SMUHSD Board Meeting - November 20, 2025

001Good evening. This is a meeting of the Satella Union High School District Board of Trustees. I am calling open session to order. Today is November 20th and it is 7:06. Uh roll call. Trusty Chavez, >> present. >> Trusty Jacobson, >> present. >> Trusty Lan, >> here. >> Trustee Andradi Zuniga, >> presente. and I am here. Uh, tonight we have a team from Hannah Interpreting as our Spanish interpreters. For those who would like to attend the meeting virtually in Spanish, that option is available. Hannah interpreting, would you please communicate that for us this evening? Thank you. Are they online? >> They just put us up right now. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. In order to provide language access, this meeting will have simultaneous interpretation in English and Spanish. To enable the interpretation, if you

002are using your laptop desktop, please locate the icon shaped like a globe at the bottom of your screen. Click on language interpretation and then select English. If you are on your phone, iPad or similar device, then locate the three dot menu in the upper right corner of your screen. Click on language interpretation and select English. linguist, iPad similar. or Spanish. Thank you. If you wish to view closed captions of this meeting, please view the meeting on the SMUHSD board meeting YouTube channel. The link to the YouTube channel can be found on our website. You may view the captions in English as we live stream our meetings tonight and you may view the captions in a variety of other languages if you choose to watch after this meeting has has ended. Viewers may request additional accommodations

003by calling 650-5582201. That's 650-5582201. For our deaf and heart of hearing community, we have a team from Hannah interpreting services and they will be interpreting our meeting this evening. We would like to ask everyone to speak at a clear and reasonable pace for our interpreters. Thank you. Okay, we're going to move on to the pledge of allegiance and ask our student board representatives to lead the pledge. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay. Report of actions taken in close session. There were no actions taken in close session this evening. Uh adopting the agenda. The board of trustees may either adopt the agenda as presented or make a change

004to the agenda through a motion, second, and majority vote. The Brown Act prohibits any additions to the agenda without a 72-hour public notice for regularly scheduled board meetings. Are there any questions or comments from the board trustees or the superintendent with respect to the agenda? Okay, I'll take that as no comments. Um, are there questions or comments from the public? Are there any? >> There are none. >> Okay. Would a trustee care to make a motion? So moved. >> Second. >> Speedy. >> We got a motion and a second. Um, any further discussion? All in favor? >> I. Student board reps. >> I >> thank you. regular reports report of the superintendent. >> Thank you. I'll try to keep this brief. First off, I just want to welcome everyone to our board meeting. Uh thanks

005so much. Uh and I want to wish everyone uh really happy Thanksgiving as we go into next week. Really looking forward to it. I hope everyone gets time to spend with family or friends or serve uh in any kind of way. And I'm just super grateful for our district and my family and friends. Um so really looking forward to it. Uh, I also want to just put out a big thanks to our Latino parent organization. Uh, the people that set those up and and put those on. I've been able to attend. I I think I've hit all of them now uh this uh first semester and it's been amazing. I've learned so much. I've met so many fantastic people. I've had such good food. Uh it's been so welcoming. I want to thank uh Doulce

006Hatch uh in her support and also Laura Chocolley with um some of the statements I've been able to make and words I've been able to share and translation and I I've been trying to speak in Spanish more at those events and Doulce's coaching and it's been really really fantastic. Terry was at the last one at Cappuccino so I appreciate her being there. Uh just tons of fun and I I can't wait to go to more of them. Um, also kind of in that spirit, November is family engagement month. It's uh in the United States to recognize the importance of families uh partnering with schools and communities to support student achievement. Uh Santo Union High School District, we recognize the vital role that family family engagement coordinators play in our school in supporting students learning and

007success and they are really the link between the schools and our families. Our family engagement coordinators create a welcoming school environment uh where every family feels valued, informed, and empowered. Uh our district has seven family engagement coordinators among our school sites and at the district level. Uh they're bilingual, bicultural, and above all, they have the empathy and the ability to serve our most vulnerable uh and needed needing families. Uh we want to honor um and thank our family family engagement coordinators for their hard work and their dedication to our families. And then lastly uh Hanukkah is coming up and Christmas is coming up uh in in in uh December. And Hanukkah though is a Jewish festival that reaffirms the ideals of Judaism and commemorates in particular uh the rededication of the second temple of Jerusalem

008by the lighting of candles on each night of Hanukkah. Uh this year Hanukkah is uh the evening of December 14th and ends the nightfall of Monday, December 22nd. And I just want to wish everyone who celebrates Hanukkah uh just a wonderful holiday with uh with family. So thank you very much. >> That's it. Thank you. Report of the District Teachers Association. >> Good evening, President Griffin, members of the board, District Cabinet. Um, yes, it's uh almost Thanksgiving and um teachers and students alike, I'm sure, are looking forward to a uh a welcome break. Um, obviously I'm thankful for and we're all thankful for friends, family, health, and happiness. Um, but I wanted to mention a couple of things just as an employee, as as a member of this district, as a member of the community.

009um some specifics about um what at least I'm thankful for and what we are thankful for as an association. Um first uh I know Mr. Hoskins often mentions Vanessa and um Divine and some of the other payroll uh folks in the payroll department and I can't speak highly enough about them um in terms of their service not only uh to the district but also always answering my phone calls and actually being very responsive to our members um when they have questions and concerns about their payroll. But specifically, um I not only want to mention the uh the smooth uh retroactive adjustments uh to payroll and salary, but also the uh transition to the county's pay new payroll system. Uh I speak frequently um with presidents from other districts. And let let me just say that

010the the transition with the payroll system has not gone as smoothly. I hear things about um inaccurate pay stubs, um uh lots of errors, um problems with delay. Uh we've seen basically none of that here. No, no real hiccups to speak of. Um and I just want to, you know, echo what Mr. Hawkins often says, uh that we're we're fortunate to have uh those folks in the payroll department. Um open enrollment is for health benefits is of course underway and almost nearing a close. Um considering the changes the to healthcare this year, it's truly impressive that the process has gone so smoothly. Um I know that uh there's been a lot of outreach, there's been a lot of support, lots of people, many people um in the district who have uh contributed to this this

011effort, but I must specifically mention uh Lori Lou, our district benefits coordinator. Lor's outreach, preparation, organization, and communication have been exemplary. um her her work with uh uh organizing and establishing the open enrollment, following up with uh questions and concerns, holding Zoom calls to explain the process. Um it it made the process seem simple for a lot of folks um and and hard to believe that it was so complicated uh with respect to the experience that we have. We're again we're lucky to have her and all the folks that support her. And in general, uh I mentioned this last time, but I really do want to recognize uh and commend the districts and the board's efforts to address food insecurity in our community. Um specifically at Hillsdale, Sonteo, and Cappuccino over the last three weekends.

012Um you know, it's just been an amazing effort and something that is is really something to be proud proud of and thankful for in this district. I want to recognize all the team leads at all the three sites, teachers, administrators, and community members and volunteers um uh at all the uh at all the um the Sunday evening dinners. Um especially want to recognize the classified folks in the food service area for working overtime to prep meals and to help make this happen. um want to commend again and support the um and the superintendent and the board um for taking this on, taking an initiative to help uh the families in our community um to to to to feel safer, healthy, and uh provide an opportunity for them to um address the needs that they have.

013This I I mentioned to Mr. Booker, Superintendent Booker, um uh the LA the week ago that I won't I won't repeat the whole the whole uh thing here, but uh I was reminded of a um then president President Vice President Biden speaking to uh President Obama during the healthc care uh um signing of the healthcare initiative. And uh Vice President Biden at that time whispered in Obama's ear, "This is a big blank deal." And um this is really a big deal. It's really a great uh something to be proud of and something to be thankful for that we can provide this opportunity for families in our community. Um uh in addition, the teachers association's uh legislative council this week voted unanimously to provide uh $6,000 in uh gift cards for groceries and produce um to

014help this effort. Um, I signed the checks this morning and again it's something that uh we're we're thankful not only for the uh the the opportunity to to participate but also for uh the partnership that we have with the district in uh serving our community. Happy Thanksgiving and thank you very much. >> Thank you. And I uh you know I'd really like to give a and I don't know if anybody else will give money but I would like to give the teachers association a hand a round of applause for you know for donating that money. If you don't mind >> it was quite a uh quite a move. Uh chapter 519 representative the happiest guy. How you doing? >> Good evening, President Griffin, members of the board, Superintendent Booker, and everyone watching us tonight. Uh

015my name is Dale Brewer, and I am happy and proud to be joining you all here tonight. Um as but one of over 270,000 CSEA members across the state of California. Here at Chapter 519, I have the honor of representing more than 550 dedicated CSEA members of the Sonteo Union High School District and formerly Joey Tipton here, who we're going to honor later on tonight. Very proud alumni of us. Um, I'd like to begin tonight by thanking the board for hopefully approving our contract later on this evening. Um after nearly a year of negotiations uh we reached an agreement in October and now uh once it's approved we do urge the district to uh get the funds to our hardworking members as expeditially expeditiously as possible. Um we've been told February 27th might be the

016earliest that we could get those checks and that's 99 days from today. So hopefully uh the district can do better than that. Um, our members work tirelessly every day to support students, staff, and the community. And we deserve this attention and time timeliness and respect as every other employee group. Now, uh, we want to echo uh what uh the teachers association uh mentioned. Um, we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to Lorie Lou, the benefits coordinator, for guiding us through this very challenging year of benefit negotiations. And this the difference card. Lori was instrumental throughout the entire process, always available to answer questions and consistently bringing up a positive attitude. Her support has been invaluable during this transition and I don't know how our district could have navigated it successfully without her. Lorie Lou,

017you truly are a difference maker. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And finally, as the holiday season approaches, Chapter 519 is again proud to support school district families in need through our 7th annual holiday Target gift card drive. This initiative allows us directly to help our students and their families enjoy a brighter holiday season. While we kindly request $25 Target gift cards, of course, any contribution, large or small, is greatly appreciated and will make a meaningful difference in our community. We'd like to say happy Thanksgiving. Happy holidays to everyone here. Thank you. >> Thank you. Reporter of the Sanale Adult School Teachers Association. >> Hello. Good morning. Oh, good morning. Oh my god. Can I start over again? >> Good evening everybody. CE coordinator and union VP for the Sanato Adult Education Campus. Uh President

