001Good evening. Today's April 22nd, 2025. Welcome to the San Marino Unified School District Board of Education meeting. Here's our board president, C. Joseph Chang. Thank you. Uh by the way uh before we announce action taken in the cross section, we want to remind the public of the import of this meeting and the important or often difficult uh work we must do. The board of education uh take its responsibility seriously and is committed to following history and the poor policy and procedure. We ask that the public do the same and we remind the public that the district promote it mutual respect, civility and orderly contact among the district employee, a parent and the republic. This policy is not intended to deprive any person of his her right to freedom of expression but only to maintain a
002safe environment for staff, student and the public in the interest of presenting as a positive uh role model to the student of the district as well as the community. Further people agree or disagree. The this encourage communication that show respect in both content and tongue and discourage verbally or physically uh threatening. hostile and all aggressive communication that could negatively impact the student employee and the B meeting environment. Should any person or person disrupt this meeting the four will take appropriate action. Okay. Uh now I like to uh discuss about the cross-section uh action taken. The first one 3B-1 in cost section the government board vote to uphold the proposed discipline action of a dismissal over a per permanent classified employee. The ID number 9542. The ball was as 420. The one abstension uh by Sherry
003Ryan. The poor also bought as indicate a to adopt a written order decision which shall be provided to the part to to the party. Next uh 3B-2 the board of education took anonymously anonymous action in cross-section to approve the settlement agreement for student number 7 A50. Uh last one uh 3C the board of education vote in the cross section to take action to initiate and intervene in the legal action on power school data breach litigation. Okay. Uh right now uh number five uh regular open section uh we start at 7:07 p.m. Call to order low roll call Mr. Song. Hi. Uh Miss Lamb, I'm here. Uh Mrs. Ryan, present. Uh Mrs. Gear here. Uh Mr. Chen here. By the way, uh tonight the stembo uh uh with the the senior uh assignment so is absent.
004Yeah. 6A uh pledge of allegiance. I would like to turn it over to Dina Richtor to introduce our student who will lead us in the pledge of allegiance. Thank you, Dr. Richtor. Thank you, President Chang. This evening, it is our pleasure to welcome an amazing Valentine Viking, Will Carpia, to lead the board in the salute to the flag this evening, share a little bit about himself and his school, and invite any guests or parents that he has here with him this evening. So, Will, if you will join us at the podium, we're excited to have you. Good evening. I would like to extend a warm welcome to Superintendent Dr. Deator, board president Chang, distinguished board members, the executive team, and all those in attendance tonight. My name is Will Carbia, and I'm a fifth grade
005Viking at Valentine Elementary School. I am joined here by my principal, Mrs. McAlpine, my teacher, Miss Feifer, and my parents, Andy and Kelly Karpiaak. I'm here on behalf of Valentine Elementary School as a student body president. It's been over 14 years since Valentine has had a student council and everyone is very excited to have it back. Our council consists of 16 students and five elected representatives. The elected representatives are myself, vice President Jackson Molina, treasurer Manuela Li, uh, Secretary Caitlyn Sun, and Sergeant-at-Arms Dax Harris. We meet once a week at lunch with our adviser, Miss Joyce. A student council is a fun way for kids to get involved and learn about leadership and community service in a hands-on approach. We represent the student body and contribute to school activities and events. Our first initiative as
006a council was a food drive. I'm proud to announce we successfully collected over 2,500 items for friends in need a food pantry in Pasadena who we partnered with. The items will help families in our community in b need of basic food and personal items such as toothbrushes, diapers, and more. We're also working to welcome the 40 plus students Valentine added after the fires. Starting a new school is always hard, and doing it midyear after a terrible natural disaster makes it even harder. We want these students and families to feel welcome and proud to be a Viking. This being my sixth year at Valentine, I'm a very proud to be a Viking. As I look back on my time at Valentine, I think of how much I've learned and all the fun times I've had. From
007meeting new friends and weeding who would win books in kindergarten to mastering fractions strategies, and completing monthly book reports in fifth grade, it's been an amazing journey. I'll always remember dancing to the gummy bear song, sending friends to jail at fall fair, dressing up in Halloween parades, playing on the backtop, and the fourth grade field day. Most of all, I'll remember my teachers. Each one has played a big role in making me the student and person I am today. They encouraged me and supported me and made learning fun even when it was online and there's still more fun coming up. My classmates and I are excited to finish our final year at Valentine. We look forward to competing at the playday at Lacy Park, bowling at Bolero, and participating in the hat parade, signing yearbooks,
008and sewing off our skills at talent show walking across the stage at graduation. At that time, we will officially become Huntington foxes. As much as I love Valentine and I will miss it, I'm ready to move on to HMS next year. The fifth graders were recently invited to HMS to learn about the school and toward classrooms. This got us excited about having lockers, changing classes, and choosing our electives. We also participated in an arts rock at the high school. We got where we got to see all the VAPA programs available to students and even try them out. Both of these events got me and my classmates really excited for the future. To all the board members and administrators here tonight, I want to thank you for your time and all the energy you put into
009making our schools and district truly amazing. You're doing a great job. Thank you. Tonight, as I welcome you to the San Marino Unified School District board meeting, I'd like to pay respect to our country and our flag. Please join us as we recite the pledge of allegiance. Please stand quietly and respectfully. Put your right hand Put your right hand over your heart. Ready, begin. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. I'd like to invite you to come on up here. You're going to be taking a photograph with me and the board. And I have a certificate to present to you this evening. So, you can stay right there and I'll be right there. It takes me a while to get around here. Um, so I want to compliment you
010on your speech. You covered so much contest. You are so well spoken. This is your certificate. Um, this certificate is proud to be presented to Will Park. Sincere appreciation for leading the board of education in the pledge of allegiance at the regularly scheduled meeting held on April 22nd, 2021. So, thank you so very much. We're going to take a photograph of you and then we're going to invite your parents and I think your teacher, Mrs. Ciper, here and principal. So, we're gonna have as well, sir. Yes. Very bright. Here we go. [Music] Okay, thank you. What's up? Oh, yeah. We're going to Okay. Uh, next is 9B. Uh, approve of agenda. The district is requesting a amendment to the agenda to remove the item 9B. uh public hearing and comment on the 2025 to 2026
011uh district sunshine proposal for the contract negotiation between the Sanino Unified School District and the Sanino Teacher Association SMTA and the California School Employee Association CSEA chapter uh number 120. This item will be brought back for review at the May 13, 2025 board of education meeting. Do I have a motion to approve the agenda with the proposed amendment? President Chang, I'd like to make that proposal to approve the agenda and to um postpone um items B and 9B for the public hearing. Okay. Okay. Do I I have a second? Okay. Uh roll call. Mr. Song. Hi. Mrs. uh Lamb. I uh Mrs. Ryan I. Uh Mrs. Gear I. And Mr. Chen I. A motion carried 6C. Approval of a minutes. Do I have a motion to approve the uh March 11, 2025 meeting minutes? Move
