001Good evening. Today is June 24th, 2025. Welcome to the San Marino Unified School District Board of Education meeting. Here's our board president, C. Joseph Chang. Hi. Uh this Joseph Chen, Paul Preston. Uh I'm going to call to the order for uh to tonight the open section at the 7:01 uh p.m. Uh first of all uh there's a no uh report up there for the cross-section. Uh first of all I'd like to do the uh roll call. Uh Mr. Song here. Uh, Mrs. Ryan present. Uh, Mrs. uh, gear. Are they ready in the zoom? Every join. Okay. Okay. Let's take a couple minutes. Make sure the two uh board member tonight they are in the zoom. Unless it's I sent them both the links. Yeah, I don't have control. Oh, here's the agenda. It's Joanna. Looks
002like Joanna got the link. It's my perfect Okay. She is she joining as panelists. Okay. And we have both board members on right now. They are there. Both Francesca and Joanna are on Zoom. Okay. Uh we are doing for uh roll call. Uh M is a gear. Can they hear? Mrs. skill, can you hear us? How about uh John Alm? I'm here. Okay. Hear me now? Yes, we can hear you. Was that John or Frances? That's Francesca. Okay. Okay. Do roll call. Do roll call. She's hear you. She hears you. How about let's do one more time. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Roll call. Uh, Mr. Song present. Mrs. Lamb here. Mrs. Ryan here. Mrs. Gear. Yeah, we heard everything. Yeah. Mr. Chen here. 6A. Uh, pledge of allegiance. I would like the our school board
003clerk to lead for the pledge of allegiance. Well, I would be happy to please stand your right hand over your heart. All right, let's begin. I alledge to the flag of the indivisible with all. Please be seated. Thank you. 6B, approve of agenda. Do I have a motion to approve the tonight agenda? So moved. Any second? Second local Mr. Song I Mrs. Lamb I Mrs. Ryan I Mrs. Gear I Mr. 10 I motion carry. 6 C approve of a minutes. Tonight we have uh three uh minutes we need to approve. Let's start from the first one. June 9, 2025 special meeting minutes. Can I have a motion? Go ahead. Motion approved. No, no. You have to say the first date. Oh, June June 924. Yes. June 9 2025. Oh, who make a motion? Joshua did.
004Okay. And second by I would like to second. Okay. Roco. Mr. Song. Present. I Mrs. Lamb. I. Mrs. Ryan. I. Mrs. gear. Mr. Chen, I motion carried. Do I have a motion to approve of June 10, 2025 special meeting minutes? Move to approve. Second. Okay. Roll call. Mr. Song. Hi. Mrs. Lamb. I. Mrs. Ryan. I. Mrs. Gear. Hi. Mr. Chen. I lastly uh we need to approve for the June 10, 2025 regular meeting minutes. Can I have a motion? Move to approve June 10th. Second minute. Roll call. Mr. Song I. Mrs. Lamb I Mrs. Ryan I Mrs. Gear I Mr. Chain I motion approve. Next seven. Public comment. The board of education has adopted policy 9323B to ensure the public's right to be heard in any matter pertaining to the Sanino Unified School District. Person
005who wish to provide public comment will have a three option to submit a public comment. Bruce submit to a online form. Did we have any submission via the online form? No submissions today. Okay. Second request to speak during the meeting via the Zoom. Miss Hong, please post the meeting for one minute to collect the public comment. One minute starts now. Communications from the audience regarding matters not on the agenda or items in the consent, information, and action sections. Please provide your comments now. If you would like to request to speak during the meeting, please press the raise hand icon to make a request. If you're dialing home in from home, please dial star 9 to make a request or submit a public comment card. There is 30 seconds left. [Music] 124. Yes, the cycle. Yeah,
006that's a typo. The purchase. Which one? The file. The approval of the minutes. Minute. Okay. Yeah, it's just a typo. Okay. The one minute is up. There are no attendees online wishing to speak. Okay. So, no nobody nobody online. Okay. So, uh that's a typo there. Yeah. So, um it's not to the minutes itself, it's to the agenda. So, I'll correct it. Yeah. Thank you. It's not the minutes is the agenda. Dennis, thank you so much. It's um Yeah, it's just on the agenda, not on the minutes. Yeah, the actual Thank you, though. Okay. Uh let's continue. Uh third request to speak during the meeting in person via the public comment car. I think uh uh I have uh two uh common car with me. Okay. Uh first one is uh uh Melissa Kelly. Thank
007you so much. Um, so I just want to make a few comments and acknowledgement on behalf of PTA. Just want to thank everyone for your commitment to the school district. You make it just so amazing for everyone. We're so grateful. And I wanted to speak to one member of the district in particular. With her contract up for renewal, I would be remiss to not acknowledge a phenomenal opportunity our school board has to retain one of San Marino school district's most cherished assets, Dr. Linda Delator. Our district has been incredibly fortunate to have our fearless leader guiding our district as she brings 33 years of unparalleled experience with her. She is an invaluable resource and knows better than most how special San Marino is and how unique our schools are, the heart of our community. The
008term fearless leader refers to someone who acts with bravery, decisiveness, and with the willingness to take smart risks, often inspiring others to follow their lead. She doesn't rest on her laurels and works tirelessly, thoughtfully, and intelligently. Truly setting the best example for our district administration, staff, and teachers who in turn strive to do their best. She raises the bar year after year, and I can imagine our district without her leadership. Dr. Delator along with her executive team has made positive and impactful upgrades to our school district to ensure safety and security, competitive curriculum, and top-notch technology and wellness services all while keeping the health of the district's budget in mind, which is not an easy task. An example of her chosen leadership style, relying heavily on her partnerships with our community, Dr. Lator launched the
009student advisory council to gain insights from high school students facing day-to-day challenges and took their feedback into consideration. Not all super superintendent solicit feedback, especially from students. And it's not just what our superintendent accomplishes that matters. In San Marino, I think it's important how those accomplishments are made. Our district is overwhelmingly positive. The administrators, teachers, and staff want to be here. The students are proud to be a part of SM SMUSD. their families return to raise their kids here so they can also attend San Marino schools. Dr. Dator is a testament to what makes San Marino special. I believe we are truly special because of her. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Uh so this uh public comment is uh uh under the agenda on the 11E uh superintendent employee agreement amendment.
