001Good evening everyone. Um, I would like to call this meeting to order. Today's date is Feb Thursday, February 13, 2025. This is the regular meeting of the governing board of the San Marcos Unified School District. Please let the record reflect that all board members are present. The San Marcos Unified School District Board of Education meeting is a business meeting of the board held in public. While we welcome and encourage public uh participation, the expected behavior is that all 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, you are out
002of order and will be asked to leave the 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. Our 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. Pledge of Allegiance. Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. [clears throat] Ready, begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it is stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Dr. Close. Before we approve tonight agenda, I would like to
003make a motion to move items 9.11 and 9.12 up on the agenda immediately after public comments. Do I have a second? Okay. Moved by member Ahmad, myself, seconded by member Carlson to approve the agenda as amended. Student board members, please state your vote. I. All in all, those in favor say I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Tonight, the governing uh report of action taken in close session. Tonight, the board met in close session and conferred with labor negotiator Dr. Joel Garcia. Uh the report of action taken in close session by board of education on February 13, 2025. In closed session today, by motion of Andres Martin, seconded by Sarah Ma, the board approved a grievance settlement agreement between the San Marcos Educators Association and the San Marcos Unified School District. The roll call vote of the
004board was as follows. Eyes, Martin, Ahmad, Carlson, Heric, and Miam. Reminder, the vote of each board member, okay, when the vote is announced. All right. [laughter] Sorry. All right. reports by student board. Next, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Next. The board discussed matters pertaining to public employment, transfer, appointment, discipline, dismissal, release, evaluation, reassignment. No action was taken. The board also conferred with real property negotiator Aaron regarding the Golden Door property exchange. No action was taken. Last, the board reviewed student expulsion case number 5-2425. No action was taken. Item 4.5, reports by student board representatives. Thank you. Hi, my name is Sydney Cork. I am a San Marcos board rep. Okay, I'm going to bring up some winter sports. So, we're going to start off with boys basketball. So, the Knights boys basketball team has had an
005impressive season with a 17-3 overall record, including a two to zero in two and 0 in the Palomar League. They are ranked third in the country and 28th in the state and they are led by Jaylen Williams, Mike Brown, and Richie Ramirez. Next, girls basketball. The Lady Knights hold an 11 to8 record, start starting Valley League with two to zero. Cadence Raymond was exceptional, scoring 51 points in a recent game. Next we have girls soccer and our girls soccer varsity team is ranked the top in division one and and in the CIF power rankings. The girls soccer team has an 8 to3 to1 record. Next, boys soccer. The boys soccer team holds a 4 to one to3 league record placing them second in valley league. They also just had their senior night which they recognized
00613 seniors. Next we have girls wrestling. Our girls wrestling team placed six out of 72 teams at the San Dieas High School. Bana Rosa and Jala Dienans earned first place in their weight in their weight classes with Jala being named outstanding wrestler at both Sand Deas and Jeruba Valley tournaments. The team also hosted the Queen of the Realm tournament producing five champions, one runner up and one sixth place finisher. The with Jala again earning outstanding wrestler. Next we have boys wrestling and this team placed third at the Hilltop duels and dominated their duel against Mission Hills winning 63 to4. This victory extends their perfect record against Mission Hills 20 to zero. Next we have girls water polo [clears throat] sorry Trinity. The girls water polo team has started their season strong with a 10 to7
007overall record and is ready to defend their avocado league champion title. And then we have dance. So they just competed at the Miss Dance drill team competition, securing top three finishes in multiple categories, including hip-hop, novelty, lyrical, contemporary, palm, and jazz. Now, I'm going to bring up some points about FFA. So, this program just competed in the San Diego sectional speaking contest at Ramona High School. They competed in categories such as Creed, impromptu, prepared, job interview, and and exempt. Kate Foster placed second in job interview. Elena Barrera earned third in the Elcredo contest and Claire Yun placed fourth in novice exempt. We also just had an area G middle school conference. So, we had some ASB high school students visit Mesa Verde High School or middle school to lead sessions on topics within the leadership
008program, including presidential vice, presidential and vice presidential roles, improving digital ad skills with Canva, effective public speaking, additional presentations were also covered with um creating a principal advisory council, inclusive leadership, and recognizing students. Next, I'm going to talk about the principal advisory council at my school. So, we just hosted a meeting with the winter and fall athletes where students discuss concerns directly with our athletic director, Mr. Dufek. Next, we have an athletic conference. So, we had Laya Dufk, Maline Bloomberg, Colton Walker, Cameron Hulcom, and Alfredo Aguero Rios. and they represented our school to with at the conference at San Pasel High School where they engaged with peers from other schools to address key issues in athletic programs and promote team collaboration. We also just had a club AP and elective rush and this took place
009on January 28th followed by club rush from January 29th to the 31st and we featured 21 AP classes and electives and 64 clubs. Next we have drama. So our drama program just attended the CTA festival participating in workshops and performances and this entire cast and crew received a certificate of merit for excellence in the theater. Director's awards were given to Liam Moahan and Anukica Pile while thector's award went to Mackenzie Patt. Their recent production of our town also received the artistic merit award. Next we have mock trial. So, our mock trial team just recently went against Southwest High School where our defend where our defense team dominated. The MVPs of the night were Fabian Garcia, Logan Gold, and Isabella Chu. Next, we had our band. So, they just went to Disneyland for a soundtrack session.
010Our wind symphony and wind ensemble students got the chance to work directly with industry professionals to recreate iconic Disney soundtracks. I have a couple student highlights. Luis Rojos, an ASB member, a link crew leader, and an avid member in the San Marcos Unified School District Boys and Girls Club just earned finalist of the year. And we have Reese Chagala, and she just earned FFA member of the month for working hard and helping others in animal science and sustainable agriculture. And finally, I'm going to share some student perspective on the phone policy. So, I gathered this data from the superintendent advisory council and RSP summit 2. So, I'm just going to go over some positive and negatives. So, um not a lot of students felt that there was a lot of change in the phone policy,
011which is great. Um teacher and student respect with phone use also occurred. Students felt more productive and there was an increased student participation. And with the negatives, student students wanted a five to 10 minute break halfway into block period periods for like a brain break so that they can kind of I don't know focus more, get back on their texting. Um, and then students prefer that old rule of teacher discretion. What's we thought would happen? And students also wanted to access their music for independent study time. And that is all I have for today. Okay, if you guys have any questions, let me know. Hi, my name is Basil. I'm representing Twin Oaks. And before I begin, I just want to there's a few main parts to my uh speech. It consists of backstory, um
012how I ended up at Twin Oaks, the culture of Twin Oaks, my progress, and a few current events that are happening at Twin Oaks. So without that with that said being said, let me begin. In elementary school, I had started to view the world and my social life differently as I in my own mind seem to be the outlier. Even though there is no specific cause to my decline in mental health, my mental blocks that I created and internal suffering due to me feeling trapped and as though I couldn't be myself help didn't help me and instead created physical and mental barriers that I couldn't pass. Hello, my name is Basil Harris, a trans student at Twin Oaks High School, and I want to share my story and progress plus the culture and updates of
013Twin Oaks High School. Before I begin, this will be a hard story to listen to for some people and the beginning uh with people with the beginning about my being about my journey through self harm, suicidal ideiation, and suicide attempts. No two mental health journeys are the same, and this is just my experience. Throughout my life, I've always struggled with mental health in some way or another. Whether it's affected my motivation, happiness, or anxiety in my daily life. However, through all that, I managed to get by. That was until high school. My freshman year at one of the large high schools in the San Marcos district consists of me trying to stay under the radar. I would sit in the elevator hallway before and after school, as well as during lunch. For most part, I
014succeeded in staying under the radar at the cost of my physical and mental health. As a result, I began to have more suicidal ideiation and also started self harming. But this is still better than my sophom when my sophomore year began and all came tumbling down. During my first week back, I was at my wit's end and had no motivation, reason, or want to go to school. Because of this, I lost all meaning in my day-to-day life. And as a result, my depression and anxiety skyrocketed. My depression got to the point where it got so bad that my self harm became very frequent and I actually started bringing blades to school in order to quote unquote have control over my life. Eventually, I attempted to end my life with dozens of prescription pills. Luckily, after
015an extremely rough night, I was able to make it till morning. That day, I had pretended nothing had happened or was wrong and went to school as normal. And it was only later that night that my secret was discovered. I'd attempted to dispose of leftover pills that I had not taken, and in some way or another, a few pills were left in the toilet. Whether I forgot to flush or they had just didn't go down, still eludes me to this day. That same night, my parents barged into my room, suspecting I was high, and they interrogated me until until I began to crack and eventually I had a panic attack and I fessed up. I was then taken to the hospital where I would be under close watch until I was transferred to a psychiatric
016hospital where I would stay for a couple weeks. Once my time was up, I was released to a mental health residential facility that I lived at for a month and a half before going to a personal hospitalization program and then a intensive outpatient program. But sadly, for some reason or another, it didn't stick. It was still a it was only a few months after when I re when I relapsed and started to self harm and have suicidal ideation again. Because of this, I was sent back to the hospital in handcuffs due to my flight risk. After I was once again released, I had a 1.2 GPA due to my mental health struggles I had faced leading up to my second hospitalization. But this is where things started looking up in my life. I was transferred
017out and put into Foothills Independent Study. During this time, my mental health slowly started to improve. But because of my poor time management and motivation issues, I was unable to succeed in even a single class. As a result, my parents began to look for alternative schools. And they what they landed on was Twin Oaks High School, a small school that taught the necessary sub necessary subjects, but in a way that prioritized life skills. I was promptly I was then promptly signed up for and put into the school summer program where the object objective was to get the students accustomed to and familiar with school and teachers and even maybe make some friends. As the school year started, I was put into the usual core classes I needed to graduate with the one exception that stood
018out being woodop, which I would do for elective credit. And I instantly fell in love with the school. Throughout my classes, I it started to become more apparent. It just wasn't the size of the school that was different. It was the culture. When it comes to Twin Oaks High School, the culture is a rare one. The respect between students and staff is unfathomable. The teachers not only care more about what they are teaching, but they are also very kind, caring, and concerned for our being and well-being and education. We are not just students to them but people. People who will grow up and hopefully live a fulfilling life. Unlike other schools, Twin Oaks does not just prepare you for college, but also job a job and career path through classes that implement their teachings in
019a way that relate to human to real life situations. Another thing that's different about Twin Oaks despite its despite its small numbers is that has a large amount large number of licensed therapists and social workers. One thing to know about Twin Oaks High School is that the vast majority are here. The vast majority of students are here for one reason or another. But that's what's special about Twin Oaks is able to help those students because you are because here you aren't able to go under the radar like other big schools. And when you want help or it's apparent that you need help, they're able to provide it. For example, just last week, I was coordinating with our career coach, Mr. Tyel, from Project Next in order to make a resume that I could use to
020acquire the future I want. Now, it's been close to a full year at full year of school and I've not only been surviving, I've been thriving. Despite still being affected by my struggles I went through and still have, I have great relations with the staff that I've been had the pleasure of meeting and have been able to make friends without them being friends of friends, which for me is unheard of. I found new interest and hobbies by exploring the resources available to me. I'm an office aid and part of student council, the district equity equity team and super student superintendent council. And now I've even been invited here to talk to all you good people about my journey and culture of Twin Oaks High School. Before I wrap up and say my goodbyes, I want
021to talk touch on what has been uh happening around campus. In the past month, students were able to visit ABC San Diego where they were able to get their feet wet in potential apprenticeships that they could proceed with after high school by using a hands-on learning activity and a lecture. Another thing was the drug awareness assembly where Mr. Rocky Heron discussed the issues with drugs, how they've changed our life, changed over time, how the people can become addicted to them, and how they affected and can change your life. Students were also able to expand their knowledge about communication and teaching by going to Twin Oaks Elementary and San Marcos Elementary to teach about and coach PE to younger students. And finally, how could we not finish off without promoting promoting our school spirit with our
022basketball team who recently played against Alta Vista and Ivy. Thank you for listening to my story and how Twin Oaks is a unique school with amazing culture. Go Tigers. Thank you, Sydney and Basil. Communication session. If you wish to address the board, please fill out a request form located in the al cove to the left of the double doors as you enter the boardroom. Complete a white speaker form if your item is on the agenda and a blue speaker form if it is not on the agenda and submit it to Susie. [clears throat] Tonight, it appears we have a large number of speakers wishing to address item 9.11. With that in mind, I'd like to suggest a limiting uh of individual speaking time to one minute per person to allow as many people and voices
023as possible to be heard while keeping the minute efficient. Is that okay with the rest of the board? You guys good with that? Okay. Um otherwise in accordance uh with the board bylaw 9323 public comments are generally limited to 20 minutes per topic with each speaker allowed up to three minutes with union representatives are allowed up to 5 minutes. So I want to get as many speakers and voices out here. So we're going to be limiting the um [clears throat] the time to one minute. Uh similarly for item 912, we'll limit if you guys are okay with it um the speaker time to two minutes to make sure we can get all of the speakers in. Are you guys okay with that as well? Okay. Per the Brown Act, board members have limited ability to
024respond to the statements or questions during public comment. Unless an item has been placed on the published agenda, the board cannot deliberate or take action. The board may one take acknowledge acknowledge the receipt of the information and report and comment. Two refer the matter to staff for further study or three place the item on a future agenda. A recording is made of all open sessions of the governing board. On behalf of the board of education, we appreciate your cooperation in helping us conduct this meeting respectfully. Susie, do we have any speakers? So, general, sorry, we have more more people requesting to speak. Um, what we can do is we can keep the 20 minutes per topic right now and then we'll open up for anyone that wants to speak. Uh, we can reconvene public comment
025at the end of the meeting if, uh, if you're good with that. Is that okay with everyone? What do you think? Yeah. Okay. So, everyone will get a chance to speak. We will just keep the timing 20 minutes before the meeting and then we will reconvene public comment at the end of the meeting. Okay. Okay. Uh Dale Pluchenic. Yes. This is for topic 9.11. 9.1 9.11. One minute. Yeah. Thank you. Good evening, Board President Sarah Ma, Vice President Andres Martin, Clerk Stacy Carlson, Member Heidi Heric, and member Lina Mum, Superintendent Dr. Johnson, Deputy Superintendent Dr. Tiffany Campbell, and assistant superintendents. My name is Dale Leuchenek, and I am president of the San Marcos Educators Association. SMA represents over a thousand members, not only teachers, but also counselors, social workers, nurses, speech language pathologists, school psychologists,
026and certificated staff. On agenda item 9.11, resolution 382425 of the governing board of the San Marcus Unified School District. Uh SMUSD school is a safe places for all. SMEA gives unequivocal support. SMA affirms our commitment to creating a safe and welcoming environment for all students, staff, and families, which includes our LGBTQ plus community. We know that LGBTQ plus students face higher rates of bullying, harassment, and mental health challenges. We do not choose our public. We educate them and we want them to learn in a safe, supportive environment. Our most noble profession is to teach and to teach our students to be thoughtful and kind and to be their advocates no matter who they are. We urge to adopt this resolution and ensure that supports a safe learning environment and opportunity for all students. Thank you.
