioned earlier today we have a board policy 3150 that requires the superintendent to bring forward a draft agenda by this meeting. Nobody enforces it This demolition of 2nd Avenue, not only is it offensive, we had previous standing resolutions that prevented this, but this was still allowed to go forward. And for that building in particular, uh, that building s a historic building, um, it has certain status and recognition because of that. But the way the board is operated this year, we
193ve just ignored all of those things. So I m gonna do what I can to push against it. I m really disappointed that we haven t gotten stronger legal advice to prevent these things from happening? And um you know, people aren t going to be able to get away with it for much longer, but it s definitely offensive, um that people are missing with our traditional properties and a building that s named after Paul Robeson for a reason. And that has meant a lot to a lot of people in the community and to think at the end of the night you can just slide through something that s on call for the demolition of that building. And that we re gonna use money out of our facilities bond to do it instead of using those
194dollars to actually improve our schools and rebuild them is even more offensive. And if people think that by having this demolition done now this summer, that s on a free the way for anyone to take that property and move it to outside hands through a 7-Eleven committee. That you weren t around before when we had these fights. So I m gonna be voting strongly. No, this is offensive, and there are legal implications to a lot of these decisions. And the day of reckoning is coming. We have a roll call on the vote, please? MR. Sard, you indicate no public speakers. Ok, all right Director Lauder Yes. You board members are absent. Director Williams. Yes, sir Uh, Director Hutchinson No. Gregor Berry Yes Victor Thompson. Vice PRESIDENT Bachelor. Yes And vice PRESIDENT Uh PRESIDENT Berhart. Yes.
195All right, motions adopted. Thank you. Moving on to item s, unfinished business. Uh, I would like to take up s1 through s4 together and report out separately. Second. Is there any public comment on this? No, no registered speakers ok, MR. Rakestra, can we have a roll call on the vote, please? Yes, on the motion to adopt s1 through s4. Uh the student directors are absent. Director Thompson. Director Berry. Director Hutchinson. I m not comfortable lumping all of these together, abstain. They re not all the same thing. Uh, Director Williams. Yes. Director Lauder. Vice PRESIDENT Batchelor. Yes. Yes. Motion. Thank you That we move on to the um I do have one I think it s the PRESIDENT S roof. Yeah. Alright thank you Um, tonight, the superintendent I m sorry, that s the wrong one
196Yeah. As we close out the 2025, 26 school year. I want to begin by recognizing an important milestone for thousands of Oakland students and families. Tomorrow, MAY 28th, is the last day of school. And I want to congratulate graduates from Castlemont, ccpa, Dewey, Fremont, McClymons, Metwest, Oakland High, Oakland Tech, Ralph Bunche, Redsdale, Skyline Sojourner Truth, the Young Adult Program, and the Oakland Adult and Career Education. Graduation is a powerful reminder of why we do this work. This is an exciting time as students head off to college, careers, apprenticeships, and new opportunities. I also want to congratulate our middle school students who are promoting to high school, our elementary students who are promoting to middle school and our tk students who are promoting to kindergarten. These transitions matter and they reflect the hard work of students,
197educators, staff, and families across Oakland. Past several weeks have also shown what collaboration and advocacy can accomplish when we stay focused on students. On MAY 7th, Oakland Unified joined with lausd in Sacramento to advocate for the full funding of Proposition 98. Superintendent Sadler, Vice PRESIDENT, Batchelor, and I were joined by representatives from oea, afsme, seiu, and bctc. In room after room with state senators and assembly members, labor and district leadership stood together to explain how leader, how education funding impacts our students and school communities and shared stories of what it means when we don t have stable funding from the state. That level of unity matters. And this is what working together looks like. I also want to acknowledge the MAY 18th press conference at 10:25 2nd Avenue in support of Senate Bill 492 and
198the proposed cteeh hub. I was proud to stand alongside Mayor Barbara Lee, Senator Jesse Eagin, Superintendent Sadler, Director Barry, and the youth who have been organizing for this vision. Ousd has a clear goal, and that every student graduates college career and community ready. But we also know that for some students a diploma alone is not enough. Many young people need stable housing, mental health support, career and technical education and pathways to employment in order to fully succeed. Senate Bill 492 would help fund those supports. On MAY 14th, the governor released the MAY revise, and while the full 5.9 billion proposition 98 settle up was not included. 3.8 billion was restored and the fight for the remaining funds continues. There were also several positive developments for districts across the state, including increased special education funding, one-time
199discretionary block grant grants. Tied to ada and expanded learning recovery grants, the continued funding for literacy coaching and training, ongoing support for community schools, teacher residency programs and increased funding for elop. Because our usd already has a literary literacy grant in place. Our district will also be eligible for additional literacy funding through 2031. While these investments are important and encouraging, we still have significant work ahead as we continue developing a balanced student centered budget for the 2026 27 school year. The work will require continued collaboration, transparency, and a focus on the needs of students and school communities. Thank you to all our students, families, educators, staff, and community partners for another year of hard work in support of Oakland s children. I wish everyone a safe and restful summer. And finally, I want to remind