018Griffin VP Chavez, board members and superintendent and district for the opportunity to speak. Thank you so much. Uh I had do have a recap. I missed a couple of meetings so I do apologize for that. Um October we had a very empowering immigrant students raising awareness for critical causes, domestic violence awareness month. Uh we do a big thing at the Samato Adult School in regards to domestic violence awareness. We had an impactful outreach to all of our students. We had wide attendance of 609 ESL students, 38 SMACE staff members attending all vital sessions, significantly expanding our reach with this critical information. Core philosophies at San Mateo Adult School. We believe it is not enough to simply teach our students the English language. We have a fundamental belief. It is um our responsibility to connect with

019them with essential community resources that address their holistic well-being. The key message through the engaging and supportive presentations. We strongly emphasize that no one should tolerate abuse and the confidential help is always available through organizations such as Kora, one of our partners. We also celebrated pink day, Halloween, raising spirits and awareness. In addition to our core DVAM programming, we um hosted a pink day for breast cancer awareness month, which also was hosted in October. Uh so solidarity by wearing different and various shades of pink and a powerful visual display of support for those affected by breast cancer. We also celebrated Halloween in the month of October. We capped off the month with a festive Halloween celebration of our students fun staff and cultural experience. Through these combined efforts from focused education on domestic violence and

020a light-hearted, meaningful celebration of Halloween, SMACE continues its mission to support and empower our d our diverse immigrant community. We're also happy to share that a SMACE former student, Alexander Clemente, has been selected as one of this year's ACSA, Gosh, those acronyms kill me, association of California School Administrators, adult students honores. On Thursday, November 6th, he attended every student succeeding award ceremony at the ACSA leadership summit in San Francisco and received a welldeserved award. On behalf of Alexander, he wants to express his appreciation to all teachers and staff who supported him at his time with SMACE. Please join us in congratulating him for this outstanding achievement and for representing our community so proudly. Tonight we celebrated with our students a heartful of thanks providing a fabulous dinner in partnership with the Samaritan House for all

021to share and enjoy. Um, our message for this evening is it's very easy to get caught up in the daily rush. And let's pause and truly appreciate the simple gifts that enrich our lives daily and acknowledge that from a place of gratitude. We have warm connections, the comfort of our colleagues, family and friends. I'm honestly I'm blessed. I have great colleagues to work with and I have a beautiful family and some fabulous friends. the opportunity we as educators to create safe spaces to learn, grow, and contribute, and the resilience and strength we find in our journey. Let us all carry this deep sense of thankfulness beyond the holiday and into every moment recognizing what we have. And lastly, union business. Yay! We've signed contracts as with everybody else. It was a an interesting negotiation this

022year with all that's going on uh with funding freezes and all that great stuff. Um which not only affects our normal school funds, it also had an effect on our partnership programs with our local community colleges. The biggest glitch, interestingly enough, was healthcare. And I also want to give kudos to the fabulous Lauroo. Yes, she walked us through it. And I will give a shout out to Kurt Black who also patiently worked us through the whole process. It was several months in the working. Bravo and thank you very much. I do have one leaving thought. Given that our current system is getting to a point where it's really not affordable and it hasn't been for a long time, I ask what as we can do as a collective to figure out a way to lower

023the cost of healthcare. With solidarity and grace, we thank you from the Samato Adult and Career Education Campus. >> Thank you for your report. Report of the student board representatives. Good evening. >> Good evening. Hello everyone. My name is Victoria Chun and I'm a junior at Cappuccino High School. I'm grateful to be here again representing the students of our district. Over the past few years, I've really enjoyed being involved in student leadership through site council, equity council, and of course, our student board council, and I'm excited to continue advocating for student voice. First off, on behalf of all the student board representatives, we wanted to thank the board of trustees for supporting the opportunity for 13 of us to attend the California School Board Association Student Board Workshop on December 2nd in Sacramento. We are

024truly excited to meet student representatives from across California and to learn more about governance, advocacy, and how we can better serve our districts. We really appreciate your continued investment in student voice and leadership. I'd also like to share a few updates from Cappuccino. Our drama presented This Murder was staged, their first show of the year. The cast and crew put on a terrific show that showcased our theater program's talent, commitment, and teamwork. Soon after, we hosted Special Olympics on Monday. It was one of those days that truly reflected who we are as a school. full of encouragement, inclusion, and pride. Students, staff, and volunteers came together to support one another, and it created a really meaningful atmosphere on campus. And earlier in the semester, our music fall showcase on October 9th kicked off our performance

025season with a beautiful night of music. Our ensembles put on a strong program, and it was a great way for students and families to connect and celebrate the arts. I had the honor of performing as concert master with our chamber orchestra and I can say that it was truly exciting to share the stage with so many talented student musicians. Thank you again for your time and your continued support of the student voice throughout the district. Okay. Hello everyone. My name is Ma Misha and I am a sophomore at Sanonteo High School. I am incredibly grateful to be here representing the students of our district. Over the past few years, I've loved being involved in this community through leadership opportunities. Whether it's been through my political work on Prop 50 with the Sanonteo AAPI Alliance or

026being the secretary of the Youth Advisory Council in Foster City, and the Student Board Council has been no different. This role has taught me so much about community advocacy and the power one student can have. I'd like to share a few updates from our most recent student board council meeting yesterday. Um, we began by discussing the National Black History Month proclamation and its importance across our district. Uh, we wrote thank you cards for various staff members to show our appreciation for their continuous and endless support. And finally, we discussed our upcoming conference on December 2nd in Sacramento, and passed out lovely student board council merch, which I see Superintendent Booker is rocking with me. Um, I'd also love to share what's been happening here at Sanonteo High School. Our fall musical, Once Upon a One

027More Time, just wrapped and the cast and the crew put on an incredible show. In athletics, our girls flag football team, which I'm proudly a part of, won the CCS championship against Berlin game. Our boys football team is playing in the CCS semi-finals tomorrow against Live Oak. And our cross country team plays second at their meet this past weekend. Thank you again for your time, your endless support, and for shining a spotlight on the work we've been doing across the district. Thank you. Okay, we're going to ask for board comments starting with Trusty Chavez. >> What are your brief comments? >> They are brief and I they are brief. Why is everybody laughing? I don't get it. Um can't really follow our awesome students. I can't follow that that level of enthusiasm. You guys are

028amazing always. Thank you for being here. We're excited. Every every time we meet here, we're looking for our student board reps and we're We have a board study session. It's not the same without the student board reps. Um I'm excited that we have um an annual conference CSB annual conference close close by. It's in Sacramento this year and that we have so many student board reps attending. So I'm really excited that you guys are coming. Um I as Superintendent Booker mentioned, I attended the Latino parent organization uh meeting at Cappuccino last Wednesday and I thought you did a great job. Um your Spanish was great. Part of it, just so you know, most of it was in English and it was translated, but Superintendent Booker did speak quite a bit in Spanish and I thought

029it was great. But what do I know, right? Just kidding. No, it was great. It was great. I I'm not fluent in Spanish. That's why I said that. No aba no lossto. But but I did think he did a great job and Doulsece did a great job. Just the whole group um was great. Um, so I'm keeping it brief and ready for the next uh I was also at Cappuccino on Sunday to um help with some of the the um the meals and everything. And I thought it's just great reaching out to the community. So, thank you. >> Thank you. And I do not mean to uh a bridge your freedom of speech, but when you started speaking in poorly pronounced Spanish, it was time to >> I said no. >> Okay. Rusty Jacob say

030that >> Rusty Jacobson. >> Um, good evening. Um, I just have a couple of things to report on. First, a couple of weeks ago, I attended with Superintendent Booker to an afternoon at Bridge Academy. And one of the highlights that I saw there was that they were um celebrating some of our some of the fall holidays. Um they carved pumpkins for Halloween and also um created these beautiful kites for um laadia de los mutos. Um so I thought it was a beautiful integration of customs from home and learning new customs um locally. So that was a highlight for me. Um, last week I attended the um, what is it called? Equity council. Is that what it's called? Okay. The equity council meeting. I'm new to the committee. That's why I'm trying to make sure I

031get it right. Um, and that was a great experience of um, getting to know uh, faces, new faces of um, community members and also just interacting with our wonderful district staff. And um we went over just kind of a broad um overview of the new California dashboard results that we had some positive um positive I don't know upward movement upward momentum um and also went over the new results of our latest panorama survey. And I don't want to uh give any spoilers because I'm sure that will be coming up at a future session. But um overall uh you know some some good things to note. One thing is that you know on this committee we're looking for equity which means that you know stu there no one group is lagging behind another group. And uh

032in many of the categories it seemed that the responses were very evenly distributed among the different groups which I think is a a good sign. Um and lastly, I just want to echo what uh our adult school rep, Miss Garcia, brought up, which is um this is a season of gratitude and we're celebrating Thanksgiving this month um heading into next week. And I'm just so grateful to live here in San Monteo and and be a part of this wonderful district and um to live in this nation of freedom and liberty and um that's it for me today. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you, Trusty Land. >> So, I'm just going to echo a few things that were said so I won't repeat too much um about Thanksgiving and the grateful the gratitude that you I

033feel it's immense here. I'm so proud of our students, proud of our teachers, staff, our administrators. I love the fact that we outreach to help uh families who need help with food. I love the fact that um our union is also com, you know, combining and adding on to our strength of helping out. I just think it's just such an outpouring of of of I just don't I don't even have the words. It's just it's so touching to see and great that we're making changes and helping out in the best way we can. And I think that's what humanity is all about and I think we're the that's the best example of humanity in in its best form. So thank you. Um one of the things I've done I was uh representing uh region 5

034for AXA which is the administrator school boards associ school not school boards school administrators association. I see Angela who's there too. Um I just want to have a shout out to Sabi and the the PD department for for presenting at AXA. Um, and Julia, thank you. Uh, I don't know who put the thing together, but there was a highlight with some of the a bird person who was on there. So, I was famous. I was in the elevator and people are like, "You're you're you're at that district that was doing uh it was humanizing. It was a human, you know, one of our our PDs on humanizing." And it was I'm glad I got to be a part of that in some small way. So, you know, it felt nice to be at the conference

035and at a different conference and and recognized by our district for doing stuff and speaking at the at the board. Um, what else? Uh, I also yesterday was at BHS's um I kind of snuck into the alumni room to see uh full room of parents wanting to know what their kid needs to get into UC and CSU. and those counselors and those people who presented at the front of the room were just amazing and just very clear-cut and man people were taking pictures and asking questions and it was just amazing. So, I just thought that was great that I got to see a little bit of that and what happens at night. I think it's so impressive that our teachers who work and our counselors who work all day take the time out in the

