001telephone. foridentific Forew. We are convening the South San Francisco Unified School District back into open session. All right. Roll call, please. Joanna. >> Student Trustee AOA. >> Trustee Richardson. >> Trustee Shay >> here. >> Trusty Lamb here. >> Vice President Murray >> here. >> President Anthony >> here. Whoa. If we could all rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. One nation indivisible and justice. Item D, land acknowledgement statement. We acknowledge that the South San Francisco Unified School District is located on the unseated ancestral homeland of the Ramatouch Aloney peoples who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramatouch community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first
002peoples. Item E, reporting out from close session. >> Nothing to report. >> Thank you. Item F, review of agenda. All right, we do have one agenda change. That is action item 1A, approval of superintendence contract extension. If you saw this item, then you saw that there is no contract. So, uh we cannot approve a contract without having the contract be part of the public record. So, we will be bringing that back. So, taking that off, item action 1A. All right. Item G, PTA council remarks. We have our PTA council person tonight. Not yet. All right. Too busy from the first day of school. All right. Item H, staff association representatives remarks. South San Francisco Federation of Adult Educators. Don't see Elizabeth. Uh, South San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association. Good evening, members of the board, SSFUSD
003cabinet, and SSFUSD community. I hope everyone is having a smooth first week of the 2526 academic year. My 33rd first day of school just ended and was smooth sailing for my firsties. The only problem is that I am a lot more tired than I was 33 years ago. Tonight I would like to comment on how the first day of back went for the staff on Monday. At our first day back rally, we re re exc excuse me, we returned to a pathway of cheers. It was welcoming and cheerful to come back to smiling faces. Led by this positivity, our principal at Monverie, Miss Mert, asked us on Wednesday to cheer our students back into school the same way this morning. We were all on board. students were so happy to see their teachers from last
004year and I think it remind it it reminded some of us um it reminded some of our students that school is a welcoming place. One addition to the Monday rally that received many positive comments was the involvement of students. They were wellprepared and excellent at motivating the entire staff. Seeing them in action reminds me what why we do what we do. Unfortunately, a setback to that day in my opinion was that union leaders were not included in the welcoming back of our members. Believe me, speaking to so many people is not an easy feat personally, but I feel it is a necessary one. It is the only day that the union leaders can speak to everyone together. To silence us makes us less powerful overall and does not make us feel like we belong. I
005am asking that we be invited back for next year once again. In addition, I am asking that the administrative staff read through the collective bargaining agreements prior to the start of the year. This helps to reduce sudden conflicts at the beginning of the year like some principles not knowing that no meeting should occur on the one teacher workday teachers have to prepare for the um their students. I would like to thank Dr. Moore for inviting her cabinet and my executive board team to a meeting to discuss improving communication with certificated staff. I hope these meetings will continue often this year because there was a lot of ground to cover. To end and in the spirit of our rally to kick off our first week of school, I am reminded of a quote from the late
006Representative John Lewis. Never ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. Thank you and welcome back. Thank you so much and welcome back. All right. California School Employees Association Chapter 197. I don't see Jolene. Right. Item I, P, personnel commission. >> Our next personnel commission meeting will be held on Monday, August 18th, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. in the district office boardroom. >> Thank you so much. Uh, item J, items from the board, announcements, board calendar, board committee reports. Okay, moving on to item K, superintendent report. Thank you very much, President Anthony. Um, I'll start with our welcome back. It has been an incredible week leading up to the first day of school. We just heard from President Duy. kick things off with an energetic and inspiring all staff rally
007featuring outstanding student MC's, former student DJs, and community members who set the tone for the year. A special thanks to South San Francisco High School Lola Bordon Molina, who is one of our talented MC's, the South San Francisco High School cheerleading squad, and our spirited hype crew, B. Gayorg and Alisa Borha, Victor Viazo, Andre Castio, Diego Borha, and Owen Marino. And then from El Camino High School, we also had some fantastic MC's, Jaylen Sanchez, our very own Izzy Ruiz and Eliza Aoyo. We also heard some heartfelt reflections about belonging and ways to build strong school classroom and district communities from our students uh from one of our students Lola Bordon Molina and Pedro Cvantes Aloma Middle School teacher Kelly Duncan and one of our parents Alma Ruiz Sto. Their energy helped to create a warm
008inclusive environment that sets the stage for a year focused on camaraderie and belongings. A few highlights that I wanted to to call out regarding the participant feedback and I want to share the data. We had more than 92% of respondents agreed that the kickoff rally built momentum and excitement for the year, celebrated and elevated student voice, and helped to create a sense of unity and belonging across the district. At least 60% of those respondents strongly agreed with all of these statements. Some of the highlights was that the rally was really exciting, engaging, it built unity. We really liked student participation. It was great to celebrate student and community voices and fostered connection and belonging. We also launched two days of professional learning aligned to our strategic priorities, student wellness and belonging, academic discourse, and math
009implementation. The feedback was positive with strong engagement from our staff. There was an appreciation for hands-on discourse strategies like the fishbowl activity, diamond discussion, and positive feedback for our teachers on special assignment who led math sessions utilizing useful tools and also shared encouraging uh words about time to just reflect. All of these were indicated as positives. Opportunity of improvement for us, lunch distribution. On day one, our vendor was late and some of our staff had to wait about 20 minutes to get their food. Tuesday was much better. We had 97% of respondents agreeing that they got their food within 20 minutes, most within 5 to 10, and 92% agreed that their lunch was tasty. The other opportunity is that parking was a challenge. We tried to mitigate that by putting different steps in place, but
010it still wasn't ideal, and some of our space and acoustics were identified as challenges for various reasons. Overall, we are incredibly excited about the momentum and the feedback as this new approach to professional learning days. uh and we will continue to build on this. And finally, visiting schools on the first day alongside board members, cabinet members, and directors was pure joy. We saw smiles, excitement, and a deep sense of optimism for the year ahead. My next item, it is my pleasure to introduce our 2025 2026 student trustees. Representing South San Francisco High School this fall is Jam Lynn Aoa. And representing El Camino High School in the spring is Isabelle Izzy Ruiz from El Camino. These student leaders will join our board meetings to share updates, to highlight events, and to provide the student voice
011on key issues. After a thoughtful and very engaging orientation last week, I am confident that their insights and enthusiasm will be a true asset to our work and we look forward to collaborating with them this year. The third item I just wanted to share with the board and community. I was privileged to participate in a national fellowship with other systems leaders from across the nation really focused a lot on change management frameworks and communitydriven problem solving tools that were directly relevant to our district's work with where we are with our launch of our strategic plan. I've already begun sharing some of these protocols and experiences with some of our leaders who are also learning the same frameworks and protocols so we can build a common language and approach to tackling challenges together as a district
