001telephone. school board meetings. Muchas gracias. will you introduce him? Good evening board and cabinet and community. Zachary Brevner is a fifth grader at Spruce and he has made impressive strides during his time with us, showing strong character and consistently modeling Spruce norms. He demonstrates genuine compassion and empathy, builds positive relationships and supports peers with thoughtful problem solving. With a great sense of humor, a love for learning and reading, and a wide range of interests, he brings energy and joy to the classroom. He's self-motivated, takes pride in his work, and embraces a growth mindset, always eager to improve and do his best. His positive attitude will be missed at our school say as he moves on to middle school in the fall. Please stand for the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United
002States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. What's happening here? Oh, here we go. Item D, land acknowledgement statement. We acknowledge that the South San Francisco Unified School District is located on the unseated ancestral homeland of the Ramitush Alonian 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 peoples. Item E, reporting out from closed session. In accordance with government code section 54956 and in reference to close session agenda item number three, the board took action to appoint Dr. Nia Campbell to the position of assistant superintendent of teaching and learning effective with the 2025 2026
003school year. Trustee Murray made a motion. Trustee Sha seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken. The vote passed unanimously. In accordance with government code section 54956 and in reference to close session agenda item number four, the board took action to appoint Dr. Marcos Garcia to the position of assistant superintendent of student and family services effective with the 2025 2026 school year. Trustee Murray made a motion. Trustee Sha seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken. The vote passed unanimously. Thank you so much. Uh item F, review of agenda. I think everything is in order. Item G, PTA council remarks. Today I would like to invite Miss Yasmin Nto, the Spruce PTA president up for comments. No again. Wait. Yeah. is special mentors. Valentine [Music] Gracias. Yes. Good evening, President Anthony, trustees, superintendent
004Moore, members of the cabinet, and members of the community. Uh, excuse me. I am translating on behalf of Jasmine. So, my name is Jasmine Yetto. I am the president of Spruce PTA. This is my third year volunteering in PTA. Tonight, I'd like to share a bit about Spruce PTA. First, I'd like to thank all of the PTA members and parent volunteers who are here with us tonight. We also thank Principal Gardino for all she does to support our school. We're especially proud of the community events we had this year. We had a pumpkin patch and a winter festival. We also made popcorn for every student on Valentine's Day. Later this month, we plan to help with the science festival and to host a special breakfast for the fifth grade students and their teachers. Spruce PTA
005is fully aligned with the portrait of a graduate. Learn, thrive, navigate, and impact. We purchased new sports balls so that all classes have access to them during recess. We invited a therapist to give a presentation focused on anxiety in children. We bought snacks for the students when they took the CASP tests and we'll have t-shirts for all fifth graders to celebrate their promotion. Our parents work together to support the teachers, students, and staff at Spruce Elementary. We are very proud of the great community we have built at our school. Thank you. And if there are no questions, that's our report for the evening. Thank you so much. Uh, staff association representatives remarks. South San Francisco Federation of Adult Educators. Good evening. I'm Elizabeth Bale Studs, president of the South San Francisco Federation of Adult Educators.
006We are so close to the end of the semester. It seems incredible that we're here already. Yet there's still so much left to do. We are tired but resolute. Speaking of resolute, congratulating students to the CTA on reaching a tenative agreement. You have the support and solidarity as the SSF FAE. I understand that voting is still ongoing, but I hope that all members feel that this contract addresses your needs. A win for one of our unions is a win for all of us. As the CSA enters their bargaining period, I want to read a few numbers into the record. On June 11, 2024, the Sanonteo County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution that increased the base wage for regular county employees to $30 an hour. To quote from a press release dated June 14,
0072024, "The move is intended to align salaries with what a task force determined to be a livable wage that considers benefits received by county employees among other factors. $30 an hour is considered a livable wage in Sonato County. And yet if I look at the salary schedule for say bilingual paraprofessional when for adult ed or child care or child development I see a step one salary of 2165 and a step five salary of 2634. This seems to say that a beginning parah hired by this district to serve my unit members literacy ESL class would not be receiving a livable wage. And yet we are expecting that Miss Prasad, my principal, will post for that exact position. Under the current salary schedule, this would be a posting that will advertise a non-livable wage for a skilled
008paraprofessional to assist my unit member in her teaching duties. Please make this make sense. The numbers also don't work out for repair professional one special education or for health services technicians, campus safety monitors, inschool suspension assistants and student services aids. Adult ed doesn't have all of these positions. But what about our ATP and Ben CSEA siblings? If Miss Prasad needs to hire for one of these positions, will she be able to advertise a livable wage? Let me assure you that when things go down at Ben and very definitely when things go down at ATP, we feel the ripple effect on our side of the campus, especially because ATP is on our side of the campus. We all need highly qualified support staff and they all deserve to make a livable wage. Honored members of the
009board, members of the cabinet, this is your opportunity to provide all classified staff with a living wage. Members of the CSEA, best of luck with your negotiations. We are with you as you push to improve pay and working conditions for the hardworking classified staff of our district. Now, in other news, I don't know how many of you read about the president's budget proposal coming out of Washington, DC. This so-called skinny budget is a disaster across the board, but for adult education in this country, it is an existential threat. If anyone listening has not yet had the dubious pleasure, even leaving aside the minor matter of a 12 billion cut from K12 and some higher education programs, the proposal would cut $729 million from adult education funding. To quote directly from the proposal, K12 outcomes will
010improve as education returns to the states, which would make remedial education for adults less necessary. outcomes will improve. Children who are in school right now will somehow receive exactly what they need. So much so that they will no longer have any need for lifelong learning. I suppose that one day it's like a miracle will disappear. So then adults who are already accessing educational services would do what exactly? Where would they go in order to learn English and prepare to become citizens and active members of society? An article published May 6 on EdSource states six out of 10 adult education students are immigrants. This would be then immigrants who have not received the benefit of the miraculous improvement to K12 and higher education programs expected after the 12 billion cut to funding. We have already seen
011examples of the way that this administration handles immigrants in the United States. As I see it, this is just another way to force immigrants to the margins of the country, a country of immigrants. never forget or out of the country altogether. If you believe adults should have access to educational resources regardless of their background, income level, national origin, previous educational history, or immigration status, this budget proposal should concern you. Children who are read to, whose parents support them in their education, do better in school. If you want to see children in this district succeed, you should want to see their parents succeed. If you want to see their parents succeed, this budget proposal should concern you. Let me tell you about a student in our adult education program. I'll call her M. M came to
012this country with very little English. She worked her way through the levels in our ESL program. She was Miss Prasad's student back when Miss Prasad was one of us. She was my student, too. When M. had the opportunity to take computer skills classes, she did so. When she had the opportunity to study for her high set, she did so. She has two high set AMS to go and she's still in it to win it. Moreover, Em is an active member of the PTA at her children's schools. In fact, I was sitting in this very room not so long ago when a principal at her child's school called M's name because M was receiving a volunteer award. M had gone home already because she had things to do. M she's a busy lady is M. I
013saw M in our office a few days ago and she told me that the other moms in her PTA are asking her to teach them computer skills. The skills she has learned are having a ripple effect across our district. She's an amazing member of our community and I know that adult ed has been an important part of her journey. She said, "Teacher, I'm tired sometimes. I want to give up, but I don't. And this is what Donald Trump wants to defund. Please, if public education matters to you, if adult education matters to you, please make some noise. Call or write your members of Congress. Go to those rallies. Write those letters to the editor. Talk to your neighbors who may not know why adult education is so very important. If you have experience with adult
014ed, share your stories. Do not go quietly. Do not believe that you cannot make a difference. Believe. Resist. Persist. Insist. Thank you for your attention. Thank you. South San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association. I think Sherry Oh, you're speaking tonight. Super. I think she's at um open house. She's having fun. Uh good evening. I am Charlie Tapia. Uh sorry, we're um my team is pretty happy for Dr. Garcia, so we're there's a lot of texts happening. Yay. Um sorry, Charlie Tapia, vice president. um uh South San Francisco CTA. Um good evening board members, superintendent, and community members. I am here to speak um about the urgent need to strengthen safety and support across all of our schools for students and staff. Sorry. Right now, our high schools are underst staffed when it comes to campus security.
