001I'm calling this meeting to order. I'd like to welcome everyone here in the chamber and those watching via live stream and call the September 9th, 2025 regular meeting of the board of education to order. With looks like all board members present, uh we will now begin with our flag ceremony. The Mission Bay High School Coast Guard JOTC color guard will present the colors. It's our newest JOTC program. We're very excited about it. Please stand for the presentation of the colors. detail. Oh, >> left the face. >> Please join us in the pledge of allegiance. Trustee Whiters Payne, would you like to lead us? I'll lead us. I'll lead us. I'll lead us. Okay. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation
002under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Right. Forward. March. Left. Right. [Applause] Bravo. They have come a long ways. Very quickly. Proud of them. I'm missing a page on this, but that's okay. I think it's item see the agenda. All right. Well, yeah, it's okay. I I'll I can improvise that. Okay. So, uh, our first item here is adoption of agenda. Do I have a motion on the agenda? Trustee Hazen with the motion. Do I have a second? Uh, Trustee Dina Win. Uh, with the second. Uh, we have a motion, a second. Uh, we will move to a vote. All those uh, student trustees, please vote. All remaining board members, please vote. Trusty Vice President Barrera and Trusty Hazen. All right, that is unanimous consent with student trustees concurring. All right, Miss Stoultz,
003uh, can you please provide information for public speakers about today's meeting protocols? >> Yes. Today's meeting of the board of education is a business meeting that is conducted in public and board members will not engage in dialogue with members of the audience. Board bylaw 1025 sets the time limit for public comment on agenda items at 10 minutes per side pro and con or 20 minutes total. Speakers will be able to provide testimony at the beginning of the appropriate agenda item or at the end of the meeting for non-aggenda comment. Please listen for your name to be called. Speakers are listed and called in the order received. When your name is called, please come to the podium to speak. Speakers participating via Zoom will be asked to unmute when their name is called. If you are
004unable to unmute yourself, we will call the next speaker. Please follow along with the agenda so that you know when your item is coming up for discussion. When you begin speaking, the green light below my name on the dis indicates that the timer has started. When the light turns yellow, you'll have one minute remaining. A buzzer will indicate that your time has expired. If you have not yet done so and would like to sign up for in-person public comment, iPads are available in the back of the auditorium and in the lobby. >> All right. Uh very slight technical issue but we will power through it. You have even pages. So, our next item up will be C1, which is our student advisory board report. Uh, we'll hear from student trustees uh, Wen and Ordas. Please
005provide your report. >> For the student advisory board, we met with the executive committee for the final decisions on our monthly meetings and for the members we will be accepting. We had a total of 100 applicants this year and we'll be establishing 43 students on the board from 6th to 12th grade. It was a hard process due to the amazing resumes we got from everybody. But with the help from our wonderful student advisory board executive committee, we did the job. We have set in stone big goals for this year and we can't wait to hear all the ideas from the rest of the members. I'd like to introduce our executive committee. They weren't able to be here today, but I am more than happy to speak on their behalf and share their ideas with the
006board. There's Ren who will be our vice president for the board this year. As Ren states, I see the advisory board as a garden where ideas can take root and bloom. Our secretary Mary who will be handling communication with the rest of our members says I hope to bring my previous year's knowledge to build upon and to help improve productivity for this year. Harry Park who will be one of the voices and organizer for speaking on the dis says I've done SAB before and it's awesome that's such an important part of our discourse is being able to meet with a variety of people across the entire district and our two student interns Katherine our student engagement intern and Milo our San Diego Met internal Alina and I are looking forward to seeing the wonderful things
007this board will accomplish >> um once Once again, congratulations to each one of you on being selected to serve on the San Diego Unified School District Student Advisory Board. This honor really reflects your leadership, your dedication, and your passion for uplifting student voice. We really look forward to the ideas, perspectives, and energy you will bring as we continue to strengthen our schools together. So, thank you for stepping into this role. Your voice matters and your leadership will definitely make a difference in the districts. >> Thank you very much, trustees Alina Win and Ashley Oras. Very well done. Uh we will now consider item C2, a proclamation recognizing California's 175th anniversary of statehood. I understand that fourth grade students Amara Dalen, Alice, and Ariel from Hamilton Elementary are here to read the proclamation along with principal
008Britney Daly and community school coordinator Priscilla Ramirez. Welcome. As you guys come up, we'll get a motion on the floor. Is there a motion to approve item C2? Trusty Hazen and a second from uh a second from Trusty Wyers paint. proceed. >> Whereas on September 9, 1850, California became the 31st state in the Union, also known as admission day. And whereas California welcomes people from all walks of life as a state of dreamers and doers. Our collective drive for a better world combined with our innovative and collaborative spirit has helped drive progress over the last 175 years. And whereas in California, everyone belongs. We celebrate all those who have chose to pursue the California dream. All those who are driven by grit, determination, and a relentless belief in what's possible. And whereas California is home
009to the largest population of Native Americans and the second largest number of tribes in the country. Native American tribes have lived since time memorial on the land that is currently the state of California and were as prior to European contact. Native California was the most populated and culturally diverse region north of Mexico. man. Whereas on January 24th, 1848, gold was discovered on the American River near Sacramento and the discovery of gold led to a large influx of people and with it the need for government. And >> whereas California's sought statehood and debate ensued in the US Congress around the balance of free and slave states and whereas on September 9th 1850 California was admitted to the Union as a free non-slavery state becoming the 31st in the Now therefore, be it proclaimed as the second
010largest school district in California, San Diego Unified recognizes the significance of our statethood and embraces the history that has helped shape California into what it is today. Be it further proclaimed that the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education hereby recognizes California's 175th anniversary of statehood and encourages all San Dieagans to take time out their day to celebrate the diverse and inclusive climate our state represents. [Applause] What? >> Yes. Why don't you come up? That's a lot of where's even for adults and you did a wonderful job. Uh why don't we bring the students and staff up for a photograph up here and the trustes will come around. I just think I'm sure You ready? [Applause] That one's mine. All right, we're going to have to complete the item now. So, um, Miss Dulson,
011any we're going we'll take public comment first and then are there any public comments on this item? >> Not on that item. No. >> Okay. Now, it is time for Trusty Hazen. >> Thank you, President Person. And I just want to thank the incredible students from Hamilton who read tonight's resol or proclamation. You all did a fantastic job. It was so great to have you here. You are the first students we've I think had here since we started the school year and you just did an amazing job. And really looking at each of you reminds me why I'm here which is to serve our students and to make sure you thrive. I know your principal said, "One day some of you are probably going to be sitting up here and we can't wait for that."