012community. So, I was able to attend a culminating experience this past July focused on change management, leading change boldly and with courage and doing so with others was deeply impactful and I was able to really highlight the work that's happening here in South San Francisco. Really grateful for the opportunity. We are proud to celebrate a former student athlete um Rachel McCann Henley. I was recently notified who is a former El Camino High School softball player who was inducted into the 2025 Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame at Sanonteo County History Museum which happened this past June. Just want to congratulate her on just an incredible achievement and thank her for representing El Camino with such distinction. And finally, I too want to thank and appreciate CTA President Juy and members of her executive board Megan Connory,
013Allison Light, Natalie Abanante, and Kimberly Moss for a productive and collaborative meeting with the cabinet. Last week, one of our goals, as we discussed, is to partner and identify the best ways in which we can work together in service of our students and our community. We surfaced some themes focused on building trust and partnership, communication and transparency and celebrating and learning together. For example, we built connections through team building, reviewed educator feedback from last year, clarified and come came to some shared commitments and begin to map out ways to improve our partnership. We were not able to cover every topic, but the spirit of trust, collaboration, and problem solving was strong, and I am very excited to continuing to engage in this important work together throughout the year. And with that, that concludes my report.
014Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> All right. Now, we get to hear from our student trustees. Uh we'll start with Jamie Leno, our fall student trustee and ASB president at South San Francisco High School. Good even good good evening sorry cabinet and community board. My name is Jim Oila and it's my pleasure to be serving as this year's fall student trustee representing South San Francisco High School. I've been in ASB since my freshman year and it's and it's such an honor to be sitting up here. I am absolutely thrilled for this upcoming year and all the pos positive experiences that it may bring. Over the summer, our ASB class held an our annual summer training to all both new and returning members into our ASB class. We introduced class expectations and reviewed each
015commission's manual to give everyone a sneak peek into what this year will look like. On the second day of training, we hosted a chopped cooking challenge where members whipped up dishes such as pasta, churros, and burgers. It was a fun and delicious way to bond as a team. On August 6th, we held our freshman orientation from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. featuring performances from our cheer team, our folk dance group, and mariachi. As well as providing students to sign up for extracurriculars that South City has to offer, such as our key club, STEMsters, color guard, marching band, girls golf, and much more. Not only that, but they had the chance to meet some of their teachers, take campus tours, and enjoy a mini rally to kick off their high school journey. Several of our students
016of our student organizations had been active this summer as well. Our our earth club has been working on our outdoor learning space while Latinos Complet has volunteered at local food distributions. Our band held their held their annual band cap camp last year to prepare for the school year. Many of our fall sport teams, including football, cross country, cheer, flag football, and girls volleyball, who just held their triyouts on August 11th, have been putting in their hard work over the summer. We're looking forward to seeing what they have in store this season. Go Warriors. As we all may know, today marked their first day of school. Students were welcomed back with the beautifully decorated campus featuring chalk art, a balloon arch generously donated by our ad administration, and vibrant posters created by our publicity commission. ASB
017members were stationed around campus handing out maps, answering questions, and ensuring everyone felt supported as they found their classes. Looking ahead, our vice president, Haley Hang, has been designing our brand new ASB jersey, and we can't wait to show them off. Let us know if you guys would like one. ESB will be holding their freshman elections. Ourformational meeting will be on Monday, August 18th. Everyone running will be will have three days to campaign. We're expecting for them to be a part of our lovely ASB family by Friday, August 29th. Last but not least, our Red Cross club is also preparing for our annual blood drive, which is always an an impactful event for our community. This is all for my report. It's been an exciting start of the year at South City and I look
018forward to continuing to share our progress, achievements, and student spirit with all of you. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you so much, Jam. All right, welcome up our hype crew from Monday, one of our members of our hype crew, um, Isabelle Ruiz, our spring student trustee and ASB president at El Camino High School. Good evening board members, cabinet and audience both present and at home. My name is Isabelle Izzy Ruiz and I'm currently a senior serving as ASB president at El Camino High School. I hope everyone had a terrific summer break full of resident memories. And before I begin my report, I would love to recognize the ASB president of South City High School, Jamie Lynn, as it is both our first board report. I look forward to working alongside her and cheering
019her on as she serves as fall trustee. I'm excited for the both of us to represent our schools with pride. Over the past three weeks, our leadership students have generously volunteered their summer time to create a warm, welcoming environment for new and returning members of our campus community. Their work included a variety of posters ranging from affirmations, advertisements, and recognition displaying the spirit and support of our campus. Additionally, our senior office, led by President Leah Woo, created a memorable last first day, as some may say, for our class of 2026. They set up a fun photo op complete with a backdrop and senior related signs. Not only did this capture our seniors, but their childstyle backpacks ranging from characters like Blueie to Spider-Man. We received positive feedback throughout the day as many people on campus
020felt welcome and excited for the upcoming school year. We're incredibly grateful for the hard work and creativity of our ASB students. Their work has spread a vibrant energy and color throughout our campus. Also, I'm very to touch very touched to see many faces from my ASB family in the audience. I'd like to take this as an opportunity to thank them for my support, especially as I deliver my first report. To continue the spread of belonging, ASB office developed a two-day curriculum presented through a slide deck. Each class period included different ice breakers, games, helpful tips, and announcements to keep students in engaged and informed about school resources and opportunities. Their curriculum took up about half a period, leaving time the remaining time for teachers to cover content like their syllabus. This created a unique balance
021as it combined the structure of a traditional first day with meaningful opportunities for student to connect with one another. It also brought the student body together as they all participated in the same activities. I'm thrilled to announce that El Camino is launching our first ever flag football team. Our Lady Colts will be led by teacher and coach Miss Chenade Nelson, who is supported by our athletics director, Jeffrey Costco. Triyouts will be held from August 19th to the 21st with their first league game being on September 8th. We can't wait to cheer them on as they make history. Next Friday, the 22nd, we will be hosting our welcome back rally located in our big gym. We are excited to introduce new staff members, welcome the class of 2029, and kick off the year with incredible school
