001Test test test test. I would like to call this meeting to order. Today's date is Thursday, August 14th, 2025. This is a regular meeting of the governing board of San Marcos Unified School District. pleased that the record reflect that all board members are present with the exception of member Carlson. The San Marcos Unified School District Board of Education meeting is a business meeting of board of the board held in public. While we welcome and encourage public participation, the expected behavior is that this meeting will be conducted in an orderly fashion. Only the person recognized by the board president may speak while that member of the public is speaking. Members of the audience must not yell or speak out regardless of whether you agree or disagree. While public comment is in progress, if you speak out,
002you are you are out of order and will be asked to leave this meeting. As adults participating in a public meeting, we need to model civility to our children and students. On behalf of the board of education, we thank you in advance for helping us conduct this meeting respectfully. Mission statement. The San Marcos Unified School District is an innovative and collaborative community providing an unparalleled educational experience through an engaging and supportive environment. All of our students are challenged, inspired, and poised to excel. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. Ready? Begin >> and to the stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Approval of agenda. Do I have a motion to approve the agenda? >> I'll move. >> Second. >> Okay. Uh it's called uh moved by member Ahmad,
003seconded by member Miam to approve the agenda as presented. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Report of action taken in close session. Tonight the board met in close session and discussed matters pertaining to public employee employment, transfer, appointment, discipline, dismissal, release, evaluation, and reassignment. No action was taken. Last we discussed student readmit Kate case number 1-25/26. No action was taken. Communication session for education code 35145.5 and government code 54954.3. Members of the public have the opportunity to provide public comment on any agenda item as well as any non-aggenda item that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board. Per board bylaw 9323. Individual speakers will be allowed up to three minutes to address the board on each agenda or non-aggenda item except for our union representatives who will have
004five minutes. In accordance to with bylaw board bylaw 9323, public comments will be limited to 20 minutes per topic. In an effort to hear as many speakers as possible, comment times may be shortened depending on the number of comments received. Generally, if there are seven or fewer speakers, each speaker will be given three minutes. If there are eight to 10 speakers, each speaker will be limited to two minutes. If there are 11 or more speakers, each speaker will be limited to one minute. One speaker's time may not be seated to another speaker. If there are more than 20 speakers, which would consume more than 20 minutes, all speakers who are not able to speak during the 20 minutes allocated for each item will have the opportunity to address the board at a specific time later
005in the meeting. This will allow the board to conduct the board's business during meeting per during the meeting. Per the Brown Act, members of the board are very limited in their ability to respond to statements or questions made during public comment. Unless an item has been placed on the published agenda, there shall be no deliberation or action taken. The board may one acknowledge the receipt of the information and report and comment, two refer to staff for further study, or refer the matter to the next agenda. A recording is made of all open sessions of the governing board. Again, on behalf of the board of education, Susie, thank you uh uh thank you in advance for helping us conduct this meeting respectfully. Susie, do we have any speakers? >> Um we have speakers that will go
006on item 8.1 um during the public hearing, but no speakers for a regular conference. >> Report by Superintendent Andy, you're up. >> Okay. Thank you and good evening everybody. Tonight is welcome back Eve. Uh staff all returned to uh teaching teaching staff returned to their campuses today. Tomorrow is our big uh district-wide welcome back. We're very excited and then we have students of course on Tuesday. So um we're very excited to get our year kicked off. There's a lot of good energy in the air and everybody's very very excited to welcome our students back. Uh lots of work has been done over the summer. This time last year, we were just about ready to launch our uh bond campaign. And as we know, the voters in last November did approve uh Measure JJ. So, um
007tractors were actually ready to roll onto campuses literally the morning after school let out and the and the students were gone last June. So, um Knobill is all torn up. This is all gone actually now. Even the even the debris pile disappeared while I was taking the photo. Uh that was their kindergarten wing. They are now um a lot of a lot of flat dirt out there right now. I was there yesterday. Knobill is going to be dusty for a little while, but it's going to be gorgeous once we're all done. This is what it's going to look like when it's done. It's going to be about a two-year journey, so staff is prepped. There's a portable um all the classrooms are in portables off kind of like a little portable village, you want to
008call it, on one side of the campus. Um I think the kindergarters are going to be super excited to see the bulldozers. It's going to be great. I was there yesterday. I'm like, they're just going to love this. But yes, at the end of the at the end of the tunnel there, it's going to be a gorgeous new facility. Uh Mission Hills has also been getting some athletic field upgrades. They were again the morning after the kids let out. So, their field there is all done. The football field is all done, ready to go. The new track, there's some more um more improvements are being made to the tennis courts and and practice fields and other things. So, that'll continue through the uh through the through the fall here. And then San Marcos High will
