001All right, it is 6 o'clock. We'll get this meeting started. Um, we have roll call. Wow. Please find a seat so we can get started. Thank you for coming. Wer here. Lopez Aino here. Esparza here. Medina here. Kenyon here. Thank you. Please come in and find a seat so that we can get started. We will be standing for the pledge in just a moment. I see people are still coming in. Please continue to come in. Have a seat. We will now stand for the pledge of allegiance. Ready? Begin. I pledge alce to the flag of the United States of America and to theublic for it. Trusty Esparza, do we have any action taken in close session? Yes, we [Music] do. Pursuant to government code section 54957 subsection B 1 in education code section 44951. In
002close session, the board of trustees voted to release an employee from their current administrator position and to assign them to a psychologist position effective July 1st, 2025 for the 2025 2026 school year. was motioned by trustee Sher Kones, second by me with each trustee voting as follows. Four yes, one absent, no nays, no absent. Thank you. Um, next we have changes in the agenda. Approval of meeting 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. Any changes? Madam President, I'd be happy to move and approve the
003May 28th, 2025 special board meeting agenda as presented. There was no changes to the order of the business. Second. Call for the vote. Kenyon, yes. Lopez, Aino, yes. Liker, yes. Medina, yes. Esparza, yes. Motion passes 5-0. Resolution 24-032. We recognize Superintendent Jose Espinosa and Assistant Superintendent Riolara for a presentation. My apologies. Um, next we have public comments on non-aggenda items. Do we have any public comments on non-aggenda items? We have one. Monica Weso Melgar. Good evening, board president Ler, board members, superintendent Spinosa, administration, colleagues, and South Bay Union School District community. Hello, I am Monica Wesgar, a veteran special education specialist at Emory. I know tonight is a very difficult night for all of us. It is evident that we do not want any of our schools to close down. We definitely w want our
004community to thrive and not face these uncertainties of having to close not one but three schools in the future. I hope these recommendations the recommendations and decisions that need to be made are made with factual information on not made on self-interest. The reason I am here is to speak about an observed wish board member Kinyon shared on the last board meeting on what she would like to see happen with specialized programs in our district. I am here with great disappointment. You publicly expressed the idea of having a specialized school for a special education population, segregating them to a school so they can receive their services. Thank you, President Lyer, for your immediate feedback on this wish board member Kinyona shared. Thank you for acknowledging the importance of inclusion for these students. Yes, our students can
005struggle academically, but we see these students flourish socially when they are surrounded with their general education peers. Board member Kinyones keeps um stating that we are failing these students and I want you to to say that no that as a teacher I'm not failing them. You are the district that are failing these students with these failing settings. Instead of opening more classroom with smaller caps, you are packing these classes and expecting them to get their individual needs met. You don't know how hard it is that you have 17 students with 1.58 support. As a veteran teacher, I have mastered my craft to provide them what they need and make academic gains. But for new teachers, it's impossible for them to provide rigorous instruction when they must figure out the classroom management of 17 to 18
006students. Again, we are not failing them. You are. You are because you're the ones with the power to make these changes, not us. You make the difference by prior You can make the difference by prior prioritizing what are the best settings for these students so they can be successful. Let's make those changes. Thank you. Thank you. Next, we have 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 on the discussion action section of the board meeting. There will be no discussion on these items prior to the board vote. Do I have a motion to approve? So move. Second. Call for the vote. Kenyoness. Yes. Esparza. Yes.
007Liker. Yes. Lopez Aino. Yes. Medina. Yes. Motion passes 5-0. So now we have the resolution 24-032 recognize superintendent Jose Espinosa and assistant superintendent Rio Lara for a presentation. All right. Good afternoon, President Lier, the board, and the rest of the South Bay Union community. We are here today as as a finishing moment of the work that our staff and our community has been involved in for roughly the last two years. And the choice that has to be made of course like many have said is a very difficult one. Our district community is faced with choosing whether to make the decisions that have not been made in the past that have brought us to where we are at today or to continue to ignore our huge challenge. of declining enrollment and maintaining our schools. Our district
008has a lot of work to do. When we started this this journey because it has taken quite some time. I asked the first committee to look at this as an opportunity. It is very easy to get caught up in what we're missing what we've what we what we're missing now. Right? We had 10,000 students and about 5,000 5,000 students are gone roughly. It's very easy to get caught up in grieving the students that are gone. The other choice is to focus on the 5,000 plus students that we currently have and to ask the question, what do we need to do as a school district to meet their needs and serve this community? That's a very different mindset from grieving the loss to looking at how we move forward. Now, my hope at that time was
009that as we engaged with the community, as we shared information that we could come together as a as as one district and talk about our challenges and how to meet those challenges. That was my best hope. My fear was that we would, because this happens in in education a lot, that we would hunker down into our little communities within the district, within the bigger community and fight for those very limited resources that we have. That was my fear because what ends up happening is that we only focus on what we don't want to lose. We don't focus on the possibilities of redefining our district for success. Today, our board is going to make a very tough decision. And I have to really encourage them to think about all the public comments that they've listened to
010over the last two years, the town hall meetings that we've had where we've had a lot of input. Take all that into consideration and understand what your yes vote means and what your no vote means. your yes vote is going to be absolutely difficult and it should be. There isn't one community across the state or across the nation because this is happening across the nation. There isn't one community that wants to close schools. Not one. Not a single one. But a no vote, a no vote also has consequences. A no vote means that now we have to choose where else to cut from. We have a presentation that we're listening to. Please One of the things, one of the things that I'm going to ask is this is a board meeting and I've said this
011before. This is a board meeting. the board has to listen to what they're being presented and we can understand that and follow along with the board meeting or we can interrupt the board meeting in which the board can then clear the room which we don't want to do. So I'm going to ask our community to please not shout out. Please listen to the presentation. You have an opportunity to give public comment when that is appropriate, but please do not shout out because we want everybody to stay in the room and be able to listen to the presentation. So again, board today, you will have to make a yes vote or a no vote. And I hope that in the last two years you've been given enough information and you understand what a yes vote means
012and what a no vote means. At this time I will ask Regal Lara to present the superintendent's recommendation. Good evening board of trustees and community. Um before I present the plan, uh two weeks ago when we presented our our previous plan, there were a few board questions that were asked and we had stated that we were going to come back and and answer a couple of those questions or clarify some of the questions that were asked at that time. And what we want to share is that the specifics around what planning looks like in in preparation for possible closures, it's it's hard to do and and and give those specifics until a decision is made. So when we're looking at the sequence of events, a board decision has to be made first in order for