027Thank you, Nessa Smith. Hello, my name is Addison Smith and I am a fifth grader at Double Peak School. I want to speak up about something that happened at my school on Tuesday this week. There was an incident with the student that resulted in the sheriff's office and fire department being called. The student attacked the teacher during PE and students had to run back to their classrooms to find a safe place to hide. This same student has tried to attack me before, too. I didn't do anything to provoke him. I was just playing tag with my friends, but out of nowhere, he puffed up his body like he was the Incredible Hulk and chased me around the playground with deep rage in his eyes. I knew he had a history of hurting students, teachers, and
028supervisors, so I knew he wasn't joking or playing. And to be honest, I'm not a very fast runner. I was terrified that he was going to catch me and hurt me. I was afraid to go to school the next day. And the day after that, I had some of the neighbor boys offering to keep an eye on me at recess and tell me where they'd be playing each day, so I'd know where to run for help if he started trying to attack me again. I have ADHD and struggle pretty hard to focus in class. When I don't feel safe at school, it makes it even harder to focus. In second grade, this student cut one of our teachers. I'm afraid for them, too. Every year, my mom asks Mrs. Oasis not to put me in
029the same class as this student. As he gets bigger and stronger, it scares me that there's no one to keep me safe. Next year, I'll be in middle school with him. the chances that I have a class with him are much higher. That scares me. I consider myself lucky that I haven't been hurt by him yet. I was reading about the IDA and the commitment to educating students in the least restrictive environment. But after years and years of violence in our classrooms, it is clear that a mainstream classroom doesn't adequately support his needs. I feel bad for him. I don't know what his home life is like. I don't know where his rage comes from, but I do know that putting me and my friends at risk each day by allowing him to remain on
030our campus is not safe for us. It's not safe for our teachers either. The California Constitution states that all students and staff of public schools have the inalienable right to attend campuses which are safe, secure, and peaceful. Please help us find a solution for this boy so that he can help he can so that he can get the help and treatment he needs while not putting our students and teachers safety at risk each day. A commitment to inclusion should not validate the rights of the rest of our school community. Thank thank you Addison. Um, so just as a reminder, we'll we'll having public comments for item 9.11 first and the public speakers for that topic is limited to one minute. So I I want to make sure we stay stay on the the topic. Okay.
031Vanessa Smith. Good evening everyone. I have a daughter who loves going to school. Every morning she leaves out of bed bursting with excitement for her zero period jazz class, even when the sky is still really dark. I'm pretty sure that her band directors practically have to pry her away from the band room every afternoon because they simply need to go home. She's like any other middle school girl. She loves Taylor Swift shopping and gossiping. She's also our transdaughter. Today, I kindly ask you to keep all our children safe in our schools, no matter their gender identity, their gender expression or sexual orientation. A few years back, my daughter was physically bullied while she was in one of the boys bathroom at her school. I recall the tears on my cheek and the silent screams echoing
032in my mind as the school shared the news and laid out the plan ahead. I remember gathering my strength to conffort her, assuring her that everything would be all right. Deep down though, I didn't know how I would keep her safe moving forward. On behalf of my daughters and so many others, I sincerely urge you to keep leading with a compassion that I've so always admired in all of you. Kindness matters and makes in our lives. Thank you, Vanessa. Ready? I I believe it's Keanu Kama and Kristen Weaver will be right after that one. Uh my name is Fredd Yahoo. I'm a football coach and my hope and desire for every single athlete that I coach is that they'd repent and put their faith in Christ. That that uh that might offend some of you.
033And uh but I am working towards the common good because I want to put good men, good husbands, good fathers into society. And my daughter who goes to San Allejo Middle School, she was she was asking her teacher if if a boy was dressing in a girl's locker room. Teacher looked at her and started crying. Started crying and um I just asked and I just plead with you for the common good that we would protect female spaces that we'd protect my daughter her privacy and decency. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you. Kristen Weaver with Carol Mer after. Good evening. I've been a resident of San Marcos for over 14 years and I have taught in California in North County for over 17. $15 million in federal funds was received by this district
034in the 2023 202 24 years 2024 school year, excuse me. Less than 50% of our eighth grade students are proficient in math. The governing board quote the governing board is committed to maintaining a safe school environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. The board prohibits at school or at school sponsored or school related activities sexual harassment by students or anyone. You are in violation of your own board policy. San Leo Middle School students have told to be tolerant because they're girls and they object and they are told to be tolerant. Why do other people's rights come before our daughters? And in the interest of time, and I want to respect everybody, I stand here tonight for my grandparents and for my aunts that fought for Title N. Thank you, Kristen. Carol with uh Mary
035Davis next. Oh, I'm just trying to set my timer. Hold on. Okay. Good evening. Um, I want to start off by saying that bathrooms and sports have been a common excuse for racism and for homophobia. Why did we segregate sports? because we thought big black men were going to knock over the the graceful white gentlemen. Why did we, you know, it's all about gays and lesbians beating each other up. And I just want to come back and just say that's what this is about. This is about racism and homophobia. And who is paying for this and who is supporting this? It's people. You guys, you guys have to respect the speaker. You have to and the person who and the people who are fighting who are paying for this are Peter Seal, a gay man,
036and Caitlyn Bruce Jenner, a trans woman. Why? Because they're trying to distract you from the fact that Elon Musk is getting $400 million from to buy cy to buy to buy cyber trucks. They're distracting you. They're trying to cut the Department of Education. So, you know, 8020 people this is an 8020. Thank you. I'm just going to say thank you, Carol. Rights are not decided by the majority. Thank you, Carol. Thank you, Carol. Thank you. Was that Mary? Mary Mary Davis. Okay. Yeah. Uh, Miss Strange is next. Yes. Thank you. So, this is just on 9.11, right? Yes. Okay. Sorry. Yeah. Hi, Mary Davis. My first time in your chamber. So, hello. Um, I'm here today to advocate for the rights of women and girls to be safe in intimate spaces. Um, while I do
037believe that we need to uphold every individual and respect human dignity, I also believe that there's a boundary and a line to be held. And that does not mean affirming other people's delusions or compelling other people to affirm those delusions as well. Um there have been documented attacks and they've been increasing most re recently in Arlington, Virginia just two weeks ago where a sex offender was in the bathroom and also in Lowden County. That's a very um famous attack. So the issue is I'm not saying that all trans people are a danger but the issue is it gives political cover to those who would do harm. Where are your safeguards and your rails for girls uphold their rights and also uh it's a disservice for you to basically dysphoria is a temporary problem. No permanent
038solution. Thank you. [clears throat] Strange with Tiffany Boyd Hodson. Imagine if you will. A boy who fractures a girl's skull in sports, exposes himself in showers while others get sexually abused in their private spaces, violating Title 9. Meanwhile, girls in San Marcos unified are shamed for being forced to undress in front of a boy. Parents argue biology is not bigotry, but the teachers union leadership prioritizes sex and money. Fearing personal investigations, the district scrambles to protect students they drug with puberty blockers that lead to genital amputations, calling it safety resolution. Finally, San Diego's teacher of the year just received 30 years for sexually abusing a sixth grade student. Which side are you on? Girls rights or men's demands. Tiffany Crane is next. Good evening, honorable members of the board. I don't have a Twilight Zone
039intro. Uh I'm here as a private citizen uh of my own accord. These opinions are mine. Thank you for bringing forward the resolution this evening. I want to applaud your courage. I want to especially applaud uh Director Carlson for bringing this resolution forward. 5 years ago, uh my family was at a crossroads. Our child came out as transgender and we didn't know what that meant. We didn't know what to do, but we knew the statistics. We knew we could either have a dead child or transchild child. And I want to I want to applaud San Marcos Unified for being a safe space for that child as we worked with the teachers and we worked with the PE teachers and we worked with the counselors to figure out a solution that brought dignity and protected everyone.
040Principal Bomb who was with me on that journey. I want to applaud him as well. You've done a great job protecting students so far. I applaud you for bringing forward this resolution. Please support and uphold the law and protect our children. Thank you. Thank you. Tony with Sasha right after. Hi, my name is Tony Crane. I have three daughters and a son who attended school at San Marcus Unified School District and I also have been in in in this district since kindergarten on. So, I'm I love our district. Very proud and thankful to all of you. Um, I'm also employed in the school district as a speech and language pathologist, though I work with children with special needs um and communication disorders. Not all children are able to communicate their needs effectively. So, I'm standing
041here today in the efforts to protect innocent children, all children. Allowing biological males males into girls locker rooms and bathrooms takes away the rights of our precious girls to have a safe environment. We're teaching them that they cannot say no. They have no right to say no to biological males seeing them undressed. They may learn that they have no right to say no in an uncomfortable sexual situation. What are we teaching our girls? Are we encouraging them and grooming them to ignore their need for privacy and security? I urge you to consider the needs of the majority of our students. I love our children who are trans and who have other needs, but we need to consider the right Thank you. Sasha with Anna G. up next. Good evening board members and parents. Uh my
042name is Sasha Reva. I'm here tonight to speak on behalf of thousands of young girls in our district who deserve to feel safe, respected, and protected in their own schools. The policy being proposed allowing biological males into girls bathrooms and locker rooms is not just wrong. It's a violation of their rights. Women's spaces exist for a reason. They are meant to provide privacy, dignity, and security. Forcing girls to undress, shower, and share intimate spaces with biological males against their will is not inclusion. It is infringement on their fundamental rights. Thank you, Sasha. Oh, sorry. 30 seconds. I'm sorry. Uh, it disregards their voices and places them in vulnerable situations they never signed up for. Why should our daughters be the ones forced to step aside? Common sense tells us that private spaces should remain just
043that, private. No girls should second guessess whether that she's safe when she walks into bathroom or locker room. I urge you to listen to the voices of parents and to uphold your duty to protect all students and reject that policy. Thank you, Sasha. Anna G with allegedly after. Good evening board members. First, I'd like to ask you ladies on the board, do you guys remember being uh teenagers in school, being in the locker room? You had enough to worry about the challenges of being a teenager in a in a locker room with other teenage girls. Now, imagine having to battle that space with somebody who is confused, someone who is dealing with mental illness, which is really what is happening here with this LGBT students and staff. That's what they need. So if you want
044to create a safe space for all students, create a space where those uh individuals, whether they be students or staff, you can get the mental health uh assistance that they need and save the space of biological women where they can actually be themselves and not feel like they have to protect themselves from other outside influences that they normally wouldn't have to because this is common sense policy here that we're talking about. We're not talking about an experiment. This is real life. These girls are going to get affected for life. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, Mrs. Audra. Audra allegedly. Okay. Audra. Okay. With Scott Herman next. So, it's a question why we even have to go down this road because you're talking about safety, but in that you're actually contradicting what you're intending to do because
045you're making other people make them feel unsafe and say you you don't have a choice in that. you're going to have to be forced to be in a bathroom or in sports or whatever it is with somebody who is a male and you will never be able to change your sex no matter what you do because your chromosomes tell you what that is and they don't just flip-flop. And when we're sitting here saying that these girls should, you know, um, basically risk their safety or feeling that way because somebody else doesn't feel safe, it's like, how does that two wrongs don't make a right? And it's not the girl's fault that this boy feels like he's a girl, but we shouldn't be saying you have to feel unsafe just so that they can. And so
046I it's like if I was going to tell all of you like, "Let me go in and change in front of you." What would you do? You wouldn't like it. Thank you. Scott Herman with Dave Williams next. Uh, one thing I want to comment is it's great that we have a civil crowd tonight. That's the way it should be in America. we can have differences of opinion and yet still still live together peacefully. I just want to say that um I I I'd like to remind like the uh the gal a couple uh times uh people ago said remember how it was when when we were in junior high how confusing it is. And this uh I I was in uh junior high in the early 70s. Uh I just can't imagine the the load
047that must be on these young people's uh minds. It's hard enough going through this period without this gender confusion. This is just an impossible load we're putting on these children's shoulders. Um they have enough to deal with as it is. Let's just teach them reading, writing, and arithmetic. Let the parents who these children belong to, not the school board. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Dave Williams with Tristan Higgins. Next, probably older than most of you here, 74 years old. And for some reason, I'm 74 years old. Um, and I came here because Scott wanted me to come with you. I do want to say though that um as I think back upon my childhood when I grew up, I came from a family that was a Christian family and I believe that their leadership helped
048me to uh to uh go down the right path and I believe that if more parents took active uh parts in their fa in their children's lives and or be became more Christian that maybe some of these problems that we have would not go away or would go away and we wouldn't be dealing with them today. I also agree that that the student board Thank you Dave. Okay. Thank you. Thank you Tristan Higgins with Stephanie F next. Hi there. I'm Tristan and I would like to ask um some of the parents who are struggling with this if they could tell me which bathroom they think I should use. I have struggled with this my entire life. I um have been yelled at in the restroom. I have been um I've had women walk into the
049restroom, see me do a double take. Everything as small as a just an expression, a surprised expression to a security guard being called. Um I always know I'm in the right restroom. Right. I'm a grown woman. I know where I need to go to the bathroom. And um I've also watched my child go through this, my trans child. Um I it is incredibly painful to watch your kid not know where they will be safe uh in which bathroom. And I I want to applaud the district's um efforts here. Um I'd also like to remind folks that this has been legal for 10 years. We know it's not a bathroom bill, but our trans kids have had the right to use the bathroom that they identify with for over 10 years, and it's not a new
050issue. So, I want to thank thank the board for letting me speak. Stephanie F with Rosie uh Hera next. No, you're you're up after you. Thank you. um to whom it may concern. As an orthopedic surgeon who is very familiar with sports injuries, I believe that it is completely unfair and unethical for men to attempt to participate in women's sports. There are many reasons, including social, mental, and physical. The obvious one that I would like to address is the physical aspect. As a team physician that has covered sporting events from high school to professional level over 30 years, I can honestly say that it isn't even it isn't even a close call in how devastating it would be to women's sports if men began playing uh within their leagues. Regardless of any surgical procedures or
051hormonal transitions that they have undertaken, the reality is that men continue to be bigger, stronger, faster, and have quicker reaction times. There is no debate. This is scientifically proven. Besides this aspect, there is a risk of injury in any sport. The simple fact that men are bigger, stronger, and are able to run faster that this kinetic energy they generate. Thank you, Stephanie. Sincerely, Dr. Dr. Carlos Guanche, orthopedic surgeon, board certified sports medicine. Thank you. Rosie with Allan. Next, Alan Karach. Girls lives matter. They deserve to be protected. And the answer is simple. Create a separate bathroom with a lock for those that are confused about their sex. So Melissa Crew, she's from Moms on the Ground. She discovered through a public record search that the school boards, the school psychologists, the teachers, the LGBT directors,
052they were all in on the trans scam. So you all introduced this idea of it indoctrinating, sexualizing, and confusing the children. You keep it from the parents and then you funnel them to UC Irvine for gender transition surgery. This is very dangerous territory that you're all stepping on. You are not the parents. You do not have the right to create these confusing ideologies. We need to keep our kids safe and you need to find the moral courage to stand your ground. Especially you women. Think about yourself. Think about your daughters. You're creating a rape culture for these girls, these precious girls. And this little minority LGBT is going to get protected. So, we need to stand up for our kids. Thank you. Alan with sorry hold on one second with Dr. Erin Aaron Evans next.
