001Good evening. I'm going to call the uh the meeting to order. This is a meeting of the San Antonio Union High School District Board of Trustees. I'm calling open session to order and today is October 9th and is approximately 7 p.m. A roll call. Trusty Chavez, >> present. >> Trusty Jacobson, >> present. Trusty Lan >> present. >> Trusty Andradi Zuniga >> presente. >> Okay. And I'm present. Tonight we have a team from Hannah interpreting is 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. >> Good evening. In order to provide language access, this meeting will have simultaneous interpretation in English and Spanish. To enable the interpretation, if you're using your laptop or
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003accommodations by calling 650-558-2201. 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. Pledge of allegiance. Would our student board representatives please lead us? 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. >> Thank you very much. Okay, there uh report of actions taken in close session. There were no actions taken in close session this evening. Adopt the agenda. The board of trustees may either adopt the agenda as presented or make a change to the agenda through a motion, second,
004and 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 or trustees or superintendent with respect to the agenda? Okay. Does not appear to be any. Um, are there any questions or comments from the public? >> There are none. >> Okay. Any on any raised hands? >> There are none. >> Okay. Uh, is there a motion to adopt the agenda? >> A motion. I'll make a motion to adopt the agenda. >> Second. >> Okay. We have a motion and second. Any discussion? Okay. All in favor? I opposed. student board member. Thank you. Motion carries and we have an agenda. Uh regular reports report of the superintendent. >> Thank you very much. Good evening everybody. Happy
005Thursday evening. Um I just wanted to provide another update. We've been visiting schools. Uh continue to visit schools. It's really it ends up being the best part of my week. Um and uh since our last board meeting, I had the pleasure of uh visiting Aragon and Hillsdale uh high school educators and students. Um spent a lot of time in science classes. Really amazing just the labs that that our students get to participate in and uh be a part of. Uh really fantastic teaching. Really, really fantastic. So uh grateful and I'm grateful for uh the educators that swing on by the faculty lounge and and chat with me a little bit. uh offer concerns, have questions, we have really really good dialogue. Uh and that was uh that continues to happen. So I was very appreciative
006people take time out of their prep period to come and uh speak with me. Uh we've got Diwali coming up. Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights also observed by Jane Seikhs and some Buddhists particularly newer Buddhists in Nepal. Uh the festival celebrates the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance. The word diwali comes from the Sanskrit word dupuvali meaning row of lights and it's celebrated annually over five days each with its own customs and significance usually between October and November. The exact dates vary each year according according to the Hindu uh lunar calendar. And in 2025, Diwali festivities begin on October 20th with the main day of celebration observed by many on October 21st. And if you've watched the news lately, California uh just adopted it as a
007state holiday. So, we want to celebrate um and wish everyone a joyous uh and safe Diwali. Uh we have a district-wide college fair coming up. Uh we invite students and families to attend this district-wide college fair on Wednesday, October 15th, 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 pm. It's going to be held at uh Santail High School located right next door, 506 North Delaware Street. It is amazing. If you haven't gone, I mean, it is really, really inspiring. I really encourage um families and students to attend. More than 75 representatives from colleges across the country will be in attendance to hear presentations on paying for college and how to apply and all those kinds of things. Uh, and for more information, you can go on our website and just search under College Fair and and we have we've
008got information there. Coming up, we've got the Great Shakeout Drill. Uh, this is uh not only statewide, but nationwide. Uh, on October 16th at 10:16 a.m., all of our schools will take part in the Great Shakeout Earthquake Drill along with millions of other uh, Californians and uh, all 50 states. Uh this annual event helps our students and educators practice that simple life lifesaving step of drop, cover, and hold on actions that can make all the difference in a real earthquake. Uh we also use this as an opportunity to remind families to review their own emergency plans at home, especially how uh we get a hold of each other, account for one another, and make sure uh we're all safe. Um, so we we met as a district office staff today and talked about our protocols
009and procedures because we're kind of twofold. We're a site to ourselves uh and keeping everyone safe, but then we also serve as districtwide incident command uh and and to support our school sites through that. So, uh we're looking good there. October is the week of the school administrator, October 12th through the 18th. Uh during that week uh we honor the leaders who ensure our students have safe and supportive and enriching learning environments to our principles, our assistant principles, directors and district leaders, uh trustee land as a principal himself. Thank you for your vision, care, uh and tireless work on behalf of students and educators. So thanks. Thank you. >> Thank you. Reporter of the district teachers association representative. >> Uh Mr. Childress doesn't seem to be on yet, but he is going to come see
010>> reserve his time for him. Report of the CSEA chapter 519 representative. >> They don't have a report this evening. >> Okay. Report of the Satella adult school teachers. Thank you board president Griffian Vice President Chavez, board members and superintendent for the opportunity uh to to present today. My name is Alena Babage. I am English learner specialist at San Mato Adult and Career Education Campus. And today I would like to share recent and current events which uh happens in our campus. So we uh have successfully started fall semester. Uh during the registration we registered 154 um morning and 26 uh 36 uh students evening uh new students for evening classes. Now our classes are full. Uh however historically we have um about 150 200 uh new applicants per session but um in the fall 20
