001Recording in progress. So, we've called the meeting to order, let's have a roll. Pustee Coleman? This T-sharp? Here. Jake? Musty Colin Thompson? Yeah? Musty Dean? Here. Musty Dunn? Yeah, Musty LaBelle. Here. Approval on adoption of the… Oh, I'm sorry. I have the Pledge of Allegiance. Pardon me, I pledge allegiance to… to the flag of the United States. And to the republic for which it is. Yeah, we'll take a motion for… Second. Moved by Trustee… Trusty colon Thompson. Sd Dean? Yes. Trustee Dunn? Yes. Trustee LaBelle? Yes. Trustee Sharp? Yes. Musty Coleman? 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 will be no discussion on these items prior to the time the Board votes on the motion, lest members of
002the Board or staff request specific items. Be removed from consent items for discussion and individual consideration for action. Are there any items that need to be removed? I'll entertain a motion for the consent items. Second. It's been moved by Trustee Cohen Thompson, seconded by Trustee. Your roll call vote, please. Trusty Colin Thompson? Yes. Misty Dean? Yes. Musty Dunn? Yes. Misty Lavelle? Yes. Trustee Sharp? Yes. Rusty Coleman? Yes. Moving on to comments from the community, the County 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. Those wishing to speak are asked to submit a request. Request to speak for them or submit comments electronically in real time. Prior to or during consideration of this
003item. Request to speak forms are located at the table at the… Are there any… Any correspondent? No correspondence. Okay, we're moving on to the new Superintendent's report, and let me introduce to you our new. County Superintendent of Schools. Dr. Nicola Parr. Phew. Thank you for my superintendent's report, first step, we have student of the Month. And I'm going to call up Pamela Brinkerhoff. Program Administrator. Catherine Garner, teacher. Special education. And their student. Good morning. Good evening! Um, good evening, President Coleman, Trustees. Superintendent Dr. Parr. Colleagues and guests? My name is Pamela Brinkerhoff. And I'm here tonight to welcome Solano County Office of Education's Student of the Month. Shekinah Glory, right? Along with their family members. Present tonight. To honor her. Our SCO teacher, Katherine Gardner, who serves at the Travis Elementary School, will present to
004you. What makes Shekinah Glory? Our department's Student of the Month. Hello. Kind of Glory is a 5th grade student at Travis Elementary School, located on Travis. Air Force Base in Fairfield. Yeah, I'm sorry, I'm a little shorter than Pamela. I'll start over. Chicana Glory is a 5th grade student. At Travis Elementary School, located. On Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California. To kind of glory can best be described as an energetic, enthusiastic learner. Who come to school each day ready to learn. She's a positive light in our classroom and a true friend to all. Both inside and outside of the classroom. She is always eager to welcome others, often going out of her way to include new friends and make everyone feel included. After starting at Travis Elementary in November of last year. The kind
005of glory quickly blossomed into her own. One day at recess, she began coloring, invited others to join her who would walk by. That simple act of kindness. Grew into a recessed coloring club of sorts, bringing students together in a fun, inclusive way. Throughout the school day, Shekinah Glory is an active learner and listener. Has made tremendous academic and personal growth over the past year. She is not only incredibly smart, but also kind, funny, lovable, and encouraging. She often tells us how proud she is of us. We are always proud to say the same about her. You're so incredibly proud to recognize Shekinah Glory as a Solano County Office of Education Student of the Month. Congratulations! Okay, next up… Our superintendent's report. This is Dr. Valerie Garrett, Director of Educational Options. And Mrs. Nicole Ruiz, Program
006Administrator of Educational Options. We will introduce their student. And I see Mrs. Linda Pitts. Because I wanted to make sure. Thank you. Good evening, trustees, Superintendent Park, guests. Guests that are online. Um, I'm Dr. Valerie Garrett, Director of Educational Options, and I am joined this evening. By Ms. Ruiz, our program administrator, and also. Ms. Linda Pitts, our Academic Intervention Teacher. And this evening, the JCCS department is honored. To recognize. Sanchez, Hernandez. I want to explain to the board and all of the guests that are in this room tonight. Why Kevin is standing before you. This young man exudes excellence. He made up his mind that he was gonna graduate from high school early. He works day in and day out on his coursework. He's such a hard worker. And I could go on and on
007about his work ethic. But what stands out the most, along with his work. Is his heart. You couldn't ask for a more… Classy, refined. Kind, gentle person as Kevin. He is a young man that is gonna definitely do a lot of things. But to see him work on his courses like that. And to stand here tonight, and I feel extremely emotional inside. Because every time I see him, the days that led up to this board meeting. I knew that I was gonna have the honor to tell his story. I just want to say to Kevin's mother and his stepfather that are in this audience today, they… You, too, need to walk out of this room with your heads held a little bit higher. Because every time this young man steps out of the car. Every