022spirit. This rally is especially special as we are welcoming our Rotary Kishi Japanese exchange student visitors. The theme of our rally will be centered around balance. Our hope for this school year is to encourage students to find harmony in academics, personal life, and everything in between. Continuing the fun, we are throwing our annual movie night under the stars from 7 to 10:00 p.m. The movie choice is currently being voted on by our students. From August 25th to 27th, we will be holding our annual fall club rush during lunch in the courtyard. Students have the opportunity to check out incredible clubs we have to offer, including a variety of academic service, cultural, and special interest clubs such as Key Club, Give Light, Chinese Cultural Club, Baking, and American Red Cross. All our clubs are overseen by
023our amazing ASB chairperson, Joey Lee. Clubs aren't our only way to get involved. We are getting ready for freshman elections. This is a great chance for incoming students to take on leadership roles rem represent their class. Their campaign path consists of anformational meeting held next Monday, election speeches on August 26th and 27th, ending with voting on August 29th. We can't wait to see our candidates ready to rise to the challenge and represent their peers with enthusiasm and dedication. That concludes my report. And unless there's any questions or concerns, I'd like to thank you all for listening. I hope all teachers, staff, and students had an amazing first day. And I can't wait to see what the school year brings for all of us. >> Thank you so much. >> We're really back at school. Our
024student trustees are back. It's been like three weeks, three three meetings. All right. Item M, public comments to comment in person during the meeting. Public comments are limited to one to three minutes per individual. Um, tonight we appear to have two public comments, so we'll do three minutes. Name and address cards are placed in the back of the room to be completed and given to the secretary. The board president will call upon individuals in random order who have requested to speak, and each person may only speak once and is required to address the board from the podium. The meeting is recorded and streamed live. Individuals may address the board concerning school business not on the agenda, but public comment cannot be acted upon or discussed by the board unless placed on the agenda at a
025subsequent meeting in accordance with the law, the Brown Act. The board may request staff to respond orally at the meeting or in writing at a future time. With that, we do have two public comments for items not listed on the agenda. Um, Megan Carrie Good evening, Dr. Moore, Cabinet, and our uh President Anthony and our trustees and then our community. Um my name is Megan Connory. I am the math department chair at El Camino High School. I also want to compliment the person who had the amazing idea to do the rally on Monday. Um I heard nothing but great things. Um, my favorite part were the students. I'm a little biased though since they are my honors babies. Um, today was also wonderful to see Dr. Moore, Mr. Hanan, and Mr. O at Elco as
026they observed the first day of lunch in the courtyard, which is being held while our cafeteria is under construction. Everything looked like it went smoothly. Um, I didn't get a chance to ask the kids if how the meal went, but I didn't hear any complaints either. Um, as Dr. Moore mentioned, the executive board um, of the union was able to meet with the cabinet and I'm the union secretary. I felt that the diag was very successful and I look forward to meeting again soon. One item that was mentioned at the meeting was a portion of the contract that seemed to be miscommunicated to administrators at site and even in the district office. This issue is addressed in article 7 of the professional compensation section. It states, "A union member required by the district to render
027service in excess of the unit member's work year um shall be paid an additional service at the union member's perdeium rate. For example, my perdium rate is $108. Um additional services rendered on a voluntary basis, they shall be paid at the um the $60. We also included this in last year's contract, but our summer 2024 pays did not reflect it. Um, I know that the math toasters worked on the math curriculum last summer and continued to work through this summer as well. It was absolutely not voluntary for them. Um, I am sure that there were other certificated staff members as well and to my knowledge, no one received the predium rate. So I know that Dr. Moore has spoken to Ted or Mr. O and Mr. Hanan about the miscommunication and I would like to
028request that Mr. Owen and payroll look back at the summer of 2024 in addition to this summer to correct the district's miscommunication. Thank you. >> Thank you so much, Allison Light. Good evening, uh, President Anthony and trustees, Superintendent Dr. Moore, uh, and cabinet and particularly new cabinet members. Welcome. Um, welcome to the community and the first day of school with students. I really didn't expect to be here today. Um so we have a problem with the schedule of the elementary fall conference week. Um those five days are minimum days for elementary teachers so that we have time to meet with all the parents. Um last year and now again this year that week was scheduled and it conflicts with uh Yam Kapoor. There are teachers who take that day off, giving them only four days
029to meet with parents. Um, last year we requested, I think a little bit late, uh, that it be moved so that it did not conflict. Um, this year, oh, sorry. And we were told we it was too late and it couldn't be changed. So, those teachers missed a day of conferences, had to work long days. Um, we were told it will not conflict again. We will fix this going forward and it hasn't been fixed. We communicated with the district in June, which I realized in June 5th. Um, and I realized that was officially it's summer, but I feel like they had or you all had all of last year to fix this and change it and not schedule it during Yamapour this year. But here we are. Um, and I would like to urge the
030board to seriously consider making sure that everything that needs to be done in order to change the schedule for uh, elementary conferences in the fall be changed this year. We did it last year and we said, "Okay, fix it going forward." I don't think we need to do it again this year. I think it needs to be fixed. I think it should have been fixed six, seven, eight months ago. Um the fact that we're back here in August and I'm we're again being told, oh well, we have to do this meeting and then the trustees have to approve. You know what? I it's not my fault that it's not August. It needs to be changed. It's not okay. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Um, item N, information only presentations. Uh, student family services
031summer programs. Dr. Marcus Garcia will present a recap of the 2025 summer school programs offered in the district. We do have one public comment for this item and that's Jace Marzison. All right. Good evening everyone. My name is Jace Marzarzan and I have worked summer school credit recovery as a counselor for three years in a row. Out of all my three years working summer school as a counselor, this summer has been the smoothest yet. And I wanted to appreciate the leadership for summer, I see a lot of them are here already. So Sharon Celo, Christopher Leia, Stephanie Andrews, and I don't see Daniel Thores, but him as well. Um I've worked with Sharon the past three summers and she's absolutely amazing. And I want to highlight Stephanie's leadership as well. She was very organized. She
032spent clear and timely emails and had structured and efficient meetings every morning with the counseling team we were when we were there. The meetings have always been productive, straight to the point, and most importantly, they've given us exactly what we need to know to support the systems, the processes in order to get students what they need for the summer. So, I just want to give her a big shout out for that. And then also after reviewing the slide deck for the upcoming presentation, I'm glad that this year counselors were included in the slide deck for summer school. As in previous summer school board slide decks, we were not included under credit recovery. Um, in reviewing the summer 2022 slide deck for credit recovery, I really like how all the staff members were named in that.