013us to then plan accordingly. Now during that planning phase, we are re-evaluating any new information that comes our way. um specifically, you know, facility needs, building space, uh enrollment. We have projections right now, but obviously then we'll have updated enrollment in the next few years. Uh and we're also re-evaluating our budget and the data that comes with that. And if we need to adjust and you know tweak if needed, we will do that. So the planning year, what what does that look like? Um first of all, you and these aren't in any specific order. Um but I'll I'll start with transportation. Transportation routes and services will be evaluated and adjusted as needed and that will come after we revisit and look at uh school attendance boundaries. Obviously those will need to be uh modified. um
014staffing decisions will be made based on enrollment and program needs and the California Environmental Quality Act that it requires us to evaluate the environmental impact of a school closure. So during that year we will be meeting the requirements of of SQA. Now, Assembly Bill 1912 builds upon SQA by adding specific requirements related to several things such as equity analysis um and public engagement. And what I mean by equity analysis is ensuring that a specific student group is not disproportionately impacted more than others. Uh to give an example, um we'll look at socially economically disadvantaged students as a district. South Bay's average and um we're looking at the latest dashboard data um is at 66.6% roughly um percentage as a as a district average and South Bay schools only. We know that Nester and IB Charter
015School, they're their own LEA, so they have different um data. When we're looking at the schools that are being proposed, they fall within range of that average. For example, Central is at 65.7%. Barry's at 73% and Sunny Slopes at 67.9%. So, that's just one example there. We'll also be looking at English learners, foster students, uh students of color, and students with disabilities. And our initial analysis is that all all student groups fall within that range of the of the school district's average. The other question that we must answer during the pending year is what do we do with property that's not occupied with students and staff. So what do we do with a closed school? We have had discussions around possibly workforce housing, but that's just one thing that we'll be looking at. Nothing's off
016the table. We will be looking at all options that are available to us if there was to be a school that is vacant. So again, a decision needs to be made first. Then as a staff, we'll be working on this uh throughout the planning year. We would be providing updates to the board throughout the year around the specifics of of the planning. Another question that was asked is specific numbers around the input that was received uh during the five town hall meetings. Uh what you see there is a chart of the previous two meetings uh town hall meetings that have led up to to this new plan. And it's broken up by parent staff. Uh some um people put parent and they're both a parent and a staff member. Uh student community member and many
017did not state as you can see there. Uh so a total of 240 uh input cards which I believe are still around this um auditorium right now. They're still posted up um were received. I also included there the total uh since um the last two years. It's about 537 comments or uh input cards that we received. Um and the public comments, the 49 there were from our previous meeting a couple weeks ago. So again, broken down by students, staff, and the the count that we received. So wanted to provide that that question was asked uh over 500 and well not over 537 total inputs used. We read them all and we did use that information to help finalize a plan that's coming forward to you. So now the final recommendations based off again all the
018input sessions public comments input from the board as well um has come down to this plan factors that we considered recommendations from the sack not every single recommendation but there are several recommendations from the sack that were part of this final plan I mentioned community input uh board of trustees input uh we looked at location too we did not want to impact one side of one area of the district more than another. Uh so looking at the west, the east and the central part of the district and the size of the schools. Uh cost of the facil facility upgrades was also a factor. Uh we looked at enrollment. Um and when we say enrollment is, you know, schools that have lost the most kids over the last few years. Um but also schools that have
019lost the most kids also have more space to receive kids. Uh so we looked at that and you know this final bullet point um it was brought up last meeting and we took that into consideration as far as funding. Uh specifically Barry uh elementary school received a community schools grant was awarded that grant. I believe that's over a million dollars. Uh so we took that into consideration um when we developed the plan. We've talked about this um over the last couple years is that we did not want to do everything at once. We Yes. Louder. Sorry about that. Is that better? Yes. Okay. Um we talked about a a plan over you know three, five, six, seven, eight years that I gave us flexibility and enough time to implement everything well. And it starts with
020phase one next school year which is just a few months away. Uh 2526 would be a planning year for both Central and Nester. And the planning year would be for Central's closure the following year. And for Nester it would be developing uh two plans, a facility and repair and maintenance plan and also an enrollment plan. And I'll touch a little bit more on that in a little bit. There wouldn't be a closure next year. Uh phase two 2627 would be the implementation of Nestra's facility and enrollment plan. Again that plan would be developed with the site or primarily by the site. Um and also u the closure of central would happen in 2627. Phase three is over a three-year period. So a planning year for Sunny Slopes closure during 2728 and the closure happening in
0212829. So you see that we've given us more time um between the closures that we had presented earlier. And what is different here uh is that Barry now has been moved over over to five years later uh in phase four which is a from 2029 to 2031. The planning year would be during the 2930 school year 202930 school year and the closure in 3031. as I've stated before that things can change. So, we will be evaluating, re-evaluating new information and we will make adjustments if needed. So, a plan that starts in 2025 that could potentially go through 2031. Plenty of time there to again things change and make changes as needed. Reflection, you know, how we implement the first closure. We will reflect and look at how that um how we did that to make
022improvements for future um changes. the other uh superintendent's recommendations and again a a compilation of the the sack meetings and town hall meetings. Pardon me. Sorry for the interruption. It's hard for us to hear um with So would you like um him to speak up? Would you please? Okay, I can speak louder. Okay. Sorry, just really quick. Uh, super assistant superintendent La if you could uh speak more uh closely to the mic and a little bit louder, but also we respectfully request that you all uh limit the side conversations. Um, if we could just have one mic, we'd really appreciate it. Thank you. So the plan is a plan that involved improving academic achievement, looking at new programs at our sites and also working together to address the needs at Nester. So the recommendation around
023ACA academic achieve achievement is to continue to focus on standardsbased instruction uh professional development around literacy. We do want to begin looking at specialized programs for sites, but the idea right now is to hold on that for several years as we continue to focus on on the standardsbased instruction instructional piece. The specialized programs, we will work with sites to create a process for them to um work with us on identifying the programs that they would like to implement at their sites starting in the 2829 school year. Nestra has unique needs. It's a, you know, the highest enrollment at uh school in our district. It's also on the smallest, one of the smallest lands uh plots of land. Um so there's several things we need to look at with Nesser. We do plan to utilize bonds,
024dollars, and site funds to improve their facilities, but we first have to develop a plan, a a campus classroom maintenance replacement and improvement plan. That plan will identify specific personnel responsible for implementation and oversight of their of their buildings over time. You know, having clear accountability, district responsibilities and and netor staff responsibilities. As I mentioned, you know, over a thousand kids at the site on 10 acres of land. uh as to give you kind of an um an example or um of another of another site. Uh Mendoza is built for over a thousand kids and they're in about approximately um 20 acres of land. So we're looking at two different um sites with could potentially have the same number of kids but one on a much smaller plot of land. So we need to really
