February 10 , 2026 SUSD Board Meeting at 4:00 pm

001up. Hello. Happy home. Oh, hey. Happy home. Hello. I looked up. >> Okay. Good good evening everyone. We'll go ahead and get started with the meeting. >> It is 4 o'clock and I will call this meeting to order. Christina will read the language under public comment content. >> In order to help assure compliance with the Brown Act and in order to make our board meetings more effective and more efficient, trustees will speak only when recognized and trustees who speak on a topic other than the agenda item currently under consideration will be out of order. Board meeting protocols. The safety and decorum of the school board meetings are important to Stockton Unified School District and the community. SUSD promotes the public's right to free speech and we want to make sure that all community members, parents,

002and students are able to participate in a safe environment. We want to ensure all community members have a seat during the board meeting. We will have the maximum number of chairs allowed per fire code, 132. We ask that members of the public do not stand along the side of the walls or block the walkway. Anyone standing up during a meeting will be asked to take a seat. If they do not comply, they will be asked to leave. Any accredited news media representative who is standing will have a press credential clearly visible. There is a podium position in front of the first row of chairs. No one other than the person who is speaking may be at the podium except for a guardian, administrator, or translator. For safety, people may not line up behind the speaker

003to wait their turn. We want to give the person at the podium the time and respect they deserve. Each p each speaker will be allowed 3 minutes. Attendees are not allowed to enter the area past the podium where board members are sitting. No profanity or obscinity. During the board meeting, if there is a disruption, the board president or designate will give a verbal warning to the person or persons causing the disruption. If the disruption continues after the verbal warning, the individual will be asked to leave or be removed from the premises for the remainder of the meeting. After the meeting is concluded, we'll ask the community to clear out the lobby area in a respectful manner. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. Good evening everyone. Um we'll move on to item 1.2 roll call taken

004by Christina. >> President Sophia Cologne, >> present. >> Vice President Shauna Priest, >> present. >> Clerk Patrick Martin, >> present. >> Trustee Donald Daire, >> present. Trustee Isabelle Perez, >> present. >> Trustee Kanea Stevens, >> she'll be here shortly. >> Trustee Frank C. Silva, >> present. >> Uh, student representative Kiana Labau is absent. Student representative Jackson C. Brooks. >> He might also be absent. I don't yet. Okay, we'll move on to item 1.3 or oration presented by five kindergarten students from Commodore Stockton Skills Elementary School. of you please come up. >> Dr. Ramirez, can you give the children your mic, please? >> Are they going to go up there and talk or down here? Okay. Okay. Okay, you guys want to come right here microphone and then we're going to go up there and take

005a picture. >> Can I give you guys a microphone? >> Here you go. You want to hold this? >> Okay. Come on. Follow me. Come on. Follow me. Look, I have a microphone. >> Yeah, right there. Perfect. Right here. >> If you're right here, they can see on a little bit closer. >> There you go. Right there's perfect. Okay. Who wants to hold the microphone? >> You do. Okay. In the middle. Okay. Well, >> I have to >> Okay. Okay. >> Okay. >> Hi, my name is Martin. I'm 5 years old in Mrs. C's class in Commodore Stockton Skittle School. My name is Mara. Mrs. Cruz's class. My name is Alexander and I'm Mrs. Cruz class. And we'll be presenting Best Friend Always written by Miss Low Max. >> My skin is brown. Your skin

006is light. Different shades make our world bright. >> Different shades make our world bright. >> Say yours. Say yours. Say yours. Say yours. Say yours. >> We laugh together every day. We learn and grow when we play. Show respect in what we do. My hair is black. Yours Yours is too different looks in all we do. I know >> what kind >> heart to help us all be friends. >> Friendship stays strong and never ends. >> Wait, no. You >> She doesn't have all of us. >> Wait. All of us. >> All of us. >> What? >> Different colors. One big heart. best friends always from the start. >> Thank you so so much. Um could we let our friend introduce himself too? Um give it to your friend here so he can say his