012And this proclamation highlights California's rich and diverse history. And during these particularly challenging times, I'm grateful to live in an inclusive state like California. And I can't think of a better way to celebrate uh this anniversary than by lifting up student voices like yours. And I'd love to see more opportunities like this where our students are more actively involved in our board meetings. Feels like students have been a little absent um for a little while. Uh and it's such a great way to highlight the work that we're doing uh on behalf of students because it makes our work more meaningful and reminds us to continue centering children and all the decisions we make. So, thank you again for being here. [Applause] >> Any additional comments? Trusty Wyers pain never she always reminds us whose school
013it was and this is her school. So great job. All right. Uh with that we will um move with no further comments. We'll move to a vote on this item. Uh student trustees please vote. All other trustees please vote. That motion passes unanimously with student trustees concurring. Congrat students got it across the line. Good job. All right, we will now move to item C3, adoption of resolution recognizing September 2025 as National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Uh well, are you do any trustees want to make I think we'll take these as a do you want to do this individually or I have them I have them done as a >> I'm sorry. Say that again, Cody. I have them here as a raft of of resolutions, but do we want to take comment from the board
014or? >> No. If you get a motion and a second for all items together, then we can discuss entertain discussion for Okay. Um, I will entertain a motion for all remaining resolutions. Um, I heard from Trusty Wires Payne first and I believe I got a second from Trusty Hazen. Um so with that we have a motion on the floor which is for consideration of all of the resolutions which would be C 3 through C8. We will now um entertain um comment from the public to start us off here. Are there any uh public speakers on this item? >> Yes, we have several speakers on C8. If you would please come to the podium. >> Okay. >> Dr. Sylvia Galves followed by Gabriella Contreres. You each have three minutes. [Music] Greetings to Mr. Peterson, president of
015the board, to Mr. Barahas, vice president of the board, to all the members of the board of education. I respect and honor your service and commitment to the children of San Diego. To the superintendent, Dr. Vagluga, whose leadership brings purpose and wisdom, the administration of San Diego schools, and to all administrators, teachers, parents, and students. My name is Dr. Sylvia Galves, director of the ABC Infant Parent Coaching Program for Children of the Rainbow. At Children of the Rainbow, we are proud of our multi-services company provided excellent child early childhood education to families. For more than 27 years in southeastern neighborhoods, Children of the Rainbow has guided families and prepared children for their first years of school. Sadly, we are here today because of an action taken in the state of Texas. Not long ago, President
016Trump sought to rig the midterm election. He asked Texas to change its district so five Democrat seats would be wiped out and replaced by five Republican seats. So why do we care? Why should we care? It's very basic. The current majority in the House representative has attacked public education. It has attempt to eliminate programs of fairness to people like me. It has threatened the safety of immigrants in school. It has cut the EBT awards to family who needs assistance. These things are wrong. As the cost of food has gone up, these these cuts have e the real severe. In response, Children of the Rainbow has created a nutritional program, a food pantry to serve parents and children. The demand is overwhelming. Therefore, we do therefore we do not believe this administration should be able to
017eliminate Democratic seats in favor of new Republican seats. We agree with the California leaders. Since Texas has changed his district to to create five new Republican seats, our state has to do the same to keep the balance. Proposition 50 is California's careful response. It changes our district to produce five new Democratic seats in 2026. It stops Texas corruption in the interest of protecting our families. Children of the Rainbow supports Proposition 50. We urge you this board to do the same. Thank you. God bless you. >> Next was Gabriella. >> Hello, my name is Gabriella Contas Moglu and I'm I was a parent a few years ago. My current my children now are college students. I am here to basically raise awareness. I've been uh I was a member of the DAX, Elac, SSC's, SGTs, PTAs
018for so many years. So I've gone to so many schools uh you can name it lo Lincoln High School, Crawford, San Diego High, Patrick Henry, up all all old all uh San Diego Unified School District. I am here very concerned about all these families that cannot come here today because they're working. I particularly just remember one family right now, a mom who used to work, a single mom at a hotel and she had only one daughter and the daughter had to stay home all the time because she was a minor. They could not even go to afterchool programs because of the lifestyle that they had. I have like so many stories that are you know they break my heart because those parents cannot be here. They cannot ask their employer to to uh for permission
019to say can I go to the board of education but I know them. I know the hardship they going through. So please please uh let's raise more awareness not only with the the families that we have but also within our communities. I think if we raise awareness, we can let people know what's going on and they can make their choice about November the fourth. So, I'm here to support Proposition 50. Thank you. >> Marina Hayes. >> Good afternoon, everyone. Early childhood education is the foundation of lifelong learning. But it depends on the stable resources. When federal funding is cut, it affects everything. Staffing, classroom quality, and children's access to early learning. We also know that the basic needs come first. Many preschools rely on the program like Calresh and Medical for food, healthcare, and screening.
020Without this support, children struggle to learn and thrive. Vulnerable families are hit the hardest. Immigration enforcement near schools create fear, leading to absence, anxiety. At the same time, rolling back diversity and equity efforts denies children the safe, inclusive environment as they deserve. Teachers matter, too. If we don't invest in the retention, we risk losing the qualified teachers, educators at the exact same time when children are children's brains are developing most rapidly. That's why Proposition 50 is so important. It strengthened the California's voice in the Congress, helping us protect funding streams and defend the rights of our youngest learners, especially those in underserved communities. In short, we invest in children, families, and teacher. We invest in the future of California. Thank you, Evelyn Prowena. Good evening. >> Thank you. Um, it is a pleasure to stand
021before you this afternoon and ex okay and express our concern regarding the children that are in our districts, all the districts all over California. This coalition behind me, we represent Children of the Rainbow. Our concerns are over the fairness and the independence that we want our school districts all over California to be able to display their concerns about the fundings that are being cut and how they are devastating our children. Child development is very critical. The first five years zero to five is a major major step. The children that come through our preschool, they're on the pipeline to the elementary schools, the junior highs, and the high school. And hopefully from there, they will go to college. We are here because we want active public engagement to make sure that we have a diplomatic democratic
022representation fairness for all children and especially our children here in Southern California. For those of you who are old enough to know, there was a brilliant man back in the day, the civil rights era, named John Lewis. And John Lewis had a very famous quote. And his quote was to tell us, "Speak up, speak out, get in the way, and get in good trouble." We stand here now willing to get into good trouble to make sure that we protect the children in California and especially in Southern California where we reside. Thank you very much for your time, >> Greg Robinson. Hi. Uh, I'm Dr. Greg Robinson. I currently serve as president of the county board of education. Um, and I'm here speaking for myself, not for my board. We haven't had a chance yet to
023address this issue. And that's kind of the point for you folks. Your board has led in so many ways over the years in so many important areas. This is one of them. You will help those of us on other boards to stand up for the kinds of issues that you have stood in the past for. You've just heard these incredible statements of support for the community around this issue. We know that this game is stacked. This is a game of heads. Texas wins, tails, California loses. We can't afford to play that game and just sit back and do nothing. You're showing us what can be done by taking this kind of position. these I mean that Supreme Court decision just in the last two days itself alone given everything else that's taking place in this
