001All right. Thank you for joining us. Recording in progress. This is the regular meeting Wednesday, March 12th, 2025, 6 p.m. The Salona County Office of Education. Can we have a roll call, please? Trustee Coleman. Here. Rusty Sharp. Fusty cheek. Dusty Cohen Thompson? Yeah. Just 18? Here. Trusty Dunn. Trustee Lavelle. Here. Can we get an approval and adoption of the So moved. Thank you. Moved by Trustee Dean. Seconded by trustee dunn. Trustee Cheek. Dusty Cohen Thompson? Yes. Yes. Pastitan. Yes, Christy Lavelle? Yes. Christy Sharp. Trusty Coleman. Yes. Number four, consent items. All matters listed under the consent items are considered to be routine and will be enacted by the board in one motion. There'll be no discussion on these items prior to the time the board votes. On the motion unless members of the board or
002staff request specific items to be removed from the consent calendar for discussion and individual consideration. Are there any items that need to be removed? Hearing none, I'll accept the motion. Thank you. And moved by trustee cohen Thompson and seconded by trustee Done. To approve the consent items as listed. Can we get a roll call vote? Testy cheek? Dusty Khan Thompson? Yes. Christy Dean? Yes. Yes. Rusty Lavelle? Yes. Dusty Sharp. Just a comment. Yes. On to acceptance and donation and gifts. I'm sorry. I'm coming. Sorry. All my comments. We have none. Correspondence. We have none. Oh, we're breezing through this. Thank you, President Coleman. I'll begin my superintendent's report with our student of the month recognitions And today we are going to start with our special education student and program administer Administrator Angela Jung and teacher
003Nick Lillard will be here to introduce our student of the month. Come on up, Nick. Get to speak into the mic. I'm short. Good evening. Good evening, trustees, President Coleman, and Superintendent Australia Henderson I'm here to present. Nick, who's the special ed teacher for our student of the month, Jeremiah, I'm angela jung i am I'm the administrator for the program. And unfortunately, tonight. Jeremiah's little brother is not feeling well and they can't make it tonight. But they are watching on Zoom. And Nick is still here to let you guys know how wonderful Jeremiah is. First off, this is our boy. Senior in high school. We got him first day freshman year. You can see how much he's grown. He has grown… emotionally, intellectually. I mean, he is just a star. So this two minutes doesn't
004mean anything. I might go over a little bit. All right. For this, we encourage you to go over. Okay. All right. Y'all can hear me? Okay, cool. It's an absolute honor to speak today about a student who has not only come so far in his educational journey. But has also made a lasting impact on all of us in the Armeo and the Solano County Office of Education community. Jeremiah Hollins is one of those students who truly stand out. Not just because of his accomplishments. But because of his energy, passion, and joy he brings into every room every single day. From day one, Jeremiah set his sights high and worked tirelessly to achieve his goals. It's been incredible to watch this young man grow. Tackle challenges and rise above them with dedication. Everybody on Jeremiah's IEP
005team in the RMEO community. Is super proud of him. But it's not just his academic achievements that make him remarkable. He has a gift, a gift for connecting with others. Jeremiah is without a doubt one of the most social students in our room. You guys remember Andy from last year? It's him and Andy who are our social butterflies. His ability to bring people together to make everyone feel seen and heard is something truly special. Whether it's through a simple conversation or his very infectious sense of humor and smile. Jeremiah knows how to brighten someone's day. For that, we're all grateful. On a personal note and behalf of our staff at REMEO, I can say that Jeremiah has made us all better educators. It's curiosity, enthusiasm, and unique perspective challenged us to be more creative to
006approach lessons with fresh eyes and to be more present in every moment. Teachers often talk about how much they learn from their students. And I can tell you that Jeremiah has made me reflect on my own approach In ways that I've never imagined. For that, I am deeply thankful for Jeremiah. Jeremiah, you've come so far and we all look forward to the continued growth and success that lies ahead for you in your next stage of education. You've shown us all what it means to work hard. Connect with others and constantly strive to be better. Keep shining, Jeremiah. The world is lucky to have you and we're all excited to see what you do next. Give it up for Jeremiah. Congratulations, Jeremiah. Make sure and visit your classroom, Mr. Lillard. We will visit your classroom and
007yeah oh we will. I'm assigning Ms. Leonard to do so and take a photo. Yes. Absolutely. Congratulations to Jeremiah and thank you, Teacher Nick Lillard. Thank you very much. Thank you, Angela, also. Ms. Leonard will be there and she will make sure and take a photograph of you and Jeremiah and his support team. Wonderful. Oh, fantastic. Yes, absolutely. So we had a big old plan. We got him a special gold shirt that said student of the month. We presented it. To him today. He was super excited. Jeremiah is one of those kids where he doesn't care about a piece of paper. His mom obviously will. So we bought Jeremiah. He loves beads and dangling beads. So we got him a pack of 24 beads And our plan was to distribute them to everybody and Jeremiah
008would collect beads from every single person. So when you guys come into the class. We'll make sure to have some beads for you guys to hand out to Jeremiah. Okay. Oh, fantastic. All right. Thank you, New. Our next student of the month is for our juvenile court and community school program at Golden Hills. And Dr. Valerie Garrett. And nicole Ruiz. Will be um Introducing our JCCS Student of the Month. Before you get started, Dr. Garrett, I just wanted to send a message back to Ms. Pitts, tell her we miss her and we miss seeing her here. And so I know she had some foot problems and is recovering, but we miss her. Okay. Good evening, trustees. It is my esteemed pleasure to be joined this evening by our JCCS program administrator, Ms. Nicole Ruiz. To
009recognize our March 2025 Student of the Month. Dante Williams. But before I get started, and the only reason why I have notes, as you all know, I speak without notes, but I Needed to make notes because Dante has this beautiful family here. His mom here with the black sweatshirt Ashante, you guys just wave when you hear your names. Jaymond. Auntie Sarah. Jalen, Grandma Brenda? Beautiful. Uncle Kari. Kyrie, Uncle Kari. Grandpa Dwayne doesn't look like a grandfather either. Auntie Vanita. Welcome. And Auntie Shauna. Jaina. All right. Thank you, Auntie Shannon, for being here. I'm already getting ready. This is going to be a true tearjerker. Every month when we decide who we're going to recognize as our student of the month. Our staff um very carefully thinks about it because we're so proud of all of
010our students But this young man tonight. Dante has not been with us long. But let me tell you, the moment he walked in with his beautiful mother. We asked him a question at our family welcome meeting and that was You're a senior. Graduation is on May 30th, 2025. If we were you, we would make sure that all of our family members were there for graduation. Trustees and superintendent Estrella Henderson, let me tell you that this young man has been working so hard on all of his courses. That not only is he eligible for graduation. Is getting done early. This young man epitomizes why all of us decided to go into education, and that is to impact young lives. And for all of the young people that are listening and the people in the community that
011are hearing my voice. Dante is the reason why we do what we do. And I've said so many times that this board So be proud and hold your heads up higher that there are young people like this that are coming through our school And rising to this occasion. To Dante's family, his beautiful family, we thank you for allowing us to be a part of his success story. And all of you should walk out of this room with your heads held a little bit higher because you all contributed To this moment where Dante is being recognized by the trustees and the superintendent of the Solano County Office of Education. On behalf of Golden Hills Community School as part of The Solano County Office of Education family It is our honor and privilege to present to you
012our March 2025 Student of the month, Dante Williams. Congratulations, Dante. Done. Well done. Congratulations also to his family. We know that it takes a village and we are only one part of his success. We know that it's working hand in hand with you, his family. So you come on up and be recognized as well. You want to give your phones to Ms. Leonard? She'd be happy to take photos for you. There you go. Congratulations, Dante. Congratulations. Night on. Bye-bye. Thank you. Safe out there in that rain. Hi, thank you. All right. Hi, Nick. Thank you. See you soon. All right. I always say that's the best way to start a meeting. My next item is the 2425 second interim financial report And it's provided for you here in your packet. We also have staff here
013who is available to answer any of the board's questions should you have any. I just wanted to make mention that Trustee Cheek joined us during all the presentations. No questions. Oh, no. We will move on to my next item, which is the SCO transportation plan. As a condition of receiving apportionment under the Ed Code 39800.1 an education code 418501, a local education agency shall develop a plan describing the transportation services it offers its pupils And how it will prioritize planned transportation services for pupils. In accordance with the california ed code the plan must be adopted by April 1st of each year. An updated transportation has been attached in your packet. For information and staff is also available to answer any questions. Any questions regarding Trump? Thank you very much. The next item is the quarterly
014disposal of obsolete inventoried items. And this is another routine item. It's included in your packet. And Ms. Becky Lentz is here to answer any questions you might have. Okay. The next item is the charter school update Ms. Jen Spain's Wright, our Director of Community Partnerships and Initiatives, will be providing For routine information. Good evening, trustees and superintendent Estrella Henderson. We will start with updates from elite. Elite has shared that St. Mary's College Partnership, they have finalized and announced their partnership with the college where students with a 3.0 and above are guaranteed admission The St. Mary's with over 100,000 in scholarships over four years and dr terry jett Vice President from St. Mary's College. Is going to be their featured speaker. At their graduation this year. And they have upcoming high school student college trips And