033So, I want to honor and uplift the counselors that I worked with this summer that helped enhance the summer school experience and also made it really smooth. So, I will name them uh Stephanie Mikimo from El Camino, Cali from South City, K Spiritu from El Camino, Sarah Lavine from Altaloma, and Bridget Hernandez from South City, and Mary her from El Camino. They all made the experience very smooth and I really enjoyed working summer school credit recovery this summer. Thank you. >> Thank you for those kind words for your colleagues. Um with that, Dr. Garcia, do you want to introduce Dr. Moore or Okay. It's my privilege to introduce Dr. Maros Garcia who will be [Applause] our new assistant superintendent of student family services and he will be sharing an update with the board on our
034summer programs. >> All right, good evening Dr. Moore, cabinet and board of trustees. Uh tonight I will be presenting a recap of our 2025 summer programs. And as you can see we have our amazing uh site leaders at the end of the presentation. I'm going to ask them to rise so we could uh acknowledge them. as soon as we get this to work. There you go. All right. Thank you. >> Okay. So, um this year we had five programs at five campuses. We served um almost 1,600 students and we had almost 280 staff um provide these uh amazing summer programs. So we did have an increase of about 80 students. So that's a a positive um note and you'll be able to see uh that the increase was uh at our credit recovery program. This
035is the enrollment at each of our programs. We had programs at Los Avitos, uh, Martin, Altaloma, South San Francisco High School, Ben and Altaloma campus. We were also able to provide summer meals um at all of our uh sites. We als and provided community meals at three of our sites. That would be Losertos, South San Francisco, South San Francisco High School, and Martin. These are some highlights of our nutrition program. And one of our key programs is our big lift inspiring summer programs. We were able to serve 334 uh students um and staff 24 teachers and coaches, 46 staff, including facilitators and parent ambassadors. And as you can see, this is a partnership uh with Bell Excel, the Big Lift, San Monteo uh County. Um and we this is going on year nine if I'm
036correct in this partnership. So highlights from our LC uh and Martin program. All right, can't see. Okay, so the goal of our big lift and inspiring inspiring summers is to provide both academic readiness as well as um uh enrichment. So we have both uh supports for literacy and math for rising K through third. We're able to also provide um social emotional support and behavioral uh behavior um support through our BCBAS and uh one of the key programs uh that we integrate is our ESY program. I forgot to mention the uh enrichment includes our uh field trips. We go to both the uh curio curiosity coyote point and we have field trips uh various field trips to our um libraries. So ESY is our program that uh we um embed at all of our sites. The
037goal of it is to support students that have IEPs, in particular students that uh are at risk of goal regression and recruitment. And as I mentioned before, we embed this in all three of our programs. Um, sorry, I need to go back. Okay, so our uh site leaders for the Big Lift Inspiring Summer are um Lindsay Summers and Shalley Tapia uh at Martin and we have at Losertos, Julia McCarron and Tara Christensen. for for ESY, we have our um uh coordinators, Jonathan Berg and Luca Terrapelli. Okay. Elevate Math is our our math uh uh intervention um program. It's also intervention, but it's it's supposed to provide uh frontloading. So for students that um are are at risk of um or who are not meeting proficiency. So they are uh frontloading the skills for the following
038year. This is the second year of having our program in person. And um this year we were able to house it at two of our sites. Our third through fourth grade were at Ben and fifth through ninth we're at Aloma. So here's some highlights. Uh again this is our second year and in person and uh there's lots of positive engagement. I was able to uh see the program at uh Ben and I saw lots of uh smiling faces and um lots of uh joy. So the challenges uh are related to being uh located at two different sites. Due to construction at at various sites, we had to split across um two sites. Here's our steam summer program. Steam summer program. Our uh site leaders were Miranda Han and Nina Mendes. And so the program focus
039is to integrate um the arts with science and uh engineering. Uh our partners are young audiences and uh if you got a chance to go to their uh culmination, you see you saw an amazing show um where all students were involved and it's just a very impressive um uh showcase. the day before. They also have a uh a an an open house where you can see all of the projects that they engaged in over the course of the the semester. Um the curriculum that they use is NGI and this is the same company that uh provides our district solar pan panels. The theme this year was energy. Uh the types of arts that students engage in include uh drawing, painting, graffiti art, uh and hiphop, dancing, theater, and drumming. Now onto our high school programs.
