001Hi Mandy, can you hear me? Nothing. You look good. What? Good evening and welcome to the regularly scheduled October 21st meeting of the San Louis Coastal Unified School District. Board of Trustees. The board met previously in close session. We discussed one item of anticipated litigation um review and possible action on employment dismissal or discipline of a district employee and a student personnel matter stipulated expulsion. Before I proceed to the vote on that, let me activate the translation. If you are present in the room and you require translation, if you go over and see this fellow here, he has headphones and he can get you set up. If you're watching us on Zoom and require translation, um please look to the bottom of your screen and press on the globe icon and you will be distri
002uh directed to translation services. Expulsion Thank you. So, as I said previously, we in close session, we entertained a uh stip a stipulated expulsion agreement for uh student and we need to vote whether or not to accept that stipulated expulsion in open session. Do I have a motion? >> I move acceptance of the stipulated uh student expulsion. >> I'll second. >> So, I have a motion by Mr. Anger and a second by Mr. Buckman. Mr. Anger. >> Yes. >> Mr. Buckman. >> Mrs. Baltadano. >> Yes. >> Mr. Banfield. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Schoffer. >> Yes. >> And I'm a yes. That passes uh 6 with one absent. Okay. Do we have consensus on the order of business? Okay. In that case, we'll move to item 5.01, student representatives to the board. And we'll begin with
003Zoe Fuji from St. Louis Bispo High School. Hi everyone. Good evening. I'm so happy to be here again. Um I am the ASB president of Slow High and I'm very excited to be here presenting for you all. Um, and then I believe the slideshow, I don't know, it might already be up. So, first up we have in the world of academics, we want to say congratulations to Jules Cargle for being the first scholar of the month. Thank you. Sorry, I can't see the screen at all. All right, there we go. There we go. All right, so in the world of academics, we want to say congratulations to Jules Cargle. She's our first scholar of the month. Um, in our ASB class, we have uh different people who handle different things within the school. So, our
004academics advis our commissioner is uh starting a new scholar of the month and Jules is one of the hardest working people I know. So, we are so happy for her and we just want to say congratulations. Uh we also had our Elks Club students of the month for September and October being Shawn, Bella, Kinsey, and Lily. And they're all pictured there with Miss Senagle receiving their certificates. And we just want to say a big congratulations to them. We're about to not too soon but soon enough we're about to go into the month of November. So that means we get to honor Jasine and Parker. And then we also just wanted to say that we had our students take the youth truth survey. And we're asking all of our Tiger families to take the survey as
005well. Um on student senate we have our youth survey and it helps us analyze data for specific school sites and see what could use a little bit more work. And so having our families take this is just as important. And we have that all up. So it closes this Friday, right? And then in athletics, there is a lot to cover. So for two weeks ago, we had girls golf starting off the week strong with a big win at Alyssole River Course. Um the girls tennis team had a big week uh with the league team. Uh we won against St. Joe St. Joe's and then um I think the other match got cancelled. For girls volleyball, they kept their win streak going by taking down AG. And then girls water polo uh won against flag football
006defeated Paso. They are undefeated in the league. I think right now they're currently number two in CIF which is really exciting because they're a new team to our school this year. So it's just really exciting to see them doing so well. Um football unfortunately lost toi two Friday nights ago and boys water polo also lost but then boys water polo came back to compete in the slow showdown where they won three games and lost one. These are some of the best teams in the state. So, we're really, really proud of all of our water polo teams and wanted to say like a really pretty general thank you to everyone who was there. It was happening at three different pools. There were so many players, coaches, and parents who were able to help put this on.
007So, it was just such a big event for our school and we're really proud of seeing everyone do it so well. >> Okay. And then for last week, girls golf placed first once again uh against Santa in the Santa Maria Country Club. They're going they're going really really strong this year. I think they're also undefeated uh going into league finals. Girls volleyball un unfortunately lost to Mission and then won at against Templeton at home. Um I that was our breast cancer awareness game and it was pink out and everyone looks so amazing and it's just so nice to see so many people showing up to support our volleyball games and support uh breast cancer awareness. And then uh girls tennis defeated both San Diez and Lompoke and that kind of completed the entire girls tennis
008season. Um they were completely undefeated. And so now this tomorrow we have our league matches. So basically there will be I believe 12 schools coming to slow high school. And so it's kind of it's going to be a really big day for uh girls tennis. And then we had our boys and girls water polo team play at Tascadero at home on Wednesday. and it was also a celebration of their senior night. The girls team then went to Reedley last weekend. Sorry, I'm getting all my weeks mixed up. Last weekend to play in the Monster Ball tournament where they finished two and two on the weekend. And then flag football won both their games um and then football traveled to AG and then unfortunately lost. But their regular final uh final game of the season is
009going to be this Friday. It's going to be USA themed. Um but yeah, and then just as a fun little mention, the boys water polo team started practicing at Avala for some reason. So we have a picture up there in the top right. They um yeah, always able to find new bodies of water to uh throw a ball in, which is really cool for them. All right. And then for our arts, two Fridays ago we had the first lunch rock jam with a student band called Screen Door. They were so incredible. We have so many student bands on our slow high school campus. So, it's really amazing. The entire room was packed. It was just one big lecture hall room. And I just know there was, you know, bad for fires, but good for them.
010They had so many uh so many people show up. And then some of our students attended the day of celebration at Kpali to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. uh they were able to celebrate the month and we are always encouraging students to look for ways to um utilize opportunities at cultural enrichment. So that's really cool. That's in the top left corner with the photos. And then our marching band earned the third place trophy at the Saturday's more park competition. Uh they also upcoming have a slow high school hosted band competition called the roar and it features so many different schools from slow and all across like Santa Barbara counties on November 1st from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Uh and they want to just tell everyone to look for tickets for that. More information will be coming
011soon. And then in our ASB updates, we are celebrating Dia de los Muertos and we're putting up an offer to display any and all pictures of loved ones. We'll have it available through October 27th through October 30th. And this is just such a cool idea. This is put on by our ASB vice president, Mattie Party, and our spirit commissioner, Scarlett Ruiz. And they are doing such an amazing job with this. They keep getting more things and thinking of ways to honor people through the Day of the Dead. And so this is just an amazing uh activity to see them put on. And then we had our senior movie night last Friday. They watched the movie Coraline and it was such a fun time. Unfortunately, the screen kept blowing over leading to our ASB teacher literally
012sitting on the back of the screen to hold it up. But, uh, that's Mr. Stewart and he's incredible. We we also have our USA spirit day. I mentioned that a little before, but it's this Friday. Uh, we have an activity going on. We're going to have it in the commons where people can paint their own denim and get any face paint, any accessories for that night. And it'll be a really fun time. And then we have a ro shambo schoolwide competition where students will get beads from their third period classes and they'll be able to play against anyone. And then this will last from October 28th through October 30th. And then students will just do rock, paper, scissors all throughout the next two days. And then at lunch we have a really big competition. This
013happened last year and students got so competitive. I saw so many friendships end over these beads. But um it is such a fun event and everyone loves it. And then in our other ASB updates, we have a lot of updates from our FFA which they hosted the 2025 opening and closing public speaking contest um two Wednesdays ago and there were over 350 students from eight other schools participating. In our chapter alone, we had over 80 students participating and there were so so many people at our campus. I can't even say it was so crowded. But um we had so we had one team win which was our officer team placing third overall and then we had sophomore Kylie Wells receive an outstanding treasurer reward or award, sorry. And then also a special congratulations to the
01430 freshmen that stepped up and they talked outside their com comfort zone to do a public speaking contest. FFA is not easy, but there was so many people involved, so many people putting themselves out there and it was so cool to see everyone come together. FFA also put on a driveth through barbecue full day. It's it's so weird to explain, but it's the only drive-through in slow and basically all the FFA kids are able to make barbecue and then just you make order a ticket, I believe, and then they drive through and they pick it up. And everyone loved it. There were so many students and parents working together to put this on. Uh I heard nothing bad from it. And then also we have our counselors working so hard with our senior class for
015college applications. in the bottom right corner. I there were over 60 students attending that session of information. And we just wanted to say a really big thank you to uh all the counselors and everyone who is supporting our seniors through the stressful uh college application process. And then for our upcoming events, we have our winter sports triyouts happening this next week. Sorry, next week. And it is going to be it's a lot of work. We have so many winter sports. There's uh all of our basketball teams. We have I can't name anything else right now, but I I'm sure it will come to me. And then um on Halloween, we have no school. And then the week after, cuz we're on a trimester system, we have finals, which will be so much fun. And then
016the following two days after that, uh the Monday and Tuesday, we also have no school. And then our first trimester will begin. And then it feels weird to say now, but obviously later into November, we'll have our Thanksgiving break. And that's everything from Slow High School. Thank you. >> Thank you. Are there any board comments? >> Okay. Thank you for that comprehensive report. Uh there are two things that I'd like to to mention now before we move to Mororrow Bay. One, I was remissed. In closed session, the board voted unanimously to reject a claim against the district. And secondarily, um, if you wish to speak in public comment, please fill out the yellow form at the rear of the room and, um, it will be brought up to the board table and we will be
017happy to call your name and hear your comment. So then we'll move on to Jocelyn Okmpo Mateo from Mororrow Bay High School. >> Okay. Thank you so much. Yeah. Hi everyone. Um, my name is Jocelyn and I'm the ASB president over at uh Moral Bay High School and I'm very excited to be here today and get to represent my school. So, jump into it. Um, okay. Last week, um, Moray High School held its annual college knowledge night and attendance was at an all-time high. This is a great opportunity for both parents and students, um, to get a look into, uh, how the college process is going to look for them. This was specifically aimed at our juniors, but we had students from all grades attend. And turnout was absolutely great. They were able to pack
018the theater and we had visitors from UC Irvine, Calpali, and other schools to give information, which was great. Um, I don't have a picture of this, but we also had many of our Moray High School students volunteering at a tough two event here at LOMS. Um, I believe it was two Fridays ago. Um, and we also had ASP students volunteering that Saturday as well. Um, last weekend our FFA officers went to participate in the COC at Hollister High School and they participated in improving their leadership skills and workshops with their teams. They had so much fun making new friends and furthering their leadership skills as well. Our FFA team does so well at the Midstate Fair every single year and our school just beams with pride with them every time that they succeed. Um, at
019the beginning of the month, we also awarded our seniors for the month of September and October. The Elks Lodge number 322 graciously awarded them with a $100 scholarship each. Uh, this award recognizes their leadership involvement, um, high academics, and overall just being an amazing student to their school. For the month of September, we had Maggie Pel and Sans Dohy. And our October winners were Gabrielle White and myself. And I was very honored and it's such a privilege to go over there and to speak so highly about my school. Um, in sports, it seems as all of our fall teams will be moving on into playoffs, which is very exciting. Our volleyball team held their senior night on October 14th and I got to go myself and I got to see our girls work so hard.