008single staff member in our department is overjoyed to be of service to him. And you guys did an amazing job raising him. And I want you to know that he represents your family. Grace and style. So, thank you for allowing us. To be a small part of his success story. To our board. I've said this, this is my sixth year of service. With the Solano County Office of Ed, and I continue. To be overwhelmed and overjoyed by the support. That we receive to have students like Kevin. This should be on the billboards, on the news, as a representative of what can be done. And to all the young people that are listening to me, that have had hard times. This is your role model. This is your example. Of what can be done. On behalf
009of the JCCS family. As part of the Solano County Office of Education family, it is. Art is seen to pleasure. To present to you our October 2025. Student of the Month. Congratulations. Okay, next up on the superintendent's report… is the California Community Schools Partnership Program. Or CCSPP. Presented by Dr. Valerie Garrett. Nicole Ruiz. Once again. Good evening again, Trustees, Superintendent, um… Nicola Park, yes. Um, it is our pleasure this evening. I'm joined by, um. Our program administrator, Ms. Nicole Ruiz. Provides you with a very brief update about our, um. Full-service California Community School Partnership Program grant. And we're super excited because we have just completed our first year of implementation. So this evening, we're going to give you a little snapshot about our progress. I'm going to turn it over to Ms. Ruiz. Good evening.
010So. We were awarded, um, the CCSPP Implementation Grant. Uh, in 24-25 school year. Um, the grant is a 5-year grant, and we just completed our first year of implementation. So, what the grant does is it allows schools. To be able to partner with community and community organizations in service of students and families. Next slide. Um, and we had several goals. Um, we were really proud of. All of the goals that we have, and we've been working toward them, but one of the goals that we're most. Proud of is Goal 1. Our mental health screening. Services. So all of our students are screened for mental health and wellness support. Um, referrals are made for students who need access to support services, and we do have. A full-time mental health and wellness clinician. Available. Um, in addition,
011our students also participate in SEL groups as part of this. Um, and they're able to… contact and come in and work with the mental health clinicians, not just at any given time on one-on-one, but they are also able to consult with. We're really proud of that. Next slide. Yep. Okay, so goal 2, uh, during school learning pathways for all students. Um, we have shared with our community before that all of our students receive, uh. Ilp, or Individual Learning Plan, and the whole point of having that plan is so that we work with each student. To determine their academic needs. Any resources they need academically or social-emotionally, and also their plans as they transition. Either back to their neighborhood schools, or if our kiddos. Are moving on to, uh, college or a trades program. The IOP
012details that. And then, of course, we're very proud of, um, our CTE, our Students in the Construction Trades program. That classroom is absolutely amazing, and our students get hands-on experience, and. Um, we'll be taking them on field trips, so they actually get to meet, um, different individuals. In the different trades, um, at a big career fair held in Vacaville. Next slide. And so, shared decision making, this is a big deal. At our last, um. For a full-service community school meeting, we had a packed room of, um. Community partners, um, from different agencies. And we were able to talk about, um, some of the things that our students are experiencing. We have a lot of families. That are dealing with housing insecurity. Uh, food, um, shortages. Um, we got to share with the community that we
013do offer a free. Fruits and vegetables twice a month. Um, we have seen, um, a huge number of community members. Come over to the Golden Hills campus, and, um. In our grant, we also, um, expanded to, um, offering, um. Clothing, so underwear, shoes, you name it. There are times when the rack is emptied. And of course, laundry services. If you need to get your clothes cleaned, um, we offer that. And then, yeah, the ports, you've heard me discuss that. Our porch at Golden Hills. It's a magical place, because everybody that comes to that porch is valued. And it really does give us an opportunity, um, to… greet our families and remind them of all of the resources. And yeah, it's just hearing from our parents, our community, they're everything to us. And just to, um,
