001MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION UM IN LIGHT OF OUR MOST RECENT MEETING AND IN ANTICIPATION OF INCREASED INTEREST IN TONIGHT'S AGENDA IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WE WOULD CHANGE OUR LOCATION TO ACCOMMODATE INCREASED PUBLIC COMMENT THANK YOU ALL FOR SHOWING UP AND THANK YOU ESPECIALLY TO SCOE STAFF FOR MAKING THE ACCOMMODATIONS TO PUT US HERE JUST A BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT POSTING OR DISTRIBUTION OF BANNERS LEAFLETS HANDOUTS OR OTHER MEDIA OR COMMUNICATIONS WHICH SERVE TO PROMOTE OR DISCOURAGE SPECIFIC POINTS OF VIEW ARE PROHIBITED INSIDE THE MEETING ROOM FOR THOSE ATTENDING IN PERSON STATE OF CALIFORNIA RULES REGARDING WEARING FACE MASKS MUST BE FOLLOWED INCLUDING WEARING FACE MASKS IN ALL INDOOR PUBLIC SETTINGS WHEN STUDENTS ARE PRESENT IRRESPECTIVE OF VACCINE STATUS SO TRUSTEE COHEN THOMPSON WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE
002UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS OUR NATION THANK YOU CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL TRUSTEE LAVELL PRESENT TRUSTEE DUNNE HERE TRUSTY CHEEK HERE TRUSTEE COHEN THOMPSON YES TRUSTEE COLEMAN HERE HERE TRUSTEE SHARP HERE SO NEXT UP APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA MOTION MADE BY TRUSTEE COHEN THOMPSON SECONDED BY TRUSTEE DEAN LET ME GET A VOTE DONE YES TRUSTEE LAVELL YES NOW WE ARE GOING TO DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CLOSED SESSION OKAY SO WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION AND BE BACK WITH YOU SHORTLY GOOD YOU CAN TELL IF RED MEANS ALL RIGHT HELLO OKAY WE'RE BACK TO UH THE MEETING AND THERE WAS NO ACTION TAKEN DURING OUR CLOSED SESSION UM I HAVE A NOTE HERE ASKING THAT THOSE OF US AT THE BOARD
003MAKE SURE TO TALK INTO YOUR SPEAKERS THE THE LITTLE RED LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOUR MIC IS ON BUT APPARENTLY THE FOLKS IN THE ATRIUM CAN'T HEAR US IF WE'RE NOT SPEAKING DIRECTLY IN AND IF NECESSARY GO AHEAD AND TAKE YOUR MASK OFF WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ALL RIGHT SO ON TO CONSENT ITEMS ALL MATTERS LISTED UNDER CONSENT ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY THE BOARD IN ONE MOTION THERE WILL BE NO DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS PRIOR TO THE TIME THE BOARD VOTES UNLESS UH MEMBERS OF THE BORDER STAFF REQUEST SPECIFIC ITEMS TO REMOVE UH REMOVE FROM CONSENT UM ANY ITEMS TO BE REMOVED YES TRUSTEE SHARP I'D LIKE TO REMOVE ITEM C AND D OKAY ALL RIGHT THEN DO WE HAVE A MOTION MOVE APPROVAL OR APPROVAL
004OF THE REMAINDER OKAY A SECOND ALL RIGHT MOTION MADE BY TRUSTEE DEAN SECONDED BY TRUSTEE DUNNE CAN WE GET A VOTE YES TRUSTEE COHEN THOMPSON YES TRUSTEE COLEMAN YES TRUSTEE LAVELL YES OKAY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD REGARDING MATTERS WITHIN THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA THANK YOU VERY MUCH OKAY TURNING TO CORRESPONDENCE SUPERINTENDENT ESTRELLA HENDERSON NEXT TO YOU GOOD EVENING I HAVE NO CORRESPONDENCE VERY GOOD THEN WE TURN TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AT 6 42. POINT OF INFORMATION YES UH IS SOMEONE AT SCOE REDIRECTING PEOPLE UM NOTIFICATION WAS POOR AT BEST AND I'D
005LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY INTERESTED IS BEING REDIRECTED TO THIS LOCATION THERE'S SOMEONE THE AGENDA WAS POSTED AS WE NORMALLY DO AND WE DID PUT A SIGN ON THE DOOR OKAY THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS UM ARE WE ALLOWING SIGNAGE IN THE ROOM UH NO WE ARE POST UH POSTING OR DISTRIBUTION OF BANNERS LEAFLETS HANDOUTS OR OTHER MEDIA OR COMMUNICATION WHICH SERVES TO PROMOTE OR DISCOURAGE SPECIFIC POINTS OF VIEW ARE PROHIBITED INSIDE THE MEETING ROOM I FOLLOW UP ATRIUM CONSIDERED PART OF THE MOVIE BUT UM I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED SET UM MAYBE COUNCIL SAYS ADVICE WOULD YOU ADVISE ON THAT CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME YES THANK YOU UM MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE ATRIUM IS CONSIDERED PART OF THE MEETING ROOM THE PEOPLE THERE ARE LISTENING TO THE MEETING PARTICIPATING
006IN THE MEETING AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE THE ONLY REASON WHY THEY'RE IN THAT SEPARATE AREA IS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T ALL FIT PHYSICALLY IN THIS PARTICULAR MEETING ROOM THE AUDIENCE REGARDING THAT RULE I WILL ADVISE THE AUDIENCE OF THAT RULE SO FOLKS IN THE ATRIUM THE THE SIGNAGE RULE APPLIES TO YOU AS WELL THAT WE ARE ASKING THAT ALL BANNERS LEAFLETS HANDOUTS AND OTHER MATERIAL OR COMMUNICATIONS THAT SERVE TO PROMOTE OR DISCOURAGE SPECIFIC POINTS OF VIEW THAT ARE THEY ARE KEPT OUTSIDE OF THE MEETING AREA THANK YOU SO AGAIN PUBLIC HEARING OPEN AT 6 44. DID WE ALREADY DO THAT AT 6 42 60 42 AND WE'RE GOING TO TURN THAT OVER TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT YES THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT COUNTY BOARD TRUSTEES IF YOU RECALL THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CALIBER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
007A HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER PETITION APPEAL AND ON JANUARY 14 2022 CALIBER PUBLIC SCHOOLS FILED A PETITION WITH THE SOLANO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION APPEAL THE DECEMBER 15 2021 DECISION OF THE VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD TO DENY CALIBER PETITION TO ESTABLISH A NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ED CODE 47605 AND BOARD POLICY THIS EVENING THE BOARD WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR THE PETITION BY TEACHERS EMPLOYED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PARENTS SO HOW THIS IS WILL ROLL THIS EVENING IS THE PETITIONERS WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES AND THE DISTRICT WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES AND THEN WE WILL OPEN FOR PUBLIC ONLY OKAY SO AT THIS TIME WE INVITE THE PETITIONERS TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND I BELIEVE
008THAT MISS ROSS WILL BE MANNING THE TIMER AND YOU HAVE A TIMER RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE GREEN YELLOW RED OKAY VERY GOOD YOU COULD TURN ON YOUR MIC JUST RIGHT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT THERE VERY GOOD GOOD EVENING SUPERINTENDENT AND TRUSTEES MY NAME IS RACHEL WEINGARTEN I AM THE FOUNDING PRINCIPAL AT CALIBER CHANGE MAKERS ACADEMY IN VALLEJO AND I'M CURRENTLY THE HEAD OF SCHOOLS AT CALIBER PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS A VALLEJO RESIDENT WITH CHILDREN WHO WILL GO TO CHANGEMAKERS I LIKE MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE DEEPLY INVESTED IN THE QUALITY OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING BECAUSE THERE ARE CLOSE TO 900 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE ASKING FOR A NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN VALLEJO AND WE ARE READY TO PROVIDE ONE AND
009YET THE VCUSD BOARD DECLINED TO RESPOND TO THESE VALLEJO FAMILIES INSTEAD THEY CHOSE TO TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT AND PRIORITIZE BUDGET CONVENIENCES AND POLITICAL PRESSURES OVER WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS IN DOING SO THEY REINFORCED A STATUS QUO THAT CLEARLY IS NOT WORKING FOR FAMILIES IN VALLEJO ESPECIALLY FAMILIES OF COLOR WE ARE ASKING YOU TO REVERSE THEIR DECISION AND PUT OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FIRST NEXT SLIDE TWO YEARS AGO PARENTS CAME TOGETHER AND BEGAN TO DESIGN A HIGH SCHOOL THAT WOULD GIVE THEIR STUDENTS A CHANCE AT AN EDUCATION THEY CANNOT CURRENTLY FIND FOREVER COULD WE STOP THE TIME FOR JUST A MOMENT PLEASE TESTING WOULD YOU PERHAPS JUST STEP AWAY A LITTLE BIT FROM THE MIC WE CAN TRY IT THAT WAY THEY WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THEIR HIGH SCHOOL OPTIONS AND WANTED
010A VOICE IN DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THEIR STUDENTS RECEIVED THE RESULT OF THIS DESIGN PROCESS IS THE PETITION YOU ARE REVIEWING NEXT SLIDE CALIBER'S MISSION IS TO ACHIEVE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY BY SHIFTING THE EXPERIENCES AND OUTCOMES FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES OUR 28TH TO 8TH GRADE SCHOOL IN CENTRAL VALLEY IS A TESTAMENT TO THIS MISSION OUR SCHOOL POPULATION IS ETHNICALLY AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE REPRESENTING ALL PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY CAN YOU PLEASE STOP THE TIMERS THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE DO EACH OF THE TRUSTEES HAVE THEIR OFFICES ALL RIGHT FOLKS WE'RE GOING TO TRY THIS AGAIN THIS WINE GARDEN WOULD YOU BE SO KIND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU START FROM THE BEGINNING IF YOU WOULD THANK YOU AND WE WILL RESET THE TIME SO WE'RE GOOD YEP TESTING GOOD EVENING SUPERINTENDENT AND TRUSTEES MY NAME IS
011RACHEL WEINGARTEN I AM THE FOUNDING PRINCIPAL OF CALIBER CHANGE MAKERS ACADEMY IN VALLEJO AND I'M CURRENTLY THE HEAD OF SCHOOLS AT CALIBER PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS A VALLEJO RESIDENT WITH CHILDREN WHO WILL GO TO CHANGEMAKERS I LIKE MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE DEEPLY INVESTED IN THE QUALITY OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING BECAUSE THERE ARE CLOSE TO 900 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE ASKING FOR A NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN VALLEJO AND WE ARE READY TO PROVIDE ONE AND YET THE VCUSD BOARD DECLINED TO RESPOND TO THESE VALLEJO FAMILIES NEEDS INSTEAD THEY CHOSE TO TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT AND PRIORITIZE BUDGET CONVENIENCES AND POLITICAL PRESSURES OVER WHAT IS BEST FOR STUDENTS IN DOING SO THEY REINFORCE THE STATUS QUO THAT CLEARLY IS NOT WORKING FOR FAMILIES IN VALLEJO ESPECIALLY FAMILIES OF COLOR WE
012ARE ASKING YOU TO REVERSE THEIR DECISION AND PUT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FIRST NEXT SLIDE TWO YEARS AGO PARENTS CAME TOGETHER AND BEGAN TO DESIGN A HIGH SCHOOL THAT WOULD GIVE THEIR STUDENTS A CHANCE AT AN EDUCATION THEY CANNOT CURRENTLY FIND OR ACCESS THEY WEREN'T HAPPY WITH THEIR HIGH SCHOOL OPTIONS AND WANTED A VOICE IN DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION THEIR STUDENTS RECEIVE THE RESULTS OF THIS DESIGN PROCESS IS THE PETITION YOU'RE REVIEWING NEXT SLIDE CALIBER'S MISSION IS TO ACHIEVE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY BY SHIFTING THE EXPERIENCES AND OUTCOMES FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES OUR TK-8 SCHOOL IN CENTRAL VALLEJO IS A TESTAMENT TO THIS MISSION OUR SCHOOL POPULATION IS ETHNICALLY AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE REPRESENTING ALL PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THE VAST MAJORITY IDENTIFY AS BLACK OR LATINX WE ALSO EMPLOY A MORE RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DIVERSE TEACHING AND
013LEADERSHIP STAFF THAN THE DISTRICT WHICH WE BELIEVE SUPPORTS OUR MISSION IN A CRUCIAL WAY OUR ANNUAL STAFF RETENTION RATE IS REGULARLY BETWEEN 80 AND 90 EACH YEAR SHOWING THAT NOT ONLY IS THIS A GREAT PLACE TO LEARN BUT IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO WORK NEXT SLIDE OUR PROGRAM IS ROOTED IN OUR FOUR PILLARS HERE STUDENTS ARE SUPPORTED TO MASTER GRADE LEVEL ACADEMIC MATERIAL AT THE SAME TIME WE EDUCATE THE WHOLE CHILD OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE WELL-ROUNDED SELF AND SOCIALLY AWARE AND CONFIDENT DECISION MAKERS BY THE TIME THEY MOVE ON NEXT SLIDE I'M NOW GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ASHA KENNEDY MY CO-FOUNDER THANK YOU AND THE CALIBER MODEL WORKS WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF REGULARLY OUTPERFORMING THE DISTRICT AND THE METRICS WE'RE REALLY AFTER PERFORMANCE
014BY HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS SHOW WHERE WE REALLY SHINE NEXT SLIDE OUR STUDENTS OF COLOR REGULARLY OUT PERFORM THEIR PEERS AT THE DISTRICT AND OFTEN EXCEED THE COUNTY-WIDE AND STATEWIDE AVERAGES AS WELL NEXT SLIDE AND THE SAME IS TRUE FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH IEPS AND OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS OUR STUDENTS ARE HAPPY SUCCESSFUL AND PRESENT OUR LATEST STUDENT SURVEY AFFIRMS OUR WORK IN DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION RIGOROUS EXPECTATIONS AND SCHOOL SAFETY WE HAVE HIGH ATTENDANCE RATES AND ARE PROUD TO HAVE ONLY HAD TWO SUSPENSIONS SINCE OUR OPENING IN 2016. NEXT SLIDE WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO WHY WE ARE HERE TONIGHT OUR HIGH SCHOOL MODEL TAKES WHAT WE DO WELL AT CALIBER AND LEVELS IT UP TO BE HIGH SCHOOL APPROPRIATE IT WILL SUPPORT GRADUATES WHO DEEPLY KNOW THEMSELVES AND ARE EQUIPPED WITH COLLEGE AND CAREER
015READY SKILLS TO LEAD A LIFE OF ECONOMIC AND PERSONAL FULFILLMENT NEXT SLIDE NOT ENOUGH STUDENTS LEAVE LAOS HIGH SCHOOLS ELIGIBLE TO ENTER CALIFORNIA COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES LET ALONE COMPLETE THEIR DEGREE OUR MODEL IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE CONFIDENCE AND COMPETENCE BY BUILDING ON THE STRONG SEO AND ACADEMIC FOUNDATIONS FOR SUCCESS THAT ALREADY EXISTS AT CHANGEMAKERS WE STAND TO DOUBLE THE PROPORT THE PROPORTION OF VALLEJO'S HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES PREPARING FOR COLLEGE TAKEN TOGETHER THESE PRINCIPLES ARE ARE AN EMBODIMENT OF WHAT OUR FAMILIES HAVE DESIGNED AND WHAT WE OWE OUR STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO CARVE THEIR OWN PATH EQUIPPED WITH SELF-AWARENESS ADAPTABILITY AND RESILIENCE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE CALIFORNIA LAW OFFERS CLEAR CRITERIA FOR CHARTER PETITION REVIEW AS WE'VE DEMONSTRATED IN THE PETITION AND AS VC USD STAFF VALIDATED IN THEIR FINDINGS OUR POSITION MEETS ALL THESE CRITERIA IF
016YOU FOCUS ON WHAT'S BEST FOR VALLEJO STUDENTS IT IS CLEAR THIS PETITION SHOULD BE APPROVED I'M NOW PASSING THIS TO MARCUS MALARKEY CALIBER'S PRESIDENT THANK YOU AS ASHA SAID IF THIS PETITION WAS ONLY ABOUT WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS WE KNOW IT WOULD BE APPROVED BUT THE LAW ALSO PROVIDES FOR A BOARD TO CONSIDER DENYING AN OTHERWISE STRONG PETITION BASED ON THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL SITUATION NEXT SLIDE PLEASE THE VCUSD BOARD INVOKED THIS POSITION THIS PROVISION IN THEIR DENIAL AND WE BELIEVE THEY DID SO INAPPROPRIATELY IN ORDER TO DENY A PETITION UNDER THIS PROVISION A BOARD WOULD NOT ONLY NEED TO DETERMINE A RELEVANT CONDITION APPLIES BUT THEY ALSO NEED TO CONSIDER ANY REBUTTAL OFFERED BY THE PETITIONER REGARDING THE PROPOSED SCHOOL'S IMPACT ON THE DISTRICT THE WORD REBUTTAL IS CRITICAL HERE THIS IS NOT AN AUTOMATIC
017DENIAL THE PETITIONER IS ENTITLED TO REBUT THE PRESUMPTION AND IF IT'S COMPELLING THE BOARD CAN AND SHOULD APPROVE THE PETITION I'M NOW GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH FOUR ELEMENTS OF OUR REBUTTAL NEXT SLIDE PLEASE FIRST WE ARGUE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF VCUSD'S FINANCIAL TROUBLES AND HOW THOSE CONTRAST WITH THE SITUATION THEY FACE TODAY VCUSD ENTERED STATE RECEIVERSHIP IN AT THAT TIME CONTROL OF THE DISTRICT DECISION MAKING WAS REMOVED FROM THE BOARD AND A TRUSTEE WAS APPOINTED TO MAKE DAY-TO-DAY DECISIONS BY 2013 HOWEVER FULL CONTROL WAS RESTORED TO VCUSD THE TRUSTEE STEPPED OUT OF DAY-TO-DAY DECISION MAKING FOR THE DISTRICT AND FOR ALL PRACTICAL INTENTS AND PURPOSES VCUSD NOW OPERATES LIKE ANY OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE NOT IN RECEIVERSHIP THEY ARE NO LONGER IN THE KIND OF FINANCIAL CRISIS THEY WERE IN
0182004. TREATING VCUSD AS IF IT WERE IN A FULL STATE RECEIVERSHIP AND DENYING THIS PETITION ON THAT GROUND IS NOT APPROPRIATE NEXT SLIDE SECONDLY WE SHARED THAT THE REVENUE OF THE PROPOSED SCHOOL IS MINIMAL COMPARED TO THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE THE IMPACT THIS CHARTER SCHOOL COULD HAVE ON THE DISTRICT FINANCES IS NOT SIGNIFICANT AND WILL NOT JEOPARDIZE THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO FULFILL THEIR LOAN OBLIGATIONS NEXT SLIDE PLEASE THIRD WE DEMONSTRATED THAT ENROLLMENT IMPACT OF THE DISTRICT WILL BE LIMITED THE SCHOOL WILL NOT RECRUIT ANY CURRENT VCUSD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ITS PRIMARY STUDENT BODY WILL BE STUDENTS FROM CHANGEMAKER THE MAJORITY OF WHOM DO NOT GO TO DISTRICT SCHOOLS AFTER THEY GRADUATE FROM CHANGEMAKERS TODAY SOME OF OUR DETRACTORS HAVE SAID THAT CHARTERS ARE CAUSING DECLINING ENROLLMENT AT VCUSD BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT
019CHARTERS ARE NOT THE ROOT CAUSE OF VALLEJO'S ENROLLMENT PROBLEMS THE LARGER ISSUE IS FAMILIES LEAVING THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY'RE UNHAPPY WITH THE OPTIONS IN VALLEJO THIS WAS HIGHLIGHTED IN A SOLANO COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY REPORT IN 2020 AND WAS A MAIN TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AT THE DISTRICT'S RECENT BUDGET CONVERSATION TWO WEEKS AGO THAT CONVERSATION NOTED THE LARGE NUMBER OF INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFERS LEAVING DISTRICTS AND IN PARTICULAR HIGHLIGHTED THOSE LEAVING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL IN PARTICULAR DENYING THIS PETITION WILL NOT SOLVE VALLEJO'S PROBLEM OF ENROLLMENT IN FACT OPENING THIS HIGH SCHOOL MAY BE ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THIS BOARD COULD DO TO HELP VALLEJO'S HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS STAY IN THE CITY NEXT SLIDE PLEASE LASTLY WE ARGUE THE DISTRICT'S DENIAL FAILED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE DISTRICT'S FINANCES ARE IMPROVING SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE PAST COUPLE
020YEARS WE POINTED OUT THE LARGE AND WIDELY PUBLICIZED FUNDING INCREASES PROJECTED BY THE STATE AND WE ARGUE THAT IGNORING THESE SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERSTATES THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL POSITION AT THE TIME THE VCUSD BOARD FAILED TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE IMPROVING FINANCIAL OUTLOOK AND YET AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE TWO WEEKS AGO THE DISTRICT STAFF HAS SINCE AFFIRMED THE MUCH STRONGER FINANCIAL OUTLOOK THAT WE REPORTED IN OUR MEETING THE DISTRICT BUDGET STUDY SESSION PRESENTED A PRELIMINARY SECOND INTERIM LCFF FORECAST FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS THAT IS LITERALLY 20 TO 35 MILLION DOLLARS BETTER OFF THAN AT THE POINT WHEN THEY DENIED OUR PETITION AS WE SAID DURING THE PRESENTATION OF VCUSD THIS INCREASE WOULD MORE THAN OFFSET ANY POTENTIAL IMPACT THAT OUR SCHOOL COULD HAVE ON DISTRICT FINANCES AND IT FURTHER CEMENTS THE DISTRICT'S ABILITY TO REPAY
021ITS LOAN OBLIGATIONS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE CHARTER IS APPROVED NEXT SLIDE PLEASE TAKEN TOGETHER THESE FOUR FACTORS PROVIDE A STRONG FACT-BASED REBUTTAL OF ANY POTENTIAL CONCERN THAT THE DISTRICT IS EXPERIENCING A LEVEL OF FINANCIAL DISTRESS THAT WARRANTS A DENIAL BUT THIS SHOULDN'T COME AS A SURPRISE OUR REVIVAL IS ACTUALLY ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH THE DISTRICT STAFF'S OWN REPORT WHICH STATED AS I QUOTE AND YOU SEE HERE ON THE SLIDE THE DISTRICT REVIEW TEAM HAS NOT INCLUDED A FINANCIAL FINDING SORRY A FACTUAL FINDING TO SUPPORT THE DENIAL OF THE PETITION ON THE BASIS OF FISCAL IMPACT SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE US NEXT SLIDE PLEASE IT'S CLEAR THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF ACADEMIC NEED IN VALLEJO IT'S CLEAR THAT THE PROPOSED CHARTER WILL SERVE THAT NEED AND THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF VALLEJO FAMILIES ARE PLEADING FOR
022IT AND IT'S ALSO CLEAR THAT THERE'S NO FACTUAL BASIS FOR DENIAL ON THE BASIS OF FISCAL IMPACT ALL OF THIS WAS VALIDATED IN THE DISTRICT'S STAFF REPORT AND YET THE VCSC BOARD FAILED TO HEED ITS REPORT THEY FAILED TO PROVIDE WHAT OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS ARE ASKING FOR INSTEAD THEY CHOSE TO PRIORITIZE BUDGET CONVENIENCES AND POLITICAL PRESSURES OVER WHAT'S BEST FOR VALLEJO STUDENTS THEY DENIED THE PETITION ON THE BASIS OF FISCAL CONCERNS ESSENTIALLY SAYING THE DISTRICT CAN'T AFFORD TO DO THE RIGHT THING BUT THEY NEVER SERIOUSLY AND FACTUALLY EVALUATED THE FISCAL IMPACT THAT THEY WERE CITING AND IN CONTRAST WE'VE PROVIDED A REBUTTAL HERE THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT DOING THE RIGHT THING IS NOT UNAFFORDABLE THE QUESTION FOR YOU NOW IS WHETHER YOU'LL REPEAT THE SAME MISTAKE OR WHETHER YOU'LL SEE PAST THESE UNFOUNDED BUDGET CONCERNS
023AND POLITICAL PRESSURES TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR VALLEJO STUDENTS WILL YOU DO WHAT'S BEST FOR STUDENTS OR WILL YOU REINFORCE THE STATUS QUO THAT ISN'T WORKING FOR THEM FOR TOO LONG VALLEJO FAMILIES HAVE STRUGGLED IN A SYSTEM THAT ISN'T RESPONDING TO THEIR NEEDS WE ASK YOU TONIGHT TO SHOW THE STUDENTS THAT THE SYSTEM CAN STILL WORK FOR THEM WE ASK YOU TO VOTE YES ON THEIR PETITION THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THANK YOU THIS TIME THE DISTRICT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A 10-MINUTE PRESENTATION DID I GET YOU TO TURN YOUR MIC ON THERE WE GO HERE WE GO THANK YOU FOR PRESIDENT LAVELL VICE PRESIDENT DUNNE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SUPERINTENDENT ESTRELLA HENDERSON THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND FOR YOUR CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THIS IMPORTANT MATTER I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALSO
024FOR YOUR SERVICE TO SOLANO COUNTIES AND VALLEJO'S CHILDREN PARTICULARLY IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES THAT DEMAND SO MUCH MORE FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS MY NAME IS WILLIAM SPALDING AND I'M THE PROUD SUPERINTENDENT OF THE VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I SPEAK TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNING BOARD THAT ALLOW THAT EMPLOYS ME WHO VOTED UNANIMOUSLY ON DECEMBER 15 2021 TO DENY THE CALIBER CHARTER PETITION TO EXPAND THEIR PROGRAM TO INCLUDE HIGH SCHOOL GRADES TO ACCOMMODATE 600 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE I'LL GET TO THAT SLIDE IN A SECOND THE ISSUE BEFORE YOU IS VERY FOCUSED AND STRAIGHTFORWARD SO I HOPE TO DO THE SAME IN MY EXPLANATION OF THE CASE I WILL NOT WEIGH THE MERITS AND QUALITIES OF OUR SCHOOL PROGRAMS NOR SELL YOU ON ONE SCHOOL PROGRAM
025OVER THE OTHER VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED HAS MANY GREAT PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS AND WE SEE OURSELVES AS A DISTRICT ON THE MOVE PURSUING IMPORTANT INITIATIVES IN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT VISIONING STRATEGIC PLANNING AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION THAT HOWEVER IS NOT RELEVANT TO THIS PARTICULAR DISPUTE WHAT IS THAT ISSUE IS THE LAWFUL DENIAL OF THE CHARTER PETITION BEFORE YOU THAT IS UNDER CHALLENGED BY THE PETITIONER I WANT TO FOCUS ON THREE THINGS THE STATUS OF RECEIVERSHIP PERSISTENT DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND THE LAW AS I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FELL INTO A STATE OF INSOLVENCY IN 2004 FORCING THE DISTRICT TO SEEK SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN LOANS TO UNDERGO THE VERY RIGOROUS PROCESS OF RECEIVERSHIP CORPORATIONS AND MUNICIPALITIES THAT RUN INTO FINANCIAL INSOLVENCY CAN AVAIL THEMSELVES OF CERTAIN BANKRUPTCY PROTECTIONS INCLUDING DEBT RESTRUCTURING AND DEBT
026FORGIVENESS CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO NOT HAVE SUCH PROTECTIONS AND WHEN A DISTRICT BECOMES INSOLVENT IT MUST OBTAIN SPECIAL LEGISLATION TO BORROW MONEY TO RESTORE SOLVENCY JETTISON ITS LEADERSHIP AND STRENGTH STRIP ITS BOARD OF AUTHORITY BE ASSIGNED AN ADMINISTRATOR TO OVERSEE ITS OPERATIONS AND PAY THE LOAN BACK IN FULL WITH INTEREST THE DISTRICT THEN UNDERGOES A RIGOROUS PROCESS OF EARNING BACK ITS AUTHORITY OVER VIRTUALLY EVERY ASPECT OF DISTRICT OPERATIONS AND GOVERNANCE ONCE DISTRICT AUTHORITY IS EARNED BACK IT REMAINS UNDER VERY STRICT SUPERVISION AND SCRUTINY PARTICULARLY IN AREAS OF FISCAL AND ACADEMICS UNTIL THE LOAN IS FULLY REPAID SUCH AS THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCE OF THE VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH IS BORN BORN THIS BURDEN TO REPAY 60 MILLION DOLLARS WITH INTEREST FOR CLOSE TO 20 YEARS WITH OVER 7 MILLION DOLLARS TO GO REPAYMENT OF
027THE LOAN HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE BUDGET PROGRAMS STAFFING AND OUR STUDENTS ULTIMATELY BUDGET CUTS LEAD TO PROGRAM CUTS PROGRAM CUTS LEAD TO STUDENT DEPARTURE STUDENT DEPARTURE LEADS TO FURTHER BUDGET CUTS AND SO ON IT'S A VICIOUS CYCLE I'VE BEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THIS DISTRICT FOR 16 MONTHS NOW MY FIRST TWO DUTIES WHEN I RIDE WERE TO FIND A REPLACEMENT FOR A DEPARTING CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER AND THEN CUT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF OUR BUDGET THIS WAS AFTER A ROUND OF SCHOOL CLOSURES THAT OCCURRED IN THE YEARS PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED'S PERSISTENT DECLINING ENROLLMENT DRIVEN BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT I DESCRIBED HAS EXACTED A TOLL ON OUR PROGRAMS AND SCHOOLS IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WHILE THIS DISTRICT HAS LOST SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF STUDENTS THE COMMUNITY HAS SEEN EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT
028GROWTH IN CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THEIR ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN THE DIRECT BENEFICIARIES OF THE CHALLENGES FACING OUR SCHOOLS AND PERSISTENT DECLINING ENROLLMENT AS ILLUSTRATED IN THESE SLIDES AND I'M JUST GOING TO FOCUS HERE ON A COUPLE OF THE SLIDES THIS IS SLIDE IT SHOWS THE VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLLMENT HAS DECREASED BY 3088 STUDENTS SINCE 2014. THE PACE OF OUR ENROLLMENT SHRINKING IN THE DISTRICT HAS THE FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS IS AN AVERAGE OF FOUR PERCENT PER YEAR NEXT SLIDE PLEASE MEANWHILE THE INDEPENDENT CHARTERS HISTORICAL ENROLLMENT HAS GONE UP PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY CHARTER SCHOOL ENROLLMENT IN THE CITY OF VALLEJO HAS INCREASED BY 1 344 STUDENTS SINCE 2014 THE PACE OF THAT ENROLLMENT EXPANSION OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS HAS AVERAGED 17 PERCENT GROWTH A YEAR NEXT SLIDE PLEASE YOU CAN ALSO SEE