053Good evening board superintendent. Nice to see you all. My name is Alan Gerasi and I chair the youth services for the San Marcus Rotary. I'm the past president of the San Marcus Rotary. Although I'm not here tonight in my representative capacity, my most important job is dad and grandpa. And I have two grandkids that go to school here in the district. The bottom line here is that with tolerance comes freedom. With freedom comes liberty. And this resolution is is doing that. And I support it. And I give my voice that you support it as well. Thank you, Alan. Dr. Aaron Evans and then uh Paul Mendoza next. Hi. Hi board members. Thank you. Uh my name is Aaron Evans. Um I'm on the county board of education representing district 4. Uh and I'm here to
054applaud you um and to thank you for putting this resolution forward. Uh it is aligned with the county bylaws uh county board policy. It is aligned with state law, with California Department of Education policy. Most importantly, it is aligned with our constitution. Um, as you know, the most vulnerable students in our county are oftentimes in our schools at the county level. These students uh oftentimes uh suffer mental health issues related to being stigmatized, not being LGBTQ plus. Uh, thank you for wanting to protect them. Thank you for your advocacy. Thank you. Follow with Suzanne right after. Good evening board members. As a parent of two district students, I strongly support resolution 38, which affirms protection of LGBTQ plus students and staff. I must address County Supervisor Jim Desmond's misleading letter about bathroom policies, which has
055sparked unfounded fears and harmful misinformation in our community. Resolution 38 simply aligns existing California law and Supreme Court president protecting all students from discrimination while addressing documented challenges faced by LGBTQ plus youth. San Marcus Unified has built a reputation on educational excellence in creating safe environments for all students. These resolutions reaffirm our core values and ensure compliance with state and federal law. I urge the board to pass both resolutions, sending a clear message that every student deserves to learn without fear and discrimination or harassment. Thank you. Suzanne. Hello everybody. Hey, I'm Suzanne Wrighter. Um, hope you can see me. [laughter] I'm speaking today because safe spaces for all need to be safe spaces for all biological women, too. At the beginning of the school year, a biological male was contemplating changing in the girls locker
056room. When my daughter brought this to my attention, I was in shock, but her response was, "Mom, it's okay. My friend and I found a locker far away, so he can't see us undressed." As a parent, this told me my child and other girls in her class do not feel safe. and they were seeking safety in their own school. The next day, I went straight to Sims and met with AP Cidto. I was told most children changed very quickly and they only undress into their underwear. An only option was to alienate her daughter or to leave the school district. Another incident happened two months ago where two boys came into the girls locker room because they identified as a girl that day and were toying with the tampon dispenser making a mockery of women having
057their periods. Can you imagine the embarrassment of these young girls stuck in the back with these two boys? Thank you, Suzanne. These girls. No, I spent all night. I rewrote this so I can meet the three minutes and I timed myself. Please, we can continue after. We can continue after these girls. Please. Love you. Please, these girls, we're in a safe space. These males will never ever have their period. Why are they in there? We We Everyone had a minute and then Suzanne, you you can't come back after. I know. Hey, you got you guys ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, folks. Yeah. Excuse me. You guys, we got to put a call for order. What? Yeah. Okay. You got All right, everybody. We're going to just just to cool off temperatures a little bit. We're going
058to take a five minute recess. And I promise we'll get let everyone speak. Suzanne, you can come back later. Um, and at the end of the meeting, I know there's more people that want to speak on this topic, so we'll come back to it at the end of the at the end of the meeting. Thank you. Five minute recess. Thank you. We have reached the 20 minute mark for uh the topic of uh agenda item 911 but we will reconvene at the end of the meeting. For those of you who cannot stay till the end, please please feel free. I encourage you to email the board with your thoughts. Um I believe uh Susie has collected all of the speaker cards. So we have concluded the collection for tonight and like I said we will
059reconvene um for 911 or whatever we have um what other topics we have at the end of our meeting. Um so we'll move on to item uh 9.12. And just as a reminder, just to make sure we can get as many people in, we've reduced the time on the topic to 2 minutes for that. Susie, do we have any speakers on agenda item 912? Take your time. It's okay. You got Good evening board president Sarah Ma vice president Andres Martin clerk Stacy Carlson member Heidi Heric and member Lena Mume superintendent Dr. Johnson deputy superintendent Dr. Tiffany Campbell and assistant superintendent. My name is Dale Ziggman Plugenic and I am president of the San Marcos Educators Association. Again, SMA represents over a thousand members, not only teachers but also counselors, social workers, nurses, speech language pathologists,
060school psychologists, and certificated staff. Okay. on um agenda item 9.12 resolution 392425 of the governing board of the Sam Marcus Unified School District advocacy and protection for all district students as to me gives unequivocal support. As educators we have a moral and legal responsibility to ensure that every student regardless of their background, immigration status or any other characteristic feels safe, valued and supported in our schools. This resolution reaffirms what we already know to be true. Education is a fundamental right and no child should be denied the opportunity to learn due to fear, discrimination or intimidation. Our classrooms are places of growth and discovery. When students feel secure, they can focus on learning, developing their becoming. Sorry, two minutes. Thank you. Thank you. Mhm. Mary Davis. Hi, Mary Davis. Thank you. Um, I do believe that
061we should be treating everybody individually equally and that would include undocumented students at school who are entitled to an education. And while we should try to avoid avoid enforcement acts at schools or sensitive places, I don't believe they should be off 100% off limit. Um I'm against blanket policies because blanket policies always come with collateral damage. And in this case of California SB54, these girls paid the price. Their dad was arrested for DUI and resisting arrest, a violent crime. He was released in Sacramento. A week later, he killed these girls at a church, a sensitive site that people are trying to keep law enforcement out of. So before you make a blanket decision, it's somebody is always left holding the hot potato. These girls paid the price for SB54. And uh anybody that supports that
062blanket policy has SR on Los Manos. Thank you. strength. Miss Strange, anybody know what happened to those over 300,000 missing children? I appreciate that you say you want to protect all children. Clearly, the mom who came up here that unfortunately got cut off, uh, her children aren't being protected, yet you want to protect other children. All children supposedly. And I just want to say that would be great if we could protect, and you should protect all children, not just some. I'm seeing a lot of some children are not being protected from primarily females. Um, but if you do happen to come across, you know, a non-citizen child, take them home with you and send them back to their parents safely. You know why? Because there are hundreds and thousands of children that are being sex
063trafficked by non-government organizations. So, please don't contribute to that. Thank you, Annie. Hello again. I'm here to oppose this uh policy as well. The reason being is I'm of Hispanic descent. I know firsthand what it's like to have parents or family members who are dealing with this issue of of immigration, but that doesn't mean that I that I don't support the um obeying of laws. And if it so happens that federal agents or police shows up to the school and there's a parent that's affected, unfortunately, it doesn't give you the right to disobey that law. It is a federal law. Secondly, the children that are being affected, as tragic as it is, that's what you can call child protective services and put them in a safe home because there are plenty of foster parents who
064are willing to take children in on an emergency basis. So, there's always options for their students. Now, the other issue is seeing how many criminals have come into this country illegally. We don't know who they are, but they have children. So, they could be very well showing up to your school and you don't even know it. This could be a murderer. This could be a rapist. This could be some other dangerous person that could not only be looking for their child because they are afraid of being deported, but they could also affect another child. Like Mary said, it could be collateral damage. You don't want that on your on your schoolboard. You don't want that behind your name or in any of your schools. So, I urge you to not approve this as it is
065because it is a blanket policy. Revise it. Thank you, Miss Ara. So, I've been covering the border um and I know exactly what's going on there. As we know, the children that have gone missing, they're not really missing. They're being trafficked. They're being sexually assaulted, raped in every orphice of their body. And what you guys are doing is aiding and abetting the um illegal immigration by allowing this to take place. and it's actually going to put you guys at risk under 8 USC 1324. If there is anything that happens, um, you are culpable and complicit in that. And I think that we need to understand that these people when they do cross the border illegally, that's a federal offense. If I did the same, I would be put in federal prison. And so for you
066to be engaging in something that is destructive to our nation, you took an oath to the Constitution. Did you forget that? And do you understand what that means? You're actually putting other people at risk by doing this and you're taking away resources from children in this community to give it towards other children who shouldn't be here. And people have to understand that you they committed a federal offense coming. So for you to further continue down this path of of again aiding and abetting, you're not following your oath. And I wonder why you would would take it. I mean, do you just does it mean nothing? Because you're actually depriving other students of their rights. And if we understand what's going on with these children that go missing, you would see that this is a business
067to have people come in across the border like it is. The NOS's are making exorbitant amounts of money. And there's a reason why the government right now, the new administration is going against that. And you will have federal funding cut. And actually, the whole school system should be shut down because of stuff like this, because of the abuse that happens within the schools. So, I don't know if you guys are ready for a jail cell, but it looks like you're going to be getting one soon. Thank you, Rosie. So, we are a country of laws and borders to keep our citizens safe and also illegal citizens safe as well. This open border is not sustainable. It's highly dangerous. There are over 350,000 missing children, which you should all be concerned about. Fentinel running rampant across
068the border as well. and you're here to protect our students that are here to get an education and you're not here to break the law. You're a role model. You're a mentor. And so this is federal law and you will comply. So you are on the wrong side of history. You are on the losing side of history by your outward defiance. And just the fact that you're doubling down means that you guys are basically giving um you know our nation a big middle finger. I mean this is our country. You should be proud to be Americans and you should protect our interests. It's not sustainable to have millions and millions of illegals that are unvetted and unvaxed across our border. Criminals dropped into our country where we're paying them $2,000 a month. We're giving them
069free hotels. We're giving them free schooling, everything. Free medical. Our children and our grandchildren will be saddled with that debt for many, many, many years. It's not sustainable. It is not safe. We need borders. We need pe we welcome immigrants to come to this country, but do it legally. So, let's look for ways where we can work together and make it safe for everybody. make it safe for them to come but come legally and protect our kids. Thank you. Dr. Evans. Thank you board members. Um along with being on the county board of education, I am also a volunteer courtappointed special advocate for kids in foster care. Uh I work in the juvenile justice program of voices for children. I really encourage everyone in this room to participate in this program if you have free
070time as I think a lot of people here do um because you will learn a lot about uh human trafficking. You will learn a lot about the repercussions um of uh immigration of our very difficult uh process of getting citizenship. uh obstructive process of getting citizenship. It affects families negatively. Um and it is heart-rending. Uh so thank you so much for your advocacy for undocumented students and their families. Uh it is aligned uh with board policy is aligned with the California Department of Education policy and it is aligned with the US Constitution. Thank you very much. Yes, it is equal protection. Sabrina Martin. Hello, my name is Sabrina Martin and I am a senior at Mission Hills High School and I plead with you to protect our undocumented students. School is a place of learning
071and growth and no student's growth should be stifled due to being afraid that at any moment their whole life could get torn apart taken being taken away from their friends and stability that they have spent their whole life building. I have friends whose parents are so afraid of going out that it prevents them from getting basic necessities like groceries. Um, undocu undocumented students are subjected to the exact same hardships, paralyzed by the impending threat of ICE. And I am the child of an immigrant. My grandparents brought my dad here when he was four in order to give him better opportunities than the ones they had. And he became a citizen and he became a teacher and a great father. I want undocumented students to have be able to have the same opportunities my dad had
