001Huh? [music] away. Fall away. [music] Futtos >> present. Trustee Kumazawa. >> Uh, present. >> All right. Can we all stand for the pledge of allegiance, please? approval of the agenda. Uh I would like to make one modification. I would like to move up the recognitions before the presentation. So moving five to four if uh the board doesn't mind. >> I'll second that. >> Oh, I need a first motion. >> First the amendment. >> First with the amendment. >> Okay. So, I'd like to move I'd like to make a motion that we do accept the recommendation to move five in front of uh uh four presentations. >> I second. >> All right. Any further discussion? Hearing none, we'll go move to a vote of the pre preferential vote. All those in favor? >> I. >> Board
002vote. All those in favor? Yes. I >> All right. Motion passes. Student board member reports. Uh, is the mic Oh, there is my voice. Okay. Um, good evening everybody. I will begin my report tonight with Blanchard Elementary School. Um, right now they are actually doing a collaboration with the Santa Polo Art Museum. Um, so they are having their art nights there and then they also had a professional artist show and tell um there. So they brought in some professional artists to speak with the kids and to show off some of their work. Um, this Friday coming up, they have their spelling bee that they do annually. So, we're looking forward to seeing that. And also, they are having their academic awards ceremony on January 23rd. For Glenn City, um, a tragic event actually happened for
003the community. Um, a family um, unfortunately lost everything they owned in a houseire. Now, thankfully, due to the fast and quick response of Glen City Elementary School, um, they were able to set up a support system for the family. They were able to pull the community. they were able to get um the family what they need and right now the family is currently recovering. Um Mr. Guzman would like to thank um a few people um for example Dr. Gina Ramirez uh Jesse Kim Malone and also um the district office for their support in supporting the family and for getting um the services um quickly. Um they're also preparing a different amount of events. So they're preparing their kinder roundup with uh various health agencies on February 18th. that is February 18th for all students who
004are in TK or are coming into TK. It is a mandatory event. So, make sure you guys go to that for Glen City. Um there's also a mandatoryformational meeting for people interested in Glen City's DLI program that will be on January 28th. Glen City also welcomed their new custodial team and um other positions this past uh this new semester. Um they also had their second grade family lunch today. Um, so families were able to come onto campus and have great um and have lunch with their students who were enrolled in second grade. Um, they're also planning a date for coffee with the principal. That date is still to be determined. Um, Isbel has nothing to report for this week. And also for athletics, let's look at some of their CCL um league records. For basketball,
005boys basketball was 6-0, so they are first place in their league. Girls basketball was 5-0, and they are also first place in their league. For soccer, girls soccer was 50 and1. They tied for first place. Boys soccer was 31 and1. They tied for second place. Water polo had a record of 3-1. They were second place place for their division. Uh wrestling, they were 2-1, they were second place. Boys wrestling, I'm sorry, that was girls wrestling. Boys wrestling was 0 and3. They were in fourth place. Um that is all I have to report for this week. >> Thank you. >> Uh good evening. Starting with Mckvit. MckV hosted a family art show at Santa Paula Art Museum and will be hosting another one tomorrow, January 5th, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 p.m. They hope to see
006you guys there. Moving on to Phil. Phil is hosting a produce popup next week and also look forward to February 5th, a grand reopening to the renovation of their library. Uh moving on to independent studies and Renaissance High School. Um, at Renaissance, students got to attend the Ventura County Courthouse. I was able to attend. I had a lot of fun. Um, Renaissance High School will be hosting the the second quarter awards followed by a barbecue lunch for the students. And they are excited to announce that they will also be hosting 16 success nights and four Saturday schools, which are overall good opportunities for students to earn credits. And that's all I have for you. >> All right. And or did you did you need to be excused? Yes. So, feel free whenever you're ready. >>
007Um, starting off with Webster. Webster is having its annual spelling be tomorrow, January 15th, at 8:30. Good luck to all students participating. The Webster community also just celebrated their students who passed the ELA or math portions in the 2024 to 2025 CASP in a wonderful assembly this morning. Many parents attended this event and it was well received by all. The kindergarten through sixth grade teachers at Webster also just completed their assessment of data analysis meetings. The the results of the students reading and math assessments were very encouraging. Thank you to all of the hardworking staff and students at Webster for continuing to push themselves to improve. For Bedell, I have nothing to report. The Santa Paula High School performing arts, the theater team is currently working on their senior one-act plays, which are set to
008take place early this February. The plays are Blame, the laughing outcast, Heather dot dot dot kind of, and Gen Z/Alpha Soldiers. They are also working on their spring musical, which is Cinderella. For Santa Paula High School, SPHS students have returned to classes this semester and are ready to learn. ASB went one day before classes began and decorated the halls with lots of fun posters and chalk art, promoting school spirit and lifting students up for this new semester. One poster included a take what you need poster filled with sticky notes with encouraging words to help uplift the students and head into the second semester with a positive mindset. And that is all I have. >> All right. Thank you. We'll move to committee updates. Trusty Frutos. >> All right. So, I've got two updates. Uh, Ventura
009County School Board Association. Uh, we do have our next event coming up on Monday, February 2nd at uh Venta County Office of Education. Um this event is for all board members and cabinet members. Um the topic is schoolboard evaluation and superintendent evaluations. Um I mean we we know we're kind of on the right path, but we definitely can use some assistance in terms of how we uh operate as a as an organization. And the second committee was that I attended was the Santa Paul Education Foundation. Uh we had our meeting just on Monday. Monday was a really crazy day, but uh we had our meeting on Monday and the topic of discussion was our Cardinal Legend event uh which will be taking place on June 13th uh in in this coming year. So, uh the
010three recipients, well, maybe I shouldn't say yet. I'm not sure if uh if everyone knows but uh but generally what happens is uh the the organization the committee comes together and they select three members who they feel are worthy of uh cardinal recognition and uh so eventually I'll make that the uh the announcement. So and that's all I have. >> Trustee Kuzama >> uh no updates. >> Trustee Royo >> no updates. Trusty Ramos Rodriguez. >> No updates other than LCAP meeting Monday, January 26. I see a lot of community out here. Why don't you join us for that >> and I have nothing to report. All right, we'll move on to public comments. Do we have any public comment today? All right, and then we will move to number five recognition. The Santa Paul High
011School football team >> if you guys could come on. Oh, Danny's gonna Okay, >> Principal Guzman, Coach, come on up. >> So, good afternoon members of the board and community out there uh watching this, Cardinal supporters. Uh it's an honor to be here today. Uh we're here to honor uh and celebrate a special occasion, a special season that uh our football team had recently this past uh fall sports season. As you guys know, um there's a lot of work that goes into any season, any sport, and winning is a byproduct of doing all those things to prepare uh for battle. So, uh for example, right now, we're already in the weight room getting ready for next year, and we just started this uh calendar year. So, um a lot of work's gone into play, and