024country should shame every single one of us for doing this kind of job that you're talking about doing to stand up and push back against it racial profiling in our community and ad hoc arrests of people this is not America what you are doing is standing up for the best of this country. Please vote for this. Showing the rest of us the leadership and the way to follow. We desperately need you showing that kind of leadership. Thank you. >> That's all the public comment for section C. >> Thank you, Marty. Do we have any comment from my colleagues on the board about these items? I see Vice President Breer. >> Thank you, President Peterson. I happy to comment on C8, our resolution in support of Proposition 50. And thank you so much to our educators
025from Children of the Rainbow to President Robinson from the county board of education. Uh I know we've had uh President Martinez uh from our PAR educators, President Weineberg from the uh from our teachers union. And we know that educators up and down the state have been witnessing firsthand uh what we've been seeing from this administration from day one. And it has been nothing less than a assault on our students, on our families, on our educators, and on our public schools. We've seen this assault first manifest itself in the form of armed masked federal agents showing up at our schools and literally pulling our parents out of their cars as they're there to either drop off their students at school or pick up their students from school. separating families that are doing nothing other than trying
026to work hard and provide a a a a positive future for their children. We see this administration consistently uh hold funding for afterchool programs, for teacher training, for support for English learners, uh for child nutrition, even after the Congress has appropriated those funds, this administration just on a whim decides it's not going to spend the money because it doesn't want to. And now we see this administration come forward with the support of this current Congress on a bill that would cut Title One funding by 27% and historic cut in the programs that are supposed to support our students in poverty. We see continued attempts to attack our after-school programming, our summer programming, our childhood nutrition, uh our teacher training programs, and we see a continued underinvestment in special education funding. The federal government is responsible
027for uh funding 40% of the costs of special education. It currently funds less than 10%. And instead of making good on its commitment to special education, on its responsibility to fund special education, we see that it spends four times the amount that it spends on special education in a scheme to give private school vouchers to families who can already afford private schools. And we see this Congress allow this president to spend 10 times the amount of money that it spends on special education to hire more armed masked agents to come after our parents as they're trying to support their kids to get an education. As President uh Robinson remarked, that is not what our country is about. It is not what our community is about. These students from Hamilton who read our proclamation uh honoring
028California, you represent the best in this country. And yet we have a federal administration that continues to attack us because of who we are. And we have a Congress that continues to go along with this administration, never willing to stand up, never willing to show backbone and and say it's more important to support our students and our families and our schools than it is uh to just let Donald Trump do whatever he wants. So what does that mean? If we have a Congress that's not going to stand up for us, we will stand up for ourselves. >> Yeah. and and and that is honoring the legacy of John Lewis and Caesar Chavez and Dolores Werta and so many others who even in the darkest of times were willing to stand up and remind us what
029it means to be an American. We have that opportunity right now. And to people who say, "Well, educators, you shouldn't get involved in politics. You should keep your political views to yourself. Let me tell you something. When you come after our kids, you have a awakened an whole new political force of educators, of families, of students who are willing to stand up to you and show you the power that exists when people are willing to say, "We're going to fight for our kids. We're going to fight for our public schools. And if you come after us, you're going to pay the price. So, I want to thank the educators up and down our state and our families and our students who and our and our uh uh the people in our community who believe in
030public education who are going to say, "November 4th, the fight back begins. We're going to pass Prop 50. We're going to elect a different Congress. We're going to take away your funding and your ability to continue to attack our kids and we are going to show you what California values are really about. So, thank you to everybody and let's go and let's make this happen on November 4th. >> Thank you, Vice President Barrera. Additional comments? >> Um, I'll I'll just say a few words here. Um, oh, did you you have something? Okay. Oh, yeah. Say it on. Yeah. What about behalf of you? >> Thank you. And thank you, Vice President Barrera, uh, for reminding us why this is so important. Uh, I just wanted to speak briefly about C3 um, and C6. So C3
031uh, is a resolution recognizing National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. And I think it's a really powerful reminder that student wellness must always be at the heart of our work and why it's our district's top priority. As this uh resolution states, suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people. And sadly, in the three years I've been on this board, it's been heartbreaking to see San Diego Unified students die by suicide. And as a district, we have a responsibility to ensure every student feels seen, supported, and connected. And I'm grateful for our teachers, our counselors, and wellness staff who provide critical care and resources to our students every day. And I want our students and our families to know uh that they're not alone. I also want to speak briefly on uh C6, which
032is National Hispanic American Heritage Month. I'm really proud to support this resolution. Uh nearly half of our students identify as Hispanic or Latino and that's more than any other group in our district and the histories and cultures of our Latino students are central to our district's identity and the fabric of our city. And while we celebrate uh this month, my hope is that our district will celebrate the contributions of our Latinx community members and leaders every day and really recommit ourselves to ensuring that all of our students feel seen, valued, and supported so that they can thrive. [Applause] All right. Um thank you. Uh with that, let me briefly say uh mention item C7, adoption of resolution recognizing September 20th, 2025, San Diego celebration of awakening of World Peace Festival. Um although it may seem
033a little bit hippie, I think in these times as we as we think through not only what's happening to us, but where we want to get to ultimately, uh I think it's always important to punch past uh punch past the target. And so we're going to fight this thing, but we are also punching past through to to ultimately to a more peaceful and for our country and for this world. So I want to recognize that. And then I want to say a few words um join my colleagues in saying a few words about C8. Um you know this is um when when I first saw this being discussed, it it was initially I had a moment of difficulty. I happen to have sat through every single one of our the hearings that we had and
034there were many of them um probably a hundred hours I can't tell you um of hearings when we did the 2020 uh uh independent redistricting commission here in San Diego about the county. I was uh I was at the county at the time, so it was very relevant to me how how this was going to happen. And I watched it unfold. Um thousands of people interacted with that commission over that time period. Um I must have gone over hundreds of maps that people submitted. uh listened to uh the deliberation of those commissioners and the good faith effort they put in to consolidate a lot of different viewpoints and create maps that were genuinely expressive of our communities. So it's all the more difficult and agonizing for me to recognize that nonetheless in spite of that
035process when you are in a situation in which um there is systematic political electoral cheating going on. We cannot teach our kids that our commitment our high-mindedness can somehow shackle us to being cheated at the expense of our children. So, it is absolutely necessary that we respond. And one thing I want to say, I've had a lot of people comment on this. We had a press conference on Monday and got a I've got a lot of feedback on that. Um, and one of the things I want to say is I think it's very important right now for us to recognize and just say to ourselves this is happening. There is a very powerful force that all of us have. We have lived in a society that is affluent, orderly, stable. It is not always just.
