001That's what you want to see. Good evening everyone. It is six o'clock. We're going to start our meeting. Roll. Okay. Nicolof students Jose Tapia Sanchez and Camila Hernandez will lead the pledge of allegiance. Would would you roll call first or sorry? Roll call, please. Esparza >> here. >> Liker >> here. Lopez Aino >> here. >> Medina here. Kenyon >> here. Thank you. >> Can we get some assistance? Thank you, Nicolov. Students, if you please. >> Good afternoon. My name is Jose Manuel Tapia and I'm a sixth grade leader. My name is Jose Manuel. Please join us. Join me um Noel and Ed for the pledge of allegiance. >> Okay. >> Put your right hand over your head. Ready? Begin. I pledge alce to the flag of United States of America and [singing] to the stand
002one nation under God indivisible. >> Thank you. You may be seated. student. Thank you so much and take pictures. Yes. Thank you again, Nick students, and thank you for the awesome shirts. What a lovely gift. Thank you. All right. Next, we have Principal Norma Sandival for a presentation on Nicolof. >> Good afternoon. Thank you for having us here, board of directors, superintendent. Um, it's a great pleasure for me to be here and present a little bit of Nicolof uh of the spirit of our school. As you know, our school is the leader in me school. That's a dual language and we also have a track of sheltered students and we also host 28% of our students are students with special needs. Uh this year we have 584 students. We have 23 less than last school
003year. We did lose a first grade first second combo and we gained a TK classroom. As you can see the numbers on there. It breaks down the percentage of students that are in the various programs. And like I said, 28% of our overall student population are students that have an IEP. Our staff is composed of over 100 staff members. Many of them are our classified staff that support additional support for our uh children with special needs. And 59% of our students are multilingual learners. About 25 are newcomers. 6% are have been reclassified and are being monitored during the years that we follow them after they reclassified. 7% are long-term English learners. We're hoping to reduce that a great deal this year. And 5% of the students are dy identified as English learners with an IEP.
004As you can see, these are our ESPback scores. Officially, they're released until tomorrow, but thankfully uh we have Ed Source that was able to give us a little hint about data. We have this last school year in spring almost 23% of our students that met English language arts and 18% that met or exceeded math. By no means is this proficient. We are well aware that we need to still do some more work, but if you can tell, let's see. So, this is um COVID and we're we're getting close to where we were, but if you just see the orange part, we're way less now than we were in COVID. So, that this is the good thing that we want to have the orange below. We're still working on the green math. Last year as you
005can see in the English a little bit but the math you can see a significant improvement. Now looking at the data more closely you can see that every year we have been increasing in proficiency in English language arts and except for the same thing happens in math. I think this is a fluke. I think it really was more like 13 but well we'll take the 10%. As far as breaking it down as uh by grade level, you can see where's this corner? Um we are improving. These are not the same students. I'll show you that in the next slide. But you can see overall the students have improved. The the grade level has improved every year. This year, this last school year, we did go down a little bit in fifth grade as well as
006in uh sixth grade in English language arts. When you look at it by cohort, you can see how they're making progress across. This one went down by 1%, but these are the same students. They went from third, fourth, fifth, and sixth. And our last year's fifth graders, they didn't improve, but they didn't do worse. But I saw that they stay the same. Now, you'll see very notable how we went from 15% to 30%. These this grade level, all teachers provided tutoring in English language arts. English language arts. So, you can see the impact that tutoring has on student proficiency. And again, this is English language arts. This is math. Now, that same cohort focused on English literacy, but the math dropped as you can see. And the others also, this one also dropped. Uh, our
007sixth graders last year, they would did not want to have the fifth graders beat them and they really got focused in math because we were doing math competition at lunchtime. Uh, multiplication facts. This I think is a great deal of you can see the difference between 9 to 14. 5% increased because many of our students focused on multiplication facts to beat the fifth graders. But that alone helped increase our scores by 5%. Which reinforces the importance of basic skills to be able to pass those state tests. Now talking about LPAC assessments uh as you can see we did oops sorry we did u not do as well as we did last year and I will be very honest I expected this and I even told my team I don't foresee us improving in scores and
008a great part of that was that our students were assessed starting in February as the incoming principal I was not aware I knew that we always tested April April, May in other districts, but being new to the district, I didn't want to challenge the date that had been preset. But I did question it. I said, why are we testing students so early? As you saw, 25 of our students are newcomers. That's a significant amount. And if we were assessing them before a full year, you're not going to see a great deal of improvement. So I have met with our ME department and expressed our concerns and we're hoping that we're not hoping I'm going to tell you this is going to improve because we created an action plan to ensure that our English language learners
009have the maximum opportunities to excel and they but providing focus attention and the way that we're doing that one way is to have the every day on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday we have schoolwide designated EL LD time from 8:20 to 9:00. You're welcome to stop in and see how we're supporting not just our English language learners, but also our English only students as well as our students with special needs. This is a focused time that they're receiving what they need. It's an intervention time. And so we have our English only students, for example, if they need resource services, this is when they go to get resource services so that they're not pulled from their academic core instruction. We're also looking into doing academic nights. We're right now uh I was just sharing with our
010families this morning with coffee with the principal how we're going to be doing math family night. And I want to invite as a community school, we're going to reach out to our community partners and invite possibly accountants, bankers, people in the community that professionals use decimals that they use percentages and they're able to bring in and show the students the application of fractions in the real world. And so that is why this event is so important for us to be able to plan a um well ahead. and we're looking into possibly February or January to be able to deliver this for our families in the evening. In addition, I realized that if even if students know the content, if they cannot articulate their process in the state test, then they're not going to be able
011to explain their thinking. And so this year, we built a teach trainer of trainers with three of our staff members who now are building the capacity with our entire team. And we're looking into possibly even bringing the county to train our teachers on the right institute understanding that we really need to provide that structured writing. Having been an English teacher in middle school and high school, I remember getting a lot of students that came to me had never written a five paragraph essay. They had never understood how to, you know, begin a paragraph or begin a a narrative. And it's so important for us to provide them scaffold uh learning as well as graphic organizers, visuals, and the right institute from the county offers a great opportunity that meshes the English language arts with the
012EL standards to deliver high content um instruction. In this last staff meeting, our team provided the overview offormational writing in anticedent to unit 2, which is what everyone in the district is currently working on. So, our teach our team now has those resources to be able to support uh our students writing. As far as our goal, as you may be aware, we're um now a community school. That is one of the areas in which we're building organizational systems that aligns to our SPSA as well as the state or sorry the the district goals in the ELPAC. And we are I'm happy that we're we just hired um a community school supervisor that hopefully will get be processed soon and approved so that they can begin hopefully after the Thanksgiving break. and they will help us
013expand services by community outreach and bringing other uh partners that can enrich our students uh awareness because if they don't see an application to their learning, it's just going to school and being with their friends. We have to really be able to have those partners to come in and build those relationships with our students to see the longterm effects of their learning and also providing other extended learning opportunities as well as working with our attendance team. I can other systems that we've been able to create this year are South County SULPA came at the beginning of the school year to provide a series of workshops in espanol for our familas. And so now the families that came were able to understand what is an IEP because sometimes oh it's more help but they don't realize
014the implications of what that extra help means or how they're being supported. They don't understand their rights as parents. So the SELPA came to do that series that normally is online and because of the turnout of our families, the SELPA asked me, "Miss Sandival, can we have an advisory meeting at Nicolof for the for our region?" I said, "Absolutely." So they're starting to have their advisory meetings at our site and it's exciting to have the county asking us if it's possible because of the turnout of our families. Uh the goal number two on the SPSA is to create a positive school climate, culture, connectedness. There was just so much that we could put in here, but I want to highlight a couple of things. Obviously, the field trips, the experiences that our students are having,
015the academic opportunities that our students are are getting, but also the other non-academic academic uh aspects of our school. Um, for example, the morning newscast. Every single day, our students do a broadcast, um, where they are sharing the habit of the week. They're even sharing the lunch menu or the weather just like a real newscast. And they do it in Spanish and in English. And it's a great opportunity for our students to showcase their ability to lead and to be speakers uh, in front of an audience. And this other component right here, as you can see, the teachers that you received, uh this was created by our teachers last school year uh in in all the school supported. And so the the main goal that uh we want to have in our school is bring
016that unity that we may have different options for our families, but we're one school. And you'll see the sea of glue all around the the school. This school year for Latino heritage, we had a t-shirt contest and we created the Nickeola a more Latino t-shirt and it's actually three students drawings. This is one student, second student and third student, the second grader, the fourth, fifth grader and the sixth grader. So this is a little of the experiences that we provide our students. My experience has been that when you help students love their school environment, when they feel connected, they're going to strive for it and do the very best they can. So, that's a little bit of our of our school. Any questions? As you mentioned, being a new principal to our district and not
017knowing the structure and the expectations from the district, what accomplishments have you achieved and what um challenges have you had in the school? >> So, I'm learning slowly. I think anyone that comes to a new organization, it's a learning process. I think I'm finally there. But I continue to making sure that I'm doing the right things, not going based on what I know because I've learned that it's not always what I've known that has been the way that we do things in South Bay. So just having that second check-in like today I reached out to um our student services director like hey am I thinking the right thing? He said yes. I'm like thank you. So that way it affirms that I'm making the right choice. Uh what is the biggest challenge that I see
018being in South Bay so close to the border this year in particular? We're seeing a huge influx of students that are coming into kinder that have special needs but because they were never in the regional center. These are families that are migrating to the United States. And I even shared an article with our executive team about an actual research that was done this summer or published this summer about how Latina mothers are using Platika or word of mouth to say, "Hey, you know, go to Nicola or go to the schools over here because they don't have special education in Mexico as we have it here." And that word of mouth is carrying weight with many of these families whose children were born in the United States and they're bringing them in kinder. Never having been
019in school, never having had regional services, it's placing a a big responsibility on us because we have to make sure that it's really a disability that is not the fact that they haven't had schooling. So, we have to go through the full 60-day process, which in the meantime, we have to support the classroom, support the teacher, support the student, and we've had maybe, I would say, six or seven students in this situation this school year, which it spreads our resources thin, but thankfully, our student services director and our assistant superintendent was actually in the classroom this week, so we are getting the supports that we need in providing our students the the evaluation that's appropriate, that is not rushed, but also being able to meet their um their needs where they're at. So, that has
020been I think the challenge that not just I'm seeing in our site, but I think all schools uh in the southern region in the borderlands as they call it in the article have been facing. Thank you principal son. Um really good uh presentation. So based on um last school year comparing to the percentage the dual immersion program for students. Uh what is it now that it used to be last school year in comparison >> as far as the numbers? >> Yes. So this school year we grew into sixth grade and we also grew with TK. So, we do have more students in our dual language immersion program and academically speaking, they're also growing in strength and I'm very proud of that because I've been in places where they have a high number of students with