015This creates serious safety concerns when there aren't enough trained professionals on campus. Incidents take take longer to respond to, tensions escalate more easily, and the burden falls on administrators and teachers who are already stretched thin. Fully staffing our security teams must be a basic standard, not a long-term goal. Additionally, secondary educators also need clearer communication from administration in regards to the outcomes of referrals. Without this information, teachers are left unprepared to support students appropriately or take necessary precautions. Transparency around behavior data is essential to creating safe and responsive classrooms. Equally important is providing deescalation training not only for our teachers but for our paraprofessionals as well. Our paraprofessionals are often on the front line supporting students with the highest needs. They deserve training and tools to respond safely and effectively in high stress situations. This
016is critical to both their safety and the safety of the students that they serve. Pair professionals are a vital part of our classroom and should be valued as such. They help manage behavior, support instruction, and build strong relationship with students. But we are losing quality paras because their positions are not financially competitive. If we want to attract and retain skilled, dedicated professionals, we need to improve pay, training, and professional support. I'm not placing blame. I would like to work together to fix some of these things. I have my last child graduating from South San Francisco. I've been with the district. This is my 10th year. Um I want to help. We all the teachers want to help fix these situations um for our students, our children um and the community. Thank you. Thank you so
017much. I don't believe we have a representative CSEA tonight. Um but um yeah uh I personnel commission our next personnel commission meeting will be held on Monday May 19th 2025 at 5:00 p.m. in the district office boardroom. All right item J items from the board announcements board calendar board committee reports. Um just one thing that I have um our calendars are full and many of us live by our calendars. So if you want us to come or you want to invite us, please contact Joanna and have her put it on us on our calendars so that we can remember. Okay, thank you. Item K, superintendence report. You have a committee report. Trusty Richardson, you have a committee report. Okay. Uh I just wanted to um bring the date. The county committee uh which I belong
018to on district reorganization has no business to report this period and I occasionally bring forward this same report until the committee has some business which the the committee uh is about uh redrawing district lines. when somebody wants to uh redraw the district line, this goes to the county committee and I am on that committee. Therefore, there's been no no one requesting something like that in the throughout the county. So, there has been no meeting, but even though there uh is no meeting, that is my report. Thank you so much. Should we report on briefly on the fourth uh uh series of the workforce housing that we attended yesterday? I think that would be subcommittee good and welfare. I think it would be good and welfare. I don't think that's a board committee. Okay. Okay. Item
019K, superintendent report. Thank you very much, President Anthony. So, I'm going to start with two other items before the one listed on the agenda. So, last Friday, two of our schools were awarded with the Kent Award. The Kent Award is Sonteo County School Boards Association initiated the J J Russell Kent Award program in 1980 and81 school year named after past Sonteo County Superintendent of Schools. The awards were given to innovative and replicable programs that are being implemented in the Sonteo County School District, County Office of Education, or the Community College District. This year, two of our schools were honored with a Kent Award. Both middle schools, Parkway Heights and Westboro Middle School, were acknowledged with this prestigious award. Parkway earned this award for their annual career day where they bring in 35 to 40 professionals
020from our community and they bring them in to speak and interact with our middle schoolers and encourage them to begin to think about their futures beyond school to expose students to positive role models in various occupations to make connections between school routines and expect expectations in the workplace and to prepare our students even more for high school and post-secary education. Students had the opportunity to choose three different careers to learn about and they had three 25 minute sessions. Westboro Middle School submitted an application for their culture keepers program. This program is designed to create a welcoming and supportive environment for sixth grade students transitioning from elementary school to middle school. Many of these students feel overwhelmed and are sometimes overlooked as they adjust to a new school setting. The program pairs eighth grade mentors with
021sixth grade mentees, helping them navigate the social, emotional, and academic challenges of middle school. Through planned activities and relationship building, mentees gain a sense of belonging, confidence, and connection, which supports their overall well-being and success. The program is led by a teacher leader, a wellness counselor, school counselors, the principal and assistant principal, and all support staff. and they train approximately 20 eighth grade mentors and each mentor supports two sixth grade mentees for a total of 60 students annually and we're really proud that both of these programs align with our portrait of a graduate. Congratulations Parkway and Westboro communities. We're really proud of you for earning the Kent Award. I also have other good news. The state history day competition was this past weekend and we have a documentary group that was the state champion. These
022students are state champions and finalists from the state level history day from May 3rd and 4th at Sacramento State University. We are incredibly proud of South San Francisco High School Renee Chu and Jolen Gennardi with support from their teacher Kimberly Chin. Congratulations to our students on being the state champions and to Miss Chin and the entire South San Francisco High School community. We're very proud of you. Congratulations again. And last, but certainly not least, uh, outgoing recognition for our student trustee Harana. It has been a pleasure to work alongside student trustee Josephine Harana this year. During her time on the board, she has offered thoughtful insights, timely updates, and consistently elevated the student voice on key issues. She's kept the board, staff, and broader community well informed about many exciting activities and events at South
023San Francisco High School, often highlighting areas such as academics, student well-being, athletics, and extracurricular engagement. Josephine has been a wonderful example of positive, engaged, and thoughtful student leadership. We commend her for her dedication and her ability to represent her peers with such grace and purpose. The board and I are pleased to present Josephine with a certificate of appreciation for her service as a spring student trustee this year. We also extend our heartfelt congratulations to her on her upcoming graduation and wish her all the best in this next exciting chapter of her journey. Thank you for being part of the [Applause] board. Like to present this to her and if we can take a picture that would be great. [Music] And that concludes my report. President Anthony, thank you. Super. And once uh Josephine's done dying
024from embarrassment, um we've got her student trustee report. Good evening, board, cabinet, and community. My name is Josephine Harana, and it's my pleasure to represent South San Francisco High School. As the end of the school year approaches, it sure feels like time is flying right by with many events coming up and p happening. On Saturday, April 26th, South City held their prom at Redwood City's Fox Theater from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. As guests entered the venue, they had the opportunity to walk on the red carpet and were greeted with hired paparazzi. Guests enjoyed unlimited various finger fruits like spring rolls, pigs and blankets, cauliflower, buffalo wings, chicken, beef, and vegetable taqua, and sushi. Cheesecake bites, and chocolatecovered strawberries were served as dessert, while strawberry margarita mocktails were served as refreshments. From 8:00 p.m. to
0259:00 p.m., students enjoyed a performance from a live group sponsored by South City's Latinos Conor. Overall, attendees reported back to having an enjoyable time and definitely made some lasting memories. Next week is spirit week with our theme being childhood cartoon series. On Monday, students will dress as tacky tourists for dinosaur train day. On Tuesday, students can dress like twins from like the main characters of Gravity Falls. On Wednesday, we invite students to find their inner Dora the Explorer and bring anything but a backpack to school day. On throwback Thursday, students will dress in early 2000's fashion. Finally, on Friday, classes will wear their class colors and senior and the senior class will wear their college merch. Next Friday from May on May 16th is the farewell rally and the last rally of the school year.
026Throughout last week, the senior class has been filming senior lipub which we which will be presented at the rally. We will also enjoy performances from the cheer team and our modern band. Next Friday, May 16th, is also senior sunset. The graduating senior class will enjoy one last event together on the football field from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Students will be able to open and read the letters that they wrote to themselves in the beginning of the school year. Inflatable obstacle courses and various activities like human hamster balls and other lawn games will be available. The baked bear ice cream booth and Silva's taco truck will be free for every attendee to enjoy. This is the perfect way to make some final lasting memories with their peers before they graduate and go about their separate
027ways. The senior class officers have also begun to post the senior class college decisions on Instagram at SSFHS2025. Seniors can send in their decision information via the Google form in the bio of the class Instagram page. Additionally, the link to purchase senior class hoodies for $40 can also be found in the Instagram bio. Congratulations to all seniors and we are so proud of the work you've done up until now. We can only hope for bigger and brighter things ahead. Our folkloric program held their annual spring concert last Friday, May 2nd at 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 4th at 2 p.m. in the auditorium. The South City community was invited to see the results of the folkloric program's hard work throughout the school year. Our band is having their spring concert tonight um at 700 p.m.
028That includes choir, jazz band, concert band, symphonic band, and mariachi and the middle school honor band. Last weekend, South City County champions for National History Day went to Sacramento to compete in the state competition. Special congratulations to seniors Renee Chu and Jolen Gunnardi, who after three years of competing are finally moving on to the national competition in Washington, DC this summer. We are so proud of you and your dedication to history day. Our spring sports are wrapping up with our bminton team celebrating their senior night last Thursday by beating Hillsdale 25 to 5. This week they've been playing in the PL PL and we have three groups in the top four for our league. Our baseball team also celebrated their senior night last Tuesday with a win against Crystal Springs Upland High's 11 to 5.
