0016 o'clock, we're gonna call this meeting to order. We're gonna have the Pledge of Allegiance with, uh, Trustee LaValle. Please join me. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the republic for which it stands. One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Can I get a roll call? Trustee Sharp? Here. Trustee Cheek? Here. Trustee Cohen-Thompson? Here. Trustee Coleman? Trustee Dean? Trustee Dunn? Here. Trustee Lavelle? Here. Okay, approval and adoption of the agenda. Can I get a motion? So moved. Okay, I have a first from Peggy, Trustee Cohen-Thompson, and a second from Trustee Cheek. Can I get a roll call vote? Christy Cohen-Thompson? Yes. Mr. Coleman? Trustee Dean? Trustee Dunn? Yes. Trustee LaBelle? Yes. Yes. Trustee Sharon. Yes. Consent items. All matters listed under the consent
002items 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 of the Board. Prior to the time the board votes on the motion, unless members of the board or staff request specific items to be removed from consent for discussion and individual consideration. A fraction. Any removals? can I get a motion? So moved. Can I get a second? Go ahead to done. She'll see done? So first, uh, first from Trustee Cohen-Thompson. And a second from Trustee Dunn. Can I get a roll call vote? Trustee Collin-Thompson? Yes. Trustee Coleman? Trustee Dean? Trustee Dunn? Yes. Trustee LaBelle? Yes. Ticy? Yes. Yes. Moving on to comments from the community. Do we have any? There are none. There are none. But thank you
003for community for being here. It's nice to see all of you. Uh, correspondence. No correspondence, okay. Back that up? Yes, correspondence. First hundred days. Oh, wow. That was scary my face. Thank you. I'll see you for the first 100 days. Wonderful. We're excited that you're here. Here's the next hundred, right? Uh, next up is Superintendent's Report. Let's see, we have… Student of the Month. And I want to… Teacher's voice. Oh, and let me move the microphone. Can you hear me now? Okay, wonderful. Student of the Month. And we have a special. guest, but I want to start off with recognizing Deanna Vanderhoof, the program administrator. And Lucas Bernal, the teacher. And welcome to the stage. Dominic Fair, the student who's going to be here, and he has something special that he's prepared for us. Good
004evening, Trustee, Superintendent, colleagues, and guests. My name is Lucas Burnell, and I'm here tonight to welcome SCO Special Education Student of the Month, Dominic Fair. And his mother, Dottie Nicholson, along with their family members, present. Tonight to honor Dominic. I will present to you what makes Dom our department's Student of the Month. Dominic Fair is a truly charismatic and driven presence at the Irene Larson Center in Bacaville. He lights up our classroom when he enters, often delighting his peers with jokes and character impressions, which. I'm pretty spot on. Dom's growth has been remarkable as he enters the second semester of his third year, and he has expanded his horizon significantly. Now I'm going to turn at Rush Ranch and take in charge of his own nutrition by shopping for and cooking meals at school. Dom
005is a standout participant in class using a safety strategies effectively and serving as a role model for his peers during lessons. His dedication extends beyond the classroom as well. On weekends, he volunteers at Serenity Saddles. Which is a therapeutic writing program in Dixon. This is where he tends to horses and mentors younger individuals with disabilities. We are so very proud of your progress, Don. God let me know. Turn around. My… it is my pleasure, honestly, after all these years. Here's our… You made him cry! You too cozy? Oh, definitely. Oh, that's what that is. Okay, yeah, perfect. I know, love him so much. You know what I mean? Oh yeah, dodges. Make sure, okay, and then see all the… I'm just gonna have you scoot a little bit to the left. There you go, perfect.
006Oh, here we go. Okay, we're gonna start with this. camera that will look back there. Okay, right here. 1, 2, 3… All right, and on the count of 3, we're going to say congratulations. Dominic, and we're going to throw up our hands. 1, 2, 3! Very… Wonderful. And next, we have Dr. Valerie Garrett, Director of Educational Options. And she'll be introducing her student, Yuritza. You guys see I don't have my entourage tonight, I don't by myself, but that's okay, I'm gonna bring it. Um, good evening, uh, Trustees, Superintendent Parr. colleagues and guests, and Yerisa's beautiful mother. Who is here this evening. Um, it is my true honor to share with you why Yuritza. As of Attia Sanchez. is the JCCS Student of the Month. This young lady has worked so hard. In all of her
007classes, I want you all to understand that our staff overwhelmingly chose her to be recognized during the month of February because of her tenacity, her hard work. The pride that she takes in her work, and the fact that she exemplifies why. all of us in the JCCS program decided to go into education. I don't even think I could capture in words. the depth and breadth of admiration that we have for this young lady. Urethra, I've said this to students before, young lady, I want you to look at the Board of Education, look at our superintendent, and all of these witnesses here in those JCC members that I know are watching at home, we are so very proud of you. And today, you made history for our. school and department. On behalf of the JCCS department.
008As part of the Solano County Office of Education Family, it is our sincere honor. to present to you our February 2026. Student of the Month, Euresa Acebatia Sanchez. Make sure that we get no smudges on our lenses, we want the specific picture. All right, 1, 2, 3… Alright, now this camera. That's what happens, you have paparazzi when you're a big deal, so… Alright, on point 3, we're gonna throw up our hands and say congratulations. 1, 2, 3! Congratulations! Woohoo! Congratulations to our February Student of the Month. And now we have… Families, you are welcome to stay for the meeting, but we also know how precious time is on these weeknights, so if you want to. head home, we will totally understand that, too. And next up we have Doctor Ramona Bishop. CEO of Elite Public
009Schools. to prepare? Congratulations. Oh my god, thank you. Good evening. I do know that Sam Leonard is online to present the fiscal update. First, so I'm going to take my seat while I do that. While he does that. Great, thanks, Dr. Bishop. Can everyone hear me? Am I good to go? Great, thank you. Uh, good evening, trustees. I'll be walking through Elite Public Schools financial update for tonight. Um, we can move on, so that will, uh… just be a couple of items we will cover. First is our enrollment in ADA, so it'll be a comparison of. the approved budget, and then where enrollment in ADA is at the P1 report, about halfway through the school year, and then we'll look at our multi-year projection. All right, so starting off, uh, we can go to the
010next slide. with our enrollment versus ADA projections here. So, on the left side, uh, are the numbers that were included in the approved budget for the school back at the end of June. And on the right is the numbers from the P1 report. So we can see in the budget, uh, there was an enrollment of 665 students in an ADA of 625. And things have changed as the year has gone on. Of course, statewide, we are seeing enrollment decline, and where the numbers are looking. Uh, as of right now, is enrollment of 573 students, and that's an ADA of 521. Um, these projections in the budget were also based on, um, the school working really hard to expand facilities. And, uh, we have been budgeting with, uh, that in mind, um, and of course, as
011we see actual numbers come in, we will always adjust our budget to match the reality of what is going on at the school. Next is a look at the multi-year projection. As we are looking forward. We are projecting a stable net incomes as we move along. Of course, um, things will change as enrollment changes, and, uh, as facility. deals structure, um, we'll certainly make adjustments. A lot of these numbers are based on some projections when the school is applying for Prop 2 for facilities, so we do have. increased expenses accounting for growth in facilities, as well as some increased revenues that tie to that. Uh, we are working hard on the budget for next year right now, as we've recently gotten information from the state governor about the proposed budget, so we're working on some