009be up next summer for some of these same upgrades. Woodland Park will be up next. We'll be getting that work started very soon. This is our oldest campus in the district as the board is is aware and is really in need of almost a complete rebuild. Um so that uh the renderings there are just super super exciting and uh that'll be another bigger bigger project of course and when that gets up and running we will let you know. And I wanted to highlight and thank our friends at Coreo. Um I will thank them publicly tomorrow at the welcome back as well. We've been dealing as the board knows for a couple of years with the most tricky, unwieldy, headscratching, difficult water issue over there uh that we've ever seen. But it's all done and we
010are ready to the the fields are in place. All the drainage is in place. The new playgrounds are all uh repaved and striped and it's going to be gorgeous. We're actually going to do a ribbon cutting on Monday afternoon, the day before school. The PTO is going to uh requested that day to to come together and there we have hundreds of RSVPs. I think at this point. So, it's going to be a lot of fun. Um, so very very excited to have the kids see their new their new play area. It's going to be really great. Uh, and then of course next on the in the phasing will be Paloma. So, I just I want to make sure that the public knows and I'll mention this again tomorrow that the bond funds don't all come
011all at once. They come in phases, right? So, the when the next phase comes through, we'll get started at Paloma and they're going to have a gorgeous facility as well. So, we're very very excited about that. Also wanted to highlight uh a lot of work goes on during the summer. So, um, while many of us, uh, and our teachers and other staff took a very well-deserved break over the summer, other members of our teams are anxiously awaiting the summer month to really dive in. So, our HR teams have been, um, meeting uh, uh, doing conducting interviews, filling positions, making sure we're all staffed up for the year. So, thank you to them. Our business services team has been working tirelessly every single day to make sure the bills are paid, make sure that staff is
012paid, payroll is going out. So, we're very thankful to them. Our uh custodial crews have been in our classrooms doing deep cleaning in in all of our classrooms. So, um getting things all nice and sparkly for our kids. Our maintenance and operations team also anxiously awaits the summer months when there's no nobody around and they can get in and do some larger projects. So, those guys have been working super super hard. Very appreciative of them as well. Our tech teams have been out doing some tech uh upgrades. um in particular at some of our high schools have gotten the first round of tech upgrades and they're super excited to to start um using those with when students return on Tuesday. So, we're very excited. Also, our transportation crews have been out cartoning kids around their
013summer programs. KOC has been open as well. Uh summer programs for kids and other field trips and other things. So, we're very appreciative of our transportation team for all the hard work that they are doing. Ed services has been out getting professional development to be uh ready to uh support our teachers and our administrators and our instructional efforts this year. So, we're very very excited and very appreciative to all of those uh staff members who have been working hard over the summer to get us ready for the new school year. So, tomorrow is the welcome back breakfast. Um board members will be there, our staff will all be there and we'll be at San Marcos High this year and we're very very excited to get the year kicked off. So, um with that, ready or
014not, here they come. Tuesday though, of 19,000 kids walking through the door. So, we're very excited. >> Thank you, Andy. I'm super excited about this year and um I'm looking forward to your speech tomorrow. >> Um report by board members. Do we have anyone that would like to share anything? Anyone? >> Uh I just want to say welcome back to everybody. And um I actually have a senior this year and an incoming freshman. So I'll probably shed a few tears and along the way. Oh my god, they grow up so darn fast. Um, I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe summer. And, um, I do also want to acknowledge that though we are, you know, heading into, um, a new year and we're all excited about it, this summer, we had some sad news
015with a couple of students of ours. Um, and I want to just take a moment if you can, like a minute just uh, for them. So, just a minute. Okay. Um, thank you. Uh, so we will move on to our our agenda. So action agenda 8.1 public hearing charter petition renewal for Bayoint Preparatory Academy, San Diego San Diego. Tiffany, >> good evening. On June 16th, 2025, the district received a petition from Baypoint Preparatory Academy San Diego to renew its charter with the San Marcos Unified School District. Their current charter authorized by the state will expire on June 30th, 2026. The SMUSD Governing Board must either grant or deny the request to to renew the charter within 90 days from receipt of the petition. As part of this process, education code 47605 requires a public hearing
016be held to determine the level of support for the petition. Tonight, we we welcome Mr. Frank Aguaro, CEO of Bayoint Preparatory, to present information about the school. This presentation will be followed by the public hearing. >> All right. This >> Oh, sorry. My board. Yeah. Well, hello everyone. I'll go to the beginning of the slide. Well, good evening. Good evening everyone. Thank you for coming. Good evening, board chair Ahmad, board members, Superintendent Johnson, and district staff. My name is Frank Aguaro. I am the CEO and co-founder of Bayoint Preparatory Academy San Diego. Thank you for this opportunity to present the Baypoint Preparatory Academy Charter Renewal Petition. Due to the time constraints and because each board member has already received a copy of this presentation, I will highlight key points and information contained in this presentation.