029Fall sports for next school year are already in action with both our football and cheer teams beginning practices for the next season. Come join us next Tuesday for a friendly competition on the track and field. South City is hosting our annual district-wide special Olympics on May 13th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Participants will showcase their amazing running, walking, rolling, jumping, and throwing skills. Registration starts at 9:00 a.m. and races will begin at 11:15. Also, next Tuesday, May 13th, is South City Senior Awards Night. Many students will be recognized for their achievements throughout their time here at South City and scholarship winners and special sport recognitions will also take place at the awards night. As AP exam season continues through next week, I want to remind all exam takers to prioritize themselves during this stressful
030time. Happy studying, but don't forget that a score on a single test on one day does not define your academic career or selfworth. Good luck, everyone. Finally, as you may know, this week is teacher appreciation week, and in an effort to show our appreciation to the amazing staff at South City, the ASB class created handmade and personally signed thank you cards for every staff member of the South City community. Additionally, South City ASB is holding a teacher car wash tomorrow during fourth period where we will wash the cars of the teachers who signed up for this event. Although this is a small action and cannot possibly amount to the measurable time and efforts that our teacher have dedicated towards our school and students, we hope that this small act of gratitude demonstrates our recognition for
031all that our teachers do. As for all the teachers and staff here tonight, thank you for all that you've done for your schools. And even though your work often goes by unrecognized, I want to take the time to say that I and I'm sure all of your students are or will be eternally grateful for the way that you have shaped their lives. If there are no further questions, this concludes my report. Thank you. Thank you so much. And thank you so much for your service as our student trustee. We really appreciate it. All right. Um Jamie Wong, fall student trustee and ASB president ECS. Good evening board members, cabinet and audience at home and audience present. My name is Jamie Wong and I'm currently a senior serving as the ASB president at El Camino High
032School and the fall student trustee. It has been a while since I have seen you all, but I hope you all have been enjoying the approaching summer weather. From last Thursday to Saturday, our talented dancers lit up the stage with an unforgettable showcase that left the audience in awe. We are so incredibly proud of every dancer for their hard work, energy, and passion that made the performance a true success. Our heartfelt thank you goes to Miss Stevenson, whose leadership and dedication made this opportunity possible for all of our students. We also extend our gratitude to all the parents and students who helped the production run smoothly behind the scenes. A huge congratulations to our dancers of the year, Michaela Lee, Teo Aoyo Yuzison, and Carmelo Saponoso, who have not only earned this honor, but also
033served as the torches of our advanced placement dance team. Thank you for your unwavering commitment and the joy you've brought to this program. Your dedication has made this school year truly unforgettable. As our spring sports seasons come to a close, we want to take a moment to celebrate the incredible dedication and achievements all of our student all of our student athletes. Many of our athletes are now heading into the respective PAL divisions, especially for track and badminton, and we wish them the best of luck as they continue to compete and represent our school with pride. Each of our spring sports team has had an outstanding season filled with hard work, perseverance, and team spirit. A special shout out goes to our seniors who have poured their hearts into their sports and are finishing their high
034school careers strong. Tonight, we'll be honoring our boys volleyball team at their senior night. And next Tuesday, we'll celebrate our baseball and softball seniors. Congratulations to all of our Colts for pushing through and giving it their all. We're so proud of you and we can't wait to see how you finish off the season. On Tuesday, we held our senior awards night, a special evening dedicated to recognizing the outstanding achievements of our seniors who earned awards and scholarships. It was incredible night filled with pride and celebration, honoring the dedication, hard work, and resilience our students have shown throughout their high school journey. We're beyond proud of the class of 2025 for everything they've accomplished both in and out of the classroom. As we head into these final weeks together, we look forward to making more unforgettable
035memories and celebrating the bright futures ahead for each of our seniors. This week, we celebrated teacher appreciation week with a series of special events and thoughtful gestures to show our gratitude for the incredible educators on our campus. Leadership kicked off the week by delivering personalized door decor for every teacher alongside handwritten apple notes from each student, followed by coffee and pastries spread on Monday morning to start the week off with warmth and energy. On Tuesday, we hosted an LTA for our teachers. And today, we brought everyone together for a lunchon to relax, connect, and enjoy a meal in appreciation of all they do. We hope all of our teachers felt the love and the recognition they deserve. And to every teacher, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for their dedication, guidance, and passion
036you bring into our lives. Your leadership truly shapes the future, and we are grateful for you, not just this week, but every single day. We're excited to announce that we're heading into our final rally of the school year, which will be held next Friday. To build up the energy and school spirit one last time, we'll be hosting a spirit week to celebrate all of our accomplishments and bring our campus together. The rally will feature fun student activities, recognition of our spring sports award, senior awards, and a heartfelt sendoff for our amazing seniors. Performances by Cheer and APD will keep the energy high, and we'll end the rally with a special senior video recapping their unforgettable four-year journey. Alongside the rally, we'll also be hosting our Spring on the Green event from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.
037next Friday night. This year's theme is a night market where students can enjoy a variety of vendors, fun booths, and delicious food trucks. Preso tickets have been available and will continue to be sold into the next week. We're beyond excited to host our last two schoolwide events and can't wait to spend these final weeks making lasting memories with all of our students. That concludes my report. Unless there are any other questions or concerns, I'd like to thank you all for listening. I hope you all continue enjoying the sunny weather and finish off our last month of the school year strong. Thank you so much. Uh we've come to item M, public comments. Um public comment for items not on the agenda should not exceed 30 minutes. Public comments are limited to a maximum of three
038minutes per individual. Um name and address cards are placed in the back of the room to be completed and given to the secretary. This is sort of a last call as I read this. Uh the board president will call upon the individuals in random order who have requested to speak. 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 an agenda at a subsequent 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. Tonight we have two comments. Um
039Lucy, start with you. Hi, good evening board, cabinet. Um I just want to thank you for the the hard work that went into negotiating um and for our pay. It's truly appreciated, especially knowing, you know, the next three years financially might be challenging and to know that we have this pay scale to look forward to is great. Um, you know, I do appreciate it and the time that went into it. Um, and for the CSEA members, you know, they really do hard jobs and they do it with the most caring, loving hearts and the most incredible amount of patience. and to have them struggle financially, you know, is heartbreaking. Um, I started coming to these meetings because there was an error with one of my co-workers pay. She was at column D, took 15 units
040to go to E. Now, she's been told she's at C. So, I'm just I'm just hoping we can count to we can count right and get these things. And honestly, you know, Mr. Hannon inherited a system that the where there's no system and he's trying to create one. So, please understand that this is not about him. But when we're talking about people's pay, especially now, we need to be very careful and make sure it's correct and accurate. And I promise you, I don't want to come here. I don't want to talk about this anymore. I just want it carefully counted and quickly corrected. That's all. That's all. It's been, you know, months. And it I don't want to sound ungrateful for all the hard work you've done. It just needs everyone's pay needs to be
041carefully looked at and corrected. Um, and it's it's hard to work when things are inequitable. You know, it's hard to know that if I if I went to another school, another district, my my kids would be coming in with a year of TK. Like, how wonderful is that? They know where everything is in the school. They feel more comfortable and confident. Our school doesn't have that benefit. And it's it's really upsetting and it it's a burden on me. It's extra work I have to do. It makes that year so hard. My kids come in some not knowing letters and they're expected to read, you know, and write sentences by the end of the year and it's a lot, especially if they don't know how, you know, to follow the rules of school. So, I hope
042that you really consider this TK issue and and try to resolve it. Thank you. Thank you, Megan Connory. Good evening, President Anthony, school board trustees, cabinet, and south city uh public. My name is Megan Connory, and one of my many roles in the district is math department here at El Camino High School. First, I would like to thank President Anthony and Mr. Hanan for their last minute attendance of the senior awards night at Elco despite a time change snafu. Uh your attendance was greatly appreciated. Um just a brief update on the progress of the math curriculum implementation. Everything is moving along quickly. Uh Carrie and Satia are on top of it. This plan is so detailed and well thought out. I am confident that ED services will fully support all secondary math teachers in the
043implementation. I do want to discuss discuss something that was omitted from the tentative agreement you are voting on tonight. For the most part, it is an amazing agreement between the teachers union and the district. Regrettably, they overlooked one crucial detail. The stipens for the secondary department chairs are not increasing at the same rate as the salaries. Despite this being a longstanding practice, the stipens will be staying at the same amount for four years in a row. Now, from what I understand, Mr. Hanan questioned um the roles of the department chairs at the middle and high schools. He has asked to form a committee next year to discuss these roles. Uh Mr. Hanan uh would like a list of the duties of the department chair. As it is, this district's typen for is half of what
044I would make if I were department chair at Cappuccino High School. I actually don't have enough time in my allotted three minutes to give you all the details of what I do in a day for my department, let alone a week, a month, or a school year. Right now, the stipen covers 42 hours a year based on the $60 per hour rate. If you take into consent in into my pdium rate, it only covers 24 hours a year. Every secondary schools uh administrator would be overburdened with minutia if department chairs weren't in place. At the high schools, that's four admin for over 80 certificated staff. Department rails uh chairs have roles that are very similar to those of directors who report to the assistant superintendent. Department chairs play a crucial role. Just ask your principles.