010Okay. Next one is a topic not on the agenda. Uh uh that's uh Kim Sutano to speak. Hi, good evening. I'm just going to follow whatever Marissa said. Sorry, I'm on summer mode right now. Um, but I just wanted to take a moment um during our summer break to express my words of gratitude as under the capacity um one year under my belt as Valentine's PTA president to the board for everything that you have done for our district and for Dr. July and her cabinet and your dedication showing up to all of our countless events and how hard you guys work and dedicated to all of our students. So, I just want to thank you for that and I wish you guys a great summer break after this meeting. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
011Okay, that's all we have. So, we conclude for tonight public comments. Next, uh, eight, consent section. Do I have a motion to approve the consent section from the AA to through the AK? Yes, I'd like to make the motion uh to approve the consent section A to K. Second. Any second? Second. Okay. Roll call. Mr. Song. Hi, Mrs. Salam. I Mrs. Ryan I Mrs. Gear I Mr. Chen I motion carried. Next uh nine communication section a communication from the board of education we ask the each member take no more than the three minutes to share their communication start from Mr. Song. Thank you, M. President Chang. The this summer started it and it's been a little bit quiet, but I kind of noticed but we went to the the rich ball retreat and we start
012to look at the goals and kind of come up together with the new set that we kind of setting up the vision together. I think this is great opportunity for me and the entire board to get into being the same page that what we can do for the school and I learned a lot of things that we can do things even better than last year. So I'm very excited and I know summer's coming in so we have a great summer vacations and when you come back then we're going to have the better school coming up. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, next, um, Mrs. Ryan, did you want to let um Mrs. Lamb go? Or you want me to go? You go first. Okay. Thank you so much, President Ryan. Um, or President Chang. I'm I'm
013Ryan. I just thanked myself. Nice job. Um, good job, Shelley. Um, so my communication will be very short. I just want to um again uh thank our cabinet, our superintendent, our board for um just a a wonderful year of just really working together uh delving deep into our goals. That was our third year in terms of just really um working on the four goals that we had. It was very exciting to work on the new goals for next year um because uh we're looking to innovate. we're looking to kind of move forward and really uh help push um the school district forward. Uh I did attend uh this past week the 30th anniversary celebration of the Croll Public Library. It was a 30-year I know Marissa was there with us. um just a wonderful celebration
014and I it was interesting how some of the um trustees talked about when the new inception of the library came to um tearing down the old and building new the new one. The community wasn't, you know, wrapping their arms around the idea. They kind of pushed back on change. But now that the library is built and it's how beautiful it is, the community comes together and enjoys it as well as surrounding community. So that's that vision and foresight that um I always look uh forward to. Um and so that's it. I know Mr. Chang was with me there too and um Francesca Gil was there. Okay. Uh next uh Mrs. Lamb. Thank you. Um, I'd like to take a moment to wish everyone a very great summer. I believe we've had a very successful school
015year uh with both measures passed and there's a lot of work ahead of us for the new school year which I look very much look forward to especially with the goals that we've established and seeing how we can dive deeper into integrating AI um and creating more different sustainable methods to our school district. Thank you everyone. Thank you, uh, Mrs. Sakia. Um, thank you. I'd just like to first of all thank staff, thank the teachers, thank our deck board and our superintendent for a wonderful, very productive, successful year. Everyone's worked so incredibly hard and it shows. Um, thank you. I think I see Hunter Chang in the audience. Thank you for the continued support from the city. Um and um you know I just hope that everyone takes this time over the summer to reset
016and you know refocus on the goals that we've set for ourselves. Um they're lofty but they're definitely attainable. We have the right leadership um in place and the support of the community which is so important. So thank you. Thank you. uh since this the last uh school board meeting for the 2024 to 2025 uh school uh year. Uh first of all on behalf of uh school district and the board of education I would like to appreciate uh to all the public including uh first of all I I like to uh honor for all the PDA uh leader. So tonight we have a three leader here. And secondary uh I I like to uh um honor for the school district uh the executive and and also the the staff. And the third um also including the
017uh the four school sign uh uh school uh administrator and also staff and a teacher. And uh finally I also want to honor for our uh five uh school board member since this year we are very successful but unfortunately uh uh there there's something we need to uh face but but I I I know the everyone uh work together. I think we continue to have for our future and uh in the B retreat uh we uh review our last year uh the uh B go and I can see the we have a lot of harvest. Yeah, that's reason this year we have a so much success. So I I think the Dr. diretory may want to share with us later in uh her uh section and because that I hope you know the all the
018board member can can continue to work together and because of this very important we are the volunteer uh uh and uh we the reason we are sitting here because is for our old school especially the student and the kid. Yeah, I think that's very important. So I appreciate all of your support also including the the school parent and the papri uh from the rotary club uh especially you know Mr. Nas. Yeah, you give us so much support and and also city club. We have a city car president here and also Chinese car. Yeah. I I ju just uh want to say we are so lucky uh as the school district uh board of education we we get a lot of support. Yeah, that's reason uh we get the energy continue to work for the community.