015students will be going to the Willie B. Atkins College Tour this spring. And all high school seniors We'll visit St. Mary's College on a field trip Dr. Ramona Bishop Brilliance Project. Their first intern has completed the program and is eligible to go into the classroom. They have already registered for teacher residence. For the fall and look forward to registering more in the next couple weeks. The new cohort starts in the fall in partnership with Sonoma State. An update on their Mare Island locations. They will be using the fields this spring for their graduation ceremony. Their administrative team has moved into the offices as of a month ago. And the student clubhouse will be fully utilized beginning this spring and summer. And all sports are doing strength training this summer. And then our update on the
016matrix and snapshot and narrative. This is an update for the matrix. These are the items we have received after February 25th. A substitute log for February on March 3rd. The certificated staffing list for March on March 10th. And the master schedule for March on March 6th. Some past due items as of 5 p.m. This evening. The monthly cash flow for December and the monthly bank statement. For January. Now we will move on to the narrative. Elite was able to meet with SCO staff on March 6th and our next monthly meeting with Elite will be on. April 16th and we will have a in-person meeting for our SCO team on March 28th. And there are no updates on the snapshot. Steve Dean? Yes. Can you go back to the clubhouse yes issue could you describe I'm
017not sure I caught. Okay. Can you go into a little detail on that? The book clubhouse. I'll start with this. What clubhouse? I think that's what they call one of the locations. As a clubhouse. So one is… One at the field. At the field. Okay. Yeah. The term that they use is student clubhouse and that they will be utilizing it for spring and summer. And all sports will be doing strength. Training there. Okay, I guess I'm a little confused because I'm a little confused because When we were looking at the changes as a result of the leasing that they did. I think I was understanding that the buildings themselves were not going to be used. Student activities. They weren't insured for that. Among other things. Maybe somebody, oh, okay. There's a lawyer here I snuck
018out. So there were three sort of locations. There was the field, there was an administrative building, and then there was like the weight training room. And where they were going to go after school for weight training and things like that. I'm assuming that it's that third location is what they're referring to. I don't, sorry, I forget what they referred it to. They didn't refer to it as clubhouse, but it was something similar along those lines. And so that's the location. Assume they're referring to when they're referring to And we approved the all three okay there was and it was discussion regarding weight training and then sort of like after school for studying and things like that. They needed some of their location that they could go to. And that was the purpose of that Third,
019if you will. And then that was one of the three that was the sport. Okay. Thank you. That's helpful. Maybe perhaps we could get a follow-up just to confirm that that is in fact what we're referring to when we Yes, I can ask and get that. Thank you. That's what the school gave the name of that building. The school gave them their own. In fact, that's different than what I just heard so The school has like a mascot name. And that's the students. Aim for that building. They're calling that their clubhouse. But what we approve is exactly what you thought. I'll ask and get back. Maybe just matching the addresses to the names. Sure. Okay. Thank you. Appreciate it. Any other questions? All right. Thank you. Thank you very much, Ms. Bainswright. The next item
020is the local control and accountability plan update and we will let Dr. Garrett take it away. Hey, good evening, trustees. I'm going to be joined this evening by my fabulous assistant Dr. Lemos. She's going to go to the stage in a second. This evening, I'm very proud to um present to you about our local control accountability plan However, this evening, it's going to be a little different. Because behind you, you see all of our goals, which I'm going to briefly go through. For our community. And I'm going to ask you, trustees, as we go through the goals. To please articulate your recommendations out loud And then please document them on a post-it that the fabulous Dr. Lemos is going to provide you with So that we can capture your recommendations in our plan. Prior to
021putting the phone. Okay, I'm going to make an amendment to what I said. She's not my fabulous assistant, extra fabulous assistant. We're color coded. Next slide. So I just want to remind our community that the LCAP is basically our blueprint for how we provide services to our students, it documents the actions, the supports It also gives information about our funding that supports our Next slide. I love this slide because it highlights the wonderful things that our JCCS program provides. Just so that the community knows academic intervention support. We know that a lot of kids come to us that need additional resources. Cte courses. College and career readiness preparation, professional learning for our staff members. Wellness is a wonderful component of our program. Pbis or positive behavior intervention systems given our students and staff members the
022tools to support students with efficient and positive. Self-behavioral methods or procedures. Strategies and also our student support specialists i know Both of them are listening to me right now. Thank you so much. Our student support specialists work with our children to provide them that warm hand approach of resources guidance for the completion of their courses and support with transitioning back to their school districts of residence. Or on to career or college. Next slide. So just a reminder for everyone that our LCAP and our school plans for student achievement for both Evergreen Academy and Golden Hills. Are in alignment with the goals that are depicted in our LCAP. Next slide. And now, trustees, comes the moment. What we're going to ask you questions regarding, well, there is one question, which is Please provide your recommendations. Related
023to our goals. Next slide. Goal number one, and for the interest of our community, I am going to read it. One of the only times I'm going to read the slides. Lcap goal one increase student learning and academic performance levels. Through engaging in targeted instruction that incorporates academic intervention supports trauma-informed practices and student data analysis through an equity focused lens. Next slide. Trustees, we've heard from quite a few educational partners during this LCAP season. And some of the things that have been shared with us with the different educational partners is I'm going to give you some examples because we definitely want to hear yours. But continuing to look at academic intervention tutoring, hands-on assignments those are just a few of many recommendations that we've received. But this evening, we want to find out from you
024What are your recommendations regarding us When we're thinking about goal one. Improving instruction for all learners. Please use your orange post-its. I mean, we have more points. You have more post-its at home. I'm not going to start all over. Thank you, Trustee Dean. She's following. Community members, our trustees follow the protocols and procedures. So if you have a recommendation, please feel free to come off of mute. And if you could articulate your recommendation verbally. And then after you do so, you could write it Trusty cheek. I suggest peer-to-peer mentoring, coaching and Thank you. Fabulous. Oh, no, you stay right there. Fabulous. Assistant is going to capture your recommendations. Is there another trustee? Thank you, Trustee Cheek, that would like to share the recommendation. Dr. Garrett, I have just a question. Could trustees also draw upon
025what is currently doing and emphasize continuing. Absolutely. Thank you, Superintendent Strayan. It's not something necessarily new, but if you see that there's something that is worthwhile and is working and is is being successful for students. Something to consider. Absolutely. I promise I didn't test. Text her to set me up. But here it is. My suggestion is that we ask. Continue to ask. With a particular focus on student perspectives on success. How do they measure? Or how do they measure our efforts at success? Wow, excellent. You're welcome. Wow. Trustee Coleman. I think in uh i think in This day and time, I think I know you're right. Comfortable seating and stuff. I'm not worried about. Really that's something that really need to get to the students that they know Thank you, Trustee Coleman. And trustees, I
026want to say to you um in alignment with what Superintendent Australia Henderson just mentioned um If you agree with some of the recommendations that we received and if you come up with any other ideas later. Please let Superintendent Estrella Henderson know so that we can add those recommendations because we recognize that sometimes When our partners leave the educational partner meetings, they may think about things after. So if you're just having a moment where you're thinking, well, let me think about this a little bit more. It's okay. And trust me, we say that at every single meeting. Yes. Make a comment. Thank you. And I I mean, I cannot say enough. About how we appreciate the efforts of the entire staff. All of the time that goes into it, the input from other folks. And uh
027how the package neatly arrives in front of us. I appreciate that we're having an opportunity to weigh in early on in the process. Might after we think things through. But I also think it's important to remember we approve this. And if we have some concern. We can always raise it and incorporate it in our determinations about approvals. So appreciate it. Want to participate. Absolutely adore everything that you do. You do for your team does as well. But it's worth remembering that it's ultimately our decision. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you. Well stated and appreciated. I see Cohen Thompson. To include a student. That's my… to go through one of these Because they can add value because They're the ones that's responsible. To make sure that their needs are met. Because we don't always know Don't always