017I want to start with Bayoint's mission statement because all decisions begin with and are driven by this statement. Our mission at Baypoint Preparatory Academy is to educate diverse TK through 8th grade students through a rigorous college prep curriculum in a flexible student centered learning environment. Our goal is to actively partner with students, parents, and guardians, and the community to support students academic success and personal goals. I know there's a lot of information on this slide, but I believe all of the information is critical to who Baypoint is and how Baypoint contributes to the San Marcos educational community. We recognize the responsibility the district holds in ensuring quality public education and we value the participation you've provided during this renewal process. Baypoint has demonstrated consistent academic growth, strong family engagement, and high student outcomes. Results that
018speak directly to the mission we all share, ensuring that every student receives an excellent education in the San Marcos community. Although Bayoint operates independently of SMUSD, we are proud to be part of the broader San Marcos educational community. Our success as a high-erforming school for two consecutive years contributes to the strength and reputation of public education options in this city. When Baypoint s uh student succeeds, it's not just a charter school success. It's a district collaboration and a San Marcos success story. We believe that high quality district and charter schools play an important role in uplifting families and helping our collaborative community thrive. As referenced in Baypoint's mission statement, here are a few other details on how Baypoint operates. Once again, Baypoint takes a comprehensive approach to student growth by combining rigorous academics, personalized learning,
019and teacher student and family relationships. Over the last seven years, under the oversight of the state board of education, Baypoint has demonstrated yearover-year governance compliance. Over the last seven years, under the oversight of the state board of education, Baypoint has demonstrated yearover-year fiscal compliance based on the annual budgets and audit reports. Over the last seven years, during the annual CDE 3-day comprehensive site visits, CDE has determined that Bayoint is in compliance with a charter petition as well as a memorandum of understanding between the California State Board of Education and Bayoint. Included here is the most recent letter received from the California Department of Education. Before you is the current administrative team who oversees Baypoint Preparatory Academy. Listed after each individual individual's name is their experience and qualifications. Baypoint teachers have over 100 years of combined
020teaching and student support experience. This slide provides further information about the Bayoint academic program team track record. So since 2005, the Bayoint team has opened and operated three charter schools with outstanding track records. The first was Beayshore Preparatory Charter School, which was SMUSD board approved and that was renewed twice. Then there's Bayoint Preparatory Academy which was in Hemmet and that is that was SPE approved and the current school is Baypoint Preparatory Academy San Diego which is also SPE approved. Now all schools were college prep schools with the highest level of WASK accreditation and all with unduplicated pupil percentage average of 68%. But to put Bayoint Preparatory Academyy's success in perspective, this slide shows that out of,283 charter schools in California, only 122 charter schools were cate categorized as academically high performing for two years in
021a row. Baypoint was one of the 122. This is the 2025 most recent snapshot of the charter schools performance data file classifying performance categories for all of the charter schools. Baypoint is very proud to maintain its mission of providing a college preparatory academy program for all students, especially with an increasing unduplicated pupil population and a substantial increase in serving students with special needs. Speaking of the most vulnerable student groups, this shows Bayoint's most recent demographic data. As evidenced by the data, Bayoint serves a high population in each of these most vulnerable student groups. Here's Bayoint's data on gender breakdown as well as the data on ethnicity distribution. Now, this chart reflects Bayoint's academic ELPAC data compared to the state. Bayoint outperforms in all four areas, including vulnerable student groups. 46% of our EL students reached
022level four as a first step indicator for reclassification consideration. Very proud of that. In addition to CASP data, Bayoint internally uses I Ready to support student learning. This graph represents our most recent data comparing our fall to spring, sorry about that, our fall to spring results for all students as well as Baypoint's most vulnerable student populations. At Baypoint, academics is not our only focus. Baypoint focuses on social emotional learning, building student agency through self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Additionally, our expanded learning program, ELOP, supports all students through an extended learning option and daily tutoring. Our educational partners combined committee's east is an integral part of supporting students. Further supporting students, Baypoint participates in the healthy food initiative and prioritizes school safety and security. The school regularly hold hosts a variety of
023events that bring students, families, and the community together. We have the fall carnival. We have the STEM expo, theater, robotics, and passion project projects are just a few of these activities. Beginning in 2023, Baypoint applied for and received a grant to begin the archery program. In the two years since its inception, Bayoint has sent 25 elementary and middle school students to the National Archery Competition in Salt Lake City, Utah. This past year, Baypoint students accounted for 50% of the California students who qualified for nationals. Baypoint also holds activities that foster academic success, social emotional growth, and civic engagement. Pictured here are a few of these events. We have the firefighter, sheriff's K9 unit, and police presentations. Paypoint offers off-site educational activities as well utilizing SMUSD's transportation. So, thank you for that partnership. One of the
024events that we are most proud of is Bayoint Heroes Day, which honors first responders and veterans. Many of the veterans are over 100 years old. The students are captivated by the experiences these veterans share. This concludes our presentation. I do want to personally thank Deputy Superintendent Dr. Campbell, Assistant Superintendent Miss Garcia, and district staff for meeting with our teachers and our students and parents, as well as their ongoing engagement in this process. We would also like to extend an open invitation to all of you to visit our campus and learn more about Baypoint and our contribution to our San Marcos community. Thank you again. >> Thank you. So, I'll call the meeting to order. >> Yes. >> All right. So, we'll call the public meeting public hearing is now open. Susie, is there anyone who
025would like to speak? >> Yes, we have 10 speakers and our first speaker will use a translator, so they will have double the time. Um, they'll be 2 minutes each. So, our first will be Bridia Brida Benus. Sorry if I said that wrong. Okay, >> just a reminder, since we have 10 speakers, every speaker is going to get two minutes. Uh, four minutes for the individual that would need a translator. Singardes. >> Good afternoon. >> Me is Brida Venegas. My name is Mercedes. >> I have two beautiful daughters, >> which both have assisted Bay Point since kinder. >> My oldest daughter, also named >> is in sixth grade. and my youngest daughter Deanna >> is in fifth grade point means a lot to to me and my family. a big part of my daughter's life
026was being being in Bay Point >> In Bayoint we have small classes. that allow each student to get the attention they they need. >> Point Bayoint is a second house, a second family. >> The staff know my daughter. >> There are strengths. >> There are challenges. and their dreams. >> One of their one of our biggest achievements we've had is is to participate in the archery team. >> My my daughters both qualified to go to nationals. >> Something I hadn't imagined before going to Bayoint this type of opportunity and support is what makes it worth it. to travel >> all the all the day from Escondido to Bay Point >> all of these years >> Bayoint isn't just a school for us. It's a community that has impact in deeply in our lives >> and
027has given my daughters a safe environment. And full of opportunities to grow. No, >> I ask you to um to support the you know the wall charter like our charter school otheries can experience what we've experienced in Bay Point. >> Gracias. >> Thank you. Thank you ladies. >> Damasio. Hi, my name is Brida Damasio and I've been at Bay Point since kindergarten. So, basically, this has been my school as long as for as long as I can remember. I'm going to sixth grade this year. Bay Point isn't just where I learn. It's where I've grown up. And teachers really know me. My friends feel like family. And there's always some there's always someone cheering me on. Miss Char, Mr. Frank, and Miss B. One of the best parts of my time here has been archery.
