SSFUSD Board Meeting - June 11, 2026

001Foreidentification. Forew gracias. >> Thank you. I'd like to call the meeting reconvene into open session. 7 o'clock. Roll call. >> Trusty Lamb >> here. >> Trusty Richardson >> here. >> Trusty Anthony >> here. >> Vice President Sheay >> here. >> President Murray >> here. Okay. Next. Pledge of Allegiance. Please rise and stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. Trusty Lamb land acknowledge. >> Great. Yes. Uh we acknowledge that the South San Francisco Unified School District is located on the unseated ancestral homeland of the Ramitous Aloney peoples who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. We wish to pay our respects

002by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramitouch community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. >> Okay. Reporting out from close session, Mr. >> Nothing to report. Nothing to report. Okay. Review of agenda. Any changes? Any request? Okay. PTA council remarks. None. Um, staff association representative remarks. South San Francisco Federation of Adult Educators. Elizabeth Bales. Woohoo. [laughter] Good evening board members, members of the cabinet, superintendent Moore, IT staff, union members, and members of the school community. I'm Elizabeth Bales, president of the South San Francisco Federation of Adult Educators. I want to open by acknowledging this afternoon's email from Mr. Hanan offering partnership between management and labor on the issue of the strategic security badges. As you may expect, my remarks will address this topic. Since 2024, the work of our district

003has been shaped by our strategic plan. Over and over, we hear about the process, the vision, and the values. The very first core value, community is our strength, states, we recognize that our success relies on collective agency and we value everyone's voice and we ensure that perspectives are heard and respected in decision-making processes. And yet on May 21st, this administration brought a proposed contract with strategic safety platform to this board for a vote. a contract that the staff associations knew nothing about before it was placed on the agenda. Our perspectives on this contract were neither heard nor even asked for. As educators, we know that the safety of our students and staff is paramount. In an emergency, every minute counts, and I understand that a system like Centix can significantly reduce response time for first

004responders. We all want everyone in our school community to feel safe and secure on campus. Unfortunately, constant surveillance, even the perception of constant surveillance, can have exactly the opposite effect. When I briefed my members about the Santia contract, they understandably had questions and concerns. The trouble is, I don't have answers to those questions and concerns because we were not invited to the table. While our administration deliberated whether to recommend approval of the contract, we are told that we are partners with our district leadership. But it's hard to feel like a partner when leadership makes decisions affecting us without consulting us. Here are some of the questions my members have asked me regarding data collection and tracking. Does the badge collect or transmit any location information before an alert is activated? Is employee movement or location

005history recorded at any time? What specific information is collected when an alert is activated? Regarding access to information, who has access to alert records and associated data? Can administrators view historical location information related to badge activity? Can district IT staff access employee specific badge data? Under what circumstances could law enforcement or outside agencies gain access to this information? Regarding data retention and use, how long are alert records retained? What happens to employee data when an employee leaves the district? Can employees request to review or delete records associated with them? Does the district's contract prohibit sentics from using collected data for analytics, marketing, AI training, or other purposes unrelated to emergency response? Does the contract prohibit the sale, transfer or sharing of employee data with third parties except as required to provide the service? Regarding security

006and privacy, what security measures are in place to protect employee information? Is the data encrypted both in transit and at rest? Has undergone independent security audits? Has the company experienced any known data breaches? and if so, how are they addressed? Regarding district policies and employee protections, will there be a written policy stating that the system will not be used for employee monitoring, performance evaluation, attendance tracking, or disciplinary purposes? What oversight mechanisms will be in place to ensure the system is used only for its intended safety purposes? Were labor partners consulted during the evaluation process? And if not, will there be opportunities for employee and union input before implementation? I can answer the first part of that myself. No, we were not. The vote on May 21st represents an alarming and disappointing lack of partnership from

007district leadership. AFT6179 hereby announces our intent to join with CTA to issue a demand to bargain. I look forward to working more closely with the district to resolve these concerns. Without true collaboration between management and labor, the work of educating our students cannot go forward. Thank you for your attention. And I have here the list of questions. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Um, next, South San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association, Sher Juie. Good evening, President Murray, board trustees, Dr. Moore, members of the cabinet, and members of the South San Francisco community. I also want to acknowledge that uh we received an email from Mr. Hanan uh saying that he was willing to collaborate with us on this topic and I uh want to say thank you for that and I look forward to collaboration. I too

008have a list of questions and I will be giving everybody um a copy of those so you don't have to quickly jot them down. So, imagine this. A teacher is in their classroom with 25 students when an emergency unfolds. They reach for the new safety device on their badge. a tool our district just invested significant resources in. But they pause with real unanswered questions about how it works, what data it collects, how it affects their daily responsibilities, and whether it truly enhances safety without creating new burdens or risks. Maybe they reach out for their cell phone instead in order to call 911 directly instead of going through a third party. As president of SSFCA, I am not here to oppose safety measures. Far from it. Every educator in this district is deeply committed to protecting

009our students and each other. We want every tool that genuinely makes our schools safer. But good intentions alone are not enough. True safety requires partnership, transparency, and trust. Unfortunately, the decision to purchase and implement the Centiggics's badge safety alert system was made without meaningful consultation with the very people who will be wearing the badges every single day. The frontline educators who know our buildings, our students, and our daily realities best. That lack of collaboration has left your labor partners with serious unresolved questions that must be answered before full implementation proceeds. Our unions will be submitting formal demandto bargain letters outlining these critical questions and concerns. We look forward to a collaborative process that ensures the system works for our staff and students, not in spite of them. Let me share some of the key issues

010our members have raised. Teacher and student safety. How safe are these badges to wear all day? I've heard from a president in another district that they are heavy to wear around the neck. One member has asked if it will interfere with coclar implants for students or staff members who are deaf. Just what personal educator information is stored in the cloud? Who has access to this information? What assurances do we have that this information will not be sold? What if this personal information is obtained in a data breach of some kind? Consider the implications if this information were to be turned over to ICE. Will fear that ICE might also be called? Using information from these alerts cause families to keep their children out of our schools. This would be the opposite of what the district

011intended in purchasing the program. Right? Would you be subjecting parent volunteers then to an on the spot background check before they can step foot on the campus? I know that badge alert system is capable of doing this, but this will feel like the opposite of belonging to our families. Will the system track students in any way? Have you stopped to think of the cost of what it will be to lose the trust of our teachers and the families of our students? The strategic pages included in the agenda packet at last meeting spoke of 98% of the time the system is used for emergencies, altercations, or behavioral situations. What is it used for the other 2% of the time? The truth is that the system does track staff members whether that is the intended purpose or

012not. Someone has access to who is wearing the badge and where they are at all times. This will not breed trust between employees and SSFUSD. And who is Centix anyway? Has anyone looked into the background of Cintix? Is anyone concerned that a for-profit company is using public school funds at of at least $27 million across the country? Who are the people that will be controlling our information? How can we be sure that they can be trusted? Have they gone through background checks themselves? And the cost. Are there more cost-effective ways to achieve the same level of safety? How much would it be to invest in inexpensive workplace cell phones that can access authorities quickly, skipping a third party altogether and calling authorities directly? And accountability. Will there be training on how to use the badges?

013What happens to an employee who uses the badge incorrectly or for something that is not an actual emergency? Will the entire school then be on lockdown by an accidental alert? What if the badge is lost? What if a student grabs it and presses the button too many times? Or what if an employee doesn't wear the badge at all? For that matter, what if nobody wears the badges at all? Concerns have been coming in from members who have heard that this program was purchased. This is why it would have been prudent to negotiate first rather than let the concerns grow in the minds of employees over the summer months. Honestly, I look forward to having all these questions addressed through your collaboration with us, your labor partners. We are always ready to meet and discuss implications

014that could affect our working conditions. We only wish those who were considering this badge alert system in the first place had thought of working with us first before bringing it to the school board for approval. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Okay. I don't see Jolene Malfi. No. Okay. Next. Personnel Commission. Mr. Anan. Our next personnel commission meeting will be held on Monday, June 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM in the district office boardroom. >> Thank you. Um, items from the board, any announcements, board calendar, board committee reports. >> I mean, I I think we're in conversations with the city about scheduling another subcommittee meeting, but we haven't quite landed on the date yet. Hopefully during the summer. Oh, TBD. >> Yeah, we'll we'll be having a city subcommittee meeting at some point in the

015near future. [laughter] Okay. Um, superintendent report. Dr. Moore. >> Thank you. I just wanted to give a brief update on our summer programs that just recently launched. We have our high school credit recovery program. It was a successful launch with students arriving prepared and staff readily available to assist with enrollment. Schedules, classroom locations, and technology needs. Chromebooks were distributed as needed. Parent inquiries were addressed promptly and weight listed students were enrolled as openings became available. It was a smooth opening day and it reflected a strong collaboration among our staff and established a positive foundation for the summer session. For Elevate Math, they also had a successful first day with students excited to begin the program and teachers demonstrating flexibility as staff navigated shared campus logistics. Enrollment demands remain high, resulting in a substantial weight list.