012new drafts of the future years. But we'll certainly be adjusting revenues and expenses based on the numbers that the school is seeing. As well as the numbers that we're seeing on the government side. Um, and, uh, we'll keep everyone updated as we move along, but our plan is to continue operations and adjust as needed, um, with every new piece of information that we find. That's all I have for tonight. Are there any questions around, um, any pieces that we'd like to cover? Questions? Oh, go ahead. I apologize, I'm not really sure if this is the appropriate time to ask about the enrollment. But, um, 573 is down from. What we've seen in our snapshot, which was 576. Um, which is down… Uh, rather significantly in… From what is on the California dashboard. And, um, so
013I know in the… presentation to come. There's a comment about how, uh. Recognizing that there is a decline in enrollment. Uh, across the board, but that. Elite is not experiencing the dramatic… a more dramatic decline as the local districts are. I'm just, um… Uh… curious how this is being addressed budget-wise in terms of. anticipated revenue. Yeah, it's, uh, I mean, certainly enrollment has been a challenge that a lot of schools have been seeing these past few years. A lot of the other schools I work with as well. Um, and this challenge is, uh, faced by looking at various. scenarios, what happens when we have this enrollment, what expenses can we, uh, have with. ex-enrollment versus Z enrollment. Um, so it's looking at the model from a lot of different, uh. a lot of different viewpoints,
014um, and then if we're noticing that, hey, enrollment's coming in here, and expenses are looking too high. that's when we have some conversations where, uh, can we make some adjustments to the expenses to. fit the budget so it remains stable and still provide the program, uh, that the school is wanting to run. Trustee Dunn? My question is similar about enrollment. I'm looking at the, um. Projected years out, and seeing an increase in the total revenue each year. Is that based on expected increase in enrollment, or am I… Um, misunderstanding. Yes, a lot of that is based on enrollment. Um, when we were going through the Prop 2 application for facilities, we had to provide multi-year projections, and in those projections, we were. Uh, anticipating growing facilities that, uh, we're going to. house a growing student
015population, and these numbers are very likely going to be adjusted. Uh, as, uh, we're determining how facilities will look in the future and what the numbers are currently. Don't have all the years in front of me, but thinking over the years. Um, actual enrollment has not matched what had been projected, and that's been the case each year, that. It seems to be declining, so I'm just curious. About… If we can understand why there's expected increase to come. The, uh, the reason behind the increase was, uh, because with new, new facilities, um, the, the goal would be that would bring students in, is the rationale behind that. Thank you. Any other questions? Great, thank you. Thank you, Sam. President of the Board. Ms. Superintendent. Doctor Parr, board members, community members, and friends, I'm Dr. Ramona Bishop.
016And I'm the proud visionary and CEO. of elite public schools. Tonight, our presentation is called. We soar. Last year was We Don't Sleep. This year, we soar. The vision and mission of Elite Public Schools has remained the same to provide an affirming learning environment where we have high expectations for all of our students. And where students graduate trilingual. Proficient in English, Spanish, and coding. So tonight, I will speak with you about. a number of things. First. are… that we soar in achievement. We soar in programming. We soar in progress. And we soar in excellence. a reminder Elite was established and opened. the year 2019-20. We've almost been in existence for 7 years. 5 years in person. Because 2019 was the year. That COVID closed schools down. 3 years of publicly reported full dashboard data. And
017we are leading established LEAs. Across the county. in Black English learner and student with disability proficiency. As well, that's in mathematics. As well as exceeding the state average. in Black student proficiency. For, um, distance from standard. We soar in achievement. I'm not going to read these slides to you, they're provided in detail because I was told I have a 10-minute. Um, time limit? But what I will say is that our curriculum is designed, uniquely designed, to address the needs of all of our students. Particularly to eliminate opportunity gaps for Black, Brown, and other underrepresented students in our communities. And that our data strategy is we are a professional learning community, so we take into account. Not only the data that people like to see as negative, which is declining enrollment, because declining enrollment is happening
018across the state and the nation. After COVID, 2019. Is when we were established. And when we think about the facilities that we have been after. Um, the facility, particularly our high school facility downtown, we already had projected enrollment for that school. We had the actual bodies. going into that school. But with that school being denied, and us still being in a battle about that high school, that is why some of the projections that Sam was talking about, which we sent to the state for that high school. did not actualize. I, like anyone else, love beautiful facilities. So do our high school students. And so those that stay actually have more of kind of a history-maker mindset. Because they're still healed regardless to whether they're on campus with a 4-year-old. Our strategies have had the impact
019of having. Um, impacting multiple measures. When our California State Dashboard was first conceived. and our local control accountability plans were first conceived, the educators on the panel know that we were very concerned. That there would be some expectation that only academic growth would happen, or that this academic growth would happen, and people would not look at the other things. But when you look at the strategies that we've implemented and the impact on all the data. It goes without saying that our school is working. And that parents continue to rely on us. I go into this data conversation realizing that I'm sure that you've all been educated on the concept of generalizability. In a study in Stanford, they. Tell us a little more about what generalizability is. That it is very difficult to generalize what is
020happening. for a group of Black students to the larger population. There's complexity in that. Our school is 60% black. 30% Hispanic Latino, the rest is a beautiful mix of all other demographics that are reflected in Vallejo. But as I'm speaking today, I would ask for us all to. recognize how complex that idea of generalizability is. These are the statistics I presented to you before. The numbers do not lie. And whereas we like to do a lot of questioning around the things that we see are negative. I'd like to be questioned about how did you. How did your team, Dr. Bishop? Since 2019, you've had 3 years of state data dashboard? How did you make it to the point where your English learners are outperforming every single. LEA in this county. And every Vallejo-based charter. How
021did that happen? I'd also like to be questioned on, in mathematics, Dr. Bishop, how is it? That your Black student demographic and your English learners have a higher level of proficiency than any other school district in the county or any other Vallejo-based charter. How? Did that happen? And how did it happen? That are, uh, the students with disabilities are second, and how did it happen? That your Hispanic Latino students and your students who are economically disadvantaged are third. Not only across the entire county and the state I did not mention. the state is that category on the right. I'd like to be questioned on how is it, Dr. Bishop, that over the last. 3 years of dashboard data that you've had such significant changes, that your teachers and the administrators' presence have been able to.