036evenings to really help our parents and engage with parents. We do that on so many levels in so many different ways and I just think it's incredible. So I'm full of gratitude and happiness and I just thank you. Thank you. Um Trusty Andradi Zuniga. >> Yes. Thank you. Um I want to start with a Latin acknowledgement that students at Cappuccino uh wrote many years ago. Um our community acknowledges that all of our campuses lie on the ancestral homeland of the Rome Tush alone. The Ray Tush are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula whose land was stolen from them and whose native language was lost because of Spanish colonization. As settlers on the stolen land of the peninsula, we should be alongside the Rome Tush remembering and honoring their ancestors and relatives. We thank

037the first people, the Rome Shaloney, for taking care of the land we use now for education and activities. Our responsibility of caring for the earth is unique and personal to each of us but should be rooted in allyship with the Romeo Shalomi so we can work together to protect and preserve the land for future generations. Um I too attended the equity advisory committee. Yes, we are going through the pen panorama study and a lot of different data. So we really really need students to join us. um y'all are the ones that experience the stuff and are here and you can speak to um all of those data points. So, if you're out there and you're interested um I believe it's what? Uh sorry, Miss Kempy. I think it's the second Thursday. Is that right? >>

038January. >> Thank you. [laughter] Except for December. We're not meeting until January. So, um please join us. Parents as well. Um, I attended Much Ado About Nothing at Mills. Um, Mr. Hulesen wrote the script. It was it was so good. I love musical theater. I'm a total theater nerd. And um, it was really neat. The students are so talented. Please catch some of these shows um, in the spring and in the fall. Amazing talent. Um, yes. I also want to say thank you to our district for providing meals and providing services for our students and their families. I've been calling um the students parents and um during the week to get them to come to um all of the different dinners that there are across the district. Um and so I I'm really really happy

039to hear that there there's even parents there that are like I want to just come and help. And that's really neat. That's really really touching. Um so we have a pretty pretty good district. Um I visited Peninsula a few weeks ago. They were giving a presentation on the cell phone um policy. U the staff there, the leaders are awesome. They relate to the students so well and the students were all paying attention and asking good questions. It wasn't super boring. Um the counselors are amazing. Um, shout out to Hilda out there. Um, we used to work together many moons ago and also to Lada and to Eileen. They saved uh they they uh shared the Puma Tube videos with me. Um, so if y'all could catch Puma Tube. Um, it's pretty neat to see all

040the students and all of their achievements every quarter. So, uh, shout out to that. Um, I'm part of the county commission on school districtricting. Um, we just got reelected. Sam, a previous uh board trustee from another district and I were in uh Supervisor Corzo's district 2 and we represent this district. So if anybody out there has questions or want to know more about the districtricting processes and everything that happens around those topics, please let me know and I would be more than happy to represent your questions and anything you'd like to share at the next meeting. Um, I attended the adult school gathering they had. Thank you for hosting. It was really fun to be in community and uh break bread with everybody. Um, today is transgender day of remembrance. Um, so I just wanted

041to acknowledge that it's also education week. Um, pay attention to stuff that's happening out there about education. Um, I just am so grateful for all of our educators in this district. We have the most amazing students. um the Cappuccino 75th anniversary. Wow. I watched the students that played in the orchestra, cheerleaders, um all of the different clubs and the different um organizations that were having that were tableabling. Uh it was it was pretty neat the amount of alumni that comes out to those. It's pretty remarkable. Um there was a student named Allison, shout out. She was our tour guide. She was she was great. Um lastly, um I just want to remind everyone uh to pick up your red cards. Um immigration right now is tough. Just any issues around that. I know our our

042families are are scared and are hurting. Um please uh learn about your rights, learn about your protections. Faith and Action is excellent. Um they have a lot of different services. Um, so please, our students are are young and they are living in a time when they're living sometimes in the shadows and uh with different types of um different types of insecurities, whether it be food, housing, whatever. And so it's difficult to learn um when you're dealing with all of those things. So just be mindful of our students right now and um their academics. Um, so I think that's that's it. Um, thank you. >> Thank you. I will be quick. However, it will take a while. [laughter] >> You know, I everybody knows I love this district and I've supported it my whole life. >>

043And uh I had the pleasure to see Samale beat Berling game a whole bunch of times. >> Flag football when we left. Matter of fact, when we left here from the budget study session, I went out there to the JV game, which Samale won. I I saw, you know, I talk about my nephew, but David Williams is like my nephew and Jamar Ernest is like my nephew. They're they're my nephew's people. And u I was glad to see them and and and you guys win that that championship. And I was glad to see the varsity win. And I topped I capped the weekend off by going to the food giveaway. And Yansy was out there pushing pallets around. And I'm sure they're probably teamesters out there wondering why our CBO is pushing pallets and he

044he wasn't. There is a pallet lift, but he was there and there was super there was good supervision. Uh there was a lot of volunteers there. Um, I talked to a lot of, you know, the teachers were glad to be there. I saw what was in the bags and you know and what the meals were and it was really is a good experience and uh I appreciate the district's efforts and I would just say that I I hope everybody can take time off and and spend time with loved ones and appreciate you know be what you have no matter how much it is or how little it is just be grateful. So anyway, we got a meeting to to attend now. Public comments. We got any blue cards? >> There are none. >> Okay. We

045got any hands raised? >> There are none. >> Okay. Then I won't read the public comment stuff. Uh communications to the board of trustees? >> None this evening. >> Okay. We got a recognition. >> Absolutely. So, I would like to uh invite Mr. Joey Typton up to the podium, please. I know how much you love this. Yeah. So, tonight I'd like to uh honor courage and action. Recently, one of our educators, Mr. Dr. Joey Tipton, our facilities manager at Berlingham High School, demonstrated extraordinary courage during a medical emergency at his school. In a moment where quick thinking and calm under pressure were needed most, Mr. Typton stepped forward and saved a colleague's life. While many caring staff members responded in that moment, it was through Mr. Typton's decisive and heroic action that a life was

046preserved. And we're so deeply grateful for his presence of mind, his courage, and his commitment to the well-being of others. I I really mean that. Like, I really, really mean that. Moments like these remind us of the strength of our community, the way we care for one another, not just in our classrooms or our offices and on the playing fields, but in the moments that matter most. We presented the first ever courage and action award to Mr. Typton at Burlingham High School back on October 22nd in front of his colleagues. Uh I think you were duly surprised in that moment. Uh but tonight I'm proud to recognize Mr. Tipton again in the presence of our board and community. This award acknowledges not only uh Joey's life-saving intervention, but also sets a standard of compassion, readiness,

047and courage that we hope to carry forward as a district. So, on behalf of myself, the board of education, our entire leadership team, and all of your fellow educators, just a sincere thank you, Joey. Sincere thank you for your extraordinary service and your extraordinary heart. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. I appreciate it very much. [laughter] >> Yeah, we want to get a picture of you. Joey, come up to the podium so we can get a picture of you. Like pretend you're saying something to us, but actually say something to us. >> Thank you, board. Thank you, Superintendent Booker. I really appreciate that. And thank you, Linda Carlton and Jim Hyde for giving us the training that we need. So, it's very appreciative for them. If not, I don't know what would have happened.

048>> Yeah. >> So, thank you everybody. >> Thank you. Yeah. Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Thanks. >> All right. So, uh I'm going to invite Miss Taylor. Is she There she is. Yeah. Miss Taylor to come up and Miss Carella to come up, please, to the podium. Uh, Miss Taylor is our director of our uh, Sonteo Adult and Career Education uh, program. And I'm just going to hand it off to you. I don't want to steal your thunder, so I'm going to hand it off to you. >> Um, thank you. Good evening, um, President Griffin, Superintendent Booker, and members of the board. I am Angela Taylor, and I am so excited. I am there's with sheer excitement that I introduced introduce Romany Corella as our new super uh San Monteo superintendent. >> It was a

049surprise [laughter] >> as our new San Mateo adult and career education assistant director. Her leadership experience spans complex and challenging educational environments, including court and community schools, jailbased programs, independent study hubs, parenting programs, and schools serving expelled youth. Across all these contexts, she has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to student success, opening pathways to college, apprenticeships, employment, and industry recognized certifications. Romany is deeply skilled in understanding student needs through an assetbased lens and designing supports that honor each individual's lived experience. Her most recent experience includes two years of intensive equity focused management training with the Alama County Office of Education experience far beyond the typical administrative preparation which positions her to supervise, coach, and grow staff effectively. She has also served as an assistant principal at Royal Sunset Learning Community and as a classroom educator in

050high school and adult school settings. She has led systemwide initiatives in technology integration, college and career readiness, WASK accreditation, state testing compliance, and community partnerships. Her accomplishments include launching CTE programs, developing micro pathways for English learners, expanding CCAP partnerships, and designing programs aligned with labor market demand. Romany is a two-time teacher of the year whose passion for public education and student centered innovation will be a tremendous asset to Sonteo Adult and Car Education. Let's give her a round of applause. Welcome. >> Good evening board and viewers and attendees. Thank you so much for this opportunity to join San Mateo Unified. I feel incredibly grateful given the season to get to be part of your team and just how impressive San Mateo Adult School already is. In my four days on board, I've been part of

051Wasque meetings. Your whole team shows up. Everybody's excited and knows their stuff. I've been part of a student council, which you have two of them for adult school, which is incredibly impressive. And I part of Thanksgiving today here where they feed 400 people twice which again is incredibly logistically challenging and done so incredibly smoothly. So I'm very grateful to be here. I want to apologize to Lori. I didn't realize she was involved in so many things. I would not have sent her extraneous emails about nothing. If I had known she was managing so many other things. So thank you again. I'm incredibly grateful and really looking forward to my time here with all of you. >> Welcome. Okay. Okay. We're going to move on to consent. Uh do any of the trustees wish to pull

052an item from consent? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Um I would like to pull 20 and 21, please. Anybody anybody wish to pull anything else or that's it? If if not, is there a motion on the uh >> I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda with the >> Yeah, >> I'll second that. >> Okay. Any discussion? Uh are there any blue cards? >> Not for consent. >> Any raised hands? >> There are none. >> Okay. Uh all in favor of adopting a consent agenda say I. >> I. Student board reps. >> I. >> Thank you. Uh passes 50 and uh two with the student board. Um we will move on to what is item 20? Approval of out of state conference. >> You want me to just say okay. Um, yeah, just a

053couple of questions and concerns. Um, I wanted to know first if any of our actual classroom educators are um going to be attending this, not for this session. These sessions are intended for um administrators and then we're also train I guess one of them is a TOSA. So it's one of our artosas who's outside of the classroom um right now but we are training folks to actually become trainers with the organization so that we can bring back um this material to our teachers. So um right now it's an assistant principal a manager and then a tossa attending and APS >> assistant principal. >> Did you say that? I'm sorry. Sorry, I might have had a brain fog. Sorry. >> I either said AP or assistant principal. I don't remember now, but >> Okay. Yeah. Sorry.

