SPUSD Board Meeting 05/28/25

001[Music] Huh? [Music] I'll [Music] be down. [Music] Fall away. Heat. Heat. N. [Music] I want [Music] to fall away. [Music] Fall away. [Music] Oh my god. [Music] Huh? [Music] Fall away. [Music] Huh? [Music] Fall away. [Music] Oh, heat. [Music] Huh? Fall away. [Music] Fall down. Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Huh? [Music] I [Music] feel away. [Music] Huh? All right. [Music] Fall away. [Music] Hey. [Music] away. Fall away. Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Huh? [Music] Good evening everyone. Uh, I'd like to call this meeting to order at 5:04. Do we have any public comments for close? Hearing none, we will adjourn to close session at 504. [Music] Heat. Hey, Heat. [Music] Hey, hey, hey. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hello, I'm Danny Guzman, proud principal of Santa Paula High School. I want to begin by congratulating the amazing class

002of 2025 on their upcoming graduation this June 5th. This is such a milestone and we're excited to celebrate it together with all of you, our parents, families, and loved ones who have supported our students every step of the way. Before we get to the big day, let's take a moment to go over some important rules and guidelines to help ensure a smooth and memorable graduation ceremony for all. Let's take a look. Thank you, Mr. Guzman. Parents, please remember that it's important to arrive on time and admission will only be granted with the ticket. Each senior will receive four tickets for family and friends to attend the ceremony. If they purchase the ASB packet, they'll receive three extra tickets. That's seven tickets total. If you're bringing younger children to the ceremony, remember that children three and

003under can sit on a lap, but they must stay under supervision at all times. This is important to help maintain the safety and flow of the event. The ceremony can get crowded, and we want to make sure that everyone, especially little ones, stay safe and comfortable. To keep the ceremony safe and respectful, noise makers, air horns, weapons, and outside food or drinks are not allowed. Let's work together to create a positive experience for everyone. Please make sure to follow a clear bag policy. Only transparent bags will be allowed inside. This helps ensure a secure and stress-free event for all guests. Dear Santa Paula families, these guidelines are put in place to protect everyone. Failure to follow them could result in being asked to leave the ceremony, and we want all families to enjoy the special

004moment together. One final reminder, there is no parking on Palm Court. Please plan ahead and give yourself plenty of time to find parking. We can't wait to celebrate this milestone with our seniors. Thank you for helping us make graduation a safe, joyful, and unforgettable day. And remember parents, everyone is subject to being searched, and there will be no vaping or smoking allowed on campus. Thank you. As we get ready to celebrate this important milestone, I want to thank you, our parents, families, and community for your continued support. Your encouragement has helped shape the success of the class of 2025. Let's work together to make this graduation day smooth, safe, and truly unforgettable for our students. Congratulations once again to the class of 2025. We are proud of you. We'll see you on June 5th. [Music]

005Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, hey, hey. [Music] Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Hello, I'm Danny Guzman, proud principal of Santa Paula High School. I want to begin by congratulating the amazing class of 2025 on their upcoming graduation this June 5th. This is such a milestone and we're excited to celebrate it together with all of you, our parents, families, and loved ones who have supported our students every step of the way. Before we get to the big day, let's take a moment to go over some important rules and guidelines to help ensure a smooth and memorable graduation ceremony for all. Let's take a look. Thank you, Mr. Guzman. Parents, please remember that it's important to arrive on time and admission will only be granted with the ticket. Each senior will receive four tickets for

006family and friends to attend the ceremony. If they purchase the ASB packet, they'll receive three extra tickets. That's seven tickets total. If you're bringing younger children to the ceremony, remember that children three and under can sit on a lap, but they must stay under supervision at all times. This is important to help maintain the safety and flow of the event. The ceremony can get crowded, and we want to make sure that everyone, especially little ones, stay safe and comfortable. To keep the ceremony safe and respectful, noise makers, air horns, weapons, and outside food or drinks are not allowed. Let's work together to create a positive experience for everyone. Please make sure to follow our clear bag policy. Only transparent bags will be allowed inside. This helps ensure a secure and stress-free event for all guests.

007Dear Santa families, these guidelines are put in place to protect everyone. Failure to follow them could result in being asked to leave the ceremony, and we want all families to enjoy the special moment together. One final reminder, there is no parking on Palm Court. Please plan ahead and give yourself plenty of time to find parking. We can't wait to celebrate this milestone with our seniors. Thank you for helping us make graduation a safe, joyful, and unforgettable day. And remember, parents, everyone is subject to being searched. And there will be no vaping or smoking allowed on campus. Thank you. As we get ready to celebrate this important milestone, I want to thank you, our parents, families, and community for your continued support. Your encouragement has helped shape the success of the class of 2025. Let's work

008together to make this graduation day smooth, safe, and truly unforgettable for our students. Congratulations once again to the class of 2025. We are proud of you. We'll see you on June 5th. [Music] Heat. Hey, Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, Hey, hey, [Music] hey. Heat. Heat. [Music] Hello, I'm Danny Guzman, proud principal of Santa Paula High School. I want to begin by congratulating the amazing class of 2025 on their upcoming graduation this June 5th. This is such a milestone and we're excited to celebrate it together with all of you, our parents, families, and loved ones who have supported our students every step of the way. Before we get to the big day, let's take a moment to go over some important rules and guidelines to help ensure a smooth and memorable graduation ceremony for all.

009Let's take a look. Thank you, Mr. Guzman. Parents, please remember that it's important to arrive on time and admission will only be granted with the ticket. Each senior will receive four tickets for family and friends to attend the ceremony. If they purchase the ASB packet, they'll receive three extra tickets. That's seven tickets total. If you're bringing younger children to the ceremony, remember that children three and under can sit on a lap, but they must stay under supervision at all times. This is important to help maintain the safety and flow of the event. The ceremony can get crowded and we want to make sure that everyone, especially little ones, stay safe and comfortable. To keep the ceremony safe and respectful, noise makers, air horns, weapons, and outside food or drinks are not allowed. Let's work together

010to create a positive experience for everyone. Please make sure to follow a clear bag policy. Only transparent bags will be allowed inside. This helps ensure a secure and stress-free event for all guests. Dear Santa Paula families, these guidelines are put in place to protect everyone. Failure to follow them could result in being asked to leave the ceremony and we want all families to enjoy the special moment together. One final reminder, there is no parking on Palm Court. Please plan ahead and give yourself plenty of time to find parking. We can't wait to celebrate this milestone with our seniors. Thank you for helping us make graduation a safe, joyful, and unforgettable day. And remember parents, everyone is subject to being searched, and there will be no vaping or smoking allowed on campus. Thank you. As we

011get ready to celebrate this important milestone, I want to thank you, our parents, families, and community for your continued support. Your encouragement has helped shape the success of the class of 2025. Let's work together to make this graduation day smooth, safe, and truly unforgettable for our students. Congratulations once again to the class of 2025. We are proud of you. We'll see you on June 5th. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, hey, hey. [Music] Hello, I'm Danny Guzman, proud principal of Santa Paula High School. I want to begin by congratulating the amazing class of 2025 on their upcoming graduation this June 5th. This is such a milestone and we're excited to celebrate it together with all of you, our parents, families, and loved ones who have supported our students every step of the way. Before

012we get to the big day, let's take a moment to go over some important rules and guidelines to help ensure a smooth and memorable graduation ceremony for all. Let's take a look. Thank you, Mr. Guzman. Parents, please remember that it's important to arrive on time and admission will only be granted with the ticket. Each senior will receive four tickets for family and friends to attend the ceremony. If they purchase the ASB packet, they'll receive three extra tickets. That's seven tickets total. If you're bringing younger children to the ceremony, remember that children three and under can sit on a lap, but they must stay under supervision at all times. This is important to help maintain the safety and flow of the event. The ceremony can get crowded and we want to make sure that everyone, especially

013little ones, stay safe and comfortable. To keep the ceremony safe and respectful, noise makers, air horns, weapons, and outside food or drinks are not allowed. Let's work together to create a positive experience for everyone. Please make sure to follow our clear bag policy. Only transparent bags will be allowed inside. This helps ensure a secure and stress-free event for all guests. Dear Santa Paula families, these guidelines are put in place to protect everyone. Failure to follow them could result in being asked to leave the ceremony and we want all families to enjoy the special moment together. One final reminder, there is no parking on Palm Court. Please plan ahead and give yourself plenty of time to find parking. We can't wait to celebrate this milestone with our seniors. Thank you for helping us make graduation a

014safe, joyful, and unforgettable day. And remember parents, everyone is subject to being searched, and there will be no vaping or smoking allowed on campus. Thank you. As we get ready to celebrate this important milestone, I want to thank you, our parents, families, and community for your continued support. Your encouragement has helped shape the success of the class of 2025. Let's work together to make this graduation day smooth, safe, and truly unforgettable for our students. Congratulations once again to the class of 2025. We are proud of you. We'll see you on June 5th. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, hey, hey. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Heat. Hey, Heat. [Music] Hello, I'm Danny Guzman, proud principal of Santa Paula High School. I want to begin by congratulating the amazing class of 2025 on their upcoming

015graduation this June 5th. This is such a milestone and we're excited to celebrate it together with all of you, our parents, families, and loved ones who have supported our students every step of the way. Before we get to the big day, let's take a moment to go over some important rules and guidelines to help ensure a smooth and memorable graduation ceremony for all. Let's take a look. Thank you, Mr. Duzman. Parents, please remember that it's important to arrive on time and admission will only be granted with the ticket. Each senior will receive four tickets for family and friends to attend the ceremony. If they purchase the ASB packet, they'll receive three extra tickets. That's seven tickets total. If you're bringing younger children to the ceremony, remember that children three and under can sit on a

016lap, but they must stay under supervision at all times. This is important to help maintain the safety and flow of the event. The ceremony can get crowded, and we want to make sure that everyone, especially little ones, stay safe and comfortable. To keep the ceremony safe and respectful, noise makers, air horns, weapons, and outside food or drinks are not allowed. Let's work together to create a positive experience for everyone. Please make sure to follow a clear bag policy. Only transparent bags will be allowed inside. This helps ensure a secure and stress-free event for all guests. Dear Santa Paula families, these guidelines are put in place to protect everyone. Failure to follow them could result in being asked to leave the ceremony. And we want all families to enjoy the special moment together. One final reminder,

017there is no parking on Palm Court. Please plan ahead and give yourself plenty of time to find parking. We can't wait to celebrate this milestone with our seniors. Thank you for helping us make graduation a safe, joyful, and unforgettable day. And remember parents, everyone is subject to being searched, and there will be no vaping or smoking allowed on campus. Thank you. As we get ready to celebrate this important milestone, I want to thank you, our parents, families, and community for your continued support. Your encouragement has helped shape the success of the class of 2025. Let's work together to make this graduation day smooth, safe, and truly unforgettable for our students. Congratulations once again to the class of 2025. We are proud of you. We'll see you on June 5th. [Music] Hey, hey, hey. [Music] Hey,

018hey, hey. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hello, I'm Danny Guzman, proud principal of Santa Paula High School. I want to begin by congratulating the amazing class of 2025 on their upcoming graduation this June 5th. This is such a milestone and we're excited to celebrate it together with all of you, our parents, families, and loved ones who have supported our students every step of the way. Before we get to the big day, let's take a moment to go over some important rules and guidelines to help ensure a smooth and memorable graduation ceremony for all. Let's take a look. Thank you, Mr. Guzman. Parents, please remember that it's important to arrive on time and admission will only be granted with the ticket. Each senior will receive four tickets for family and friends to attend the

019ceremony. If they purchase the ASB packet, they'll receive three extra tickets. That's seven tickets total. If you're bringing younger children to the ceremony, remember that children three and under can sit on a lap, but they must stay under supervision at all times. This is important to help maintain the safety and flow of the event. The ceremony can get crowded, and we want to make sure that everyone, especially little ones, stay safe and comfortable. To keep the ceremony safe and respectful, noise makers, air horns, weapons, and outside food or drinks are not allowed. Let's work together to create a positive experience for everyone. Please make sure to follow our clear bag policy. Only transparent bags will be allowed inside. This helps ensure a secure and stress-free event for all guests. Dear Santa Paula families, these guidelines

020are put in place to protect everyone. Failure to follow them could result in being asked to leave the ceremony. And we want all families to enjoy the special moment together. One final reminder, there is no parking on Palm Court. Please plan ahead and give yourself plenty of time to find parking. We can't wait to celebrate this milestone with our seniors. Thank you for helping us make graduation a safe, joyful, and unforgettable day. And remember parents, everyone is subject to being searched, and there will be no vaping or smoking allowed on campus. Thank you. As we get ready to celebrate this important milestone, I want to thank you, our parents, families, and community for your continued support. Your encouragement has helped shape the success of the class of 2025. Let's work together to make this graduation

021day smooth, safe, and truly unforgettable for our students. Congratulations once again to the class of 2025. We are proud of you. We'll see you on June 5th. [Music] Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Heat. Hey, Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hello, I'm Danny Guzman, proud principal of Santa Paula High School. I want to begin by congratulating the amazing class of 2025 on their upcoming graduation this June 5th. This is such a milestone and we're excited to celebrate it together with all of you, our parents, families, and loved ones who have supported our students every step of the way. Before we get to the big day, let's take a moment to go over some important rules and guidelines to help ensure a smooth and memorable graduation ceremony for all. Let's take a look. Thank you,