020We have a team of 12, I believe, for our varsity team and 11 of them are seniors. So, it was a very long ceremony, but it was great to honor each and every one of them and we're so excited to see how they will move on in the future. We also had our football senior night last weekend against Santa Maria High School where we went 50. So it was very exciting for all of us to see such an amazing win. And it was also our community night. So we had um local uh locals come and get to watch the game. We had a little flag football game at halftime as well as a little cheer performance from kids over at the elementary schools which is very very cute. Um, coming up we have our Mororrow
021Bay High School girl volleyball neon game. I believe it's a it's uh this Saturday. It's at 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. It's all neon themed or white. Um, and at the very same time we actually have our very first annual hopefully haunted theater um put on by our Moro Bay drama club. Um, I'm also the co-president over for the drama club. So, this is very exciting. Um, we love to cater it to our community. We're gonna have tacos. We're gonna have a painting station for little kids and of course our haunted theater experience. And then lastly, we have our Mororrow Bay mock trial team having their own fundraiser on October 29th over at Brightside Pizza where all pro all sorry, let me read the poster. um where a portion of the proceeds will be going
022on to our mock trial team which are also very successful every year as they have gone to the state for the past three years. And that is all I have for for today. Thank you so much for letting us present. >> Thank you very much. Is there any board comment? >> I just have to say I I love the logo for the Bach trial team. That's the best. >> Yeah. Thank you so much. We actually had um a student uh design it a few years ago. She's now graduated and gone on to San Jose State um for a drawing actually, which we're very proud of. >> Okay. >> All right. Well, that was wonderful. Um as always, you are welcome to stay and participate in the meeting, but we're mindful that you have other obligations
023and studying to do. So, if you need to excuse yourselves, we appreciate you're having joined us tonight. Item 5.02 is Baywood Elementary Program Highlights. >> This is May. >> Hi. >> Do you have the uh put this down so you can see their faces when they're up here? You can go right into the slides if you don't mind. >> Yeah. Thanks. Good evening board. I'm Mrs. May, proud principal of Baywood Elementary. It's always a pleasure and privilege to present to you. Um tonight we have um really a celebration of our six-year journey to full dual language implementation which you may remember you voted and our first cohort started on Zoom in 2020. Um and five or excuse me six of those students are here with us tonight. So we're excited to display our program to
024you and proud of what we've built together. We have uh Embahadores de Baywood. Those are our Baywood ambassadors. We have a group of 24 fourth and fifth graders who represent um our student leadership team at Baywood. And tonight I'd like to introduce you to Maya, Ace, Louise, Hennessies, Corbin, and Paige who will be presenting to you tonight. But before they come up and get started, I also want to acknowledge my talented colleague in the room, Maestra Anand. He does amazing work with me alongside me with this uh team getting them ready to present bilingually at all of our assemblies um doing bilingual morning announcements every day. He leads our students by example and he's a teacher leader um modeling and demonstrating just what a what a real um professional and dedicated teacher does for students.
025So um with that, enjoy some stickers being passed around. Um we've got some in celebration of diia de los muertos and kind of rebranding um our school as full dual language immersion. So enjoy those. And with that I will um introduce lobahadores de baywood. Hi, I'm Maya and this is the first year that Baywood is full dual immersion. It's half the day in English espanol. Um each year we have a tiny bit more English time following the 9010 model so that by the time we're in fourth and fifth grade um it we have 50% English and 50% Spanish even if it is a little bit challenging sometimes. At Baywood, we have bilingual assemblies which are led by Baywood fifth grade representatives. Um, we also have bilingual and visual arts teachers or bilingual visual and performing
026arts teachers and a bilingual garden teacher which having these amazing teachers along with our classroom teachers helps us create a pathway to high sophisticated v vocabulary in both languages. We have bilingual morning announcements each day about what's going on at Baywood and if there's any like important assemblies or meetings. Um and last but not least not least we have at Baywood we work to achieve the three pillars of DLI being bilingual and biliterate having high academic achievement and crosscultural competence. Up next is Ace. >> Hi, I'm Ace Patala. I will be talking about schoolwide expectations. Every month we have an assembly to remind our Baywoodtos of the Baywood expectations. A bewood bear who is responsible takes ownership of their actions. A bear who is considerate thinks about their peers and helps them when they need
027help. When teachers catch following the Baywood expectations, they get a bearpaw. Bearpaws can be used to enter in draws. Next up, Miamigo Luis. Hola Mandreon. We as Baywood leadership love being kind and being role models. Up next is me is my amigga. This is Today I'll be talking about our baby buddies. We meet in one of the class rooms of the buddies one Monday afternoon each month. And what we do in our buddy time is we focus on Latin culture, arts, and do an activity and then turn it into a mask. Next up, my friend Corbin. Hola Corbin Arnold and I'm going to tell you about cultural celebrations and PTA events. Fourth grade gets to go on an amazing field trip to Hurst Castle on a charter bus. First grade gets to go to Avala
028Valley Barn and fifth grade gets to go to Camp Ocean Pines. Last week we finished with one of our biggest fundraisers called Razer Grace. Durant trunk or treat is one of our events that we do for Halloween. Family picnics are a schoolwide event that we have once every trimester. Carnival is a PTA event and the carnival is full of fun games and people making new friends. Um and finally we also have a week that is called feed the teachers. During this week all grades can make shuderie boards boards or baskets um for the teachers. It's kind of like teacher appreciation week. These are all things that get me and others at my school super excited. So, thank you for listening to my presentation. Next up is my friend Paige. Hi, my name is Paige Elliot
029and I will be telling you about the extracurricular activities we provide here at Baywood. Some of the activities are field trips. I personally think that it is so much fun to be able to go and explore different areas and nature around town such as Ava Valley Barn like my colleague here said and more. Garden is another place we can explore nature plant plants and learn about insects. This year at Baywood is the very first year we have a formal VAPA class where we learn about stage directions and eventually we'll put on a play for our school at the end of the year. I florico. Our athletics for achievement were only provided to fifth grade. We have different seasons and there is volleyball, soccer, basketball, etc. Music is only with fourth and fifth grade and band
030is only fifth. But there are all different instruments in band to choose from. I myself prefer the clarinet. In music, we learn about treble cliffs and melody, rhythm and rhythm. It's so much fun. Last but not least, draw club and chess club. These clubs are hosted by our teachers at lunchtime. Draw club is for all ages to go and be creative. Chess is open at fourth and fifth. We learn how to record information, how to move the pieces, and beat our competitors in a friendly way, of course. Have a good day and thank you for your time. >> Thank you so much for your time tonight and our students are ready to answer any questions you may have for them. >> Thank you. Do we have any questions? Thank you, >> Mrs. Baltadano. >> I
031don't have any questions because your presentation was very thorough and comprehensive and you came across as very prepared and I want to commend you for delivering all of you delivering all of the presentation bilingually and I think that's the first the first time that I've had a bilingual presentation since I've been up here. So, I really thought was thought it was really wonderful. Um, great job. Thank you, >> M. Stronger. >> I'd like I'd just like to take us back for for when we approved this and and and I'm so glad that we did and and I and I'd like to recognize Jim Quizenberry who was one of our school board members at the time who has since passed away and was a really strong supporter of the the dual immersion program at Baywood and
032he would be proud to see this presentation that we had tonight and just proud to see the accomplishments of Baywood. So, thanks you guys. Okay. And I was very impressed by all of you. Um I am monolingual. So when I see you speaking in two languages, I just it's astounding to me and very impressive. So congratulations on all of your hard work because this has been years in the making. And my question is, when did Baywood move from the baby blue to the black on the shirts? >> It really is serious. >> Um, well, I should have my PTA president come speak to it then. Um, no. Um, this was actually a decision made by Senor Enernandez, but we do have the baby blue here. He just wanted the black shirt, so we thought it
033would pop a little bit. But um but Meestro Miranda is wearing our new staff shirt. Would you get up and turn around and model that for us? >> This is our It says dual language immersion school. It's got our new logo on it. And all staff have that shirt. So we have not gone away, Marilyn. We're just Okay. The I was never a fan of the baby blue >> for, you know, for years. But I will I will walk over and buy a black one if I'm able to. >> I will not make that executive decision without consulting you. >> Thank you. >> They're the Baywood Black Bears. >> Yeah. Oh, Mr. Banfield. >> Yeah, I think the black shirt is hot. >> I like it. Really? >> Um present did a very nice job
034all of you. Really, really pleased. Wow. Mr. Buckman. >> Okay, so this is going to be a bit silly, but I need some help. So, my cat doesn't listen to me when I speak English. So, who do anybody have any pets? And do you speak Spanish to them or English? >> Go ahead. >> I need some help. Once my dog wouldn't listen to any of us, but then somebody came over and spoke Spanish and completely listened. >> Yeah. >> I think so. >> Um, my dog's deaf, so that never works. >> Okay, we're Mr. Buckman. Spanish Sign Language. Thank you very much Baywood School for presenting tonight. Oh, I'm sorry, Dr. Prader. >> No, no. I was just I'm so proud of all of you. I really am. And it took a lot of courage
035to come up and speak in two languages. Um it would mean a lot to me and our team if we could get a picture with the board and all of you because they voted for this program several years ago and to see it come to fruition is beautiful. So before you move on, before you leave for the evening, if we could get a picture up front here with the board, that would be fabulous. embarrassing. Anybody can see all the other mommies are up here too. Don't >> right over there. >> Okay, we ready? One, two, three. One, two, three. >> Thank you guys. I'm out. >> Thank you guys. Okay, moving on. Uh, item 6.1, correspondence. At the time that the agenda was published, the board had not received any official correspondence. Item 6.02. 02
036public comment. Um, this is the public's opportunity to comment on any items that are not on the agenda or if you're unwilling to wait or unable to wait for an agendaized item, you may speak to it now. Um, you will have three minutes and you may not seed your time to anyone else. Um, Mrs. Sheffer has the yellow uh request to speak forms. If anyone's here and didn't fill one out, please go ahead and you'll have an opportunity to speak. Thank you. Uh the forms I have right now, I'm uh presenting them in the order received are Katie Schlott with regard to Mororrow Elementary. Yeah, she we've got our speaker coming. >> That's all right. >> Um, I'll be very brief. Um, but I just wanted to say, um, members of the board, oh, excuse
037me, members of the board, thank you for letting me speak to you tonight. U, my name is Katie Schlot and I represent the nonprofit Friends of Mororrow Elementary. Um, I wanted to express my gratitude for your guys' collaboration with the city of Mororrow Bay in regard to their wish to purchase the moral elementary site. We see a positive outcome in the near future and are appreciative of your work towards this goal. So, thank you. >> Thank you. >> The next uh sheet I have is Linda Donnelly who stated she would is interested in I can't see over there 6.02 2 or 9.03 is now okay. Or would you prefer to wait? >> I'm not really sure. I don't know who's talking either. Um I just didn't know how long the meeting would be between now
038and 9.3. >> No idea. 30 minutes, an hour. >> You're here now. >> Your comments now can be applied to 9.3. >> I know. Okay. Well, I'll just speak now. Speaking of I mean I'm going to go off subject a minute just because it was so fun hearing about the bear paws that the Spanish teacher gives out. My son took Spanish in Moray High and they gave out that teacher at the time gave out Braavos. Um and speaking of t-shirts, you know, Moral Elementary Falcons. So anyway, we're the friends of Moral Elementary. I am Linda Donnelly and I'm Good evening Trustees. I wrote it out. Um, I'm the secretary of friends of moral elementary and I wanted to come representing the friends of Mor Elementary and um, thank you for entering into anou with the
039city of Mororrow Bay. Hopefully that's the way you will vote tonight because I realize I'm speaking out of turn because that is in a few minutes or an hour. Um, my children went through Mor Elementary and I was an active mom and a member of the PTA in their time there. In fact, I believe just before they left, um, Delmare opened and but Mororrow was still open. The friends of Moore Elementary have been working very hard to get us to this point and um working also with the subcommittee that the city council appointed to work with us. Just thank you for your time and if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out. Uh easy to get a hold of. I've known Marilyn since our children were in parent participation which is also
040active at the more elementary site right now. So I really appreciate that you might do theou tonight. So thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Next is Phil Angel. >> Oh, sure. Sure. Sorry, Phil. and Ben Liippard. Uh, thank you, Madam President, and board trustees for the chance to speak. It's really hard to follow those kids, man. They are so good. It's incredible. And so, I'm going to try to be quick because I can't match that, but I just want to repeat what they said about their motto, which is responsible, studious, considerate, and safe. I think it really um applies to what I'm going to talk about today a little bit. Um I'm gonna talk again about accountability. Uh this time I'm not talking about staff or you guys. I'm talking about PG& when