045I look forward to meeting with Mr. Hanan and his department chair committee next year. Thank you for your time. Thank you so much, Michael Harris. Good evening, Madam President. Good evening, Madam Superintendent. I came here tonight to thank Ted for getting the breast cleared in the open area behind all of our houses. It is appreciated. I'm going to bust it up right now. I need another shoulder surgery. I also came to bring a economics book to Patty. Uh I have two of these. I have the older edition of this one. This is extra. You all can maybe review it. It is a bunch of articles. It is not in sequential order. Students can use this and read what interests them. So I figured that some of you could review it. And I brought the newspaper
046articles for today on today on Donald Trump cutting education funding. U the articles doesn't really make sense. I mean, it's it's like this way and sums up sums and it didn't even make sense. Anyway, I got late here because my friend Michaelandre left me at Costco and went home and I had to get another ride. Thanks. Thank you. All right. Item N, information only presentations. Number one, educational services teaching and learning presentation from Spruce Elementary School. Dr. Dr. Moore, will you introduce Dr. Gardin? Yes, it is my pleasure to introduce Principal Enelica Gardunho, who will walk us through the school's goals and priorities. Welcome. [Applause] They are not paid actors. Can I fix this up? All right. Okay. Good evening, uh, board president Anthony, members of the board, cabinet, community, viewers at home. Uh, my
047name is Anelica Garduno and I'm the principal at Spruce Elementary School and I will be walking you through our teaching and learning presentation this evening. Our work at Spruce has been rooted in our core values and strategic priorities align with LCAP goals to work towards a portrait of a graduate. This year, we began implementing components of our learner progressions which define what our graduate aims look like across grade levels. Through this process and by sharing insights with colleagues during our November and April collaboration days, we gain valuable knowledge to help guide and strengthen future implementation efforts. At Spruce, we aim to foster inclusive, empowering learning environments and have worked this year on exceptional instruction and engage students. At the beginning of our school year, we began with chartering our instructional leadership team and engaging in
048continuous collaboration to make instructional decisions based on data. Our goals for the year included full implementation of reading groups and designated ELD targeted fondness instruction through board approved supplemental programs UFI and SIPs and grade level planning with EL teachers and reading specialists built into the school day. All of this has revolved around our master schedule that ensures there is time for these varying components to occur. We are currently in year two and have continued to refine the schedule according to teacher feedback and prioritizing working together to deliver highquality instruction focused on our students needs. Spruce serves 382 students. Notably 58% are multilingual learners and 63% are socioeconomically disadvantaged. This informs our instructional decisions and support systems which has led us to focus on exceptional instruction and engaged students. Spanish is the native language of 83.9%
049of our families. I want to note that not represented on this chart are the current 27 preschool students who make up four sections of classes and are staffed by two full-time teachers that are also a part of the Spruce community. Our everyday lab snapshot from last school year to this school year shows that we have been able to increase our tier one satisfactory from 39.7% to 45.1%. Part of what we take pride in is having continuous phone calls home to families. Every morning at about 8:45, our office assistant and school community liaison begin calls to any families whose child has not present for the day. From these phone calls, we get to have direct communication and oftentimes get to learn more about what may be impacting attendance such as illness, a family st situation, and
050so on. Overall, our absences have improved from last school year to this current one. We can see that in particular in our chronic absenteeism, we have been able to stay in the satisfactory satisfactory and at risk this year compared to last year being in the moderate to severe chronic abism. This year what is contributing to our atrisisk numbers is what we have seen a lot more illnesses. There are illnesses that have been more prolonged in duration and recovery andor reoccurring and also spread within classrooms. The political climate did have an impact in creating an uneasy feeling at our school site with concerns about ice. Resources were shared and have continued to be shared with our families. When there was a call to action day on February 3rd of this year, many families in our school
051community and local community participated. On that day, we had 44% of our student population absent. Although attendance rates have held steady, chronic absenteeism remains a challenge. We saw a drop from over 30% to the low 20s this year, which is encouraging, but still requires a focused effort. We look forward to working toward in the coming school year. Here we see multipleyear view of state testing. Looking at the data diagonally, we see steady growth in ELA as students progress from third through fifth grade with the cohort improving from 14.52% to 21.88% over three years. I'm hopeful that with our continued efforts in literacy, we can continue to see growth in math for this same cohort. There was an initial growth through fourth grade followed by a dip in fifth. This highlights an opportunity to strengthen support
052as students transition into more complex concepts. Overall, the cohort data shows promising trends and clear areas where targeted efforts can make a meaningful difference. This table shows a component of the Dibble's literacy screening assessment for the last three years. The percentage represents students per grade level who scored well below benchmark read in the oral reading fluency orf accuracy or nonsense word fluency subtests. The ORF is not administered in kindergarten. Instead, we track nonsense word fluency for kindergarten and first grade. These are used to assess the child's ability to decode and blend sounds. The simple view of reading explains that reading comprehension is the product of one's ability to decode and understand the language. The dibbles oral reading fluency accuracy subtest is one way we have been tracking our students growth in decoding. If you look
053at the bottom line, the class of 2025 had 32% of students decoding well below grade level back when they were in third grade. This means 32% of students could not accurately read words at grade level. That number decreased to 19% in fourth grade and 13% in fifth grade. As we further analyze the data, we found that a significant portion of the 13% of fifth graders who struggle with decoding accurately were students with individualized support plans or newcomers to the school. This led us to further review support systems in place. Overall, the data does demonstrate that the implementation of evidence evidence-based curriculum, the majority of students in spruce are on track to graduate with strong decoding skills at grade level. We have adopted the walk to read model that calls for a dedicated block of time
054during the day in which students receive foundational instruction aligned to their needs. In this dedicated time in the master schedule, it calls for switching of students within a grade level according to their need in particular in the lower grade levels. This model allows for each teacher to become a master in working with one group and shares the responsibility of working with our learners. Collaboration has been key to making this happen. The reading specialists meet with grade level teachers every other week to provide ongoing support, coaching, and work through situations that may arise. This has been a large effort laid led by our two hardworking reading specialists, Orura Jose and Carly Humphrey, who have brought new life to what it means to be collaborative. Collaboration within the school day is made possible due to Lagarda PE
055being at our site. Thank you board members for making that happen for all our elementary sites. It is truly appreciated. Yay. Here is a view of one of our walk to read models in second grade. During this time in our master schedule, all three teachers in the grade level align with our reading specialists and all take on a group of students to focus on their needs of their specific group of learners based on data. The education specialist also works to implement services during walk to read for this grade level. In honoring this time in the master schedule, students are not missing out on grade level content instruction being pulled out for intervention services, but rather we are working to fortify the tier one instruction in a collaborative approach to support our children. Groups are fluid
056based on data from Dibbles and SIPs Mastery tests. Here we see how groups started at the beginning of the school year and then shifted to the middle of the year with progression in the curriculum. This model isn't simple as it requires genuine trust among teachers. Trust that we're working as a unified team that every child is all of ours and that their success depends on our collective efforts. There was a large focus on professional learning geared toward Orton Gillingham, which is a multi-ensory structured and sequential teaching method that focuses on explicit, direct, and systematic instruction. We have also embarked on UC Berkeley's California reading and literature project focused on reading comprehension that aims to equip educators with strategies to help students understand grade level texts as well as begad that has been supported by Arttosis
057to provide a valuable professional learning experience. When we created the master schedule for the 2023 school year, a key priority was the structured implementation of designated ELD within our programming. This year marks our first data point since launching that initiative. In 2023, the California dashboard placed Spruce at the orange level with 172 English learner students. Just one year later in the 2024 dashboard, we reach we reached the green level, an 8.5% increase in performance even as our ELE population grew by 18 students. This progress is a testament not only to the impact of our EL teachers, general education teachers, and designated EL instruction, but also to the support provided to our newcomers and emerging learners through targeted work with reading specialists during walk to read. Together, these efforts have helped strengthen tier one instruction and
058ensure more equitable access to high quality literacy support. Alpac Summitive data shows encouraging growth. Fourth grade saw a 17% gain in proficiency. Data suggests that it takes about three to five years for English language learners to achieve proficiency in oral English and 5.7 to achieve academic English proficiency. This means that at about fourth grade is when we would expect to start to see oral English blossom and see the beginning of the development for academic English proficiency. With the addition of EL teachers, the focus on designated EL and collaboration, we're seeing more students progressing toward reclassification. This school year, we celebrated 14 students reclassifying with six that were extremely close to meeting those requirements. Our current ELD model provides targeted instruction aligned to students' language proficiency levels. Similar to the walk to read approach, this model