014be… to have this grant, and to be able to expand. Um, our, um, services to the community. I don't even think I could capture in words. The depth and breadth of, um, pride. That we take in truly being a full-service community school, not only bringing back the dignity. Uh, to our families and, um, their children, but also letting them know, if you need food, if you can't wash your clothes. We are here. I mean, we are very proud of that, so we thank the board for. Uh, being so supportive of us, and Dr. Lemos. For her leadership with this, and also, uh, Jess. This has been, um, fabulous. Next slide. Oh, thank you. Any questions? Trustee LaValle? On the ILP, how does that… Follow the student back to their home district. Well, that's an excellent
015question. So, because we're a service provider to all six school districts, we don't receive a copy. Of the student's cumulative records. So the ILPs are used for our student support specialists. To communicate with the receiving, um, school districts. So that we do a warm handoff to say, okay. While Johnny was with us, he needed support in mathematics, so this is what we did. If your school offers additional tutoring. Johnny would be good for that, so… We're so grateful for the student support specialists that we have, because not only. Are the kids returning to their neighborhood schools, but. It's actually a warm handoff, so you know exactly who to go to. This high school offers before-school tutoring this. This junior high school offers after school. Whatever it is, the ILP is used to help us. Reach
016out to the service providers at the receiving school districts. To provide support for our kids, so they're just not out there alone. I think I heard you say that because we're service provider, we don't get. Their record from the home. School district. Can you speak to that? Is that problematic for you, or… and can you also explain the basis for that? Absolutely. So, since, um, the Solano County Office of Education isn't a school district, like the six, um. School districts that we serve. Students are actually referred to us. On a temporary basis. So, because of that. Um, our student support specialists actually work with the district, so if it's the counselor. The Student Services Department within the school district. To get records, such as we do receive transcript, um, data. But as far as, like,
017very detailed data. About the kid from way back when. We don't have that. If you were at a traditional school, you would have the records on the child from. Way back, going as far back as elementary school. We don't have access like that, but we do have access. In our ARIES, um, student information system, we are able to tap into. Discipline information. Transcripts, but going way back in the child's educational career, no. Uh, Dr. Lemos. I would just add that if… if we needed to have that, we could work with the. The school and the district to access any of that information. Absolutely. And so that's why, um, when you read our, um, LCAP and our, um, CIPSIS. It's critical that we have the student support specialist position, because it gives us. Liaison between SCO
018and the school districts to gather that type of information. Trustee Dean, as, um. Dr. Lemos, um, explained if we need to go deeper with additional data, we can do that. And then, um, some of you may be wondering, well, what about the children that have IEPs? Where we do transition IEPs for our students so that when they. Come to us temporarily, we're able to meet with the school district, um. Iep teams to determine what services the students received. At their home schools, and then. We agree upon how those services will look. While they're here with us in SCO. I will also add, any student who. Is in the juvenile court and community. I haven't gone through the juvenile court. They're 14 or over, they have to have a transitional… Anyway, probation puts… Absolutely, and we
019are afforded, thank you very much, trustees, to have, um. A full-time student support specialist for our kiddos at Evergreen Academy. So once our children leave, and many of them leave Solano County, so they definitely need that. If they're moving out of state, identify who those service providers are. In those areas outside of our county. And then, of course, like, on my way out with Dr. Lemos for our visit today. From Contra Costa County, there was a district student services, uh. Person walking into the school, so we're in contact with each other, so it's wonderful. Thank you, thank you. Next on the agenda is a charter school update. Jazz Baines Wright, Director of Community Partnerships and Initiatives. Good evening, trustees and Superintendent Dr. Parr. We have, um… I'm going to start with updates from Elite. Elite
020will host its third annual sneaker Ball on October 18th. Tickets are on sale, and they would love for everyone to join them, so they're sending out an invitation tonight. You guys, if you would like details, please let me know, and I will have Dr. Bishop send the. Oh, they have received their preliminary CASP results and are awaiting the official data rollout as they continue to grow academically. Elite's debate team has started and is preparing to compete with the Bay Area Urban Debate League. Elite's Freedom Schools is welcoming back. Soaring Eagles, which is their Taekwondo. Back to school, um, their after-school program. And Juan Escovido is leading and instructing their drumline. The drumline will be performing on their athletic events very soon. So, very exciting, um, updates. Okay, we're going to move on to the matrix.