028When I first picked up a boat, I didn't know it would become such a big part of my life. I've been lucky enough to go to nationals two years in a row. And last year, I was ranked number one in the elementary division for the whole state. But the best part isn't just winning. It's having my coaches, teachers, and friends believe in me. At Bayport, I feel like I truly belong. I'm not just another student. I'm part of a community community that lifts me up. and helps me higher both in archery and in life. I'm so thankful for this school and all the memories it's given me. I hope it can keep making memories for other kids just like it just like it has for me. Thank you. Banana Velasquez. >> While our next speaker
029is coming up, I just want to commend the translator up there. That's very I I thought that at first I thought I thought that she was reading the translated comments, but when you're doing that live, sweetheart, that's really, really hard. And you did a great job. Thank you. >> Thank you. Hi, my name is Vana and I joined Bayoint Academy in sixth grade. I'm now going to eighth grade and I want to share some thoughts about Bayoint. I've grown academically being here, including things I didn't know I could do. The teachers are very helpful, kind, patient, are always there no matter what, and I really appreciate that. I haven't just grown academically, but as a person. This school is important to me because it's where I've really started to become myself and be more confident
030in who I am. Being on the school's arch team is great. Although I've only been there one year, I've learned a lot about hitting the bullseye, and my coaches are always there when I need help. This school has given me so many chances to share my opinion and for them to genuinely listen to my ideas, and not every school does that. I believe if I was in any other school, I'd have been very different from the person I am today. So, overall, Fate has been a great school, and I'm glad I'd be here. Thank you, Merrick Watsworth. I don't know how I'm supposed to follow that. Um, if that doesn't convince you to say yes, I have no chance. So, uh, good evening. My name is Merrick Wadsworth. Um, I'm a partner at Proopio. We're
031a San Diego based law firm that represents charter schools all over the state of California, uh, including Bayoint. Um, as you heard from the presentation earlier, Bayoint was placed in the high track based on their California school dashboard for the last two years, which means they're one of the highest performing charter schools in the entire state. Um, this means that there's actually a legal presumption that their renewal is going to be um, approved. Um, under education code section 47607E, uh, Bayoint's charter renewal can only be denied by the district board for two reasons. One of which is if the school is demonstrably unlikely to successfully implement the program due to substantial fiscal or governance factors. I think probably as you know Baypoint received a notice from the district dated July 3rd alleging that there may
032be substantial fiscal and governance factors that could result in charter denial and closure of the school. Um words in the law are supposed to have meaning, right? So section 4760 47607E is only intended to be used when a high- performing charter school has a fiscal or governance issue that is so substantial that it would cause the school to be demonstrably unlikely to successfully implement its own current charter petition. So when that problem is so severe, the agency is allowed to deny the charter petition, but only after providing notice and an opportunity to cure. Denying renewal would be an extreme decision to potentially close a high-quality public school that has been serving the community for years. Baypoint students actually outperformed the district on every indicator on the most recent California school dashboard. And it students have
033also experienced growth in ELA and math during that same time. So if you deny charter renewal, hundreds of students, including these cute girls back here, uh could be uprooted from their educational program that has been um successful for them where they have found academic success. and that result would not be in the best interest of students. Um, again, there is a legal presumption that a high performing school like Baypoint will be renewed absent extraordinary circumstances that require denial and closure. Um, this is not one of those situations. Thank you, Galil. >> Uh, Hardo. Yeah. Okay. >> Pretty darn close. It's Gal Fardo or Gal Far Fahardo depending upon who's saying it. So, uh, good evening board members. Uh, I am Gal Fardo, the chair of the governing board at Baypoint Preparatory Academy. I stand before
034you today as a parent and as someone whose parents immigrated to this incredible country from Honduras, with English being my second language, and I understand firsthand the challenges that many of our students face and the transformative power of an education that believes in every child's potential regardless of where they come from. I'm a resident of Orange County. I've chosen to volunteer my time as a board member at Baypoint because I believe in the mission. As a parent, I've chosen charter schools for both of my children because I believe every child deserves an education that prepares them not just for tests, but for life. Through my work as a coach to business leaders, I've observed what separates those who succeed from those who struggle. The most successful people are disciplined, accountable, and resilient. These are skills