022Change your English language arts. Um, 8.2… 8.82 percentage points in 3 years. And your math, 16.81 percentage points. in 3 years, when typically, typical growth for a state is 1% to 2%. percentage points. How is that, Dr. Bishop? The next slide is not my slide. It's a state slide. And hopefully it'll work. What the slide does is it compares. charter schools from across the county. To one another. And I would just remind you that we've been in existence for 7 years. And we're comparing ourselves, going back to the generalizability conversation. to charters who are more established. Um, than we are, but we're not shying away from those comparisons. I would remind this board that the dashboard. Um, orders itself in the following manner. Red is the lowest. Orange above that. yellow above that. green above
023that. And blue above that. And that over the last 3 years of us having comprehensive data dashboard. If you remember my presentation to you last year, I said, we are working diligently. Because we have all read. Which is the lowest, and orange, which is the next highest. And what you can see is now elite public schools. Has green, yellow. Yellow. Yellow. Orange, yellow. yellow. Yellow. And, after 2 years of statewide district assistance, we are now exited from that program. How, Dr. Bishop? Did that happen? When you differentiate for black student performance. You see… That when you generalize to student groups that are comparable to ours. Look at that! How, Dr. Bishop? Did that happen? Or, if you look at our… this is not my chart, this is the state's chart. Look at our Hispanic Latino
024group. Dr. Bishop? In 7 years… 3 years of data dashboard? How did that happen? Or, when you look at our… socioeconomically disadvantaged students. in 3 years of data dashboard. Dr. Bishop. How did that happen? Going back to the presentation. I shared that link with you because you can keep going through it. It took… I was on it for hours preparing for this presentation. There's many ways to compare. Um, schools against schools, districts against districts, and it's very helpful for the educators in the room. who are looking for ways to poke fun in what it is that we do. Elite Graduation. on the left-hand side is simply graduation. For Elite. and correction. Elite is blue. So, for our… all of our students. Our Black population. Our Hispanic Latino population, which is at 100%. And our socioeconomically
025disadvantaged students. In the red is District A. In the yellow is the state of California. So our graduation rates are comparable. to the state of California at this point, and comparable to District A. And District A is a school district that's generalizable for our student population, it's very similar. On the next slide. You will find those students that not only graduated, but graduated with UCCSU requirements met. I am very excited about the fact. that students get to opt right in to the CSU system. But you can't even apply. If you don't have UCCSU requirements met. And so, when you look at Elite Public Schools. On the left, compared to District A. In the middle. and the state of California. You see Elite outperforming everybody. How did that happen, Dr. Bishop? On the next slide, you
026see. College and career readiness. Which is… goes to even more depth about the quality. Of the graduate. And we have learned some things that are going to help us change our data, because if we had it in there correctly, it would look a little different, but even within their. somewhat incorrectly. How is it the case that when you look at that yellow bar not prepared? that you see yours are lower than everybody else's. So, students going to elite public schools even after 3 years of data dashboard. are prepared and approaching. At rates that are higher than other areas. How did that happen? Next slide. Now, people like to harp on the fact. That Elite is a low-performing charter school, we don't buy into that. You can, if you want to, but we don't adopt that
027language. Let me tell you why. The English Learner Progress Indicator. is something that is measured on that dashboard, and that you'll find on that link that I presented to you. If you'll look in the left-hand column. And look at elite public schools. You're going to see that our ELPI percentage is 46.2. charters must outperform the state. Even though we've only had 3 years of data dashboard, but it's okay. And, um, and… So, when you look at the state, it's 46.4. If you look in the middle at that green bar. That is the growth in one year, 22.9% for Elite. 0.7 for the state. Now, if Elite had grown 32.2. Guess what? We would have outperformed the state, and we would be a middle-performing. charter. 0.3%. So people can harp on negative language if they want
028to. We say we are doing. an amazing job for our students. Additionally, when you look at distance from standard, that's another way by which we compare. how we're doing toward other generalizable populations. You'll find that Elite. has outperformed the state already. Even though we have 3 years of data dashboard. in Black student mathematic achievement. And when you look at the right-hand side, that shows you that the points we need to make up for the other groups. Students with disabilities were very close. And with the other groups, I would suggest we are very close as well. And so, we expect that we'll have different news next year, just like we had different news from last year to this year. We have 3 active complaints currently. I'm supposed to report on that. We're amazing in programming. Human
029Resources. There's been a lot said about whether or not our teachers are qualified and all these things, and I'd like to harp on negative. But what we say is we affirm. All of the work that we have done in human resources. We are so incredibly proud. of our teachers. Many of whom come from out of the country. We have several from the Dominican Republic. We have a teacher from Africa, we have a teacher from… Colombia, we have a teacher from Ecuador. We have teachers from all over the place. So when teachers come, they come with their credentials and many years of experience. But those of us who know credentialing in California know that you must have your CLAD. In order to be considered a credentialed teacher in California. So teachers come, they get that work
030done, and then eventually they're on that list as being credentialed. Not only that, it was important to us to get people from the community. who we do not have to explain our student demographic to. So people with bachelor's have earned their degrees under us, and we are incredibly proud of that. Lastly, we have something called the Brilliance Project. And that Brilliance project allows for teachers to do their residencies. in our school and earn their credential while we are paying them out of a grant. in one year. And so, with all of those efforts. Look what has happened. From 2020 to 2021. So now, look at that. Now, does that mean that we have teachers on the campus without any kind of credential? Absolutely not. These are teachers with their full credential. So we have people
031who are still interns, we have people who are still going through the Brilliance Project, we have those things. But we have built out a team. That is phenomenal. On the next slide. You'll see, we are a full-service community schools. In fact, we brought that whole concept to Solano County. We did. And so we are excited that. we are taking that to the next level. This year, with interns. on our campus that are doing a lot of mental health work with our young people. We recognize that academic performance is a function not only of whether or not the student wants to learn academically, but how are they coming to school? Do they need job referrals? Do their parents need job referrals? Is there a housing issue? So, we fill those gaps for our young people, and
032we have done it on an accelerated basis this year. And we're very proud of the work that has happened in full-service community schools. And as a result, the actual slide didn't make the presentation, but when you look at longitudinally. how suspensions have been impacted, the campus calming measures. have truly reduced suspensions from what was it 300 Santos in 2021? Um, to… I think it's 60 last year. We excel in excellence. Our facilities, you know we've had our struggles. Um, we… I talked about the high school, we're not going to beat a dead horse, that's done. Um, but we're continuing to work on getting facilities that our young people can be proud of, and we're continuing to upgrade the facilities that we currently lease. from the school district, we're happy to have a place for our
033young people. This year, we added some blacktop. Um, to ensure that our young people have some really safe and wonderful playing spaces. We had a pickleball court out there. We have a lot of wonderful things for our kids to do, and they're very excited about that. I would say in addition that our Merritt Island spaces are doing well. We appreciate this board for its action on that. And that, um, we are continuing just to continue to look for everything that we can. to enhance our facilities. And good news, most recently we did receive a facilities grant, the Charter School Facilities Incentive Grant. There were 163 applicants for this funding. We received 206,250 per year for the next 3 years for a total of $618,750. For the purpose of assisting us with our current site. I
034did not introduce my team to you, but I will say that we have Assistant CEO Santos supporting with the presentation. We have our athletic director, Patrick Little, who is just amazing in what he does. We have our full-service Community Schools Coordinator, Val Martinez. Who has been outstanding. We have our principal, Ms. Alicia Williams. Last I looked, we had Vice Principal Mr. Gray, and our Special Ed Director, Ms. Erica Clay, is there as well. Did I miss anyone? Vanessa Odin? Did she make it? She's here. Our first bilingual administrator, and very proud Puerto Rican administrator, very proud of the NFL, um. things that were happening over the weekend. Anyway… Um, as I close… oh, athletics. Quickly, um, we have a TK-12 athletic program. Our kids are competing even at the 4-year-old level, it's the cutest thing
035you ever saw. I plan to bring some of them, we'll come back. Um, we have middle school… middle school athletic program, um, competing in everything. And then a full high school athletic program. We just added male volleyball. Can you imagine, to that last year. This year, our basketball team is ranked 4th, and they are on their way to the playoffs. You want to see something fun, come see them play next Friday, Pat. Yeah, next Friday. Tomorrow? Playoff? Okay. Pay attention. Okay. Next Friday is playoffs at our school. Yes? Okay. Um, so come. It's an amazing time. On the next slide, I'm just going to explain some of the historical pictures you saw. Every one of our young people is expected to take. Latin American history, as well as African American history. In high school. And
036so they learn about the people that you saw. at the beginning of the presentation. And it builds them to be the people that they are going to be in the world. Um, the first slide was Mr. Vallejo himself. And so they know that Vallejo was named. After an amazing. person, they know his story. I want to close with the stories of our young people. Because as you look at this, you're seeing history makers. Happen every single day. This is one of our history makers that is now in the 8th grade. She won a, uh… competitive, um… cheer jump competition. At the middle school level, she's one of our first in our competitive cheer, and they're off to Las Vegas to compete. For number one, in the statewide. Whatever it's called, cheer… what is it called?