019Uh lastly, I I want to say something about Sanino. uh uh papri library foundation as you know the I I I invol lot of organization actually some of the memory is been gone but when the public library they have the poster so I find out you you know the Samarino public library they they they start in 1995 so 1996 second year I joined as the the the board of trustee and I serve for the five year as the treasurer that's before uh this uh the the new uh facility and for for the first five year the trustee I think the couple they already not here now but I I always enjoy in in the early stage you know the we work together and continue uh to to to to make a dream and finally you
020know uh the public library uh uh the new public library come true. I think this always is a collective effort and I I always appreciate you know the this smaller community always can uh and make the things happen. Yeah. Thank you. Uh, next is a B communication from the superintendent. Thank you, President Chang, members of the board executive team. This past year has been a pivotal one for our school district. With the successful passage of the bond and the renewal of Measure R, we have laid a strong financial foundation to enhance our facilities and to sustain the high quality programs for our students and programs that our community expects. The formation of a highly qualified bond oversight committee and the hiring of an experienced bond management consultant further demonstrates our commitment to transparency, fiscal responsibility,
021and excellence in education. We have also celebrated several accolades that affirm the outstanding work taking place in our schools. The receipt of both the National Blue Ribbon Award and the California Distinguished School Award has brought immense pride to our school district and highlights the dedication of our educators and high achievement of our students. In addition, our wonderful PTAs have achieved recordbreaking fundraising levels, a testament to the strength and passion of our parent community. These resources have had a direct and positive impact on the programs and our learning environments. Meanwhile, our students contend and they continue to excel both academically and beyond the classroom, representing the very best of what San Marino has to offer. As we move forward, I am confident that the momentum grounded in community, trust, and high standards will continue to carry
022us to even greater heights. That's it. That's it. Okay. Thank you. Uh next, let's go to the 10 information item uh 10A major M update. I would like to turn in over to the superintendent, Dr. Derator and Dr. Choy. Thank you. I'll turn it over to Dr. Choy. Thank you, Dr. Delator. Um, President Chang, members of the board and executive team. Tonight, I'm pleased to provide an update on the progress of the measure and bond program. I want to highlight the critical pre-construction work currently underway uh that is positioning the district for a successful project execution. Over the past several weeks, Superintendent Dr. Delator, our bond program manager, CJ Nolan, and I have been meeting with architectural firms from our pre-qualified pool. These conversations have focused on introducing the firms to the key projects planned
023under Measure M and laying the groundwork for architectural engagement. As part of this effort, CJ has been preparing the request for proposals for architectural services associated with the first wave of Measure M projects. These RFPs are scheduled to be released to our pool of architectural firms later this week. Firms will be required to submit a detailed fee proposal, identify their proposed project team, and provide a list of relevant K12 project experience. The proposed deadline is anticipated in July, and our team plans to return in August with recommendations for contract awards. At the same time, the district has made progress on the initial project budgets for all measure M initiatives. CJ is now drafting more detailed project narratives and assembling a phasing schedule to support a comprehensive implementation plan. This plan remains on schedule and is
024expected to be finalized by the end of June. We've also made progress in assessing our facilities. Roof inspections have been completed across all school campuses. Preliminary results show that the roof at San Marino High School is in the most deteriorated condition. Our roofing consultant is now preparing formal assessment reports which will help define the scope and prioritization of roofing projects. Once finalized, these projects will be procured using CAMASS pricing to ensure speed and efficiency. In addition to the architectural and facilities work, CJ is preparing a set of requests for qualifications to establish a pool of professional service providers who will support Measure M throughout its duration. These RFQS will cover a range of service categories including DSA inspectors of record, special inspections and materials testing, SQL consulting, surveying, civil engineering, and geotechnical services. This pre-qualified
025vendor pool will allow for faster proposal solicitations, and more streamlined project assignments as work moves forward. Looking ahead, we will return to the board in August with a presentation on construction delivery methods. CJ will provide an overview of options such as design bid build, design build, and lease lease back, and we'll outline the advantages and considerations associated with each. This will be an opportunity for the board to learn, to ask questions, and to provide input on the strategy that best aligns with our goals and project timelines. On the financial side, I'm pleased to share that the district successfully completed its bond sale for the initial $40 million in series A issuance earlier today. Dr. Deleator and I along with our financial adviserss at Keygent and our underwriter Piper Sandler participated in a bond rating meeting
026with Moody's. We were proud to highlight the district's strong fiscal standing which resulted in a solid double A1 credit rating. Despite some volatility in the global financial markets today, the bond sale attracted strong in interest from investors. Dr. Delator and I play followed the playbyplay updates throughout the bond sale process this morning and the bond sale resulted in a net repayment ratio of 1.77 and a true interest cost of 4.6%. By the end of the morning, we had secured participation from 30 unique investors, including top tier firms such as Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Breenidge, and Eaton Vance. At the next board meeting in August, we will provide a final financial summary of the bond sale, including the debt service schedule for the board's review and approval. At the same time, the district
027is providing um uh the necessary uh steps to move forward with paying off the remaining balance of the certificates of participation or coops. In partnership with our bond council, DWK and financial adviser Keegent, we plan to use proceeds from the bond sale to pay off the 2.65 million balance. That transaction is scheduled to be completed by July 10th. Although the physical construction has not yet begun, significant foundational work, financial planning and administr administrative work is well underway. In closing, we remain committed to transparency and will continue to keep the board and community informed through ongoing updates and regular postings on the measure M web page. Thank you. Anyone have a question? H how much bond we going to sell? Do you know? So our initial uh bond issuance is 40 million. that is our series
028Ah um and we believe um that first issuance uh will uh cover a lot of the initial phases because we have a limited time for every time you issue a bond you have three years max to spend it and uh we believe that that first initial issuance is something that's reasonable. So you have a time schedule when we pay off for COP. The COP um is scheduled to be paid off on July 10th. Jul is actually the first day that the bond uh funds will be issued. So um uh it is on that exact day that we will pay off that COP. So is that you need to uh update your uh the budget again so you don't have to pay the interest anymore. Uh it is updated. Yeah, just reflected on the or the