029THAT WE RUN PROJECTIONS AS WE MUST YOU KNOW IN IN TERMS OF GETTING OUR BUDGETS READY IN FUTURE YEARS AND YOU'LL SEE THAT OVERALL WE PROJECT THAT WE COULD LOSE CLOSE TO 2 000 STUDENTS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND THIS IS WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE CHARTER WE CAN MOVE TO SLIDE SEVEN PLEASE AS WE ARE ALL AWARE FUNDING OF SCHOOL FOR SCHOOLS IS BASED ON ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE SO DECLINING ENROLLMENT MEANS PERSISTENTLY DIMINISHING FUNDING THIS PUTS A DISTRICT IN RECEIVERSHIP HAVING ALREADY FALLEN INTO INSOLVENCY INTO A PRECARIOUS FISCAL POSITION IT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS REASON THAT AB1505 WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR IN 2019 FOR THE FIRST TIME DISTRICTS IN FINANCIAL DISTRESS COULD DENY A NEW CHARTER PETITION AND EXPANSION DISTRICTS SUCH AS VALLEJO THEREFORE IN THE STATE CURRENTLY IN
030RECEIVERSHIP WERE SPECIFICALLY PROTECTED BY PROVIDING THE DISTRICT'S BOARD THE ABILITY TO DENY SUCH A PETITION BASED SOLELY ON THE RECEIVERSHIP STATUS IN FACT THE PETITION IN A DISTRICT LIKE VALLEJO IS PRESUMED DENIED UNDER THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF DENIAL DOCTRINE AND I'LL CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO ITEM UH THIS ITEM HERE ON ON SLIDE SEVEN FORTY SEVEN C8 WHICH IS THE NEW LEGISLATION THAT'S BEEN INCLUDED INTO FOR 47 605 IT TALKS ABOUT THAT THE DISTRICT MAY DENY IF IT'S NOT POSITIONED TO ABSORB THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED CHARTER SCHOOL IT GOES ON TO SAY THAT THERE ARE THREE ITEMS THAT CAN BE INVOKED ANY ONE OF THE THREE EITHER THAT THE DISTRICT IS IN NEGATIVE STATUS IS IN QUALIFIED STATUS BUT WOULD BE GOING IN THE NEGATIVE STATUS WITH THE WITH THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHARTER
031AND THAT HAS TO BE SIGNED OFF ON BY THICK MAT IN THE COUNTY OFFICE OR SIMPLY BEING IN THE STATE OF RECEIVERSHIP WHICH VALLEJO IS CHARTER SCHOOLS PROPOSED IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT SATISFYING ONE OF THESE CONDITIONS SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF DENIAL JUST ONE OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES NEXT SLIDE PLEASE YOU HAVE OR YOU HAVE RECEIVED I'M TOLD A LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR UH OF THIS LAW AND THAT IS UH ASSEMBLYMAN PATRICK O'DONNELL D LONG BEACH AND IN IT HE SAYS WHEN WE ENACTED 47605 C8 THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT WAS TO ALLOW DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN FISCAL DISTRESS LIKE VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED TO FOCUS ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL HEALTH WITHOUT HAVING THE ADDITIONAL STRUGGLE OR ADDITIONALLY HAVING TO STRUGGLE FINE FINANCIALLY DUE TO AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CHARTER SCHOOLS OPENING WITHIN
032THE DISTRICT THIS PROVISION WAS EXPLICITLY WRITTEN FOR DISTRICTS LIKE VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED AND ANY FUTURE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT RECEIVE STATE EMERGENCY LOANS NEXT SLIDE PLEASE IN IT HE GOES ON AND I WON'T READ ALL THIS BUT HE GOES ON TO TALK ABOUT THE BILL CREATED REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF DENIAL FOR APPEALS OF CHARTER PETITIONS THAT ARE DENIED UNDER THE SECTION WHICH MEANS THAT A COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL DENY AN APPEAL FOR PETITION FOR A CHARTER SCHOOL DENIED UNDER THIS SECTION IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETS ONE OF THE LISTED CRITERIA BASED ON FACT A CHARTER SCHOOL MAY REBUT THE DENIAL IF THEY BRING EVIDENCE BASED ON FACT THAT THE DISTRICT DOES NOT QUALIFY UNDER ONE OF THE THREE CRITERIA SET FORTH AS YOU CAN SEE VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES WERE AT THE CENTER OF THIS
033LEGISLATION AND EXPLICITLY ADDRESSED IN A CLEAR STRAIGHTFORWARD AND OBJECTIVE MANNER THE STATUS OF RECEIVERSHIP IS THE ONLY CONDITION REQUIRED FOR THE VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD TO DENY THE PETITION AND TO HAVE THAT DENIAL UPHELD ON APPEAL THUS WE CONTEND THAT AT THE CORE OF THIS ISSUE SUBJECT TO REBUTTAL ARE THE TWO FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ONE DID THE VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD EXERCISE ITS VALID AND LEGAL AUTHORITY TO DENY THE CALIBER CHARTER PETITION ON DECEMBER 15 2021 UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF EDUCATION CODE 47605 AND 2 IS THE VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN FACT IN A STATE OF RECEIVERSHIP THE ANSWER TO BOTH QUESTIONS IS AN IRREFUTABLE YES AS SUCH THE VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT LOOKS TO THE SOLANO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO UPHOLD DECISION OF THE VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED
034SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION THANK YOU VERY MUCH SUPERINTENDENT SPALDING AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND YOU HAVE THE CARDS IN FRONT OF YOU WE ALSO HAVE SOME THAT HAVE COME IN ONLINE WHICH I'M HAPPY TO READ THERE MAY BE DOUBLES PEOPLE WHO SUBMITTED ONLINE BUT MAY SPEAK IN PUBLIC TODAY SO I WILL NOT I WILL NOT DOUBLE THOSE I WILL TAKE NOTE OF THOSE IF THEY'VE ALREADY SPOKEN ALL RIGHT THEN WE WILL START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN FOX GOOD EVENING SUPERINTENDENT ESTRELLA HENDERSON PRESIDENT LAVELL VICE PRESIDENT DUNNE AND COUNTY TRUSTEES PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT MY NAME IS JOHN FOX I'M A VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TRUSTEE AND I TOO WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR
035WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS ALL OF SOLANO COUNTY UM BEING HERE TONIGHT I FIRST WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE I DON'T WANT TO REPEAT WHAT SUPERINTENDENT SPALDING JUST SAID YOU KNOW WHY WE DENIED THE PETITION ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE FOLLOWED THE LAW WE EARNED OUR STATE RECEIVERSHIP WE HAVE BEEN EVENTUALLY HOPED TO BE OUT OF IT BUT THERE ARE MAJOR CAUSES IN OUR CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS WE'RE ALL AWARE OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT THE CLIMATE ENROLLMENT IS A CRISIS SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE BLEEDING THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND IN CALIFORNIA AS SUPERINTENDENT SPALDING SAID AT FOUR PERCENT PER YEAR HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WE ARE LOSING BECAUSE OF DECLINING ENROLLMENT WELL THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SCHOOL CLOSURE STAFF LAYOFFS STUDENTS WON'T HAVE HOME SCHOOLS ANYMORE THOSE ARE SERIOUS CONCERNS I AM REALLY TAKING BACK AS
036AN EDUCATOR OF 24 YEARS THAT OTHER EDUCATORS WOULD ACCUSE ME OR OF US OF TAKING AN EASY WAY OUT I WOULD NEVER TAKE AN EASY WAY OUT IN EITHER WITH MY PEERS ESPECIALLY WHEN DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND LOOKING AT OUR FINANCIAL STATUS ON WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR STAFF OUR STUDENTS OUR FAMILIES AND THE GREATER VALLEJO WE HAVE A COMMITMENT A RESPONSIBILITY TO ALL OF THEM SO THIS WAS NOT TAKEN LIGHTLY WE DID NOT HAVE BUDGET CONVENIENCE I HAD BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR OVER THREE YEARS AND BEING ON THAT BOARD WE HAD BECOME A COHESIVE BOARD WORKED TOGETHER WE HAVE CUT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE CLOSED SO MANY SITES TO RIGHT-SIZE THE DISTRICT WE HAVE DONE SO MANY PAINFUL THINGS AND WE DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE THANK YOU
037OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GLENN LOVELL OH REMEMBER THE SPEAKER MICROPHONE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU THERE YOU GO PERFECT CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW VERY WELL THANK YOU UH GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS MY NAME IS GLENN LOVELL AND I'M HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR NAPA SOLANO CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL AFL-CIO REPRESENTING TEACHERS PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS CONSTRUCTION WORKERS MANUFACTURING ALL SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY WORKERS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE STANDING HERE IN SOLIDARITY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC GOOD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION KNOWING MYSELF AS THE SON OF INCREDIBLY HARD-WORKING AND DILIGENT PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER LIKE HER MOTHER BEFORE HER I'VE SEEN THE SACRIFICES MADE TO ADVANCE KIDS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE THAT IS SIMPLY WHAT PUBLIC EDUCATION MUST BE WE HAVE BEEN DEFUNDING IT AND TREATING IT LIKE A BUSINESS FOR DECADES AND THAT NEEDS TO STOP
038IT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED A TRUE PUBLIC SERVICE AND OF BEING PROPERLY FUNDED AND SUPPORTED TO UPLIFT KIDS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE THAT IS NOT WHAT CHARTERS DO THEY'RE NOT THERE FOR ALL THE KIDS AT ALL THOSE LEVELS THAT CAN ONLY BE PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT LIFTS THEM ALL TOGETHER WE STAND HERE OF COURSE IN SOLIDARITY BECAUSE WE ARE OF THE COMMUNITY WE ARE THERE FOR THE STUDENTS AND FOR THE WORKING AND MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES BECAUSE WE ARE OF THE COMMUNITY WE ARE HERE TO FIGHT FOR THE FUNDING FIGHT FOR THE SUPPORT FIGHT TO KEEP PEOPLE THERE ON THE FRONT LINES TO HELP OUT THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE WE ARE THE COMMUNITY WE ARE HERE TO STAY AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE LIBERTY TO
039ASK ALL TEACHERS CLASSIFIED STAFF AND OTHER UNION MEMBERS AND WORKERS WHO ARE HERE IN SOLIDARITY TO PLEASE STAND AND RISE HERE TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE HERE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION THIS THE MESSAGE MUST BE CLEAR THAT OUR MOVEMENT WILL NEVER YIELD IN PROTECTING OUR KIDS IN THE PUBLIC GOOD AND WE WILL ALWAYS BE ON THE FRONT LINE PLEASE REJECT THIS THANK YOU OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNA PATERO YOU NEED THE RED LIGHT TURN THERE YOU GO GOOD EVENING MADAM PRESIDENT MADAM SUPERINTENDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SO NICE TO SEE A GROUP OF WOMEN FIERCE WOMEN HERE ESPECIALLY WITH WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AS A MEMBER OF THIS I'M HERE AS A AS A GRANDMOTHER I'M A I'M A MEMBER OF THE FAIRFIELD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD BUT I'M NOT HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
040THE SCHOOL BOARD I'M HERE SPEAKING ON MY BEHALF AND AS A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AS AN INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER I SEE THIS SOLANO COMMUNITY COLLEGE THAT THE FACT THAT THIS CALIBER SCHOOL REFERS TO ITSELF AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL IS OFFENSIVE ON SO MANY LEVELS SECOND IN ORDER TO CHANGE A POLICY IT IS IMPORTANT IMPERATIVE THAT THOSE WHO ARE WHO ARE EXPECTING TO CHANGE A POLICY MUST ESTABLISH A SIGNIFICANT REASON TO CHANGE THIS GROUP HAS NOT ESTABLISHED A SIGNIFICANT REASON TO CHANGE THEY SAY THAT THEY HAVE A ETHNICALLY DIVERSE CULTURALLY DIVERSE SCHOOL AND THEY SERVE 900 PUBLIC QUALITY SCHOOL QUALITY THAT IS NOT UNIQUE VALLEJO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ALSO ETHNICALLY AND CULTURALLY DIVERSE THERE'S NOTHING UNIQUE THAT THEY WERE GIVING US SECOND THEY TELL
041US THAT THEIR STUDENTS OUTPERFORM THE DISTRICT WHEN THEIR STUDENTS DON'T PASS WHERE DO THEY GO THEY GO RIGHT BACK TO THE DISTRICT THIRD THEY TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL TROUBLE FINANCIAL STRUGGLE OF THE VALLEJO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO BY TAKING AWAY A SMALL GROUP OF STUDENTS WILL FURTHER EXACERBATE THE FUNDING PROBLEM THAT THEY HAVE AT VALLEJO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN THEY TELL US THE REVENUE IS IS MINIMUM ANY REVENUE THAT IS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE VALLEJO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NEXT SCHOOL DISTRICT NEGATIVELY IMPACTS THE MAJORITY OF SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO GO TO VALLEJO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT THEY SAY IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEIR ENROLLMENT IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEIR ENROLLMENT AND THEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT OH THEY'RE GOING TO GET ALL THIS MONEY FROM
042THE STATE WHAT THEY LEARNED IS A PIECE OF PIE EFFECTIVELY WHAT THIS GROUP IS DOING THEY SEEK TO PROFIT OFF OF A SMALL TOKEN OF STUDENTS OF COLOR AND THAT'S VERY OFFENSIVE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS OF COLOR AT THE EXPENSE OF TAXPAYERS AND WITH THAT LITTLE ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY AS A TEACHER THANK YOU OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LAWRENCE HAGER NO YOUR BUTTON RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU SORRY THANKS GOOD EVENING SUPERINTENDENT UM AND TRUSTEES UH MY NAME IS LAWRENCE HAGER I'M A VALLEJO RESIDENT UH PROUD TEACHERS UNION MEMBER AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M ALSO SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ALL THE TEACHERS AT MY SCHOOL AND ALL THE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS WHO CAN'T BE HERE TODAY UM I'M AT PENNY COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
043IT'S PART OF THE VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ADMIT ALL STUDENTS REGARDLESS OF SKILL LEVEL DISABILITY LANGUAGE OR BACKGROUND AND OUR CHARTER SCHOOL IS SAYING THAT THEY REPRESENT AN ETHNIC DIVERSITY OF STUDENTS AND WE DO AS WELL BUT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS REPRESENT THE PUBLIC GOOD THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR OUR COUNTRY USED TO VALUE BUT INSTEAD PRIVATIZATION HAS BEEN TAKING OVER OUR COUNTRY IT'S BEEN TAKING OVER THESE SCHOOLS THINGS HAVE BEEN UM SCHOOLS ARE BEING RUN FOR PROFIT TEACHERS ARE NOT UM ARE NOT PROVIDED A GUARANTEE OF EMPLOYMENT AND IT'S TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES THAT THIS IS HAPPENING SCHOOLS IT'S LIKE THE LIBRARIES THE POST OFFICES EVERYTHING IS UNDER ATTACK IN OUR IN OUR COUNTRY AND I THINK THAT THERE'S A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN VALUES WHEN WE
044START TALKING ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS AND PRIVATIZING THEM IN IN OAKLAND THEY'VE CLOSED ABOUT 10 OF THOSE SCHOOLS AND THE FAMILIES WERE NOT WE'RE NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS TO THE THE BENEFIT OF THE OF THE UM OF THE STUDENTS OR FAMILIES OF THE COMMUNITY OUR STUDENTS NEED STABLE AND SUPPORTIVE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS WE NEED TO INVEST IN OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS AND NOT TRAIN THEM UP RESOURCES THE LAW SAYS THE DISTRICT IS UNDER FINANCIAL DISTRESS THE COUNTY MUST DENY THE APPEAL THIS EXPANSION WOULD SIPHON OFF 1.3 TO 1.6 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE FIRST YEAR UP TO 17 TO 22 MILLION DOLLARS IN FIVE YEARS OUR DISTRICT IS NOT IN A POSITION TO ABSORB THIS FINANCIAL IMPACT OF SUCH AN EXPANSION I ASK YOU THAT YOU PLEASE PROTECT THE VALET SCHOOLS AND
045SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND DENY THE CALIBER APPEAL THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH NEXT WE HAVE GREG MURRAY NO YOU NEED THE RED LIGHT THERE YOU GO GOOD OKAY UM GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS MY NAME IS GREG MURRAY I'M A TEACHER AT HOGAN MIDDLE SCHOOL I STARTED IN VALLEJO IN 1997. AND IT'S UH I JUST DON'T WANT TO REPEAT TOO MUCH WHAT EVERYBODY SAID IT GETS DOWN TO THIS SCHOOL BOARD DENIED THE APPLICATION FOR FUNDING OR EXPANSION OF THE CHARTER SCHOOL THAT THEY'RE OFFERING UM THEY DID IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW IT SEEMS TO ME IT'S PRETTY BINARY THEY ARE DOING IT BECAUSE THEY ARE IN RECEIVERSHIP ALL THE OTHER ARGUMENTS THEY'RE NOT RELEVANT TO THE ISSUE AT HAND IS THE WAY I SEE IT I DO KNOW BACK WHEN I GOT MY CREDENTIAL
046I WAS SWORN TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS AND I'M ASKING YOU BOARD MEMBERS TO REMEMBER THAT OATH AND TO ABIDE BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA INCLUDING AB1505 AND VOTE TO DENY THE APPLICATION THANK YOU NEXT IS DR TONY UBALDE HE LEFT OKAY HE WAS CONCERNED HE MIGHT NEED TO LEAVE GOT IT OKAY NEXT IS JACK FLYNN GOOD EVENING UH SUPERINTENDENT ESTRELLA HENDERSON BOARD PRESIDENT LAVELL MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY MY NAME IS JACK OKAY GUYS THANK YOU FIRST TIME MY NAME IS JACK POINT I'M A STUDENT IN THE SOLANO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM I'M HERE TONIGHT TO STRONGLY ASK THAT YOU DENY THE CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER PETITION APPEAL AS A STUDENT WHO HAS LEARNED IN SOLANO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SINCE AUGUST OF 2009 I
047HAVE SEEN HOW STRONG WELL-FUNDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE THE FOUNDATION TO THE SUCCESS OF STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS LIKE THE SCHOOLS FROM THE VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE CRITICAL TO ENSURING THE NEXT GENERATION WE'RE IN AN INCLUSIVE AND FORWARD-THINKING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT PRODUCES STUDENTS BOUND FOR THEIR BRIGHT FUTURES AND POTENTIALS SPEAKING AS A STUDENT IT IS CLEAR THAT THE CALIBER CHARTER REPRESENTS A MAJOR THREAT TO BOTH THE FISCAL HEALTH OF THE VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE ACADEMIC POTENTIALS OF VCUSD STUDENTS CALIBER CLAIMS THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS STUDENT ORIENTED AND WILL BENEFIT STUDENTS I STRONGLY DISAGREE CHARTER SCHOOLS HISTORICALLY HAVE SEEN LOWER TEST SCORES LESS STUDENT AND ACADEMIC POTENTIAL AND LOWER STUDENT AND TEACHER MORALE WE SHOULD SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND BOLSTER THEM SO THAT OUR STUDENTS TEACHERS PARENTS
048AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE HEARD AT A DIVERSE TABLE OF OPINIONS AND STAKEHOLDERS CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE NOT LIKE THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS PROVIDE LESS ACCOUNTABILITY THEY DON'T HAVE TO PULL THE LAW AS MUCH AS UM PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT'S WHY YOU'VE SEEN THE CHARTER THE CALIBER CHARTER SEEM TO DISREGARD THE LAW TONIGHT I WOULD STRONGLY ASK THAT THE STUDENT IN THE FRONT PUBLIC SCHOOLS PLEASE DENY THIS CHARTER IT SIGNIFICANTLY HURTS STUDENTS IN OUR COUNTY AND WILL REALLY LEAD TO UH LESS CONFIDENCE AND MORALE IN OUR STUDENT POPULATION THANK YOU THANK YOU NEXT UP IS SHANNON FRISSINGER SORRY IT'S A LONG WAY IN GOOD EVENING TO OUR UH SOLANO COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU TO DENY CALIBER CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL I'VE TAUGHT AT VALLEJO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 27 YEARS IT IS A
049WELL-RUN SCHOOL DISTRICT IF YOU CONTINUALLY LET CHARTER SCHOOLS EXPAND IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT WE LOSE MONEY I REGULARLY SPEND YOU KNOW AROUND FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ON MY CLASSROOM WHY BECAUSE AS THE CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE CREEPED IN THERE'S LESS MONEY FOR OUR CLASSROOMS CAN'T CONTINUE TO DO THIS YOU CAN'T CONTINUE TO THINK THAT THE TEACHERS ARE GOING TO PAY TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC KIDS IT'S NOT FAIR WE'RE GOING TO LOSE PROGRAMS IF YOU NEED TO ALLOW CHARTER SCHOOLS EXPANSION IN OUR CITY THERE ARE NO OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS REALLY IN THIS THIS IN THIS COUNTY THERE'S NO REASON TO CONTINUE TO PUT THEM IN VALLEJO SO PLEASE CONSIDER NOT ALLOWING CALIBER CHARTER TO EXPAND TO A HIGH SCHOOL THANK YOU THANK YOU OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JARED AUSTIN GOOD EVENING TRUSTEES I GET TO BE THE DECEPTION
050VOICE THE PRO CHARTER FOR THIS MY NAME IS JARED AUSTIN I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CAIRO'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS YOU GUYS HAVE EITHER VISITED ME OR SEEN ME BEFORE HEARD FROM ME I ALSO REPRESENT THE SOLANO COUNTY COALITION OF CHARTER SCHOOLS REPRESENTING ABOUT 5 000 STUDENTS THROUGHOUT SOLANO COUNTY AND THEN I AM ALSO ON THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CHARTER SCHOOLS APPOINTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SERVING ON MY THIRD TERM I'M NOT REPRESENTING THEM TONIGHT BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE POSITION THAT YOU ARE IN SITTING IN YOUR CHAIR LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC IS BOTH EXCITING IT'S CHALLENGING IT'S HEARTBREAKING ALL OF IT I DID NOT ENVY THE POSITION THAT YOU'RE IN BUT I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS SOMEONE WHO'S SERVED IN A SIMILAR POSITION FOR LAST FOUR YEARS I SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU UM
051WHAT I HAVE BEEN HEARING TONIGHT AND LOOKING AT THE PRESENTATION HAS BEEN VERY INTERESTING ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COUNTY OR THE DISTRICT'S POSITION IS THAT THEY ARE FOUR PERCENT DECLINING THE YEAR WHERE THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE GOING UP 17 PERCENT A YEAR AND I WOULD ASK YOU WHY IS THAT YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT OF VOICES A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO BE VOTING FOR EQUITABLE MEDIOCRACY AND JUST KEEPING STATUS QUO BUT OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE WANT CHOICE AND THEY WANT TO GO TO A BETTER CHOICE SO THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE INCREASING BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BETTER CHOICE AND SO WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT TONIGHT IS A LOT OF ADULTS OPINIONS AND ADULT ISSUES WHAT I'M NOT HEARING A LOT AND I HOPE YOU HEAR MORE OF IS THAT
052THESE ARE KIDS THESE ARE KIDS CHOICES THESE ARE KIDS FUTURES AND IF THEY HAVE A BETTER SCHOOL OPTION I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE POPULAR OPINION AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF COURAGE OUT OF YOU BUT I HOPE THAT YOU WOULD CHOOSE THAT COURAGE AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR KIDS AND NOT STICK WITH THE EQUITABLE MEDIOCRITY THAT EVERYONE WANTS YOU TO KEEP IN THE LAYOUT THANK YOU THANK YOU OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NICOLE MORGAN NICOLE MORGAN NOPE SOMEBODY WAS HONEST LAST CHANCE FOR NICOLE MORGAN OH IS SHE COMING THANK YOU OKAY HOW ABOUT TIFFANY MORGAN ARE YOU NICOLE MORGAN OR TIFFANY MORGAN TIFFANY OKAY TURN ON YOUR MIC RIGHT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU THERE YOU GO THANK YOU UM I'M TIFFANY OBVIOUSLY UM I'M A PARENT AT CALIBER AND UM
053I'VE BEEN LIVING IN VALLEJO FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND I WENT THROUGH THE VALLEJO SCHOOL DISTRICT MYSELF AND I GRADUATED IN 93. UM THE REASON I FEEL THAT CALIBER IS A GOOD FIT FOR MY FAMILY IS BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY OVER THE YEARS I FEEL THAT THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION OF THE ROYAL DISTRICT HAS CURATED KIND OF SLIGHTLY AND IT MAKES ME SAD TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I HAD A GOOD TIME GOING TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS I WENT THROUGH I WENT TO PATERSON I WAS THE FIRST KINDERGARTEN CLASS AT PATTERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I WENT TO COOPER I WENT TO BOYLE MIDDLE I WENT TO FLOYD HIGH SCHOOL I WAS ON THE SWIM TEAM I MEAN IT WAS IT WAS GOOD BUT YOU KNOW ONCE THE BASE CLOSED EVERYTHING KIND OF JUST WENT DOWNHILL UM WE WERE
054REJECTED BASICALLY THE CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL IS REJECTED BASICALLY BECAUSE OF FUNDING SAYING THAT WE WOULD TAKE AWAY FUNDING FROM THE VALLEJO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT OUR SCHOOL IS SMALL AND VALLEJO HAS ROUGHLY LIKE 120 000 PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT TOWN SO OUR SCHOOL'S KIND OF A DROP IN THE BUCKET ALSO THEY'RE PUTTING A NEW HOUSING OVER OFF OF COLUMBUS PARKWAY IN VALLEJO AND THAT SUPPOSED TO BE HUNDREDS OF HOUSES THAT'S MANY FAMILIES MOVING IN MORE TAX MONEY MORE STUDENTS AND UM I JUST FEEL THAT CALIBER PROVIDES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR VALLEJO TO DO LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY THEY WERE SAYING THAT CALIBER DOES NOT HAVE CHILDREN THAT DON'T LET CHILDREN COME IN THEIR CHERRY PICKED AND TO PUT IT BLUNTLY THEY WOULD NOT HAVE CHERRY PICKED MY KIDS IF THEY WERE GOING TO
055CHERRY PICK KIDS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MY KIDS TOOK RESOURCES AND SPECIAL NEEDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND THEY REALLY HELPED MY CHILDREN FLOURISH AND I HOPE YOU PLEASE CONSIDER TO LET US HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WE CAN KEEP IN THAT ENVIRONMENT AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING OUR CONSIDERATION OF TIME THANK YOU UH DID NICOLE OR NO YEAH NICOLE YOU'RE GOOD YOU'RE GOOD UM MY NAME IS NICOLE MORGAN AND I'M A CALIBER PARENT MY CHILDREN I HAVE THREE CHILDREN THEY'VE BEEN ATTENDING CALIBER SINCE THE SCHOOL STARTED I WAS A FOUNDING FAMILY I'VE LIVED IN VALLEJO SINCE 2009 AND I'VE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY FOR SCHOOLS TO GET BETTER CHANGE AND BE BETTER AND THEY HAVEN'T AND THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS IS THAT IF CALIBERS HIGH SCHOOL DOES NOT OPEN I WILL EITHER BE