011uh 25. Um this semester we are uh seeing uh significant drop uh applicants uh from 150 plus to uh 80 plus students. So it's uh notably uh 60% less new applicants than it was before. This decrease uh could be uh connected with um concerns about new uh ice policy. So also um we have been collaborating with our consortia partners. We held we had meeting with following adult school. This is S South San Francisco adult school. Sequoia adult school uh La Costa and Jefferson's adult school. Uh during this meeting we discussed our uh registration and uh pro procedures and uh data collections and we realized we're facing the similar uh challenges during this procedure and to address um this um challenges we uh set up a calendar shared calendar. Um this helps us uh refer uh
012our students when our registration closed. We can refer to another schools uh to prevent student waiting for next enrollment period. It was very productive meeting and we plan to continue meetings on a semiannual basis for f further uh collaboration and partnership. In addition, we recently held our student council elections. Uh so we have new student council and as uh as a part of civic engagement. We are bringing our newly elected student council members officers here. Uh I would like I'm proud to introduce our morning student council president. Uh morning vice president >> and uh Van Chan she is not here tonight and evening student council president. >> Yeah good evening everyone. My name is Romania president for the >> thanks >> and secretary Mayara Rosanski. She is not here tonight also. Uh this is a
013wonderful opportunity for our students to uh engage in a real time live um civic engagement. Demystify school board uh and encourage in participation in a public uh comments event um public forums. uh attending a board meeting uh is a safe and supportive experience for our students. Um they can gain their experience uh experience in public participations for with goal for future. um they in one day they may represent uh their student body in um other public comments, civic um events or educational events. Thank you. >> Thank you and welcome to uh all the officers there. Um reporter of the student board rep Sophia. >> Um first thanks for having me. Um I'm very pleased to be part of the board now. Um my name is Sophia Bachi. Um I'm a student at Middle College, but
014my home school is Seatel High School. I am part of the swim team of my high school and I also volunteer at homework central as a tutor in elementary school. Um a little bit more about me, I was born and raised in Brazil and I moved to the US when I was 15, so about 2 years ago. Um and something exciting that happened in my campus this week is that yesterday we visit the CSU Monterey Bay which was very nice to meet a campus with um that is not very um known and people it's not the first option for very um for a lot of people. So it was very nice. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. Governing board comments. >> I'm sorry President. I believe we have Mr. Childress now. >> Okay. Welcome.
015>> Sorry about that, guys. Um, good evening, President Griffin, members of the board, uh, district cabinet. Um, I will be very brief tonight. Um, uh, the the only thing I want to report tonight is that our legislative council, uh, unanimously approved the tenative agreement and we are moving towards ratification. We are going out to all the sites to um discuss and support the tenative agreement as presented by the bargaining teams and we should be ready for a board uh review and action for approval um at the next at the next board meeting. Um we again want to thank the district and the u both the district and the association bargaining teams for um their commitment and their collaboration to um find a fair agreement for both parties and we're looking forward to um implementation later
016this year. Thank you. >> Thank you. Okay. Uh governing board comments. Trusty Chavez. >> Thank you. Uh Trusty Griffin. I don't have much to say but I wanted to welcome our amazing student Bor Rip Sophia from the middle college and thank you for being here and I want to thank the our three students from uh our adult school. So thank you for coming and speaking as well. Um the other thing I wanted to mention was I I love uh visiting our school sites talking with staff and students engaging. The other meeting I went to last week, we came after school hours, so there wasn't much chatter, you know, with with uh our students or our staff, but the citizens oversight committee went to visit um on a little tour. So, it was nice a little
017field trip high school, Berlingame High School, and Mills High School to look at the end product of the new facilities upgrades. Um and I was I'm sporting my my new shirt here that's citizens oversight committee. So, it's a wonderful group of of volunteers. Um, and I want to say that um, Mr. um, I know I knew I should have written more notes. I want to say uh, Miss um, Jasmine Andradi did an excellent job and Mr. Mr. Charlie Royce did an excellent job. Those two kind of hosted us around uh, around the three sites. Um, I'll leave it at that. Thank you. And I know Yansy, that's your that's your crew. Excellent job. I want to say kudos to everybody. Thank you. And thank you also to uh the parents and the community members that
018volunteer for that citizens oversight committee because it's not just a lot of fun and games. They dig into most of the meetings are digging into the details of the bond budget and the expenditures but this was the fun field trip so I had to make sure that I was in attendance. It was fun. Thank you. >> Thank you Trusty Jacobson. >> Uh good evening. Uh the only thing I have to report on this time is that I attended uh the literacy panels for the ninth graders, some of the ninth graders at Hillsdale High School. Um this was a combined humanities project with the English and um ethnic studies classes. Um, so the students met in small groups um with both teachers and an adult from the school or the community got to participate. And so
019I sat in on three or four of those and we um had discussions about different texts that the students read and the reflections on it. And it was um a really interesting and um uplifting and you know great experience to see what goes on in um in class in the high schools and to to hear the students reflections that were um insightful and um just the the collaborative and supportive environment that um was created there. So, I appreciate the invitation and um that's all I have for tonight. Thanks, >> Trusty Land. Uh really short just congratulations adult school student council. It's great to see you. Thanks for coming. Um also nice to see you. Welcome to our the board. Um I just the two things I wanted to mention uh Superintendent Booker already mentioned which