012to approve. Do I have a second? Second. Yeah. Go ahead. Second. Okay. Roll call. Mr. Song. Hi. Um, Mrs. Lamb. I. Mrs. Ryan. I. Uh, Mrs. Gear. I. And Mr. Chen. I. Motion carry. Do I have a motion to approve the March 18, 2025 special meeting minutes? Move to approve. Do I have a second? Second. A roll call. Mr. Song I. Mrs. Lamb. I. Mrs. Ryan. I. Mrs. Gear. I. And Mr. Chen. I. A. Motion carried. Do I have a motion to approve the March 19, 2025 special meeting minutes? Move to approve. Second. Uh, roll call. Uh, Mr. Song, I. Mrs. Lamb, I. Mrs. Ryan, uh, President Chang, I just want to let you know that, um, Jennifer will have to strike my vote. I was not at the special board of education meeting minutes
013on that last one. Okay. Thank you for your correction. I will abstain. Okay. I uh So right now is for the third one, right? Yeah. Mhm. For the 19. So you you have a second eye, right? I Yes. Okay. Uh roll call Mr. Song. Okay. Uh Mrs. Lamb. I uh Mrs. Ryan all same, right? Yes. The second day, right? Mhm. Okay. Uh Mrs. Gear. Hi. And Mr. the chain I motion carry. Thank you. The seven San Marino Unified School District Sparai I'd like to call the SMHS principal uh Dr. W to introduce our nine nual national Mary scholarship finalist. Dr. W. Yeah. Thank you, President Chang, members of the board, Dr. Delator, cabinet. I am pleased to be here this evening to introduce our national merit finalists. Uh San Marino High School always has a
014quite a good number of semi- finalists, but they don't always make it on to finalist stage. Um I'd like to let you know just a little bit about what it takes to make it from a semi-finalist to a finalist. And this year, all of our semi- finalists made it to the finalist spot. So, in in order to move on, the students have to obviously maintain the extremely strong grades that they have. And when I call them up, I'm going to share with you what their GPA are. They're quite amazing. Um, they also have to write a very good essay and they have to score uh either an ACT or an SAT score that validates the original extremely high PSAT score that they got that got them into the semi-finalist stage. So, it's uh it's three
015different components. It's very stringent and only 15,000 students make it to finalists for the entire country each year. All right. So, if when I call your names, if you can come up to the front here, please. Uh our first National Merit finalist is uh Caitlyn Chuang. Caitlyn is taking four advanced placement classes as a senior and she has a GPA of 4.68. Our next finalist is Leo Fang. Leo's not here. All right. Leo is taking five advanced placement classes as a senior and has a GPA of 4.74. Our next finalist is Shaniah Jasim. Shaniah is taking six advanced placement courses as a senior and has a GPA of 4.58. Our next finalist is Jing Shu Gi, not not here as well. Uh, Jingshu is taking three advanced placement courses as a senior and has a
016GPA of 4.15. Our next finalist is Jeremy Carthy. Jeremy is taking five advanced placement courses as a senior and has a GPA of 4.61. Our next finalist is Krishna Casavalu. Krishna is also taking five advanced placement courses as a senior and has a GPA of 4.54. Our next finalist is Andy Lou. Andy is also taking five advanced placement courses as a senior and has a GPA of 4.67. Our next finalist is Connor Mau. Okay, this is going to sound impossible, but Connor is taking seven advanced placement courses as a senior. And yes, that is possible because two of them are semester courses. And uh Connor has a GPA of 4.61. Ah, and last but not least, our last finalist is FA Woo. F is taking five advanced placement courses as a senior and has a
017GPA of 4.48. Congratulations. you guys uh are the best of the best and we're very proud of you. So, we have certificates for each one of you. Um and I just would like to express my sincerest appreciation to each one of you for your hard work. Um you are clearly the best and the brightest. Um and we are so proud to have you as San Marino High School students. So, thank you for everything and um we are giving you these certificates in acknowledgement of your remarkable accomplishment and we'd like to take photographs with the board of education. Um and then we would like to get a group photo with everybody, your teachers, your parents, whoever is here to represent you. Um we would love for them to be in photo. But first, we'll take one
018with just the board. Okay. So, it's gonna be tricky. So, um I'll just read one of you on my journey. Um they read as follows. In honor of your exceptional achievement as a National Merit Scholarship finalist, we proudly recognize your hard work, determination, and academic excellence. The distinction reflects not only your remarkable intellect, but also your perseverance, curiosity, and passion for learning. You are an inspiration to your peers, your school, and the entire San Marino community. We celebrate this milestone with you and we look forward to all the great things that your future holds. Presented this 22nd day of April 2025, San Marino Unified School District. Sure. All right. We're squeeze here. Okay. So, next should get the teachers up here. You got stand up. Everybody Three. One, two, and three. Perfect. Wow, that was
019Look at that. But you got it. Really? [Laughter] Seriously? Nine for nine. Really? You had Oh my god, that's awesome. They're amazing. Responsible for the greatness. I love it. Okay, I uh keep going. Thank you for teacher. I mean uh by the way, in the meantime, I like to honor the two uh person. Yeah. Uh one is uh representative for the uh Senator Sa Sasa Eden Pens. Okay. Another one is a newly addicted uh city council uh Hunter Chen uh and Hunter is the between the uh the city hall and the school district. Yeah. Uh thank you both of you come in. Okay. Okay. Uh let's go to the eight uh 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
020San Marino unified school district. Person who wish to provide public comment will have a three option to submit a public comment. First submit through a online form. Did we have any submission via the online form? There were no uh comments submitted via the online form. Okay. Thank you. Uh second request to speak during the meeting via the zoom. Uh Mr. Hall uh please post the meeting for one minutes to collect the public comment. You have one minute 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, press the raise hand icon to make a request. Phone in dialers, please dial star9 to make a request or submit a public phone
021card. There are 35 seconds left. 10 seconds left and we do not have any attendees wishing to speak. Okay. Thank you. And uh third request to speak during the meeting in person via the public common car. So far I got the three uh common car. Uh I would like to uh invite uh those three uh to to talk. Uh first one is uh uh uh Ela Pen. Okay. The agenda is introduction. Yeah. Okay. So, good evening superintendent, presidents, and the board members and everyone here. This is Elaine. I'm the district representative for state senator Shasha Renee Perez. Thank you for having me here tonight and I would like to formally introduce myself to everyone here. Our office is in Pasadena and we have bilingual staff that who can assist everyone parents, students regarding state related
022issue. I speak Chinese, Cantonese and Mandaring Chinese and we have staff who speak Spanish and other languages as well. And if the school would like to invite the senator to have any site visits or any events, please reach out to me and I'm happy to work on my schedule and visit everyone and thank you for having me again and I look forward to working with everyone. Thank you. Thank you. Uh next is uh Mr. Paul Brazer. Uh the topic is a Rotary project to support a school. Yeah. Thank you, President Chang and Superintendent Deator. I represent the Rotary Club here in San Marino and one of our big focuses is supporting the students and the teachers. So, I thought I would make a courtesy call kind of a an annual report. And I wrote it
023out wrote the list of the things we're doing out and Miss Deatory here will distribute it to the board members. But just to be brief, one of the things we do is we provided this year $40,000 in mini grants for the teachers approximately $1,000 each so they can come up with an idea, buy the materials. We also have leadership camp for the middle school and the high school I we sent 17 middle schoolers and nine high school students and the process involved they get interviewed and it's a good experience to be interviewed and then it's they're up in the camp and they have you know exercises and they meet other students they become more confident. We also have the contests, you know, the speech contest, the uh music contest, the art contest. These are chances