016Staff worked closely with Silicon Valley Education Foundation coordinators and district IT support to address enrollment and Chromebook needs, ensuring students were also set up for success. For the Big Lift, Inspiring Summers at Martin Elementary, they began with a warm and welcoming launch highlighted by personalized family outreach from teachers and strong staff preparation. The program introduced its walk to read model on the first day, providing differentiated literacy instruction tailored to student needs. Teachers, facilitators, instructional support staff, and administrators collaborated to create a strong start focused on student learning and engagement. We also had big lift inspiring summers at Los Critos. They welcomed 174 scholars on its opening day. Students and families participated in a community building activity centered on the value of courage, helping to establish a positive learning environment. Our scholars received breakfast, lunch, and

017snacks, and staff were excited to reconnect with returning students while welcoming new scholars for a summer of growth and learning. And lastly is our steam program. The steam program launched with tremendous enthusiasm and student engagement. Aloma was filled with positive energy as students quickly immersed themselves in hands-on learning experiences and project-based activities. Returning and new students alike demonstrated excitement for the program, helping to create an immediate sense of community, creativity, and collaboration. And I have one other item I'd like to share. really just excited to share that this past week we had nearly 130 of our South San Francisco Unified School District educators, teachers, instructional coaches, site administrators, district administrators, district staff, and most of our cabinet attended the 2026 Bay Area Standards Institute, which is a 4-day professional learning experience hosted by Unbound Ed,

018who is also our illustrative math implementation partner. The Standards Institute is not a typical conference. Over four full days, participants immersed themselves in their chosen learning pathway from English language arts and mathematics to instructional and organizational leadership, developing a deep understanding of grade level standards and what it takes to make that content accessible, rigorous, and affirming for every learner. Unbound Ed grounds this work in their Gleam framework, which is grade level, engaging, affirming, and meaningful instruction. This aligns powerfully with our own South San Francisco Unified School District instructional vision, which describes our four pillars: meaningful and relevant learning, learner ownership and agency, assessment for learning, and inclusive and equitable practices. While our language may differ from Unbound Eds, our commitments are the same. This week was an opportunity for our community to develop a shared

019understanding of what excellent instruction looks like and to begin building the common language we need to bring it to every classroom. This investment also directly aligns to our three priorities for 2627. Academic belonging, ensuring every student feels seen, valued, and capable of rigorous work, standardsbased instruction, which is deepening educators the cap capacity, excuse me, to teach to grade level standards with rigor and care. And datadriven and professional learning communities, building this collaborative structures for teams to learn together and improve together. We are very grateful to the Bayad Fund for their generosity and covering the registration fees for all of our participants. This investment made it possible for our people to focus on their roles as learners and that's a gift. Just want to share a couple of quotes of what some of our educators had

020to say. One of the best parts of the standards institute is the is all of the time I had to collaborate with the team. I'm excited that we have had a common commitment to support and improving student outcomes. Next quote is standards institute reaffirms that coherence happens when every initiative, every support and every decision point toward the same goal, ensuring that all students experience rigorous grade level learning every day. And the third quote, attending the math K12, excuse me, math 612 standards institute pathway was incredibly valuable professional learning experience, particularly in my role as a special educator. This professional development provided me with a deeper understanding of how to deliver rigorous grade level math instruction within a special day class setting. For the first time, I feel equipped with practical strategies and a clear vision

021for ensuring that students with disabilities have meaningful access to highquality standards aligned mathematics learning and I hope to continue on with the standards institute in the future. We look forward to sharing more about how this learning will show up in our classrooms and schools next year. This is really what it looks like to invest in our people and invest through them. And by doing that, we can invest in every student that we serve. Thank you. >> Thank you. Sounds amazing. Okay. Public comments. The board welcomes public comment and values the input of our community. Members of the public may attend in person to address the board during this meeting, which is recorded and streamed live. Process for speaking. [clears throat] to comment during the public comments portion of the meeting. Please complete a name address

022card located in the back of the room and give it to the secretary. The board president will call upon individuals in random order. Each person may speak only once and must address the the board from the podium. Speaking time is limited to a maximum of three minutes per individual per bylaw 9323. However, if more than 10 speakers are anticipated, the board president may at their discretion limit individual speaking time to one or two minutes to accommodate everyone. Comments on non-aggenda items. Members of the public may address the board on matters that are not listed on tonight's agenda. This portion of public comment is limited to a total of 30 minutes. Please note, in accordance with the Brown Act, the board cannot discuss or take action on items that are not on the agenda. However, the

023board may request staff to respond to your comments orally at the meeting or in writing at a future time. Comments on agenda items. Members of the public may also address the board on specific items listed on tonight's agenda. speakers may be heard during public comment or can be heard at at the time the specific agenda item is called for discussion and all of them are not on the agenda. So we'll start with Tim Sullivan. [clears throat] >> Uh good evening trustees, Dr. Moore and members of the cabinet. Oh, pick it up. Oh my goodness. Okay, there we go. Um, my name is Tim Sullivan and I'm the drama teacher at El Camino High School. I'm here tonight to ask for your support in ensuring that the Little Theater receives the professional inspections and evaluations necessary

024to provide a safe environment for students, staff, performers, and community members. The Little Theater serves hundreds of students every week through drama classes, theater productions, concerts, dance performances, assemblies, and community events. However, a number of long-standing concerns have been raised regarding the facility, including the condition of the stage rigging system, aging electrical and lighting infrastructure, fire and life safety issues, orchestra pit safety concerns, accessibility deficiencies, and other building related issues. These concerns are not new. They have been discussed by staff and community members for many years and have appeared in previous facilities and bond planning conversations. Last week, the district director of facilities and safety conducted a walkthrough of the theater to review many of these issues firsthand. While I appreciate that step and the attention that has been given to these concerns, it became

025clear during the walkthrough that many of the issues will likely require evaluation, planning, and resources beyond routine maintenance. My request tonight is straightforward. That the district engage qualified professionals to inspect the relevant systems, determine what repairs or upgrades may be necessary, and establish a timeline for addressing any urgent findings. I have already provided district leadership with examples of firms that specialize in theatrical rigging, electrical systems, and performing arts facility assessments. As educators, we ask our students to perform, learn, and create in this space every day. They deserve a facility that is safe, functional, and properly maintained. Thank you for time and your continued support of the arts in South San Francisco Unified. >> Thank you. Um, next, Melanie Olsen. >> Good evening board members. My name is Melanie Olsen and I'm a resident of South

026City. I also attended Martin Elementary, Parkway, and Sal City High. So, I am definitely a product of this school district. I'm attending this evening's meeting to advocate using district-owned land for district staff housing, particularly the sta uh Fox Ridge School site. I reviewed the preliminary budget and am requesting the board to consider beginning the steps to initiate staff housing as a goal for this year's budget. The Box Ridge site would be an ideal location for workforce housing for the district's roughly 800 teachers and staff. It's highlighted in our district's long range master plan that was adopted in 2022 and it is currently 2026. The cost of living in South City is only rising. Am I to keep going? >> No. Yeah, keep going. >> Oh, okay. [laughter] Okay. Um, I'm It's okay. Um, as a

027result of long commutes and unaffordable rents, teachers and maintenance workers are pushed out of the area, ultimately leaving our district, which takes a toll on our students education. As someone who is shaped by our long-standing public teachers and facilities, prioritizing the Foxridge site for staff housing could be a meaningful way to invest in better teacher retention and support our students. If Jefferson School District could do it, we definitely can. I please I urge you to start the discussions during this preliminary budget meeting to get this ball rolling for this upcoming year. Thank you so much for your time and consideration. See you soon. >> Thank you, Millie. Okay, next. Claire Blimer. Yeah. Hi. Hello everyone. Hi board members. Um my name is Claire Blaire. I was coming today mostly just to listen and learn about

028the LCAP process, but I realized, you know, I have some data I can share with the wider district. Um as I in my work life, I'm the county and the Sanonteo County Health oral health program lead. So, we help coordinate um all the uh oral health assessments that are required by the state for kindergarteners with on-site dental providers and parents. You've probably seen our forms um and also some new preventive services. I think I just want to speak to raise awareness of the importance of oral health, especially in this context of um really deep dedicated medical dental cuts that are coming. July 1 starts some um which are going to make dental access much harder for our students and their parents and caregivers. Um but also just so you all know um in in public

