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SRUSD Board Meeting - Oct. 8th, 2025

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2025-10-09
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001ask for one amendment because Miss London Desert turned in her retirement letter. So, we're going to shift that from resignation to retirement. >> Okay, that >> we'll wait for Mr. January. >> We're okay if we want to go to closed a little late as well. We're okay. We don't have a big closed. >> Oh, we don't. Okay. Okay. We'll open and we'll close. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Good afternoon everybody. Welcome to the San Union School District board meeting. Like to call this meeting to order. If we can start off with the roll call, please. >> Miss Cindy Lopez, >> present. >> Mr. Neil Patel. >> Miss Sarah Turner, >> present. >> Mr. Jacob Sandaval, >> present. Miss Elva Arianiano is not prepared this evening. >> Let's stand for the pledge of allegiance. Ready? Begin.

002To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which stands one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay. Uh can I get a is there any changes to the board agenda? Um, I would like to request one amendment. We have received a retirement notice from Miss Carmen Lunduri. So, the personnel consent backup has um moved her from resignation to a retirement. >> Okay. Can I get a motion to as amended? >> Motion to amend. >> Motion to approve as amended. >> Want a second? >> Second. All those in favor? I >> I motion 40. >> Okay. Uh today in close session, we have potential litigation of government code section 54956.8 employee employment in public employee performance evaluation of government code section 54957 conference with labor

003negotiators in the government code section 54957.6. Do we have any public comments regarding close session items? >> We do not. >> Okay. Can I get a motion to adjurnn the close session? >> Motion to adjurnn close session. Second. >> All those in favor? I >> Hi. >> I motion 40. >> Okay, we'll see everybody afterwards. Well, you know, I Okay. You want to give me count? Okay. Good afternoon everybody. Welcome back to the Center Union School District board meeting. I'd like to call this meeting to order. Uh during close session, nothing was voted on, so there's nothing to report out. Um we're going to move on to item 5.1. Motion to approve the consent agenda items. Motion. >> Okay. Can I get a second? >> All those in favor? >> I. >> Motion 300. >>

004Okay. Moving on to reports and correspondence. Is there any comments from SRTA? >> There are not. >> Uh CSEA. >> We do. Becky will read it. >> Good evening. CSEA would like to extend our sincere thanks to the district negotiations teams for meeting with us today to continue our negotiations discussions. We value the collaborative approach and partnership as we continue this important process. We look forward to our next scheduled session. Sincerely, Guana Casillas, CSCA chapter president. >> Okay, great. Thank you for your comments. Okay. Um, superintendent cabinet, >> uh, our director of engagement and school climate, Dr. Summer Porther Smith. >> Already here. It's already my turn. Um, I want to share just a quick update on our Saturday academy. So we had our first Saturday academy session. Um we had about a hundred TK

005through fifth graders at Sanorita Elementary. We had 58 6th through 8th graders. Um there were an additional 30 students who went to JGMS. There were students who didn't sign up for the regular Saturday academy because of sports or other conflicts. But um Miss Ramos has set up one Saturday before a grading period for students to come in and be able to do work makeup or anything that they need before grades are finalized. So there was additional 30 students who went to JGMs and then an additional 50 students who were participating in the migrant ed program. So overall right right around 200 students. So good number. Um I want to uh let you know that we did receive the restorative justice grant that I applied for for Gavlan View Elementary. So we received $100,000 from the

006state department of ed. um that will go to providing additional um restorative practice uh lead uh that we'll contract to bring in for that period of time as well as training and support for Gavlan View uh I was going to say elementary Gavlan View Middle School um the next two days speaking of restorative practices here in this classroom we're going to be hosting the Northern California caring classroom certification course um so Corin Corwin reached out to us and asked if we would be willing to host In return, we get five free slots, which is about $8,000 um worth of professional development. So, we jumped at that opportunity. So, we'll have 35 educators from around Northern California in here for two days along with Dr. Dominique Smith and his team um getting their certifications in carrying

007classrooms from our district. That'll be all of our TOSAs as well as any of our administrators who haven't done that training previously with us when we went down to San Diego and did it. So, um we also on Friday will have uh about eight of our students coming in to speak about their experience in our district and share with those 35 educators their um the impact that restorative practices have had with them. So, I'm really excited to bring our kiddos to the forefront there. And then I just want to share um we had our town hall this last week and thank you thank you to everybody who came out. Um, as a team, we're working on a document I sent out to our community, kind of an overview of all that was shared. And then