024they can get recognition, they can win some money, and often or not, they get their picture in the paper and the parents are happy and it's one of the amenities of a small town. We also have money for the booster organizations. The football team comes by, the basketball, the volleyball. If other sports come by, they can get a check, too. So, we're there as a resource. And we also have the Interact Club at the high school. It's like 50 students. They have an awareness walk. They raised money. They assembled meals. And so, we're just here as a resource. It's a small town and we like being part of the community and just wanted to make a courtesy call. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. The third is uh uh the topic is uh permit and then
025uh the okay uh is I [Music] I is okay. So good evening everyone and board members. My name is Ivana Lazerik and uh I am a mother of three boys and two of them are currently uh attending Valentine Elementary in first and third grade. Uh like many families we were directly affected by the Eaton fire. We had to leave our home in the middle of the night and we grabbed our kids and dog and we were telling them everything will be okay that night even if we weren't sure it would be. Uh we spent two months living in a hotels and Airbnbs and that become our life. So uh when we learned that their school has burned down, we were faced u with a heartbreaking and unexpecting reality. We had to find a new school,
026a new safe place for our kids. From that instability, we sent our kids to their first day of school here at Valentine Elementary. There were new teachers, new classmates, and we had no idea what to expect expect. But uh at the end, we were incredibly thankful for all of you, for accepting our kids, for all the teachers and principal and friends and families here. They were they accepted us with open arms and open hearts. But uh that transition was really not easy for us especially for the little ones. The first weeks were very difficult. Our six-year-old had a nightmares and um he struggled. The struggle was real and he needed to accept the fact that he's going to new school and his old school is school is simply gone. It it took time for him
027to adjust and to accept that his new environment was his new reality. And now after all of that, our boys are finally settling in here. They love it here. They're learning. They feel like they belong here. And just as things started to feel normal again for them, we are facing another disruption. And not because of disaster and fire, now because things are actually now because the things that we can actually control. So, we understand that rules and resources are matter, but right now our children need us and they already lost so much and they're at risk of losing it again because an executive order is about to expire. Their old school is burned down and they don't have where to go. If nothing changes, we'll be forced to go to another painful transition starting from
028scratch in a new place. So, I just want to say we didn't choose this situation, but we're asking you to choose what's the best for our children who are leaving it. Sorry, it's really hard. I'm just asking all of you, please do whatever you can to allow our kids to stay here. And they have already lost a lot. Let's not make them lose their school again. We'll never forget what happened, but with time and with your help, I'm hoping we can heal. Thank you so much. Okay. Uh that's all uh for tonight. Uh we conclude for the public comment. Uh next is a nine uh public hearing. a uh public hearing and a comment on the world literature ethnic study course. I would like to turn it over to Dr. Dina Richtor to conduct the
029public hearing and comment on the world literature ethnic study course. Thank you President Chang, members of the board, superintendent del Dr. Delatory and executive cabinet. The San Reno Unified School District Board of Education is holding a public hearing this evening for the adoption of the proposed World Literature Ethnic Studies Curriculum in accordance with California State Law requirements for curriculum adoption and education code 60119. Quark, may we please begin the one minute for public input and feedback? Notice of this hearing was posted for public review at the district office, Huntington Middle School, San Marino High School, and the SMUSD website 10 days in advance of this evening as required by EDC code. There are 45 seconds left. Communications from the audience regarding public hearing for the ethnic studies course. Please provide your comments now. If you
030would like to wish to request to speak during the meeting, please press the raise hand icon to make a request. If you're dialing in from home, please dial star9 to make a request. If you would like to make a public comment, please submit a public comment card. There's 20 seconds left. We do not have any attendees wishing to speak. Thank you. Okay. uh when we are in the 6B the approval of agenda we uh remove the item 9B but I doubt we we also that we also remove for item 9 C right we want there's no C it's just A and B there's no C on the updated so this Okay. Okay. Uh, next 10 consent section. Do I have a motion to approve the consent section? So move. 10 A through the 10 M.
031Okay. So moved. Second. Uh, roll call. Uh, Mr. Song. Hi. Uh, Mrs. Mr. Lamb I Mrs. Ryan I Mrs. Gear I uh Mr. Chen I uh motion carry 11 uh communication section a uh communication from the board of education we ask that each board member take no more than three minutes to share their communication staff Mr. song. Thank you. The I had a wonderful opportunity to attend the multicultural night the host by Valentine Elementary School and I have to say it's such a nice inspiring heart heartwarming evening. I impressed the how many different cultural groups that actually showing up there. It's not, you know, I see a lot of the island peoples and, you know, the different kind of countries and Scotland and Asia and all different culture. It was it was amazing and I
032walk around and I find that something that very colorful and it was that I get to see the lot of delicious food in the pictures as well and the family that can celebrate with the mo the parents and child and there's only there's only one thing that I realiz is missing which is Korea which is part of my fault because I'm I should have participated so so I'm going to participate next year to make it better for sure and it was it was a first year event and it was I think it was huge success and I hope that we Valentine keep doing this in the next year and we're going to do it better and better. Thank you so much. Thank you. Okay, next uh Mrs. Lamb. Sure. Uh I had the pleasure of
033attending open house night at Carver and as always I enjoyed the energy, the organization and the strong sense of community. One of the highlights absolutely was seeing all the students work get showcased um from the entire school year and also had a wonderful opportunity to meet dedicated teachers such as people we have here and um engaged parents. So it was a wonderful night and it's always a good sign when you know it ends at 7 and we're still there at 7:30 even though the teachers are like it's time don't go. Um thank you to the staff that made it such a huge success. Next, uh, Mrs. Ryan. Thank you. Uh, I want to thank our Valentine and our Carver, uh, principles, assistant principles, uh, Huntington Middle School. We attended the open house and it was
034wonderful. Um, I love to see all the student work and all the engagement and it's, um, wonderful when the community comes out. Uh, next, uh, Mrs. Gia. Um, thank you, President Chang. I, um, can top you. I went to one more, uh, open house than you did. I went to the Valentine, Carver, and HMS. So, I have a great perspective. Everyone's doing great at all our, uh, various school sites. Um, I attended Founders Day, which a huge congratulations to the Founders um, winners. They I mean they do so much for our school district and it's just we couldn't we couldn't run this district how we do without them. So and other volunteers that are amazing. Um I attended the Golden Apple which uh awarded which recognized our bond Measure M um organizers Micah Omera and
035Peter Co. just a huge thank you to them uh for all they did for us and getting measure M passed and I'm so excited for what's to come with that. I have been meeting weekly with um Dr. Deator and President Chang on the updates and I will allow uh Dr. Deator to fill us in there but um good things are happening. So thank you. Thank you. Uh the first time I take uh spring break uh go to oversee uh the two weeks. So I was in the Japan and Taiwan. Uh the reason I go to Taiwan because uh uh uh we call the I don't know you understand the the three pin three pin the top mean went to the cemetery. Yeah. To to worship my parent. Yeah. Because they they are in after they