041it comes to paying their taxes. Um in 1980 PG sued the board of equalization to try and roll back their property taxes and get refunds from California counties. They lost. In 1992, California counties had to sue to get assessments done properly because utilities were lobby lobbying for lower property tax assessments. This ended in a master settlement agreement. This is boring stuff but matters to me. Was supposed to last 10 years. In 1996, Pen again tried to reduce its property taxes for Diablo Canyon using accelerated depreciation schedule, which might sound familiar except they did in 2016. Uh in 2001 that master settlement agreement ended and guess what? PG lobbyed for lower property taxes. Um then it declared bankruptcy. Uh and then in 2002 the California attorney general sued because the company was using accounting tricks to
042funnel money to shareholders. Um in 2016 when Pen first developed the plan to close Diablo Canyon, the company expected to reduce his property tax burden to zero within nine years. Uh slow had to fight to get a mitigation program. Then they had to fight again to use the right property tax calculations. In 2019, PG declared bankruptcy again. Uh this time because its negligence caused the Paradise fires in my opinion. Um they got a massive bailout in my opinion also from the state. Uh since 2022 when operations at uh DCPP were extended, P Gen has still been arguing that the plant is going to be worth the plant itself is going to be worth zero dollars for property tax purposes. Uh, it's also saying that any money it spends on any capital expenditures is also exempt
043from property taxes. Um, I disagree, but I'm nobody. Their tax attorney under oath has said that they plan on spending $700,000 in total in property taxes in Slow County for Diablo Canyon at the utilities commission a month ago. Um, I spent a lot of time trying to show they're wrong, but again, under oath, they're saying this. Um, this is a company that's for 45 years tried to get out of of pay paying its fair share. Um, it's turning its back on its commitment to our community and to our kids. It ended its mitigation program payments. It's arguing it owes at most 700,000 property taxes, which means 9 million is just going to disappear. um we need to hold them accountable for saying these things um and make sure that they don't turn their back on
044our kids. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Libert. >> Okay, those are all of our yellow slips. Is there anyone else who would like to address the board at this time? Seeing no one, then we'll move on. to the superintendent updates, business and budget update. Mr. Pinkerton. >> Yeah, on a positive note, I'll start with that because I'm going to talk about budget afterwards, but um Dr. Prader, myself, uh Mr. Yimashida, I believe, uh Mr. Buckman, um Mrs. Baltadano, we all attended the apprenticeship get together that uh so there's so basically the the union local union uh hall um recently invited a lot of our students over to kind of visit during the school day to kind of see the different trades and opportunities for kids and and from all indications sounds like we had
045a ton of students that attended that which is which is good. Um in terms of I think we had kind of shoddy attendance a couple years ago. they really picked it up last year and and it sound like this year they had so many kids show up to kind of check things out that they didn't even have enough space for them. So, a positive thing um for the kids to be able to see that program and see what's available to them. On the business standpoint, of course, um most of you were at our uh our forums last week, our staff and community forums. Um wish that they were better attended, but it is what it is in terms of that. I think the people that came to both of those um we had great conversation,
046great dialogue back and forth both with the parent group as well as the staff group which was nice. Um we're going to continue that conversation. So we have our uh PTA leader meeting on Thursday. So tonight I'm going to present the board with kind of again previous to this we've talked about the four reasons why we have a structural deficit. Tonight we're going to talk about what we've reduced thus far and then that's going to lead us into potential reductions in the future. Um so so we'll be talking with PTA leaders um again on Thursday um over the past week including today I had an opportunity to meet with both the elementary and secondary principal groups administrators to again share the same information walk them through it so that again just trying to bring everybody
047up to date on board um kind of with where we're at leading us to um you know these discussions that are going to happen publicly at our meetings. Um and that's that's it for business. Thank you. Educational services, Mrs. Yumashida. >> Um, good evening board. I'm excited to share that our secondary administrators, um, sorry, our LOMs and Mororrow Bay High teams got together today at Mororrow Bay High for our first safe and nurturing schools learning walk. And um it's the work that was led previously by University of Washington with our administrators and teacher leaders. And we're shifting to a model where it becomes part of our regular practice to have staff groups go around and observe other staff. And today participants learned effective practices and language about conducting objective and non-judgmental classroom observations. And then
048plus we provided the host site with next steps based on today's learnings. So they want to build in additional opportunities for teachers to observe each other and collect data on how students are actually engaged in their learning. So it's a big uh professional development learning step for us to have groups of teachers watching other groups of teachers and discussing the effect that that classrooms have on student engagement. So it's exciting. Um Mr. Nef will be joining us soon. He's currently with our um presenter from University of Washington this evening. Also today we had the foundation meeting. Mr. Anger was there. Dr. Prader was there. It was a board meeting. Also I got to attend the Slowco um general council meeting where they were discussing interdist transfers >> and so I learned some new things. Um
049we had the community briefings that that Mr. Pinkerton mentioned as well as I had a couple other parent community meetings. We held our elementary PD day on October 15th and they were uh going over the star assessment results from the fall and as you know with our CASP data we particularly are showing a need in mathematics. And so Trisha Taves and the S cubes provided a professional development for our teachers, elementary teachers to talk about uh the standards of mathematics and look at our curriculum programming to decide what elements of the curriculum are most um important etc. I also got to attend the common ground task force with Dr. Prader and the topic was immigration. We had a fantastic discussion. We held our first LCAP parent advisory committee meeting, number one on Zoom. Um, we
050also had a summer experience planning kickoff meeting to discuss with Mr. Martin and the summer experience team to ensure that the right students are getting invited to student, you know, summer experience to make sure we're maximizing those ELO dollars into countable academic gains. And we're also looking at when they're there, are they getting access to actual academic intervention programming that they're receiving during the school year. So, we kicked that discussion off. And finally, our DAC met and um we reviewed the LCAP survey information with them and and went over the LCAP with the DAC. >> Yeah. A quick business update, too. What a gift those kids got right over the past, you know, six years. So, just to to hear them and to I mean, so fantastic, right? One of the things that I've like
051while I've been here in the district is I oversee kind of the the the transfer process. And if you go back six years ago, we were turning away tons and tons of kids from Pacheco. And the board knows this. I mean, a lot a lot of efforts there. And what I can tell you is now with with Baywood having dual immersion again it's a choice on the coast Delmare Monarch Grove those students can go to Baywood Baywood students can go to Monarch Grove and Delmare um but it's again now that we're all the way through fifth grade right through that and we we don't turn away very many people in the city anymore for Pico and yet there's this coastal option now. So it's just the number of students that are getting this gift. It's
052I mean really should be celebrated by the board. I mean, it was a what a great decision um when we started that. So, again, just kudos to the board for doing that. Um in terms of the bond, uh you know, again, we've talked about this before. Kelly Lee is just amazing, right? And working um with all of the paperwork to get our state state grant funds. So, we get matching grants um for modernization, for CTE, just anything we can apply for, we of course do. Um so, we were just notified this week that we're receiving two grants. um Seal Smith $480,000 as well as Moral Bay High School $722,000 and um and actually St. Louis High has moved up the list and so um that's next up on the unfunded list and that's 3.2 million.
053So again, when we talk about the need for the extra funding to do all the projects we need to do at our elementaryaries, middle schools, um and even some that we're still completing at our high schools and again new Pacific Beach Continuation School, it's really critical that we we go after these funds and we receive them. Again, kudos to Kelly for her work and um because once we receive this funding, there's a whole audit process that she has to go through with the state to ensure that we meet every little criteria and detail has been, you know, cross cross your tees and dot your eyes um through it. And so, she Kelly just does a great job. And so, we're we're very fortunate to have her and to receive these funds. >> Thank you. Uh
054if I compliment Kelly Lee anymore, people are going to start talking about us. So I you know I am so appreciative of her work and the monies that she has been able to obtain for us. Thank you Mr. Pinkerton. Item 8.01 01 is a resolution resolution 03-25-26 determination of sufficient textbooks and instructional materials. Mrs. Shepard. >> Good evening board. Um at our last board meeting, there was a public hearing that you all held after we submitted um for that public hearing that we were sufficient in all areas as a district. And this is in relation to determining that all pupils have exactly what they need in order for instruction to occur. So tonight, we're asking you to formally approve this resolution. >> Thank you. Is there anyone from the public that would like to speak
055to this? Seeing no one, then I bring it back to the board. And I'm seeking a motion. >> I just have a quick question before I make a motion. So my understanding is when we do textbook approval, we're supposed to involve the parents and the community. And has that been successful at all? >> So this is um parallel to that. This is determining that we have enough of those adopted materials for every pupil in the classroom. >> Okay. Thanks. I'd like to make a motion to approve the resolution. >> I'd like to second that. >> We have a a motion by Mr. Buckman and a second by Mr. Banfield. Mr. Buckman. Mr. Granfield. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Baltadono. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hunger. >> Yes. >> Mr. Sheffer. >> Yes. >> And I'm a yes.
056That passes 6 with one absent. Thank you. Item 9.01 is the budget update. Mr. Pinkerton. >> Yeah. So, this is um kind of a continuation from several board meetings as we've gone through this process. Uh it's the same information that I shared at both the staff and community forums. Um but for some of you might might not have attended those, it'll be great to kind of uh to hear it again as we go through it. And again, I will be videotaping myself giving this presentation um and sharing that in our staff community newsletters that go out this Friday as well. So just trying to again get that that um information going. You want to throw the presentation up for me? So this is the same presentation that was given at those forums. Um again tonight
057we've talked about so four reasons why the why we have why we have a structural deficit in the school district and you know why we're in this kind of budget um situation where we're having to make more reductions. Right? So the the four things that we discussed is again as as Mr. Libert has outlined the loss of of unitary tax through that time period. So over $7 million in reductions. Um you know it seems as of as of now that they're going to stop um in terms of unitary tax that they're going to we're going to continue to to not see more depreciation that it's stopped. Um I don't know if I trust them long term right from what we've seen in the past. So hopefully that's the case and and we'll actually receive the
058actual property tax increases that um you know that we're were due on those time periods. Uh the second that we talked about was just the increase in one-time funds. So we received 25 $35 million postcoid, right? And a lot of that went into staff. Um there were strict guidelines in terms of when that money needed to be spent, right? So within the three-year period for the ESSER funds, those types of things. So those dollars have now been expended, right? So but yet we still have many of the staff that we hired on with one-time um dollars. Um, we talked about the the addition of a new grade level, right? The addition of transitional kindergarten. Again, kudos to our TK teachers for working with us to again, there's a cost for the program, but not making
059it more expensive um as we're looking at reductions. And then the fourth one was really the the the rising cost of just staff in general, right? So, between raises, increase in sturers and pers benefits, um, you know, that people cost more than ever before, right? and and our unions are still clamoring for for for more, right, for employees. It's expensive to live on the central coast. Um and so and we understand that and we again this board has has um championed trying to give as much as you can um in terms of helping our employees, right, in terms of compensation. So we've talked about those things. Again, your direction for Dr. Prader is to cure the structural deficit this year and then again build up our our reserves um over the next, you know, five
060years or so, right? to get them back up to a level um that is really more common amongst basic a school districts like ours. So, we shared kind of our reserve balance over the past two years. We've had we've we've been spending down our reserves. Um we received a letter from the the board of education or from the county board. Um which is probably the worst we've had in 15 years, right? Um so it's it's been a long time since we've kind of been to this point though in doc in working with Dr. Puchia, we were pulling up the last time the board went through this, which was 2013. So, we we this board had to vote on 28 FTE reductions in 2013. So, it's not new and it's not new to to education, right?