012I want to acknowledge not only our football players, but just our athletic department. Um as you guys know, u getting into the postseason is special. Uh that's a special uh you got to qualify. Not everybody makes it. But not only that, playing beyond Thanksgiving uh is very rare. Uh this year there's three Ventura County teams that played beyond Thanksgiving break uh which is it's a long season. Uh you got to be uh mentally and physically prepared and conditioned to uh play four or five extra games beyond. And so this year, our football team came very close to achieving something that hadn't been done in over 50 plus years, and that is winning a CIF championship. We've come close in many areas, boys basketball, girls basketball, softball, soccer. We've made it to the semis. We've made
013it to the finals. And so, as you heard our Mr. uh Asher right now give uh updates, uh our teams are competing at a high level uh across the board. And so that's something to be said about our athletic department. So, uh I do want to acknowledge uh not only our football players but also uh our athletic director, Mr. Kevin Walker, who uh the day-to-day is never ending. Uh operations, there is no downtime. There is no break. There is no summer. Uh and making sure that uh our coaches have the tools and resources that they need so that in turn our student athletes have what they need to compete. And they've done a really good job the last couple of uh years. And uh this is the celebration of that work. So um at this
014point I'd like to bring up coach Mononttoya just to kind of give us a rundown of uh the ins and outs and the details. Uh coach Mononttoya, our head football coach, Mike Mononttoya. >> Thank you. Uh first of all, I'd like to uh thank the board and uh our superintendent for having us here tonight and recognizing uh our season. Uh a few highlights about the season. Of course, uh as Mr. Guzman uh said, we reached the CIF finals for the first time in 50 years uh with this football program. So, uh I'm very pleased and I'm very proud of these young men behind me uh for reaching that that achievement. Um but more so than that uh to go back through through the season, we had a uh good start to the season and the
015middle portion of our season was uh marred with injuries and and adversity. And uh during the middle part of the season, we we faltered a few times and and we had a streak of three games where we came up short. And uh during that time uh need needless to say uh some people jumped off the bandwagon and and you know uh everybody acts a little differently when things don't go so well. But uh the thing that I'm proud of, the thing that I'm most happy about from this season is that these young men behind me never faltered and they never uh blinked in the in the uh in in facing adversity. We uh teach these young men. We preach to them about overcoming adversity from uh the day day one that they step into our
016program. Um we're under the mindset that we're building young men with this program. And we're preparing young men to uh be successful in life, not just the football season. So uh to see them uh weather the storm there and see the big picture and come out and make a a deep deep playoff run uh was my uh most proudest moment of the season. And uh I just want to acknowledge all these young men standing behind me. So thank you gentlemen. [applause] >> Again uh we preach overcoming adversity. We we preach accountability and we preach positivity. I mean those are the things those are the uh foundations in the base of our football program. Um they always will be. they always have been and as long as I'm the coach, we will continue to teach life
017lessons to these uh student athletes through the great game of football. Um with that said, uh we're like, uh Mr. Guzman said, we're already working towards next season and I look forward to another season of positivity, another season of of Cardinal football and making this community proud uh once again. So, thank you for having us once again and go-karts. In closing, in addition to just kind of celebrating our students and our athletic department, also to our board members and our community members, uh for those you that had the opportunity to go to the game, uh we we packed the house. It was nice to see people from all over uh the state and beyond attend games and it's all in support. Uh that's a compliment to our team. The magic that you did through sports,
018you brought the school and the community together. That's what you guys were able to achieve outside of football. So, uh, for me as a principal, thank you guys for everything you did and thank you to our board for your, uh, continuous and endless support of Santa Paul High School athletics. Uh, if it's okay board, I'd like to invite everybody up front for one big photo if that's okay with you guys. And then I have certificates for each individual uh, that we'll give uh, with respect to time outside to our members. Okay. U, gentlemen, coaches up front, please. All right. And uh we're not just proficient in football, but we're proficient in in football, the international kind. Um outstanding student recognition. >> Dr. J. Thank you. Good evening everyone. Um I'm I find that if I
019don't write it down, I'll talk way too long. Um so I went ahead and wrote it down tonight. Um thank you to the board. Thank you to Superintendent Weinstein for having us here um this evening. Um, so this evening we would like to recognize an extraordinary young girl who has achieved something truly special. Uh, earning a place on the Mexican national soccer team at just 12 years old. Um, this didn't happen by chance. It happened through discipline, sacrifice, and relentless work. She trains every day. She runs about 6 to 10 miles on Monday, often right past my house with my neighbor. Um, and she trains during school breaks, summer breaks, still maintained strong grades. Um, while others rested, she worked. While others doubted, she believed. Um, but behind every great athlete is a support system
020that never uh wavered, and that's her parents. So, thank you to her parents for every step of the way, for never doubting her, for the 20-hour road trips, the flights to Mexico, the long days, the early mornings. Your sacrifices show your trust, your belief, and love for your daughter and her dreams. This achievement belongs to all of you. Keep looking back because they're right there. Um, so to every young athlete, I do want to say this who's here tonight or who's watching online, um, let this be a reminder. Hard work matters, discipline matters, and believing in your child can change their life. So, I want to congratulate Nani Zuniga and her parents, Bana and Gustavo, her and Nani. You join me up here, Naani. On behalf of your Isbel family, this is for you. That's
021for you. And on behalf of the Santa Paula Unified School District and she would like to take a picture with you all as well. All right. Moving along. Uh we will move back to four presentations. The Boys and Girls Club. >> Good evening. board president attendant, board and public. Um, tonight I am very excited to introduce Pearl Galvan who's the chief executive officer for Boys and Girls Club along with Carla who will be presenting to you. So, this is just the beginning of the presentations to be able to highlight all the wonderful things that our community partners are being able to do with our Aspire staff. So, here I introduce Good evening all. Um, thank you again for having us. This is Carla Richards. She's actually our program staff who uh this summer was working
022with us and did a great job and took on the the project of our nutrition program at six of our elementary school sites and she has done an amazing job. So, she will be presenting today. Hello, good evening everyone. Uh my name is Carla Richard and today I'm going to give you a little summary of what we've been doing throughout the nutrition program. How sorry how kids experienced it and why it's so impactful across all elementaryaries and I've never used the clicker before. Perfect. Thank you. Hey, so who we are, we all know what the Boys and Girls Club is, so I won't spend too much time on the basics. What matters here is how students experience the club as a place where they feel safe, supported, and willing to try something new. The sense