036pass away in Taiwan. I I move back to the move their body to Taiwan. Yeah. So and the secondary I I went to the Japan capote, you know, I I can see the Asian uh uh in the Asia, you know, the Taiwan uh uh Japan people is very anxiety. they have a lot of anxiety on um President Trump because every day people are looking for TV and the newspaper and want to know what is the tariff you know is that another 10% or 20% and I al also made a lot of entrepreneur you know the they they are worried about I think they feel the world is going to change yeah and uh they they they are not Sure. You know the because the the exchange rate is is changing. Yeah. So so I think
037the Japanese yen is going the strong. Yeah. Yeah. So a lot of anxiety I see the problem mental health is a morning need. Okay that's it. Next go to the communication from the superintendent. Thank you President Ch. Um, so I I'm really pleased to see uh our Rotary president here tonight. And I I've been thinking about the all that Rotary does to support our schools and our teachers and the wonderful education that we're able to provide in San Marino. Um, so thank you, Mr. Brasard, for being here. Um, Dr. Richard and I had the distinct pleasure of um attending Rotary last Thursday wherein one of our high school uh CTE teachers, Courtney Rushing, was there with um her students who um were there to compete by pitching their business ideas and concepts to Rotary. and
038Rotary had uh judges that were pre-selected who were evaluating their business plans as they presented them on stage in front of the entire group. And um it was it was really very impressive um for us to watch um and and one of the visitors who was there at the end um was was so impressed with our kids that he said, you know, I'm going to match the amount that Rotary is giving to our first place, second place, third and fourth place teams. I'm going to match that. I mean, I'm so impressed with these kids. It's hard for adults to get up and speak publicly in front of a group of people, but to see our high school students stand up there with such an organized, professional business plan. Um, and they all had very different
039business u ideas and concepts. They knew who their competition would be. They knew exactly how much money they needed to purchase equipment for their business, staffing. They knew what their uh were going to be. They also knew um exactly how much money they needed on a monthly basis to pay down the loan that they were going to take out to operate their business. I mean, everything was very well thought out and very well organized and very well presented. So, it just made me uh reflect on um the quality of our programs at San Marino High School um and throughout our entire district and just the opportunities that we provide to our students to really um lean into what they want to do in the future and have opportunities to grow and expand their learning and
040and and our community supports that. Um, and one of the things I've been thinking about a lot along the lines of what um, President Chang was saying, our nation is, and I'm not going to get into politics so nobody has to worry and nobody has to leave the room. Our nation is more divided as a country than it has ever been. Um, and our society is is more divided. And in times like this, um, I'm thinking about our education system, right? My whole world needs to be focused on our education and what we're able to provide for our students in our community. And when superintendent and assistant superintendent and board members say to me, you know, what is the secret in San Marino? How is San Marino able to provide such an outstanding education? You're
041one of the lowest funded school districts in the entire state of California, yet you're one of the highest performing. How is that? What are you guys doing in San Marino that we're not doing over here or over there? And of course I say Lisa Davidson, right? So I say, you know, I say inevitably it is the difference is the parents, it is the the grandparents, it is the community members, it is our entire San Marino community has very um shared values. We value education in this community. We have unity of purpose. We all rally around our education system and it's really the heart and the soul of this community of San Marino and and while we're the lowest one of the lowest funded school districts because we don't qualify to be a basic a district
042somehow we figure out how to make the most of what we have. Our parents are extremely generous. Uh Rotary makes donations. We have the president of PT affiliates here who donated a considerable amount of money. for our medical arts program at San Marino High School. Without that, this would be a very different school district. So, I guess what I'm what I'm saying is I really feel like we need to walk arms. You know, our PTA affiliates president is here who donated all that money. I just said that. Oh, you said that? Ask her to stand. Oh, Stephanie, we want to thank you for all of your years of dedicated support and all the financial Yes. Yes. Did you bring your checkbook? Yeah. Did you bring your checkbook? Absolutely. No, we're we're extremely grateful and I
043had the opportunity to meet with PT affiliates this morning. Okay. And I did thank them for their, you know, contributions and their support of our schools. But we have Rotary in the room now. We have um PT affiliates in the room. We have city council city room here supporting our schools by being here on his own time which we're grateful for. But that just it it just illustrates, you know, how supportive our entire community is of our education system. So I I ask us all to stay together um stay strong, right? Attitudes and behaviors are contagious. Let's all be positive, be the light in the room. Um continue to how we can all come together and rally around San Marino Unified School District and the education that we continue to provide our students. Um it's
044easy to get caught up in um controversy or toxicity and in this environment and I just ask that we all focus on what is important and what is important in this community is our education system. So thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for what you all do as leaders. The board doesn't need a salary to be up here. They don't need their time. They don't need their energy. What? We don't get paid. I didn't know that. After 13 years, I didn't know that. We have teachers sitting here, right? They're tied. Four. Four. Sorry, I didn't see you. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. That's right. Um, we have four teachers sitting here, right, on their own time, um, supporting our education system. They're probably exhausted. They've had, you know, they've been here the entire
045day in front of doing what they do best and yet they're here. So, I just really have so much respect and admiration for our community and for the leadership in our community and um I want to thank everybody for coming together and continuing to come together. Um so, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for what you do. My pleasure. That's it. You want me to say more? Sure. Yeah. I I I want to say more. Yeah. Uh you know, I I Why did you say Linda, Linda, Linda? Well, just one sentence. you you know when when I go the oversea I I I really I always miss the San Marino and then I I I I appreciate I am living in the San Marino almost 40 year because you you compare the other
046country you know the you you you cannot get the same the like the living quality like like you know the I also uh pass the uh show Otani uh hometown. Yeah. So I I I I trying to see the why they can't have a this superstar in the best golf uh basketball field. How about our ta can can get a superstar. Yeah. Yeah. So, so you you know the we one of four goal is a global citizen. Yeah. So, so I think we we we all as a board member I I think we always think about how we we can improve and and also I I I think our teenager is so lucky you know when I'm in the Japan I'm thinking what happened there in the Republic of San Marino because 10 years ago
047I and the city council we we visit the uh the Republic of Sanino as the city uh she she's the city. Yeah. So I I want them also get the same treatment like 10 years ago but but I'm not able to call. Yeah. Anyway, we we need to continue for the agenda. The 12 information item uh 12A uh major M update. I would like to turn it over to the superintendent Dr. Tritorii and Dr. choice to update the po on the the progress and the current standing of major M. Thank you, President defer to Dr. Chroy who's been working really hard on this. So, Dr. Choy, thank you. Uh, good evening, President Chang, members of the board, uh, Superintendent Delator, and executive team. Uh, it is my pleasure to provide an update on Measure M.
