001All right, we now will call this meeting to order and um we will be having uh Spanish interpretation uh for the board meeting for those who are viewing online. Now we are all rise for the pledge of allegiance and begin. I aliance 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. All right. Now we'll have our roll call. Okay. Mrs. Alvarez Flores >> here. Um Dr. Armistad is absent. Mrs. Cardi >> here. Miss here. Mrs. Frost >> here. >> Mrs. Reed is absent. Mr. Walker >> here. Thank you. >> We don't have any changes to the agenda at this time. So, now we'll move on to um board comments. Does anyone have any any comments? >>
002Okay. Since our last board meeting, we've had significant recognition to a couple of our board members. And I just want to take this opportunity in a public forum to congratulate Mary Beth Cardi, person of the year for 19 for 2026 and Guy Walker and his wife Molly Korea Walker for family service youth a family services agency and the work that you've been doing and it's just it's such an honor to serve with you too and welld deserved. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Thank you, comment. Um, I was lucky to attend the Santa Barbara County School Boards Association annual dinner in April and at that time we heard from our teacher of the year, Natalie Wilks, and it was a wonderful confirmation that we made such an excellent choice. And that's especially u apppropo because
003I know we're about to make another really wonderful choice today. And I also want to acknowledge Guy and his wife Molly Ko Walker. Um they are getting the champions award tonight and I will be there. >> Fantastic. >> Looking forward to it. Thank you. >> Well, yes. Ditto to Mayor Beth. Uh it is a pretty amazing group of folks. So, while we happen to be the most current folks on the list to receive something, uh I I can't tell you how honored I am to serve with you wonderful ladies. And and I think I probably may have mentioned that when I first got elected like wow I have the honor of serving with all women and uh >> honor >> and people like this going to be a challenge. It's like no man I was
004brought up by a strong mother and grandmother and wife and and daughter. So this is this has been great. Uh I I you know I would like to acknowledge we were just Susan and I were just at Los Leos Elementary School. Uh I have no idea who all these folks are involved in but I I we guess that you're all some sort of way connected to education and you know just what a delight Susan so thank you for creating these opportunities for us to tour these schools really see the work that uh that our teachers and professionals are doing in the schools and you know I see a lot of opportunities that we've talked about before in terms of how we can improve it even more so and and um you know again. Just really
005appreciate the opportunity to do that. Thanks. >> Well, I was going to say all of those things. Ditto ditto ditto. >> Just so honored to be a part of this board and recognize our person of the year to recognize our champion through family services agency. And um when I had the honor of being able to go to the Santa Barbara Foundation ceremony for persons of the year and um with Dr. S Susan Salceto and other SBA CEO staff and um super and superintendent Salceto mentioned that we have four board members of uh the county board that um of education that are have also received person of the year. So, um, DS Cerrone, Dr. Peter McDougall, Joel How, and now you. So, um, we definitely have something good going on on this board, I'd have to
006say. So, >> I think it starts with our leader. >> 100% 100%. So, uh, and at this time, um, we have space for, uh, public comment. Do we have any public comment? Okay. Well, now we get to move on to the fun and exciting part of the meeting. Should I do >> Okay, so um we have the honor of celebrating the Santa Barbara County classified school employees of the year. So I want to thank all everyone in this room, all the uh staff and co-workers, family, friends that are here today to celebrate and uplift our honores. Um in the past um I've thought of words um talking about different community members of unsung heroes to describe local leaders who serve our students with quiet quietly and diligently without fanfare. um and oftentimes they're under the
007radar un unrecognized for their efforts. But fortunately that is not the case today. Um these staff members and teacher of the year are being honored and they're going from unsung heroes to sung heroes and we are extremely grateful for the safe, positive, inclusive learning environments that they consistently provide for our youth. So, thank you again for everyone who is here to acknowledge their dedication and passion. And now I will hand it over to Superintendent Sio. You >> Thank you, President Man, and members of the board. And good afternoon to each and every one of you. I just have to take a minute and look at this packed room. Um, everyone gathered here from all corners of our county. Thank you. Thank you so much honores and guests and individuals from all over the county for
008making all the arrangements to be here today from substitutes to sometimes you don't even have a substitute to be able to substitute for you um but you still had to make those arrangements um to be here and you're here because of what President said you know we want to sing praises for you about you because you so deserve it and what an honor to be able to do that um with you and among all of you today. So, welcome and thank you. I I would I would like to hand the baton and ask everyone to introduce themselves today, but we won't do that um right now, but I do want to say I see some colleagues that I I did want to mention for just a moment. Um Santa Maria Joint Union High School Superintendent
009Antonio Garcia, thank you so much for being here. Our CTE director was just here. Andrea Federer Lee, there you are. Very good. From Santa Maria Joint Union, thank you so much for being here as well. Um, Orchit Superintendent Dr. Holly Eids. I see you with principles Kate McCannernney and um, Julie Koselle. So, thank you so much for being here. Um, Sanz uh, Valley Union High School District is represented by Tony um, Tori Martinez. Tori, thank you so much for being here and repping for Sanz. Um, and uh, from Golita, we have Superintendent Dr. Mary Khan and Principal Lena Chavez. Thank you so much for being here with us amongst many, many colleagues and friends from all around uh, Santa Barbara County. I also want to um say thank you to Mike Ostini who's um on
010our personnel commission here at SBCEO who supports our classified employees at the county education office. Mike, thank you so much for being here. Um and we'll introduce more individuals uh throughout this ceremony, but for now I I' I'd like to say again what a joy it is to share in this moment. um to recognize and spotlight remarkable educators and school staff who serve students and families across Santa Barbara County every day. In this first half of the ceremony, we are recognizing four incredible classified school employees of the year. When I said incredible, I want you to know 20 people nodded their heads because they're like, "Yes, my person is incredible." And in doing so, we are celebrating essential roles in our schools. But I want to say more than the roles, we are celebrating and
011recognizing four individuals. You are individuals. You are people who are essential members of our team. Your dedication, professionalism, commitment to help our county schools be welcoming and supportive and inclusive. as you sh as you shared you do that every day to help our students learn and grow all of us in our schools. Let me just say I mean I I want to recognize for our classified staff I think we can all agree that um oftentimes you are the very first person a first individual a student will see. You might also be the very last individual to turn off the lights. We want to acknowledge that we depend on you so much for all that you do in our schools every day. Um we depend on your expertise, your flexibility, your sixth sense of being able
012to anticipate needs. Um often your sense of humor. I think you have to use it quite often. Um you serve as problem solvers and are trusted helpers. We want to all of us want to thank you not only for the work that you do but the people that you are. We appreciate you. Uh allow me to introduce um someone um and also thank her. Uh SBEO director of human resources Amy Ramos. Amy helped to facilitate the nomination process for the classified school employees of the year. And I'd love to have Amy come up here and share a little bit about the process before we move forward. So, Amy Ramos, >> gosh, I don't feel like the person you should be clapping for today, >> but thank you. Uh, Santa Barbara County is home to 125