022Mr. Guzman. Parents, please remember that it's important to arrive on time and admission will only be granted with the ticket. Each senior will receive four tickets for family and friends to attend the ceremony. If they purchase the ASB packet, they'll receive three extra tickets. That's seven tickets total. If you're bringing younger children to the ceremony, remember that children three and under can sit on a lap, but they must stay under supervision at all times. This is important to help maintain the safety and flow of the event. The ceremony can get crowded, and we want to make sure that everyone, especially little ones, stay safe and comfortable. To keep the ceremony safe and respectful, noise makers, air horns, weapons, and outside food or drinks are not allowed. Let's work together to create a positive experience for

023everyone. Please make sure to follow a clear bag policy. Only transparent bags will be allowed inside. This helps ensure a secure and stress-free event for all guests. Dear Santa Paula families, these guidelines are put in place to protect everyone. Failure to follow them could result in being asked to leave the ceremony, and we want all families to enjoy the special moment together. One final reminder, there is no parking on Palm Court. Please plan ahead and give yourself plenty of time to find parking. We can't wait to celebrate this milestone with our seniors. Thank you for helping us make graduation a safe, joyful, and unforgettable day. And remember, parents, everyone is subject to being searched, and there will be no vaping or smoking allowed on campus. Thank you. As we get ready to celebrate this important

024milestone, I want to thank you, our parents, families, and community for your continued support. Your encouragement has helped shape the success of the class of 2025. Let's work together to make this graduation day smooth, safe, and truly unforgettable for our students. Congratulations once again to the class of 2025. We are proud of you. We'll see you on June 5th. [Music] Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hello, I'm Danny Guzman, proud principal of Santa Paula High School. I want to begin by congratulating the amazing class of 2025 on their upcoming graduation this June 5th. This is such a milestone and we're excited to celebrate it together with all of you, our parents, families, and loved ones who have supported our students every step of the way. Before we get to

025the big day, let's take a moment to go over some important rules and guidelines to help ensure a smooth and memorable graduation ceremony for all. Let's take a look. Thank you, Mr. Guzman. Parents, please remember that it's important to arrive on time and admission will only be granted with the ticket. Each senior will receive four tickets for family and friends to attend the ceremony. If they purchase the ASB packet, they'll receive three extra tickets. That's seven tickets total. If you're bringing younger children to the ceremony, remember that children three and under can sit on a lap, but they must stay under supervision at all times. This is important to help maintain the safety and flow of the event. The ceremony can get crowded, and we want to make sure that everyone, especially little ones, stay

026safe and comfortable. To keep the ceremony safe and respectful, noise makers, air horns, weapons, and outside food or drinks are not allowed. Let's work together to create a positive experience for everyone. Please make sure to follow our clear bag policy. Only transparent bags will be allowed inside. This helps ensure a secure and stress-free event for all guests. Dear Santa families, these guidelines are put in place to protect everyone. Failure to follow them could result in being asked to leave the ceremony, and we want all families to enjoy the special moment together. One final reminder, there is no parking on Palm Court. Please plan ahead and give yourself plenty of time to find parking. We can't wait to celebrate this milestone with our seniors. Thank you for helping us make graduation a safe, joyful, and unforgettable

027day. And remember parents, everyone is subject to being searched, and there will be no vaping or smoking allowed on campus. Thank you. As we get ready to celebrate this important milestone, I want to thank you, our parents, families, and community for your continued support. Your encouragement has helped shape the success of the class of 2025. Let's work together to make this graduation day smooth, safe, and truly unforgettable for our students. Congratulations once again to the class of 2025. We are proud of you. We'll see you on June 5th. [Music] Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] I [Music] think you are. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] down. Heat. [Music] Hello, I'm Danny Guzman, proud principal of Santa Paula High School. I want to begin by congratulating the amazing class of 2025 on their upcoming graduation

028this June 5th. This is such a milestone and we're excited to celebrate it together with all of you, our parents, families, and loved ones who have supported our students every step of the way. Before we get to the big day, let's take a moment to go over some important rules and guidelines to help ensure a smooth and memorable graduation ceremony for all. Let's take a look. Thank you, Mr. Guzman. Parents, please remember that it's important to arrive on time and admission will only be granted with the ticket. Each senior will receive four tickets for family and friends to attend the ceremony. If they purchase the ASB packet, they'll receive three extra tickets. That's seven tickets total. If you're bringing younger children to the ceremony, remember that children three and under can sit on a lap,

029but they must stay under supervision at all times. This is important to help maintain the safety and flow of the event. The ceremony can get crowded, and we want to make sure that everyone, especially little ones, stay safe and comfortable. To keep the ceremony safe and respectful, noise makers, air horns, weapons, and outside food or drinks are not allowed. Let's work together to create a positive experience for everyone. Please make sure to follow a clear bag policy. Only transparent bags will be allowed inside. This helps ensure a secure and stress-free event for all guests. Dear Santa Paula families, these guidelines are put in place to protect everyone. Failure to follow them could result in being asked to leave the ceremony, and we want all families to enjoy the special moment together. One final reminder, there

030is no parking on Palm Court. Please plan ahead and give yourself plenty of time to find parking. We can't wait to celebrate this milestone with our seniors. Thank you for helping us make graduation a safe, joyful, and unforgettable day. And remember, parents, everyone is subject to being searched, and there will be no vaping or smoking allowed on campus. Thank you. As we get ready to celebrate this important milestone, I want to thank you, our parents, families, and community for your continued support. Your encouragement has helped shape the success of the class of 2025. Let's work together to make this graduation day smooth, safe, and truly unforgettable for our students. Congratulations once again to the class of 2025. We are proud of you. We'll see you on June 5th. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. N.

031[Music] Hey, hey, hey. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Good evening everyone. I'd like to reconvene from close session at 606 and we'll start with roll call and we'll start with our student trustees and we have trustee Asher Gonzalez present. Trustee Jenny Perez present and is Trusty Velasquez going to be a little late. Okay, so we don't have trusty Velasquez right now. Moving on to board and who do we have the trust trustee Kumasawa yeah you're not yet sorry I apologize but he is present we will do that in a bit uh trustee Rodriguez present trustee Sandoval present trustee Brutos present and myself, Trusty Aoyo, present. And we have nothing to report from close session. Moving on to item C, pledge of allegiance. You can all rise and join us. Ready? Begin. I pledge allegiance

032to 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. Moving on to item 3D, approval of the agenda. So moved. Is there a second? I second. It's been moved by Sandaval, second by Rodriguez. All those in favor say I. I. I. And now item four, newly elected board member trustee area five. Item A, oath of office, and that will be done by our superintendent, Mr. Weinstein. Mike, can you join me at the podium? Can you join me at the podium? Mike Okay. Um again congratulations on being selected for the trustee area uh five. Uh so please repeat after me. I I state your name. Mike. Do you solemnly swear or affirm that I will support and defend

033the Constitution of the United States? do solemnly swear I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California and the Constitution of the State of California against all enemies, foreign and domestic. against all enemies, foreign and domestic. That I will hear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States that I will true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of California and the Constitution of the State of California. that I take this obligation freely that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion and I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter and that I

034will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I'm about. Congratulations. So now we move on to item B, approval and certification of authorized signatures. Approval, certification of signatures, which it's basically we're all signing the document for the I apologize. Um, yes. Approval of s certificated signatures is for who's allowed to sign on uh our checks on contracts and things like that. Okay. Thank you. Item five, staff reports. And we'll start with our student board members. Um, if no one minds, I would like to go first. One moment. What was that? Yeah, we have to approve that. Thank you. So, correction. We're moving back to item B, approval and certification of authorized signatures. Is there a motion? Yes. So, moved. I'll second it. This is moved and second. Um, all those in favor? I. Thank

035you. So item five, staff reports and uh student board member reports. Uh good evening to uh everybody in the audience and good evening to everybody who is watching on the uh live stream. Uh I will begin tonight with uh the Santa Paul High School athletics department. Um tonight actually they are having um their spring sports banquet and this also marks the closes of um all spring sports and um the athletics department not closing the athletic department but um sports are stopping right now. Um there's going to be summer practices um currently right now um many sports such as golf as swim um volleyball baseball they are having um their banquetss and their awards that are tonight. Um, uh, Mr. I'm sorry, uh, the athletic director, Mr. Walker, would like to extend his, um, deepest gratitudes

036to the board for help, for being cooperative with him, and he would like to thank the district for allowing him to be in the athletic position role that he is in. He'd also like to extend his congratulations to Mr. Mike Kumazawa for his um appointment as um trustee for area 5 uh for the Blanchard visual or for I'm sorry for the Blanchard. Um yesterday they had um a color run that they rewarded their students because of um their hard work and their dedication on the California standardized testing or the CASP tests. Um tomorrow they're going to be having a field day which um is what they which is um an event that they are doing to not only boost school spirit and to really engrave like a culture into Blancher. However, um they're also doing

037it to for more parent outreach since it is an event that is designed for both staff and um students. Um they actually recently just had um their art night which was a huge success. Um attendance not only just by students but by parents exceeded well beyond what they imagine what has previously gone on. So um Miss uh Lopez is extremely grateful for that. And then she is also um extremely grateful for um the appointment of Mr. Makumazawa. And then for um the for um Mckv Elementary School, u Miss M. Pcheka would like to extend her gratitude and her thanks to the board for um deciding to remain uh to keep u Mckv open. She'd also like to thank um the executive cabinet for making the recommendation to keep Mckv school open. And she would once

038again like to congratulate Mr. Mike Kubanawa on his appointment as um trustee for area 5. That is all I have to report for this week. Thank you, Jenny. Good afternoon as well to everyone in the audience. We are very packed today. So to start off with ISB, we have a presentation. So Isbo Academy of College and Careers Isel hosted a Avid Excel visit on May 8th. Isbel's Avid Excel teachers hosted Avid Excel National and County Directors on campus. Avid Excel teachers Miss Glattis Orosco and Miss Deandia demonstrated lessons and they teached examples to the panel of guests for the day. As in the pictures, you can see Miss Orosco and Miss Deandia. There was also CASP and ELPAC testing. 317 seventh graders and 308 eighth graders completed the two weeks of state testing at Iswell

039from on Tuesday from from Tuesday to May 6th to May 6th. Sorry. Next, there was also Isbel's award night. Isbel hosted their annual awards night on Thursday, May 15th in the John Divine Gymnasium. 33 awards were given to students in the areas of science, math, history, ELA, AVID, EL, and so much more. Co- saludiatorans were Melissa Benitez and Lola Long. Isbel's valid Victorian was Valeria Peris Guerrero. There was also staff appreciation week recently. Isbel staff were treated to Jersey Mike sandwiches, crumble cookies, wellness center gift bags, an ice cream sundae bar, and a best barbecue lunch during the week of appreciation from May 12th to May 16th. There was also ASB's anti- vaping club awards night at the VCOE. The VCOE aka the Ventura County of Office of Education held its TU anti- vaping club

040awards night on Friday, May 16th. Isel's Academy of College and Careers received an outstanding anti- vaping club award. Isel ASB student Ruby Sumaya received the youth advocator of the year award. Also, ASB from Isbel teacher Mark Lopez receive received the adviser of the year award. He is here in the crowd. Mr. Lopez. Next slide, please. There is also the elementary schools and tour visit. There is also an elementary school tour and their visit to Isbel's campus. Isel hosted all five elementary schools and one Zoom tour. On May 19th, students watched a presentation on Isbel. They played games and they won prizes and then they got to tour the Isbel campus. There was also the Young Writers Awards night. Isbel was was able to host the 47th annual Santa Paula Young Writers Awards Night on Monday,

041May 19th. Awards were given to students in both in poetry and story story writing. There were multiple seventh grade winners and eighth grade winners. Some include Baola Ramirez, Jolene Torres, Salma Janes, Sai Lopez, Joselyn Vona, Elizabeth Bucker, and for the eighth grade winners, there was Lola Long, Louis Mendoza, Johnny Vasquez, Lola Long again for stories, Maya uh Victoria Myers, and Melanie Castanella. There's lots of pictures of here of our students with their awards. And then there's also rewards day. Isbel's seventh and eighth graders were treated to a rewards day on Thursday, May 22nd. The students participated in a fun outdoor activities and they had the chance to spend time with their friends. It looks like lots of fun. And then there's also Isel's talent shines. The annual ASB talent show was held on Thursday, May

04222nd at 600 p.m. in the cafeteria. There were many performances including piano performances, group skits, group dances, singing trios, and so much more that competed for prizes. And as always, we have parent recognition. Parents across the district were recognized this past Friday, May 23rd, for their efforts in helping students in our district succeed both in and out of school. Isbel's parents for Isbel school site council and English learner advisory committee parents were awarded certificates for the continuous involvement in student learning. We have four of our we have three of our parents here in the picture. Next slide. And now our spring sports. Israel's boys soccer team finished their season 22 and zero. They placed first in the league and were champions of the real de va league with girls soccer. Oh yeah. Shout out to

043the team. Also, Isel's so girls soccer team finished fifth in the league. Congrats to them. But for sure, next year they'll do better. Isel's track team finished their season in first place. So that's also amazing for the track. And now our boys volleyball finished their season in fifth place. Those pictures are beautiful. Next slide, please. And then our eighth grade promotion dance. Isel is going to hold host its annual eighth grade promotion dance on May 30th this Friday at 6 p p.m. in the cafeteria in this building. Students will dance to a DJ and have foods and drinks and end the night with the photo booth. Next slide. There will also be a end of the year rally this Friday, May 30th. Spring athletes will be recognized and students will participate in games and win

044points for the grade levels. Prices prizes will be given to the crowd as well as pom poms for cheering so we could have lots and lots of Isbel's school spirit. And as we mentioned earlier, promotion is right around the corner. Isabelle's eighth grade promoting class will wear the gowns and make the families feel proud on Wednesday, June 4th at 3 p.m. We hope to see you all there. Remember, Wednesday, June 4th at p.m. And that's it for Isel. Uh, I would like to thank Mr. Lopez for the amazing presentations as always. They're always so beautiful. I will miss Mr. Lopez and so will my friends who are all wrestlers. So, thank you again, Mr. Lopez, you're truly amazing. And just to wrap up, a little report for the Santa High School. Yesterday we had the

045senior awards and recognition and CTE uh night. There was lots of students in attendance and I know I saw I believe all of you, most of you there in attendance. Y'all saw us um get a lots of awards. Um I'm thankful for all the staff, everyone, all the office, every just everyone at the high school. Um I never thought I could create bonds with people, but Miss Christie Diaz, she really changed that. So thank you a lot, Miss Diaz. um I will always cherish you and just thank you to all the staff who have helped me throughout the four years. Um to end my second year as a student board member, um I just would like to thank you all and I hope Asher keeps doing this for the rest of his high school experience.