021special needs and they don't have the results that we do as far as growing and to have the supports not just in our dual immersion but also in our special needs classrooms with teachers that are bilingual. It's not a bilingual program, but having those supports, it really is to me I as a leader, I feel that we have the things in place that we could really highlight our district as one of the places that really supports our dy identified students. Um, they are not necessarily part of the dual immersion program, but they're benefited by having bilingual aids. They're benefited by having bilingual teachers. The bilingual strand itself is also improving. I have a schoolwide data. I can tell you where every single one of my children are at. And I see the difference between the
022students who have been in the dual immersion program since kinder and the ones in sixth grade that started a little bit later in their um school experience. But it's getting better and better as I go down from sixth grade to third grade. the third graders are stronger than my sixth graders that just moved on to the middle school. Does that answer your question? >> Yes, absolutely. Thank you. >> Thank you so much for coming. What happened to Nicolola? Nicolola. Hi, Nicolola. I see you. Uh, thank you for the t-shirt. I will wear it proudly. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um, I was really curious about your Saturday uh academy. Can you share with us what that is? >> So, our Saturday academy is an opportunity to provide students various options. First and foremost, I use
023it as an alternative to a suspension. Our district is a district that does restorative practices. And children are still learning. The same way that we teach children math and reading, we're teaching children social skills. And my belief is that we work with children. If they're manifesting, behavior is a manifestation of a need. And so if they're misbehaving, there's a reason behind it. And as a principal, I could be up here and not know my children. I choose to get to know them. So in Saturday Academy, I have an opportunity to interact with them personally, get to know them as a an individual, as a learner. I use my data sheet to see where they're at, to channel the learning that we do. We do academic work. So anytime you want you can come on in
024and in those four hours we are actually doing math and uh literacy. In addition we are like I said you know providing the alternative to suspension we do academic rigor so the students are able to dive deeper into their learning. It was during one of the Saturday school sessions that I realized how money sense is being lost. Uh we're so used to just paying with Apple Card. Uh mommy takes care of everything. I don't have to go to the corner store and make change. And as of today, I think our penny is obsolete. So we're losing the sense of decimals. And when we have when we're going to go buy a house, when we're going to refinance a vehicle, when we're going to, you know, um divide a property in equal ways or measure our
025carpet, all those essentials of decimals and percentage are lost. And so I want to make sure that our students are well aware of that. And Saturday school is another opportunity for me to do that. I've also seen that many of the students who get in trouble or that are not able to do well academically also struggle with their English. They're also English language learners. As a matter of fact, as the vice principal, I began to do Saturday school for students who were suspended and I actually taught and they told me, "Can we come back next Saturday?" Because they they were actually getting what they needed. it was the academics that they were distracted, they didn't understand it, and they were misbehaving. So, if you tackle the root of the cause of the behavior, the children
026are going to feel connected and they're going to want to come back. And I have had students that have come back um to Saturday Academy. >> Well, thank you for sharing that. Uh it excites me that uh that you have Saturday Academy and and it's a perfect example of um going the extra mile. So I appreciate your work and your staff's work and um and realizing that suspension is not the answer. Keeping that child there is the answer. So thank you again. >> Thank you so much for your presentation. I love all the different is that you're connecting students with the real world um through field trips and money sense. Um Saturday Academy sounds amazing and I know that it's huge when our students feel that they're cared for um at the the very personable
027levels. So, thank you so much for all you do for our families. Thank you, Nichol. Thank you. [applause] >> Next report of action taken in close session. >> Nothing to report. >> Changes in the agenda. At this time, trustees or executive team members may recommend changing the order of agenda items and or request that an item from the consent calendar be placed within the discussion action section of the board meeting. The secretary will keep track of any recommendations. Please note, no new items may be added without advanced public notice. No changes. Thank you. Do we have a Approval of meeting agenda. >> I have one motion to approve the November 12th, 2025 regular board meeting agenda after determining any changes to the order of business. >> Second. >> Oh, I forgot. Sorry. Lozagino, did you
028vote? We have uh five votes for yes to approve the the meeting agenda. Next we have communications to the board of trustees. We have a five minute limit per group. South Bay PTA council California School Employee Association, Chapter 59, CSEA. >> Good evening. I'm President Maya Leisure of CSEA Chapter 59. CSEA was at the special board meeting last week where the district presented the maps for new school boundaries. I read maps for a living and I have for the past two decades. In all of the scenarios, the district boundary lines for Sunny Slope did not move. Instead, the map showed us the potential closure of Sunny Slope without using the word potential, as if we should just expect it and accept it. The maps were drawn up by Zach Worin of Solutions, a solutions engineer
029from Powers School. He would not have drawn them that way unless he was directed to do so by someone here. The school board voted against closing three schools. Why are we even discussing Sunny Slope when it still has a fighting chance of staying open? When I asked a knowledgeable source behind the scenes about why, they said it was because Sunny Slope has termites and the district has already tried tenting it several times. When I asked a source in maintenance about it, they said they tent the periodically and that they were only asked about the school's capacity, nothing about the integrity of their structures. And even so, any good contractor knows you can remove drywall and plaster from the interior of structure and put in new support studs. It's not that difficult. I've done it in
030my own home because most woodbased structures have termite damage at some point and require maintenance. We shouldn't be discussing the closure of a school that hasn't been voted on. I have to answer to the membership as to why this was snuck into the new maps without a vote. That was premature and caught us all off guard that the closure of Sunny Slope was on the table. Is the district going to be prepared to talk about the impacts and effects of the potential closure of Sunny Slope? Why did this come up before it was voted on? Why is the district moving faster than the school board? We have members that are counting on us. Why didn't CSEA get a heads up? It's a bad look for the district and our partnership. CSEA looks forward to discussing
031this at our next working together session later this week. Thank you. Thank you. Next we have Southwest Teachers Association, SWAT. Good evening, trustees, executive team, colleagues, parents, and community members. I stand before you once again asking you to prioritize staff and students. SBUSD claims they have a money problem, but the reality is that you don't have a money problem. You have a priorities problem. When your beginning fund balance or your reserves has 42,699,97 in unrestricted funds plus 21,283,237 in restricted funds for a total of 63 million 984,33 3,600 in total reserves. That's equivalent to 66% approximately of your incoming budget. That is enough money to give the people that work directly with students a decent raise to even to just break even. As you know, we could be heading into factf finding which could lead
032into a possible strike. SWAD and CTA leadership have been educating our members and getting them strike ready. As of today, 96.12% of our membership have signed our strike pledge, stating that we are fighting for safe and stable schools, competitive wages and benefits for educators, improved sped staffing and working conditions, and that we are ready to strike if necessary. 96.12% of our membership. I want to make sure that you understand what that means. That means that a large majority, almost 100% of our members will be walking out and you will not have educators in those classrooms. The ones that are going to be impacted are students. You have the resources to stop that from happening. I ask you to please do your job as board members and to direct your bargaining team to come to a
033fair agreement. Your staff have not received a raise since 2023. That's two years without a raise. When the cost of living has increased, when our health benefits out of pocket have increased. All we are asking for is to be able to break even and to continue to work for this district that we are committed to. Please do the right thing. Thank you. >> Thank you, Sara. Next, we have district superintendent. Good evening, President Liker, board members and community that are here. Uh, one of our big projects this year is the creation of promotional videos to highlight South Bay programs and events. We know that that is one of the ways that we are trying to share these programs with our community. Um, and not just the community that that we have emails to, right, that
034we can email, but the the larger community. The goal is to showcase what is unique about our schools and share our story with prospective families and the larger community. The first video was about our amazing preschool and the new options for enrollment. The next video, which is currently in development, will feature our instrumental music program, followed by a video to highlight our dual language programs. Thank you to Jennifer Olivera and Amy Cooper for their leadership on this project. And we are [clears throat] going to share one of those videos now. [music] >> [music] [music] [applause] >> We have shared the video on social media, including um a couple of sites um that the larger community accesses. Um and so we're hoping that through sharing this video that that the community really sees the the programs
035that we're offering. Often preschool families, right, we haven't connected with them yet. if they're new preschool families. So, putting information out there. We're we're hoping that that that'll help us connect. Through a series of empathy interviews, student visuals, and student panel observations at the county level, we have discovered that English learners want to understand the systems that shape their experiences, including ELAC assessment and reclassification criteria. In response, we partnered with San Diego County Office of Education to co-create a video that explains this these processes through student voice and perspectives. The goal is to foster a deeper sense of ownership, empowerment, and understanding. This initiative reflects our commitment to equity and to honoring the brilliance and the leadership of our students. We're excited to share this video, but more importantly to amplify student voice across our
036district and beyond. Let's see our students in action. Hi, my name is Ben. I'm Rachel. And I'm And we are here to tell you about the alpac sounds like superhero. Yeah, it could be because I have more than one language and has some superpower. What exactly is the ELPAC? The EL pack is a test taken by students who are learning a second language every year between February and May. The ELA helps your teachers, your family, and you see how you're doing with speaking, listening, reading, and writing in English. The test results are used to set goals with your teacher and other educators so you can continue to develop your language acquisition. >> Language acquisition, that's a fancy term. >> Yeah, it is. It simply means how we learn to use a language. >> The LCA
037can help you. It's not about getting everything perfect. It's about showing how much you learn. And when you do really well, you can take steps towards reconcification and you won't need to take this test anymore. Yay. [cheering] So, what do you need to do to do well in the AL pack so that you can be reclassified? >> To be reclassified, you need to get a four on the Lack or a three on the alternate Lack. Have your teacher's recommendation, your family support, and have strong scores on the test like I Ready or CAS. And that's it. Yes, that's it. All you have to do is do your best. We did it and you can do it, too. In South Bay, we care about you and are here to support you in your academic journey. Ask
038the educators in your school how you can get ready for the ELP pack and how you can get ready for reclassification. our super amazing students and staff. Um, I'd also like to share that on November 6, we hosted our first session of the South Bay Union Student Leadership Council at Mendoza. Students from every school apart from VIP joined us for a working lunch and conversations about their experience in South Bay. The purpose of the council is to collaborate with students, develop student leadership, and empower students to contribute to district decisionmaking. The council will meet three times this year and will present their work to the board in June. Thank you to the students for their participations. And you will see up here um some pictures. I don't know if Yeah, we can see the the
039the notepad the sticky notes. Um those were basically the students exit ticket. Um because it's students get to choose to participate. So uh the question was how are you feeling after our meeting? Uh do you want to continue to participate? And then they they had to write it down on their on their sticky notes. So, as I was going through their sticky notes, this this one at the top really stood out. Um, one of the students wrote that they feel empowered, which is amazing. Um, because, you know, they're they're going to be part of um making a recommendation um or they are going to be making the recommendation to the board um around the student experience and where we should be prioritizing our attention. Thank you. Thank you. That was awesome. Okay. Next, we have
040public comments on non-aggenda items. Public comments. The board will take no action or discussion on any item not appearing on the posted agenda except as authorized by law. Individual speakers are allowed three minutes to address the board on each non-aggenda item. Speakers are not permitted to yield their time to another person. The board limits the total time for public input on each item to 20 minutes. How many public comments do we have? >> Two. Allison Hoover. Oh, there she comes. Thank you so much. Good evening. Thank you for letting me open our district's eyes to our mess. Not just a broom and a dustpan, but a fullon nuclear meltdown of a financial toilet. How are we not able to come to an agreement with our unions? The money to all of our consultants could fund