029one we already included. Okay, anyone have a comment question? Well, as usual, we will continue to update for the major M once a month. Yeah. Next, let's go to the 10B 2024 to is that 2024 or 2025 or or 20? Thank you. 25 to 26. Which line? 20 2024 2025. Okay, go ahead. Thank you, President Chang, members of the board, Superintendent Dr. Delatori, and Executive Cabinet. Tonight, I am pleased to provide the board with an update on the 2024 2025 local control funding formula, also known as the LCFF, local indicators. It's information item 10B on tonight's agenda. Each year, local and state indicators are reflected on the California school dashboard. The purpose of this presentation this evening is to present an overview of the local control funding formula, also known as LCS, LCFF, local indicators,
030which are annually reported on the California school dashboard. These priorities for which there is no state level data collected, only data gathered at the local level are referred to as local indicators. And then lastly, share next steps to address the local indicators found on the dashboard. The state board of education has approved standards for the local indicators to support districts in measuring and reporting their progress within appropriate state priority areas. For the local indicator reporting requirements, districts gather data for each local indicator based on locally collected data. Districts will earn a met on their California school dashboards when first progress is measured using locally available data. Second, reports are reported to the local governing board at a regularly scheduled board meeting such as this evening. And the last step is when districts upload and publicly
031report the local indicators through the California school dashboard portal. These three steps are the only necessary required actions for receiving a met status on the California school dashboard. This slide reflects the eight state priorities that must be included in the development of the local control accountability plan which is also known as the LCAP. Of the eight state priorities, five are identified as local indicators and we see those here in blue font. So these are the indicators in which data is collected at the local level not at the state level. The remaining that are in uh black font or dark gray font are is data and local uh local in state indicators where data is collected at the state level. So we look at priority number one. This is basic conditions. Districts are to annually measure
032their progress in meeting the Williams settlement requirements at 100% districtwide. These requirements include appropriately assigned teachers, access to curriculum aligned instructional materials, and safe and clean and functional school facilities. For this past year, 202425, San Reno Unified School District had all teachers appropriately credentialed and assigned. All of our students had access to standards align instructional materials and all of our facilities were in good actually I should say great repair. So this resulted in zero William complaints received. So therefore the status of this indicator is being met with the answer. Would you like me to answer? Yes. I'm sorry. Will you repeat that? without access to their own copies. Oh, my apologies. That is a typo. With access to their own Yes, that's a very important correction. Thank you for that. No, with access to their
033own copies. Thank you for pointing that out. Uh, priority number two is implementation of academic state standards. This is a state board of education approved reflection tool that was utilized to track and summarize progress in implementing the academic state standards. For this indicator, implementation of acade academic state standards for all subject areas were reported as having full implementation with sustainability. That would be annual full implementation. So therefore the status of this indicator is also being marked as met. Priority three, parent engagement. Districts are to annually reflect and measure progress made in parent or guardian and family engagement in the areas of building relationships, building partnerships for student outcomes, seeking input for decisionmaking and our amazing PTA is instrumental in making this happen as well. So for this indicator, progress is demonstrated through opportunities for parent
034and guardian engagement, self-reflection, and the California school surveys that are administered each spring, along with opportunities for input in decisionmaking. Some of these opportunities are listed here on the bottom left of this slide. The 2025 Cal Schools parent survey, which is the annual survey that's administered in the spring to all of our parents, also shows favorable results for San Marino Unifi's efforts in encouraging active participation, welcoming participation, and taking parent concerns seriously. So therefore the stat status of this indicator is also being marked as met. Priority number six is school cl Oops. There you go. Priority number six is school climate. Districts administer a local climate survey every year that provides a valid measure of perceptions of school safety and connectedness. San Marino Unified utilizes the California School Survey to to gauge students perceptions of
035safety and school connectedness, both a priority for our school district. Results are shown below here. Student survey data shows an increase in students perception of school safety and no significant change in school connectedness. Now, you will see an asterk right there where it says school safe at school. students perceptions of being safe at school is 83% and it's also broken down by grade level. The asterct in the parentheses with the plus three that indicates for the past two consecutive years that perception of feeling safe has at school has increased by 3% each year for the last two years. So we're very proud of that. And then moving on to priority seven, access to a broad course of study. Districts are to annually measure progress in the extent to which all students have access to a
036broad course of study specified in education code. We are pleased to announce that 100% of San Reno Unified students continue to have full access to a broad course of study as defined in ED code 51 51210 and 51220 A throughI. This does include all student groups including our learners of the English language, our socioeconomically disadvantaged students, our foster youth, our homeless youth, students with disabilities, all who continue to have access year after year to a broad course of study in all subject areas. Therefore, the status of this indicator is also being indicated as met. And then lastly, next steps. We are going to upload the local indicator after tonight's meeting to the fall 2025 dashboard portal. The anticipated launch of the 2025 dashboard is November 15th this year. Last year, the California school dash dashboard
037was released for public consumption on December 1st. This year we see an earlier launch and by the year 2026 the release will move to October 15th which will become the standard annual release date for all future dashboards state and local independent data. And this is because the release of the data in October more closely aligns with the public release of CASP data to best provide our staff and our parents with meaningful information to continue actionable and measurable next steps. So with next steps, it includes a deeper focus on datadriven and personalized instruction. Our schools are updating their school scorecards, strengthening the work that they're doing in universal design for learning, project-based learning, dual enrollment, and various academic pathways as a commitment to elevate student growth. They're continuing to deepen the work around activities and programs
038that increase and strengthen positive school climate. and they continue to expand opportunities to increase parent and guardian participation as well as parent and guardian engagement. And then lastly, once the dashboard is released, we will utilize the data to update LCAP goals and actions and ultimately contribute to the development of next year's local control accountability plan. And that is my brief presentation of the California local indicators for the 2425 school year. Any comment, question? Okay. If none, let's go to the the 10C uh 2024. No, it should be 2025 to 2026. No, this is um we're we're looking back. Oh, okay. Um at this past year. So, this is actually a presentation on the 202425 um board goals and the district's accomplishments related to the four uh board goals. Oh, yeah. There's two. Huh. Yes. Okay.