040We have our administrative team, Stephanie Andrews, Chris Leia, Daniel Flores, and Sharon Cilo. [Applause] Okay, as I mentioned earlier, this was the program that uh had increased participation and they um were able to have 81% of their students uh complete uh their credits. So that is um something that that we're uh proud of. We had 22 uh graduates uh this year and um the reason for that number of uh graduates is because uh we no longer have the 130 um credit option during the uh during our the pandemic. So now students have to complete the full 220 credits. So total enrollment uh across both sessions was 586 and uh this was a combination of classroom instruction as well as online credit recovery recovery through egeneuity. Uh three students were able to participate in summer internships
041with YouTube and complete uh coursework. We had 13 teachers and as uh Jayce me mentioned earlier we had seven counsel academic counselors and a wellness counselor and 20 classified uh team members one educ education specialist. So uh these are some of the um highlights of the program. So in in summary, we had strong attendance across our sites ranging from 89 to 96%. Um and we continue to garner more uh interest. Challenge would be related to facilities uh during um construction staffing uh continues to be a challenge uh and an area of growth. So with that, I would like our summer school site leaders to go ahead and stand and give them a round of applause. >> So I just want to say thank you for all of your hard work. Uh these site leaders were
042uh really in it for the long haul. They pl they began their planning in February and uh from beginning to end uh they were very dedicated and uh proud to work alongside them. So thank you very much. >> Thank you so much Dr. Garcia. We have comments Richardson. Okay. >> You want me to go first? Thank you for that um that report and I'm really I went to the last day and it was a fun time. The kids really didn't want to the program to end, but you know, good things. But I was uh I'm really interested in the credit recovery and uh I know this is sort of different because we used to graduate kids during the summer. Now we let them receive their diploma but with the promise of going to credit recovery
043or summer school. Um what happens to those ones that don't make the recover all their credits? Uh that's a good question. Um I believe they have to continue at uh adult school to complete their credits. >> Go to adult school. >> Okay. Thank you. That's so that's was wondering. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Any other comments? Dr. Shane, >> thank you so much for this amazing work and with this great team here. It is um so uh enjoy the presentation and reading uh all the students that we serve. It's about 20% of our population in this summer short period of time. That is very impressive. So thank you so much for all the amazing work and supporting our students. Thank you >> Murray. Well, I was going to say the same thing. Thank you
044very much. year after year. You guys do an amazing job. I I I love seeing the big lift uh graduation every year. Um and thank you for all of your work. So, I guess we can clap again for for our amazing staff. Jesse Lamb >> ditto what's already been said but um yeah I also had the the privilege to check out the the big lift um I guess the culmination culminating uh celebration at Martin and Loser. So that was wonderful to see. But um yeah, to to see the whole breadth of the other programs that occur during the summer um yeah it's very informative and thank you to the staff um who uh came here tonight. Um and also to all the teachers who were working through the summer to yeah help all the students.
045Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> I was going to say something but you can sit down. We'll move on. I can see he wants to sit down. All right. Uh, no presentation with potential action. Item P, our consent agenda. The following items are submitted for board approval. One motion will authorize action for all those items for those items so designated. Any questions or comments on this item? Anything we need to recuse from? All right. Can I get a motion? So move. >> Second. >> All right. We got a motion from Murray, a second from Shay. All in favor? I >> I. Any opposed? Okay. Motion carries. 5-0. Okay, we've got a public hearing. Uh this is our teaching and learning public hearing. I saw a notice
046of the public hearing when I was at Parkway today, so I know that we did our job. Uh confirmation of sufficient student textbooks and instructional materials. A public hearing in accordance with California Education Code section 60119 and SB550 will provide an opportunity for members of the public to comment on the sufficiency, appropriation, and dispersement of instructional materials throughout the district. A public hearing will provide an opportunity for members of the public to comment on the instructional materials. You don't have to submit a comment card. You can just come on up. I'm going to open the public hearing. No comments. Last call. Okay. Close the public hearing. We'll move on to the action item 1 A, administration. Uh we are skipping that because we pulled that. Sorry, I had that. Uh 1B, resolution 2551 for attendance
047awareness month. Staff recommends the adoption of resolution 2551 recognizing attendance awareness month and supporting activities to increase awareness of the importance of daily attendance. Trusty Richardson, would you read this into the record? >> Thank you. >> Resolution 2551, attendance awareness and month September 2025. Whereas strong school attendance is essential for academic achievement and high school graduation. And the South San Francisco Unified School District is committed to reducing chronic absenteeism. Whereas chronic absence defined as missing 10% or more of the school year which equates to just two or three days a month whether excused or un unexcused is well doumented early indicator of academic struggles. And whereas students who are chronically absent in kindergarten and first grade are significantly less likely to read at grade level by the end of the third grade, increasing their risk
048of course failure, dropping out and long-term negative impacts on the community. And whereas improving school attendance and reducing chronic absenteeism require a coordinated community effort to promote the value of daily attendance and to identify and address barriers that prevent students from getting to school. And whereas California local control funding for formula LCFF requires a school district to track attendance and establish measurable goals, targeted actions to reduce chronic absenteeism. And whereas chronic absence disproportionately affects lowincome students, widening the achievement gap and impacting their academic progress and social development. And whereas efforts to improve school climate, reduce loss lost in instructional time due to disciplinary actions and implement schoolwide strategies such as positive behavior interventions, restorative practices, and other supports can lead to significant gains in student attendance. Now therefore, be it resolved that the South San