054My bad. Um >> Okay. I'm just um I'm just a little bit hesitant because um I'm not sure in you know last year there was some maybe the the teachers and the district level administrators were not seeing eye to eye on ML approaches and systems and I'm concerned that if we invest in a new thing without buyin from the teacher is that we're not going to realize the benefits from that investment. So, how I'd respond to that? I don't know if there's a question, but what I would say >> I'm just I'm just saying I I'm a little hesitant and I'm not sure that now like I want to know h how is it going? How are those relationships? Will this um new kind of initiative be met with resistance? >> Well, the hope is

055is that this actually is an organization that is one of the a nation a nationally recognized organization on how to teach um our ML students. So, um we've vetted it pretty carefully and um the trainings are quite intensive in order for us to bring back um instruction that we think will really help teachers. So, a lot of the tension between teachers and administrators that you're referring to is because teachers are asking for better training. How do they support the ML students in the class? and um our PD team um who's vetted the organization feels like this really is um one that can provide that. The teacher the TOSSA that's attending has attended one week training already. She's going to her second one that will then allow her to start doing kind of an apprenticeship meaning

056that she'll then be able to um eventually provide these trainings to our teachers. um and she was just a classroom teacher last year. So, it's she's and she'll go back to the classroom um as well. So, um it is an organization. We certainly could bring back um examples of what they're learning from the organization. It's not your usual conference either. Um this is intensive professional development specific to how you support ML students in the classroom. So it's not um as if you're attending, you know, you choose different sessions to go to. You'll attend one session for the whole five days. And from what I understand, it's a pretty intensive five days of um both work during the day and then they have some work at night that they they do in order to kind of

057really understand. And what they'll go through is um experiential in nature, meaning that they're going to experience what a student would experience in class. So they understand how to go about make doing this type of instruction. So >> um we're we're quite um hopeful about it. you know, it it is a complex issue that we're facing trying to make sure that we're integrating our ML students in a way that um teachers feel successful, the students feel successful, and we do feel like this organization will be helpful with it. We did choose um and invited some of our AP APS because they're closest to the teachers and understand some of the needs there as well. So, um hopefully that helps answer or provide some more context. Um, yeah, it helps. Go ahead, Craig. >> So, I'm

058gonna chime in just because this is an issue that I think is paramount to California and to our students, for multilingual learners, English learners, however you want to call it. I think the state of California nationally, we have this divide for how to best serve our multilingual learners, whether it's in one language or another language. It has been an issue for ever since I've joined education. I think it's important to explore different models because nothing has served us well to be honest and and and I'm you know we have just a new framework we keep looking for things the state hasn't provided really how to do designated and integrated you know in a in a comprehensive way I think making some approach like this outreaching to all these different organizations uh this is in Washington

059DC is that >> the one >> it's that's where this one is in particular we will plan to send more because there's another um summer session that will be back here in Santa Cruz. Um but because we feel like it's such an urgent issue. Um we want to be able to get some of the leaders trained earlier. Um and then yeah, >> also this is Wested, right? >> This is sponsored by West. >> Yeah, it's a very associated with West Quality Teaching for English learners. that is a very um wellrecoognized organization. We have not partnered with them as a district before. Um and like I said, I haven't attended the training, so I'm speaking from what I've heard and um they there was a serious look at it. we've talked to the pe the individuals

060there and I think we do feel like they're going to provide us with um some really important trainings um and hopefully get us to a place where we'll have folks with you know we always think about sustainability so not that we'll be having to send people to conferences and trainings all the time but we'll get to a point where we'll have the internal expertise to support people so that's the general plan and I would anticipate um once we've since so our manager of PDS attended and now our manager of multilingual learners is attending. Once they both have had an opportunity to attend and vet the organization fully, I think I would anticipate in the spring that we would have a more laidout plan of how we plan to partner with this particular organization in supporting

061our work around multilingual learners. Um, >> I just want to, you know, I understand the need to to vet this and talk about it, >> but I just know from my experience in in education that Wested is a is a think tank, an organization that does a lot of research, um, well renown renowned for the the initiatives that they take. So, I think that's important. And again, this is like the most critical issue right now. So, I think what you're saying makes a lot of sense. Let's look at this. Let's vet it. let's see what's worthwhile because we're not finding the right solutions sometimes and we need to get out in different ways and find it and I really commend your leadership to like go out in there and find it. So, thank you. >>

062So, I guess I I'm not I'm not saying no and I and I applaud I recognize the need that we have for professional development in this area. I guess maybe better stated is what are we doing to um to ensure that we're going to get teacher buy in because what I understand from this is that it requires a kind of a long-term training systemic and coaching and things along the way. So, it's it's not just this one-time expenditure. It's going to be more. >> And I just want to make sure that our, you know, our teachers are are on board with it. >> That's all I'm saying. Certainly. Um during the school year, it would be hard for a teacher to miss a full week. And the the session, there are some sessions that are

063coming up. Like I said, I think it's after school gets out that are um here in California. So I and we would probably invite some of our teacher leaders to attend um that as well. But >> okay, >> I I mean I think it's important that you ask questions about these types of things. So I think it's there are good questions and um we do plan to bring back more information. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any other comments or questions? They is there a motion on >> Sorry, I have a I have a question. Would there be able to be a like a small presentation or something on what was learned >> maybe in a weekly or something like that? Super >> absolutely. um once they return. I mean I we could provide a weekly

064I think um even before they they go because like I've said I have folks that have gone and could give you some more details about the plans there as well as um why we do feel like this is really um going to be an important partnership with this organization in particular. Yeah, something's got to give. We've got to really get this under under wraps because our students are are the ones who are going to struggle. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Okay. Is there a motion on 20? >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any further discussion? Any blue cards? >> There are none. >> No raised hands. >> None. >> Okay. Uh all in favor? I I >> student board I Okay, thank you. Um we'll move on to 021. >>

065You okay? >> Oh, yes. Um on this one for uh the NAEA conference that um is being funded out of our CTE grant. Um, I talked to Superintendent Booker about this the other day and where I'm at with this is uh I'd like to understand what um how much money is in that grant. what are our priorities as far as our whole CTE strategy and how these dollars going towards this is going to fit in with those priorities because my understanding is that we were trying to build out these new pathways. Um and uh like I just don't see how this fits in with that. So we have probably 12 different unique funding sources for CTE. CTE the incentive grant is just one of them. The pathway grants are funded through the Golden State pathway.

066It's called the GGSP. So it's it's a different funding. Each one of those funding sources for CTE is applied for um separately with particular reasons for and how we're going to use the money. The CTE incentive grant is one that's quite large. Um it does include professional development for all of the CTE um programs and the the VAPA program is part of it. Um, >> can you remind us what classes are within the VAPA CTE program? >> It's the digital media, digital photography, um, are the ones that those are some of our largest ones in the the BAPA program for dig for CTE. Um, and we also through the CTE incentive grant, we fund um, some people. So we have um a CTE lead um that supports all the grant writing and all of that

067at the district office as well as our college um support folks at the schools. Um and so that is one of our ongoing um funding sources. Um so total amount of CTE incentive grant I would have to look that up but um each We have quite a few different funding sources. Those pathway ones we would not, you're right, we would not use to send VAPA teachers because those are very specific to the pathways that we're building. >> My question would be, are you using any VAPA funds? >> The Prop 28? Not >> no not prop 28 for this in particular. >> Well, there are CTE. Yeah. And like >> Yeah. I mean I we have a big conversation around the CTE and the students that are getting VAPA credit and the CTE credit. There are

068sometimes two different sets of students in the same class. >> Some of them getting CTE, some of them getting VAPA. But all the teachers that we'd be sending have CTE credentials that you're sending with this money. >> That was my clarif. [laughter] >> All right. Any other questions? >> So I guess just for my part, I don't feel ready to approve this without having a list of those priorities um and where this fits in with those CTE priorities. So that's why I'm going to vote no at this time. >> Okay, we'll uh move on. Is there a motion on 02? >> Let me just say though I did hear the question. I mean you want info on the amount in the grant, our CTE strategies and how this funding supports our strategies or priorities. So

069we did talk about that. We are going to prep that for >> the board. I just didn't have it ready for today. So regardless of how the vote goes, we'll continue to provide that to the great trustees. >> I appreciate that. >> Yeah. >> I'll make a motion to approve uh 21. >> Second. >> Okay. We have a motion in second 21. Uh any further discussion? Any public comment? Any raised hands? >> None. >> Okay. How does board vote? >> I. >> No. I >> I >> Okay. So, we got four four eyes and one no. And how does the student board rep vote? I >> I >> Okay, it passes 41 and 20. Okay, thank you. Um >> point of information that was for kata na n aea, right? >> Yes. >> Okay, cuz

070they're two in one, >> right? It was >> just making sure. >> Yeah. >> Okay, we're going to move on to special reports and appearances. >> Superintendent Booker. >> Yeah. Thank you. So this evening as we do uh annually uh we've asked uh Dr. Shalia Bernett who's our director of student services to prepare our discipline attendance and enrollment review for the 2425 school year. So that's an important distinction. This is data about last year uh and uh results and some of our thinking around that data to to drive decision making initiatives etc. moving forward to improve um student performance in those areas. So, I'm going to hand it off to Dr. Bernett. Thank you. >> Right. Good evening everyone. Um again, I'm Shalia Bernett, director of student services. It is an honor and a pleasure

071to be a part of the district and I also share my gratitude for being in the San Monteo area. I'm sure you can tell by my accent that I'm very much a Bay Area native, right? Um I claim it very much so. Um so I will this presentation just to make sure that everyone knows what is going to be presented today. There are three main categories um that will be a review of um how did we do in in terms of discipline, attendance and enrollment. So those are the topics for today. Um and we'll start off with discipline. So the first uh this slide is a five-year trend for suspensions. Um I do want to share for those that are following along just to make sure that you understand the data that you're looking um

072at right in front of you. So we have suspensions. There's a 5-year trend and there are three lines here. Um the yellow line is um number of instructional days that have been lost as a result of suspensions. Um the blue line is the number of students who have been suspended and the red line is the actual total number of suspensions. As you see from 202 uh1 2022 year that was the year post pandemic that affected the entire nation and since then we have trended down and it is my pleasure to share that um this year this past year 2024 2025 we've seen a significant decrease in the number of suspensions as compared not only to the previous year but all of the years post pandemic. So, some highlights for you. Uh, almost 16% of our

073um there was an almost, excuse me, 16% decrease in umu students being suspended. Um, almost a 22% decrease in total suspensions. So, I want to make sure that we understand what that means. One student might be suspended multiple times. So, that's the difference between the two. Um these uh trends follow nationwide trends as well. It's important to note that this past year we've had the lowest amount of instructional time lost post pandemic as a result of suspensions. Um and that also shows that we as a district are progressing in reducing our exclusionary dis discipline measures. So moving from general discipline to okay well what what's happening in our on our campuses um injuries and fights are the leading cause um about 40% um and it substance abuse is secondly but I want to highlight 45

074incidents because I you know I'm trying to put on my lens as a parent I want to make sure that we understand what this reflects there are 180 days in a school year and we have 9,000 students. So if you multiply that um and divide that number um excuse me divide 45 incidents by that number this is very minuscule. we very much have um we are looking good when it terms to when it comes to students making um good decisions um with substance abuse um and yes there are 45 incidents and we can do better the goal is zero um but again I just want to highlight that even though there are 45 students in comparison our numbers look good um behavioral trends are fairly similar to behavioral trends from last year if you look

075at the breakdown of what exactly students are being suspended for. So overall, the number one challenge that uh remains that we really want to get a hold on is students understanding how to work through conflict and anger. And we want to make sure that we support and um empower our students on better ways to to navigate conflict. Also just want to emphasize that vaping is a I would say we're hitting nearly a pandemic nationwide for for vaping. Um again that's um across the nation. I want to emphasize that we do have very effective interventions that I'll go here AC across here um in a second. Um but just want to emphasize that we do have restorative practices and alternatives um to suspension to address all of the areas that are in front of you. Okay.