020was uh principal appreciation month. Thank you very much. Appreciate the kudos for that. And then also the great shakeout that is an important thing for our community and for all of our schools to practice and be prepared. And again, resources for parents as well is out there for what happens at home. And you know, I would I was just going to repeat exactly what Randall, you know, Superintendent Booker was talking about. So anyway, thank you very much. >> Okay. >> Thank you, Trusty Andrade Zuniga. >> Thank you. I'm going to start with the land acknowledgement that was written by our students from Cappuccino many many years ago. Not even that many, but um our community acknowledges that all of our campuses lie on the ancestral hook, homeland of the Rome Tushaloney. The Rome Tush are
021the 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 the first people, the Rome to Shalomi, for taking care of the land we use now for education and activities. Our responsibility of caring up for the earth is unique and personal to each of us but should be rooted in allyship with a remali so we can work together to protect and preserve the land for future generations. Um I want to also welcome Sophia. Hola I've been learning Portuguese for like three or four years. So I'm gonna You're gonna be my tutor. Yeah. Um, yeah, welcome. Thank you.
022Um, I attended the U barbecue this weekend for the black educators in our district and it's always really nice to um to break bread with folks and to be in community. Um, there were not as many of us as we would have liked there to be, but the day was beautiful. It was really nice to get out in um in nature um and just talk about commonalities and just things that we're all experiencing. So, that was nice. Um last week was our Sonteo County Schoolboard Association quarterly meeting and we had a presentation on supporting immigrant students and their families in the time of fear. Um, we had Diego Perez from Cemeter Foster City School District present. Faith in Action presented. The US immigration law group presented and our very own Superintendent Booker did as well.
023It was fabulous. We had a ton of people in attendance. We had great information on how to support our students during this time. So, thank you for doing that. Um, I just want to say thank you to all of our staff that are supporting and protecting our kids during this time. Our students too at the adult school. Um, you know, we all right now have just some times that are not very pleasant to live through and you know with our students especially being so young um it's really important for them to see uh the support from their educators. So, thank you very much. Um, I just want to remind folks that there are red cards that they can pick up with their rights and um what to do in the event that they get detained
024or are questioned about their um citizenship. Um there's also career solus. There's a lot of mental health uh mental health um struggles going on right now because of the same reasons. Um so that is important. And you know, one of the things that we talked about last Monday was how this is affecting our students. And you know, we want to move the needle for certain communities that are struggling and certain subjects. And we can't do that if our students are feeling stressed and anxious and um uncertain about their about their homes, about their families. And so we just need to be mindful about that. Um this is also disability um employment education month and I just want to commend our district for just so all of the diversity and equal uh equity that that we
025have here in our district. It's so important that our students with disabilities uh see folks, see educators within the district that look like them and that um also have disabilities like them because they are going to be in the workforce as well and this will definitely encourage them um despite a lot of the stigmas and the abbleism that there is sometimes in the world. Um, so that's really really important. And just a reminder that our school district is is is directly uh related to the disability rights movement. Um, Ed Roberts was one of the pioneers of the disability justice movement and rights movement in the um at UC Berkeley which started the independent living movement. Um, he went to Berlingame High School. He went to the different the elementary schools in Berling game, went to
026CSM and then went to Berkeley. Um he then went on to work for the department of rehabilitation which there the re the department of rehabilitation is so important for providing uh funding for Voke rehab um which also encourages or funds uh the different types of employment opportunities um and training for our students. And so, um, it's all directly related. Ed Roberts, um, had polio and lived in an iron lung for most of his life. So, um, it's really important that we recognize the, um, influence of our district within that movement. So, um, that's it. Thank you. >> Thank you. And I don't have a report. I have a tax deadline. So, that's all I can work on. Public comments. If you are joining us in person and wish to make a comment about an agenda
027item or during the public comment section at the beginning of the agenda, please fill out a request to address the board form and submit it to the secretary. This form should be given to the secretary before the agenda item begins. If you are joining us virtually, use the raised hand feature on Zoom to be recognized. When invited to do so, your camera must be on before you are called upon to make a public comment. We will call on you to begin your comment once we have promoted you into the meeting. If your camera is not operational, please email your comments to the board of trustees at boardshd.org. Please note that comments are limited to 3 minutes. The board president may increase or decrease the time allowed for public comment depending on the topic and number
028of persons wishing to be heard. I will call on in-person comment request first. Uh you have three minutes. Marvin Jin, welcome. Thank you. I'm here tonight to express serious concerns regarding the school bus transportation and special education services for my child. I consistently contact the transportation department to notify them when my child does not require pickup or drop off and I maintain a log on my phone documenting these communications. However, I was never informed by the school district, the transportation department, and Miss Elizabeth Blackwell, the program manager, that bus services for my daughter had been paused. I only learned this after calling and speaking with the dis uh dispatcher directly. On the day my my child intended to take the bus, the school bus never came on time. I had to call the transportation department