013public schools. And from among all 125, four have been selected as our count four employees have been selected as our county's classified school employees of the year. Each year from our 20 school districts across Santa Barbara County, nominations are submitted that highlight the extraordinary contributions of classified employees. Reading those nominations is always inspiring because they reflect the compassion, dedication, talents, and quiet leadership that these individuals bring to their schools or districts every day. Each year, the state department of education selects nine classified school employees of the year from among all the nominations submitted from around the state. We're proud to have had the opportunity to highlight the exemplary service of these four people that you're going to meet very soon um at both the county and state level. So, I want to offer my congratulations
014to the four of you. you. >> So to our honores, our county board members will next be inviting you up here, each of you, one at a time. And and we we want to see you. We are here for you. So not to worry, we want to just be able to talk about you and have you right here next to us. So that's why we're doing that. Um, and after they share a bit about you, they'll uh turn over the podium to you for you to say a few words. And you're welcome to introduce people that you have with you if you'd like and take your moment um to share a little bit about you with us. So, first I'd like to introduce um to in to introduce our first uh classified school employee of
015the year. I'd like to welcome up our vice president um Vita Marie Flores. her trustee area includes the greater Santa Maria area. So, Vita Flores, >> here you go. >> Thank you. Welcome. >> Now, it's exciting because it's always about the relationships and in looking through the big huge list that we have of individuals to honor today. Definitely, I want to welcome Teresa, Teresa, Teddy, and I'm going to say your last name. You can correct me if you need to because sometimes I'll say it in Spanish. Please come up >> and something else. There you go. Go ahead. Yep. There he goes. Sure you show the writing. Want me to set this right here for a moment? >> There we go. >> I'm aboard. All right. Teddy is a campus security officer and at the
016Mark Richardson Center technical education center and agricultural farm where she has dedicated 11 years creating a secure and welcoming environment for students and staff. Known for her focus of relational security, Teddy builds trust by learning students names, greeting them each day, and ensuring every student feels and seen and supported. Her positive presence has become an integral part of the campus culture, helping foster a sense of belonging where students can thrive. Beyond her core responsibilities, Teddy consistenc consistently goes beyond and above to support the school community. She volunteers her time at the farm, and that's a big farm. Assists with student activities and events and even serves as the campus photographer. She captures moments that celebrate student achievement and growth. colleagues shared that Teddy is a dependable and compassionate presence and her leadership provides that kindness
017and a heart for service are the most important tools for building a dedicated cohesive school community. Good job. Very nice. So I thank you on behalf of us and the students. Job well done. We'll give you a little hug. All right. Who's that? >> Oh, we're gonna do a photo after you speak. Come on over. We got to give her moment. >> So, we're coming this way. >> Yes, we're coming this way. >> All right. >> Okay. So, >> gonna save her a few words. >> I did I I prepared a little something because I don't want to not thank everyone that helps create a safe campus. Um, but I do love being a campus security officer. I've been a campus security officer at our district for about a decade now. And I've worked at
018every school in our district, but the Mark Richardson Center is a pretty special place. And um, campus security officers, our job is so much more than catching students in the middle of making a bad decision. It's about guiding them, holding them accountable, and helping them grow into responsible adults. every conversation, every intervention, every moment we choose to mentor instead of simply discipline, those are the moments that shape a safer, stronger campus community. But creating a safe community campus uh is a team effort. My team at uh the Mark Richardson Center, our bus drivers who get our students to and from school safely every day. Um when we work together and support one another, we create an environment where it makes our school me our work meaningful and it's what turns a job into a purpose.
019I want to thank my beautiful girlfriend Gabby uh for her love, support, and encouragement. It keeps me locked in every day. Uh and it keeps me grounded. I want to thank um our CT specialist Christy Van Horn. She is my CTE writer die. Um she's my hype man and I would take on any challenge with her. Um my director Andrea Fowler Lee for her guidance, uh her support and her belief in the work that I do. And most importantly, I want to thank my mom who taught me what it means to work hard and uh always do the right thing um even when people aren't looking. Um and lastly, I want to thank the office of education um for seeing the heart, dedication, and quiet effort of the little guys. Um your acknowledgement lifts spirits.
020It fuels purpose and it reminds us that every effort, no matter how small, truly matters. Let's do it. Let's do it. >> Let's do it. Let's do it. >> We got it. We got it. >> Yes. One more. >> Thank you so much. Thank you. >> I'd like to welcome up Guy Walker, our trustee. He's a trustee area includes Sanz High School. Uh Guy Walker, come on. >> Good afternoon. Yeah. >> Well, good afternoon. >> Make sure folks are out there. Uh, so it it is my privilege and pleasure to invite Rudy Bondi to come and join me, please. >> You and a certificate. Would you like me to hold that for you? >> Sure. >> And then I'll >> But you look so good holding it, man. Don't give that up. Don't Don't let
021her pressure you. >> Good. >> I'm good. >> All right. >> Well, f first of all, Rudy, before I go into my comments, it's good meeting you. Our paths are probably crossing and now I'm going to walk in to know who you are. So, when you see me in the valley, just grab me by the jacket and like, you remember me? >> Hello. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Uh Rudy is a maintenance employee at Sanz Valley Union High School where he has dedicated 32 years to ensuring a safe, functional, and welcoming campus for students and staff. Known for his attention to detail and strong work ethic, Rudy takes pride in doing every job right the first time. His extensive knowledge and proactive approach allow him to anticipate needs and address issues quickly, helping maintain an environment
022where students can focus and thrive. Beyond his daily responsibilities, Rudy is known as a reliable and trusted resource for the entire school community. Whether supporting campus events, maintaining facilities after hours, or assisting colleagues at a moment's notice, he approaches every task with professionalism and care. Colleagues describe Rudy as the absolute best, a wizard with a toolbox, noting that what makes Rudy truly special isn't just his skill, it's his heart. Uh and on a personal note, Rudy, I you know, even at this stage, I remember as a young person, my Rudy was Mr. Brown, >> right? The the the maintenance guy who every kid who had some issue would go find Mr. Brown, >> see if see if they can fix. So, thank you for for what you do and and with the folks in which
023you do that. Um would you like to say a few words? Sure you would. >> Uh I don't have many words to say uh outside of thank you for the opportunity for and then all the kids that try to do things for them and uh the people that want to something need to be fixed. Thank you. Thank you. You say that's all right. Photo photo out. >> Photo out. Photo out. All right. We've got to give you >> Yeah. Whichever way >> you take that. >> Let me welcome uh Trustee Judy Frost. Her trustee area includes the Orchet Union School District. Judy Frost, I I'm really sorry people from North County had to give up the sunshine to come down here. >> It was nice and sunny and warm, but I'm really glad you made
024the trip. Anyhow, uh it's a nice drive. in the area of health and student services. I would like to invite Mary Cortez of the Orcet Union School District to the podium, please. >> There you go, Mary. Can you hold those? Yeah. And just set those up there. You got it. You got it. There you go. You can rest it up there if it gets heavy. Mary is community leazison at Joe Nightingale School where she has spent the past five years building strong connections between the school and the families it serves. Through her work providing transportation, supporting parent engagement, and connecting families to resources, Mary ensures that every family feels welcomed, informed, and supported. Known as a trusted go-to person, she helps strengthen relationship and make students and families feel confident and connected to their stool