056MOVING OUT OF VALLEJO PUTTING THEM IN PRIVATE SCHOOL OR HOMESCHOOLING THEM THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE WE REALLY NEED THIS SCHOOL TO OPEN THANK YOU BRIAN MURPHY IT'S ON OKAY THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME UM I COULD GO INTO AT LENGTH VARIOUS PARTS ABOUT HOW I LIKE CALIBER SCHOOL I LIKE HOW IT'S HELPED MY CHILD AT THE SCHOOL HE HAS AN IEP I HAVE PROACTIVE SERVICES I DON'T HAVE TO FIGHT FOR SERVICES FOR ANY ISSUES THAT HE HAS I WILL ALSO JUST BRIEFLY ON THE FUNDING ISSUE YOU KNOW VALLEJO SAYS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS LEFT ON THE STATE LOAN AND THEY'RE SELLING UH UNUSED PIECES OF PROPERTY FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHERE IS THAT MONEY GOING THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THANK YOU BRAZIL BAKER GOOD EVENING
057THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME MY NAME IS BASIL BAKER AND IT IS MY IMMENSE PLEASURE TO SAY THAT I'M A FOUNDING STAFF MEMBER OF CALIBER CHANGEMAKERS ACADEMY I HAVE BEEN A TEACHER THERE SO THIS WAS MY SIXTH YEAR AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROMISE OF CALIBER CHANGE MAKERS ACADEMY AND THE PROMISE THAT A HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BRING OUR STUDENTS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE NOWHERE ELSE OUR STUDENTS ACHIEVE THINGS THAT THEY WOULD ACHIEVE NOWHERE ELSE AND OUR STUDENTS ARE TREATED AS WHOLE ENTIRE PEOPLE IN WAYS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BE ANYWHERE ELSE I KNOW FOR A FACT BECAUSE I AM THE EVIDENCE I AM THE PERSON WHO SEES THESE STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY WHO GETS TO GREET THEM WHO GETS TO TEACH THEM AND WHO GETS
058TO SEE THEM GROW AND IT'S NOT ONLY MY STUDENTS THAT I HAVE NOW IT'S THE STUDENTS THAT I'VE SERVED FOR YEARS AND YEARS WHO I GET TO SEE COME BACK AND TELL ME ABOUT ALL OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY WOULD HAVE IF THEY HAD A HIGH SCHOOL OUR FAMILIES OUR STUDENTS DESERVE A CHOICE AND THEY DESERVE CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL THANK YOU THANK YOU TONY GROSS GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT LAVELL VICE PRESIDENT DONE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ESTRELLA HENDERSON TAKE THIS OFF MY NAME IS TONY GROSS AND I'M THE PRESIDENT CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD NORMALLY I HAVE A SCRIPT BUT I DON'T STICK TO IT BUT TONIGHT I WILL I PROMISE UH I I DO I DO
059WANT TO VARY A LITTLE BIT BY SAYING THAT I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE THE RESIDENTS OF VALLEJO ALONG WITH THE EMPLOYEES OF VCUSD FOR COMING FORTH TO YOU TO EX TO TO GIVE YOU THEIR EMOTIONAL PLEA ABOUT HOW NECESSARY IT IS FOR NOT ONLY OUR BOARD BUT FOR YOUR BOARD TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION WITH THAT I'LL CONTINUE MY SPEECH I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING OUR DENIAL OF CALIBERS EXPANSION AS YOU MAY KNOW WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER STATE RECEIVERSHIP WE ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING DECLINING ENROLLMENT AND HAVE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER OF QUALIFIED FINANCIAL STATUS FROM YOUR BOARD BASED ON THESE CURRENT CONDITIONS WE ARE COMPELLED BY ED CODE 47605 AS YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE TO DENY UH A CREATION OR EXPANSION OF ANY CHARTER ENTITY THE FACT THAT VCUSD IS UNDER STATE
060RECEIVERSHIP COMPELS US TO DENY ANY PETITION FROM CHARTERS FOR THE REASON FOR THAT REASON ALONE WITHOUT ANY FURTHER JUSTIFICATION OR ANALYSIS AGAIN WE STAND STRONG IN OUR COMMITMENT TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND WE ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT OUR DECISION WE HAVE RENDERED SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THANK YOU THANK YOU NEXT WE HAVE CAROL BISHOP GOOD EVENING HI I'M I'M CAROL BISHOP I'M A FORMER TEACHER FROM VALLEJO UNIFIED I TAUGHT THERE FOR 30 YEARS AND UM I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO BRING OUT FIVE IMPORTANT POINTS NUMBER ONE AS MR GROWTH SAID IT'S NOT LEGAL FOR THIS SCHOOL TO EXPAND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT VALLEJO IS STILL PAYING OFF ITS LOAN SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT NUMBER TWO CHARTERS DENY CERTAIN KIDS ENTRANCE
061THEY DON'T SERVICE SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HEARD RECENTLY THERE WAS A SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT THAT BEAT UP A TEACHER IN FLORIDA AND PUT HER IN THE HOSPITAL WELL THAT STUDENT IS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL AND IF THEY HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO UH PROVIDE THAT FAMILY WITH THE THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL THEN MAYBE THE STUDENT WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT BUT IF WE LOSE THE MONEY THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL KIDS WITH THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED AND ALL KIDS GO TO PUBLIC SCHOOL NOT JUST CHARTER NUMBER THREE I'M SORRY I CAN'T BREATHE UM WE DO NEED TO KEEP THE MONEY IN THIS IN THE SCHOOL IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN VALLEJO BECAUSE IT SERVES
062ALL THE KIDS NOT JUST A FEW OVER HERE AND VALLEJO IS THE MOST DIVERSE DISTRICT IN ALL OF CALIFORNIA MAYBE EVEN ALL OF THE COUNTRY SO WE DO SERVICE DIVERSE CHILDREN AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST I USED TO TEACH IN NEW ORLEANS BEFORE I CAME HERE AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW BUT AFTER KATRINA THEY WENT STRAIGHT CHARTERS RIGHT NOW 35 OUT OF 72 CHARTERS ARE GETTING A D OR AN F FROM THE STATE OF LOUISIANA BECAUSE CHARTERS DON'T REALLY WORK FOR ALL THE STUDENTS I'M AFRAID THAT IF WE KEEP LETTING CHARTERS COME INTO VALLEJO WE'RE GOING TO END UP IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT AND WHY IS IT THAT THE CHARTERS ALWAYS COME TO VALLEJO NOT FAIRFIELD NOT VACAVILLE THANK YOU NEXT IS LIBBY ONE MADAM PRESIDENT MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION YES
063COULD WE ANNOUNCE THE NEXT SPEAKER AS WELL AND PERHAPS THE ONE AFTER THAT SO THAT THEY CAN LINE UP THANK YOU NEXT UP WILL BE MISS SOPHIA ROBINSON OH THANK YOU HEY UM SO SINCE MOVING TO VALLEJO 10 YEARS AGO ME AND MY HUSBAND HAVE BEEN ANXIOUSLY EVEN BEFORE WE HAD KIDS ANXIOUSLY WATCHING AND WAITING ON THE VOLLEY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND HOPING FOR IMPROVEMENTS WE KNEW THAT WHEN THE TIME CAME THAT WE HAD KIDS THAT WERE GOING TO SCHOOL THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISION TO EITHER MOVE OR FIND ANOTHER OPTION BECAUSE THEY JUST AREN'T PERFORMING AND THEY AREN'T SAFE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND WE WERE EXCITED TO FIND CALIBER FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND NOW WE KNOW THAT IN A COUPLE YEARS WHEN IT'S TIME FOR HIGH SCHOOL WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
064FACE THAT SAME OPTION WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IF THERE IS NO CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL SO VALLEJO'S UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS GOING TO LOSE THE FUNDING FOR OUR FAMILY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BECAUSE WE CANNOT SEND OUR CHILD TO A SCHOOL THAT WE DON'T FEEL IS SAFE AND IS PERFORMING AS IT SHOULD I WISH THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE A VIABLE OPTION FOR EVERYONE BUT THEY'RE NOT AND I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH HOW MUCH VALLEJO NEEDS CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL AS AN OPTION THANK YOU THANK YOU UP NOW IS MISS SOPHIA ROBINSON AFTER HER IS JEANETTE WILEY IS SOPHIA ROBINSON OKAY JEANETTE WILEY AND THEN AFTER HER IS T REED GOOD EVENING THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I KNOW IT'S A HARD JOB THAT YOU HAVE BUT I'M GLAD YOU'RE AFFORDING EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
065SPEAK TONIGHT I HAVE BEEN A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER SINCE THE 90S IN CALIFORNIA PRIOR TO THAT I TAUGHT IN MISSOURI AND I KNOW THAT ROBUST PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEPEND ON THE SUCCESS I MEAN PEOPLE DEPEND ON THE ROBUST PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THAT PROVIDES SUCCESS FOR THE DISTRICT THE COUNTY AND THE STATE AS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER I WAS SUPPOSED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING AND PASS THAT ALONG THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER FOR ALL SUBJECTS I TAUGHT IN A MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER BECAUSE I JUST TAUGHT HISTORY AND ENGLISH BUT IN THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE ARE CREDENTIALED SPECIALISTS FOR EACH SUBJECT A MATH TEACHER A SCIENCE TEACHER LANGUAGE TEACHER SEVERAL LANGUAGE TEACHERS AND INSIDE THE CLASSROOM AP CLASSES OR SPECIAL CLASSES FOR KIDS
066WHO NEED MORE SUPPORT OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM ATHLETICS BAND PLAYS ART DRAMA SO A HIGH SCHOOL CAN PROVIDE A WEALTH OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS I KNOW THAT THERE'S STRONG FAMILIES HERE THEY'RE SUPPORTING THEIR CHILDREN WE NEED THOSE STRONG FAMILIES TO RETURN TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THE TUITION MONEY THE SUPPORT THAT WILL MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE TRYING TO KEEP THINGS AFLOAT THEY'RE WORKING REALLY HARD THE SUPPORT STAFF THE ADMINISTRATION OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND HELP CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE FAMILIES SO I STRONGLY URGE THE CALIBER FAMILIES TO RETURN TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOOLS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD WE NEED THAT FOR STUDENTS FAMILIES THE DISTRICT AND THE ECONOMY WORKING TOGETHER I CUR ENCOURAGE THE CALIBER
067FAMILIES TO RETURN TO SCHOOL THANK YOU VERY MUCH T REED AND THEN AFTER T READ IS NICOLE BECKHAM HELLO MY NAME IS TAMARA REED I AM A FOUNDING MOTHER FAMILY OF CALIBER MY CHILDREN AS YOU CAN SEE ALTHOUGH THERE HE HAS BEEN THERE SINCE FIRST GRADE UM AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE SINCE SHE'S IN THE THIRD GRADE HE'S IN THE SIXTH GRADE UM FOR ME CALIBER HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY I CAME FROM SAN FRANCISCO WHERE THERE'S A WORLD OF THINGS I STARTED TEACHING IN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AT 16 I'M 31 I HAVE TWO CHILDREN OF MY OWN AND CALIBER HAS CREATED A COMMUNITY I GOT TO VALLEJO WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS SIX MONTHS AND REALLY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PUT HER IN THE VALLEJO SCHOOL DISTRICT AND
068ONE OF THEIR STATE FUNDED PROGRAMS AND FOR ME SWITCHING HER OVER AND GETTING HER THE SUPPORT THAT SHE NEEDED IN SCHOOL HAS HELPED MAINTAIN HER EDUCATION AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL WHEN I HEAR YOU KNOW ALL THE COMMENTS AND THINGS FOR ME IT SOUNDS LIKE NUMBERS FOR BUT FOR ME I'M BIG ON FAMILY I'M BIG ON COMMUNITY AND I THINK THAT COLLECTIVELY IF THE GOAL IS EDUCATION I FEEL LIKE THE BLAIR UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD POSSIBLY MEET WITH CALIBER OTHER CHARTERS TO BECOME A PARTNER WITH THEM AND FIGURE OUT WHY THE CHILDREN AND THE FAMILIES ARE LEAVING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND GOING TO THE CHARTERS VERSUS JUST SAYING COME BACK BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KNOW WHY WE NEED TO COME BACK AND SEE THAT OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME EDUCATION IF NOT MORE
069SUPERIOR THAN WHERE WE ARE ALREADY MY STUDENTS I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE TIME BUT THEY HAD LITTLE COMMENTS THAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE AS WELL MY NAME IS DEONTAY WALKER STUDENT OF CALIFORNIA I THINK WE NEED TO CALIBRATE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE OF EDUCATION THE TEACHERS ARE ALSO GREAT AND IF LIKE YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO TALK TO THERE'S ALWAYS A PERSON TO TALK TO IF YOU'RE SAD OR MAD OR EVEN MIXED EMOTIONS YOU CAN ALWAYS TALK TO SOMEBODY OR STEP OUT OF CLASS TO HAVE A BREAK AND THEN GET RIGHT BACK TO LEARNING AND THE TEACHERS ARE GREAT MY NAME IS MY NAME IS CHARIS MICHAEL I AM A FOUNDING STUDENT AT CALIBER IN THIRD GRADE I THINK THAT WE NEED A CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE LOTS OF FAMILIES NEED A SCHOOL THAT BELIEVES IN
070THEIR STUDENTS AND TAKES THE RIGHT ACTION TO TEACH THE KIND OF EDUCATION THAT SOME SCHOOLS MAY NOT HAVE THANK YOU NOW NICOLE BECK CAM AND THEN AFTER IS CARMEN MORGAN OKAY GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS I'M HERE AS A TEACHER AT VALLEJO HIGH SCHOOL I TEACH AP WORLD HISTORY AND AP GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS I'M HERE BECAUSE MIKE MY KIDS ARE MY HEART I LOVE THEM TO DEATH ALL THE KIDS HAVE A PLACE THE GOOD ONES THE ONES THAT ARE SO SO AND THE HIGH ACHIEVERS WE HAVE AMAZING THINGS COMING OUT OF VALLEJO HIGH SCHOOL THREE OF MY FORMER STUDENTS ARE AT BERKELEY SEVERAL ARE UCLA OUR AP PROGRAMS ARE GROWING FANTASTIC THEY'RE JUST GREAT THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS BECAUSE CHARTERS STARTERS CAN PICK AND CHOOSE WE'RE OPEN TO EVERYBODY EVERYBODY DESERVES A QUALITY PUBLIC
071EDUCATION IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY'RE HOMELESS IT DOESN'T MATTER THEIR LANGUAGE STATUS WHETHER THEY SPEAK FLUENT ENGLISH OR THEY JUST ARRIVED PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION WE ARE THERE TO WELCOME ALL STUDENTS AND THEY BELONG IN LOYOLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS LASTLY I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION UM THE FIDUCIARY DUTY OF THE STATE RECEIVERSHIP THAT IS THAT IS YOUR DUTY TO DENY IF YOU HAVE A LEGAL IF THERE'S A LEGAL PRECEDENT UH TO DENY THE CHARTER THEN DO SO DON'T DON'T CREATE SOMETHING THAT WILL CAUSE MORE TIME LAWSUITS ETC ETC DO WHAT MAKES SENSE DENY THE CHARTER THANK YOU THANK YOU CARMEN MORGAN POINT OF PRIVILEGE UM I'M GETTING WAY HAND WAVES IN THE BACK THAT THERE'S SOME HEARING OKAY ALL RIGHT OKAY CARMEN MORGAN AND THEN NEXT IS STEPHEN QUINLAN AND COULD
072YOU LEAN INTO THE MIC SO OR TAKE YOUR MASK OFF SO THAT EVERYBODY IN THE BACK CAN HEAR FROM MY SIX YEARS I'VE BEEN AT CALIBER I'D SAY THAT OTHER SCHOOLS I'VE BEEN I'VE SEEN IN VALLEJO ARE DEFINITELY NOT WELL TO PUT TOGETHER I KNOW A LOT OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS ARE OUTDOORS BUT COME ON I'VE SEEN A LOT OF SCHOOLS THAT LOOK LIKE JUST PORTABLE PORTABLES IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EMPTY FIELD MY THEN TEENAGE SISTER TOLD ME THAT ABOUT HER EASILY SKIPPING CLASSES BUT IN CALIBER THEY MAKE SURE TO KEEP YOU SAFE HAVE YOU SEEN THE WAITING LINE PACKED WITH PEOPLE WAITING TO GET IN TO GET INTO A GOOD EDUCATION AND KEEP SAFE THIS SCHOOL FOCUSES MAINLY ON THE LEARNING OF STUDENTS BUT THAT ALSO COMES WITH FUN THEY FOCUS A LOT ON
073EDUCATION AND MENTALITY OF THE STUDENTS MAKING THEM FEEL SAFE AND WANTED I'VE GONE TO CALIBER THERE THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BORING YEAR IN CALIBER I'VE MADE MEMORIES FRIENDS AND GAINED NOT SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE I'M SO PROUD TO BE A CALIBER STUDENT AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO LEAVE AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO LEAVE IN HIGH SCHOOL IT'S LIKE LEAVING A HOMETOWN I KNOW I KNOW EVERYONE AND A LOT OF TEACHERS SO I DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH BEING THE NEW KID OR NOT KNOWING ANYTHING THANK YOU THANK YOU STEVEN QUINLAN HI I'M STEVE QUINLAN I TEACH ENGLISH 9 AND 11 FOR THE LOYAL CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT I LIKE TO STATE THAT THE CALIBER CHARTER SCHOOL IS OPENING FOR ONE REASON ONLY CORPORATE GREED THEY SEEK TO TEMP CHILDREN OF COLOR TO TURN A PROFIT I
074SAY THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE GORDON GECKO TYPES RUNNING THEIR SCHOOLS AND NOT EDUCATORS WE LOOK AT THE PROFILE ON ROCKETREACH.COM OF ONE OF THE PRESENTERS TODAY MARCUS MALARKEY HE'S A SMART GUY GOT A MASTERS IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL NOT EDUCATION BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION YOU LOOK AT HIS SKILLS ON THIS PROFILE MONETIZATION STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS CUSTOMER ACQUISITION STARTUPS MOBILE MARKETING ENTREPRENEURSHIP STRATEGY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ANALYTICS DIGITAL MARKETING WHAT I DON'T SEE IS SOCIO-EMOTIONAL LEARNING CHILDREN OR EDUCATION THANK YOU THANK YOU AND THE LAST ONE THAT I HAVE A CARD FOR IS CHRISTINA JARVIS I DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER GOOD EVENING UM I HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE SPEAK VERY PASSIONATELY THAT WERE OPPOSED TO OUR CHARTERS SO I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND THE PASSION THAT I'M GOING TO SPEAK WITH RIGHT NOW I HAD NO
075IDEA THAT SO MUCH MISPLACED PASSION OR PURE HATE COLLIDE AMONGST A GROUP OF PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN TO OUR SCHOOL AS A MOTHER TO TWO BEAUTIFUL BLACK BOYS ONE IS A FORMER CALIBER STUDENT AND THE OTHER IS A CURRENT STUDENT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS SCHOOL HAS SHIFTED MY CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE I LOOK AROUND THIS ROOM AND I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER HOW MANY OF YOU ALL EVEN PUT YOUR OWN CHILDREN THROUGH VCUSD SCHOOLS VERSUS CHOOSING PRIVATE SCHOOLS FORGET THE MONEY AND POLITICAL AGENDAS WHAT ABOUT OUR CHILDREN CALIBER GAVE MY CHILDREN A SAFE PLACE TO LEARN AND GROW EVERY SINGLE DAY ON GOOD DAYS THEY EMBRACE THE WHOLE CHILD AND ON BAD DAYS THEY EMBRACE THE WHOLE CHILD THE DISTRICT AND UNION THROW AROUND TERMS LIKE EQUITY AND CHILD CENTERED WORK
076BUT TONIGHT ALL I HEARD ABOUT WAS MONEY GREED AND FEAR CALIBER IS NOT A THREAT IT'S SAD AND OUR FUTURE LEADERS OUR CHILDREN MY SONS DESERVE BETTER APPROVING OUR CHARTER WOULD NOT JUST GIVE FAMILIES AN OPTION BUT IT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST CHOOSE CHOOSE WHAT'S BEST FOR THEIR CHILDREN CHOOSE WHAT'S BEST FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND EVEN AS EMPLOYEES WORKING IN A PLACE THAT FEELS LIKE HOME WHERE YOU ARE ACCEPTED IT IS IMPORTANT ATTACKING OUR CHARTER IS LIKE ATTACKING OUR CHILDREN AND AS A MOTHER I WILL NOT HAVE IT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THANK YOU ALL RIGHT SO CHRISTINE WHAT WAS YOUR LAST NAME DID WE HAVE A CARD FOR CHRISTINE SHANNON ALL RIGHT WHY DON'T YOU COME AHEAD AND THEN UM AFTER CHRISTINE SHANNON WE HAVE UH CONRADO OR MONTY OR MONTY
077OR MONTH THANK YOU THERE WE GO CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD MY NAME IS CHRISTINE SHANNON I'M HERE TO VOICE MY CONCERN OVER CHARTER EXPANSION AND VALLEJO IRONICALLY I HAVE BEEN AN EDUCATOR I HAVE BEEN A CHARTER SCHOOL EMPLOYEE FOR NINE YEARS I WAS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM BEFORE THAT FOR 14. I WORK AT MIT ACADEMY WHAT USED TO BE MY WORK HOME AND A SAFE HAVEN HAS BECOME A MASSIVE SOURCE OF UNHAPPINESS FOR ALL OF THE STAFF AND ALL OF THE STUDENTS IT IS CLEAR THAT THE CALIBER COMMUNITY LOVES THEIR SCHOOL AND THAT IS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE I USED TO LOVE MITA AS WELL BUT WHILE AN ORGANIZATION MAY START WITH THE BEST OF INTENTIONS SOMETIMES A LITTLE TASTE OF POWER CAN CHANGE THINGS RAPIDLY LEO DOESN'T
078NEED ANOTHER INDEPENDENT CHARTER SCHOOL IT NEEDS WELL-FUNDED VCUSD SCHOOLS WITH A BOARD THAT IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS FAMILIES EXITING CALIBER AFTER GRADE EIGHT I URGE YOU TO COME BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS GET INVOLVED THERE AND BE A PART OF ELEVATING THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT SERVES ALL VALLEJO STUDENTS I'D LIKE TO DO THAT MYSELF THANK YOU CONRADO YOU SAID IT'S ORMONTE ORANTE OH WE HIT IT ONE MORE TIME GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY I WASN'T GONNA SUPPORT I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO SPEAK BUT JUST LISTENING TO WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET FUNDING HOW ABOUT THE KIDS YOU KNOW FEEL FOR THE KIDS THE KIDS ARE OUR FUTURE LET'S INVEST ON OUR FUTURE LET'S HAVE SCHOOLS THAT WOULD COMPETE YOU KNOW NOT JUST FOR THE FUNDING BUT KEEP OUR
079STUDENTS YOU KNOW WISE OPEN MY KIDS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING THEY SAY DAD WE HAVE A CIRCLE CIRCLE MEANS YOU TELL THEM HOW YOU FEEL TODAY AND THAT IS HOW THE TEACHERS YOUR CLASSMATES OTHER STUDENTS WILL RESPECT THAT SPACE IF YOU NEED SPACE THEY'LL GIVE YOU SPACE BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THE TOOL THAT THEY USE THIS IS I JUST FOUND OUT WHEN MY KIDS STARTED SCHOOL I'M LIKE TOOLS WHAT TOOLS THEY GOT MEASURING TOOLS YEAH LISTENING TO SOMETHING OKAY BUT NOT ONLY THEM LEARNING I'M LEARNING WITH THEM AND I REQUEST TO PLEASE APPROVE THE CHARTER SCHOOL BECAUSE MY KIDS AND OTHER KIDS NEED A PLACE A SAFE HAVEN TO GO TO THANK YOU THANK YOU THAT'S THE LAST OF OUR CARDS BUT I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL ONLINE COMMENTS YES I'LL BEGIN WITH THE READING
080THE ONES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR THE FIRST ONE IS FROM MARY GARGARITANO FROM VALLEJO I GREW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WHERE WE WERE TAUGHT THAT EDUCATION IS A KEY TO OPENING UP BETTER OPPORTUNITIES MY PARENTS WORKED HARD TO SEND US TO SCHOOL THAT OFFERS QUALITY EDUCATION WE CANNOT AFFORD PRIVATE SCHOOLS AT THE TIME BUT WE HAVE OPTIONS I WOULD SAY I AM PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE FROM DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS OUR OPTIONS WEREN'T JUST LIMITED TO ONE OR TWO SCHOOLS WE HAVE MANY OPTIONS FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THIS HAPPENED AT A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY I WANT MY CHILD TO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN OPTION FOR QUALITY EDUCATION CALIBER ACADEMY OFFERS THAT I AM CONFIDENT AND VERY SATISFIED WITH THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION MY SON IS RECEIVING FROM CALIBER
081AND I DO NOT THINK HE WILL FIND THAT ELSEWHERE I TOLD HIM THAT IF CALIBER ENDS UP NOT GETTING APPROVED TO OPEN HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL I WOULD CONSIDER SENDING HIM TO ANOTHER COUNTRY SO HE CAN RECEIVE A BETTER EDUCATION BECAUSE I CANNOT IMAGINE HIM ATTENDING ELSEWHERE IF NOT CALIBER THE DISCIPLINE AND INSTRUCTION HE GETS FROM CALIBER IS JUST ABOVE AND BEYOND STANDARDS THE NEXT ONE IS FROM COREY PENROSE FROM VALLEJO GOOD EVENING SOLANO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES I AM VERY SORRY I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING TONIGHT IN PERSON BUT I AM WRITING TO THE SUSTAINABLE BODY TO REITERATE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY NAMELY TO ENSURE THAT A DISTRICT IN RECEIVERSHIP LIKE VALLEJOS DOESN'T LOSE UPWARDS OF 20 MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS BECAUSE YOU APPROVED THIS CHARTER
082EXPANSION AND OVERRULED THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF VALLEJO'S DULY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD THEREFORE I URGE THIS BOARD TO PLEASE UPHOLD THE FINDINGS OF THE VALLEJO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND REFUSE TO TAKE CRITICAL RESOURCES AWAY FROM THE STUDENTS IN VALLEJO SCHOOLS BY DENYING THIS APPEAL IF THIS CHARTER IS APPROVED THE LEO SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS WOULD FACE MASSIVE CUTS OUR STUDENTS CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE MORE PROGRAMS MORE CLASSES AND MORE RESOURCES SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR EVERY STUDENT IN VALLEJO BY VOTING TO DENY THIS CHARTER APPEAL THANK YOU THE NEXT ONE IS FROM KEVIN STEELE FROM VACAVILLE ON BEHALF OF THE TEACHERS OF THE VALLEJO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION WE WANT TO ASK THE SOLANO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO CONTINUE INVESTING EQUITABLY IN ALL VALLEJO STUDENTS AND DENY THE CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL PETITION VALLEJO
083SCHOOLS SERVE THE ENTIRE VALLEJO COMMUNITY WE WORK WITH FAMILIES AND STUDENTS FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE EVERY RACIAL AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND AND EVERY LEARNING STYLE OUR TEACHERS TAKE PRIDE IN THE WORK THEY DO TO HELP EVERY STUDENT SUCCEED EDUCATING STUDENTS REQUIRES RESOURCES THAT WE ARE ALREADY SHORT ON OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ALREADY PAYING OFF A STATE LOAN FROM BEING IN STATE RECEIVERSHIP WE ARE ALREADY PROJECTING SIGNIFICANT BUDGET SHORTFALLS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS APPROVING ANOTHER CHARTER THAT WILL DRAIN MORE RESOURCES AWAY FROM OUR STUDENTS IS UNCONSCIONABLE THIS IS EXACTLY WHY ASSEMBLY MEMBER PATRICK O'DONNELL AUTHORED AB1505 AND THE LEGISLATURE REVISED THE LAW TO GIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUCH AS VCUSD THE TOOLS IT NEEDS TO KEEP OUR RESOURCES WHERE THEY WILL BE USED ON ALL OUR STUDENTS IF THE PROPOSED CHARTER SCHOOL IS APPROVED THE TOTAL
084LOSS TO VCUSD STUDENTS THROUGH HARMFUL CUTS AND PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WOULD BE BETWEEN 1.3 AND 1.6 MILLION IN THE FIRST YEAR AND END UP TO 17 TO 22 MILLION CUMULATIVELY IN FIVE YEARS DID YOU HEAR THAT MONICA VERY GOOD THANK YOU SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT SHE IS NOT GOING OVER THE THREE MINUTES FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL IF THEY COULD SEE THE YEAH OKAY THANK YOU THE NEXT ONE WAS FROM VALERIA MILLER FROM VALLEJO AND THERE IS NO COMMENTS A MINUTE THE NEXT ONE IS FROM HONG PHAM FROM VALLEJO CALIFORNIA DEAR SOLANO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION BOARD MEMBERS I AM WRITING TO SUPPORT THE APPROVAL OF THE CALIBER HEIGHT CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL IN VALLEJO AS A VC USD ALUM AND INTERESTED TEACHER I AM FULLY ADVOCATING FOR CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
085SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING ANTI-RACIST PRACTICES RIGOR AND JOY WILL BE HELD TOGETHER AND ALIGNED ACROSS ALL TEACHERS LEADERS AND SPACES AT THE SCHOOL THESE ELEMENTS REPRESENT WHAT VALLEJO'S YOUNG PEOPLE WANT NEED AND DESERVE I HUMBLY MAKE THIS CLAIM BECAUSE I AM A PRODUCT OF VALLEJO AND ITS PUBLIC SCHOOLS SINCE MY GRADUATION FROM JESSE BETHEL HIGH SCHOOL IN 2011 I GRADUATED FROM YALE AND BEGAN MY TEACHING CAREER AS A HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY LED MY OWN CLASSROOM AND SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS TO DELIVER BREAKTHROUGH ACADEMIC GROWTH TO STUDENTS OF ALL SUBGROUPS ESPECIALLY OUR MOST VULNERABLE I BELIEVE THAT THE STUDENTS OF VALLEJO DESERVE THE SAME ACCESS TO THE BAY AREA ECONOMY THAT THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN LARGER CITIES HAVE AND I BELIEVE THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE THE KEY TO CREATING THESE OPPORTUNITIES CALIBER HIGH SCHOOLS PROGRAMS WILL
086DEVELOP PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE REGIONAL ECONOMY AND BE ABLE TO BRING ITS FRUITS BACK TO VALLEJO VALLEJO STUDENTS ESPECIALLY DESERVE A SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY THAT VALIDATES THEM UPLIFTS THEM AND INDEED HELPS THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES HEAL I KNOW THAT CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL WILL LEAVE THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WITH LOVE FURTHER I KNOW THAT CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL WILL CULTIVATE A LOVING CULTURE AMONG STAFF AND STUDENTS THAT WILL HELP ME THRIVE AS I AFFECT SYSTEMIC CHANGE FROM THE CLASSROOM IT IS BECAUSE OF THE PROMISE OF CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL THAT I EAGERLY AWAIT MY OPPORTUNITY TO QUOTE UNQUOTE COME HOME AND EXPERIENCE A HOMECOMING IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE IN ONE OF CALIBER'S HIGH SCHOOL'S CLASSROOMS AS A TEACHER AND A HOMEGROWN ADVOCATE FOR VALLEJO'S FUTURE THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE
087AS A PRODUCT OF VALLEJO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AVALIA RESIDENTS STILL TO THIS DAY THE NEXT ONE IS FROM MARIANA FROM VALLEJO NO COMMENT SUBMITTED THE NEXT ONE IS FROM LETICIA SANCHEZ FROM VALLEJO THIS ONE IS BOTH IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH I HAVE TWO KIDS THAT ARE VERY COMFORTABLE IN THIS SCHOOL SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO OPEN A HIGH SCHOOL MISS IJOS MY CHILDREN ARE VERY HAPPY SO I'M TRANSLATING MY CHILDREN ARE VERY HAPPY IN THIS SCHOOL I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL HERE THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL THEY ARE WORRIED BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO MOVE TO ANOTHER SCHOOL THE NEXT ONE IS FROM LIBBY JUAN FROM VALLEJO CALIBER CHARTER SCHOOL IS THE ONLY SCHOOL IN VALLEJO THAT I FEEL SAFE SENDING MY CHILD
088DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS AND LOW PERFORMANCE AT OTHER SCHOOLS I COULD NOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE SEND HIM TO ANOTHER WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF A CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL WE AND MANY OTHER FAMILIES WILL BE FORCED TO MOVE OUT OF VALLEJO IN ORDER TO PLACE OUR CHILDREN IN SAFER HIGH SCHOOLS PLEASE APPROVE CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL SO THAT GOOD FAMILIES ARE NOT LEAVING THE LAYOUT FOR BETTER DISTRICTS THIS ONE IS FROM KRISTA KITTLESON CARR FROM VALLEJO I WANT TO COMMENT ON THE NEED FOR CALIBER CHANGE MAKER TO BE ABLE TO OPEN A HIGH SCHOOL I FEEL LIKE THE OPTIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN VALLEJO ARE NOT IDEAL I THINK HAVING CALIBER OPEN AND BUILD A HIGH SCHOOL WOULD DO THE COMMUNITY GOOD EVERYTHING I HAVE WITNESSED ABOUT THEIR PROGRAM IS AMAZING AND FOCUSES ON THE KIDS AND THEIR
089BEST INTERESTS PLEASE VOTE TO LET THEM BUILD THEIR HIGH SCHOOL FROM AMY FLETCHER FROM BENICIA PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING THE HIGH SCHOOL TO CALIBER SCHOOL IN VALLEJO CALIBER IS A GREAT ADDITION TO VALLEJO AS IT HELPS SO MANY FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THIS ONE IS FROM MARIELA PARTIDA ALSO FROM VALLEJO AND IS ALSO IN SPANISH PALEO NEEDS SCHOOLS WITH AN EXCELLENT ACADEMIC LEVEL IN ADDITION TO TEACHERS WITH THE PREPARATION AND EXPERIENCE THE CALIBER SCHOOL OFFERS IT WOULD BE SATISFACTORY THAT OUR CITY WOULD OFFER THE HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CHILDREN FROM ROBERT MORGAN FROM VALLEJO MY NAME IS ROBERT MORGAN AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF VALLEJO FOR 22 YEARS I HAVE TWO CHILDREN GRADES 3 AND 5 WHO ATTEND CALIBER CHANGE MAKERS ACADEMY CALIBER CHANGE MAKERS HAS MADE STRIDES IN MY
090KIDS ACADEMICS MY OLDEST DAUGHTER STRUGGLED AND WAS HELD BACK IN THE FIRST GRADE BUT IS NOW EXCELLING IN FIFTH GRADE THANKS TO THE GREAT SUPPORT FROM CALIBER CHANGE MAKERS CALIBER ALSO HAS A STRONG FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH WHICH HAS BEEN A BLESSING DURING THESE COVET PANDEMIC TIMES THE TEACHERS ARE WONDERFUL AND I COULDN'T HAVE PICKED A BETTER SCHOOL FOR MY CHILDREN CALIBER ALSO HAS A STRONG ANTI-BULLYING STANCE I MET PARENTS WHO PULLED THEIR KIDS OUT OF BENICIA SCHOOLS AND TRANSFERRED THEM TO CALIBER FEELING CALIBER WAS THE ONLY SCHOOL THAT COULD KEEP THEIR CHILDREN SAFE I HOPE THAT YOU WILL VOTE TO APPROVE CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL IN VALLEJO MY CHILDREN HAVE HAD SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE AT CALIBER A CHANGE MAKERS ACADEMY AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE THEIR EXCELLENT EDUCATION AT A CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL A
091CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET TO VALLEJO AND THE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS IT WOULD SERVE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION SINCERELY ROBERT MORGAN FROM MARIKA HURST FROM VALLEJO I HAVE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH CALIBER FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS MY SON WAS IN THE FOUNDING GROUP OF CHILDREN STARTING IN THE THIRD GRADE WE TRIED TWO OTHER SCHOOLS BEFORE FINDING THIS DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH I HOPE I CAN CONTINUE MY SON'S EDUCATION WITHOUT THE PRESSURE OR PROBLEMS THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL SEEMS TO THRIVE IN MY SON FEELS LIKE HE HAS A VOICE AND THE FUNNY PART IS I DO TOO THE SCHOOL LISTENS THEY ADJUST AND KEEP THRIVING TO DO TO BE BETTER AND DO MORE FOR THE COMMUNITY I DON'T TRUST HE WILL GET A BETTER EDUCATION OR BE AS SAFE IN
092SCHOOL ANYWHERE ELSE IN VALLEJO UNFORTUNATELY HONEST FROM ALLISON MORGAN FROM VALLEJO HI MY NAME IS ALISON MORGAN I AM A STUDENT OF CALIBER CHANGE MAKERS CALIBER CHANGES MAKER ACADEMY IN THE FIFTH GRADE I STARTED CALIBER WHEN THEY FIRST OPENED I FEEL OUR SCHOOL NEEDS A HIGH SCHOOL NOT JUST FOR ME BUT FOR OTHER STUDENTS TOO MOST KIDS CAN'T AFFORD PRIVATE SCHOOLS ALSO WE HAVE OTHER TWO OTHER CHILD WE ONLY HAVE TWO OTHER CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLS AND MY KIDS CAN'T EVEN GET INTO THESE SCHOOLS SINCE THESE SCHOOLS HAVE SUCH LIMITED SPACE ON THE OTHER HAND THE KIDS AND THE PUBLIC DO NOT GET THE BEST EDUCATION I FEEL LIKE CALIBER IS A GOOD SCHOOL BECAUSE BACK AT MY OLD SCHOOL I HAD A HARD TIME WITH READING BUT WHEN I WENT TO CALIBER THE STAFF TOOK
093THE TIME TO HELP ME LEARN TO READ ALSO AT MY OLD SCHOOL I WOULD GET IN FIGHTS WITH OTHER STUDENTS AND MY OLD SCHOOL WOULD NOT CARE BUT AT CALIBER THEY WOULD HAVE THE STUDENTS TALK THINGS OUT BEFORE THINGS GOT WORSE I WOULD CONTINUE TO LEARN AT CALIBER FOR THE YEARS TO COME THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME FROM SHIRLEY FROM VALLEJO I WANT A CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL FOR MY DAUGHTER IN AUGUST MY DAUGHTER IN AUGUST MY DAUGHTER BEEN BULLIED IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN VALLEJO SHE'S IN SPECIAL ED AND I'M NOT PUTTING HER BACK INTO A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN VALLEJO I WANT MY HIGH SCHOOL THEY NEED A GOOD EDUCATION IN VALLEJO SO GIVE CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL A CHANCE AND PLEASE VOTE YES I AM NOT GOING TO SEND MY DAUGHTER BACK TO PUBLIC SCHOOL
094IN VALLEJO IT'S NOT A CHARTER SCHOOL FROM SHIRLEY BOWDEN BOWDEN FROM VALLEJOS I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT MY DAUGHTER IS IN SPECIAL ED AND SHE IS IN SHE IS EIGHTH GRADE RIGHT NOW WHEN SHE WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SIXTH GRADE I PUT HER IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL IN VALLEJO THEY ARE BULLYING MY DAUGHTER AND I DO NOT LIKE IT I WANT MY DAUGHTER TO HAVE A BETTER EDUCATION AND A BETTER PLACE TO BE SAFE BETTER PLACE TO BE AND SAFE I WANT A CHARTER CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL SO IF YOU DON'T GO YES VOTE YES I'M NOT GOING TO PUT MY DAUGHTER INTO PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN VALLEJO PLEASE VOTE YES FOR A CHARTER CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL FROM MARY MADRIGAL FROM VALLEJO I BELIEVE THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL OH NO SORRY THE ITEM NUMBER
095IS UM UH NINE CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL I AM A PARENT OF TWO CALIBER STUDENTS I WOULD LOVE FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE THIS HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN OUR CALIBER TEACHERS STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS THEY ARE BY FAR THE BEST VALLEJO HAS TO OFFER ACADEMICALLY MY KIDS HAVE BLOSSOMED AND STRIVED SO MUCH MORE SINCE COMING TO THIS SCHOOL THESE PEOPLE TAKE PRIDE IN HELPING THE KIDS REACH THEIR GOALS AND PUSH THEM TO BECOME BETTER I TRULY BELIEVE IN HAVING A SISTER SCHOOL FOR CHANGE MAKERS CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL WOULD CONTINUE THE PATH ALREADY PAID BY CALIBER TEACHERS MY KIDS ARE DOING SO WELL SINCE COMING ON BOARD MY KIDS IEPS ARE NEVER LATE AND THEY ARE ALWAYS DILIGENT ABOUT THEIR PERFORMANCES RESOURCES AND ENCOURAGEMENT WE SET GOALS AND THESE GOALS ARE ALWAYS SUPPORTED STUDENT LEARNING IS
096MORE IMPORTANT THAN POLITICS IT'S DISHEARTENING KNOWING VCUSD UNION MEMBERS AND TEACHERS ARE HANDING OUT FLYERS AT VALLEJO SCHOOLS DISCOURAGING THE PUBLIC AND SUPPORTING OUR FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL BASED ON THEIR PROPAGANDA POLITICS AND MORE DIRTY POLITICS THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE STUDENTS THEY CARE ABOUT MONEY AND FINANCES IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT IT'S ABOUT MY CHILDREN'S FUTURE I WANT MY KIDS TO EXCEL IN A CALIBER SETTING WITH PROFESSIONAL CARING TEACHERS I NEVER FELT THAT SUPPORT WHEN WE WERE PART OF VCUSD FROM JULIA AGUILA FROM VALLEJO NO COMMENTS FROM UH CRYSTAL OR CRISTAL FROM VALLEJO I WISH FOR THE PETITION TO PASS FOR THE KIDS HIGH SCHOOL THEY REALLY NEED THIS SCHOOL TO KEEP THE EDUCATION THERE'S NO OTHER HIGH SCHOOL THAT REALLY CARES AND PUTS ALL THEIR EFFORT TO TEACH THESE STUDENTS MY CHILDREN LOVE CALIBER AND
097LEARN SO MUCH I WILL GLADLY BE SO HAPPY IF THEY WILL OPEN A HIGH SCHOOL AND I WILL HAVE A HIGH SCHOOLER IN TWO YEARS AND IF THEY DON'T OPEN AT CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL I WILL TRANSFER MY HIGH SCHOOLER OUT OF VALLEJO SCHOOL DISTRICT ROSEMARY ABREGO FROM VALLEJO OUR KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY DESERVE A GOOD QUALITY EDUCATION FROM JULIA AGUILA FROM VALLEJO THERE WE GO MY NAME IS JULIA MY SON BRYSON IS AN EIGHTH GRADER AT CALIBER CHANGE MAKER ACADEMY HE HAS BEEN ATTENDING CALIBER SINCE THE FOURTH GRADE THERE ARE MANY AMAZING THINGS THAT I CAN SHARE ABOUT CALIBER THE STAFF THE AMAZING FAMILIES THAT REPRESENT CALIBER AND OUR EXPERIENCE HERE BUT I WILL SUM IT UP WITH ONE WORD OPPORTUNITY WHEN BRYSON TRANSFERRED TO CALIBER IN THE FOURTH GRADE I WASN'T SURE HOW THE
098SCHOOL COULD SUPPORT MY SON'S LEARNING DIFFERENCES CALIBER HAS GONE ABROAD ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SUPPORT BRYSON'S LEARNING NEEDS THEIR SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS PROVIDED TIMELY AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO BRYSON THAT ULTIMATELY GAVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSITION OUT OF SPECIAL ED SERVICES ENTERING EIGHTH GRADE BRYSON HAS EXCELLED ACADEMICALLY IN EVERY CLASS SINCE ARRIVING AT CALIBER IN ADDITION TO CALIBER'S STRONG COMMITMENT TO ACADEMICS CALIBER IS IT RUNNING OKAY I CAN'T TELL UH LET'S SEE CALIBER HAS GIVEN BRYSON OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN RICH EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AS A PARENT I APPRECIATE THE FAMILY-LIKE CULTURE AT CALIBER AND THEY PARTNER WITH US AS PARENTS IN OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION THEY HAVE GIVEN ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ACTIVE AND IS LEARNING THEY'VE ACHIEVED THIS BY HAVING ACCESSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE STAFF THAT COMMUNICATE WITH ME ON A REGULAR BASIS NOT
099JUST WHEN MY CHILD WAS DOING WRONG THEY HAVE A UNIQUE KNACK OF NOT ONLY EMPOWERING THE STUDENT BUT THEY ALSO EMPOWER THE FAMILY THE PARENTS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT CALIBER PROVIDES ITS STUDENTS THAT WAS NOT OFFERED TO BRYSON AT OTHER VALLEJO SCHOOLS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND DEVELOP SOCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY I APPRECIATE A SCHOOL THAT VALUES MY CHILD AS A WHOLE PERSON THEIR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING COMPONENT THAT IS WEAVED INTO THE CURRICULUM HAS GIVEN STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO APPROPRIATELY DEAL WITH CONFLICT AND IT HAS INSTILLED A NEW LAYER OF CONFIDENCE IN MY SON HOW MANY SCHOOLS DO YOU KNOW HAVE MULTIPLE DEDICATED CLINICIANS MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AS REGULAR STAFF TO SUPPORT STUDENTS BY APPROVING A CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL YOU ARE GIVING OTHER CHILDREN IN VALLEJO THE OPPORTUNITY TO THESE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
100RIGHT FROM THEIR SCHOOL I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO GO INTO THE LASTING BENEFITS THAT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS PROVIDES BUT I TRUST YOU AGREE WE WOULD LOVE FOR BRYSON TO CONTINUE HIS EDUCATION AT CALIBER WITHOUT A CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL IN THE NEAR FUTURE HE HAS APPLIED AND BEEN ACCEPTED TO TWO DIFFERENT PRIVATE SCHOOLS OTHERWISE WE WILL STRONGLY CONSIDER AN OUT-OF-DISTRICT TRANSFER THAT WILL PUT BRYSON WITH SIMILAR OPPORTUNITIES CALIBER HAS PROVIDED TO HIM MALEO FAMILY SALEO STUDENTS DESERVE OPTIONS FOR SCHOOLS AND CALIBER IS A GREAT OPTION AS A LIFELONG VALLEJO RESIDENT I STRONGLY BELIEVE A CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL WILL ONLY ENHANCE MY COMMUNITY I TRULY HOPE THAT YOU GRANT THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR AN AMAZING EDUCATION FOR VALLEJO STUDENTS THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION THIS ONE IS FROM LEANNE DUDEN FROM NAPA AS A TK
101AND KINDERGARTEN TEACHER IN BCUSD AT STEFAN MANOR ELEMENTARY I AM INCREDIBLY WORRIED ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF ANOTHER CHARTER THAT WILL TAKE RESOURCES SUPPORTS AND OPPORTUNITIES AWAY FROM THE KIDS IN OUR DISTRICT MY CURRENT TK AND KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS DEPEND ON A SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE SCHOOLS I AM CONCERNED THAT BY THE TIME MY KIDDOS GET TO HIGH SCHOOL VALLEJO'S DISTRICT SCHOOL WILL HAVE BEEN DECIMATED BECAUSE OF THE PROLIFERATION OF PRIVATELY RUN CHARTERS HAVE TAKEN SO MUCH FROM THEM PLEASE FOLLOW THE LAW UPHOLD THE UNANIMOUS DECISION OF THE ELECTED VCUSD SCHOOL BOARD AND DENY THE CALIBER CHARTER APPEAL AND INSTEAD FOCUS ON THE 10 000 KIDS INCLUDING MY CLASS OF TK AND KINDERGARTNERS THAT WE HAVE IN VCUSD THAT CANNOT AFFORD ANY CUTS TO THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OUR KIDS ARE COUNTING ON YOU TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT THEIR
102NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT SCHOOLS RESPECTFULLY LEANNE DUDEN MARISSA FROM VALLEJO I AM A FOUNDING PARENT AT CALIBER CHANGE MAKERS MY KIDS LOVE THEIR SCHOOL AND WANT TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION HERE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL GIVE OUR KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE LEARNING AT CALIBER CHANGE MAKERS WITHOUT OUR CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL I WILL HAVE TO RESORT TO FINDING A SCHOOL IN ANOTHER CITY PLEASE GIVE OUR SCHOOL THE CHANCE IT DESERVES RICARDO SOTO FROM SACRAMENTO MY NAME IS RICARDO SOTO AND I AM THE GENERAL COUNSEL AND CHIEF ADVOCACY OFFICER OF THE CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION I WAS INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATING THE FINAL VERSION OF AB-1505 WHICH WAS ULTIMATELY ENACTED IN 2019. THE QUOTES FROM ASSEMBLYMEMBER PATRICK O'DONNELL WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE VALLEJO CITY PRESENTATION ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT OF THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF DENIAL AND AN APPEAL TO
103THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION BASED ON SUCH A FINDING DISTORT THE ACTUAL STATUTORY LANGUAGE AND ARE NOT INDICATIVE OF THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT IN GENERAL A LEGISLATOR'S PERSONAL UNDERSTANDING OF A BILL DOES NOT INDICATE THE LEGISLATURE'S COLLECTIVE INTENT IN ENACTING THAT BILL MORE IMPORTANTLY CALIFORNIA COURTS DO NOT CONSIDER THE POST-ENACTMENT STATEMENTS OR PROCLAMATIONS FROM AN INDIVIDUAL LEGISLATOR ABOUT A BILL RELEVANT TO THE INTERPRETATION OF A STATUTE OR INDICATIVE OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT UNDER AB1505 AND AS WAS TRUE BEFORE AB1505 A CHARTERING AUTHORITY CANNOT DENY A CHARTER PETITION UNLESS IT MAKES WRITTEN FACTUAL FINDINGS BASED ON THE SPECIFIC PETITION SETTING FORTH SPECIFIC FACTS SUPPORTING ONE OF THE CONDITIONS FOR THE DENIAL CONTRARY TO WHAT ASSEMBLY MEMBER O'DONNELL HAS SAID THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF DENIAL IS NOT RELATED TO DISPROVING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MEETS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS
104BUT INSTEAD IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFUTING WEATHER QUOTE UNQUOTE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOT IN A POSITION TO ABSORB THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED CHARTER SCHOOL AS SUCH THE COUNTY BOARD MUST EXERCISE ITS INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY TO REVIEW THE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER ON WHETHER THE DISTRICT CAN ABSORB THE FISCAL IMPACT AND NOT CONDUCT A NARROW REVIEW BASED ON THE MISLEADING STATEMENTS FROM CHARLENE ARGATE FROM VALLEJO CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BE A WELCOME ADDITION TO HIGH SCHOOL OPTIONS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN VALLEJO AS A VALLEJO NATIVE AND NOW A VALLEJO PARENT WE NEED THE BEST POSSIBLE OPTIONS FOR OUR KIDS TO SUCCEED AND GO ON TO COLLEGE SENDING MY CHILD TO AN UNDERPERFORMING DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL IS NOT IDEAL SOME FAMILIES CAN'T AFFORD TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT DISTRICT OR PAY THE PRIVATE SCHOOL PLEASE APPROVE
105THE APPEAL AND ALLOW CALIBER TO OPEN A MUCH NEEDED HIGH SCHOOL OPTION IN VALLEJO CALIBER CMA IS A GREAT SCHOOL WITH A DEDICATED AND HARD-WORKING TEACHERS AND STAFF I WOULD EXPECT THE SAME CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL I WOULD EXPECT THE SAME OF CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL AND LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO SEND MY KIDS THERE ONE DAY THANK YOU FROM NANCY FROM VALLEJO I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE CALIBER CHARTER SCHOOL I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO MY DAUGHTER GOING TO A HIGH SCHOOL AS THIS WAS SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FROM OTHER SCHOOLS AROUND US I WISH I COULD DO SOMETHING TO HELP THIS SCHOOL OPEN PLEASE HELP FUND THIS SCHOOL VICTORIA FROM VALLEJO I AM VERY UPSET BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTENDING THIS NEW SCHOOL AND IT WAS A GREAT
106OPPORTUNITY FOR ME I FEEL LIKE FERMIN SOTO ALREADY READ OR WAS THAT ONE THAT CAME IN AND DIDN'T HAVE OH RICARDO OKAY VERY GOOD THIS IS FARMING FROM VALLEJO I WOULD LIKE TO VOICE HOW UPSETTING IT IS TO HEAR THAT CALIBER CHARTER SCHOOL WILL NOT BE RECEIVING FUNDING VALLEJO STUDENTS HAVE LOTS OF POTENTIAL AND HAVING THIS OPPORTUNITY WOULD HELP THEM SEE THAT THEY HAVE A GREAT POTENTIAL IN THIS WORLD HEARING ABOUT CALIBER CHARTER GAVE ME AND MY CHILD HOPE FOR THEIR EDUCATIONAL FUTURE AND IT'S VERY UPSETTING TO MY WHOLE FAMILY THAT THIS WILL NO LONGER BE POSSIBLE I ASK WHOLEHEARTEDLY TO PLEASE RECONSIDER CAROL BISHOP SPOKE IN PERSON CAROL BISHOP FROM FAIRFIELD REBA FOWLER FROM VALLEJO DEAR BOARD MEMBERS I'M A VALLEJO RESIDENT SINCE 1996 AND I GREW UP IN THIS TOWN DURING MY TEENAGE
107YEARS AND WENT TO VALLEJO HIGH SCHOOL I CURRENTLY HAVE TWO CHILDREN TODAY ONE A CURRENT FIFTH GRADER AT CALIBER CHANGE MAKERS AND ANOTHER ONE A FUTURE KINDERGARTNER AT CALIBER CHANGE MAKERS I AM WRITING TO YOU IN SUPPORT FOR BUILDING A CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN VALLEJO I AM EXCITED TO SEE A CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN VALLEJO BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE THE CULTURE THAT THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED AT CALIBER CHANGE MAKERS AT CALIBER CHANGE MAKERS THEY HELP CHILDREN TO GROW AND THRIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR FELLOW CLASSMATES I LOVE THAT AT CALIBER CHANGE MAKERS THE TEACHERS AND STAFF ALL CARE FOR EACH STUDENT I LOVE HOW THE PARENTS ARE SO INVOLVED WITH THE SCHOOL I LOVE HOW MY DAUGHTER THRIVES AT SCHOOL AND WHEN SHE NEEDS
108HELP IT IS AVAILABLE FOR HER I JUST KNOW THAT ONCE WE HAVE A CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN TOWN THE SAME TYPE OF CULTURE WILL BE ESTABLISHED AND MY DAUGHTER AND SON WILL CONTINUE TO EXCEL AT SCHOOL AND BECOME BETTER MEMBERS OF SOCIETY I URGE YOU TO APPROVE CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN BALEO BY APPROVING THE HIGH SCHOOL TO BE BUILT HERE IN VALLEJO IT WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL VALLEJO RESIDENTS IT WILL ALSO BENEFIT THE CITY BY CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS IN TOWN IT WILL STOP FAMILIES FROM LEAVING THE DISTRICT AND IT WILL STOP FAMILIES FROM LEAVING THE DISTRICT AND FROM TAKING THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOLS IN OTHER TOWNS THEREFORE BOARD MEMBERS PLEASE DO NOT DENY MY CHILDREN ALL THE PARENTS AND ALL THE PARENTS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THE BUILDING OF A
109CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN TOWN PLEASE APPROVE OUR CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL SINCERELY RIVA FOWLER THOSE ARE ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT I HAVE I DON'T KNOW NIKKI IF YOU HAVE SOME ONLINE NO THEY SHOULD BE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ON CALIBER CORRECT YES AND NOW MADAM PRESIDENT CAN I JUST SAY THAT UH ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WAS READ BY SUPERINTENDENT ESTRELLA HENDERSON ONLINE UH THE PERSON ALSO APPEARED HERE IN PERSON LIBBY ONE GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS NIKKI PACHECO I'M SECRETARY PROGRAM ANALYST FOR THE SOLANO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION I'M GOING TO READ THE REMAINING ONLINE COMMENTS THE BOARD NEITHER ENDORSES NOR CONDONES OR CRITICIZES THESE COMMENTS COMMENTS FROM CLAIRE CRAWFORD IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST CITY OF RESIDENCE OF SAN DIEGO CALIBER PUBLIC SCHOOLS HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER PETITION APPEAL AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST OF THE
110RESEARCH AND POLICY ORGANIZATION THAT HAS CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE RESEARCH INTO CALIFORNIA'S CHARTER SECTOR AND ITS IMPACT ON THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM INCLUDING RELEASING FIVE MAJOR RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS PROVIDING EXPERT TESTIMONY TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE THERE ARE SEVERAL DEFICIENCIES THAT WARRANT DENIAL PREVIOUSLY OUTLINED IN A MEMO EMAILED TO BOARD MEMBERS THIS INCLUDES CALIBERS UNDER ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS WITH HIGH NEEDS THE LACK OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ACHIEVE BALANCE IN THE STUDENT POPULATION AND THE NEGATIVE IMPACT THAT OPENING THE SCHOOL WOULD HAVE ON VCUSD SERVICES TO THEIR STUDENTS WHILE THESE ISSUES ARE SUFFICIENT BASIS FOR DENIAL UNDER EDUCATION CODE SECTION 47605 C 8 V CUSD STATE RECEIVERSHIP STATUS CREATES A RESUMPTION OF DENIAL AND IS AN APPROPRIATE FINDING TO WARRANT DENIAL EVEN WITHOUT CONSIDERING THESE OTHER DEFICIENCIES THE STATUTE STATES THAT AN AUTHORIZER SHOULD MAKE A FINDING OF DENIAL IF
111THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NOT POSITIONED TO ABSORB THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED CHARTER SCHOOL A SCHOOL DISTRICT SATISFIES THIS PARAGRAPH IT IT IS UNDER STATE RECEIVERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOLS PROPOSED IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT SATISFYING ONE OF THESE CONDITIONS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A REBUTTAL PRESUMPTION OF DENIAL VCUSD HAS A STATE LOAN WHICH IS THE DEFINITION OF STATE RECEIVERSHIP TO AS INTENDED BY THE LEGISLATURE ONLY FOUR DISTRICTS IN THE STATE INCLUDING VCUSD QUALIFY UNDER THE STATUS THE ONLY FACT REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THIS FINDING FOR DENIAL IS VCUSD'S STATE RECEIVERSHIP STATUS WHEN A C8 DENIAL FINDING HIS APPEAL TO THE COUNTY BOARD THE COUNTY BOARD IS REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE DISTRICT C8 FINDINGS AND THERE IS A REBUTTAL PRESUMPTION OF DENIAL IN OTHER WORDS UNLESS THE COUNTY BOARD FINDS THAT VCUSD DOES NOT HAVE A STATE LOAN