007name and the teacher he's >> what your name and which class you're in. What's your name? What's your class? >> My name is Allen and I'm Mrs. K's class. >> We have um awards for our our young men here presented by Vice President Priest. >> So we have >> So you guys are lucky cuz I used to be at at Commodore in kindergarten too. So you get an award for me today. Okay. Stay right there. She's going to come down. So, uh, we would love to have the families come up and we can take a group picture here as well. >> Come on. Come on up. All right, thank you so much. We'll move on to item 1.4, recognition for the Junior League of Sanwaqin County with Mr. Casey Clappenbach, Assistant Superintendent, Education Services Department.

008>> All right. Good evening, President Cologne, Board of Trustees, and Dr. Rodriguez. It is my distinct pleasure and honor to recognize the Junior League of Sanwaq King County for being their extraord for their extraordinary generosity and unwavering support of the students and families of Tailor Leadership Academy. Their partnership exemplifies the importance of SUSD's focus on whole child, whole family, and whole community. through their donations of clothing, financial support, hands-on service, they have made a meaningful and lasting impact on our school community. So before we call our partners up, I would like to call up uh Ms. Rebecca Abilena Delvo um AP of Taylor Academy um to say a few words as well. trustees, Dr. Rodriguez, thank you for this time. Uh, first of all, this little short paragraph does not do it justice. So, Miss

009Lynette Griffy, she is a representative of Junior Leagues. So, on behalf of Taylor Leadership Academy, I am proud to present this certificate to the Junior League of Sanwaqin County for their incredible partnership and generosity. What began with a service project just with our school, our school little garden has grown so much into a powerful example of leadership and community in action. Like um Mr. Clappingback said, we really truly address the whole child with our partnership with you, Miss Lynette. through their dedication to empowering women leaders and their hands-on support, adopting families during holidays, supplying our family center with basic needs supplies, and partnering with our special education community. The Junior League has brought lasting impact to our students and families. We are deeply, deeply grateful and honored to recognize the difference they continue to make

010in our community. So, with that said, can I call her up Mr. Clapping back? Come on down, Mr. Griffin. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. Say something. >> No, you don't. Fine. Yes. >> Anyway, thank you. >> Thank you. >> And we also have a certificate for you as well if you could join us at the podium. I'm sorry. >> They're going to call you up to the podium. >> Oh jeez. Okay. Thank you again so much for all that you do for our students. We'll move on to item 1.5, student board representative report. Actually, um so maybe we'll we'll save this for later if we have our one of our students come in. Um, well, looks like we're going to skip down to >> Oh, yes. >> Yeah. >> Item 1.6, student honore,

011Miss E. Valencia Magna and Mr. Justin Mlei, principal of Merllo Institute. Uh, good evening trustees and superintendent Rodriguez. It's uh a great pleasure for me to introduce to you a Merllo senior Emily Valencia Magana. Um she's a student that embodies all of the different qualities that we hope to instill in the students of Merllo Institute. She's a part of uh nearly every kind of afterchool club, has been involved in completing CT coursework, um is A3G ready. Uh today I was talking to her about all the different universities that she's been accepted into. She hasn't gotten any denials yet. So we're very proud of her. And I think that we just see really great things in her future. And by the way, she's looking hopefully to become an English teacher like this one was once upon

012a time. So without further ado, I want to invite Emily Valencia Mana up to the podium. >> Thank you. >> Hi, my name is Emily. Um, I'm a senior at Merllo Institute and I don't know if you could tell, but I'm a little bit nervous. I've done this before. I've talked in front of a lot of people, but I don't know why it's still nerve-wracking. Um, I want to talk about my experience at Merllo Institute and also talk about what great of a school it really is. So, I don't know about you guys, but when I was in 8th grade and I thought of high school, I thought of like a really big campus. But when I stepped foot into Merllo, I was like, "Oh, this is not really a big campus." But there is