028know. We want to think we cover it all. But there may be just one little that a student can… In terms of assessing what they wanted out of it. Students assessment. Thank you, Trustee Cohen Thompson. Reminds us of some of the feedback we received from the students about the importance of having the wellness center and having a place to go to to just release some of the weight they're carrying in. And also the access to the fabulous mental health and wellness clinicians that we have at Evergreen Academy. They're very well received by the students and Just so proud of Scope for providing that because it's very hard. On the kids in both programs. They go through a lot. And so thank you for saying that. Yes. It's just probably a continuation when we just know
029how important those interventions are and different interventions for different Meet every need possible. All the amazing interviews i'm sure happening and the ones come along then see if work that we would embrace those two. Absolutely. Thank you, Trustee Dunn. So I hate to put this in terms of a suggestion, but more of a question. I understand that. With sometimes the short time that you have with students. How we identify kids who may not be reading at level and how that is dealt with long term. In terms of following them, I know the student support specialists have wonderful relationship with the districts but um I just went to a wonderful conference, Literacy and Justice for All, which which did talk about the importance of the um Acknowledgement that we are failing our kids of color on
030many levels, one of which is holding them ourselves. To the standard that provides them the skills to thrive in our community and so Just knowing full well that that's not a quick switch to flip. How are those kids being identified? And how are they being followed? So glad that you brought that up. And I want to just say to all of you and the community members that are listening. Out of the 20 over 20 years that I've been in education, this is the first time that I've had the opportunity to work with an educational organization that thinks about just that. That is our whole platform. When you look at our data for Golden Hills and Evergreen Academy. The student groups that you identify, Trustee Lavelle, that's who we serve. And so the whole point of
031having the academic intervention and also having the student support specialist is so that when those families transition to their neighborhood schools or when the kiddos leave Evergreen Academy. We're right there with them in meeting with, as a matter of fact, we just had a meeting yesterday. With the school district to specifically identify the resources that the child will need Once they get to that school district. And I'm very grateful if there's anybody listening tonight from any of the partner districts that SCO serves. We thank you for being partners with us and being willing to have those courageous conversations. About what is needed for our students so that when they return they have those resources. And quite honestly, Trustee Lavelle And this is no put down. To other organizations that I worked for, I wish what
032happens in school happens everywhere. Are we perfect? No. But we're on to something and we're starting a movement. And it's not about just paying lip service to the data, but actually being part of the change. So thank you for saying that. Which is another reason why when people come and visit Golden Hills, we get to show them that wall of fame. Is a lot of those students on that wall resemble the or they are a part of the student group that you identified, but they're on that wall. Because there was a commitment to remind them of their greatness and resources to help them reach those milestones. So thank you for saying that. Excellent. Okay, so I'm going to move on, my fabulous assistant to goal number two. Next slide. Oh, yeah. Green paper, ladies, green
033paper. So goal two, provide transition support for families through individualized support. For academic planning, social emotional needs, and access to communities. Resources right now at every single LCAP educational partner meeting we've had. We were informed by our partners that were on the right track with the student support special we're on the right track with retaining data. Following the students exiting Evergreen Academy or Golden Hills. To find out how the students are making it. Quite honestly, our student support specialists are both campuses in general. We become part of the family and I'm getting a little choked up right now because there's a kid who was with us for a couple of years at Evergreen academy And is now moving on to a school district, but that child was informed That we will forever Be here is
034a resource. So although I'm glad the child is moving on, it's hard and we recognize that this world is a challenge. And so we've been told by our partners from around the county we serve Our foster youth and homeless youth that yes. We need to keep going with goal number two. So I want to ask you board members, trustees, excuse me, next slide. Sorry, I'm getting a little chunked up. What are your ideas about improving transition services or are we on the right track? With having a focus on this goal. Let's see Colin Thompson. This one's all. I have a second. Student support service person. The idea that she can be within the bounds of what she needs to do for the students in terms of services. But she can be very creative. Dealing with
035each student's needs So I would say continue with that. Making sure that there's room for creativity. The teacher counselor, whatever they're calling now. Continue in that and allow that window because each is really different. From school. Thank you. Thank you, Trustee. Sd Dean. I'm writing on my green piece of paper. Support staff efforts to outreach to community partners. Who offer appropriate services. For example. In housing. Or food. And by this, I mean we i want to I would like us to support staff staff going to meetings, going to functions. You know i go we go to functions all the time. And we meet varying folks in the community who are doing really important services. For example, food is free. This is an example of an organization. So I would like us to put our money
036where our mouth is in terms of making sure that staff Thank you. Have the opportunity and the resources needed to attend functions where they could connect with other community partners. Any other recommendations for goal two? This was a big thing goal too. It was a very big thing because that's where we fell down for years and years. Doing the transitional services. Lost a lot of kids. Thank you, Trustee. Right. Oh, trusty cheek. I didn't want to repeat what Trustee Thompson had said, but my thought was not. One at all. Type of position. And do statistical data. Thank you. Thank you so much. I'm glad you brought that up too because we have um experience more families in our community that are dealing with housing insecurity. We're very proud. And for the community that's listening We
037do offer. Free food giveaways twice a month, fruits and vegetables and clothing. And we do have laundry services. Thank you so much. We're going to move on to goal three. That is your blue posted, your blue posted. I feel like I'm on a tour bus. Okay, goal number three, increase college and career readiness services provided to all students who are socioeconomically disadvantaged and who are enrolled in our programs for 90 consecutive days through robust and targeted instruction an exploration of additional career technical education Opportunities within three years. This particular goal, we did update specifically with the language about 90 days or more. And that was to really capture those kiddos who were at Evergreen Academy. For extended periods of time. Students who may have may be at Golden Hills for two semesters. Instead of one
038to really make sure that we are being methodical about providing resources that give them access to college and career readiness services. So some of the feedback that we received continue to have guest speakers from various colleges come and talk to the students. Explain to them the difference between grants and loans. Some of our students are parents themselves So maybe having classes for young fathers to help them think about going into some type of training program. We heard that from both campuses. What else? Oh, continue to do the mock interviews with local business owners, the students. And parents, other community members thought we were on track. With having business owners come and articulate to students This is what we're looking for in terms of our workforce. And last but not least, having the students exit both
039of our programs at Evergreen Academy and Golden Hills with professional portfolios that have letters of introduction, resumes, and also teach them about how to how to sit, how to walk, how to stand. When you're conducting an interview or walking into an interview. So next slide, trustees. What are your ideas for college and career readiness services? Are we on them? Track. Owen Thompson. But deep dive. Pouring additional. You do or die, but do it. Given the fact that our economy And the job market is… we're going to need to know how to our students in these areas. That are going to be available. There's not going to be a lot of tradition. Um opportunity or let's say. The need is still there, but how they identify how they present that opportunity. We need to deep dive
040to know them. Very very i don't have the right word. But deep dive in that. For in the addition. Excellent. Thank you. Excellent. Let's see Lavelle. And kind of piggybacking on that, the idea you had mentioned guest speakers from colleges, but I think also the different careers which you have talked about in the past and so I would say definitely doing that and continuing that Because if you can't imagine yourself in the role. You're never going to try it. That's right. Thank you, Trustee Lavelle. Musty Dean. Support field trips to CTE programs and colleges and extend the connection made there. To students areas of interest by identifying community mentors with relevant experience. By this, I mean, go over to carpenters or wherever you go. And, you know, we get to make them our own birdhouse
041Or whatever. And then there's someone there who actually does that that makes that connection the student and then you know follows up and the student has an opportunity to speak to them And, you know, just get some kind of caring interest. Excellent. Thank you. Oh. I was thinking too. Students how to be business owners. And also teach financial literacy. In life. I have bank partner with banks have a They come and like lifestyles and have them have their own bank account I have a couple of children. You know, real life situations where which will identify how to really look at money But mostly… Thank you. Oh, these are fabulous recommendations. Trustee Dunn. In our district, we had a presentation are back to school. We had a speaker come who had worked or seen in a