025stew school community. The colleague shared that Mary is a compassionate advocate and trusted bridge between the school and the community, noting her ability to ensure families feel seen, supported, and empowered. Thank you so much, Mary, for everything you do. And would you like to say a few words? Right. >> I wanted to just say thank you and my principal Kate McCannernney and he said you have to say a few words. So um my name is Mary Cortez. Thank you so much for having me. I'm truly honored to receive this award. I want to thank my amazing husband Daniel who's here with me. Thank you for your support. Lord, I couldn't do half of it without you. My principal, Miss Mcnary, who's retiring. >> Um, Dr. Holly Es, thank you um, being here, for driving this
026way and being here. You're incredible leaders and true girl boss role models. Okay. >> I'm so lucky to work alongside such amazing uh group of people at Jonah School um who make the job easy and fun. Just thank you. >> All right, let's get you some tissue. We could do some makeup. Let's see. >> There's tissue in the podium, I believe. >> Oh, yes, we do. There we go. >> All better right there. Three. One, two, three. One, two, three. Hey, now in this area of clerical and administrative services, would Sheri Palin from the Orca Union School District come to the podium? and her >> and your plaque. >> Hold that. There you go. Sherry is the office manager at Alice Shaw Elementary School where she has dedicated over five years to creating a welcoming
027and supportive environment for students, families, and staff. Known for her positive energy and strong relationships, Sherry greets students and families by name and helps foster a sense of connection across the entire school community. Sherry's leadership and collaborative approach ensure smooth daily operations while supporting both certificated and classified staff. colleagues shared that she is truly the backbone of our school and continuously goes above and beyond. Her ability to bring people together and advocate for students and staff alike makes her an invaluable member of the school community. Congratulations, Sherry, on this welldeserved recognition. First off, >> I cannot believe this happened. I am totally shocked because I don't do this for recognition. I do this for my students and my staff and that's why I love my job and that's why I do my job and parent
028orly or criers. Um, so there we go. the sense of humor thing that you guys were saying. Um, I want to thank Julie and Jillian for starting the nomination for me. Um, like I said, I never would have ever expected that. Um, shocked again. Uh, my journey of service, I've been with Orchid Schools for 16 years and um, for like 13 of those years, I've been in the office and it's been wonderful. I'd never give it up for anything. Um, my community roots are deep. I volunteer with the, uh, San Marry Elks rodeo and I help with the Golden Circle of Champions. That is my chill place after my office crazy job. Um, my family. Um, first off, I'd like to thank my family, but my bestie Stacy Silva for coming with me and supporting
029me through this. That's huge and important for me. So, thank everybody. Thank you guys for doing this for all of us. It's fantastic. Thank you again. >> Thank you. >> Yes. Okay, we get to come around. Okay, go ahead. >> I want this in the picture. >> That's great. One, two, three. Wow. How about a round of applause for all of our classified employees up here. Tremendous. Tremendous. I held back tears myself. You Yeah. The work that you do is incredible. the dedication and of course all of you talk about your team and and your why, the students um and the colleagues that you work with. Um you're tremendous and as we said when we started um you know this is not just about the work that you do. It's truly the people that you
030are and we're part of a community and I'm just couldn't be more proud to stand alongside you. We we couldn't be more proud. I no we we um so congratulations. So we are going to shift this second part of the ceremony now and but I'd like to give you a bit of uh instructions everybody so that we all know what we're doing as we move forward. After this next uh announcement of the teacher of the year, um the board will take a brief recess and during that recess, we're going to ask all of the honores to remain here so we can get some photos with you and the board and then we'll be looking to the direction of wonderful Luis Medina and director of communications Cammy Barnwell who's going to raise her hand and Louise
031and Cammy will direct the honores and guests um outside for more photos and then we'll take some more photos there. I want you all to know that you are more than welcome to return to the board meeting um afterwards to uh for the remaining uh business of the board. Um but we also understand if you have other priorities to attend to, but you're welcome to return. >> I want to take a minute to to to since I was asking Louise and Cammy and um to raise their hands, a thanks to the comm's team um who are here today for making this happen. all of the events and recognition. So really appreciate all the comm's people. Even if you're not in the room, I know you can hear me. All right, so now let's move on
032to the second half of our our recognition. I am so delighted to illuminate two inspirational educators serving in Santa Barbara County. First, our current 2026 county teacher of the year who's here today. I didn't introduce her earlier, but we were talking about you, Natalie Wilks. Um, our current uh teacher of the year. I want to say thank you so much. Natalie continues to serve uh this school year and uh through June and has just been such an incredible ambassador for public education and an advocate for her students and for all of us in education. really appreciate you, Natalie, who also served on the selection committee for next year's um 2027 County Teacher of the Year. So, that brings me to our second introduction. Just a moment, we will be introducing for the very first time
033our 2027 Santa Barbara County Teacher of the Year. Today's announcement of our teacher of the year allows for her to complete all of the required elements to send to the California Department of Education for consideration for California teacher of the year. Being selected as teacher of the year does come with significant responsibilities. As a recipient of education teachers highest honor, this individual's asked to be our county's representative for all teachers, to be an ambassador of public education, and to amplify the profession of education for the artful and skillful and complicated and intellectual and beautiful and critical role that it is. I'd like to pause and invite Stephen Keithley and welcome him up to the podium. Stephen Keithley is our director of teacher programs and support and he alongside his assistant Anne Flores. Um they oversee
034the SBCEO teachers network and um supports this entire selection process. So please help me welcome Steve Keatley. >> Thank you Susan. Thank you to the board members. I appreciate that you've given me some time to share a little bit about the teacher of the year process. The process began in December although this individual's journey began many years before that of course but we in December we asked districts to put forth a nomination of somebody on their staff who would be an appropriate candidate for the teacher of the year. uh award. The process is very thoughtful. It's very rigorous and many of you have been part of the selection committee who were part of that decision-making process. The committee this year uh represents as it always does a diverse group of people including administrators, community members,
035business members, and this year we had from our own staff Noel Barthell. I think she's right outside the door. Excuse me. as well as Marith Utterback. I think she's out there, too. And also Robin Goza. Did Robin make it? Is she out there? She was going to try to make it, but she is the uh CEO of Moxy, the Wolf Museum here in Santa Barbara. And also Katcha Armiststead, our board member, who was part of the process. And of course, as mentioned by Susan, Natalie Wilks, our current teacher of the year. I appreciate very much that the teacher of the year is part of the process from the perspective of someone who's had the role for the year and now can help us find the right person for the next year. As I mentioned, it's