021Uh, these are some items that we have received since September 19th. The master schedule for October. Certificated staffing list for October. The substitute log for September. The oversight fees for September. Prop 28 Annual Report. And the biannual risk management audit, which was the Williams visit, which was included in the paperwork. And as of 5 p.m. Today, the following items are past due, which is the board training on the Brown Act. And July cash flow. Are there any questions on… Matrix. Out of curiosity, the CAPS. Of course, they're released this month? November 13th, they will be live on the dashboard. Thank you. Bye. Some… The official official that everyone gets, but… A lot… I think it's October… the 15th that they get preliminary results, you sort of get… You know, an overview, and then November 13th,
022you get live, where anyone can see on the dashboard. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah, sneak peek for… For the insiders. Um, any other questions? Um, moving on to the narrative, um, we were able to meet with Scope… With elite staff on October 1st. And then we don't have any updates to the… oh, do you have any questions on the narrative? There aren't any updates on the snapshot, but we wanted to, um, receive your feedback on how you felt about the heading that was added. The needs attention slash in progress. I know we had… we were gonna try which words were the best, is… Any thoughts about that? I'm good with it. Okay. Captures it better than just… Perfect. Are there any questions on the snapshot? Um, I'm just curious, I'm looking… We're waiting to hear from
023the CDC about their audit, but… Because, um, they're in a temp… Monetary resolution findings? What that means. I'm gonna have Michelle, um… So there were two findings, if I recall correctly. Were related to attendance reporting. Um, CDE was kind of delayed in responding back. But there has been some communication we've received from Elite staff today. That CDE responded that there was a typo, and something else that needed to be corrected. In their most recent submission regarding their appeal. And they are making those revisions and sending them back, and once. Cd acknowledges. My guess is it's probably something about how they're filling out the form for the appeal. Once CDE receives that and acknowledges that that is correct in its format. They will proceed with the review on the appeal. So, there's some back and forth
024going on, in a nutshell. But it looks like that they might have a chance to have their appeal reviewed. In the near future. Is that your question? Not quite my question, though. What would… Can you explain what non-monetary resolution? So these have… these are related to a apportionment. So, a non-monetary… resolution would be that they. Maybe waive withholding. Of funding that's in question. Um, having that pulled back. Usually when you have something that's related to apportionment, like, say. You reported an attendance rate higher than your documentation could support. Out of your future apportionments, they will withhold money that. Is at the value that you over-reported. So maybe there is… some reason that they're putting forward that is a good explanation, and CDE might say, okay, we'll waive it on this occurs. That would be a
025non-monetary, so they're not going to make them pay the money back. Questions? Thank you. Thanks. Okay, next up, we have a human resources report. From Manolo Garcia? Is the Associate Superintendent of Human Resources and Educator Effectiveness. Thank you very much, Superintendent Dr. Parr. Distinguished board members, President Coleman. Uh, you have the staffing report for the last period. For you. We had… three paraprofessionals that were hired. During this period, um, and interestingly enough. They were all former, uh, subs. Substitutes for us? Um, and I also wanted to let the board know that on October 2nd. We had a SCO job fair at our Irene Larson campus. In Vacaville, and we had great attendance. Uh, we had 17… attendees that took the paraprofessional test. So, for, um… candidates that, uh, have not. Taking 48 units or earned