048As you know, in November of 2024, SMUSD voters unanimously um and overwhelmingly approved uh Measure M, a $200 million general obligation bond with more than 71% support. This resounding passage reflects our community's strong commitment to investing in our school's modernization and long-term success. Since the passage of Measure M, the district has taken swift action to lay the groundwork for a successful program. One of the first steps was establishing a citizens bond oversight committee to ensure transparency and accountability throughout the process. We were pleased to receive over 30 applications from community members eager to serve on the committee. District leadership continues to closely uh collaborate with the board. In addition to ongoing communications, Dr. Delator and I have established standing meetings with the board president and vice president. These regular touch points allow us to focus
049specifically on MeasureM uh to provide timely updates, report on progress, and gather valuable input and guidance from board leadership. A key milestone in our implementation timeline is the selection of a bond program manager. In January of 2025, the district issued a request for qualifications uh for bond program management services, and we received six responses. Um, an evaluation committee was formed to review the proposals and following a thorough selection process and screening process. Three firms were invited to interview. Later tonight, we will bring forward a recommendation to the board for approval of a contract with the selected firm to serve as our program manager. And once the program manager is on board, we will move into the next critical phase of planning. This process will include revisiting our facilities master plan, working in partnership with the
050board to identify and prioritize measure M projects, develop a phased implementation strategy, and coordinate with our financial adviserss to plan responsibly and structure bond issuances. To support this vital work, a board study session is planned for May 13th at 3 PM. The session will focus on project prioritization and provide an overview of general obligation bond financing. Finally, I'd like to highlight that regular updates on MeasureM are provided on the district's MeasureM web page, where the community can stay informed about progress, key milestones, and upcoming events. We are excited to move forward and remain deeply committed to thoughtful planning, active community engagement, and strong fiscal stewardship. Thank you to the board of education for your continued support and leadership. And that concludes my update on measure M. Uh thank thank you for Dr. Choy. Uh I'd
051like to make a comment on uh this agenda. If you continuously uh follow up in the school board meeting agenda, you you can see the in the information item you know major m update always the first one you know this the intention from our board member. Yeah you know since we approve the citizen approve 200 million we really appreciate because uh you know including my my kid you know they are in the in the 90. Yeah. So for the last 20 year they are b man b man b man b man b man b man b man b man b man b man benefactor you know from the last the two uh the uh the bang yeah and right now they have been 30 or 40 years old and and in the society or in
052the in the world. So I think the 200 million is going to build up for our uh the hardware and the uh the our the structure. So this is the most uh meaningful and also significant uh the the project. So I I always remind my my fellow you you know during your turn we need to pay more attention you know to keep uh informed the uh the administration and cabinet. Yeah. This is the first priority. Besides that, you know, uh we we we want to very transparent, you know, make sure all the citizen in this town, they understand, you know, the we we are carefully uh to spend the money for our next generation. I think they deserve for the next 20 year or 30 year uh uh to to to have the good quality
053education. So I thank you for all the support uh the the the this uh the the project and also uh keep promote this importance uh to the community. Thank you Mr. Jen. Okay. Uh next let's go to the toy the world literature ethnic study course. I'd like to turn it over to Dr. Lina Richtor who will introduce the English 10 teacher and present the proposal or literature ethnic study course. We have a 10 teacher here. We do we I'm sorry we have a 10 teacher here. We do. We don't have 10. We have four which is great. Um thank you President Chang, members of the board from the superintendent Dr. Delator and executive cabinet. As many of us know, in October 2021, Governor Nuome signed Assembly Bill 101, making California the first state to require
054ethnic studies in high school. Per Assembly Bill 101, local local educational agencies, in other words, school districts must offer an ethnic studies course by the year 2025 2026. Under the new law, high schools must begin offering ethnic studies courses in 2526 school year, and students in the class of 2030 will be the first one subject to the graduation requirement. After extensive review and discussion by staff and administrators, the determination was made to incorporate ethnic studies into our high school English 10 course. A huge thank you to our English 10 teachers who dedicated numerous hours reviewing the Los Angeles County Office of Education Ethnic Studies toolkit and curriculum of various school districts to develop the proposed course curriculum. A committee comprised of teachers, students, school administrators, and district administrators held multiple meetings to review, discuss, provide
055input and feedback on the proposed proposed course and course content. The course curriculum will be brought back to the board of education at the May 13th meeting with a recommendation for adoption. Presenting the course outline and curriculum will be our amazing San Marino High School English 10 teachers and our principal, amazing principal, Dr. Ben Wolf. At this time, I would like to pass it over to Dr. Wolf to share a little bit more information and introduce his English teachers who will provide us with an overview of the propo proposed world literature and ethnic studies course. Dr. Wolf. Thank you, Dr. Richtor. Um, I'd also like to mention that we had parents on the committee as well. We met uh Sorry. Yes. Parents, uh, we had multiple meetings with our parents, students, uh, our teachers, and
056Dr. Richtor and myself. Um, just a little bit of background on the course. Originally, the Los Angeles County Office of Education when this work first started were they were a little uh unclear at the beginning on where the courses should be and our original assumption was going to be that this would be embedded into US history. And then as we met with the county, we discovered that that's not possible because you can't adjust the advanced placement curriculum and this would have to be in regular and advanced placement in 11th grade US history. So, we ended up pivoting as most of the school districts did in Los Angeles to English. Uh, and English 10 made the most sense because it was already a world literature focused curriculum and our so our teachers not only did an
057amazing job putting this together, but they kind of were under the gun to do it as well because originally we hadn't spoken to them about this. So, they were very gracious uh in their understanding and then all the work that they've done. They put in countless hours. Uh in addition to the actual meetings that we held, most of the work is done by these four individuals behind the scenes in the curriculum development and writing the course outline that they're going to present to you tonight. So I'd like to introduce our four teachers. We have our two co-ep department chairs here with us tonight. We have Miss Kim John's and Mr. Zack Quiggle. And we also have one of our veteran English teachers, Lisa Davidson. That veteran means experienced. No, no, you'd have to call me
058You'd have to call me old, too, then. Okay. Uh, and then we have one of our newer English teachers, Lette Ariano. And so, if uh whoever's going to present is can come up here, please. You may all go up. Yes. For all your hard work. We're gonna give this. Okay. Hi, I'm uh I'm Lisa Davidson and I have taught uh 10th grade at San Marino High School. um for every year I've taught at the high school, I did have a year um a lovely year teaching sixth grade many years ago. It was fabulous. But um anyway, so uh first of all, I would like to thank very much uh Dr. Richter and uh Dr. Wolf for their really um unqualified support in in helping us accomplish this task. It was a rather huge task just
059um uh FYI. So um uh essentially essentially um our our uh goal was to take our very effective tried andrue um you know wonderful curriculum and overlay ethnic studies into that curriculum with you know really as few changes as possible. It's you know when you have materials that work and that that are good for the kids um that's that's what we wanted to keep. So um essentially using the templates that were provided to us um we got together and great um there are six different units and I'm going to talk briefly about the first two units. These are not sequential. In other words, this is not the order in which the units are going to be taught because of timing and um other thematic uh uh concerns. Um but they will be encapsulated within these
060concepts. Our first unit is civil disobedience and um we have retained a work that has been taught for many years at San Marino High School which is antiggony. And one of the very few actual requirements in the ethnic studies um law is that we talk about the third world liberation front which is essentially the birth of um of the ethnic studies movement. It happened at Berkeley about 50 years ago. And um so we we will be incorporating a brief history of that. And um the students will essentially be looking at social movements that have occurred in our relatively modern history, the last 20 or 30 years. And they'll be doing some um independent research on that and tying into the themes of civil disobedience and the role that it plays in our society. And again
061the um anchor uh curriculum is Antiggony by Sophocles, an ancient Greek play. And we have um other supplementary texts that we can use and that we'll you know see how that works uh as we begin to teach antiggony next year the within this uh within this venue. Our second unit um I'm sorry any questions about unit one? Any questions about civil disobedience? Okay, our second unit is cultural and societal identity and the cornerstone um text for this is Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Um in in most of our units we have an uplift or further development of themes for the honors level courses that are taught um for for actually the majority of our students. Um the purpose of of this unit is to focus on cultural and heritage issues and we do personal identity
062and um I actually am piloting that right now with uh my current 10th graders. I've got a great class. They're just really actually a standout class and um don't tell them that. And um uh so we are we are focusing on cultural heritage. We've already done some reflections and discussions about the different heritages that we have in our class. Of course, it's widely varied. And it will end with a cultural celebration and um culinary event where each student will be celebrating their own personal cultural uh heritage. So, um that's that's a great unit as well. Okay. Mrs. Johns, any questions? Sorry about that. Okay. I'm Kim John's. Um I forgot my readers. So anyway, um I've been you. What prescription are you? Okay. But this is what happens when you get old. You just borrow.