049Francisco Unified School District Board of Trustees hereby declares the month of September 2025 as attendance awareness month and support activities to increase awareness and the importance of daily attendance especially in the early grades preK to third. PreK to third. Yes. regularly passed and adopted this 14th day of August, 2025. Thank you so much. Can I get a motion, please? So moved. >> Second. >> All right. I've got a motion by Murray. I've got a second by Richardson. Can I get a roll call, please? Joan. >> Student trustee AOA. >> Trustee Richardson. >> Yes. >> Trusty Sha. >> Yes. >> Trustee Lamb. >> Yes. >> Vice President Murray. >> Yes. >> President Anthony. Yes. Motion carries 5-0. Item 1 C, approval of district's new or updated board bylaws and policies. Staff recommends the approval of the
050following new or updated boards district board bylaw and policies and wave a second reading as presented to the board. Any comments or questions on this? >> Yes. Page 106, paragraph three at the end of line one. I believe that should read EO P, not EO. I think it's a typo. >> That is correct. We can add the P. >> Would you repeat that, please? >> Page 106, paragraph 3, end of line one. It should read EOP P instead of EL. I'll make a motion on everything else >> with the change. >> Okay. So, we've got a motion to adopt uh waving the second reading. This has been reviewed by the bylaws committee >> uh with the change. >> With the change. >> Okay. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> I've got a motion
051by Murray, a second by Sheay. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries 5-0. Thank you. I feel like there's a lot of echo on this tonight. Um, teaching and learning 2A resolution 2550 for confirmation of sufficient student textbooks and instructional materials. Staff recommends the adoption of resolution 2550 to confirm and certify that the district has provided each pupil with sufficient textbooks and instructional materials aligned to the academic content standards and consistent with the cycles and content of the curriculum frameworks. Any questions or comments on this item? Can I get a motion with a waving reading? >> Can wave the reading. >> Thank you. >> Second. >> Got a motion by Murray, a second by Sheay. All in favor? >> Supposed to be >> Oh, it is a resolution. Sorry about that. Can I
052get a roll call vote, please? >> Student trustee AOA. >> Trusty Richardson, >> yes. >> Trusty Sha, >> yes. >> Trusty Lamb, >> yes. >> Vice President Murray, >> yes. >> President Anthony, >> yes. Motion carries 6, I guess. Jimmy Jamie Lyn, I didn't include your vote last time, but it's 5-0. I think you don't get a feel like a honorary vote. Motion carries. 5-0. All right. 2B. Approval to renew agreements with learner centered collaborative LCC. Staff recommends approval to renew agreements with LCC to support the continued design and implementation of the 2025 2026 professional learning plan in an amount not to exceed $219,000. Any questions or comments on this item? So move. >> All right, we've got a motion by Murray, a second by Sheay. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion
053carries 5-0. 2C. Approval of agreement with Emerous Healthcare Staffing, Inc. for special education staffing support. Staff recommends approval of the agreement with Emerges Healthcare Staffing, Inc. to provide special education teacher and school psychologist staffing support for the 2025 2026 school year. Any questions or comments on this item? >> So move. >> All right. Motion by Murray. >> Second by Lamb. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. 5-0. Uh moving on to 3A. Uh human resources approval of collaboration agreement with Rivet School. Staff recommends approval of the collaboration agreement uh with Rivet School to support the educator pathway program during the 2025 2026 school year. Any questions or comments on this item? >> I have just one question. when they're going through this program, um it is assumed that the candidates for this program
054are already have a bachelor's degree and is this to attain a master's degree or just or can they attain a c a credential without uh the master's degree or or is it adequate just to have a bachelor's degree for for the credential? Uh so the rivet school provides an educator pathway that helps school-based employees or you know general people from the general population to earn a bachelor's degree and then become a certificated teacher. So >> if you already have a bachelor's degree, you can enter the educator pathway and then pursue a credential. You've just already enrolled having fulfilled one of those requirements. >> Oh, okay. Okay. Well, that clears it up. Thank you so much. I I I know that this is a big plus to help with the uh you know the shortage that
055we are experiencing. But when people see that uh like the county program, this is a rivet. This is a another one another agency. But I thought that was such a great um injection into the pool of new teachers. So thank you for that for bringing that to us. >> Yeah. Thank you. Any other comments or questions? Chelsea Murray, >> I'm wondering about the PEL grants that pay the tuition. Um, are we worried about that with the with the um federal government stance on education right now? >> It is certainly something we are closely monitoring. >> Thank you. I think what I like most about this is that um you've got uh two pathways or two recruitment strategies for SSF USD classified employees and city of South San Francisco local residents. I mean that's a really
056exciting opportunity for for residents. So tell your families. Very exciting. All right. Any other comments or questions? >> So move. >> Second. >> Okay. I've got a motion by Murray, a second by Sheay. All in favor? I >> I motion carries 5. All right. Approval ofou with Alliant International University. Staff recommends the renewal of the memorandum of understanding with Alliant International University Incorporated to provide practicum experiences and/or fieldwork opportunities through student teaching, school counseling, and school psychology internships for selected university students effective August 1st, 2025 through July 31st, 2028. Any questions or comments on this one? >> All right. >> Second. >> Right. Motion by Murray, second by Sheay. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Motion carries 5-0. Uh item C, approval of declaration of need. Staff recommends approval of the declaration of need
057for fully qualified educators for the 2025 2026 school year. Any questions or comments on this item? All right. Motion by Murray, second by Lamb. Is that you? Okay. All in favor? I >> I. Any opposed? Okay. Motion carries. 5-0. Uh D. Provisional in internship permit PIP for Marlene Gu. Uh staff recommends approval of the PIP for Marlene Gu, a social science teacher at El Camino High School for the 2025 2026 school year. Any questions or comments on this item? So moved. >> Right. Motion by Sheay. >> Second by Murray. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Motion carries 5-0. Glad to have you, Miss Goo. Uh E. Provisional internship permit PIP for David Jimenez. Staff recommends approval of the PIP for David Jimenez, a physical education teacher at Altaloma Middle School for the