025look at that just to ensure that we're aligned in alignment with state recommendations and ensure that uh the enrollment uh is in alignment with the um the building space there. So those are the recommendations very similar to what we presented a couple weeks ago. Um, but we did make some changes again based off uh the input that was received. And be before we open it up for board questions, I want to just highlight a couple of things within the phases. So phase one, if the board votes yes tonight, phase one, we would automatically start working on phase one. But before we get to phase two, no, I'm sorry, before we get to phase three, because phase two would be the closure of central. Phase one leads into phase two. But before we go to phase
026three, there is going to be time to reassess to ensure that indeed we need to go to phase three, that we do indeed need to we're going to evaluate the projections again. Um we are very clear that this planning this is this is a plan and we are very clear that projections are just that. It's they're not exact. It's a projection. Now when we look when we look back our projections have been pretty good. They've been pretty close. So we feel like we have good projections, but before moving on to each phase of this plan, there is going to be a re-evaluation. And the question that's going to be answered is it still necessary to move to the next phase. We don't know. We don't know if we, you know, we we can't we can't
027read the future. We don't know something could happen. we could have an influx of students um and a phase may be delayed or may be cut out altogether. So I I do want to make sure that that that is well understood by the board that a yes vote tonight means central will be closing in 2627. But before we move to the next phase, we are going to do a re-evaluation of the data to ensure that we in fact need to move to that next phase. And before we move to phase four, we would do the same. So that is um that is the plan uh the flexibility that is in included in the plan. Down at the bottom of the slide, it says re-evaluate. We are going to continue with them. So, the presentation is
028over. So, now it's time for questions before your before public comments and your vote. Do we have any comments from the or questions from the board? I have a question uh regarding like what everybody's yelling about. If you guys can stop please. Um the question I have is based on what the superintendent just mentioned. Um I see here like in the current considerations that it does explicitly say that we will revisit the plan to see if this is necessary. But my question is does that need to be reflected in the resolution itself? Um because because the reason um thank you all for for the answer but I do need to hear from the superintendent assistant superintendent and superintendent Espinosa um where the bullet points it says close central close sunny slope closed berry could we
029add in between each one of those uh to re-evaluate um and then the question also when we do re-evaluate is that another board uh meeting a board vote to either continue with it or continue with it. Yes. Um, so currently and I can I can give you the the the way to do that. Um, so when the motion is made, you simply make your motion and amend the resolution saying that you would like a re-evaluation uh the re-evaluation work to be included in the resolution and that's how you would approve that. then we would go back and include that in in the in the resolution. Um, so that's a that's a very simple thing to do. Okay. Thank you. Thank you uh Laura for your presentation. So this is a really difficult decision for everybody's
030here. Uh very emotional. Uh it is a hard decision that we need to make uh but it's understandable. So we understand the superintendent uh advisory committee definitely central needs a lot of repairs and not a lot of things need needs to be done but I feel that central do it one time and then re-evaluate and rewrite the way it is written I don't think it's supporting the fact that we can continue forward with this So, is there a way we can just like uh Lopez Aino said um write it in a way that we can pause and reevaluate instead of having all three schools closing at the same time trusty as far as I'm just trying to understand your your thinking here. The plan isn't for all three schools to close at one time. The
031plan is for the three schools to close in a six-year period. Central would be closing in 2627. And then there's 2728 and that's a planning year. And then Sunny Slope would close in 2829. And then there's 2930. We're planning it for Barry. And then Barry would close in 3031. So the three schools are not closing at once. They're closing about every two years. Okay. So I see a proposal and I see what what's going. So I see it on phase three and phase four. But why do we have to go phase three and phase four? Why can't we just do phase one and wait and see how the enrollment process takes place and we move forward. That is not we we can do that if the if the board chooses that and then we will
032be back asking you trustee as far as what would you like to cut instead. Stepping. Okay. So, um I have another question just for clarification. The last paragraph mentions that the board of trust, it says that the superintendent will bring an update forward to update the trustees no later than September 1st, 2025 um on the school closures. Can you explain what that means? So at that point, um it just gives us a timeline to uh to bring progress forward to the board. So in September, we'll be voting on this again based on your updates. No, no, no. It's it's not a vote. You're going to vote on a plan. Now, that plan could be amended depending on what we find as we are implementing the plan. So, let's say, for example, I'm going to give
033you an example. You're going to vote on an entire plan today. And let's say we get to phase, you know, we get to we finish closing central. We start to work on phase three. then we're going to come back to the board and say, "We've had a huge change in enrollment. Um, we don't feel that it needs to to change anymore." We will report out to the board and then the board at that point could say, "Okay, given that that there's been a change, given that, you know, we planted a couple of money trees in our backyard and they're flourishing, um, then we don't have to we don't have to continue with this plan. we can amend the plan. We can adjust the plan. We can move the plan back or we can eliminate that
034that phase. So at that point is when the board gets to see new information and then decide on whether the plan that you're voting on tonight needs to be amended, needs to be extended, what whatever whatever and and it depends on the data that we see. Thank you. So from from what I stand understand these projections are based on the continuous decline and our district has suffered more of a decline than others. I think based on geography, air pollution, water pollution, expenses of living here and stuff. Um, we have many factors that are hurting our declinement more than others. And it just so happened that I was um talking to the auditor today as the board president asking about um what's happening here to our small district and what's happening in other districts. and she
035um confirmed that not all districts like there's some areas where there's move room to grow that things are changing but where there's no new families moving in where people are all settled there's no new development they're facing the same crisis um and I appreciate having multiple perspectives outside of our own community to hear what's going on because it's easy for us to look at just our little fishbowl, but there's so much more. And we do also have the opportunity to slow the declinement that we're facing in my opinion if we like I know that it says here to um we look at the creation of new specialized pro programs in 2028 and 29 but that doesn't mean that we don't work on building stronger programs that we have now at Mendoza Sunny Slope Nicolof like
036Barry with the community schools program like those are the opportunities I see for us to slow the declinement that we are suffering from at a greater rate than other areas. Yeah, it's not a it's not a stop our current implementation of programs. Uh so when we read that it's any additional new programs, let's continue to solidify what we have in place. Uh academic achievement, the the focus on that, but also our current implementation of programs at at sites. Um thank you. And um this is all very emotional and and I I um I see that I like that uh having the amendment the written amendment of re-evaluating um what needs to be done and I feel that if there wasn't trust Esparza if there wasn't this plan and we only look at just one part
037then in two three years there's more um there's more people coming in outside consultants like which we know are costly there's more it's like starting from square one um so I understand and and I I get it I get it but I I also understand that this is flexible and there is opportunity to slow this so that it doesn't have to happen like this. That's always been the plan. Yes. Thank you. If there's no further um comments or questions from the board of trustees, then it's time for public comments. How many do we have? We have 18 for 54 minutes. Okay. We have a a time of a limit of 20 minutes for public comment. So we can change [Music] um we can give each person one minute one minute. Okay. So, we will give