039Go ahead. Okay. Uh thank you, uh President Chang, members of the board of education and executive team. Um tonight I'm very proud to share the highlights of our progress um over the past school year 202425 um as we continue to advance the board's four strategic goals. Um so I'll be talking with you about our major accomplishments not going through them line by line because we did a lot of that work at our board retreat. Um so the board of education has already been informed as to exactly and precisely what the school district has done uh what the school sites have done uh and the departments have done to advance the board's goals. Um so this uh this presentation is just going to be an overview. So uh as a reminder our work is anchored in
040these four strategic goals that the board had established. um last year prior to um the beginning of the 2425 school year. Safety and wellness, uh fiscal health, service culture, and global citizenship. Each initiative and achievement that we discuss tonight directly aligns with one or more of these important areas. So, you can see uh up on the screen, we are going to be addressing these by school site. Um and the elementary schools um actually have worked a lot together to bring their programs more in line um so that there is more continuity and consistency between the two schools. Uh so at the elementary level we've seen transformative uh efforts in student wellness with restorative practices and PBIS. Um both campuses um are are applying for platinum recognition which is the highest that you can get. Um,
041so we're very proud of that accomplishment. Valentine's uh received the 2025 California Distinguished School Award, which speaks volumes about our instructional focus and our student achievement at that school. We also showed uh compassion by welcoming welcoming 69 display students from the eaten fires, which is a true testament to uh the inclusive culture at the elementary schools. at Huntington Middle School. Um they prioritized wellness through new Zen zones that were embedded um social emotional learning uh modules and instruction. their music and arts programs benefited from Prop 28 funds and over 90% of the Huntington Middle School students um participated in the arts at Huntington Middle School which is phenomenal. Um we have datadriven instruction at Huntington Middle School and we have expanded our extracurriculars to reflect a more student centered approach. San Marino High School. I'm
042going to take a little bit more time to talk about their accomplishments this year. Um, San Marino High School continues to beat academically. They are number one in English statewide amongst comprehensive high schools. Um, our ELA and math proficiency increased to 94% and 89% respectively. Um, with a 36% UC acceptance rate, up from 22%. and we're preparing students for post-secary success more effectively than ever before. And I also want to take this time to go over um some very interesting information or at least I think it is which is our class of 2025. We are very very proud of the 208 students that we had uh graduate from Sanville High School this year. Um so I wanted to highlight the college outcomes and school excellence. Um we have exceptional college pathways. Um as you are
043aware um of the uh class of 2025 77% are going to be attending four-year colleges. Um which is very high for any comprehensive high school. um 23% will be attending a community college with the intention to transfer to a four-year um once they receive their associates degree. The percentage of 2025 graduates attending uh a UC campus is 23% while 11% and 17% of our students will be attending private university in and outside of California respectively. In terms of the college acceptances, Ivy League, we have six acceptances at Brown, Cornell, Princeton, and Yale. That's pretty impressive. And actually 4% of our class of 2025 um were accepted into uh Ivy Lee, which is really phenomenal. Um United States militarymies, we had three acceptances. UC Berkeley, we had 17 acceptances. USC, nine acceptances. UCLA 13 acceptances, Penn
044State 16 acceptances. Nor Eastern 17 acceptances, Purdue 10 acceptances, Syracuse eight acceptances. Uh New York University six acceptances and MIT which is one of the hardest institutes to get into. Um we had one acceptance. So we have a student who will be attending MIT in the fall. We're very proud. Um popular majors of um these students, biology, we had 24 students. Business, 23, majoring in engineering, 17, majoring in psychology, nine students. Um 22 San Marino High School programs and preparation. Our award-winning programs and rigorous academic preparation um has they've helped our students succeed at the highest level. Graduates frequently tell us that the rigorous program at San Marino High School helped them navigate the challenges they faced while in college and beyond. We hear that more often than not from students who who have graduated
045college. They come back and they are very complimentary of how San Marino High School has prepared them for their success. We had an award-winning robotics team um in 2024. They competed in the national championships state and national champion speech and debate program. Um our Titan Medical Arts Academy continues to evolve um in important ways. We have a STEM program in part. We have a very unique humanities program in partnership with the Huntington Library. Open access for all to a wide array of advanced placement courses, amazing visual and performing arts offerings and uh CIF championship athletic teams. And that all starts with leadership. So, I want to take this moment to thank the board of education for their important leadership and the role that they play in making these connections um with our community education partners.
046Um Mr. Chang, president um Chang, you have done a lot of work with the uh humanities program, the Caltech STEM program, and of course our medical arts academy. And so we want to thank you for your dedication u of those three programs throughout your career as a board member um here in San Marino. And um I know you're getting a big fat paycheck in exchange for all of your work. So thank you. Actually he doesn't get any money but he does work really really hard. And I think we're not getting paid. Well I pay you sh out of here right? I'm on you. Nobody call me. I was just going to ask too. Um, so just thank you so much for your work because the board really does help us to retain these programs and
047to also initiate these programs and your trust and faith in staff um allow us to take those uh calculated risks and really work hard to bring these programs to our schools. So thank you so much on behalf of the students that we serve. Okay. So, District Department Accomplishments Food Services, um, they've increased this past year their serving lines to reduce feeding times and implemented universal meals for all students successfully over the last, uh, several years. They were successful this year in applying for uh, and receiving a grant to purchase a food truck. And um, you might say, well, why do we need a food truck? And food trucks um are really important uh and impactful in competing um with other uh area businesses that that have food trucks for special events and things of that
048nature. Our food services department uh is self-funded. So they have their own budget within our budget that pays for their salaries and their benefits. So the catering that they're able to provide um they use that money to help them fund their program and their supplies and the director Mina Bengali has been very successful in applying for grants and enhancing the equipment that is used in our kitchens at all four schools. And I think this food truck is is going to be a gamecher in terms of them being able to um capitalize more on catering and expand their current services. Um this past year they they actually provided the food for um one of our parent parties in San Marino and did a wonderful job. So um there's a lot of opportunity there for them uh
049to go out into the community. if we have events at Lacy Park, they can take the food truck out there and serve uh students at Lacy Park. So, it's really a wonderful thing to have and it didn't cost us any money at all. Um, in terms of technology, so proud of our technology department. Um, Dr. Troy of course of course set the bar uh with that department, transferred over to uh his chief business official role and uh we hired uh Mr. Hong from uh back from Temple City. he uh went to Temple City for what was it a couple weeks before we stole you back. So, we're glad to have you back on our professional team. Uh he has done some wonderful things in technology. Um as you know, we were successful in receiving a