061We go through kind of this, you know, es and flows, right, in terms of budget and finances. Um, and so we're we're on one of those, unfortunately, one of those downward swings, right? as as we uh as we go through this and again like we did then we will get through this and we will build after this and um and again still continue to provide our our kids with an outstanding education. So we're going to continue our our working on the TK um revenue as well as you know something with P Gen whether it's unitary tax or mitigation payments or something. Um we're going to continue that fight with our representatives to move forward. But tonight really the focus was on this and that is as we I think it's helpful to know what we've
062reduced thus far so that when you're presented with future recommendations of of reductions you can kind of okay like we've already reduced that and that's kind of where we're at today right um and so I think this will help you as we put that that list of of potential recommendations for the second round of of reductions um that doc you have tasked Dr. operator with um bringing forward and that'll happen at our November 18th board meeting. So the first one um again early on with COVID postcoid we started a bunch of programs for kids. So, more mental health counseling. Our school psychologist took over URS counseling. Um, you know, we had a we tried to start a whole new um MTSS, multiple tiers, student support systems, right? So, we had Laura Storm, a principal on
063special assignment. John Kandro um a principal on special assignment for all of the student services needs to help. We had Shelley Benson came up to the district office as kind of a district counselor to help the counseling services um as well. Um and we also had Jeff Martin who started this new summer intense summer program with this new ELO funding that we received um from the state. So they that process worked those people um stayed at the district office for I think two years. Um but knowing that again in the 10-year budget that we're going to have to make reductions this was coming right upcoming. uh those were the first reductions that we made, right? And so we we always start at the district office, right? We try to keep things away from from the
064school site from um from the classroom as much as possible. So those reductions in 23 24 um were approximately, you know, $652,000. Um, as we look at last year, the board of course in in February made some a list of reductions, right, to to try to again cure our structural deficit for this year, which we did, right? Um the the problem is next year we're going to lose our 4.6 million in SB1090 funding. So that's why we're faced with a second round of reductions, right? Um if you don't remember you can look back but we had estimated about 1.8 million in classroom class size reductions and on paper when you lay it out and you look at classes and you know going to 28 to1 and 32 to1 46 right 28 to1 in our primary
065TK3 and you lay that out it okay that's that would have got us to the 1.8 made. But the reality is is when you make classes and students come in and you look at our our small schools um and you try to lay out class sizes and so there just wasn't we didn't feel comfortable in making that stern of reductions for again kindergarten classes, first grade classes, second grade classes. Now they they rose. We brought them up. Um, but we only ended up cutting about nine elementary teachers in that process, which is still a lot, but but not as many as we had thought, right? And and mainly it was going to cost too many combination classes, just too too high. Um, so but we did make those reductions for the nine elementary. We ended
066up with five secondary reductions. Um, and that was at Loms, Lambs, Moral Bay High School, not slow high because they're growing. They were growing, right? And continue to grow. They're going through kind of a bubble that went through Lagona and now is going through Slow High and we'll see that start to decline kind of like Lagona has. Um, and because we were able to reduce the nine elementary teachers, we were also able to reduce one of our PE staff, elementary PE staff because they provide prep for those those classes, right? So, so it kind of went together. So, again, that reduction ended up being about 1.3 million 1275, right? So it was still a large 15 FTE um but but not as much as we had anticipated in February when we were first making these
067um looking at these reductions. So we also uh reduced some site title one funds positions knowing that through the LCAP process we were looking at kind of hey how do we better utilize title one funds for our for our sites for our kids for our intervention programs. Um so we did reduce the two intervention teachers, an AIT teacher at the time, um an afterchool aid and some counseling aids um that again that were site title one funded at the time because they chose to use the title one funds in another way. Um through this process we've tried to look at attrition as well. So as people have left do we need do we have to fill those positions? You know, it's layoffs are much easier when there's no one in the position, right? It's very
068difficult when when you're looking at somebody and you're telling them that they're they're going to lose their job as we go through this. Um that said, sometimes we have to do it through the process. But in this case, um we had a part-time secretary at Teach Elementary School that retired and then we had a secretary at St. Pless mispell high school who left and so we moved the extra secretary we had given to Lagona while their enrollment was up and moved that person into that open position at FLHive. So that was a 1.5 um FTE uh reduction at the time 137,000. Um last last year we had two MTSS teachers on special assignment at the district office that were assisting sites in doing that work. We reduced that down to one. So that's the 108,000.
069Um we also at the time tried to okay what are some other things that we can reduce and and again these are still personnel costs sub costs um you know when you're paying teacher hourly you're still paying stirs and pers retirement benefits those types of things on those funds. So, um, we decided to for this year to reduce the summer planning and grade level planning days primarily, um, those are used by elementary sites and and and basically task those teachers and staffs with, hey, use your contractual PD days that are in the in the contract. Um, use your TCT time before school on Mondays, right? And your staff develop or your staff meeting days on Wednesdays um to try to do that work, right? Um, is it great to give teachers more time? Absolutely. Right.
070But in terms of saving a job to to do this or two, right? Um, it was something that we had done. Um, as we moved forward, um, the next one is is district department staff. So, we had at the time an extra executive secretary in the superintendent's office. So, that person um left and uh was actually hired on uh by the foundation in an open position. We had an extra. So when co started and we started adding all these employees to our organization, we actually added a payroll technician. We added in in our HR department. So we added some again other facilities or other um individuals to help with the the with the workload that was increasing because of the increase in people. And so we did reduce a payroll technician. We had a retirement
071in payroll. So from the five to four and then also in our HR department. So we had a retirement as well. And so through attrition we did backfill that position as well. That's about 400,000. Um, we reduced instructional aid positions. So, for a while we had full-time kindergarten aids. Um, you know, in through the LCAP process and I think talking with people, Miss Yamashida, um, we decided to keep halftime kinder aids to support those kindergarten classes, especially since we were ramping up class sizes some, right? So, so that support stayed, but so, but we got rid of the full-time. So equivalent with the PE aid because we we um we we laid off a actually we didn't have to lay anybody off because I believe that the PE person it was just through attrition again
072a lot of these were through attrition um in terms of reduction so so PE a kinder aids um the two I innovate aids were moved to the foundation um and so again through that through the aid reduction it was about $513,000 we saved um at the time the board voted to reduce our student support specialists which was a large reduction 988,000 and then through the LCAP process again looking at those title funds looking at our EL funds those actually were brought back through a different method right so um at our non-title one sites they kind of combined um some LCAP dollars with EL dollars to make a full-time equivalent for the SQU there and then our title one sites they use title one funds to back that up and those sites have other EL teachers
073that that help um at those school sites as well. So, but it was still a reduction because other positions had to reduce to make those happen. Okay. Um again, transitional kindergarten I've already talked about. So, though not a savings, the work that that those TK teachers and helping us go to the half day program, it helped us from again increasing our costs by another million million five, right? So, it in that way it was a savings. And then lastly, we had some non-personnel reductions at the time. So, I innovate materials, a raising reader. Um, in order to keep our wellness centers, our counselors at the time, we had gotten rid of some of our contracted uh mental health supports. Um, and since then, we've also received like a grant for a new family advoc for
074a family advocate that we don't have to pay for. You know, other things have come come forward to help with those things, but again, at the time, we reduced those. The foundation, as you can see, picked up a couple of the costs as well. Um, which was great for them. Um, and so overall, that was about $543,000 in non-personnel items. You most of this is personnel, right? 88% 87% of our budget is people. So that's why when we look at reductions and even the future reductions that you're going to see most of that is focused on personnel costs. Okay. Now, that all happened in February. this list that the board approved, right? And then by June, the board was approving the actual budget, right? Where you start to see the numbers and then we had
075conversations about, okay, so we've done this, but we we know it's on the horizon. We know there's more reductions coming. So, let's continue to look at attrition, right? So, if people leave, do we need to back sell positions? Right? It was a conversation we've we've had. And so, through that process over the summer, we had three retirements. So, we had an HVAC technician leave and we have one other HVAC technician and we have um and we have other, you know, people in BG&T um maintenance worker staff that can also assist and we're also putting in new HVAC throughout the school district. Right? So, um is it great to have two HVAC technicians? Yes. Right. But can we survive with one during this time period until times are better? Yes. Right. So, again, that was a
076reduction. Um, we had a a computer technician retire as well. And so I've tked Jeremy Kellish in his department, hey, instead of your your five technicians, now you have four, divide the sites up, move forward, right, under that realm. And they have. And then we also this summer had a library media technician leave at St. Louis High School. So we're in the midst now of filling that position and then back filling our our our other sites um in terms of what that's going to look like. Right. And right now there two library techs are sharing that extra school site where the opening was at. So those are all reductions that accumulate to about 4.8 million for the 2324 school year going into the 2425. So that that is what helped us get to the point
077now where this year's budget we're in a much better place in terms of you know you know curing that structural deficit that we faced last year. Knowing that this year we have another 4.6 6 million in in in loss because of the discontinuation of SB1090 funds. So again through attrition we had more people leave this summer and those are positions we have not filled to this point. That includes a custodian um $80,000 three elementary counselors. So we currently have 6.5 elementary counselors that are um basically divi dispersed amongst our school sites based on need. So I think think three of our schools have full-time counselors. Bacho Smith, Hawthorne, right? Right. And then the other schools, you know, kind kind of a 8020 shift, 60 40, right? Depending on size, depending on need. So they've they've
078looked at it from a whoopsed standpoint, the EL students, you know, basically academic needs. And so all of that is kind of built into this formula to divide up and that's currently how our schools are being served and that represents about 264,000 and then that same HR technician kind of stayed on until October this year. So again that's something in the budget by not filling that position that'll be savings for next year. So thus far for this year we have um towards our goal of of approximately $5 million in reductions have reduced about 591,000. So Dr. Prader will be bringing forward to you 4.6 to5 million in reductions um on November 18th, right? And part of those reductions will include the 591 that that we've realized thus far for next year. So those are things
079that are currently in the budget that were in the budget in June, but now will will end up being savings, right? Both for this year as well as for next year entering into it. So I just I think it's important to to hear those for the board to hear those take it in. Um again, we're going to we're going to bring forward, right, the the next potential round of reductions after after bringing those through this fiscal sustainability task force. Um sharing them with the principles and getting their input as well. Um board study session, discussing those, right? And then eventually bringing those forward to the public on November 18th. So it'll be posted on the 14th, right? November 18th will be the first time publicly we'll be sharing that information um for everyone to see.
080That's it. >> Anyone from the public that would like to speak to this item, please come forward. State your name. >> Hi, my name is Dean Hawk. I just have a couple questions. So, we've lost nine teachers, five assistants. Uh, one of the questions I would ask is how many staff do we have at the district office? Um, how many six days do our teachers take a year? How many people at the district office could take one day out a week and go sub and save money there? Because I know subs are a big expense. So, if you're working at the district office, you could take four days working there and one day in a classroom and be a sub and save money there. Lots of large districts are doing this to save money. I
081know that for a fact. Um, so, you know, nobody wants to lose a teacher, right? So, how many principles in the last five years have we promoted to the district office and are their jobs absolutely necessary there? I know of a couple in my opinion are probably not. So is you know how many cuts have we had from the district office from people making 150,000 and more cuz teachers are going and they're not making that. So I think we need to even it out and make sure the district office is losing as many people as the teachers. The teachers are more important than anybody else besides the students. just my opinion. Thank you. >> Thank you. Anyone else? Please. >> Thanks again, Madam President. Ben Libert, um I just want to say that instructional aids
082are such an extremely efficient use of money. I would caution you against cutting making those cuts just because they happen to be, I think, the least vocal of your employees. They do a ton of work. Counselors do a ton of work and they do not make much money. Um, I'm gonna come up here and say it again, but I just want to make sure I say it now because we just had that slide about how many we had already cut. Instructional aids are the people who work with the kids and the most needy kids and they do not make a lot of money. They should be supported. Thanks. >> Thank you. Anyone else? then I bring it back to the board. Is there any board comment? Okay, seeing none then Mr. Pingerton we'll move. >>
083Yeah. So I'll close really quick just so a couple things. So one again we're not there are a few things that we're not discussing right in terms of bringing up forward. I think I should share you know kind of some thoughts right now with with the board and that is we're not reducing special education. you can't through you know it's the maintenance of effort aspect of it. So just so you know so when we talk about instructional aids or like par educators of course you know those are things that you know special education itself we try to contain those costs they're not really reductions that that we go through. Um and then you know as we've as I've kind of outlined some reductions especially I would say at the elementary level I I kind of
084feel like we're we're as tapped out as we can in terms of elementary class sizes. I don't think we can go any deeper at the elementary standpoint. Um, again, we we kept some of those things such as TK, kindergarten aids, right? Um, because we feel like they're they're necessary. And so, the hard part is now we have to come up with reductions that are outside of those things, right? So, that's the part that we'll we'll bring forward and look forward to having that discussion both publicly and and with the board. >> Thank you, Mr. Frankton, >> thank you. >> Okay, let's then move on to item 9.02, athletics for achievement update number one. That would be Mr. Black and Mr. Angel. Good evening, board. Different role for me tonight. I get more than three minutes.