029health we like evidence-based programs and we have two public health evidence-based programs for oral health. One is community water flidation and the other is school sealant programs. So sealants applied to um the teeth of of young kids. They can reduce cavities in the mers 80% over a couple years. It's important for um students because oral health is one of the top health related causes of chronic absenteeism. Um 2022 data shows the state of California in the state of California there was over 800,000 missed school days due to oral health problems and it cost districts $60 million. So it's we care about health. We also care about students learning and and having having them in their seats. We know if they have poor oral health or in pain they can't learn as well and they miss

030school. So um just wanting to like congratulate your district for welcoming some on-site services. Um unfortunately we do continue to see pretty high rates of untreated decay in your district compared to the county. Um in the lower income in the schools with a higher percentage of kids with free reduced price meals almost 50% of our TK and K students have uh untreated tooth decay which is really high in the county our countywide percentage is 30%. And so we know it's going to get harder for those kids to get dental access in the next in a couple years. So just encouraging you to look at the data um use me as a resource and hopefully continue to provide more on-site services and possibly the the evidence-based sealant programs. Um and yeah, I think I just want

031to give a big thank you for the partnerships that we've had so far. And here's a resource. >> Thank you, Claire. Jennifer Garing. Here we go. Opposite problem from the first speaker. Um, hi everyone. My name is Jennifer Garsten. I'm a resident of South San Francisco. I am also the acting secretary of a community group called Sustainable South City. Um, I'm here today with Melanie uh in order to uh second and um and elevate the request for uh additional staff housing to be built. So, I I think uh I I may have missed it on the budget, but it looked like that was not being covered um yet. I moved to South San Francisco uh eight years ago or so. Um initially we thought it was just going to probably be a starter house and

032we were thinking we'd look elsewhere, but with how much we've really fallen in love with the city, we're looking to hopefully raise a family here. Uh and of course that means that we care very deeply about the quality of the schools that our kids will be hopefully participating in. Um, and we know that housing for staff, designated housing, is an excellent way to improve teacher retention. It is an incredible tool in our toolkit, and it's one that we are in a unique position as a city to be providing. We have $70 million earmarked from before for this building project. We have the several sites, but the best one is Fox Ridge that's already been examined and seen to be an excellent location. We have precedent from seeing how the Jefferson district went about it. We've

033seen what an what excellent outcomes can come from building this housing. And we have a wealth of expertise uh both in the surrounding community in the nearby Jefferson district who has already done it. Um, and I would encourage the the district to also reach out to our city planners office. Um, I know there has been some friction in the past. Uh, but it's a new manager, new day. Uh, and I personally can promise that as a resident uh, and a concerned community member, I'm going to be doing everything I can to ensure that um, everyone, you know, I'm I'm I as a I'm speaking for collaborative approach from our leadership. basically bringing everybody to the table because uh the city planners office has a tremendous amount of experience with building and housing development and uh

034so they know what goes into that if we can come together and work together. I know there's a tendency to want to turtle up when thing times are a little bit tough when you kind of had the uncertainty especially at the higher levels of government but I think this is the time to be moving forward and investing for the long term. It will take a while. Let's get started. >> Thank you, Jennifer. Okay. Next. Informationonly presentations. Individual presentations are limited to a maximum of 10 minutes. Business services 2026 27 preliminary budget. Assistant Superintendent Tedto will present information on the district's 2627 preliminary budget. Okay, good evening, President Murray, members of the board, Dr. Moore, cabinet members, and staff and committee members. So, this evening for the public hearing, I'll be doing a very short presentation

035on the preliminary budget for next year, which is the 2627. uh when I present the 2627 proposed budget uh two weeks later, I'll have a more uh longer presentation with more details. So, so I'll be going over these following items in this uh presentation. So, the ET code uh requires school districts to take certain actions at the budget for the following year. First, it has to have a public hearing to provide an opportunity for the public to comment. Next, the budget is adopted by the board at a separate uh public meeting and both cannot be done at the same board meeting. Then, the proposed budget is submitted to the Satell County Office of Education for review and approval. If the district is not able to balance the budget for all three years, the county office

036may not approve the budget. So within the budget is the local control accountability plan or LCAP. The LCAP is made up of multiple goals and multiple actions. Within each goal, districts are required to set aside some funds to provide additional support for the students who are English learners, students with free and reduced price meal, uh foster youth and homeless students. These students are referred to as the unduplicated students. for 2627 the district is required to set aside approximately 8.3 million uh this is about 200,000 more than uh our current year which is about 8.1 million as LCAP supplemental funds to support these students even though the district does not receive these funds from the state like most districts who are LCFF funded or state funded so that's because uh South Unified School District like 10%

037of the district in California are funded by the property taxes rather than from the state. To better support the unduplicated student as well, the others, our district has put aside much more than the required amount as LCAP base to support these students. So these are you know so when we prepare the budget and financial report we need also to come up with some set of assumptions. So this is a list of some of the assumptions we use in uh preparing the 2627 budget. The this slide shows our projected revenues for 2627 preliminary budget. These amount may change slightly when the final budget is completed in the next two weeks. The state requires school districts to group these revenues into these categories so they are consistent throughout the state. They also include both revenue the restricted

038and unrestricted uh revenues as well. Our preliminary budget uh projected revenues about 198.5 million about 84.86% of our revenue comes from the LCFF category which is for us our district is mostly property taxes. I'll go over the items that make up each of these uh revenue categories when I present the proposed budget in two weeks. So this slide is on the projected expenditures for 2627. The 8.3 million LCAP uh supplemental budget is is is included in these figures. The state also requires school district to group these expenditures into these categories. So they include again the both the restricted as well as unrestricted expenditures. The total projected expenditures is approximately 194.4 million. And again I'll go over the details in two weeks when not uh do the final presentation. So this slide basically shows the district

039is designates reserve as meeting its uh reserve requirements. It does it includes both the state required reserves as the district set aside reserves. The district set aside reserves funds designation is is aware of the possible future expenditure obligations and so looking ahead you know on June 25th two weeks from now uh the board will be uh adopting the 2627 LCAP and budget and after the staff closes the current yearbooks we'll bring back the 2526 on all the actuals report to the board in uh about September and then in December 2026 that's when staff will bring the 2627 first interim final financial report to the board for approval. And so that concludes my presentations. Uh any questions? >> Thank you Mr. O. Um >> I have a trusty Richardson. >> Thank you Mr. O. I I

040don't see a a budget for this year 25 26. Would you tell us if we're how much we're spending over that amount or if where we are are we spending about the same more? I didn't see it in this presentation. >> Yeah, this is more on just the budget. So when I present in two weeks, you you also include some of the estimated actuals what we anticipate will close the books, you know, with the amount of revenue expenditures as well. So that's in two weeks. >> So you don't know at >> uh we're still working on that right now. >> Okay. Thank >> you. >> Anybody else? Thank you, Mr. O. This is great. We appreciate it. >> Thank you. Okay. Consent agenda. The following items are submitted for board approval. One motion will authorize

041action for those items. So designated. Do I have a motion? So moved. Second. Second. So I have a motion by Trustee Anthony, a second by Trustee Lamb. All any comments? All in favor? I >> I I trustee Richardson. >> Uh on the next page that I wanted to >> Okay. >> I would u ask that for roll call [clears throat] for the rest of the members because I was on a certain item but we're not there yet. >> Okay. So we're on consent agenda right now. >> Yes. >> I have four I's. Are you an I? >> Uh yes. I sorry. >> Okay. Motion carried. Thank you. Okay. Information discussion. Teaching and learning local control and accountability plan LCAP 2627. Assistant superintendent Dr. Campbell will provide a brief update on the district's 2627 LCAP. >>

042Good evening. Good evening. Thank you. I'd like to take a moment to highlight this year's local control and accountability plan, LCAP. Beginning with a point of pride for our team, we dedicated ample time to our LCAP monitoring and engagement activities, and it allowed us to submit our draft LCAP to the San Monteo County Office of Education on May 7th, a month earlier than we were this time last year. We received their feedback on May 20th and while we're still working through their feedback, the LCAP is representative of our plans and reflections from this year. We look forward to bringing it back to the board for adoption. We are also proud to share that our LCAP fulfills our organizational desire to use data to inform our decision-making. This year, we didn't decide what we funded based