029to find out what was happening. She she was eventually picked up and arrived at school late. She is scheduled to be picked up at 7:39. That's 50 minutes before school starts. I also want to highlight that there are three other students in our neighborhood that are being bus to the same school out of the neighborhood school. This raises a serious concern. Why doesn't our neighborhood school offer special education services for students who live here? It is unacceptable that these students must be bust nearly an hour away to receive support that they need. This is this not only places an undue burden on their daily routine but also limits their access to timely and equitable education. During my child's recent IEP meeting, Miss Elizabeth Blackwell attempted to remove the transportation issue from the IEP. When I
030asked for clarification, she was unable to provide any answers. This lack of communication and transparency is deeply concerning, especially when transportation is a critical part for my daughter's access to education. She told me she had no authority and suggested that I talk to the school board. I respectfully request clarification on the following. Why was I not notified that the bus services for my child were paused? What steps are being taken to ensure timely and reliable transportation? Why are special education services not available at our neighborhood schools? Why was the transportation issue nearly removed from my daughter's IEP meeting without proper explanation? I appreciate your attention to this matter and look forward to your response. Thank you. >> Thank you. Are there any raised hands on Zoom? >> There are none. >> Okay. Are there any
031communications to the board? >> Not this evening. Are there any recognitions? >> Not this evening. Not this evening. >> We're to the consent agenda item O. Uh do any of the trustees wish to pull an item uh from consent for discussion? If not, is there a motion? >> I'll move to approve the consent agenda. >> I'll second that. >> Okay, we have a motion and a second. Is there any discussion? Any any cards on any of the items? >> There are none. >> No hands raised. There are none. >> Is there any discussion by the board? If not, um, all in favor? >> I opposed. The consent agenda passes 5 Z. Oh, student board member, sorry. Thank you. Special reports and appearances. Superintendent Booker. >> Thank you. So, uh, I'm pleased to, uh, introduce Dr.
032Kirk Black. Uh, he'll be providing us with our HR presentation. This is hiring interview practices of certificated staff u, and looking at some of our statistics, but al also looking at um, some of the processes that we go through in recruitment and especially retention of uh, all of our educators across the district. >> Thank you. Thank you. And good evening. Tonight, I'm pleased to present our human resources progress and pro priorities report for 20 2526. This report highlights our continued commitment to building a highquality diverse workforce and supporting every employee in the district. I first must emphasize that although this is an HR presentation of the district's personnel priorities, the initiatives, results, and collaborations highlighted in this presentation go well beyond HR. other departments and programs such as the certificated professional development program led by
033Dr. Kempy, Dr. Simmons, Dr. Hopkins, and Mr. Baxik, the classified training programs led by our directors, managers, and principles, the teacher induction and instructional coaching program led by Dr. Hopkins, and of course, all the sitebased leadership that is the foundation of our studentled focus. Each of these and several other programs deserve recognition and credit for making the district an incredible place to work and thrive. Human resources is definitely a district-wide team effort and we have a great team. Okay. So, first we'll begin the presentation with recruitment. We have made significant strides this year with expansive outreach that include targeting 138 universities of which 26 are historically black colleges and universities and 39 are high latinx serving institutions. We utilize the eight leading Bay Area job boards and our teacher pipeline programs, specifically our two teacher
034residency programs and the high-profile classified to certificated grant have proven successful this year. Four classified staff members and five student teachers were hired as new full-time district teachers. Turning to retention, I'm happy to report that we had a strong 91% teacher retention rate last year, which is measured by teacher retention three years after a teacher is made permanent, which usually is five years in total. Five years is the mark where a lot of studies have found that teachers drop out of the profession. So having a 91% retention rate is very high and um especially compared to the county and state averages. This rate uh this high rate reflects a positive impact of our extensive support systems for new teachers that includes instructional coaches, a robust teacher induction program, our comprehensive PLC collaboration structure and humanizing
035focus and the employee wellness program. It also reflects the culture of our district and schools. Under the superintendent's leadership, we continue to reinforce a supportive culture of inclusion where feedback is welcomed. We assume positive attention and recognize that all staff members are educators and leaders for professional development. Our recent focus has been on providing a choice of PD and not a one-sizefits-all approach. This was the clear message from uh the employee survey of two years ago. As examples, for the January 2025 PD day, we offered certificated staff 20 choices of wide-ranging PD and offered classified staff a choice of 15 classes alongside a wellness fair that had additional options from which to choose. Combining classified and certificated staff for PD when possible was another finding from our employee survey. In response, we have actively combined
036classified and certificated staff for events like the new employee orientation, ongoing staffy meetings that foster a unified culture, and at the superintendent's welcome message at the beginning of the year. Further, our efforts with our classified staff have resulted in three current classified staff members recently earning their teaching credentials and 10 more classified staff currently enrolled in a teacher credential program sponsored by the district's grant. Finally, we recognize our classified staff's academic achievements with our relatively new stipens that provide uh classified educators for their bachelor's and M's degrees. We had 150 stipens extended last year for bachelors and 60 for masters master's degrees. And beyond recognition, these also act as incentives for other staff considering additional education or perhaps a teaching career. We are committed uh to promoting from within. Our classified our internal classified promotions