085I like this. I'm less stressed. Uh do we have our slideshow up? >> All right, perfect. So, athletics for achievement is based on the premise that uh Dr. Prader found with this Aspen Institute. And the Aspen Institute's a group of um people bigwigs who donate to have kids be involved in sports. And there are so many foundations out there, but this is a really good one because they came through with the children's bill of rights for sports. And essentially uh their mission statement or the bill of rights is kids deserve the right to play sports in a safe and healthy environment with qualified program leaders. Sports uh sports should deliver personal growth. kids and adults, coaches, they should be treated with dignity and fans, kids, um, spectators, kids, and coaches should all enjoy themselves. And
086those of us who put these, uh, sports on, like I know I enjoy myself every day because I do live the dream working with sports. So, uh, this is, I believe, our fourth year of implementation. um my second year with the program and uh one of the biggest things we added this year because we believe that kids should have the opportunity to play sports. So at the middle school level where I am well verssed in we've had uh traditional cut sports girls volleyball, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer. um we're just not able to keep as many kids as possible with the amount of teams and who we can play and it's a problem because we're denying kids the opportunity to play sports. So, uh partnering with Mr. Black, we added middle school
087sports this year. um kids who were uh would have been cut from uh girls volleyball, which is a fall sports season at Losus Middle School and um Laguna Middle School, had the opportunity to move into a program with qualified coaches and continue their volleyball career. Now, are they part of the school team? Yes, they're absolutely a part of the school team. Are they part of the team that travels to go play at Pauling and other places? No. And so we're dealing with some fallout from that and we're working through those programs. But our kids get to travel. They get to play uh Laguna plays at Losus Middle School. Lossos Middle School plays at Lagona Middle School. And we uh structure those um practices in that way. uh our kids get an opportunity to have some
088coaches that uh work at Calpali uh community members and so they're getting a great opportunity and from talking to grandparents some of the parents at the last uh tournament they're loving it and seeing a lot of growth. We had 55 kids uh stay through the program this year and I I don't remember the number of cuts I don't remember the number of cuts that Laguna had in seventh grade. Um last year it was close to 60. Can't see it this year. >> All right. Perfect. Now, uh, from the fifth and sixth grade level, we offered in the fall girls volleyball, boys soccer, and cross country. Um, if we look at that, um, there's our kids. I didn't see the baby blue, uh, uniforms on there, but I'll get to that. Um 239 girls played volleyball,
089161 boys uh played boys soccer and cross country is 138 uh kids and for the first time in my memory um Delmare offered a team um and part of that has to do with they're a really small school but the other part of it is we recruited a really good volunteer last year to coach flag football. The guy's not ever left. He's an unpaid volunteer. He goes out there with the like, "Oh, volleyball." So Aaron went out there, set up a net, and all of a sudden he had kids playing volleyball at lunch. Jim Pond is the guy's name. Works for the city of Mororrow Bay, retired Navy man. So he's out there recruiting. Gotta love it. Uh overall, 515 students played a sport in the in the fall. And we're still we're still going
090on with cross country. I'll get to that in a bit. Um 460 of those were fifth and sixth graders. Uh which represents right now 40% of our fifth and sixth grade students. Last year we had a little bit over 55% of our fifth and sixth graders play overall. So I'm looking for 65% this year. I always look to grow uh seasons. This year we structured our our program into six week seasons. Give a give kids a little bit more time to to play and enjoy the sport. Uh we broke it down into regions because kids deserve an opportunity to play a sport. One of the barriers to playing a sport is getting kids from one school to the other. So we looked at how can we get kids from one school to to the other.
091Let's make divisions where the kids are a little bit closer. So if there's a opportunity to walk to a school, Pacheco to Bishop's Peak for instance, um great. Or if it's easier to get parents uh parents to drop off at a school like like Hawthorne, it's impossible to get to Hawthorne um at the end of the school day. So Aaron and I worked with uh Phil Tarver and Chris Bonan and we were able to get buses uh to take kids from Seal Smith to Hawthorne or other places to Hawthorne um that were already on their routes so we're not spending extra money maybe just just letting you know. Um so we got the divisions going so we did it because we wanted kids to have our opportunity to get to the games but we also
092wanted to look and see how can we make our tournaments really competitive. So last year, one of the um issues I was noticing is like our fifth grade schools when they'd come to the big tournaments, they sometimes would get paired with a sixth grade team or whatever and they're getting crushed and you're nobody wants to lose even if we're not keeping score. They all kids keep score. Um so we looked at which teams were really good, which teams are knocking out of the park. And so when we structured our end of season tournament at Lagona, we really matched up teams that were on par with each other to the best of our abilities. And so the tournament was a lot more competitive than some of the ones last year. That's treating kids with dignity. You
093know, our cross country season, we staggered our cross country. So we we ran um volleyball and soccer from September to last week. It just ended October 17th, so or um was it September 9th to October 17th? Six weeks in there. Uh we're still running our cross country and we structured cross country at the request of St. Louis Bisbo High. Dan um Berkeland's a cross country coach and he's he says, "I really want to see those kids run at our end of season tournament." So they do this end of season uh or meet, I'm sorry, do our end of season meet at the Laguna Golf Course. He goes, "I love watching those kids run." Like, "All right, let's see if we can do that." So, we staggered our season a bit trying to get the six
094weeks in there. Um, last year we kind of had a traveling road show and we went and ran at um CL Smith. We ran at Lagona Middle School. We ran on the Laguna C uh golf course. This year, we're putting two of our meets at Laguna Middle School. exact same course because we want kids to be able to measure their how they did the first time and then how they did two weeks later and then for fun on November 1st come come the day after Halloween to the Laguna Golf Course and watch our kids run about 10:30 in the morning after the sugar highs but um that's how we structured our cross country and we have quite a few cross country runners so what is our middle school season look like? It's also a six-
095week season. We start their season right after tryyouts for the uh travel team. We run two practices a week. Kids get opportunities for four games. Uh and then we had an end of season tournament at Losus Middle School. So, our practices are always Tuesdays, Thursdays. They're an hour and a half long. And so an hour and a half for a fifth or sixth grader and for some some of us adults that's a long time to do one thing. Um so that first hour is what you would expect with sports. Running, throwing, catching, whistles, all the good stuff that comes with sports. That last 30 minutes is all about um growing as a person, growing in your health. Um so we start with goal setting. We partnered with Calpali um kinesiology department and the Calpali kids
096as part of their project have made these really cool videos on sports nutrition, sports psychology, fitness. Um it looks like Saturday morning cartoons from my generation. These are really awesome shows. So I'll have to we'll have to get them on our website if we get permission so you can see them. And then uh uh one day a week the kids get an opportunity to do homework and coaches are checking in with the kids and some some of our coaches are teachers, some of them are Calpaly kids, some of them are gym pawn uh people who are volunteering in our communities. Um and the kids just sit down. I was at Bishop's Peak today. Uh one of the teachers opened her door for the kids and they just sat in there. Some of them were reading.
097The coaches were going around. Um it was interesting because uh today was the start of our basketball season. So the basketball coaches were goal setting with the kids and the cross country coach was um just uh helping kids a little bit with their homework um because I guess they got a big uh benchmark or something in math, an assessment of some kind that they were supposed to take when uh Amazon was down for a day. All right. Kids deserve an opportunity to play sports. One of the barriers I mentioned was transportation. Another barrier to playing sports is being able to get equipment um to play a sport. And so, uh this is a really good piece that Aaron developed over the summer. Um got these little trash cans. Each of our elementary schools has one
098of these bins. They're not trash cans. They're bins with a school logo. They may look like trash cans, but they're not. And the community has done a really good job of putting extra stuff cleaning out their garage. We have everything from football gloves, athletic socks, shin guards, volleyball knee pads, um some some sports equipment that we lost last year, some sports equipment that's brand new, uh cleat that are brand new. We we'll go pick these up every couple of weeks from the different schools and we're just so surprised at what parents put in these um in the bins and donate for our kids. And so at the at the Laguna Elementary tournament, we took that stuff out and you did it at Losas as well, right? >> Just Laguna. >> Oh, just Laguna. We gave
099out so much equipment to families who needed it. We just had it out there for the taking, no questions asked. Um, we envision offering that for every sport season, even if it's not connected with Soundless Coastal because there's some expensive sports out there. I I heard base I I didn't have any kids that play baseball, but um, in my family growing up, um, but I heard it's a really expensive sport. So, we have now a couple shelves full of baseballs, a couple uh baseball bats and mits and all that stuff so that when uh the leagues get their baseball started, we'll have stuff out there just to donate for our families. Or if we hear about it from counselors or schools, hey, my kid wants to play baseball, we'll get some, too. So, who played
100so far in the fall? Well, in fifth and sixth grade, actually, I believe this is everybody, um, we had, uh, 52% of our students were white, 31.5% were Hispanic. And so, taking a look at comparing, uh, that with our overall district demographics, our district demographics right now are 50 uh 56% white, uh, 30% Hispanic. So, um, we're having areas for growing. We're we're looking for we're looking for our neediest kids to to be invited in and have an arm around them to come play a sport with us. Um, our SED numbers, um, 29.4% of our, uh, SED students played in the fall. Last year, by the end of the school year, we were at 44% of our our kids that played a sport that were SED. Um, I don't remember what we were in the
101fall at the beginning of the season. Um, but our as a district, I think our SED numbers are closer to 41 to 44% depending on which metric I'm looking at. And so we know we have some growth uh that uh in that area to make sure that we at least match or exceed the district's level of SED students involved. And so that's something we'll be working with our principles and our coaches in recruiting and our PE teachers. Overall, at this point, we've had 515 students, or in the fall, we had 515 students from all 10 elementary schools, both middle schools. We've employed 53 coaches, um 15 of which were district employees in some form or another, and 38 were walk-ons. And then there was just a few volunteers who just like, "Can I just help