023of comfort and belonging is what allows programs like the nutrition enrichment to really work. Last year, we were able to uh pilot the program at Barbara Webster Elementary Mondays and Fridays. The pilot allowed us to test lessons facing students engagement and day-to-day logistics in a real school environment. Based on the strong participation and positive responses, we expanded the program to additional schools. This year for the 20 2025 and 2026 school year, nutrition enrichment is running consistently across our elementary schools. The program is structured, repeat, repeatable, and designed to give students regular exposure to hands-on learning. So, this is just a brief glance of what we've done throughout this year so far. Students are measuring, cutting, assembling, and most importantly, cleaning up after themselves. They're following multi-step directions, working in pairs or small groups, and sharing
024responsibilities. These are practical skills, but they're also confident building moments for students who may not have the opportunity to to prepare food at their own home. In addition to the cooking itself, students have also been keeping personal nutrition journals. They use them to record recipes, draw their favorite foods, and ex and respond to simple reflection questions and what they've been learning and how they're growing. The journals help reinforce the experience and give students a way to see their progress over time. They also get to take it home at the end of the year. Students are building more cooking skills. They're learning kitchen and food vocabulary, understanding ingredients and portions, and gaining confidence following multi-step directions. Across the program, students have worked through more than 10 hands-on recipes. Those recipes expose them to 54 different ingredients
025already, including fruits, vegetables, grains, proteins, and seasonings. The program is is designed to be inclusive. recipes, activities account for dietary needs like lactose intolerance, gluten sensitivity and portion awareness so students can participate safely and confidently. And I'm going to allow you to just get not just my personal opinion on it, but also what the kids feel about it. I've learned that it doesn't have to be perfect. You can do it however you want. >> I learned how to I learned how to cut neatly. So then I won't wipe my fingers off. >> Some desserts, some lunch, some breakfast food, whichever sandwiches, some that says the apples with chocolate. I made a turkey sandwich. I think it was um cookie chocolate banana smoothie. We also have a notebook that shows that we can make it. My
026favorite thing about cooking is very What we're seeing consistently is increased confidence, curiosity, and willingness to try new foods. Students are more engaged and more comfortable participating both in class and at home. At its core, the program has helped students build a positive relationship with food early on through experiences, not just instructions. It's supported real life skills that carry beyond the classroom. Thank you for your time. We appreciate the opportunity you've given us with this program. Um, do we have any uh comments or or questions for our presenter? You don't get away with Yeah. without >> just told five minutes get it through. I didn't know if I had enough time for questions. >> No, you [clears throat] >> any any uh comments or questions? >> Um, Trusty Puto. So, first of all, I just
027want to say good job. Um we know that um this partnership with the school district and the Boys and Girls Club, it's taken a little bit of time to to bring it together, but you seeing it in in action. Myself, I'm seeing it in action, and I'm really excited to to see the the byproduct of such hard work. So, thank you. Um and maybe there's a question for for you, Pearl, and definitely for for you as well. Where do you see the program growing? uh you know, how do you see this partnership growing and what can we do to support this this effort? Because one, I just love the idea that we do have local agencies working in our schools. >> Yeah. That way they can hear you. >> I mean, ideally is is having
028more staff at the school sites, being able to provide two to three staff so that each group gets at least two to three lessons a week. Um, I think it's really important for them to understand the language, um, how to utilize, you know, just the life skills. I think a lot of these kids tend to eat the hot Cheetos and they just need to learn to eat smarter and making better choices. And sometimes some of our kids are home alone and they need to make just better choices, being able to look in the fridge and seeing how can we put this together and maybe using a hot stove, you know, later on in the year depending on um how the group is is taking on the the lesson. >> Well, I think that the most
029important thing like you said a hot stove I know the majority of my older kids are not even allowed to boil hot water um for a cup of noodles, which is sometimes real simple stuff. Um my goal, what I would like for them to do before, you know, they start going off to middle school, being left home alone more often, is to at least teach them how to make an egg egg sandwich. Um couple noodles is real basic, but I think an egg is a little more of a step up. Um, and then from there build their confidence in order for them to feel more comfortable with being on the stove. Um, teaching them more instruction, more structure on how to deal with it, how to be safe, and then having them be comfortable to
030explore on their own. >> Final question. Um, and this question definitely for you, Pearl. So, Pearl, how do you prepare your staff um so that when they're they're Boys and Girls Club staff members and then they come on campus, is is there a level of training um that maybe first aid training? Um maybe there's uh you know uh child abuse reporting, mandated reporting. Is there anything that you guys do at your end to prepare them so that when they do come on campus that they're kind of already turnkey? They're they're ready to to work. Any employee who any employee and volunteer who does participate or is employed through the Boys and Girls Club has to do at least nine hours of uh trainings and they have to do with mandatory mandatory uh reporters uh sexual
031abuse grooming. There are certain requirements that the Boys and Girls Club of America requires us to have as well as doing background checks um life scans and then also um the CP first a certified they are done every year. all all employees have to do it in order to be employed through us. I'm sorry. And then another thing is that they also shadow at all of our four club sites just to make sure that they're prepared and they do shadow the nutrition staff just in case if they ever need to um we need to cross trainin all of our staff. >> Anyone else? You know, I just as a put it out there because I'm always thinking about all the different ways in which these things can tie in, right? Um, you know, you might
032want to think about uh how do we integrate maybe some not just the nutrition aspect of things but maybe the science and math aspect, right? So maybe one week they do everything in metric, right? Which would tie into science or you know maybe uh you can integrate how do you convert you know fractions right for the grades that where that's appropriate to. So, you know, I'm always interested in the afterchool experiences not just being, you know, these nice things that you can do and nutrition is an absolutely in cooking or life skills. So, I don't want to discount that, right? But how it ties into our academic work, too. Um, I'm always kind of thinking about different ways in which it can do that. So, just some things to think about how those those can
033be integrated. So, >> so sorry, just a couple questions for me. So, how do you bring this to the home? You know, what do you want your kids to leave off with when they go home? Because a lot of kids like to talk about their days with their parents. You know, do you have any words of encouragement? Do you give them any supplemental dogs for mom and dad to read? What does that look like? >> Or a recipe card to send home. >> Yeah, >> they do have their journals. We just had a showcase not too long ago, so the parents were able We haven't taken them home yet because we want to keep them there that sometimes they forget to bring them back. So, we'll take care of it. we'll we'll keep it in