037Nationals! It's the Nationals. They're off, excuse me, they're not statewide, they're off to nationals. So I am very proud. of our middle school competitive. cheerleaders. We have everything from cutie patooties on the left, that's my grandson, yes, he is. And we have, um… competitive, as you know, football and basketball, but our athletics is not just about athletics. It's about building scholar athletes. So we expect that they don't get the bottom level 2.0. Our athletes, in order to compete, must have a 3.0. Our students are history makers because they continue to be fully engaged in the program. Um, fully engaged in our dual immersion, fully engaged in engineering, even from 4 years old. Our students are history makers because they stay with us. We see them go from these chubby cheeks, these chubby cheeks on these
038children no longer exist. They're in high school now, right? And they're kind of looking at us with their base voices. So, um, we're proud that we can see them grow and develop under our wing. Our students are history makers because they are champions. And as we talk about Elite, I just ask for us to remember. That as you acknowledge students of the Month, when I come to see your board meetings. Every day, we acknowledge our students of the day. 600 of them that believe in the mission. That believe that they, too. can go to St. Mary's College, like Soraya. They, too, can go to St. Mary's like Aden. They, too, can go to Grand Canyon University, like Corey. They, too, can go off and do their medical assistant, like JCianna did. I want for us
039to realize that when we talk about elite, we're talking about children. And we soar. Thank you. Trustee Cheek has a question? Um, I would just like to make a comment that Dr. Bishop really downplayed exactly what happened with the. competition over the weekend. I was there. There was tons of… kids, it was called the Battle of the Bay. Um, Bayer, Battle of the Bay, cheerleading, and when I say there were tons of kids who couldn't even get by with so many kids. And I remember walking by where the trophies were. And they had, you know. like, um… plaques, and then they had 3 trophies. I'm like, this is gonna be odd, I mean, 3 trophies? Only 3 first place trophies, and all these kids, you know, and… They were all good. Elite Charter School. Walked
040away from that event with all 3 first place trophies. You downplayed that a little bit, but I was there. Just see the bell. Doctor Bishop, you made a comment during your presentation about some data that got inputted. incorrectly, and I'm just wondering if there's a connection between that. And what I'm reading on, uh… the slide… Uh, slide 11. the English language arts. you had mentioned that. Elite students are outperforming every district. And, um, I'm not seeing that play out in this data, and I'm just curious if… is there a connection between those two things, or… Um, how am I reading that wrong? No, so on the charts that were presented tonight and before. Um, it shows the percent proficient and advanced on the chart, and we are higher. in Black student achievement. You are… you
041are higher than some. And all in black mathematics. Uh, you had mentioned that across the board for English as well, and so… For English learners. Uh, so not English language arts, the slide that was up. English Language Arts for English learners. Okay, so, um… I, uh… page 11. I think after that report, yeah. Yes, we're out of that. It's page 11 of the report you just gave. So it's… it's just the one line that you're… For English learners, not just the one line, because it's a big deal to be ahead in English learners. That's a huge deal, yeah. So we take very much pride in that. Yes. And, Dr. Bishop, you and your staff have a lot to be proud of. We do. But understand that our role is. Um, is also holding accountable. Absolutely,
042and it's also to celebrate when there's something amazing going on, so thank you for saying that we actually have something going on. I appreciate that. So, just to clarify, when you said that you were outperforming, you were just talking about English language learners? That's where the gold is. English language arts across… Gold is number one. I see that. As explained before, yeah. So, okay. Um… And then, if I'm making… Absolutely. And you mentioned the three outstanding complaints. Will you be going into detail about that? I will not. Because those are confidential. No, no, in terms of how you are handling them… I handle them through the complaint process. I believe you received a letter from our board asking for. an accounting of the process. Um… I think there's a point of order. I don't think
043we should be bringing up that information in an open board meeting. What we're doing here, this is on the agenda. I understand it, but when we're talking about the complaints and… and… Oh, at least confidential complaints? No, I'm not… I'm not asking for your details, I'm asking… No, you asked me about the complaint stuff. I'm asking about the process to handle the complaints. that our board asked for… Point of order, point of order. Let's let legal weigh in here so we don't… And just to clarify, you're referring to a letter that was sent to Elite. There has been a response, so we'll make sure that if you haven't received a copy of that, that you have a copy of that for purposes of today's presentation. We'll make sure that you get a copy of that.
044Thank you. And if it's the case that elites complaints will be discussed in open session, I would suggest that across the county will now be. talking about complaints in open session at a county board meeting. That is not what I was asking for, Dr. Bishop. But thank you. But respectfully, um… Trustee, you did say that in open session. You might not have been asking for it, but you did do it in open session. I want to be clear, because you asked me. And this goes back to me saying. That when we look at Elite. Deficit thinking is a thing. that we have fought against since we were established. And so, for anyone to question or bring up a complaint. I'm sure I ran a school district in this county. I know the breadth and depth.
045of complaints that come across our desks as educators. And so, if we're now making complaints fodder. for public session, then let's do that not just freely public schools, let's do it for every school and school district. I can assure you, we will not be doing that. And I would just like to leave with the fact, um. About all of the good things that were discussed. Earlier in this meeting, so we don't leave on a… negative note, all of the, uh… leadership things that Dr. Bishop have done as the founder of the school. all the successes, I would like to leave on that note, and not the note that we are leaving on at this point. Thank you. Actually, I would like to invite Dr. Bishop to come back and explain that how, because there were
046a lot of one… not right in this moment, but a separate presentation on… a separate presentation… I know you're ready, but a separate presentation on the how of all those wonderful numbers, so, and the great work you guys are doing, so… Congratulations. Thank you all for being here tonight. We appreciate it. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Next on our agenda, we have. Dr. Valerie Garrett coming up, she's going to do a presentation. On the local control and accountability plan. Hey, good evening again, uh, trustees, uh, Superintendent, uh, Parr, colleagues, guests, and those listening online, all seven of you. Dr. Guerre, it is my esteemed pleasure this evening to, uh, provide the board with LCAP mid-year update. Um, I just want to take a moment to thank my students. Parents, community members, the different groups. In
047Solano County who have supported our staff members. Um, making our LCAP document a true testament of the needs of our county. So I just wanted to acknowledge them and everyone that allowed me to facilitate discussions. Next slide. So, uh, board, I wanted to just kind of give you a visual, um, of how we're in the process where we're looking at our metrics. Um, there's some things that we know. some things that are in progress, and some things that are not known as of right now. But tonight, I'm just going to give you a gallery walk through where we are right now. with our LCAP. Next slide. So, again, same thing with our expenditures. There's some things that started, some things that are in progress. Um, there will be very few that are completed, because we
048are just at the mid-year mark. Next slide. So our first goal that we're very proud of, um, LCAP Goal 1 refers to, uh, looking at instructional outcomes for students. Next slide. Um, I'm not gonna read every single, uh… column and row for you, but as you can see, quite a few of the items for goal number 1 are in progress. Um, our students are actually earning, um. traditionally, over 30 credits, um, by December, because we, of course. encourages them to do their best to recover credits. So we're really happy that, um, even though it says it's in progress, the students are doing really well. And, of course, um, we're very proud that, and thank our Human Resources Department. for supporting us with having, um, 100% fully credentialed teachers, so thank you for that. Next slide.