102out even if I don't get paid?" I'm like, "Yeah, let's get you fingerprinted and get you on board. um fingerprinted and trained and get you on board. Uh what are we doing now? Well, fall just ended. So, we've sent out surveys to our coaches, to our parents, um and to our players to see what was their experience like, what can we do better? And are kids involved in the sports that they want to be involved in? Um, we know that AYSO and um, Southbase soccer play in fall as well. And so I would question whether or not some kids don't play because they're playing AYSO or or South Bay soccer. Um, so we want kids to be part of our school teams. Obviously, people we want them to learn to represent and love the school
103sports as they grow on. Uh, we also don't want to compete with a wellestablished community organization. So, we're asking questions along those lines. We're asking what else we can do um to increase participation. What else? Lost one. Oh, and is are there other sports that kids would like an opportunity to play? Um we're also uh starting winter season. So, um elementary girls soccer, boys basketball um just started up again. uh that started up today. Middle school boys basketball all tryyouts just concluded at Lagona and they had their first practice today. So the kids who were cut um right now Lossos is um they actually had a game this evening. Um they only have two kids who've signed up to play uh athletics for achievement. So um have to make a visit over here and see
104who's uh who's not playing that should be playing. And just I heard somebody ask about baby blues and so uh that is the baby blues of Baywood. I was digging through the pictures there when I heard that question come up. Um those are our jerseys that were provided by the foundation and they look like your school jerseys. And so our Laguna jerseys have numbers, our LOMs jerseys have numbers. They're great looking jerseys. Um, what questions do you have for us? >> Thank you for listening. You're giving me more than three minutes. >> Let's see. First, I'll go to the public. Is there anyone from the public that would like to um comment? >> Okay, seeing no one, then we'll come back. Mrs. Baltadono followed by Mr. Hunger. >> Okay. I don't think I was first,
105but I can go first. Thank you. Um, great. Thank you for the update. This is all really exciting. Um, I just want to commend the power 30. I'm really happy to see that in action. I think that was always the vision of athletics for achievement was to work in those leadership and growth skills and academics into the program. So, um, I think that's that's really great and I'm glad to hear that it's working well. Um, and then also thank you for the demographic breakdown because that's something else that, you know, I have long said is that we want to make sure that the program is serving the the the kids that we want to be serving. We want to serve all kids, but a lot of kids have opportunities outside of our school our schools
106to participate in group sports. So, the goal is really to capture those that can't do that. Um, so, um, my question is just, um, on the demographic breakdown, um, I think I heard you say 31, well, the slide says 31.5% of our, um, of the participants, um, in the program. So, I'm assuming that's middle school and elementary school are identified as Latino. Um, and then I think you said compared to 30% Latino at the district. >> Uh, yes. So, I just want to make sure that's compared to middle school and elementary school and not whole district. >> It was whole district. >> Yeah. So, that would just be my fine-tuning for the future just so that we can actually get a comparison. Um, it looks like we're tracking pretty closely at least to the district
107comparison, which is a little bit inaccurate um on demographics, but um like you said, we have a way to go on on capturing our SED students in the program. And then um just at towards the end I think I heard um with respect to the surveying that's going on just to see you know are we are we serving the needs are we are we capturing everything that players and coaches and parents hope that we're capturing um and that you know kids might be playing AYSO soccer and that's why they're not participating in the um uh athletics for achievement program. Um but I don't I that's exactly the point. there are going to be families that can do AYSO. We want to capture the kids that aren't doing AYSO and so that they have an opportunity
108for club sports. So, I just I wanted to make sure I heard that correctly because I think that's that's good data to have, but not because we want to um necessarily pull people away from AYSO. We want to just capture those that maybe can't do AOSO. And I'm not picking on AYSO. That was just the example that was given. No, I anecdotally I've talked to kids um at uh Hawthorne was our first place where we had a lot of trouble getting kids to sign up and I went out there and just chatted with a a group of fifth graders and someone said, you know, we get scholarships for ASO and I think Aaron went out there and played I asked questions. He went out and played soccer with them at lunch and more kids signed
109up. So I was like I'll stop asking questions and just go out and play soccer with them and say um say join our team, be part of our school. So the soccer coaches at um Hawthorne in particular have mentioned to me that they have kids right now starting girls soccer and they're at school from 3:00 till 6 o'clock because their AYSO is on the Hawthorne campus afterwards. So, they're doing both and I love to hear that piece of it. And now they've formed kind of little Hawthorne group of he told me I think he has nine players and eight of them are Hawthorne kids. I was like, "Oh, so the coach actually is coaching AYSO in addition." >> I just want to make sure that we're capturing the kids that maybe can't do AOS. >>
110Absolutely. >> Thank you. Um today today during the foundation meeting there was a couple things you talked about that I think I'd like to ask you to share a little bit more. Uh the first thing I think Erin you talked about um our efforts in in using this as a vehicle to increase engagement in school and to see um some academic achievement for our students. Could you talk a little bit about that please? >> Yeah. When um we're currently surveying our fifth and sixth grade teachers right now. We'll be reaching out to them with um kind of a it's hard to gather that kind of data piece, right? That actual number piece, but we're going to be putting together a sliding like a scale where teachers um for students that are on their class rosters
111if they saw any difference in engagement in class, change in behavior, change in academic progress. Um just to get that feedback and try to try to put it in numbers for ourselves to to to use that data as our d our driving uh discussion piece. Um we did ask that for parents of a scale of one to five if they saw increase in engagement at school. Um we did ask them about social did it help with their you know meeting new friends and things like that on the survey. So we're doing the same thing with the teachers just to try to put that um that information to use uh for us to kind of to go with. Um, another side note I wanted to share tonight too as well is, you know, I know we've
112been talking about athletics for achievement, um, but other opportunities that we're engaging in, um, starting in January, we're looking at doing working with a an engineering club at Calpali. Um, they are putting together a curriculum using the Lego Mindstorms robotic systems for all our fifth and sixth graders on Wednesdays um, at all 10 school sites that we're going to be branching out. So giving kids in fifth and sixth grade opportunities four days a week to stay on campus to stay engaged and have other choices and other opportunities also with the built-in component like a power 30 so that they're doing the leadership pieces and the and the academic piece as well. Um there is conversations right now with potentially looking at piloting a couple elementary sites on Wednesdays as well to stagger um the robotics
113piece would be performing arts as well. Um we don't want to overlap with VAPA at some of the elementary sites that are doing performing arts. Um but we are looking at kind of branching out with the Calpaly club um to provide that opportunity as well and to looking in the future of doing a cycle of um trimester long courses on Wednesdays that coincide with the athletics so kids have more opportunities. And well on that note, um I think you talked a little bit about our relationship with Calpali and the Calpali coaches and kind of how that dovtales into the power 30. >> So could you talk a little bit about that please? >> Sure. Um Dr. Hoggoian is one of our parents at PCO. She's also our girls soccer coach. Um she uh teaches a
114sports psychology course at Kalpali and we worked together last spring through some of our athletics uh meetings and she offered to have students as part of their class develop some lessons for us for our power 30. Um they're great. They came out really nice. Um that it's it's an interactive lesson like they're they're instructing. there's a pause time that the coach can have them discuss about what they're talking about, what they're learning. Um, I can share them all with you, the three videos that we have so far. We're going to have different videos for those same three subjects for all four seasons of sport. So, they're going to continue to build more. But like the sports nutrition was a good one. You know, the um sports psychology one was on anxiety in sports and how
115to overcome that and what you're seeing as an athlete. And then the last one was on the different types of fitness and why it's important um for a well-rounded fitness piece in your life. Um they were really well done. Um the the coaches showed them on Tuesdays at those power 30. And then we utilize um the leadership skills of goal setting and um you know team expectations coming together, co-constructing that as a team so they have say that's part of our um children's bill of rights that kids can have a say in what they're doing at practice and what they're learning. And then at the end of the season, do a summary of how the season went and the conclusion. And then on the Thursdays would be the uh mentoring time for the coaches and
116for the students to do their homework so they learn how to be a student athlete, not just an athlete. >> Yeah. >> And then I guess the final thing I just like people to understand is how the funding for the program works. >> The funding for the program >> because I think I think you know it's important given what we just heard from Mr. Pinkerton. You talk about how the program is funded and why this is an important program. >> Sure. Um so everything for athletics for achievement is funded through this education foundation with the the aspect of um it being geared toward gathering data to show that kids are engaging or increasing in their engagement in schools. And that's that data piece that we're trying to collect from our teachers and from our parents
117to show like yes this is supporting our students. It's helping them mentally. It's helping them within the classroom. It's helping them be physically strong and emotionally strong and those types of things um throughout the year. It sounds like the the robotics sounds like the the things you're talking about Wednesday might also fit nicely with some of the things that the students are doing in >> I innovate. That's exactly what we're trying to do. >> Thank you. >> So my release uh the release time for a coordinator position is not funded currently by the foundation. >> Mrs. >> and then Mr. Buckman. >> Thank you. Um I have a few questions. So the first one is uh do we take all comers for these programs. >> Absolutely. >> Okay. So, if we have um I was
118just thinking about some of your comments with students who may be doing AYSO soccer or other sports as well. If there is a um skills dispar um disparity on a team or at a school site, how do you how do you manage that? If there are kids who've been playing AYSO soccer for, you know, since they were four and kids whose first exposure is today and they're in fifth grade, how do how do you manage some of that? >> We start that off and I didn't cover this at all. the the qualified coaches. We started with a coaches academy this summer and we talked about that particular piece with um expert coaches like uh Brook Brooke Brewer who's o over at Los Ranchos and it is about um giving every kid the opportunity to play.