035you develop, and that foundation starts in school. That's exactly what Bayoint Preparatory Academy is building in our students. Not just academic achievement, but the character and critical thinking skills that will serve these students for life. Baypoint serves many students who, like I once was, are underserved by traditional systems. English language learners, students from families facing economic challenges, and students who need someone to believe in their potential. These families are looking for opportunities, and that's exactly what Bayoint provides. The results speak for themselves. Our academic performance, the way our students carry themselves with confidence and purpose. I'll be frank, you know, we have not been perfect. We've had conflicts and we've had disagreements with some parents. But through it all, our northstar has remained constant, doing what's best for the children at Baypoint. As a parent,
036I know the peace of mind that comes from knowing your child's an environment that believes in their potential. As someone who works with community leaders, I see how rare and valuable these qualities are. San Marcos Unified has the opportunity to continue supporting a school that's preparing the next generation of leaders and citizens who will strengthen our entire community. I respectfully urge you to renew Bayoint Preparatory Academyy's charter. Please give our students, families, and community the continued opportunity to build something extraordinary. Thank you for your time and your service to our community. >> Joy Lewis Good evening. My name is Joy Lewis and um this coming school year will be my fourth school year as Bayoint Preparatory Academyy's education specialist and special education department coordinator. Um I am here to support Baypoint's charter petition. The past
037three years, I've been inspired by the growth of our students with individualized education plans, IEPs. I've watched their academic growth, not just in grades or test scores, but in ways that they learn, problem solve, and collaborate with others. I've watched their knowledge grow and deepen. I've also watched their confidence, their curiosity, and their re resiliency grow. I've watched them transform in Baypoint's positive learning environment from students who were afraid to raise their hands because they didn't think they had the right answer to students that not only raised their hand with an answer, but they support it with details and evidence. I've seen reading levels improve, writing math skills sharp, writing and math skills sharpen, and a love for learning develop. I've seen students who once struggled with a concept become the very ones that are
038teaching that concept to other students. I've seen some students grow in their ability to not give up when things get hard and go on and achieve their goals. And I've seen others who are still strival striving to tackle those challenges. At Baypoint, we celebrate the progress no matter how slow or how small. I'm proud of the progress Bayoint students have made and proud to be a teacher at Baypoint Preparatory Academy. Thank you very much, Tyler Helings. Good evening. Um, I'm Tyler Helson. I go by Mr. H. at all the schools I've ever worked at. Um I'm entering my 22nd year uh as a teacher, grades five through eight. Um and actually this is my second year coming back at Bay Point, first charter school ever. You know, everything's been I' I've worked in Hawaii and
039California and public schools. And I got to tell you, this this school is special. Um, I didn't know kids could be so nice to each other. [laughter] I mean, it it I keep hearing the word family, but it really is true. It's like it's just the safest place I've ever worked. Um, and I just really appreciate kids taking in new kids. We had uh several middle schoolers join uh couple weeks into school and just instantly they're they're part of the group. Um so it's really just refreshing. I'm proud to be at Bay Point and uh hope for many many many more years. >> Darcy Wheeler [clears throat] Hi, quite nervous but um I have worked at Vaypoint now. This will be my third year and um the staff is phenomenal. The children are exceptional and
040I have nothing more to say than thank you for having me work here. I also wanted to talk about the looping model because um I I began in second grade, looped to third, and now I'll be going down to kindergarten, and I will loop with them until they're in third grade. And uh you really develop uh friendships, relationships, and um it sets uh Bay Point apart from anything else. And um I I really am grateful and thankful to everyone co-workers and um students alike. And I want to say thank you. >> Sean Cruz. >> Good evening. Uh my name is Sean Cruz and uh I'm recently been added to the board at Vape Point, but I want to speak more from the perspective of uh a father of three boys that have been at the
041school, this is going into their fifth year. Uh each person that's spoken as far as staff, I've worked with them as a parent over and over again. Miss Wheeler. Uh she has had my twin my twin boys in her class for the last two years and she's still back. I don't know why. I mean uh my boys uh they're not perfect. Uh they're wonderful but they are chaotic and wild at times and they each have their challenges. and the staff across the board. Miss Lewis, uh I mean we we meet with her um as far as like uh the SSTs um to help facilitate and accommodate the kids for the challenges that they have both academically and socially. And it is a very collaborative process and it is a very much a family and this
042school is so important to my boys and their potential and they have and even briefly the twins they went to a different school. Big mistake we came right back and they've just been right there um and fell right back into step with with uh with the school and with the class. Thank you so much. >> And Lana Larson. Good evening, members of the board and district staff. My name is Lana Larson, and I'm here today as a proud Bay Point parent and community member. I want to thank you for the opportunity to speak in support of renewing Bayoint's charter. My two daughters joined Baypoint last year after several years of virtual learning through another charter school. I was nervous, honestly. They hadn't been in a traditional classroom setting since preschool, and transitioning to in-person learning