036an arduous process to be selected for teacher of the year. There is an essay process and uh there are multiple essays that have to be completed. There is an interview, there is an observation, and finally the selection committee makes their decision looking for someone who possesses those exemplary characteristics such as instructional excellence, of course, leadership, innovation, and a deep commitment to students as well as the education profession. You'll be happy to know that this year's candidate, well, this year's selection was all those things and more. So on behalf of the selection committee, I want to congratulate all the nominees that we received, all the finalists that were decided upon, and the level of talent that uh we have in our county is remarkable. I want to say that among all of the nominations and finalists
037that we see year after year, these teacher of the year award winners are absolutely amazing teachers and fantastic voices for the profession. >> So, uh, thank you all for the opportunity to be part of the process. I'm honored and I can't wait for you all to meet the 2027 teacher of the year. Thank you so much, Steve. Well, I happen to know that our 2027 Santa Barbara County Teacher of the Year is up for this responsibility. She's already pro proven herself as a trusted and visionary leader in public education along with being named um teacher of the year for her school, teacher of the year for her district and has won the triple crown because now she's the teacher of the year for Santa Barbara County. And to understand the kind of educator our 2027
038teacher of the year is, I'll begin uh with her own words. She says, quote, "Being a teacher is far more than the title suggests. We don't just teach, we guide, we nurture, we inspire, and we believe in our students often before they believe in theirelves themselves." That belief is at the core of who she is as an educator. Even before she imagined herself being a teacher, others recognized her gift for working with children. A native of Carpenteria, you could find her in her high school years helping younger students with homework at the Carpentia Boys and Girls Club, offering the same patience, encouragement, and care that would later define her career. Today, as a first grade teacher, she takes seriously the responsibility of helping children learn to read and write and think critically. And she recognizes
039that for children, the most memorable lessons often go beyond academics. Miss uh her I was just going to say her students shared that she's uh more than a teacher and her influence extends far beyond room seven. They said they feel joy. This is what they said. They feel capable. And they describe their maestra as a guide and as a champion. Her colleagues describe our teacher of the year as a trusted leader, a compassionate mentor and a tireless advocate for the dual language immersion education model commonly referred to as DLI. They note that her influence extends far beyond her classroom or school. It's through her work that helped launch Galita Union School District's DLI program, mentoring new and future teachers, supporting schoolwide leadership, championing bilingualism, biiteracy, and cultural pride for every child. In fact, her two
040children here today, I see you. Wave your hands. Yes. They attend her school's DLI program. And when asked to reflect on her journey as an educator, she shared, quote, "If I could go back to college and choose a career for my future, I would choose to be an educator all over again without hesitation." So without any further hesitation, it is my great honor to introduce our 2027 Santa Barbara County Teacher of the Year, first grade dual language immersion teacher at El Camino School in the Golita Union School District, Alejandra Navaro. Yes. Yes. Yes. Come on over before. Okay. Hold on. Let's see. Let me see. Yes. >> We're going to have you stand here for a moment and soak it in and take a look at all of your your new fan club. >> Yeah.
041New and and uh existing. Let me share one more quote about Maestra Navaro who has taught for uh 19 years at the Galita Union School District. And this time it comes from her principal who's here, Lena Chavez. Lena said, "I first worked with Alejandra many years ago when she was my student teacher and it's been inspiring her to watch inspiring to watch her grow into the outstanding educator and leader she is today. Alejandra is one of the founding teachers who helped establish the dual language immersion program at El Camino. Throughout the years, she's been a dedicated advocate for English learners and multilingual learners, consistently working to secure resources, training, and instructional materials for both students and teachers. Alejandra has helped shaped shape the strong and supportive community we have at El Camino. We are all
042extremely proud of her. And before we hear from you, Maestra Navaro yourself, I'd like to invite our board chair, Nadra Man, to join me at the podium. >> And your kids see back there. We bring them here. >> They should stay in the back. >> Spoken like a true teacher. Well, um I would like to give this plaque in honor of the Santa Barbara County uh school district and education office and all the board members. And fun fact is you were my daughter's second grade teacher. And so I was like, "Oh, I know this. I know this teacher." And I'm just so on behalf of everyone just so in awe of the work that you do, all the work that you've done to help with establish the dual language immersion program, which is so important.
043And I'd like to honor you with this on behalf of all of us. >> Hey, well, >> thank you so much. >> I'm not from orchid, but I might cry. Thankfully, I was given the heads up, so I did prepare something. Okay. Wow. Thank you. Thank you so much, Superintendent Salceto, Superintendent Con, Principal Chavez, members of the County of Education, and everyone joining us here today, including my husband Rolando, and my boys. I am deeply honored to stand here and receive this award. Santa Barbara County is home to so many incredible educators, um, some of my closest friends, and I am especially honored here today to represent the dual language program. Uh, when I volunteered to be part of the first group of teachers to launch the dual language program um, in our district about
044seven years ago, I had no idea just how meaningful and transformative that commitment would become. But through every challenge, every long day, every moment of hard work, um it has all been worth it when I look out into a classroom full of students who are not only bilingual, but who truly understand that being bilingual is their little superpower. It is a superpower that will open doors for them, doors and windows into new cultures, new perspectives, and opportunities. Um, and despite what sometimes the outside voices may suggest, bilingualism is not just an asset. It is something to be celebrated, something to protect, and something to be proud of. >> Teaching has always been more than a job for me. It is really meaningful work and it is fun, too. The true reward is found in the
045growth, in the confidence, and the joy that I see in my students every day. And I share this honor with my colleagues, my mentors, my students, my children, my family, and um all those around me who continue to inspire me every day. Thank you so much. >> That's so good. I'll tell you, these are the best days, aren't they? They're really good. Well, uh, Miss Nav Navaro will be introduced publicly again, um, at our education celebration event later this month on May 21st where our outgoing, uh, teacher of the year will will say share her remarks. Um, and we'll be a chance to honor you at our salute to teachers event next fall. Um before we conclude the celebration and it has just been a remarkable celebration, let me just turn to the board and
046see if there are any final comments to the board before we hand it over to the president to take a recess. Any comments from the board? Yes. Um Alejandra, please allow me to add my heartfelt congratulations to all the accolades you've heard today. It's especially meaningful to know that you're a carp homegrown girl. >> And as as you um take your place among this illustrious lineup of worldclass leaders, uh just know that you are surrounded by legions of fans, most of whom you will never meet, who admire and support and are deeply deeply appreciative of the transformative work you're doing every single day. So, thank you. Any other comments? >> I did want to make a comment of congratulations as a bilingual teacher who put in 40 years and didn't get to a dual immersion
047program. Congratulations. I'm so glad. This has always been a wish in that star that I couldn't catch. So, congratulations and what an honor. Thank you. Thank you. >> Yeah. Wish you fit. >> Next future student in DLI. Yes. Yes. Well, on behalf of um the county education office, I have colleagues from the office all around actually the literal perimeter of this room to envelop you um and our county board to envelop you with our congratulations and our and our gratitude. And that goes for all of our classified school employees of the year as well as our teachers of the year. Um and everyone here in education and supporting education. We need you too. We need our partners with us um to stand to keep us vertical sometimes um and to cheer us on. Um we