036Um, but there is a presumption of rule of law, of due process. And there is a normalizing quality to human beings that say this is going to pass. It's going to be okay. I don't have to step up to this thing. It'll get resolved on its own. And I think part of us, my colleague and I bringing this before the board is an recognition. This is not going to go away on its own. This is actually happening. We are slipping rapidly into authoritarianism and we as a board and as a district uh I believe it is incumbent on us to do everything in our power to respond to that as vigorously and rapidly and forcefully as we can. And this to me is part of that process of trying to leverage what little power we
037have to make as the maximal difference for our students. And one of the things that came back to me, we did the press conference before we had heard about the Supreme Court decision and um I was watching the kids today. I was watching the people just testify. It is now apparently legal for all of our students of color, all of our families of color, all of our neighbors of color to be dragged from their vehicles, to have their windows broken, to be taken from their children, to be held in Kamuda for weeks, months, to be deported to El Salvador or where Sudan um or alligator Alcatra. I mean it this is happening to us. We are inside of what honestly amounts to a nightmare for all of us and for for for many of us
038especially especially those families that find themselves targeted. And what came back to me, you know, I we use some analogies, but I think what came back to me is there's a there's a series of books by a woman named Carolyn Elkins who writes about the British Empire. and she writes about a a a concept of legalized lawlessness that was characteristic of these imperial settings and it was characteristic for many years of America. We talk about the 175th anniversary of California. California experienced the most aggressive violent genocide of any state in the union. From 1849 until 1899 in those 50 years 90% of the indigenous population of California was eliminated. That that is our history. It is a history of legalized law lawlessness. We are in a better place now and we find ourselves a champion
039of a vision of America that is inclusive in which we protect all families, all children in which there is a pl a political place, an electoral place for all families regardless of race, creed, gender, sexual identity. But I want to we are in this paradigm of legalized lawlessness now in which any single one of our families of color could be dragged from their car. And so for me, I am always loathed to politicize an agency whose ultimate responsibility is the education and the wellness of 95,000 students. But this is deeply relevant to the well-being and the education of those 95,000 students and their families. So with that, I urge my colleagues um to do this and it's ultimately to recognize we are in a moment in which this is a this is an administration with
040a white power agenda. Their goal is to reinvigorate what white supremacy in this country, Euroamerican supremacy in this country. And for for all of us that believe in an America in which we this country belongs to all of us. It belongs to immigrants. It belongs to people who have been here for 500 years. it belongs to people who have been here for 30,000 years whose families have and um so I encourage my colleagues to vote uh for this uh measure and I see my colleague Sharon Whitehurst Payne speaking up here. >> Yeah, I I just want to comment on a couple of things. It's kind of ironic that we're celebrating item C2, the 31st year, the f 31st uh state of the union. I happen to be originally from Virginia, which was in the original
04113. But to see where we're going now, it's just unreal. And my advice to to all of us, to each of us, is to get a hand mirror and look at it. Just all the noise that we hear outside, but to look at ourselves and to see where we are. just tune it all out and ask ourselves, is this the country that we are part of where we don't care about people? We put on masks and just grab them off the street. We we treat them worse than we treat animals. I see dogs in cribs and people caring about them and and then we don't treat human beings. human beings in a way that's humane. And I just ask us all to get a mirror and hold it up to our faces and ask ourselves,
042is this right? Forget about which party or whatever, but just ask yourself, is this the right thing? Is this justice? What is justice? Look for it. Even if you're a religious person, go to the Bible and look up justice and injustice and what it's about and ask yourself, is this something that my God would go for? Is this something that he talked about? What is justice? What is your definition of justice? And it's just really sad. I wore this scarf today because I want to celebrate diversity of all kinds. Diversity. God made all of us. And he didn't set aside one group to be a superior to anybody else. I don't care who you are. If you're a human being, you were made in the image of your God. And we need to recognize that
043no one is better than anybody else. and to treat people in the way we want to be treated and stop all of this downgrading and putting people down. And that's my sermon for today. Sorry about that. >> Thank you, ma'am. Amen. >> All right. I see Trusty Bos with a hand up. >> Thank you, President Person, and all of my colleagues. Um I, you know, for your heartfelt comments. And I also wanted to share I was uh my one of my schools end elementary school in the Vista Elementary um was the a parent was waiting doing what our parents are supposed to do right or especially our dads. We want them on campuses waiting for his seven-year-old. Um some of you probably heard about this on the news. The principal literally watched this happen at
044the school. Um, the guy got out of his unmarked van completely plain clothes. All he had on was a mask and literally just pulled this guy out of his car, put him in the back of the van. And his biggest concern was who was going to pick his child up. And, you know, parents watching this and kids watching this and um, just being at that press conference, it was just just such a sense of heaviness. and not only, you know, the the parents community, but the staff. Um, I know Dr. Beula spoke with the with the staff before the the meeting, before the press conference, and they were they're they were crying. Like the teachers were in there crying, and they have to go back to their classrooms and try to hold up, you know,
045um, all the goals that we want in this district as far as student wellness and academic excellence, um, and getting kids to come to school. And you know, it it was just it's just very heartbreaking. And um you know, on top of that, this particular school has been through a lot. And they have this amazing principal there for the last couple years. And she's done such an amazing job turning around the chronic absenteeism at this school and and and just getting kids to school and we were at the assembly and it was just exciting. The kids were so excited to be there. that, you know, I'm sitting there thinking like right outside these doors, they can't they have to worry about their parents getting taken up. So, how are we going to keep our kids
046coming to school and do all the things that we need to do if we can't even, you know, we we can't guarantee the safety of their students? Um, but I do want to also say, you know, lift up that community. Um, one of the things they're going to they're starting to do is if a parent doesn't feel comfortable coming to get their kid, they they've set up kind of a uh system where other parents will come pick up kids. But I mean, it's it's horrible that we have to do that in this day and age. Um, but again, all of this the Prop 50 is, you know, going to help towards that. That's going to be a message, but we just have to continue that fight as um Trusty Barrera mentioned. Um, that's just the
047beginning. You know, we got to stay with this and everything matters. Everything that you do. I've had a lot of people say to me, I don't feel like I can do anything. And it's it's the every it's every if everyone does something, then that's, you know, what's going to really push us forward. It's joining a club. It's, you know, going to a pro protest, whatever it is that you feel comfortable with, but um, you know, just urging people to do something. So, thank you. Thank you, Trusty Boso. Uh, with that, I believe we have uh we have a sec motion, a second. We've heard from the public. We've heard from uh my colleagues on the board. I believe we can move to a vote. Student trustees, please vote. All other board members, please vote. Item
048C3 through C8 uh pass unanimously. Student trustees concurring. [Applause] All right. Thank you to our students again and uh thank you to everyone who showed up today to testify. All right. General Council Green, under item D1, are there any reportable actions from session? >> No. >> Thank you, Dr. Bhul. Under item D2, are there any management appointments to announce? >> Yes. I'd like to welcome two um new colleagues and leaders. Uh first announcement is uh for Franklin Elementary School. I want to welcome Principal Heather Bice and our associate principal for Marvin Elementary School, Tessa Wixon. So, congratulations and I can't wait to see what you do at those two schools. Thank you so much. [Music] >> All right. Uh, hold on. You're about to come back here. Uh, we're now at D3, superintendent's information report.