043felt like a big step, but thanks to the incredible staff and the welcoming community at Bay Point, my fears were quickly put to rest. Both of my girls not only adjusted, they thrived. They made friends, grew in confidence, and truly enjoyed learning. As a parent, nothing is more reassuring than seeing your children excited to go to school every day. Bay Point's approach is different, and it works. The teachers and staff know each student by name. They take the time to understand how each child learns best. There's a sense of care and respect that extends beyond the classroom. It's not just academics, it's emotional and social development, too. I've also had the chance to volunteer at several school events which helped me build relationships with staff and other parents. That involvement made me feel more connected
044to my daughter's education and it reinforced how deeply the staff is invested in the students success. For our family, Baypoint has become more than just a school. It's a community. It has given my children the structure, support, and encouragement they needed to grow into confident learners. I strongly believe that families in San Marcos should continue to have access to this kind of school. Please consider the real impact this school has on our children and community. I respectfully urge you to approve. Thank you. There are no more speakers. Good evening board members. As part of tonight's personnel agenda, it's my pleasure to introduce Christine Lee, our new public as our new public information officer. Christine brings over 25 years of experience in education, public relations, media strategy, and nonprofit leadership. And she's a longtime North County
045resident with deep roots in our community. Christine has led high impact communications at CSU San Marcos, Calos Credit Union, and Element Education, managing everything from crisis communications to large-scale outreach campaigns. She describes her style as executive level expertise with grassroots heart. And she's passionate about building trust, transparency, and connection through transparent communication. We're thrilled to have her on board to help uh help us share SMUSD's story and celebrate the incredible work happening across our schools. Please join me in welcoming Christine Lee. >> Good evening, governing board members, Superintendent Johnson, and members of the executive cabinet team. My name is Christine Lee, and I am proud to be the new public information officer for the San Marcos Unified School District. As Dr. Garcia mentioned, I bring over 25 years of professional experience, which includes communications, community
046engagement, marketing, event planning, media, and government relations. I've been in Sacramento many times doing advocacy work as well. So, I'm excited to bring that to this district and uplift and amplify the student voices as well as the educators and their incredible work across the 19 campuses that we have here. So far, I have been welcomed by many staff members. I've had the opportunity to visit several campuses. And one thing I have to share is I am very impressed by the energy and the excitement and the passion that I'm feeling from our staff members and the educators that I've met so far. So, that makes me even more excited to be here. So, I just thank you so much and I'm grateful for your support and I look forward to working with you. And again, I'm
047just so honored for this opportunity. Thank you. >> Welcome to the team, Tine. >> Thank you. >> So, board members, uh, this is an action item with a recommendation to approve the personnel agenda as presented. >> Right. Do I have a motion to approve the certified and classified personal changes including hiring, resignation, leaves of absence, promotion, retirements, and reassignments? >> So moved. >> I'll second. >> Fantastic. Moved by member Miam, seconded by member Martin to approve the personal changes as presented. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. All right. So now we got to switch. All right. Agenda item 8.3 is to conduct [clears throat] the second reading of ordinance number 03-24/25, ordinance of community facilities districts number 20 of the San Marcos Unified School District authorizing the levy of special
048tax within the community facilities district number 20. Oh, >> go back and read that. >> Oh, okay. Sorry. For agenda items 2 to 8.3 through 8.5, the governing board will be acting as a legislative body of community facilities district number 15 and community facilities district number 20. Do you want me to repeat what I just said? All right. So, I'm going to repeat again agenda item number 8.3, conduct the second reading of the ordinance number 03-24/25, ordinance of community facilities district number 20 of the San Marcos Unified School District, authorizing the levy of a special tax within the community facilities district number 20. The board previously took the first two steps for this proposed um CFD formation on May 8th and June 12th. Tonight is the last of three board meetings and tonight the purpose
049is to approve the special tax ordinance. Just as a reminder, this CFD um is um the builder is California Pacific Homes. The project includes 102 town homes. It's located in the city of San Marcos at the corner of Grand Avenue and Linda Vista. So this u new development will feed into La Marada Academy and San Marcos High School. Right. Do I have a motion to present the second reading of the ordinance by title only? >> I move that ordinance number three-24/25 be presented by reading of the title only and that the vice president forego the reading of the entire ordinance. >> Do I have a second? I'll second it. Moved by member Heric, seconded by member Ahmad, approving the second reading of the ordinance numbers 03-24-25 by title only. All those in favor say I.