050grant of about almost a half a million dollars to replace all of our uh technology, our cameras at each of the schools. And so uh under Quark's direction, we completed phase two of the Vicotta camera project and continued zero eyes gun detection training. And we did that in cooperation with our local law enforcement agency. So we had um members of the San Marino Police Department here in this boardroom uh training on the zero eyes technology. So that partnership is a very impactful important for us going forward with respect to your safety goal maintenance. Um, we added the security gate at Huntington Middle School. Um, and then the one in the bath where uh we have M in the warehouse driveway and uh they've installed water conservation sprinkler systems and they've increased perimeter security at all
051four schools, including um buzzer access for visitors now, which we did not have in the past. So, our schools are uh safer than they've ever been, and we can we're going to continue to work on that under the board's uh direction and support going forward. [Music] district department accomplishments uh accounting and purchasing accounting streamlined budget monitoring processes uh with ongoing monthly meetings. They collaborated with LEO to create a real-time dashboard of site budgets which is really important for us to get that information in real time. I think that will also help um when we meet with our PTA leadership. uh in the past they weren't able to uh figure out what how much money they had already spent versus what was already you know was which was available to them and now we're going to
052be able to provide that information in real time. Um also as the board is aware we're implementing the best system which uh and the HCM system which has been a multiple year process and we're still not there completely. Um, we're going to implement uh the HCM process. Is that April of 2026? That's correct. April of 2026. So, we still have a lot of work to do. But it is also creating work for districts. Districts are actually having to hire additional staff in accounting to manage the workload, which to me is incredible that they're creating a system that we have to, you know, that's more harder and and more labor intensive as opposed to the opposite. In today's day and age, our purchasing department um really was impactful during the time when we were in crisis
053in January after the windstorm, after the the uh eaten fire impacted our schools. Um they were able to deliver additional air purifiers, they changed out all of the filters. Um they ordered supplies and we needed supplies. We didn't even have desks for the students that we were bringing in from um local communities. So we they really had to go above and beyond. Also they participated actively in uh measure bond uh me I'm sorry measure m bond related trainings and evaluations um related to our facilities accounting uh processes. They collaborated with schools and departments to enable more direct deliveries of goods and supplies for school sites. So, uh, executive team achievements. I I really wanted just to focus on the major achievements and I I think this is this should also say board community and executive
054team achievements because our board of education was instrumental as was uh our community in being able to uh accomplish these very important things. So, passed a $200 million facilities bond which was measure M with a 71% approval. Uh that is incredible. Renewed our parcel tax measure R with a 76% approval. We increased our enrollment by 146 students. So we went from 2,944 students to 3,90 students. Um we've implemented district-wide wellness centers and I can remember several years ago with Mr. Chang uh and our student board member just talking about this as a concept. And so it has gone from just a concept that came from our student board members saying, you know, we're really stressed. There's a lot of stress being placed on us. It's it's more, you know, we have a lot of work
055to do. How do we relieve that stress? and coming up with the money uh from our our board member donations and and community members to develop this program um has been so appreciated by the students who are actively using it, our teachers, our staff, our psychologists, our counselors. It has been a gamecher for our kids. So, we now have district-wide wellness um supports being uh received from the Titan Wellness Center. It is expanded out to four schools. We also have expanded successfully our manageable language immersion program at Farber Elementary School that is open to both students at Valentine and Carver. I believe there's a waiting list right now. Two waiting. There's two waiting lists. Um and so it is a very popular program um and uh very soughta and we're so pleased that after all
056these years we were finally able to get that off the ground here in San Marino successfully. And now we're uh we've gone K from kindergarten, first grade, and this year uh we're implementing second grade. So, um districtwide, just looking at it, uh as a just a snapshot of the district as a whole, um the number one California unified school district, highest combined ELA, math, CASP scores statewide, demonstrating exceptional academic achievement across all four schools. We have a 93% pass rate on our APs. That is very very high. Our students are consistently demonstrating mastery in advanced placement coursework which is very impressive. We have a 99.5% graduation rate. So almost all students who go to Sanino High School graduate. Uh this exceeds state and national standards significantly. uh and every school district uh is always looking
057for, you know, the accolades and the awards. And I'm so proud to say that every single one of our schools has received both the California District School Award and the National Blue Ribbon Award. Um so all four schools have this past year. Um San Marino High School was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon Award and uh Valentine was recognized with the California Distinguished School Award. So, we're very proud of those two schools. And just looking forward um to 2526, some of the things that that we're going to be looking at is enhancing security cameras, emergency preparedness, expand restorative practices training, fiscal health, uh community awareness, and student success. But one of the um things that I did want to close with is what what the board of education um has come up with as their
058four board goals for 202526. And uh goal A is evaluate and enhance an environment of safety and wellness. So we will continue our work in that important area. Goal B is maintaining and implementing fiscal health and sustainability. If we don't have the money, we can't do anything. So that is really incredibly important and central to everything else that happens. Um goal C is foster community awareness and an understanding of SMUSD's mission and vision. I think that's really important. We're always trying to find ways to tell our story. And what we tend to do in this district and what we have done historically is right before we're going to go out for bond or right before we're going to try to pass or renew a parcel tax, we begin this campaign of educating our community. Why
059are we not a basic aid district. Um, why is it that we have to have schools foundation? Why do our PTAs have to raise so much money to to be able to afford uh to to provide our kids with some of the basics? Those education campaigns need to happen earlier and the board really focused on that at our retreat and and the executive team is going to make that happen. We're going to do that through ongoing education and learning opportunities so that um we're not scrambling, you know, five months, six months before a campaign. Um that we are doing it all year every year. We're going to do that through a variety of different means. We're going to work on our website. Um we have the program called Queer Gov uh that Dr. Troy is
060working on um uh implementing and that will be available this year. Right. That's right. And is going to tell our our financial story in a visual way that is very simplistic and um you don't have to have a CPA behind your name in order to be able to interpret it. You're going to be able to pull that information up on the website and really understand uh our budget in a very simplistic way. Um you will be able to tell, you know, where the money is and how it's being used. And I think that's really impactful. We're also going to be providing lunch and learn opportunities for senior community to understand better um you know why we're not a basic a district in San Marino and why we need this extra money and how it benefits
061the community through property tax um or property values I should say uh long term. So we also have uh goal D which is prepare students for post-graduate success and that uh these two last goals C and D are different than what we have had in the past. Um and we're going to be working really hard on those goals. Um we're going to be uh spearheading a uh AI task force this year and I believe uh board member Sun is going to be uh the board member representative on that committee. Walk is going to our director of technology will be uh leading that effort. Um we will have uh Dr. Choy serving as our business person and uh there will be members of our faculty on that committee as well as parents and uh community members.