0582025 2026 school year. Any questions or comments on this item? >> So move. >> Second. >> All right. Motion by Murray, second by Sheay. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? >> Motion carries. 5-0. >> Welcome on board, Mr. Jimenez. Uh, and item F, provisional internship permit PIP for GMO Maha Mahia, sorry. Uh, staff recommends approval of the PIP for GMO Mahia, a social science teacher at Parkway Heights Middle School for the 2025 2026 school year. Any questions or comments on this item? S >> second. >> All right. Got a motion by Murray, second by Sheay. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries 50. Welcome, Mr. Mia. Item G, approval of the job description for the data director of data, educational technology, and accountability revised. Staff recommends approval of the revised director
059of data, educational technology, and accountability job description effective for the 2025 2026 school year. Any questions or comments on this item? Um not I mean I think we've we've read for those who uh just for the sake of the public could we just uh talk about that this is a um I guess a classified um position but it's the same position that we're on the certificated side as well. >> Mr. I don't know if I explained that correctly but hopefully just to just for the public's >> that is correct. So, uh, as you are aware, we had a, uh, recent leadership transition. The original board, uh, approved job description, uh, in February of 2025. The job description was listed as certificated or otherwise requiring a credential. Uh given the search for viable candidates, uh we
060would like to bring back for the board's consideration and hopefully approval to expand our search and to list this position as classified, not necessarily requiring a credential. However, the individual brings expertise in education or educ educationally adjacent uh experience to complement the needs of our district in line with our strategic plan. >> Thank you, Trusty Lyn. Any other questions or comments? >> Can I get a motion? >> So move. >> Second. >> All right. I got a motion by Murray, a second by Richardson. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? All right. Motion carries. 5-0. All right. Moving on to student and family services. A new section in our board reports. Uh a approval of renewal of transportation services agreements. Travel. Staff recommends approval of re staff recommends approval to renew agreements with HOP, Skip,
061Drive, and Android to provide transportation services for eligible students, specifically those identified as foster youth or protected under the Mckin Vento Act during the 2025 2026 school year. Any questions or comments on this one? >> So move second. >> All right, we got a motion by Murray and a second by Sheay. All in favor? I >> I >> Any opposed? Motion carries 5-0. All right. Business services. I note that it's a roll call. Resolution 2552 authorizing lease or purchase of a relocatable modular classroom structure. Staff recommends the adoption of resolution 2552 authorizing lease or purchase of relocatable modu modular classroom structure for South San Francisco High School pursuant to public contract code section two 20118. Any questions or comments on this item? >> I move that we wave the reading. >> I appreciate that we
062got a motion with a waving of the reading by Richardson. >> Second by Shay. Can I get a roll call, please? >> Student trustee AOA, >> yes. >> Trusty Richardson, >> yes. >> Trusty Sha, >> yes. >> Trusty Lamb, >> yes. >> Vice President Murray, >> yes. >> President Anthony, >> yes. Motion carries. 5-0. B. Approval of agreement with All City Management Services, Inc., ACMS. Staff recommends approval of agreement with ACMS to provide crossing guard services at Mount Verie, Ponderosa, Spruce, Sunshine Gardens, and Juniperosa elementary schools for the 2025 2026 school year in the amount of $151,452. Any questions or comments? I saw some of these crossing guards this morning. They were doing a great job. So, I'm gonna vote yes. >> So move. >> Second. >> And a motion by Murray, a second by
063Sheay. All in favor? I >> I was at Monty Verie. Um PTA paid for it, so >> I'm glad we're paying for it now. >> Me, too. >> All right. Motion carries. 5-0. Uh 5C, approval of amendment number one with Project Support Services, Inc. PSS. Staff recommends approval of amendment number one with PSS, which updates the milestone language to better align the district's billing and project tracking processes. It also revises the funding source from measure T bond fund 21 to the facilities department fund 40. Any questions or comments on this one? >> So move >> second by lamb. All in favor? >> I. Any opposed? >> All right. Motion carries 5. Review of future agenda items and meetings. Questions, comments? All right. We will move to a summary of board directives. There are none. All
064right. And good and welfare. >> Uh I have a comment if I may. >> Yeah. >> Anthony, I would like to request that we close the meeting with a moment of silence for the family that suffered a tragedy of the accident. Uh this happened in I think I believe it's last last month. >> Two. Yeah. >> Um, and they were students of ours and uh they were they have a GoFundMe page. We just Yeah. Yeah. No, I I I will do that. I I I have it already written down. >> I've got the name. I will absolutely do that. Do you want to share anything for good and welfare before we get to the adjournment? >> Well, I was >> I have the woman's name. I have it. >> Oh, you? Yeah, >> that's all
065I >> Yeah. No, thank you. That's a great request. Any other comments about good and welfare? >> Anybody want to share? No. >> Trusty Lamb comments. >> Okay. >> No, no, no. This is we're just at good and welfare. So, uh, just just looking just looking to have you share. >> You do. Trusty Lane wants to Somebody wants >> I'll go first. I will go first. >> I tried to cut you guys off in July and you got mad at me. So, >> we're open. >> Um, yeah, that a lot. Oh, well, welcome back everybody. Uh, so much happened today, right? So, I I'll just share some observations from today. Um, so, uh, you know, I'm a fellow parent like a lot of parents. Um, I was struggle to get my kids up, uh, after
066sleeping in a hold and, um, but, uh, they they got they got to school time, so I'm just very grateful for that. Um, my my younger one returned to Monty Birdie. Uh, we saw that great, uh, welcome uh, rally line. So, yeah, thank you. Uh, yeah, that that reference did not go unnoticed. So, thank you so much. Um um and uh and then also the older ones started at South San Francisco High School. So um yeah, so for those parents out there who are, you know, going through that transition time of, you know, whether it's starting kindergarten, middle school, high school, trying to figure out new routines, new commute schedules. Um I'm I'm totally in it with you guys. So uh my my heart's to all the uh parents out there. Um, I just also