050>> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. >> The title ordinance of number 03-2425 reads as follows. Ordinance of community facilities district number 20 of the San Marcos Unified School District authorizing the levy of the special tax within the community facilities district number 20. >> Okay. Thank you. Agenda item number 8.4 Four, adoption of the ordinance number 03-2425, ordinance of community facilities district number 20 of the San Marcos Unified School District, authorizing the levy of a special tax within community facilities district number 20. District staff and legal council recommend that the governing board take action to adopt ordinance number 03-2425. Okay. Do I have a motion for the adoption of ordinance number 03-2425? >> I'll make the motion. >> I'll second. >> So, um, all right. Uh, moved by member Andre, second by member Heric to
051adopt the ordinance number 03-24-25. All those in favor say I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Right. Action item number 8.5, resolution number 01-2425, resolution of the governing board of the San Marcos Unified School District acting as a legislative body of community facilities district number 15 of the San Marcos Unified School District authorizing the issuance of special tax bonds of the community facilities district number 15 improvement area B approving a fiscal agent agreement approving a bond purchase agreement. approving a preliminary official statement and delivery of an official statement, approving certain related documents, making related findings and determinations and taking certain other actions in connection there with do Aaron the the district formed CFD number 15 back in 2021. Lenar Homes was the builder of the improvement area B project and it's known as Highland. It's composed of
05289 single family homes and located within the city of San Marcos is in the boundary of um Paloma Elementary. Approval of the agenda item tonight will authorize the issuance and sale of special tax bonds in an amount not to exceed $4 million um which will generate net construction proceeds to the district of approximately $1.6 million. Um, this equates to 130% of statutory level one developer fees and the bond proceeds are planned to go towards projects at Paloma Elementary and San Marcos High School. Um, as usual, we have a team of consultants that assist us with the sale and issuance of these bonds. And Rachel from Filman, um, the district's municipal adviser is also here if the board has any questions. >> No question. Hey, Rachel. >> I know. >> Does anyone have any questions for
053Rachel? Okay. All right. In that case, do I have a motion to adopt resolution number one-25-26? >> I'll make that motion. >> And any seconds? Okay. Moved by member Martine, seconded by member Heric to adopt resolution was number was it Heric? Okay. number one-24 25-26-26 as presented. All those in favor say I. Any opposed? Okay, motion carries. The governing board is no longer acting as a legislative body of community facilities district number 15 and the community facilities district number 20. 8.6 45day budget. Aaron Babe just Okay, this is a quick a budget update tonight. So, just as a reminder, um whenever there are significant changes um in the enacted state budget, um since we adopted the our original 2526 budget back in June, um we have the opportunity to um do a 45day budget. 45
054days is 45 days after the governor signs that final um budget act. So, we are we don't always do this. It's only when there are significant changes. Um so, we are um recognizing some additional funds tonight. Um and then the next time you'll see an update of the budget will be in December at the first interim. So this budget this budget is very very different than any other um budget cycle. It's a very simple onepage form that just discloses um any additional um revenues or expenditures and the main categories um that um we need to um because the state budget um was adopted differently than we knew of back in June. Um so tonight we are recognizing um almost $6.6 million of additional revenues that are coming from LCFF sources of $1.4 million and the
055rest are coming 5.2 million from state revenue sources. Um and then just wanted to break that out in a little bit more detail for you. Um so on this chart it recognizes those $6.6 million of additional revenues. Um the first um is the state included um additional funds in the LCFF for transitional kinder garden add-on as an add-on. Um so we are getting another $1.4 million as our unrestricted funds and those will be ongoing in our budget. Um the purpose of it is to um continue to work on getting th the um adult to student ratios of uh in our TK classes down to 10 to one. So previously there were 12 to1 this year in 2526 um we will have um only 10 students for every one adult in every um TK classroom. So
056um and we have achieved that we have been working hard um we have um um additional TK enrollment than we were expecting. So we have just in the last couple weeks added additional TK teachers as well as aids that will go into those classrooms to support those students. So we will be using this money um to help um support those new salaries. Then we are getting $5.6 million of a discretionary block grant. Those are restricted funds and this is a one on one time money only. Um and of course the the state never gives us money that's just as simple as that. The real name of that block grant is called the student support and professional development discretionary block grant. Um so we'll be working on our plans of how um we can best use
057those funds. And then we are getting about $800,000 additional for the learning recovery emergency block grant. So we've had this block grant for a long time. It was it was a very large block grant that came to the district um several years ago. Um but when the state budget was enacted that year, they didn't have quite enough money to fully fund it. So this is their attempt to um to recover and restore those funds that were cut that year just adding to that block grant that we've been using for for a while. Um so these are restricted funds and they are one time and then finally we got a reduction unfortunately for our ELO program. That's our expanded learning opportunities program um after school program. Um so essentially what happened there is the state looked
058there's there's two different types of funding under ELAP. Um it's tier one schools they get a higher funding rate and then uh we fall in the tier 2 category. So the basically um you had to previously you had to have at least 75% unduplicated pupil um percentage in order to get that higher funding rate. Um, well, the state expanded that to any district that held 55% of unduplicated pupils now got this higher level of funding. Unfortunately, we don't hit that mark. We're at 40%. So, basically, all those other districts are got more money. So, the tier 2 um schools are getting less. So, we um are our annual ongoing um allocation for ELOT funds are being reduced by about $1.2 million. Um uh we haven't been spending our full allocation of elot funds. So we