076So the next is suspensions by ethnicity. I want to make sure you understand what you're reading. So in the graph you have actual suspension rates and then to the right you have enrollment rates. So when we're talking about disproportionality, ideally the suspension percentages should match the enrollment percentages. And so when you have the left column being higher, the suspension rates, and that means that there are some disproportionate number of suspensions. And what we see here is that there are disproportionate numbers of suspensions for our Hispanic Latino students, African-American students, and Pacific Islander students. Want to make sure we understand that those disproportionalities are being addressed in multiple ways. We have multi-tered systems of supports, which again I'll go through momentarily, alternatives to suspension, restorative practices, and I also have the pleasure of being in the

077equity group that we've talked about. um here during the board meeting. Okay. And this in front of you is just some comparative data on our disproportionate suspensions. So it shows you the percentage of students for the three categories I mentioned and their risk r ratio. Um, I do want to emphasize that our numbers, if you see the percent enrolled for Pacific Islanders and African-American students, they're very low numbers. And why is that important? What that means is that one or two students can significantly skew your data. Not to minimize, obviously, we we don't want disproportionality at all, but I do want to emphasize the risk ratios are much higher for our African-American and Pacific Islander students, but one student in their in the category of African-American or Pacific Islanders has a much more extreme impact

078because it's so few of the students. But again, we're addressing um these disproportionalities in the ways that I just explained. alternatives to suspension, restorative practices, MTSS, and um equity group, just to name a few. Okay, so the next two slides, of course, we're talking about suspensions. Now, we're going to go into the most exclusionary, which is expulsions. Um as you see here in front of you going from the pandemic year 2020 2021 we had one expulsion to this past year 14 you will see that there is a slight increase in expulsions um in the past year as compared to the 2022 and 2023 school year. Um so there is a slight increase. Again we we ideally we would have no expulsions. Um but if you look at 14 students in comparison to nearly 9,000 um

079that is um less than I mean very um small percentage I'm guessing probably 0.25% 25% if that um we want to make sure you all also understand that um the there are some data um to there were nine total incidents representing 14 um particular students just to make sure that we understand that distinction. Okay, this just gives you an idea of you know what are students being expelled for? Um and we want to make sure again that we understand that our alternatives to suspension are our most um important methods that we use to reduce exclusionary consequences. Now, this here is the slide I was looking forward to explaining the most because it really represents the the core values of student services and that is having a solid uh multi-tered systems of support in place and

080this is one of many. So, I want to make sure that we I explain for everyone okay alternatives to suspension what does that mean? What does it and what does it represent? So tier one, our folks that work with our alternatives to suspension, they actually go out to schools and do whole group presentations with ninth graders, 10th graders to make sure that they are proactive in encouraging all students to make good decisions. And for the majority of the students, that is extremely effective as reflective in suspension and exclusionary u in and expulsion data. Tier two you'll see here um are when there are referrals. It could come primarily from the school sites. Often it will come from d uh department of student services as well. And alternatives to suspension have multiple domains. So we see

081here sub reaffend data that is for substance use. So we do have a program specifically for students who have been caught using substance abuse. uh uh caught using substances on our campus. And what you see in front of you is that 49 total students were recommended for um substance use programs. Of those 49, 45 did not reaffend. So there is a 92% success rate in students not reaffending. For alternatives to suspension, there's a myriad of different um focal areas. You see some of them in front of you. Bullying pres prevention, dehumanizing language, healthy relationships. What's most important for you to know is that um the um staff members reflect real time trends. if they notice that there's a trend or a pattern going on, they will create an alternative to suspension program particularly for that

082area. Um so with our alternative to suspensions, 28 students were recommended. Um of those 155 did not uh reaffend. So we have a 75% uh success rate. And then finally we have our vape that's specifically for students who vape. And you'll see same information 86% um did not reaffend. So in total 80% of our students when they participate in our in our alternatives to suspension program they are successful. They do not reaffend. They return to their campuses and they um do not come to our office. So all right that concludes the uh discipline presentation. I'm now going to move on to chronic absenteeism. This information is hot off the press um from the um I forget the the the dashboard. Yes, thank you. [laughter] So, uh chronic absenteeism, let's make sure that we understand what

083that means. So, chronic absenteeism reflects if a student has missed at least um uh 10% or more of their school year. Let's say in two weeks that means that you would miss one day every two weeks or more. Okay. Um how is chronic absenteeism calculated? Long story short, you calculate the total number of students who have 10% or more. you multiply that um times the total number enrolled and excuse me you divide it and then you multiply 100. Let me give you an example. Let's say you have a 100 total students in your school, right? 10% are chronically absent. If you do the math that I just explained, then your chronic absenteeism rate would be 10%. So the higher the chronic absenteeism rate, the more your entire student body is at risk for dropout rates,

084um significant uh academic deficiencies, so on and so forth. So now that we have a good understanding of chronic absenteeism, I want to show you some uh comparative data um from this past year. So you will see in front of you um how we performed chronic absenteeism um in relation to the county and the state. Um so we had 14.1% which is slightly below the county's 14.5% and statewide at 19.5%. Okay. And then some comparative data for you that you see here that goes through 2122 to 2425. You will see that we've kind of toggled back and forth where we hover at the 15% mark. But the most um celebratory part of this data is for you all to see that we trend um much uh better than not only Sonteo County but also the

085state. So, that is a celebration. Uh, one of the things that you do see, however, is that in San Monteo County, they've trended down um consistently and statewide they've trended down. You see, we kind of we're down and we're up and we're down and we're up. So, one of the goals that we have is to stabilize the number. Ideally, we'd have 0%. Um, obviously, but that's a challenge that we have. We want to make sure that we're providing students with the uh resources that they need. Um and the absenteeism by reason. This is just broken down for you in in terms of you seeing, you know, what are some of our reasons and also by ethnicity because that is a big focal point of our equity group. And you'll see here that there are some

086disparities um with our African-American students, our Hispanic Latino students, and our Pacific Islanders. Particularly, you want to look at the the um column for average days uh absent. Uh, one of the things I do want you to note that I forgot to mention earlier is that excused absences, unexcused absences out of school, whatever the reason may be, chronic absenteeism counts. If you're not in school, you're not learning no matter what the reason is. So, I do want to make sure you you understand that. And that concludes the uh chronic absenteeism section. The last section will be enrollment. And I have lost my place. One moment, please. Okay. All right. So, what you have in front of you is our enrollment data. And there are several boxes here. You have all of our schools and then

087you have the total number at the bottom um of this graph. So, our adopted capacity is in the left column. That is what we prepared to receive. our staffing numbers, um our CA cowpads projections from last year, actual campus enrollment, actual enrollment, and then our cowpads enrollment as of this past October. And what you will see here is very much consistency and alignment in terms of what we expected and what we actually are serving on our campuses. So there are a few off but by far what it shows is that our projections were very much accurate and that we are serving at full capacity. >> Can you explain the difference between campus enrollment and actual enrollment? >> Oo great question. Um let's go back to chronic absenteeism. That's just one example. you have a student

088who is um enrolled but they may not show maybe the parents um you know they submitted their enrollment but they're actually not attending that may be um an example of campus enrollment versus actual enrollment like who's actually coming. Um Dr. Black I don't know if there's anything else you want to add with that. Yeah, I think that's correct. It's the camp the actual Roman is those on the campus and I mean the campus ro are those that attend and the actual Roman are those that we have on the lists >> is campus sorry >> no I'm sorry >> Travis >> oh thanks I was going to ask um now I lost oh yeah the independent studies so what if students don't come to campus but they're on independent studies would they be counted in both

089columns or just the actual enrollment column not not counted as on campus? Oh, that's a great question. Let me get back to you on that. Um, I want to make sure that I give you an accurate answer because attendance and enrollment in general with independent studies can be very statistically complicated. Um, so we want to make sure we answer that accurately. >> Is campus enrollment ADA average daily attendance and actual enrollment is butts and seats? >> That that's what it should be. Yes. I mean, we we don't >> I I see doc uh superintendent Booker saying no. >> Well, >> yes and no. It's not you use the word attendance. So, >> uh yeah, it's enrollment. So, who do we have what is our our uh who do we think we have on paper at

090our campuses? And then you're right, it >> butts in the seat or however you want to describe it. Yeah. Like who's actually there that >> Yeah. showing up consistently. Okay. Um those are the the the the difference, but average daily attendance is also a little bit different. >> Okay. >> I'm more confused than not now, but that's okay. >> Yeah. >> And the actual enrollment is is higher. Uh trusty land that is higher so than the enrollment. That's why I was wondering if it included um the C. I was wondering if the camp was enrollment excluded the independent study >> with NPS being that. I wonder if NPS is a part of that as well. Okay. >> Yeah. >> I wonder if that's that might be a part of that. Yeah, we'll we'll make sure

091we give you some accurate data to make sure we understand the difference between the two. I'm sorry, I'm still navigating and and understanding the the difference between um campus and actual enrollment. But for the moment, we do know that we are indeed operating full capacity. And I will um provide the uh requested information to Superintendent Booker. Okay, so just some summaries for you. Um, our overall actual enrollment, including NPS students, is um 8,78 students. It aligns very closely with our adopted capacity and staffing levels. Um, okay. And this just an indication for you of our ninth prejections from the past year versus our actual current enrollment broken down by school. You'll see that for some schools we are lower than expected and for some schools we're higher than expected, but overall as a district we