037have remained strong. In 23 24 we had 22 internal promotions had 21 in 2425. We have three so far this year and we anticipate more to come. The district supports all staff advancement through targeted PD and individual coaching and counseling programs. Currently we have 28 career coach partnerships and we have a counselor on retainer that we use regularly. Last year alone, we individually reimbured classified staff $45,000 for completing 24 college semester courses while they were working. So, it's pretty impressive. This year's new hire uh new hire survey uh results show strong satisfaction with the job description clarity and a welcoming interview experience uh 93 and 92%. However, we did however we did identify a key area for improvement which is the clarity of job details explained by panelists. This percentage dropped from 97 to 61%
038this year. So, we uh have already focused on a training program for our panelists to ensure a consistently clear explanation of the job details to interview candidates. Here we have a couple of quotes from new teachers this year with their first impressions. Seems like our efforts are paying off as evidenced by the positive feedback. One stated the district is a very people centered and has higher standards and another mentioned that this was the smoo smoothest onboarding that they had experienced and they had worked in a number of districts. Our recruitment strategy is guided by our hiring equity flyer which states our values and commitment to a supportive culture. Recent hirings is the next section of the presentation. So first uh after we recruit uh individuals we uh start our interview procedures. This slide provides a
039detailed workflow demonstrating the six key stages of the selection process for a classroom teacher. The process is highly structured. It begins with a needs assessment identifying uh the role that is vacant uh defining the desired qualifications for the person that would fill the role. It then moves to paper screening to filter candidates by qualification followed by essential reference checks for confirmation. The final stages focus on performance. A first round interview to evaluate the candidates's knowledge, experience, and initiative. And this culminates in a demonstration lesson to directly assess practical instructional skills and student interaction levels. This slide outlines some of the key qualities that we seek in a teacher candidate which are evaluated through three major components of the hiring process. The interviews, the demonstration lesson, and reference checks. Uh some of these are technical skills
040that are related to the candidate that are related to the candidates's experience and some are related to the candidates's professional disposition and they include the six uh bullet points there. They need to have the mastery of the subject matter, an ability to recognize and adapt to diverse learner needs and requirements. The ability to form a positive connection with students and colleagues, the ability to implement constructive criticism. having skills in maintaining an effective learning environment and a growth mindset. Okay, so these are our hiring demographics. When we look at our hiring demographics, the trends are encouraging. We are seeing strong alignment between our outreach and hiring outcomes. Latinx and Asian representation among new teacher hires is tracking closely with our student demographics as demonstrated by the gray line on the chart. Additionally, we have hired teachers
041in higher percentages in Filipino and African-American uh categories. A noticeable area of improvement, however, is hiring Pacific Islander teachers in which we are presently reviewing our recruitment strategies that we may pursue for the next hiring season. This is a three-year uh slide trend ex uh table that exemplifies the consistency in our hiring in terms of matching our student and community demographics uh with noticeable consistent increases in diverse hiring. Similarly for our classified recruitment and hiring um it continues to be very diverse. Our new classified hiring percentages are above student percentages for lat Latinx staff and our staff to student ratios are well over for the African-American and Filipino uh categories for our classified educators. As mentioned earlier, we ha we hired four classified members this year as new teachers to the district. And this slide
042displays their content area and their varied demog demographic information. District staff demographics. Uh the the district has almost 1,200 regular employees or approximately 1,50 uh full-time equivalent positions. This does not include substitutes or athletic coaches. The breakdown is closely split between certificated and classified employees. The number of classified employees has grown in recent years to almost equal the number of certificate certificated employees. It's always interesting to look at the age demographic of our current workforce. Starting with our certificated staff, this slide displays the distribution of our teacher age groups. Age distribution is a key for is key for strategic and succession planning as senior teachers approach retirement. You can see that we have a diverse mix of experience levels across the district. At this point, it is good to see that we have a typical
043bell-shaped curve for our teachers and not too much of a um approaching retirement bubble. >> The average age for district teachers is 45 and that is a 60% female, 40% male. Classified. So, this this slide helps us analyze the age profile of our classified educators. We have a wide range uh starting from 21 to se over 70. The two high points are in the 35 to 39 and 50 to 54 ranges which are kind of both sides of the typical mid-range career. The average age of our classified educators is 46 and 58% are female. This slide is a snapshot of our administrator staff showing the administrator ethnicities for both the current year and from two years ago. This type of data comparison allows us to track our progress towards building an administrative team that reflects
044the rich diversity of our student body and community that we serve. We have seen our leadership become more diverse over the past few years. The average age of our administrators is 49 and almost 49% are females. Almost half are females. Okay. So finally we we transition to our path forward. Uh this slide outlines our five key priorities for 2526 which are targeted recruitment uh enhanced retention, tracking the experience of new employees, comprehensive D uh PD programs and the assessment of employee satisfaction and targeted support. At the bottom of the slide is our highle timeline for general initiatives culminating in an employee satisfaction survey and strategic planning for the following year. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for your attention and support. I'm proud of the work both the HR team is doing and all of our