042district where part of their career exploration was to compile vast amounts of career opportunities based on if you just have your high school diploma. What jobs in like different fields so in technology field or in entertainment field or in culinary field with just your high school diploma. All of these options are possible. And then if you go to a two-year college and get that degree. All of these options become available. At a four-year college, all of these options Just so that they can see, you know, within a broad field of interest. Even with just a high school diploma, there were a lot of choices that they could go right into if college may be necessarily. In the plan for right away, but just maybe two years of college. Wow, all of these options are available
043to me. I'm just so just having that that knowledge that within different fields there are so many different voices with each individual. Level of education. Excellent. Thank you, Trustee Dunn. I feel like running tomorrow with all these recommendations. Exciting. Okay, trustees, I'm trying to also time myself because I could go on and on and on. Trusty Cheek, please. I have one more. Teaching them the importance of partnership and collaboration. In life that is important. Different people that they partner with. Sit down with mentors, coaches. So the importance of that. I'm so excited. That's why I love doing these educational parties. Thank you, trustees. Oh, of course, Trustee Coleman, please. Only because I've seen Mimi do it so many times. Sonoma State and a lot of the other colleges have graduating seniors that have to fulfill
044so many hours. I know some of them would love to come to Golden Hills and tell you like how they um Did their financial aid, how they did. There's so many different ways. It's not like when I went to college, there's so many different programs and Stuff out there Amy never knew she wanted to be a teacher, but if they're going to give her a master's degree, she'll go be a teacher. You know, in one year, you get a master's degree and you get the multi-subject credential all in one Now, she can house that knowledge on to somebody who might just be thinking, oh, I need to go to Solano College, but then how am I going to go from there you know there's so many different programs now But we need that generation who
045just walked through it to tell your kids Oh, that was the old one, but this is a new way. We piece this and this and this and this together and this is how you pay for your college. Because we look at traditional ways to pay for college but these millennials and the alphas, they're out there making it happen in a whole different way. That's right. And they can talk to them directly and say, yeah, but you need to look at this If you want to buy a house and go to school, look at this program. I'm getting an education just by watching Mimi walk through it so I think that's something that worth looking into to mentor these kids not just in a specific subject, but how do you do this? How do you go
046to college? If that's what you want to do, but your parents can't pay for you to go to college. I refuse to pay for Mimi. You got to figure it out. I know there's programs out there, but it's up to you to go figure it out, to figure out how to do it. But she can pass that knowledge on now. You passed it on to me. I know she can come pass it on to a classroom. You know, and that's what we need. We need that direct connection out of somebody who just walked through it. They know all the new things to do to get it done. Absolutely. Students at Golden Hills could Because, you know, a lot of them have been on probation and were removed from their homes. So there's a little catch
047in there that you can go to college for free. That's right. Thank you for saying that, Trustee Coleman. Thank you for being a voice. Absolutely. We would love to have. Young people that have recently gone through the process to Give back. Thank you. Maybe it's just having a college and career day. And then those are the days that you can get those college students to come in and present on that day. I'll sign Mimi up right now. Bring her. Thank you. Thank you for all these thoughtful recommendations. They mean a lot. All right. So we're going to move on to goal four. Oh, the pink post-its. Okay, so goal four, increase services provided to students who have experienced trauma or other social, emotional, or mental health needs Through intensive wellness supports. That build their resilience
048and provide them with the tools necessary to promote self-regulation of therapy. So right now we do have PBIS at both Golden Hills and Evergreen Academy. We use practices that teach the students how to identify, I'm having a moment. What are some other choices I can make? The reason for that is so that when students return to their school districts of residence. They're able to manage those challenges. Also, there's some students that just need to be heard. I can't tell you enough. How many times we heard that at the educational partners this year that our young people want to be heard. A lot of them, and they mentioned about the pressures of technology, wanting to have a presence on instagram having followers, being popular that came up a lot this year. About the pressures of social
049media So right now we have our mental health and wellness clinicians. We do have the wellness centers. We have our student support specialists that help our students reach these So we want to ask you trustees, next slide What are your ideas for improving social emotional services for students? Are we on the right track with what we're doing? Please feel free to share your recommendations. Well, I think we're on the right track. I've talked to… I agree. The thing is that they want their voice They want to be… Not painting with a broad brush. We got to fine tune a lot of this. You're only going to find that out by talking to them, having people I think that's a You know, like Lucy and her doctor is in I think that's important that they have
050an opportunity Just will be able to walk in and talk to Louie, thank you, Trustee. It's obvious in their interactions with you and the rest of the team there at Golden Hills that you have laid that foundation for them, that they do feel comfortable talking with you. Absolutely. We're family. Hey. All right. I feel good about goal four. All right, the last goal, number five. Provide academic transition and social emotional support to address the specific needs of foster and homeless youth in order to promote higher levels of academic success through the access of school-based and community resources Trustees, I just want to take a moment. I don't know if any of these county partners are listening, but I just want to thank the different people here in Solano County that serve our homeless and foster
051youth. Mr. Con Walker that has had her staff has had her staff go physically with our students to Target, to buy deodorant. Underwear and other resources in a respectful way. We have a lot of young people who unfortunately are participating in the foster care system. This year has been pretty overwhelming. It's just wonderful that we're all working together to make sure that these young people receive the resources And even some of our young people who are at Evergreen Academy. Who may be leaving that campus and going into the foster care system, a group home or some other type of facility. This goal was specifically tailored for those young people. And this year has been extremely hard. Because we've had more and more families. I think the last time I shared with Dr. Lemos. The line
052for the clothes and the food was wrapping at Golden Hills. So there are more and more families who are dealing with financial issues and you go around our campus, you see families uh waking up in the morning, getting their kids ready for school to have slept in their cars. And other things. So this is really hitting home for us. And even some of our kids who have graduated from our programs have experienced housing insecurities and also being in the foster care system. But the bottom line is that we are there for them. We are a resource. And we just want to find out from all of you, are we on the right track? With continuing to have this goal as our focus, continuing to partner with all of those county providers that are there for
053these families that don't have food or a place to stay. I just want to thank all of the SCO staff members who have brought clothes and shoes. Over to the school. It's been overwhelming. We've had a um We've had a need for men's clothing and young men's clothing that has come in. We're grateful. So I just want to take a moment to say that. So trustees, this is my last slide with the goal, and this one really hits home. Number one, should we continue to have this goal as a focus? Are we on the right track? Do you have any other recommendations for goal five? I've learned. Advocating for quality. Now we're… don't have a quality place. Absolutely. Absolute. Thank you for the water. Are we also giving out like lists of places around Fairfield,
054like City Church gives out food Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdays. I mean, are we giving them those lists too? Like if they live on that side of town or this side of town or wherever. Closest to where they are. There's food distributions going on. Fairfield and System. Absolutely. And Akan Walker and her team uh They actually do personal service with the family. So when they come in and they fill out documents letting us know that they're McKinney-Vento. In a very respectful and private way, they are, yes, Trustee Coleman connected with those resources. And our staff here at SCO has a very The dignity that is given to these families. I don't know if you guys are aware of that. But the families are starting to speak up because they know that the school cares. And that we
055are connecting with the community resources. So absolutely, yes. We do do that so that they know if you live in Vacaville, because of course we serve students in all six districts here in Solano County. So if I live in Benicia or if I'm in Vacaville, yes, we provide the families information about those resources. So absolutely. But it's done in a very dignified way. So if the students come to school and no one knows their business But I can tell you, Trustee Coleman and all of the trustees and our superintendent superintendent australia henderson that the need has grown because the rents Here in all the cities has gone up. And like I said, if you drive around You can see families getting ready for the day. You know, from the different cars and trucks. Parked around.