038everyone one minute to speak. So just to clarify there'll be um everyone so that everyone has time to speak there will be a one minute limit and um that so week. Okay. So, um I know we have a a policy that says um 20 minutes total. Um so, okay. So, we have a a board policy that says that it's 20 minutes during public comments. Um, I would like for us to revisit that policy next time that that we can. Um, for for today for for today I would could we call a recess or something like Okay. Okay. Sorry. I I I apologize to uh the We're going to call for a recess. I understand that everyone wants to speak and as trustee Lopez Aino stated, the board has a policy and we're sticking to the
039policy of a limit of 20 minutes so that everyone has a chance to speak. You have one minute. Thank you. Amy, please call for Rebecca Robinson. I press Jessica. Okay. These school closures uh were chosen based on location and size. The superintendent said that himself last night, which begs the question, why have all the advisory meetings and town halls if at the end of the day it's just a math problem. This plan fractures our community. Make no doubt it creates a west side and an east side. Okay? It does not address what was broken, right? They're proposing to close a school that's in the place where most of our kids actually live, but they have failed to dedicate resources to that site and now it faces closure. You just up the timeline and my kid
040was going to graduate at sixth grade and now she's not going to be able to according to this plan if it goes through. You're throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Sunny Slope is performing well in ELA, in math, in among English learners. But the dashboard wasn't even considered in this. There's so much more that we need to consider. We could we suggested a merger model, rehoming schools that was rejected. It's clear that adding seventh and eth is what parents want. We see it in our charters. Why haven't we worked on a partnership with our fe our schools to make a K to8 program with this middle schools that already exists and provide some kind of continuation? We know what people want. The data is there. We have just failed. This administration has failed to
041make sure that we promote our schools and everything in this plan all it says is you know what maybe something will happen. No, we need to make them make it happen. We are the change agents. Make it happen. Candy Bernal Candy Bernal. All right, this is on. All right. I'm a health clerk, talent show coordinator, and a community member here, Real Beach. Um, I'm speaking as community member who's concerned about the board's integrity and incorporating community input, specifically in regards to the current resolution as it stands, giving leeway to the superintendent's alternative concept to be implemented. This al alternative concept is also known as the grade span configuration change. This concept tip that splits remaining school sites into servicing a narrow range of grade levels. From my job experience and insight gained from an ounce
042of empathy towards local families within this within this school district imposes a logistical and potentially insurmountable challenge for families to safely and sustainably get their kids to school and back home. I know it was floated around last meeting that transportation can may be configured. the large-scale nature of this problem personally does not allow me to trust the process and rest assured that things will just work out. I think it's imperative to for the board to recognize and to be cognizant that this great span configuration change was rejected by both the SACE and town hall. The official public forum that this board seems to honor and it was shown vocalized that this board was disappointed in the community's failure to show and make their voice heard in the last meeting. But at the very least, they
043made their voice heard here officially through SACE and and the town halls. And I hope you incorporate that and amend the resolution to being consensus with your community. Susan Connors Good evening everyone. In order to make my one minute time limit just hi everybody. Um I spent the day looking over the agenda, the superintendent's recommendations and the minutes from the SACE. I was kind of surprised that after two years of meetings, discussions, and voting that the committee's recommendation is not what's being presented. Why have a committee of their recommendations are ignored? I always advocate for parents to become educated on the school processes. Come and talk to the board when they're unhappy. Come and talk to the board when they're happy. Um I parent involvement is essential in our district. We need more of it.
044So if they don't feel that they're being heard, listen to at committees, they're not going to join committees. So that was very concerning to me. So I'm just very concerned that it wasn't what was presented. Thank you, Anna Barnes, Mr. Tresposa, members of the board, everybody in our community. I first off, I had anxiety, so let's breathe. Um, I'm not only speaking here on behalf of the students at Sunny Slope Elementary, but also Barry, also Nester. Um, I only have one child, but I'm schoolside council chairperson for Sunny Slope, and I was the former PTA president for Sunny Slope. So, I was able to speak with many of our parents who are here today and many who couldn't make it because they have jobs and other responsibilities. Many students like my, you know, like my
045child, like, you know, you guys are planning on closing it in sixth grade. It may not affect them directly, but it also affects other kids who other parents who have to drop off kids in middle school or high school or something. And I believe that having access to education nearby is very important like they've already created B they already created relationships not only with the teachers, the staff members, but each other. So I please ask like all of you to please consider and I call upon your community and every member here to please you matter sir. Please don't close our school. It It's just not fair to anybody and I'm sure you guys can find some other way to find money elsewhere. Please a leisure. tried to shorten this. It's going to go over. I'm
046gonna go really fast. Okay, ready? The art of misdirection. When we think of misdirection, we think of something as looking off to the side, like a distraction. when actually it's the thing that's right in front of your face, like a magic trick or a pickpocket. When you pick someone's pocket, you throw off their brain to distract them and that's how you're able to reach inside somebody's pocket. It seems that's what happened with the superintendent's advisory committee. Groups of people were put together in this very room and asked to come up with ideas to how to improve the school district and bring back enrollment. Well, then while the groups were giving profound deliberation to their ideas, someone came along and said, "Oh, by the way, if you had to close three schools, which ones would you
047pick?" and they were misdirected to pick three. The rest of the sessions and talk of how to prove things seem to have become an optical illusion designed to distract the team from the fact that they just want to close schools because it's the easiest thing to do. I don't know about you, but I like a challenge. It might be harder to keep schools open, but it's not impossible. The SAC committee had some really outstanding ideas, but we didn't follow through with pursuing any of them except school closures. Why? It is functionally possible all this talk around our community for the past few years scared off more parents from enrolling their kids into this district because as a parent why would I want to enroll my child in a district that doesn't even have faith in
048itself? I wouldn't because that wouldn't mean the schools are going to close and Sandra Alvarez I ask you to take a cautious, responsible approach. Once close one school and allow time to evaluate for the real effects of students, families and the broader community. This thoughtful approach would give you a chance to assess whether closing additional school truly su serves the best interests of students and families in our district. By approving this resolution tonight, you hand over sweeping authority to the superintendent to carry out his own plan and that did not originate from the sack committee. Let's be clear, parents never voted to close Barry. They never closed voted to close Sunny Slope. The community's voice was not heard. it was ignored. The only voice represented in this resolution is the superintendent. Yesterday at a parent
049meeting, advisory council meeting, the superintendent stated again as he's done in the past, that the SAC committee only played an advisory role, but that ultimately he would make the decision. How presumptuous. Because we thought that you, the board, would be making this decision. The community is asking you to do your due diligence. Vote no on the resolution as it is. Amend this resolution to to reflect one school closure at a time. You can always come back and recommend another school in the future if needed. Patrina Reynolds. Patrina Reynolds. Okay. So, I had to cut my three minutes testimony down to one minute. So, I'll just open up by saying, "Shame on you for cutting our talking time on our last day to try." Um, I just wanted to highlight the fact that we're sitting with