013a slogan that they always say and it's um a small school doing big things. And during my four years, I really got to experience that because it really is a small school doing big things. Um, I feel like at a smaller school you get a bigger opportunity to do a lot more things like I'm part of a lot of clubs. Um, like skills, solar regata, mock trial. Um, I'm the vice president of the class of 2026 club. I've learned so many things doing like joining all these clubs. I've learned so many things like handling money, things that I wouldn't really learn in class but that I will need later on in the future like with handling money, you know, when I get a job. Um, our small school is honestly if I was an eighth

014grader again, I would still pick to go to Merllo even though I knew it wasn't a big school because I've done so much. Like I have uh three brothers who went to Merllo and um they honestly didn't do a lot but I've done a lot. I don't want to brag about it but you know I definitely keep myself busy. Um like today I have a competition after this actually for mock trial. Um, when I stepped foot into Merillo, I had a way different plan for myself after graduating. But with all the opportunities like college trips and even doing the summer program at UOP, it really changed my mind a lot. And now, like Mkeley said, I want to become an English teacher, which is another thing I want to talk about. at our small school.

015I feel like it gives us a bigger opportunity to, you know, talk to our staff more and really actually like grow connections that could possibly help us. Like since I want to be a teacher, I know that when I go to college, I'm going to need to um I have to teach like in an actual classroom before I actually get into the job. And since I'm very close with some of my teachers, they already told me that I could go back and, you know, teach their class so I could have the experience in that. But I feel like over the four years, I really connected a lot with some of my staff and it has honestly really gave me a reason to go to school every day, including, you know, my friends and stuff. But

016I feel like staff are really important and if they make you feel like you belong at school, it really makes you want to be there. So yeah, and that's all. Thank you. Thank you so much. Please um join us back here at the podium so we can uh hand your award and take your picture if you have your family. Yes, please come come join or >> or teachers. Yes. I love Yes. Yes. Glenda, make sure you get her contact info so that we can recruit her after college. I feel pretty good. All right. Uh, moving on to item 1.7, oral suggestions and comments from the community regarding open session agenda items in section one and close session. I bet will announce the number of public comments and request each person to provide their public comment

017in the order they were received. Abby will be the timekeeper. Thank you, Madame President. Individual speakers shall be allowed three minutes to address the board. The board shall limit the total time for public input on each item to 20 minutes. We currently have only one comment card and it's from Miss Rosa Torres. Miss Rosa Torres, if you can come to the podium. Good evening, Superintendent Dr. Rodriguez and the board members. I was born and raised in Stockton, and while I no longer live here, my heart remains with the students. I began as a preschool substitute teacher and later served as a lead teacher. I'm in I'm here to advocate for positive change as both my students and I have experienced bullying. I had documentation to support this though I cannot share all details today. September

018I asked for support numerous time regarding a child's behavior in class. Instead of getting assistant I had a staff member come to my classroom being disrespectful. October, I received an unprofessional email from the ECE admin who did not do a proper investigation. Last year, I received a passing evaluation. This year, under a new site supervisor, I was told on December 18th that my classroom was not looking great and that and HR will decide my continuation. I raised concern back in September improvement plan was not followed. and multiple requests for clarification went unanswer. The plan require required emails communication between the site supervisor and the ECE amidst. After winter break, I contact the ECE support member who provided a great and helpful feedback and she emailed the site supervisor. January 22nd, my site supervisor requested that

019I sign my final evaluation during construction time. I declined completed it later due due to the concern about how this was presented. I contact my union the following week I was given the option to resign or be on leg no cost. I choose to resign to protect my record while completing my contact my contract on in January 26 I learned that my SC supervisor had moved to another role. Will she continue this negative practice with colleagues or students? How does the district review prior practice to ensure similar issue are not repeated to with other staff or students? I would like to ask the ECE admin and the school site supervisor were the challenges that I face related to my advoc advocacy for my students and how does this district protect teacher for potential retaliation or