026a… an AA, they can qualify for a permanent paraeducator position. By passing this minimum skills. Test. So, we provided that test. Administer it to 17 individuals. We also conducted 7 interviews. So we are, um, very happy with the results of. Uh, that job fair. Um, you also have before you the… Temporary certificates of clearance that. You know, office-issued to our… Uh, district partners, and… to our charter schools. Any questions about… Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. And that concludes the Superintendent's report. Thank you, Dr. Barr. Moving on to… we didn't have any agenda items removed. So, moving on to board discussion… Uh, first up is the county superintendent's compensation. The board will review and discuss options for setting the superintendent's salary. There is possible action considering, um, what the information that we're going
027to have. Courtney, are you, uh… Can y'all hear me? Yes. So, let's included in the packet was… That's a possible board ad. Provided some options, either just. Of approving… I'll reschedule this one that was approved back in… Of 2022, so it hasn't been… Not a memo, but, uh, basically… Summary. Talks about your board action back in 2011. Options to consider. One of which… for removing overlap with the. Schedule… there, and then there's another option. Cola increases. The next item is… discuss this, and if you want to… Add if you feel comfortable. Plus that, and they're… Okay, we'll open it up for discussion. April 1st. Maybe which way they're leaning. I do have a question. Um, just to make sure… so, we traditionally think of employees as being step and column. Right. I mean, I'm guessing
028there is no further column, so that makes sense to me. But is it also correct that generally our employees. Um, excuse me, the Office of Education's employees, um. At their step plus a COLA? Is that the way it's working? It's not coming to my mind right now. Is that the way we do it? So… So everyone else is getting. Yep, maybe call them, and COLA. Is that correct? Yes, based on… Cheer that they work for a… They move over on the salary schedule. And in addition to that, they get their. And just, do we know of… So, actually, two more questions, if I could. Do we know of. Policy, or… I don't recall at all. A basis for a determination that the superintendent was not. Given a COLA. That's question two. Um, so the California
029Constitution… Salary. Of a board policy. 9000.2. That's the minimum requirements. For years. Um, no later than June. Prior to the election. Or you can do it biannual. That's all that's really in there. Requirements to provide it or not provide it. It's a matter of words, description. And then so they decide. Absolutely. Okay. That was one and two, so 3 is… Um, do we have a sense of what other… County superintendents, county other super… county superintendents. At both step… And… cola. Or not. Um, so the answer is… Bucket is… current county supervisor. Calorie schedule. Not necessarily add it in here is not… Interesting. Yeah, we have the average of. But I'm interested in that this… I'm just thinking about it. I do have one more question, which is, did we give ourselves cola? I can't… when…
030We didn't. Okay. No, not colon. Okay, okay. I voted against it, so I don't… Okay, thank you. That's very helpful information. Okay, so you created… Affirmed it, okay. As you all know, Megan… From your direction. Megan may see my, uh, partner, so yeah. Sort of a preliminary. I guess I don't necessarily questions so much as… Okay, so… First of all, I would want it to go retroactive to when… Our new superintendent started. Um, I think it's absolutely imperative that the top of the organization should not be paid less. Than their second, or third, or whatever, I think that is a recipe for disaster. Four counties that we're looking at, though, um… Alameda and Contra Costa have greater than a million. Uh, residents. Uh, NAPA is smaller than us, but they certainly are wealthier, and YOLO.
031It's not. Um… My thing would be trying to keep it fair. Because we did do this in 2022. It was a significant raise. We added in there that it was an automatic trigger every 4 years before. The superintendent had to. Request a raise and come begging to the board, which is… Just not appropriate, in my opinion. Um, but we also have to remember that we're the most affordable of 9 Bay Area counties. And once Valero closes our… Unemployment rate is sure to go up. And so we want to be… mindful of everybody, the new superintendent, taxpayers, students. Other people that work in our organization who all, I'm sure, would love a raise as well. Um, but I also would like to see the superintendent have some predictability. In this. Um… So, can I… my suggestion