062So I I really think it will be important for us to explore um how we manage um the introduction of artificial intelligence into our schools. Uh and we need to develop the uh safeguards for the responsible use of artificial intelligence going forward. It's here. So we're just going to need to embrace it and figure out how to manage it going forward. And I think that's going to be a very worthwhile endeavor. In addition to that, we're going to be looking at our CTE programs at Sanino High School. We're going to be looking at funding opportunities and grants and and determining whether or not um the current offerings meet with um the needs of our students in the future. And if they don't, we're going to be looking at um enhancing them and maybe going in
063a couple different directions that we're going to be talking with the board about going forward. So, we have a lot of work to do um in the next year and um at our administrative learning summit, we were able to sit down, go over the board's goals, develop our action plans, and really get a jump start on the work that we're going to be doing um in 2526. So, if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them. But that is basically last year at a glance and and all the work that we have accomplished which I think is um something we should all be proud of. Any question comment? Um is a food truck that we can have any type of cuisine or is specific to you can have any type of way. I
064mean the dish like you can have Asian food or you can have Mexican food or you can change the type of cuisine or it has to be tough in the Oh. Oh, she can do anything. Can can you arrange it? Maybe we can we can have a tour for food truck. Yes. Or maybe the is that suitable for the July for parade for July or going to sell the food truck? Full truck. I I will explore opportunities for us to uh bring the food truck to the board. Yeah. Oh, we can actually sell the businesses too. I mean uh she can't. start. Okay, that's good. Um, yeah, it is good. And, uh, it's branded. The food truck is branded with all four schools logos. Wow. So, it's it's state-ofthe-art when you walk. I've actually had
065the opportunity to walk through it. It's very nice. So, they park in it's right by food services right now. Birthday party. Normal standard food trucks. Yeah. Yeah. But we would love to bring it out into the community and I'm sure Dr. We are curious to see like football game, football game, fundraising too, right? We can actually auction at this birthday party with Oh, for the festival. That's good. That's good. Okay. City council meetings. We could bring the food truck. Okay. Uh, next let's go to 11 action item 11A. Approval of the 2025 20 26 local control accountability plan. Uh, Dr. Dinartor. Thank you, President Chang, members of the board, superintendent, Dr. Delator, and executive cabinet. Pursuant to education code section 52062, the district's proposed 2526 LCAP was presented to the board during a public hearing
066at the June 15th board of education meeting for review and for public input. Since its presentation on June 15, only three additions have been made to the final proposed LCAP. These additions include final attendance rate, final wellness data, and final spring I ready data. That is our formative assessment in grades K5. As required by statute, the proposed 2526 LCAP requires approval this evening and is therefore being presented as an action item. Item 11A with recommendation for the board to take action and adopt the 20 the proposed 2526 LCAP. Okay. Any question? No. If not, do I have a motion to approve the 2025 to 2026 local control accountability plan? I'd like to make the motion for the approval of the 202526 local control accountability plan. Second. A second. Okay. Local. Mr. Song. Hi. Mrs. Lam.
067I. Mrs. Mr. Ryan I Mrs. Gear I and thank you to Dr. Richter and all the parents and committee that worked on this so hard and Mr. Chen I motion carry and next 11B approval of the 2025 to SMUSD budget. I would like to turn it over to Dr. Steven Choy. Thank you President Chang, members of the board and executive team. Item 11B is an action item requesting the board's approval for the proposed 2526 district budget. What you will see tonight is largely what was presented at our last meeting. So I will walk us through the key planning factors, highlight the revenue and expenditures, and conclude with an overview of our projected ending fund balance briefly. The next two slides offer a look at the broader context of the state's financial condition. Approximately 40% of
068the state's budget continues to be constitutionally guaranteed under Prop 98. Um and on this slide, u the governor's May revised proposal continue to insulate TK through 12 uh from any major cuts and that commitment holds true today. Uh as of noon today, a final budget agreement was reached between the governor and lawmakers. That agreement notably avoids significant cuts to higher education and healthcare services. So, while we anticipate more updates on the state budget, the key takeaway is that TK through 12 education funding remains protected under the budget. The following two slides are from the school services of California projection dart board, which remains unchanged from what we saw um two weeks ago. Um the total funded ADA um at uh I'm sorry, total COLA is at 2.3%. And similarly, all other core planning factors remain
069consistent with with what was presented two weeks ago. Let's turn to our revenue assumptions. We also see no significant changes compared to two weeks ago. Our projections reflect a strong total funded ADA of 3,8.23 and an unduplicated pupil percentage of 19.28%. Revenues from LCFF, federal sources, other state contributions and local sources are all detailed on this slide and are unchanged from two weeks ago. On the expenditure side, this slide shows that similar pattern where a vast majority of our expenditures continue to go towards salaries and benefits. uh equipment costs are expected to be less compared to the 24-25 actuals and this is due to the prior year uh including several onetime expenditures that are not recurring in 2526. Things like our air conditioning units uh cameras um those are u primarily spent in 2425 and
070we do not anticipate spending um more on those items uh in this budget at this time. Uh Stephen, sorry to interrupt. Could you go back to the last slide? Yes. Is there a way in which we can um you know how equipment some things are changed out in terms of cycle can we put in there like every 8 years we're looking at air conditioning or every 12 years we look at the roof like can we get cycles of not only the services equipment but you know the materials like even textbooks right just knowing that the math textbook is up for adoption next year. It it helps us to plan for those cycles. Are we able to do that in some way? I don't mean on this sheet, right? Not not necessarily in the budget, but
071we're looking at various systems to uh better manage our assets as well as a deferred maintenance uh related uh projects. So, we know uh certain things have a certain limited uh life, right? And um those are the types of systems we're looking at especially now that we're implementing a bond. Uh we want to not just um implement and build something new but we want to take care of it. Yeah. So yeah thank you. Thank you. And on this summary slide it effectively captures our overall revenue and expenditure outlook. The proposed budget is a balanced one for 2526 and over the subsequent two fiscal years. Importantly we are not projecting deficit spending thanks in large part to an increase in both enrollment and ADA. our district is experiencing. Now, focusing on our ending fund balance, this