041their needs. Five months, no contract, no raises in two years. Yet, we know everything cost so much more. Everybody knows that. Do I need to make your financial choices a full-time job for myself and go down the rabbit hole that is the South Bay Union School District and that are defun district? Our teachers and administrators are awesome. There's a disconnect. So, what do we need? Oh, yes. On the proposal 1.5 years later for their health and benefits, please, let's not talk about ELOP and Harborview, which is a state of art facility used for esports, tournaments, and soccer games, but is not used for classrooms. Yet today, boundaries to release data suggests that 400 students to Emory from Central. But why are we still not using facilities correctly? There's not enough space, but we're still making
042these poor choices. We will discuss getting grads from whatever agreed salary, but yet does these people from um these two colleges really want to come here when we haven't even agreed on our own teacher salaries? It's kind of not fair. What are our monies wasted on? I really want you to really look at where everything's going because if you don't, I may have two full-time jobs, but I will make you my third. and I will dive deep and I will find out and you're not going to like it. Have a great night. >> Are you Good evening everyone. For a year and a half, we have been at the negotiating table ready and willing to reach a reasonable contract. Yet here we are, Jose, still without resolution, which continues to harm our district, our educators,
043and most importantly, our students. You've been sitting on this problem far too long and have allowed it to fester. Your unwillingness to step up as our leader and put an end to this stalling sends a troubling message that the hard work and dedication of teachers, the needs of our students, and the well-being of our community are not being valued as they should be. My colleagues and I have spoken repeatedly about how the ongoing delay and your incompetence to settle on a fair agreement have not only negatively impacted us personally, professionally, and financially, but have also eroded trust, morale, and stability in our schools. You have repeatedly dismissed our concerns. Is this something you are proud of? Every day, this contract remains unsettled. Our classrooms and our students feel the impact. Teachers deserve fair compensation, stable
044working conditions, and respect for the essential role we play in shaping our students futures. Our community expects its leadership to act with integrity, fairness, and urgency. We are not asking for extravagance. We are asking for fairness. Educators will continue to advocate for justice, respect, and for the future our students deserve. It is time to demonstrate true leadership by finalizing a fair contract that honors the commitment and professionalism of our educators and restores confidence in our district's priorities. Jose, with all due respect and with all honesty, what you do all day every day has always been a mystery. But you know what is not a mystery? Your lack of leadership. Your lack of commitment to build strong relationships with teachers, students, and the community. Your lack of urgency to problem solve. Your lack of collaboration and
045transparency. You have the power to end this, Jose. You have the power to do what's right for students and teachers. Jose, let me ask you, if your own kids had a superintendent just like you in their school district, how would you feel? Wouldn't you expect and demand for that superintendent to do their job right and work tirelessly to ensure your kids have the best education possible and for their teachers to have the best working conditions for the be to best meet your children's needs? We the employees of South Bay Union School District urged you, Jose, to end the delays and work with us to reach a fair and equitable contract without further delay. Please, Jose, pick up the pace. Thank you. Next we have our general functions. California School Board Association Delegate Assembly Nominations. We
046recognize Superintendent Jose Spinosa for presentation of the CSBA delegate assembly nomination process. All right. Um this is the time when uh the board gets or chooses you can choose to nominate um any of the and you guys have that in front of you, right? The nominees. Okay. So, the board gets to choose to nominate um from the selection. >> Okay. And it sounds like we can nominate as many as the board would like at this point. >> Madam President, one clarification. We're just looking superintendent at region 17. >> Yes. >> Thank you. I'd like to nominate Cyprio Vargas from the Vista School District. I'd like to n well we had two board members that went up last year. Uh so I'd like to nominate those two again, Jose and Kelly. >> I respectfully decline, but
047thank you. >> You're welcome, Jose. >> Okay. Sure. I accept the nomination. >> Perfect. >> Thank you, Madam President. >> Down to one. One more. >> All right. So, I will say Rosario Sanro. Yes. Thank you. All right. Do we have a motion to nominate the governing board members from CSBA member boards in region 17 as candidates for election to CSBA delegate assembly? So moved. Second. Call for the vote. Motion successfully passes with five votes of yes. Next we have educational leadership the 2024 to 2027 local control and accountability plan update. We recognize Superintendent Pamela Reckler Montiel um for her presentation on student progress monitoring and the expanded learning opportunity program. >> Thank you. Good evening, President Lier, trustees, Superintendent Espinosa. This evening we bring you the LCAP update. Again, a reminder that the LCAP
048is a three-year plan that describes the goals, actions, services, and expenditures to support positive student outcomes that address state and local priorities. The LCAP provides an opportunity for local educational agencies, LEAs, and we're an LEA, as are um IBCS and NET to share their stories of how, what, and why programs and services are selected to meet their local needs. We are required to produce an LCAP um mainly to demonstrate how the LCFF funds are linked to meeting the needs of all students. We in South Bay do include all um resources including restricted and unrestricted funds and we address eight state priorities as well as metrics for each of our goals and actions and we work directly with our educational partners in order to solicit input into this process and document. We are in year two
049of a three-year LCAP and I will be back up here in February to do the midyear report already. How quickly time flies. We have linked the LCAP or I should actually say that the district mission, vision, and values drove the um the new LCAP, the three-year LCAP. And so we did take into consideration the mission, vision, and the values that the board had adopted shortly prior to writing the three-year LCAP. Goal one, effective educational systems. And as you see in every school report, it's nice to see that continuity, right? That consistency that the school plans follow the same structure and they do have the same goals while they may have slightly different actions. But goal one is effective educational systems. Goal two, district and school climate, culture, and connectedness. And goal three, academic excellence for
050all students. Tonight's update will include um from two different goal areas, 2.6 six expanded learning opportunities specifically around fall inter session as well as an update on our program as a whole, our current enrollment before and after school plus our clubs and different leagues. And then from goal three, our student progress monitoring. We um will bring tonight our I Ready fall diagnostic results for you and some comparisons to last fall as we are entering into our year two of implementation. So with that, I'm going to ask that looking back there that um directors Chavez and Flores join me at the podium. And we're going to start with expanded learning opportunities. Good evening. We will be going over first uh our fall inter session that just took place. Summer inter session just a update of what's
051to come. We will review the teacher clubs, our soccer, esports, our middle school sports, our before and after school programs, academic tutoring, and then our current funding and the renovation progress. So, first up, we have Marcelino presenting on the fall inter session. Good evening trustees, superintendent, attendees. Uh my name is Marcarte and I'm the extended learning coordinator for South Bay and I wanted to present to you today a quick summary of what happened during the fall inter session uh which took place at Penn Elementary School from the 22nd to the 26th of September. Our theme of course was uh both under the sea and kindness. And so uh the first slide you'll see here is just the enrollment uh that the period again is from the 22nd to the 26th of September from 8 to
0525:00 p.m. uh at Pence. Uh we had a total of 20 264 uh parents or students enrolled. Uh down below you'll see the inter session menus. I'm not going to click on the links, but links were provided uh to just have you get an idea of the hardworking CNS staff that provided the meals to our students every day and three times a day. Our intercession staff of course made it possible. Uh starting over at the top with the uh certificated 20 students uh 20 sorry certificated staff that uh provided uh engaging opportunities for students throughout the day and throughout the week. Total number of classified that participated were 23 and our community partners boys and girls club also lended a lended a hand an important hand with 19 staff members. So under the sea was
053our theme and our fall intercession uh basically connected on two levels kindness and then uh just learning about our oceans and the importance of that uh throughout the week. So, uh, from the center, we start with kindness, and you'll see a very famous person there here in the South Bay. Uh, the Montano Foundation, Jose Fontano, uh, lent a hand in, um, both inspiring the ongoing efforts that he has in, uh, acts of kindness through our rock decorations that took place during the week. [snorts] Uh, and then also uh, took and then high levels of engagement just took place throughout the day uh, in the classroom and then at lunchtime. And there was even a shark sighting there by this shark there. I don't know who that was. Keep moving. Uh under the sea again uh
054the theme also just in terms of just the dynamics that played out in the classrooms. We've offered, our department offered, uh, art kits, uh, lessons, uh, different types of activities, and then, uh, engaging games, uh, to have the students just again just just function on a high engaging environment throughout the time that they were there. Uh, so our district enrollment, you could see, uh, up at the top, the, uh, overall enrollment is broken down by grade levels and then also by schools in the district. And of course, we have our uh two charter schools there as well. And we look forward to uh just our upcoming theme of around the world that's going to be taking place in the spring for intercession. So, just a note, we know the date and time in the place
055for our spring intercession that will be taking place uh at Central Elementary School uh from the 23rd to the 27th of March. uh our summer inter session will be taking place. We have yet to determine the school site where it will be taking place, but it will be from June 8th to the 2nd of July. And our theme at that time will be rainforest and deforestation. Okay. So the uh next honor I have is in introducing or just talking about a little bit about our teacher clubs this year. Uh so we have the schools presented on the left that have uh uh active uh clubs. We have the total number of students enrolled as a whole. Uh and then we have our teacher clubs. So for example, we have Mendoza music percussion clubs and esports,
056Nester. Uh there's just quite a few clubs there. Art clubico club, Lego robotics and so on. Uh Nicolof Pence and then Sunny Slope also with their uh both student attendance and then the clubs uh that are that are actively going on right now. Uh and then in the next slide we also have just a continuation of that we have Bayside Barry Emory and Imperial Beach with their respective student enrollment numbers and then the teacher clubs uh actively taking place at their school and I'm going to present Horge to cover the soccer and then esports. Good evening board members, superintendent and attendees. My name is Horge Serna and I'll be presenting on the soccer uh athletics and uh the base morning and after school program. So just to start off with soccer, this is our second
057full year of soccer and we've seen a lot of excitement in participation this year. I think last year was very new, but this year we actually were easily fielding 22 teams. So 11 girls team, 11 boys teams. I don't know if you remember a year ago we didn't have two teams on the girls side. So this year we've had more participation than last year. about 326 students total across the board participating. We have coaches from our certificated classified staff about 10 total either coaching or assisting coaching within uh different school sites. Um something that we've been really looking into is how to improve the program and we've made some partnerships to to figure out how to make it better for our students and families. Uh, one thing we did this summer was with USA Soccer
058Foundation, we're able to have a two-day training with some of our coaches where they got, you know, learning more how to coach, how to mentor students, how to build skills and work on those team kind of aspects of uh, good sportsmanship and working together. So, that was a very exciting training for many of the staff. Uh, another thing that we were able to partner with with Amy Cooper support was working with the San Diego wave. were able to do a one-day clinic and five of our girls team was able to go and participate. It's very exciting for them. They got to meet some of the players. They got to involve in some activities. They were able to do some drills with the coaches. So, they had a really great time and something we're hopeful to
059maybe do in the future again. Another thing that after a year of of games, we learned in trying to improve our referee system. So, we've worked hard to try to make sure the training is there, make sure the rules are understandable and it's a fair game across the board so that families and students and coaches can be excited about the games and nothing uh occurs from them. Uh, we were able to implement some cameras in the games to not only help train the referees, but also provide for our coaches so they could watch the game film if they wanted to improve, you know, their coaching and their team overall. Currently, we're just wrapping up the season of the Bay Cup. That's our first fall season and we're moving into playoffs. Um, this was the schedule