048offer our thanks everyone for for making it in and for celebrating together this wonderful community of educators. One one final congratulations. Congratulations. So before we break for recess, I just want to thank everyone again for being here to thanking all of our staff, uh for thanking our new teacher of the war a year um recipient. And our days sometimes get long. They get hard. They get frustrating. But I just want us to take this feeling that we have today and bottle it and put it somewhere inside. So when we have those days, we can remember just all of the, you know, the the warmth that we feel in our heart, all the hard work and dedication and the support that we all have for each other here today. So thank you again. And with that,
049I'll say um we'll take a recess. We'll go ahead and start our session and we're going to start with the superintendent's report. >> Yes, thank you. >> I uh first want to say before I go into the report, thank you so much for allowing us to have such a special recognition today. It feels just is a really truly special event. And um I always think that if if the those who are being honored um seem to feel honored that we've done a good job and I think they did feel recognized and seen today thanks to the county board and and the work of the team. So I feel I think it's a yeah great great job to the team. >> Um the superintendent report has been submitted to you. I wanted to uh call out
050just a few items that are in it. Um, on page two at the top it talks about a budget May revise and you probably have seen that the governor came out this morning with his May revision. Obviously it doesn't come into um total fruition until mid June but um our team is is reading through and listening through the announcements today and we're we'll follow it closely. I don't have any um announcements for you to say today, but we do have capital advisors coming um in uh June 2nd here to fully share about the May revise, but it's looking good looking good at this point or better even than his January um budget um update for public education. So um also wanted to share with you know the ver the myriad um submissions from the divisions
051and to today wanted to highlight uh although Ellen Barger isn't here of curriculum and instruction the curriculum and instruction division has simply just been so busy with all of the network meetings and student events. We even had um the first ever in-person um Bataya de los Libros, the battle of the books in Spanish, fully in Spanish, speaking of dual language immersion, was here this morning. Um thanks to the team of CNI. So wanted to say thanks to the entire um team and all that you do. Thank you for allowing me to provide that submission to you. Unless there's any question, I'll turn it back to you. >> Okay, perfect. Um, so thank you again for your report. Um, a lot of great information and I did notice that you put in that the doport schoolyard,
052>> yes, >> was has been open for a while. So, thank you for just adding that little tidbit to our conversation. >> You're welcome. >> Um, all righty. So, now we will go to the consent agenda. Uh, so at this time, we'll consider all the items below and act upon them in a single vote. They include uh last month's meeting minutes, uh the registration of credentials and other certification documents, acceptance of donations, and declaration of surplus. Do I have a motion? I'll move to approve. >> Do I have a second? >> I second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Okay, perfect. So, that passes unanimously. And now we'll go to our action items. So this is uh action item number 15, the recommended authorization to utilize a cooperative purchasing agreement with Equalis Group and
053Global Industries. So I I'll we can ask Steve Torres uh to share a word about it. That would be great. Yeah, >> perfect. Thank you. >> Hi, good afternoon. Um I think if you recall uh a few months ago, we had another cooperative purchasing agreement that was Omnia. it was uh for furniture and um furniture installation and equipment things like that. Um that was very specific to one type of furniture. This is another uh similar type of cooperative purchasing agreement. It just uh provides us with more options um more vendors um and so uh as we have different projects of different sizes um availability of equipment, things like this. It just gives us more flexibility uh to go with the vendor for these purchases and services that are above the bid limit. So these are
054competitively bid contracts that we can leverage and just simply proceed with purchasing knowing that they've already been competitively bid. So this is another one of those options similar to that previous one. >> Okay. >> Uh is this a vendor that we have dealt with before? >> It is not. No, this is Yeah. So this is a new um and that's a great question. In the past um we've brought cooperative purchasing agreements back for renewal because they have a certain cycle. In this particular case, this is a this is a new one. >> Yes. were, excuse me, were they cheaper or >> uh yeah, so in this particular case, yes, why choose this particular vendor? Often it's uh other um education agencies that have used them. So, a little more if they've been used in this
055environment or this sphere, then we're more um apt to use them. Um there's a variety of lists. Uh sometimes it's the particular in this case the particular items that we were looking for the particular um scope of work uh was more available in this particular uh cooperative purchasing agreement. >> And then just to clarify with the cooperative purchasing agreement if you wanted to purchase from another company you're able to you're not locked in to purchasing with them. >> Correct. And if we chose to go with our own competitive bidding and actually conduct an RFP for a project we could do that. Yeah, >> but this just overrides having to do that. >> Correct. So, this is just another option that we could choose to use and they have several um agreements within this particular agreement
056that we could leverage as well. So, it's just an option. Yes. >> I move approval. >> Second. >> Okay. All in favor? >> I >> Okay. So, uh the motion passes unanimously. One, two. Um, next we're going to review item 16, board policies. Uh, the following board policy is pres presented for deletion since board policy 1445 responded to the immigration enforcement adopted by the board on April 9th, 2026 to replace it. Are there any questions about Okay. Do we have a motion? >> Okay. I second. All >> in favor? >> I >> motion passes. And and number 17, a reimburse expenses for board members to attend the SBCO education celebration. The board will consider whether to approve the reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses for board members to attend the SBCEO education celebration on May
05721st. The cost is $75 per person in accordance with Ford policy 9250. Do I have a motion? So moved. >> I second. >> All in favor? >> I unanimous. The motion passes. Uh the next item uh is information item number 18 regarding Olive Grove Charter School. Um and so we'll have um Spie Bobas come up and give us our overview. >> Good afternoon. Uh you each have a binder. >> Yeah, we're so excited. placed there binder. >> We can't get this online. I mean electronically in a file yet. >> We we will give you it electronically as well. We do we can PDF that and have that you did Anna did send it. The only thing that was I think missing from that was the draftou. So um but a binder will enable us and
058we can update the PDF also but enable us to add documents as time goes or replace documents as needed. So just to acquaint you first with what's in the binder and then I'll talk specifically about a couple of the items. So first off you have the petition. So this is the petition that Olive Grove Charter Santa Barbara submitted to Santa Barbara Unified. So this is the actual petition that was approved through the appeal process at the state board of education. So this was uh the petition that we'll be using as the charter for purposes of authorization. So it's a lengthy read, but it gives you a lot of detail about the school and programmatic um what they're doing programmatically and just everything that's needs to be included within the petition. So fun light reading. And
059I hope you're all going to enjoy some evenings reading all of this. Next is the CDE staff report. Oh, excuse me, the budget. Um, I forgot I added that. I also added the most current budget I was able to find um for fiscal year 2526. So again, this would be something that may change after this fiscal year, including the budget overview for parents. So just thought that was a nice little snapshot of their budget. So that is included for you to take a look at. Then you have the CDE staff report. So this was the report that the um advisory of charter school commissions put together in relation to the petition. So as they evaluated the petition, as you know, we didn't receive that appeal. So we did not do our thorough evaluation. They did