072slide shows several key elements highlighted in the green box. First, we propose a $2 million interfer from the general fund to the cash flow fund, which will safeguard against potential state deferrals. This transfer will also appear tonight as a separate action item. Uh, additionally, funds currently committed for the future COP uh, payments uh, will be uncommitted and essentially moved to under future fiscal stabilization. This strategic move being brought forth as resolution 18 as an action item later tonight allows the board to set aside reserves proactively. Lastly, our declining enrollment committed balance will remain unchanged as declining enrollment continues to be a concern for the state of California and the Los Angeles area. Just as a reminder, the adopted budget must be submitted to the Los Angeles County Office of Education by June 30th. Should the
073state's enacted budget change and be significantly different, school districts retain the ability to revised their district budgets during the 45day revision window. Otherwise, we will revisit and review this budget during the December 1st interim and again in the March 2nd interim reporting cycles. At this time, it is recommended that the board of education adopt the 2526 district budget as presented. Any question, comment? If none, uh, do I have a a motion to approve the 2025 to 2026 SMUSD budget? Move to approve. Any second? Friend, I think Fran. Oh, friend. Second. Okay. No call. Mr. Song I Mrs. Lamb I Mrs. Ryan I Mrs. Gear I Mr. Chen I motion carried next 11 C inter fund transfer of 2 million from the fund 0 general fund to fund 17.2 to cash flow fund. Uh, Dr. Steven
074Choy. Thank you, President Chang, members of the board and executive team. Item 11D is an action item requesting authorization for an inter fund transfer in the amount of $2 million from fund 1.0, the general fund, to fund 17.2, the cash flow fund. The board previously committed $2 million for a cash flow reserve. And with the everchanging fiscal landscape and in anticipation of potential deferrals at the state level, it is essential that we take steps to safeguard the district's ability to meet its financial obligations without disruption. The cash flow fund or fund 17.2 serves as a strategic reserve specifically designated to cover short-term cash needs. By transferring the funds at this time, the district will have the flexibility and assurance necessary to navigate any temporary cash shortfalls that may arise during the fiscal year. It is
075recommended that the board approved the enter fund transfer of $2 million from fund 1.0 to fund 17.2. Any question, comment? If none, do I have a motion to approve? I'd like to make the motion for the inner fund transfer of 2 million from fund 1.0 general fund to fund 17.2 cash flow fund. Any second? Second. Roll call. Mr. Song. Hi. Mrs. Lamb. I Mrs. Ryan. I. Mrs. Gear. Mr. Chen. I. Motion carries. Next 11D, resolution number 18, authorizing the establishment of a committed fund. I would like to turn it over to Dr. Steven Choy. Thank you, President Chang, members of the board executive team. Um, item 11D or resolution 18 is a resolution to formally commit specific general fund reserves in accordance with Gazsby Gasb Governmental Accounting Standards Board 54, which aims to improve the
076clarity and transparency of financial reporting by defining fund balance categories based on purpose and board intent. Resolution 18 declares a committed reserve of 3.5 million for fiscal stabilization and 2.5 million for declining enrollment. These amounts reflect recent board approved actions including the inter fund transfer of 2 million from the cash flow reserve to fund 17.2 and the uncommitment of the 1.5 million balance for coop repayment which has been reallocated to increase the fiscal stabilization reserve commitment from 2 million to 3.5 million. The declining enrollment reserve commitment remains unchanged at 2.5 million. This resolution also includes language clarifying that it supersedes previous resolutions related to committed fund balances and affirms the board's authority to revise these reserves in the future as necessary. It is recommended that the board of education adopt resolution 18 as presented. Any
077question, comment? If none, do I have a motion to approve resolution number 18 authorizing the establishment of a committed fund? I'd like to make the motion for resolution number 18 authorizing establishment of committed funds. Any second? Yes, I'll second. Okay. Roll call. Mr. Song. Hi, Mrs. Zen. Mrs. Rang. I. Mrs. Gear I. And I'd like to make sure my vote in favor of 11C was recorded. I couldn't get off of mute, but I um am in favor of that as well. All right. Thank you. So noted. Thank you, Mr. Chen. I motion carry. Okay. Uh last one 11E superintendent employee agreement amendment. Tonight the board is considering the recommended approval of a amendment to the superintendent employment agreement. If approved, the amendment will extend the turn of who's not muted. Someone in the room, we're
078good. Okay. Um Okay, let me repeat again. So, this is the action item. A pool of superintendent employment agreement amendment. Tonight the board is considering the recommended approval of a amendment to the superintendent employment agreement. If approved, the amendment will extend the turn of Dr. Direto's employment agreement by one year. The new turn of agreement will be July 1st, 2025 through June 30, 2028. The remant of the superintendent employment agreement shall remain unchanged and and in effect. Is there a motion to approve the amendment to employment agreement between the district and the Dr. Territory? I need I have a motion. Um I'd like to make the motion for the superintendent employee agreement uh amendment for the extended year. I'd like to second. Okay. Local. Mr. Song. Hi. Mr. Mr. Lam I Mrs. Ryan I Mrs.
079Gear I Mr. Chen I motion carry. Congratulations. Thank you. Yeah. Okay. And next uh four superintendent discussion item. It has been a great year actually despite all the challenges. This has been really a very um solid year in terms of our accomplishments and I just want to extend my sincere appreciation for the board of education for their steadfast leadership and um just having the shared moral imperative of putting kids first and unity of purpose of always, you know, centering your decisions around what is best for kids. And I think that's really what makes San Marino so successful is um the community coming together really in support of children and um obviously we're getting results and I think that is it's it's a lot of things but it's leadership and it's community those are the two
080biggest things. Thank you. And I have the best uh executive team on planet earth and uh Jennifer who keeps us all in the upright position. Um, so I just feel tremendous gratitude for the community of San Marino, our PTA leadership, um, Rotary, Chinese Club, City Club, just everything that makes San Marina so great and working together to support our youth is very satisfying and there's intrinsic value in that and I just really feel that that's the most important thing that we can do as a community. So, thank you. All right. So, any comment from the board? No. Of education. I think we adjourn. Well, uh, one more time, I like to appreciate all of the community people. Yeah. Yeah. Including the the we have the audience, uh, in person. I I I I don't know
081how many in the zoom. Yeah, I think it's a lot. Right. Um finally uh because this is the last uh school board uh meeting for 2024 to 25. So I wish everyone have a safe and happy and uh co cool uh the vacation. Yeah. Thank you. And with that uh I want to adjourn the meeting.