049Uh, continuing goal one, um, again, um, many items are, um, in progress. I don't even know where to look, I'm overstimulated right now. Um, but as you can see, uh, our school facilities, we're very proud that they're in good repair. I also want to acknowledge our facilities department for going over to Evergreen Academy. For our listeners, um, online, that's our campus that's located inside the juvenile detention facility. Our students there are treated with, um, respect. In Dignity by having, um, classrooms within the facility that. give the children the opportunity to think outside of their temporary placement. at the facility, so we're very proud of that. And as you can see, um. Oh, we also completed our, um, broad, uh, study, so we're very proud that the young people who attend Golden Hills and, um, Evergreen
050Academy are given access to courses that prepare them, and I want this board to be very proud today almost. broke down in tears because there was a parent whose child will be leaving Evergreen Academy very soon, and our partnership, Solano County Office of Education, should be proud. that we have the partnership that we do with Solano Community College. Shout out to the president there that supports SCO. Um, and Sacramento State, our students are leaving that facility and going to college. So you need to be proud of that, because these are kids who have felt shut down, shut out, and locked out of the educational process. So that mother today is why I'm standing here right now. Next slide. So, um, just to give you an idea, um, right now we're at 47% on our project-based
051learning, and again, we receive students from, um, all 6 school districts in the county. And we have quite a few young people that need additional academic support, so having project-based learning as part of our instructional program has given us a lever to make the curriculum accessible to all of our learners. So, thank you. And, uh, we're at, of course, 98%. You're probably wondering, um, Dr. Garrett, why is it 98% in the middle of the year for Edgenuity? Uh, that is our educational software, so we do pay for that, um, subscription. Um, pretty early in the year, so that's why that number looks like that. Next slide. Oh, and moving on again, um, you can see, um, with goal number one, our budgeted expenditures and, um, expenditures to date for instructional support and academic intervention support,
052and those numbers look like that, because you're looking at salaries and other, uh, costs. that are associated with our instruction, and this is where we are right now, mid-year. This is a snapshot. Next slide. Goal number two. This is another thing that I'm. so proud of SCO having transitional support written into. our LCAP. Um, next slide. Um, again, um, we do surveys after surveys. We value the voices of our parents, families, educational partners. I had to give that shout-out at the beginning, but this just gives you an idea that we're in the process. during the month of February of actually doing our surveys, and so that includes. Doing them online, going out to the car for family members who cannot read or write, we help them read those surveys. Whatever it takes. We're hearing their
053voices and also translating, um, information, because of course, our largest, um, language outside of English would be Spanish, so making sure that we're being accessible. Next slide. And so, in terms of, uh, this gives you a picture of our, um, expected expenditures, um, for engagement and transition. So we're at 32% on family engagement, 48% on, um. Transition services for Evergreen Academy, and I did mention to you about supporting those young people with, um, getting, um, into college. And also, uh, student support progress. You're looking at, um, a lot of numbers that involve salaries. So again, that's why this is a snapshot at the mid-year. Next slide. Goal 3, College and Career Readiness. So proud of, um, Kelly Burch and her team working hard for our kiddos at Evergreen Academy and Golden Hills. to get prepared
054to go into the workforce and college. Next slide. So, again, um, you can see that we're making, um, progress as of December, all of these areas are at 100%. So we're super proud of that. Next slide. And again, um, board and community. Um, you can see that we're at 45% on career exploration, CTE 45, financial literacy, 45%. And then work-based learning, 48. Next slide. Uh, goal number 4, this is super important, as you know, um, our, uh, SCO is leading the way with, um, social-emotional supports. I want to say that, um, we are finding more and more young people who are coming to, uh, Golden Hills and Evergreen Academy. who are experiencing mental health challenges. Our partners from the various agencies throughout Solano County are more than, um, impressed with what we're doing to not
055only support these young people with education, but to save. their lives. And right now, um, from some of the feedback that we're getting, we're really looking at the impact of, um, social media. Is there young people who are talking to AI programs instead of human beings. So we're looking at realistic ways to support our young people, so… Please, board, um, and also staff members, be proud that we are leading the way to save our young people. Next slide. So, again, um… Uh, you can see that we are in progress. We have surveys coming up. The California Healthy Kids Survey gives us a lot of great data about, um, school climate, um, if students are using tobacco products. We do a lot of, um, discussions with our young people. Back in the day, it used to
056be cigarettes. Now, young people are being, um, enticed. as young as elementary school with vape pens and other things, and we are, um, explaining to our young people that those things. do damage to brain cells. So kids are going into junior high school addicted to vape pens. So these are some of the things that we're looking at, and the feedback from those surveys. Especially the California Healthy Kids surveys, the things that parents may not know, and the teacher may not know every day just from looking at the kids, that survey goes deep and gives us rich data to help us direct. Uh, what we're gonna do in terms of supporting our young people. Uh, next slide. So, um, again, just to let you know, for trauma-informed practices, we're at 50%, um, implemented. Individual counseling, oh…
057So proud of that. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Board, for supporting us with that at Golden Hills and Evergreen Academy, our young people take advantage of, um, individual counseling, and I want to thank. The, uh, student mental health and wellness, um, the mental health and wellness. specialists that work with our young people at Golden Hills and Evergreen Academy. They're really making a difference. Um, and then, of course, we do PBIS. So even though the kids look forward to the, um, snacks. Uh, there's a bigger message, which is, um, managing your behaviors. And… which keeps you in the classroom, and, um, gives you more exposure to the curriculum. So, um, thank you so much for that. Next slide. And of course, um, we have a major focus on supporting our foster and homeless youth. And
058again, um, to those, um. Solano County members who support our unhoused families and students. If you're listening tonight, I want to thank you for the other day, and um… there was so much rich feedback. I have… Pages and pages and pages, and just… The excitement and pride to know that there are people in the community who share the same vision that we have. With supporting our unhoused students, because unfortunately, board members and superintendent Parr. We have more and more families that are not doubled up, they're tripled up, um, they're in cars because the rent, um, in Solano County is. high, and our partners throughout the county are looking at what they can do to find more housing. So this is a major, major, um, piece. And of course, our young people who are experiencing, uh.
059Um, participation with foster care. We're really… We were on the spot, and so I just want to thank those folks from the county, and I'll be talking to the. the foster, um… the people who support our foster youth throughout Solano County, I will be presenting to them next week. Next slide. Okay, so here we are. So, as you can see, um, 166, um, services. I'm going to just highlight a couple of things were provided by SCO staff for, uh. members, um, who were co-located at child welfare. We have 41 members on the, um, FYEPT, which is, um, the folks. who do an amazing job working with SCO to support our foster youth. And as you can see, we have 48 wellness sites. You need to be proud of yourselves, everybody. in this room, because those
060wellness centers are very important. And, um, the number of participants in the Homeless Education Collaborative, there's 39, and some of these members actually showed up at our community school meeting. Thank you, Jess, for coming over. is I was at another meeting and wasn't able to be there, but they were so, um, impressed with SCO that there were some folks that showed up yesterday at Golden Hills. For the community school meeting to be part of the solution. Next slide. And so, um, again, this just gives you a snapshot that we're at 100% implementation in all of these areas. Very proud of our progress with Gulf No. 5. Next slide. Thank you so much. Any questions? Great job. Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Garrett. Next, we have… A quarterly report on Williams Uniform complaints. That's attached. And
061then we have… A presentation. by Doctor Tracy Rogers. I'm the Charter School Performance Categories. She's going to provide us some additional information. Thank you. Good evening, President Sharp, Trustees, Superintendent Parr. My name is Doctor Tacey Rogers. I'm very thankful to have the opportunity to come before you this evening. And I will be providing an update on the charter school performance category data. That was released by the California Department of Education last month. On the next slide, you can see the notice that we received. From the California Department of Education, the charter performance. category data file is updated annually with the release of the California School Dashboard. And it is available when new performance colors are assigned. And we receive that data as part of a statewide research file. That includes all LEAs in the state.