050a district administration that is misleading and manipulating us for the personal and professional gain. Strategically throwing out words like transparency and equity to get your approval yet fundamentally contradicting the meaning of those words in the same motion. From the employees perspective, I just want you to know the saddest thing that I'm noticing about all of this is the people coming up here that work here that are saying, "Please don't close my school, close their school." Because from our teamwork or our team like our family-like community that we have here now we're divided up and we're pitted against each other. Um it sounded a whole lot more poetic when I wrote it out al together. Um everyone who has come here to speak to you about these issues in the last two years is probably a
051feeling a lot like I do. Completely deflated. Uh we put our efforts into being heard. We wanted to get an extend or a helping hand extended and for what? forget our raises and our uh to be cut or rejected for the school that we go to or a third of our whole district to be uh eliminated uh to be laid off because somehow it's our fault that they can't manage federal money. We all know that if you guys close three schools that layoffs follow right after that the board, I ask you this. Hold this administration accountable to the standard of your people because we're your people. We you we uh we ask you to step in because now's the time. Call him out for all those digs he's always making at you when he gets
052offended. Call him out for the way he's gaslighting the community and misleading the people trying to get informed. I hope Rose Selena I will try to make it quick. I'm sure you're tired of hearing from me anyway. Um, the fact that we're looking at postponing and the language in the resolution does say postponing any look at magnet schools. So, the language as it's written would postpone looking at special programs in magnet schools unless we change what they're going to be putting in there. Um, that should be what we're doing first. Looking at how to bring more people in rather than closing any schools, let alone making a sweeping decision to close three schools in one fell swoop before putting any other possible solutions in place first. It makes people question why we're doing this, which
053I know is something that I've brought up before. Um, it's not what's in the best interest for the students. It's not what's in the best interest for the staff. It's not what's in the best interest for anybody that is part of this community. And as a parent and teacher in this district, I urge you to vote no unless you agree 100% with everything that is written in the resolution as it is. It needs to be modified or voted no. Thank you. Elsie Caro Good afternoon. I am here speaking for my children and the children of our community. We are growing as a community, so we should be building schools, not shutting them down. I am a Barry graduate and when I used to be a student, we didn't care to go to school because we
054didn't have support or motivation. Now that my children attend Barry, I am proud to be involved in all the fun activities Barry's staff provide to our students, such as talent shows, zombie runs, fall festivals, and now even a soccer team. Do not make it harder for the education of our future by having them walk blocks away to the nearest school when a whole community has it across the street. My son is part of safety patrol and the soccer team and is looking forward to graduating as a Berry Bear like his mom. I know there are many children out there, including my first grader, that will not have the opportunity to graduate from their home school if you do shut it down. Do not shut dreams down. Do not shut down our elementary. Something that should
055be shut down that is affecting our community and health is the Tijuana River, not the heart of our Berry Bears. Nora Torres Hernandez. We need a translator up front, please. So, Superintendent Espinosa. Hello. I don't know if you remember me. Superintendent Espinosa. We met three years ago at Berry. And you told me about how you came to this country and everything that you went through as a Latino and how you were going to support Barry. to see how the school is doing. I am saddened that you did not return and if you wanted to support, you are not supporting it. I know that the situation in this country is difficult for everyone. But I believe firmly that a man knows himself. by how you manage problems that are in your path or in your way.
056And truthfully, the way that you act is make is saddening me and my children. because as a Latino, I don't see you defending Latinos. And as the phrase says, um, the worst enemy of a Latino is another Latino. Thank you. Santiago Torres Fernandez, Matteo Torres Hernandez Yes. Hello, Mateo. I believe we need a translator again, please. speak English. I feel that um I don't want it's okay. [Music] I feel that I don't look close very I have my friends and I don't want to lose my presence. You can talk to us. He said that um if we go to a bus that will be easier, but it's not going to be easier because if we miss the bus, the kids not going to be in in school in the bus. Was that Samara and Santiago
057does not wish to speak? Correct. And Matteo. No. Okay. Thank you. Vanessa Barrera. As previously stated, we urge you to do what is the right thing. Stop school closures and invest in our students. Every child deserves a public school in their community. President Lier, I want to clarify that while we know the global we have a global understanding of decline of enrollment, we don't know what the root cause of decline in enrollment in our community is. We haven't asked our community. If you're looking for a solution, it's clear. Invest in our students, invest in our classrooms, and invest in our schools. Stop making cuts that directly impact classrooms. Instead, cut from the top. Don't Don't let him trick you. If you're true intent is to revisit the decision, put it in writing. If it's not
058in writing, it doesn't exist. I also want to address the deeply unethical plan to take the community schools grant for Barry from the state and then close it right after you take the money. Is that truly what is best for the students? Lastly, I also want to address and remind you that this community elected you to be in those seats. And just the way this community voted you in, they can vote you out. Don't forget that. Jose Montano Jose Montano. Um, Amy, could could you call the next like four people so they can start to like line up here on the side? Jose Montano followed by Leo Good followed by Veronica Dorte. Thank you. Is Mr. Montano not present? We can move to the next one and then have him Leo. Good. Good evening. My
059name is Leo Good. I'm the labor rep for the classified employees here at South Bay Union. I'm here to read the rest of my leisure speech. Why would I want to enroll my child in a district that doesn't even have faith in itself? I wouldn't because that would mean if these schools do close, I would have to uproot my child, tearing them away from any connections they've made. This, as you have seen tonight, is devastating to children. You may have come into this meeting tonight thinking that you knew which way you wanted to vote. Change your mind. Closing three schools is not good for our community. Whether you want to call it consolidation, phase out, or closure, it will affect the economy. It will affect the people. It will affect the town that you live
060in. Look at all the people here tonight. We are your neighbors, your friends, your family, and the people who voted you into office. We are depending on you, and we are demanding that you do the right thing. If the board members vote to close a school, that is not something the community will ever forget or forgive. You will have to live with the regret of that decision for the rest of your lives and you will not have a place here. Jose Montano Veronica Dwarte followed by Carlos Cordova followed by Janette Sanchez. Good evening. I ask that while you ask that amendment to be added for evaluation, I also ask that you set criteria because otherwise it's ambiguous and we know what happens to ambiguity. Also look around. We are the face that sells whatever you
061decide. We have to sell it to the community. I know your picture is on the office of every school here, but we are your community that sells the decisions you make. You need us in partnership and we can't sell this. This is wrong for the community, the community schools. What happens when it ends? We're building a partnership started with a lie. We're building a promise of helping, but then it's over. Sorry, we're no longer here to help. That's a lie. It's unethical. That's wrong. I'm asking you to stand up. And a leader is only as good as who will follow. Ask yourself that question. Who is following or this leader? No one. No one. Carlos Cordova. Hello everyone. My name is Carlos Cordova and I was a part of the superintendent advisory committee and the