049Dr. Beula, please provide your information report. >> Yes. So, as you know, um, we adopted new math curriculum for elementary school, TK through fifth grade. Um, I've had really fun going into classrooms and observing math instruction and I'm here to say thank you to all of the educators who within the first few weeks of school are trying on new curriculum. Um, I'm learning from them as well. Um, one of my favorite pieces actually is um, well, one of my favorite pieces of the curriculum is it kind couples both both the automaticity of learning a math but also the math conceptual framework. And so it couples both of them. And one of the things that I've learned because I would like the automaticity practice is we have to time ourselves in the fluency pit. And so
050every time I go into classrooms and I see teachers already timing themselves, I'm like, "Bless you." Because I would say just a minute to do this. And it would probably be like 10 minutes later and I would be having a good time there with the kids. So I love seeing them try on new materials, try on um their lesson plans, engaging the students, and then also welcoming us in to observe and learn from them. So, I just want to say thank you to all of the teachers that are taking this work on. Um, I also want to make sure that we thank everybody that's uh helping roll this out. Um, I know that there's been principles leading the work, resource teachers leading the work. So, thank you so much for bringing us to um the
051math work that's so important for us. Safe, secure, and welcoming school sites are also our top priority. Um, so we're doing everything we can to help our students and families to have the same feeling on their way to and from school. As a supplement for protecting our students website, our equity and belonging team has developed a family preparedness care package. This helpful tool provides families with tips to create a child care and safety plan, reminders about our rights and legal supports, checklist of important documents to have along with contacts and details about connecting with our newcomer welcome center. We have shared all of these resources with our educators who are sharing them with our families and we're making this a downloadable kit on our website in order to make sure that anyone who needs it
052might access these tools. Um, lastly, and this is something that I'm really proud of and I want to thank the team. I I'll mention them in a second, but one of our goals here at San Diego Unified is to make sure that our students are prepared for life after high school. We're working daily to ensure that our students are ready to enter college or career and our district's relationships with our local community colleges and universities is an important part of this formula. One of the items on our consent agenda for later for you to vote on is a new relationship we're establishing with the California State University system for direct admission for qualifying San Diego Unified students. So, all high school seniors would benefit from this CSU transfer success pathway program, which provides them with
053specific information about how to attend CSU, access financial aid, and utilize other available services and options. I'm really excited about this new relationship. So, I'm going to say it again. There's 23 campuses across the state of California. Five of them are very impacted, so those don't count. I believe those are San Diego State University, Calpali, Pomona, and San Louis Bispo, Fullerton, and Long Beach. But there's 18 other campuses that are ready to welcome our students. And so with this relationship, we can offer education for our students from TK all the way through a bachelor's education with all of the right qualifications. And so this is a beautiful partnership that we're establishing that you'll be voting on later on. But I want to thank the team who made it possible because there was some tight deadlines.
054Um, so thank you Dr. Robersonson, Dr. Del Rosdio, um, Miss Harrington, Dr. uh, Gomez for working all of those late night hours to make sure we had all of our details intact, but this is an important partnership that we're establishing. So that concludes my report, but all of our students will be future ready here at San Diego Unified. So thank you. >> Thank you. Dr. Gilla, you have a comment. Just >> a quick question. And I don't know, maybe it comes when we vote on the items, but would that go into effect for this school year? >> We're trying to make sure it happens very quickly. So, yes. Um the the piece that's there is um the data sharing that is going to be um for us to make sure it's clean so CSU gives
055the appropriate information to our families. >> All right. We will now consider approval of items G1 and G2. determination that the group's 4A and 4B shade shelter projects are exempt from further environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act SQUA guidelines section 15303 new construction or conversion of small structures and approval of agreements with Western State Builders Inc. for the group uh 4A and 4B shade shelters projects. Is there a motion on this item? It just rolls off the tongue there. Uh, Vice President Barrera and um, Trustee was that a hand from trust trustee Hazen. I have a motion and a second. Um, M. Also, any speakers on this item or these two items rather? No. Okay. Do any of my colleagues have any comments on these items? Seeing none, we will move to a
056vote. Student trustees, please vote. All other board members, please vote. All right. All right. Shade shelters, what's not to love? Okay, just in time for climate change. Um, okay. We will now move to uh district operational matters. Uh we will consider item H1, the 2024 2025 unawudited actuals financial report. Please note that in the published agenda, the fiscal impact narrative shows a total increase of 63,398,726 while the table shows 65,398726. The correct figure is 65,398726 as indicated on the table. This correction will be noted in the minutes. Dr. Bulla, please introduce the item. >> Thank you, President Person. Tonight we will present the unodudited actual financial report for the 24-25 school year. This report represents our closing of the books on the year and captures all transactions up to up through June 30th, 2025. When
057the board adopted the 2526 budget in June, as is this typical timing, our 2425 year was not yet closed and we prepared estimates. There were still a number of transactions to be finalized. As we know, the 2425 ending balance is the beginning balance for 2526. Yet another piece in the budget cycle of our continued budget monitoring in our future budget development. As Miss Shackleford will present, there are both revenue and expense changes that she will walk us through leading to an improved balance in our general fund. With that, I will turn over the presentation to our senior executive director of finance, Miss Amy Shackleford. Thank you. >> Thank you, Superintendent Mula. So tonight I will be presenting the 20 2425 unodudited actuals. This report is a statutory requirement under ed >> microphone's directional. So yeah,
058there we go. >> Okay. >> Um this is a statutory requirement under education code 4200 which requires the board to adopt and submit unodudited actuals by September 15th of each fiscal year. Board approval tonight establishes our final ending fund balances for 2425 which will roll forward to become our new 2526 beginning fund balance. Submission of our unodudited actuals is subject to review by the county office of education before being transmitted to the state. As you can see by this visual, the budget process never stops. It's a year- round cycle of planning, monitoring, and reconciling. Each month brings activity that sharpens the accuracy of our projections and informs future decisionmaking. Major checkpoints like budget adoption in June and our interim reports in December and March are part of a larger effort of updates and adjustments. Tonight's
059action, our unodudited actuals, is the true up of revenues and expenditures for the prior year establishing the foundation for the current fiscal year. I first wanted to begin with a uh recap of our 45day budget. Um, so the board did approve in June a balanced budget for 2526 and in that balanced budget, we did identify a budget gap for 2627 of $138.6 million. We do have some uh benefits with a 45day budget as I reviewed in August. And so I wanted to present the impact of those new funds that we will be receiving in 2526, how they're going to help our 2627 budget gap. So, just as a reminder, the universal TK, that's the additional funding that we receive for the 10:1 learning recovery emergency block grant, an additional 5.7 each year for the next