034our uh schools, but for the meantime, we write everything down. If we do have time, majority of the time, the recipe does take the full 60 minutes. And um what I've seen was the parents have asked me to do that. So, that's something I'm kind of working on. Um they have well, they're journals, but they also do go back and I I ask them like we if we have time left over, we'll do like a trivia like who knows what what this is ingredient. Can you tell me, can you give me uh if you were teaching somebody else, how would you teach them? Can you tell me step by step? Can you do you remember how many cups you we used for this? Do you remember specific ingredients, details, and stuff like that? I do
035I I am going to be working on sending them home with little note cards um for them with the specific ingredients because I do have parents asking for those. So, I'm going to be I'm going to be handing those out. >> And then, are you open to community suggestions for recipes? You know, some folks wanted like a healthier way to make certain Mexican food. So, >> yes. >> Right. Yeah. I've been getting a lot of feedback. So, we have a little bit of different cultures and so we're doing which surprisingly I didn't think the kids were going to be willing to do like guacamole since it has like uh onions, tomatoes, cilantro, which it was a hit. It was an absolute hit. I've even have been asked to bring that back once more. But of
036course, because we want to introduce them to different varieties, we will most likely be doing it at the end of the year just in case, just to get the their likings back and we'll get requested, but for the most part, I have been getting suggestions from the kids as well. So, I've been taking notes. I've been giving them what what they've been what they've been asking for and they're excited for it. >> And what does collecting feedback from the kids and the families look like? Uh, is it like do they normally just bombard you with all these requests or um can they just send you an email? >> I don't have an email just yet, a work email. But yeah, if when I get one, I can definitely be responding back to them and then
037I I do usually get like I'll cross paths with with a parent as I'm leaving or as they're picking up their kids and we'll just uh chitchat and they'll let me know all the feedback and majority the kids are not scared. The kids will come up and tell me this is what I like. this is what I didn't like. I wish I would have had this on the side. I wish I would have gotten extra of this or this meal. Could have used a drink. So, it's been great feedback. >> And I think you spoke about like a showcase or what does that look like? Um, do you mind just like elaborating on that quickly? >> Yeah. No, of course. So, we had a showcase which was all the journals put out. I did have
038what we were doing that week which was a checks mix, like a holiday checks mix. It was back in December. So, I did I put that out. So, I had the parents come in, get a little scoop, let them also eat. I do have some kids who don't necessarily always want to eat what they make, but because I ask them not to be wasteful, I do put them in a ziplockc bag, put their names on it, and send it home with them. They're able to give it and share it with their families or any neighbor, whoever they'd like to choose to. And so far, because of all of the notebooks, the the parents are really excited to get those back. they they are really wanting to get those now. But so it was the showcase.
039We'd come I speak to the parents. The parents would kind of scroll through each and every page. Um saw some saw some new recipes that they hadn't seen or even tried when the kids uh made them and so they found out that the kids ate it because they really liked it and didn't get to try any of that. >> Well, thank you for answering my questions. So, I know um your your organization's great at feedback, so I always love to know the new or fast ways you've been getting feedback. >> Awesome. Thank you for your time. >> All right. Are there any other qu questions? Gosh, you know, for the showcase, you should have the kids make us a bunch of food and then like >> So, and the guacamole, right? But was that there
040was a green there was >> Okay. An aua fresca, right? Okay. I just >> I was going to say they're going to bartend too, huh? Life skills, right? >> Oh, yeah. >> As they should. >> Creative. I like to kind of expand their own imagination. Everyone's like I tell them not everyone's is going to look the same. Don't get upset or don't get discouraged if yours doesn't look like your neighbors. Use your imagination. Maybe you don't like something on it, but if you want to use it for a prop, a decoration, just just just because, um, go ahead, go crazy, but just don't go too crazy. >> They should do is it Top Chef where you get a a thing of of ingredients and they got to make something, you got to fix it. >>
041You know what? I was thinking about doing that because I feel that now I'm more confident with the older kids for them to just kind of give them the lesson plan and kind of have them work together to see how they're able to work. >> Oh, yeah. Do teams, right? And Oh, that'd be fun. Anyways, all right. Okay. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> All right. We'll move on to information items. Uh number 6A, new courses for secondary schools. Good evening, Superintendent Weinstein, uh trustees, student board members. Uh this evening I'm bringing a number of courses to your attention uh for our secondary schools. The first course is advanced placement cyber security and the reason for this course is because we are going to replace our capstone in the cyber security pathway which
042was networking fundamentals because we are no longer able to offer a dualenrolled option. So, in order to be able to provide our students with the same opportunity to get industry certifications, we are going to pursue an advanced placement option. It'll still be a CTE course and it'll be the new capstone in the pathway and this is assuming that we cannot work out an agreement with Morart College for the 2627 school year. I'm also bringing uh to your attention a course for Renaissance High School, which is the intro to building and construction course. So, the students in this uh course walk over to the new building and construction classroom and they take the introductory course in that CTE pathway. And I'm bringing a number of courses uh to you tonight for independent studies. All of these
043courses are offered online through the program egeneuity. So, students take them exclusively online. English 11 honors, English 12 honors, medical terminology, health science and medical technology, engineering and design, and engineering and product development. >> All right, any uh questions or comments? >> I do. So on the independent studies, do we have um I'm assuming we're proposing them because people have requested them. Do we have a number of students per course? No, right now we're just adding them to our course directory. When we purchase our uh license through Egeneuity, these courses are available to us to offer students in in independent studies. uh um scenario. >> Oh, thank you. So, for example, if somebody wants to take engineering and design, whether one or 10 students take it, is there an additional cost than what we already
044pay for ingenuity? No. Oh, that's wonderful. So, one can take it. It's going to cost us the same whether 10. And is this all the courses or is there others that could be offered as well? They have a large catalog of uh options. These are the courses that were selected by the independent studies staff and one of the thoughts behind this was that many of them align with opportunities that are offered at Santa Paula High School. So in the event they decide to return to in-person instruction, they could enter a pathway and have some um have that opportunity to be prepared for that. And one last question. If they were a full-time student, well, let's just say I believe it's six classes you have to take at the high school. >> Yes. >> So, let's
045say you're a senior and you have two you you have your electives free. Can you take two of these? >> We don't offer egeneuity courses to students enrolled at Santa Paula High School. >> That's all. Thank you. >> All right. Any other questions? Other than that, thank you very much. All right, action items. Second reading, CVSA policy update, November 2025. Thank you. Um, so we go through this about every three months. About every three months, we get a list of board policies that need to be updated. Normally this is because the laws have changed or there's a court ruling um or one of our educational codes have changed. So I want to go over the um process. So uh we receive the packet of uh board policies and they are distributed to the proper departments.