032would be… Uh, that we… start with the step 5 of the Assistant Associate Deputy. Salary schedule, and then go 2%. Greater than that for each… Each step. I think that's a fair… And we had done, um, we didn't do the COLA, to my recollection. Because we just fitted a big chunk of a raise. Other people within the county didn't receive. That more than made up for the COLAs that we didn't, uh, award in 2022. That would be my… jumping off point, I guess, at least. Do you think we should start. Percent higher than 75… That $275… the $275.52, I would go 2% higher, which… Math is not my exact specialty, but I believe it is. Step one would be $28553. Step 2 would be $286.164. Step 3 would be 2. 2% every year. Yep, every
033step. Yeah. And that would keep us… Within that county range, too. Is there… Step 1, 280, 5553. 2… 286-164. Step 3, 291-887. And step 4, 297. 725. And that's 2% each year. Starting from the… that 5 that's listed below the chart. I was going to ask Courtney, what, um, under the, um, alternative. Q, column A. You have 2.25%. Where does that come from? Um, good question. So basically, what we did was. Well, uh, it's compounded, so for the… Not for the 23… for the cola, it was 5. 5% total, and then… Got it. And I will also note… I learned today. Um, that we do not include are… Um, I think, um… I like… I like where you're going with that. I agree to that, but I believe… In most organizations at this… Guys, there
034is at least 1%. Um, cushion. Deputy and, uh, Chief. Or the superintendent, and then… I think most of them, um… When I was the board president, that's what we… For the county, for this county. Is that the… buzz? That was countywide. Ask a question, then. So the effect of that would be to change that first number? And then it would… the first number would then increase. Percent every year thereafter. What we're talking… I'm just trying to make sure… Uh, so that changes the 2850. 3, but not the… percentage, uh, subsequent percentage. Anybody have the num… does anybody… We have a calculator so we can hear that number. Ginger, right here. Oh, Ginger. No, so, if I'm understanding, it would be 3% more than 275052. Correct. 283-304. I'm sorry, one more time? 283, 304. That's less.
035No, that's more than half of the $275. She said to go off of the… Super… assistant superintendent, Step 5 number. And the attorney will do math, but for your… just to confirm… 75052. Approximately 800. 283, 304. And then we're proposing the… Proposal on the table is to go up 2% every year thereafter. As a step. Not as a COLA. 288970 for the next year. 294, 749 for the next year. 300, 644. And we did this before, a superintendent. Starla Henderson weighed in, so it… Offer the same opportunity to… Superintendent Dr. Barr? How would you like to comment? Okay. May I make a comment about the last… My calculation was… Okay, well, let me… let me… Let me see if I can… Formulate what I think I heard. Regardless of the actual number. What we're talking
036about is setting the superintendent's salary. To be 3% above. The highest… IE, Step 5. Uh, uh, for assistant, associate, or death, or… deputy salary schedule to start. Today, or, you know, a few weeks ago. And then every year thereafter, it would step up. Regardless of what the numbers are in the calculations. Players can't do math. Right? Is that what we're proposing? We're talking about? I did last time. I have no objection. Oh, we can make a motion, or we can table this until next month. Take a motion there, it doesn't seem… Do us any favor by kicking it down the road when we're able to go ahead and set it. That starting salary would be 3% above the assistant or associate. Deputy salary schedule? Step 5, and that it would increase by 2%. A resub,
037sorry. Second? Okay, so the motion on the floor has been moved by Trustee Cohen-Thompson, seconded. By Trustee Sharp, and it is to increase. The superintendent's salary, or set the superintendent's salary at 3% higher. The Step 5 Assistant Associate Deputy Salary Schedule. And then 2% for each step. After that. And she would start out at… Step 1, is that what we're looking at? Haven't decided what step she would… I'm assuming one? Oh, it would include to start at Step 1. That's the motion. I have a roll call vote. I got you, Peggy. I believe the effective date would be the date she was appointed. At a point of service, I think she took service, which was September. Mr. Cheek? Musty Cohen Thompson? Yes. Musty Dean? Yes. Musty Dunn? Trustee LaValle? Yes. Trustee Sharp? Rusty Coleman. Yes.