045district's collective efforts towards recruiting the best candidates and supporting our excellent employees. And I look forward to continuous improvement going forward. and I'm happy to take any questions or comments. >> Okay. Does the board have any comments? We'll start with Trusty Chavez. >> I will say that uh this was this is excellent uh excellent presentation uh Dr. Black and providing it. Excellent. And I know that your staff probably helped you putting this together. So, please give kudos to your staff. I'm I'm a numbers person. I love the graphs and the charts and the the bell-shaped curve and knowing where people are. Thank you for pointing out that we don't have such a a concern right now that everyone's going to retire next year. You know, we're we're we're kind of good in this position because
046we have excellent educators as you know. So, I don't have any any questions. I I did notice there's a healthy appendix um attached to the presentation and there's actually some great sample questions. How can we better promote internal advancement for staff members, etc. So, I think that those are just questions that we're asking internally, right? I think that those are I just want to say job well done. Excellent presentation. >> Thank you Trusty Jacobson. >> Um yes, thank you. That was a great presentation and um I think it speaks well of our district, the high retention rate that we have. That really speaks a lot about um the experience that it is to work here. And um it's clear that we invest a lot in our staff professional development um in their continuing education and
047in helping to promote employees within um we've seen that over over the years and um working towards a supportive culture. Um I appreciated the slides about uh what you're looking for in your teacher candidates. um a mix of technical skills and uh professional disposition qualities. Um we want the best and the brightest. We want um teachers who are wellqualified in the ways that matter most to our students. So, thank you so much. >> Absolutely. >> Appreciate it, >> Trusty Land. >> I just want to they've said most of it, but I really appreciate the effort that we've done in in this area. I mean, you and it's not just been this year. It's been over the last few years where we're really trying to look for diverse candidates. We're trying to look for the most
048qualified candidates. You've really outreach has been great. You know, I just think we're heading in the right direction and I just think we should continue it. So, thank you very much. >> Trusty Andradi Zeniga. >> Yes. I have a couple questions. So, one one of this one of the really cool things I experienced this weekend was at the barbecue. There was a student that graduated with my older son that was now working at Berlingame >> and it was kind of cool that you know it's that like full circle for the and he went to Berling too. So my question I guess is what is the percentage of uh I guess specifically teachers that that are alumni and what is it like from year to year? Um I don't know off the top of your head
049if you have that information. Um I'm just curious. >> Uh I don't have on that on top of my head. We did just hire our former superintendent's uh granddaughter. >> Yeah. >> Uh Cara Johnson, Kiara Kiara Johnson, sorry. And I said heard her the other day. She's doing great. Um there's a lot there's a I don't have the exact number, but it's more than any district that I worked in prior to this district. And uh it's it's really remarkable. Um and how long >> and then when they do uh they stay a lot of them stay their whole careers. It's a pro. Uh in the past we have um tried to recruit through our alumni you know venues and and whatnot especially during the uh precoid and when there was kind of the teacher shortage
050and what and stuff like that but um we could probably do more efforts in that but it is remarkable how many students come back and want to work here classified as well I mean teachers and classified in in both both areas >> just just an example of that uh Bridge Academy hired its first alumni as a um instructor aid was really fantastic. >> That's great. No, and and that made me think about, you know, is that in the succession planning for teachers, you know, when they are retiring, like what, you know, is that part of the plan to go to the alumni um and see if, you know, people are interested? I remember last year there was a student that was an aid in um one of the uh teachers classes at Hillsdale and she
051was a student. >> Mhm. Um, and so I'm not sure if I think she got hired eventually because she was um, you know, >> she was trying to to get hired, but um, but yeah. So, is it part of the succession planning? >> Yes, it's the most rewarding profession, especially working in this district. Um, and we communicate that often. Uh, we can do a better job of that, I suppose. uh but the results that we're having I think are are show that we do communicate that teaching in general is a very rewarding profession but to work in this district is a privilege and having been a student you have you have a leg up in the uh interview process you really do uh and people know you I mean and that's why you do have
052a leg up they know you and uh know your experience and that sort of thing um so yes it is and I can get the the exact numbers and percentage first school I mean that would But I'm sorry. >> No, that'd be fun to have to get >> Yeah. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> You know, just a couple of things and you know that that 91 uh% retention is is really good. speaks well of the district and I was looking at a couple things that I think are contributing to that and like the professional development >> being able to choose things that you know not having something just hoisted on you know not hoisted but sort of >> um mandated whereas you have an offering that will not you know that will fit whatever
053you're trying to uh develop in your own your own career and I really like the program about the classified um you know being able to uh set goals and and you know get a credential if they want. >> Yeah. >> I think that gives them something to aspire to >> um that maybe they didn't have or maybe they did have when they were were in in college. So I think those are all positives >> and that and that grants we call it classified to credential because it it pays for courses for a teaching credential but it also pays for courses just for bachelor's degree. Yeah. because it the idea is that you get your bachelor then the credential but you don't have to. So if you just got your class and your bachelor degree you