046And thank you Tun and thank you to Miss Sanchez. She took care of me for a bit up in San Francisco. and to to Miss Nash and just everyone that was involved in the past four years. And yeah, I'll miss you guys all. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you, Jenny. Presley Max Velasquez. Good evening, everyone. I hope you guys are having a great night. Um, I want to start off with Bedell. U Bedell is a is super proud of a first grader Nemiah Garilo a fourth grader Derek Brooker for being recognized at the SPUSD's young writers awards ceremony last Monday. A shout out to Bedell's students for working hard on the cast test and for teachers for being prepared to do their very best on the test. Bedell has 100% test completion rates for CASP and

047CAST. Our semester luau attendance dance was super was a super hit last Friday with over 65% of students qualifying for the dance. Hats off to out outreach consultant Elizabeth Vosquez for organizing this fun incentive to reward students for being punctual and being at school every day. Bad is looking forward to the senior walk next Monday and TK through K sixth grade promotion on Tuesday. If you stop by Bedaw on the last day of school, you can participate in the funful fulfilled field day. The year is winding down quickly and soon it will be time for a new chapter in Bedell's history. Principal Sher will would like to extend a warm welcome to Dr. Nancy Nassar, the new principal of Bedell. She would also like to thank Mr. Weinstein and the board for giving her the

048opportunity to serve Bedell students and staff and families for the past four years. Bedell is not only a school, it's a family. A place where learning is engaging, relationships are strong, and every moment matters. From the smiles on the students faces and the light in their eyes on glow day to making slime on mad scientist day, family lunches in our school garden and practicing for school concerts and sixth grade promotion each moment has been precious and memorable. Go Bulldogs. And for Barbara Webster, Mr. Magal wants to give a big thank you to the staff, students, and community of Bar Webster Academy of Sports and Health Sciences as well as the dedicated staff at our district offices and incredible incredible success successful year at BW. The one word Mr. Magical would like to use is alente.

049And the one word Miss Shar would like to use to describe the year would be inclusive. And um I just want to give a big um thank you to Miss Olivo and the Renaissance staff u Mr. KDA, Mr. Garcia, Miss Bautista for helping me through high school. Um, I wouldn't be walking the stage in a couple of days, um, if it wasn't for that staff and helping me through high school. Um, and also for giving me the honor for representing such a beautiful school and also Mr. Weinstein and the board for giving me this year to um be on the board and represent Renaissance and and Bar Webster and uh Bedell. I would also like to thank the SBHS staff for all the hard work that they put into the students. Miss Chrissy, Miss um

050well, Miss Diaz, and Miss Aida Rodriguez have been such a big help for me the last semester of my senior year. and we recognize all of the dedication that you guys put in into the students and we appreciate it. So, thank you. Thank you guys so much. Um, we're going to move on to item 5B, the superintendent's report. Okay. So, my last superintendence report of this school year. Um, I'm just going to go over the year-end events. I don't know if um public's aware that at the end of the school year the district office puts a list of all the different events and the board myself and my cabinet teams all try to make you all try to represent so that we have somebody there all the time. So for the end of May, we're

051almost there. the end of May on the evening of the 29th we have the author's fair at Grace Theal, the senior scholarship night at um Santa Paula High School. There's a pre-engineering celebration um at VCOE and spring concert at Isbell. On the 30th, we have adult education graduation um stream showcase at Bedell and Trusty Perez, can you give me some more information on the theater annual awards on the 31st? It will be in the afternoon. Uh, I believe our award designated time would be like 6 pm, but if my time is incorrect, uh, you could always email Jerry Cruz. Thank you. Um, so moving on to June, we have Kinder Promotion at Barbara Webster on June 2nd, the senior walk, which is one of my favorite events to attend on June 2nd. Also on the

0524th in the afternoon, Isbel will promote and at 6:00 p.m. the same afternoon, Renaissance graduation will happen. Santa Paul High School graduation is on the 5th and uh Santa Paula Educational Foundation has a Cardinals Legends uh night on June 7th and you'll be hearing more about that when they come and do theirformational presentation. some other dates that we uh so some other dates that we have to take into consideration right now is teachers you'll be returning on the 7th we will have our welcome back in the morning and the first day of school for students is August 11th and that is my fourth. I need a long time. Yeah, thank you. Um, moving on to item C, committee updates. Um, if anybody wants to go first, start with Trustee Doligas. I have nothing new to

053report. Trusty Sandival. Um just uh last weekend, oh gosh, was that two weekends ago I guess already? Uh I was at the California School Board Association's delegate assembly meets twice a year. Uh it helps create the um the platform for that organization to uh to um you know, sorry, it's okay. It's a little distracting. uh it helps create the policy platform so that when we go to cap the capital we have a united voice of school districts across the state. So other than that that was it. Thank you Trusteetos. All right got a couple here. So I I did attend a budget committee. Um it was last Monday. Yeah. So, uh, a couple items that we discussed, um, were some staffing issues or just staffing, I would say, uh, and special ed department, mental health.

054Um, but one of my takeaways that I definitely want to report is under medical billing. Um, as of right now, we've, uh, we've accumulated about a million dollars, $1.5 million, um, in uh, medical billing. So, that's definitely a plus. I want to applaud our efforts there. uh through the budget committee. We talked a little bit about our ELD task force. Um that that uh meeting or that task force will be we'll be meeting tomorrow at uh 3:30 uh at the district office and I look forward to uh the continual conversation about developing our strategies to best meet the needs of our uh ELD population. Um, and then through the budget committee, uh, we also talked a little bit about our 2 by 2 meeting, which I'm also a committee member of. That meeting is also

055tomorrow at 4:30 at the, uh, city hall chambers. And that's with two of our city council members, uh, Gabriella Ornelis and Pedro Chavez, and myself, two board members, and I think we have an opening, so we'll have to fill that, uh, soon. And on the agenda, we have uh, summer camp. We'll be discussing Isabella project an update. Um, but what I'm most interested in is the joint use agreement between the city of Santa Paula and the Santa Paul Unified School District. Um, I think it's an area of concern of mine. Uh, I just want to make sure that we're working jointly and for the betterment of our community, which ultimately is to serve our students and our kids in in Santa Paula. And that's all I have to report. Yeah. And um No, I won't

056have I don't have any uh committee updates. And now for Mr. Weinstein, you have some committee. Yes. So, another comment on the 2 by two meeting. So, throughout the year, about four times a year, we meet with the city council as well as the city team and we bring our own team and tomorrow it is in person, which is the first time that has happened since COVID. So, we're kind of excited about that. Um and then I also throughout the year I have a student advisory council. So would any of my student trustees like to comment on that? Uh sure I'll comment on that. Um so we have talked about the student advisory council previously. If you um were not tuned in or if you were not here um a quick one down to the

057student advisory council um it is an initiative started by uh Mr. Weinstein. Um, basically what he does is he has each school in the district sends a representative po perhaps two from their school to represent their school in a meeting with the uh with Mr. Weinstein and um he brings us questions. He brings us um things that the board has agreed to do or that the board would like input to or that his executive cabinet is trying to implement. And so he gets more student input from us as to how we like would react to that, how we think our fellow peers would react to that. Um a good example actually is um the the calendar for next year. Uh he brought um the calendar before us and so we definitely heard a lot of

058mixed voices. The main thing that we are m mostly hearing is either school should be starting on a Monday or should it start on a Tuesday or Wednesday. Um we've talked about a lot of heavy topics in previous um years such yes previous years such as um drugs on campus as metal detectors at the front gates um as an increased security presence. So it's definitely not just like the calendar. It is definitely like how it's Mr. Wine is trying to understand how students view these policies and how students would feel about these policies. So overall, it was a very successful year this year. Um it was um great to sit on the board and I know u my fellow constituents that I sat on the um council with um greatly appreciated it. [Music] Yes. Thank

059you, Ash. And just to give another example of the student advisory council, this one was from last uh couple years ago when I first started it. Um the students bring up everything from, you know, why do we have school after Thursday Veterans Day? Why isn't it a four- day weekend? Who made that calendar? Um but we go through more serious topics where the students actually brought to me that we used to open our gates at uh 7:45 at our elementary schools as well as um Isbel. And so they were concerned about their fellow students who arrived early because their parents are working and they get dropped off. They're there at 7:00 7:15 and they have to sit in our parking lot outside the gates. So what we did was with the help of uh Dr.

060Ramirez, we created a system where the gates on all of our schools open at 7 and kids can have their breakfast, they can get tutoring. there's a whole bunch of different things that can happen, but they're safely on our campus. And that was an idea that came solely from my student advisory council. Um, and so when they bring things to me, we try we talk about an executive cabinet, we talk about it in cabinet, we try to implement it. That's it. Asa, do we have any public comments? So bear with me. I have to read this long paragraph for public comments. Starts with, "We continue to encourage the public to view the meetings via YouTube at Santa Paula USD." Uh, public comments are welcome and encouraged by the board within reasonable meeting time considerations in

061order to conduct the district's business. During this time, the president of the board may acknowledge a visitor's request to speak on a topic not on the regular board agenda. Persons wishing to address the board should complete a speaker form and turn turn it into the recording secretary. Individual speakers shall be allowed three minutes on any agenda items. The board may limit the total time for public input on each item to 21 minutes. Also, speakers will not be allowed to give their time to other speakers. The board is prohibited from taking action on any item that is not part of the printed and published agenda. Any individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in a board meeting may request assistance by contacting the superintendent's office at 8059338802. Members of the public may submit

062written comments by 3M on the day of the scheduled meeting to Sanchezd.org. or these comments will be read out loud into the record. Written comments submitted to the board are limited to 300 words. That is all. And see are any of these items on the agenda? No, you didn't. Okay. So these all fall under public comments we have three to whom it may concern. During the time our children have attended Graceville School, my wife and I have had the pleasure of getting to know Miss Davis. She has consistently gone above and beyond to support both our son and daughter, not only academically, but emotionally as well. Miss Davis has always demonstrated a deep commitment to her students well-being and growth. Her communication with us has been exceptional, and her dedication has made a lasting impact

063on our children. Because of her care and guidance, they've learned to trust their teachers and navigate challenges with confidence. We believe it would be a great disservice to the school community, both current and future students, to lose such an outstanding educator. We respectfully ask that you consider your decision and allow Miss Davis to remain at Graceville, where she can continue shaping young minds and setting a strong foundation for their educational journey. Sincerely, Gabriella Diaz. to the Santa Paul Unified School District board members. Subject: Robin Davis contribution to Greydale Elementary School and the Santa Paul Unified School District. We are writing on behalf of the many of the Greydale Elementary School teachers and staff to express appreciation of Robin Davis, a highly respected educator who has served our school and district with distinction for over 25

064years. Mrs. Davis is more than a classroom teacher. She is a cornerstone of our school. She has contributed to numerous district initiatives including the K2 task force, report card committee, math assessment committee, SST, LAT, and LCAP. Her leadership as an EL coach across multiple sites and her long-standing role on the school site council where she was elected to serve through 2026 demonstrates her broad and lasting impact. At the site level, Mrs. Davis re revived our parent teacher organization last year, organizing and managing schoolwide events that raised thousands of dollars, an unprecedented achievement for our school. Her tireless commitment to students, staff, and families has helped foster a strong, connected school community. She has mentored new teachers through BTSA and general induction program, shaping the next generation of educators. Beyond her contractual responsibility, Mrs. Davis regularly