043on assumption or momentum. We looked deeply and transparently at where our metric moved and let the evidence drive our decisions. We were making measurable progress from the baseline where we were making measurable progress from the baseline. And we made a deliberate choice to continue to protect those actions, positions, actions that are contributing to success for multilingual learners, students qualifying for special services, students qualifying for free meals, and programs that are improving our metrics on attendance and discipline are all continuing. Just as importantly, where the data did not move, we treated it as if it was a signal, rather a notification for action needed. Our multilingual learner proficiency data provided us with clear information. Our long-term English learners in particular shifted as a decline, which is a pronounced signaling for action. This area and literacy in

044general is where we concentrated additional resources for the coming year. You'll also see our most significant programmatic changes in additional to academic supports, expanded wellness and mental health access, family engagement, and foundational literacy across grade levels. to close. Improved data points informed us on what to sustain and data that remained stagnant, declined, or did not increase with statistical significance told us where we need to improve. I want to highlight that the discipline behind this plan, a datadriven culture is what we're working to build within our system at large. We wish to continue this in our future three-year LCAP cycle. And with that, I'd like to open the public hearing on the local control and accountability plan. >> Actually, I'll do that. >> You do that. Apologies. But we welcome we welcome and value feedback. [laughter]

045>> So, I'm going to suspend the regular meeting and open a public hearing. Um, a let's say 2026 27 draft local control accountab account accountability plan LCAP. A public hearing will provide an opportunity for members of the public to comment on the district's proposed 2627 LCAP which outlines goals, actions, services to improve student outcome uh to improve student outcomes and address state and local priorities. Um I don't have any public comment cards on that. So, [snorts] so the next um part of the public hearing is the 2026 27 preliminary budget. A public hearing will provide an opportunity for members of the public to comment on the proposed 2627 district budget. Again, there are no comment cards, so I'm going to close the public hearing and reopen our regular meeting. Okay. So, next action items. So,

046one administration updated SSFUSD board governance handbook. Staff recommends the approval of the SSFUSD board governance handbook which was updated on May 2nd, 2026 at our board workshop on May 2nd. Um, do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Okay. Trusty Anthony. Second by Trustee. [laughter] [gasps] Um any any comments? >> The board meets yearly at retreats but seldom resolves the issues that could bring cohesion for improved governance and board unity. Basically due to ignoring the governance handbook. Um throughout the handbook, equity is mentioned. Yet the board has fallen short for years on equity for ye board members and causes friction unnecessarily resulting in embarrassing display of governance. Um that's my comment for the record. Any other comments? Okay. All in favor? >> I abstain. I have one obsession. Okay. Next, uh motion carried four.

047Um district's updated board policy 922-Ging board elections. Staff recommends the approval of the updated district's board policy 922 and wave a second reading. Do I have a motion? >> So move. >> Second. So, I have a motion by trustee Anthony, a um second by Vice President Shay. Um any comments? I have a comment. >> Okay. Essentially, after reading this uh new policy, I am nowhere clearer than I was the previous two times that it was brought forward. So, are we saying that we're not going to um provide funding for a a uh candidate statement as a result of the way it's written um as a policy? Um, can we have clarity on that because it doesn't seem like this is going to become a reality and it's going to be much more ambigu ambiguity. So,

048I need clarity on it. whoever knows >> happy to talk about that. >> In the proposed policy uh your the answer to your question is the candidate shall pay the cost of printing, handling, translating, mailing or electronically distributing the candidate statements. So we are recommending that in the board policy the candidate shall pay which means they must pay which means they will pay. Uh the policy also says the district meaning the superintendent or her design uh may adopt a hardship reimbursement policy for candidates. That means that if the district decides to spend time on that and it would be like an administrative regulation or a protocol uh we could adopt a hardship reimbursement policy uh define the terms under which a person would qualify for that and do it. the district does not have to.

049That is why it says may. Uh and so, uh this is just giving us the option to add that if we decide in the future that that's something that we'd like to do. It's not part of the board bylaw. We would not adopt the policy as part of the board bylaw. It's just uh an outside protocol. I just wanted to say that the county has a similar program actually and we it was rather redundant that the district would try something else. I was under the impression that there would be a fund created, but apparently there's competing ED codes and one says no public funds shall be used for elections and the like, but the county has something similar, but the county wants reimbursements. If you show hardship, then the county um is willing to um

050wave the fee and but after the election, you have to reimburse the county. So there's, you know, really no real gain in this policy. So that is not how a reimbursement works. >> A reimbursement for you. >> A reimbursement means that you pay it and then after the election, the county reimbures you if you cannot afford it. So, you are still required to pay it and the county would reimburse you in the case of the hardship. >> I just wanted to say I I never thought that the district should use district funds, taxpayer dollars to help another candidate. It was just it was just nobody does that in the whole state. No district does that. So, well, thank you. We have the candidate shall pay is the proposal. So, >> okay. Any other um comments?

051Okay. Um, all in favor? I >> I. >> All in favor? I mean, motion carried. Okay. Adoption of policies for the November 3rd, 2026 governing board election and resolution number 26-53 calling for an election of three governing board members. Staff recommends the board review and adopt the required election policies and approve resolution 26-53 calling for the November 3rd, 2026 governing board election for trustee areas C, D, and E. Do I have a motion? >> So move. >> Second. >> Can I get a motion with the waving of the reading? Can we >> please? Thank you. >> Thank you. So Dr. I'm going to give you the motion and trusty Lamb I think I heard a second from you. >> Trusty Richardson. >> Okay. Trusty Richardson. Okay. Any comments? >> I just want to be clear

052that we are adopting the same policies as we had in the previous elections. So 200word limit for candidate statements. Candidates were responsible for the cost of their statements and tie votes were uh solved by lot. Right. >> Okay. I think that's in the resolution itself, but just want to make sure that that's >> okay. So, we have a motion with a waving of the reading and we have a roll call vote. >> Trusty Lamb, >> yes. >> Trusty Richardson, >> yes. >> Trusty Anthony, >> yes. >> Vice President Sheay, >> yes. President Murray, >> yes. Motion carried. Okay. Teaching and learning with educational epiphany. Staff recommends approval of theou with educational epiphany for district-wide professional learning and coaching services for the 2627 school year in the amount of $856,492.50. Do I have a motion? >>

053So moved. >> Second. >> Okay. So I have a motion by trustee Anthony, a second by Dr. Sheay. Any questions or comments? I do, but Vina already said you did. >> I'd like to know um basically this training is in intense as it appears in the contract and um what type of training we're really subjecting all our teachers to this intest uh training for two years. So how does that work with the rest of the other training we're giving the teachers? Where does that fit in that schedule? >> Yeah, I have a similar question in my mind as well. >> Thank you for that question. Um so to begin um all of our secondary schools will engage in this training and three of our elementary schools are requesting while two um would like to know

054information more information. I want to name that uh for the sake of summer planning it will be organiz organizing schedules I bought all 15 schools so I want to name that the number will be reduced based on the final number of schools. Now to what this training is. So as we venture as Dr. Moore said earlier in our priorities to do standardsbased instruction well uh this organization will help us not just write standards on a board but lean into what performancebased outcomes are. So what are the specific um actions? What's the content we're asking students to learn and then what is the cognitive demand or the lift. [snorts] Additionally to that, um the training will include universal literacy. And so I get the opportunity to share just a little bit my pathway for Unbound Ed

055was core literacy. And so I'm already trained in the science of reading, but it did lean in a little bit more to the science of reading. And what educational epiphany does um if you're familiar with the simple view of reading essentially in the science of reading in order for students to be able to read they have to be able to decode um with also having that language comprehension which leads to reading comprehension. And so while in our system, three of our elementary schools are requesting this and two are asking for more information, we know that K through two, we're learning how to read. But three beyond, we're using reading to learn. And so if we don't do the work to close those gaps for our students, they're going to um have struggles that we can

056we can avoid. Additionally, what educational epiphany will help us do as a system is really leaning to how we're going to deliver instruction in a way where students can have access. Um, again, Dr. Moore spoke a little bit about that with the standards institute and the framework. And so it's geared to address elements of instruction, but also to help teachers um through demonstration lessons and really having that understanding and opportunity to grapple and tailor what's needed to their specific students, how it folds into everything else we have been doing as a system. It's important that this doesn't seem like a shift or a pivot. And so some of the other um professional learning we've been engaged in as a district prior to my arrival both and this year has been on like instructional leadership teams.