092have trended down approximately 65 students with enrolling 9th grade students. Okay. This is just the um the next slide just gives you information on intrad district transfers u for those who are watching that means that these are families who are residents in our district and they are requesting to to be allowed to go to a school that is not their base school. Um, and you will see in front of you that we have a 75% approval rate for intra district transfer requests. Frequently when they're denied, they are simply denied because of space. Okay. I have a question because that percentage used to be a lot higher. I mean, what is what has caused the change? Is this any particular reason or am I dreaming that up that it was >> I agree with you. >>

093We've we've had years when it's been close to 100, but 76 isn't that low. I mean, we I say around 80% would be the average that I can recall, but we've had some years where we had 100%. Those are the years where, you know, we could get everyone into Aragon and there weren't that many back in the day of Hillsdale. Hillsdale has >> gotten a lot more than they used to have. So, and that makes it difficult because they're limited by the smaller learning communities. And before they would have they wouldn't have as many requests to come in as they do now. >> Part of the other issue that we're seeing is that Berlingame High is really really impacted. Like there's no wiggle room there. And I'm not placing this all on Berlingame High, but

094in the past we've had opportunities for movement where what we're seeing at Brillingham High is really no opportunities. This went earlier about I think you made the analogy of like banging on the door. There's no room. >> We're really impacted at Brilliant High. >> Looks like Aragon's the most desired campus though. >> Well, that that traditionally has always Yeah, >> right. Yes, that's always been Aragon's usually the one, but but now you can see that there's more and more going to Hillsdale and uh yeah, Berling may not have as many, but the ones they're harder to get in because they're >> impacted. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Sure. Um I was at least able to look at data from last year just to see the difference and just from last year to this year we

095increased 1% so last year it was 75% this year I mean well 23 24 it was 75 and this past year was 76. So that's a um a little bit of an increase. Okay. So looking ahead what does this data tell us? What are our next steps? Um, I'm going to go down to the third bullets first. We want to make sure that we equip all staff members on restorative practices. Um, and in retrospect, I said the classrooms, it really should be everywhere. It's my um goal and dream to make sure that all staff members, our bus drivers, our front office staff, our custodians, everyone is trained on the power of restorative practices. um and making sure that students understand the impact of their behaviors on other people and research shows that that is the

096most um effective method of changing behavior for most students. We do want to make sure that we train our staff on behavioral coding. Um and that's just something to make sure that when we're reading data that we are actually aligning. Um that's something that is not unusual. Um, I've um had that challenge in prior districts, but I might see something as a fight and somebody else may see it as obscene profane. So, that is another goal just to make sure that we're consistent in our coding. One of the things I want to make sure that you all are aware of is AB461 that's coming up. Nuome is preparing to sign it and it repeals our penal code section 270.1. Basically what that means is that there are no more punishments um for families if they

097fail to send students to school. So I was transitioning to chronic absenteeism. Um and for most of the families that is um absolutely the most appropriate um path. One of our struggles however is that again this is nationwide. This is nothing special about our district, but you do have um families where there is school refusal and we want to make sure that we are prepared in the absence of any type of um accountability for families, how can we um how can we strengthen our district to support especially those where it's genuinely school refusal. Um so that is a top- down process. Sanonteo County of Education is dealing with the same uh challenge as our districts around the the state. So just know that that is coming up. The last thing that I just want to

098emphasize is the po importance of building positive relationships. Research shows that when people when staff members when students when employees when when everyone feels connected, they do better. And so specifically with students when they feel connected you have less absenteeism, you have less behavioral problems and more importantly you have better academic success. And so it is important that we focus on building positive relationships. Staffto staff is important, staff to student and student to student. Um so that's looking ahead at some of the priorities within um the department of student services. Thank you so much for your time. >> Okay. Are there any more questions? >> I have a question. Um in terms of your suspensions and um all of the disciplinary stuff. What is there like any time of year that it's higher than others?

099>> Good question. Um I don't want to give you anything off the top of my head. Everything that I would say to you is is likely a prediction. Um, so let me do some data so that I can give you accurate information. Of course, I'm going to say traditionally right before um, winter break, right before spring break and the end of the school year are the typical waves, but it would be interesting to see here if that aligns or if that's any different. Um, so you kind of tapped into the nerd in me. I love looking at numbers. I'll be happy to give you some trends um some disciplinary trends. >> Yeah. And even year to year I'm curious. >> Okay. Absolutely. >> Um just because like in equity advisory we talk a lot about

100like the trends and things like that and um one of the one of the issues that we've what we've uncovered is just like definition of things. >> Um but the data it's kind of hard you know it's it's difficult. data. >> And so, um, >> my other question I >> not, you know, I I've gone to Peninsula several times, uh, over the past like, well, this school year and then last, and there's an over representation of Latino students. Um, what are the I don't know what are the largest like things that y'all are doing to, you know, to understand that and like why is that happening from school to school? Is it um, you know, I'm sure it's a different different reasons, but it's just that over representation is concerning to me. >> Absolutely. [clears

101throat] I absolutely agree that that's an area we need to look at. Um I wasn't a I haven't been able to dig too much in the the data on why that's something that I will need to get um back to you like what has led to this. But what I can share with you is moving forward some of the extremely positive changes that are going on in Peninsula under our new leadership with um Principal Lewis. One of the biggest things that we're working on is completely revamping the enrollment process into Peninsula. We really want to market it as a school of choice just like any other school. And we really want to be intentional on students understanding that this is a great opportunity for you to get ahead, especially if you've been behind. Um, and

102also making sure that parents understand that they have agency in the decision and that we are we are giving them voice and choice in the process. Well, it's definitely not what, you know, an alternative quote unquote alternative school looked like even like 10 years ago, you know, and so I'm >> pretty proud of that that our district has that option for students, you know, and >> it gives them such a great opportunity to get better. Um, and just all the program I just I think that I I' would love to know um what you know specifics I won't you know I'll get in touch with you later, but That's interesting. Can I make a quick comment on that, >> please? >> Um, in talking to Brett Stevenson, uh, from Hillsdale, they've had a decrease in

103in referrals to Peninsula through empowerment through action. So, I I would uh I would predict that with the expansion of empower San Mateo that we should see an improvement with that. >> Okay. Can I make a quick quick comment? I mean, additionally, I would say that when we see the disproportionality in both attendance and uh discipline for Latino students, that will result in what you've just described and what we're seeing at Peninsula High School, which is a disproportionality of Latinos at >> uh Peninsula. And so, yes, to the things that Dr. Bernett discussed around addressing the culture, climate, and approach to peninsula. But to Trusty Jacobson's point, the in what will be key are the initiatives that we develop in a ensuring that students come to school, ensuring that Latino students come to school because

104when they're not at school, that's when we have academic problems. we have deficiencies and credits and then they find themselves at Peninsula to make up those credits because it's a continuation school. So, this goes back to Empower Sanonteo and other initiatives that we'll talk about to improve first and foremost attendance at our comprehensive high schools. That's where it starts. If the kids don't come, they can't learn and then they will find themselves at Peninsula High. like speaking with um um Fernanda, the one of the parent engagement coordinators at Cappuccino. >> Um she had found herself talking with some of the students that didn't want to come to school because they were so scared. Um and families saying, "Hey, you know, you're not going to class because we don't know if you're going to come home."

105Um so, you know, and talking through all of those things. So I, you know, I want to also credit the parent engagement coordinators and to utilize them because they are sometimes the lifeline to the parent. >> Absolutely. >> Um and to the students, too. >> Um I know that there's been a few students that have attended the the um Latino parent groups. And so those, you know, those those relationship the relationship building is so important, right? >> Um so I really appreciate you bringing that. >> Thank you. We got any more quick comments? >> Okay, Trusty Chavez, >> I just Well, I want to add to my quick comment, too, because uh Trusty Andrea Zenigo mentioned the Latino parent um organization and students and and last week there were a lot of students there helping

106um with serving some of the snacks and everything. So, I was really proud of that. Uh really glad that that they're involved. Um so, my comments about the presentation is it's it's excellent. Thank you so much, Dr. Brunette. Um, every I love data as well. I'm not I'm we're some of us are data nerds, but I think it's great. Um, just fabulous job and and I've never really seen something where it shows um the the the percentage of do not reaffend. The stu students do not reaffend on this category, that category, and that category. And I thought that's that's that's amazing because nearly like you said right here in red, nearly 80% of the students participating in an alternative to suspension were successful and not reaffending. So I just think that that's kudos to everybody

107involved. I know it takes sta staff yourself and sta our um amazing staff members to help students um out. >> Very much the staff. Yeah, >> I have great staff members that helped me put that data together >> and and also I want to mention about the in intra district transfer requests. We had over 500 and I and I thought to um make 76% of those come true. I thought that was a great I think I think that's a great progress as well. Thanks. >> Thank you, Trusty Lan. >> So, first thank you very much and I agree with you that the anecdotal when it happens more than others. I think you got right when it happens. Um, but a couple of comments and questions. I think I just want to echo what um, Trustee

108Andradi Zuniga said about Latinos and really the concern and and you said it really well is building connections and the highest absenteeism rate is with Pacific Islanders and the number the sheer numbers of Latinos that are are are affected. I think that's got to be one of our top priorities to really look at changing the chronic absenteeism and really to make it an impact. I think the second comment is and I'm going to just agree with um Trusty Jacobson. I'm like I didn't even empower empower hill you know empower Hillsdale and then empower Sanonteo. I think through action I think those are great programs that we'll see change over time. Um but I also want to acknowledge what you said about all of the ATS. Um, one of the questions I did have and it

109was sparked from what you just Trusty Jacobs had sent is which schools are more effective and where are those ATS's being utilized because we should see where the successes are so that could be replicated in the other schools, right? >> You know, because there's probably some that are really utilizing ATS and then some schools that may not be and how can we adjust or how can we increase. Um, so that's I think one of my major comments, concerns, and thoughts that we could do make some shifts. Um, enrollment data. I'm not even going to touch. Uh, I think, you know, I I think it's really important to talk about the suspensions and how they're suspending. Why are we spending how we're suspending? um when we went to and and I think it's a it's a