065offers afterchool uh support and intervention for students in need, reflecting her deep dedication to every child's success. Her excellence was recognized district-wide when she was named teacher of the year in 2024. A testament to the respect and admiration she has earned from many of her peers and leadership alike. Thank you for allowing us to share these contribution and recognize her instructional knowledge, leadership and trusted relationship she has cultivated over decades. She will be missed at Graceill Elementary School. Thank you for your time and commitment to our students and educators. Sincerely, many of the teachers and staff who appreciate the contribution of Miss Davis to our school and community. And the other one, it's the same. It was just two different emails. So, it was from Milo and Gabriella Diaz. Thank you for all your public

066comments. They're identical. Yeah, I just read through it. They're identical. Yeah. Um, so item seven is recognition and we're going to recognize our student board members, our senior board members. So we are recognizing our student trustee Jenny Perez and our trustee Elizabeth Max Velasquez for their dedication during the 2024 2025 school year. So can you join the board up podium please? You're already on stage, but now front and center. So, at the end of uh the school year, seniors that graduate, if you are a member of the board or a student board member, you receive a special sash. And so, everybody can see what they look like. And at the end, it says student trustee. So being a student board member is something that um a lot of um students wish to do, but there's

067a commitment to it. Sometimes we're here very late at night on uh every other Wednesday and these student board members stick through it and their student board reports are probably the most thorough that I've had since I've been here. So, Emma which one Again, I would love to thank all the board members. I've I was very scared the first day that I was um here last year with Lindsay. Um me and Lindsay got through it through the first year and I just knew I had to go through it through the second year. Um, for example, we have stayed here until I believe like 11 o'clock. Miss Ela Sanchez was um kind enough to take me home that one day that we just stayed here until like who knows what time. And so, thank you. Thank

068you guys all again. I will definitely miss being part of the board. It's always fun and it makes um an awesome add-on to my resume. So, so thank you again to all of you. I haven't been on this side of things, but um I also want to thank the board and for this opportunity and I want to thank my family for you know being here to pick me up after the late nights and um just for this honor because is it it is an honor to um be a voice for students and I found a a love for it. So I just want to thank you guys. congratulations. And now for what we've all been waiting, uh, retired employees. The board will recognize the following classified and certificated employees for their years of service with

069the Santa Paul Unified School District. So here's some instructions for you. So when your name is called the board will be standing in front of the dis and um if you could go through shake the board members hands and then over here we will give you your um the president of the board will give you your gift from the district. Also some more added instructions for retirees. Um once you come this way, you will have the opportunity to speak on this end and then exit will be through here. Oh yes. And if you can hang in there for a group photo at the end, that would be great. They're like two. Do you want me to? Okay. So, take it out of Okay. This the first our first award is for Sonia Medina for 33

070years of service. Yeah. Yeah, it's very important. So, this will just say the years. I'll read this one. And this says, "Sonia Medina, thank you for 33 years of dedication and commitment to the students and staff of Santa Paula USD. Go ahead. Next award is Karen Alamo for 31 years of service. Look at that. Do you want to say something? I just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful 31 years. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed working with the kids, the adults, and everybody here. Thank you very much. Next, we have Lo Alvarado for 34 years of service. Next up, we have Monica Berkkey with 26 years of service. Thank you. I get to enjoy my well my grandb babies. So, I'm really excited. Next, we have Maria Blackshshire with 23 years of service. I

071just want to say thank you. Um, it has been a wonderful 23 years working at the same school. I'm going to miss the kids and my colleagues, but I'm also very excited to finally uh get to spend time with my family. So, thank you. Next up, we have Jeff Callaway, 25 years of service. I'd just like to say say thank you and I I will miss the students and the people that I've worked with. Next up, we have Miss Lakshmi Chari, six years of service. Though I've been at Santa Paula only for six years, it does feel longer. I'll miss each and every one of you, especially students at Isbel Bedell and everyone I worked with. Thank you. Next, we have Lisa Chrisman with 26 years of service. I just want to say thank you.

072It's all about the kids. They're awesome. It has been a awesome ride and I live through it. Next we have Cynthia Cruz with 17 years of service. And next up we have Helen de los Santos with 22 years of service. I would like to say thank you and I'm going to miss the kids and all the staff, but I'm really happy to be spending time with family and my grandkids. Next we have Susan Delgado with nine years of service. I'd just like to say thank you. Next up, we have Karina Dundor with 10 years of service. Terry Duran, 26 years of service. So they all just said 26. It's 38 in total. So I've survived 26 here in Santa Paula. I do want to say thank you. I have a lot of great memories here

073in Santa Paula. But I do have to say that I'm retiring with a piece of mind due to the fact that we are in the process of adopting an NGSS elementary science curriculum finally and that was kind of part of my legacy and I can walk away with a clear conscience knowing that um my voice was heard and we're doing what's best for students. So thank you Santa Paula. I appreciate you. Next we have Manny Elisa Ras with 32 years of service. Next we have Anna Forehand with 17 years of service. Janice Forier, 29 years of service. Thank you. And it was all in special education and I survived. And I'm not finished yet. And we have Mark Fornier with 30 years of service. too. That's present. All right. But wait, there's more. All right.

074So 30 years ago when I was hired um the superintendent which was I don't know more than 10 I can't count that high. They back in my day they said they had a bunch of people not you whippers snappers it's easy for you guys but my day they had all these people and they go what do you know about Santa Paula and I said well um small town and they have Easter egg hunts here. We bring our kids there. our kids are mid-30s now and we like it. And the superintendent said, "Why would you want to do that?" You know, it's a small town. We love it. So, um, and that's why we come here. It's And so, I've been doing that for now for 30 years. And I want to thank you for the

075pleasure of being here because I love it. And you guys say, "Oh, good. He's out of here." Nope. Sorry. I'm here forever because the art museum yesterday said, "Hey, would you volunteer?" Say, "Yeah, I got nothing else to do. I'm already going to be at Spark." So, I'll be here and I'll be back in like what I have 180 days or something and I'll be here and I'll be remiss if it wasn't for one person in my life 20 years ago I wasn't doing so well and this lady my wife uh Janice for she's my rock and thank you so and thank you all and thanks so next up we We have Joyce Garna with 24 years of service. Anybody? Next up, we have Jodie Green with 26 years of service for Jodie. Thank you.

076It's been lovely 26 years. I've really enjoyed um being a teacher in this community. I love it. Thank you. Next up, we have Christy Grooms with 29 years of service. Um, I was going to dress up for the occasion, but I really want to put the spotlight on esports. We started the esports team last year at Isbel. This is our second year that we have been competing against schools from New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, all throughout California. And I don't think the esports team really gets recognized enough for the dedication it takes, the students that participate. and I fought hard to get an esports team at the high school for this year and I was rejected, but I'm hoping it will go through for this year. I still have high school students that come down

077to the middle school to practice with my with my team at Isbel. Thank you to the IT. You guys have been awesome for the esports. Miss Aroyo is the only one that bought a shirt off the boards I think and she visited the esports team and Asher was the best the best Twitch host shoutcaster. We have a Twitch account isel you sports and uh you did a fabulous job. But seriously, it really encompasses a lot of students who would not otherwise join a club, join a sport. Students that do not talk in class talk non-stop during esports. That's what matters. Thank you. Next up, we have Donna Harrison, 36 years of service. Thank you very much. Thank you to the board and thank you to Santa Paula and thank you to all my colleagues who

078are here tonight. I love Santa Paula. When I started 36 years ago, I thought I wouldn't stay and now I don't want to leave. So, thank you very much. It's been wonderful. Next up, we have Doug Johnston with 26 years of service. Well, where did the time go? It's just amazing. Um, I little story when I came here 26 years ago, I had heard the all the the myths about Isbel, the fights, the gangs, the graffiti, you know, and I told my wife, I said, "Well, I'm going to stay here this year, but I'm going to start looking around already." Two weeks later, I told her, I said, "I'm done looking. I love this place and I feel very honored um that I was able to spend my my Santa Paula days at Isbel. It's

079going to be tough to say goodbye when it finally happens later next week. Um I want to give a shout out to my idiot friends. You guys know who you are. You guys have made the journey extra special. Um I love the community. I love the families. I love my colleagues. Thank you for uh letting me be part of your lives. Next up, we have Sabrina Core with 21 years of service. Margarite Lopez, 30 years of service. I wanted to thank my family for supporting me tonight and also throughout the 30 years. But I also want to say thank you to my people at the high school. You guys, I'll truly miss. And just to give you my account of my age, my principal, Danny Guzman, was my student when he was going through high

080school. So, it gives you a little age area here, but I would truly miss everyone and I want to thank you for supporting me throughout the 30 years. Thank you. Next up, we have Bernie Lopez Gonzalez with 21 years of service. Um board members, thank you for your concern for children and teachers and our staff. Children will rise to the level of expectation. Um, my kids I worked I've worked with uh newcomers, kids that are new to the country and they're asking me the sixth graders, Miss LG, will you go with us to um Isbel? And other children are saying, who's going to pick us up now, Miss LG? Who's going to help us? Language is very important for all schools. the the the higher our language levels are, the better every student does. Please

081remember to focus on language for everybody so that a school can be a literate society and we start showing excellence in every school and all children. Thank you. Next up, we have Melissa McCarthy with 28 years of service. I want to thank the board and the community. It's very bittersweet. And I just said to Sam, "Is it weird I stayed at Blanchard all these years?" And I think my partner Mark said it best. I'm from a small town and I think that's why I enjoy it. So I'll really miss it. I was able to raise my kids to 50% with the wonderful Julie Bergman. So you really you helped me raise my family, which I'd love to thank my family and stay um working with the children. So thank you so much. Sorry. Thank you.

082Next up, we have Estella Montiel with six years of service. Next, we have Michelle Phillips with two years of service. Berta Kintana with 30 years of service. Berta Kintana. Next up, Miguel Reoso with nine years of service. Good evening to everybody. I just want to say thank you for the wonderful years that I work with you guys and I want to miss them all. Thank you. Next up, we have Donna Rodriguez with 39 years of service. I would like to thank my children for facilitating me to do what I have loved to do and I can't believe I got paid for it. Next up, we have Leti Salazar with 27 years of service. I just want to say thank you. I'm going to miss the kids especially and the staff and uh 27 years all

083at the high school. I loved it. Next up, we have Dee Sandival with 25 years of service. Um, I want to first of all thank God. Um, it has been an absolute honor and a blessing to work 25 years um at Blanchard um elementary school in the library. Um, it it's been one of my greatest joys. I get up every morning and there's not one day I've told the kids there's not one day that I didn't want to come to work. And so, sorry. Um, I thank you for everybody. I met a lot of people and made a lot of friends throughout the years. Um, Blanchard will always hold a big piece of my heart. But it's time to close this chapter and start another one. And my reason why is sitting over there. Two

084of my soon to be five grandb babies. Um so Blanchard will always hold a piece of my heart. But the other piece that has a the other ones that have a greater piece are um I'm going to stay home and be I'm not retiring. I'm being promoted to stay at home Grammy. So, thank you so much. And I also want to thank my husband who has um who was supportive of this decision. He's encouraged me to do it cuz he loves those babies as much as I do. And uh he's just supported me um through all these years. And I just thank you, babe. I love you. Thank you for my kids for being here. And one other thing, I'm leaving Blanchard, but there's two Sandivals joining. My son is going to be teaching third

085grade there and my daughter-in-law is going to be the credentialed preschool teacher there next year. So, Soundballs are still representing. Next up, we have Tim Smith with three years of service. Next up is Mercedes Vera with 17 years of service. Next up is Colleen Woodruff Conrad with 28 years of service. Thank you very much. And last but not least, we have Diane Ren with 31 years of service. If we can have all the retirees come up and join the board for a photo op, we'd appreciate it. And immediately following the photo op, we're going to be taking a 10-minute recess. And there, I believe there are cupcakes in the back for everybody. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat.