057We're moving towards PLC's. Those things are still absolutely important. And so this is about the day-to-day in-classroom delivery and what we have been trained on before is how after that do you collaborate? And so now that we have the collaborative structures in place, it's just going to enhance the learning. Um I think those were the only two parts of your question. I don't >> well >> I think >> well I I seem to want to um think that this is something that builds towards uh some goal that we're going that we need to like for example you're you mentioned reading but does this extend into math as well? >> Thank you. So thank you for that. So in universal literacy, one of the um components that we have been talking about is in as we

058gear to engage in standardsbased instruction, there are phrases, terms, anal analyze, things like that that are consistent in all of the standards across all of the content. So the good thing about what educational epiphany does is it creates that bridge between the four core content areas to help us have a common understanding. um we have focused on coherence as a district as well as consistency. And what we're identifying this year is that if a student is in their say sixth grade, in their sixth grade year, if they're in their science class, they may learn that textual evidence and analysis is done one way or defined one way by one teacher, but then when they go to their ELA class, it's defined a different way as in their math, as in their social studies. And so

059what educational epiphany does is help the adults have a common language so that the student has a coherent experience. What I would say is um they engaged with us during CAT in June and did it today as a keynote speaker in the standards institute and put a word summary. What does it mean? And with everyone in the room we had about that many different definitions. And while it's not to say that as adults we don't know how to define or we don't know how to teach summary but when we even the little nuance of a different word does create confusion for students who are trying to acquire acquire that knowledge especially multilingual learners who are not only acquiring that knowledge but they're attempting to acquire the language as well. Well, I appreciate that explanation only

060because I find out that if we start to all speak the same language and teachers are all on the same page about the lesson planning and so forth and that's what I'm hearing from you and that's a good thing because that's the only way we'll be all call it in Spanish arriv. So, thank you for that. Yeah, does help me. >> Any other questions or comments? >> Um, I mean, when when you're describing it, it sounds a lot like academic discourse. I mean, it it's sort of expanding the definition of academic discourse and giving students more tools. Is that right? >> Yes. Thank you for that. It's a statement, but can I add? >> Sure. So, I really appreciate that you said that because this is another thing that we leaned into in our training,

061right? Academic discourse we know is a strategy to help um students acquire learning or and a way for teachers to measure that the learning is actually occurring. Um, the one thing that I think uh was very like I don't I don't want to be it was an epiphany [laughter] and we're talking about educational epiphany, right? No pun intended, but um really like digging into the science of reading and understanding that like reading is a skill that we don't naturally know how to do. Our brain is like our brain is designed for language. And so like taking that language, the academic discourse and making sure that it's transferring into our reading brain is essentially like how we solidify that. And the part about like being able to to decode, but also knowing words and making meaning

062of them, another thing that educational epiphany does that is very unique is really getting into the Latin u roots of our words. Like really what do these prefixes mean? What are the root words? what are the suffixes? Once you understand what they are, um you have access to so many other words that you haven't learned. Um I would say like I consider myself very literate and I never connected that like ex before a word means out and then I thought about it like okay exit, right? So these are things that as adults at this table we can hear like what does the prefix ex mean and go to our bank of words and say okay exit external it means out but the reality is that our students don't have that bank of words and so

063to frontload it and then to frontload the prefix suffix and root words actually gives them the access to words. >> Super interesting. when I was in eighth grade, we did a whole bunch of exercises and like training on those prefixes and suffixes and it's definitely made me a better reader even though I had been a reader for many years. Um I I'm interested you know I think my questions are rooted or my statements as the first one was uh in the public comments that we received uh about this. So, we received some letters uh from from folks encouraging us to vote no. And I think two things came up um in those is one was uh one comment was we we think that our staff can do this. Why why are we hiring somebody else?

064And so, um, you know, I'll I'll make a a proposal for what I think it probably is, but you can also answer if it's totally not that, which is what would our staff not be doing if they shifted their staff duties to do this instead, right? I mean, I think that everybody who's resource constrained and time constrained, yeah, we can do it. We could do it, right? But what are we giving up that they're doing in their daily jobs that they wouldn't be doing if if they were doing our our training? So is that am I on target there or is is it that we are looking for an outside perspective? >> I think what I would offer is learning more about structured literacy and the the depth and how it needs to be explicitly

065taught. That is that is a skill that everyone doesn't possess. We may have parts of it. I guess what I'm trying to say is similar to we can tell you the summary of a text, but we would have different definitions on what the summary is. And so I think it's it's really important. I think it's the the fine-tuning and the and the explicitness in the way that is um delivered. I am not suggesting that maybe in pockets this this knowledge is possessed but it's about us all being calibrated in a way that makes it just like a part of the system of instruction of literacy. Um again I'm of of the mind that if we had the tools we'd already be using them and you know this is uh a level of instruction that I

066can't say that I've seen in our walks. It is a gap. Um, and again, not taking away from the pockets where it might be present, but this is about coherence where like it's something that our entire system has. That's helpful. Um, been very interesting. Um, you said something and I was going to um ask about it. I can't remember what it was. Um, I'll move on and come back if I can come up with it. Any other? >> Yeah, I mean I think uh yeah, I appreciate all the the the deep dive, you know, into what this is about. Yeah, because I think yeah, I'm just reading through and I didn't quite I didn't quite appreciate the you know what was what was being conveyed with this extra trees. I mean, I think so just

067to be uh you know, upfront like you know, I think first uh the the dollar amount was a little bit of a [laughter] like a like oh wow like this is 88 856,000 for this training. So I think the question naturally that comes up is like you know why why this particular uh company for this and I think you've answered why you know what the the things are being provided which it you know it sounds like it would yeah make a a a difference uh throughout the district um but yeah but I guess yeah the question still remains you know why you know why this particular company's expertise um at this particular moment in time and which happens to compare this dollar amount as well. >> Thank you for that question as well. So I

068would say um this particular time because we have ventured on prioritizing standardbased instruction and it's a way to ensure that we don't make mistakes that I've seen other districts make. um where we say okay we're focused on standard write the standard on the board make sure you say it or student right like it's about making sure that we are really tending to the content and then what the student thinking is and so I just think it's a way to ensure that we do our priority right um I would also say uh specific to this organization is I am heavily like steeped in outcomes based contracting. Um, so it's not just about it sounding nice. Um, we did our due diligence and spoke with other districts um that have contracted with Educational Epiphany and they've seen

069their outcomes um increase. And the one thing I would say it's like not about teaching to a test, it's about really centering on actual learning. Um, the other things I will add, while we're thankful that the Bayad fund paid for unbound ed, I want you to think of it this way like 2100 is the approximate cost for every registration that we had. You multiply that by 130 and do more than one training, the number is similar. Um, and so what I would say is like as we're leaning in to be very um, selective on who's going to engage with our faculties and our employees to make sure we're bringing them the best. It does come with a price tag, but I would also say like we are consumers, so we have high expectations for what

070the learning outcome is. And um, yeah. Okay. Um sorry as she was talking about it. Um what I think is interesting is that this is primarily focus I mean it is academic discourse language. It is literacy and it's also we're focusing mostly on middle school and high school. So I you know I mean I you know I think one of the comments that we received was why aren't we doing more science and reading which I think is probably more in the acquisition phase but this is later. So tell us tell us a little bit more about why. Another great question. Thank you. So I would say uh time is always a struggle in educational systems. So would we desire uh for ele more elementary schools to have the opportunity? Absolutely. It could be something that

071we venture towards. But with the math adoption K2, it's like we also don't want to overwhelm. Um, I would say the other part of the question, oh my gosh, can you repeat it, please? >> Just the So, we're focusing on middle school, high school, secondary, and then science. >> I had a moment as well. Um, so the reality is what we're learning is that literacy isn't a one-time instruction, right? um we do at secondary have students who are reading and being able to comprehend below grade level. So while ideally we'd want to start in secondary to like solve it so that it doesn't increase to or elementary to solve it or primary to to solve it so that it doesn't go to secondary, there is still value for it to go to secondary. um addressing

072um students ability to comprehend what they're reading. Science is um like science teachers are literacy teachers as well. Um the assessment for science, anything we assess, you have to be able to access and understand what's being asked, social studies, ELA, and I would even say as a former math teacher, when we lay word problems down, comprehension is important there. especially when we think about also um our academic vocabulary being able to understand um you know what equivalent means and all of those things. So we're focusing on secondary because the time is more readily available there but it's not that we want to not prioritize elementary school. We just have to work it out. >> Any other questions? Thank you very much. Um, one of the um, the emails that we received asked about Donalyn Dicki