059emphasizes collaboration at the grade level where students are regrouped based on their LPAC levels. Instruction is focused on content areas to help multilingual learners build essential background knowledge. Newcomer students receive small groupoup language development support tailored to their unique needs. Teachers collaborate twice a month with ELD teachers to refine instructional strategies and better support language development within core content areas. The strength of this model lies in our collective commitment. All staff work together to reinforce the belief that every multilingual learner is every teacher's responsibility. Collaboration is key to ensuring student success. Site reading specialists and EL teachers work closely to coordinate support and avoid overlap while the site multilingual TOSA meets monthly with ELD teachers to further align instructional practices. Designated ELD has also provided a strong foundation for our implementation of TWIG, which is
060our science curriculum, supporting the seamless integration of science content within our structured literacy block. When we first began discussing the implementation of designated ELD and newcomer supports led by highly qualified certificated teachers, we had specific students in mind who would greatly benefit from this targeted approach. Through our ongoing efforts, we have encountered individual student experiences that serve as compelling reminders that impact is not always fully reflective in quantitative data. Often it is the meaningful relationships and the sense of belonging cultivated within the learning environment that are the most critical to a students well-being and long-term ability to learn. These human connections stand out as a defining feature, demonstrating the profound everyday impact of intentional student centered support. In the coming year, we will be working toward looking into qualitative data that we can gather to
061capture our students experiences within our newcomer groups. It is clear that the academic instruction must be complemented by a safe and supportive emotional and physical environment to truly meet our learners needs. This is precisely the kind of space that our ELD teachers Monica Gonzalez Lopez and Andrea Tanket have cultivated with great care and intentionality. Navigating school can be challenging for any child, but doing so while adjusting to a new country, learning a new language, and starting over in unfamiliar surroundings can be profoundly overwhelming. Our ELD teachers have taken it upon themselves to truly understand each student, providing individualized support and encouragement to help them thrive. Our programming now includes at least three adults who are working with our students on a continual basis, being the classroom teacher, EL teacher, and reading specialists. Moreover, our EL
062teachers have built strong, trusting relationships with families, serving as vital bridges between home and school. Through their dedication and collaboration with classroom teachers, they ensure that our newcomer students not only are able to access curriculum, but also feel seen, valued, connected within our school community. We are building a true support system for our learners. We've been intentional about bringing our core values and portrait of a graduate to life in meaningful ways. We've also strengthened enrichment opportunities through events like Ruby Bridges Day, Career Day Festival, and continued to prioritize hands-on learning with music, science, and field trips. A highlight this year has been expanding our second chance breakfast program. What started with just fourth and fifth grade now includes second and third grade this school year. We're serving over 200 breakfast items each day which helps
063students stay nourished and focused. We've updated our character traits to better align with our portrait of a graduate. This is work we're excited to continue next year with the support from our wellness counselor. Pictured here you will see our safety patrol team led by Mr. summers, our lead team led by Mr. Malunai, and our first career day fair. Here we see our graduating cohort from the Latino Literacy Project this spring, which builds family reading routines through workshops and ends with a special family project. Field trips included the San Francisco Zoo, Elkus Ranch, Heel Farm, Half Moon Bay, Half Moon Bay, State Beach Exploratorium, and Academy of Sciences. None of the things that I have shared tonight would be possible without the dedicated staff at Spruce Elementary. We have been on a journey together for a
064short time, but wow, we have made big things happen and we have only just begun. All pieces of the puzzle must fit together for a school to function. From the classroom, teachers and paras custodians, office staff, support services, the list goes on. I'm honored to be part of Spruce and work with such dedicated professionals on a daily basis. I would like to take this moment to ask the spruce teachers and staff present tonight to please stand for a moment to be recognized. [Applause] Yay. I want to make a special mention to our former liaison, Miss Deresa Ortiz, who retired in December of this school year after dedicating 28 years to Spruce. and to our librarian, Miss Debbie, who is retiring this well as well this year. Okay. Tonight, I'd also like to acknowledge a small
065group of our volunteers who have dedicated their time to Spruce this year and some for the last couple years. Their support helps us build a connected community for our students and families, and I thank them for their dedication to our Spruce community. Uh, so I would like to recognize them now. Yes. So I will call up your name first. I'd like to recognize [Music] Into a picture at the end. So stay up there. Don't go far. Picture. Yeah. All right. Our next one is Nora Alvarado. Uh, next is Marianella Molina. Next is Nurm Himenez. Be able to be here. and Janette and Miguel de la Rosa. And thank you for your time and continued support. And I welcome any questions you may have for me at this time. All right. Thank you so much, Principal
066Gardinho, Justy Richardson. Thank you, Principal Gardunz. I bought your cheering squad. Great. Um, I I admire how you have handled the TK. I didn't hear you talk too much about that, but I'm sure you know their little ones running around and it's just I just have a great time every time I visit your school and I I know your parents and it's a big large family and I appreciate your leadership. Um uh do you have any issues um with your um uh the uh the absentees? Um what are the main problems that you have in some of the students that are not attending class? Yeah, one of the things I highlighted were the the illnesses have been a big part of it and it's been a continual roundabout. I've been joking that I've been a
067sick a record number of times myself this year. I counted six last week. Uh but it's been just a prolonged season for that too. Um there is that discomfort of like well they're not feeling well. We don't want to be contagious or other kids and so there's extra mindfulness that is happening but that's not necessarily getting them back into school faster. Um there are still a lot of students who will come and ask for mass and they'll utilize that when possible. Um but it is something that I'm looking to dig into deeper especially with our wellness counselor position next school year. And um I know that the large large part of your uh teaching has to do with digital uh use of the laptops or tablets. Um how are you uh using uh uh teaching
068the children how to hold a pencil? Do they have a use of uh uh you know cursive or beginning alphabet writing? Um, when are when do you do that and when does it stop? Because I've heard some people say they can't even sign their names later on in the even at high school because they're so used to the tablet digital uh marking or spelling. Yeah. Uh when it comes to writing uh actual just print um that's a big part of TK and kindergarten working on fine motor skills. um not just necessarily holding the pencil, but also doing other fine motor skills to practice on the the grasping. Um we've also actually done a little bit or started a little bit of a shift in talking with OT about the use of the like expo markers,
069the thick ones versus the thin ones. And the thick ones tend to progre uh to give more of a feeling of grasping uh hole as opposed to a thinner one where it's not so easy. So it kind of promotes a the three finger grasp. Um when it comes to cursive, I know our third grade team, third grade team here, third grade team's been trying, they've been trying to work on that. Um so that's something that they've been working on for this school year and want to further develop as well. everything you do for our students and uh I know that you have a nice uh environment for them to show up and it's always good to see that the children actually enjoy coming to school and that's a real plus for me. Thank you so
070much for your leadership. Thank you. Just yeah um it's a pleasure to meet you and all the everyone in the spruce community. Thank you for coming out. Um yeah, I just learned so much from your presentation and um I think I I just wrote down some things about um you know, I heard intentional student centered support um collaboration and I think the way you painted the picture of what happens in your school. I mean, it just really I I think I really understood a little more about how like everything uh the way you structure the day, the the the instructional um I don't know how to say, but yeah, just the way things are structured just really um like everyone seems to be on the same page. um you know taking you talk about taking
071responsibility for every single English learner and it definitely shows um in the data um like I I you know just seeing the the progression and the the the vast the the great improvements and progress um it's really inspiring. So, I just want to um yeah, thank you for um sharing the you know, your story and in the in the school and the community and um yeah, I look forward to visiting at at some point. I definitely want to get out um to to all the schools and certainly um to Spruce. Um, and I'll just mention, you know, in terms of, you know, the prolonged illnesses. I mean, I see that with my kids as well, just these, yeah, some of these colds nowadays are just or whatever they are. They just really strange like they
072last a week and like we never had colds this intense until maybe it's after COVID and just thing like new not not necessarily COVID bugs, but just bugs in general just hitting us differently. I don't know. Yeah. But thank you very much. Thank you. Just sh Thank you. Thank you for the wonderful presentation and your leadership and the amazing team here. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much, Justine Murray. Um I wanted to say thank you as well. I saw so much good stuff in your report and um I just wrote down some things. I I feel like your community is so truly kid- centered that everybody is putting 100% into each kid and I appreciate that. I mean, from from the newcomers to the fifth graders, it just seems like everybody's watching out.