086Heat. [Music] Well, welcome back everyone. It's 7:32 and we are moving on to item eight, presentations. Item A, Ventura County Indian Education Consortium. The Ventura County Indian Educational Consortium will present information so the board and the district will have a better understanding of their role in education. Thank you so much for being here this evening. Thank you so much for having us. Can you hear me? Is this on? Okay. How's that? Okay. Thank you, Superintendent Weinstein and board member specifically Ramos Rodriguez for inviting us to share with you this evening about the Ventura County Indian Education Consortium. Uh we've been in Ventura County providing Indian education services for 50 years. My name is Robin Jacobs and I'm the coordinator for the consortium. Um, with me today are several members of our parent committee sitting in

087the audience as well as who will be sharing a little bit and we have a couple of students and a former student as well who are with us. We hope you may decide after listening to our presentate presentation today that the Santa Paul Unified School District might like to be part of our consortium and what we're doing to improve the educational opportunities provided to Native American youth in Ventura County. We are a title six Indian education program with additional funds provided from our school district partners. Members of our consortium include most of the districts in our county as well as six of our charter schools. They're listed on the screen. And our program goals include increasing cultural identity and awareness, increasing academic achievement, and increasing graduation rates for enrolled Native American heritage students. Enrolled Indian

088education students are TK through 12th grade students who themselves, their parents or their grandparents are tribal members. their tribe or band must be a state or federally recognized tribe in order to participate under the title six grant program. Unfortunately, the state of California does not recognize any tribes. So, for this reason, students from nonfederally recognized California tribes like many of our Chumash bands, the Gabrielino, the Tatavium, and other California tribal bands are excluded from receiving our title grant funds. But in order to address this inequity, our consortium partner school districts have agreed to cover the lost cost for funding to include those students who are ineligible under our federal grant. We're proud that our consortium school district partners support the participation of all our native students regardless of their tribal affiliation. Our program includes students

089with tribal heritage from across the United States. This year we have 336 students enrolled. They represent 69 different tribal bands. The largest tribal band represented is from our Chum Marsh community as well as the Cherokee and Chaktah nations. A major goal of our program is to increase academic achievement and graduation rates for our students. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, graduation rates for Native American students is the lowest of any ethnic group at US public high schools at 74%. High school graduation rates of students enrolled in our program are significantly higher with graduation rates for our students at closer to 96% over the past decade. Here's some photos of recent graduates from our end of the year honoring ceremony programs. For the past several years, these students who have gradu graduated have participated

090in a Native American blanketing ceremony, which you can see here on the screen from an event that we had earlier this month at Cal Lutheran University. Um, this year our graduation rate was 100%. We're so proud of our graduates. Now, I'd like to introduce you to Pam Swicklo. Pam is a member of the Indian Education Parent Committee for 14 years. Um she's an educator in the county and a member of the Cherokee Nation. So I just wanted to talk a little bit about my um coming to the group and my experience with them. So, as Robin said, 14 years ago, um I heard about the consortium while I was teaching in the Rio school district because I saw a poster and at the time my children attended a district that was not participating and I'd

091never heard about the Indian ed consortium. So, I contacted the chair to get information. I started going to meetings and as is often the case, you are asked to participate. So, I became the teacher representative. A few years later, I joined the Oxnard School District as an administrator. So, I became a community member and adviser. I have seen how this program has impacted our students and our families. The lessons and the community gatherings that celebrate a wide range of native tribes and cultures have left an indelible impact on our students. Um, my local district is now a member of the consortium and while it's too late for my children to participate, I'm thankful that our native community members will be able to benefit from the program. I hope that after seeing this presentation and reaching

092out to Robin for additional information, you'll consider providing this opportunity for your native students. Thank you. Thank you, Pam. The program components um in I'll go over them a little bit more, but in general, the program components include include school-based Indian studies lessons, college resources and campus tours specific to native students, and special cultural events for students as well as their families. The most significant aspect of our program is our school-based Indian studies lessons. Teachers at the elementary and middle school level attend campus campuses about once to once to excuse me about once to every once a month to once every two months. Um and counselors at the high school level also visit at that frequency. um they meet with students at their campuses to implement lessons on an annual cultural theme and each year

093there are about six lessons at each school site with enrolled students. The themes for the years are in a five-year series of lessons and they include the first year being the Chumash peoples, an in-depth look also at uh notable native leaders from throughout the United States. That's two years of study and native music, dance, and celebration. And next year, we're coming up to the Alaskan natives and natives of the Pacific Northwest. So, we're ending this the series next year with that lesson. In addition, for our high school students, we also embed in addition to cultural studies, we embed uh college and career preparation for these students. There's also an Indian education college night and several trips to college campuses. We also offer a scholarship for graduating seniors who can apply to have funding go to

094uh help them get into college or to pay their college tuitions. our special events um are opportunities throughout the county at different locations for families and students to meet and to learn from local community members who have expertise in certain areas. Um we have often either an indigenous people's day or a native heritage month gathering in October or November. And uh throughout the year sometimes there will be other opportunities for Indian education activities. Some of them are pictured in those images. And at the end of each year, we also have an honoring ceremony where we recognize our seniors who are graduating, our Indian students of the year who have been recognized for their excellence in academics as well as attendance and behavior. Um, and we get together and celebrate the year. We have cultural presentations.

095We meet also and have a a special meal together. So, it's a very special uh opportunity. And right now, I'd like to invite you to meet one of our students who's a junior. This is Alli Marishia Conn. Ally is a junior at Pacifica High School in the Oxnard Union High School District. And I'm hoping that she'll share a little bit about her heritage as well as some some of her experiences being involved in the Indian education program. Ally, good afternoon everyone. As Robin said, my name is Alli Maria Chaun. I am a tribal member of the Garalo Band of Mission Indian San Gabriel, Los Angeles. And yes, I am a junior at Pacifica. I'm moving on to my 12th year in high school and also in the Indian Education Consortium. And all I have to

096say is love to everyone that's part of the consortium. I practically grew up in a community of indigenous people full of love and support. They have helped me throughout so much such as college prep and practicing my public speaking skills and just being able to express myself, come up to here and speak to everyone and express my culture and what we have to provide. And as Robin said before, we have a ceremony every year in May to honor and recognize Native American students and their achievements. And all in all, I would like to say I really encourage indigenous students to partake in this program so they can enjoy it as much as I have because it has been such a memorable experience and being able to be part of this community of strong leaders and

097I really hope for the new generation to get to cherish these moments and gain new experiences within a strong indigenous community. Thank you. Thank you so much, Ally. Um, yeah, we do work on leadership development skills as well. So, it's wonderful to have a student get to come and speak to you all as well as I loved listening to the students that are on the board. It's really really wonderful to to see you rising up as leaders. Thank you. And a final picture um before I answer some questions. Thank you for inviting us to share today. These are the beautiful faces of students who were honored as American Indian students of the year over the past couple of years. It's so And there's Ally. There is a little girl. You can see her with the

098She has like an orange shirt on. Anyway, um it's so important that these children and youth are given the opportunities to know their history and to highlight their cultural heritage. For most of them, this cultural heritage has not been passed down through the generations. So, it's opportunities like participating in a program like that like ours which help to inspire them and give them courage to be their best selves. Um, I hope that soon we'll able to we'll be able to include the proud faces of some of the native youth of Santa Paula among our American Indian students of the year. Um I have prepared I have done a little bit of research on the number of students who are uh part of your district potentially. Dr. Ramirez has provided some numbers for me and I

099do have some additional information in case there are any questions or I can share those things with you later. I know you have a long board agenda tonight. So just wanted to um ask if there are any questions that we might answer for you at this time. Yeah, if you have the number of students that would be nice to hear. Okay. Yeah, she did a little research and just looking through your queue the database found that there were 14 students who had listed that they had American Indian heritage. That doesn't necessarily mean that they'll be able to participate. The student needs to be either themselves, their parent or a grandparent, an enrolled tribal member. And then also there are sometimes we find students who because there's no benefit their families have not listed that as

100part of their heritage. So the numbers don't always align in terms of um a proper fit. But that's the number that we saw initially. Any other questions? Uh how many total students are enrolled uh in your program currently? Currently, we have 336 students who are enrolled in our program throughout the county, TK through 12th grade. Hello. Thank you for your presentation. Um, I my friend Esma I believe is part of this program at U Pacifica. She mentioned a week long summer trip that you guys do or maybe there there we have a lot of collaborations with other native organizations and there are other opportunities. I think you're thinking of the Gona, which I don't know, did you guys go attend the Gona? The Gona is a gathering of Native Americans. Um, and that's offered through

101Santa Barbara American Indian Health. But things like that, programs like that are are opportunities that we share with all of our students as well as what we offer to them. I really thought that pro program was awesome. So, if we do join it, um, I know the students would love getting to meet new people. Thank you. Um, is there a financial commitment to joining? Yes, there is. So, and that's in the presentation that I don't know. Do I have time? How how can I answer questions? Okay. All right. The deleted slides are here. Okay. Um so the first year which would if you did decide to join say next year um the I I wouldn't necessarily offer provide services to the students at the schools until we were able to uh do a student count

102which I would then send to the federal government for for them to fund certain part of the program. But what we could do is just use the year to collect numbers to see how many students are enrolled. And there's just a very small fee to do that. It's $85 per student um for the first year. Uh alternatively, if you decided we want to go in all the way first year, then the commitment would be um the rate that we charge for students who are not federally recognized, are not covered by the federal grant. And that is um for this coming year, it's $728 per student. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Well, thank you. It was new information. So, thank you so much for coming. Yeah. Thank you. And I'm just so curious if Oh,

103before you go, um, can you highlight the parent committee and parental involvement? Um, because that's something that the district we're proud of or wanting more to see. Excellent. Yes, we do have a parent committee very involved and active and Nathan has actually attended several of our parent committee member parent committee meetings. Um the parents are actively involved in reviewing the curriculum that we provide to the students, helping to make decisions on behalf of the consortium um reviewing our grant application. Um what else? Just participating in all of the events and talking And since we are throughout the county, we do try to have representation on that internal parent committee from all of the districts as much as possible. So yeah, actually that did made me uh think about another question. So I'm assuming it is

104just for uh Indian tribes within the United States. It is. Yeah, Alaska is included as well, right? And not Hawaii. Hawaii is not part of the federal grant application. Uh but students from Mexico down south, those are not those are indigenous students that would not be covered under our federal grant, right? Um one question if I may. Um is we know that this program has a lot of good good potential. However, how are you planning or how have you previously gotten words out to students who may qualify under this or who may benefit from these services? How have you publicized your program to the district and the high schools that and the schools that you service? Great question. That's one of the commitments that your district would make is to help to publicize the program

105at back to school nights. Uh each school office is supposed to have a poster for our program. I send the schools at the beginning of the school year enrollment forms or if you have an enrollment center a packet of enrollments um to the schools and anytime that a student enrolls and they check that box that says we have American Indian Heritage then we offer that enrollment packet to them. So that's how we try to catch as many students as we can that are at your campuses. And then one more question for the um price that uh Dr. % of all um asked about for the 785 and the 85 I'm sorry the 725 and the $85 um is that each year they're in the program like what is the division in that? Is that a

106onetime fee? Is that a monthly fee? But um it's once a year. So for the first year, $85 per student would be the total cost for the year. And I do have it, you know, I have total sums if you want to understand what that was. For the 85 students, it's $1,90 for excuse me, for 14 students. And then if you were to do the entire program for them, it's $10,196 for the 14 students. And if more students come on during the year or students leave, that doesn't change. That stays the same. It's a fee for the year and it's through a memorandum of understanding that we share with you. We also are providing through Southern California American Indian Resources um some tutoring for students as well as counseling services. So that's going to be

107coming up this year. That's new. Thank you very much. Any other questions? Thank you again. Thank you so much. So our next presentation is California healthy kids survey from Dr. Andres Santa Maria and Mr. Mark Lopez as well. Sorry, I'm reading the entire. Good evening, President Aoyo, members of the governing board, Superintendent Weinstein, and families. My name is Dr. Andres Santa Maria. Um, I am the director of student support services for the Santa Paula Unified School District. Along with me here tonight are Mr. Mark Lopez and student representatives from the Anti Vape Social Club. Our TUPE coordinator, Mr. Justin Schmidt, um was not able to join us this evening. Uh we are here tonight to share with you the results of this year's administration of the California Healthy Kids Survey as well as highlight some

108of the activities our district is implementing to promote tobacco drug and alcohol awareness and prevention. The California Healthy Kids Survey funded through the Tobacco Use Prevention Education or TUPE grant is a tool that helps us better understand the well-being of our students. We normally administer the survey every two years with this year being an off year. However, we administered the survey this year as part of our requirements for our mental health service professional develop uh demonstration grant. This year's survey was administered in March to grades 5, 7, 9, and 11, as well as all students at Renaissance High School. Students completed either the elementary or the secondary version of the survey depending on their grade level. Secondary students were also randomly assigned one of two specialized modules, the behavioral health module or the alcohol and

109other drugs module. I would like to give a big thank you to our two pay coordinator, Mr. Justin Schmidt, our site principles, and our teachers for all their support with the administration of this year's California Healthy Kids Survey. We're proud to share that the response rates across most grade levels were strong. Seventh grade had a particularly high participation rate at 99% and our 11th graders were at 83%. Fifth grade is the only grade level that requires active consent while the secondary grade levels allow for passive consent. We will continue to identify effective strategies for o overcoming barriers for student participation for next year's administration. The following slides show longitudinal data for the past three years of administering the survey. Please note throughout the slides that seventh grade did not participate in the survey during the

1102122 school year. Results in the area of school connectedness stem from students responses to the questions that appear at the bottom of this slide. As you can see, students were asked if they feel close to people at school, feel happy to be there, feel like they are part of the school, and whether they believe teachers treat them fairly. Students at the secondary level are also asked if they feel safe in their school. This graph represents the percentage of fifth graders who responded to these questions by answering most of the time or all of the time and represents the percentages of for secondary students whose responses were agree or strongly agree. Using the longitudinal data, we can begin to identify progress or concerns. Students also shared their perceptions of how they felt teachers and other adults

111on campus cared about them and listened when they had something to something to say. Fifth graders were also asked if adults make an effort to get to know them, while secondary students were asked if adults noticed when they were not in class. This graph represents the percentage of fifth graders who responded to these questions by answering most of the time or all of the time and represents the percentages for secondary students whose responses were pretty much true or very true. This slide focuses on the extent to which students feel that adults at school believe in them and set high expectations. These questions ask whether teachers or other adults tell students when they do a good job, want them to do their best, and believe that they will be successful. Students thrive when adults express belief