060three years. Our student support professional block grant bringing an additional onetime 27.7 million. And the last one, uh, maximizing restricted resources. um we received um with the state budget ELOP that is transitioning from our district would come go from tier two to tier one with those additional funds and with those additional funds we have those opportunities for some of those programs that we've been funding out of our unrestricted budget to be able to utilize ELOP funds as an example so that would benefit our budget going forward by approximately $12 million and so that leaves a revised budget gap for 2627 of $89.4 $4 million. So now moving on to our unodudited actuals for 2425. So what this chart reflects looking from left to right, we start with where did we project that we would end
061the year back in June when the board approved the budget. And then the next column reflects where we actually landed with our revenues and expenditures. And then that third column is the difference. So, our beginning fund balance for 2425, we started the year with $25 million. Starting with revenues, our revenues improved by $1.2 million. That's a combination of two key areas. The first one being we receive an additional $4.2 million of additional interest earned because our cash balances in the bank were higher than anticipated. So, we receive additional revenues. The other piece is a little bit more complicated and it has to do with accounting entries. Um, so $7.1 million is tied to an annual accounting entry that's referred to as fair market value adjustment. This is a result of two gazsby and by gazsby
062I mean governmental accounting standards board. It's a very dry um impact where school districts are required on June 30th to recognize the value of your investments. for a school district, it's basically cash. We're not allowed to have stocks and bonds um and what that value would be in um in comparison to how the market is performing. The market for 2425 improved more um favorably than prior years. So our assets technically on paper are worth $7 million more. In previous years when we were just coming out of COVID, if you remember, the market was was down and everything wasn't performing. So we were actually recognizing um a decrease to our revenues as a result of that June 30 entry. So for this year um because it's market is better, we're seeing that $7 million entry. It's
063an accounting entry on paper and it just designates June 30 the improved value of our assets. And so that so that total would be 11.2 million. Moving on to contributions and transfers. So, our contributions did improve by $1 million, and that's primarily under special ed. We had estimated a higher amount back in June of where we would end with contracted services. So, we um closed the year a little bit better by about a million dollars. Moving on to expenditures, we actually um had $2.5 million higher in expenditures than where we projected back in June. So, you'll see that increase of 2.5. So if you net the three together, the improved revenues, lower contributions, and higher expenditures, our ending fund balance improved by 9.8 million. So back in June, we are anticipating an ending fund balance
064of 124 million. We're actually ending the year at $134 million. And so the next piece that I want to walk the board through is um the components of our ending fund balance. So our ending fund balance um again ending the year at $134 million. We have three key areas of required reserves that have to be set aside with it within the ending fund balance. The first one is a state requirement. So all districts are required a minimum reserves for a district our size as an ADA. We're actually required to set aside 2% reserves and that's a calculation of 2% off our total general fund expenditures. So as you see here um slight decrease of that value that we have to set aside of uh the next piece is school site ending balances. So these are
065balances that are owned by the schools. So an example would be our civic civic center rentals. So any unspent funds that the schools have, those roll over to the next year. Those are funds owned by the schools. They're not owned by the district. So that's something that whatever is left over at the end of the year, we roll it over to the next year. So we are anticipating a lower dollar amount. What ended up um at the end of the year was a balance of $4.5 million and that rolls forward to next year. And then the last area stores, prepaids, and revolving cash. The majority of those dollars are our inventory. So the district maintains warehouses where we buy in bulk and schools and departments purchase uh materials from that. We get better discounts, delivery,
066etc. And so we are anticipating ending the year with a higher stock in our inventory. Uh with departments and schools purchasing additional items, the value that we have to recognize in the warehouse as an example is lower by $1.5 million. So if you summarize those three impacted areas, our required reserves increase by $754,000. And so what you do is you take the ending fund balance improvement of $9.8 million. Um the difference of the required reserves of $754,000. That leaves $9.1 million. I've circled it in red. That's above all of the required set aides. And so those dollars would be available for future budget solutions. I want to spend a minute on this line because this line at all of our interim reporting um always seems to be um raised lots of questions. So that $78
067million that you see at estimated actuals. That $78 million was incorporated in the 2526 budget. And so that's how we have our balance budget in 2526. Now that we've closed the year for 2425, identifying that additional 9.1 million that would then been um assist us in the 2627 budget gap. So I just wanted to point out the difference of the 78 versus the 87. I've listed 2627. It's really going to cover two years. And so utilizing all $9.1 million would leave $0 available above any required reserve and any dollar set aside for future budget gap solutions. So, what does that mean for our um revised budget gap for 2627? So, as I covered previously, the impact of the 45day budget brought our $138 million down to 89.4. If we were to utilize all $9.1 million,
068again, onetime reserves, that brings our deficit for 2627 down to $80.3 million. And so what happens next is between now and December, so December as a reminder is our first interim report. Um we're going to be going through um our expenditures. And so as an example, we just um uh completed third Friday staff uh third Friday enrollment. So now staff will be analyzing the impact of those staffing changes, enrollment shifts, what's the impact of the revenues as an example? um and being able to incorporate those into our first interim also um vacancy and attrition. We just went through a massive SER um uh there was no way that we were going to hire as an example a thousand people on July 1. So we are going to we are seeing a higher level of vacancy
069savings and so those that analysis will be completing over the next couple of months and you'll see that in first interim and that will again also be um assisting us solutions to address that $80.3 million. And so I just um wanted to provide just a little brief summary at the bottom. Sometimes numbers are easy than the narrative. So we started at 138 million. Um after 45day improving to 89 million and then as a result of closing the books for 2425 currently sitting at 80.3 million, we'll begin our work for first interim and then as a reminder we will need to provide a list of detailed solutions to the county to include at our first interim. Moving on to all funds. And so you can see here all of our other funds um are closing with
070positive ending fund balance. We have about um $4 billion of revenues. We spent uh $4.2 million of expenses. Um overall we have healthy balances in all of our funds. So next steps. Um tonight's action is to approve the unodudited actuals for submission to the county office. Um from there our external auditors um will validate the data. So they'll be checking for variance compliance and accuracy, our lovely gazsb and gap requirements, the cessam and any specific required um regulations around our uh restricted programs and grants etc. And then our auditors will be back here in December to present the outcome of our what will now be called audited financial statements for the 2425 fiscal year. And with that, I conclude my report and turn it back to the board for any questions. >> Thank you, Amy.