073That connection is what helps kids to progress and your report shows that. Um, let's see. I love your targeted your use of data, your targeted approach, um intentionality. Thank you so much for all you do and thank you to your staff. You you've done a great job. Yes. Thank you. Um I remember the new the newcomer model you started last year or is this at the end of last year? This is year we're finishing year two. Okay. Yes. Um and the walk to read model is implemented this year for the first time fully. Yes. Okay. Yes. Um we had components of it last year. Yes. Interesting. And we're taking it a step further next year. Oh, good. So, what does that look like? Uh we're just aligning across from kindergarten to 2 grade um in
074doing the UFly and the SIPs in the walk to read model. Oh, that's great. and we're incorporating SIPs actually morphology into third grade. That's great. Um I think this is really amazing work. Um you know, one of the things that we hear from from teachers often is how hard it is to differentiate within one class when you have really varying levels and how it's very difficult to feel supported when you're hanging out by yourself in there leading a classroom of 30 kids who are totally at different levels. And so it sounds like this is a really viable model for for your school and maybe it can also work in other schools. So I hope that we can share that. Um I know that um Mr. Ramage has also talked about protected times for for reading
075and it sounds like this is a very similar um similar model. So I'm excited to see how it continues. Um also just really appreciate the care um and the work you do with newcomers. It is really hard to be a newcomer, even a well-resourced newcomer. It is really hard to come to the United States and find your way. So, thank you for making it a space where parents and their students and the families feel supported and thank you to all your staff who do the same thing. So, thank you. Thank you. All right. Presentation with potential action. O, we have none. So, we're moving on to item P, consent agenda. The following items are submitted for board approval. One motion will authorize action for all those items so designated. Um, any questions or comments? Are
076we in P number one or? We are in P one, two, three, and four. Uh, I'd like to request that we return for a second reading the uh the board meeting. Oh, no. The bylaws. That's item B. These are just minutes of the bylaws. Oh, just minutes. One. We don't have We are not passing bylaws at the moment. We are passing the minutes from the bylaws meeting. Are we on P? We are on item P, the consent agenda. And item 1B is minutes of the April 11th bylaws meeting. Not the Oh, okay. We are not passing the bylaws. This is just what they talked about. Those bylaws will come at another date or maybe they already have. Yeah. Yeah. Any other questions or comments? Uh comments. So, congratulation to all our graduates. Is that what
077you want to say? Yeah. We do have our uh graduate lists. We are very excited and we will be at your graduations coming up. Um, okay. Can I get a motion to pass this consent agenda? Second. All right. Motion by Murray, second by Shay. All in favor? I I I. Uh, any opposed? Okay. Motion carries. 50. All right. We come to the public hearing. Um, I am going to open the public hearing in accordance with California Government Code section 3547. Prior to commencing labor negotiations, all initial proposals of exclusive representatives shall be presented at a public meeting. Um, at the public meeting on May 8th, 2025, the district will submit its initial proposal to the board of trustees and the CSEA and the assistant superintendent of human resources and services, student services will present the
078district's initial proposal for information and discussion. Following the presentation, a public hearing, oh, I guess I have not yet opened the public hearing. We'll do that again. um will be conducted to provide an opportunity for members of the public to comment. So, Assistant Superintendent Hanan. Thank you, President Anthony. Pursuant to Government Code section 3547, the South San Francisco Unified School District hereby submits its initial proposal to the Classified School Employees Association, chapter 197, for annual reopener contract negotiations. We will our district's approach to negotiations will be guided by our board adopted strategic plan fulfilling our promise to learners i.e. our mission vision and core values our portrait of a graduate and our five priorities exceptional instruction engaged students purposeful partnerships empowered educators and equity centered systems. We will present proposals and/or counterp proposals on all
079articles identified by CSEA in its March 27th, 2025 Sunshine Statement, including but not limited to all of the following. Article 7, compensation and benefits. The district has an interest in negotiating fair and reasonable compensation and benefits consistent with the district's financial capacity to make a payment combined with the district's projected future financial stability and taking into account the reality of local, state, and federal economic conditions. Article 25 term, the district has an interest in resolving negotiations beyond the 2025 2026 school year. Any appendices affected by contract modifications, specific modifications to current CSEA contract language will be developed during the negotiations process. In addition, the district reserves its right to negotiate subjects and articles not specified above consistent with the applicable provisions of the Educational Employment Relations Act Government Code section 3543. We look forward to
080a collaborative, objective, and fact-based negotiations with CSEA. Thank you. And with that, I will now open the public hearing. Any comments? Hearing none, I will close the public hearing and we will move on to our action agenda. Item one, human resources. A, approval of agreement with the San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools for the SMCA Alder GSSE residency program. Staff recommends the approval of an agreement with the San Mato Superintendent of Schools for the SMCE Alder Graduate School of Education Teacher Residency Program agreement for the 2025 2026 school year. Any questions or comments? I did not ask this ahead of time, but um we said that we will take up to 12, but I feel like there are not that many people in the class. Have did we take 12 this year? Uh for the
081Alder graduate school, the teacher residency program, we said up to 10. Up to 10 and we have six confirmed. Okay, that's great. Fantastic. Okay, can I get a motion to approve? So move. Second. All right. Motion by Murray, second by Shay. All in favor? I I. Any opposed? Okay. Motion carries 50. We are excited to be able to talk about 1B, adoption of the tentative agreement between SSFUSD and SSFTA for the 2025 to 2028 term and approve the corresponding public disclosure AB1200. staff recommends the adoption of the tentative agreement between the South San Francisco Unified School District and the South San Francisco Classroom Teachers Association for the 2025 2028 term and approval of the corresponding public disclosure under AB1200. Any questions or comments? Mr. Hanan, can I ask you just to address um the discussion
082about grievances? It's in this contract, right? Is that is it? So as part of our uh successor agreement that we reached in partnership with our colleagues in SSF CTA uh we folded in uh a grievance settlement agreement as part of this uh successor agreement. So I'm actively working closely with our president leadership to address the 29 listed grievance uh over the course of this month. Great. Thank you so much. Any other questions or comments? Okay. May I can I get a motion to approve? So moved. Second. All right. Motion by Murray, second by Sheay. All in favor? I I. Any opposed? Okay. Motion carries. 5-0. [Applause] All right. 1 C. Approval of agreement renewal uh with Everyday Labs Attendance Software. Staff recommends the renewal of an annual subscription to the Everyday Labs attendance software, a
083web-based platform which provides real-time analysis of attendance trends and patterns at the district, school, and student levels for the 2025 2026 school year. Any questions or comments? Is this the first year we're using or second year? No, this is a renewal. So, I think this is the third year. How do we like it? Do we like it? What is Yeah. So, Mr. Seers uh works with the school leaders to help them monitor the attendance data and so the reports that you receive are snapshots of the attendance and how what and you can hear from the principles what they're doing to monitor school attendance to try to help increase kiddos coming to school. So, yes, the the staff likes it. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Super. Can I get a motion to approve? So move. Second.