112in their capabilities, fostering motivation, resilience, and a stronger commitment to school within our students. This key indicator demonstrates an area of relative strength across the grade levels that were surveyed. Next, we have we asked students how safe they feel at school. This is a simple but powerful question. Ensuring students feel physically and emotionally safe is foundational to their academic success and overall well-being. Here we begin to touch on students experimentation with or use of alcohol or drugs. Fifth graders responded to whether they've ever tried alcohol, inhalance, or marijuana, while older students reported on their alcohol or drug use in the past 30 days. These data help us determine how effective our prevention efforts are and where to focus our resources. The California Healthy Kids Survey also measures indicators of student mental health. Fifth graders were

113asked about frequent sadness. Secondary students were asked if they had experienced extended periods of sadness or hopelessness for two weeks or more over the past year. One of the most sensitive indicators we monitor is suicidal ideiation. This measure is limited to students in grades seven and above. Our secondary students were asked if they had seriously considered attempting suicide. These responses underscore the importance of mental health services and intervention resources in our schools. We also looked at overall student wellness for elementary students and life satisfaction for secondary students. For fifth graders, this data represents students whose who responded most of the time or all of the time to feeling good and happy. And for students in grades seven and above, those who responded being satisfied or very satisfied with their family life, friendships, school experience, themselves,

114and where they live. These insights help us understand broader aspects of our students well-being. Our prevention work throughout the Santa Paula Unified School District is anchored by the two pay grant. This includes implementing curriculum across all schools, hosting Red Ribbon Week, and partnering with Bright and other agencies to deliver meaningful prevention programming. The anti-apee social club at Isbel is one example of studentled advocacy making a difference. Students who are who are identified with tobacco, drug or alcohol use or possession are assigned to healthy futures programs as an alternative alternative to suspension. Developed by the Stanford School of Medicine, this program provides students with science-based information and tools to understand the consequences of substance abuse in order to make healthier choices. By focusing on education rather than punishment, Healthy Futures gives students the opportunity to to

115reflect and grow while keeping them connected to school. Through the Institute for Family Wellness led by Dr. Rumier. Our district has hosted parent workshops on topics like vaping and fentinol, suicide prevention, bullying, and harassment. These sessions are designed to empower parents with tools and knowledge to support their children. In addition to social emotional strategies, we continue to invest in physical safety. Our campuses now include over 200 security cameras, vape detection sensors, visitor screening technology, online reporting and detection systems, and two school resource officers. These investments are part of a multi-layered approach to keeping students safe. We are currently seeking grant funding to assist with supplementing district funds to support school safety measures. Red Ribbon Week remains a cornerstone of our awareness efforts. Each year during the month of October, our schools engage in vibrant, creative,

116and educational activities to promote a drug-free lifestyle. So, although student trustee um Perez um stole a little bit of our thunder earlier this evening, um here to talk about one of our innovative student programs that raises awareness and prevention for maintaining a healthy lifestyle is Mr. Mark Lopez from Isbel Middle School along with student representatives from the Anti Vape Social Club. All right. Okay. I was going to go back real quick because I was going to have my students. You guys hear from me all the time. So, I'm going to have them talk and tell you about all the activities they do that lead up to the next slide. Uh, hello. Good afternoon. My name is Julisa Melendres. Hello. Good afternoon. My name is Ruby Somaya and we will be talking about Red Ribbon Week

117and the Antiape Social Club. I will start with Red Ribbon Week. Um as part as members of ASB and the anti-apee social club um ASB does a week long day of activities that we have during lunch for seventh and eighth graders where we have tupe come to campus have um um activities for us to do and we do other activities on our own. As you can see on the slide, we do some um tests sort of um we use impaired goggles so that you can see how it would feel like if you were under the influence of drugs or alcohol and then you could see how hard it is to like balance and be like normal. Um as ASV also goes during lunch, plays music, we have um games and we do we give out

118a bunch of information to make sure that all the students are aware of all the effects that drugs and alcohol can give to you if you were to ever use it. Thank you. Um also during our classes and advisory that week of red ribbon we have um our advis advisory classes talk about um the awareness of tobacco use and vape and the effects on it and um usually in advisory some classes like we play games and just you know have a conversation with people around us and yeah thank you next. Okay, now moving on to our anti vape social club. Um, our antiape social club is partnered up with Tupe and also our the VCOE. Um, we go and um with our wellness peers is Belle um goes to VCOE. We attend conferences which are

119a lot of fun. Um, usually we have games and we play games. Um, a lot of things are passed out on um the awareness of tobacco use. We also attended the student panel where um our fellow some of our fellow ASB classmates got to speak on their stories on tobacco use and also got to answer a lot of questions and we could talk. Okay, good. Thank you. Excellent. Have a round of applause for them because I know they're nervous. All righty. Uh yes, our antiape social club works really well with our we've incorporated through our ASB class. uh as we go through all the different conferences and we go to the events held uh by Tupe at the VCOE, we gather information, we pass that information on to our students and the nice part is

120we also at the end of the year we culminate through all our advisory classes. So every student on our campus either gets a presentation about the effects of drugs and alcohol and vaping especially right now or they actually can watch a movie. So, for example, we made three movies this year, and you know, it's it's much better when they hear it from their peers, not not an older guy like me up there trying to tell them something. So, they watch their friends and they see the situations, the real life situations that happen. And I know the high school's been working on some amazing videos. They've been sharing them with us as well. Miss Haley Hopkins has. And we're going to be uh passing those out and showing them to students as well. Making them a

121available on our website, making them available all the time so students have a person or a voice or someone to go to in case they have those questions. And that was something we learned. It's nice we all the stuff we do, but it's nice to hear from the students. And that's what's great about these conferences is we're able to, you know, both these amazing students participated on a panel in front of teachers and other adviserss from other schools and got real and told them about how vaping, drugs, alcohol have affected their lives and and you don't know that until you actually talk to his students about that. So through ASB, we always keep our doors open. It's never cool in our room is always the wind going through and we keep our doors open for

122everybody to ever come in to talk. We have our lunchtime is amazing because you have like the girls who are really into makeup. Then you have the esports and then you have the gamers and then you have the kids who just want to come talk and ask questions and have a million questions about school. So it's a very our ASB class has become a very open class for everybody to inclusive to include everyone and have everybody participate in it. And other than that, I I think it's just it's a great program and I'm glad that Tupe has considered us. And you know, Ruby was able to get the advocate of the year as a student, which was amazing. And I was given an award for adviser of the year because we're really working with our

123administration as well to provide because if you look at it, lunch is a time when kids have nothing to do. And so we work together to provide something to do every day. Be it music, be it games, be it making ornaments, clay, painting rocks. ASB provides uh again music and games outside, we'll do uh lessons on on on anti- vaping and what we can do. And now we're going to now that we've seen how successful it's been this year, we're going to continue and add more next year and try to do it throughout the entire year instead of just at the beginning at the end. We're going to try to do it consistently monthly. So hopefully we can do pass the message on to students, you know, that they're the ones that are in control

124of their body and they have to make those smart decisions. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for listening. If you have any questions for anything about the presentation, uh yes, I actually have a question. Um I wanted to ask um you guys and then also uh Mr. Lopez, you're included on this. What would you guys say the effectiveness is on the anti- vape social club and the efforts you guys have made in getting this message out to students? How do you guys get this message out to students? Is it more you guys go listen to a conference then come back and it's social club or is this you guys are really in the trying to be in the school culture advocating for anti- vaping? Um do you notice any difference that maybe your friends vape?

125Do you notice any difference in that? Do you notice a difference in drug usage? What do you notice that shows the effectiveness of the club that you guys are in? Okay, I I will start. Um, I think what Mr. Lopez was saying about instead of like teachers talking about drugs and stuff like that, I think it's better for ASB and the Antiape Social Club to tell other students. cuz it's um more kind of a perspective that they would see. I think it's been really effective because of that. And like you were saying, we do go to conferences, we get the information and then during ASB we work um in groups and we go to the advisories advisory classes and then present so that they can see how effective it actually is to you. So I

126think it actually has been really effective. Um yeah, adding on that, I think, um it's kind of like both. We um it's both effective from like the teacher side, but also the students. I feel like I've seen a lot of students um share their stories and a lot of students have came up to me and asked like, "Oh, Ruby, like how could I get help with this and that?" instead of going to teachers, they're, you know, they feel more safe coming to a student and kind of getting that information that we get from the tupe conferences, but also, you know, sharing our real life stories is, you know, is better for students to, you know, get that message out there. And yeah, I just see it's really effective. I've seen students just just, you know,

127like seeing them do better for themselves and for their families. And it's good for like I I love when people you know come ask me questions like Ruby like how like how do you how did you change you know and getting them to like letting them like you know always just being there for them and just hearing their stories and kind of like seeing that that um change in them. So yeah and I'll add on to that. I think what Ruby's trying to say is that there's a lot of students before that would come to us teachers and now they're actually going to the students. So that's the good thing is I have kids, you know, oh I talked to one of my buddies today was asking like is there really like that many toxins

128and like is there like inbombing fluid and like yeah there is there's and it's funny because before it would be a kid asking me instead now it's my students tell me oh yeah my friend came and asked me this at lunch or at nutrition we were talking about this and like I educated them and I'm like hey good job there you go pre future profession. So yes, it's working after because we're seeing the student responses, students going to students instead of before having to feel like they had to go to an adult. Now they have someone that they could relate to and talk to someone because they're the ones who see it every day. You know what I mean? They're the ones who are out there in the grass or rocking around or hiding behind

129the portables and stuff so they know what goes on and they talk to each other and it's good that they're friends and they could rely on their friends to be that voice for them. I love the impact that you guys have um obviously u shown at Isbel. I was wondering if you guys uh when you guys go to the high school if you guys are going to like make a new club or make it you know make the club stronger and you know what are your thoughts on that? Um I think we should make one because I know that there isn't one because when we went to the student panel it was elementary schools, middle schools and a couple high schools too. And I think that I will definitely try to make it uh start

130up a group and help them cooperate with TubeBu so that they can um start it and show to the kids how important it is. Yeah. Um um I would love to, you know, start a club over there also. Um the anti-ab social club, seeing them over there at the Tupe conference. I would love to see that because there's a lot of like elementary kids there that come up and ask questions as well. And I would love to see the high school participate in that. I think the data shows it right there that at the high school I think the the the furthest one was where they started to experiment the most. You know, I mean because that's when you feel the most pressure. You have more people on you, your mom, you got all different

131things to do. So I think someone at the high school or maybe these smart kids right here can maybe uh start a club and that would be beneficial for everyone at the high school level. Uh I'm sorry I have one more question. Uh this is directed towards uh Dr. Santa Maria. So, uh, throughout the, uh, California Healthy Kids survey, the graphs, what I noticed was that a lot of the graphs were decreasing from the last year, which in some circumstances that was good. In the majority of them, I noticed we were either plateauing or we were decreasing from the number of positive responses that we had last year. I also noticed that where we did have increases, there was one that particularly stood out to me. is RHS's 36% which described their drug use and

132experimentation. So my question is a how is the district planning on recouping the lost percentages that we've got in order to present um higher um statistics and b how are we planning to reduce the amount of drug experimentation that we will have in the future? cuz I walk into the restroom today, I hold my breath, I can smell it in the air. So, not just the RHS, but at Santa Paula, how are we trying to reduce those shrug levels? What initiatives are we pushing? Well, we do have fabulous teams of security on those campuses. At both Santa Paula High School and Renaissance, we have vape detection um technology in place in rest student restrooms. Um so administrators and security personnel are being alerted um when um the air quality in those restrooms do do become

133poor as a result of potential um tobacco or marijuana use in those bathrooms. So, um obviously with school safety measures that we have in place, just being um more responsive in terms of um just making sure that um we are addressing those issues as they come up throughout the day. Um, now that we have these results, uh, these results were recently made available to us, we can begin to work with school site teams to identify even more effective strategies for addressing some of the concerns that these slides present. Thank you. Um, can I just add on to what Asher said? I did notice that Renaissance had um a difference compared to other schools. And um from a person that's been at the school, I think the vape detectors or the smoke detectors do really help

134on limit limiting that. And I want to thank Mr. Lopez and the anti vape social club for um starting young. you know, it really it's really when you're young and that's when it has the most influence on to not to do that when you get into the high school and not to fall into peer pressure and do those things that will affect your whole entire life. And um having like um students come and say their life their life stories and it does have an impact because uh when I would go speak at Renaissance and tell my peers about how drug abuse and things like that affected my life and my family's lives, it it did give a big impact and I've seen the difference and I think it's just it's amazing what you guys are

135doing and I hope um we drag that into the high school. Yeah, I just want to say great presentation. You're bringing me back to middle school and it's true. It needs to start there. I mean, I I won't even say what year it was when I was in middle school, but I think things were different and, you know, people did smoke and try things and um we didn't know, you know, how bad it was. And the younger they are, I mean, it's important at least this way they can deal with peer pressure as they get to high school. Um, and you know, the way they've advertised flavoring of vapes, I mean, laws have changed. And, um, I know you guys will do great in high school. I I didn't recognize you, Julie, when you were