062We translate that file, process the data, and create our visualizations from. Um, that file. It's often released in conjunction with other data pieces as well. And on the next slide, you can see our data sources for the charter performance categories. They're used creating… they're created using large data sets. The categories are based on multiple years of data. and are generated from the release of the California School Dashboard, as I mentioned. Each release of the California School Dashboard is based on 2 years of data. So the 2025 dashboard. This data from the 24-25 school year, which would represent the status. And the difference… is data from the 23-24 school year, which would be the change amount, the change between the two years. So a dashboard released for one year. represents 2 years of data. Next, we
063offer a reminder of how the colors are determined. So this grid that you see here is often referenced as the 5x5. That is 5 columns. And 5 rows. Current year data is represented by the rows. That's called status. And the amount of change is represented by the columns. That has changed from the prior year. So those two data points, the status and the change amount. Determines where on the 5x5. an LEA, an educational agency, is placed. Not only school-wide, but at the student group level. So there are two data points required. Each data point representing. A year, current status, and the amount of change. On the next slide here… We show the performance categories. So the performance criteria represents 3 levels, low, middle, and high. And in order to meet high criteria. An agency must
064have blue and green. And all school indicators for both years. So remember, the colors are determined by. two data points, status and change. So, the school-wide would need to have all blue. And all green to be high performing. Conversely, for. For low performing, you look at the opposite school-wide. All red, or all orange. That's for Criteria 1. For criteria 2. If the school. does not meet Criteria 1, then they are taken out of consideration for Criteria 1. So if they're not all red, all orange. Or all blue, all green. They are removed from consideration for Criteria 1. That means only criteria 2 would apply. Criteria 2, it's not about colors. It's about the status. So that is the current data point. And since status alone is used. It… this department looks at status for 2
065years. Criteria 2, as you can see on the slide, has two considerations. consideration A listed on the slide. For high-performing, the school needs to have a status. higher than the state. For all academic indicators. And… a majority of student groups. With the status higher than the state. for all academic indicators. So they're being compared against the state. And they must meet both considerations for Criteria 2. On the other hand, for low-performing, it's flipped around, so still 2 considerations. a school status lower than the state for all academic indicators. And consideration B. A majority of student groups with a status lower than the state. For all academic indicators. And again, that's for both years. If the charter school meets. Neither considerations for Criteria 2. Then they will be assigned middle performance. Because they didn't meet criteria
0661. or criteria to… And it… it might be because there wasn't enough data. to be evaluated for criteria 1 or 2, because there is a minimum amount for each criteria. On the next slide, I'm going to say the same thing. But you have a little bit of a different visual. So again, we're talking about two criteria. And to meet Criteria 1, we're talking about school-wide performance. on all those state indicators. High-performing would be. Blue or green on all those state indicators. low-performing would be red or orange on all those state indicators. If the school does not meet those two criteria, they are removed from consideration for criteria 1. That leaves only criteria 2 to be applied. Criteria 2 is based on the academic indicators only. And it is at the student group level. Remember, there's
067two considerations. High performing, surpassing the state averages. For those academic indicators. school-wide, and… student group level. low-performing beneath the statewide averages. For those academic indicators. School-wide and student group level. So it's truly a large… amount of analysis that's going in to assign the performance categories. On the next slide… We highlighted here in blue, these are the statewide averages. For the 2025 dashboard. So, as you… as a reminder, we're talking about. being performing higher than the state averages on academic indicators, lower than the state averages. And vice versa, to determine the high performing or low-performing. Additionally… This California Department of Education. Removes student groups from consideration. When those student groups statewide. outperform the state averages. So they're not included in the analysis. For 2025. those student groups were white. Asian, Filipino. And two or more races.
068So they're really narrowing down on student groups that are not meeting these statewide averages. And that concludes my presentation, and I'm happy to take any questions. Any questions? Excellent report, thank you. Thank you, Dr. Rogers. I really appreciate that presentation. What your presentation and the work that we've done has shown me is that there are a lot of criteria that goes into. determining whether a school. It's high-performing, low-performing. And to be able to see and track that data over time. You really have to understand. how these. schools are identified, and so thank you for breaking that down for us. The opportunity. Okay, next up, we have Jaspains Wright, who's going to be. Giving us a charter school update. Good evening, trustees and Superintendent Parr. You guys already got a great presentation for. Elite update, so
069I don't need to do that, so you guys were lucky enough to have Dr. Bishop here, so… Lots of things to, um… be proud of. We don't have any updates to our narrative. Um… so we're… unless you had questions about it, we'll be moving on to the reporting, uh. Matrix. Okay. items that we've received after January 22nd. We received the master schedule for February. substitute log for January. Certificated staffing list for February, the cash flow for November. Bank statement for December. The oversight fee for January. The SARC report? The 24 25 annual audit. And Elite's performance review presentation, which you saw earlier. Sydney. And as of 5 p.m. Today, there are no items that are past due. Are there any questions about the matrix? Alright, updates to our snapshot. Courtney's gonna start with providing an
070update on the fiscal and operations portion. Good evening, trustees. Just a quick update on the comments section on the right side there for the. fiscal and business operations. The 2023-2024 audit report. Um, I can confirm I've communicated with Elite's Council, and they have received that certified mailed copy of the letter. Which means they are now in the process of submitting their appeal. So once we get confirmation that the appeal has been submitted. We will certainly let you know, but it's remaining in that column because. We still need to wait to see what actually happens with that appeal. Um, and then as to the 24-25 audit report, which was overdue, that was received, as Josh just indicated, on February 2nd, so that is, um, has been received by SCO staff. Any questions? Thank you. Right, we're
071gonna move on to, um… The performance review, Dr. Rogers has a presentation for you. Thank you, Jess. Thank you again, President Sharp and Trustees, Superintendent Parr. Um, in the report, we included the. Performance category report for elite public schools. I am wondering if we… You scroll down, it's in this document, I believe. There we go, perfect, perfect, perfect. So, scroll down a little bit more, you see the… they're called dials, uh, the Department of Education has the dials that help us communicate the. color assignments for the state indicators, as you heard in the previous presentation. Um, there's a range of colors, which are, um. familiar to you, red, orange, yellow, green, and blue. And as we were describing the performance categories in the previous presentation. Um, we included the analysis for Criteria 1, if you
072can go to the next page. And just as a reminder for Criteria 1. Um, this table presents the color assignments. by state indicator, all of the state indicators are listed here. And in order to be eligible for Criteria 1. there must be, as you recall. High-performing would be all blue and green. across all indicators. low performing would be all red and orange across indicators. And because the school does not meet that criteria, they are no longer reviewed for Criteria 1. So that leaves criteria 2. So, if you scroll down, or the top of page 2 is our next table. And you might recall that. Student Criteria 2 is based on student group performance. and student groups that perform… outperform the state average statewide are removed from consideration. And as you heard in the previous presentation,