038How you can get paid. Congratulations. Okay, moving on to the board study… Discussion, discussion items. The Board and Superintendent will determine discussion items to. Merchandise for the 6 o'clock p.m. Wednesday, October. 9th board study session. Gotta list. Um, first, my recollection is that we had already discussed putting on the agenda. Let's say our relationship with our lawyers. I'm not… and there were two components to that. One was that, um… well, I'm gonna let Trustee Sharp. Discuss the one component. My component was… Um, the circumstances surrounding our, uh, attorneys representing both. The superintendent, and… the board, and perhaps some circum… the discussion of what circumstances. Might require something different. Um, so that's a thing. Alright, as to the first part, which I'm gonna look to Trustee Sharp for the language on. When we talked about this
039last month. I have not yet received the letter from Vallejo City. Unified. I've now read it, and I understand that the issues that they raise should be components in the discussion, for sure, the legal issues. That they raised, and I'm supportive of that. However, I would like to add to it… a discussion on what? The term closed hearing. Means. And in particular. Who has the right to disclose the content to the public? Of a closed hearing. I think that's quite significant in my review of the communications that we've received. Um, so I realize I can't talk about this substantively about that topic, but I have my opinions. Um, the other thing is just a quick note, the Brown Act, the legislation passed. Last week, I think, that updated the Brown Acts. Allegedly substantially. I got
040my own… I'm not sure, but, um, so I think it… this… Study session, it would be really important for the board to hear. What the changes are, and how they might impact us or not. But there are a bunch of changes. Some people think it's a big deal. Those are my thoughts on what to include. Okay, and mine was, um, a review of Council and, um. Insight into, uh. What has gotten us here, and some of the challenges we've faced, and… Ensuring that we're getting, uh, counsel that are specialists. In education, as opposed to generalists. Add? And also process. Absolutely, absolutely. Um, and… but I would like to… to have some… our respon… effectively, our response to the alleged legal issues raised. In this correspondence. In a manner that does not. Disrespect the import of
041the term. Closed hearing. Anybody else? My one other would be, will you be there to guide us through this process? Thank you for being here tonight. Having me. Um, that was going to be a question is. Facilitate. Uh, sir, if you have it. I'm good with you. I have no other counsel at this point. Alrighty, do you got a list of, uh, topics there, Courtney? Alrighty. Uh… Moving on… meetings and special dates are attached. Board member requests? Uh, in accordance with Board Policy 9250, board members may request to represent the board in an education-related activity. Specified the desired level of support necessary for the activity. Actual unnecessary expenses incurred while discharging these official duties will be paid from the County School Service Fund. As permitted by law and school travel policies? Placed on future agenda
042for… Action? Any board member requests? I had already put… Aec? Already approved. Has that… That's right through, automatically. That's the CSBA, right? The AUC? Yes. Are you the only one that's going? I'm going to the early part? Is there anyone else? Suggestion on future board agenda items. Board members may suggest future topics to be coordinated. By the county superintendent and presented by SCO staff or external presenters. I don't know if it counts right, but… So, Courtney's here. That's my understanding, there may be… The reason why you're here? As opposed to other, and how do we get that information? Because I don't have anything in my email box. But… for the change, and… Um, I received correspondence that was 4… are, um, that I have now forwarded to. And only Dr. Parr. Yes, uh, to the
043board. Part of the client. Um, county. Pair with it. Oh, we might as well inform the whole board. So, there's a letter dated September. County Council terminating the legal. Office and county. Mm-hmm. Um, I request… That we put on an agenda. Perhaps a very… near agenda. A discussion of how… Actually, it feels like it would be part of the study session topic. How and maybe whom. How we can… we hire someone different. Feel like it's more… there's… more of a pool than we might think. So I think this would require some attention. In terms of how we replace County Council. I definitely want that. I feel like it fits under the umbrella of what we've already… Comfortable with that? Okay. And be gone. And we also unpack how it was the board was not notified.