063Um I'm Kim John's. I've been teaching sophomores for over 20 years here. So I have um just pretty good. Yeah. Hope it looks good. um just robust experience with uh this curriculum and it was actually good timing. It was a little scary in that this was something that was introduced to us like this is needing to happen now. Um but I think the emphasis is that we are piloting this. Uh this is something that we put together. Um as Mrs. Davidson said, we are drawing from what uh we are we have been teaching that has worked well and students have connected with and we're just uh diversifying further and we were actually the timing was good because we were looking to diversify uh anyway. So this it works um but with unit 3 uh we're
064looking at the con um the constraints of societal expectations. So, uh, instead of just looking at, uh, what do I want to say like cultural relations, we're also looking at the concept of identity and we're pulling from a core anchor work that we've been utilizing for many years, which has been a great work, Shakespeare's 12th Night, which is a comedy. It's kind of a lighter work. Um, but it does delve into the themes of um, identity and breaking gender constraints. So, that's something that we wanted to stick with because it has worked well and it kind of brings in those larger questions of um breaking expectations. The sophomore honors, which I've taught for a number of years, um we're going to continue our study of the awakening by Kate Shopan because it continues to delve
065into those questions of expectations by way of um era and uh time period and your gender role and societal norms. and when you're feeling like you're not quite fitting into those, wanting to break free. So, both of those works um go into that. And as you can see, we have uh extended readings um which delve into different cultures. Sandra Cisneros, My Name um from House on Mango Street, Pat Mora's Legal Alien, um Two Worlds, those go into those are poetry pieces. Um, so really just kind of making that uh, what do I want to say? Study more robust um, as it goes into societal expectations and uh, gender barriers and breaking free from those which we've been studying um, to some extent with those works but just making it uh, more expanded. And we move
066on to unit four indigenous voices. So a work we've been studying for a number of years is Chinua Ch's Things Fall Apart uh years and years ago. We were studying it as a core work when we used to have junior and senior classes mixed. And then as we moved to sophomores being its own course um and taking on world literature that has been a summer reading text but we wanted to bring it back into the core curriculum and with that looking at uh colonialism um indigenous communities been with the cultural expectations of um of colonialism. So we're going to be making that a core text once again once again and bringing in uh the indigenous nations that is studied to an extent in the junior curriculum which is American literature but wanting to bring that
067in um through the lens of colonialism um oppression through uh um what do we want to say um through colonialism and um building new colonies and such. So yes, go ahead. this year by both and myself and then I also piloted the indigenous people's unit which um which is great because you need you know you need and I think that's important to note so Mrs. Davidson and Miss Ariano are teaching regular sophomore curriculum this year and they jumped on it and they were already piloting the literature and as I was saying from the get-go, this is something that is going to be piloted for next year. So, we'll find out what works, what doesn't, what needs tweaking. Um, but this is just something where we're approaching the um core facets of ethnic studies and uh
068seeing what works and what needs tweaking. But obviously, as we were saying before, we wanted to diversify. So this is something that emphasizes First Nation units um and different cultural experiences. So um we are bringing in these supplemental texts and personal assessments, different experiences where students can bring in their own cultural identities and relate through a number of assignments. My students um 10th graders just wrote an essay where they took a look at the um the treatment of the indigenous peoples of America and the treatment of the blue tribe of Nigeria by the colonialism that happened and compare and contrast those two experiences and the essays were really they were really insightful. I mean that I think the lessons were very effective. So I was I was very pleased with my that my interest. So
069while originally ethnic studies was like, "Hey, you're doing this." And we're like, "Okay." Um this has been something that we're kind of excited about as we started to evolve this curriculum and diversify the literature and starting to bring in student experience. Student experience is always exciting and obviously it gets them connected and engaged. So, um, again, we've already started to see the fruits of our labors and we look forward to putting all of this into place next year with honors as well and just seeing, um, how it turns out and again, if any revisions are needed, but we're kind of excited by what we have in store for us. So, I'm going to turn it over to Miss Ariano, which will talk about the second half of the year. Um, so I'm Lette Ariano. Um
070this is my second year here but I've been teaching before uh for four um years. Um so for the fifth unit um that focuses on navigating identity and alienation. Um so some of the major works that we do for that one is going to be um the first novel which is the girl with seven names by Hon Lee. That is a new novel that we're adopting. So um that should be fun to pilot. And then the second one is the stranger by Alberta Kimu which is going to be assigned to the honors classes along with um some poetry like passing by links Hughes um paper managerie by Ken Louu fish cheeks Amy Tan uh two ways to belong in America America sorry and then um President Barack Obama speech and Tanahesi coats u which is
071an excerpt from between the world and me. Um so for that unit we're mostly focusing on how culture, environment and politics kind of also shapes um identity and we're doing that with the with those two novels um with the honors with the stranger and with regular um the girl with seven names. Um so what the unit is trying to focus on really okay sorry sorry is on like looking at how these different experiences um like the refugee experience and um this othering and the stranger are affecting um the protagonist and then students will able to kind of parallel their experiences um to what's going on in the novel. Um and then the last um unit is the ethnic studies course capstone project. Um and for that um unit it's going to be kind of like
072a book end to the year. They will be um doing community engagement. So they'll have like some kind of um project where they'll be able to engage with their community in like some kind of um way to plan what it is which different projects they would want to do later on. So for example like you know what groups or organizations would they be interested in doing their community service in. Um and they would be brainstorming that and outlining it and then presenting it to the to their peers and then um in a small um presentation. Um and that is pretty much it for that capstone project. Um any questions on units five or six? By the way, the capstone project I'll be piloting that again this year. There's such great class. And the idea is
073just that as Dr. was talking to us about the community service department. You kind of are wanting to move the kids past, you know, working at the office breakfast for their community service hours and doing something that's more engaged. person compassion. So hopefully that will nudge that in the direction of meaningful community engagement as well as long. I'd just like to say as I have the other side experience, my daughter is in Miss Ariana's class and you're doing such a great job with the curriculum in there. Um the TFA unit has been so interesting. I mean, for my daughter who's never experienced that kind of I mean, um, life, you know, she's just gotten all these insights and you're so well organized with how you present the material. So, I just You did a great
074job. Okay. I just want to say thank you again to our amazing teachers who really I mean this was a heavy lift um at a in a very short period of time and you guys did a phenomenal job. It's a very comprehensive very rigorous and very relevant curriculum. Um so thank you, thank you, thank you. I know you got a lot of feedback from the students and parents who were on the committee and it was nothing but heartwarming to hear how much thought went into their feedback and their comments and they were very very excited about the curriculum and we're ready to dive into it. So, um thank you. This is anformational item. It'll come back to the board on May 13th with a recommendation for approval. Thank you so much for By the way,
075you guys uh welcome to to stay. The next one I think is they don't grade themselves. Good everyone. Okay. Next is 12C uh por mention uh number one California day of the teacher May 6, 2025. I would like to turn it over to Dr. Jensen knows to present a proclamation number one. All right. Thank you. And good evening, President Chang, Board of Education, Superintendent Dr. Deator, and Executive Cabinet. Each school year around this time, we like to bring attention to all the hard work that our classroom teachers have invested in our students and our families. One way to do this is by honoring our teachers by proclaiming May 6, 2025 is California Day of the Teacher. The proclamation reads as follows. Whereas an educated citizenry serves as the foundation of our democracy, and whereas today's