062recommendation that I'm seeing here is not what we had come to a consensus to. I feel the entire process was narrow in focus when we were giving we were trying to give solutions to this problem. Don't close any of the schools. Where is the plan? How do we save the schools? I'm echoing a lot of the parents. We're all in unison. We're saying the same thing. Your educational partners are right here. They have all the great ideas to save the schools without closing them. I came from the Santa Cro school district. My parents uh snuck me in here when 32 years ago and um I'm uh Nicolola. I was a Nicolola and uh the the school transformed my life and I'm here trying to say don't close the schools. Work with your partners to fix
063them. Thank you. Janette Sanchez. Good evening. I wasn't going to speak again but compelled to. I actually was jotting questions as everything was happening and I figure this is my chance to ask how much are we paying the consultant for this because and I'm wondering if we continue to extend this plan are we extending a contract for this consultant and if so how much is that costing our district? It's I'm assuming it's a lot of money. So it's something to to question and get some clarification on. And my second question is the SAT committee was composed of staff members, one or two per school site, a parent per school site. We there were some and I wasn't part of it so I don't know but I was told that there were some who were dismissed
064from the committee. They were asked to no longer participate. So I don't know the specifics but I would question that. Um and finally at our LCAP meeting we have discussed trying to get community involvement, parent engagement at the multilingual committee. We've done the same thing at board meetings. You guys have questioned, why aren't people here? People are here. It might not be what you want to hear, but this is your chance to hear them. And cutting people's time off doesn't give us a chance to to speak up. So, why do we want to come if we're going to be shut off? I understand there's a policy and I'm probably going to be cut off in a minute, but if we can come up here and speak to you in a respectful manner, then why cut
065us off? Thank you. That was the last comment. Mr. Montano had to leave to go to work, just so you know. Thank you for clarifying. Um, so I understand that from my understanding the next step is the vote, but I also see that the board wishes to have amendments included in that vote. So if I could have some clarification as to how pro how as to how to proceed regarding that and if we have any clarifying questions. Okay. The the process would be we need a motion, a second and then discussion. During that discussion, we would talk about the amendments that we could add to the plan. Do I hear a motion? Um, I'd like to make a motion to amend the proposed resolution. And I'm going to ask for this part. This is probably
066the most important decision that any of us have ever made in this position. So, I please respectfully request that you guys um hold your your comments till afterwards. Earlier, I was going to suggest that we gave everybody three minutes as long as people were respectful, didn't go over the time and all that, but I couldn't even finish saying what I was going to say. So, please let me finish um before the applause. I might might say something that you're going to like, but please hold applause till the end because what you might like might be followed by something that you don't like at all. So, let's wait till I say the whole thing before you guys applaud. Okay. Um, so my my um amendments h have to do with um clarifying some of the language
067here. Um I do want to make sure that there's clear language that we are going to revisit the school closures right and re-evaluate if this is necessary. Um something that I believe um everybody was under consensus and the sack committee and everything was the closure of central. So I I'm okay with the first bullet point. Um after that I would like for there to be a line that says that we're going to re-evaluate the school closures. Um and I would like to take like eliminate the names of the schools um until we get there. So it would be close central and then in 2027 2028 re uh start the process of re-evaluating if the school closures needs to continue but without specifying exactly what schools we're talking about. If those are the schools that need
068to close when we reevaluate so be it. But if it turns out there's other schools that need to close, then we can go that route or ideally we don't close any of the schools. But I would like to remove the names of Sunny Slope and Barry um and add re-evaluate 2728. Um, after that, I would also like to um where it says postpone the focus on specialized magnet programs, if we could change that to postpone new programs um and continue to invest the existing programs that we have. The other the next bullet point that talks about creating a process that includes school site input into the creation of specialized programs. I would also like to add and also address academic achievement as part of the process of including of like creating these specialized programs like
069can we also start this process of like how are we working to address the academic achievement portion because I I believe that the programs help with the academic achievement, right? the programs help have the kids come to school, want to come to school. Um, so those are a few of the amendments that I would like for us to consider. Okay. Can I just clarify? So you want the names of the schools that are that have been identified, Sunny Slope and Berry. You want those names stricken and instead just say planning for the next school closure or consolidation. Yeah. Planning for the the next phase. Um and if we could I don't know if this needs to be included in there, but I don't think we need to like I want to make sure that we
070don't have to like hire another consultant to go through that process. I think with the information that we've had and all that, we we can make that decision as a community, but I I would like to make sure that we don't need to continue to spend more money on consultants um to make the following decisions. Okay. And you want that in the resolution? Yeah. that we won't I mean like I guess my question is does it need to say it in the resolution that we will not hire a consultant for the following phases like maybe we would use the information from this study because I I mean I agree with what you're saying but also we don't want to give the authority to one person to be like if we're not hiring a consultant we're
071just saying this person you know this is you know what do you get what I'm saying like so maybe clarify using the information based on this study like the information that we collected during this time period but also let's say community input or input from stakeholders um but like we don't need a consultant like I think we as a community can figure out phase two phase three okay um we can Definitely. I don't I don't know that that needs to be in a resolution because the board ultimately has the authority to give the superintendent, whoever it is, direction on that piece, right? The board has that authority. So, you don't need to include that in a resolution. Now I will also say that when after central closes we bring in demographers to reboundry and create
072new home schools for the families. Right? We don't have a demographer on our staff. We don't have anybody on our staff that does that. So we we have to use consultants for part of the work. Yeah. If it's a de demographer, I think that makes sense, right? But like to facilitate a community discussion, I think that's something that we can do as a district. But remember, trust, you know, if we do not give the demographer the names of the schools, he won't be able to create a plan. I do I do support trustee lo of what he's saying. I believe tr closing one school at a time starting when central uh and then we'll re-evaluate and uh we proceed as as stated. So what you're saying though is we central is the school and then
073when we're in the planning phase when we do revisit based on um enrollment that there we do plan there's the possibility of two more schools still. Like it like it's still the the my concern is having to make cuts based on the multi-year projection, not including like with the thought that if things don't change, this is the plan. Yeah. I think overall like we're under the understanding that right now we need to close three schools. Um but based on all the things that we're going to do, working together as a community to improve the schools, right? Um bring more people in, right? We're g the community schools grant, right? Like the new programs at Sunny Slope Nicolaf and we can continue to bring people to our district um in 2728. We can figure out do