046The directors then look at those uh board policies. They make changes. They look at it and make sure that whatever we need to do to stay in compliance we are doing and then once they do that they sign off on it and it goes back to my office and then we put it together for you guys to approve. So any questions on any of the policies? >> Um I do have one here on board policy 7131 relations with local agencies. um governing board is required to meet with appropriate local agency recreation and park authorities. I know that we're having uh uh those the green schools grants. Does that mean that they've got to be involved in that process now >> or is this her things? >> Huh? >> Not with green schools grant. No. So,
047it has to do with it's more involved with the idea of um our partnerships with different local agencies and giving them access to our facilities. >> There any other comments or questions? All right. Um [clears throat] I don't see anything that's related to human resources. Is that true? or uh does this go to a preferential vote at all for these policies? >> It can go to pre >> Okay. All right. Then I'll move to a preferential vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. >> All right. Uh board vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. >> Motion carries. Educational services quarterly report on Williams uniform complaints. >> So we um get this quarterly. we the um office the Ventur County Office of Education um logs in any complaints about our
048Williams Act um compliance. And as usual, I'm very proud to announce that we do have we do not have any type of violations. >> Any comments or questions? >> Out of curiosity, when was our last violation? I'm just trying to get a spanner. >> Before I got here. >> Okay, that's good. >> Yeah, before co Good to know. >> Yeah. >> I think one of the things that made it easier for most districts because a lot of times it had to do with the number of textbooks you have in a classroom and different things like that. Well, if we have one-on-one devices for our students, that's pretty much gives them access to everything that they need to have. Any further comments or questions? All right, we will move to a vote um to approve the
049uniform complaint report preferential. All those in favor? >> I opposed. Board vote. All those in favor? >> I. >> Yes. >> I uh any opposed? All right. Motion carries. All right. Next up, approval of service agreement with County of Ventura Behavioral Health. >> Good evening. is asking for approval for the service agreement for Ventura County Behavioral Health. Um it is for $100,000. Just to add [clears throat] a note to this, um while we're asking for $100,000, this was um or this is the amount that we need in order to um transition away from the contract. Um, so we were able to bring in our own uh providers to provide ERSA services. That's what this contract historically would have provided. Um, the goal was to bring these services inhouse by next year by 2627, but we
050were able to do that sooner. Um, so because it's mental health services, we did do a very intentional handoff with BCBH. Mur County Behavioral Health to our own clinicians who are mental health associates. Um we have two in the district now um and a supervisor um who supervises them and gives them the clinical supervision required. So while there was a cost this year for that transition um there is a significant reduction in what our contract um would have been. Um typically it was around $400,000 sometimes more. this year projected because the costs were continuing to go up probably in the range of 500 um $550,000. The good thing too about it this year at least we're able to pay for those associates through the mental health grant. So um you know that reduction in the
051special education funds um you know completely this year. Um but even as we um even as we possibly move away from the grant, we're still going to see that savings because we won't need to rely on a contract with BCBH any longer. >> Any comments or questions? >> Um, first of all, this is good news. Uh, I I mean, the fact that we're hearing there's a a built-in savings cost that that that's happy. I mean, that makes me makes me very happy. Um, so quick question for you, Dr. Lawrence. Um, so this particular position that that Ersus will be funding, could this person work uh in a setting like at Sapola High School, Renaissance High School? >> Yes, they do. Okay. >> So, we have two we've hired two mental health associates and then they
052have a supervisor and they cover all of our Ursa services across the district. So they the two of them do support Santa Paula High School, Isbel and and all of the um school sites where Ursa services. >> Okay. And then just one follow-up question to that. What type what level of services can these two associates provide and and and more specifically let's talk a little bit at at the high school? they provide um now the the URS so the educationally related social emotional services and that is our highest level that would be on an IEP but you know the good news is too um I mean even recently um Dr. Santa Maria and I you know have been collaborating with the high school and around um the social emotional continuum there and already just having
053our own providers um While BCBH was a was, you know, a great support to us for many years, um, just having our own providers, we we're seeing a difference. And just kind of the level of consultation that they're able to provide, just even just discussing kids that may not quite be at the level that they would provide yet, but just being able to offer their expertise um, you know, more often in a more flexible way, just being on our own campuses, being our employees. So, we're already seeing that and feeling that. our staff has really um you know reached out and and even thanked us um for for bringing in this support in house. >> One final question is there a timeline to this level of support? Is this something that we can see going
054forward? Is this on on a grant basis? >> Well that you know since these were special ed services these were you know required through the IEP. So these were things we were paying for already. Um we brought them Now, so this year that it's all being paid for through the mental health grant. Now, you know, even once that's um kind of expired, we're going to see that savings. We won't have to rely on this contract. They were required services anyway that we were going to have to be paying for. Um and that contract was continuing to increase um year-over-year. So this we're able to plan much better financially um and also just pull them into our program um you know continuum um much better and and with much more flexibility. So you know they the
055two that we have that were needed to to um support the level of need that we have currently you know are already hired and working and providing that support. If I could ask a question, just just curious, is there any downside to this shift of moving from the county to internal? I mean, I I share the same sentiment as Trusty Futos that it's great that we could achieve such a significant cost savings from, you know, going with the county to doing something in house, but is is again, is there any negative to us doing it versus the county? >> You know, I my opinion would be that no. I mean moving forward there's much more benefit to it than there would be a downside. You know I think through the transition um you know even
056we we were in very close contact with with BCBH there were very specific cases that we really had to be um more intentional about and take a little more time on. Um but it really went smoothly. Um like I said I they BCBH supported us for many years um and and did an excellent job. Um but you know that was a structure kind of built before school districts were really bringing in mental health services like we're seeing now. Um you know we're seeing and and were able to bring in that that structure now. So you know it was really kind of an older outdated um way to bring that in by contracting. However, I mean it's it was an excellent um you know at the time um community partner and continues to be. So, it's,
057you know, they continue to be a partner with us and that was very clear when we did this transition. We're not the only district moving away and wanting to bring in our own staff, especially now that we have other mental health providers. We have, you know, systems that support that. Um, you know, we have even medical funding now that we're able to bill for. All of that wasn't able to be done um in the past. So, you know, they they recognize that and know that districts have very there's a value in us bringing in the staff. However, um you know, they don't go away as a community partner. Many of our students and families are are very much involved with them. So, you know, they they do bring a level of expertise and are always
058kind of available to us if we need them. Um even our own clinicians are still, you know, very much collaborate with them for different things. Great. Thank you. >> Any further comments or questions? >> Just u a question comment. Now that we have internal staff, could they possibly in the future maybe do presentations for parents on how to assist with like behavioral issues and maybe just as a workshop? >> Yes. And we've already been talking about that. So that that's kind of one of those benefits, right, of um and you know, Ventura County Behavioral Health too has always been available for that kind of a thing. But you know, I think having having our staff in house were able to target that more, be be more intentional and individualize with that. But yes, those are
059certainly some of the um exciting pieces that we're working on >> and incorporate the PTAs of the schools with the outreach consultants >> so that Everybody is has a piece of it. >> All right. Thank you. Uh can I move uh uh ask for a motion? >> So move. >> I'll second. >> All right. Any further discussion? Hearing none, we'll move to uh preferential votes. Can no preferential staffing? >> All right. Okay. So board vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. I opposed. Eyes have a motion carries. Thank you. >> All right. Now, I have to correct something because I was trying to get out of here us out of here a little bit too quick. Um, I did not get motions for the second reading of the CSBA policy, nor did I
060get a motion for the Williams uniform complaint. So, I will start with the second reading of the CBS uh CSBA policy update. Do I hear a motion to accept those policies? I go >> ahead. Some moved. Okay, >> I'll second them. Okay. Any further discussion? Hearing none, we'll move to a preferential vote. All those in favor say I. I. >> Opposed. Board vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Yes. >> Opposed. Eyes have it. Motion carries. All right. And then we will uh tack back to the quarterly report on the Williams uniform complaints. Do I hear [clears throat] a motion to accept the report? >> So moved. >> I'll second it. Any further discussion? Hearing none, we'll move to a preferential vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed.