060one instead. So you can take a look at that. you'll see all of the detail um in that review as to why they approved it or recommended approval to the state board because they met all of the criteria. So, I wanted you to have that. Yes, Judy. Go just to make sure I'm in the right frame of reference. This book pertains specifically to the Santa Barbara Olive Grove. >> Correct. >> Okay. Yep. >> only. Thank you. And then you'll see the following tab is the renewal letter that we've received from CDE stating that the county board of education is the authorizer. >> So it's in the letter. Say that again. The county board is the authorizer >> and that's 89 students enrolled in >> not uh the county office but yeah I believe that was
061correct. >> Okay. And then lastly is a draft memorandum of understanding. So in authorizing the charter, we will be looking at the petition for information. We will also be utilizing thisou to govern how we are going about our authorization as well as what's outlined in ed code. So just some things to note. I'm not going to go through the entireou. It is a draft. It says draft because it is currently with our legal council. They're doing a a final full review and then it'll come to the board in June for approval. It'll also be shared with Olive Grove. So Meg Ridman, the superintendent, they will also need their board to approve the agreement as well as they'll have it vetted through their legal counsel. Just so you understand process a little bit. Yes, Judy. Um,
062does legal counsel have otherus like this that you've reviewed in the past? Okay. >> Yes, we've we've looked at a few and Bridget teams also pulled at least two or three, I think, when they were kind of crafting it. So, we've we've got plenty of examples to kind of >> good examples. Yes. >> Well, good and bad. >> Yes. and our team fully has reviewed this. Uh Steve Torres, Mari, myself, we did a thorough analysis and put it together. So, um you'll have a draft here. Just something to note is that the county board is the authorizer. We as county again, >> you are the authorizer, >> we are uh support in in fulfilling your legal obligations as an authorizer. So, the county staff, uh Dr. Salceto, myself and others will be your support in
063fulfilling your obligations. But really um there are things that you know it is it is you technically are the authorizers not the county office. >> Um yes >> authorized authorize. >> Yes. >> What does that mean? Explain that. >> So what does that mean? >> What does that mean? Well, so basically you have legal and oversight and accountability. So we will have and it's clearly outlined in theou. So uh we we I'm going to say we collectively in this case, but the county board um has a responsibility as an authorizer. We the county board didn't choose to become an authorizer in this case, right? You were designated that um by the state. But what that basically means is the charter school will function independently. They have their own governing board. Their governing board will be
064responsible to review their budget and their LCAP and ensure the day-to-day operations and management of the charter. We really are kind of like this next entity that we will be verifying, looking at their financials, verifying that their LCAP is in place, verifying that they have met all the legal criteria. We have a responsibility or you have a responsibility that you're delegating kind of to us to conduct an annual site visit. we have a responsibility to review their financials, to review those documents, to ensure that they're following um the legal like legally compliant with employment law and all of that, but we're not it's difficing their LCAP. You're approving their budget. You have direct connection to this. This is kind of like we're connected, but we're slightly adjacent maybe >> is a way to say it.
065>> So have we the board we >> Yes. >> Um >> the authorizers >> officially is there a document where we've officially delegated the audit responsibility of this to you? I mean do we have a legal leg? >> It's in theou it's in theou. So in theou that is where that is established that you know the board will be basically delegating that responsibility to not yeah for us to conduct it on your behalf. >> The responsibility though there's a lot of legal language in here about liability and responsibility. So you'll see that woven throughout the document. Um, and that's very intentional because the charter school is its own >> legal entity and in fact the charter school is part of Olive Grove Schools Incorporated. So it's one site within that larger umbrella. So they really
066do have that legal responsibility. So we want to make that really clear even though as authorizer we're double-checking. So it's I'm probably not explaining this really well. But >> an auditor, you're responsible to we are authorized to >> audit what they do and make sure they're compliant with the >> right things and to raise our hand. What do we do if we find out they're not >> Yes. >> So that's Yeah, we have lots of options. >> We call what's their number? So um if for some reason we do find that something isn't >> going well um we do have uh a requirement to provide a corrective action plan and outline what is you know what what is the the error there and then we'll develop that plan and then they they're supposed to implement
067that and we'll follow up on that. Um we can also increase our monitoring requirements. Maybe we're asking for more. Um, we can provide some intervention procedures that we want as part of that corrective action plan. And if something is, let's say, really egregious, we could go for revocation. Um, but we, you know, it has to meet a certain threshold. And we also at the time and we wouldn't wait obviously until the 5 years is up. But if there is need to say they're not meeting standards, um then we would not renew the petition in 5 years. So there are steps along the way in the event that something is is not going as it needs to. >> And if something comes up like that, our remedy is to create the plan of action for them
068to do. Correct? It is not for us then to take it over and do it for them. >> No, >> that's really important. >> Yes. It wouldn't be like we're going to take over this. No. >> Excellent. Thank you. >> Equally important. >> Oh, go ahead. >> Yes. Lots of questions. I'm going to do my best. >> It's just I because I haven't really perused this really nicely in my mind. I keep thinking >> I have other charters that have gotten in trouble. What what are some key factors that you might be looking at in terms of things that we might have to guide ourselves toward uh that would be problematic with a a charter type of situation? This is all kind of new for everyone. And I'm looking at legal over there because I'm
069sure you've seen some things come through and so I don't know if that would be on the forefront of just giving us information about that. But, uh, with all of this being the actual, uh,ou, you usually look for those kinds of things and do a little bit of investigation just so you can not have a problematic piece that all about >> the exposures. >> It's a fair question and I I mean, the way that I think about it is we would do what we would do with any district in the sim in a similar manner, right? We're looking at their financials. If something's creeping up, we're h that doesn't look right. let let's let's investigate that. Um if there's some complaint that's coming forward, right? We would be while we're not necessarily the investigator, we're
070made aware of that. If there are large shifts in their governance structure or something that changes, they need to notify us. That's all in in theouou so that we're aware of an issue that arises as it arises. um we're not kind of left in the back. Okay. If their student performance is, you know, not making progress to the level that it it needs to, that would be another area that we would really start to look at. So similarly how we, you know, look at district LC caps, we look at district budgets, we'll we'll be doing some of the same work >> um but just having a little more closer tie to the charter than we would per se with a with a district >> and being notified more frequently of any major changes. So, one
071of the things that I've written into theou and again this has to be agreed on both parties is that we would have um I think I said byianual by >> yes I have to think because I thought about it different ways but by annual meetings with the charter uh administration you'll notice in theou there's a table at the very back that has all of the reporting timelines all of the documents that we'll be receiving from them so we'll be checking it's not like Here we go. We authorize and then there we we don't have any contact for five years. It is an annual ongoing regular check-in. We're looking at things um periodically throughout the year. So, there will be those opportunities. If anything comes up, we're going to know about it. >> Great. Bridget, have