008as a team, we're working on a big document that lays out all of those pieces and the action steps that we're going to take. Um, just to give you a very brief a couple of pieces from that. Um, we know that one of the areas that came forward was some additional academic support outside of what we're doing. So, we have put out um a request for any teachers who want to do additional hours after school to support our afterchool programs with tutoring. And I'm excited to let you know that we had about 30 teachers who responded. So, we'll be able to add those pieces in there. Um we're also looking at uh creating some additional um training and mapping out some supervision maps during those unstructured periods. We know we have enough staff um but

009we want to make sure that we're using them strategically in those places. So, I'm going to be working with um an outside group to help us kind of look at where we can strategically place staff. Um we are going to be working on hosting a TB clinic. One of the pieces that came forward was that families said that with the volunteer that they'd like to volunteer more, but getting in to get their TB is often a challenge. So, I'm working with the visiting nurses association as well as Natividad Hospital to try to bring a TB clinic forward so that all of our volunteers would have that opportunity. Um, we had lots of conversations about food. So, um, Chuck and I and Ashley met today with his team. As you know, we're working with the Chef

010Anne Foundation to bring scratchcooked meals and fresher produce, um, into our meals. We also talked about lots of other ideas around improving school lunch and getting student feedback. Um, water was a big topic and the drinking water in the water fountains came forward quite a bit. So, I applied for a grant this week for $250,000 with Cal Water. Um, that $250,000 would allow us to upgrade all of our water fountains to reverse osmosis as well as have a cooling system in it so that the water would be more drinkable um for our students. So, we'll see. I don't know if I'll get it or not, but we applied for it. Um, in the meantime, the kitchen team and I met about adding in water dispensers so that students do have the option for water um,

011in place of or with milk during lunchtime and could refill water bottles for sports after school. Um, oh my gosh, there's so many. Um, let me just give you a couple more. Um, we are also going to look at offering optional PD for our teachers around the use of parent square. We heard some communication that, you know, parents would like to see teachers sending out more pictures and um like kind of happened with some of our other applications before. Uh Parent Square has the ability to do millions and millions of things that we're not using it for. So, we're going to offer some additional training for that as well. So, lots there's four pages of things we're working on, but we're really excited to come back to our community on December 8th with um our

012actions that have already taken place as well as the strategic actions we'll take going forward. >> Okay. No, it looks like sounds like a lot of great information. Um the teachers that reached out, would that be done through ELOP or how would that be? >> Yes. So, it's done through ELOP after school. So, um teachers work 30 minutes after I mean are on contract 30 minutes after. So, they would go from 3 to 5. >> Okay, perfect. forget that was something that was brought up during one of my sessions as well. Any comment questions or comments from the board? >> Yeah, the only thing is um a lot of the people especially in the group that I participated are parents that are already engaged. So they also mentioned how can we get parents that typically

013are not engaged in their students activities how to attend which I'm sure is something we're all thinking about as well. And that was our big push for everybody to bring somebody else, right? Like we know that parents are more likely to attend if invited and supported by another parent versus the school itself. Um the school is often unknown whereas your neighbor is known. So we know like we if every parent brought one parent with them in each meeting they brought one additional parent then we're going to be more likely to have more families there who maybe traditionally wouldn't Yeah. participate. >> Great. Thank you. Um, are we using the time available with our parent teacher conferences to get that engagement or make those opportunities? >> So, we finished parent teacher conference last week. So, yeah,

014I mean teachers, we had a good turnout. I mean, I haven't gotten those final reports because they just finished, but that was an opportunity for those connections to happen as well with parents. Um, again, there's it's a little bit, you know, in in the research that I've done in the work that I do in parent engagement, it's it's really hard. there's a this bridge between show up with the teacher one-on-one and come to this big thing and have your voice heard. It it can be really scary. So, like I shared, you'll see one of the pieces on here and I talked a little bit about it is really boosting up our Padres's Mentores and Parents' mentor program so that we really get parents working with parents. We know it's the most effective in getting parents

015into schools. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. Our assistant superintendent of educational services, Miss Becky Moore. >> Just two things. Um, we are beginning our district-wide learning walks this Friday at Sanorita Elementary. So, we'll be there to visit classrooms and see our students learning. We'll be looking at all of you, looking at what you're learning in class. Um, and then on Monday, there is no school. We will have a teacher um classified and certificated professional development day. And for the teachers, just to let you know, I'm fighting with mail merge to get your emails out to you with your schedules, but hopefully I'll get the kinks worked out tonight. So, >> I said classified, too. Yeah, classified will be at the rodeo grounds for um some sessions specifically for them