056So it's a big need. To keep focusing on. I definitely also think so. And we should continue and always focus on. I wanted to ask, have we considered maybe fundraise or a campaign, host a family. Money, food, or clothes, like… We do fundraisers for other things to where it's not going to one point. Well, Trusty Cheek, thank you for serving that, for sharing that recommendation. Because I would like to share that with Ms. Akan and her team. So that we can put that out there because she actually has her pulse. On the different community providers that can help us with um a wonderful such as that. So please, please have that on the posting. Okay, please. That is wonderful. Thank you. Also the days that you are open for people We advertise you know we're
057going to Thursdays, these hours and Absolutely. And we do send out flyers and I think a couple of the school districts put the information out. So we've seen different people from around the community come out and get the food and the clothes. So thank you. Yes. And can you write that Well, I'm not talking about get them. I'm talking about tense. Give them. Absolutely. The donations. Different places like that, we could drop things off. Absolutely. Trusty cheek, don't forget to write that down. What about KUIC? Our hometown radio station that I believe I've heard our distinguished superintendent of schools do announcements on. You know if you really want to get the word out of, hey, drop off your young men's clothing Here, that would get the word out. Nice. Absolutely. Thank you. I love these
058ideas. It's our hometown. It is absolutely yes and they're actually very, they're friends of the Solano County Office of Education. They've worked with us in the past. Promoting things. Certainly we have the opportunity. That would be great. Thank you. Hey, trustees, any other recommendations? All right, next slide. Well, first of all, I want to thank you all for your participation tonight. Again, I've said this before. At board meetings that our LCAP plan truly reflects the voices of our educational partners so Thank you for all of your thoughtful feedback. You guys actually made me cry. Thank you for the water superintendent Australia Henderson. It's just um It's overwhelming to be a part of an organization that truly cares about the students and the staff members and is committed to being a part of the solution. So
059the fact that you provided you're always giving me accolades and my staff We want to do the same for all of you. So thank you for supporting us. And thank you for what you did tonight. Amen. The world to us. Next slide. We have a few more educational partner meetings. So at every presentation I like to reminds you of where we've been. So you see the different partners that we've met with and we're almost to the end of our sessions. Next slide. Oh, thank you. That concludes my presentation. Thank you so much, Dr. Garrett. Not only for how you manage getting feedback, but from what you and your whole team, including Ms. Greece. From the bottom of our hearts. For what you do. For the young people whom collectively we serve with the community. Thank
060you. The next item is our budget presentation and Michelle Henson our deputy superintendent of administrative services and operations will be providing the presentation tonight. And hopefully, do you want a bottle of water? I know you're… We'll see how it goes. We'll get it for you just in case. I'd be whispering through this. All right. Good evening. Last meeting, I shared the summary of the governor's budget proposal. And tonight I will reference that summary as I walk You threw the components and considerations As we develop the budget assumptions. Begin putting together the 2526 adopted budget model. There's a lot more to developing a budget as you well learned. More than just estimating your revenues and expenditures. Any considerations need to be made about current economic conditions? The restrictiveness of the different funding sources and the organization's
061desired outcomes. All these must be analyzed as we develop the budget assumptions and begin to begin begin to build the budget model. Next slide. As I shared the governor's budget proposal is still very early in its cycle. There will be much vetting committee work, and ultimately negotiations between. Now in the time it is signed. The economy is relatively strong. But there is uncertainty at this point in time. How will inflation and interest rates bear over the next six months? What's going on with the labor market? And growth and how will that impact the stock market? As we've been seeing in the news. Next slide. Before we can even build a budget model, we have to establish a starting point. For us, that is developing the assumptions for our revenues. By estimating where revenues stand, it
062allows you to know your threshold for your expenditures. Elcff revenue projections. Initially unveiled as part of the governor's proposal in January. And then trued up with the release of the governor's review. We'll then factor state and local grants Review the P1 certification for property. And estimate local interest income. Some of these gives us the threshold to which we can begin estimating our expenditures. After revenues, we began to build assumptions for the expenditures component of the budget model. Because instruction is our core service A major component of SCO's budget is staffing. Account for attrition, retirements. The step and column increases Ensure we have the most up to date Estimates for the upcoming fiscal year. We will also update the rates for any statutory and health benefits related to these positions. We then review the remaining expenditure
063categories. Removing any one-time expenditures from the previous year. Adding any planned one time for the new upcoming year such as facilities needs or election costs And then review and adjust with regional consumer price index to account for inflation. Slide. This slide shows a few of the planning factors that are built into our budget development assumptions. These 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. In CalPERS and unemployment insurance. These are all subject to change. What are the best estimates at this time? Will begin to be and we will be updating them if necessary when the new rates
064are published in May. Next slide, please. Next, restricted funding is considered. These particular budgets are more complex. Nature and are actually budgeted by sub budgets within their resource And then balanced overall before moving onto the unrestricted side of the budget. Within each of these programs, you must review their restrictions in their entirety. Look at sunsetting grant deadlines. Consider their requirements when it comes to staffing. Matching funds or whatever else may be involved in any kind of limitations. As we are a county office. We are more heavily funded by these restricted states. Resources. Once the revenues and expenditures are estimated, the ending fund balance is then calculated. However, there are some steps we must take first. There's a calculation for the reserve for economic uncertainties. Just required by law. It's a minimum of 3% of the
065budgeted general fund expenditures. There are also required components of the ending fund balance, which we will outline. They could be revolving cash or items such as prepaid items. And we create assignments for deferred maintenance in our tech consortium for reserve purposes. That's in case we need to have a planned or unplanned expenditures such as maybe a new server or a new roof on a building. Next slide, please. So thank you for allowing me this opportunity to share with you the important details. Of how we build our assumptions for budget development. We're starting to begin that work now. And we'll put that model together and bring it back to you later on this spring. At this point, I'm going to turn it back over to the superintendent. Any questions or considerations? Yes, thoughts, perspectives that we
066ought to be paying attention to, take into consideration as priorities, some of the things that you prioritized here today. That we should take under consideration as we develop the budget. I'm probably foreshadowing a request for later on. In our board member requests but um And I think we're all interested in the potential impacts or prom. The degradation. Diminishment or elimination of the Department of Education. And if we see direct or indirect impacts coming from that. Maybe you have two sentences. To say about that tonight. I don't want to put you on the spot. But I do think that it's incredibly important for us to at least understand what we can possibly, what we are able to understand. Certainly. We are hearing rumors. Of course, with every proposed or stated executive order or a cut that's
067been rumored comes the lawsuit that follows it to stop it. So we haven't seen anything directly yet. As we go to build the budget for 2526, certainly we will. Include a slide to talk about what we know at that point in time. Maybe if I could, my… suggestion or my hope would be that we can hear sooner rather than later. What we think the potential I don't want to create a whole lot of work for you. What do we see as… I guess low hanging fruit. In terms of loss and what do we do if that happens? So, you know, that's just my thought process right now but Conceptually, I think we need to start hearing about what could happen absolutely i think one of the advantages that we have here at SCO, I'll only
068speak about our organization Is that we are not heavily federally funded. We have a lot of state grants. Local grants, we partner with local agencies. And so to that extent. I don't anticipate. That we will be heavily impacted ourselves. We receive some Title I dollars. We received some, I think Title I is the only one is that dramas? The biggest one, ESSER? And so to that extent. We don't anticipate that it will have a big impact on us. Specifically now that doesn't mean it's not going to impact Our school districts who receive larger buckets of Title I dollars, they receive larger Title II, Title II. A lot larger impact on them. But for SCO in particular in our budget planning. We do not anticipate that it's going to have. A huge impact. Correct impact. Direct
069impact. If we could just explore the Yes, absolutely. Any other questions? Thank you. Thank you very much, Michelle. You got through it. Yes. The next two items will be presented by Manolo Garcia, our associate superintendent of Human Resources and Educator Effectiveness. Human resources report and temporary certificate. Thank you very much and good evening to all. You have the staffing report for this last period. Not a lot to report there. Paraeducator positions that we filled, transportation assistant. Which is just a non-instructural position similar to a para but they ride along on a bus or in a van. In the career and college and career development specialist. And then you also have the temporary certificates of clearance report before you. So you can see with what we were approved last month. Any questions regarding either of those?