061Board vote. All those in favor say I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. All right. Getting back into the swing of things. [clears throat] So, we will move back to um educational services. Uh three, approval of overnight study trips. We um need if a we are going out of state or if we're having an overnight trip with students um a study trip we uh need board approval. So this is for the world um worldstride Heritage National Music Festival for our choir program. There'll be 32 students attending. We'll have six chaperones. Total cost is um 25,750 or not to exceed and um it's being paid out of LCAP choir program funds. The uh dates are March 27th through 29th. >> Just a question. So, was choir always under ALCAP or was this a change or was it >>
062It's under Yeah, it's it's always and I think it also uh matches up with the arts and supporting not only choir but also supporting the music program. >> Thank you. >> Any other comments or questions? All right. Hearing none. Uh, do I hear a motion to approve the overnight study trip? >> A motion. >> Do I hear a second? >> I'll second. >> All right. Any further discussion? Hearing none, we'll move to a preferential vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Board vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. Motion carries. Right. Next. Business Services approval of irrigation supplies for agricultural farm. >> Good evening. Tonight we're looking for approval for the PO for 62,72566 to the purchase of a new watering system for the farm. We're going to
063replant approximately 11 acres of avocado trees out on the farm. And this is a state-of-the-art watering system to take care of the plants that are out there. It will also serve as a um part of the educational program since it is a state-of-the-art system again that can be incorporated into the egg teaching as well. >> Any comments or questions? >> I do have a question. Is is there any evidence or anything that you can you can maybe share uh Miss Toms regarding the agriculture committee? Were they involved in the decision- making? Um I just I'm only asking because I just want to make sure that we are making the right decision uh going forward and and then the other question is so first one is was there a committee decision on this and then two
064um where's this pocket of money coming from? um the pocket of money that's coming from fund 401 and that will be replenished by the sale of the two houses that are going that are we did the lot line cutout. So that's a separate parcel now. So we'll be able to sell that parcel and it will be able to fund the not only the irrigation but the purchase of the trees. As far as um an agricultural committee I'm not aware of one. So um this change happened by taking the farm away from the agricultural department and putting it under facilities. Um we got a couple of fines and notices from the county that we um had all these dead trees as well as the fact that things were overgrown and there were a fire hazard. So
065our um facilities people went out there uh our grounds crews went out there. They took a look. They saw that it needed to be cleaned up. They did some of the cleanup. We brought in a professional outside company to cut down the trees and grind down the stumps. Um, and so the water system that was being used before no longer is functional. So we needed to replace it and we wanted to replace it with something that could also match up to our STEM programs. Um, and the avocado trees, 11 acres, was helped design by our local uh farming community and they uh will be supplying us with the trees. Thank you. I'm just concerned that we're making a big purchase and we're moving in in a direction that I'm not sure. This is kind of
066like the first I'm hearing of it. So, please I may be one of one of five here. Um but but I'm just wondering if uh if we're moving forward on a project u maybe in a time when we don't have a you know the the the money. But that's that's why I'm asking the questions because I want to see where the discussions are taking place just like I would ask that of a school site. I want I would like to know what the school site councils are doing uh in terms of are they having that kind of deliberation, that kind of discussion. I'm wondering if we're misusing our maintenance department. They should I think they should be at the school sites versus at at a farm. But again, I just don't have enough information regarding
067our agriculture farm. So I I will admit my my ignorance. Um please educate me. So, I also have some comments and thank you Trusty Fru because I was on the ad committee um farm committee and we haven't had any and I I know I brought it up as to you know what's happening and the fact that the farm was we stopped as a district paying for maintenance once the company um went bankrupt that it's our fault that we did not maintain it. So now we're in a panic is from what I see from my perspective and if the violations have been removed I think it's time to regroup the farm committee um and discuss the layout. Obviously professionals will guide and say this is what we're proposing, but at least saying this is the site
068plan and this is what we plan on doing. And the fact that we have an a academy and we're not incorporating our students or or students in engineering who can take part of of creating their school farm um is is upsetting to me that we're we're not meeting to discuss it further. Um, if there's a time crunch that we need to meet to plant them, I believe there's a season window of time of when it needs to be done. Um, I don't have an issue [snorts] if Doug um has gone through and and these are the best estimates as what supplies we need, but if there's I don't want to purchase it and realize that it wasn't designed properly. So, without seeing a floor, a layout of the planting. I'm not comfortable at this time
069approving this, but if there's other information that you can provide and move this on to the next agenda item, um please do so. Coastal Watering did do an outlay of how the projected um trees and layouts would be. Um so we can provide you with that at that. And and the flip side of it too also realize if we do plant these trees when the trees are actually fruit bearing that's about a half a million dollars a year to the district to put back into the program. >> But my comment is the involvement with our students since we do have an agriculture academy. Given what was presented to us regarding the fines and um just the upkeep of the farm, um was this identified as an immediate need to make install an irrigation system that
070was actually usable? Um >> well, it wasn't. The need is not planting the avocado trees. It's trying to create a system that it will self-support the farm and not drain resources of the district. Again, the farm is not an educational place. It is not a school. We have to do like outdoor classrooms and things like that. We can't drop a building there and have an a department there. Unfortunately, we're not zoned for that. Um but what this does is it gives us an opportunity to maintain the farm for years to come and that's where the um the focus was because right now the farm is not being was it was not being maintained and so the um grounds crew went out they did an inspection. and Jeff Arjent, who's very familiar with farming and everything,
071they did an inspection and they realized they had to cut down trees, grind the stumps um and then we wanted to figure [clears throat] out a way to have things um continue. We used to when I first got here, we had an outside company that for selling our fruit, they would manage the farm and so we didn't have any cost. here. We can not only have somebody help us manage the farm, but it also can give us some money each year to continue the programming, but we can bring this back and and you know with an outline and things like that. >> Well, I thought there was a discussion once and I don't know if I just brought it up with you uh Jeff, but regarding like internships for the senior agriculture students where they