074we need to close another school um or not. Um, I have a couple amendments as well that I would like to kind of piggyback on. Okay. Okay. We're working on Trusty Lopez Aino's motion because we still don't have a motion on the on the floor. So, Trusty Lopez Aino was making a [Music] motion and then he can we would need a second. Then there would be some discussion and then we can amend the motion and get a second and then a vote. So, President Lyer, your amendments could come during the discussion piece. Okay. All right. Okay. So, the motion is to amend the resolution um by eliminating the last the second and third bullet point that mentions Sunny Slope and Berry and replacing that by a bullet point that says that we will re-evaluate uh
075the need for school closures in 2728. That's the first part of the motion. So, your mot So your motion is to accept the [Music] resolution and amend by striking the identified schools at this time. So, you're you're you're accepting the phases of the of the resolution, but you're striking you're striking the schools and then in the re-evaluation part, that's when you would like the schools to be identified. Yeah. Is that correct? Correct. Okay. Let me say it one more time because there was some some noise. Your motion is to accept the phases to move forward with the phases. Again, this is an important part. Please audience, this is an important part for us to have clarification and understanding. We've heard what you say. We understand. We're trying our best. We need clarity and to be
076able to hear what is happening. Please. So I guess just so um accept the resolution right amended um by eliminating the two other identified schools right Sunny Soap and Berry um and adding that in 2728 we will re-evaluate the need to go to phase two which would be closing a second school and that's part of and then there's a little bit more to the amendment. Should I continue? Okay. The other part was um under the section where we talk about um postponing um the focus on specialized magnet programs that we change that to postpone new programs and then continue to invest in the current programs that we have. Okay. And um for that part, I don't know if if the the word new was left out, but that is the intent of that of that
077bullet point. I just want to make sure that that is clear that they're new programs that we're going to postpone while we continue to invest in the and expand the ones that we that we do have. Yes. Sorry. The last part of the motion is to include in the section where we talk about um creating a process uh for the creation of specialized programs that at the end we also add um sorry not at the end but that in in that section we include a process to address academic achievement. So academic achievement is actually addressed in the first Okay, we we um academic achievement one of the recommendations is to postpone new programs and focus on the academic work that we're doing currently. So in bullet point four where it says postpone new programs where
078it's going to say new programs it's because for the next three years we want to deepen the standardsbased instruction and that is to address academic programs. Yeah I I definitely get that part right that we're going to focus on the standard based instruction to help with academic achievement. But as we're also like brainstorming like new programs that we can bring like can that committee also think about what other things can we do to address academic achievement like not just so it's part of like the brainstorming of like what programs can we bring to a district what other uh pedagogies I don't know like what can we do to besides focusing like we will focus on standard based uh education right but also Can we think about what else can we do to improve our academic
079performance? So are you saying that as we are evaluating any new programs that we look at how they impact academic achievement, how how are they connected? Like I think that that's part of it. The other part like in I could imagine this group talking about like continuing like parent engagement um right continuing to like expand like our programs for parents like to learn how to be able to help their kids and with their homework and kind of like just a space where we continue to think about how do we bring more programs? How do we improve academic performance? All right. All right. Is that it? Is that it? Yeah. So, the or do you want to repeat what you wrote or should I say? Yep. Okay. So, um create a process that includes schoolside input
080into the creation of specialized programs intended to attract and retain students. Again, I cannot I'm sorry, I can't hear exactly what you're saying and we're going to have to vote on what these amendments are. So it is important that we hear trustee Lopez Aino and what he's saying. Thank you president. Um so after retain students and um sorry intended to attract and retain students and improve academic achievement. Gotcha. Yeah. Yeah. And then the rest of the sentence, right? To start 2028 2029 school. Is that it? Yeah, that's it. Okay. I'm going to try to repeat your motion. Okay. And if you agree with it, then we'll need a second. If you don't agree with it, then restate it with what you agree with. Okay? I want to make sure that we have this correct. So
081your motion is to accept the phases but delete the names of the schools for the planning year 2020 2027 2028. So where it says sunny slope we're going to delete that name. In 2930, we're going to delete the name of Barry and before moving to each phase, we are going to assess whether that phase is whether that phase is needed or not. So if there's any changes, is that correct? Yes. Okay. Then you also want to amend that postpone new programs. So, we want to be very specific that it's new programs we're postponing for the next three years and continue to focus on standardsbased instruction under the direction of the assistant superintendent of ed leadership. Then create a process that includes schoolside input into the creation of specialized programs intended to attract and retain students
082and improve academic achievement to start in 2829 school year. The the only thing you missed was in the previous one. Um to include that we will continue to invest in the programs that we do have. should that go in five or do you want that to go in four? Um, it goes in the paragraph where we talk about the postponement of new programs. So, postpone new programs for the next three years and continue to invest. um in our existing programs while focusing on standard based instruction and so forth. Okay. Postpone news new new programs but continue to invest in existing programs um while continuing to focus on standardsbased instruction under the direction of the assistant superintendent of vetted leadership. Correct. All right. Do we have a second? I second. Okay. Discussion. President Ler. So is
083this where I would like to address any further amendments? um when we are looking at um new specialized programs, the one thing I don't know if this I I guess it would be considered a specialized program to uh as I've mentioned before, we have our um reading difficulty screener that has now been mandated and I would like to see a strand or strand or some kind of focus some like within schools or I mean I'm open to see what that looks like if that um starts at one school but um really have a strong focus on our students with uh reading difficulties. I think that um there's programs like that in other areas but so far not in our area and I think it it would be a way to attract and retain retain students
084who have been identified as having reading difficulties. Now, would you like that as part of the amendment or is that a direction that we can provide the assistant superintendent of ed leadership? Well, while we're here, we might as well put it in as an amendment guaranteeing that it it happens. So, can you again verbalize what that looks like? My apologies for um um so when we're looking at to postpone the focus on specialized magnet programs but continue to invest in existing programs and continue to focus on standardsbased instruction under the direction assistant superintendent of Ed Leadership um with a [Music] um while creating a a focus program on reading students with reading difficulties if that would fit in there. Is that sorry is that something that could be like its own bullet point? Like instead
085of it being amended into one of the current sections, could it just be like and maybe its own bullet point? This is a chance for discussion, right? So if anybody else has input on So I would like um I would like there to be a focus on or create a strand or something to that effect. I need cleaning up of this. I apologize. I'm not used to writing policy. um that focuses on students with reading difficulties based on the upcoming screeners that are being put into place. Yes. Can I share with you? Um because I sit on this committee in the back room. Um I'm just sharing with you because Can you pull your microphone closer? I'm just sharing with you because I I sit in the back of the room in LCAP parent advisory