070Thank you very much. Thank you very much. And that is my report. All right, moving on to new business. Csba County Delegate. Region 3, election ballots for the 2025 California School Boards Association county representative to the delegate assembly for Region 3 Board of Directors must be By March 17th. And we could cast one collective vote for a write-in candidate. Is there any candidates? For CSBA Region 3 Board of Directors. The delegate assembly. Could we hear from Trustee Cohen Thompson? Are you not? This would be you. Is this not… Trustee Clone Thompson's replacement. This is the region three board of directors. She's Region 4. Agent 3. But aren't we still on… the region three delegate is part of Region 4. Our county delegate. This is for our county delegate, right? This is this Trustee Cohen Thompson's
071position. Be sure. I can hear you. I'm sorry. I'm pretty sure this is your position. It is. So are you… Will you accept the nomination? You've already done it, so it's cool. Election. Okay. It's been made by Trustee Cheek and seconded by Trustee Down. Peggy Cohen Thompson, Trustee Cohen Thompson be We cast one collective vote for a write-in candidate and that would be her. Can we get a roll call vote? Trusty cheek. Yes. Trustee Cohen Thompson. Fasty team. Krusty Lavelle? Yes. Dusty Sharp. Coleman. Yes. Okay, moving on. The CSBA delegate assembly representative for sub region 3C. So official election ballots for the 2025 California School Boards Association Delegate Assembly representative for sub region 3C, Solano County must be submitted by march 17th 2025. Delegates serve two-year terms that begin April 1st. So the action is
072possibly casting one collective vote for no more than two unrested candidates Or a write-in candidate. It would be a roll call vote. The candidates noted in your packet are Glenn Amboy from Vallejo City Unified. Jack Flynn from Fairfield Sassoon Unified. And Helen Tilly from Fairfield Sasuke. We can cast one collective vote for no more than two. Of those candidates or a write-in candidates. It is the board's pleasure. Quick question. Did we hear from any of the candidates? We have not received any. Or we could take no action. Like everyone's looking at me. If I could, I mean, they're all fine people. I don't. It's interesting to me that none of us were contacted by them. Isn't that fascinating actually so fascinating But they're all fine people. If there was a general you know energy towards
073one or the other or two of them. That's fine. If not… I don't have a particular Thank you. Nominate one person or another. I would say that And this is why I stopped. You know, we didn't used to get to vote on this. So there may still be some confusion Around… No, we voted on the county delegate You did not vote on the regular delegates, right? And now we not only voted on it. We have one, you know, so it's interesting. So maybe they weren't really aware of the fact that we were getting a ballot. Maybe we're not supposed to get a ballot. I've lost touch with the whole system. So those are my thoughts. I said we can do a collective vote for More than two of the candidates or we can do no
074action. No action on that. One makes a motion. We'll move on. Action. Okay, moving on to agenda items removed from the consent calendar. We had none of those. Now on to board discussion. A presentation will be provided on the newly formed Association of California County Boards of Education, ACCVE. President Bina Lefkowitz. Welcome. I'm welcome. I mean, thank you. Board president, superintendent, and trustees. My name is Bina Lefkovitz and I am the current president of the Association of the California county boards of education or ACCBE. Just a quick thing about me. I've been on my board in Stock County for eight years. And my background is in positive youth development. And my passions are around youth voice and youth as advocates. And also around closing the equity gap that exists for our vulnerable students. Many of
075whom we serve who are being left behind. So I'm very thankful for you to having having me today to present about ACCBE at your board meeting. And I'm very grateful for this time and opportunity. And truthfully, I personally have learned a lot by watching your board meetings. So thank you. I have things I want to share with my board about cool things you do. So next slide, please. Tonight, I just want to share with you why we formed ACCVE, our purpose how we differ from CSBA, what we offer, and how you can be involved. Next slide. We are the only statewide organization created by and for county boards of education focus solely on county boards interests And the app promised students we serve. We wake up every day asking how can ACCBE advocate. Advocate to
076advance the mission of and improve the quality and effectiveness of county boards and the students we serve. We are not unlike other single focused associations like the California County Soups. The small school districts association and the PTA. We empower, we innovate, and we advocate for county boards And our At Promise students. Next slide. We grew out of the former CCBE that lived inside CSBA for probably like 60 years. And CCBE had a fair amount of autonomy. It elected its own presidents, its own officers. It approved its own dues. It had its own strategic plans and priorities. We organized our own conferences. Led by volunteers, we created and appointed our own committees And we did bring at one point a few years ago, two years ago, I think, to CSBA, the idea of the $80 million
077that was actually put in the budget. For a court and community schools. Next slide, please. Peggy and I had the honor of serving together on the transition work group. By the end of the process, seven of the 13 workgroup members felt that the changes that eliminated CCBE and created Region 14 in CSBA and the subsequent board action on the transition work group recommendations. It now provides sufficient autonomy, identity, and representation we wanted. In fact, of those seven members are now very active in helping have launched ACCBE. Next slide, please. So I've shared on the last slide and this slide with you Just to show you a little bit about how the TWIC recommendations and the impact of the CSBA changes what they were. I'm really not going to spend a lot of time on this.
078I just want to note that seven of the recommendations from the transition work group Out of the 18 recommendations were adopted by the CSBA board. And 11 of them were modified. And at the end, if you guys have more questions about that, I'd be glad to talk more about that. Next slide, please. So in October of 2024, the first ACCBE founding board meeting occurred. The ACCB founding board is 100% past and present county board members. I believe three of them are past CCBE presidents. Included in this group are the Los Angeles County Office of Ed. We have a member from that board, myself from Sacramento. Someone from Placer. A member from San Mateo, a member from Tuolumne. A member from YOLO and a member from Monterey on our board. The board has a planning group
079of about 10 people who've been meeting with us to launch ACCBE. Next slide, please. So again, ACCBE is by and for county board members focused solely on county board members issues and interests. We have four areas of focus. You'll see advocacy is probably our primary focus. And we will advocate on issues that matter to county boards and the students we serve. As you know, our At Promise students often fall through the cracks, become invisible And they get lost in our systems and we need to be a voice in the legislature for them. We also are focused on building coalitions and partnerships, particularly with the county soups Association. And I will share a little more about some other folks we're building partnerships with. Were about member empowerment, leadership, and peer-to-peer learning and networking. And we're about
080innovations. Our goal is to expose county boards to ideas that can help them think out of the box. And be forward thinking. The world is changing. Our students continue to struggle. And we want to help board members see possibilities. Next slide, please. Since January, we have been busy. We incorporated as a 501c3 and have our federal tax exemption back in Washington. But we're a state approved incorporated organization. We've recruited 18 counties to join us and last night yolo County became the 18th county. With the members who join us, we represent over 55% of all the students in the state right now. We've also raised $25,000 in private grant funds to supplement the membership fees we've been collecting. Our membership activities include Actually, could I have the next slide, please? There we go. Our membership activities
081include ledge forums. We held one in January. We have another one planned in May. So we're using ledge forms to educate people and get input on legislative issues that county board members care about. We have an advocacy committee that launches March 25th. And they will be identifying bills to support. We obviously would invite you if you join to become part of that committee. Our board approves all the recommendations before the advocate after the advocacy advocacy committee discusses it, it comes to our board to approve any bills that we would be supporting. We have a series of 60 minutes. We have a series of four 60 minute sessions called Starting Strong for new board members And we're also offering one-on-one mentoring for new board members. And our next one, I know you don't have any new
082board members, but our next starting strong is April 7th. We have our very first quarterly networking learning and sharing session for all county board members throughout the state, and we hope you will join us. It's online. The focus is innovations in CTE with a focus on apprenticeships Especially in our port and community schools. So please do join us. We have regular meetings with, as I said, the county soups association we meet with them every month. We also have a new partnership with the Small School Districts Association that And we just did a listening session with them with about 12 small rural districts to hear what their issues and concerns are. We're also building a partnership with the PTA, the state PTA, because we're very interested in literacy and want to see if we can work
083with them and some other stakeholders to support some legislation around improving literacy in our state. We are working with CSVA to build partnerships. We've met with Mike Walsh, who we also met with Betty. I just forgot daddy's last name. Thank you. We met with her. We are hopefully going to meet again. I would say we have a little crunchy relationship. We're working on it. We want to build bridges. We will see if they want to reciprocate. We are working on an innovation series around court and community schools, and I'm excited to say that the county soups are supporting us. There's a group called JSAC, which is like the juvenile justice admin people. Who will be working with us, the Office of Youth and Community Restoration has agreed to work with us. I think my brother's
084keeper or some other statewide nonprofit that does advocacy around juvenile justice youth. And probation. So we're going to work with that group and roll out a series of three workshops. Go deep into innovations around court and community schools. And then we plan to build out an online resource library to help county trustees access ideas and resources. From other trustees and county boards and that's part of this peer-to-peer sharing that we believe in. We've rebranded the trustee handbook under ACCB and are using it in our Starting Strong series. It's free on our website. I hope you'll go check it out if you haven't looked at it yet. And we just hired a contract director, an IT person and a branding support person. We are inclusive and open and you can join a committee, attend our events,
085participate in our surveys, get our newsletter. Currently, we are open to all county board members right now, whether you're a member or not, because we really want to engage people and get them interested. Next slide, please. So this is the groups who had joined Yolo County is not on here yet. And so you can take a quick look. And then next slide, please. Okay, so I just want to briefly do a little comparison between CSBA and ACCB. And just the highlights for me are we're 58 counties There are over a thousand districts. Or 330 trustees, they have probably 4,000 members our voice will always be diminished inside their organization. They have a large board of 31 members. There are two county trustees on that board. There's actually four, but two designated county trustees. We are