073the student groups that were removed are white, Asian, Filipino, and two or more races. However, there is a minimum number of students that have to be enrolled. for elite, that was multiple races, two or more races. So that group is removed from consideration. So that leaves us with page 4. The review of Criteria 2. So, as you recall. Criteria 2 is the Academic Indicators Only. So you see those represented by the second column. And it is by student group. Those are represented in the first column. You see colors here, however. For criteria 2, it is not a color review. It is status only. The status in this table is represented by the numbers. And for Criteria 2, it is the status amount for 2 years. So you see here, 2024 and 2025. In 2025. Elite
074Public Schools was assigned. the low-performing category based on criteria 2. Based on the indicators you see listed here. ELA Math, College and Career. English learner progress and science. And the table provides those details. I'll be happy to take any questions about this report. Any questions? Good, thank you. Thank you. Okay. if there's any other questions. Thank you. All right, now we next have… Manolo Garcia, Associate Superintendent, who's going to talk about human… give us a human resources. report, and talk about temporary certificates. Maybe? Yes, thank you very much, Superintendent Parr. Board President Sharp and esteemed board members, it's my pleasure to give. Uh, on my routine staffing report. and temporary certificates of clearance. Thank you very much. So you see there that we are very happy to have hired in January. Uh, two new student
075transportation drivers, or van drivers. As we've referred to them as. Um, to help transport some of our students. Um, to other counties and other. Um… schools, um… For which they are attending, and we have some paraeducators that we. also hired, um, in January. Coming from… and all of these, actually, with the exception of one, were. Uh, previously subs for. Solana County Office of Education. So happy that they are now in permanent positions. For our temporary certificates of clearance, you see we have just a couple pages. But those are going to increase as we enter the hiring season in the next few months. Any questions? All right, thank you very much. Thank you. And that ends my report. Okay, so we will move on to 8, uh, unfinished business, and uh… The second reading and consideration
076of proposed amendments to board policy. 9124 Legal Counsel. Thank you, President Sharp. So, if you recall last month, there was a first reading of updates to this board policy. Before I go through them, I'm just going to explain. what everything looks like, so anything that is bolded in red and underlined is anything that I have added since last board meeting, so anything that is not bolded, but is read and underlined. Or changes that were reviewed last month. Um, so for example, paragraph 2. County Superintendent and or board president. I added based on feedback from this board on behalf of the County Board of Education. Macon first, so that bolded part is the new addition, just to clarify. Um, so that was a change that was… Directed from this board, and then the third paragraph, adding
077potential. was requested. And then there was also some conversation about. Paragraph 3 contemplates if your legal counsel identifies that they may have a conflict of interest. But what does the board do if they feel as though there's a conflict of interest? Um, so I provided some proposed language, which you can either, you know. agreed to, um, provide some… proposed revisions, or if you feel like it's not necessary, wholly remove. But basically, it's contemplating that if there's. A concern that maybe an individual trustee has to bring it to the board president, and it may be agendized as appropriate, or. discussed as appropriate, because they are so fact-specific. my thought was not to necessarily codify or memorialize exactly what would happen, because it is very fact-specific. So that was the idea there. Um, questions so far before
078I explain the next section? Okay, um, so you'll see, it looks like it's duplicative in the next section, but as I was reviewing it again, I realized, wait, hold on. Um, the language about potential conflicts of interest. And the other related concerns, um… Are… only with respect to your general in-house counsel. And realized those also should apply to your outside special counsel, so that's why it's added there. If it seems like it's too much, we can always just bump all that out and create a separate section that's applicable to. All counsel, my thought was that your board policy's already broken up. Let's just keep it that way, but certainly open to feedback if there's other thoughts. With that, any questions? Any questions? Discussion? Do we want to make a motion? Do we want to send
079it to third reading? Okay, then can I entertain a motion? So I'm over. A second cheek. Okay, we have a first motion from. Trustee Cohen-Thompson, and a second from Trustee Cheek. Can we get a roll call vote? Trustee Cohen-Thompson? Yes. Trustee Coleman? Trustee Lee? Trustee Dan? Yes. Trustee Lavelle? Yes. Trustee Cheek? Yes. Trustee Shark? Yes. Moving on to agenda items removed from the consent items, and we had none. Onto Board discussion, uh… First up is ad hoc advisory Committee on General In-House and Special Outside Council Update, and since I'm the only one here that's from that, I will give the update. So, what we, um, have recognized is that. In the past, when we did, um, we… We're, um, looking for, uh, legal counsel. We had our regular council help handle it, so we dotted
080all the I's and crossed all the T's and made sure we were following all the rules. Uh, because our previous council. Um… quit us. And then we have our interim, um, because our interim. we're assuming we'll apply for the position again. We didn't think it was appropriate for them to necessarily shepherd the process. So, we have met as a group and decided how to move forward. We're going to be reaching out to. The CSBA for a consultant. Or a lawyer for a very specific. short-term, um… A contract to be able to. basically handle what, uh, the, uh… County Council had handled last time, so… hopefully that will happen in short order over the month. We'll meet again, and we'll have a new, uh, a new. Update for you. Any questions? Any concerns? Rock on. Okay,
081very good. Uh, meetings and special dates attached is a list of upcoming meetings, events, and special dates for the board members' participation. and information? Any questions? Excellent. Um, board member request. In accordance with Board Policy 9250, board members may request to represent the Board in an education-related activity and specify. The desired level of support necessary for the activity. actual and necessary expenses incurred while discharging these official duties will be paid. from the County School Service Fund, as permitted by law and SCO's Travel Policies. requests will be placed on a future agenda for action. First, do we have anybody that has any, um. for next month that they'd like to. Excellent. Okay, so we have Trustee Coleman is requesting reimbursement in the amount of $1,387.36. Uh, for costs incurred, for accommodations and travel to Pearl, Mississippi.
082in August of 25 to swear in Superintendent Parr, who was hospitalized at the time. Um, do we have any discussion? Do we want to make a motion to approve? I motion to approve. Okay. And any discussion? Oh, okay, so we have a first from Trustee Cheek, a second from Trustee Cohen-Thompson. Can we get a roll call vote? Dusty Cohen-Thompson? Yes. Christy Coleman, Trustee D. Trustee Don? Yes. Trustee LaBelle? Yes. Trustee Chee? Yes. Trustee Sharp? Yes. Moving on to suggestions for future board agenda items. Do we have any? Trust… trust your cheek. Um, I would like to request that the… We enter AB 1390. Recently signed by governor. Uh, we'll send and update the statutory compensation caps for school district and. And both boards? Also, to review our current bylaw, 9250. Um, for consideration. Anybody else?
083Okay, board member activity reports, how about we start with Trustee Dunn? I have nothing to report. Okay, Trustee Peggy… Sorry, Trustee Cohen Thompson. Um, I did not attend any events, but I've been looking online at. Um… preschools in China. How they teach their children, uh… It's more, um… project-based, if you will. how they learn how to. clean up how they learn how to. Select foods and how to even prepare the foods. Um, as a learning experience for cognitive thinking. And I remember, um, when schools had, um. home economics, cooking classes. And the guys took those classes, because I know a couple people. That, uh, are now. be caterers. Um… when they took those classes out, no one really thought about. measuring cups is mathematics. When they took out auto mechanic. in carpentry. Measuring is mathematics.