060as of today. However, we did have to make some adjustments because of the rain. Unfortunately, Friday, we're going to have to postpone some of those games till next week. So, tomorrow we'll still have many games take place at Westview. Next Tuesday, we'll have the games from Friday shifted. Um, but we're excited for a competitive, fun, and exciting environment. In playoffs, it gets very intense and families get very excited to be there and students alike. and we'll culminate with the championship match on Friday, December 12th for our girls and boys team. Now, esports is something very new for us in the district and we didn't know what to expect, but we were pleasantly surprised of the amount of support and excitement not only from students but also families. We had our first matches in early October
061at the Westview campus and we had a lot of families show up. The gymnasium was packed. Everybody was there supporting their students. If you could see, I took some pictures of a sign a parent made. Is usually I yell, "Turn it off. Not today. Bring home the W." So, they were very, very emotional, excited about it. And and students embraced it and have been working together to obviously win these matches. And they've only set up their own sportsmanship. And you see, they did it on their own. We didn't instruct them, but they give little fist bumps after every match, win or lose. So they kind of learning those values of sportsmanship even within this platform of video games. Um we have about 157 students participating through third through sixth grade. And the first season is
062a game called Super Smash Brothers which is on a Nintendo Switch. Um students are very excited. Like I said, we're about to finish the regular season next Monday. We'll transition into playoffs in December right after break. It'll be very similar to soccer and we'll have a championship match on Thursday, December 11th. And our middle school sports uh finished up their first season, the fall season at the end of October. Uh we had some success with IB Charter and Nester. Both did well overall. So uh girls basketball placed fourth for IB Charter, boys basketball third, boys baseball second, and the girls softball team got first place in the Pacific League. So they got the championship uh trophy as well as the banner. So very exciting for them. Nester did well as well. uh boys baseball fifth
063place, girls softball third, boys basketball got fifth place, and then the girls basketball team got first place overall and won their division. So, congrats to both teams. We're transitioning to the winter season. So, it'll be soccer for both teams, girls and boys. And that's games begin the first weekend in December. Now, just a little bit about just our general base program. Overall, our before and after school programs. So, we have made a lot of improvements and always room to grow to improve it for our students and families alike. Um, I don't know if you recall this same kind of chart from last year, but there was a lot more yellow and and some red. This year, we have done a better job of really trying to promote and have students in the program. So, we
064see a lot of positive green numbers with very fruit yellow. Um, but a lot of students are being able to participate, engage in it, and we're still finding ways to improve it overall. But um I would say so far this calendar year we've had a strong end to the 24 25 year and a good start to the 25 and 26 year. And we um are continually finding ways to improve and engage our students within these programs through the ELOP. We're also offering the academic tutoring. We held anformational meeting on October 13th which was um right around parent teacher conferences. Um we also sent out a recording to all certificated staff who were not able to make theformational meeting. We have opened it this year to all schools. It's TK to 8th grade in both language
065arts and math with a 12-week period for the tutoring piece. And then we've also based on grant requirements there's a minimum of five students maximum of 10 students for TK to kinder and then first through 8th we have a minimum of five with a maximum of of 20 students just to recap is the dis the annual allocation for ELOP so the district's ELOP program has been funded it's been a combination of annual allocations that we received but also carryover funds. A lot of those funds came from distance learning. Due to the high balance of carryover funds, we were primarily able to um accommodate a lot of the programs that we have here um presented to you today. What we want to continue to do is with the parameters that we have and with the annual
066allocation is we want to continue to ensure the [snorts] long-term fiscal sustainability and being able to provide that adherence to our current funding guidelines. Just a refresher. Um we did promote or propose to the board the ELOP plan back in February 9th, 2023 for the Westview campus [snorts] and then the actual renovation plan was adopted by the board on June 8th, 2023. The Westview campus would be like the ELOP hub for extended learning programming in the areas of arts, media, entertainment, human resources area um in youth development, health and fitness, engineering, the natural resources and also tapping into information and computer technology. So we have started the phase of the renovation. As you might have noticed, we have painted um the Westview campus, but we've also started to use EOP funding to be able to
067accommodate each classroom space for the themes. So, if on the left hand side you see our field, we have purchased some stands for the families when they come out to see the students during soccer. We also have some lighting in place. Future um renovation development in terms of the field is that we want to be able to get that field prepped and ready so that it is an actual professional athletic field. We also want to install lighting on the field and be able to include a restroom for our families out in the field as well. So there's a lot in the future of development out in the field because we know that it brings community, our families are out there, but we also want to make sure that we're continuing to maintain the field and
068provide the best um experience for our students and including um adding a walking track or running track for any future sports that are created through our ELOP programming. If you notice here, we wanted to create spaces where every space felt like a different experience. We wanted to get away from the traditional setting because we want the students to be able to experience um flexibility in the seating, but also in terms of their environment that they're learning. If [snorts] they are in the esports arena at the top right hand corner, they're going to have a different feel and experience than when they are um working with robots and drones in the bottom right to bottom um right hand corner. So every classroom and every space has a different feel to it. The class the image that
069you see right below the t is our PD room. So, we have been using that space, which is not yet 100% um renovated, but we've been starting to use that space for professional development and also for our um community vendors to come together and host their meetings there as well. And then right below that picture, we also have our staff lounge. We want to make sure that our staff feels comfortable and welcome in these innovative spaces because what we want to create is engaging environments that are innovative and that we're preparing their students that participate in our ELOP programs for future opportunities in different um aspects of careers. Our goal is to partner with a local organization called Rainforest Project. They're located in Bario Logan. And if you've been to the Northgate in Bario Logan,
070you're able to see some of their artwork. Um there is a picture of the ocean and the whale that's in um Bario Logan, they also have um several schools in San Diego Unified School District have also partnered with them. What we really um love about this organization is that they partner with students and staff so that [snorts] they create much like the Boxy Arts which are pretty popular is that they actually create the lessons and instructions for the students to be able to create this mosaic art. Um what we want to do is be able to similar to Pence for Pence's murals. Um and that was created with students and staff along with artists. But this would be um specifically mosaic. So mosaic art pieces across the entire campus. And this would be um with
071staff and with students as well, but with the help of artists um with afterchool clubs during inter session in our before and after school program because we have a lot of spaces in our Westview campus, a lot of walls that are beautiful spaces for this mosaic art. But what a p a beautiful legacy for our students and our staff to be able to partner together to create something that will last for years to come. And the quote at the top it says teamwork um divides the task and multiplies the success. So being able to create this um innovative space but also provide color to our campuses and for our students to feel valued and feel that they had a piece to this along with our teachers is something that we're looking forward to. um partnering
072with this organization. Before we move on to the presentation about the I Ready implementation, I just want to um point out a couple just reminders. Everything that we've been talking about is through ELOP funds um and or the ASUS funds. So we still use our ASUS funds which we've had for many many years to provide our before and after school program. The ELOB funding is the newer funding that is specific to provide those enrichment activities for our students, the clubs, the sports, all that you've heard about this evening as well as that 9hour interession day. Um and there are requirements grant requirements that we must meet in enrollment and length of time and number of days. um that I just wanted to share that with you. We also will be back in front of you
073um probably in the next couple of months to talk about the naming of the West View campus um the innovation space. Um I I'm sure that you can recall that a couple of years ago we came before you um specifically director Flores to speak about our involvement with the county's Linda Vista Innovation Center and our students that were participating in that program. We were fortunate to be early in the partnership with the county and really have all of our fourth grade um students teachers who were interested in having them take our fourth graders as well as our fifth graders. Um unfortunately it they can no long they cannot serve just South Bay. Um so they've had to sort of rein in some of our participation. Again we jumped in in that very first year. Um
074but what we are trying to create at Westview is our own Linda Vista Innovation Center. So instead of busing our students to Linda Vista to have this experience, the goal um of all of the people sitting behind me is to bring that innovation to our students on a regular basis. So, just a couple of reminders for you and then we will be um in front of you in the near future to talk about that naming process for the campus since um it's once it's open and ready and students are frequenting it. we um we want it to be just like the mosaics, the name, something that represents our students. And um so then I'll have um director Chavez come back up and share the I Ready data with you. So what you'll see here is
075comparison from our students last school year in the fall compared to this school year in the fall. So, it's not um growth, but it's just giving you comparison of [clears throat] how our students did in the fall and the 2024 25 school year and then how they did this time around for our first um benchmark which concluded in September. So, if you've noticed here, we do have um we do have less students that took the exam, but we also um have 2% more students who initially scored in the mid or above grade level and early on grade level as well. So, here you will also see the comparison. So that first column is going to be from last school year. How did our kinder students perform last school year compared to the incoming kinder students
076that performed this school year? So there was an increase of 30 students. And with those 30 students that came this school year, we showed an increase of students that already were performing um mid or above that kinder level. If we look at also the comparison from the sixth grade, seventh grade and eighth grade students compared to the number of students that we had last year, for example, in sixth grade. So even though we have less students, the students that scored for sixth grade this school year, there was also an increase in that mid or above early on grade level, which is success. For our seventh graders, we also showed an increase of four students, but there was also an increase in that green bar that we always want to be able to see that the
077students are performing at their mid-grade level or above from their initial like baseline. This is the baseline that we're going to see in terms of their academics. Now if we move on to reading, so we see a decrease from students that took the reading assessment compared from last year to this year. There was 31 less students that we had, but again there was that increase in the mid and early on. And then we fared out equal in the students that were one grade level below. The students that were two grade level below was the same. And then there was a decrease in the students that scored from the very first time that they took it this year in that were three or more grade levels below. Looking at the different grade levels here. So from
078our last year kinder group compared to the incoming um kinder students this year there was an increase of there was a decrease in the students that were in one grade level below but then again there was an increase of the 17% which is what we always want to make see to have that baseline. How are the students coming in with the instruction from the teacher? what is their baseline compared to the upcoming benchmark that is going to be taking place December 1st through December 19th. In second grade, we actually there was an increase of 44 students for the reading assessment and there was an increase of last year our second graders the first time they took it was 9% and this year even though we had an influx of 44 second graders there was actually
079more growth um with a total of 18 students that were in that grade level band and then we had a decrease for the students that scored second or two grade levels below. In fourth grade, we also saw an increase of 30 students from last year to this year. And again, there was a growth of um 1% in students that were already entering our school district with taking that first assessment at a 14%. And then in sixth grade, which is interesting, is that there was a decrease of 26 students from last year compared to the sixth graders that we have this year, but they increased again um in performing at their first time that they took this reading assessment. So the next benchmark, like I mentioned earlier, is going to be December 1st through the 19th.