016this week or next week. Thank you. >> Okay, thank you. Moving on to the board and superintendent, Miss Cindy Lopez. So yeah, I too attended um our first uh town hall and it was a nice uh turnout and um you know we uh it was awesome to see that basically all the groups kind of had the same either you know hey we could work on this but hey this is great. So it was awesome to see that and then um just you know extending that invitation to all the parents like us as parents it's very important that we're involved and you know go to these things and make sure that hey uh we participate so we know um your perspective of it. So that's something that um you know summer was saying like hey bring

017someone next time to you know New Republic right new republic se December 8. No, that's just something that I want to throw out there. Just make sure that um if you guys can make it possible to attend the December 8 on New Republic, it would be awesome to see all of you guys there. >> Mr. New Patel, >> um I concur with that. I think it was a great start for the town hall. I'm looking forward to blossoming and going from sight to sight. I think we'll also have it grow as well. So, um keep it up. >> Yeah. Thank you. And just for myself, I attended a town hall as well, so we can't. Okay. Any public comments regarding non-aggenda items or agenda items? >> We do not. >> Okay. Okay. Moving on to

018the action item 9.1. Approval of the new Sanorita Elementary School mas mascot. Background. In September 2024, Governor Nuen signed AB3774 into law. AB3074 prohibits California public schools from using the term Indian as a mascot team name or nickname. This school year, the students of Santaorita Elementary School worked on identifying possible new mascots that reflect school spirit, culture, and community values. Over 460 votes were submitted to determine the top three finalist from the field of submissions. The finalists are now brought to the board of trustees for consideration by the students of the Sanorita Elementary School. Students and staff will present information to the board for board selection and approval. >> So here with us this evening we have uh principal Donna Kanig, assistant principal Janet Zavala. We have several of our staff members. I cannot think

019of Lonel's last name. I would like to introduce him. >> Hernandez. um and he is here and will be translating during the presentation so our families at home are able to access um this presentation in Miss Thicko um if they're watching our live stream or later on video. I think Mr. Patel was going to speak. >> Um also I I just noticed in our attendance we have the most important people that represent this fine district are students here. You know let's give them a big big hand of applause. Yes. Thank you. I'm Wow, this is awesome. >> We're here for you. >> Yes. Good. Good. Very good point. So, I was a student at Sanorita Elementary School. I started as a second grader with Miss Rob. And then Cindy, >> yeah, I attended Sanorita, too.

020And so, Sanorita is very, very special in my heart. So, Scav Lan View. So, I was one of you guys some time ago. >> Couple years ago. and I'm we're so excited that you guys are doing this. Um so excited to see your presentation. So with no further ado, Miss K. >> Thank you so much. Um Dr. Alderman, cabinet, um board of trustees, guests, parents, staff, students. We present to you um our Santaorita mascot presentation with Miss Janette Zavala and Leonol Hernandez translating. Um it's been an honor to um be a part of this process and we're very excited. So without further ado, Miss Zavala. >> All right. Good evening everyone. Um members of the board and our superintendent, thank you for having us here tonight. We're really excited to present to you our um

021top three mascots that we have selected and we'll walk you through the process. So um this was a really exciting project for all of our students. I want to um really big shout out to our teachers who really supported the students in um doing the research and doing the writing. There was uh both opinion writing and persuasive writing involved. Um we went up to them and said you guys have a job to do and they took it on. there was amazing work turned in and we had 30 different mascots turned in and from the 30 we narrowed it down to 12 um because those 12 had 10 or more um similar uh papers and so the other ones we had to say goodbye to uh good evening uh everyone to uh good evening uh you

022to all of you guys uh members of the school board Uh, my name is Leon and I'll be translating for And I forgot to add, I'm just going to stick to my script. because I'm so excited about this and I forget what I really wanted to say. So, I want to emphasize that the students were required um to make do their research and make connections to the indigenous tribes that have been in our community both past and our uh new tribes that are coming our new indigenous community the from Waka and they also made sure that their choices had a resemblance to our school rules. So they had to find something that showed respect, that represented making good choices, and that represented solving problems. All right. To gather immediate input from those 12, we sent