020bias when they when they advocate for students or raise concern. They knew their action would hurt me yet proceeded anyway. They did not accidentally cross the line. They choose comfort over my feelings. A mistake may be careless, but betrayal is calculated. While I heal, I remain committed to advocating for students and teachers to prevent the similar challenges. Behind this sheet shows my evaluation when it went from great last year to poor this um beginning good this year to Thank you, Madam President. That concludes public comments under agenda item 1.7. Okay. Thank you. Item 1.8 Eight, public employee discipline dismissal release. Um, do we have any uh cases? >> We do not. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. Moving on to item 1.9 announcement. The board will consider in close session items listed in in close

021session by Vice President Shauna Priest. >> Good evening. Item 2.1 public employee appointment certificated government code 54957 resignation retirement appointment. Item 2.2 public employee appointment classified government code 54957 leave of absence resignation retirement resin employment offer appointment closed positions. Item 2.3, adoption of resolution number 25-42, release nonreelection of certificated temporary employees. Item 2.4, adoption of resolution number 25-43, release of nonreelection certificated probationary employees. Item 2.5, public employee discipline dismissal release. Item 2.5, employee discipline dismissal release. Item 2.5, employee discipline dismissal release. Item 2.5, public employee discipline dismissal release. Item 2.5, public employee dis discipline dismissal release. Item 2.5, public employee discipline dismissal release. And item 2.6, discussion only. Item 2.7 conference with legal counsel existing litigation government code 54956.9 section D section 1 name of case O a number 2025010195 and item 2.8 A conference

022with legal counsel anticipated litigation significant exposure to litigation one potential case government code 54956.9 section D section 2. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh item 1.10. We will now recess to close session at 425. Um, I would like to call this back to order at 427. We will um review item 1.10. I'm sorry. Item 1.9, announcement the board will consider in close session. Items in close session, specifically item 2.6. So item 2.6 Six. Student suspension expulsion C-14. >> Thank you. And now we will recess to close close session. >> What time is it? >> 4:27. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Sorry about that. I think. Hello. Hey. Hello. Hey. Hello. Heat. Heat. How? Hello. Hat. Hallelujah. How? Hello. Happy home. Hello. Hey. Heat. Heat. Hello. Hey. Heat. Heat. I guess. Hello. Heat. Heat. Hello. I'm Hello.

023Heat. Heat. Thank you, boys. >> Good evening everyone. and thank you so much for your patience. I'm going to go ahead and uh move on to item 3.1, reconvene to public session. Christina will read the language under public content. The safety and decorum of this special board meetings are important to Stockton Unified School District and the community. SUSD promotes the public's right to free speech and we want to make sure that all community members, parents, and students are able to participate in a safe environment. We want to ensure all community members have a seat during the board meeting. We will have the maximum number of chairs allowed per fire code 132. We ask that members of the public do not stand along the side of the walls or block the walkway. Anyone standing up during

024the meeting will be asked to take a seat. If they do not comply, they will be asked to leave. Any accredited news media representative who was standing will have a press credential clearly visible. There is a podium positioned in front of the first row of chairs. No one other than the person who is speaking may be at the podium except for a guardian, administrator, or translator. For safety, people may not line up behind the speaker to wait their turn. We want to give the person at the podium the time and respect they deserve. Each speaker will be allowed 3 minutes. Attendees are not allowed to enter the area past the podium where board members are sitting. No profanity or obscinity. During the board meeting, if there is a disruption, the board president or designate will

025give a verbal warning to the person or persons causing the disruption. If the disruption continues, after the verbal warning, the individual will be asked to leave or be removed from the premises for the remainder of the board meeting. After the meeting is concluded, we ask the community to clear the lobby area in a respectful manner. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. We'll move on to item 4.1, pledge of allegiance to the flag, led by Mr. A. Thomas, our students, and oration presented by Miss Smith, student from Commodore Stockton Skills Elementary School. So, both please come up to the podium. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. Put your right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands,