080And we will be able to show you growth. You'll be able to see how the students performed since this is the baseline this year for fall. You'll be able to see how they improved, how they made progress from the fall benchmark to the winter benchmark because it's really important for us to be able to see um how the students are improving. And then as a way to also showcase all the efforts that the teachers have put in place and with all of the and supplemental resources that we've provided that were focused on standardsbased teaching because it does take um time for this implementation but we're seeing that our efforts are being demonstrated with the growth that we're seeing in our students and our now this is I ready our California school dashboard will actually come
081out tomorrow as the 13th. Um and we'll be presenting this information the California school dashboard as well as another metric to show our students progress in the January board meeting and I just want to add a couple of points and that is simply this is comparing last year first diagnostic to this year's diagnostic. What we hope to see is familiarity with the assessment, right? Because last year when we stood before you after the first diagnostic, was it really a good measure of how students were doing? Maybe, perhaps not. It was the first time that they had taken it. Um, we're confident that if they're in second grade now and they took it in first grade that they have that familiarity, so we should see that increase. We are not necessarily comparing to the end of
082a grade level last year, the third diagnostic to a first diagnostic because we're also recognizing that this diagnostic is on this year's grade level. So those are the conversations that we've been having with the principal team and I know that principles have been having with their instructional teams and that and that is if a second grade group ended the year at let's say 36 or 50% and they're coming in in third grade at a 10 or a 12 or 20%. What what does that mean? Right? And it's really to guide instruction. So, um, it's not where we're looking to be by the end of the school year again because these are the new the new grade level standards that they're being assessed on. And we're happy to take any questions about um either presentation on
083ELOP or the diagnostic. And as director Chavez um mentioned, we will be back in front of you in January. Although the um the dashboard is or the official results for CASP and the dashboard are being released um we uh need the time to go through them and analyze them and come before you in January with that presentation >> and we do have a public comment on this item when you're ready. >> All right. So if there's any questions do [clears throat] President, do you want comments now and then a public or do you want to take public first? Public comments. >> Allison Hoover. Good evening. Um, I'm totally about the elop situation. Um, however, and I don't want to use that one word of my problem is that sometimes that the children that find that
084the intercession rules are very stiff and they don't allow for those who are above or below. And I understand that we're utilizing this to get to that data to kind of integrate it and correct it. However, there should be some form of ability for children at different levels to work with it whether or not they have a 504 or if they don't that maybe you know if they're reading at a higher level that they're not being forced to do what's at the mandated grade level because we are working towards that which I have seen and I've seen that within my own family and others and multiple families have pulled their children I just don't have the ability because again I do work full time as a single parent. Um I do see that we are
085increasing in our testing scores. However, what we're forgetting about is that there are children that just want to push a button and be done with it [clears throat] and that doesn't really solve a problem. There are also children that need that ability to do that problem solving. And I understand that we're trying to integrate to a more techn technological society. However, we do need to respect that there are certain aspects of having a pen to paper aspect, especially when it comes to mathematics and um writing. It's just an unfortunate thing that maybe we don't want to address. And again, you know, there's there's just a lot of disconnects in our um education system lately that I want to watch out for. Um, also one thing that I would like to also reach out to is
086that a lot of the employees that are within the after school ELOP programs, they rotate heavily because they either feel that they are held accountable for very stringent protocols. While there are very, you know, that program tries to fit everybody into a round peg and there are not all round pigs and it's just something that I'd like the board to think about. Thank you. >> Thank you, Madam President. Pine, real quick about the I Ready. I was look I was doing my homework. Be proud of me. Um but what really stuck out was by school by grade level. And what I saw there was that um in placing students for the new year. Um it was equal. Each teacher was named and the the class makeup of the class. they had the red band or
087the yellow band, you know, it goes different bands, but they were like equal. So, the program is helping place students um with teachers um in the olden days, we just put the card, you know, we gave you 30 kids, right? And so now we have this diagnostic tool that says, you know, uh teachers won't be given the last draw of the cards, but they were equalized equalized when placement. It just sticks out that Nester, it was glaring to me that Nester had done that. I don't know if you need to go back and look at that, but um each teacher had equal numbers of how many little red ones, how many yellow ones, and how many blue and green ones. And so it was consistently per teacher per grade level. I was just amazed. So
088I'm just throwing that out there. I saw that >> and and I I I'm I would have to go back and look myself, but if you're thinking in terms of balancing rosters, I do think I do believe that all of our schools try um to balance rosters um so that you have um even gender, >> right? boys, girls, um students who receive um individualized educational plans, students who have speech instruction, just balancing, right? Um academically, those that are receiving additional interventions. So that might be what you're seeing. Um but I do want to um remind us that this is an adaptive program. So really the goal is that all students of course are performing at or above grade level. But it is an adaptive tool. So regardless of where a student starts, where they enter
089into the into the program with their diagnostic, it [snorts] will adjust accordingly. Um and it may be that it may need to be slightly below grade level in order to to um accelerate learning, right? Not remediate but accelerate learning. and a child who is already performing at grade level, they will receive higher than grade level because it does adapt to that. Well, that's what I was seeing across the board. So, kudos to uh administrative staff um that help with that placement in the schools. Thank you principles for looking at that diagnostic tool when placing children in new classrooms per year. So, it's really helpful for me to read. I'm just sharing my perspective. Um, that would be it for the I Ready. You want me to go on with the or what? Okay. Uh, question
090for Elop. Um, when is the, uh, esports? What's the time for the championship? Got the date, but we don't have time. >> Um, it'll start at 4:30. So, it's about 4:30 to 5:30. Takes about an hour for the full matches. It'll be on the 11th of December, Thursday. >> I got the date down. I just didn't have a time. So, you're going to send us some invites? >> Yes, absolutely. >> Perfect. Um, let's see what else. Uh, let's see. I also have the soccer U championship uh written in my calendar, too. So, I'll I'll be there again. So, we have bleachers now up there. Yes, we have there about I want to say three aisles and there's a lot on the first field and a couple on the second field, but now we have somewhere
091where parents can sit and kind of enjoy the matches. >> Well, I'm really excited. I'm really excited the way that this uh program is taking off and especially in media and digital um art. Um, Sweetwater has four classrooms now that have uh teachers and the CD C that are addressing media and broadcasting. So, we're right there. Okay. So, I'm very proud of our program superintendent because when our sixth graders uh get promoted, they're going to go right into that and uh and the Nickeloff staff that are doing the broadcasting, you're right there. Okay. So, thank you all. Thank you. Thank you. >> Yes. Thank you very much. in the um what was uh Westview. That's very exciting and thank you for clarifying regarding the funds and um I know my oldest has gone to the
092learning innovation innovate innovation center and then the school that I work at in National City. All those kids are going and they're so excited. Um so that's amazing that we're going to have something close to home for our own students. Thank you. >> And I just want to thank the entire team for all of their efforts and all of the certificated and classified staff that make ELO possible because it wouldn't be possible if they weren't willing um and and wanting to work in the program and do clubs and after school programs for our students. So, thank you Next up, we have business services um resolution 25-012. We recognize assistant superintendent Rolar for a presentation of the resolution and related documents. Good evening, President Ler, board of trustees, superintendent Espinosa, staff and community. Quick background. Um,
093we just had a meeting last week, so I'm sure this is fresh in everybody's memory, but la last week, um, November 6th, we did present, uh, in partnership with Power Schools, uh, four options for you to you and the community to look at and also provide feedback, uh, based off what you saw for us to then return today and, um, with a couple revisions based off that feedback again from the community and and from the board. Um during that meeting uh principal Haime um also presented the Nester facilian enrollment plan Gonzalez sorry last name. I also presented um the community survey feedback results. Uh so again uh based off the presentation and the feedback that we received. We are now here today uh to provide two options that are somewhat modified from the uh 1B
094version. And as a reminder, that was the central closure uh but with district-wide balancing. Uh so the two options that you'll see today are both um affecting um making changes to the entire district with the central closure. And I'll go a little bit into detail on those two um how they're how they're different. And it's really just looking at two schools in that enrollment. Here you see scenario that now we're calling 1 C. Um some of the feedback that we received was around looking at Sunny Slope and if is there a way to uh make the boundaries uh support Sunny Slope's enrollment. Uh as we're talking about wanting to um not just be closing schools but looking at ways that maybe we can uh they that can remain open. Um we then we looked at
095this option here. We made this change. So you see the line for Sunny Slope. It's now um the boundaries are going all the way to the five with that change. I'll give you a second to look at that. You also have your copies in front of you. Um I know you can't really read that table. The next slide will have a bigger version so I can highlight the changes there. Um that impacts though Mendoza. So with the there's the other option will have a higher enrollment for Mendoza but with that change that will make Mendoza's boundary a little smaller, less residents there. But again, that is increasing sunny slopes enrollment. Oh, okay. There it is. So, here's the table and I highlighted there where um the enrollment changes for Mendoza and Sunny Slope. Uh so,
096Sunny Slope's projected enrollment, these numbers will change come next year. Uh they'll be off by a bit, I'm sure. uh at 369 students compared to 322 current enrollment as of the date that this table was created. Um that's that's changed a bit. Mendoza currently at 416 would be at 536. All the other um data points that you see there at the other school sites remains the same from the option that was presented last week. Looking at projections five years from now, 2030 31, you still see a decline at Sunny Slopes enrollment, it's it's projected at 265. So, it's a temporary improvement. Uh but with the declining enrollment challenge that we continue to have, the projections continue to show that the enrollment will continue to drop. Uh and those as well will drop. As you see