023out a Google survey to our teachers and staff at Santaorita Elementary. and we asked all staff personnel to submit their top three choices to help us condense the list. Once the staff feedback was compiled, we move directly to the final phase. person. We concluded the community input phase with a ballot which represented the top six finalists. We launched a very easy digital poll for our parents, students, and staff. And we made sure that our younger learners were included, too. So, we printed special paper ballots so all lower grade students could p personally cast their vote. Um, the results of this inclusive vote determine the top three mascots that we are presenting to you today for the final selection. Alumnos finale. All right, the moment we've been waiting for. We're going to have our students speak

024regarding the top three mascots. We had a couple of guests uh surprise students visit us today. So we'll we'll have some students added on to share their work. I present you in order. It'll be Jonah Ruelas, Elizabeth Godin, Cerna, Josiah Mansano Torango, and Emily Isaas Martinez. >> The Lions is a strong leader and its loud voice helps Santaorita Lion. So, respect. Lions live and travel in groups with their close family. The Sanorita Lions work together with our school family. [Music] Like lions, we help each other. We are strongest when we stick together. Sanorita lines. Sanorita students are strong like lions. At school, we use our voice to solve problems. Now, let's meet a tiny hero that represents courage and resilience. These students are going to share why the mighty little hummingbird is the perfect mascot

025for our school. Perfech. The hummingbird is a tiny hero in the >> alone story. Like hummingbirds, we work together to make our school a better place. For our families from Waka and Mexico, hummingbirds are messengers from families that bring us love and good luck. This makes our school feel welcoming and strong. hummingbirds can fly forward and backwards like us students at Sanorita. Hummingbirds are resol >> resilient and flexible in their nature. This shows we can be flexible and respect new things. The center we tell students the home is smart and focus. We use our clever ideas to solve problems. My apologies, boys and girls. I forgot to introduce you by name. In order we had Oliver Sarat Toalba, Jasine Bruno Messine, Carlos Max Zavala Garcia, Brian Ramirez Toledano, and then we have three young ladies

026who joined us also to share their reasons why they believe the hummingbird should be our new mascot. First up, we have Joseline. They speak into this microphone. Step four. >> The hummingbirds represent joy and perseverance. Next we have Delilah. >> I think we should be Sanorita hummingbirds. One reason is that they represent joy and braveness. Another reason is that they also represent good luck. Last reason is that they are kind. In conclusion, these are my reasons why we should be Sanorita hummingbirds. Fore! Foreign! Foreign! Yeah. And our next is Andrea, the hummingbird represent Brazilian. Our last group of students are here to explain how the Eagle's sharp focus helps Santaorita students show respect and make good choices. Buenos. Let me introduce the students in order. It'll be Eileen Polyron Ernnandez, Jesus Rodriguez Reyes, Aransa Enrique

027Vasquez, and Marcos Marcos Cruz Ria. >> The eagle is a symbol of strength and vision for many cultures, including Aloney and Hispanic families from Ohaka and Mexico. Like the Santaita Eagles means students rise high to see queer view which helps us show respect and to be great leaders. The eagles show sharp eyes look far ahead. This teaches us to plan carefully and make good choices for our future. Yeah. Eagles use strong focus to reach their goal. Santaoria eagles solve problems directly and quickly. All right. To conclude, the results of the communitywide vote brought incredible passion and reinforced the cultural connections we established during the research phase. Our three finalists each appeal to a core Santaorita value. The results of the community wwwide vote brought incredible sorry read it again. The hummingbird generated comments filled with

028joy, magic, and inspiration. One parent shared that the hummingbird is an uncommon mascot. Another parent shared that the hummingbird symbolizes hope and that when they approach us, we should make a wish. They also shared the symbolism of the hummingbird's resilience, noting even the smallest wings can travel great distances. The eagle received strong, meaningful support for its cultural depth. We received comments highlighting its role and honoring our heritage with one community member stating simply Presenta Los Sanhenas. The Lions brought simple high energy enthusiasm with supporters cheering it on as the best mascot ever. The comments show that our community believes the three the final three options, the lion, the hummingbird, and the eagle perfectly represent the strength, joy, and cultural respect of the Sanorita family. Fore! Foreign! Foreign! [Music] I want to thank all of our

029families, our students, our community members, and especially our staff and teachers. Um this process was amazing and coming down to the lions, the eagles, and the hummingbirds. Whatever mascot is chosen tonight, we will um honor it with the love and the kindness that we share with each other in our San Santaorita community. I want to thank Miss Zavala and Leonel for tonight for their support in creating this presentation. And um give it up for these students. They did a great job. And at this point, um, trustees, um, we will let you choose our Santa Rita mascot, and we want to thank you for your support as well. >> So, first of all, I'm very proud of all of you. You did an amazing and awesome job. And remember, you all are part of history. Think