072um I'm sure you've made a stab at approximating how much staff time this is going to require outside of your normal >> um I I haven't made a stab at that. It's going to require >> No, it's going to require some time. Um it will not cover the 1% definitely won't cover that. >> I mean I think just in just generating theou how many hours were were put together in just that. So it it's I mean again the 1% is I think around 15,000 or $14,000 on an annual basis with their current budget. So you know given that it's so we just have to absorb Yes. That's the way it goes. That's how ed code is written. Can lobby ed code. So uh and maybe sort of address this and kind of going with the
073questions of my colleague uh my understanding in terms of approving or revoking >> it's pretty narrow meaning that that's pretty well defined that >> as long as they're checking these boxes uh regardless of whatever else is going on how well we like it or don't like it. If they're checking these boxes it's approved. And if they're not checking some boxes that that uh there are some steps there. >> Correct. >> Um so again, I think that just at some point it would be good and maybe that's in theou to see kind of really it's pretty well narrowly defined. >> It is >> in terms of kind of our decision- making piece in >> in terms of renewal or revocation. Again, a revocation would have to be a really egregious act in order for us to
074do that. Um, in terms of renewal, yes, it is a narrowly defined and you'll recall, I think it was last year, maybe I did a presentation to the board on on that um on that criteria, but it is defined in EDC code and you're right, it is kind of like do they meet this criteria or that criteria? If so, then it is a pretty much you you would approve them. Um, Olive Grove is a middle performing school, so they do meet that like middle performing threshold, which is the five years. Um, so again, yes, it's it's narrowly defined, but that doesn't mean that we won't be checking a whole, you know, keep, you know, making sure things are flowing. And >> just kind of a a point of context for my colleagues if they don't
075know this, I sort of remember when you were at uh Los Alivos. >> Yes. >> That's when the original Olive Grove >> Yes. >> was formed, right? >> Correct. And so, you know, I mean that for me the gizzling great deal I guess you know a little bit about how this thing works. >> a little bit. >> Yeah. I I yes that's another conversation but yeah >> can I ask how we would approach a site visit because I think there's a caveat in here for >> we will conduct a site visit go out and visit the site similarly you know look at curriculum look at students look at facilities. In fact I will say that they've been really gracious already. I will say that um uh Meg Ridman and Lisa O'Shea who's the site leader
076here for Santa Barbara have already reached out. They've invited us to come. I think they're really um wanting to have this collaborative relationship. So, if it's something that the board wanted to do also, we could we could work on arranging that. Um, you know, I said I already let um, Miss O'Shea know that I'll be in touch to schedule a an initial site visit, not the annual site visit, but just come look at the site and view it. So, I'm sure we could we could make arrangements for that. That's be great. >> Yeah. >> One other thing, again, I don't know if this is standard across uh, but I know like the charter school in San NZ, I think when Los initially had it. Um, is there a requirement that somebody one of the authorizer
077is on their advisory is a non- voting member of their advisory board? >> So, it depends on how it's set up and there is um a clause in here that we will receive all of their board minutes and materials. Um, and there is something about us being able to attend their board meetings or having a design attend the board meetings as a non- voting member. So that that's also in thisou. >> Okay. >> Yep. So you'll want to read theou draft. Um again, it is a draft. It's not the final. And if if there are things as you read that that come up for you, please feel free to can they email um Dr. Salceto with those so that we can kind of address that. Um again, we'll have a final ready for you for
078your June meeting, June 11th meeting. So, there's lots of documents in here to preview. Last thing I'll just say, I forgot to mention, one other thing that I've already um Dr. Salceto and I have asked of me Red Ridman is that she comes um and presents to the board on an annual basis. So, wanting to have that opportunity to have that interface with you and and share about how the charter school is going. And I believe we've set the date for June 11th, correct? Yeah. >> Correct me if I'm wrong. um the June 11th date for her to present to share a little bit more about the school in and of itself so you can learn a little bit more. >> Two comments. One is obviously I'm very concerned about the enrollment and the fact
079that it's dropped by a third in the last five years. Um dropped by twothirds. It's a third of what it was. Um and it's primarily the 10th, 11th and 12th grades are carrying the school under 10 is really small. >> I counted 20ome students. So that's they've got many grades with only one or two students in them and that's very concerning uh what kind of learning situation that is. The other is when we get the finalou, not to create more work here, but it would really help those areas where there are significant changes from the draft. Could you accompany it with a copy of the draft with it underline where we've made significant changes to the final? >> That would help. >> Okay. >> Like a redlinined version >> significant, you know, if we change
080verbs or something. Okay. >> But >> sure, we can I can make sure that happens. >> Yeah. I just have one question. I pretty much you answered a lot and want before I even ask my question, I just want to say thank you for all the work that you've done thus far for putting these binders together and for um just helping us navigate through this process. One of the things that I I just I noticed on the history um this was for the CDE report >> is SBUSD denied them because the charter school failed to meet or make sufficient progress toward meeting standards that provide a benefit to pupils and the closure of the charter school is in the best interest of the people. So I just that to me signals uh performance issues that
081are already apparent and if we is there is that going to affect how we come into this, you know, this partnership or agreement or situation. >> And I'll clarify what that means. They're quoting exactly what Santa Barbara used as grounds to deny the petition from Santa Barbara Unifi's assessment of the petition. So, they had to show that they were not meeting progress and that the closure was in the best interest of pupils to deny it initially. So, that is what their argument was. However, what I'll say is the state board went ahead and approved it. So, the state board didn't necessarily agree with Santa Barbara Unifi's assessment of the petition. Got it. >> Um, otherwise, >> they wouldn't be here. >> We wouldn't be here today. >> Did the state say why they agreed >>
082to go on with >> why they disagreed? Well, if you read through if you read through CDE staff report, CDE staff report states that olive grow from their estimation met all of the criteria for renewal. Therefore, they approved the petition >> more specifically. So, Santa Barbara Unified was taking a different interpretation of CD's report. >> No, Santa Barbara Unified did their own >> Oh. assessment >> and then >> and in order to deny you have to have that as criteria. Those are the outlined criteria for denial. Closure is in the best interest or you're not making academic progress. Santa Barbara Unified did um looked at or didn't consider specific student data and therefore when the CDE reviewed they said no sorry we think they met all the criteria therefore we're going to move forward with
083the approval. Of course, the state sided with the CDE and kept it open. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> So, it's just different interpretations of the petition. >> If that makes sense. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Yes. >> Champion. Go get your award. >> Mr. Mrs. Exciting. Exciting. >> Congratulations. Good. >> Miss you. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions or we're good for today? >> Thank you though. >> Okay. >> Thank you so much. That was >> start some light reading. >> Yeah. >> Gonna put it by my my >> I do think you'll find reading through the petition very interesting. It'll give you more background and information about the charter. Um and it may answer some of your questions. So, and and the MOU. Thank you. >> Thank you, Bridget. >> Thank you,