097throughout the other school sites, the 2030 31 projection, some may be increasing slightly, but the majority continue to decline. Oh, okay. That should say Mendoza enrollment increase, but the Sunny Slope has the decrease um there. So, sorry about that typo. there the boundary you see the sunny slope boundary. Mendoza has that area now across the five which it has currently um and Sunny Slope is not all the way to the five there in those boundaries. So what impact does that have with enrollment? Sunny Slope then remains with the 307 projected enrollment. So with the decline and then possibly a few extra students that still is at a decrease from the 322 currently. Mendoza's though is up to close to 600 again projected uh with this boundary here which we're calling the 1D and that's corrected
098uh there. So Mendoza enrollment is is is higher uh but the Sunny slope enrollment is lower. Again this is uh making changes throughout the entire district. So there are uh enrollment is affected the boundaries are affecting um the schools here in the district. So those are the two options. Uh we reduced the four options to two but really we took the 1B option again the central closure with the rebalancing of the um throughout the district and then made based off the feedback a couple of changes. Uh that being that sunny slope why are we not seeing additional students? Is it possible to have additional students there based off the changes? Uh the other Mendoza being our largest school or as far as size, um is there a way for Mendoza to not be as to
099have more kids than they currently do? It still doesn't fill up the school, but it does begin to add additional students. Um again, Mendoza being our largest school building here at the school district. So again, we've narrowed down your options based off feedback uh based off uh feedback again from the community and the board. And now giving you some time to review those two options. Also ask any questions that you may have. >> Thank you, Mr. Rig. I appreciate your time and effort. I know I know last time we had the special board meeting we were presented with four maps as you recall. Um it was kind of difficult to the last minute to look at it and trying to see what works best for our community, what's worked best for our students and for
100staff. Everybody gets pretty much impacted by all this. I know closing central is difficult and but we need to readjust. So what [clears throat] is how difficult was it from modify from the four um scenarios that we had to make it now to two? >> Well the first step was do we consider rebalancing you know changing the boundaries throughout the district. Uh if the answer was yes to that then we looked at that um that option but then taking the feedback and and making adjustments to that option. How difficult was it as far as making that choice, do you mean? Or how difficult was it just to make that change with working with power schools? >> So, as was looking at the older maps, and of course, now we're not looking into that. >> It's
101looking at the lines, looking at what's going to take place, you know, what one schools might be, you know, shorter than others based on demographics. And I totally understand that. So, I I think Now the scenarios been given us it's it's I think it's more feasible. I think we can work with this >> and I had a chance to look at the and read the survey. I mean know it took me a little bit of those for you. We knew you needed some time to read those. >> It's pretty interesting the input. Um I took a look at the the percentage. uh wanted to give equal opportunity to every school that we have a potential for growth is something that we can work with. Thank you. >> Um thank you. I I see a reoccurring
102theme of we always have to have a place a starting point like with these new ideas and these changes and often um it feels like people are understandably upset with change. Change is hard, you know. Um but I think that um we've done a good job at listening to our community and um making adjustments as needed. Uh So my qu So thank you for that and my question or just a clarifying question will still have opportunities for like interdist district transfers regarding like if families want their students to be in the performing arts programs at Mendoza or if they prefer the Sunny Slope um dual language programs. There's still those opportunities for movement within our district. our families will still have the opportunity to go through that process through student services to to make those
103requests. Yes. >> Thank you. >> Now, as far as can that be honored every single time, that all depends on enrollment obviously and grade level and those type of things. But as far as having the opportunity to request it, absolutely. >> Thank you, Madam President. I don't know. I I was doing my homework on the old maps, so I'm really taken back with the new stuff here. Uh but what I saw through the old maps and what I'm seeing here today, um it draws a question to me in that when we do equalize the district throughout um our schools become smaller. >> Some will. Yes. >> Yeah. And so by shrinking that, we're shrinking the abilities to provide services to those children that go to that school. That's a concern of mine. And so when
104we're moving these numbers around, um the overall that I was looking at is what this change means in five years. So, uh, you know, are we moving, uh, children for now because in five years it's going to drop by half. So, we don't want to lose those families and um, I don't want to lose another school um, based on our decisions here. Um, I don't know. I was I was ready to go with another map there. So, I'm just not real comfortable with um balancing the district. Um we don't we don't have the opportunity or the grace to welcome anybody else there. We we have two charters that uh stand in front of us. We must make the programs better. And by weakening the schools uh it's doesn't help. our community. >> Thank you, Trusty.
105Um, and I just want to clarify a few things. The the board study session was the opportunity for the board to learn about boundaries. So the maps that were presented were examples, simple examples so that we had a starting point where the board could then give input and we could make a recommendation around based on that input, right? And based on our starting point. So the recommendation tonight took the information that we received from the survey, took the feedback from the board and now we have a recommendation of two different options. Right? The first option is really and if you remember the the presenter Zach I think was his name he talked about all the different things that they take into account when they're doing boundaries like crossing big streets uh you know freeways all
106these things he he he talked about that so when that first draft so this would be one it was I think 1B that first draft took all those things into consideration, what they generally do when they're creating boundaries. These are based on our own community's feedback. So, what we're presenting, so we took what what Zach gave us, we listened to the board, and then we brought it back. Um, and maybe we didn't do a really good job of explaining that those initial maps were not the maps that were going to be presented. Those were simply so that the board could grow their understanding of what that might look like. >> Thank you, Superintendent. Um, I knew our I knew what our task was and um and so therefore I did and so what I did
107was not concentrate on the number but the capacity. And I've always stood on uh um increasing the capacity at our schools. And this right here weakens that. Okay? In my opinion, it weakens uh little little schools like Onian is going to be sucked up in five years. Okay? I'm not okay with that. Okay? Uh um Nicolof who's been taken off, you know, like a storm. I'm not okay with them going down to 300. I'm not. Okay. We're weakening our system. That's my thoughts. I looked at capacity. We going across going across each year that you have identified in the new maps in the new maps. Okay. Um each child that we take out of these schools means one less opportunity. >> Trusty, I don't think anybody is okay with declining enrollment. That's why we're all
108here. That's why we're redrawing the boundaries because there's very little that we have control over and the plan going forward is we're hoping to stabilize as much as possible. No one is okay with declining enrollment. That is, you know, we've talked about in this, you know, in this meeting, not this particular meeting, but over the years, we talked about how that's probably the biggest challenge that we're facing. So, I don't think anybody's okay with it. I think what we're trying to introduce is a plan that may help us stabilize it. And let's remember the projections are projections. It's not an exact science. We are hoping that with everything that we're doing, we're able to stabilize our enrollment. Now, will we be able to change it? We can't do anything about birth rates. that that's not
109that's not something that that we have control over, but we are hoping that we can stabilize it. So in regards to this, this is something that we can come back and look at the enrollment in every school that we have. Is that right? >> Meaning that are we going to come back in the near future to see how our enrollment for other schools in either to continue or not to continue with the progress we have >> uh enrollment updates. We will continue to provide those updates. Yes. Just so I'm understanding. Do you mean just update yearly enrollment numbers or when you say we're going to update enrollment by school? What what specifically do you let me let me answer the question you're asking? >> Yes. In the in the resolution that the board approved before
110going to the next school to school number two, we're looking at enrollment data and the financial um standing of the district at that time. Those are the two data points um that that we've talked about and that are in the resolution. So to answer your question, yes, we will continue to monitor enrollment and we will bring that back to the board before deciding to go on to the to school number two if if it's necessary. Yeah, just to measure is it's clear for everybody. Measure that the uh public know that parents know the staff you know students um something that we can bring back to the board and then okay we can discuss any for further. question. Since most of our comments were regarding transportation, I mean in in the survey, can you um expand
111on the impacts or how will transportation be handled? >> Yeah. through our conversations with our director Flores, um the current routes would not would accommodate the the transportation that would be needed if requested from parents uh from central to the other school sites or slight adjustments to the routes. We do not anticipate uh increases in staff in order to accommodate the families. Uh our goal is to have a pickup and drop off at the central area still. And for those families who would like to walk to the site, get picked up by um for school and then get dropped off there, we're going to allow um have be able to accommodate them uh so that they still um so they're not as impacted to take their kids to school. Some may uh choose to, you
112know, take them themselves, but we will have a plan for those families uh to be able to identify who who needs transportation and we'll work accordingly to make sure that that that is provided for them. [snorts] >> President Liker, we do have public comments when you're ready. Allison Hoover Rose Salana. Good evening, superintendent, board of trustees, other people. Hello. Um, as always, I wasn't planning to say anything and yet here I stand once again in front of all of you lovely folks. I did come to last week's meeting and took issue with uh uh scenario two to uh A and 2B options. So, I do appreciate that um the team looked into options that did not include closing Sunny Slope without uh going against the resolution that you voted for. So, I'm glad that that
113was fixed. Uh, my personal opinion, I think as of right now, 1C doesn't look like a terrible option to me. But, I will also say that it is totally valid for you as a board to pause this and say we want to table this for another time because we want to stop and look more closely at what's really going on here. Um, I noticed some of the phrasing used here like leaves Mendoza with approximately 60 fewer students. um makes it seem like 60 more kids are going from here to there um leaving Mendoza with fewer students, but with Central going into Mendoza, it's still a net increase for Mendoza of over 100 kids and Sunny Slope is only going up by 45 with the 1C change. So, make sure that you're going through and reading