084All right. Motion by Sheay, second by Murray. All in favor? I I I. Any opposed? All right. Motion carries. 5-0. Approval of contract with effective school solutions. Staff recommends the approval of the contract with effective school solutions to provide substance substance use prevention services for the 2025 2026 school year. Any questions or comments? I mean, I had a few just because I wasn't familiar with Yeah. the place program and um so I thought it would be nice to ask um so um I guess uh could we just highlight a little bit about uh why we selected ESS as a partner and what they sort of bring uh to uh what services they bring. Uh sure thing trusty lamb. Um in collaboration with the Sonteo County Office of Education uh we explored multiple partner options. Several
085factors were considered and we found that only ESS offered the following. Uh able to staff the position for the duration of the contract and ensure there is staffing consistency with contingencies. That is something that we have struggled with with some of our current and previous partners. So we were eager to explore potential partners who actually could fulfill the uh necessity of full-time staffing based on our needs. Uh they also provide training to staff about working in schools. They have dynamic supervision after the placement of staff in our schools. Multi-ter programming rather than one tier uh flexible delivery model which works within SSFUSD's vision and needs and they are also able to produce uh data to report on their services as well as a clear actionable plan as to how and what data they can provide
086as the program is monitored. Uh lastly, they had strong references and recommendations from both the Sanonteo County Office of Education and other districts in the county who have partnered with ESS. Uh they have also provided services directly for the Sonteo County Office of Education which are similar to the services that we are seeking. This is the first year we'd be using this, right? That is correct. And then I I know in the agreement there's um a scope for you know 15 to 18 cases and um uh and for so could you speak to that in terms of like how those cases are prioritized and how it kind of fits in with our other supports uh for for wellness and mental health. Sure. So, uh, for one thing, our coordinator of restorative, uh, processes and alternatives
087interventions and our multi-tered systems of support coordinator, uh, have a a multi-year working relationship with some of the ESS team members and hold their work in high regard. Uh, to the question of case load, uh, we have other services in place that serve for levels of less specific needs and ESS uh, are able to refer to outside agencies for greater need. Uh so based on the number of students we have seen in our ATS program, this would be an effective case load number to start with and allow us to track any increase in services represented by referrals to outside agencies. I guess sorry I'll skip ahead but like in terms of like the grant the grant funding is a little bit specific. Um and to just speak to the the the source of the grants
088and from what I understand these are kind of onetime funds. Um and yes, um per Mr. O to my right, the SB HIPP is a one-time grant. Uh we will not be receiving more funds. However, the Juul settlement funds, although also one time from the settlement of a litigation. Uh we do not know if additional funds will be coming from the settlement. Once these funds run out, we will need to identify other sources of funding if we wish to continue the partnership with effective school solutions in the future. Yeah, thank you. I mean, I know it's um yeah, we we'll see how this, you know, pans out, but I hope that it's a good um yeah, that we'll we'll find find out some good ways, good practices, and this is all, you know, we've had
089a lot of conversations lately about, you know, mental health and wellness and we'll continue to do so in the future. So, um yeah, excited to consider this. I thought this was more about substance abuse prevention, substance use prevention than mental health. Is it both? My primary understanding is that it's substance abuse focused and they potentially have capacity to address other areas of need. Okay. Um yeah, based on our conversation and what we heard at the SCSEA town hall last week, um really um that a lot of students are struggling with uh substance use issues on campus at our at our high schools primarily um both tobacco through vaping and the vaping of cannabis on campus. Um, I'm really looking forward to this as part of the solution to making our campuses more safe and better
090conducive for learning. So, glad to hear that. All right. Um, any other comments or questions? All right. Uh, can I get a motion to approve? Sure. Move. Second. All right. Motion by Murray, second by Shay. All in favor? I. I. Um, any opposed? Okay. Motion carries. 5-0. It is 8:29. Um, we will take a 10-minute break and reconvene at 8:39. Thank you. All right, now we're really starting back. Item two, business services. A, approval of selected firms for the lease lease back preliminary and construction services pool measure T bond program. Staff recommends approval of the selected firms through the request for qualifications RFQ process for the creation of the lease leaseback preliminary and construction services pool on behalf of the measure T bond program and the facilities department. Do we have any questions or comments?
091Uh just briefly I would like to know this pool will draw what what uh uh what firms will be drawn. Is this for all the projects? Oh, there's Lori. I didn't know she just appears. Um, is this like a pool for a specific project or is this for the rest of the whatever we have left to do? The pool is for the measure t projects uh for a period of five years uh measure t and facilities for a period of five years. Um and if after the 5-year period we would go out for a new pool. Oh okay. And uh okay, so that answers. Thank you. You're welcome. Great. Any other questions or comments? All right. Can I get a motion to approve? So move. Second. All right. First from Lamb, second by Shay. All
092in favor? I I. Any opposed? Motion carries. 5-0. Item B, approval of agreement with Bartos Architecture. Staff recommends approval of an agreement with Barto's architecture for architectural and engineering services on the modular office project at the district office in the amount of $65,100. Do we have any questions or comments on this item? Yes, I do. Do we want to expand what part of the uh district office are we? I know everybody's crammed in there. Are we do we have specific plans? Uh I think it's for the facilities department is it facilities or it needs more space. Um the district office needs more space. True. Uh this actually is a facilities projects but I'm aware of what Just speak into it more. Sorry. This is actually a facilities project but I am aware of what's uh
093happening. So, um we need uh additional space and um Oh, uh assistant superintendent. Oh, you can tell me what other departments outside of space for the bond program. Um but there's some other departments that need space to service as well. Yeah, thanks. Yeah, we we are adding a number of of additional staff. Uh you know, we have a new uh assistant soup of uh student and family services and some other staff that were added. So, uh, we need some additional space, office space for them. So, we're exploring, uh, putting a modular building right next to the facilities, uh, department office there, uh, so we can accommodate the additional staff. We're not sure how we're going to structure who's going to move in yet, but that's the plan to put that in place. So, you're going
094to take up a few parking spaces. And you did you say, what did you say? Students will be uh No, this could be for staff. Staff. Which staff? Uh that's to determined. Determined. Oh, to be determined. Okay. Well, you need more room. I agree. Great. All right. Um can I get a motion to approve this agreement? So move. Second. All right. Motion by Murray, second by Sheay. All in favor? I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. 50. Item C, approval of agreement with Penelli Construction Inspection, Inc. Staff recommends the approval of an agreement with Penelli Construction Inspection, Inc. for Inspector of Record Services for the El Camino High School central kitchen and cafeteria project and the Westboro Middle School Field and Pavement Improvements Project in the amount of $177,000. $77,320. Any questions or comments on this
095item? I'll make a motion. A second. Thank you. Motion by Lamb, second by Sheay. All in favor? I I and motion carries 50-y. Okay. Item D, approval of agreement with Iclair Associates, Inc. Staff recommends the approval and of agreement with Iclair Associates, Inc. for commissioning services with the El Camino High School central kitchen and cafeteria project in the amount of $30, $350. Any questions or comments on this item? Quick quick comment that I appreciate. Uh, it's all woman uh owned outfit. I appreciated that too, Rosie the riveter. Okay, thank All right. Can I get a motion to approve? Second. Yeah, I think it was mo motion by Murray, second by Richardson. All in favor? I I um any opposed? Okay, motion carries 5-0 to E. Approval of agreement with ISI Inspection Services, Inc. Staff recommends
096the approval of an agreement with ISI Inspection Services, Inc. for special inspection services for the El Camino High School central kitchen and cafeteria project and the Westboro Middle School Field and Pavement Project uh improvements project in the amount of $12,687.86. Any questions or comments on this item? [Music] Um what special inspection services? Uh I thought that once that DSA approves this that um that was it. Um what is what is the nature of this this request? The special inspection services include uh testing services. So if our um hazmat um industrial hygienist uh does uh require some testing, this is the um uh operation that will actually do the testing. It's an independent lab um and if we have to do uh test say rebar, they would come out and test the rebar um for us.
097So we have to have a separate this is a DSA requirement. have to have a separate testing lab. Okay. So, what is the nature of the um the hygienist uh testing? That seems very kind of out of place for this type of project. Um the industrial hygienist if if they had a this would be the lab that they would send it to. One those are one of the things that they might send it to. So, but if again if we have rebar that we need to test, these special inspectors will come out and test the rebar for us. If we have to do concrete testing, they would test the concrete for us. Okay. Well, thank you. You're welcome. All right. Any other questions or comments? Can I get a motion? So much so. All right.