072and become successful like him. Our country is full of violence, um, hate and division right now, but our students are the future of our nation and should be able to live freely and exempt of the prejudice of others. I plead with you to have empathy and for once put yourself in their shoes. Thank you, Shashana Aguilar. Good evening board. Briefly, my name is Shashana Aguular and I am a voter voting down ballot um in our district as is my husband. I just want to express my support for resolution 39 and 38. We need to fiercely protect and advocate for the most vulnerable student populations including our immigrant population and our LGBTQ plus population. Thank you. We received one more for Aurelio Martin. Hello, my name is Ourel Martin. I'm a parent. Uh my kids attend
073Mission Hills High School. One of them is at Cal State San Marcos. Just a really quick rundown. I think there's a lot of misinformation and that's one of the biggest factors. I'm also a teacher, too. uh of what's uh greatly affecting this country in terms of empathy and everything. So just a quick insight to me, I actually worked for the uh for ICE uh customs enforcement and before I became a teacher and uh believe me when I looked the the statistics are very low in terms of who actually commits those crimes. uh the ones you guys are talking about, I'm sorry not to pick on you guys, but they represent less than 0.5 maybe 1% of the actual population according to US citizens. In terms of the uh missing children, that's actually I don't like
074to get political on this one, but it's actually Trump's donors who actually did that. If you do the research, it is it really is. Yes, but what I'm saying is that all students should be protected. And if in terms of criminology, uh in terms of criminal, uh look at speeding ticket. Are you technically a criminal when you get a speeding ticket? When you get that? I'm just saying. I mean, just the facts. Look at guys, but uh that's it. But thank you. I just want to address some of the issues. But hey, I worked in immigration. I know it. Okay, we need to sh you guys. We need to call Dale Plugenic. Back up, please. Um, I only gave you one minute. I apologize. The timer reset. Know how to get my minute um back
075where I was. So, I'm going to um kind of riff it a little bit. Um I just want to say again that we don't choose our public. Uh I myself am a child of immigrants. My dad um and his parents were uh what they call in German unmentioned um which means subhuman. And they were treated as slave laborers and taken from Poland and rounded up to work in Nazi Germany. And I don't feel as a human being that hate is the answer. I feel that love is the answer. I feel that it's very easy to hate. It is difficult to care and love for children and the students that we have in this district. And to educate children and to be an informed populace is difficult. It's easy to be ignorant. It's easy to be
076hateful. I support the board's resolution with all my heart and all of SMA's heart. Thank you. That's time for that topic and now we will be going on to the the rest of the topics. Okay. So, we will um thank you to everyone who shared their comments on 911 and 912. For those who weren't able to speak, we will reconvene at the end of our meeting. At this time, we will revert back to the standard three minute speaking time per person or per speaker in accordance with board bylaw 9323 for the other topics folks would like to speak on. Sorry, Dale, you're up again. 9.1 Don't have a This is a normal time, right? The five. Okay. All right. Um, all right. Good evening, Board President Sarah Ma, Vice President Andres Martin, Clerk Stacy Carlson,
077member Heidi Heric, and member Lena Mume, Superintendent Dr. Johnson, Deputy Superintendent Dr. Tiffany Campbell, and Assistant Superintendent. Uh, my name is Dale Ziggman Plug, and I'm president of the San Marcos Educators Association. SMA represents over a thousand members, not only teachers, but also counselors, social workers, nurses, speech language pathologists, school psychologists, and certificated staff. Um, this has been a challenging season of negotiations and made even harder right now by the district's agenda item 9.1, the resolution of a reduction in force of C 18 certificated staff. If you recall, in December's board meeting, the board authorized cuts of 1.25 25 million with cuts spread from certificated, classified, and administrative staff. And this was done with the advice to do so with a percentage similar to the staffing at SMUSD. Well, of the 29.87 proposed rifts of
078FTEES, that means full-time employees, um 18 of these FTEEs or 60% of the total are part of our membership. 36% are part of our classified brothers and sisters in CSA and a whole one member or 3% of the cuts is administration. These cuts all affect the sites and the classroom directly, going far beyond the agreed to cuts in December. We hope the board truly questions these severe cuts and votes no on this resolution. allegedly Audra, Miss Audra. Um, yeah, it's just interesting to see how you guys work and um, you know, when you think about how many children are abused on a yearly basis, it's like a billion children. And there's like two billion children in in the world. That's one out of every two children. And 8 million children go missing worldwide. And 500,000
079unaccompanied minors over that because they've lost track of all of these children intentionally got lost in the system, right? Like and like I told you, they're being raped and brutalized and sex slaves or labor slaves or having their organs harvested and we're paying for it. And I don't think that we talk about human trafficking enough, especially in places like schools where it happens, where children are actually being groomed to then have some kind of predator come in. When we're talking about sexual things with children, having them read sexual books, believe that they can be some other sex. It leads to other things. And it's very sad to see that so many people are complicit in it and they don't really care. And it's like I mean 800,000 children just go missing in the United States
080and are trafficked and there's 500,000 children in the United States that get traffic and don't get reported and when we don't talk about this kind of stuff even with students to let them know like what are the signs of that happening but instead we're we're worried about you know talking sexually to them or or having them you know talk about you know pronouns and all of these things. It's like children aren't can't even come to school and learn about things that they should be learning about. And it's really, really sad because I don't understand why people that have children or that deal with children don't see it as a problem and want to act like, "Oh my gosh, why are we talking about this?" Well, as a child that was groomed and has been basically
081trafficked to my babysitter, it happens everywhere. But I was abused for nine years and it's like nothing happened to this individual. In fact, he continued to be a predator for other children because our system is so broken because predators are protected over the children. It is an inverted world we live in and the quickest way to get to God is to get to his children. And that's what's happening across the world. And it's a disgrace to see that nobody has the coonus to stand up against it and speak out against it. Instead, everybody wants to shut up and go along to get along. But it's time that we stand up for the children and save our children because I wouldn't want to meet our maker and have to answer to him as to why I
082did nothing when I knew it was going on. Okay. Tim Grasher Grayer. Hi, thank you for allowing me to speak. Um, this is on the budget. Um, California and specifically San Marcus Unified School District, all the schools um have been going through a decline in education. the success of test scores, literacy, everything with the students. The whole state has been, but I don't know if people are aware of it in the last since the decline has started 8% increase in pupils. It's only 8% increase. We've had a 38% increase in teachers and we've had 150% increase in administrative staff. Like, what the hell is going on? Why do we have so many staff? We don't need all this. We need teachers and we need kids to be educated. And it's related. All these things I'm
083talking about are related. The San Marcus Unified School District Board unanimously passed the 22 20 not 2023 California Health Education Framework for K2. That's what's spawn in all this gender confusion allowance. We shouldn't have this stuff. I mean, but this you guys we fought in 22. We brought it to the board's attention and they they you know fell in line with the union or what the you know they they control everything here. Um but anyway, um we shouldn't be allowing uh u this this confusion to exist and this the schools and the teachers union has controlled the San Marcus Unified board for too long and it's allowed spending too much. We are spending more money. It's not a income problem. It's a spending problem and we continue to hire too many teachers, too many too
084many uh especially administrative staff. And we got to say if we have a $10 million coming in, we spend 9,500,000, put some in the bank. But we have no no um restraint. The board continuously to approve all this crazy spending and we we just can't keep doing it because enrollment is going to drop and a lot of parents aren't going to bring their kids into the school district because they say this San Marcus Unified has to crack the rules and allow a lot of things to happen. So we can't do this. We got to live within our means. Stop spending so much. educate, focus on educating the kids. How you going to be successful? Math, English, science. That's what we need. We don't need all these weird stuff that, you know, I had three kids
085go through the district and it was um, you know, we had to educate them a lot at home because they weren't getting what they needed in the classroom. Thank you, Harriet Welling. On Tuesday morning, I received an email from the school principal at Double Peak. Um, the email said that there was an incident at the school that morning, that law enforcement was needed, and that some students quote witnessed the incident. Following this, multiple parents called the front office of Double Peak to ask which grade this incident pertained to. Um, parents were told it pertained to the older grades only. As a parent to a fifth grader and a first grader, I felt partial relief over hearing from the front office that this incident did not include the grades of my children. However, due to the
086vague nature about of the email, I still felt very concerned about what the incident had included. To my grave disappointment, once my daughter exited the school bus, she let me know that not only was the incident in fifth grade, negating the report from school staff that it was not, but that she was in PE during the incident and ran away from the incident in a panic, feeling threatened. The email sent by the principal was vague and confusing. Not only did my daughter witness the incident as the email mentioned, she then had to run from the gym across the court up a set of stairs while being followed by the student who had just attacked the PE teacher. My daughter ran feeling terrified that she would be the next person this student attacked. Our family moved
087to San Marcos from Washington State a year ago. We were fortunate to have a very positive experience with public education. Previously, our children had never had an experience where they felt worried for their safety at school or felt threatened. This incident has left trauma for my child to work through and cause anxiety about attending school. As a parent who has experienced teaching special education and someone who holds a master's degree in the field, I understand that students placement has to follow the laws of least restrictive environment or LRE with the general education classroom being the ideal. However, when a student is threatening other students safety, and that's been sacrificed, in this case, including the safety of the student who has the IEP, a change needs to be made. The incident should never have happened. I
088understand that student behavior can be unpredictable and that we can't know exactly what will happen in a school day. I have empathy for everyone involved and the child that was detained. However, I'm deeply disappointed by the school's response, the lack of clear communication from administration and the impact of that on my child and all other students and families involved. The district needs to act quickly to resolve this incident as it's clear that Double Peak School is not prepared to h to handle this level of violence. Thank you, Dr. Johnson. Dr. Johnson, can you um let us know uh a little bit more about how this this uh double peak incident is being addressed? Um well, the item's not on the agenda this evening, so um I can have staff brief the board on that. I
089can definitely do that. Okay. Um it's so I I mean it is it is really concerning and and I did make a note also of Addison's um statement to the to the board. Um and I I think that um to the extent that you're able to to let us know how it's being handled to make sure that that gets communicated back to the families and the students who were absolutely you know who who were involved in that I think staff has been staff has been involved since since they incident happened this week. Okay. Yeah. Thank you. Thanks. Michelle Isaac. Hello, my name is Michelle Isaac and um I play multiple roles um here in the district and community. I have a fifth grader at Double Peak School, also have an eighth grader. I'm also a
090coach at Mission Hills High School. Um, I also was a substitute during pandemic at Double Peak School and I'm also a former private school teacher. So, I'm here just um listening to all of um the comments and um this is uh probably my third or fourth time being at a board meeting. Um understand the procedures. Um what I'm kind of perplexed about today is um some of the resolutions that are here um that you're in favor of is to protect and um you know and be an inclusive uh district which I fully support and with the incident on Tuesday um just to echo Addison who did a fabulous job articulating what our children are feeling um and I want to express that it's not just our children it's our teachers our teachers are prepared to
091walk out and use their PTO, their sick leave, if this student comes back. And again, I've known this student since kindergarten. Um, the student is not at fault here. Okay? The student has not been um set up for success. And as a teacher, um, we try to set our children up uh, for success. We tried to give them an environment where they're going to thrive and they're going to um you know develop as they should and um this child has not been provided that for the last seven years. Okay. He comes to school with full of emotions. I have stood personally in front of the student as he tried to throw a computer because he lost in a bingo game. Okay. He's competitive. He has anger and it is a distracting um uh deficiency for