076teachers mold the minds and train the workforce of the future. And whereas no other profession touches as many people with such a lasting effect, and whereas good teaching grows in value and pays dividends far beyond the classroom. And whereas excellence in our state begins with California's teachers. And whereas California's teachers are among the best educated, most credentialed, and hardest working educators in the country, as what was just exhibited uh just a few minutes ago. Therefore, the San Marino Unified School District hereby proclaims Tuesday, May 6, 2025 as the California Day of the Teacher. We urge all San Marino citizens to observe this day by taking time to remember and honor those San Marino Unified School District teachers who give the gift of knowledge through teaching. Thank you. Okay. Uh next uh 12 uh proc mention
077number two uh California school employee association CEA uh classify school employee week May 18 to 24 uh 2025. Uh I would like to turning back over to Dr. Jason Rose to present a procession number two. All right. Thank you. My second item for you tonight is also to shine a light on our classified staff and honor their dedication and hard work in their service of our students and families. One way in which we do this is to proclaim the week of May 18th through May 24th, 2025 as classified appreciation week. The proclamation reads as follows. Whereas classified professionals provide valuable services to the schools and students of the San Marino Unified School District. And whereas classified professionals contribute to the establishment and promotion of a positive instructional environment. And whereas classified professionals serve a vital
078role in providing for the welfare and safety of San Reno Unified School District students. And whereas classified professionals employed by the San Reno Unified School District strive for excellence in all areas relative to the educational community. Therefore, the San Marino Unified School District hereby proclaims the week of Sunday, May 18th through Saturday, May 24th, 2025 as classified school employee week and wishes to honor the contribution of the classified professionals to quality education in the state of California and in the San Reno Unified School District. Thank you. Any comment from the board? Okay. Next uh is going to uh 13 action item uh 13A bank program uh management service agreement. I would like to turn it over to Dr. Steven Choi to present the Bang program management service agreement for approval. Thank you, President Chang, members
079of the board, Superintendent Dr. Delatori, and members of the executive team. I'm pleased to present action item 13A this evening that marks a key milestone in implementing the MeasureM bond program, which is the recommended approval of the bond program management services agreement. As the board knows, Measure M represents a $200 million investment in the future of SMUSD, the largest facilities initiative in our history. Successfully managing a program of this magnitude requires more than routine coordination. that requires dedicated leadership, expertise, planning, and comprehensive oversight. The bond program manager will guide the district through every single stage of Measure M implementation, including planning, design, construction, fiscal management, and communications. Importantly, the program manager will also provide regular updates to the board of education and the citizens bond oversight committee, ensuring transparency, accountability, and alignment with the expectations
080of our community. In January 2025, the district issued a request for qualifications for the bond program management services, and we had received six responses. To evaluate the submissions, we assembled a diverse and experienced evaluation committee which included SMUSD director of maintenance and operations, Mr. Gil Cardinz, SMUSD purchasing manager, Mrs. Francesca Gil, SMUSD superintendent, Dr. Delatori, Mr. Jeff Morris, chair of the SMUSD facilities advisory committee and current SMUSD parent. Dr. Jeff Jans, superintendent of South Pasadena Unified School District, who brings an extensive uh experience as well as uh portfolio of bond program implementation experience and of course myself as the CBO. The committee interviewed three finalists and evaluate evaluated each of their qualifications through team leadership, approach to their approach to transparency and stakeholder engagement, project management methodology, use of technology, ability to manage change orders
081and scheduling, prioritization strategies, and overall value and fee structure. The committee unanimously recommends Nolan Construction Services Inc. or KCS after a thorough evaluation process. KCS is a family-owned firm with over three decades of experience providing project and construction management, owner representation, inspection, and program consulting services across more than 35 school districts and public entities in Southern California. The firm works on more than $700 million in construction projects annually. KCS has an established relationship with SMUSD, having supported the district on numerous past projects, some dating back to SMUSD's previous bond program. Their work has spanned all four district schools and includes more recent efforts such as the Bar Athletics Complex gym and the air conditioning upgrades at Valentine in Huntington this past summer. I'd like to take a moment to introduce some of the key personnel
082from KCS faces that the board and the community will learn throughout the bond program. First, Chris Nolan, president of KCS, will serve as the project executive. Chris will be directly responsible for the overall success of the measure M program and he brings a multiddisciplinary background that expands and spans through education, architecture, engineering, and construction management. Chris has had a long-standing relationship with our district, having supported previous projects and also served as a value advisor to our facilities advisory committ committee, offering insight, expertise, and deep understanding of our campus needs. Next, leading to the day-to-day operations as the senior program manager is CJ Nolan. CJ brings more than 18 years of experience in construction management and has overseen major school facility programs at both Capistrano Valley Unified and Los Alamidos Unified. Most recently, he completed a
083$97 million bond program at Los Alamos Unified, where he was recognized as Orange County Administrator of the Year. His work there included a new aquatic center, a STEM building, a gymnasium, and comprehensive modernizations across the campus. His leadership, technical expertise, and collaborative style makes him an excellent fit for our district. Also joining him will be Jim Burlu, who will serve as project manager. And also, finally, Austin Nolan, a proud graduate of San Marino High School, class of 2012, will also support the team. Austin studied construction management at UCLA, earned his general contractor's license, and has worked on more than $200 million worth of construction projects. This combination of professional experience and personal connection to San Marino makes him and the team unique and meaningful. Together, this group brings a powerful blend of experience, leadership, and
084local knowledge, positioning us for a successful and community aligned Measure M program. The proposed agreement is structured as a one-year contract with a not to exceed amount based on an average of 20 hours per week for the full KCS team. The district in collaboration with legal counsel at DWK carefully negotiated this agreement to ensure a clearly defined scope of work, built-in flexibility, and provisions for accountability, quality, and communication. Should the board approve the agreement this evening, KCS will immediately begin work, their first priorities will be to prepare for the upcoming board study session and collaborate with the board of education to identify and prioritize the bond pro programs and projects and also develop a phased implementation plan that reflects the district's goals and community needs. The recommendation to engage KCS represents a strategic and confident
085step forward in delivering on the promises of Measure M. With the Nolan team, we are well positioned to manage this bond program effectively, transparently, and in the best interest of our students, staff, and community. At this time, I'd like to formally introduce Mr. CJ Nolan to say a few words to the board of education and the San Marino Unified School District community. Thank you, Dr. Chang. Good evening, President Chen. Um, esteemed members of esteemed members of the board, Dr. Deator, staff, and community members. My name is CJ Noland, and on behalf of Nolan Construction Services, we are deeply honored to serve as your bond program managers for Measure M. Thank you for entrusting us with this vital role in shaping the future of San Marino schools. This role is especially meaningful to me because my
086brother is a graduate from San Marino High School and my family has cherished our connection with this district for many years. The schools of San Marino are a beacon of academic excellence, ranking not just top 1% in the state, but top 1% in the nation. Excuse me. The overwhelming support in Measure M underscores the community's support for enhancing classrooms, improving infrastructure, and educational technology. Noah Construction Services has served California school districts for over three decades uh with over two billion dollars in completed projects. We have a proven track record of program management with most notably being Los Alamos Unified. As Dr. Choy has previously mentioned, our approach is rooted in transparency, collaboration, and community engagement. We will be working closely with architects, contractors, sta district staff, and community members to ensure that every project aligns
087with this board's vision and priority goals. It is our goal not to just keep you informed, but to keep you empowered throughout the implementation of Measure M. We are inspired by San Marino's vision and we are ready to deliver facilities that match the academic excellence of our students and staff. My family's my family's long-standing history in San Marino drives my personal commitment to this work, ensuring every dollar spent strengthens this community. Thank you again for this opportunity. We look forward to partnering with you as we implement Measure M for Samaran Unified. Thank you. Uh by the way, uh any question uh from Paul member? Uh I I was just leaving the agreement that I don't see the exhibit A DCB or there's actually two files uh for this action items. So one file is the