084So, we need to really… kind of sway back to that project-based learning. Because, um, the skill set. that our young people learn in project-based, uh. learning, is that. Though they don't recognize they're learning mathematics. But they are. Um, they even, uh, somewhere I was reading here in the States. Where this elementary school, all the children were given. $5 or $10 to open up a bank account. And that was mathematics. All right, that was, um… Uh, what did they call? Algebra. And some geometry, alright? Right? Dealing with interest rates and that kind of thing. So, having not actually gone to any local things. I have been looking at, uh, what's going on. Uh, really in China, because they really do a lot of things with elementary school kids. preschool kids included. So, that's what I did.
085Didn't go anywhere. I had surgery, so I really wasn't able to go out. But I did get right in front of the. Uh, what is it? Youtube to see those programs. Thank you, Trustee LaBelle? Thank you. Um… I was able to go out to Mare Island for the winged Migration Festival, and I had the chance to talk with. Uh, Steph Morgato, uh, Dr. Steph Morgato, I believe. Um, about the STEAM challenge taking place there, and it's an amazing reach that kids from all over the county. Um, also spoke with her about the registrations already taking place for the girls robotics, um, leadership summer camp. Sounds like it's already a very popular. opportunity there. Um, and then, um… had spent the day with the academic decathlon. And so impressed with the vast number of people it
086takes to put on such a successful event that. Um, it's a huge deal, and there was a strong showing of. of SCO staff, and it was just a fun event, and seeing these kids really thriving, it was… It was wonderful. Uh, I also attended the SCSBA meeting. And there is some interest in that group for holding a Brown Act training, and so we've been. Sent back to our boards with the question of, is anybody here? Would anybody here be interested? in attending a Brown Act training sponsored by the SCSBA. Can we just do that? That was the ethics. They did a brown act sometime last year, but. I'm good. Okay, so I'm taking that 0. Very good. And then, um, one last thing I, um… academics-related because of her outreach. I did want to, um…
087Highlight Dr. Lamos and her time here, and uh. If you'll indulge me just a moment to, uh… highlight some of what she has done during her time. She provided oversight, leadership, and support in many areas, including JCCS, educational equity and access. District and school support professional learning, early learning, special education. Student services, including mental health and wellness, youth development and career and college readiness. Uh, working with workforce development. She provided critical leadership and support during the pandemic, which supported our organization. And the complex needs of our most vulnerable youth. While also caring for the needs of staff during a tumultuous time. Uh, some of the notable achievements, um, she expanded community and statewide partnerships. She strengthened educational services and support available to schools, districts, and charter schools. She ushered in the expansion of our early
088learning and early literacy efforts, providing services and community-based strategies to support care providers and our youngest learners. She strengthened and expanded our JCCS and special education programs, such as continued focus on equity and excellence. continued WASC accreditation. Makerspace, robotics, accelerated learning. And I could go on. She is considered a leader at the statewide level. I found her passion for student-centered education and student voice inspiring. She has been and will continue to be a transformative force in education. And I believe SCO is better because of our. I didn't want her to, um, live without. Having some recognition of the impact that she had brought to our group. So, thank you for indulging. Yeah, she also represented school for the Solano County. Commission for Women and Girls for about 3 years, so… Beautiful. Thank you. Trustee Cheek?
089Um, I sent everyone on the board a updated list from ACCBE. on upcoming events. They have a weekly, like, newsletter, and you go right in, and… Oh, and you can go right in and, um… you know, join any of the webinars, or… trainings or classes that they give. Um, you heard earlier I went to the Elite Battle of the Bay, it was just amazing. I had such a good time, it reminded me of, like, maybe. 30 years ago, when I used to take my kids. It was really good. Um, I went to the, uh, MLK, um. parade in Vallejo and in Vacaville. Um, I tried to get on the ACCBE deep dive for special education, but I was using my phone, and I kept getting kicked off for you, I think you were on that.
090I'm getting kicked off, so I just… Um, but I did attend the ACCBE. Um, who's who in state education and why it matters, which was an excellent. Um, you can also see some of the videos or some of the web… from the webinars, you can see old. older, um… They talk about. Um, I also went to the California Black Chamber in California, um. legislate… legislative Black Caucus. Um… breakfast? Um, earlier this week, and you would be amazed how many young entrepreneurs there are. And how many young legislators there are. So, or… or training. So… That's what I do. Excellent, thank you. And for me, let's see, uh… I attended the Realtors Annual Dinner and swearing-in for John Wilkerson. Uh, and then, uh, was able to tour the, uh, union. pipefitting training facility in Vacaville? Man,
091I'm telling you, this one section where it was about… I had no idea they did all the things they did, but. It was medical tubing, like, for the hospitals, and it was so color-coded, and just so perfect. My OCD was just… I was like, oh, maybe I should have been a pipe fitter, all those coated things, it was really… it was neat, it was… and it's an amazing facility with lots of growth. So, um, and while I was there, there was a middle school. class touring, and they had made these, um, welded together these. a pet holder, so it was really neat. They were tracking those kids through there, and… Man, middle schoolers have a lot of energy, so… Um, and then, um… Uh, I also did ACCBE, um, I did the… President… presidents of
092county boards training was the same night as the realtor thing, but they put everything on recording, and so it was really nice you could go back and listen. Um, and then I did the deep dive in special education, and then I did the who's who in state education. I will say, they definitely have some logistics problems, um… primarily the, um… Trustee Dunn, how you had pointed out the date was wrong, the date was wrong on the next one, too. And it starts to get confusing, and I got a couple different invitations, and when I went to log in, it didn't work. It was a… so logistically, they've got some work to do. But, you know, there are a lot of people on there doing some really great work and putting it out there and where
093you don't always have to travel. to cities and spend hotel money and things to have that resource, so… I'm interested to see where they, where they go from it, but they have a lot of, uh… A lot of good stuff going on there. And then, um… I got a quick, um… man, being president, having not done it in the 9 years I've been here. so many more emails, so many more calls, so many more meetings, um, so I had a good half a dozen different meetings between. appeals and ad hoc and gender review, and my one-on-one, so… Uh, good on all of you for having done it before. It is… Definitely an increase in the workload and the phone calls and. People have a lot to say, but God bless them for, uh, being involved
094in education, so… with the chair before we finish. Um, can, uh… I'd like to get a copy of the new county handbook. What is the status on that? Probably Erica might be able… But I keep checking. Uh-oh. And the ACCBE has one available online that you can look. No, no, I agree. I would like, yeah. The one that we did. Right. Everybody was on HCCPE did the one that I wanted. And when I get it, I'd like your autograph. Okay, alright. Awesome. Okay, I'd like to have a copy. Thank you. Anything else? Anybody? It just says sold out. They do have an online version, though. So if you wanted to reference it, you can get online, but the hard copies are sold out. I want hard copies. Hard copy. That's Trustee LaBelle. Uh, through the
095SCSBA, I was also asked about the CSVA delegate Assembly. If we are going to, um… It… are you still doing? I… the deadline… I fulfilled my two years. Okay. Um, and I was… it went out for bid, or whatever, for anybody, and nobody seems to want it. And I wasn't quick to sign back up. I wasn't sure some of the expenses that it cost. Were it worth it. Um, and the weekends are… I think they could use a shake-up in the weekends. They do it, like, the weekend before Mother's Day, and then the weekend after Thanksgiving, and… man, it took mountains to try to make those. Um, so, and we do have a county board representative already on there, so… I don't have an interest in doing it again. I will pass that along. Okay.
096I have, I have received several emails, and I keep responding to them, but um… Yes, I am not interested. Anything else? Oh, okay, so we will adjourn it at… 744.