092everyone. So as a parent um my child just told me he is now scared of what is next because he's been in his class. He's been his classmate. He's been his um you know his uh uh you know on the playground. He's you know um so he's like mom I I wasn't scared. this is just who Luca is, you know. But now I'm scared. I'm scared. I'm scared for my teachers. I'm scared for Mr. Williams. I'm scared for everybody. And um I'm scared, you know. I'm a volunteer. I just did a class party today. I had to make sure he wasn't on campus. Okay. So, and then just I have another topic, but I don't know if I can talk right now just to save time. Um just on the resolution for 911. No, I
093have to come back. Okay. Thank you. And I have a final one, final card for Mike for item 9.1. Mike, did he leave? Okay, there are no more cards, speaker cards. Thank you for everyone who shared their comments and like I said we'll come back uh to reconvene on public comments at the end. At this time um as uh as I motioned we will be uh discussing the two resolutions um 911 and 912. I just want to make clear that these two resolutions that we have that are being considered tonight um are uh do not represent uh a change in district policy. Um they were brought forward by uh member Carlson whom at this time I will pass. So res uh resolution 911 uh agenda item 911 resolution number 38-2425 SMUSD schools as safe places
094for all. Stacy. Yes. Uh thank you. So um yes, I brought this up um really uh the so this is a safe schools for all and this um deals with our uh LGBTQ uh students. And the reason why um I I wanted to address this issue was because in I think October, November, maybe November um Dr. Campbell gave us um a presentation uh that uh dealt with the uh surveys that we had um given to our students. And it was it was really clear and and very striking that when we were surveying our our um LGBTQ students specifically um the rates of uh chronic hopelessness, depression, um half of our students, you know, said that at some point in time they'd uh considered suicide um and things like that. uh that these students are incredibly
095vulnerable and and having a difficult time coping in our in our schools and in our system. Um and so really what this resolution was meant to do um was simply to say to our LGBTQ students and staff um that we understand that this is difficult for you and we've got your back here. Here here are the rules. here are our board policies and uh we want to affirm your right um to be here. We want you here, right? I mean, when half of our students are saying they've consider considered suicide, right? I I absolutely feel like wrapping our arms around those students and making sure that they understand every single day that we want them here in our schools and on this planet. We want them here. It's incredibly important for these students to hear
096that we need them and that they are welcome. Um, the resolution does not change board policy. Our board policies have been in existence for for many, many years. This is not a change in in the way that we currently operate in any way, shape, or form. It's simply a statement to our LGBTQ students that schools are welcome and safe spaces. Does anyone have any comments or discussions? Um, I do. Sorry. I don't know what is something going on with that. Sorry. Um, I I wasn't comfortable with this being on the agenda. Not because I don't support our LGBTQ kids. It's just that I feel like this is a very um divisive topic and I wish that we were spending our energy on the student body as a whole. Um I'm just going to I'm going
097to give an example and see if it'll help other people see it kind of how I I am seeing this on doing a resolution. I think it's important to protect all students. I I want to make sure that every student feels safe here. But last year when Jewish students through the country were feeling fearful for their lives, did we take the time to make a resolution and go through everything to make sure that those Jewish students felt comfortable here? And I know that we didn't. So that's where I just don't understand why we're making this political topic now. I just I feel like it's divisive. I feel like it's political pivoting. Um I I don't think it's what's best for our district. Um so I I hoped that it wasn't on the agenda. Obviously um
098it was. um when I hear from I mean uh Basil spoke about how uh you know Twin Oaks is a great been a great experience. Um Tiffany when you spoke um at public comment talked about how um your child was protected here. I think we're doing a good job for our um marginalized communities. But I just feel like when we just keep putting more and more spotlight, we're going to hurt more than we're going to help. It just it causes more division and I don't think it's good for our community. Um, thank you, Member Carlson, for bringing this up. I respect Member Carlson. I respect the entire board. Um, I think we can all agree that we have very polarizing opinions about these topics and that's okay. Um I think we are not uh staying
099in our lane when we attempt at a board level to um make declarations about topics like this. Um we all agree that we have different opinions and for this particular topic we disagree on where the rights of one intersect with the rights of another and we have different opinions about that and I think we need to respect each other about that. Um but I do not feel that um school board at this point in time is the appropriate time or place to discuss this. Um I understand there's current board policy about this. Passing a resolution would send a message that this is the current board's opinion and it is not my opinion. Thank you. Thank you community. Civic engagement is a very important for us. To hear each and every single one of your voices
100and to receive all your emails, whether you are for it or against it means a lot to me. Every day at my work, I do take the pledge of allegiance. Despite what public opinion is, we take it every day. Every time we have a board meeting, we do that with reason. Correct. Thank you. I also want to make a note that being of the LGBTQ community is not a mental illness as per the DSM, the Diagnostic Statistical Manual has been adopted by the Psychological Association of America. So, I just want to make that clear despite what some of you may think. I also read through the cons, right, and the pros, whichever side of the spectrum you're on of of this topic. But it was very difficult for me to read with fidelity these that
101were against this resolution or both of them for that matter. Why? because there was misinformation on this specific resolution. It was edited and what was publicly given to everybody was not the same thing that was in our former great mayor Jim Desmond's uh Facebook post, which is very unfortunate because I feel bad for all of you. You It's misinformation. It was released at uh whatever time we released for public comment for public to be aware of. So yeah. Okay. Well well despite the fact so right so you guys point those I could not read your emails with fidelity. I could not in conscious read it with fidelity. It worried me. Hey you guys there's Thank you. But other than that, it is civic engagement. I appreciate each and every single one of you, no matter
102what side of the topic you are on. But let me be clear. We are here to support all students. Okay. So, thank you. Okay. Um I um as a board member and um I feel that our number one responsibility as a school district is to educate our kids and to provide them the very best education. That's that's our number one responsibility. I and as I say this, I also understand having had sat on this at this table now for f four years now, being a parent of two kids in our school district, I also understand that when we provide this education the best way we possibly can, we also want our children to be able to receive that education. And with that in mind, I took the intent of these resolutions, for better or for
103worse, as a way to reach out to these communities. And yes, there are many different uh communities um and identities in our district. So, I do not want to exclude any one of them, but a resolution was brought forward and it is on our agenda and it is speaking to a certain member of our community. So though I feel that it is some it is a message for all of our students regardless of how they identify their values, their faith, their gender, their color, anything. This stands for all of them. But the intent of this resolution being that it is on the agenda, I want to make sure that this community also understands that we are committed to providing a safe and welcoming place so that when they come to our schools like everyone else,
104um they are they are they are safe so they can receive that education. Um, [clears throat] but that's a message for all. Um, and um, like like Stacy mentioned, um, it doesn't change our current forward policy. Um, the resolutions do not mention um, bathrooms or locker rooms or sports. Uh, we have to abide by state law on that. And um so that that's my comment and yes this I mean it goes for everyone but these resolutions are on our agenda today and I I I wouldn't feel right um not con you know affirming that for the communities we are speaking to. So my message goes out to our students, all of our students. You are safe and welcome and we will ensure that um while you are on our campuses. Okay. Can I can I
105ask a question? Um, in the second paragraph, are you looking at the I'm sorry, I don't have it. 38 38 if you if you or member Carlson could explain where it says in any program or activity. Um, would that include bathrooms or locker rooms or talking about the ED code that's being cited? Yes. So this is citing California ed code which states that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the basis of one's gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation in any program or activity conducted by an educational in institution that receives or benefits from state financial assistance or enrolls pupils who receive state student financial aid. So that paragraph is simply stating what state law and ed code currently is that we are legally required to abide by. Okay. Well, Sarah mentioned
106that this didn't involve any locker room or bathroom. So I mean in our policy in this resolution, but yes, the ED code was quoted. Okay. Okay. I'm sorry. I I just wanted to tag in on that. Are you done? Yeah. Sorry. Go ahead. Um I know that the paragraph that we was updated um went to state the district shall follow all applicable state law to ensure that all district schools and classrooms are safe and inclusive environments for all students. My question is what happens when state law does not align with federal law? Does this evidence Good question. And I don't know what will happen. I don't have the we don't have the jurisdiction. We don't have the jurisdiction in that space. But I would assume that this that that our state officials at a much
107higher office than us will will we'll have to come to terms with it some way. Yeah. My concern in this is that we're we're jumping the gun. Like I feel like right now is not the time to be putting these types of things in writing as a resolution from our district if we don't want to be doing this. You want to go ahead? Yeah. And Dr. Campbell might want to might want to fill in here. There's there is a lot happening now at the federal level. Um, I know that all school districts and superintendents in the county are looking to guidance from the San Diego County Office of of Education on on what uh the changes at the federal level are meaning for us. At this point in time, the information that I have received
108is that California law still stands until such time as we're told otherwise. So, I'm continuing to monitor and I'm in communication with the count the San Diego County Office of Education uh pretty much daily and weekly on on these matters. So, that's what that's what that's what I know as I stand right now. done the right thing already. Any any more comments? I did. I'm sorry. I just I I'm new to this so I do apologize. Um is this the point where we go through it and say like there's things that we wanted to see if we could strike or change? Yeah, if you want if you feel so there's two places where LGBTQ plus is mentioned in paragraph 13 and 16. Um hold on let me number my it's um okay so one is
109where is creating a wel welcoming and safe school environment for our LGBTQ plus students. I think we should strike that to say for all students. It is whereas creating a welcoming and safe school environment for our LGBTQ plus students. I would like to strike our LGBTQ plus and say all. I think if you if you finish if you finish the the sentence it says all it says for LGBTQ students staff families and caregivers it makes our school community more welcoming and safe to so thank you I think it does include why wouldn't we say all students just a minute I just want to remind the public that um while the board is deliberating please keep your comments at a minimum thank you okay Heidi and Stacy, continue. No, I was just I was just finishing
110the sentence because essentially what this is doing is affirming You know what? Yeah, I'm sorry. You're you're out of order. As cl Hang on. As clerk to as clerk to the board, I'm I'm trying to take notes on what the what the board is um doing. So, I would appreciate if we could keep it down so I can hear. Thank you. What? What the paragraph is is saying is that by having welcoming school environments for LGBTQ students, families, caregivers, that that makes our school community more welcome and safe for all of our students. Is that the opinion of someone? Because I would say that that's a subjective comment. There's many students that actually don't feel welcome by a lot of LGBTQ students. Well, I'm saying creating a welcoming environment for LGBTQ students, staff, and families.
111We heard many speakers tonight share that their students felt unwelcome. Um, so I'm just asking if that is is that an opinion or is that a statement? I I believe that it's a statement that by by being welcoming to any minority group that attends our school that that that is that that makes it welcoming to everybody. Well, I'm just stating from personal experience that this that this statement isn't true. Um my students have not felt welcome at times. So I would I would just um No, not because of the state. The statement says creating a welcoming environment for LGBTQ students. Yes, we're saying why can't Well, I'm saying sorry, why can't we say all? What could we just say all students in all of this? There's two places. It's there and then it's in 17
112or 16 um about the duty pro to protect LGBTQ plus students and I think we should be protecting all students. That's in that's in paragraph uh 16 right here. Okay. So, we want to amend those to say that we have a duty to protect all of our students. All students. Okay. I'm fine with that. Okay. So um I'd also sorry there's a couple more. I'd also request to strike paragraph 14. Whereas the district supports education that celebrates our different identities, integrity, and how we treat others and courage to do what is right by listening and learning from and respecting diverse viewpoints. Because I feel like this resolution is not respecting diverse viewpoints. You can respect diverse viewpoints and also disagree with them, but this resolution is stating that is stating that it respects diverse viewpoints.