030about that for a second, right? As you guys get older in your lives, you guys be able to tell, say, you know what, I was part of the process when they chose the new mascot, right? And that's something to be very, very proud of. So, make sure that when you go home, you really say, you know what, I did a great job today. I was part of history, okay? Cuz one day hopefully one of you will be a school board member and help kind of uh give direction for the district. Okay? So, one round of applause again for you. Yeah, I second what our president said. Um, you guys should be super proud of what you guys are doing tonight. Um, I know that myself, like I said, I went to Sanorita years ago. So,

031this tonight is a very special day for me, too, right? Because I was there when our mascot was the Indians, and now it's going to be changed. Um, and you guys did an awesome presentation. Coming up and speaking anytime, it's always nervous. It's always like, "Oh, you guys did awesome." So, pat yourselves in the back. Be very proud and know that you guys are making histories tonight. We're going to be picking a mascot for hundreds of thousands of students to come. So, be super proud of that. What I just want to reiterate what both trustes have said, but I just want to say once again, thank you to the students, the parents, the staff, you know, of of Sanorita. This uh like you like you said, it's a history-making moment. No matter who we choose,

032you're all winners because you helped us determine the best choice we can. So whether you're on the winning side or losing side, I want you to know you are winners because today you came up here, you presented, you showed courage and you spoke out for what you believe in. So for that, I just want to say you guys are like our little heroes today. All right. You represented. Um having said that, go ahead. >> You want to say something? Yeah. Real quick, I also want to thank Miss Donna Kanig for going allin on this idea and our board of trustees for letting this be such a community focused event for um selecting a new mascot. Santaorita school district is over 150 years old. So when Mr. Sandaval and Mr. Patel and Miss Lopez talk about

033you are part of history, you're determining the mascot for the next 150 or more years. So, I appreciate your hard work, students and staff, but Miss Kanig, Miss Zavala, I appreciate all the work that you put in throughout this process and uh creating a new mascot that meets um up to our new standards for our Sanorita Elementary School. Thank you, >> Mr. Patel. Do we want to start debate? >> You see, he has more to say. >> Oh, no. I just want to start the debate. >> You want to start debate? You can start it off. >> All right. Um, thank you for that. Um, when this was presented to us, I I wanted to keep three things in mind. And that is number one, I wanted to make sure we honored the rich history

034of a Native American that were here in this land who were proudly represented and unfortunately sometimes they're forgotten and I want to make sure that the decision incorporates that. The second consideration was a rich Mexican-American history. You know, people forget the rich history that the Mexican culture that has been part of this land is still part of this land. And last but not least, I wanted to honor this district, the little district, Sanorita district that might be small, but we're different. We do things our way. We have a vision. And last but not least, I often say the future should be guided by the voices of the young, you know. So I kind of have an idea of what I would like, you know, to to endorse, you know, but I would like to hear

035out from the other uh trustees. >> So yeah, I mean I all all three um finalist choices that you guys picked. I love every single one of them. But what Mr. Patel said, our district is very small, right? So we're small, but we stand out, right? So, I love that phrase that that parent shared with the hummingbirds, right? But um I don't know once um our uh president speaks. But I was thinking maybe once you know we decide we could maybe hear from them one more time everybody in the audience and maybe with like a cheer for each you know of the three finalists and then from that us take our our choice. I don't know if you guys would be open to that. >> You want to lead it? >> Yeah sure. So Um,

036[Music] seechech. And I'm just going to go based off the light last slide how they were in order. Okay. So, um remember just clap. Yay. Hooray. Let's see. Let's hear you guys. Okay. So, for the first um the first mascot for the lions, who wants the lions? Clap. >> Okay, cool. >> Uh the hummingbirds and lastly, the eagles. Awesome. Okay. All right. So, we got a clear message. >> Okay. For for me, uh when you guys were saying your comments, I was going back and forth because you guys all made so great points. It was really tough to decide between them because they all are great mascots. Um for me, the hummingbird was the most unique one. Um just because it seems such a small but powerful uh bird. And so for me, I felt

037like that resonates with our school district and with the Sanorita community and the diversity that it brings. Um, and kind of how unique it is. I mean, today we had our schoolboard meeting and it's and basically it was in English, Spanish and MCO, right? That is beautiful and amazing. And I just thought about hummingbirds and how many different colors they have and how that's a really great representation of that. So for myself, um, hummingbird is what I would like to entertain emotion for. A motion for the hummingbird to be our new mascot. >> I second that. >> All those in favor? >> I I >> I passes 30. >> Maybe clarify because I don't think they understand. >> All right. So, I'm excited to let everyone know that the new mascot for Santaita Elementary School