071Spellbinding as always. Um, uh, Marty, do we have any public comment? >> Uh, we do not. >> Okay. I am sure that I'm going to have some comment from my board colleagues. >> You need a motion in a second. >> Oh, yes. Okay. I'm sorry. Uh, Trusty Wyers Payne with a motion. A second. Excellent. >> Yes. Okay, we have a second from Trusty Ordas. So, we have a motion and a second. Uh, the motion is now on the dis on the floor as it were. Uh, do we have any comments from the public? Okay. Uh, comments from the board. Okay. if I if there's no comments, which is remarkable, and I'm sure you're just Yeah, look at your she's halfway walking away. Um I have one quick um so as I as we see this
072138 drop to 89, drop to 80, but it's not January yet, so we don't really know. Um you don't have a crystal ball. I respect that. Uh but you do have a a long series of budgets provided there's no recession which is not necessarily a perfect guess but uh we're hoping um you know what's your over under on that that number. >> I think it's very early in the year. So, in November, um November is a is another milestone for you'll get a room full of 500 CBOS that will geek out. Um this year in Huntington Beach, they bring in the LAO, they bring in economists and that's usually when we get the first blush of does the cola kind of stand where it's at or like two years ago when it plummeted to 1%
073and 500 people ran out of the room to call their superintendent. So, I don't want to fathom a guess until we see the LAOO's um report and then hear from the economist about how the governor's budget cuz again, we've seen it go up and down between November, January, May. And so, um finance people aren't betting people. We're kind of boring that way. >> Okay. Now, Drew says he actually likes this stuff. Do are you enjoying yourself on this one? >> I am so not bored. >> Okay, great. Excellent. That's what I like to hear. Uh any additional comments from the board? All right, seeing none, thank you so much, Amy. We really appreciate uh your testimony today. That's what we call it. Um and with that, seeing no additional comment from the board, we will
074move to a vote to accept. Uh student trustees, please vote. All the board members, please vote. That motion passes unanimously with student trustees in concurrence. And with that we are going to move to some um easement granting here. Uh we have arrived at uh item uh H2. We will consider items H2 and H3 approval of easement to SDG& and revisions to board policies and administrative regulations. Uh is there a motion on these two items? Uh, Trusty Boso, [Music] Trusty Hazen, we have a motion and a second. Miss Stoultz, are there any speakers on this item? Okay. Do any of my uh colleagues have any comments on these items? All right. Um, let's see. I do. We have Lee. I have a quick question on this one. Um, so, so from my understanding, I was kind
075of I was looking into this. I'm always a little dragged my feet about easements, but I understand that these easements I don't like giving up easements on public property as a fiduciary uh, principle, but I see that this is a sort of a strings attached situation given our electric bus program and that this is part of the deal. I had one question. it. I I kind of boned up a little bit on this earlier and um is there a requirement on these things for certification tech for the people doing the work to have the electric vehicle infrastructure training program certification? I know there was a new certification that was introduced in the recent past. Are there any certifications that are required on this >> certification on on >> the actual contractors that are doing this
076this labor? >> Uh I'm no I'm not aware of that. um the these um >> the projects are being built and installed by SDG& >> okay >> um as part of the grant um and that's how we're granting easement for the charging infrastructure for the but I'm not sure if there's any particular uh project labor agreement or other agreement um okay associated >> okay that's okay I was there was something called the EVITP that was I think there's needs to be at least one of them on any large installation of a charger it looked like there was recent legislation So, I was just inquiring about that. >> I know that they they're connected with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, but I also know that they subcontract out some of this installation. So, >> and
077is is this work typically done under our PSA? >> No, this is not funded by the bond. It's fun it's it's funded under the grant. >> And our PSA doesn't necessarily apply to work that's being done on an easement on our property. It's only if when we're expending our own grant, our own funding on that the Bron. Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you. That's all. I appreciate it. Uh any other comments and we've seen no comments from the public. With that, we will move to a vote. Uh and I think yeah, student trustees, please vote. All other board members, please vote. All right. That motion passes unanimously with student trustees concurring. We will now uh consider items I1 through I35. The superintendent's consent agenda. Consent items are considered to be routine and will be
078enacted by one motion followed by a vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless the board, a member of the public or staff request specific items be removed from the consent agenda for separate discussion and action. Any agenda item removed will be voted upon following the motion to approve the consent agenda. Does the board have any items that they would like to have pulled from the consent agenda for discussion? I don't see any. I I see a I'm sorry, what was the question? H2 and three were part of that item. We consider them together. Yeah. Yeah, I believe that's correct. Yes. Um, so I don't see anybody Good question though. I don't see anybody pulling anything. Has any member of the public uh registered to pull anything? Okay. So, neither the board
079nor the public has pulled anything. Then we will vote. And the sta and staff has not pulled any items tonight. Marty staff hasn't pulled any items tonight. Okay. As such, we will vote on the entirety of the superintendent's agenda as reflected on the agenda. Uh we will take that right now. We'll move to a vote. Oh, we get a motion. Yeah, sorry. Um, Trusty Orvas with the motion and a second from Vice President Barrera. I'm gonna get you next, Trusty W. Um, we have a motion and a second. We will now move to a vote. Uh, student trustees, please vote. All other board members, please vote. That motion passes unanimously with student trustees concurring. Thank you. Oh my goodness. All right, here we go. Uh, wow. Are we really I guess we're we're coming to
080the end of this this happy evening. Um, we will now receive uh public testimony on non-aggenda items. Miss Stoultz, have we received any requests for non-aggenda public comment? >> Yes, we have four. One virtual who we will take first. Kristen Schwarz, if Kristen is available to please unmute. You have three minutes >> to speak real quick. Can I call you back? Okay, right. >> Hello. >> You only hear you very faintly. >> Oh, marvelous. Sorry about that. I'm trying to I don't know if I can turn on my video. Um, we hear you. >> We hear you now. So, we're at least halfway there. Hello. Okay. So, good evening. I'm here as a parent who trusts uh whose trust in this district has been broken, whose children have been put in harm's way by the
081very people entrusted to protect and educate them. Please understand that I'm speaking from a point of vulnerability secondary to the reality that while we removed our children from our neighborhood school and transferred to other schools within the district, we continue to suffer from the consequences of the actions taken or those not addressed by the district within our community. Specifically secondary to the actions taken by the principal of Dingman Elementary School and his directives in our neighborhood Facebook group in Scripps Ranch. My older child who was in fifth grade at Dingman Elementary was shamed and denied reasonable access to education. His confidence was attacked, his opportunities for advancement taken from him. And yet through his own strength, not through the support of the district, he has earned straight A's at Marshall Middle School, excelled in advanced
082math programs, through extracurricular opportunities, thrived in a competitive soccer team, and is preparing to represent our community in the junior Olympics for Taekwondo. He is succeeding in spite of the district, not because of the participation of those in the elementary school program that is represented uh through San Diego Unified School District. My younger child was subsequently denied access to prescribed medication during school hours as what looks to be a retributional act against him. This was not a small oversight. It caused a serious worsening of his symptoms. He was lost during school days on one occasion, discharged to the wrong location instead of to his afterchool program twice at only 7 years old despite knowing that he is disabled. and he was denied subsequent access to special education services until we were forced to transfer him