072can go they as part of their internship that could be part of it at the school farm, not actual class. when the classroom is done on campus, but it's when they go and do like a field trip or or internship at the >> one one of the companies that would cshade CJ Shade um they actually offer internships and helping manage the farm and also doing the planting and and installing the water. and that was uh the director of our CT program of the Alex Flores was the one that created the partnership with them. >> So would that be part of it with all of this? >> Yeah, that would be part of it. Yeah, absolutely. >> Because we we're trying to find a way to teach sustainable agriculture and so and unfortunately the trees that
073we had originally planted are not would would not really sell at all. The lemons Yeah. So, we needed to move to avocado and so we we talked to a lot of our local, >> you know, um farms and they all were they all chipped in to to help ush kind of do this. >> So, maybe Flores can do a presentation at the next meeting and explaining all this to us. >> Yeah. Or Jeff Arjent >> or combination. >> Yeah. >> So, Jeff, is there anything if let's say it doesn't pass today? I'm just making a hypothetical question. Is there anything that would be detrimental to the farm to the contract? Is there is is there a repercussion? >> No, only only timing. If we miss it this year, we could always plant next year. >>
074Okay. >> Is the time for planting? >> March. >> So, um we need to install the irrigation system before the planting. But again, you know, it's not a rush. It was just what are we going to do with the farm? How can we sustain it for a long term? because the board did buy the farm and it is was an expensive purchase and so we um we wanted to make sure that we can maintain it and not let it deteriorate the way it's been deteriorating unfortunately. So um and uh Alex Flores has been working with Jeff Argent on how this is going and making suggestions and different things like that. But again, we can we can bring it back with the map of of where the trees are going to be, where the irrigation systems
075going to be. You know, these are high-end irrigation systems that actually measure the the moisture next to the tree in and will um design the water flow to make sure that we have certain amount of moisture next to each tree. >> I mean, if you've done all that, it just wasn't included. I don't have a problem with it because I don't want to hold off a whole season of because it does take a while for the trees to grow and the fact that there is the funding for it. >> And when we designed where the trees were going to go on the 11 acres, they used um drones and to design everything to where everything needed to be and and um so you know obviously they're the experts. That's why we did defer to them
076when they said if you're going to plant trees, let us design it so you get the maximum amount of money possible. And we said okay. And we also asked them there was 15 acres available. We only wanted to do 11 acres because we wanted four acres to be sustainable farming like fruits, vegetables, and stuff like that. >> Thank you. I mean, I'm look and I'm going to echo a little bit of what you guys have said, right? I mean, I still don't feel like and I've asked about this before. Um, you know, that there's really not an educational plan. Like, yeah, education can be built into what we this is, but it's like, okay, why 11 acres of avocados other than the money, right? What what are they going to do with those sensors? Do
077we know if science is going to start monitoring those things and doing graphs and all the other stuff, right? Like does the high school even know, right? Does the district know, right? Does Bedell know like they've been asked what can what do you want to do here? Right? Um you know, how can we incorporate it? So, you know, whether or not we missed the season or not, I don't want to get in the same position as we did because I was on the board at the time when we approved all those trees that we just tore down and I don't want to do that again. Like that just because then I don't think it was thought out and and I'm not so sure. I'm not convinced right now. Yes, there's better design. Sure. And maybe
078it is sustainable. Sure. But what's the educational purpose for it? Because if there's no educational purpose, then what are we doing, right? Then why do we have a farm, right? Just to bring in money. I mean, let's sell the farm and bring in money that way, I guess. Like, I'm just not con I'm not sure that we're there yet. Again, this might be great. This might be the perfect thing. I'm glad we're working with other, you know, agricultural partners for sure. You know, um [clears throat] I still would like to see the rest of that as well. So, Any other comments or questions uh before I ask for a motion? It can be a motion for whatever you'd like. So, I move that we table the approval of the irrigation supplies for the agricultural farm
079to a future meeting with more information regarding the use of the land because again I just feel like I don't have enough. >> Do I hear a second? >> A second. >> All right. There is a first and a second. Is there further discussion? >> Yes. >> I I would just like to ask my my trustees, what kind of information would you like to see? Um so that way we just all have an idea rather than relying on staff to figure it out. >> I appreciate it. I love the clarification. Um I want to mirror Trusty Sandival. I definitely like to see what the uh what the educational value is. I I'd like to see um where the in terms of the agricultural uh committee, the ad committee um if we can get them involved
080in the discussion um but more so I guess on on the education and then the projected long-term uh what what are the financial uh impact uh positive and negative where are we you know stand to gain and where do we stand to lose >> and I guess just to discuss the the presentation like if you guys come back and say look at these 11 acres right it's just for income and that will be used for X Y and Z other educational purpose right then that is [clears throat] what it is right um and we'll decide whether that that's we're we're good with that or not um but if that's what you guys decide it's not that every single tree has to have an educational purpose right you know but but I think we we're just
081feeling that we need some more insight into what that could look like >> vote on the motion >> and the plans that you have >> the physical. >> Yeah. And a description of how the education component with other maintenance of it >> what other costs that we would incur. >> Okay. So there is a motion on the floor to table this to another meeting um with the intent on having a presentation on the educational and financial and site plan um information. So we will move to a preferential vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed board. All those in favor say I. I. >> I opposed. All right. The motion is tabled. Okay. um approval of donations. We have a number of them here. And thank you to every single one of
082these these uh individuals and organizations. Jerry Burns uh donated $200 to Santa Paul Football. White Chiropractics donated $500 to Santa Paul High School athletics. Jerry Burns did another $125 to uh Santa Paul High School football. Dignity Health donated $2,400 to the Santa Paul High School girls basketball. Sierra Bank uh Jennifer Andrade uh um donated $100 to Santa Paul High School ASB. Jerry Burns once again to Santa Paul uh high school football $150. Santa Paula Together donated to the Santa Paul High School FFA of $250. Adrien and Patrice Bacheko uh from Handmade Tattoo and Victor Valenuela donated to um FFA for $100 aka uh oh gosh I'm sorry Handmade Tattoo um donated to the girls soccer right Paul High School girls for $1,23155 and Rodrigo Rodrigo Ramirez donated to St. Paul High School girls soccer for