086and uh those conversations are happening. Okay. and uh um the LCAP will be coming back to us in June for public comment as well as a discussion action item. So I don't know if not necessarily be in this document. It's going to be in the if we approve the LCAP it'll be there. If it's not there uh you can say where is it? I'd like that. Okay. Okay. All right. Okay. Okay. Thank you. I'd like to amend the amended. Wait, wait. I'm still on comments, right? Are we still on comments? So, from what I'm understanding, based on the discuss Oh, wait. You have something new to add? So, um, let's go back to So, we agreed that central will be closed. That's for sure. So, we have phase three and phase four. We're not going
087forward on phase three and phase four. Is that correct? No, that is not correct. We agreed on all the phases. The only thing that is being stricken is the names of the schools in the following phases. We also agreed that before we get to each phase, there is going to be an assessment that ensures that we still have to take that step. There's a process. There's going to be an assessment. Um and the board will be giving that given that information uh to confirm that we either have to take that step or that things have changed and we no longer have to take that step. Thank you for clearing that. Before we move to um to accept or deny the the second of the amended motion. Thank you, Jose, for that. I have a couple
088questions. Superintendent. Yes. Um just so everybody knows, um how how was the schools selected in this process? Um the way the schools were selected was really around their enrollment right now. Um and when we looked at a map of the district, we wanted to ensure that there was coverage in the district so that um if you close a school, let's say for example, Central, then we wanted to ensure that there was a school close enough that is going to be rehomed, right? That's going to be the new home school. So for some of the students if you look at at the boundary for central right in that central part of the district some of those students probably live closer to on some of them may live a little closer to Bayside. So when you reboundry
089that then those students are going to be shifted into those schools and those will be their new home schools right their new neighborhood school. Um and so we wanted to make sure and I can give you an example uh for example when we're looking at IB if we looked at Bayside uh and Bayside was selected then you have a lot of students on that side that that are are pretty far from other schools right given that West View has already been closed for a few years and a lot of those students from Westview were just kind of slotted into IB. Um, so when we reboundary, we'll look at where students actually live and then we we will recreate the boundaries to try to balance out the the student population. So, it's important that our district
090and we're not a very large district in terms of area, but it's important that schools are fairly close. So as the reboundering is happening then students are balanced out right you don't want you don't want a school to be have a large population and then a school with 300 right because that school's going to if it continues to decline like we're projected to that's going to it's going to create issue again. Um, when you're looking at that at balancing the schools, what you're trying to get to is we want to make sure that schools can can sustain themselves, right? If we have, you know, I think Michael presented last time and he talked about a 600 cut point, right? If you have 600 students, you know, and that that's just a generic number for argument's
091sake, then we want to make sure that that's the cup point for the amount of of staff and and the other costs that are associated with that with that school. Um when you don't when you have less than that then what ends up happening is you're taking resources from other schools to equalize what what you're not making what the the the revenue that you're not making. So the idea was that number one we looked at our smallest schools and right now Sunny Slope and Barry are smallest schools. we looked at the the district and ensured that there was enough coverage and then we took all the input um and those that's how those schools were selected. Now central as you already know is in its own you know in its own situation. Central is has
092so many needs that the 49 million which can only go up. Construction costs never go down. They always go up depending on whenever that started. That would only address is it its immediate needs. It wouldn't make it nicer. Nothing like that. Safety immediate needs. What the what the architect said, another consultant by the way, because we don't have architects on staff. What the architect said was that we were better off demolishing Central and then building it back brand new if we wanted to keep that school. So central unfortunately because over the years we've gotten to where we are now. Um and so that's how they were selected just because they're in in dire need. Thank you, Superintendent. Um another part of this was the facilities plan. I mean, this is just not just this question.
093And so, I appreciate your words about uh supporting the facilities and uh and and um what people don't know is the resources that are used districtwide um to maintain the properties. So, um, that's another consultant that we needed to hire because, uh, I mean, you can do your own driveby, but that doesn't show you behind the wall. Okay. So, um, so I just add that for for information. Um I look forward to um the information about school boundaries that that would help me personally. Um so uh I hear what the public is saying, superintendent. So I move to amend the motion, madame president. uh where it said be it further resolved. The last sentence uh where it says resolution and update the board for discussion slashaction item quarterly going forward. The same sentence to be
094added to the next be it further resolved the same sentence at the end. And then the last one, be it further resolved at the end and update the board for action discussion quarterly moving forward. That would be my amended motion. Can I get a second? I second. You second me to have a quarterly. Yep. Yeah. So, we have a motion and a second. I'll call for the vote. Are are we ready for that or we have to Is there still like after a second? Is there still continue discussion or questions about the So, we don't really need a whole new motion. We can just amend Trusty Lopez Aino's motion. So, Trusty Lopez Aino, if you would amend your motion to include Trusty Kenyon's part to the be it further resolve. I I move to a
095friendly amendment to uh trustee Aino's and just to clarify that means that like every 3 months we will and I'm sorry do you mind restating the the amendment? My friendly amendment would be where it says be there further resolved. The last sentence in that section says resolution and add this update the board for discussion slashaction items quarterly because we don't know if it's a discussion. We won't know if the superintendent says I need action. So it'll be an a board agenda item. And so the same sentence would follow in be it further resolved. The same sentence after here in and the same sentence. Okay. And the same sentence in be it further resolved. The same sentence after listed here in and it would be the same sentence. I'm okay with those amendments. So we have
096a first a second. We've had discussion. It is up to the board if you want to move to a vote or if you have continue if you want to continue discussing. So then the vote just to clarify the vote would be um approving the resolution with the amendments. Um on the amended motion, friendly admitted motion, um I think it's real important that um these words be here that uh subject to who's ever sitting here has it in stone. And uh regardless of who our administrative staff is, who our teachers are, who our communities are, who's sitting here, this document is living and breathing. Okay. All through the process. All through the process and and not naming two schools. Okay. That's only for a year. Okay. That's your proposal. Okay. So, superintendent's going to come back
097and say, "Okay, nothing's changed or something changed." That's why we have this language here. So, uh I would support uh that. Um again, what we do today does affect our community. Um 10 years from now and on. And I wanna I I just want to be clear that this [Music] plan is based on projections and that's why we intended the plan to have flexibility for the board to be able to pivot if if the data changed. Right. So I I I do want to kind of highlight that that point. Are we ready to I move to call the vote. So we're going to be voting for the amended um resolution. Is that correct? Based on that discussion we had and we know amended and trustee as well. We're going to be voting for the amended
098proposition. Yes. You have to say it right or it doesn't work. All right. For the friendly amended. There you go. All right. So that it's it's going to work out for everybody. I think it we have a full room of teachers. Teachers that I know personally, teachers I've seen here, teachers that I know all my life just about. So thank you. We'll call for the vote. Medina, yes. Kenyon, yes, as amended. Esparza, yes. Amended. Lyer, yes. Lopez Aino, yes. Motion passes 5-0. Okay. Thank you. And then this meeting is adjourned. Correct.