067just just being part of the the new teacher orientation and uh witnessing the kickoff rally. Uh, just really uh opened my eyes to all the prep work that goes into this first day and you know for the in setting the tone for the marine of the year. So I just want to share appreciation to everybody who was involved with that and planning and um you know really committing to the deep professional learning that happened uh during that time. Um yeah, and as far as the the visits, uh I just want to say thanks to uh Principal Mer. I mean, obvious obviously I'm there for my daughter, but um yeah, just great to see old friends, uh at Montyver. Um and also, uh great uh very appreciative of Principal Erskin and Principal Bissi for sharing their
068time so generously with me uh when I visited Ponderosa and South San Francisco High School. Uh shout out to Dr. Rossi. We'll definitely catch up next time at Westboro Middle School, but uh hope everybody enjoyed the the treats um left for them. Um I just want to invite the community to um really, you know, take the this moment to uh just think of uh how they want to get get more involved um even in small ways um whether it's joining the PTA or setting aside, you know, whatever you're able to. Yeah. So um just to uh because you know at this time you know the uh I know I don't want to bring up the political climate but you know it is you know it's a a fraugh time you know just to be frank
069and um you know we need each other more than ever um but I've seen you know over and over again as I've been uh visiting schools um seeing all the students um and teachers families uh staff uh get together um I see the strength of our community. So, I just want to reiterate that um and hold fast to that. So, thank you everyone. >> Thank you so much, Trusty Lamb. Jesse Richardson. >> Uh you did you mention your national night out? Didn't but thanks for attending. Yeah. Um yeah, I did. Uh I hosted a national night out with my my husband, Council Member Mark Nagoffs at Westboro Park. So, for those in the Westboro neighborhood who attended, uh, thank you for, uh, getting some hot dogs and Olympia and, yeah, thank you for attending. And
070Pat, too, thank you for coming. Um, yeah, it's, uh, you know, very nice to have those kind of new neighborhood, um, kind of ga gatherings, community building. Um, again, you know, we don't get very many of those. I feel like >> it's a really nice night out. >> Yeah. >> For for, you know, Westboro, I mean, you know, he's usually pretty >> Oh, yeah. >> Up there. Yeah. Yeah, we we lucked out with the weather this year. So, yeah. Thanks for coming. >> Okay. I I happened to go to her national night out and uh I was looking for a burnt hot dog, but I ended up with a uh shish kebab, which was better. I think I got the last two. But anyway, it was a wonderful time. Um I had prior to that
071I had gone to a um a trip to Atlanta, Georgia for the NLEO conference which was the National Association of Latino Elected Officials. So all the members from uh from Vermont to LA were present and they were all Latinos. But so um it was really uh a moment where people felt comfortable uh discussing their situations specifically from Los Angeles which was um uh occupied some people call it by the uh military uh in some of their concentrated areas of Latinos. So we had a moment of riveting moment of stories that didn't make the press and they told us how people feel felt which was that they felt hunted and they felt um isolated and targeted. And these were normal people who had children and some of them were uh re sent to set sent at
072home to stay at home with ankle bracelets with children who had to go to school. the now LA has a sec is the second largest district in the whole nation and um the council people from LA area were saying how their their teachers just performed so well to protect the students and kept them from being apprehended. And it was a a a wonderful moment of the teaching staff how they stepped to the plate to protect the rights of these students to come to uh class. And it was uh a moment that I I won't forget because I'm not going to read it in the newspapers because the mainstream media was not catching it. only in uh perhaps uh uh online with podcasts and so forth. So I spent uh my time there and later I
073went to National Night Out. Um I went to Sea Street. I we collaborated with the um the different parts of the city. I went to four national night out areas and culminated with uh Amy's I speak with my hands now. So, you know, it was a a great moment for the community to come together. Um the rally yesterday, all of us attended, which is a cheerful moment and proud moment for our community, our school community. I just appreciate all the all the participation and the smiles. And then today I went to uh Loserto's um Ben South City High School and uh let's see Spruce and I was talking to the principal briefly at Spruce and she was saying how there's more children now and she had to have a new class of kindergarteners. So our
074numbers are going up which is nice. But I have to say that at Los Certos we did not see the children crying. I usually see tears but the children just were going to school. I think that has to do I remember when we were in COVID the children were missed the whole year and then when they got back to school they were crying and it's what a difference a year makes with bringing the children to uh having the children in prek so that they understand going to school. It was just such a warm uh time and wonderful moment for the whole and principal Hong was right there. We were greeting the children in the morning. It was just a wonderful moment and I welcome >> your cheering section. Thank you and your your stu your
075student friends and um I want to say also welcome back to all our um students, teachers and we'll I hope we have a very good year. I look forward to seeing you more and I appreciate I really do appreciate the students coming and sitting there and talking to us. >> Thank you Trusty Richardson. Trusty Shay. Yeah, thank you. Welcome back. Uh let's end in a high note and then thank you for staying here with us and have a great exciting academic year. >> Trust trusty Murray and I'll say welcome back everybody. um and join PTA because that's very important and and I won't be at the September 11th meeting. I'll I'll be on vacation. >> Okay. Hope you enjoy your vacation. >> Thank you. >> Have a great school year everybody. Happy first day of
076school. >> It was great to visit campus this morning. Yeah. All right. So, thank you so much. We are going to adjourn in honor of uh Yina Ramos Beo uh a parent at Spruce Elementary School. uh her two sons and she were involved in a car accident in San Mateo a couple weeks ago and um Mrs. Baleo lost her life. Her sons Matias and Mateo are um not doing well. Uh one was in the ICU. I think the other one has been discharged. So, um, as Trusty Richardson said, there is a GoFundMe, um, to support their father, Alejandro, with, uh, repatriation of his wife's remains to Brazil, or I think it was Brazil, not Brazil, maybe not Brazil, repatriation, Colombia, sorry, and, um, and to take care of his sons while um, they recover. So,
077we are adjourning in honor of uh, our Spruce family. And with a moment of silence, Thank you. This meeting's a