054get it paid for reimbursed by the district or you actually get money up front >> as long as you enroll. >> So it's a wonderful program. >> That's great. >> I I also just want to comment that I think one of the things and and Trusty Jacobson I think you alluded to this just our high retention rates. I mean, it's one of the key indicators or key factors as to why we have such positive and professional culture amongst our educators across the district. When when you've got those high retention rates, um understand there's a real understanding amount of educators as to what we stand for, who we are, how we uh engage with students and families. we're not having to like reinvent that wheel every single year because we have this huge influx of new
055staff. Um, which is hard to do when you've got all that turnover to like maintain culture. Um, but we have because of our high retention rate, we we're able to much easil easier maintain that positive and professional culture. >> Yeah. Sorry. The one the one thing and it it you know you can go as deep into it that that you know the new higher survey results um how we had the detail you know the explanations at detail level was 97% 3 years ago and it would decrease to 61% just seems u was it just a a one oneoff did you look at the interview >> it wasn't a one-off it it was uh I I think we had 34 and that was my speaker. Yeah, that's 30 and that was 61%. So, and uh those
056were teachers. So, there was a class. So, I think what they what they were referring to is what they were going to be teaching the next year. And sometimes that's hard when you're interviewing in March, April, May to to let them know and then things can change either the student programs or different staff people take leave and you know you need to move especially the new teachers you move you move them around where there's the openings. So they may have thought that they were going to be going into, you know, this subject of like if I'm a social studies teacher, I was going to go into nth grade history, but I was put into 11th grade. And um that's all, you know, that I can think about. That's a social studies. Maybe there's something else
057in in different departments. But I think we need to try to be clear with them. Either be clear with what they're going to be doing or if it's unknown that this is unknown and there's here's the uh probably the the three different things that you might end up doing. and and make sure that's clear for that person so they don't accept a job thinking they're going to be doing one and they get into another. >> Um I mean and it's inadvertent and I don't think we tried to trick anybody into it but it obviously happened and that's why we got that result. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Then will we have access to the uh the employee satisfaction come the summer of >> Oh yeah. Okay. Good. Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you. >> I'll share
058it. Any uh the student board you rep you have a comment question? >> You you don't have to. >> Okay. Any raised hands? >> There are none. >> Okay. This is anformational item. Actually, it was uh a lot of good useful information. Appreciate it. Okay. So, we're going to move on. Is there any nothing in construction? So move on to division of human resources. >> Uh we for the consent agenda we have the consent agenda. We have the um personal actions. >> No uh no special recognitions. >> I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda personnel. >> I'll second that. >> Okay. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Um there's no blue cards or any raised hands. Okay. All in favor? I >> I opposed passes 50. I don't think you
059get to vote on this. So um then we'll move on to division of human resources >> personal actions addendum. Th this uh has the all the teachers that are moving from temporary to probe one and probe two on it. And then uh the next board me will have the permanent C celebration of teachers and classified. >> Great. >> Okay. I make a motion to pass the uh personnel actions addendum. >> I'll second that. >> Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Any raised hands? >> There. None. >> Okay. All in favor? >> I I >> pass. Uh nays. Okay. Passes 5. Um three. Item two is a um >> I'm sorry. is aou with the district's teachers association regarding contracting out for special education ed specialists. Uh we've had some leaves in
060the special education department and had and have had trouble getting um candidates interested in at this time of the year, but there are several agencies that provide teachers through contract. And um thanks to our teacher association, we agreed we came to understanding that we can um hire that hire for one position. >> Okay. >> I'll move to approve theou >> second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Are there any raised hands? >> There are none. >> Okay. All in favor? >> I opposed. Passes 5. We'll move on to theou item three. >> This is anou uh with our teachers association where we're supporting our teachers. We have a course called the community literacy and action. It's for multilingual learners and uh we have teachers, we've had teachers in teaching that class
061last year and a couple this year that don't have the right authorization for that. Um it's a little tricky. We used to have all new teachers used to be automatically credentialed for MLS. They've made it more difficult recently. So, some of our teachers got caught out. And then this is a new course called community community literacy and action. And it fell into a category where these teachers did not have the authorization. So, for this year, we need to get an emergency uh certificate for them of the ones that are teaching it this year. But, we're going to pay for all of them, the ones that taught it the last year that aren't teaching it this year. So they'll all be um clear to teach it when we need them. Um part of the agreement for
062emergency credential is that they will then agree to take units towards that or a test towards this uh qualification. And in this case they can take a test a three-part test or they can take courses. Um but for this immediiacy we need to give them emergency credential and it cost $102 each and that's what the agreement is. >> Okay. Any questions or comments? So, I'm I'm a little confused. >> Okay. >> Is this an emergency credential that you're requesting? >> Emergency clad. It's not a credential. >> Got it. Got it. Got it. Okay. I'm trying to like We don't They don't do the emergency credentiing like they used to. So, Okay. So, this is just for the clad. >> That's right. You got it. Yeah. Okay. Good. Good. Thank you for noticing that. >> Okay.