059don't anticipate this being a problem. We think we will be able to live um within I think it's like $4.8 million is how much we're going to be get ongoing. We will be able to um continue doing that program without um any impacts with that reduction that question. Okay. And that's it. Simple. So, I do um recommend approval of that 45day budget update for 256. >> Does have anyone have any questions before I motioned? Okay. Do I have a motion to approve the 45day budget update? >> So, moved. >> Any second? >> All right. Moved by member VM, seconded by member Heric to approve the 45day budget update as presented. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Um 8.7 student readmit case number 1-25/26. Tiffany, >> the board has received information
060regarding this case in close session. The student has met all requirements for read for readmission. A support plan has been put into place in collaboration with guardians, the district as well as the school site for a successful transition back into SMUSD. And with these things in place, staff recommends approval of student read case 012526. >> Right. Do I have a motion to approve the student read case number 1-25/26? >> I'll make the motion. >> I'll second. Moved by member Andrea, seconded by member Amma to approve the student readmit case number 1-25/26 as presented. All those in favor say I. Any opposed? Motion carries. 8.8. Public hearing. A waiver of extended school year. Tiffany. >> California regulation requires 20 days of attendance for extended school year or summer school for students receiving special education services. Districts
061may request a waiver to provide ESY that is fewer than the traditional model. Fewer days than the traditional model. The special education department proposes to renew ESY services utilizing a 4-day 5-hour schedule in the summer of 2026. This will equal 80 hours of ESY instruction and provide the same amount of instructional hours as a standard 20-day schedule. Fewer days will provide cost savings in transportation, utilities, and custodial services. We have successfully used this model for many, many years. >> Right. The public hearing is now open. Susie, are there any is there anyone who wishes to speak? >> There are no speakers. >> This public hearing is now closed. 8.9 Public hearing collection of student information from social media accounts. Tiffany, >> this is my favorite confusing ED code. >> Education code 49073.6 Six requires us
062to notify parents and conduct a hearing anytime the district considers a program to collect information from student social media accounts. Um this is very confusing because it has nothing to do with looking at or collecting data from individual from students individual social media accounts. We are not diving into students Snapchats or Tik Toks. Um, this refers to if a teacher is going to grade work that is submitted by a student using a form of social media as defined by the state. This is a broad definition um of electronic content. It's like podcast, vlogs, blogs, etc. Um, a common example these days, we used to say it was a blog. Now it's probably more like a podcast or vlog video blog. Um each year, Miss Caspersonson, our uh executive director of technology, informs and reminds teachers
063of the notification requirement. Uh teachers utilizing such assignments typically will put it in a syllabus. Um very limited use, possibly in a CTE classroom, but usually not. We don't have very many of them. It's not typical, but the public hearing is a requirement um uh if we think it may happen. So we do this public hearing proactively every year. So just to clarify, it is the notice to collect digital assignments that might be in social media form, I guess. >> Yes, might be in a social media format. Correct. >> All right. Um, this public hearing is now open. Susie, is there anyone who wishes to speak? >> There are no speakers. >> This public hearing is now closed. Consent agenda. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda for discussion purposes? I'll second.
064Who was that? Okay. Moved by member Heric, seconded by member Ahmad to approve the consent agenda for discussion purposes. Is there any discussion? All right. Moved by member Heric, seconded by member Ahmad. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Information agenda 10.1 Quarterly report of financial disclosures for the period ending June 30th, 2025. The government code requires school districts to disclose its investments quarterly to the governing board. Tonight's report is for the quarter ended June 30th, 2025 when um our district had a total of $380 million invested in various accounts. Um $890,000 was invested in various FDICins insured bank accounts. We also had 21.1 million invested in accounts related to our various CFD and financing authority accounts that can be used for facility and construction purposes only. The majority of our
065funds on deposit almost 359 million um were invested with the San Diego County Treasures Schools investment pool as required. Um if I I have to give this report quarterly. So hopefully you recognize that that that dollar amount is higher than I normally report on. Um that reason um is because our first measure JJ bond dollars um um a little over $149 million deposited into that treasury account on June 18th um just before the end of that quarter um after our very successful um sale of our first series of geo bonds earlier in that month. Um, so the investment pool earned an annualized interest rate of 3.7% for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year. And the report also includes a statement by the San Diego County Treasurer um that they have sufficient funds to meet
066all the obligations of that school's investment pool for at least the next six months. >> Thank you. All right. 10.2 revisions to existing governing board policies student records. Tiffany, >> this policy is being revised in three areas based on CSBA updates. The first is a technical update to reflect new law AB801 which pertains to student records uh that are under the control of the operator of a website, online service or mobile app. If the student's guardian or the student, if they are 18 years of age or older, requests deletion of such records, the district is required to provide documentation to the operator that the student has not been enrolled in the district for at least 60 days. Um, next, it is being updated to reflect revised guidance from the California Attorney General clarifying the prohibition
067of disclosure of a student's immigration status. The last revision relates to security and confidentially confidentiality ensuring that the district has practices and protocols in place to safeguard student records within its digital infrastructure. This includes staff training and information about cyber security and reporting to the appropriate authorities if there is a data breach. These revisions are presented for information only tonight and will be brought to the board next month for final approval. >> Thank you, Tiffany. All right, closing items. Uh 11.1 organizational matters. The next regular board meeting will take place on Thursday, September 11th, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. in the media center of the North County Regional Educational Center, 255 Pico Avenue, San Marcos, California, 92069. And with that, this meeting is now adjourned.