083$1,000. So, a total of over $6,000 in donations. So, do I hear a motion to accept the donation report? >> So, moved. >> I'll second. >> Any further discussion? Hearing none. Oh, go ahead. Sorry. >> I I just want to say um I know Jerry Burn's name has been brought up, but uh you know, I had the privilege of working or being a student of his uh in speech many many years ago at his Bell Middle School. um and and seeing his kindness and his philanthropy uh at that time and then fast forward working with him at uh Barbara Webster and again just his annual and his continual support to our amazing community. Uh Jerry's also a member of our Santa Paula Education Foundation. Um and he lives in Thousand Oaks and and he gives
084so much to this amazing community. Um so thank you Jerry. Uh we appreciate you my man. All right. Did Did I hear a motion? Oh, no, we didn't. Okay. All right. So, we'll move to a vote. Uh preferential vote. All those in favor? >> I >> opposed. None. Uh board vote. All those in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. None. All right. Motion passes. All right. Human resources approval of uh VCSSFA delegate and uh SIBO representative. >> Good evening board. Um before you tonight, we're seeking approval uh for the uh following individuals to be um representative act act as representatives and alternate alternate representatives for Ventura County School Self-funding authority and to the um California school employees benefits organization which is also SIBO. Um the the representative would be uh Lori Toms and the alternate
085would be myself for both um boards and um we are we work very well together and so part of the reasoning for having us both there is it if Lori can't make it I'm able to attend but on days where we can both attend we're there and we have different perspectives and work together to make sure that we are understanding all aspects of um risk management and the insurance programs. All right. Any discussion or com or comments or questions? >> Okay. Hearing none. Uh can I entertain a motion? >> Yeah. I move to approve the VCSSFA delegate and CSDO representative Vanessa Donghue and Roy Thomas. >> Do I hear a second? I'll second. >> All right. Any further discussion? Hearing none, we'll move to this preferential vote. >> We'll move to a board vote just
086in case. Um, all those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. All right. Cons. >> Thank you. Consent calendar. Consent kind. I need to like be done. I guess consent items are considered routine and will be enacted by a single motion. None of the items will be discussed unless a board member request discussion prior to the vote of the motion to adopt the consent calendar. Um, I think I wanted to recuse myself on one item. Uh, under contracts. The Santa Paul Art Museum has a contract in here for 24,000 plus. Uh, since I'm the treasurer of that organization, I don't feel like I should vote on that. So, I'm going to I'm going to pull that one out. Anyone else have anything? All right. So, we will go ahead. Well, let's
087entertain a motion. >> I move that we approve contracts, MUS, and purchases or consent calendar >> with the exception of >> correct with the exception of the reserves. >> All right. Do I hear a second? >> I'll second. >> Okay. And there are no human services, right? So you guys can vote. So we'll move to [clears throat] a preferential vote. All those in favor? >> I a board vote. All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? All right. Eyes have it. Move to the uh one item um the Santa Paul Art Museum contract. Do I hear a motion? I'll >> motion approve. >> Do I hear a second? >> I second. All right. Any discussion? Hearing none, we'll move to a preferential vote. All those in favor say I. I. >> Board vote. All
088those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. All right. Eyes have it. And one abstension on that. Four to zero to one. >> All right. Board member comments. Let us start. Trustee Gonzalez. >> Um, well, welcome back to Well, not welcome back. Welcome to 2026 and I am glad to be back on the board. First board meeting of the year. It was an hour 22 minutes. So that was a good that's a good way to start off this year. Um I'm excited for the upcoming semester and for the opportunities it brings. >> All right, go ahead. >> Um I just want to wish everybody a very happy new year and I hope that everyone has a successful semester. Trusty Frutos. >> Awesome. Um, I had the the privilege of attending the girls basketball and
089boys basketball versus Filillmore. Uh, Santa Paul High School. Super proud of our our athletes. Um, and again, welcome back to and happy new year to all of our um our staff members. Hope you did have some uh some time with your your loved ones. Uh, and then just as a as a comment, um, I know that I've been asking for the special education presentation, and I don't mind if it gets moved back in into February because I know that there's there's a lot of variables out there. Uh, because I know I've been asking for for this and and and been working with Dr. Lawrence on on the really specific request. So, I don't have a problem with it as long as, you know, my my colleagues don't have a problem with it being pushed into
090uh a February. So that works for me. >> Trustee Kubazama. >> Uh, no comments. Thanks, >> Trusty Aoyo. >> Just wishing everybody a happy 2026 and that all your plans come true and again, thank you for all the presentations and information you guys provide us. >> Trusty Ramos Rodriguez. >> Yeah, happy board meeting everyone. Good to see you all back. as you know, we usually have our usual audience and then for our usual viewers back home, thank you for still tuning in. A short board meeting. Can't wait to see you for the next one. >> All right, just a a few things. Um I had the privilege of um witnessing the district swearing in of our state senator Monique Lemon to the president prompor of the Senate. So she's the she's the chief and uh
091uh just got sworn in by Vice President Kla Harris too. So I mean just just a little thing. Yeah. So anyways, it was a it was a pleasure to represent Santa Paula. There was a number of us there. Um I did uh watch a webinar this week. Uh the CSBA put on a budget recap. The governor's budget was released. Quite a bit of good news for us, you know. um a new discretionary block grant, uh extension of LRE, more community schools money, you know, an increase in special education reimbursements, everything positive so far, right? I'm kind of like, all right, what's the catch, right? Um may revise, right, where it all falls down. But, you know, we do also still have pressure on the federal side. We don't know what that budget is going to
092look like. Um so, who knows? Maybe it's a net wash after it's all said and done. But at least so far, positive news. Um, and finally, I have as part of my CSBA board of directors um duties, I'm on a committee uh for the Golden Bell. So, you know, just reminded me that, you know, there's a lot of good work that we're doing here at the district and we should be or you should be right uh staff um recognized for that work. So, so we we really need to kind of think about, you know, what are our best programs that we could put out and um see if we can rope in something. So, >> all right. Um and then finally um on a sad note we did have a student um pass away uh
093since last board meeting board meeting Bradley um who was in 11th grade uh it was really a it's just a tragic one right so um so we keep his family in our thoughts and prayers and uh I Well, it's just that's >> Bonnie. >> Oh, that's right. Oh, >> gosh. That's right. I'm sorry. There was an And uh so we'll keep his family and his our thoughts and parents and um also Bonnie uh Burrington um who I didn't know um but uh was a superintendent here probably one of my was she >> elementary. She was also 10 years the assistant of education before she became superintendent. >> So she passed away. So um so I will adjourn uh this meeting um both for Parker Bradley and for Bonnington Brewington. So we will adjourn um at
0947:26 uh future meeting two weeks the 28th. >> 28th. >> All right. For uh Parker and Bonnie. >> [music]