083to another school. These are not mistakes. They are violations of duty and basic safety. This is what keeps me up at night. The district has not only failed to educate my children, it had actively harmed them. They have been denied medically necessary interventions. They have been placed in unsafe situations. They have been bullied by adults that are employed by the district and bullied through social media connected by to staff actively bullied through our community Facebook group by staff of Dingman Elementary School. While my children were being hurt, the very individuals responsible were being rewarded. Quite literally, being awarded prizes for engaging in unkind behavior toward us on social media platforms and in retaliation or response to the recorded meetings that were documented and subject or submitted to the district as evidence. The most painful example
084is that my son's teacher in our parent teacher conference in 2023 told me openly that he resented me so much that he could not do his job. He refused to engage professionally, demanded that I falsify a report card suppressing scores, and told us that we should, and I quote, go somewhere else. My son reported being denigrated in front of his classmates, targeted for early dismissals, and left unprotected from bullying from other students. I did not want to believe him until I experienced it myself. >> I gave notice of intent to record, agreed to a meeting being open door and recorded that meeting and the truth is undeniable. However, the district and board has figned ignorance. Instead of protecting my son, the principles misrepresented the facts, documenting absences as if we were on vacation rather than
085acknowledging that my child was being kept >> towards your time has expired. >> Unprofessional and emotionally abusive behavior. My concerns are pretty extensive. Thank you, >> Miss Schwarz. >> Brought them to the district on several occasions. >> We have three in-person speakers. Arlene New Good evening. Affluence doesn't accelerate childhood. At kindergarten, back to school night from my besties 5-year-old, parents were shown a paragraph with nearperfect handwriting. They were then told that this is San Diego Unifi's model and this is the expectation. So, let's be clear, shall we? Affluence does not accelerate child development. Children in La Hoya, Logan Heights, and Lemong Grove are born with the same wiring needs. When we make paragraph writing the standard for kindergarten, we are not raising the bar. We are robbing children of developmentally critical growth. We are replacing
086wonder with worry, joy with judgment, and play with pressure. Kindergarten should be a place where children explore, explore movement, explore sounds, explore imagination, and learn to love expressing themselves. Paragraph writing can wait. What cannot wait is a child's one chance to experience education as it should be, hands-on, joyful, and child led. When we prioritize compliance and nice handwriting over curiosity and belonging, we create restrictive environments. Even inside general education classrooms, least restrictive environment means we center the child, not the paperwork. We need to let play, exploration, and connection lead the way for the coming generations. If we truly want equity, if we truly believe every child can succeed, then we must stop pushing developmentally inappropriate standards and start giving children the childhood they deserve. Genevieve Z. In my child's last week at Golden Hill K8
087at school, a few days before a pediatrician identified the crime of Axima mission child neglect because teacher Whitmire ignored or punished my child when she begged to access hygiene facilities during class every day. And a couple weeks before STPD child abuse unit knew about resulting urgency incontinence, infection, painful elimination, genital rashes, and coprices, fecal incontinence, rectal tearing, and bleeding. I discovered the ethics point employee misconduct reporting system at the SDUSD website and attempted to report the crime through the district. My ethics point report against Anne Whitmire was open on October 13th, 2024 and closed on October 16th, 2024 without asking me any questions. Eric from ICA falsely claimed I was satisfied with my principal meeting which I had only gained by using children's chalk on the street in front of the school to desperately share.
088Miss Anne forced urgency incontinence on her students. When her children asked to pee poo, Miss Anne yells at them forced retention of bodily fluids as child abuse. In this meeting, principal Julie Martinez refused to recognize my child was harmed. Every time I started talking about the child abuse, principal Julie Martinez unprofessionally changed the subject, interrupted me, insulted her superintendent, and proceeded to threaten me with legal retaliation for cheap children's chalk on asphalt. She already knew of the injuries from emails prior. The Ethics Point website's document upload was glitchy. So, I arrived at the ICA office in person to add our pediatrician's letter to the file. That is where the ICA informed me that my report against the teacher was closed. I told Eric to open it and include my pediatrician's letter and he told me
089he could not open it against another against the teacher even if the other reports were incomplete or closed early. So I opened a report against the principal for failing to report my child injuries to authorities and retaliating against me for identifying the child abuse including the pediatrician's letter there. I then scheduled a 30-minute meeting with Edith to go over the documents received, answer any questions, find out what they needed. After I got home, I received an unsolicited and unprofessional phone call from Shaw arguing with me for 45 minutes with a speakerphone echo asking me what I expected to accomplish with the meeting. He kept talking about his employee, the teacher. When I arrived for my scheduled meeting, Shaw had removed it. I asked who the ICA reports to, and they told me Miss Green. So,
090I walked to this very building and asked where I could find the contact. They were surprised to find the ICA boss in the legal defense department. I got my IC meeting where they repeatedly interrupted me, dismissed me, told me no school policy was violated despite my explaining multiple clear BP5030 violations AP 4032 and corporal punishment 49001. At the district's restorative discipline meeting here, Shaw scoffed sideways and chuckled at the student ambassador's valid concern of accountability for teachers. Well, accountability is in our name. I got that same arrogant dismissal the entire time I tried to report my child's unprecedented injuries injuries from illegal teacher behavior. It has been a year and my child has had no physical problems since the abuse. Another child's general injuries a year prior caused by Miss Anne's daily hygiene facility denial
091led to the child's removal from the classroom for safety. Golden Hill K through8 school repeatedly fails to properly report ongoing child abuse and instead obstructs and retaliates against parents who attempt to report it. These are human rights violations. Thank you, >> Mary Monk. Thank you. On behalf of the Walter Monk Foundation for the Oceans, I would like to invite all of you and all of your students and their families to Walter Monk Day on Saturday, October 4th in La Hoya Shores from 9:30 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon. It's a free familyfriendly event honoring Walter Monk, who spent 80 years at Scripps' Institution of Oceanography. He is the father of surf forecasting, having figured out how to predict the waves for the landings in D-Day, for which he's credited with saving thousands of
092lives. He also discovered that a same family of waves travels from the Antarctic to the shores of Alaska. And for that, he's credited with being the one who has made it so that surfers know when and where to be for the perfect wave. The Kumi will open the event with a land blessing and the birds songs telling their stories. um of their times for over 10,000 years at the shores. Everyone can help them build Julie boats that'll be launched ceremoniously at the end of the day. Channel 8's Neta Oranpor will be our MC and Sha Styles, our keynote speaker. There will be lots of other fun things and surprises. Tours of the map of the Grand Canyon of La Hoya and scavenger hunts. 60 plus exhibitors with interactive educational ocean related activities, music, art, food
093trucks, lots of fun for everyone. And as I said, it's free. Please let us know how we can let your students know about this event because we would really like to have them join us. And there will be swag and lots of goodies. So, thank you. And this is >> Steve. Okay. >> That's okay. >> And so we hope to see you there. Thank you. >> Thank you. That concludes non-aggenda comment. >> All right. Thank you, Marty. And thank you to all the speakers tonight. Uh we really do appreciate your appearance either uh online or in person. And uh please know your perspectives help us to better serve our students, parents, and the community at large. With that, I have been told that I gave too loudly. So I'm going to lightly gave this meeting
094out and tell you that this meeting is adjourned. Uh the next regular meeting will be held on September 30th, 2025. Thanks for coming out this evening.