112WHICH WOULD BE NEXT COMMENT IS FROM YOUR HERE VASQUEZ OF VALLEJO WE HAVE A BETTER FUTURE COMMENT IS FROM PRISCILLA OF VALLEJO DON'T TAKE MONEY FROM THE STUDENTS FUNDING MONEY COMMENT VILMA LUCELLE OF VALLEJO HELLEVER HIGH SCHOOL AND WHY THE BOARD SHOULD APPROVE THE PETITION GOOD EVENING EVERYONE MY NAME IS VILMA LUCELLE AND I'M RESIDENT OF VALLEJO I'M THE PARENT OF A FIFTH AND THIRD GRADER WHO CURRENTLY ATTEND CALIBER CHANGEMAKERS ACADEMY WE ARE ONE OF MANY FOUNDING FAMILIES OUR HISTORY WITH CMA HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONAL FOR BOTH MY KIDS AND I IT IS A SAFE CARING LOVING PLACE THAT WE CAN ALL CALL HOME CALIBER OFFERS A TYPE OF EDUCATION THAT WE CANNOT FIND ANYWHERE ELSE IN BALLET IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO OPEN OUR HIGH SCHOOL MY FAMILY AND MY AND MANY OTHER VALLEJO
113FAMILIES WILL BE OBLIGATED TO LOOK FOR A HIGH SCHOOL IN A DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PLEASE ALLOW VALLEJO FAMILIES TO CONTINUE HAVING THE TYPE OF EDUCATION THAT VALLEJO DESERVES NEXT COMMENT CHRISTINA JARVIS OF VALLEJO AS A MOTHER OF A FORMER CALIBER STUDENT AND CURRENT CALIBER STUDENT I AM UPSET BY THE POLITICAL AGENDA THAT IS DENYING ME THE OPTION TO HAVE A CHOICE WELL YOU ALL FIGHT FOR THE FUNDING I'M FIGHTING FOR A SAFE PLACE WITH CARING ADULTS AND A RIGOROUS CURRICULUM I KNOW MY CHILDREN IN MIND HIGH SCHOOL AND WHY THE BOARD SHOULD APPROVE THE PETITION GOOD AFTER ALL MY NAME IS ANGEL PANDURAL I LIVE IN VALLEJO AND I'M A FIFTH GRADER ATTENDING CALIBER CHANGEMAKERS ACADEMY I LIKE HOW PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP AND THEY ARE NOT PREJUDICE IF CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL DOES
114NOT OPEN I WILL BE EXTREMELY SAD CALIBER BUILDS A STRONG COMMUNITY PLEASE ALLOW US TO KEEP GROWING COMMENT ARIEL PENDURO GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE MY NAME IS ARIEL PANDURO I LIVE IN VALLEJO AND I'M A THIRD GRADER ATTENDING CALIBER CHANGEMAKERS ACADEMY I LIKE CALIBER BECAUSE THEY DO NOT CRITICIZE YOU AND THEY ARE ALWAYS NICE TO EVERYONE IF CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL DOES NOT OPEN I WILL BE REALLY SAD BECAUSE I WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE MY SCHOOL FAMILY COMMENT IS ANONYMOUS FROM VALLEJO TODAY I WAS TODAY I TYPED THIS AS A 10TH GRADER WHO KNOWS HOW TO PRESENT MYSELF FOUR YEARS AGO I WENT TO THESE VERY PEOPLE YOU GUYS ARE SEEING TODAY AS A SIXTH GRADER WHO HAD NO CLUE WHAT I WAS DOING WITH MY LIFE TODAY I AM A STRAIGHT A STUDENT I GOT
115HERE BY USING EVERYTHING CALIBER HAS TAUGHT ME I AM AHEAD OF MANY OF MY CLASSES BECAUSE OF WHAT CALIBER HAS TAUGHT ME I'M ABLE TO TAKE COLLEGE MATH BECAUSE OF WHAT CALIBER HAS TAUGHT ME CALIBER CHANGED MY LIFE IMAGINE ALL IT COULD DO WITH A HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE CALIBER I ONLY KNEW HOW TO BE BORING KNOW IT ALL THANKS FOR THANKS TO CALIBER I KNOW HOW I CAN BALANCE BEING SMART WHILE HAVING A PERSONALITY OF MY OWN I BEG YOU GUYS GIVE CALIBER AND HIS FAMILIES WHAT THEY DESERVE EVEN THOUGH I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GO I SO WANT ALL KIDS AFTER ME TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY I WAS NOT GIVEN TO BE A CALIBER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT THANK YOU ARE THERE ANY UM COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD YES TRUSTEE SHARP I ACTUALLY HAVE
116A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR THE UH BUT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FROM VALLEJO AND THEN CALIBER SO I'LL START WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT SPALDING I READ YOUR VCUSD STAFF REPORT AND IT SEEMED REALLY POSITIVE TO ME AND SAID THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE PETITION AND THERE WERE NO FACTUAL FINDINGS TO SUPPORT A DENIAL BASED ON FISCAL IMPACT I'M CONFUSED THAT THE STAFF REPORT HAS NO FACTUAL FINDINGS TO SUPPORT A DENIAL BUT NOW YOU'RE HERE TODAY WANTING US TO DENY DID SOMETHING CHANGE AS YOU MIGHT BE AWARE IT'S THE BOARD'S DECISION TO EITHER DENY OR TO APPROVE AN APPEAL WHAT WE WERE JUDGING AT THAT POINT WAS REALLY THE THE FACTS OF THE PETITION ITSELF BUT THAT DOESN'T NEGATE THE FACT THAT 47 605 C8 ALLOWS THE BOARD TO MAKE A DECISION TO DENY A PETITION BASED ON
117OUR STATUS AS A RECEIVERSHIP DISTRICT BUT WE'VE HEARD ALL THIS ABOUT OKAY THIS IS WHERE I'M CONFUSED WE'VE HEARD ALL ABOUT THIS BEING A FISCAL IMPACT BEING A PROBLEM FOR YOU BUT WHAT IS THE ACTUAL FISCAL IMPACT OF APPROVING A HIGH SCHOOL ARE THERE NEW NUMBERS OR BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE COMING TO ME WITH IS THAT THE BOARD DECIDED THAT IT'S A NO SO YOU'RE YOU'RE JUST KEEPING THAT UP THE NUMBERS WE DIDN'T PRESENT AT THAT TIME WE WEREN'T ABLE TO CALCULATE THEM AT THAT TIME BUT AGAIN WE'RE NOT UNDER THE OBLIGATION TO CALCULATE PARTICULAR NUMBERS WHAT 47 605 C8 ALLOWS THE BOARD TO DO IS MAKE A DETERMINATION SOLELY ON RECEIVERSHIP I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TONIGHT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE THE LONG-TERM EFFECT HAS BEEN UP UNTIL THIS POINT AND FUTURE PROJECTED EFFECTS
118AS IT INVOLVES DECLINING ENROLLMENT WHICH IS VERY DEVASTATING SO THAT'S THAT CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE AND AS WE APPLY NUMBERS TO THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE DECLINING ENROLLMENT AS A RESULT OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM US FROM VARIOUS CHARTERS SO WHAT WHAT THE AB-1505 ATTEMPTS TO DO IS TO BASICALLY GIVE SOME FORM OF SUPPORT AND RELIEF TO DISTRICTS IN OUR CASE IN DISTRICTS IN OUR SITUATION BECAUSE OUR SITUATION IS SO PRECARIOUS AND REMAINS SO SO HOW IS AN AGENCY WITH A DOUBLE A CREDIT RATING ABLE TO COMPLETE TO CLAIM FINANCE WITH SUCH FINANCIAL PERIL WELL BECAUSE DOWN THE ROAD WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHEN YOU APPLY THOSE NUMBERS WHEN YOU APPLY THAT DECLINING ENROLLMENT YOU CONTINUE TO SEE YOU KNOW CUTS TO TO THE BUDGET AND SO
119I MEAN I WASN'T REALLY COUNTING ON IT ON A DEBATE HERE ABOUT FINANCE BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THAT DECLINING ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO BE AN ISSUE AND AS WE COUGH THAT OUT YEARS DOWN THE ROAD IT IS CONTINUING TO BE AN ISSUE AND AS I'VE MENTIONED EARLIER TONIGHT DESCRIBED IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR US UP UNTIL THIS POINT IN TERMS OF WHAT IT DOES TO OUR PROGRAMS I APOLOGIZE IF YOU THINK THAT WAS A DEBATE I FELT I WAS JUST ASKING YOU QUESTIONS BUT THANK YOU CALIBER CAN I SPEAK TO SOMEONE FROM CALIBER BASED ON YOUR PRESENTATION CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW CALIBER'S ENROLLMENT IS GOING TO HAVE A MINIMAL IMPACT ON VCUSD UM I THINK THAT WE CAN YES SO AS I POINTED OUT IN OUR PRESENTATION THE VAST
120MAJORITY OF STUDENTS OF OURS WHO GRADUATE DON'T GO TO THE DISTRICT YOU HEARD A LOT OF THAT IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THE LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT THE DISTRICT SEEMS TO BE AFRAID ARE GOING TO BE LEAVING THE DISTRICT TO COME TO THIS HIGH SCHOOL WILL BE LEAVING THE DISTRICT COMING TO HIGH SCHOOL WE'RE ALSO ONLY GROWING THROUGH MATRICULATION SO WE WON'T BE STANDING OUT IN FRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PASSING OUT FLYERS TRYING TO GET VALLEJO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO COME TO OUR SCHOOL OUR SCHOOL IS VERY MUCH TARGETED TOWARDS STUDENTS WHO'VE ALREADY OPTED OUT OF PARTICIPATING IN THE DISTRICT PROVIDED PROGRAMMING SO I DON'T SEE IT AS LIKELY AND I DON'T SEE A STRONG ARGUMENT THAT PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO MAKE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING
121ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE DISTRICT WHAT I SEE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BRING PEOPLE BACK INTO THE DISTRICT YOU KNOW A LOT OF TALK HERE HAS BEEN ABOUT DISTRICT SCHOOLS VERSUS CALIBER CALGARY IS A DISTRICT SCHOOL LIKE WE'RE AUTHORIZED BY THE DISTRICT IN CHANGE MAKERS AND WE WANTED TO BE AUTHORIZED BY THE DISTRICT FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL AND WE SEE OURSELVES AS PART OF AN ECOSYSTEM OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN IN THE CITIES WE'RE AT AND SO WE DON'T THINK WE'RE TAKING AWAY FROM THE DISTRICT WE THINK WE'RE BRINGING BACK FAMILIES WHO OTHERWISE WOULDN'T BE GOING TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS AND IT'S A NET BENEFIT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S A GREAT SERVICE FOR THOSE FAMILIES WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE TO BE MOVING OR PAYING FOR TRANSPORTATION OR OTHER THINGS THAT FRANKLY ARE CHALLENGING FOR
122MOST FAMILIES SO AND THEN UM DO YOU HAVE AN ATTORNEY WITH OR MAYBE OKAY UM I'M HEARING A LOT ABOUT THIS UM REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OR THE LEGAL STANDARD UM FOR DENIAL OR APPROVAL UM AND I'M HEARING SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT FROM CALIBER THAN I AM FROM THE VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME OR TO THE BOARD UM HOW HOW YOU SEE HOW YOUR VIEW IS DIFFERENT THAN UM THAN THIS OF THE LEO AND THEN ALSO MAYBE SOME INFORMATION ON THE O'DONNELL QUOTES BECAUSE HE MAY HE WAS THE AUTHOR BUT LEGISLATIVE INTENT IS DIFFERENT GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS JANELLE REALLY I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH THE LAW OFFICES OF YOUNG MINION CORPS PROUD TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF CALIBER AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY I TOO HAVE HEARD
123A LOT ABOUT REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION HERE AND WHAT'S REALLY STRANGE TO ME IS THE LAW IS VERY CLEAR THAT IT SAYS IF A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IN RECEIVERSHIP OR ANY OF THE OTHER TWO REASONS THEN IT THEN A CHARTER SUBMITTED TO THAT DISTRICT IS SUBJECT TO A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF DENIAL WHAT I'M WHAT I'M HEARING IS A COMPULSION TO DENY A REQUIREMENT TO DENY THAT'S NOT THERE IF THE LEGISLATURE THE FULL LEGISLATURE NOT MR O'DONNELL BUT IF THE FULL LEGISLATURE HAD WANTED AN AUTOMATIC DENIAL THEY ABSOLUTELY COULD HAVE WRITTEN THAT IN AND IN SOME OF THE EARLY VERSIONS OF THE BILL THERE WAS LANGUAGE TANTAMOUNT TO THAT BUT IT DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE FINAL VERSION SO IT'S A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT MEANS THAT THE BURDEN SHIFTS OVER TO CALIBER SO THAT THE THE FISCAL IMPACT
124IS DE MINIMIS WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT REBUTTING VALLEJO'S STATUS BUT WE'RE WHAT WE'RE DEBATING IS CALIBER'S FISCAL IMPACT ON THE DISTRICT AND WHAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM CALIBER IS THAT THAT IMPACT IS MINIMAL AND THAT VALLEJO HAS A LOT MORE MONEY COMING IN EVEN THEN ON THE DAY WHEN THEY DENIED THIS CHARTER SO AGAIN REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION IS NOT AN AUTOMATIC DENIAL IT USUALLY COULD HAVE BEEN WHAT IT MEANS REALLY IS THERE IS A BURDEN SHIFT IN THE PROCESS SO THE BURDEN SHIFTS OVER TO CALIBER TO EXPLAIN WHY IT HAS A MINIMAL FISCAL IMPACT UH THIS WAS NEVER INTENDED IT WAS NEVER WRITTEN AS THIS SORT OF BINARY THAT IF A DISTRICT IS IN RECEIVERSHIP THEN THEREFORE A CHARTER MUST BE DENIED IT'S JUST NOT THERE SO IF WE WERE IN LITIGATION IF WE WERE IN FRONT
125OF A COURT REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION IS SOMETHING THAT IS IS ESSENTIALLY ASSUMED TO BE TRUE UNLESS AND UNTIL SOMEONE COMES FORWARD AND GIVES YOU AN ALTERNATE EXPLANATION THAT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE TODAY SO DESPITE VCUSD'S NOMINAL STATUS THE PROPOSED CHARTER SCHOOL'S IMPACT IS DE MINIMIS CALIBER HAS PRESENTED A LOT OF CONTRARY EVIDENCE REFUTING THIS PRESUMPTION AND THEN YOU KNOW AS TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER O'DONNELL I THINK THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION CAPTURED THIS UM THAT'S THE VOICE OF ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS SPEAKING ABOUT HIS OPINION WHICH IS NOT ACTUALLY REFLECTED IN THE FINAL VERSION OF THE BILL WHICH WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE GOVERNOR IT WOULD BE TANTAMOUNT TO ONE OF YOU GOING TO THE PRESS AND SAYING YOU KNOW HEY I KNOW WE VOTED ON THIS ITEM IN THIS WAY THIS SCHOOL
126UNIFORM POLICY IN THIS WAY BUT ACTUALLY I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE GREEN SHIRTS AND NOT BLUE SHIRTS IT'S THE SAME KIND OF THING SO IT JUST IT DOESN'T CARRY THE FORCE OF LAW THANK YOU LAST QUESTION WAS I HEARD IN THE COMMENTS THERE'S A LOT ABOUT HOW CALIBER CHOOSES STUDENTS AND YOU DON'T HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS AND YOU'RE CHOOSING ONLY THE BEST CAN YOU EXPLAIN YOUR PROCESS FOR HOW YOUR HOW YOU END UP WITH THE STUDENTS YOU HAVE YEAH I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE MISPERCEPTION IT'S FRANKLY JUST COMPLETELY WRONG SO THE WAY OUR ENROLLMENT WORKS IS ANYBODY CAN FILL OUT AN APPLICATION IT'S NOT AN APPLICATION IN A SELECTIVE SENSE IT'S AN APPLICATION SIMPLY TO SAY NAME ADDRESS DATE OF BIRTH WHAT GRADE YOU'RE IN AND ANYBODY CAN
127GO TO THE SCHOOL IF WE HAVE MORE APPLICANTS THAN WE HAVE SPOTS WE DON'T DIG INTO THE APPLICATIONS AND PICK ANYBODY OUT THERE'S LITERALLY A RANDOM LOTTERY THAT PICKS WHO ENDS UP AT THE SCHOOL I WOULD POINT OUT THAT AS YOU SAW IN OUR PRESENTATION OUR DEMOGRAPHICS WE WEREN'T BY THE WAY WE WEREN'T SAYING THAT WE'RE MORE DIVERSE THAN THE DISTRICT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PRETEND WE'RE MORE DIVERSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT VALLEJO IS A VERY DIVERSE DISTRICT WE'RE SIMPLY SAYING THAT WE ARE AS DIVERSE AS THE DISTRICT AND WE DO A BETTER JOB SERVING THOSE STUDENTS DO YOU HAVE A WAITING LIST UH YES WE DO SO UH I THINK IN EVERY SINGLE GRADE AND EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A WAITING LIST AND THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A LOTTERY AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN BASED
128ON RANDOM SELECTION DO YOU DO EXERCISE EXIT SURVEYS WHEN YOUR STUDENTS LEAVE IN EIGHTH GRADE BUT WHEN THEY LEAVE EIGHTH GRADE PARTICULARLY I MEAN YES WE DO AND ARE THEY LEAVING WHEN THEY LEAVE ARE THEY GOING TO BACK TO VALLEJO CITY UNIFIED ARE THEY FINDING ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL OPTIONS UH IT WAS IN OUR PRESENTATION ABOUT A THIRD END UP AT VALLEJO DISTRICT SCHOOLS ABOUT A THIRD LEAVE THE DISTRICT AND ABOUT A THIRD GO TO OTHER CHARTERS AND FRANKLY WE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THEM THANK YOU BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN I BELIEVE UM TRUSTEE DEAN HAS SOME QUESTIONS I DO I ACTUALLY HAVE A I WANT TO DISCLOSE A COUPLE EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL ACTUALLY NOT A COUPLE OF FIVE UM I DID HAVE A MEETING WITH CTA REPRESENTATIVES I HAD A MEETING WITH THE PETITIONERS
129I HAD THEM OR SOME OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES NOT ALL OF YOU WERE THERE WE GOT WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SEVERAL I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THOSE ARE PUBLIC RECORD AND SO WE GOT SOMETHING FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER O'DONNELL SOMETHING FROM IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST SOMETHING FROM ONE OF THE TEACHERS FROM VALLEJO SOMEONE SENT US A LINK WHICH I DID NOT OPEN AND I'M ASSUMING THAT WE WILL HAVE SOME COMMUNICATIONS WHEN WE GET TO OUR EMAIL TONIGHT BUT I DID NOT LEARN ANYTHING FROM ANY OF THOSE COMMUNICATIONS THAT HAS NOT BEEN PRESENTED TODAY SO THE PUBLIC HAS HEARD EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD I I'M GOING TO TELL YOU FRANKLY I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE I ASKED FOR QUESTIONS I ASKED QUESTIONS THAT DIDN'T THERE WAS NO MORE INFORMATION WHEN THAN WHAT I HAD ALREADY SEEN
130OR OR HAVE NOW HEARD BUT UM I DO THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT IN THIS MOMENT TO DISCLOSE EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS UM HAVING SAID THAT I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR BOTH PARTIES UM I THINK AND I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BURDEN OF PROOF AND THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION AND WHETHER IT APPLIES TO YOU KNOW THE THREE DIFFERENT THINGS OR JUST UM THE RECEIVERSHIP BUT I FEEL LIKE IN EITHER CASE THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE DISTRICT COULD ABSORB THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OR NOT ISN'T IT COULD BE SIGNIFICANT I'M NOT SURE IT IS AND I UNDERSTAND THE DISTRICT'S POSITION THAT IT'S NOT UH BECAUSE OF THE RECEIVERSHIP STATUS BUT IT FEELS LIKE YOU BOTH COULD HAVE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION MUCH MORE PARTICULARLY THAN YOU DID AND EVEN BASED ON WHAT THE CHARTER PETITIONERS ARE SAYING IT
131WAS YOUR BURDEN TO DO THAT BASED ON THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION SO IT SEEMS KIND OF CRAZY TO ME THAT NOBODY SHOWED UP WITH THE EXACT NUMBERS UM WHAT I'M GOING TO DO WITH THAT I'M NOT REALLY SURE WE HAVE WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT MONTH BUT I DID HAVE TO SAY THAT BUT I DO I WANT TO TEST THIS ISSUE OF THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION AND THE RECEIVERSHIP AND YOU MR LET ME START WITH YOU BECAUSE I I MADE NOTES WHEN YOU WERE TALKING AND I WANT TO SAY IS IT MARCUS MALARKEY YES OKAY MR MALARKEY I FELT LIKE YOU WERE SAYING THAT THERE WERE GRADATIONS TO THE RECEIVERSHIP THAT BECAUSE UM THEY HAD UM THE DISTRICT WAS NO LONGER HAD GOTTEN THEIR CONTROL BACK IN 2013 THINGS WERE BETTER YADA YADA THEY WERE
132THERE THAT'S LIKE A LESSER RECEIVERSHIP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND I I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY BLACK AND WHITE WHEN I WAS READING EVERYTHING AND YOUR PETITION DIDN'T TELL ME ANYTHING DIFFERENT SO ARE THEY IN RECEIVERSHIP OR NOT THIS IS MY QUESTION TO YOU I'M NOT PROBABLY THE RIGHT PERSON TO ANSWER THAT BECAUSE THE ISSUE IS WHETHER THE LAW TREATS THEM AS UNDER RECEIVERSHIP AND I'M TRYING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THE TERM RECEIVERSHIP IS NOT ACTUALLY DEFINED IN THIS STATUTE OKAY AND SO YOU KNOW JANELLE CAN PROBABLY SPEAK TO THIS BETTER THAN ME GREAT I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM HER CAN SOMEONE FROM YOUR TEAM ANSWER THE QUESTION ARE IS THE DISTRICT IN RECEIVERSHIP OR NOT BY THE DEFINITION BECAUSE THERE'S NO DEFINITION IN LAW I DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY CAN GIVE YOU A CLEAR
133ANSWER I THINK RECEIVERSHIP IS A COLLOQUIALISM RIGHT UM IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT BUT IT APPEARS ONCE IN THE EDUCATION CODE AND IT'S IN THIS SECTION SO THERE'S THERE'S NOTHING THAT COULD BE YOUR OPINION SURE I WOULD BE GLAD TO OKAY IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE TIME SURE GREAT UH SO UM THE COMMON UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE A SITUATION LIKE INGLEWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT UM THE COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF RECEIVERSHIP WHERE THERE IS A BOARD BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY POWER THEY DON'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY TO VOTE ON ANY ITEMS THEY DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE ANY ACTION INSTEAD A COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR MAKES ALL OF THE DECISIONS IT'S A LITTLE BIT STRANGE TO GO INTO A BOARD MEETING WHERE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR INTRODUCES THE ITEM TALKS ABOUT IT AND THEN MAKES HER DECISION AND THE
134BOARD NODS THAT I THINK THAT'S SORT OF THE COMMON UNDERSTANDING VALLEJO EXITED THAT KIND OF CONTROL IN 2013. ITS ELECTED BOARD DOES HAVE AUTHORITY AND AUTONOMY TO MAKE DECISIONS UM YOU KNOW THE THE BEST DEFINITION THAT WE COULD COME TO WAS THAT A RECEIVERSHIP WOULD REFER TO THE STATE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AFTER RECEIPT OF AN EMERGENCY STATE LOAN THERE'S A PARTICULAR ED CODE SECTION SO IF A DISTRICT RECEIVES THAT KIND OF A LOAN THEN IT DOES ENTER A PROCESS SO THE LOAN HAS TO BE 200 PERCENT OF THE STATUTORY RESERVE THE BOARD RELEGATES ITSELF TO AN ADVISORY ROLE USUALLY THERE'S A WHOLESALE CHANGE OVER IN THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION THERE'S AN ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY THE SUPERINTENDENT STATE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE STATE BOARD PRESIDENT ALTOGETHER THE APPOINTED ADMINISTRATOR THAT PERSON HAS UNFETTERED CONTROL OF
135FISCAL AND MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS THAT ADMINISTRATOR SERVES UNTIL THEY'VE COMPLETED A SPECIFIED RECOVERY PLAN THEY DETERMINE THE FUTURE COMPLIANCE IS PROBABLE THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT IS NEGOTIATED SO THERE'S A SERIES OF STEPS OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THESE THINGS HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED IN VALLEJO AND SO THEREFORE IF THERE IS A GRADATION BECAUSE THERE'S NO LEGAL DEFINITION OF SAY RECEIVERSHIP VALLEJO WHAT I'M SAYING TONIGHT IS THAT VALLEJO IS IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT LIKE IN HOLWOOD YES CAN YOU UM PUT YOUR MICROPHONE ON WHEN YOU'RE I'M SORRY SORRY ABOUT THAT SO YOU BELIEVE YOU'VE MET THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION THAT THEY'RE IN RECEIVERSHIP THAT'S RIGHT OKAY THANK YOU I ASKED UH THE DISTRICT THE SAME OH I'M SORRY OH SURE BUT UH OH SURE DO YOU WANT TO GRAB THEM FIRST DON'T LEAVE THEN I'LL COME
136BACK I WANT TO COME BACK TO THE DISTRICT IN THERE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION QUESTION I HAVE IS IN 2016 WHEN YOU UM STARTED CALIBER AS A K-8 WHY DIDN'T YOU ASK FOR K-12 AND WHY ARE YOU ASKING FOR IT NOW UH AT THE TIME WE HAD A K THROUGH EIGHT ALREADY IN RICHMOND AND OUR INITIAL MODEL WAS TO REPLICATE THAT SAME MODEL SINCE IT WAS WORKING WELL IN RICHMOND AT THE TIME WE DID TALK ABOUT AND THOUGHT ABOUT BEING AN ALL THROUGH K-12 SCHOOL EVENTUALLY AT SOME DAY BUT WE UNDERSTOOD AT THE TIME THAT THE CHALLENGES OF HIGH SCHOOL ARE QUITE DIFFERENT THAN THE CHALLENGES AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXECUTED REALLY WELL AT THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVELS FIRST AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE TIME
137TO PREPARE TO BRING OUR BEST OFFERING FORWARD IN THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL SO YOU REALLY YOU DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE 8TH THROUGH 12TH GRADE THIS WILL BE LIKE THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU'RE INTRODUCING THIS AS A CHARTER SCHOOL WE DON'T THAT'S TRUE AND SO I THINK YOU KNOW WE'VE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO DESIGNING A PROGRAM WE HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN IT BUT IT WOULD BE A NEW PETITION A NEW A NEW EFFORT FOR US AND SOMETHING THAT YOUR STAFF AND THE STAFF SHOULD BE REVIEWING I WOULD POINT OUT THE DISTRICT STAFF DID REVIEW IT AND DIDN'T FIND ANY MATERIAL DEFICIENCIES SO WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT JESSE COLEMAN YOU HAD A QUESTION YEAH MICROPHONE SO UM I GUESS CALIBER CAN GO FIRST UH DO YOU GUYS RECEIVE MCKINNEY-VENTO FUNDING NOW WE
138DO NOT KNOW SO HOW MANY HOMELESS STUDENTS DO YOU HAVE AT CALIBER NOW I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD I'D HAVE TO PULL THE NUMBER OUT OF OUR STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM SHARE IT WITH YOU WOULD YOU PAY MORE THAN 10 I LITERALLY DON'T KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR STUDENTS I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER UM HOW MANY STUDENTS HAVE SPECIAL ED IEPS THINK IT WAS QUOTED IN THE SIDE THAT 12 AND HOW MANY SPECIAL YOU HAVE A WHOLE SPECIAL ED DEPARTMENT I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY SO HOW MANY TEACHERS SPECIAL THAT HOLDS SPECIAL ED CREDENTIALS ARE IN THAT DEPARTMENT GOOD EVENING I CAN ANSWER THE HOMELESS QUESTION WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO HOMELESS STUDENTS AT CALIBER CHANGE MAKERS ACADEMY IN TERMS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION 12 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE AN IEP AT
139CALIBER CHANGE MAKER'S ACADEMY WE HAVE A STAFF THAT SUPPORTS THAT THROUGHOUT THE K-8 SO TK THE SECOND GRADE ED SPECIALIST A THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE SPECIALIST AND A SIXTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE ED SPECIALIST AND WE HAVE VARIOUS PARAPROFESSIONALS THAT SUPPORT OUR ED SPECIALISTS SO I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION MR MALARKEY WHEN YOU WERE GIVING YOUR STATEMENT SAID THAT YOU DON'T EXPECT TO TAKE ANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AWAY FROM VALLEJO ARE YOU NOT ENROLLING VALLEJO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THEY CAN'T BE ENROLLED IN CALIBER BUT UH WELL IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN PRACTICALLY SO WE'RE WE'RE STARTING IN NINTH GRADE SO THE ONLY PEOPLE WE'D BE TAKING ARE EIGHTH GRADERS AND THEN EACH YEAR AFTER THAT THE SAME SO THERE'S NO NINTH GRADER AT VALLEJO HIGH SCHOOL THAT WOULD APPLY TO CALIBER THEY'RE GRADUATING OUT AHEAD SO WE'RE NOT