119So there's not uh there we expect every kid to play every game. um uh the larger schools we have taken um two different approaches to see which one's working better. So uh with Los Ranchos um we've put all the we've grouped all the volleyball players for example t top to kids who still need a lot of growth and we've put them the coaches do this actually they'll put the kids on equal teams so we'll take one from the top make a team um take one from the middle take one that still needs to grow and put them on a team and we did something similar at Laguna is that correct Um the smaller schools we encouraged them to play together giving kids an opportunity. Um uh teach last year for example the soccer coach was
120really good about taking a kid who's played ao their whole life or club their whole life and they're still at it doing teach and having that kid demonstrate some of the different skills and how to improve that. So a little bit of a player coach. Um that's that was pretty ideal with that particular coach to >> on that. >> Yeah, we can share also what Dr. Goian part of her presentation at our coaching academy um spoke to that and talked about strategies as a coach that you can implement in the practice plan so that those higher skilled students or players can still be challenged but also be in a leadership role for the other students. And that's a big part of what we were talking about at the academy itself is as a coach, our
121ultimate goal is to increase their enjoyment of this game, right? And to find ways and be strategic on how you're going to have fun so they enjoy it. And their number one goal that we put on the board for them is every single one of your kids come back and play next year. That's your ultimate goal as a coach. So, um, those conversations we're having at the academy and it's been continued to work on. Yeah. >> Thank you. that speaks to that equity piece that is really important to this board. Um, and then how you've spoken a little bit I have a couple more questions if that's all right. You've you've spoken a little bit about um recruiting, but how can you talk about that a little more? I mean, with the uh seeing some
122of the numbers that there are fewer and and I don't know that has to do with the sport, whether it has to do with the interest. How do you how do you go out there and drum? >> Are you talking about like Delmare? >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, Delmare has in the past the last three years has never had a volleyball team or a boys soccer team. Girls volleyball or boys soccer. Um it's just the interest wasn't there, right? >> Um so I went out for the first two weeks and just set up a volleyball net and I refed their soccer at lunch >> and just threw some balls out there and the girls were playing. We were teaching them some basic skills and they all wanted to play >> and now they've now they're
123rolled right into girls soccer already. They have enough and boys basketball. So the kids are just rolling into the next sport. So they're they're bought in. So it just took a little time being out there and being intentional and trying to give them some love and say, "Hey, you guys are great. Let's put a team together. Let's have some fun." And they did it. And then James Jim Pond came out and continued that at lunch and helping with the kids at soccer and supporting them and coached their soccer team. And um it's it's just taken off. It just takes a little bit of effort. Yeah. >> A little bit. >> And I just >> even our Cal Poly students have done that. We had a kid at teach last year. She's like, "Hey, I want
124to continue playing, but there's only four girls signed up for soccer. Can I just go at lunch and recruit?" I'm like, >> "Would you please?" Absolutely. There she was. >> And I think I just want to say I think that's one of the wonderful things about the people we have in place doing this. And Erin, I observed you do that at Seal Smith, which was kind of a pilot program for a lot of this. And it's it's just amazing that you know it is kind of if you build it they will come kind of thing and you're out but it takes the effort the skill the passion and dedication to >> sometimes you got to lead them through the door right you just take them there you got to you got to >> that's amazing
125so instead of just posting a signup sheet you go out there and you do the work >> so I also which is not going to be a surprise to people I'm really excited to hear about um some opportunities other than sports that you're that you're considering and and trying to um trying to implement that. I think that's really wonderful. It's a way to capture more kids through other doors. Yep. >> And bring them in and um >> giving them a safe place four days a week potentially. It's it's >> for a longer time. >> It's Yeah. I And I very much appreciate that. And then um thinking about that measuring outcomes piece is really important. It's important to uh to get the community buy in to get the found the donor buy in. That's going
126to be important in order to continue this work. And so I think uh all you can do to figure out how to show this is how these kids were then, this is how they are now, this is and that that's going to just take the time to play out, but um I think that's really going to be beneficial in per in perpetuating these efforts. So thank you. This is pretty great. Thanks, >> Mr. Bton. >> Thank you. Um, first of all, just congratulations and I'm just absolutely blown away. Um, I want to just share two things. One, the young gentleman that cuts my hair has me in a sort of I can't move and he likes to talk to me about Lagona and he talked to me about his daughter not making the Lagona volleyball
127team and he was pretty upset and it was so nice to be able to go back and say, "Well, she didn't make that team but there's how many other teams out there? How many other?" So, he was very happy. Um, and then the other thing Aaron and I talked about was I had heard that a principal told two of his kids that they couldn't play soccer because they had stuffed the toilet up and flooded the bathroom at the school. And I was like, well, we're going to punish the kids with, you know, they can't do something. And Erin, do you want to share what you told me? >> Sure. Yeah. You know, >> it was, I mean, it was really interesting. >> Well, a big part of athletics is learning the responsibility, right? and how
128to be a leader on a campus, how to be a role model and those types of things. And so, yeah, it's it's it's a it's a privilege to be out there and they have to learn like you you walking around with that jersey on your campus, you are a leader. Doesn't matter if you're 10, 11 years old, you need to make sure that you're acting the appropriate way. And um it is something that can be it's not a right, it's a privilege, right? But they they need to be able to respond in the appropriate way. >> Yeah. And and I think what partly what you told me is is there's so much value in this that the child learns >> that if there's something you want, you have to take responsibility >> and you earn
129it. So I was I was totally impressed. It's not all this wonderful stuff, but it's got another whole another whole use. And I was really impressed. Thank you, gentlemen. >> That jersey piece is such a big piece because secondary schools, we're pretty conditioned to knowing that kids are playing a sport by what they wear on game days. And as a teacher who's not involved with the sport, if I or any event for that matter, I notice who's playing a sport, I'm like, "Really? Your coach wants you to act like that or your team wants you to act like that?" That's a conversation our fifth and sixth grade teachers are now having. Hey, you're wearing that jersey. You're representing something bigger. >> It happen. It keeps the the um climate at the school. It's almost like
130a discipline and it's very positive discipline. Dr. Crater. >> And one of the things that that I want to mention that is oftent times more nuanced and not really understood is the youth athletics for achievement. Yes, it's about the power 30. It's about the academic and the uh athletic uh development and access and opportunities. It is about that. But the bigger reason that I'm super pleased about this is over the years I've watched kids at the middle school when the year begins. And in St. Louis, you have six elementaryaries feeding in to one middle school. And years ago, one of the social phenomenons that I saw and our middle school staff had to manage is um you had six different cultures, six different communities feeding into one school. And for the first time in seventh
131grade, they were trying to acclimate, they were trying to u adjust and um and I believe that this effort what it is really doing both in the on the city and in the coast is it's getting kids at the at younger years getting learning how to compete, learning how to engage and make friends with others outside of their school community and even though we're in a district community and so what I believe that the the byproduct of this which is super powerful and someday there will be a research report done on this. It will actually enhance our desire for tolerance, our desire for empathy, our desire for inclusion because we've built at a very young age systems that get kids engaging with each other. We're developing coaches that know how to get kids to feel
132better about themselves and to value and have fun and um and also value the importance of study, the value of of learning and development and improving themselves. And all of that comes together and weaves together at the middle schools. And we know and now that we're developing this at the middle level, that's when kids typically disengage >> because they're not making the team. they're getting cut. And what we're seeing now is more and more kids, especially our girls, are getting involved in positive activity. And I'll tell you, you take that away, we all know what happens. Idle hands and so forth and a phone can do a lot of damage. And I just love where this is going. And I look forward to actually expanding this not just with sports but to all the other
133domains that kids thrive in and be able to expand it into the high school years because I think then our vision will be realized that we're we're our vision of this district is to is to uh create students that thrive in our world that make our world a better place. And we're preparing them to do that. and as early as fourth grade. And I'd like to believe even sooner than that, but we only have so many hands. And lastly, I just want to give a big shout out obviously to Aaron for all of his engagement and work that he's doing for this. But also to Phil. I engaged Phil last summer asking him to help with the coordination of the youth athletics for achievement and he's done a masterful job. I also want to say
134to him, thank you for stepping in at the uh athletic director position at the high school while um Adam Bash has been out hurt and injured. I don't know how you're finding the hours in the day uh Phil, but you've really done a outstanding job and I just appreciate you. It's Aaron is such a help and Christina and um Jules are our liaison helped stepped in wherever is needed and uh kudos to Rand and Desiree and Chris Mhorn and um have really come in and just really chatted with me and said, "Hey, what do we need? What can we do?" >> You're doing it. Thank you. >> Okay, my turn. Sorry. >> I I appreciate what all of my colleagues have said. Um, and I think it's phenomenal what you're doing, but I'm a nuts
135and bolts person more. So, it concerns me that um even though you you say that people are donating equipment, you know, with gusto, um I'm still concerned that we may not have enough for every student who wants to play and we want every student to be able to play um if they have a desire. So my question would be is it possible to donate to the education St. Louis Coastal Education Foundation uh athletics for achievement and earmark your donation for an equipment fund? >> Great question. I would have to check in and I'm sure they could but um I would have to check in with Christine Wson but I'm sure they would. Yeah. >> Yes. You think you believe that is possible? Okay. Because I would be interested in making a donation of that type
136with that specific um earmarked goal in mind. >> I think it's just going to get bigger and bigger as this is our first year putting it out. Our first two months putting it out >> and I couldn't believe how much stuff we got and how much was taken on Friday, how much families needed things. So, >> yeah. >> And with my kids growing up, I I could see that that was an impediment uh to grow out of many families. They grow out of shoes and cleat so quickly. >> I always wondered why we didn't have a cleat closet. >> I know. >> Um, so, okay. I just wanted to, you know, make that I guess you it could be considered an appeal uh for anyone who's interested in donating >> specifically for equipment. >> Sure.
137>> For this program uh to make a donation to the the St. Louis Coastal Education Foundation >> um athletics for achievement and I'll call it the equipment fund. >> Cool. Sounds good. >> Thank you. >> Okay, now I've my screen I need to bring it back up. Um item 9.03 is a memorandum of understanding with the city of Mororrow Bay regarding Mororrow Elementary School site. >> Yes. So, as the board knows, um we've gone through a legal process to put this uh this former school site up for um up for sale. And so, part of that was to offer the property to public agencies, in this case, the city of Moral Bay. Um over the past few months, there's been, you know, you kind of hear talk or you know, in terms of, you know,
138is is the district talking to outside um developers and things like that. And so in speaking with um the city of Mororrow Bay and our conversations, we felt it would be best to bring forward thisou to just really clarify the fact that the school district is only exclusively working with the city of Mororrow Bay at the present time. Um and so thisou that we're asking you to sign today is basically just clarifying that publicly. Um so we are asking the board to approve uh theou tonight. Um we're we're hopeful that we as we move forward and and through our negotiations with the city that we can make this happen. Um and that this will be a win-win for both the community and the school district um when we're done. >> Okay. Thank you. Is there
139anyone from the public that would like to speak to this memorandum of understanding with the city of Moral Bay? >> Anyone from the board? Mr. Banfield. >> I'm just going to approve it. Okay, then I am seeking a motion and a second. >> I move to approve theou. >> I'll second that. I'm sorry. You want to do it? >> Go ahead. >> Okay. So, I have a motion by Mr. Banfield, a second by Mr. Unger. Uh, Mr. Banfield. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Baltazano. >> Yes. >> Mr. Buckman. >> Yes. Uh, Mrs. Schoffer is away from the board table, but she is indicating she is also a yes and I am a yes. So, that passes 6 with one absent. >> Appreciate it. We'll uh we'll move this next forward to the
140city council. Thank you. >> Thank you. And then don't sit down. >> Oh, wait. It's not you. It would be >> Dr. Puchia. >> That's That's Yes. >> 9.04 4 is uh approval of an memorandum of understanding with the St. Louis Coastal Teachers Association. Dr. Puchia. >> Yes. Good evening board. Uh we are seeking your consideration or potential approval for anou with uh SLCTA. And what this s what thisou uh does is um creates a year carveout for the addition of 50 minutes of preparation time weekly for our K1 combo teachers. Currently our K teachers get 100 minutes a week and our one teachers get 50 minute 150. So we we deferred to uh the higher amount which is the 150 minutes and thisou spells that out. So that's what we're seeking your approval this
141evening. >> Thank you. Is there anyone from the public who would like to speak to this memorandum of understanding? >> M Mr. Angel, are you wearing a different hat? >> My union hat. >> Uh so three minutes, right? No. Um yeah, I urge you guys to um provide some equity for our one through three teachers. And this is a step with the K1 combo. So getting uh our our combo nation teachers are really feeling it this year and there are a lot more combo uh classes. So whatever we can do to uh support those teachers now and then moving forward is really important. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh is there anyone from the board that would like to comment? Okay, Mr. Banfield. Well, I just thought it was kind of clever how they figured
142it out to have the u first grade I think that's how they do that on the Friday afternoon first grade teacher covers the kids so that the kindergarten instructor can have that prep time. Thought that was pretty good. >> We work collaboratively with the teachers, the principles and and the SLCTA leadership to come up with that plan. Okay. Well, then I am I am seeking a motion and a second. >> I'll move to um to adopt theou between the uh St. Louis Coastal Unified School District and SLCTA regarding uh meeting the 50-minute shortfall. >> I move to second that. >> Okay. I have a motion by Mrs. Baltadono and a second by Mr. Banfield. >> Mrs. Baltadono. >> Yes. >> Mr. Banfield. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Sheffer. >> Yes. >> Mr. Mr. Buckman. >> Yes.
143>> Mr. Anger. >> Yes. >> Mr. Anger is away from the table but indicating yes. And I'm a yes. That passes 6 with one absent. >> Okay. Item 9.05 is another memorandum of understanding with the St. Louis Coastal Teachers Association. >> Dr. So again, uh we're seeking your consideration approval for anou memorandum of understanding between SLCTA and the district to uh uh increase the board uh the union president's um union time by one period which is ultimately reimbursed by uh to the district by SLCTA through a grant by CTA. TA. >> Okay. Thank you. Is there anyone who would like to speak to this from the public? >> Anyone from the board? >> Okay. Mr. Schffer. >> Uh if there is no other board discussion, I would like to make a motion to approve 9.05.