084>> Madam President. If I may make a comment about this as as Bridget's uh going back to her chair, thank you so much Bridget and team for putting this together. Um wanted to just address a couple things about as you're thinking about charter schools and being an authorizer. Um uh common common uh areas or themes that I've seen over time with charter schools in California have typically been um around two areas in in from from my uh experience in in review. One is when um very very very small school districts are approached to authorize charter schools. And so oftentimes it'll be a a very small you know just a few people in the back office in an in in a school district um because there's many rural school districts. Quyama had been approached for example
085as an LEA and um there are sometimes there are some issues I've seen with with that approach. um that's different from us because we actually have a team here at the county education office to continue to monitor. So I wanted to mention that. The other uh common theme I have seen around charter schools that have gone a bit ary have been on full virtual courses only charter schools whereas this one is actually a hybrid of independent as well as seatbased. So, I say that to hopefully um help you feel a little bit better about what we are doing in terms of um and you're doing in terms of authorization. And then one last comment I wanted to share, it could be for a future board meeting to consider is um it may be that a
086committee of the board like for example the legal committee that very rarely meets but it might be that that committee is one that really is um maybe what whom we meet with um before coming to the full board or maybe that chair uh committee might be the ones who are designated to go visit the school or something like that. So, I just wanted to put that out there so that you would feel like you'd have a a arm of your own board be um you know, part of that authorization, a little more more close authorization and that was it. >> That makes good sense because our our authorization is primarily from a legal standpoint. That's what we've got. That's where our authority comes from. So, that makes sense. >> Okay. Interesting. All righty. Okay. So,
087we're going to move on to item number 19, the personnel report, uh the certificated and classified personnel reports, uh as an information item, and number 20 is an update on the board retreat. So, I'll hand it over to Superintendent Solceto to provide a brief update on the planning. >> Thank you so much, the full board. Okay, good. We have a copy of the draft agenda coming around. Um, and to the audience, I don't think we have copies of this for you, so pardon me for that. Um, >> yeah, I don't need it. There's a couple here. >> Okay. >> And I have it on some >> It was with the Was it? Yeah. >> Oh, did we have it with you? Okay. I'm pretty sure >> changed. Great. I was going to say because I
088that's got it. >> Good. Good. Good. Okay. Then it has been distributed or was electronically available. So um one of the we've had the board discussion full board discussion already about saving the date and um and Vita who is the chair of the committee who's been working on this um we we brought that Vita's brought this to the board. One of the thoughts that that we had was rather than talk about it kind of in theory how about put a draft in front of you to edit or react to. And so, um, I had, as I, as I shared that, I would, um, sought a facilitator who knows county boards well and did meet with her. Lauren Ball is her name. Met with her a couple of times and I think she's a a really
089great match for us because she's got great energy and she's also very down to earth and knows county board service. Um, and so I met with her to create this agenda and then invited Vita to meet with her as well. So Vita and I worked through this with Lauren before bringing it to you. So Vita, if you wouldn't mind going through now. Yeah, I was uh first of all, thank you for finding a a really good facilitator. When you are looking for something in this widewide world, you're you're always looking for the person that will guide and support, not put too much input, listen to us in terms of making it our own. And she did a really good job of just explaining how each component can be exactly what we need it to be.
090And so with that in mind, when she put together some desired outcomes and moved through the process and make made it all fit into a nice 3 and 1/2 hour session with as we review it right now, any area that needed any more explanation, um, you know, we could go for that if we needed to change something. when she finished at the end, it was more about, you know, final thoughts from me. And I'm thinking, oh, just the the actual process that she took me through to actually look at this. She's a good facilitator. She is. Yeah. In terms of um what we need, we don't really quite know exactly what each of us wants as a want. So, just take some time and kind of look at it. I should be quiet and give
091you a couple of minutes to move or peruse and then ask if there's anything that might need clarification. I I'll just um jump in uh being a part of the committee that um worked on this with you. Uh what's coming up for me is a lot of the items that we talked about and we um shared with the board is here. So when I initially read it, I I felt like it pretty much aligned with what our goals were. I there was there was nothing that I I had any questions about or felt like it needed to be revised or added. Um great. >> Yeah. So, >> I'm a little concerned on the timeline under introductions where we have a whopping three plus minutes each or who, where, what is your why in our county
092board journey, which would take three minutes alone. That probably isn't going to make it. shy >> and that's how we get to know each other too. So I think that might be a little light time wise but >> and she might adjust it because if she sees that we are moving that way >> unless she's going to put a timer on us. >> Um I don't think so. >> No, >> she's more to me anyway as a monitor and adjust kind of person. >> I I believe anyway. >> Yeah. I think under the role of a SBCEO board member, it would be um it would behoove us to just underscore what our responsibility is in replying to public comments, emails that we receive, proper >> um method of >> good one. >> Speaking through the
093chair or deferring to you and in what cases got it. >> The one thing she did add is we're we're going to have a parking lot. So if something is not >> fully explained or adequately explained that please >> this parking lot's going to live with you for a while. So you know we're we're going to get to it eventually. Which is good for me because sometimes I'm thinking, oh well I need to kind of clarify that. But the parking lot idea >> sold me. >> Yeah. Because it lets you go on with the agenda. >> Exactly. Exactly. >> That's great. >> Yep. Good to go. What's for lunch? >> I was gonna ask what's for breakfast. >> I also wanted to thank Guy for helping us find a place to have it because we're
094kind of looking at the the Builton Library as a meeting room there and it's, you know, nice. It's comfortable. >> But he it's hard to pin him down lately. He's been on the move. >> But yes. So, thank you. >> You great. All righty. >> I'm sorry. But maybe uh the ladies that are not here and guy, they may have a comment or something. So, >> we might just want to make sure. >> And this will be posted as a public meeting. >> Correct. >> Right. >> Although we don't will we have do we have to have room on the agenda for public comment then since it's not a board meeting? Even though it's not a board meeting, >> you know what we Yes, it is a it it's a public board meeting and we'll
095have it um started by um our president um man. And um we don't know even now if there will be any board business to to handle that day. Um we hope not. If there isn't anything that is a must do, we'll push it off to another to the next meeting. But um we do need to have public comment. >> Yeah, technically it's a special meeting. you only have to agend like put out the agenda 24 hours instead of 72. >> Okay. >> And then you're only supposed to take public comment on matters that are on the agenda as opposed to like the full jurisdiction of the board. So >> great. >> So you can have four minutes. >> I'll work on that. >> You have to come with our pre-stated agenda what we're going to
096say about ourselves. >> Um all right. So, going to item 21, uh, future agenda items. We're going to have a presentation by the Lumpoke Teen Center program manager, uh, program manager regarding their teen leadership advocacy council and advocacy trips. Uh we also have a presentation for um by future for lump youth information on the olive crest hope refuge and discussion on AB1390 regarding board member compensation. And now we're going to go to a closed session.