098A motion by Murray, second by Richardson. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries 5-0. Uh item F, contract award to Wickman Development and Construction, Inc. Staff recommends awarding the contract for El Camino High School building J alterations to to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, Wickman Development and Construction, Inc. in the amount of $585,000. Do we have any questions or comments on this item? So move. All right. Second. Motion by Sheay, second by Murray. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion carries. 5-0 G. Approval of amendment approval of amendment number one to Alton construction agreement for El Camino High School central kitchen and cafeteria project. Staff recommends approval of amendment number one to the site facilities the site and facilities lease agreements with Alton Construction to incorporate the guaranteed maximum price GMP for the
099El Camino High School central kitchen and cafeteria project. The amendment reflects an additional cost of $10,282,36 bringing the total GMP to10,692,36. Any questions or comments on this item? I have a question. Um, this amount total million 10,692,36. Am I reading this to mean that there won't be any this includes contingencies that this project is sort of capped at that amount? We have embedded allowances and contingencies within the contract. So if we do have some unforeseen uh conditions, we withdraw from that. Um, it doesn't absolutely eliminate the uh idea of there being something else, but it's highly unlikely. Just eliminate it. Okay. So then then the project could go above above that amount and you could come back for a change order. You is that what I'm reading? Again, we've embedded uh allowances and contingencies within
100the project. It's highly unlikely that we would need to come back, but it it's not a guarantee that that it wouldn't happen. Do you have a a percentage amount about how much we we allow per this project? The percentage amount that we are we we have worked into this price. We have different categories. I don't know if we have a total percentage amount. Do you know? And this is Calvin Wong, our uh bond project manager. Good evening everyone. Yes. So the percentage is um roughly, you know, based on the direct costs we calculated close to 10%. That's the contingency. Yes. Oh, that's interesting. And that that's the direct cost of all the sub, you know, not including the uh added fees and insurance. Is that the is that the item that's on page 295? That's
101called districtont controlled contingency for $841,000. That's correct. Thank you. I I always have a a difficult time understanding the new version of these lease lease back programs and I still don't understand it, but I trust it's better than the previous lease lease back that was really where we had other bron projects that didn't work very well for us. I'm not familiar with the old version, so I can't speak to that. Yeah. No, I just commenting. Thank you. Any other questions or comments? I get a motion to approve. So move. All right. Motion by Murray. I'll second. Second by Lamb. All in favor? I I. Any opposed? Measure carries 5-0. All right. Item H, adoption of resolution 2543 authorizing a technology contract under PCC20118.2 for measure T project management software implementation. Staff recommends the adoption of
102resolution 2543 authorizing a technology contract under public contract code section 2118.2 to support implementation of the measure T bond programs project management software. Any questions or comments on this item? I move that we wave the hearing. The hearing the reading. Super. Thank you. I've got a a motion to wave the reading and approve. Second. Second from Sheay. So, first by uh Richardson, second by Sheay. Can I get a roll call vote, please? Trusty Richardson. Trusty Shay. Yes. Trustee Lamb. Yes. Vice President Murray. Yes. President Anthony. Yes. Motion carries 5-0. All right, we've moved to review of future agenda items and meetings. Saturday, we have our special meeting board workshop in the district office. That is a special meeting. Um, and then we've got our last one of the school year before graduations. Any other questions
103or comments? All right. Summary of board directives. There are none. All right. Good and welfare. Uh, Trusty Richardson, would you like to kick us off and tell us more about that subcommittee facilities meeting? Not subcommittee, workforce housing meeting. Did you want to kick us off? You usually kick us off for good and welfare. Okay. Sorry, most of us went, Dr. Moore, Cabinet, myself, and uh Trusty Murray attended the new teacher celebration. So, we sat down and we uh got to know some of the new teachers. And uh that same week, we went to see the PTA officer installation at Parkway Heights and was well attended by parents. and the PTA, outgoing PTA uh with all the principles in and presence and of the most of the schools were there except a couple. And then we
104went to the fourth CSBA teacher housing at to view Selma in Hollywood. We didn't I didn't even know where it was, but we went to Hollywood and uh they had uh a tour of the it was the last workshop and we had the tour of the new development. Well, it's not new, but it's a similar development for below market rate housing and workforce housing and Mr. O and Trusty Murray were also in attendance. And then I went to see folklorico on the 4th and the lively presentation of this year's new dances with Mr. Cruz and Mrs. Martineelli joining in the dances was another stellar performance by our Amma the Mexico dancers. It was a beautiful It's not doesn't get old. I've attended every one of them since I've been here except I missed one because
105last year it was coincided with the CSBA conference. But every year is different. It's not just the same thing and that's what's so enjoyable. And uh prior to that um I attended uh the Janentech garage poster contest and two bus loads of our South City students were in attendance and the poster contest um was just amazing. I just stood there. I could spend the whole afternoon um from the lens of students what they were looking for in in their experiments was really great. And then there was an acknowledgement by um Rocky of the um Mr. Rocky Ing of he was our sc he's our science garage teacher and that was a a wonderful celebration. It was just so inspiring. It seems to get bigger and better every year. And then today I went to see
106Mr. Al Lima's biology for the freshman class who put on a con conference for parents in his classroom. And two students discussed how much is learned in the first year of biology in their freshman year and their hard work. They held a conference for all the parents and I spoke to Carl LaRosa and Joseph Garcus who shared their learning in the scientific method and explained the meaning that science has a part serendipity. Joseph shared the effects of the environment and learned the effects of global warming. This is a this was so exciting to see that the children the students at this age are so engaged in in their surrounding and I want to wish the moms out there happy Mother's Day to all and we wouldn't be here without you. Good night. Um, Jess, oh,
107you've had a busy couple of weeks before. That said to me, was did you know science was part serendipity? Uh, no, I learned from them. Yeah, I know. That's like amazing what you learn from it. All right. Trusty Trusty Richardson, Trusty Lamb, we want to go home. Let's go. Well, I have to say, yeah, I mean, you learn everything, you know, learn so much every day just kind of hanging out with the students, right? So, and and the teachers. I just everyone, right? But, okay. So, uh yeah, I haven't had many nearly as many events as Trusty Richardson, but um it has been a busy couple weeks. U probably will get even busier as we get to graduation season. Um yeah, um Dr. Moore mentioned the Kent Awards. That was an awesome fun that was
108such a fun time, right? You can share some of your reflections, but it was just a treat to kind of hang out with the Parkway Heights and Westboro Middle School uh to yeah, just see them uh get that welldeserved um you know, awards and um I know a shout out to Miss Shaw who is Aiden's uh financial literacy teacher. So, we got to hang out um and um also Dr. Rossi and um Miss Kaplan as well. And um I think we um well we also attended the the Los Certos PTA meeting and just kind of had a little conversation about you know kind of the the challenges with the uh the modernization project. But you know I think we we had a good conversation and um it was yeah just another opportunity to get to
109know um the parents who are just part of this wonderful uh community over there. Um, oh, Monty Vvery, I went we went to the PTA uh the Giants game. It was also the same night as um the Cal night and so we were kind of surrounded by, you know, lots of Calgrads and um we we sat behind the the Cal band and got to uh watch the band play every other inning. Um even though the Giants lost, it was still fun. So, I hope to do that again. Um and um yeah, just uh just want to say, you know, offer um you know, gratitude and appreciation to all the teachers out there on teacher appreciation week. Um on behalf of uh me and the kids and all the families, uh Thank you. So for all
110mothers, happy Mother's Day and then we will see each other on Saturday for our board workshop. Thank you. Trustee Lamb says, "Happy Mother's Day." She said it here. Um I did a lot of things. My favorites were um the new teacher celebration and um the PTA installation, new teachers and new PTA leaders is is always fun to be in those groups, in those spaces. Um, I also went to the Altoma Middle School play. We have such talented kids. They had the play Beetlejuice. And the principal there or the vice principal there told me that the the young girl who plays the lead singer in this Beetlejuice, she's like the quietest person in class. Never says anything. And all of a sudden, she came out with this voice and nobody could believe it. And um and
111the kid who played Beetlejuice, he was great. Um and then um and then today I was at Los Cerritos and I was there in the morning when the third graders, the whole third grade class was leaving for their field trip to the Exploratorium. And I did try to look for them. I I couldn't find them, but there was like over,00 kids today. So apologies to the Lositos kids. And then I was there in the afternoon when the whole fourth grade class got a bike in in our uh I guess the city and county um provide they have a program called every kid gets a bike. And so I was there when the fourth graders every single one got a bike. And I missed the middle part when the fifth graders, all the fifth graders walked
112over to Parkway Heights Middle School to learn about what middle school is about. So there they had a really busy day over there and I had a busy day over there, I guess. But um anyway, I want to wish all the mothers a happy Mother's Day and all the teachers. Thank you very much for all you do. Um, you guys are amazing and thank you. All right. Thank you, Trusty Murray. Um, I also, you know, it is Mayber as they say. Um, I went to the Sunshine Gardens talent show. Um, really joyful experience, second time. Um, they just make me so happy. Um, the Parkway Heights Middle School had a color run and so participated in that as well. It was also a joyful experience. um attended science garage and the poster session. It was
113really fantastic. I was talking with our TOSA Miss Beans, Dr. Beans, and she said that in 2017, I think when this started, um 20 2016, there was three students on stage and on Tuesday's session, um the stage was so full you could barely get a picture. So, we've really it's amazing that we've built out that program. Um, so much cheers to Rocky Ing who's going to be moving back to Hong Kong um, at the end of this year. Uh, we'll miss him a lot and I hope that we can find somebody who's also great. And thank you also to Michael Diaz from uh, El Camino for the same work. Really, really great work. Um, cse town hall, really important to hear the voices of our csea members. And then last night, our senior night, we
114made it and it was amazing and joyful and really wonderful to celebrate and um yeah, so really glad that we made it. Um that is the big thing. We really are so grateful for all of our educators. We have teacher appreciation day on Tuesday and and the whole CSEA and classified school employees week I think is next week. So um thank you for all that you do. Um, and thank you so much for the communities that you have helped build here in Salt City. And with that, I'll adjourn.