136in the audience, so you came up. Didn't have my glasses on, so I think I've known Julie before she was even born. And she's just been done a great job as an ASB. And I know you're going to do wonderful when you get to the high school. And you're not a shy girl. You're shy right now. But thank you again and congratulations on your awards chair if I could. I I had a question. So for Dr. Santa Maria too, but before I ask it, I just want to say thanks to um Mr. Lopez and the students for sticking around so late. It was a great presentation and appreciate the info. I was just curious um just as the newbie and seeing the survey for the first time and you know I'm a I'm a data

137head by nature so I can't help myself um but just curious on two fronts one how does the response rate that you put in the deck compared to sort of pre prior surveys and then I just general question what if any conclusions or you know determinations interpretations did staff have from the results are there any trends that you want to highlight or anything specifically that you want to point out that maybe we're not seeing? Thank you for those questions. Um, Trustee Kumazawa. Um, so I did not analyze um in for this report. I did not analyze um previous year's response rates. But that is um something that um now that you point that out something that um I will do. And then um in terms of um just timing of this presentation to when we

138received these results um we haven't had um a lot of time with school staff to sit down and and really go into these results. Um I have shared the results to school site principles. Um the reports the data that I was showing for you are um based on the comprehensive elementary and comprehensive secondary reports. Um each school gets their own individualized school report. Um so there can be some nuances between sites with how um the data reflects um based on their student responses. Um but once you go to the site level um especially for the elementary schools um numbers of participants um are much lower and so um and response rates fluctuate um across sites. So looking at it more comprehensively um for all elementary fifth grade students um is how I presented the information

139for you tonight. And um definitely um plan to um allocate time with site administration to um digest this data. Definitely. Yeah. No, I'd appreciate it. And this I Yeah, totally recognize and acknowledge that this is a busy time of the year for everybody and um you know, when it does become available, I definitely would be interested in seeing kind of the survey broken down by site. That would be something that would be very interesting to me. And you know, again, just talking about trends, you know, when I see stuff like this, especially where we're at, um, and part of this might be just what I'm working on at at the county, but I I still think about COVID and I still think about the impacts of the pandemic, you know, and not because of this

140obviously being, you know, during quote unquote, you know, when everybody was responding and and kind of going through it, but, you know, sort of the lasting effects of having that, you know, really impactful time on on everybody and especially, you know, the students and you know how does how does going through that you know is that how is that reflected in some of these questions you know there are not really that much you know later after you know the pandemic ended so um but yeah no very very very curious to see it and and thanks for the presentation and whatever Isbel is doing do it everywhere because 99% is a fantastic response rate right we're doing we're we're doing in our advisory classes our advisory really really works for And the students are able to

141take their surveys. I mean, we did three surveys this week. We answered one for the for the high school, you know, we answered one for the high school. And also, one last note, when we went to I went to the Tupe, it was so nice to see, like you said, Miss Max, uh, all the elementary students, all the elementary schools, there was a number of elementary schools that have these anti-bape social clubs. I mean, even they're just small little clubs, but the kids were just, they love it. So, I wish that's something that we're going to either hopefully we start incorporating into our elementary schools or we'll add it to our ASB tab and we'll start going down to the elementary schools and maybe doing some presentations or something. But it was it was nice

142to be there and see all these little elementary and the kids love they they love doing all the activities and talking to their friends. So, it's something I think we should try to bring into our our district as well. Mr. Lopez. Also, Renaissance did the slay the vape dragon um campaign. It was really fun and to see the kids so interested in what it does to your lungs and all of these things to see them not happy but, you know, like so excited about, you know, getting people away from that. Starting one at our elementary schools would it would make a big impact and I'm pretty sure that there would be a lot of participants. So, just an idea. I think we're out of questions. Thank you guys. Thank you so much. If I have

143this correct, we're on item nine, information, and item A, Santa Paula Education Foundation, and This will be presented from we have the Santa Paul Santa Paul Education Foundation will provide information on opportunities to support students and educational programs within the Santa Paul Unified School District. Do we have anyone? Oh, we have a video. Thank you. As you saw in the intro, the Santa Paula Education Foundation is hosting the very first Cardinal Legends Awards night. This event celebrates individuals who made a lasting impact on our school and our community. One of this year's honores is Paul Royal, a beloved former teacher who dedicated 37 years to Santa Paul. Mitch and Helen Yamamoto, the original owners of Garden Market, will also be honored for their decades of service and generosity to the people of Santa Paula. And

144Mr. Manny Ellis Saras will be recognized for his commitment to our campus as a long-term member of our staff as ASB bookkeeper and as our varsity soccer coach, but also for his dedication to generations of students and families in our community. Congratulations to all of this year's Cardinal legends. Thank you for everything you've done, not just for our Cardinal family, but for the entire Santa Paula community. Cardinals, we are now going to Brisa for this week's sports update. So, can we read that out loud? That is uh happening January June the 7th at 5:30, right? I think at the A Museum, right? $75 a ticket and there's a QR code and the event is to I can't read it. We'll post that to our social media with the QR code so everybody can want to

145go but if I recall correctly it's also to generate funds for scholarships for our own students. Yeah. Go ahead. Here's our representative. Not actually the district representative, but I am on the Sapola Education Foundation. Um, I know that part of the reason why we try to raise funds is uh to provide scholarships for students. Um, also this is kind of become our first attempt to really get our name out there in the community. A lot of people don't really know about the Senala Education Foundation. I didn't even know what it was until last year. where I kind of stumbled into a meeting and then I got, you know, I joined without even really knowing what I was joining. But um they do really believe in uh supporting students and supporting Santa Paula Unified School District

146and trying to raise funds for students and scholarships and um this is their opportunity to um not only honor people who have made an impact on our school community uh but also to um kind of introduce or or get our name out more into the community and uh celebrate some of the uh achievements that you know our school community has really done for our community for Santa Paula and I believe I mean on the two honores if any of our board members know them I mean I think I've known Manny I think all the years I've lived in Santa Paula and how involved he's been with youth soccer and the years he's worked at the high school and several committees and I know Yamamoto even just when I was in PTA how giving they are

147with PTA and events and providing a lot of the flowers that we use. Um that's my you know memories of them of both of them. I don't know the other educator if anybody knows. Yeah, I had royal for economics. So there was a lot of discussion on who uh was going to be honored and so this will be um hopefully a a yearly thing where we will honor some uh people who brought um who contributed not only to Santa Paula but the school community in general. Thank you for stepping in. Moving on to item 10, action items. Item A, business services. Approval of the following items as submitted by Miss Lorie Tom's interim. No, chief business chief business officer. There's a typo on there. Item one, approval of change order number 002 for the Santa

148Paula High School library modernization project. Uh, approval of change It just repeats itself. I apologize. And for approval as recommended by Miss Lori Toms. Actually, we get Doug. Sorry about that. Hello, board superintendent, board members, student board members, excuse me. All right. All right. So, we've got our second change order in front of you for the S Paula High School Library project. Second of probably what will be three. This is picking up a lot of the change orders that came in the latter portions of the project. Uh they have some descriptive information uh listed there so you can kind of at least get a little bit of a idea of what some of the change orders are about. I think the total change order is 32,000. Um and it increases the contract to about 3.548

149million. So, we're still at about 3% on change orders for the project. I see a lot of DSA uh motivated changes in this. Yes. Can't get away from those, right? Those are very hard to get away from. Should make them pay for them. Best wishes with that. When uh when looking at this item, I I went back and looked at some of the other board meetings going back to the original agreement. I noticed in the original contract, I think there was a $45,000 rough contract allowance or construction allowance. Was that pretty much like a contingency? Yes. And there's always a temptation to have them be even larger, right? But we also have to kind of tow the line between having allowances that are too large that just serve as a carrot for contractors to just

150try to go get money, right? So, but on a project that's this substantial, having a, you know, a contingency that's around 1% of the contract value, especially for a modernization, is not very substantial. Yeah, I was that's I noticed I mean, typically, you know, the county when we're doing stuff, our contingencies are a little bit more to avoid some of these change orders, but you're right. You don't want to incentivize the the contractor to change order to death. But, um, just yeah, just a observation about that. Thanks, Um, sure. If you'd like to make a motion. Yeah, there's no question other questions. I'll I'll move to approve. Okay. So, it's been moved. And do we have a second? I second. So, it's been moved and second. Uh, preferential vote. All those in favor? I. I.

151Thank you. Board vote. All those in favor? Yes. I I thank you. So, Item two, approval of gym floor repairs for the Santa Paula High School. Approval to repair the gym floors and refinishing including floorboard, sealer, staining, center court logo, carpet logo at door and stencils, plus furnish and install temporary cover after installation. This is looking too the gym floor. There was nails that were exposed. The floor needed to be completely redone. Um, there's a few boards that need to be replaced, not all. So, this is looking for approval to go ahead and move forward with this contract. Can I ask the price? Yeah. Oh, no. The price for the project. I'm sorry, I can't hear you. Can I add the price? Um, it's listed at uh 48,000. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. They're also

152going to redo the logo in the middle of the floor. So, it'll be refinishing new logo and getting the nails repaired. Can I Can I just ask and sorry again? Oh, no. First meeting and please didn't didn't te up my questions ahead of time. What was the process to select the the vendor? Was it just based off value or do we bid it? I think that um that Jeff had gone out and looked at a couple of different vendors. Yes. So, normally on less than um 50,000, you would just contact three known vendors and see what the pricing is. Um and once it gets higher than 50,000, we start looking at actually going through the bid process. Cool. Yeah. I wasn't sure just based off the materials if there was a multiple quote or if

153we just sleourced. Yeah. Based off experience. It wasn't clear to me. So, thank you. Okay. I get a motion. Yeah. I'll move to approve this contract to um repair the gym floor. I second. Okay. It's been moved and second. Uh preferential vote. All those in favor? I. Thank you. Uh board vote. All those in favor? I I passes. Thank you. Item B, human resources. Item one, annual statement of need for 30-day substitute teaching permits for the 2025 2026 school year. Good evening, board members. Um this is uh a um form that the state requires to be filled out so that we can hire substitute substitute teachers. It basically state states that we are going to need daytoday substitute teachers throughout the school year. Uh if there's if there's no discussion or questions I just for

154our due trustes um education we get a lot of these kinds of items. state requirements that are just I don't even know why we have to state a need because who doesn't have a need for super uh substitutes but hey I guess they know better than us right uh I'll make a motion to uh receive this annual statement for this need I'll second so it's been moved and second uh preferential vote all those in favor they can there's no pre preferential vote it's human resources so sorry I should know it by now thank Uh board vote. All those in favor? I I passes. Thank you. And item two, declaration of need for fully qualified educators for the 2526 school year. Um this is another state requirement. Um it is a notification that anticipates the number

155of vacancies projected for next school year. Um this allows us to hire interns if we do not have uh any credentialed teachers available. And if we do not have any um uh people interns available, then this was give us the authority to hire a short-term um permit or provisional permits. And can I get a motion? Some moved. Um and I'll second that. Go ahead, Mike. Go ahead. Okay. So, it's been moved and second. Uh board vote. All those in favor? I I passes. Thank you. Thank you. I think that's it. Um so moving on to item consent calendar action items. Consent items are considered routine and will be enacted by a single motion. None of the items will be discussed unless a board member requests discussion prior to the vote of the motion to adopt

156the consent calendar. So do we have a Yes, Jenny. I have a question. I was looking at the um Palm screen Palm Springs summer basketball tournament. I was wondering why uh the students weren't using the CTE events or is it are they not allowed to? I was just curious which item again, conference or uh the approval of study trips. Study trips. Yeah. Is it because they're a sport that they can't use CT? It could be that they're being Oh, because it looks like they're being used for uh Oh, for only using one. Yeah, that is one. Yeah, it also could be that there's summer programming at the base too, right? That we might be using it in for other things. And the distance. Oh, okay. Yeah, it was just my only question. Okay. Yeah, I've

157I've asked that question too on other things and I think usually they're being used, but that can change too. I mean, they don't have to run. Okay, if no questions, other questions, do I have a motion? So moved. Okay, it's been moved. Like to second. Sure, I'll second. So, it's been moved and second. U preferential vote. All those in favor? Uh there's uh human resources involved in the consent. Sorry. Thank you. I wanted want you guys to vote so bad. Sorry. Board vote. All those in favor? I passes. Thank you. Yeah, I'm so sorry. We just have so many under the action items. So, um, item 12, board member comments and requests for future agenda items. So, we'll start with our student trustees. Um, I just want to thank everybody for the uh year I've

158gotten um the past year. Um, this was my first year on the board. I'm a freshman at Santa Paula High School going into my sophomore year. Um, it's definitely been a learning curve. It's definitely been um something where I've had to adjust the way I speak, my demeanor. It's a very good learning opportunity that I've learned. I'm very happy to have served with the members on this board and then also the previous members on this board. Um I am very happy to have gotten this experience. I'm very happy for another year uh coming up and hopefully that can turn into two. Um I'd like to congratulate Mr. Mike Mazawa personally for his um appointment as a trustee for area 5. I'd also like to thank um the the many employees today who um retired. Um

159thank you guys for your service. Um those of you who came and those of you who were not able to attend. Um, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for educating um, the student population. You guys have some of the hardest jobs I know and you guys genuinely scare me with your organization. So, uh, it's a job I could never do. So, thank you guys um, very much for your dedicated service. Um, and thank you guys for giving me a nurturing environment where I can learn and grow. Thank you, Asher. You've done a wonderful job. So you not I don't know about your learning curve, but I think you've done a fantastic job. Just keep it up. And trustee Bettis, how exciting. Um yeah, I guess the next time I'll see you guys