110necessary evil that we have and consequences are important. I don't want to lose sight of that. I think providing services and and and alternatives is great but sometimes a consequence is a consequence and so I just want to reiterate that to board and to others that it's a necessary unfortunate thing that we have to do once in a while. Um the expulsions I'm interested in one question there was in 2025 tobacco was one. I was very surprised about that. I can tell the violence and some of the other things it just seemed so off in some way. I do know anything about that incident or what happened. It just seems abnorm you know unusual >> because it's only a singular incident. I think >> no problem back in Geno I it's like normally that would

111be the alternative to you know you would do the vape program or you do a hoopy program or you do something but to have someone expelled because of >> that it was like wow >> yeah I think without violating fa um let me submit some information >> great that would be one way I could understand it a little bit better but again I think it was a great report I think we have some really emphasis on the alternative to suspensions I'm glad you kind of really kind of led with that or kept focusing on that because I think that's important and just expanding it. I would love in a update just kind of what schools are doing what and statistically you know so we could see where successes are being and done and where we

112can have it replicated. >> Absolutely. And Trusty Lan in the board memo memo that was sent there is disagregated data on ATS uh per school. What I can do is it was only by numbers though, not percentage. Um, so what I can do when I give a response is to actually break it down by percentage. >> I would love that. >> Absolutely. >> Thank you. >> Okay. [clears throat] Any other questions? >> Okay. I appreciate your presentation. >> Okay. >> And uh you know one thing and I was looking in our mission vision philosophy. I thought we had something in there that we want every student connected with a teacher and employee may okay that I you know I'm just looking >> you got it you're right on it >> that that that was critical

113to success that they are connected so so that good to correlate something that we put in writing to toh what we're saying so and thank thank you for your presentation >> okay thank you all very much for your time and I apologize. I realize I didn't do the traditional good evening uh President Griffin members of the trustees. I'll make sure I do that next time. Thank you all very much. Have a good evening. >> I will be president next time. [laughter] >> All right. Thanks so much. >> That's why I'm so happy. >> Thank you so much. Your presentation was was wonderful. >> Okay. I'm going try to find my place back to uh uh Q. Any construction items? None. >> Okay. Division of human resources consent agenda. >> Yes, we have six items. Uh

114personnel actions have with the CSA regarding athletic PE for the 10th graders. Have a health 360ou. They provide on-site substance use counseling and group therapy for uh students as well as family support. Anou at Notre Dame Namir University for a family marriage family therapist intern. We have anotherou at San Bruno Park for the ESL classes in the morning this time and then we have uh four adult school transfers for your approval. >> Okay. Is there any questions or comments? Any discussion? >> I'll make a motion to approve the uh con uh human resources consent agenda. >> I'll second that. Okay. >> We have a motion and a second. Any blue cards? >> There are none. >> Any raised hands? >> There are none. >> Okay. All in favor? I I passes 50. We don't request

115a a vote from you. So, okay. Uh item for division of human resources s >> first item is the personnel actions addendum. We have three recognitions. First is Barbara Campbell, a social studies teacher at Mills, has submitted her retirement effective May 29th after 23 years in the district. Phil Ktos, a carpenter, submitted his retirement effective December 30th, 2025 after 28 years and four months in the district. And Eddie Ortiz, our campus safety specialist at Cappuccino, submitted his retirement effective January 1st, 2026 after 27 years and four months in the district. Recommend your approval. >> Okay. Any questions, comments? Is there a motion? >> I'll move to approve. >> I'll second that. Hey, we have a motion and a second. Any public comment? >> There none. >> No. Any raised hands? >> None. >> Okay. If

116there's no further discussion, uh, all in favor? >> I I >> I. >> Okay. It passes. 5. >> Thank you. >> Next item is the tentative agreement with the CSEA and it includes the salary increase of two and a half%. It also includes a district medical benefits contribution of the full cost of Kaiser and Sutter. HMO plans with PR-rated for part-time employees. It also in increases the district's prrated percentage covering medical benefits for part-time employees for the classified unit. And there's the one-time payment to help with the deductible for the medical insurance. We added language for the $1,000 cash and loo for employees and for eligible spouses. We clarified the progressive discipline and board appeal process language, provided vacation carryover, aligned the CBA with the ED code regarding absences of less than four hours, and

117we added reproductive loss leave language to the contract. And with that, we recommend approval of the tenative agreement with the CSEA unit. >> Okay. Any comments, questions, discussion? >> There's no comments or discussion. I'll move to >> second. >> We have a motion and a second. Are there any uh raised hands? Any comments? >> None. >> Okay. All in favor? >> I um item three, approval ofou. >> Sure. So, I have there's uh 15 items on the personnel on the uh human resources agenda here. If any one of these you don't you don't need a discussion or you don't need to introduce, let me know. Otherwise, um I'll just go forward. >> Brevity. Brevity. That's my strength. >> No. Kirk brevity. >> Brevity. Okay. Number number three. Thanks, man. We have a mou with CSA

118for the transportation grant writer. He's uh one of our classified employees and he takes his time to do these um grant writing. Very successful $3,300 a year. And these are uh we're back paying for the the last three years from 2022 to 2023. >> I make a motion to approve the year. >> I'll second that. >> Okay. Okay, we got a motion and a second. Any discussion? Uh, are there any comments or blue cards? >> No. >> Okay. All in favor? I >> passes 5 Z. >> The next one is an MOU again with the CSEA for the creation of a utility worker for person to replace the utility worker lead position. This creates parody with other district divisions and provides enhanced leadership for our facilities department. >> I make a motion to approve this

119MOU. >> Second that. >> Okay, we have a motion. A second. Any public comment? >> There's none. >> Okay. No raised hands. All in favor? >> I passes 5 Z. Item five, approval of the capstone. A is a AI capstone teacher description. >> Yes. So th this is one of several AI uh items. This one is for the $1,000 stipen for up to 12 teachers to participate in the AI capstone program. the goal of which is to explore the use of AI tools in teaching and learning uh critically examine examining their ethical and instructional implications and the $1,000 stipen u is if there's actually a choice for that that stipen or six college units. >> I make a motion to approve. >> I'll second that. >> I just think it's a great idea. Thank you

120for even thinking about this. >> Okay. While we have a motion and a second, we actually have a blue card public comment. Anushka Cashup. Is that close to your name? >> Yes, >> it's on. >> Oh, it's great. Good evening board members, superintendent, and members of our community who are present today. My name is Anushka Kashup and I'm a junior at San Monteo High School. Thank you for letting me speak tonight. I want to start by applauding the board for leading the way. San Monteo Union is one of only 30% of districts nationwide to even have a basic AI policy. That puts us ahead of most of the country and it means we're thinking seriously about the future of education. I also want to thank you for putting AI AI on tonight's agenda and for

121prioritizing the training of teachers. AI is a big part of how we learn, work, and communicate. So, this is a step in the right direction. But if we really want students to truly benefit from AI, we need to quickly make sure all teachers are afforded this opportunity. As a student in this district, I can share that the rules and attitudes towards the use of AI swing far and wide depending on which classroom you enter on any given day. My math teacher encourages us to use AI while my English teacher has a zero AI policy. This can make things really confusing for students. It also puts us at at a disadvantage as my generation needs to know how to use AI for practically every job in the future. I would also like to speak to the

122AI AI policy itself. AI offers huge opportunities for learning, creativity, and innovation. But it also brings challenges like the need to invest more in protecting our privacy, making sure technology use is responsible and ethical, and upholding the integrity of our education. While the current AI policy is a good start, there is so much more ground to cover. I believe we can balance all this by working together and keeping the conversation open. To this end, I I urged the board to make AI policy a capstone priority in 2026. We need to move with urgency and priorit prioritize it it prioritize it as an agenda item in at least four to six meetings next year. The world of AI changes rapidly and our policies should keep up. Efforts like this take a village and I personally volunteer

123to help develop, pressure test, and bring attention to our district's AI policy in any way I can. Student voices matter and I'm here to serve. Thank you again for leading on this issue and I hope we can continue to push forward together. >> Thank you for your comment. >> Thank you. And also um I think there's a handout with some of my thoughts and a little bit of background on Thank you. >> We'll make sure to photocopy this and I'll get it to all all the trustees unless you already have them all. Oh, there we go. Never mind. >> Thank you for the handouts, too. >> Thank you so much. >> Okay, we have item five. Um, is there a motion? >> Hold on. >> We already did a motion in a second. >> That's

124right. I There was comment. >> I have a comment. Um, so I just I understand that this is also related to items seven and eight. um to have this AI fellowship and that all of these are funded by um Google. And I mean, I guess it's just worth raising that point that um Google probably has an agenda with um how their products are going to be implemented in the education space. And I just want to make sure that our district is um kind of casting a wide net and getting a variety of perspectives on the best way to approach AI in education and and to test that against um our educators expertise in how students learn best. Um, so I just wanted to say that and and also just clarify is this um is this

125initiative to help us develop policy and strategy or is this to help teachers implement something? >> So there's a few different things on the agenda. There's a capstone teacher which is a teacher that's going to go in great depth and like Kirk me Dr. mentioned um they actually can get six units for it because it is such an intense class just learning about the full scope of what AI is the implications the ethics of it and it is a grant that's funded through the craft center for innovation which is at foothill college through Google but um in attending the trainings there they're not really focusing on any one platform um just to be aware the um so the capstone teachers are going in depth. There's fellowship teachers who are actually going to be trained by

126our own instructors. So there are two instructors on the agenda where they're getting larger um stipens to actually deliver training to approximately 40 teachers. So there's an instructor uh job description, there's a capstone, and then there's these fellows. Um, so it's all it's pretty much just extensive trainings for teachers to better understand what AI is, how they can use it in the classroom. And um, a lot of it does also focus on um, because this was a focus that we as administrators at their last session on also the mental health implications of the use of AI. And so, um, a lot of it will be how do we ensure that we're keeping students safe while teaching them how to use the the, um, the tool. So, >> and I would say a lot of this

127leads up then to our AI study session, uh, in the spring. So, we'll have more to report then, too. >> We would we are inviting both of the instructors that are going to be providing training to our teachers to be part of the AI study session. And I would welcome the student actually I'm going to reach out because we are forming a a group to help um guide some of these conversations too. >> And will the teachers who are leading the fellowship also be participating and getting train training from the capstone? Is that is there >> overlap there? There is some overlap there. I will say both of those individuals are also independently somewhat ex experts on it and do their own they've they've done training outside of the crow center outside of um that

128organization as well. So they they do they've gone through the capstone but they also are in our opinion relative experts you know for educators in AI. So we're really fortunate to have them and we'll be excited to introduce you to them when we have our study session. Okay. Any other questions, comments, or um I guess I'll call for the vote. All in favor? I >> I >> uh we'll note that Trusty Chavez uh stepped out and did not vote, so it passes 40. Um item six, >> item uh six, so this is out of order. I'm sorry about this, but this is five extra days for our college and career readiness coordinators. The five extra days will be in the summer and it's the purpose is to organize summer work-based learning experiences for students um