114all of that really closely. Um and of course, I'm still very opposed to any of the schools being closed. I know central that's kind of passed. Um but before we look at possibly closing any other schools or saying we're going to start the process of declining this school further, we still need to look deeper at the root causes of the declining enrollment. I know there are things like birth rate issues that are going on across the state. Um, but we are also hemorrhaging students to other districts and we're also losing students to private schools and other charters and other options that are not just leaving San Diego as a whole. I think any community member, any parent within the area knows that students are choosing, families are choosing to send their kids to schools like
115Cornado because for whatever reason they believe that's going to be better for their kid. Whether that really ends up being the case or not is kind of beside the point because the fact is we do lose kids every year to other schools. And I feel like we have not addressed that part of this enough. What can we do to make our schools better? I know we're adding in programs. The ELOP is great. The sports are great. Um, but I also think maybe we should be taking time to talk to those families and find out why they are so anxious to get out of here and what seems to them so great about those other options. Um, so please take your time to thoroughly go through all the options that are here um before making any
116decisions. You don't have to rush into something. Thank you. >> [applause] >> Rio got one more question. So [sighs and gasps] how important it is to trying to get some answers? I know central is closing but the end of this school year. So um we're being presented um last four meetings. Now we presented with another one uh more physible. I think this one we can work with. Um but how long would it take? Let's say it'll be vote today and how long would it take to take effect? >> The boundaries would the boundary changes would take effect starting next school year 26 27. >> Was that the question? Did I misunderstood? So in other words, how long would it take to rearrange everything to from let's say we make a decision today to get everything
117started like of course next week. So registration, staff assignments, >> correct? >> Uh I mean that would be the work we start the day after the board makes a decision. Uh I know that there's work to do with the county around the online registration system. other things to do, work with the county there in order to meet the deadline of of when that needs to be ready. I don't I don't have the exact dates. Um, but I I know that's been communicated to me that's of a of of urgency. Uh, I know that staff will need to know pretty soon. Um, first the process of where staff will be attending will where their new school site will be. Um, that will be decided in the in the next few months is my assumption. The other
118thing is Tom's team, student services will will need to start working pretty quickly. Again, this is the next day pretty much. We have to really get going on on again the registration process, transfers. Um looking at, you know, I there's two class two special ed classrooms at Central Elementary. So, there's ideas where of where those classes will be attending. So, the work will start immediately after. when we'll be done with that. That's really the the work to do the rest of this school year in order to prepare for for next school year. Uh but I know there's some urgent timelines around um the registration process for sure. >> Thank you for president. >> And if I can revisit my comment, uh we whether decisions made today or not. Um I think I'll leave it at
119that. Hope there is, but um we can provide those timelines for you in a in a Friday update and not wait until the next board meeting to share those timelines with you. >> Thank you. I do see the sense of urgency considering that we need to figure out where we're going to send the students and and families from central. And personally, I I like the idea of trying to balance out the district, give everyone a fighting chance. when we look at the um what's going on with Westview's campus and what we're doing there like we don't know yet what we don't know as far as how we can utilize that open space even if it's not reached to capacity regarding students in the classrooms maybe there's other ways or I'm sure there are other ways
120that we can find to use that space for those communities and those families so um I think that our goal I have heard you say it as well. Superintendent is not to close schools. This is really like an emergency situation. We do not want to close more schools than necessary. Um so I personally um scenario 1C is and balancing out the district. Um >> I'm sorry. So do we have any more discussion comments? So can I motion Okay. A motion to adopt scenario 1C resolution 25-012 regarding district boundaries and the approval of the final boundary map in notice of exception. >> I second the motion. Call for the vote. Thank you. Motion carried. Four votes. Yes. One vote no. >> Thank you. Are we ready to move forward? >> Point of order. >> Yes. Um,
121in addition, I thought we were going to approve the resolution as presented tonight. Oh, sorry. For It seems to be attached to these new maps that we got today. So, I just did a quick review of it. I don't see anything. >> The action item was to adopt the resolution, the approve the new map, and the notice of exemption. >> Okay. Thank you. And thank you everyone. This is not easy work when it comes to deciding where our students go. But again, hopefully keeping as many schools open as possible is is the goal. So, moving forward, we will go with human resources. Um, we recognize assistant superintendent Melissa Griffith for a report on human resources and organizational [snorts] development. >> Good evening, President LER, Board of Trustee, Superintendent Espinosa. I'm here tonight to provide you
122with a brief overview update of the work that we have been doing over the last month and since the beginning of the year in the human resources and organizational development division. um October onboarding. Uh so trying to make it relevant to uh what we have been working on most recently. Um as you see on uh tonight's board agenda uh in the consent calendar, we have processed six certificated staff members, 11 certificated substitutes, eight classified staff, one classified substitute, three interns, and 14 parent volunteers. Um these numbers are constantly changing throughout the weeks that we are working with different types of u members that are coming on board in South Bay, whether that be a parent volunteer um or ongoing substitute pool. Uh so this is just a brief snapshot of some of our recent work
123in on boarding uh with our current staff subs as well as our parent volunteers. Uh variety of different projects that have been ongoing in our division. Uh we launched Frontline Central in the spring of 2025. Uh that's an automated employee portal. We've talked a lot about trying to simplify and make our processes more efficient. We currently [snorts] operate in three different platforms. So Peopleoft, I visions and frontline. Um our goal is to eventually get to two platforms. Uh which is why we are transitioning to Frontline. front line right now prior to this transition really just operated all of our sub operations. Um and with [snorts] the new launch for HRMS which is a solutions base for human resources departments we will be able to bring one platform down um for our usage meaning that we
124will just be working in peopleoft as well as frontline. Uh we first began the project in spring of 2025 just looking at the frontline central um and that's the employee automated portal. Um so trying to simplify some of our processes related to onboarding um and looking at recruiting and hiring. We had to get a lot of that in our system in order for us to be able to launch that. Uh we recently moved on to phase two which is the recruiting and hiring portion of frontline um HRMS and that's uh went live on November 5th. Um and that's really the candidate application to onboarding again trying to move our system to a more automated system um versus some of the systems that we've been doing in the past. Um our we are hopeful that we
125will be able to launch um HRMS fully by the summer of 2026. um that is our target date for us to go live. Um and really thinking about that as more of an automated physician control. Um so then everything that's with within the systems of human resources would be housed in frontline uh meaning evaluations um all of our onboarding that's connected to recruiting and hiring. Um and instead of folks always having to do things in a more um arcadic way if you will for a lack of a better way to describe that. really trying to push our system um to more automation uh and allowing us to have more efficient procedures and processes um where people don't necessarily have to come in to do onboarding that they would be able to do that um from
126wherever they are with the links um that are provided to them. Uh so we're excited. It's a lot of work. Um it does cross over all departments. Um once we especially get to that summer 2026 live date um we will be looking at work in technology uh within HR as well as our fiscal department. Um so it will impact a lot of different uh divisions but it will be very beneficial to all of us in the long run. Uh, another project that we've been working on, uh, really, uh, is the last part of our study that was conducted in the human resources department, um, that we had an ongoing map of things that we were trying to accomplish and working on a procedures manual and a desk reference, meaning that everyone and anyone within the
127human resources division, um, you'd be able to walk in, pick up any, uh, desk reference. Those are online. Um, but also being able to say, "Hey, this person's out today. what do I do if I'm subbing in this position? So, having a lot of those references available for um folks that are doing some cross trainining as well as any substitutes that may come into um the role. In addition, if someone transitions out of a position um and we're waiting for someone new to transition into that position uh when they arrive, they would have some sort of a reference tool um about their actual position. Procedures manual. Uh that really is about all the different types of procedures that are um within our division. um so that way we can reference them. We have had those
128in a lot of different places, but this allows for us to have one solid manual in order for everyone to be able to reference that. Um so, a lot of heavy lifting on trying to look at our current system and our process to ensure that is efficient and that it's um available for anyone that walks into our division. Um another area that we've been working on is the staff and community experience um which is connected to the LCAP 2 uh staff experience. Uh some of the things that I'm highlighting tonight are where we are in the process of continuing this um this journey on community and staff experience. We revised our employee of the year process. Uh we've also revised our new employee orientation. Um we are getting ready to send out our first survey
129which is the first half of the year. So that'll go out probably in December before we leave to go on break. Um and then when we get to the second half of the year, another survey will go out um for around April or May to get more information and data points from um our community. Professional learning. Uh we've also been looking at different ways to um on board as well as look at professional learning opportunities for current employees. Uh we had a substitute orientation and then we also had substitute professional learning on October 17th. In addition to that, uh we are offering some classified professional learning opportunities um for some of our classified staff. Um and then we are looking at how to um increase more in that area um the latest learning for employees.
130Keenan wellness discovery. Uh we currently work with Kenan as you all know as one of our providers for a lot of different things. Um currently they have been uh working with our school district on you know yoga classes, fitness classes, nutrition classes. Uh but we have been meeting with them to try to take that a little bit uh further and and things that they can offer for our employees. Um so we are in the discovery phase of that right now. Uh we've held u we've had two meetings with Kenan. Um they are currently looking at our needs and then will provide us with some feedback. So we're looking at growing that partnership. um the employee of the year staff um culture committee uh that launched last spring. Uh we've had several meetings at this point.