144>> I'll second it. >> Okay. So, I have a motion from Mrs. Sheffer. A second for Mr. Banfield. Mrs. Sheffer. >> Mr. Banfield. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Baltadono. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Hunger. >> Yes. >> And I'm a Yes. That passes 6. >> Okay. Now we have uh several board policies. Item 9.06, 06 proposed revisions to board policy 4033 lactation accommodations the first reading. >> Good evening board. This policy has been updated to reflect the new federal regulation um 33474 which requires districts to provide reasonable break time for employees that are lactating and expressing breast milk etc. In addition, the policy is updated to reflect the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which requires employees to provide reasonable accommodation to employees due to pregnancy, childirth, or related medical conditions, including lactation. And it authorizes an employee
145to file a complaint with the EEOC for failure to provide reasonable accommodations pursuant to that act. So this is recommended to be a first read by um tonight and then brought back for a second reading. >> Thank you. >> Are we in agreement that we'll we'll bring this one back? Okay. >> The next you want to call it >> 9.07 proposed revisions to board policy married or pregnant or parenting students a first reading. So this is a first reading again brought to us through Gamut's recommendation to update per to reflect the new federal regulation 33474 which provides that a student's current potential or past pregnancy, child birth, etc. is protected from discrimination pursuant to title 9 and its implicating regulations. Um, it also prohibits the district from requiring a student who is pregnant or has
146related conditions to provide certification from their healthcare provider that they're physically able to participate in any district's class program or extracurricular activity. Um, it also requires the district to provide reasonable accommodation for students who are pregnant or parenting. And um it's just creating non-discriminatory safe spaces for students who um may be pregnant or parenting. This is a first reading. I'm recommending that we bring it back for a second reading. >> Okay. Is it the will of the board to bring this back? Oh, Mrs. Baldon. >> Yeah. I just like to say a couple things. Um, one, I just want to thank the policy subcommittee for the work that I know you do every month to take a first look at these policies and the recommendations from Gamut. Um, I do note a couple of nonsubstantive
147edits to the policy. I think one's a missing comma. Um, but the other one is a little bit more involved than that. Um it in talking with staff, my understanding is that um sever several bullet points um of examples uh were moved to like a an AR administrative regulation. Um but the language such services may include but are not limited to colon was accidentally left in. So that kind of thing needs to come out because there is no list underneath it. So with those suggestions, I would like to see it a second time. >> Okay. So um >> so I can bring it back. >> Duly noted and and then that it's the will of the board to bring it back. >> Okay. Thank you. >> I think the the board policy subcommittee had requested
148that we get to take these things back to the board policy subcommittee for review and then bringing it back to the board. So I will proceed. um with those wishes. So, we'll take this one with those edits recommended by Mrs. Balttoadono. Thank you very much for helping make our work better. >> Yeah. >> And um then we will bring it back for another preuncter first reading and then second reading. >> That's perfect. I think it's utterly appropriate that it should go back to the committee. >> I'll just leave this with you that has the comma. >> That would be fabulous. Thank you. I'll come grab it. >> 9.08 08 is proposed revisions to board policy 6164.2 guidance counseling services. All right. Um this policy again is brought to us uh recommended by gamut to be
149updated to reflect the new law AB 278 from 2023. Um, oh, I'm sorry. This is to reflect the new law, Senate Bill 2023. Um, it provides flexibility for pupil personnel service holders, those are PPS, our counselors, earn that credential, um, to receive authorization to provide child welfare and attendance services. So, this is related to like what they're allowed to do per their credentials. There is also a new law AB1 1173 that requires um any school district that serves students in grade 9 through 12 if we're planning to hold a college and career fair we must notify the community college districts that have overlapping jurisdiction. So we must notify Qua College for example if we're going to have job fairs um planning fairs but we do that already but this is outlining that we have to
150do that. Um, so this is a first reading and meant to bring back to you all um for a second reading. >> Okay. Is that agreeable to the board? >> Yeah. And I'll just note that I have several suggestions on this one as well that I can just provide and the policy committee can review. Some of them are clarifying language that, you know, Gamut provided, but one additional word would just make the sentence more clear. Um, and then some of it is uh a little bit more involved than that. So, I'll >> if you give me the the recommendations, do you want to do that? >> I have to do it in a way that you can read. So, >> sounds good. >> I'll make sure you >> and then we'll bring that one back
151to the board policy subcommittee then. >> Okay. I think the board's in agreement on that. So, thank you very much. You're welcome. Next, we have the action consent agenda. Please let me know if you would like anything pulled. Uh 10.01 approval of proposed revisions to board policy 4030. >> Pull please. >> That was Erica. >> Uh well, it's proposed revisions to board policy 4030 non-discrimination and employment 10.02 02 approval of proposed revisions to board policy 4127 temporary athletic team coaches 10.03 approval of proposed revisions to board policy 5030 >> poll wellness >> poll please >> that was okay. 10.04 4 approval of certificated and classified personnel items. 10.05 acceptance of donations. 10.06 approval of field trip study requests more high school SEMA automotive convention. 10.07 approval of minutes of the regular board meeting of October
1527 and the special board meeting of October 9. 10.08. 08 measure C2 true approval notice of completions two of them Bishop's Peak phase 1 modernization sinsheimer phase one modernization item 10.09 approval of furniture and equipment requests I move approval of item 10.02 10.04 through 10.09 09. >> I'll second. >> Okay. I have a motion by Mr. Anger and a second by Mrs. Baltadono. Mr. Anger. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Baltadano. >> Yes. >> Mr. Banfield. >> Yes. >> Mr. Buckman. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Schffer. >> And I'm a yes. That passes 6 with one absent. So, Mrs. Balta, >> thank you. >> Going back to 10.01. >> Thank you. The reason I pulled it is just um I just want to be true to the process. So at the last meeting when we had the first
153reading on this policy, I had raised a question about um some language that had been removed and the um my recollection was that the um Miss Yamasha was going to look into it look into the change with gamut and then bring it back but not put it on the consent agenda. So, I just want to be and so I did check the minutes and that was what we agreed to. So, I'm fine with the change that has been made and how it is. I just wanted to note that um we said we weren't going to put it on the consent agenda and so I just wanted to to to bring that to everyone's attention. Um but there is still some punctuation stuff going on with this long list of protected um uh protected categories. >>
154So then is it your desire to send it back to Mrs. Jimashetta for uh editing >> basically for editing >> and then to bring it back as an agenda item for discussion. >> I don't think it needs discuss I don't need to have a discussion on it but I just wanted to um be truthful to the to the plan that we had set up last time in case anyone else felt like there needed to be a discussion and this was specifically regarding protected hairstyle. Okay. So, um I am asking the board if it is the will of the board to send this one back to Mrs. Yamashida for housekeeping changes and then to have it brought back at the next meeting on consent. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Okay. And then item 10.0. I
155don't know what I did there. Hang on just a second. 10.03. >> Yes. >> Also, Mrs. Yama should or Mrs. Baltadano, that's approval of proposed revisions to board policy 5030, student wellness. >> Yes. So, I'm fine with the policy as written. Um but I just want to note that we had a discussion at the last meeting. This was I had raised the question I didn't understand why there was a reference to promoting staff wellness in the student wellness policy and that led to a discussion and what was agreed upon is that just a rephrasing of staff wellness would better capture what the what the reasoning was in this version that we've received. staff wellness is is just omitted and I'm fine with that. But again, I want to just raise that for my colleagues because
156I think the agreement was that there would still be a reference to staff wellness as modeling for our students. Um so again, I just want to be truthful to the process and um I'm fine with the policy as drafted. Okay. Then uh I guess what we want is to clarify when the board asks for policies to come back for discussion rather than on the consent agenda that we follow through on that. I I think that there was like an editing error. I think something was taken out that wasn't intended to be taken out. And I'm fine with that omission, but I just wasn't sure that my colleagues were fine with it. So, I just wanted to I could have just approved this, but I wanted to remind everyone that there had been a discussion about
157some language. >> Okay. It might be best if someone would like to make a motion to accept it in its current form or someone could make a motion to not accept it in its current form and then a vote could be taken and then we can go from there. >> Okay. And then my comment would be that um I think Mrs. Baltono, if you have uh ju just housekeeping issues related to um >> oh what do you call it? You know just clerical >> issues that those probably could just be taken up with Mrs. Jama should have. >> So that was what I had done. >> That is >> and I was told to bring it up here. you don't need to have them in the board meeting if it's just a matter of we
158a comma was omitted here or a period there. >> I agree. And so my practice has been to just let Miss Yamashta know. Um but today tonight today I was advised to bring everything forward. So maybe we need to flush out that process, but I am happy to make a motion to approve item 10.03 as edited as it as presented tonight. >> Okay. Okay. And then do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Okay. So, I have a motion by Mrs. Baltadono and a second by Mrs. Schffer. Um, Mrs. Baltadono, >> yes. >> Mrs. Schffer, >> yes. >> Mr. Anger, >> yes. >> Mr. Banfield, >> yes. >> Mr. Buckman, >> yes. >> And I'm a yes. So, that passes 6 with one absent. That completes the consent agenda. Um, do we have anything
159for advanced agenda? Seeing nothing, then we'll move to reports by board members. Anyone have a report? Mr. Angry. >> Yeah. Um, I was able to visit Delmare and I visited a couple of classrooms there, which was always great. I love I love going out to Delmare. But the the reason I wanted to go there was to see what the I innovate program is doing. um you know, Delmare as sort of a an incubator for the I innovate program and I wanted to see that. So, um I joined Mrs. Peters. Um she showed me what they were doing. I got to see the lesson that was going on there. Um great videos related to CTE. Um and and the lessons that they were doing and then I had an opportunity to hear her discussion with one
160of the teachers uh about how to better implement the program. It was it was really pretty darn fun. Um and then I also with Mr. Mr. Pinkerton, I attended the ribbon cutting for the water reuse here in Losos. Um, we're now doing, uh, rec, it's not recycled water, it's treated what? >> Tertiary water, tertiary treated water here at Losus Middle School and at Monarch Grove. And so, uh, there was a small ceremony at the Red Barn a couple of days ago and I was able to go to that. Mr. Gibson was there, our county supervisor, folks from the CSD were there, um as well as people from the three different water districts. So, it was it was pretty exciting. I think uh Scott um Steve was there, right? >> Rick Simpson was there. Rick Rick
161has like spearheaded the project. Um this long How How long did it take How many years did it take Ryan to get this h to happen? >> Unfortunately, like nine years. >> Yeah. But >> but we finally got it done. >> We finally got it done. and and uh it's it's pretty exciting that we're able to do that here in Los. >> Thank you, Mr. Brook. >> Thanks. Um I'm going to go through these really fast and I'm going to end with a a report as did Chris because I think it was wonderful. I was able to toward um attend the awards dinner and it came to me that um public education is the first responder of democracy. I don't know. I thought that was cute. Um, I went to the apprenticeship uh training and
162um spoke with a lot of students. They were learning that this was um an option and a good option um to going to a four-year school. The apprenticeship program is a five-year program, but the cool thing is as you're learning a trade, you actually get paid an hourly rate. You get benefits. Um so it's it's a great way and you end up with a highpaying job. Um so it's um it's a great alternative. went to the Hawthorne PTA. I went to the ELAC meeting. I want to thank Dan Nef for doing the presentation on uh LCAP. He did a great job. Um it was wonderful. Um I talked at the apprenticeship uh social afterwards. I got to talk to state superintendent of schools Tony Thurman who's running for governor and um talk to him about
163TK, but I did leave with his personal cell phone number. So I think um Eric and I may be taking advantage of of that. Um LCAP meeting um and then then um super uh board member Erica Balttonado and I attended a meeting with PG and I had done some research and um he was not impressed with it but I was with some of these numbers. Um so I'm going to just share some of these. Um, in 2024, PG's profits reached a record high of $2.48 billion dollar. Um, which was 240 million of that was um an increase over the prior year. Um, just as an aside, the president makes $17 million a year. Um, so as we look at this um not being able to pay us, I find that um our unitary tax, I
164find that very strange. But also, um, the lobbyists for P Gen, P Gen spends $10 million a year on lobbyists and claims that they have no impact on what's going on. Um, they say that they always support the local workforce. They will be um taking a number of electricians, a lot of electricians out of the P Gen plant, not replacing them. And I think that that's going to um just that's not showing support for our local our local folks. So I was um I was disappointed in our discussion. >> Thank you Mr. Buckman. If there's nothing else then we are adjourned.