129while they're on break. >> I make a motion to approve. >> I'll second. >> Okay, we have a motion, a second. Any discussion? Uh any there's any online? No raised hands. Okay. Uh all in favor? >> I item passes 4. >> Okay. Back to AI. This is the fellowship job descriptions for the $400 stipens for the uh hands-on AI program that's uh intended to tackle instructional challenges associated with AI and create meaningful educational experiences for our teacher our students. >> Is there a motion? >> So move >> second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any discussion comments? Any public comment? Any online comments? Okay. All in favor? >> I I >> passes 5 Z. >> The next are two job descriptions. Uh this is for the lead instructor for the fellows and the

130assistant instructor. Uh these are job descriptions and these are with a $4,000 statement for the lead and 2,000 for the assistant instructor. >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> I'll second. >> Okay, we have a motion, a second. Any comments, discussion? Can I just say that I'm glad Trusty Jacobson said, you know, we don't want to be tied too close to any one company and I I know through fellowships it can, you know, money is great and that's all, but I also feel like as an education, we need to have our independence and so just duly noted and thank you for the comment. >> So, as I struggle to get in my Google Docs >> all the time, buddy, all the time. >> Well, I mean, and that is a valid comment. Um, >>

131yeah. >> However, if you look at people that have all the resources and all the money in the world and fly and they're flying all over space and doing everything, you know, they're all the tech tech. >> Absolutely. >> They're going to have a tremendous influence on our lives. >> Yes. >> So, anyway, uh, is there is there a motion? >> I think we did one move. Seconded. >> That's right. You made the comment. Um, all in favor? I >> I uh item nine. >> This is Nova Works master agreement for the adult school. And this would establish a framework for the adult school to uh serve as an improved as an approved training provider under the workforce innovation and opportunity guidelines. Uh this is for adult learners to gain support in career counseling, job

132readiness, and placement assistance. >> Moved. So moved. >> I'll second. >> Okay, we got a motion. >> A comment. >> Yes. Nova Works is excellent and they have services for not only um youth to help them graduate from high school but also for young adults job placement and the adults. I think this is excellent and I'm so glad that we're partnering. Thank you. >> Sorry, I've been up early. [laughter] >> That sound like a little song for this little >> Okay. Um >> I move to approve theou >> second >> or the agreement. >> I think >> we already had a motion. >> Yeah, we did. We had >> Oh, sorry. >> Mr. Trusty Land moved and >> sne. >> All in favor? >> I I sorry. The next one is anou with the Daily

133City Youth Health Center. Um, we've had these before in other districts past, but thisou will provide student access to reproductive health care services. The uh youth health center will provide appropriate, confidential, and culturally responsive health services in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. >> If there's no discussion, I move to approve. And I want to say similarly to my comment for Nova Works, excellent organization, wonderful education. Thank you. >> And I'll second that. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any further >> the comments too? >> Any online? >> Okay. All in favor? I >> I passes 5. Uh item 11. >> This is an MOU with Daybreak to enhance our mental health program. Um this Daybreak's a California-based mental health provider will partner with the district and provide high quality counseling service. Thisou

134will provide up to 24 individual taotherapy sessions per student or per referred student. And this this service aligns with the district's initiatives and increase and increases the after hours and bilingual access while eliminating financial barriers. >> I'll make a motion to approve. Sounds great. >> Second. >> Okay, we got a motion and a second. Uh any discussion? Uh any comments from the public? Okay. All in favor? I >> I passes 5 Z. Item 12. >> At the at the last meeting, we had the more uh extensive revisions to the athletic manual. This uh one is um just clarifying the communication process with submitters for new sports proposals. We recommend approval of that revision. >> Okay. Is there a motion? >> I'll move to approve. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second that. >> Okay.

135We got a motion and a second. Uh if there are no comments, are there no comments by the public? No comments by the board. All in favor? >> I passes 5 Z. >> The next is a update to our event variable salary schedule. The event the event salary schedule has a list of positions for dances and athletic events. And we're adding child care to it for um different events where parents have young children that uh need uh supervised while they attend the meetings or whatever the activity is. Well, that's a nice service. >> Is there >> If there's no discussion, I'll move to approve this and it's important >> to have every um type of opportunity for parents to participate. >> And I was going to second that trust because I do agree >> you

136lose. So, we got a motion. >> I was a little too in there. >> So, we got a motion in a second. Um any any public comment? >> There's none. >> Okay. All in favor? ethically I >> okay so the next one is the seven salary schedules seven salary schedules not including the adult school we that was already approved at the last meeting the classified salary schedule has four new positions on it that the districts had had us already approved and all of the salary schedules have the 2.5% salary increase and the one-time payment that is intended to assist with the deduct medical insurance deductible so the uh we recommend approval of the seven updated salary schedules. >> I make a motion to approve the updated salary schedules. >> I'll second that. >> Okay, we

137have a motion and a second. Uh a comment, any online comments? Okay, all in favor? >> I passes 5. Item 15. >> Okay. The last item is the um uh administrator individual employment contract for Romany Corella and then a uh a correction to one of the administrator individual employment contracts from last year. Uh the correction from last year is for Mikailus Gordon, assistant principal at Cappuccino High School. The original salary amount on Mr. Gordon's 2425 employee contract omitted a 2.5% increase. um which in he was entitled to. So therefore we've revised his 2425 salary uh from 1919 190,14 to $194,765. >> Then the contract for this year is Ro Romany Carella, the director of um assistant director of adult school. Her salary is $114,000. $114,900. And that's based on an annualized salary of $189,499 since

138she's coming just in since she started in November. It's prrated. She has 134 work days left based on 221 work days on for the full year. She'll have health and welfare benefits of up to $45,917, transportation and cell phone reimbursements of $275 a month, various subscriptions and memberships, and reimbursements for approved district expenses. We recommend approval of both of these. >> Okay. Is there a motion? >> I'll make a motion to approve both contracts. >> There's a second. >> Got a motion and a second. Uh further discussion, any public comment? Okay. All in favor? >> I >> Okay. Division of student services. >> Read this. >> Yeah. Go ahead. >> So, we have a So, we have a denial of interd district transfers. The administrative appeals committee reviewed four interdist student transfer appeals and the

139committee is recommending a denial of four interdist transfer appeals. Just point of information, these are from our last previous meeting. >> Correct. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Is there a motion? >> Is there a motion? >> Oh, I I move to approve the interd district transfer denials. >> Is there a second? I'll make a second. >> Nobody. >> Okay. Any discussion? All in favor? I >> I >> you division of instructional services. >> The first one here is um approval for four courses of study or course proposals um in the dual enrollment healthcare careers, career explorations and life planning, college and academic success and sports medicine. >> Again, I think I love this. So, make a motion to approve the course of study for the dual enrollment. >> I'll second that. Yeah. >> Was that

140a motion? Yep. >> And I seconded that. >> This is a long >> and he's he's gonna enthusiastically >> Yeah, you know it. >> Okay, we got a motion and a second after 9. >> We're going to hurry and get this train into the station. All in favor? >> I >> enthusiastically. >> There you go. >> Okay. Um, >> this next one is a course of study for um, physical education three to allow for students who may not be able to take PE in 9th and 10th grade to have a class um, just for juniors and seniors to be together and also if they want to take a third year of PE, which some students do. And let's be clear, that's only if enrollment in that particular class reaches a certain threshold to allow us

141to offer the class. Right? If I understand three, >> it's a what if. I get it. >> Make a motion for the what if. So make a motion to approve the course of study for physical education. Three. >> I'll second that. >> Okay. We got a motion to second action last time. >> Any public comment on that? >> Okay. All in favor? I >> I >> passes 5. the business division of business services. >> None this evening. >> Yeah. Aw board operations. >> The uh the first two items here are legislative updates. We're trying to catch up. So we have um two of them. >> I'll move to approve the legislative updates. >> No, I think these are just we're good and they go to cons. >> Yeah, we're looking for direction to place it

142on. >> We're good. I'm good. Sorry. Um, I had a question about the legal interpretation of one of these and and Randall, you're gonna get that >> correct. I'll have that to the rest of the board the question and then the legal response. >> Not in tomorrow's weekly, but when we get back from the break and prior to the next board meeting. >> Okay. Thanks. >> You know, Lozano Smith either had a class or an article that came out today on that recent Supreme Court decision. Yeah. >> Oh, yeah. >> The podcast on Mahoud versus Taylor. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Oh, I didn't see it. >> Oh, can you forward to >> I'll forward it to you. Yeah. >> Yeah. It was probably It's probably in your email, isn't it? >> It probably is, but

143I can't get my email, but that's a whole another question. >> Okay. We're to the Nope. Eddie, >> it came out in the morning. >> I know. You said Eddie, contact us. I'm like, whatever. >> Okay. Deep breath in. Oh, go ahead. >> We have one more. >> Oh, sorry. >> Salary. Yeah. >> Okay. So this is can I go? So this is a also review and discuss. It's to the uh salary program board policy 4318.4. The board approved this back in 2009 2010. It's a longevity increment for uh administrators and non-represented classified managers. The revisions uh clarify that this also includes non-represented classified managers. we've always included them, but the the uh policy now is clarified that there's no um confusion there. And it clarifies that the uh longevity stipen for on the administrative

144salary schedule is what the what the stipen is. And then the biggest change here is it provides a a doubling of the longevity stipen after 20 years. So it was in 2009, we passed a 10-year longevity stipen and that was it. And um this would provide those in leadership uh after 20 years with a doubling of that stipend. And this is uh for review and this will be on consent. >> Correct. >> Okay. There are no further comments. We'll look for those on consent. And if you do have comments, contact the superintendent. Uh we future board agenda items. We want to add anything. >> So we have special ed and AI so far. >> You know are we there is no inventory of items because we used to carry the open inventory. Did we clean

145it out or did we just omit it? >> I'm sorry. >> Yeah honey. I'm sorry. I just saw we, you know, we didn't have any. >> We have a long list like we went through a lot of those items. >> Can I just request an item for a weekly? >> Yes. >> Which is I think maybe we talked about this in our call, but um an update on just the ML implementation of uh >> Placement. Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Okay. I want I wanted to ask for a weekly uh issue too. Um just the I guess the numbers of folks that use our interpretation services and how that's if it's made a difference in terms of participation or not. I don't know it's possible to do that. >> Yep. >> Thank you. Thank you.

146ASL interpreters and language. >> Okay. Well, according to my script, it says it is time to adjourn the meeting.