026one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you so much. If you um both can come back, we have awards for you. if you had family >> spoken. Oh, >> okay. Thank you. Sorry about that. >> Hello, my name is McKenna Smith from Commodore Stockton Skills School and today I'll be presenting an original called A Dream and a Seat by me, McKenna Smith. Martin Luther King had a powerful dream where people were equal. Or so did it seem. He spoke with his heart and stood for what's right. He yel his words as a peaceful fight. Rosa Parks was brave in a quiet, strong way. She stayed in her seat on that bus one day. She didn't shout. She didn't cry. Her quiet courage showed us why. They showed us that

027courage can be big or small. Sometimes it's speaking. Sometimes it's standing tall. Because of their strength and their fight, our world is fairer, fairer than it used to be. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. Um so please do come back up to um come back up to our dis here. We'd love to take a picture with you and hand you your awards. Um our uh vice president priest will hand them out to you. She was also a student at Commodore, as was I. If you have any family or if your teachers are here, we'd love to um bring everyone up for a picture. So, thank you again so much. Um, we just really appreciate um our students coming in um as we always do, whether it's spoken word, um performance, just really is it's

028the highlight of the meeting. Um I'd like to go ahead and move on. Item 4.2, action taken in close session by Vice President Shauna Priest. Good evening everyone. Item 2.1 public employee employee appointment certificated government code 54957 resignation retirement appointment. Uh motion carried unanimously. Item 2.2 public employee employee appointment classified government code 54957. Motion approved unanimously. Item 2.3, adoption of resolution number 25-42. Motion approved unanimously. Item 2.4, adoption of resolution number 25-43. Motion approved unanimously. Item 2.5 public employee discipline dismissal release bus driver resignation agreement and general release in lie of dismissal. Motion approved unanimously. Item 2.5 public employee discipline dismissal release substitute dismissal. Motion approved unanimously. Item 2.5 public employee discipline dismissal relief. Senior Administrative Assistant Probationary Release. Motion approved unanimously. Item 2.5, public employee discipline dismissal release. Preschool assistant probationary release. Motion approved

029unanimously. Item 2.5, public employee discipline dismissal release. Special education assistant probationary release. Motion approved unanimously. Item 2.5, public employee discipline dismissal release. Van driver probationary release. Motion to approve unanimously. Item 2.7, conference with legal counsel, existing litigation, no reportable action. Item 2.8, conference with legal counsel, anticipated litigation, significant exposure to ait litigation, no reportable action. Thank you. >> Thank you. Moving on to item uh 4.3, order of agenda. Um I would like to note that we do have a slight change to item 13.2. There is a date um August 13, 2024 is corrected to December 6th, 2025. >> Madame President, it's a December 16th. There's an updated copy on on your portfolio. >> December 16th. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Sorry about that. So, I apologize. Um, corrected to December 16th, 2025. Do we have a

030vet will now read the oral announcement? Thank you, Madam President. This is the opportunity for the board of trustees to make any changes to the order of the agenda. Otherwise, the order of agenda will be as published. >> A motion to approve item 4.3, approval of the agenda with the change to item 13.2 to December 16th, 2025. >> I'll second. >> Okay, we have a first and a second. Any discussion? Okay, hearing none. Roll call vote, please. President Cologne, >> yes. >> Vice President Priest, >> yes. >> Clerk Martin, >> yes. >> Trusty Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Stevens, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Thank you. Item 5.1, oral suggestions regarding open session. Evette will announce the number of public comments and request