073and asked if we knew anything about him. And so I did look it up and um, he's he's got a lot of experience behind him from teacher all the way up to superintendent. And um, he's been doing this for many years, working in education for many years. um they also mentioned student outcomes and I looked that up and there's there's been a lot of data that that um shows positive student outcomes and so um so for me it it sounds amazing and um with that we have a motion by trusty Anthony a second by Dr. Shay. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. >> Okay. Um two-year uh renewal agreement with partner with parents square. Uh staff recommends approval of the two-year renewal agreement with parents care for parents square for a

074district-wide communication platform to support schooltoome communication in the amount of $98,000. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> So I have a motion by do by trusty Lamb, a second by Dr. Sha. Any questions or comments? Uh, I just briefly had a comment about this because this is a relatively new um, districtwide communication platform and I was wondering I what is the feedback? Do we like it? Are we happy with it? Is what's the what's the feedback? What do people think about it? Do they like it? You like it? I can't even use it. >> I I like it. >> No, you don't like it. >> I would I would like to invite >> That's That's an honest answer. [laughter and gasps] >> I just wanted her to You Are you

075finished? >> Yeah, please. So, I would like to invite uh director Crystal Del Rosario to have um to to give you some information. our director for data and accountability. Um, you know, parent square under and we're gonna clap for her because she didn't want to come to the mic. >> Sorry. Good evening, trustees and our teacher community and South City community. Um, happy to address the question around whether our staff likes it. I would love to start with the functional use of parent square. At this point, parent square is actually not a new platform. It was formerly remind, but yes, um they've rebranded into Parent Square. And what it really has allowed us to do is connect all of our colllocated sites and programs and make sure that there's one system that's connecting all of

076them and all of our parent community. So, that's the first purpose. So perhaps that is not one. It's definitely a security um measure for one and a communication measure to our families. So as far as liking um I would love to know from more from our staff if that is um a common sentiment but really we have heard from parents that it is a useful tool and a more accessible tool compared to remind which is what we had in the past. We used to have peach tree for everything and I kind of like that. >> Yeah. >> What? What's >> Yeah. >> Why did Why did we change? I I sometimes I'm not sure why we changed and this is better. It's better. We still have peach jar. >> Peach jar. Yeah. >> A peach

077peach jar, excuse me. >> And I'll take that one. They serve different per They serve different purposes, but we do still have it. So, we still do have PHR, but they serve two different purposes. Okay, thank you very much. Um, so we have a motion by Trusty Lamb, a second by Dr. Shay. All in favor? >> Oh, I motion carried. I I'll just say as a parent, I I also like pair square. I don't [laughter] >> as a happy consumer. Well, I mean, it's just very convenient to have something as a techie phone, you know, just someone who has likes look at apps on my phone. It's nice to have everything all in one place. So, for the two schools that my kids are in. So, thank you. Thank you. Proposal with NVM Consulting LLC.

078Staff recommends approval of the agreement with NVM Consulting LLC to provide leadership coaching and advising services for the Altoma Middle School principal during the 2026 27 school year in the amount of $97,500. Um, do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Okay. So, I have a trustee by I have a motion by trustee Anthony, a second by trustee Richardson. Any comments or questions? All in favor? >> I. Motion carried. >> Agreements with staffing agencies to support special education. Staff recommends approval of agreements with Ammeris Healthc Care Staffing Incorporated, Tailored Behavioral Solutions, Rebecca Will Aiology, PC, and Weldom to provide staffing to support implementation of individualized education program, IEPs, services, and special education programs for the 26 27 school year in the amount of um 1,700 $122,000. Do I have a motion? >>

079So moved. >> Second. >> So I have a motion by Trustee Lamb, a second by Trustee Anthony. Um any questions or comments? >> I just wanted to ask about the um have are we paying more this year than last year? It just doesn't seem to be any less only because um I hear some of the people that were um doing uh uh translation services. Is this mostly for uh sign language or is this more of a um >> Mr. Rich? I think the translation is >> electrical. Is this an electrical item that that we need to >> consider or how do we what kind of translation? >> I think you're on ask. >> I'm not sure what this means. >> You're right here about this one. This is we're here. >> Okay. Is it they're

080both >> they're totally different things. [snorts] >> This is for school psychologist, aiologist, physical therapist, adapted physical education teacher. >> It is not. Aren't we talking about the aiology? >> It is one of the positions that is >> but we're not there to that one yet. I'm just wondering what this covers. What aiology >> an aologist >> sign language. >> It is an aiologist. So somebody who is providing aiology services $722,000. >> You're paying her $20,000. It is in the board memo. What? >> Aiologist one $20,000. >> Oh, okay. 160. I thought I had >> Okay, >> Trusty Lamb, >> that's fine. >> Okay. Okay. Um, so we have a motion by Trusty Lamb, a second by Trustee Anthony. All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carried. Um, next, agreements for licensed vocational nurses, LBN's,

081and registered nurses, RNs. staff recommends approval of agreements with Row Health LLC and Emerges Healthc Care Staffing Incorporated to provide licensed vocational nurses, LVN's, registered nurses, RNs, and and nursing support during fifth grade um outdoor education for the 2627 school year in the amount of $729,213. Do I have a motion? >> Some move. >> I'll second. >> Okay. So, motion by Trustee Richardson, a second by Trustee Anthony. Um, any questions or comments? >> Just a comment that I I mean I I understand it's part of the IEP, but I also am glad that we're making outdoor education accessible for all kids. >> Thank you. >> Not uh May I if I could chime in. I didn't think this had to do with IEPs really. This is uh more like for kids who need medication during

082the day. Is that what I'm understanding? This they administer medication uh like uh I don't even know. That's that's my next question. Do they administer shots to the kids? I didn't think that they did. Even though they're LVN's or RNs, are they allowed to? So, I'll let um director Yakub answer part of that question, but to your question about um the statement that Trusty Anthony said, part of this is that they will provide health support for students so that they can attend outdoor ed um in a healthy way and have support there. So, to answer that part of the question, that is accurate. And Director Yakub is with us virtually. If you want to answer Trusty Richardson's question, that would be great. >> Of course. Good evening, everyone. Thank you for having me here. Um,

083nurses, uh, our nurses follow health plans. Well, first of all, let me start by backing up a little bit and saying this is service these services for all students, whether they have a 504, an IEP, or just an individual health plan. >> Oh, okay. >> Yep. And within that, the way the process works is there'll be doctor's orders. Hey, a student has this medication they may need to take and administered in this way. And then the nurses review those um doctor's orders and may even consult with the doctor if it's not clear or need clarity or if it seems you know more clarity is needed and then they take that and write a health plan that defines what the LVN's and RNs do for students during the day and it could >> I'm understanding is

084that they don't administer shots or things like that like for example if they need a um dose of uh insulin or things like that. >> No, they do. If a student needs >> Yep. Our LVNs are trained and ready to support students with their u medic any medication administration that is um doctor approved. There's a there's a um a plan written out and and the parents have signed off and and the nurses are also um have reviewed it and approved the plan. Okay. Thank you. >> Of course. Anytime. >> Thank you. So, I did not write down. So, Trusty Richard, Trusty Anthony. Okay, that's what I thought, but I wasn't 100% sure. Okay. So, we have a motion by Trusty Anony's. I mean, Trusty Richardson. We have a second by Trustee Anthony. Any other questions

085or comments? All in favor? I. Motion carried. >> I didn't write it down. I usually write it down. And I was like, "Wait a second." [snorts] Um, agreements for translation and interpretation services for special education. Staff recommends approval of agreements with certified languages international LLC elective Avid translations and Hannah interpreting services to provide interpretation and translations services including American Sign Language for the 2026 2027 school year in a total amount of $1 million. Do I have a motion? >> So move. >> Second. >> I'll second. So, I have a a motion by Trustee Sha, Vice President Shay, a second by Trustee Lamb. Um, any questions or comments? >> Yeah, if Director Coupe is still on the line. I I know um I was just sort of peeking back at last year's budget and noting that,

086you know, last year we had um approved, you know, up to 1.35 million for translations. And I guess there was it was sort of a buffer from like we we didn't I don't know if we actually hit that cap but um and then and just noticing you know this year's request is you know at a zvelt uh $1 million. So appreciate the efficiency to get uh the pricing um within 1 million for this time around. Um, and also wanted to note that, you know, I was, as I was reading the memo and realizing how much more demand there's been for translation services. Um, it seems like there's been quite a bigger jump um, at least this past year compared to previous years. U, I was wondering, could you speak to the demand and whether we