038from this day forward are the hummingbirds. Mr. President, um, every single presenter was a superstar today. I would humbly request that if as trustees can personally shake the hands of all individually these great presenters to let them know we thank them for the work they've done and thank you for standing up and thank you for coming today. You made a great difference. No matter whether you won or lost your mascot, you are a winner today. And we want to show you that appreciation by personally shaking each one's hand. Is that okay? >> Have them translate real quick. We'll see. Okay. How do you how do you beat that? Huh? >> What you said, Mr. president, you know, uh, Humberg, you rarely ever see that, you know, and I think that also exemplifies the uniqueness of

039our district, you know, and it incorporates all the three areas I was talking about. So, I think the students and staff made a great choice, you know, and it's interesting because I think hadn't then been done their detailed explanation, it's not something that would have considered, >> you know, until you kind of look the research and the history behind it and the meaning and stuff. So, they did a good job. Yeah. Okay, moving on to uh 9.2 approval of between Santa Union School District, CSEA for the reclassification and new job description for senior data systems and compliance specialists. >> Thank you. Over time, the job description of our what was her former student >> information specialist. Thank you. um have evolved as cowpads and the demands for compliance with state reporting have gotten more intense.

040And so this classification is to transition that job um description to senior data systems and compliance specialist to reflect the work and the level of work that's being done. Um the reclassification would be to a level a range 61 on the salary schedule. Um and has been there's been anou between CSEA and the district in favor of this transition. >> Motion to approve. >> Second. All those in favor? >> I I >> motion 30. >> Okay. So the part is approval ofou between Santaita Union School District and CSEA for the reclassification news option for special education student service data specialist. Similarly, um the special education um formerly administrative assistant has gradually the position has grown to a higher level of work that's demanded again with compliance, cowpads, etc. Um and so again, CSEA and the

041district met to negotiate the terms of this reclassification and to increase the range of the position to 45 on the classified salary schedule. Motion to approve. >> Second. All those in favor? >> I I motion 30. >> Okay, perfect. Our next regular board meeting will be October 22nd, 2025. Is there any suggested uh future board items? None. Okay. Um for myself, um I know in the past we had our two two by twos with the high school district. >> I wanted to see about possibly starting that up again. Um, and then I know uh within sports sometimes there's like transition with sports programs and that kind of stuff. I went into slowly kind of having a start conversation and we might already do this but just kind of more um intentional as far is um

042talking to the high school district as far as like transitioning within like uh what's happening in the sports programs or um either school music any type of programs where there's a transition that kind of impacts. I guess what I'm trying to figure out is the same way a lot of times um sports programs start looking at what the lower grades are doing in order to prepare them for that is kind of how that gets specialized. I know we have like the debate club or the group. It's like um starting at least to get them introduced to like hey at a high school level did you know there's a transition into that? So maybe figuring out where there's different touch points and how we can kind of if it's we might already be doing it. So

043I mean part of it we might be doing it and stuff but maybe um at the different school sites specifically like the the middle schools is finding out who their partner person is at the high school district and then finding out like hey once they get to us this is what we're looking at maybe something totally kind of where I'm brainstorming a little bit too is yeah >> I I I concur with that. I you know as a golf coach in high school we work with CSUMB to build that transition you know so having that bridge no matter what it is whether it's extracurricular or sports you know I I I I totally see that being beneficial for both >> you know they can build a better program we can build a better transition >>

044yeah and even um things around like um like special ed like if we have students that are transitioning out like what does that kind of look like for parents just different kind of parts um uh to figure out how we can kind of best support support um parents and students as they make that next transition to make them that much more successful. And that started me thinking about cuz I know a lot of times within different job careers, people aren't necessarily exposed or thinking about that stuff. I know with with um uh my nephew, he did uh band here and now he's enjoying it at the high school level. So then I'm thinking like there's a lot of stuff that students might not know that exists that they can start learning those skills at the

045middle school level that will help support their efforts that might lead to like scholarships or other things that kind of broaden their horizons in a big way better development stuff. That's kind of what I would want in a in the future kind of slowly talking about. >> Okay. Uh it is 654. Can I please get a motion to adjourn? >> Motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> All those in favor? Okay. >> Motion 30. >> Okay. Have a nice evening everyone.

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