031each person to provide their public comment in the order they were received. Abby will be the timekeeper. Thank you, Madam President. Individual speakers shall be allowed three minutes to address the board. The board shall limit the total time for public input on each item to 20 minutes. Madame President, we have one comment card under agenda item 5.1. This uh one comment comes from Miss Sylvia Canton and it's pertaining agenda item 13.4. Okay. Um I am I'm neither I I like the the job description and everything. I just have um an issue with the title um educational equity job. Um when you talk about educational equity professional, it ensures that all students have access to fair and inclusive learning opportunities by removing barriers related to race, disability, and social economic status. When you look at the

032job description, the essential duties, um 44% has to do with one subgroup. Um, and then others have to do what the director of equity and diversity is already doing. And when you look at LCAP 6, I understand that. I just feel that when you're dealing with the title equity, educational equity, I don't think it relates to the job itself. I want to make sure that these students, the subgroups, um, African-American black students are being serviced properly and should have something in the title. I don't know, maybe it's because of human resources. I don't know. But I also noticed that one of the the duties would be regularly visiting school sites and observing classroom instruction and everything else. If this person is regularly visiting school sites, how do you expect this person to do everything else

033that's in the job description? um especially trying to strategize, organize, and implement an African-American black um and also an achievement master plan and to collaborate with equity teams when it means regularly. What does it mean by regularly? Does that mean once a month? You know what I mean? Because it's part of the job description. So, like I said, I don't have an issue. I just want to make sure that this person is servicing the kids that's supposed to. But when you use the word equitable, nowhere do I see dealing with special ed kids, homelessness, eelss, disabilities, it just mentions one subgroup. So when you use the word equity and you want to teach that to the community, then what it just doesn't match. That's all I wanted to say because when you look at the

034LCAP, it does deal with one and it doesn't even mention equity in itself and some of the job like I said essential duties. the director of equity, diversity, and family engagement is already doing. Um, that was it. Like I said, I'm not supporting or against it. I just had some questions regarding the job description and everything else. Thank you, >> Madame President. That concludes comments under agenda item 5.1. Thank you. We'll move on to item 5.2. Oral suggestions and comments from the community regarding non-aggenda items. Individual speakers shall be allowed three minutes to address the board. The board shall limit the total time for public input on each item to 20 minutes. Under this item, we have six comment cards. The first comment is coming from Mr. Joshua Renwick and it's regarding uh fly ash

035operation at the Port of Stockton. Hello, my name is Joshua Renwick. I'm a proud member of ILWU Local 54 lung shoreman. Members of the school board, educators and parents, I'm here tonight because of a serious public health issue that directly affects our children. Fly ash, a fine industrial waste material, is being imported and handled at the Port of Stockton. This is not an abstract concern. The port sits close to our schools, playgrounds, neighborhoods, and the places where our children learn and play every day. George Washington Elementary is less than a mile from the dock that is handling this dangerous substance. Fly ash is not harmless dust. It is classified as causing the most severe level of eye damage with the potential for permanent injury to the cornea, iris, and conjectiva. Prolonged exposure can irritate the

036skin and inhaling airborne particles can affect the lungs over time. This material also contains crystalline silica, a substance known to cause cancer, and lead, which is known to cause birth effects and reproductive harm under California law. Children are especially vulnerable. Their lungs are still developing. They breathe faster than adults. They spend more time outdoors. And once these particles become airborne, they do not stay within port boundaries. Wind does not stop at a fence line. We would never knowingly allow a hazardous substance inside a classroom. We would never accept it near a playground. So, we should not accept it being handled just a short distance from where our children learn, play, and grow. This is about prevention. It's about asking the hard questions before harm occurs. It's about making sure that protecting children's health is our

037highest priority. I urge this board to seek transparency, demand safeguards, and advocate for policies that put students safety first. Not after exposure, not after damage, but now. Our children deserve clean air, safe schools, and a future free from preventable harm. Please contact the Port of Stockton with questions and concerns. Thank you for listening. The next comment is from Miss Nicholas Viea. >> Thank you to all parties for allowing me the opportunity to speak today. My name is Nicholas Viella. I am the president and business agent of the International and Long Shore and Warehouseman's Union Local 54 located here in Stockton. I come to you today as a former Bogstrack resident and Washington Elementary School student. As we speak, tied up at dock 5 and six at the Port of Stockton sits a vessel named the