087can meet kind of what obligations we're anticipating for this coming year with the with the budget request? Yes, last year we our board memo uh created a range from what we expected to spend to a maximum in the event that there was fluctuation in data that we did not predict. Um and as you can see our data does change yeartoear. It also depends on um I mean besides interpretation translation we do provide ASL interpretation services in classes for students who require it. And on top of it, um it there's a variable there in assessing students. So if there's a student who is designated as an English learner, we may need to bring in an interpreter during the assessment process. And that number has that's the rise in numbers um because we've been getting tighter on

088that and um making sure that that is in place and the processes in place for them. So that accounts for a little bit of a larger bit bit there. Um the costlier piece is the translation, not the interpretation, which is the rise in numbers. So I don't predict that we're going to go over the estimated amount. Um and um oh wait, there was something else that you asked that my brain started thinking about it and I I I lost a lot of training there a little bit. So if I forgot something, please um restate your question. Um, in the event we do need more, I will come I will come back. But we based this year's memo on just expected costs. We didn't do the range in the event there was a fluctuation. So, I

089think we'll be okay. Um, I predict we'll be okay and I'll be tracking it regularly. I do a uh I track invoices monthly through with my administrative assistant. We look and see where we're at um in relation to the year. So, I'm feeling pretty good about it actually right now. [laughter] >> Well, thank you for the explanation and yeah, no, I I I I highlight that just to, you know, yeah, to appreciate the um that you do pay attention to these things and that, you know, and also that there's the need um in our district and that you work really hard to address that, you know, through through these providers. Um so I just want to share my appreciation on that and also um I think it's helpful to know like just to understand a

090little more that okay so interpretation doesn't cost as much as act like translation. Um so when you say translation that's like documents it's >> you got it. >> Yep. And that is the far more costlier um bit in in in this work interpretation is someone comes in and they're you know live interpreting um and it's you know that hourly rate whereas the documents you know you see IP documents can get very extensive and especially if it's a assessment year so that assessment report also needs report and some of those are or not reported translated and some of those are 50 60 70 pages long just the report. >> Yeah. Yeah. understand. [laughter] But um yeah, again, appreciate all all your work. Uh >> it's our pleasure to make sure everything's accessible to our community. Thank

091you. >> Yeah, thank you. Okay. Um so we have a motion by trust by Dr. Shay, second by trustee Lamb. All in favor? >> I motion carried. And with that, we have to take a 10-minute break. So we'll be back at 8:37. Welcome back. Okay, moving on. Agreements for transportation services for special education. Staff recommends approval of the renewal of agreements with Android Advanced Technologies, Everdriven, First Student Incorporated, and Green Cab to fulfill individualized education program IEP transportation service requirements in the amount of $2,427,000. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. So I have a motion by Trusty Anthony, a second by Dr. Sheay to any questions or comments. All in favor? >> I motion carried. Renewal agreement with air tutors for special education. Staff recommends approval of the renewal of the

092agreement with airtutors to continue high dosage tutoring services for students eligible under IDA for the 202627 school year in the amount of $60,000. Do I have a motion? >> So move second. >> Second. >> So I have a motion by Dr. Shay, second by trustee Lamb. Um any questions or comments? Okay. All in favor? I >> I motion carries. >> Renewal agreements with non-public schools, NPS, for special education. Staff recommends approval of the renewal of agreements with the identified non-public schools and county offices of education as listed in the memo to fulfill services outlined in students individualized education programs IEPs for the 2627 school year in the amount of $4,935,000. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. Second. >> So, I have a motion by Trusty Lamb, a second by Trustee Anthony.

093Any questions or comments? >> Um, maybe just a comment um and that I I know just comparing with last year's um the NPS placements. I mean, it sounds like we're pretty much keeping the same number of placements from previous year to this year. Um, so I mean in a sense it's good that it's not growing but obviously it's you know still a lot of them. So just to point that out. >> Okay. >> I mean most of the students are in the upper grades. So there is there is a that I do expect it might shrink up over the next few years but we are at a stagnant p. This is we're at the right we're at the right proportionate amount. >> Yeah. Yeah, thanks for putting that in the context. >> Any other question?

094Um, all in favor? >> I motion carried. >> Renewal agreements with publishers for special education. Staff recommends approval of the renewal of agreements with public with the publishers as listed in the memo to meet the curricular and coursework needs of students with individualized education programs IEPs and to provide professional development to staff in the amount of $229,600. Do I have a motion? >> So move. >> Second. So I have a motion by tr by Dr. Shay, a second by trustee Anthony. Any questions or comments? All in favor? >> I. Motion carried. >> Uh, approval of declaration of need. Staff recommends approval of the declaration of need for fully qualified educators for the 2026 2027 year. Do I have a motion? >> So move. >> I'll give it to Dr. Shay, second to Trustee Anthony. >>

095No, Trusty Richardson. Sorry. She said it. >> Okay. Some I said >> okay. So >> So we'll give the second to Trusty Richardson. >> You don't use your microphone. >> Um any questions or comments? >> All in favor? I. Motion carried. >> Um approval of ELOP agreements. Staff recommends the approval of the expanded learning opportunity program, ELAP, agreements with Boys and Girls Club of of the Peninsula, the city of Daily City, South San Francisco Unified School District District Extended Day Activities Program, DDAB, right at school LLC, and City of South San Francisco for the 2026 27 school year totaling 4,138,843. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. Oh, >> okay. Trustee Lamb will have the motion. Trustee Richardson the second. Um, any questions? >> I believe that was Trusty Anthony. >> No, it's Greg.

096[laughter] >> I think I just >> Who's the first? So, it was sort of a tie. What? >> Okay. So, we have Lamb and Richardson. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Do Do we That's what I had. Um um any questions or comments? All in favor? >> I motion carried. >> Agreement with Millennium Consulting Associates. Staff recommends approval of the agreement with Millennium Consulting Associates to provide hazardous materials consulting services for the Montyver Elementary School modernization project in the amount of $29,542.50. Do I have a motion? Richardson. Oh, second. And Lamb the second. [snorts] And any questions or comments? >> No. Yes. Okay. All in favor? I. Motion carried. Agreement with Nino and more geotechnical and environmental sciences consultants. Staff recommends approval of the agreement with Nino and more for geotechnical and geological hazard evaluation services for

097the South San Francisco High School modernization project in the amount of $50,700. Do I have a motion? >> Second. >> So I have a motion by Trustee Richardson, a second by Trustee Anthony. Any questions or comments? All in favor? >> I I motion carried. Okay. Amen. A amendment number four with Protek Consulting and Engineering Incorporated. Staff recommends approval of amendment number four to the agreement with Protek Consulting and Engineering Incorporated for additional construction phase as its best and lead abatement testing and monitoring services for the El Camino High School central kitchen and cafeteria project in the amount of $34,725. Um, do I have a motion? >> Richardson. >> Second. A second by Trustee Lamb. Any questions? Okay. All in favor? >> I. Motion carried. >> Resolution number 26-55 award of lease lease back agreement for

098Monty Verdie Elementary School modernization project. Staff recommends approval passage and adoption of resolution number 26-55 with a waiver of the reading supporting the award of lease lease back site lease and facilities lease agreements for the Montyver Elementary School modernization project and authorization for district staff to enter into lease lease back agreements with landlord landmark constructors incorporated in the amount of 63,324 four dollars. Do I have a motion? >> So moved with the rating of the reading. >> Okay. So I'm Anthony and >> Richardson. Okay. So we have we have a motion by Trusty Anthony. A second by Trustee Richardson. Roll call, please. >> Trusty Lamb. >> Yes. >> Trusty Richardson. >> Yes. >> Trusty Anthony. >> Yes. >> Vice President Sheay. >> Yes. President Murray. >> Yes. Motion carried. Resolution number 26-56, award of lease

099leaseback agreement for Spruce Elementary School modernization project. Staff recommends approval, passage, and adoption of resolution number 26-56 with waiver of the reading supporting the award of the lease lease back site lease and facilities lease agreements for the Spruce Elementary School modernization project and authorization for district staff to enter into lease lease back agreements with Landmark Constructors Incorporated in the amount of $68,623. Do I have a motion? So moved with the waving of the reading and the second Anthony. >> Second. [laughter] >> So I have [snorts] a motion by trusty Lamb, a second by Trustee Anthony. And a roll call, please. >> Trusty Lamb. >> Yes. >> Trusty Richardson. >> Yes. >> Trusty Anthony. >> Yes. >> Vice President Sheay. >> Yes. >> President Murray. >> Yes. Motion carried. Resolution number 26-57 for budgetary increases and