200the public that there will be a board retreat on Monday, JUNE 15th from 9 to 3 in the committee room where we ll discuss our goals and work plans for the 2026, 27 school year. Uh, board reports board member reports uh, director Batchelor Thank you. I d like to thank district staff, educators, and families, our labor partners and community members who pushed us through this, uh, the last few years to help us get to this point of having a positive certification of our 3 interim. While the work is not over, the report shows that ousd is now projected to meet its fiscal obligations this year and over the next 2 years while continuing to protect our reserve requirements and stabilize the district financially. This is important This means that Oakland maintains control of our schools,
201ensuring that only Oakland voters and community members. Have control over what our Oakland students have. Not state or county officials. We also know that long-term stability requires continued innovation and restructuring across the district. That includes expanding transitional kindergarten opportunities, exploring in-district, non-public school options for disabled students and continuing district restructuring efforts to align resources with students needs. For too long, Oakland students and staff have lived through financial crisis after financial crisis. Achieving financial stability is not the finish line. It is the foundation to invest in our students success, academic achievement, stable schools, and rebuilding a strong public education system. The report makes it clear that we just that we need to stay disciplined and tackle the challenges head on. But tonight s, um, tonight really marks a genuine turning point and proof that Oakland can
202move forward responsibly and sustainably. Thank you. DR. Berry. Just a few quick things. One, my office hours for the month of JUNE is changing again, so I apologize for the inconsistency this month and next, but my last, uh, office hours will be on JUNE 27th, so it s just the last before we recess in JULY and then we ll, i ll reconvene and then also in JUNE date tbd um there will be a virtual event and we re going to be hosting some folks from Mississippi. So if you all have heard of some of the literacy and math success that they ve seen there. Um, there are a few stakeholders who are willing to talk to members of our community, so it s open to all of Oakland and I will have that information posted
203online, but I ll also send it out so folks can circulate it and I also wanted to give a shout out to the Fremont seniors I saw at senior night last night. It was a really special event. I got a chance to talk to some of the families and seniors, and I just think this is a really special time of year. So despite all that is going on in the world, really hold on to the joy that we all have right now as people are being elevated into their next chapters, really awesome. Uh, yes, I really want to give a shout out to Oakland natives, um, Aisha, Doctor Naisha Dewitt, um, really has been a strong fighter for our students, uh, fighter for our district and really addressing, uh, and bringing solutions to the table
204for chronic absenteeism. Uh, today I actually went to McCly s, uh, to witness her Oakland, Oakland natives give back, give $5000 to 1 of the climate students, uh, Hannah Jenkins, Hannah Jenkins. Uh, for the attendance challenge for chronic absenteeism at McCly. It s just uh, the, the attendance has increased, uh, students are participate in a program, they get $500 a month. If they actually, you know, show up on time for the month. That s great incentive and at the end of the year, they were uh enrolled in a raffle of $5000. So, DR. Nyesha Dewitt, I just can t thank you enough for your uh belief and investment in the district and into our students. And secondly, she also held a convening of local political leaders, Doctor uh Sadler was there to really lead the
205work with uh DR. Nuit and just talking about what strategies uh ousd and the community can work together and really addressing some of our chronic absenteeism that s happening in our district, and affecting our student outcomes. What we do know is we have uh, on average, uh, minimum 3000 students, uh, that have come to school on a range between 20 and 80%. Um, and if we can get that number down as we have uh pledged to support our superintendent in moving that number down. That actually will bring additional resources for us to reinvest into our students. So knowing that DR. Sadler and Doctor Nyesha Dewitt, uh, our partnering and really elevating the uh chronic absentee issue, but also the partnership of Oakland gives back. It s just really a wonderful end of the year gi
206ft uh, not only just to how how had a Jenkins, but to all the students that were participating in the program, and all of the parents and all of the students, uh, that supported that. So I can t thank you enough, DR. Sadler, for continuing to push that vision. Um, that you are addressing. A chronic absenteeism. I ve been on the board for 2 terms and I have not seen very much movement, and you step in and we re starting to really make some stuff happen. So thank you very much again for your leadership. I m out. And just a couple of quick things, um, uh, first off tonight, um, while we were having our meeting, um, the, uh, folks graduated from Oakland International and Oakland Tech, so I want to congratulate them, including our
207student board director, um, director Marianna Smith, um, who, um, is celebrating, uh, after graduating tonight from Oakland Tech. Um, and I want to just say that the other event I would like to uplift is um coming on JUNE 1st, so that s this Monday at 5:30 to 8 at the Fremont cafeteria. It s the um ousd multi-stakeholder engagement Group, which is a group led by, um, members of pesac and cac, um, it s also supported by some of our staff and a volunteer capacity, Cynthia Molina and Troy Christmas, um, and, um, as the cacm ppsa are liaisons both Director Brohart and myself are assisting, um, and it s going to be the, the previous, um, 5 engagements have been really around what makes a process um, truly community centered and um reflective of the input