038Fair Ocean. Ready to discharge 2500 tons of a hazardous and toxic material called fly ash. Fly ash is used as an additive to cement to stretch its weight and strengthen its properties. When exposed, it causes serious and permanent eye damage, acute respiratory illness, skin irritation, and other prolonged health issues. Upon discharge, sometime in the next 24 to 48 hours, Local 54 Long Shoreman will begin to discharge fly ash, and it will plume into the Delta skies. From there, the wind will carry and coat fly ash into our fresh Delta waterways and neighboring communities. In particular, correlation to this board, it may presumably affect Washington Elementary, Victory Elementary, and everywhere in between. It may settle on the fields and playgrounds alike. And when the children go outside to play, their eyes and skin may begin to

039burn and irritate, and they will not understand why. They may grow with age to develop cancer or become infertile because of prolonged flash exposure. We as a union have exhausted to its full extent our grievance machinery through arbitration to prevent this vessel from working. We are contractually binded as laborers to work in its hazardous condition with toxic waste. Canon port services, the steador company who brought this by request of Cal Portland Cement have dealt in bad faith with the union. They continue to downplay the severity of the health risk involved and have no due regard for the health and safety of our community or our children. They have hidden this waste from you under the guise it is cement. They are a Baltimore, Maryland based company with field offices in Oakland. They have no affinity

040to Stockton community and when they go home out of town, their families aren't burdened by this toxic material. They didn't even begin to negotiate the safe handling of fly ash until last Monday. This is why we are coming to you so late. No assurances can be made on how far this commodity will spread and what it may poison. While the companies will monitor the docks by OSHA standards, they will not monitor your homes and schools to ascertain levels of exposure. The ship is already here and we are begging for your help. Please contact immediately if possible any federal, state, and local governance that not that will not allow these companies to call fly ash home. Apply pressure to the port of Stockton and its officials. Let them know that the health and safety of the

041children and your staff are paramount to anything else. Thank you. >> The next comment is from Mr. Wen Hermo. Good evening and thank you. My name is Waen Haro. I'm also a member of Local 54 Stockton, California ILWU. Um, and just as you've known, they've been telling you that recently we just received this toxic vessel and it's by force that we are removing this cargo and we're asking for your help. Seriously, asking for your help to get rid of this stuff. We don't want it back. Please help us. Please. Like for reals, this stuff is bad. It's our respiratory systems, cardiovascular systems, nervous and brain reproductive systems. Um, prolonged can cause benign uh benign lung disease in your lungs and so forth. It burns your eyes. It's really bad stuff and we just want your

042help to get rid of it so it doesn't come back. We're unloading this by force and after it's gone, we wish that we could never come back. So, we're asking for your guys' help. Very seriously help. Please, can you help contact the port, our mayor, and the EPA if possible? We greatly appreciate your help. Thank you. >> The next comment is from Miss Rosa Torres. >> Hello. Well, I know 3 minutes goes pretty fast. I know I discussed about the concern earlier. So one thing I didn't finish is I would like to share that my evaluation during my second year of my probation was unfair and um and plus the professional improve improvement plan was not followed. I felt pressured that I have to I felt pressure to either resign or face non-reelect no cost.