113But here at public comment, we had many diverse viewpoints. So I don't think that it makes sense for us to have this in writing on this resolution that itself is upsetting half of our community. Ma'am, I'm not comfortable removing that paragraph. Um, sorry, I'm just gonna forgive me. I'm just going to have to say again. So, I serve as superintendent in this board meeting. I serve as secretary to the board and I'm trying to track what's happening here and I can't uh I can't hear when there's comments from the floor. So I'm going to have to ask as me as president Ahmad has but please keep the comments down so that I can hear but as the board is deliberating on this matter. Thank you. Okay. Um Okay. So the other So that one is
114a no for striking. The other one that I'd like to look at striking is um the one that was modified. Be it further resolved the district shall follow all applicable state laws to ensure that all districts and classrooms are safe inclusive environments for all students. Of course I want to follow the law. We're going to follow the law. I think putting this in there, like I said, in writing is setting us up for a lawsuit. And it's we have a fiduciary responsibility to our school district. Which paragraph are you looking at? That is 20. It is 20. Third one. Last page. This one. Oh, okay. Saying that we shall follow all state laws. I think we should strike that because we still don't know if we're going to be in trouble with federal law. Superintendent
115Johnson. So when it comes to federal law, that's when you'll keep us a breast of what changes and how that affects state law as well. Correct. Okay. So, but for right now, it is federal law. I think there's still confusion about which is which is going to supersede which. That's why I would say I would take it the language out bid. Correct. We haven't we have not the the district has not received the district has not received guidance on what changes to California ed code would potentially come from the changes in federal law. So that's that's the one we're monitoring from the San Diego County Office of Education. Okay. So then to me what this is saying is that if there's a change, right, then we have to follow that. We have to follow that
116change, right? But we're saying state law specifically, not not but federal will, you know, so that's why we have to wait, right? But we're putting in writing state law. That's my concern. So I mean, one of one of the things I'll just add to that is that I think as a as a board, we're obligated to follow state law. Um, so it's no hold you guys please. Um, so it's not it's like it's just re it's just you know reiterating that. So I I don't know if there's a you know remove it. It's not saying that we can't or we won't you know we have to today. So I'm not can if you guys are I'm fine with it. Yeah. We can check. Yeah. So, can I just ask a question? Um, everyone here knows
117I think by now this doesn't affect any board policy. This is actually not changing anything. So, my question is what is it doing that our superintendent and our principles are not already doing? You guys know that when I when I tried to introduce the item, which is it is a statement to our students and to our LGBTQ community that we support them and that there are already laws and rules that are in place that are here to protect them and we know that and that we we are supportive of our students. And the reason why that statement is important to those students specifically is because It it is because those students overwhelmingly have shown that they need additional support and our school data shows that those students need additional support. Can we um so purposes
118of protocol? It's my understanding it's only us speaking. Yes. So just so you know I've asked a few times to not for not for this public comment. So, SRO's if you if people continue to disrupt because they're not listening to me, you know, please uh please remove them. Thank you. Um I had one more. Sorry, this is the last one, but it's just adding in at the um paragraph 22 um be resolved that the district and school shall continue to incorporate the accurate portrayal of contributions of LGBTQ plus people. I would like to add in age appropriate school curricula. Yeah, that's fine. So um just so I can review with Dr. Johnson, we have a few amendments. So the first one being, give me a minute. Um I believe that is paragraph 13. Whereas creating
119a welcoming and faithful environment for all students, staff, families, and caregivers to makes our school community more welcoming and safe to all. And paragraph 16, I believe. Now there therefore may it be resolved that the board reaffirms its commitments to informing and supporting district employees, students, families, and community members to the fullest extent of the law about its duty to protect all students, staff, and families in accordance with California law, district board policies, and district administrative regulations. That's number two. And the first the third amendment is made be it resolve further resolved that the district and school shall continue to incorporate the accurate portrayal of contributions of LGBTQ plus people in age appropriate school curricula. Is that correct? Did I do that right? Yes, that's correct. But I also had in my notes struck the
120Oh, yes. And we struck the the one um may be further. Okay. So that's number four. Number three is we are striking from the resolution be it further resolved the district shall follow all applicable state law to ensure that all district schools and classrooms are safe and inclusive environments for all students. We are striking that one. Those were the four resolutions no amendments I should say um that we that were proposed and agreed upon at least at least in consensus. So with those in mind, do any more? Anything else? Any more? Okay. Do I have a motion to adopt resolution number 382425 as amended? So move. Any second. I'll second that. Okay. Um moved by member Carlson, seconded by member Martine to adopt resolution number 382425 as presented. Stu, student board representatives, please say your
121vote. I All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Nay. Motion uh motion carries. Thank you. All right. Moving on to item 912, resolution number 392425, advocacy and protection for all districts and uh district students. Uh Stacy, this one is yours again. Um yes, this deals with our immigrant students. Um and uh essentially the reason why I brought this one forward is because we've noticed um an increased sense of fear in our immigrant community and specifically with our students. We've noticed um a a dramatic um increase in absences and parents are afraid to send their kids to school. Um, and so this is again a statement that's really meant for our immigrant communities so that they understand that that it's safe to bring your kids to school. All right. Um, do I have any
122discussion or comments for this one? Oh, no. Sorry, Lena. Did you hear you're calling on me, Sarah? [laughter] It's okay. Um, so I am a brand new board member. Uh guys, I was just um elected this past November. So um I went to a training in December and it was wonderful. And one of my key takeaways was and actually also we had a a a retreat this past weekend and one of my key takeaways was let the superintendent do his job and stay out of his way. And I think Dr. Johnson is doing a remarkable job leading our district uh especially in these volatile times. Um I don't know if you guys are getting all of his emails, but he sent out quite a few and I wanted to just read the first paragraph of
123one email um from January 27th. Dear SMUSD staff and families, we recognize that recent discussions surrounding immigration enforcement have raised concerns within our community. We also recognize that our community is comprised of a diverse blend of individuals and a wide range of opinions and beliefs on this topic. As a district, our top priority remains the safety, well-being, and privacy of every student in our schools. I appreciate Dr. Johnson's leadership. He sent out probably three or four of these emails um to me. I want to let him do his job. I don't want the board to be involved in this. I don't think it's um a topic that personally that we should be voting on. So, I fully um support everything that is in this, but my personal opinion is that's Dr. Johnson's lane and I'm
124staying out of it. I uh kind of same I my thing is like we're going to follow the law. We're going to keep following the law. I think that Andy and the communication team have been doing a really good job at letting our district know and even doing these resolutions I feel like is saying he's not doing enough. Um I think they've been doing a really good job communicating at this this time. I just want to say what a more powerful statement for this particular community to be able to say and have confidence not just in the board but in the educators and in the community. Um I think this is a reaffirmation of what we do for our students. Uh this was presented a couple years ago. It's my understanding. So, I think it's
125just a reaffirmation of what we believe in to support our students of this particular um resolution is addressing. So, I support what it says so far. I Yeah, I mean I have no comment other than I support what it says. I'm hearing that all of us support what what it says and I agree with U. Member Heric and uh member Miam that Andy, you've been doing an amazing job. Um but me uh be as it may that these resolutions are intended to speak to our students from this community. Um I this is a message to them as well. So um thank you. I agree. I agree with everything that's said here and um I support the message to the students as well. Okay. Um sorry. Can I just get further kind of information on what
126the last paragraph or second to last paragraph I guess um what forthcoming legisl legislative efforts are we as a governing board saying that are committing to supporting in this resolution to last you say yeah that's it's it says um that we're going to support forthcoming legislative efforts that have formed in clearly stated values of safety, inclusion, and equity, including but not limited to the DACA program. this part here. So, I believe that there are um a few uh assembly bills um and state bills that are coming through um the California State Legislature that have not have not yet been passed, but are working their way through the legislature. And this resolution is unilaterally saying that our board is going to support those legislative efforts. Yes, it's saying that we it's well, it's saying that we
127are going to support legislative efforts to affirm the clearly stated values of safety, inclusion, and equity. So, I'm reading it that the governing board will continue its advocacy to urge the superintendent to continue working collaboratively with federal, what I'm hearing out in the audience is with the federal. Correct. That's my number one main thing right there. That's all I'm reading it. federal, state, regional, and local government officials. I just wanted to make sure I understand what that paragraph means. we're doing. I I don't It means that we are so we are advocating to support laws that affirm the values of safety, inclusion, and equity, including but not limited to continuing DACA, clearly articulating the rights of all students to attend school without the fear of detention and deportation, and urging state and federal legislatures, courts,
128and agencies to reaffirm that schools are now and will forever be sensitive locations where the government will not seek to detain and deport immigrant families who pose no threat to the community. That's that's yeah that's I just I feel like we're getting ourselves into possible legal action. Dr. Johnson Furpa, the Family Education Rights Privacy Act that protects our students with their information and data. I mean, are we can you explain a little about does this affect FURPA? How would that uh I don't know that anything in this paragraph would affect Furpa? Furpa is the Yeah. Family Educational Rights Privacy Act. It's another um law that we're obligated to follow as the as a K12 school district to protect student data, student information, student records, those kinds of things. Um I don't know that this would
129necessarily affect that. So if a student were to have a warrant then they are more than welcome to come into the school site and like if the judge is a student Yeah. I mean student had a warrant against them. student have a warrant for this? Oh, so the guidance that we've received is that yes, if a if a any um any official, whether it be immigration, whether it be a sheriff, whether it be whoever, um the only way they get access to student records is if they have a court order and then we're obligated to follow that court order. So, all of our administrators know that. And that's protocol, correct? Yes. Correct. Any other comments or questions or All right. Uh, do I have a motion to adopt resolution number 392425? Move to adopt. Okay.
130I'll second it. So, moved by state member Carlson, seconded by member Ma to adopt resolution number 392425 as presented. Student board representatives, please say your vote. I. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Nay. Nay. here. All right. So with that in mind, I'm going to take another five minute recess and then we'll be going to reconvene with um agenda item number six, report by superintendent Andy Wow. Thank you board members. So I have cut my presentation down to about 45 minutes this evening. Just kidding. I only have just a very very couple very very quick updates for the board uh this evening. Just I know the board is aware and you heard in public comment earlier referenced um we did host a visit to San Marcos High School. Uh this last week
131um we I am part of a um uh a group of about 10 superintendents across North County that are all working on some version of future ready learning. And so we're coming together to see if we can't learn from each other, scale our work up. Uh I was very pleased that um Michael Fulen and team are supporting that work. they are he is a a researcher who I've been reading since the 90s. Uh he's written six zillion books and uh he's here to focus to sorry to support our work and uh it was a very very positive visit and there were they were very very these are people who have seen high schools um all across the country all across the world and they had very very uh complimentary things to say about the the
132the student engagement that they saw the teaching that they saw. So that was a real big encouragement. We'll continue doing that uh work with those groups. Also just wanted to congratulate uh AXA is the association of California school administrators. Each year they do awards for various administrators. So for 2025 AXA region 18 is our region here in San Diego. Uh Dr. Christine Caro won the award for um administrator of the year uh for career and technical education and future readiness. So that was really really exciting. And we also had a counselor countywide counselor of the year Susan Martinez. uh Alejandre who is the council over at Mission Hills High School. And I will preview to the board that she and um the school psychologist at Mission Hills High School have started a a group this
133year. Was it this year? They started a group this year to um engage and support uh students who are um how would you describe this? Students who are uh at risk of ganging. That's probably the best if I can say it been very very very positive. Uh and so we are going to find the time. We talked to cabinet earlier this week about finding a time to bring them before you uh and highlight their work because it's really really really good work. That's a obviously a very very tricky situation for all communities and ours ours is not accepted. So very excited about that and so that will be coming to you at a board meeting at some point in the future. And that is all I have for you this evening. Are there any questions?
134Was Dr. Fen the one to geek out on? Yes. Yes, totally. I'm a fanboy. I'm gonna admit it. I'm a fanboy. I I did bring one of my old books from my doctoral program back in 2000 and I had them sign it. And so, yes. And then will there be a ceremony for the school counselor of the year? Yeah. When do they do you know when they're doing that? It's a countywide thing. So, they do we did a little surprise thing for admission last week. Was that last week or was that this week? Yeah, last week. Uh surprise worth flowers. Her family was there. It was really great. Um and then the county office will do a a broader anchor on our behalf and uh on uh all school counselors. School counselor week was uh
135national school counselor week was the first week in February. So thank you. Thank you to also trusty Martin for the work that you do in Ramon. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Good job. Um, we'll move on to um item number seven, presentations with 7.1, presentations with the San Allejo Middle School, Patricia Story and APS. I apologize. I think we lost the students because it's so late. I'm so bummed. I'm sorry. Well, good evening school board president Ahmad, uh, SMUSD board members, Superintendent Johnson, and the executive cabinet. We are very grateful for the opportunity to be here with you this evening to share the many ways Santa Middle School is an outstanding place for students to learn and grow. From our dedicated educators to our engaged students and supportive community, we take great pride in
136the culture of excellence that defines our school. if I knew how to use a clicker. There we go. Um, so just a brief overview of our school for those of you that may not know. We are a school of approximately 1,400 students. Of those, 1400 students, 20% of them uh qualify as socially disadvantaged. 2% uh emergent bilingual and close to 16% uh qualify as students with disabilities. While our largest demographic is close to 60% white, uh notable that our second largest demographic is our Hispanic population with 25% of our our student body. Oops. So, this year marks our 20th anniversary as a school. We celebrated with a community event where we are grateful to have our founding principal, Dr. Hall, former principal, Dr. Dborah and current president of the board Sarah Ahmad joined us for
137an afternoon with our families. The event celebrated the many years of a strong community, our current outstanding elective courses, and many fun games hosted by our ASB students. While we celebrated all the people and events that had come before us to make our school what it is today, we also acknowledged that 20 years ago was in fact not in the 1980s. And so this year marks a time for us as educators to acknowledge where our students are now as learners in the year 2025 and beyond and to focus on how we can meet their diverse needs to best prepare them for the future. As a result, our focus for this year is on embedding the middle school experience pillars within Santa Middle School. Our team of educators who were involved in the process of developing
138these pillars last year came up with the term authentic learning experiences as a way to describe what these pillars mean to us at SAMS. In the fall, each grade level department team was tasked with developing at least one new authentic learning experience. And as Sims teachers often do, they went above and beyond our expectations. our assistant principles, Cheryl Cido and Jennifer Gutierrez, uh, thought that the best way for us to explain what this term means to our site is by sharing with you some of the authentic learning experiences our students have engaged in this school year. So, I'll start with our math department. Our students participated in a probability carnival, engaging in meaningful applications of higher order thinking skills. And our eighth graders explored bungee jumping as a way to make meaning out of plotting
139plotting breath lines. Our history team held their electoral college a successful, relevant, and meaningful collaborative learning experience that enabled our students to simulate how the electoral college works. They worked in groups to predict which candidate would get the popular vote in each of the seven swing states based on historical data patterns and state values and culture. They then met to caucus with other groups and cast their predictions. Our ASB State of the Union event grounded in community connection, belonging, and the importance of student voice gave our Golden Eagles the opportunity to pose questions about our campus to our student leaders. The ASB leaders took the stage to address these student inquiries and concerns. After the event, students wrote reflections on what they learned and were given an opportunity to pose more questions if they wished.