160will be at graduation. Um yeah, special uh thank you to Mr. uh Manny. Manny from um our bookkeeper from ASB. Um he's someone that I've been able to just go and talk to this year, you know, go crash out in the student store. And then congratulations to Miss Patty Magna who's taken over his job. Um I know she's she's the spirit of the school. And um although she will be the the new bookkeeper, she says she she'll like tame down a little, but I hope she's still as spiritful as always. And yeah, I will miss all my teachers, all my adviserss. I'll miss Jerry Jerry Cruz and Sabrina Moreno the most. Um I spent way too many hours uh in the performing arts area and um I hope just everyone here gets to meet the

161new student trustees for next year. And I think I'll miss you guys all especially Miss Gina Ramirez. Thank you for for everything and Dr. Garcia. Just all of you guys, I love you guys so much. And I'll miss um the three OGs on the board and the new um board members as well. Yeah. Um Dr. Sandival, you're awesome. And if I ever need help with calculus, I'll probably just go and knock on your door. And then Mr. Royal, um thank you for all the vice advice that you've given us. Um thank you for although I hate hugs, thank you for your hugs. I know yesterday, uh we saw each other and then Mr. YC, it's been awesome being able to um say that I have ADM meetings with the superintendent every other week. So, you're

162pretty awesome. And you helped me place an FBLA last year by writing me a um letter recommendation. So, thank you. Thank you guys all. And again, a special uh thank you to Miss Nash. I will miss her. And I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to the baby shower. And I'm just grateful for everyone, for Miss Ellia from the high school, just everyone in general. Um I I'll miss this place. I might come back and visit, but you know, we gota I need to focus on my career, which will be becoming a pilot. Um might just be a recreational pilot. But maybe I'll hit up the hit up um being a cargo pilot because it sounds pretty cool, you know, uh flying um packages here and there. Sounds pretty cool for me. So

163yeah, I'll see you guys on graduation. Thank you. Thank you so much. And Elizabeth, um thank you for the audience for sticking around. Everybody left. Um, uh, I just want to thank the board too, the new ones and the old ones. Uh, Mr. Mr. Weinstein, he's been a huge help, and I'm so glad that my siblings and the whole student body gets to have a superintendent that is so willing to listen and cares about his students and as well as the board. I mean, we're all here, even me, and I'm well, I was a kid, I'm 18 now, but like we're all like for the students that I'm here to see the growth and I'm definitely going to come back and see what the impact that all you guys all the hard work work that

164you guys put in. Um, I want to see the impact and you guys have very special jobs where you get to see the impact throughout the years and I think that's beautiful and it might be a career that I would want to take on in the way future. But um, uh, yeah, and I want to also thank everybody at SPHS for welcoming me with open arms. I mean um, I I think I shouted her. Celia, uh, Miss Chrissy, Miss Aa, and like everybody, Miss Nash for welcoming me to ASB and the whole ASB and Jenny and Asher for being so welcoming and and supportive of everybody and yeah and also everybody at H RHS because I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them and for them showing me um how to grow and change

165out of habits and um just having a better mindset. So, I just want to thank Santa Paul Unified School District. Just is I'm glad to be graduating from them. So, thank you. Thank you. We're very proud of you guys. And then we next is uh board comments and I welcome to speak or pass either way. No, no. I I uh I feel obligated to speak and I mean I know it's late but it's you know this is my best and you know probably first well first and best opportunity but um since the meeting last Monday. So obviously um I just want to thank the board again and the and the district for the for the opportunity to pursue the seat um and and in particular too just seeing how it played out uh you know

166Daniel and Nathan. Um, I know, you know, Tommy's not here, so I can't give him the needle, but um I I know obviously myself and Matt were in the top two and um you know, I have to call you guys out because obviously if if I was number two for one of you, it would have been 3-1 and I wouldn't be here. But um you know so that being said you know again appreciate your support and appreciating appreciate obviously I mean and Tommy here even though he's not here the board's faith um you know in me and in the faith in what I could hopefully bring to the to the district and you know I said in my interview that you know I have no agenda other than the students um and the school district.

167Um, I just want to see this place be the best that it can be and and that's it. Um, there's there's nothing else. Um, I do also want to acknowledge and and thank the other candidates. Um, you know, obviously if you put your name in the hat, that says something about you as a person. And um, even though you know, I'm in the one in the seat and they aren't that, you know, thank them for wanting to do this for their community and for the district. Um, and in particular Matt. Um, it was funny that Matt and I were the last two. He's my neighbor. So, um, I joked when I saw him in the parking lot, we could have carpooled and it was fun to text him while things were were happening. But, um,

168no, it was good to to talk with him, too. And, um, you know, obviously he's got a lot of experience and and he he wished me well. So, want to thank him. And then also too, I just want to call out a few people that um were really instrumental in kind of encouraging me to do this. Um in particular, former Trustee Mahares. Um I've worked with Manny a long time and um I he kind of planted the seed. Um in addition to a couple other people, Gloria Martinez, who's my colleague um in the CEO's office at the county, she's also on the chamber here in Santa Paula. Um Ned Branch, who's probably a familiar name to you all. um uh one of the people and agencies I work with at the county is the library.

169So I've worked with Ned even before he was at the county when he was at Santa Paula. Um and you just thank them and and others too. You know who you are. Um I don't need to call you out for for your guidance um and support in the process. Um yeah and I'm just I'm looking forward to the next 18 months. Um, I'm excited and uh, yeah, thanks to the the student trustees too for thanking the newbie even though you met me like three hours ago. Um, but congratulations obviously to the to the seniors. Um, you know, I know it's only one meeting, but and I'll give you some some advice, which I'm sure every adult in your life is doing right now, but you know, just first off, obviously, congratulations for getting to this

170point, but you know, if I could say one thing, just continue to do what's uncomfortable and continue to do new things because, you know, it's in those situations where, you know, I think you really mold yourself as a person and you get to figure out who you are and I think knowing yourself is probably one of the single most important things that you can do not only as an as a youth but as an adult. I mean I think everybody at this table will tell you that they are challenged and struggled every day to to know who they are and you will be continually tested by that. So the sooner you can figure that out and the sooner you can be honest with yourself about who you are the the better you're going to be

171and the easier life is going to be. So I'll just end with that. Thank you so much, Rusty Rodriguez. Hi everyone. Happy board meeting um of just some things I've been doing around the community. I attended the CT awards and recognitions night um yesterday. It was fabulous. I'd love I love to see the outcomes of our some of our new programming since there's our pre-engineering and engineering pathway program. I really want to give kudos to that program. um mainly because it really shows how this district does value its partnerships um and does have potential for investment with other um other parts of our county such as our naval base and such as the Vince County Office of Education. So again, kudos to our district staff such as Jeff u and Dr. I I want to

172say Gio because that's how I knew her growing up growing up Gonzalez. um both of them just have been so instrumental and again again thank you to Jeff you know I cannot highlight any more kudos to you for picking such wonderful picks for our do staff um it's very I don't know for me it just it there's a sense of pride that comes with it when I saw the outcome of that um ceremony and I and I'm very much happy for them and as for our outgoing board um student board members um there are no words I can say that can you know guide you through what you're about to experience um so just ensure that whatever whatever Whatever you do next, you have fun. You take time. Um, and you realize that whatever mistake

173you made, it's okay. Um, whether or not you want to acknowledge that mistake later in life or or in that moment, it's up to you. You only define your own journey. Um, there's no rule book, there's no measurement, there's nothing. It's up to you. So, if you want to graduate college and be a board member right after, you're more than welcome to do that. Or if you want to do that more in mid in the middle of your life or in your retirement, you can do that too. There's endless opportunities. No matter what age you are in, you still have time and opportunity to pursue them. And that's the end of it. Trusty Sandival. All right. Uh first off, yeah, I attended the senior awards night last night, too. Uh which was great. U so

174you know, good to see as many peop as many students, you know. um involved in the different programs that we have at at the at the high school at the Santa Paul High School. Um Trustee Kumazawa, greetings. Right. Be careful what you wish for. Trusty Sandal, do you mind highlighting that SCAG award? Oh gosh. Yeah. Sure. No, that's Yeah. And it was a little bit It wasn't supposed to be It really wasn't supposed to be done last night, but um my wife and I are going to be out of town. My wife Jenny Crosswhite, who uh is the Southern California Association of Government second vice president as of a couple months ago, um she actually was the one who had forwarded me that um scholarship opportunity saying, "Hey, get the word out to the high

175school and they did and we had a number of applicants and you know, Ventur out of Ventur County, you know, we got one." So the one um so that was great, right? And there's all kinds of different opports and it was Santa Paul's student. That's great because it's like she's going to Kpali I think and no where is she going to either Berkeley or Davis is it? Oh that's it. It's one of the two. Um yeah in public policy. Yeah public. Yeah. So, I mean, that's great. Like, and I'll reiterate, I would love to see a CTE in public service or civic service, you know, including firefighting, police, right? But also government service, right? Planning in that kind of stuff because we do have a lot of students, right? A lot of alum uh that

176are in those fields um pursuing th those careers. So anyways um so there was that uh no Mike uh you know again welcome all right um glad you are asking questions already please continue right um because that's a a good thing for us all um see to the retirees right there was a lot of service you know I was looking there was a few people that were here when I was um and I feel old enough as it is so the fact that they have uh given that many years to Santa Paul Unified is tremendous and and rare um nowadays. So, so again, you know, to all the staff, you know, that was that were honored tonight. Um thank you, right? And job well done. You've earned the your retirement. So, hope you get to

177enjoy it. Um and finally, the student trustees, right? uh especially you know Jenny and Elizabeth you know I guess we're giving advice right unwantedly um two things that just come to mind because I could go on forever I have all kinds of advice for you but all right two things that stick out is one just remember there's always going to be someone smarter than you may feel like you're the smartest in the room but there's another room someone else is so keep humble and then Um, you know what? Life is going to kick you in the shins and other places, right? Get up off the floor as quick as you can and move on because you can't let those events define who you are. You get to do that. So, don't forget that. Anyways, um,

178you guys are going to be missed and we'll we will see you at graduation. So, um I also attended the senior award and career tech recognition night. Um it's one of my favorite things to attend just to see how we highlight our great students and the success stories of all of them and getting to hear the announcement of who the valictorian is and the solid Victorian. Um, so it's it's bittersweet to see so many of these students, which I've known a lot of them just with my own kids and just to see their accomplishments. So, it's it's always nice and, you know, getting to see Jenny up there and all her awards and all the clubs she belongs to just like I lost count. Um, Mike, you're a great addition to our board. Like you

179said, you were our top two. Um, back you have a big stake. You have a child coming soon. And um I think I was also that parent when my child actually even before my kids started, I had friends who had kids and I was always that parent advocating for them and choosing what school because of the arts. Like I loved McKv because of the arts and I felt that students needed that art and these were just a kids of my friends. um they didn't speak the language, so I would help, you know, with all their paperwork and and you know, just any questions they had. So now I have a grandson and he's going to start kinder next year. So I'm starting all over again. I feel old. So thank you. And like um Dr.

180Sandival said, yes, keep asking the questions. I think I used to ask a lot my first year and then I started um just asking at meetings and then some things just get repetitive. But please continue to ask cuz we all learn from the questions. I feel like when Dr. Sandival would ask a question, it would steer another question or I was hesitant to ask and then it just more questions just start flowing. So I try to ask ahead of time, but there are certain things that you know come up at a presentation and you just want to ask. So um welcome aboard and um same our retirees. It's amazing. Um the years of service. I know a lot of us do it because we're local or we have, you know, it's we're happy with the

181jobs that we have and there's the love for our students. Um I think that's usually the key why we continue doing what we do. So again, thank you to all our retirees and you know, hopefully they'll sub for us when we need them since there's always a need for substitute teachers and and and in every in every area. And um to our senior trustees, all I all the advice that they giving you, it's correct. I'm like, you know, there's you make a mistake, you don't pass a class, you know, don't worry about it. Take it again. Um, research what teachers they are because sometimes, you know, they're not the greatest. Um, I can tell you from experience, I had my son drop an econ class. I'm like, no, if you don't feel comfortable his freshman

182year, he didn't take it. He took it again. Got a great grade. I mean, from being so low his freshman year to the end, you know, graduating with honors, it's just, you know, it's enjoy the ride, though. You know, just enjoy and be selective of what you do, your friends. Um, seek mentors. That's like, I think the biggest advice I can give you. Seek mentors who will help you grow. And, you know, just just ask things. We don't know everything. There's Google and can only tell you so much, but it's sometimes nice to hear advice from, you know, someone who's been through it. If you're interested in a career, seek that person. I mean, most people are willing to share with you, you know, what they've done. Talk to lots of pilots, see what they

183like, you know, education. You have so many people that you can go to, Elizabeth. So, you know, the doors are always open. So, with that said, again, just thank you. And how many more days are you guys counting for graduation? Seven. And he's our freshman. Okay. Well, if no one if no one else, we're moving on to item 13, which is our future meetings. And we will have a regular board meeting on June 11th. And with that said, I'd like to adjourn our meeting at 9:01. I went over a minute. [Music]