140TAKING ANY CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AWAY FROM THOSE SCHOOLS YOU WERE APPROVED AND YOU HAD A HIGH SCHOOLER FROM VALLEJO WANT TO TRANSFER IN YOU'RE NOT TAKING THEM WELL UH WE'RE NOT PREVENTING THEM FROM APPLYING THAT WHAT I'M SAYING THERE'S A POSSIBILITY YOU WILL BE TAKING STUDENTS FROM VALLEJO HIGH SCHOOL NOT THE WAY THAT OUR MATRICULATION PATTERN WORKS THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN STUDENTS TRANSFER ALL TIME OF THE YEAR NOT JUST WHEN THEY MATRICULATE THERE'S INNER DISTRICT TRANSFERS THERE'S NO STUDENTS LEAVE US BECAUSE OURSELVES TRANSFERRING THE CALIBER IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TYPICALLY NOT BECAUSE OUR CLASSES ARE FULL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND WE DON'T HAVE OPEN SPOTS GENERALLY SPEAKING SO YOU REALLY WOULDN'T BE SERVING THE STUDENTS IN VALLEJO HIGH SCHOOL AT THIS POINT WE WOULD NOT BE TAKING STUDENTS FROM
141BALLET HIGH SCHOOL AT THIS POINT EXACTLY OH AND AND THE ATTORNEY WHEN I HEARD YOU SAYING UM THAT THE LAW IS VAGUE THE 47605CA YOU THINK THAT'S VAGUE OR IT'S NOT DEFINED ENOUGH AND SO THAT THERE'S THERE IS GOING TO BE LITIGATION IS THAT WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY NO NOT AT ALL THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY THE ONLY THING THAT I SAID WAS THAT THE WORD RECEIVERSHIP IS NOT DEFINED IN THE EDUCATION CODE OR IN THAT PARTICULAR SECTION WHEN I MENTIONED LITIGATION IT HAD NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH THIS THAT THE MATTER THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS THE IDEA OF IN A COURT OF LAW WHAT WOULD A JUDGE SAY A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION WAS ARE YOU PLANNING ON BRINGING LITIGATION I'M NOT OKAY BUT THERE IS NOT ALSO A GRADIENT UH SYSTEM
142FOR RECEIVERSHIP EITHER RIGHT I I DON'T UNDERSTAND A GRADIENT SYSTEM I MEAN THERE'S A YOU'RE EITHER IT'S LIKE A LITTLE BIT PREGNANT YOU ARE YARN DEPENDS ON WHICH DEFINITION OF RECEIVERSHIP YOU CHOOSE ARE THERE MORE THAN ONE DEFINITION FOR SAY RECEIVERSHIP I I ONLY HEARD ONE ONE CODE SECTION DEFINED RECEIVERSHIP AND IT DIDN'T SAY THAT THERE WAS MULTIPLE KINDS OF RECEIVERSHIP ARE THERE MULTIPLE KINDS OF RECEIVERSHIP I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT OKAY SO THERE'S ONLY ONE IT IS IT IS OR IS IT SURE OKAY OH THANK YOU YES TRUST ME YES CAN WE CAN WE UM MAKE SURE ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE CALIBER TEAM AND THEN WE'LL STOP THE UP AND DOWN ROUTE OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH SUPERINTENDENT SPALDING MADAM PRESIDENT I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEIR COUNSEL WITH REGARD
143TO THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED VERY GOOD THANK YOU OUR COUNCIL HAVE COUNCIL WITH US I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MR MELIZUKA WHO IS THE APPOINTED STATE TRUSTEE TO OUR DISTRICT RECEIVERSHIP IS RECEIVERSHIP THERE'S ONLY ONE KIND OF RECEIVERSHIP AND WE'RE IN RECEIVERSHIP THERE IS A PROCESS THAT THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE RECEIVERSHIP GO THROUGH THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WHEN THEY FIRST GET A STATE ADMINISTRATOR VIRTUALLY EVERY ASPECT AND I EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT IN MY PRESENTATION BUT YOU HAVE EVERY ASPECT OF SCHOOL GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS ARE REALLY TAKING OVER THE THE BOARD IS IN FACT SIDELINED UH WHEN THE DISTRICT FIRST GOES INTO RECEIVERSHIP AND ACCEPTS A LOAN THE SUPERINTENDENT IS RELEASED AND THAT STATE ADMINISTRATOR DOES TAKE OVER AND DOES RUN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT A
144POINT IN TIME AS EACH OF THE AREAS ARE RELEASED BACK TO THE DISTRICT YOU KNOW FISCAL AND HR AND ACADEMICS THOSE KINDS OF THINGS IT DOES EMERGE TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF RECEIVERSHIP BUT IT STILL IS RECEIVERSHIP MR AZUKA AS OUR TRUSTEE SITS IN ON EVERY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING THAT WE HAVE HE AND I MEET EVERY MONTH IN FACT TWICE A MONTH BEFORE EVERY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IF THERE ARE ANY FISCAL DECISIONS MAJOR FISCAL DECISIONS TO BE MADE I'VE DECLARED THROUGH MR AZUKA WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IF WE'RE GOING TO GIVE SALARY INCREASES OF ANY KIND I HAVE TO TALK TO MR AZUKA ONE MONDAY A MONTH WITH MR ZUKA AND WITH UH YOUR STAFF HERE AND WITH SUPERINTENDENT ESTRELLA HENDERSON WE NEED TO GO OVER OUR BOOKS EVERY SINGLE MONTH NO OTHER DISTRICT DOES
145THAT NO OTHER DISTRICT WELL THREE OTHERS DO IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA NO OTHER DISTRICT IN THIS COUNTY DOES THAT NO DISTRICT I'VE EVER BEEN A SUPERINTENDENT OF HAS HAD TO DO THAT WE ARE IN FACT IN RECEIVERSHIP RECEIVERSHIP IS RECEIVERSHIP AND UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE FULLY PAY OFF THE LOAN AND THEN IT IS A JUDGE THAT AFTER WE PAY OFF THE LOAN THAT WE ARE PREPARED TO TO GO INTO ENTIRELY ON OUR OWN INDEPENDENTLY THEN THERE WILL BE A DETERMINATION MADE BY THE COUNTY OFFICE I BELIEVE WITH THICK MATS SUPPORT UM TO TO RELEASE MR AZUKA WHEN THAT TIME COMES THAT'S MANY YEARS AWAY YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS MR ZOUKA THANK YOU THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT SPALDING LET ME JUST ADD ONE THING WITH RESPECT TO A RECEIVERSHIP THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE TYPE
146OF RECEIVERSHIP AND THAT'S WHEN A STATE THE STATE HAS TO GIVE A DISTRICT FINANCIAL SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY'RE UNABLE TO MEET THEIR FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SPALDING JUST EXPLAINED IT'S THE PROCESS WITHIN THE RECEIVERSHIP REALM THAT DISTRICTS GO THROUGH SO INITIALLY A STATE ADMINISTRATOR IS APPOINTED HAS FULL CONTROL THE BOARD DOES NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL AND AS UH SUPERINTENDENT SPALDING ALSO SAID OVER THE COURSE OF TIME AS THE DISTRICT MAKES PROGRESS VARIOUS AREAS ARE JUDGED BY THICK MAT TO BE HAVING RECOVERED AND SO THOSE ARE SEEDED BACK TO THE DISTRICT WHERE THEY THEN HAVE LOCAL CONTROL VALLEJO IS IN THE PROCESS NOW AS WAS MENTIONED IN 2013 WHERE THEY PASSED UM A PICNIC REVIEW AND LOCAL CONTROL WAS GIVEN BACK TO THE DISTRICT WHICH MEANS THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS IN CONTROL THERE WAS NO LONGER A
147STATE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE GOVERNING BOARD HAD FULL RESPONSIBILITY TO RUN THE DISTRICT THE ONE CAVEAT TO THAT IS THERE WAS ALSO A STATE TRUSTEE APPOINTED MYSELF AND I REVIEWED THE DISTRICT'S FINANCIAL ISSUES AND AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THIS IS I RETAIN STAY AND RESCIND AUTHORITY OVER ANY DECISION MADE BY THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH ITS FINANCIAL RECOVERY SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I SEE WHERE THE DISTRICT MAY BE PUTTING ITSELF AT RISK FINANCIALLY I HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO STAY OR RESCIND THAT ACTION I COMMUNICATE THAT WITH THE COUNTY OFFICE WITH THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT AND THEIR STAFF I ALSO COMMUNICATE IT TO THE DISTRICT AND GIVE MY REASONS I'VE NOT HAD TO EXERCISE THAT AUTHORITY UP TO THIS POINT BUT I I DO HAVE THAT AND I RETAIN THAT AS LONG AS THE DISTRICT
148IS REPAYING THE LOAN OR SOMEONE HAS THAT AUTHORITY AS LONG AS THEY REPAY THE LOAN AND AS TILL SUCH TIME THE LOAN IS REPAID AND IT PASSES A THICK MAD REVIEW AND IT RECEIVES A CONCURRENCE OF THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT WHERE THAT STATE TRUSTEE IS RELEASED SO THAT'S SORT OF THE PROCESS AS YOU'RE RIGHT THERE'S ONLY RECEIVERSHIP BUT THERE'S A PROCESS WITHIN RECEIVERSHIP WHERE THE STATE HAS DEEMED A DISTRICT GOES THROUGH TO WHERE IT CAN FULLY FUNCTION AS A STANDALONE DISTRICT AND THAT'S SORT OF UM THE WAY VALLEJO IS RIGHT NOW THANK YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD YES TRUSTEE SHARP IT'S BACK FOR UM I'M SORRY WHAT WAS YOUR STATE TRUSTEE THANK YOU MR ZIPPER SO I GET UM WHAT IS YOUR DEGREE IN MELBOURNE IZUKA YOUR DEGREE YOUR DEGREE IS IN WHAT YOUR
149EDUCATION OH I HAVE A MASTER DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION A BACHELOR DEGREE IN POLI SCIENCE MASTER'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DO YOU HAVE ANY EDUCATION DEGREES NO I DO NOT SO YOU CAN SERVE WELL IN EDUCATION CAPACITY WITHOUT AN EDUCATION DEGREE NO I WORKED PREVIOUSLY I'M RETIRED AND I WORKED FOR 12 YEARS FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION POINT OF ORDER HERE WHAT WAS YOUR POINT I HEARD UH MY OTHER QUESTION IS UM RECEIVERSHIP DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE FACT THAT UH YOUR STATUS IS IN RECEIVERSHIP DO YOU BELIEVE THAT IS AN AUTOMATIC DENIAL UH FROM SUPPORT OF EDUCATION YES I'M ASKING YOU SORRY THERE WE GO I BELIEVE THE BOARD BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS A PREROGATIVE TO MAKE A DENIAL OF IT SO CHOOSES AND AND
150OUR OUR BOARD DID SO YOU BELIEVE WE HAVE A PREROGATIVE YOU'RE NOT IT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC PROBLEM I THINK ONCE THAT OUR BOARD HAS MADE THAT DECISION BECAUSE IT IS A PRESUMPTIVE UM IT'S A REVIVAL PRESUMPTION DENIAL I BELIEVE THAT THIS BOARD IS ALSO KIND OF IN THE SAME SITUATION TO YOU KNOW TO TO BASICALLY BACK OUR BOARD'S DECISION THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT'S SPALDING OH ANOTHER QUESTION YES UH SUPERINTENDENT UM WELCOME TO THE LEGAL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT THANK YOU YOU'VE BEEN HERE YOU SAID 16 16 MONTHS CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING IN THE DISTRICT THE LAST 16 MONTHS TO KIND OF HELP AND I KNOW YOU'VE COME IN RIGHT WITH THE COVID AND THE PANDEMIC SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING
151ON JUNIOR THE BOARD OR GOING FOR THE DISTRICT THANK YOU I ALLUDED TO SOME OF THIS EARLIER UH WE'RE ENGAGED IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS BECAUSE WE REALLY DO WANT TO YOU KNOW MOVE FORWARD WITH A VISION AND YOU KNOW REALLY START TO BRING OUR SCHOOLS OUR STAFFS OR OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER WE'VE HAD SOME OPPORTUNITIES REALLY HERE FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND AND WE YOU KNOW WE HEAR GOOD THINGS WE HEAR THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE TOUGHER TO HEAR SOMETIMES BUT WE'RE DEDICATED AND COMMITTED TO MAKING OUR DISTRICT BETTER WE'RE DOING SOME WORK WITH OUR COUNTY OFFICE PARTNERS IN THE SCIENCE OF IMPROVEMENT METHODOLOGY IN TRAINING UP OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR TEACHER LEADERS TO START WORKING ON A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT MODEL WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CALIFORNIA COLLABORATIVE FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AGAIN FOR A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
152MODEL IN OUR ACADEMICS WE ARE STRENGTHENING OUR CTE PROGRAMS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL SO THAT WE HAVE STRONGER MORE DEFINED PATHWAYS FOR OUR STUDENTS WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE SOLANO COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND BUILDING THOSE PATHWAYS SO WE HAVE A SEAMLESS WAY FORWARD FROM HIGH SCHOOL INTO INTO UM COMMUNITY COLLEGE WE'RE WORKING WITH A NEW REVITALIZED VALLEJO EDUCATIONAL BUSINESS ALLIANCE THE VIBA GROUP AND WE'RE WORKING ON OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO MAYBE DO SOME WORK AROUND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION WE'RE WORKING ALSO WITH WITH FIRST FIVE AND THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION ON BUILDING A EARLY CHILD EDUCATION CENTER IN VALLEJO SO SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS WE ARE TRYING TO DO UH WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE WORK TO DO WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY BROUGHT IN SOMEONE TO BE OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION SO WE
153CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING WITH OUR FAMILIES DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNING WITH COMMUNICATING WITH OUR COMMUNITY THIS BOARD AND I AM VERY COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO IMPROVE THIS DISTRICT THIS BOARD AND I AM VERY COMMITTED TO TELLING OUR STORY THERE'S THERE ARE PLENTY OF GREAT STORIES TO TELL THEY'VE TOLD SOME WONDERFUL STORIES I DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO JUST BELIEVE THEIR STORIES BUT WE HAVEN'T MET GREAT MANY STORIES OURSELVES SO WE NEED TO TELL THOSE STORIES A LITTLE BETTER AND MAKE CHANGES AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS WHERE WE NEED TO DO SO THANK YOU TRUSTEE DUNNE UM I ALSO WANT TO JUST DISCLOSE SOME EX PARTE COMMUNICATION WE RECEIVED THE SAME LETTER FROM ASSEMBLYMAN UM O'DONNELL THAT TRUSTEE DEAN REFERRED TO THE SAME COMMUNICATIONS VIA EMAIL AND THEN I DID ALSO HAVE A
154ZOOM MEETING WITH SOME CTA REPRESENTATIVES AGAIN NO NO NOTHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE HEARD HERE TONIGHT AS WELL I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU YOU AND THEN I APOLOGIZE I DID THINK OF A QUESTION FOR THE CALIBER FOLKS I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW DID STATE TRUSTEE I THINK IS HIS TITLE HOW DID HE COME TO BE APPOINTED FOR VALLEJO I MIGHT NEED TO ASK HIM THAT BECAUSE HE WAS APPOINTED BEFORE I WAS MADE SUPERINTENDENT I HAD RETIRED FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND UM BUT I WAS APPOINTED BY STATE SUPERINTENDENT TORLAKSON THE LAW HAS SINCE CHANGED SINCE THAT TIME WHERE IT'S SORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND ADMINISTRATORS ARE NOW APPOINTED JOINTLY OF A COMBINATION OF FCMAT THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT AND I THINK THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION BUT AT THAT TIME I
155WAS APPOINTED BY SUPERINTENDENT TORLAKSON FOR THIS ROLE I WAS WONDERING DID YOU SIGN OFF ON THE STAFF REPORT THAT WAS GIVEN BY VALLEJO FOR THIS UH FOR CALIBER NO I DID NOT YOU DID NOT SIGN OFF THANK YOU BACK TO YOU QUESTION FOR CALIBER OKAY THANK YOU OKAY SO MY QUESTION IS UM WHAT DOES YOUR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM PLAN TO OFFER THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY AVAILABLE EITHER IN VALLEJO PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR THE OTHER OPTIONS THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT OUR HIGH SCHOOL MODEL OUR HIGH SCHOOL MODEL IS TRULY HOMEGROWN FIRST IT IS ABSOLUTELY REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT OUR FAMILIES HAVE ASKED US FOR YOU HEARD IT IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT YOU SEE IT IN THE OVERFLOW BUT OUR FAMILIES ALSO WERE EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS IN PARTICIPATING IN DIFFERENT DESIGN PHASES AND PROCESSES SO
156OUR FAMILIES IDENTIFIED SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF OUR K THROUGH 8 PROGRAMMING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL OTHER COMPONENTS OF A HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT FELT RELEVANT TO THEM THEIR COMMUNITIES AND WHAT THEY WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS A QUALITY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND SO THE THINGS THAT ARE FAMILIES NAMES WHERE THEY LOVE OUR SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROGRAM THEY LOVE OUR ON-SITE CLINICIANS THEY LOVE OUR FOR PILLARS OUR ON-SITE CLINICIANS OUR CLINICAL TEAMS OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT WHICH IS EMBEDDED IN OUR SCHOOL DAY THEY LOVE OUR FOCUS ON COMMUNITY THROUGH COMMUNITY CIRCLES THROUGH A RIGOROUS AND AGE-APPROPRIATE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING THAT IS PART OF EVERY SINGLE STUDENT'S SCHOOL DAY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR FAMILIES IDENTIFY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
157AS PART OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE ONE THEY NAMED TRADITIONAL THINGS LIKE SPORTS SPORTS PROGRAMMING AND ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITIES OR AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR FAMILIES WERE ASKING US FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY ASKED US FOR WAS REALLY EMBEDDED IN DEEP LEADERSHIP OUR ONE OF OUR PILLARS IS OUR ACT PILLAR AND YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT OF THAT ON DISPLAY THIS EVENING AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS FELT PRIDE ABOUT BEING VALLEJO RESIDENTS AND BEING VALLEJO CITIZENS AND BEING THE FUTURE OF VALLEJO SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE CONCEPTUALIZED OUR LEADERSHIP PILLAR IS PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS CO-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES THEY WANTED OUR STUDENTS TO GO OUTSIDE OF OUR FOUR WALLS THEY ASKED US TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS UM WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS CIVIC BUSINESS EDUCATION THE ARTS WE SOURCED IT UM AS PART OF OUR DESIGN PROCESS AND SO
158WE GOT ON THE GROUND UM WE DID A LANDSCAPE OF WHAT WAS AVAILABLE IN VALLEJO FOR OUR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN AND WE HAVE A TENTATIVE LIST OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE LIKE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER OUR STUDENTS IF WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THE BALL FORWARD WITH THIS DESIGN PROCESS IN MANY WAYS OUR SCHOOL EXPERIENCE IS VERY TAILORED TO THE WANTS AND NEEDS OF OUR FAMILIES I THINK THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS UNIQUE OUR FAMILIES HAVE A REALLY EMPOWERED VOICE THEY CONTINUE TO OFFER US FEEDBACK AND REFINEMENT THROUGH THIS DESIGN PROCESS AS WE EVEN ARE HERE THIS EVENING AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DREAM WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DREAM PAST THIS PART UH THIS FEELS LIKE A FORMALITY FOR OUR PARENTS BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY VERY FIRED UP IS
159A NICE WAY TO PUT IT TO MAKE THIS A REALITY FOR FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND SO I THINK THAT THE FACT THAT THERE THAT OUR DESIGN TEAM IS SO RESPONSIVE TO WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR IN AND OF ITSELF IS A STANDOUT DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS UH ACTUALLY NO I I THE HEART OF MY QUESTION WAS HOW IS YOUR PROGRAM GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THE THINGS THAT YOU LISTED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING THE CLINICIANS THE EXTRA RESOURCES COMMUNITY CIRCLES SPORTS LEADERSHIP I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THOSE ARE ALL AVAILABLE AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE OTHER SCHOOL OPTIONS SO WHAT MAKES YOUR PROGRAM GOING TO BE DIFFERENT WELL OUR FAMILY AND OUR RESEARCH IS TELLING US THAT IT DOES NOT LOOK THE SAME IN TRADITIONAL VALLEJO SCHOOLS AND IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THEN I AM DEFINITELY NOT
160HERE TO REFUTE THAT BUT FROM WHAT WE KNOW IN OUR LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS THAT IS NOT THE EXPERIENCE OR THE PERCEIVED EXPERIENCE OF OUR FAMILIES MAYBE IT'S JUST A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION OF WHAT WHETHER THEY HAVE IT OR NOT VERSUS IT LOOKS DIFFERENT OR NOT I WOULD GRANT THAT BUT I OKAY I THINK MAYBE THEY OKAY THEY DO HAVE THOSE THINGS RIGHT MY EXPERIENCE THANK YOU UM I'D LIKE TO KNOW UM YOU TALK A LOT ABOUT FAMILY THAT YOU'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE FAMILY AND YOU'RE DESIGNING A MODEL FOR A HIGH SCHOOL BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT YOU REACHED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WITH ONE OF THE ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS VIVA I'M ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF EVA AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO I DON'T HEAR YOU TALKING ABOUT FIRST FIVE
161SOLANO COMMUNITY COLLEGE UH COHORTING WITH TORO OR CAL MARITIME AND THAT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN THIS COMMUNITY THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF INPUT THAT YOU BRING IN TO YOUR FAMILY IF YOU WILL BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT THAT PATHWAY IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT YOUR FAMILIES WANT TO BE IN SO ARE YOU PLANNING ON UH COHORTING WITH ANY OF THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS YEAH WE ARE HAPPY TO PARTNER AND WE'RE NOT NOT HAPPY TO PARTNER ARE YOU REACHING OUT WE ARE ACTIVE IN DEVELOPING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND IF WE FIND NAMES THAT WE HAVE NOT SOURCED WE WE DO ACTIVELY REACH OUT RIGHT SO WHO ARE YOU SOURCING NOW UM WE HAVE THIS A COUPLE YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST YEAH SO UM WHEN WE FOUNDED FIVE YEARS
162AGO WE BEGAN TO CREATE A PARTNERSHIP WITH TORO SO WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE GREAT TEACHERS WHO ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS THAT I HAD WAS WITH SOMEONE AT TORO COLLEGE AND WE SAID LOOK WE'RE OPENING THIS SCHOOL MODEL IT MATCHES A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING I MEAN THE RESEARCH IS ALL OUT THERE ABOUT WHAT GOOD TEACHING PRACTICES LOOK LIKE AND TORO HAS A LOT OF THOSE GREAT THINGS THAT MATCHED OUR MODEL SO WE STARTED THAT CONNECTION RIGHT AWAY I WANT TO GET BACK TO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ASKED IS WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT DECIDE ON OUR RESULTS THAT'S WHAT MATTERS CURRENTLY THE STUDENTS IN VALLEJO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DO NOT PERFORMING THEY'RE NOT ACHIEVING AND I KNOW THAT WE
163ARE LIVING IN A REALLY TOUGH WORLD RIGHT NOW BUT THOSE RESULTS ARE NOT OKAY FOR OUR KIDS AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE AT CALIBER IS WE'VE PUSHED THOSE RESULTS YOU ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION ON MY TIME I KNOW BUT I WANTED TO ADDRESS BUT YOU I'M ASKING I ASKED ABOUT SPECIFIC THINGS AND YOU RESORTED TO HER QUESTION YOU KNOW ANSWERING HER SO I UNDERSTAND TORO IT'S AN EXCELLENT TEACHING SCHOOL I'VE SET ON SOME ADVISORY BOARDS WITH THEM CONCERNING CURRICULUM FOR TEACHER EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT BUT I'M STILL NOT HEARING I HAVEN'T HEARD I CAN I CAN TALK MORE ABOUT A FEW OTHER PARTNERSHIPS ALL RIGHT THAT THAT THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING INTO YOUR MODEL FOR YOUR HIGH SCHOOL YEAH SO I'LL TALK ABOUT THE
164CURRENT PARTNERSHIPS AND HOW WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THOSE SO THE FIRST IS TORO THE SECOND IS BAY AREA RECREATION CENTER SO WE PARTNER WITH BACR IT'S A RECREATIONAL CENTER THAT SUPPORTS OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM NOT ONLY ARE WE THINKING ABOUT THAT PROGRAM BUT THE STATE HAS COME OUT WITH SOME SPECIFIC SUPPORTS AROUND EXPANDED LEARNING AND WE ARE EXCITED AND ARE EAGER SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE SAT IN MEETINGS AND WE BEGAN TO HAVE PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH BACR ABOUT HOW WE CAN CREATE A MORE INTEGRATED MODEL DURING AFTER SCHOOL AND DURING THIS EXPANDED LEARNING WHICH HAPPENS DURING THE SUMMER PROGRAM THIRD THING THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT I'M SURE ALL OF US HAVE IS ON OUR MINDS IS UNIVERSAL TK WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME UNIVERSAL PRE-K WE BEGIN TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS
165ABOUT WHAT DOES OUR COMMUNITY WANT AND NEED I SAT IN A MEETING LAST NIGHT WHERE DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY WERE ABLE TO STAY AND GIVE INPUT WHAT IS YOUR IDEAL TK PROGRAM I HAVE A FOUR-YEAR-OLD MYSELF SO AS A PARENT AND A COMMUNITY MEMBER I WAS ABLE TO GIVE MY VOICE AND WHAT I WANTED THAT PROGRAM TO LOOK LIKE HEAD START AND I INTERRUPT THEIR KINDERGARTEN BAY AREA RECREATIONAL CENTER WHAT ABOUT VALLEJO UM RECREATION CENTER ARE YOU DOING AND YOU'RE TALKING WITH THEM THE PARKS ARE IN VALLEJO UM AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE IN VALLEJO SO I'M NOT FAMILIAR AND BUT I'M NOT AN EDUCATOR SO THAT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER BUT I AM FAMILIAR WITH VALLEJO I GREW UP IN VALLEJO I WENT TO SUMMER CAMP IN VALLEJO AND VALLEJO IS STILL DOING THINGS WITH
166THEIR PARKS UM TRAILS AND ALL OF THAT THAT'S THE PART I'M NOT HEARING THAT UM I WANT TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE FOR YOUR FAMILIES IN VALLEJO I'M THROUGH I WON'T ASK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS SO THAT'S THAT SATISFIES ME THANK YOU ANY FINAL QUESTIONS POINT OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE I WAS HOPING TO ASK A QUESTION TO COUNSEL THROUGH THE CHAIR OKAY OKAY UM I WAS WONDERING ABOUT UH TWO OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HAVE DECLARED EX PARTE CONVERSATION AND I WAS WONDERING WHAT OUR STANDARD IS FOR THAT LAST MONTH I WAS DENIED THE ABILITY TO DECLARE EX PARTE CONVERSATION AND NOW THIS MONTH I'VE HEARD TWO BOARD MEMBERS UM DECLARE EXPORTED CONVERSATION SO I'M I'M ERRING ON THE SIDE OF WHAT THE RULE WAS LAST MONTH BUT IF YOU WANTED TO GIVE DIRECTION ON WHAT
167EX PARTE DECLARATIONS WERE NECESSARY SO WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PUBLIC HEARING UM I'M HAVING TROUBLE RECALLING WHAT THE EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES WERE WHERE YOU HAD AN EX-PARTY CONVERSATION THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DISCLOSE I WASN'T ALLOWED TO SPEAK LAST MONTH ON AN AGENDA ITEM TRUSTEE SHARP I THINK THAT'S OFF TOPIC THAT'S GOING BACK IN WAYS THAT WE DON'T NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 9 32 AND IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS TEN MINUTE RECESS GOT IT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS THANK YOU UH ALL RIGHT LET'S GET GOING AGAIN UM I WOULD LIKE TO UM VERY QUICKLY
168ADDRESS THE LAST COMMENT THERE THAT UM TRUSTEE SHARP MADE ABOUT EX PARTE AND MAYBE WE COULD GET A FOLLOW-UP EMAIL FROM COUNSEL TO UM LET US KNOW THE RULES BUT JUST FOR A CLARIFICATION YOU WERE NOT DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY YOU WERE NOT YOU DID NOT GET A SECOND AND THAT ENDED THE DISCUSSION SO THE IDEA UH POINT OF ORDER PLEASE THIS IS NOT YOUR TIME TO TALK WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT YES GOOD EVENING MY FIRST ITEM IS THE 2021-2022 SECOND INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORT IT IS A TEST FOR THE BOARD'S REVIEW AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE STAFF HERE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS TRUSTEE SHARP I WAS WONDERING LOOKING OUT OVER THE ENTIRE UM INTERIM REPORT WE THE COLUMNS AT THE END DON'T CHANGE SO UM AND THEN COULD WE