140Students felt listened to and learned more about our campus policies. In October, SEMS hosted a deos muertos or a day of the dead immersive experience in our PAC. teachers, students, and classified staff created displays and ofas that honored culture, traditions, language, and family. Our eighth grade science teachers and our future readytosa partnered on a science ethics fair. Working in collaborative groups, students collabored to conduct research on a variety of modern ethical science topic topics, including GMO foods and should we bring back the woolly mammoth. Students took a stance on an ethical dilemma and attempted to persuade a live audience of fellow classmates and several community members using evidence, visuals, and presentation skills, which are transferable future ready skills. Our award-winning SEMS music program is grounded in community and connection. They take their musical skills beyond
141the walls of the classroom and even our campus into the greater community through performances and competitions. And we are excited pending board approval this evening to be offering some new PE courses next year including um a unified PE course where we pair students with disabilities and students without so that they can experience PE together creating community and developing leadership skills. So um we did have some students prepared to speak this evening but due to the timing and the tenor of the evening we have excused them. Mrs. Steo and Miss Gutierrez will share on their behalf. So, we know that teenagers and teenagers, those that we serve here at Santao, talk to each other often when they're struggling with big feelings like anxiety or depression, self harm, and even suicidal ideiation. A hope squad is a
142group of students nominated by their peers as good listeners and and caring fellow students. We partner with parents to ensure that their child is a good fit for Hope Squad. And this year, this is a year-long commitment that culminates in a hope week, a schoolwide event that promotes self-care and suicide prevention. One of our students was excited to share tonight. She was debuting the brand new Hope Squad shirt that just recently printed. So, we'll make sure to share some photos with you about that. Yes, please. Um, I have the privilege to work alongside several teachers supporting a very special program. Oh. show you the slide of web and it is it stands for where everybody belongs. This is a middle school orientation uh program that makes all of our new sixth graders feel welcome. We're
143actually gearing up pretty soon in the spring here to get our um upcoming eighth grade leaders. This current year we have 125 leaders. They were recommended by their teachers and they had to do an application. Um it is really fun to watch them grow into this leadership role. Uh the big event starting in August is going to be a rally. We invite all of the sixth graders and um it is really really fun. We make them feel comfortable on campus. You can see the the nerves just kind of melting away. We do this big rally and then we split off into smaller groups. We do a tour and um the feedback has been that the sixth graders feel so much more at ease coming into the year um with the support of their eighth grade
144leaders. We do many activities throughout the year, breakfast, trivia, Weber treat for Halloween. Um, and so it is just a really, really, really near and dear program to my heart to be able to support our new students and then give that leadership opportunity to our eighth graders. All right, we have a very active um student body here. So, we do all so many different things and Miss Gutierrez and I are going to talk to you about a few of those things. So, canned food drive, we had a huge canned food drive. We actually collected over 500 pounds of food for those impacted by the LA fires. Um, and we we like to do a lot of that community type service. Spirit weeks, we actually just finished one up. This week was Valentine, so we did
145um Monday was dressing to celebrate family and culture. Tuesday was twin day. We actually dressed as triplets. We looked really cute. Um [laughter] and we had a crazy hair day on Wednesday. Today was wear pink and red. So it really is an opportunity for our students to all get involved and participate. Um we have really active club program. Um as one student put it, from pickle ball to Dungeons and Dragons, there's something for everyone. And if students don't see a club that they would like to join, they can actually create their own. So, our lunchtime activities are a whole lot of fun to both watch and to participate in. So, with the change in cell phone policy, our students are making their own fun. Um, first week there was red light, green light tag. We've
146done um whipple ball tournaments. There's all kinds of things that kids are getting really, really excited about. Today, somehow um rubber ducks appeared because it was very rainy and we had a rubber duck pond that students formed. where they brought them from or how they happened. There was puddle jumping and um pretends we're biting with umbrellas. Kids are making fun, which is so wonderful to watch them not be on their devices making eye contact and engaging with each other. So, some of those activities are structured and some are good old um imagination that's driving that fun that they have together. And then um we had a a student here super excited to talk to you about our buddy club. Our buddy club right now pairs um students with disabilities and students without. There's lunchtime activities
147that they're doing. One of our students even had the idea to partner with a neighboring district with Oakrest Middle School um to do a basketball game. So, it's an inclusion basketball opportunity. And so, that's going to be happening in April. We would love to invite the board to to come out and see that happen. So, I think the important message is that our kids are leaders on our campus. They're coming up with engaging ideas and our job is to figure out how to say yes to them which is such a pleasure. Um, and we're really proud of the students that we serve at Santa. Can I make a quick comment? Um, my son is is friends with Kevin and the Buddy program has been so amazing. So, I just applaud you guys. Um, that's not
148something that my son would have raised his hand to do, but Kevin is such a great leader and he's pulled my son in and said, "Hey, like let's go and hang out with these kids." And so it's just been really inspiring and and um motivating when you have student leaders like Kevin that recruit in a really positive way these other kids that might not otherwise do that. So thank you for that program. That's all we have for you. So thank you very much for your time. I really appreciate Thank you guys. Thank you. Please let the students know that we we feel bummed out that we didn't get to hear them. So please express that. Thank you. Oh, fantastic. Okay. Item 7.2 LCAP media update. Tiffany. Good evening everyone. Um I am not Spencer. Uh
149you usually see Dr. Wabra. uh with our uh LCAP reports. Um he apologizes for his absence. There is a family emergency. So I am pinching for him. Okay. So let's fly through this midyear report, shall we? Um so just a reminder that the LCAP, the local control accountability plan is a three-year plan. We set goals for the district and schools. We um provide actions to achieve these goals, resources and supports for our English learners, foster youth, and low-income students. And we look at strategies to use resources effectively. Um the governing board has to receive a mid-year update on the LCAP as a non-consent item on or before February 28th. This is new legislation. You are welcome. This update does include uh goal and action implementation and progress as well as mid-year expenditures. As a reminder,
150this is year one of a new three-year LCAP. It is the first year that we have been able to align all of our district goals. Um so you will see our portrait of a graduate, our strategic promise goals, our LCAP goals, and our LCAP actions and measure and metrics all aligned to our strategic promise and our portrait of a graduate. Um this year um we have a total of about 22 million, a little under 22 million that's um assigned to our LCAP. Um as part of the LCAP, it used to be that we only um would discuss or look at um LCAP supplemental in our reports. However, with new legislation, we now are including two other pockets of money. um our regular LCAP supplemental as well as the learning recovery block grant which is um
151a long-term grant which will be up pretty soon. Um but we have to show how we are expending that uh how we're expending that money and also um what are uh what are the results of that expenditure. Uh we also have a little bit of equity multiplier money that is specifically for Twin Oaks High School they qualified for. So we'll touch on what they're doing with those funds. So goal one um is our future ready students goal. All SMUSD students engage in the purposeful integration of rigorous academic content and relevant experiences that develop the portrait of a graduate. We have about 4 million in LCAP supplemental that is assigned to this goal as well as about three million that's assigned to learning recovery block grant. the things that we are um in progress with in
152this grant. Big picture things. Um implementation of an emergent bilingual instructional program as part of our needs assessment where we look at data. Um one of the areas we know that is high priority is the academic social emotional and behavioral health of our emerging bilingual students. So some of the things that we are doing are glad and sadai training. This is language acquisition training for glad is for our elementary students. to die for secondary students. Elevation is a program that allows us um to look at the progress um detailed progress of our emerging bilingual students um and make some and make some responsive decisions about them. And we also have uh ebtosis that are paid for out of these two buckets of funding. We also are looking at supporting a wide range of learning and
153relevant experiences for all students. So, we use LCAP supplemental to provide support to for our AVID uh AVID sections, dual enrollment, which is college college classes for our secondary students, AP courses, as well as dual immersion program uh at our Twin Oaks Elementary School. Um lastly, multi-tered systems of support, meaning how are we providing systems um for those three big buckets again? Um and we have several tosses that we use to help us with that. So MTSS tosses, mathtosis, which is a high priority for us, early literacy toes. Um we have that we have our priority from our strategic promise, third grade reading. So foundational literacy, super important. And you just heard about the middle school experience. We also have middle school tosses. Uh middle school experience tosses um out of this funding. Goal two,
154future ready learning environments. All SMUSD classrooms and campuses are welcoming places where every student feels seen, heard, and valued. Uh there about 5.2 million dollars from LCAP supplemental that is uh encumbered for this goal. Um our big piece of that is providing a safe, inclusive, and responsive environment for each and every student across the district. We use funding for counselors, assistant principles, our Panorama survey that you heard discussed, um as well as Twin Oak's uh high transportation. We also have um we look at a continuum of services to support the comprehensive wellness of our students, staff in our community. With that, we have a community liaison. We have social workers at the secondary level. Uh safe and inclusive schools training for our staff as well as parent trainings. And lastly, uh a high priority for
155the state and for us um is our students who are um really uh needing additional support because of adverse experiences. Um so we are looking at we have a foster youth liaison as well as an M an MV coordinator um that we use with our LCAP funds. Goal three future ready educators. All SMUSDC teachers support staff administrators feel valued and supported by hiring onboarding evaluation professional learning and training practices that enable them to create future ready learning environments. About 1.8 8 million um in LCAP supplemental for this. Um this is for uh time for professional learning communities at all of our sites. Um this is a high priority for our sites. Um instructional playbook development and implementation that is directly connected to our portrait of a graduate and professional learning to develop uh AI guidelines
156that's also occurring this year. And lastly is goal four future ready systems. All of our systems are designed to support the successful development of future ready students, educators, and learning environments. There's about 7.8 million in this goal. Um, we have initiatives to support the systems that include special programs. We have a district translator. We have an administrative assistant that really supports um uh the community and uh um family engagement. We have our handover research um that does our uh family survey at the end of the year but also gives us lots of research on um things that will help us with both our students and staff and support of our students and staff. Um technology parent square'ore powers school all comes out of this LCAP supplemental budget as well as a training and attracting and
157retaining teachers and support staff. This is a large bucket of funds um that is used out of this piece um but it is a piece that helps us uh keep good educators. Dr. Campbell, are we currently using powers school in which schools? I will have to look. It is not districtwide. It is a small it's a small group of students that we use it with. Okay. I will check with Dr. Wer on that though. And then I I going back to I apologize. goal two future ready you know the safe inclusive and responsive I just highly encourage uh my colleagues because I believe we all have children I encourage you to please you know encourage your students to see their counselor or see an adult on campus because if they're not feeling safe you know
158that's what I'm there that's what I get paid you know to talk to kids and make sure they get the right help that's what we're there for thank you our last goal is goal five which is the equity multiplier goal for Twin Oaks High School. And this is a separate pocket of funding that the state gives for um schools that have a high number um of either high transients um high socio low socio socioeconomic students. Um for Twin Oaks, it was a high transient rate um that they have. It's a it's a it's a com it's an alternative school, so it's what we expect. Um so they received about $355,000. So, um, their goal was to meet to have a system that meets the wellness needs of their students. So, um, they have a social
159worker. They hired a social worker. Um, you actually heard Basil talking about the career counselor from Project Next. They use that funding. Um, and also additional transportation for students. Twin Oaks is kind of out there for some of our and they pull students from across our district. So, we provide transportation for students at Twin Oaks. So our next steps with our um LCAP, we will continue to implement actions of year 1. Um we are continuing to assess the progress of the 2425 school year and we actually will begin our needs assessment for year two very soon here at the end of the year. In June, we will present local indicators, our final expenditures as well as final progress of the implementation of year 1 actions. And then we will also present the 2526 LCAP year
160two um for approval in June by the board. And with that any questions? Thank you very much. our action agenda. Um 9 9.1 resolution number. Okay, moving on to um number nine action agenda. uh 9.1 resolution number 32-2425 elimination discontinuation of services and layoff for certified employees for the 20 2025 2026 school year. Joel, yes. Uh good evening board members. Uh this evening staff is recommending the adoption of three resolutions in total for the elimination of certificated classified and classified management positions. As the board is aware, we are experiencing a decline in student enrollment like most districts in California. As we also know, student enrollment is directly connected to our teacher staffing needs. Unfortunately, this trend has led to the necessity of implementing certificated layoffs. While this decision is difficult, it is essential to maintain
161fiscal stability and operational efficiency within our district. It is important to note that while most certificated layoffs are enrollment related, some positions are being recommended to be laid off due to a loss of categorical funding. Based on historical data, we are confident that the number of people impacted by these layoffs will be lower due to retirements and resignations that have yet to be submitted that we don't know about at this time. We are committed to transparent communication and collaboration as we handle these personnel adjustments mindful of their impact on our staff and the school community at large. We approach these meetings with potent uh with are the potentially affected employees with empathy and respect and we also keep our labor associations apprised of our any updates. Our goal is to maintain the best educational experience
162amid amid uh these current enrollment challenges. Board members, uh this is an action item uh to approve the resolution as presented. Do I have a motion to adopt resolution number 322425? So moved. Hope that was any uh any second. I second. Okay. Moved by member Miam, seconded by member Heric to adopt resolution number 322425 as presented. Student board representatives, please say your vote. I. All those in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Item number 9.2 resolution number 33-2425 elimination discontinuation of services and layoff for class of classified employees for the 2420 2526 school year. Joel. Yes. Board members. Similar to the previous item, we're recommending the board approve this resolution and direct staff to initiate the process for classified layoffs due to lack of work or lack of funds. Again, this is
163an action item with a recommendation to approve the resolution as presented. Do I have a motion to adopt resolution number 33-2425? So moved. Any seconds? Second. I'll second. You have a second. So moved by member uh member Heric, seconded by member Mium to adopt resolution number 33-2425 as presented. Student board representatives, please say your vote. I I. All those in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Item number 9.3 resolution number 34-2420- 34-2425 notice of release from administrative or sup supervisory position and reassignment. bill. This is the final layoff resolution and it includes the reduction of a classified management position. It is important to note that the employee impacted by this reduction does have bumping rights to a previously held classification uh with the district and would be reassigned accordingly. Again, this is
164an action item with a recommendation to approve the resolution as presented. Um, do I have a motion to adopt resolution number 34 2425? Move. Uh, do I have a motion to do I have a motion to adopt? Make the motion. And and Okay. Moved by member Martin, seconded by member Carlson to adopt resolution number 34-2425 as presented. Student board representatives, please say your vote. I. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Item number 9.4, presentation and public hearing, additional initial additional initial proposal of the California School Employees Association and its San Marcos chapter number 413 to the San Marcos Unified School District. Joel, yes. As the board is aware, we are currently in negotiations with CSEA. Through those discussions, CSA has made us aware that they are interested in negotiating revisions
165to the leaves article. In accordance with government code section 3547, before the parties can meet and negotiate, we must go through what's called a sunshining process. This includes uh presenting CSEA's initial proposal and conducting a public hearing. The uh presentation requirement has been satisfied when we posted the agenda. And at this time we recommend that we conduct the public hearing to satisfy that requirement. Thank you. Um this public hear this public hearing is now open. Susie, is there anyone who wishes to speak? There are no speakers. Okay. This public hearing is now closed. Right. Item number 9.5 memorandum of understanding with San Marcos Educators Association SMEA CTE funding for credential obtainment. Do I have a a Joel? Yes. Uh the purpose of thisou is to establish an agreement with with SMEA so that we can
166use CTE funds to support new CTE teachers as they work on their preliminary preliminary or clear CTE credential. This flexibility has been uh given to us with recent legislation. Under the terms of theou staff would be enrolling the CTE teachers for the courses required to get their credentials with the San Diego County Office of Education. We would also have checkpoints on their progress on a semianual basis. We included contingency language clarifying that we are happy to fund these courses for our teachers as long as the funding exists and the state legislation allows it. Again, this is an action item with a recommendation to approve theou as presented. Right. Do I have a motion to approve theou with CTE funding for credential obtainment? So moved. Okay. Second. I'll second. Moved by member Heric, seconded by member
167Bartine. Student board representatives, please say your vote. I in favor say I. Where? Oh, sorry. You guys said I together, so I figured. Yeah, they said we both said I together. Sorry. Are we? [laughter] Okay. Um, all those in favor say I. I. Any oppose? Motion carries. 9.6 Six memorandum of understanding with the California school employees association and its San Marcos chapter number 413 CS EA regarding the creation of classifications revision of current job title and classification and classified salary schedule. Joel yes with thisou staff is recommending the creation of a classification and the revision of a current classification. These changes are part of depart of a department restructure uh to operate more efficiently. The new position would be uh that of a warehouse storekeeper. Uh we've noticed the need for digitized receiving uh just
168in time ordering and the need uh for more flexibility within the warehouse team. The revisions to the duplic duplicating clerk classification are necessary in order to better reflect the duties being performed by the employee. Um they would also come with an adjustment to salary placement uh to be in line with comparable districts. Um, I also share that theou has been ratified by the association at a recent chapter meeting. This is an action item with a recommendation to approve theou as presented. Thank you. [clears throat] Do I have a motion to approve theou with csa regarding creation of classifications, revision of current job title and classification and classified salary schedule. So move and I'll second. Moved by member Carlson, seconded by member Ahmad. Student board representatives, please say your vote. I I All those in favor
169say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Right. Item number 9.7, resolution number 352425, resolution of the governing board of the San Marcos Unified School District canvasing the results of general obligation bond election held within the district on November 5th, 2024. Aaron. So on June 13, 2024, the board adopted a resolution calling for a general obligation bond election to be conducted in the district for the November 5th, 2024 election. And we are so grateful to the San Marcus Unified voters that measure JJ was approved by greater than the 55% required to pass with 57.77% of the voters voting yes on the bond measure in November. Measure JJ authorized the district to sell up to $324 million in general obligation bonds to be used for facility related construction costs only. Under the provisions of the education code,
170the board is required to certify the election results and file them with the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and the San Diego County Superintendent of Schools. This certification and filing must be completed before the district can take action to issue any bonds from measure JJ. District Bond Council has prepared the resolution to take these actions and staff recommends approval of resolution number 352425. Thank you. Do I have a motion to adopt resolution number 362425? Um any the motion? I'll second. Moved by member Martine, seconded by member Miam to adopt resolution number 362425 as presented. Student board representatives, please say your vote. I I All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. Item number 9.9, resolution number 37-2425, resolution for the execution of agreement for property exchange with Golden Door. Aaron, sorry.