086all county trustees we have a small board right now of eight. We can go up to actually 11 members we are mostly we are volunteer led with some staff support. They're a large corporate organization. They have a lot of Rules and um or structures. In terms of services, we are trying to distinguish ourselves. They offer deep trainings their county make their one-day trainings their conferences They're wonderful. I've participated in most of them. I actually used to be a county MIG trainer for a year. We're doing kind of more light touch, a lot of networking, a lot of peer sharing they all of our with you join, all of our services are free. Once you pay your membership dues. They have a lot of fee-based services on top of their membership. Okay, next slide, please. Okay,
087in terms of the fees I actually didn't realize this until I got really involved this past year, but they have a base fee. Csba and then they have what I call a county surcharge. The ACCB obviously only has its own fee for counties. It's based on the old CCBEs. Set of fees from 2324, we just decided to use those fees that fee structure because that's based on class size of counties And they're the whole CCB. Ccbe board had already approved those fees. We're starting there. Your fees, your class four, your fees would be $2,740. So that's kind of the fee structure. Next slide, please. So just in closing, we value the work of CSPA and we encourage our members to become CSBA members if you choose. However, we believe county boards of education need an
088independent voice. Provided by ACCBE. And we provide representation on autonomy, identity, and member benefits tailored only to county board members and the students we serve. We would obviously like you to join us. But I'm here to answer questions and thank you for allowing me to present. If you have questions from any board members? Thank you for the presentation. I'm curious, as a member of the transitional working group. What was left out? Of the recommendations that were approved and modified. And adopted by CSBA that would have left you wanting. Um well a few things. I think the biggest thing is just The switch from having a fair amount of autonomy at CCVE where we had our own president, we set our own dues, we basically called the shots. And that all changed when they made the
089change to region 14. Like, for example, Region 14 is only advisory to the CSBA board. Our board is the board. The buck stops with our board. We make the decisions. No one on top of us telling us what to do. We obviously want to engage members so that's one. So again, it gets back to autonomy and identity and representation. I can give you a few specifics. So, um. We had asked for… I run and get my notes. I have something i Um… So we had wanted some more representation on committees. They did agree to add to their policy committee we had one county board member we asked for another. They did agree to that. But we just continue to feel that, so for example we had wanted them to add four county board, four more
090county board members to the AEC planning committee. And they didn't want to do that because there's four and then there's four or eight other, you know, K-12s We also had wanted some more members on what they call PCAG, which is like this group that reviews trainings that they do. They didn't want to do that. But what struck me as a member of the twig is that we would have to, or region 14 director would have to make a suggestion to the CSBA president, but it's their final call. On who actually gets on a committee. Like, I'm not a delegate. I've never been a delegate and I have always wanted to participate in CSBA and I have never found a doorway in. Truthfully, with CCVE, I was invited in and it felt really good and I
091felt like I was making a difference. So that's another example. You know, we brought up the idea, which was totally shut down of more county board members actually being designated on the CSBA board. And we were basically told, you know. That wasn't going to be on the table. They didn't even any recommendation like that in the We had wanted a committee set up to evaluate the transition at the end of the year. And they told us, and we had suggested it be a committee within Region 14. And they said, no, they're not going to do that. They're just going to rely on the staff's normal evaluations of events and activities. And then the staff would make a presentation to the board. Then, oh, this was for me the big one We… CCBE had been meeting
092with the county soups. Kind of regularly. And so we put that in our recommendations in the twig and we were told that meetings with the county soups would be done as staff sees fits with limited participation with participation limited to the CEO of CSBA, the president of csba Other staff and then the two county board members that serve on the CSBA board. And so the notion of as staff sees fit When in fact, CCBE was already meeting with them And then when in fact we now meet every month with Karen, the director of CCS. That was a big issue for me because our county soup partnership is probably the most critical thing we have. Right. And then another one is on board identity. We had wanted there to be a branding that would show that
093would show county whatever would be county board of service or program that there be special branding And again, they said they would endeavor to make county members Specific communications easily recognizable by county members, but they weren't willing to do the branding. Now, when you see our branding I think you have our fire. You know that's ACCVE. And that that's what we're about. That's all we're about. So those are some examples. But big, big, I mean, we could argue whether these are significant or not, but big picture is autonomy. Identity and representation. Comments? A note. And maybe you can speak to this a little i'm thoughtful about the advocacy component. In particular, I'm understanding that you're creating this advocacy committee. The process is the process so critical in terms of who decides what's being reviewed? How
094it is reviewed within CSBA and then also CCBE in our ledge committees. We saw everything and it was not filtered for us. And I recognize this as well. Largely volunteer organization. But who makes the decision about what is even discussed is really critical. To me. I understand that the board would make the ultimate decision about what legislation is supported or how it's supported or something like that. But straight out the gate. I don't, and maybe you could tell me that your system is going to be the board knows every single piece of legislation that's related to education and how that's going to work with the committee. So I'm still a little thoughtful about that. As I think you understand. And then secondly, I very much appreciate all that you said. It is correct that this
095was a push for a very long time. To eliminate CCVE. And to eliminate the additional board members that were on the board of directors. That's just a fact. But As I understand it. You worked for a year. On a transition program. Peggy often spoke about how many hours she was putting into it. And then when presented. A measurable percentage of what you sought was denied. And more specifically. Or in addition, morphed in to a circumstance where you make a request or you advise. And the decision is made not only possibly by the president of the president CSBA, who is an elected official But by staff, including the ceo is that Correct. Encapsulation of what happened? Yeah, I think so. We made the recommendation. We met with staff and I have to say, CSPA staff I
096thought was really good at listening to us. During the TWIG process. And they did tell us when we were stepping out of bounds. You know, and asking for things that were out of the purview of the committee's charge. Like having more CSBA board members that are okay And our recommendations did to you know the president and vernon. And then they got provided to the CSBA board. I don't know if their board meetings are public, actually. Because I didn't go. They're not. Okay. So anyway. I don't know if I answered your question, but yeah they we learned we learned with everyone else. No, they did meet with us before it was publicly released they did they were courteous and invited the TWIC members to a pre-meeting where they told us The seven were approved and 11
097were modified and they believe in their perspective that the modifications were not significant. And that could be disputed. But for me, the big issue is autonomy, identity, representation. And then on the advocacy, I did want to just mention, so our bylaws do say that the all any committee we have is advisory any decisions go to our board. We actually, I just was looking, our board approved like a charge statement for the advocacy committee with kind of how the process will work. And so ideas for bills will come lots of ways. We've started now that we have kind of the advocacy committee launching Advocacy will be on our monthly board agendas so we can hear not only what bills they're thinking of, but we as a board can bring in bills. When, like I said, we
098did a listening session with the small districts because we did want to hear from them on their challenges that could be advocated for in the legislature. We have these the ledge forums that we're hosting and we're just looking for other ways. We'll probably be doing a survey to ask people, what are your big challenges and how could legislation you know help with that So I think we're looking for different vehicles. I don't exactly know how many total people will be on the advocacy committee and we're always open. And love one of you. Or if you have suggestions, we're open. I think inclusion is a big value for us. I will remind you that next month we are going to have a representative SBA presentation. I'm going to go. My question is my question is my
099question is. You have 18 counties now. Signed on as part of ACCP. What are the other uh 40 counties doing? Have any idea if they're going to be joining you also? I have my little strategy sheet right here. Well, first, I want to say 18 counties since January. So I think that's pretty amazing, if I may say so myself. And we have a strategy. I mean, literally, I have a color coding here that shows which counties we're kind of talking to next. So you guys are on the list of the next. El Dorado, we have a meeting with their board president and their superintendent in a few weeks. Talk about getting on their agenda and making sure we answer their questions. Nevada County, when we had our little small rural district listening session, they're like,
100we want to join you. So we're working on them. Mariposa also was there and they were the same What we're doing is we're kind of identifying where there are targets of opportunity and where we have relationships and we're you know calling people we know and trying to basically get on their boards to do presentations like this or just to have them talk. We have materials we can send people if they want to learn more. But yeah, our goal is 30 by Bye. Yeah. Yeah. And we're we're pretty dogged about it. I mean, I drove an hour to be here. So, yeah. And I did want to say it's not either or It's CSVA and ACCVE. I don't know where this either or is coming from. So please, both have merit. Thank you so much for
101coming in. Thank you. Appreciate it. I have one more question. I actually have staff. Budget staff, maybe. I don't know what happened with the CCBE. Our costs just get cut by that much? That I'm aware of because we would have already been paid. For this year. We've already paid. Ccbe dues. I guess in the year ahead so Peggy or Do you know what happened to our money? Because what we're talking about is really replacing that funding over to these folks. But we didn't get a refund No. So, um. So there's remember the two tier structure. There's the base dues and then the county surcharge. Accb is on a January fiscal year. They're on a July. Because since we're starting in January, we wanted to just create that as our fiscal year. My board. Back January
102of last year, we only joined CSBA with the base. We said we're not joining, we're not paying you the county fee. And then when ACCB came along we paid that fee. They haven't kicked us out. So also, it's not clear how they're going to set their fees moving forward. That was another thing we were not allowed to talk about on the transition team. So I don't know how if they're going to keep with the two steps. Tier fees or they're going to merge it into one i just don't know. Well, that would be a question for us to ask them. But I will say we had CCBE had a $200,000 reserve that they kept. And I don't know what they're doing with that And we had a $100,000 grant from Zoom. To update our handbook.