169HAVE STAFF GO TO THE MIC TO RESPOND PLEASE SORRY SO THE COLUMNS AREN'T UM SORRY SO COLUMNS D E AND F UM SORRY NO E AND F BUT I'M SORRY UM AT ANY PAGE BUT THE PAGE NINE IS WHAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW UM I WOULD MY QUESTION WAS THE UM BOARD OPERATING BUDGET APPROVED BUDGET AND THEN THE PROJECTED YEAR TOTALS MATCH UM IDENTICALLY AND SO OUR WOULD AND THEN YET IN THE ACTUALS TO DATE THERE ARE VARIED UM PERCENTAGES OF THAT UM SO WOULD YOU SAY THAT OVERALL UH WE ARE ON TRACK TO STAY TO OUR PROJECTED YEAR TOTALS AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S NO TIME WHAT THERE'S NO CHANGES IS THERE ANYTHING NOTABLE IN THIS INTERIM THAT WOULD SHOW THAT WE'RE SPENDING SO MUCH LESS THAT WE SHOULD BE ALARMED OVER SPENDING SO
170MUCH MORE THAT WE ARE ALARMED IS THERE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT WE'RE NOT ON TRACK IT LOOKED I WAS TRYING THE DIFFERENT COLUMNS THE DIFFERENT UM ITEMS THEY HAD LIKE I SAID VARIED PERCENTAGES OF HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT SO FAR AND SO I WAS WONDERING IS THERE ARE WE ON TRACK DOES IT LOOK GOOD IS THERE ANYTHING NOTABLE UP OR DOWN MOVING FORWARD FOR THIS BUDGET THE DIFFERENCE COLUMN IS AS PART OF THE SOFTWARE AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE WAY THE DATA EXTRACTS AND IF WE HAD ANY CHANGES PAST THAT 131 DATE SO IT'S JUST A MECHANISM INCLUDING ANY OTHER CHANGES IN THE SO WHAT WE DO AS PART OF FIRST AND SECOND INTERIM AS WE REVIEW OUR BUDGET AND MAKE ANY NECESSITY FOR OUR POSITION AS OF SO THAT THE COLUMN
171FEED ACTUAL TO DATE E AND D EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE DIFFERENT NUMBERS WE LOOK LIKE WE'RE ON TRACK TO SPEND WHAT WE WE SET A BUDGET AND IT LOOKS GOOD GIVE OR TAKE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK TO TO HOLD TO OUR ACTUALS SO THAT IS OUR CURRENT OUR BUDGET IS OUR CURRENT ESTIMATED BYE THANK YOU UH CAPITAL OUTLAY WAS INCREASED TO ACCELERATE THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE FIREWALL IF YOU COULD JUST VERY BRIEFLY SPEAK TO THAT AS IN TERMS OF THE ASSUMPTIONS MOVING FORWARD SURE ABSOLUTELY SO WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY BEFORE US TO CAPTURE AN E-RATE DISCOUNT AND WE DECIDED TO GO MOVE FORWARD A PLANNED EXPENDITURE THAT WASN'T GOING TO OCCUR UNTIL AFTER JULY MOVE IT UP FOR A COUPLE REASONS ONE TO CAPTURE THAT POTENTIAL UH REBATE BY INCLUDING IT IN THIS YEAR'S
172E-RATE APPLICATION WHICH WE NEED TO DO UP YOU KNOW KIND OF ALL AS ONE AND ALSO BECAUSE OF SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AS YOU WELL KNOW A LOT OF EQUIPMENT IS BEING DELAYED AS A RESULT AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO JEOPARDIZE HAVING THAT DELAY PUT US OUTSIDE OF OUR LICENSE EXPIRATION DATE BECAUSE WHAT THAT MEANS IS NOT ONLY IS SCO VULNERABLE BUT ALSO THE DISTRICTS THAT WE SERVE FOR NETWORK SERVICES SO IF THAT WERE TO COME IN LATE THE HARDWARE THAT WE WOULD NEED FOR THE FIREWALL AND THE SOFTWARE THAT ACCOMPANIES IT WE MIGHT BE WITHOUT THAT PROTECTION FOR A MONTH OR TWO DEPENDING ON WHAT THE DELAY MIGHT BE SO WE DECIDED TO MOVE THAT EXPENDITURE UP AND IT WOULD FALL IN THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF NEXT YEAR AS WE INITIALLY PLANNED SO IT'S JUST
173A MOVEMENT OF THAT PLANNED EXPENDITURE JUST FOR UH CLARIFICATION THAT'S NOT IN OUR BUDGET REVISIONS THAT ARE ON OUR AGENDA TODAY BUT WE'LL BE IN THE NEXT ITERATION OF THOSE CORRECT THANK YOU QUARTERLY DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE INVENTORIED ITEMS AND IT IS ATTACHED HERE FOR YOUR INFORMATION UH ITEM 10C CHARTER SCHOOL UPDATE WE HAVE DR PINPIN GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT LAVELL TRUSTEES SUPERINTENDENT AND ESTRELLA HENDERSON COLLEAGUES AND GUESTS OUR TEAM WILL GIVE YOU UPDATES ON THE ELITE PUBLIC SCHOOLS LET US START WITH THE REPORTING SCHEDULE MATRIX AN UPDATE TO THIS DOCUMENT IS THAT THE FEBRUARY OVERSIGHT FEE HAS BEEN PAID ON MARCH 1ST THE MARCH UPDATED MASTER SCHEDULE AND STAFFING LIST FEBRUARY'S SUBSTITUTE LOG THE JANUARY BANK STATEMENTS AND DECEMBER CASH FLOW WERE ALL TURNED IN ON MARCH 1ST AS OF TODAY THERE ARE NO PAST DUE
174ITEMS LET US NOW MOVE ON TO THE NEXT DOCUMENT WHICH IS THE NARRATIVE POE ELITE CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WEEKLY BY EMAIL REGARDING REQUESTING AND RECEIVING DOCUMENTS RELATED TO OVERSIGHT ADDITIONALLY MONTHLY CHECK IN MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN ELITE AND SCHOOL AND THE MOST RECENT WAS SCHEDULED ON FEBRUARY 22ND FOR THE UPDATES WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE FEBRUARY ENROLLMENT THE MARCH ENROLLMENT IS AS FOLLOWS PK IS 19 KINDER 44 FIRST GRADE 66 SECOND GRADE 65 THIRD GRADE 57 FOURTH GRADE 45 FIFTH GRADE 42 SIXTH GRADE 45 SEVENTH GRADE THE SAME EIGHTH GRADE 61 NINTH GRADE 47 10TH GRADE THE SAME AND 11TH GRADE 12 FOR A TOTAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT NUMBER 594 WHICH IS EIGHT STUDENTS LESS THAN LAST MONTH THE REST OF THE DOCUMENT REMAINS THE SAME AND THE LAST
175DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE IS THE MONTHLY REVIEW SNAPSHOT AND AMONG THE PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES UH FISCAL AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS NEEDS ATTENTION AND THE REST MEET EXPECTATIONS THE SNAPSHOT WILL CONTINUE TO BE UPDATED AND ADJUSTED AS WE GATHER MORE INFORMATION RELATED TO THE FIRST INTERIM REPORT AND ANNUAL AUDIT RESULTS THIS IS THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION DO YOU DO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFORMATION UH AS TO WHY THERE'S THAT DECLINE OR WHAT WHAT IS THAT ATTRIBUTED TO ENROLLMENT I'M REFERRING UM THERE WAS REALLY NO EXPLANATION GIVEN BUT WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE DATA THE DECLINE WAS MORE ON ELEMENTARY SO THEY LOST SEVEN STUDENTS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL THEY LOST ONE AND FOR HIGH SCHOOL IT'S THE SAME MAYBE IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE OCCURRING YOU CAN GET A VIBE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THANK
176YOU ALL RIGHT THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH DR PINPIN THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR UH BUDGET PRESENTATION AND THIS HAS BEEN PART OF OUR REGULAR BUDGET UPDATE AND MS HENSON WILL BE PROVIDING ON A PRESENTATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS GOOD EVENING PRESIDENT LAVELL TRUSTEES SUPERINTENDENT ESTRELLA HENDERSON COLLEAGUES AND GUESTS LAST MEETING I SHARED THE SUMMARY OF THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL AND TONIGHT I WILL REFERENCE THAT SUMMARY AS I WALK YOU THROUGH THE COMPONENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS AS WE DEVELOP THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AND BEGIN PUTTING TOGETHER THE 2223 ADOPTED BUDGET PLEASE THERE'S A LOT MORE TO DEVELOPING A BUDGET THAN ESTIMATING YOUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES MANY CONSIDERATIONS NEED TO BE MADE ABOUT THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS THE RESTRICTIVENESS OF THE FUNDING SOURCES AND DESIRED OUTCOMES ALL OF THESE WILL BE ANALYZED AS WE DEVELOP
177THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AND BEGIN TO BUILD THE BUDGET MODEL NEXT SLIDE PLEASE BEFORE WE EVEN BUILD A BUDGET MODEL WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH A STARTING POINT FOR US THAT IS DEVELOPING THE ASSUMPTIONS FOR OUR REVENUES SIMILAR TO A HOUSEHOLD BUDGET THE IDEA IS NOT TO SPEND MORE THAN YOU EARN UNLESS YOU'RE WILLING TO DIP INTO YOUR SAVINGS SO BY ESTIMATING WHERE YOUR REVENUES STAND IT ALLOWS YOU TO KNOW YOUR THRESHOLD FOR YOUR EXPENDITURES FOR SCOE LCF REVENUE PROJECTIONS ARE INITIALLY UNVEILED AT THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET AND THEN THEY'RE TRUED UP WITH THE RELEASE OF THE GOVERNOR'S MAY REVISE WE THEN WILL FACTOR STATE GRANTS AND LOCAL GRANTS REVIEW THE P1 CERTIFICATION FOR PROPERTY TAXES AND ESTIMATE LOCAL INTEREST INCOME THE SUM OF THESE GIVES YOU THE THRESHOLD TO WHICH WE CAN BEGIN ESTIMATING OUR EXPENDITURES
178NEXT SLIDE THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS MADE DURING THE TIME WE ARE ESTIMATING REVENUES INVOLVE A REFLECTION OF WHERE THE STATE AND NATIONAL ECONOMY STANDS WHAT IS THE CURRENT TREND ON STATE REVENUES WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT WHAT ARE THE TRENDS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH INFLATION AND HOW DOES THAT PLAY OUT IN WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY WITH CURRENT REPORTS WE REMAIN CAUTIOUS COVET HAS CAUSED A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AND HIGH INFLATION RATES WE NEED TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THIS AS WE PLAN OUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS AFTER REVENUES WE BEGIN TO BUILD ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURES COMPONENT OF THE BUDGET MODEL BECAUSE INSTRUCTION IS A CORE SERVICE A MAJOR COMPONENT OF AN LEA'S BUDGET IS STAFFING WE WILL TAKE THESE STAFFING RECORDS KNOWN AS POSITION CONTROL AND REVIEW WE ACCOUNT FOR ATTRITION RETIREMENTS
179AND STEP AND COLUMN INCREASES TO ENSURE WE HAVE THE MOST UP-TO-DATE ESTIMATES WE WILL ALSO UPDATE THE RATES FOR ANY STATUTORY AND HEALTH BENEFITS RELATED TO THESE POSITIONS WE THEN REVIEW THE MAIN REMAINING EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES WE TALKED ABOUT OBJECT CODE CATEGORIES WE'LL REMOVE ANY ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE'LL GO BACK AND COMPARE TO THE PRIOR YEAR WE'LL ADD ANY PLANNED ONE TIME FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR THESE COULD BE THINGS SUCH AS FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS ELECTION COSTS THINGS THAT ARE ONLY GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE IN A WHILE OR IN THAT PARTICULAR YEAR THEN WE'LL REVIEW AND ADJUST THE REGIONAL CONSUMER PRICE INDEX TO ACCOUNT FOR THE INFLATION AND ADD THAT ONTO OUR EXPENDITURES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT RATE THIS SLIDE SHOWS A FEW OF THE PLANNING FACTORS THAT ARE BUILT INTO OUR
180BUDGET DEVELOPMENT ASSUMPTIONS THEY ARE CALCULATED AND PROVIDED TO LEAS BY SCHOOL SERVICES THESE ARE USED IN THE BUDGET AND IN THE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS HERE WE HAVE THE COLA WHICH HAS BEEN FACTORED INTO LCFF REVENUES FOR THE UPCOMING YEARS THE SAME IS DONE WITH THE STATUTORY BENEFITS FOR CALSTRS AND CALPERS AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE THESE ARE ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE BUT ARE THE BEST ESTIMATES AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND WILL BE UPDATED IF NECESSARY WHEN THE NEW RATES ARE PUBLISHED SO OFTENTIMES YOU'LL WONDER WHY DID THAT CHANGE DOWN THE ROAD WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AS ADOPTED VERSUS FIRST INTERIM AND IT COULD BE BECAUSE ONE OF THESE RATES CHANGED DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR YOU WANT TO WAIT TO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE COLA ABOUT WE GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND THEN
181WE CAN GET ALL THE QUESTIONS OR DID YOU PROBABLY ANSWER I JUST I JUST NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT THE COLAS IN YEARS THAT WE HAVE INFLATION THE COLA GOES DOWN RIGHT DOES IT GO DOWN OR DOES IT GO UP AND THE COLA IS BASED ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS YEAH THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND THEY'RE AT CERTAIN POINTS IN TIME AND THEY RELEASE THEM AND THEY THEY KEEP ESTIMATING UNTIL THEY FINALIZE IT YES WHAT MONTH IS IT SEPTEMBER THEY RELEASE THEM OR UH HELP ME OUT ON THAT ONE DO YOU KNOW I I KNOW THAT THEY START GETTING THE EARLY VARIABLES AND ASSESSING LIKE RIGHT AFTER RIGHT AS THE GOVERNOR'S RELEASING THE PROPOSAL AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT COMES OUT IN JUNE I WANT TO SAY BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY
182FINALIZED SO MY QUESTION IS IF IF WE GO INTO A HUGE INFLATION AND OUR COAL IS GOING UP OR COAL IS GOING DOWN UM I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK THEY'RE THAT DIRECTLY RELATED I THINK IT'S MULTIPLE VARIABLES VARIABLES OKAY THANK YOU THAT'S THAT CLARIFIED THAT OKAY SO ONCE AGAIN THESE ARE ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE SO YOU MIGHT SEE THOSE CHANGE FROM ONE BUDGET TO THE NEXT OR ONE INTERIM REPORT TO THE THE NEXT BUT TYPICALLY IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN WE'RE STARTING TO DO OUR PRELIMINARY PROJECTIONS TO ADOPTED AND ADOPTED TO FIRST INTERIM ONE IMPORTANT NOTE WHEN CONSIDERING THESE FACTORS WHILE THE COLA ADJUSTMENTS IS HIGHER THAN WE NORMALLY SEE REMEMBER THAT IN SOME YEARS IT CAN BE ZERO WE'VE ACTUALLY EVEN SEEN NEGATIVE COLAS THE UNCOLA FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO MIGHT REMEMBER
183THAT THAT ADDITIONAL UM COLA ON THE REVENUE SIDE DOESN'T ALWAYS ADD UP TO THE ADDITIONAL INCREASES WE MAY SEE WITH BENEFITS BENEFIT RATES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCES AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T WHEN YOU ADD THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT TIMES LIKE THIS WHEN INFLATION IS SO HIGH THE NEXT SLIDE VERY COMPLEX CHART HERE THE BENEFIT GOES TO SCHOOL SERVICES AND ACTUALLY THE BENEFIT TRULY GOES TO MIKE FINE HE LOVES TO CREATE I THINK THESE REALLY COMPLEX CHARTS BUT IT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE TO ILLUSTRATE THE POINT I JUST MADE EVEN WITH THE COLA BEING PROJECTED AT 5.33 WHICH IS VERY HIGH THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE ARE ESTIMATING HAVE EXCEEDED THAT COLA JUST IN STAFFING EXPENDITURES YOU HAVE YOUR INCREASE FOR STEP AND COLUMN EVERY YEAR WHICH CAN BE ONE AND A HALF
184TWO PERCENT DEPENDING ON HOW THEY'RE STRUCTURED IN THE SALARY SCHEDULES BUT YOU START LOOKING AT THAT PLUS PERS AND STIRS RATES BOTH GOING UP EACH YEAR BY OVER TWO PERCENT AND THEN YOU HAVE THOSE COSTS THAT ARE BASED ON INFLATION THAT ARE PLAYING INTO THAT CRITERIA THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT AS SOON AS WE START BUILDING OUR MULTI-YEAR PROJECTIONS WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHERE THAT COLA IS GOING TO FALL AND WHERE THE RATE INCREASES WILL LAND SO WE MUST BUILD A CONSERVATIVE MODEL AND THAT'S USUALLY WHY YOU SEE YOUR ADOPTED BUDGET BEING ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE MODELS AND WE TRUE IT UP AS THOSE THINGS BECOME FINALIZED AND WE GET CLOSER TO TRUSTEE SHARP'S POINT THAT APPROVED BUDGET VERSUS THE PROJECTED TOTALS SECOND INTERIM GETS EVEN CLOSER
185TO WHAT OUR ESTIMATED ACTUALS ARE BECAUSE WE'RE FURTHER IN THAT CYCLE AND WE'RE CHEWING IT UP AND WE'RE GETTING IT REFINED SO IT BECOMES CLOSER AND CLOSER TO YOUR ESTIMATED ACTUALS SO THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION NEXT SLIDE PLEASE IN ONE OF MY EARLIER BUDGET PRESENTATIONS I TALKED ABOUT THE RESTRICTED BUDGETS AND HOW THEY ARE MORE COMPLEX IN NATURE AND ARE ACTUALLY BUDGETED OFTENTIMES BY SUB-BUDGETS WITHIN A RESOURCE AND THEN BALANCED OVERALL BEFORE MOVING TO THE UNRESTRICTED RESOURCES WITHIN EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS IN THE RESTRICTED SITE WE MUST REVIEW THEIR RESTRICTIONS IN THEIR ENTIRETY LOOK AT THE SUN SETTING GRANT DEADLINES CONSIDER THEIR REQUIREMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO STAFFING ARE THERE ANY MATCHING FUNDS ARE THERE ANY CARRYOVER LIMITATIONS ALL OF THAT IMPACTS HOW WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THAT BUDGET BECAUSE WE ARE A COUNTY
186OFFICE WE ARE MORE HEAVILY FUNDED BY RESTRICTED RESOURCES THAN OUR DISTRICTS THERE WAS A QUESTION I BELIEVE BY TRUSTEE SHARP A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO ABOUT MINI GRANTS SO AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESTRICTED FUNDING THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY JUST TO KIND OF FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND UM IN THE 21 22 SCHOOL YEAR THE TEACHERS EXPANDED CURRICULUM REQUESTS INSPIRED BY THE RECOMMENDATION OF THESE MINI GRANTS AND THEY WERE FULFILLED USING THE MEDICAL PROGRAM DOLLARS AS APPROVED BY THE MEDICAL CONSORTIUM SO THEY FELL WITHIN THOSE RESTRICTIONS AND WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT AGAIN AND DETERMINING HOW WE NEED TO BUDGET FOR THAT IF WE CONTINUE WITH THAT APPROVAL THESE GRANTS ARE TO EXPAND CURRICULUM INTO EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM AND THIS YEAR GRANT FUNDS WILL ALSO BE UTILIZED TO SUPPORT TEACHER PROPOSALS TO
187EXPAND ON MICRO ENTERPRISES AND GARDEN HORTICULTURE PROJECTS ONCE THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ARE ESTIMATED THE ENDING FUND BALANCE IS THEN CALCULATED HOWEVER THERE ARE SOME STEPS WE MUST TAKE FIRST FIRST AND FOREMOST THERE IS A CALCULATION FOR THE RESERVE FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES WHICH IS REQUIRED BY LAW THIS IS A MINIMUM OF THREE PERCENT OF THE BUDGETED GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES SO WE COMPUTE THAT IT KIND OF COMES OFF THE TOP OF IF YOU WILL OF THE REMAINING FUND BALANCE THERE ARE ALSO SOME OTHER REQUIRED COMPONENTS WE NEED TO DESIGNATE FOR REVOLVING CASH AND THE PREPAID ITEMS WHICH ARE MORE OF AN ACCOUNTING PROCESS AND ANYTHING BUT THEN WE WILL CREATE SOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE WE NEED TO SET ASIDE FOR BUILDINGS AND REPAIRS OUR RETIREE BENEFITS YOU KNOW THAT WE OPENED UP A FUND 20
188WE WANT TO START MINIMIZING THAT LIABILITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD SO WE'VE SET UP A FUND 20 AND WE MIGHT BUDGET TO TAKE SOME OF THAT ENDING FUND BALANCE DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH WE END UP WITH WHEN WE CLOSE THE BOOKS AND TRANSFER SOME OF IT OUT TO FUND 20 TO SET ASIDE FOR OUR RETIREE BENEFITS NEXT SLIDE PLEASE AND WE'VE COME TO THE END SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT DEVELOPING OUR BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AND BEING ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD LINGERING OUT THERE NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR QUESTIONS COMMENTS DURATIONS TRUSTEE THANK YOU I ACTUALLY I HAD MANY GRANTS ON MY LIST OF THINGS TO ASK YOU ABOUT SO THAT WAS
189GOOD TO HEAR UM TECH CONSORTIUM WHAT WHAT IS DID THAT HAVE TO DO WITH OUR PRE-BUYING OR IS THAT UM IT DOES ACTUALLY KIND OF INDIRECTLY UM BUT WE ARE PART WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A TECH CONSORTIUM WITHIN THE COUNTY UH WE HOST OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM FOR A NUMBER OF OUR DISTRICTS IT'S A WAY OF PULLING THE EXPENSE TOGETHER TO MINIMIZE COSTS AND IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR SMALLER DISTRICTS WHO MAYBE WOULDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A SOLID SYSTEM SUCH AS THE ONE WE USE WHICH IS FRONTLINE'S ESCAPE PRODUCT SO WE PULL THAT MONEY TOGETHER WE ALSO PROVIDE NETWORK SERVICES WE PROVIDE THE FIREWALL SERVICES SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS SO WE WILL SOMETIMES ASSIGN OR DESIGNATE A RESERVE FOR HARDWARE FAILURE LET'S SAY OR YOU NEED TO UPGRADE A SERVER OR WHATEVER
190WE'LL PUT MONEY ASIDE TO PREPARE FOR THAT SO WE HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE AND WE'RE NOT HAVING TO IS THAT SOMETHING OFFERED TO ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS SURE IS THAT SOMETHING OFFERED TO ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS IT'S OFFERED TO ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS NOT ALL EXERCISE IT UM THE BIGGER DISTRICTS SOMETIMES CAN BECAUSE OF THE THE WAY THE FORMULA IS THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN AND THEY LIKE TO HAVE MORE OF THAT STANDALONE CONTROL THAT'S AWESOME OKAY AND MY OTHER QUESTION WAS MEMBERSHIPS WE HAVE IT'S COME UP IN OUR POLICY COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF MEMBERSHIPS IS THERE SINCE THIS IS THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS AND IS THERE A WAY TO GET A LISTING OF WHO OUR MEMBERSHIPS ARE WITH AND WHAT THE COSTS ARE OF THOSE AND WHO WHO
191DETERMINES THAT WE'VE DECIDED TO BECOME A MEMBER OF SUCH AN ORGANIZATION THAT FALL UNDER YOU OR THE BETTER SPOT FOR THIS OKAY AWESOME THANK YOU THANK YOU MISS HENSON VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT UH THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ITEM E IS THE HUMAN RESOURCES REPORT AND THAT'S A ROUTINE AND IT'S THERE FOR YOUR INFORMATION AS ARE THE TEMPORARY CERTIFICATES AND THAT IS THE END OF MY REPORT THANK YOU DID YOU DO A HALF UP AND DOWN RIGHT YEAH OKAY OUR NEXT TIME IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS CURRICULUM ADOPTION THE BOARD WILL CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE JCCS ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON FEBRUARY 9TH OKAY THERE WE GO FANCY FANCY UH GOOD EVENING UM OH GOSH I THINK IT'S THE LIGHT RIGHT THERE TRUSTEES SUPERINTENDENT ESTRELLA HENDERSON COLLEAGUES AND GUESTS I'M HERE
192THIS EVENING TO REQUEST APPROVAL FOR THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM THAT WAS SELECTED TO SUPPORT GOLDEN HILLS COMMUNITY SCHOOL AS WELL AS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IN IDENTIFYING THE APPROPRIATE CURRICULUM TO SUPPORT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THERE IS A LIST HERE ON THIS SLIDE THAT OUTLINES ALL OF THE STEPS THAT WE'VE TAKEN JUST THIS PAST YEAR WE ARE NOW AT THE POINT WHERE WE ARE REQUESTING BOARD APPROVAL FOR THE CURRICULUM IF APPROVED OUR GOAL IS TO ORDER THE CURRICULUM AND HAVE IT DELIVERED AND BE PREPARED TO START TRAINING OUR STAFF TO DELIVER THIS CONTENT IN THE FALL OUR RECOMMENDATION THE THE CURRICULUM THAT WAS SELECTED IS MCGRAW-HILL STUDY SYNC AND IS LOCATED HERE FOR YOUR REVIEW NEXT SLIDE ANY QUESTIONS TRUSTEE SHARP I HAD A COMMENT I
193WANTED TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR THE DEEP DIVE ON THIS THAT IT STARTED OUT KIND OF ROUGH AND THAT YOU GUYS REALLY DID TAKE OUR OPINION SERIOUSLY AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND YOU HAVE MY VOTE IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT BEOWULF IS IN THAT 12TH GRADE BOOK THAT IS COOL SO THANK YOU I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CURRICULUM AS RECOMMENDED SECOND WE'VE GOT TRUSTEE COLEMAN ON MAKING THE MOTION AND TRUSTEE CHEEK MAKING THE SECOND YES COHEN THOMPSON YES COLEMAN YES TRUSTEE DEAN I GOT I'M LIKE THE POOR COUSIN OVER HERE I DON'T GOT ONE IN THERE YES TRUSTY SHARP YES TRUSTEE DUNNE YES TRUSTEE LAVELL YES THANK YOU SO MUCH BOTH TO DR PARR AND DR GARRETT THEY HAVE ENGAGED IN AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS BEGINNING LAST SPRING AND WORKING VERY
194CLOSELY NOT ONLY WITH THE EDUCATORS BUT ALSO THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND NUMEROUS NUMEROUS MEETINGS AND YOU DID TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO REALLY LOOKING AT THE BEST INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH WELL DONE OKAY MOVING ON TO NEW BUSINESS VOTE FOR CSBA DELEGATE ASSEMBLY FOR SUB REGION 3C ALL RIGHT OFFICIAL ELECTION BALLOTS FOR THE 2020 CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION DELEGATE ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVE TO SUB REGION 3 C MUST BE SUBMITTED BY MARCH 16 2020. MAYBE 2022 THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY FULFILLS A CRITICAL GOVERNANCE ROLE WITHIN CSBA REPRESENTATIVES MEET TWICE EACH YEAR AND ARE TASKED WITH SETTING CSBA'S GENERAL POLICY DIRECTION DELEGATES ACT AS LIAISONS BETWEEN CSBA AND LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS IN THEIR REGIONS AND THEY ALSO MEET WITH OTHER DELEGATES
195AND THE CSBA DIRECTOR IN THE REGION DELEGATES SERVE TWO YEARS TERMS THEN THAT BEGIN APRIL FIRST IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE UM AN OPTION DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT ALL SURE I I'VE WORKED WITH UH TONY GROSS ON THE DELEGATE ASSEMBLY HE COMES TO EVERY MEETING PAYS ATTENTION IS ENGAGED SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF UM VOTING FOR HIM AND I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT IF SOMEBODY ELSE THE SECOND OCEAN HOWEVER I THINK HE NEEDS TO PUT TONY IN PARENTHESES BECAUSE NOBODY IN VALLEJO HAS EVER CALLED HIM RALPH I THINK THEY DO THAT BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER TONY ON THE BOARD TONY UBALDE WHO'S OUR REGION THREE DIRECTOR WHO'S ALSO AT ALL THE MEETINGS SO OKAY SO WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY TRUSTEE DEAN SECONDED BY TRUSTEE COLEMAN UM THIS A ROLL
196CALL CAN WE DO A LOCAL TRUSTEE CHEEK YES TRUSTEE COHEN THOMPSON YES COLEMAN YES TRUSTEE YES TRUSTEE LAVELL YES OKAY MOVING ON TO BOARD POLICY 9150 STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO LEAD US IN THAT DISCUSSION THANK YOU I HOPE EVERYONE TOOK THE TIME TO READ THE DETAILS OF THIS IN ADVANCE OF OUR MEANING BUT UM IT'S IT'S PRETTY THICK AND THERE'S A LOT OF NUANCE TO IT AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT IN A EARLY AT AN EARLIER HOUR WE MIGHT HAVE A HEALTHY EXCHANGE ON QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OPTIONS BEFORE US BUT IT IT'S IT IS SIGNIFICANT SO IT REALLY DESERVES ATTENTION SO I WOULD BE UNLESS YOU KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE WAITING TO ASK US WHY WE CHOSE ONE WORD OR ANOTHER TONIGHT AT 10 15 IT'S A IT'S A DOUBLE READ ANYWAY
197BUT I THINK HONESTLY I WOULD ASK YOU TO TAKE A GOOD HARD LOOK AT IT IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE YET BECAUSE WE HAD THIS MONSTER TO LOOK AT INSTEAD I DON'T KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUE WOULD UH CONCUR THAT MAYBE IT'S BETTER TO RAISE IT TO SAY THIS IS SERIOUS PLEASE TAKE A HARD LOOK MAKE SOME CON YOU KNOW SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT YOUR CHOICE WHAT YOU WOULD CHOOSE AND THEN IS OUR COUNCIL STILL HERE AH SHE'S HERE SO BOTH COUNCIL ARE HERE WE HAVE UM YES COUNTY COUNSEL AND COURTNEY UM FULL EMPLOYMENT ACT UM I MEAN I'M I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY MEATY IT TOOK US A FEW MEETINGS TO EVEN GET THIS FAR AND UM I I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED TO I MEAN IF GUYS HAVE