100transfers. Staff recommends approval, passage, and adoption of resolution number 26-57 with the waiver of the reading and authorizing the Sanonteo County Superintendent of Schools to make any necessary transfers or budget adjustments to permit payment of dis to permit payment of district obligations at year end 2025 2026. Do I have a motion? >> So moved with a waving of the reading. >> Okay. lamb and waving of the reading. Second >> second, >> Dr. Shay second question. >> Okay, go ahead. >> What does this cover, please? Um, any necessary transfers or budget adjustment as permit payment of district obligation. What is that about? Thank you. >> Yeah, that's a good question. So every year around this time you know as part of the yearing closing you know when we have expenditures that we need to pay. So

101what happen if the uh item is is uh is material supplies but the budget is actually sitting in the uh services category. So this authorizes the county office to to do a transfer to cover those expenditures just between categories. >> So the county is the one that releases the funds. >> Yeah. They're the one who makes the payment and issues the checks. So, they would make sure this budget before they uh you know issued the check. >> Oh, okay. Cuz it was Secretary County. Okay. Okay. I got it. Thank you. >> Okay. Thanks. >> Okay. Roll call. >> Trusty Lamb? >> Yes. >> Trusty Richardson? >> Yes. >> Trusty Anthony? >> Yes. >> Vice President Shay? >> Yes. >> President Murray? >> Yes. Motion carry. >> Okay. Resolution 26-58 for establishing fund 11 and fund

10214 balances. Staff recommends approval, passage, and adoption of resolution number 26-58 with a waiver of the reading for establishing fund 11 and fund 14 balances. Um, do I have a motion? >> So moved with the waving of the reading. >> Thank you, Trusty Anthony. Second. >> Second, [snorts] Dr. Sheay. So we have a motion by Trusty Anthony, a second by Dr. Shay. Any questions or comments? Roll call, please. >> Trusty Lamb, >> yes. >> Trusty Richardson, >> yes. >> Trusty Anthony, >> yes. >> Vice President Sheay, >> yes. >> President Murray, >> mo, yes. Motion carried. Okay, that would be the end of the action items, review of future agenda items and meetings. Any requests? >> Okay. I I would like to bring up the oral health issue. I've been thinking about it for some

103time and I believe we haven't seen enough of the um the vans that come out to the schools and examine the children's um mouth oral um condition. And I haven't seen that for a few years. And I think it's time we looked in or there was we need a report to the board that can we find a way or something about >> I I believe it was in our last board update. There was a whole section on our last board update. >> So [snorts] take a look at it and you'll see. I think it might be a good idea for the whole community to hear what our plans are, not just on the newsletter. So what specifically do you want? You want an agenda item to address what? >> Yeah, just a report to bring

104awareness of oral health in our students. And I haven't heard any movement in that regard in the last five years actually >> except in the last board update. But uh yeah, >> that's not for the community. I think it's worth for the community to uh be aware that we're looking out for the children. So, if I if I may, President Murray, is your request that we bring a report on the state of oral health in South San Francisco Unified? Is that what I'm just I lack clarity on what you're actually >> I'd like to uh brief the board of the opportunities that the we may have to offer our students the option of having their children um examine while in school during their school day sometime. uh concentrated possibly one year the elementary school and

105the next year maybe the middle schools and then even high schools. >> So you want a presentation? I just want to test my understanding. You want a presentation on what options are available to our school community. Okay. Is that the pleasure of the board? I don't >> I don't think I need a whole presentation, but I mean maybe it could be like um our induction where we get the presentation, it becomes part of the record but isn't presented at the board. That'd be my suggestion. >> When we received the induction presentation, it wasn't an actual presentation, but here in the board meeting, but we still received information on it. It was part of the board agenda that >> Okay. I I wanted to add too like you know just to um like thinking about what

106the public commenter uh spoke about that the uh I think access to health care health resources is going to get you know it's going to hit our community it's going to be much harder for our community to access um in the coming couple years just because sadly because of federal policy. So I think maybe putting that in context of like what um now now I'm adding on scope but like [clears throat] I I think in that context it's kind of helpful to know like what resources are available through like that we are able to share with the community or like you know provide access to. Yeah. whether it's through the, you know, the dental vans or um the access to other health services that our community can um Sure. We can inquire from the the

107public speaker and see if they can provide us information that we can put into the presentation. >> The county used to have something like that. Um they they didn't have a medical van. >> Yeah, she was from the county health. >> Oh, okay. I >> Okay, I think I'm clear. [clears throat] >> Yes, I did provide information to the board last week on this topic. >> Okay. >> Yes, but I believe the community would benefit by knowing this thing. >> Okay. So, any other uh anything else? Review of anything else on the Let's see. And how about >> you have a card? Thank you. I have a I have her email, but I appreciate that. I'll take a picture of it. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um, so summary of board directives. Yes, we do

108have one. Um, one request is for staff to provide a presentation, a nonformal presentation on options of access [clears throat and cough] to oral health opportunities available to our South San Francisco Unified School District students. >> Thank you. Okay. Good and welfare, Trusty Richardson. a fun time a couple of weekends ago to the championship for the um varsity baseball team who made the um Central um championships and they had a wonderful season. They were undefeated throughout their year and there was a really a proud moment. Um, one of the students, his name is U. Michael McI is, uh, he was, um, athlete of the week from the Samonteo Daily Journal and the team was um, great. They p played a a team from Pacific Palisades. Although they fell short, they had a wonder, it was

109a great game and I'm so proud of them that it was in San Jose and I think this accomplishment by our students needs to be mentioned as often as um we can to encourage them that sports really does a lot for the development. and some of those students had been playing since little league and I was really happy to be there with all the parents and it was a fun time and I wanted to say one more thing about Junth um that's coming up next Friday and this holiday is considered the longest running AfricanAmerican holiday and has been called America's second independence say Junth falls on June 19th and has often been celebrated on the third Saturday in June. Historian Mitch Ketchum notes that celebrations of the end of the slavery have three goals to

110celebrate, educate, and agitate. Early celebrations consisted of baseball, fishing, and rodeo. African-Americans were often prohibited from using public facilities for their celebrations. So instead, they were typically held at churches or outdoors. The celebrations were characterized by elaborate large meals and people wearing their best clothing. It was common for formerly enslaved people and their descendants to make pilgrimage to Galveastston, Texas, where the announcement of emancipation had originally taken place. So, um, as we enter the summer season, um, this holiday is, uh, just recognized really as a federal holiday. So, we hope that all the families will remember Junth and what it means for certain parts, certain members of our communities. Thank you. Trusty Anthony >> just I mean it's already summer. I think we wished everybody a really good graduation season and we had wonderful graduations

111and I hope you know big lift goes well this summer. I hope our other summer programs are outstanding and uh relax a little bit. >> Thank you Trusty Lamb. Yeah. Uh yeah, just to echo, yeah, the great graduations. Um thank you to all our principal uh staff who um you know hosted us uh you know as we participated in celebrating their kids. Um and uh I I appreciate uh you know CTA and um you know SSF you know Federation of Adult Educators for you know speaking about the the um security uh you know badges you know concerns about it um and uh so I I'm thankful that there's you know collaboration and some you know perhaps a bit belated but um that those conversations you know do definitely need to be had. So, I'm grateful

112to our, you know, district uh staff for um you know, h having those conversations with you guys. So, hope that uh works out um for the benefit of our kids, obviously. Um and then I think, you know, just you know, thinking again to some of our comments um I know uh yeah, there have been some uh comments lately about u the the you know, staff workforce housing issue. Um you know, it's it's definitely, you know, in our uh master plan. Um I know but um I think you know you know it's you know it's in our plan. Um I I feel uh confident that we know we still have that support to uh you know keep moving it forward. Um that said you know there's you know concerns from the community um about you know

113timing you know when is this thing going to happen. Um and um and I'll say you know for me I would you know like to you know us to consider that question as well more more just to have clarity for our community to know what you know we're thinking about. Um I I feel um you know that you know given the uh growing uh concerns about you know the affordability crisis um I and thinking about you know maybe longer term uh knowing that you know our staff you know we you know as we're creating all these uh changes and I know you know growing our professional uh uh capacity um you know I do have concerns that you know long term if we don't address you know this uh issue um that uh you know

114we may uh that our you know skills you know our our staff uh cap capacity capability u you know retention will uh may erode over time um so I mean that's something I just want to you know put out there for us that uh perhaps we should uh you know take a look again at you know whether the the current timing that we have now within the master plan makes sense Um and hopefully uh we can uh you know think about it more holistically and align it with um where we foresee our staffing needs u to be in the future because I don't want us to lose you know find out you know that we waited too long and lost the opportunity to um you know create this community if you know if we had

115the opportunity uh sooner. So thank you. >> Thank you Dr. Sh. Okay, everybody, have a great summer. Thank you.