103I don't know what's left of that. That was actually a grant to CCBE. So they may be sitting with some money out of that. I just don't know. Questions for them? But again, we hope you'll join us. And I'm glad to come back and tell you more. Great. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. All right. Doing some special dates. Board member requests in accordance with board policy 9250 Board members may request to represent the and activity. Find the desired level of support. Necessary activity. Actual unnecessary expenses incurred while discharging these official duties will be paid from the county school services fund as permitted by law and schools travel policies For action, are there any board member I had requested. And the April 11th and 12th governance. I was on last month? I've already
104put And that's part of what's already approved in your policy. The other board member requests? Okay. Suggestions for future board agenda items. Board members may suggest future topics coordinated by the county superintendent and presented by SCO staff or external Somebody has to stop. Hope she's all right. So firstly, as I mentioned earlier. What are the potential outcomes of dissolution of DOE or some iteration of that? Or some lesser included. Of that. I think that would be important for us to know as representatives of the education community in Solano County. Similarly, I know there's a lot of trainings going on around what to do if ice comes knocking. The door and we may have talked about this before. But I've seen other education entities getting trained. I don't know if it's training but presentations on what
105the policies are. And what. Our staff would be. Trained to do or inclined to do or however but a presentation What happens if ice comes into the It comes into one of our facilities. Sure. And I sent out notification to all of our staff regarding what the policy states and how they should proceed And our policy was also reviewed with North Bay. Insurance. With our attorneys there, but we're happy. Yeah, I think both of those are quite timely. And that's kind of what I was alluding to. Earlier about the rights present. I think it would behoove us as the County Office of Education. Of putting that out, of scheduling something maybe at Golden or scheduling something at Everton. Out of me where the parents could come in and know their Right, so this is more
106for the families than I for our teachers stuff like that. They know the policy they have that but our families they don't, you know, maybe some are I'm more fearful in the upcoming So is there something that we could on that. Public presentation. One of our local So if I might then accept the friendly amendment wherein we have a presentation on what our policy is. But also on what steps we might be taking. Organization. Around the issue of communicating with families and whatever else It's an information informational presentation. Fun part activity reports. Trustee Dane, lead us off. Did a lot of things. Maireen Bates came up on my Facebook and I'm just thinking about how I sat here, she sat here and she worked out that giant list every time. Oh, Lord. In that very
107first meeting Which, by the way, was 12 years ago Like tomorrow. And I saw that and I thought, what if I've gotten myself into? So I guess I'll report that I'm celebrating my 12th anniversary on the board here 534 BUSD. And what else? Just work is extremely busy doing some present further. Educational presentations for continuing legal education. For other attorneys. Around governance and governance procedural stuff so that's still happening. We're just at the edge. Of my name being Nama. Maybe. It was supposed to be. Maybe, but I don't think that's going to fly. I think it's going to be Nana. We're right on the edge. My little man turns one year old on the 27th. Busty cheek. They grow up. Oh, my God. Very, very busy, but I'm thinking about it right now. Think about
108what I have to do in the future. I was recipient of a Black Gavel Award. Provided by a community democratic club. I have attended a few events and I'm also a grant for youth entrepreneur program. To the Northern California blast. How cool. Entrepreneurs starting at third grade. Wow. Well, I was honored to. You see the Black Gavel Award also and also I was OG. Yes, you were. Yes, I was. And, um. You and Mr. Jones. In fact, I believe I had Mr. Jones Because his was directly in education as a as an educator. Just being alert. All the SBA fees. I read everything. And… and reading it, it makes me aware In and out around the community. As you know, I volunteer with the share the blessings And they give out school books, school clothes.
109Even some children's bedroom furniture. Of course, food every week. And the holiday events for the children also. And really looking at the local school boards the issues that they're having out the state. And… having to be really deep. Because it's affecting everything. I don't have all the detailed information. I'm working with caper trees and a program that she has that gives counseling And we had a… meeting twice this week. And I actually pulled out the SCOE's referral list. For family advocates, food, mental health, all of that. To their list of resources. And a few of their resources. I'm going to send in to poet. So basically it was about housing our particular area would be Given the fact that I sit on this board would be with um family units in the foster system. Housing.
110All the other resources that are necessary. For families. Lots of training going on, as I said, on the local boards Again, I'll say it and I'll say it and I'll say it. I'm just really… hard to sit on this board. Under our superintendent. With her staff. You're on point. And I read about what's going on. Other counties throughout the state. In school districts. We're on point. And our presentation of Dr. Gere's presentation today And having us have an input. Just further solidifies that we're on point. With providing services for all of our youth. All of our youth. Did a couple of other things, but… just really being aware of what's happening schools that are closing. That kind of thing and then getting on board with this new of the name of God. On now at
111Kate Patrice got the grant for that several years ago. Housing and housing resources. The housing resource. Covers the gamut of all families. I don't just think the things that you were talking about that we recommended. Those are some of the things. We recommend new resources. I look forward to having somebody come out from SBA. So that we can hear both sides of the story. I appreciate that. And I think we What is that one? Oh, a lot of counties. Yes, I'm sorry. I was so engrossed in what you were saying. Just lost track. Yes. Sba is working We were in touch with By the way, are you finished? Yes, I am. That was the last. Okay, okay. So updates from SCSBA is that We heard back from his CSBA folks They're charged for training. A
112little pricier than a little pricier a flat fee we were able to get from law firm and so our meeting is on Monday, so hopefully we can narrow down our scope of of when that's going to be offered But the CSBA was suggesting $125 per And so if you open it up to the entire county that's pretty significant as opposed to a $3,000. I'll bring you details after Monday and there we can hopefully figure out a time frame. Oh, that's all we need, right? That's all we need. I am convinced that we will have that. So that's pending. I mentioned that I went to this conference, Literacy and Justice for All in Oakland, which was just a marvelous time. Exposure to people who are doing very impactful. And then had the pleasure of joining in
113with the SCO team at their public of Hopeville. If you haven't seen it, it's a documentary out on the science of reading and how there are possibilities of addressing Inadequacies inadequate curriculum that are that we can show the data that there are better ways. Anyway, um. My understanding is the early learning team is putting on training for the district through Let's see a curriculum would be through our ed services district and school support partnering with early learning. So when you think about the age span. A3 and beyond. Given the students that we serve. But it's educational services And within that, the early learning. Partnering and collaborating. And it sounds like it's going to be very impactful districts my understanding. Is working on. Finding grants so that it's as difficult for the districts to Have a
114great, great. Outpouring of interest. In fact, Dr. Lamost, did I hear today that we were going to be training at Golden Hills? And we're moving to Solano College instead. Oh, for Anthony Muhammad. Yes, we have a breakout. Sorry for both. But there is a great interest in the early learning. Early literacy work. Well, I just wanted to congratulate you. I know the districts are benefiting from hurt going on it. Just for me, how things school. I don't be doing anything else right now. Nothing to report on. We have a new person coming into the family any moment now. Getting ready to induce My knees. But other than that. I did go to Mardi Gras at the Marina Lounge. That was a good time. And a lot of other Dr. Young out there The time, too.
115And I did go to a few other meetings this week. With the city council. To keep them on their toes. You know, you've got to show up sometimes just so they go. Why are you here? I'm like… I was doing, you know, you don't come visit us. We'll come visit you. So anyway, it's always good to get out and see. And I would just say um I just saw one of our gabflies, longtime good guy, George Gwynn had passed. Oh. He kept us on our toes. All throughout the county. He was just a really good guy and Always had good questions. With that, we will adjourn. See y'all next month. Thank you, everybody.