044Of this? Once they represent the board and the superintendent. That is… that is correct. I don't have a copy of them. We get a copy of that, too. It's on, but I don't… I will hear you. Am I screaming now? Sorry. Either one way or the other. Um… I don't have a copy of the legal services… I will get a copy of that, I'll review that, and we'll report back. Study session, but we can also send a copy. All of you as well. Copy of that as well. Yeah, that… I was gonna ask for that. We need a copy as well. Let's take Cohen-Thompson. That means that… We don't know about. Courtney was caught on… I will forward a copy of that to you. You have in your inbox currently. Copy of this. Uh, board
045member activity report. Okay, activity report. I don't have a lot to report in the way of. Academic activities other than a gender review. But I did want to report, um, something important. We all need to make sure that we reach out to the governor. And that is AB772? Um, it is forcing LEAs to take responsibility for youth behavior. Off campus during non-school hours, and there are just so many issues, no matter where you fall on the political spectrum. With this, um, the infringement on parental rights and responsibilities. Uh, the First Amendment, financial concerns. This is… this is just a dumpster fire. Uh, from the representative down in Long Beach, and it is on the governor's desk. And should be vetoed. If you look, I found it in my spam file, but if you look in
046your spam file from… I say it was yesterday. There's a nice CSBA email that says, Action Alert. And you just have to push the button on your computer and fill in your information. And it will populate a nice letter and send it right off. It takes 2 minutes, if that, and uh… It's really important. I don't usually come to y'all with this, but this one's really important, so… I would urge you to, uh, go into that email. Sandbox and send a letter to the governor. Thank you. Steve Dean. Um, okay. Education-related, I… Um, I would say that as of 6 o'clock tonight, I've had… I've had an education-related feeling of. Content. As I walked in and saw our new superintendent, so I want to welcome you officially, and thank you for your service. Um, I
047would also say that. Um, you know, it's exciting to have change. But I do think it's important to maintain certain standards. And I will say that for the 12 and a half years I've been on this board, I have come in. Every month, with a few exceptions, and I sat down. And had a beautiful little pad of paper, and at least one. Red pencil with Solano County Office of Education on it. So, while I appreciate that you may make changes. Superintendent. Please, let's not change the pencils. Thank you. Trustee Cohen-Thompson. A few things that I wanted to… Uh, we all received the. About how county offices. Workforce, housing for education. I responded, and I see… Alright, alright. Um, just a little comment on receiving how county offices. Um, can advance workforce housing for educators. And,
048um, I responded to this. And I CC'd all of the… the board, uh, the trustees, rather. So, I noticed we didn't mention this tonight, and just in the. So, I would say. Past the agenda, but just… with discussions in the future. In the next meeting, I believe that we need to… at least have a discussion about it. Um… That's that. Yeah. I did go to, um… Marcella Barbarosa, I forgot the name exactly of the event, the luncheon she had. But it was at the, um… The Tuesday Club in Venicia. Honoring Mexico cultural heritage with an emphasis on leadership. And she had local leaders, uh. They are, um… students from Vallejo High School. I don't know if there was any other schools, but I know Vallejo. Because they had a bus there, um… Michael's transportation. It
049was well out of the bill. It was… All the seeds were taken. It was very interesting, a lot of information. Um, and when you look and talk about culture. Every culture is the same, because they talked about, uh, first-generation. Wonder school. Let alone graduating from school and going to college. So that I… I was very happy. I've worked with, um, Maricela. From years back, when she was starting. I also went to… we had a waterfront festival this past Saturday. And uh… again, um… celebrating, um… Mexico and heritage, Mexican heritage. They had the folklore dancers. Every age. The little ones all the way up, and the, uh… Mariakis and the young men with their hats and their… all of that. And, um, that was very, very, uh, enjoyable, very entertaining. Um, last month, I did spend
050a week in, um. San Miguel, Mexico, so… I left the weekend that they were going to do the, uh, city. Festival, so I was very happy to be. Able to celebrate and sit in on that. I missed the, um… Tuesday night thing that we have. You know, where… what is it? National night out. And the layout was last night. Oh, I thought it was tonight. It was last night, because I got a call at 5 o'clock. And I did not… I had not received anything, so I didn't. I'll try to make up for it somewhere. Okay, that's it. Oh, man's son's, um, great-grandson's soccer team. All-star champions in Northern California. Greater. Okay. Wow! Congratulations. Christine Lavelle? Uh, thank you, I'll pass. You gotta mention Michael III. Uh, that is not education-related, but, um, I will
051make a plug. For the Solano County Library Foundation's. Author's luncheon coming up on November 2nd. It's going to be in Vacaville. It's, um, uh. Jubilee's celebration of the event, and uh… Michael Threat, a former colleague at the library, is going to be one of the. Speakers, and… Uh, this is the main fundraiser for the foundation, which. Um, as you can imagine, we're at the library, we're not allowed to use taxpayer dollars to give away things. And so we have a foundation that raises the money. For that, and, um… This is… this is the big one. Michael is one of the library's own who just… became, uh, the Reading Rainbow reader. Very proud of him. I'm gonna pass this one. If nothing else, for the good of the order, we are adjourned.