088agreement and then the second file uh includes all of the exhibits. Okay. I got it. Uh by the way I would like to ask couple question. Uh first of all uh once we approve this contract and then uh what when you deal with the contractor uh what is the the priority when you oversee them uh the job you what what you you pay pay attention you know I think I'm the for the five board member I'm one of five I only to a little bit deal with the the 20 years ago the bang. So so I to me there is the mixed feeling. Yeah because right now we got a 200 million. We're very excited but but then the the the money will convert to the building. So, so um I I I looking for
089it will be very smoothly and also efficient and and also if possible save the money and then build maybe one more or two more project. So I like you to share with me what? Absolutely. My our number one priority first and foremost would be to not interrupt the academic excellence of San Marino. Um and in terms of uh performing additional projects, this bond is passed at really the ideal time in conjunction with the state bond so that we could apply for matching funds and other state grants. Um, typically on other bomb programs where that I've been involved with, we always have several several projects towards the end uh that were not originally anticipated, but we were able to get them completed through that those matching funds and state grants. Um, most notably at Los Alamos
090Unified, uh, we were able to do a $30 million gym, um, where we originally had about half the budget left to do it, but we were able to receive seismic mitigation grants from previous projects and state matching grants um, from earlier projects in the bond that allowed us to to complete our full scope for the gymnasium. Uh any more question? I have a question. So um you know we did a lot of um the groundwork doing our facilities manage our facilities master plan. So I think that's a really good framework for you coming into this and um aligning you know our priorities with the facility master plan. Um, how do you avoid change orders first of all and then also when do you anticipate that we could get a project actually started? So, uh, avoiding
091change orders, that's a that's a big task for any construction project. It's really the first step in is involved with the constructibility, reviewing your documents, reviewing the design, making sure you have done all the investigative work of what our current conditions are on the campus. Um and really preparing contingency plans for those uh you it's best to have a contingency plan in case the situation arises like for San Marino for example uh there's significant seismic conditions around around the district that need to be accounted for. So we recommend providing contingency plans for those type of issues. Um, in terms of getting a first project out the gate, uh, really that would that would start with the prioritization. Um, one of the things that I would recommend early is to try to get projects that maybe
092could go to each of the school sites and make the community feel the impact of passing this bond relatively quickly. Um where it gets a little where it gets slowed down a little bit is when you have to get plans approved by the state. Um they have a lengthy review period that um if a if a project does require state review that will take several months to maybe about half a year sometimes to review. Uh so depending on how we prioritize the projects is really how quickly we could get some of them going. But like I said, I would recommend um finding finding some projects that we could do at each of the school sites so that all the community really immediately feels the impact because they were overwhelmingly supportive in this bond measure. And
093one of the things that we're planning to do is have a board study session in the month of May. We do have that on the calendar. Correct, Mr. Stator? I believe it was included in the WBM and it will be May 27th. May 27th. Um This will be an important meeting wherein um Mr. Noland will be present to work with the board of education along with staff um to look at our facilities master plan uh look at the facility advisory committee's um recommendations in terms of what their priorities were and then talk about current conditions and um let the board of education then come up with its priorities. Um and in addition to that uh Mr. will be talking to the board of education about potential projects that we can get started right away that
094may not need DSA approval um to demonstrate to the community that we are getting off the ground with the $200 million bond measure and we're moving forward um because we do believe that that is important and impactful. So I think that work will become very evident to the board of education during that May 27 meeting. Actually I want to clarify the May 27th is a board study session on the budget. So, the May 13th meeting at 3 PM uh would be the board study session for bond prioritization. Yes, thank you. Did we have that in the WBM as well? Perfect. Oh, yeah. Actually, thank you. Uh by the way uh I I just want to remind uh you know always uh uh to deal we we because once we we start I think uh we
095we need to do the PR uh with our neighborhood resident. Yeah. Actually understand. Yeah. Because the last time we when we uh did the bus aesthetic uh complex Yeah. So we spend a lot of uh effort Yeah. to persuade the the the the neighborhood resident. Yeah, absolutely. Communication with with the community at large is a huge component to the implementation of any project and it's something that we would be actively engaged in throughout the implementation of measure M. Okay. Any more question? No, that's good. Okay. Uh, do I have a motion to approve the bank uh program management service agreement? Move to approve. Do I have a second? Second. Uh, roll call. Uh, Mr. Song I. Mrs. Lamb. Mrs. Ryan. Hi. Uh, Mrs. Gear. Hi. Uh, Mr. Chen. I. Uh. Motion carry. Okay. Okay. Uh
09613B app a pool of legal service agreement from the France law group for purpose of power school on data bridge litigation. I would like to turn it over to Dr. Jason Ross to present the approval of a legal service agreement from France law group for purpose of power school data breach litigation. Right. Thank you, President Chang. Uh France Law in conjunction with the F3 Law Group is commencing litigation on behalf of various school districts against Power School to address uh the breach of personally identifiable information otherwise known as PII. The PII massa action lawsuit alleges that the defendants had a responsibility to protect the private and personally identifiable information of millions of students and educators by implementing sufficient security measures, stricter password and credential requirements. Uh it is important to note that the France Law
097Group uh and F3 have agreed to represent all school districts who elect to join the PII mass action lawsuit on a contingent fee basis. uh which means that there is no cost to the school district unless there is a monetary recovery. Uh it is recommended that the board authorize the approval of a legal services agreement with France Law Group for the purpose of the PII litigation. Okay, any question? Move to approve. Move to approve. Who moves? Uh who make a motion? Made a motion. Second. I'll second. Okay. Roll call. Mr. Song. I uh Mrs. Lamb I Mrs. Ryan I uh Mrs. Gear I Mr. Chen I motion carry okay the last one uh 13C 204 to 25 uh proposition 28 plans I would like to turning over to superintendent Dr. Linda territory to presenter 2024
098to 25 thank you to Dr. your assistant superintendent. Thank you. Yes. Thank you, President Chang, members of the board, superintendent Dr. Delator, and executive cabinet. This this evening, staff is bringing to the board for approval the 2024 25 Prop 28 school site plans. If we remember, on November 8th, 2022, voters approved Proposition 28, the arts and musics in schools funding guarantee and accountability act. This measure requires the state to establish new and ongoing program supports for arts instructions in school beginning the 2324 school year. Prop 28 is intended to supplement, not supplant, existing arts and music education programs. Prop 28 requires that school districts with more than 500 pupils expend at least 80% of their funds to employ certificated and classified and or classified employees to provide arts instruction education. and the remaining 20% for
099materials, training supplies, curriculum, and professional development. A board approved plan is required annually for each school for spending funds received. Copies of each school site Prop 28 plan were included in tonight's board packet for your review prior to approval. Therefore, tonight staff is recommending that the board approve the school site Prop 28 plans as proposed. Any question? Okay. Do I have a motion to approve the 2024 to 25 uh pop 28 uh plan? Move to approve. Any second? Second. Uh roll call. Mr. Song I. Uh Mrs. Lamb. I uh Mrs. Ryan I. Uh Mrs. Gia I. And Mr. Chen. Uh motion carry. Thank you. Okay. Uh the last one uh 14 uh board superintendent discuss discussion item. I would like to just let the board know that uh Mrs. Whitney McAlpine just had a birthday
100for the weekend and so want to wish her a very happy birthday. Um she is now 29 again. [Music] Uh, oh, and I also congratulate her on getting the California Distinguished School Award for Valentine Elementary School this year. So, so thank you so much. Okay. Anything else? Um, not Oh, yeah. I I miss one gentleman. uh he's uh most loyal audience. Tonight he's not here. Mr. Brun I heard when he he did the CL talk he said right now after he retired he attend all the school board meeting. Yeah. Tonight he must have had bigger next time. Okay. uh if we don't have uh uh anything to to to talk and then I I like to adj the meeting at A47. Yeah.