131Um and one of our first products really is that revised employee of the year process, but more work to come um around climate and culture for the community experience. Um our goal has been to increase our volunteers and also survey our families uh to determine what their experience is like. We've talked a lot about the customer service standards um and how our community feels if and when they're engaging um with the staff as well as our school systems in general. Um so we are doing the exact same thing that we're doing for the staff experience in terms of those surveys. So some of that information is going to go out at the beginning of I'm sorry at the end of December and then we will survey again. This will give us baseline data on the
132work that we've been doing and then allow us to continue to create goals around that data. um committees and advisory groups. Those are ongoing. Um there are several community groups that are currently in place um as we look at different ways to get feedback from our community and their experience. Technology is also um in our division and some of the work that technology has been working on. Um this is the third year of the three-year refresh cycle for student Chromebooks. Uh we're in the second year of the three-year refresh cycle for iPads. Uh we've been looking at ways to streamline our cloud-based authentication system versus on premise in infrastructure. That is an ongoing project that we're working on. Again, thinking of how to do things in a very efficient way um that are also safe
133for our system. Uh communication systems evaluation. Uh so that's really looking at all of the different ways that we communicate. We've received a lot of feedback on how we communicate and what we communicate and ways to improve. Um, so we are currently looking at um all of the different types uh when you think about we have a a website, we have um different things that we're using at school sites, dojo, all kinds of different types of communication platforms, but this really is an opportunity to look at the entire system of communication and evaluate that work and then determine what our next steps are. Uh cyber security, the red herring campaigns. Um so that's an opportunity for professional learning for our staff um to ensure that we are practicing cyber smarts when we are engaging with
134um our internet device or anything that we're doing um online. And if someone by chance, you know, clicks on something that they shouldn't have clicked on, um then they'll have a professional learning opportunity that will educate them on what they did and how to prevent that in the future. uh negotiations also falls under our division. Uh so SWAT reopener we are in mediation. We've had three sessions completed. Uh we have a fourth session that's scheduled that's upcoming. Our successor agreement we are also negotiating that at the same time. Um we've completed three sessions and we have a fourth session to be determined. We have completed um negotiations with CSEA and we are now getting ready um to work on upcoming sessions for the impacts and effects for CSEA and SWAT um based on school closures.
135Um so that is coming forward soon and happy to take any questions. >> Thank thank you Melissa for your presentation. Um, when talking about technology, when it's a third year or three years refresh cycles, I'm Does that mean is that they're getting a brand new Chromebooks or iPads? Is that what it is? >> Yeah, we're in the middle of the refresh for uh the Chromebooks and also for the iPad. So, by the time we finish the refresh, we will have completed the device that needs to be upgraded. >> So, it's the same device. It's just an update, an upgrade. It's an up. Yeah, it's an update upgraded device. >> Awesome. >> Thank you so much for your presentation. Not for that part. Next we have the um tenative agreement with SWAD. We recognize assistant superintendent
136Melissa for presentation on the tenative agreement. Thank you. Um we are here tonight asking for um the approval and ratification of the tenative agreement with SWAT regarding health and welfare benefits. Um a little bit of a background uh as a negotiating team, we have been ongoing um in negotiations prior to mediation. We did reach a tenative agreement on article 7 which is health and welfare benefits um back in March of uh 2025. And tonight we are looking for approval of that agreement. Um the increase for district contribution uh was 15,300 per unit member and with this approval it will increase um effective January 125 to 16,300 as the district contribution per unit member. >> Madam President, I move to ratify. >> Pardon me. Pardon me. We have a public comment on this item. Vanessa Barrera.
137Good evening once again. Tonight you are scheduled to approve the tentative agreement for article 7 health and welfare benefits which formalizes the district's contribution towards health and health health insurance cost. We are relieved and thankful that the district is finally moving to ratify this agreement. However, I must express my serious concern that this ratification is only happening now considering the tentative agreement was reached back in March, eight months ago. This extensive delay along with the rushed nature of the final process and the limited answers provided to our critical questions is unacceptable. Due to the district's delay, we have members who may be facing unforeseen and possibly negative impacts. While we acknowledge the increase in the district's contribution, it is important to state that SBUSD still lags significantly behind neighboring districts. For example, National City's district
138contribution stands at 20,500 per eligible member. Our members will begin absorbing these increased premium costs next month, which will continue to have a detrimental impact on their take-home pay. We urge the board to ensure that future agreements impacting our staff's essential compensation and financial well-being are ratified in a timely and transparent manner. This prolonged waiting period has caused unnecessary stress and financial uncertainty on our members for the future. Let's not lag. Thank you. READY? [applause] All right. Moving on to uh the question of the night. Approve or ratify the tenative agreement with SWAT regarding health and welfare benefits. I move that item forward. >> I'll second it. >> Do we have any comments or anything? Not this time. Okay. Thank you. Are you ready for the vote, Madam President? Motion carried 5-0. >> Thank you.
139>> Next we have for the consent calendar. All matters listed on the consent calendar will be enacted in one motion in the form listed below. Prior to approval of the meeting agenda, there was an opportunity to request placing consent calendar items in the discussion action section of the board meeting. There will be no discussion on these items prior to the board vote. >> I move to approve all items on the consent calendar as listed, including the superintendent's recommendations for denial or approval of absence. >> Second. >> Call for the vote. Motion carried 5-0. At this time, each trust future agenda items. At this time, each trustee may suggest one topic for a future board meeting. And we have future agenda items followup. We recognize Superintendent Jose Spinosa and provide direction on the next step on
140a future agenda item from previous board meetings. >> Thank you, President Wer. Um, at a previous board meeting, Trusty Kinones requested a presentation on school libraries. Um, and so now it is on the agenda and I will turn it over to Trusty Kenyon to lead that discussion. >> Thank you, Madam President, Superintendent. Um, tonight I'm here to request a presentation about our library. Our library has changed over the last 20 years due to technology and the innovation of uh the district. Um, the workload has changed to more technology etc etc etc. And I think it's time for this for the district to show us exactly what our libraries do and support our teachers as well as our students and families. So, I would hope that you would uh support me in that request for the
141new year. >> You all right? Thank you very much. and President Leer and I will get together and discuss um when we can schedule that. >> I have a anybody have future agenda I mean new ones or did I already miss that opportunity? Sorry. I just um had a thought about something that I would like to know more about regarding media literacy and what we are doing to support our our young learners considering there's a lot of misinformation um right now everywhere it's just rampant and um how do we teach our our students and our families to recognize when things are not fully truthful or that context of situations matter. Um, I would like to know what we're doing for our our kiddos. Thank you. Um, communications from the board of trustees. Thank you, Madam
142President. Um, just to share again that the district uh it's a new year. the district uh holds committees for parents and uh we look forward I look forward to those meetings and I think I've gone to one but it's uh really kicking up gear and I look forward to seeing more parents there and as I said last month uh when uh Emory was here uh to uh parents to put their hand up and say they're uh eagles or Nicolola eagles uh oras turtles I want to know uh parents in the room. I think that the uh schools are supposed to um designate uh two fam two parents. So, I really like to see that going forward. And to our mom here, thank you mom from Emory. Uh please u talk to your principal about joining
143us at a parent advisory committee at the district office. I would love to see you there. Um let's see what else. Oh. Um, thank you HR for doing all this work. Uh, I just want to highlight real quick a person that I know and love professionally. He is retiring. He's the head custodian at IB Charter and I've known him for probably 40 years. His name is Ael. He's such a kind man. I saw him when we when I went to coffee with the principal. He was in the office and I said, "What are you still doing here?" I love my job. He's truly the best, well, one of the best head custodians that I have come across in my years of service here with the district. He helped me when I was a program secretary
144moving schools every 15 days. He is phenomenal. So, I wish him well wherever he is. Please tell him. I said, "Greetings and don't forget about us. I won't forget about him. Um lastly, um I'm really seeing a lot of social media about our school sites being uh plumbed, uh uh mowed, uh toilets, uh you name it, it's being fixed. So, I just want to recognize the maintenance crews and our custodians who are making our schools look beautiful. I have been out and about and they are spotless. So kudos to our maintenance and our landscape teams. Uh last lastly uh today this month is a a month of being thankful. I am thankful for you Jose Kelly Manny and Janet. We make an awesome team and uh uh November is thankful month and I am thankful
145to be sitting here with you and making good decisions for our families and our communities and our students and our staff. Thank you and happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving to all. Um I also want to share my appreciation for the board. I know that we have to make a lot of difficult decisions. It's not an easy no matter what anybody thinks. Um, so I look forward to continuing to do this work and continue to make these difficult decisions together. Um, and I really appreciate the public for their comments and their staff and everybody for their input because that allows us to make better decisions overall. Um, I also want to express my gratitude for the staff and everybody who's out there supporting the families this morning that were involved in the fire down the street. I
146hope that we can also provide some resources for them regarding their tenant rights. We've seen cases in the past where people um there's a fire and all of a sudden everybody gets evicted. Um so if anybody needs some help, I think I might know some people that can support with that information. Um and yeah, I'll see you all next time. So I'm sitting here and I'm listening to my colleagues, you know, board members. I'm actually I'm proud to say, you know, I belong to a great team. Um can be happening if I have the great staff. You guys are the bone of this team. You guys are u the very important um part of the organization parents um like to have the parents come in. I'd like to also thanks the principles are here. Um
147thank you so much Salazar for being here for your presentation. Uh and to all the principles you know they're here that work hard. So that being said, happy Thanksgiving. Um, thank you everyone. Um, I do really appreciate our board and I appreciate all the different roles that we play and the experiences that we have and so that we're coming at things from different perspectives and still are able to find common grounds. I'm very thankful. I'm also very thankful to our custodian, Mr. Spike, who found my credit card that I dropped by my car today as I was going from, you know, [laughter] one place to another and trying to get to the close session at 4:30 and making sure I had my keys. And um we have a good team of people who are always
148looking out for each other and we need to believe that about each other in every aspect. we all are on the same team looking out for each other and and our students and families. So, let's always keep that in mind. Thank you again, Mr. Spike, for giving that to um Miss Denise. Thank you. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.