171What what agenda item are we on? I was 9 9.9. I think we skipped to 9.8. Did we point 9.8? Sorry. Oh, now we're Okay. Sorry. 9.8. So, let me go back because I think I need to read the motion because I we did okay on 9.7. Yeah, you got Okay, I got him. Okay. All right. Resolution 9.8. Res. Okay. So, number 362425, resolution of the governing board of San Marcos Unified School District regarding the formation of a citizens bond oversight committee and adoption of associated bylaws. Okay. Aaron. Okay. The certification of the general obligation bond um election results in the previous action item um also kicks off a 60-day timeline in which the district must appoint members to serve on its bond oversight committee. Adoption of this resolution tonight will establish the formation of
172the measure JJ citizens bond oversight committee including establishment of the committee bylaws um that detail the role of the committee procedures for its membership meeting procedures and transparency. Um, next Thursday, as part of the facilities update to the board, we will review in more detail how the oversight committee will operate. Um, in the meantime, we will be launching the district's official bond program website next week, and notification will be sent in various forms to begin soliciting community members that may be interested in serving on the bond oversight committee. Great. Right. Do I have a motion to adopt resolution number 36 2425? I'll make the motion. Second. Moved by member Martine, seconded by member Carlson to adopt resolution number 362425 as presented. Student board representatives, please say your vote. I. All those in favor say I.
173I. Any opposed? Hey, motion carries. 9.9 resolution number 37-2425 resolution for the execution of agreement for property exchange with Golden Door. Aaron, the district acquired a 28 acre parcel located in the far north boundary of the district off Deer Springs Road from the city of San Marcos through the windown of the city's redevelopment agency many years ago and the land is still currently undeveloped and without any existing utilities. Recently, a property adjacent to Twin Oaks High School at the corner of Twin Oaks Valley Road and Cassu Road um became available for purchase that the district would like to acquire. We have developed an agreement with Golden Door Properties in which they will acquire this property next to Twin Oaks High School and subsequently exchange it for the Deer Springs Road property which the district owns.
174The fair market value based on the appraisal of the Twin Oaks High School property is $550,000. Golden Door will also provide a cash payment of $325,000 to the DI district which represents the difference in value of the Deer Springs Road property they will acquire. Approval of the resolution being considered tonight outlines the various education and government code sections that authorize this type of real property exchange and will authorize the superintendent to finalize the agreement so that the exchange of these two properties can be completed. All right. [clears throat] Do I have a motion to adopt resolution number 37-2425? So moved. I'll second. Moved by member Miam. Right. Seconded by member Am to adopt resolution number 37-2425 as presented. Student board representatives, please say your vote. I. All those in favor say I. I. I. Any
175opposed? Motion carries. Um item number 9.10 student expulsion case number uh number 5-24.25. Do I have a motion? Oh, Tiffany, please. The board has previously discussed the details of this case in close session. Staff recommends approval of student expulsion case0524.25. Right. Do I have a motion to approve student expulsion case number 5-24.25? So moved. Any second? I'll second. Moved by member Heric, seconded by member Ahmad to approve the student expulsion case number 5-24.25. All those in favor say I. Any opposed? Oh, sorry. Yeah. Sorry. Yes. Oh, yeah. So, okay. Okay. Do do again. Okay. Do I have a motion to Sorry. Sorry. You're confusing me. So, all those in favor say I. I. Okay. Any opposed? All right. Motion carries. All right. All right. We covered uh we had moved uh items agendas 911 and
176912 earlier on. So those are completed and voted on. Uh moving on to um agenda item number 10 consent agenda. Do I have a motion to approve the consent consent agenda? Moved. Right. Who was that? Stacy. Stacy. Um and Okay. Uh moved by member Carlson, seconded by member Martin. Student board representatives, please say your vote. I I Okay. All those in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Okay. Motion carries. All right. Item number 11, information agenda. Um 11.1, revisions to existing governing board policy BP 3330, claims and actions against the district and BP 3540 transportation. Is anyone going to speak to that? Okay. So, um we have two business related board policies that we're bringing um to the board for updates in and changes in law tonight. The first one is um board policy 3320
177claims and actions against the district. Um the policy is being updated to incorporate sections of the accompanying administrative regulation as the majority of the content there is related to governing board action. Therefore, it's more appropriate to be included in the board policy instead of the admin regulation. The policy also updates new dates and timelines in law related to filing claims against the district and statute of limitations for claims related to childhood sexual assault. The second board policy um 3540 is related to transportation. It updates um to reflect new legal requirements in Senate Bill 88 which places very strict limits on how drivers and vehicles are allowed to transport students. Um, essentially, um, only someone that has gone through very strict bus driver training, um, in the future will be allowed to transport students. Um, the
178days where a coach can rent out a van and drive students to an athletic game, away game, um, are over. Um, so these new regulations will go into place July 1st and our transportation director is already actively communicating these new rules to staff and we will be ready to comply next school year. Uh uh Erin, is there a number of is there like any number of students that they can't transfer? Like what if there's two students? No, it there's there is a a very um small provision that is if a an employee can transport for 40 hours during the whole year um a group. But what we're going to do with that is like when when they have to go out of town like on on a weekend, we're going to um limit it to
179just those kinds of situations if they're flying to Sacramento for a game that that would be the um their 40 hours. But around the county, um we're going to have to always have a qualified bus driver transport those students. And and and if if a coach has their his or own child, that good that's good. Or that's allowed. Yeah, you can certainly transfer your own student. Okay. All right. Um 11.2 revisions to existing governing board policies BP0460 local control and accountability plan. Uh 5113.1 chronic absence and truency 5148.2 before and after school program. uh 6158 independent study and 6170.1 transitional kindergarten. Tiffany Educational Services is bringing updates for five board policies tonight. The first 0460 local control accountability plan adds requirements from state laws SB153 and 114 to include learning recovery block grant funds and
180equity multiplier funds in the LCAP. The update also clarifies the district English learner advisory committee or DAC may serve as our LCAP English learner advisory committee. Um 5113.1 chronic absence and truency as recommended language from CSBA that the that states that the district will provide support services and interventions as early as possible for students who are identified as chronically absent or truent. It also adds language related to new law SB153 which authorizes districts to implement attendance recovery programs to make up lost instructional time and offset absences. 5148.2 before and after school program adds language from CSBA to add requirements that are related to ELOP offerings. Um, we must prioritize ELOP at schools within our lowest income communities and we must declare our intent to run ELOP with the state. Additionally, per law SB153, we may
181use ELOP to support attendance recovery efforts. This is new and we are very excited about it. Um BP6158 independent study updates the policy to current law and it actually codifies our current practices. This year's short-term independent study um we are able to use more more we have more time for independent study. So short-term independent study may be used between 1 and 15 days. For participation in a program that lasts more than 15 days. A master agreement must be signed prior to independent study taking place. less than 15 days. Um it may be signed any time during the year. Additionally, um new law states that we must make breakfast and lunch available if we are bringing students in to work on activities for two or more hours. Um that is atypical. Um but if we bring
182them in, we will feed them. And lastly, BP6170.1 transitional kindergarten. This is probably the last time we're bringing this. updates the eligibility dates for TK enrollment um and adds language to reflect new law AB 2268 which exempts TK students from assessment in English for purposes of initial identification as an English learner. All five board policies will be brought back to the board next month. Thank you. Um 11.3 revision to existing governing board policy BP 4040 and exhibit 4040. Yes, board members, this is an initial reading on the revisions to this board policy uh which is being updated to provide guidance related to the appropriate use of artificial intelligence by our staff. In addition to that um the exhibit um also uh clarifies that um the district may not prevent or restrict access to employees mobile
183um devices or other communication devices in case of an emergency. U or do you need to um assess um or access um safety measures or into a situation of emergency? Um the acceptable use agreement also includes a prohibition now uh for personally identifiable information which is really critical when staff are using uh AI um as you know like chatbt for example and has some concrete examples of what personally identifiable information uh would look like. Again, uh this is initial reading of the revisions and our plan would be to bring it back for recommended board action in March. Joel, have our um labor unions had a chance to look at this and weigh in? And we have not discussed this at length, but we we definitely will before our next board meeting. Yes, absolutely. Right. Um
184item 11.4 quarterly report of financial disclosures as of December 31st, 2024. So, the government code requires school districts to disclose its investments quarterly to the governing board. Tonight's report is for the quarter ending December December 31st, 2024. At that time, SMUSD had a total of $217 million of funds invested in various accounts. $659,000 was invested in various FDIC insured bank accounts. We also had 12 million invested in accounts related to our various CFD and financing authority accounts to be used for facility and construction purposes only. Um while the majority of our funds on deposit almost 205 million are invested with the San San Diego County Treasures Schools investment pool as required. This investment pool earned an annualized interest rate of 3.75% for the quarter. um which is excellent and you'll see when I present the
185second interim um next month that that um interest earnings is boosting our revenues um for the fiscal year. Um this report also includes a statement from the San Diego County Treasurer that they have sufficient funds to meet its obligations um of the pool for at least the next six months. Thank you Aaron. And before we close, I would like to reopen public comment. So, I'm going to um reread it. Okay. Um the San Marcos Unified District Board of Education meeting is a business meeting 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
186or speak out regardless of whether you agree or disagree. While public comment is in progress. If you speak out, you are out of order and will be asked to leave the 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. Um Susie, do we have any speakers? Um I've uh took down Suzanne Wright Meyer's name and information. She was the mom who okay who had needed additional time. Um she needed to go home and feed her babies. So uh she was not here. I did um assure her. I took her phone number and I assured her that someone from staff would would reach out to her and um
187and talk to her about her situation at Santa um to see if there could be some sort of resolution. So, I'm going to pass that over to you and let you handle that. Thank you, Stacey. Lizzie, do we have any speakers? Um, I have three cards still. Um, Michelle Isaac, um, Cheryl Cavalier, and, um, I have somebody who withdrew, and then another one for Shashonda. No. There are no more speakers. No more speakers. Okay. In that case, closing. Can I just make a quick and I speak I believe I speak on all our behalf. I want to thank the sheriffs and the SRO's that were here earlier uh supporting our meeting. So, I just want to thank them on our behalf. Thank you, Andreas. All right. So, closing items. Um item 12.1, organizational matters. The
188next regular board meeting will take place on Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. in the media center of the North County Regional Educational Center, 255 Pico Avenue, San Marcos, California 92069. This meeting is now adjourned. Thank you.