198QUESTIONS WE CAN WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION NOW I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY READ IT AND SO IF THEY WANTED TO START WITH MAYBE THE SOFTBALL QUESTIONS AND THEN JUST A SECOND READING CAN WE BEFORE DR PARR AND DR GARRETT SNEAK AWAY ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD WANT TO KNOW IS HAVE YOU TALKED TO STAKEHOLDERS IN IN WITHIN SCO ABOUT HOW THEY SEE THIS PLAYING OUT ABOUT STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS YES YEAH I'M SORRY YES BECAUSE YEAH STILL IS ON OUR SIOBAHN WASN'T HERE TO THE FINAL EFFORT UH SO SHE AND ALSO LARYN SO WE HAD TWO STAFF MEMBERS ATTEND ALL OF OUR OUR MEETINGS I WOULD JUST WONDER IF PERHAPS IF DR GARRETT IS THE ONE WORKING WITH STUDENTS THAT WOULD IN THEORY BE DOING THIS I WONDER IF THERE'S SOME WAY TO
199GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ON HOW YOU SEE THIS YOU KNOW AND NOT NECESSARILY IN THIS MOMENT BUT MAYBE THERE CAN BE A DISCUSSION IN THAT REALM SO IN THIS PROPOSAL IS IT A STUDENT UNDER ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS OR IS IT JUST STUDENTS THROUGHOUT IS IT JUST STUDENTS THROUGHOUT BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF IT WAS A STUDENT PROGRAM ON OUR BOARD SO CLOSE TO OPEN IT TO THE GRADER OKAY SO WHEN UH WHEN IT WAS CRAFTED UH INITIALLY IT WAS NOT CRAFTED FOR OUR STUDENTS RIGHT IT WAS CRAFTED FOR THE BRIGHT TINY STUDENTS GOING TO HARVARD UM BUT ONCE WE EDUCATED THE DECISION MAKERS AND THE CRAFTERS ON WHAT A COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ACTUALLY DOES AND WHO WE SERVE THEY ALLOWED FOR CONCEPTUALLY US CRAFTING THE POLICY AND THAT'S ACTUALLY
200THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THERE AND I KNOW OUR COUNCIL CAN POINT TO IT EXACTLY IT SAYS GO TO THESE STUDENTS WHICH IS EVERGREEN AND COMMUNITY AS A PRACTICAL MATTER DOES EVERGREEN WORK I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DETAILS IN THERE RIGHT BUT YES SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION WE GO TO OUR STUDENTS FIRST THAT'S OUR HOPE AND OUR PLAN AND THEN IT COULD OPEN WIDE IF UH OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE SO THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THERE AND SOME OF THE CHOICES AND OUR COUNCIL MIGHT SAY WE SHOULD CHOOSE ONE OF THE OTHER BUT UM THAT WAS THE IDEA AND AND THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME THAT IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS THEN WE COULD EVEN TALK TO YOU ABOUT UH THE PRACTICAL
201ASPECTS OF THIS WE TRIED TO ADDRESS THAT AS A YOU KNOW AND ACTUALLY WHEN THE LEGISLATION WAS BEING CRAFTED WE TRIED TO ADDRESS WHAT IS YOU KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVE WE'RE LUCKY IN TERMS OF OUR OUR GEOGRAPHY AND HOW CENTRALLY LOCATED EVERYTHING IS THERE THERE ARE JURISDICTIONS WHERE THE KID WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE THREE HOURS TO GET TO THE BOARD MEETING SO MAYBE THAT IS A GOOD IDEA I DON'T KNOW TRUST YOURSELF DO WE WANNA OR MAYBE YOU COULD JUST READ IT THINK ABOUT IT AND THEN WHEN WE COME BACK PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS NO NO I JUST MEAN WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT NOW NO BUT I MEAN GO AHEAD GO AHEAD GO AHEAD GIRL I I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE UM THE NOTION UH I KNOW THAT MISS DILL DID PROVIDE REALLY GOOD
202FEEDBACK AND SHE CERTAINLY HAS HER PULSE UM AND AND GIVEN HER ROLE IN SUPPORTING UM JCCS ALONG WITH DR PARKER UM AND I ALSO APPRECIATE TRUSTEE DEAN'S SUGGESTION OF TAKING THE TIME TO READ IT AND GIVE US FEEDBACK AND WE CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE THAT THROUGH LARYN TO THE TRUSTEE I WOULD JUST LIKE TO LIKE WEIGH IN ON HAVING IF WE DO HAVE A STUDENT BOARD REMEMBER SOMEONE PERHAPS OUR DISTRICTS CAN FOLLOW THE SAME MODEL GET SOMEONE FROM BE A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER SO I MEAN AS AN EXAMPLE I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY KIND OF LAY THEIR FOCUS AND I KNOW YOU SAID WE START AND THERE'S THERE'S SOMEONE AVAILABLE BUT SOMETIMES WHEN WE DO THAT IT GOES SO WIDE SPAN AND THEN WE EVENTUALLY FORGET ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REACH SO OURSELVES
203WE LABEL THEIR FOCUS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A STUDENT BOARD MEMBER FROM OUR STUDENTS AND THAT'S A CRITERIA MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHER DISTRICTS KIND OF FOLLOW THE SAME PATTERN AND GET BOARD MEMBERS IN THEIR DISTRICT THAT REALLY HELP TO GROW THE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT AND FOR INSTANCE YOU'LL HAVE SOMEONE WITH A DIFFERENT LENS OR STUDENTS THEY'RE AT SCHOOL ALL DAY THEY UNDERSTAND THEY CAN KIND OF TALK TO WHAT WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT BUT I WOULD JUST ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS FIRST THE DISTRICTS HAVE HAD THE LEGISLATION SUPPORTING THEM DOING THAT AND ACTUALLY I WOULD SAY ENCOURAGING IS A KIND WORD THAN TO GET UH STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS SOME I THINK TWO OF OUR DISTRICTS DO HAVE STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS I MEAN WHEN I WAS ON BENICIA WE HAD STUDENT BOARD
204I MEAN STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS IS WHAT WE HAD BUT UM UM WHERE WAS I GOING WITH THAT OH SO BUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WITH THIS LEGISLATION IS IT WAS DRAFTED USING THE DISTRICT LANGUAGE AS IF WE WERE A DISTRICT WHICH WE ARE NOT AND THAT AND UM TRUSTEE SHARP CAN ATTEST TO THIS WE'RE JUST TRYING TO WRANGLE IT INTO SOMETHING VIABLE BUT CERTAINLY OUR PRIORITY AND THE PRIORITY OF CCBE WAS TO SAY YEAH IT HAS TO BE OUR STUDENTS FIRST SO ANYWAY COOL BEFORE YOU GO DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE TWO DOCTORS THAT I SLOWED DOWN FROM LEAVING NO THANK YOU BOTH FOR STAYING A LITTLE LONGER THANK YOU WELL HAVE LARYN REACH OUT TO YOU TO FACILITATE GETTING YOUR FEEDBACK TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE TRUSTEE COLEMAN I WOULD JUST SAY
205THAT THE WAY THAT THIS IS WRITTEN IT LOOKS LIKE IT CAN ONLY BE A STUDENT UNDER OUR DIRECT JURISDICTION THAT'S THE INTENT SO IF WE DON'T GET A STUDENT THAT WANTS TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR THIS WHAT HAPPENS THEN SINCE WE'RE WE'RE NARROWING IT DOWN LET'S GET INTO THE STUDIO SO AND OUR COUNCIL MAY WANT TO JUMP IN ON THIS AS WELL BUT IN CONCEPT AND AND THE LAW ALMOST REQUIRED AND AGAIN SHE CAN DISCUSS THIS UM SO WE SAID IT SO GHOSTS ARE IT'S OUR STUDENTS RIGHT AND THIS I MEAN AS A PRACTICAL MATTER THAT'S TOUGH AND THAT WAS PART OF THE CLIMB THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH WHEN THE LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATION WAS CRAFTED BECAUSE ORIGINALLY IT WAS SAID THAT THEY HAD TO SIT FOR A WHOLE YEAR AND WE'RE LIKE DUDE OUR
206STUDENTS ARE NOT WHOLE YEAR STUDENTS YOU KNOW AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW SO SO THERE'S THAT AND THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT HOW LONG ARE THEY GOING TO SIT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE CHOSEN I THINK IT'S THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE BUT THEN THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE TO PETITION ALL RIGHT DID YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN I'M HAPPY TO I WAS GOING TO LEAVE IT TO YOU UM SO YES SO THE WAY THE STATUTE IS WRITTEN IS IF THE THE COUNTY BOARD WERE TO RECEIVE A PETITION FROM STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF WAY TO PHRASE IT UNDER THE JURISDICTION DOES THAT MEAN LIKE LOCATED IN THE COUNTY BOARD UM LOOKING AT THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY AND I DON'T KNOW TRUSTEE DEAN
207CAN SPEAK TO THIS IT'S COUNTY OPERATED YEAH YOUR MIC WENT AWESOME THANK YOU HE DOESN'T WANT TO LISTEN TO ME ANYMORE SO THAT'S THE IDEA THERE SO IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION STUDENTS TO SUBMIT A PETITION TO REQUEST TO HAVE A BOARD MEMBER NOW IF NO PETITION IS SUBMITTED EVER THEN THERE IS AN AVENUE IN THE STATUTE THAT AFFORDS STUDENTS ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOLS WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SUBMIT A PETITION I MEAN IN WHICH CASE YOU KNOW THEN THERE MIGHT BE AN AVENUE FOR ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS TO SIT ON THE BOARD BUT THE FIRST STEP AND THE ONE THAT THE WAY THE STATUTE IS WRITTEN IS FOR COUNTY OPERATED SCHOOL STUDENTS EVERGREEN GOLDEN HILLS THOSE
208STUDENTS VERIFY I'M JUST TRYING TO READ I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU IF IF THAT HAPPENED AND IN THE MIDST OF A STUDENT SAY FROM FAIRFIELD TO SOON IS WORKING ON OUR BOARD BUT THEN WE GET SOMEBODY IN AT GOLDEN HILLS UM HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT THAT SO IF THERE WASN'T A PETITION SUBMITTED BY A STUDENT ATTENDING A HIGH SCHOOL UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE THE COUNTY LET'S SAY SO THEN YOU WENT THE OTHER AVENUE AND YOU AFFORDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER STUDENTS AND THEN YOU DO RECEIVE A PETITION IN THAT CASE I WOULD SAY UM YOU WOULD HAVE TO REFER BACK TO WHAT THE STATUTES ALLOW SO IT'S A SHALL AND SO ONCE YOU RECEIVE THE PETITION YOU KNOW THE STUDENT WOULD PROBABLY I MEAN PRACTICALLY FINISH THEIR TERM AND THEN FOR THE
209NEXT SCHOOL YEAR DEPENDING ON WHEN THE DEPENDING ON WHEN THE PETITION IS BECAUSE THERE'S TIMELINES ALL IN HERE DEPENDING ON WHEN THE PETITION IS SUBMITTED UM PRACTICALLY SPEAKING IT WOULD BE IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHICH I WILL SAY UNDER THE STATUTE THAT THE BOARD CAN TAKE ACTION TO ESSENTIALLY UM TERMINATE THE POSITION SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THAT THAT'S OTHER PRACTICAL AVENUE IF YOU WANTED TO MIDTERM TO TAKE ACTION TO TERMINATE THE POSITION OF THE STUDENT THAT'S YOU KNOW FOR EXAMPLE STUDENT DISTRICT A YOU COULD YOU COULD ALSO DO THAT SO THERE'S SORT OF TWO AVENUES IT'S JUST PRACTICALLY TOWARDS DESIRE WITH MORE THAN ONE STUDENT IT'S A LITTLE UNWIELDY BUT IT COULD AND THAT'S WHAT INDONESIA WE ALWAYS HAVE TWO STUDENTS UM AND THE MEAT OF IT IS WHAT ARE THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE STUDENT
210IT'S NO JOKE SO UH AND THERE WAS A LOT OF EFFORT AROUND MAKING SURE ESPECIALLY IN OUR CASE THAT THE STUDENT DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN MATTERS YOU KNOW BECAUSE THE FOLKS WHO WERE DRAFTING THIS DID NOT REALLY EVEN IT WAS KIDS IT WAS STUDENTS DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT OUR POPULATION IS SO SMALL THAT IF A STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS HERE EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED DIRECTLY THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW WHO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHICH IS NOT COOL SO THERE'S AN OBLIGATION IN THERE TO YOU KNOW GET THEM OUT FROM UM I DIDN'T SEE ANYWHERE IN HERE WHERE I MEAN I SEE WHERE THERE TO BE A FULL BOARD MEMBER WITH ALL PRIVILEGES AND VOTING RIGHTS AND ALL OF THAT SO ARE WE GIVING THEM A STIPEND ARE WE PICKING UP THEIR HEALTH DENTAL AND VISION UH
211HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO ALL THIS SO THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY THEY'RE A PREFERENTIAL VOTE WHICH MEANS IT'S AN ADVISORY VOTE NUMBER ONE THEY DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT ELECTED SO THEY CAN'T VOTE BOTH UM THEY GET TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENTS THEY CAN WE CAN PAY FOR THEIR LIKE UM YEAH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THERE'S ONE OTHER THING WE PAY FOR BUT MILEAGE DID I SAY THAT IN MY LIST NO YEAH THAT'S NOWHERE IN THIS I THINK IT'S UNDER THE DEFINITION OF PREFERENCE YEAH AND THAT AND THEY HAD THAT TOGETHER BEFORE WE EVEN MET WITH THEM THAT WAS PART OF THE STANDARD LANGUAGE ALREADY REMEMBER UM DEVELOPMENT AND THEN THE MILEAGE AND SO THEY GET SCHOOL CREDITS AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT PRIVACY ISSUES ESPECIALLY RELATED TO STUDENTS AT JDF AND UM HOW WOULD WE PROTECT
212OR I MEAN IT WOULD THERE BE SORT OF FIREWALL KIND OF BETWEEN KEEP THINKING IF IT'S A STUDENT OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION HOW DO WE MAINTAIN PRIVACY FOR OUR STUDENTS UM AT THE VERY LEAST YOU'RE RECEIVING A SITE I GOTTA GIVE THEM CLASS CREDIT OR BAR AND HOW IS THAT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TO FACTOR IN THEIR CREDIT A LUMP CREDIT IS IT PARTIAL CREDIT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS THAT RECEIVE A STIPEND THAT'S PICKING UP THEIR MILEAGE AND PAYING FOR UM AND CERTAINLY WE COULD TO THE POTENTIAL OF THEM RECEIVING A STIPEND IS IT WASN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL LEGEND AND LIKE PRIVATE ATTORNEY WOULD IT BE A POSSIBILITY TO SHORTEN THE TERM WITH YOU KNOW A NOD TOWARDS OUR STUDENT POPULATION THAT MAYBE IT'S A QUARTER OR SEMESTER SEMESTER
213AND SORRY AN APPLICATION PROCESS UM AT LEAST AS OUTLINED IN THIS AND THE THE POLICIES SO FAR SO FROM A PRACTICAL MATTER UM AND THEN I DO JUST WANT TO CONFIRM AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO PUT A PIN IN IT FOR A SECOND I'LL TURN BACK TO BECAUSE I DO HAVE THE STATUTE RIGHT HERE I BELIEVE THAT THE STATUTE SAYS A ONE-YEAR TERM OF COURSE THE UM BOARD COULD TAKE ACTION TO ELIMINATE THE POSITION ALTOGETHER BUT I THINK IT'S CODIFIED AS A ONE-YEAR TERM AND I JUST SIGHT TO IT FOR ONCE I SEE TRUSTEE DEAN SHAKING YOUR HEAD IN AGREEMENT THEN WE ADDED IN THE LEGISLATION THEY ADDED A WAY TO I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT IN MY HEAD RIGHT AT THE MOMENT BUT THEY UNDERSTOOD EVENTUALLY THAT OUR STUDENTS DON'T SEE IT COMMONLY
214OFTEN DON'T I WON'T SAY DON'T EVER BUT OFTEN DON'T AND THEN THEY OFTEN GO BACK TO THEIR ORIGIN SO THAT'S IN THERE TOO SOMEWHERE QUESTION FOR THE CHAIR YES SO THAT UNDER THAT IN UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES THEN WOULD WE JUST LEAVE THE POSITION VACANT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR YEAH THEY'RE GOING TO APPOINT SOMEONE ELSE AND WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT THAT WHOLE PRACTICAL ISSUE OF GOING THROUGH AN APPLICATION PROCESS WHICH THEN TAKES TIME AND BY THEN IT'S OVER AND THE ALTERNATE YOUR MIC ON NEITHER ONE OF THOSE IS GOING TO HAPPEN DID YOU SEE THE COOL DRAWERS THEY HAVE IN THEIR DIET YEAH WHAT'S THE ISSUE OF JUST HAVING IT PER SEMESTER BECAUSE EACH STUDENT WILL AT LEAST BE THERE A SEMESTER SO THE PROCESS OF PETITIONING IS AN ONGOING THING
215AND THE MOTIVATION FOR A FUTURE FOR THE NEXT SEMESTER IS THE GUY THAT'S COMING BACK SAYING OR THE FIRST A YOUNG LADY UM THEIR EXPERIENCE SO IT SORT OF SELF GENERATES UM MOTIVATES A DESIRE TO BE YOU KNOW TO PARTICIPATE AND IF WE CAN GET SOME SOME KIND OF CREDIT EVEN IF IT'S JUST A PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT CREDIT WHICH WOULD HELP IN FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OKAY AND I ALSO WANT TO ALSO UM RESPOND TO SUPERINTENDENT ESTRELLA HENDERSON'S QUESTION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S A VACANCY UM SO BUT TO YOUR QUESTION TRUSTEE COHEN THOMPSON IT SAYS IN 1 000 SUBDIVISION B7 THAT THE TERM OF A PEOPLE MEMBER SHALL BE ONE YEAR UM COMMENCING ON JULY 1ST OF EACH YEAR EXCEPT IT MAY BE ADJUSTED WHERE THERE'S A CASE OF A VACANCY AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY CODIFIED IN
216THE DRAFT STAT OR THE STAFF POLICY THAT WE ALSO PREPARED ON PAGE FIVE UNDER THE TERM SO WHAT THAT MEANS IN MORE LAYMAN'S TERMS IS THAT THE TERM SHALL BE ONE YEAR UM BUT IN THE TERMS OF A VACANCY BECAUSE EITHER A STUDENT MOVES OR THEY'RE YOU KNOW GO BACK TO THE DISTRICT OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE THAT THAT WOULD AFFORD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SWITCH THE TOURNAMENT AND ADJUST THE TERM ACCORDINGLY SO I WOULD ADD THAT WE FOUGHT PRETTY HARD ON THIS AND THAT WE GOT THAT UNLESS THERE'S A VACANCY LANGUAGE BUT YOU KNOW JUST FLAT OUT AS I KNOW IT'S GETTING LATE BUT I WAS TRYING TO TELL THEM STUPID TO MAKE IT JULY 1ST BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHO OUR STUDENTS ARE ON JULY 1ST HELLO RARELY SO SO THE LIKELY SO ON
217AND THEN THOUGH SO ALL THESE OBSTACLES LIKELIHOOD THAT THE STUDENT GETS THROUGH THEM IS PRETTY WE DO KIND OF KNOW WHO OUR STUDENTS ARE ON JULY 1ST BECAUSE WE HAVE EXTENDED YEAR WE HAVE SCHOOL BUT BUT NOT FOR GOLDEN HILLS FOR JDF WE HAVE SCHOOL ALL YEAR FOR JDF THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS THAT MIGHT HAVE MORE BARRIERS OF ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING BECAUSE OF THEIR ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE RIGHT SO UM IN IN JULY IT'S VERY FLUID WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A SOLID SENSE OF WHO WE HAVE AND JUST AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE AND THEN I'M GOING TO STOP BECAUSE IT'S GETTING VERY LATE BUT UM THEY WANTED THE PETITION TO HAVE A THOUSAND STUDENT SIGNALS UNTIL WE DID A POLL OF ALL THE COUNTIES SAY HOW HOW MANY STUDENTS YOU HAVE IN YOUR DIRECT JURISDICTION NOBODY HAD MORE
218THAN 300 EVEN LA COUNTY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT ONE AND MAYBE WE YOU THAT TOO I'M GONNA SAY NEXT MONTH BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT'S GONNA EARLIER BUT NO OKAY SO WE'LL WE'LL POSTPONE THAT TO THE NEXT READING AND MOVING ON SO BACK TO COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY THANK YOU OKAY AGENDA ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT ALL RIGHT THAT'S YOU TRUSTEE SHARP OF SIX C RESOLUTION REMOTE TELECONFERENCE MEETINGS I'VE SAID MY PIECE ON THIS REPEATEDLY SO I WON'T MAKE THE MOTION I WON'T SECOND IT VOTE FOR IT BUT IF YOU ALL WANT TO DO YOUR THING I I THINK THIS WILL THIS MOTION IS EVEN GOING TO COME IN HANDY FOR OUR STUDENT MEMBER BECAUSE THEY COULD ALWAYS ZOOM FROM JDF IF THEY WERE THE ONES THAT WERE ELECTED SECOND YES
219YES TRUSTEE NO TRIP SUN YES TRIPLE BELL YES OKAY SO MOVING ON TO 60 BUDGET REVISIONS NOVEMBER THROUGH JANUARY I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS IT'S LATE SO I'LL TRY TO KEEP THEM MOST IMPORTANT ONES ON PAGE TWO UH THE LAST UH THE LAST ONE OF THE PAGE UH ESTIMATED SR3 BUDGET UM IRONICALLY ON THE NEXT PAGE THE UM ALL OTHER FEDERAL REVENUE IT GOES IN IT GOES OUT IT GOES IN IT GOES OUT AGAIN IS THERE SOME REASON FOR THAT UM THOSE ARE COUNTING THAT ON OUR END KEEP IT STRAIGHT AND THEN ON PAGE THREE MIDWAY THROUGH IT'S THE FIRST INTERIM REVISIONS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL OF SUPERINTENDENTS AND IT APPEARS TO BE EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT BUT MY QUESTION IS MORE IF THE COUNCIL OF SUPERINTENDENTS HAS APPROVED THIS WHY THEN IS IT COMING BACK IN
220FRONT OF US FOR APPROVAL AS WELL THAT IS SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ITS REVENUE REVENUE INCREASE THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY IMPROVED THE BUDGET MARCH AND THERE WERE A LOT OF DO WE NORMALLY IF THEY APPROVE IT DO WE TURN AROUND AND APPROVE IT AGAIN IF IT'S ALREADY OKAY I THOUGHT OURS WAS MORE SEPARATE UM THE NEXT ONE WAS UM ADJUSTMENT AND YO IT WENT FROM UNASSIGNED TO PROFESSIONAL AND CONSULTING SERVICES FOR SOME WHEN WE HAVE OUR CARRIER OTHER ALLOCATIONS THAT PARTICULAR GRANT PRIMARILY GOES AND MY LAST ONE IS ON AROUND PAGE FOUR AND IT'S ALSO MIDWAY UM OF COURSE FROM 98.92 SO AGAIN THAT'S AN ACCOUNTING THOUSAND RESOURCES A PARTICULAR ONE SO IT'S CORRECTING AN ERROR THAT IT SHOULDN'T IT GOT PUT IN THE WRONG POT AND YEAH IT LOOKS WEIRD THAT WE'RE TAKING
221RESTRICTED RECLASSIFICATION OKAY THANK YOU THAT WAS IT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT WE'VE GOT A FIRST FROM TRUSTEE COLEMAN AND A SECOND FROM TRUSTEE COHEN THOMPSON TRUSTEE CHEEK YES COHEN THOMPSON YEAH TRUSTEE COLEMAN YES TRUSTEE YES TRUST YES TRUSTEE YES TRUSTEE LAVELL YES THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS LENTZ FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS VERY MUCH OKAY SO NEXT UH BOARD DISCUSSION BOARD POLICY REVIEW AND ADVISORY AD HOC COMMITTEE UPDATE WELL WE COVERED THE STUDENT STUDENT MEMBER WE HAVE MET AGAIN AND WE DISCUSSED UH REIMBURSEMENT AND THE DIFFERENT TRAININGS AND THINGS AND WE THINK I BELIEVE IT'LL COME BACK IN OH WE HAD A MEETING SWITCH IT PROBABLY MAY WHICH IS PROBABLY GOOD CONSIDERING WE HAVE BEEN BUSY MONTHS HERE WITH OTHER ITEMS SO WE SHOULD HAVE LIKE AN ONSLAUGHT FOR YOU IN MAY OF
222MULTIPLE ITEMS BUT WE'VE WE SEEM TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE ON EVERYTHING UM WHETHER WE NEED TO OR NOT SO AT THE VERY LEAST IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS COMING BACK BUT THE TRAINING POLICY AND WHAT MEETINGS WE CAN ATTEND AND THEN REIMBURSEMENT THOSE ARE DEFINITELY ON TRACK TO BE BACK AT THE NEXT POSSIBLE MEETING CAN I ASK HOW IS IT THAT YOU CHOOSE A POLICY TO ADDRESS SO FAR WHAT WE'VE DONE IS EITHER IT CAME FROM THE BOARD THAT SOMEONE ASKED OR IT WAS AN ACTIVE ISSUE AND THEN I ASSUME THAT ONCE WE GET THROUGH THOSE WE'LL JUST START AT THE TOP AND WORK OUR WAY BACK THROUGH ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT UM POLICY THAT I'M HOPING THAT PERHAPS THAT WOULD BE GREAT ALL RIGHT MEETINGS AND
223SPECIAL DATES UM THEY ARE ON THE AGENDA AND BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS ANY REQUESTS SUGGESTIONS ON FUTURE BOARD AGENDA ITEMS YES TRUSTEE SHARP I DO I'M ACTUALLY UM I BELIEVE THAT WE ALL WOULD AGREE THAT LAST MONTH'S MEETING WAS NOT IDEAL UM AND HOW IT WENT AND I WOULD LIKE UM LOTS OF FEEDBACK ON IT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LOOK AT WHAT WENT WRONG AND THE DIFFERENT PUBLIC MEETING VIOLATIONS HOW THINGS WERE HANDLED BY STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS AND HOW WE CAN DO BETTER IN THE FUTURE WE HAVE CONCURRENCE ON THAT ANYBODY WANT TO ELEVATE THAT THANK YOU YEAH YEAH JUST JUST GIVEN CONSENSUS SO JUST A A QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT DO THAT ARE YOU SUGGESTING FROM FROM THE BOARD WOULD THAT BE DURING A BOARD STUDY SESSION BECAUSE IT SEEMS
224LIKE THAT WOULD BE A LONGER DISCUSSION YES RATHER THAN A SPECIFIC PRESENTATION OR YEAH I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ON THAT AS WELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT STAFF DOING A PRESENTATION OR ARE YOU HAVING A BOARD DISCUSSION I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE MORE OF AN INVESTIGATION BUT MORE OF A LOOK AT WHERE WHAT EXACTLY TRANSPIRED WHERE DECISIONS WERE MADE HOW THINGS WERE HANDLED I WOULD THINK COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO GET INVOLVED DUE TO THE PUBLIC MEETING VIOLATIONS AND I I WOULDN'T WANT IT TO WAIT TO A STAFF BOARD STUDY SESSION SORRY I WOULD HOPE THAT IT WOULD BE AGENDA ITEM IN THE SOONER THAN LATER BUT WE CAN LEARN FROM IT AND NOT REPEAT SO IS THERE ANYTHING PARTICULAR A THAT ANY POINTS ABOUT THE MEETING AND PUT I'M GONNA I'M GONNA HAVE TO I
225FEEL I'M WAITING DID OUR COUNCIL LEAVE OH THERE'S NOTHING I SHOULD KEEP JUMPING UP YEAH I'M ABOUT TO STAND UP BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO ENGAGE IN ANY DISCUSSION I WANT TO LEAVE THIS AS A LOGISTICAL DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT POTENTIAL FORMAT I THINK IS THE QUESTION THAT'S WHICH WAS MY QUESTION UM WHICH IS FINE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GO INTO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ISSUE AND BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING IT SEEMS LIKE A POTENTIAL FORMAT MIGHT BE A CLOSED SESSION FORMAT IF THERE IS A COMPLAINT AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WHEN THE AGENDA IS BEING FORMALIZED SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE WOULD DO THIS AS A CLOSED SESSION ITEM POTENTIALLY OKAY IF THERE'S POTENTIAL LITIGATION I I HEARD THE WORD THAT COMPLAINT OR IN VIOLATION SO THAT'S WHAT'S TRIGGERING IN MY MIND THAT
226IT MIGHT BE OFFICIALLY I'M SAYING THAT I RECEIVED COMPLAINTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW THE MEETING WENT AND HOW HOW THE MEETING TRANSPIRED THE WAY IT DID AND THAT CAN BE IMPROVED UPON FUTURE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BUT I ALSO THINK THE AUTOPSY OF WHAT HAPPENED ALREADY I HAVE RECEIVED MANY ALSO CONDUCT GO INTO THE DETAILS I WOULD SUPPORT A STUDY SESSION ON SO THAT OR IN THE FORM OF A WORKSHOP AND I WOULD ALSO SUPPORT A CLOSE-UP WHEN IS THE NEXT STUDY IF WE HAVE ONE SCHEDULE I I WOULD SUPPORT A CLOSED SESSION MEETING THIS BECAUSE I THINK THERE MIGHT BE ALLEGATIONS ON BOTH SIDES AND THAT COULD LEAD TO LITIGATION OR CHARGES AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN CLOSER JUST SO I UNDERSTAND WE'RE STARTING WITH CLOSED SESSIONS
227THANK YOU ANYONE ELSE OKAY UM THEN AGAIN LIKE LAST MONTH DUE TO THE LATE HOUR PERHAPS WE PASS OVER THE BOARD MEMBER ACTIVITY REPORTS UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS SOMETHING PARTICULAR THEY WANT TO SHOUT OUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY ELITE CHARTER SCHOOL HEAD AND OR ORATORIO AT LAST TWO WEEKS WASN'T TWO WEEKS AGO IT WAS AWESOME AND UM I WAS JUST THINKING IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE INVITED US TO COME TO OR I LOOKED AT IT ON YOUTUBE I DIDN'T SEE IT AT AS IT WAS HAPPENING ACTUALLY BUT I'VE SEEN IT AFTER I SAW IT AFTER BUT IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SO STEEP I WOULD AGREE DR BISHOP DID SEND AN INVITATION I THINK LATE FRIDAY EVENING OVER THE WEEKEND YEAH AND SO WE DID SEND LARYN DID SEND THE INVITATION
228AND I WAS ABLE TO TUNE IN ONLINE OH YEAH UM BUT YES DR BISHOP DID SEND AN INVITATION OVER THE WEEKEND FOR THE MONDAY ORATORICAL SO SHE DID SEND THE INVITATION IT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT DELAYED FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS YEAH OKAY WELL WITH THAT SAID UH MEETING ADJOURNED AND WE'LL LOOK TO NEXT MONTH UM JUST JUST TO CONFIRM LET'S SET WE ARE MEETING HERE