063I I make a motion to approve theou. >> I'll second that. >> Okay. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Uh any raised hands? >> There are none. >> Okay. All in favor? >> I >> opposed. Item passes 50. Apparently then any uh student services issues items. >> No, not this. >> Division of instructional services. >> Not this evening. >> Okay. Division of business services. >> Not this evening. >> Okay. Board operations. >> Good. >> Superintendent. >> Yeah. This is uh we're asking for information from all of you as to which uh assignments you'd like to fulfill for the 2526 school year. This is with regard to the cities that you would represent, the schools specifically at graduations um and various committees. We included as part of the part of the board
064packet uh assignments for the 24-25 school year. So you can take a look uh but we would like some direction as we we do our planning. >> Yes. >> Um I would request to be on the equity advisory committee and we're graduation. My daughter's graduating, so I'd love to speak at Hillsdale and um friends also graduating at San Mateo. So, if I could request those two schools. >> Anybody else have a comment or a a desire at this point? If not, let's >> I'm just trying to figure out what I haven't >> done and I should, you know, so put me on whatever I haven't done over the last few years, I'm more than willing to take on. So, I'm open >> to um >> Yes. >> Yeah. I would like to um stay on
065the citizens oversight committee. I really like that group. I mean, I think all of our committees are excellent, but if I could stay on the citizens oversight committee, I would appreciate that. And I think there could be a second trustee who joins. >> You're on you're on it right now. But >> yeah, you're do budget enough this year. So I'd like to do budget. >> Yeah, I'm on the budget >> something and we we didn't meet. >> Bye everybody. Thank you for coming. >> Bye. Thank you for coming. >> Thank you. >> I'd like to stay on equity advisory as well. Um I've been there for a while and I like the work that we've been doing. Um >> yeah, and the bud I would Did you want to stay on? Do you want to
066do budget? >> No, no. I think Greg's on it right now. I just want to stay on budget. I I equity I've learned a lot >> and I want to stay on the citizens. >> I like it but it's hard to get on sometimes >> and I want to stay on the citizens committee. So if uh Trusty Jacobson and Trusty and Trust Zenique want to go on that >> I'd like to try budget if I can as well. I interested in that. >> Okay. >> All of a sudden everybody wants to be on a budget committee. Boy, what's with that? >> Yeah. I was trying to be open and like anything else. I mean beyond whatever. >> I was on that committee. We we didn't meet, but >> we didn't. Exactly. That's >> hoping we'll
067meet this time. >> Okay. If you have if you don't have any comments tonight, we'll get them to the superintendent as soon as possible. >> I think you're also looking for what school sites we represent. Cities. >> Cities. Yeah, schools and cities. Okay. Well, >> um, >> haven't we? I mean, most of us have all done all of them. >> No, I haven't done all. So, I think just my personal opinion, I think it's just good to rotate to get an understanding of the area and the the high schools and I think I've done a speech at almost every >> graduation so far over the last many years that we've been in. I think we should just all get to use to the >> getting around. I totally honor >> Jen's desire because I did
068that when I was my daughter graduated. It's very important, you know, and I think it's nice that we can we can, you know, meet those needs. >> Yeah. >> You know, I have >> that's my main priority. >> Totally. >> I mean, if no one other than Trusty Jacobson has preferences, how would you feel if uh Miss Aino and I just rolled through it and pushed it out to you in a weekly? >> Sure. >> Yep. Yeah, that's fine. And then we and then I'll if if I get a thumbs up, you know, individually as we have our conversations about that, I'll just put it on the agenda at the next meeting, we can put it on consent >> and Yep. >> Yep. >> Yeah. I don't >> but I'll honor the things I wrote
069down what individuals have said >> that they want to be on. And let me just say it out loud. Uh, Trusty Jacobson, Equity Advisory, Samato High, Hillsdale High. Uh, Trusty Chavez, uh, Citizens Oversight. Uh, Trusty Land, budget advisory. Trustee Andrea Zuniga, uh, equity advisory and budget advisory. And Trusty Griffin, I'm going to just fill it all out for you. >> Yeah, I think at this point I've done pretty Yeah, I'll uh I'll enjoy the ride. >> Great. Thank you. >> Okay. board. That was Let's see what else is in board future board agenda items. Anybody wish something added to this? >> It's on there. Yep. >> Okay. Any further comments? If not um meeting ajourned.