208from communities and there s been, uh, and it s been, there s been multilingual events. The most recent event was last Tuesday, and there was 44, um, uh, parents and family members at the, um, Arabic only speaking Zoom, um, which is I think a pretty just a testament to the, um, I think. The leveraging of relationships that s happening. I mean, I it s not very often that we get that many, um, folks, um, in one language speaking. We also had a mom speaking only engagement. So, um, there ll be interpretation in Arabic mom Spanish, and uh Mandarin at the event on Monday, um, and it s going to be about what matters most and what s working in our schools so we know what, um, what our community wants to protect. So if you
209re interested, um, it would be great if you rsvp at ousd-hyphen mseg.Org or dash mseg. Or g because then we can make sure that we have interpretation, childcare, and food for you. And then next Thursday we ll have our next and final budget and finance meeting and we will be talking about some of the specific um, uh, reductions in the numbers, um, that, um, we have, uh, that came up multiple times tonight. So I hope you all can join. Thanks. Director Thompson Yes, I ll try to make this very quick. Um the custodial department under the leadership of uh Roland Broach, um, had, uh, you and I attended the graduation ceremony that they held at Fremont High School and was very good, and I m really excited because uh uh the things that I m
210mentioning, um, go beyond just the single entity itself. It actually encompassed the entire community. Um, with that, Castlemont also hosted the Voices, um, a couple of weeks ago and um there were kids from elementary school through high school represented um, and there are a lot of different schools there. So that was very good. Uh, also, I did attend. Um prior to the board meeting tonight, I did attend, um, the 11th graders at Castlemont who actually uh presented projects, again, focusing on how, um, our students are working to encompass the entire community, making a change in the community. They actually designed projects for the actual um airport corridor, and I just kind of thought this is really wonderful because they are, they talked about addressing homelessness, um, kids in school, um, air, air quality and creating,
211um, shaded spaces. And so I just thought it was absolutely wonderful and the very last thing, Castlemont is uh having their graduation Thursday, and I shouldn t say the last thing. And one other thing, and mps Madison Park, yeah, they had their graduation Tuesday. Director Hutchinson Thank you a reminder to everyone, we still have another month of board meetings, so we have a regular school board meeting on JUNE 10th and on JUNE 24th, um. You know, like I stated a couple of times tonight, uh, board policy explicitly calls for the superintendent to present a draft agenda at tonight s meeting. Didn t happen It sounds like there s not even going to be a draft agenda ready for the next budget and Finance Committee meeting next week. And this has never been how things have
212worked in the past where people just refuse to do the work. And then on top of that, now tonight, this board voted to certify our budget as positive even though we know we continue to overspend more and more every month. And even though nobody could answer what the number for projected expenditures is for next year. So I don t understand how when we don t have a staff person who can answer basic questions. When the 3rd interim report was only posted and given to board directors 24 hours before the meeting. When really we should have a draft agenda already or draft budget already ready, and people are still talking about working on it in the future. Even with the numbers presented tonight. There s a deficit projected for next year. Which means we can t
213pass a balanced budget. As we re required to by law. Which also means if we pass about a budget. With a deficit in it that ensures insolvency next year because we have no cushion on top of that. These are standard financial and budgetary principles. Just like County Superintendent Castro sent us a letter in SEPTEMBER, early SEPTEMBER. Telling the board we needed to address the budgetary shortfall. Of 25, 26, and 2627 by OCTOBER 8th. Superintendent Sadler, you also sent the board that message. The board took no action on Oc to ber 8th On DECEMBER 10th, at the second interim, you presented scenario 3 which you explicitly said was not a plan. Now in your press release from this week, you said that was the plan. It was approved in DECEMBER. Well, scenario 3 called for $27
214million in cuts this year didn t happen. Called for $103 million in cuts for next year. That didn t happen. Yet a budget number was put in front of us that reflects a difference of $100 million that nobody could explain. I m sorry, this isn t rocket science. But we ve lost our cbo We moved somebody from the head of hr in charge of our finances. Hired consultants with an awful reputation that weren t vetted instead of taking free help from the county. Can t get a third interim report out in time where I can even see it more than 24 hours before we re asked to vote on it. And you all want to call this positive and think we did it. We re the first ones in decades to do it. That sure
215isn t what I ve experienced, and when you have people like Director Williams seconding it. That just proves my point I hope everyone sees this and is watching. This is going to be explosive and scandalous because we re talking about $100 million and nobody can explain where it went. Oh, an honor of, sorry, we are adjourned in honor of Max Robinson iii and Deborah King Cooper, and I don t know if you want to say. I will bring up some specifics next week, but the acknowledgement of Max Robinson ii will be um at the Chapel of China on JUNE 2nd. Our next meeting Thank you and thank you to my