043So, I choose to resign. Although it was not what I wanted, I would love to have the opportunity to work for SUSD again. And thank you for listening listening to me. Have a great night. The next comment is from Miss Mary Elizabeth regarding AB 617 air filters. Thank you so much. Um, my name is Mary Elizabeth and uh that's my name and clean air is my game and I've been uh a member of the AB617 steering committee. I'm a resident. I'm also uh the conservation chair of the Delta Sierra group and uh founder of Stockton Environmental Justice Education and Advocacy. And so I bring to you this map at our last AB617 steering committee. Only 10% of all of the residents that are within this area here, each resident is eligible for a free air

044purifier. And so um only 10% have taken advantage of it. And this is a program that is uh not incomebased. It's only locationbased. So, everyone is eligible that lives in this area. And so, I wanted to make sure that uh for those of you that have schools that you represent areas that have schools, uh I'd like to uh ask that you uh reach out. There's a telephone number on the flyer and uh we're meeting on Thursday, the outreach committee uh to discuss more ways to, you know, get into the community. so that everyone can get this. This is my goal. Every single person that is living in this area that is eligible for this free air purifier that they get it. And uh we know that we've had some pretty bad air quality uh lately

045and uh lots of our community is is harmed by air quality. I have um um there's an outreach meeting on Tuesday. the the email address that you can uh send uh any uh information uh you can uh 617 at ab617 atvalletair.org. Um and there's the phone number here. I'd like to just speak briefly about the the port situation. So I work uh quite a bit with the port. Uh the Delta Sierra group has uh hired attorneys to work on environmental projects. The fly ash, it comes from burning coal and it's considered a cementatious product and as such it's allowed by the lease that the port of Stockton issues. Now, uh those leases are very long-term. I've been informed that fly ash hasn't come into the port for several years. So, this is um something that's

046happened in the past and is going to be happening again and I encourage you to get involved with uh projects as they come up. Thank you. >> The final comment is from Miss Sylvia Cantu and it's regarding board policies and edic code. Okay. Board bylaw 9,300 governance. The formulation and adoption of written board policies shall constitute the basic method by which the board shall exercise its leadership in the governance of the school district. Board bylaw 9000 role of the board. 2F setting parameters for negotiating with employee organizations and ratifying collective bargaining agreements. 3 C uphold board policies. 4F monitoring the collective bargaining process. The board had not established an effective and efficient organiza organized structure nor is ensuring accountability to the public for the performance of the district. Board bylaw 9271 code of ethics. Each

047board member must be aware of and comply with the Constitution of California and the United States of of the United States, the ED codes of this of the state of California and other laws applicable to the district district policies and board bylaws. Um, district staff had determined on agenda item 8.1 on January 27th that um it did not meet the minimum requirements under ED code and 47607 for approval. Board bylaw 9270, conflict of interest. Government code 1091. No board member shall participate in the making of any decision when the decision will or may be affected by other personnel personal interests or or um con conventions. And it's also on here. I'm not going to read it because of the time. Um, if you read number seven, which would be on page four of the government

048code 1091.5, it stipulates number seven that a non-salary member of a nonprofit corporation provided that is in this interest is disclosed to the body or board at the time of first consideration of the contract and provided further that this interest is noted in its official records. October 11th, 2025th, AB1390, amendment to the ED code section 35120, increase stipens up to 3,000 a month um depending on the ad ADA. Um the next board meeting, November 18, 2025, agenda item 10.5, passed unanimously by the board. As a board, you must uphold all board policies and ed codes, not just the ones that pertain. So, if you look at your voting records and everything else, please make sure that you comply by board policies and everything else. Remember, you're here to serve um Stockton Unified employees, staff, and

049everything else. If you feel that this is unable that you're unable to do it, then maybe this is not the board that you should be sitting at. But thank you very much for your time, >> Madame President. That concludes u comment cards under agenda item 5.2. I do have other comment cards pertaining to the public hearing portion and I will hold those comments for then. Okay. Thank you. Moving on to item 6.1, approval of consent items. Evette will read the oral announcement. Does any trustee have any item they would like removed for separate consideration as an action item? After any items are removed for separate consideration, there will be a vote on the consent items without any discussion. Okay. Hearing none. Um can we get a a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Oh, justice.

050Um there is a typo on one of the items. It is for the transportation. >> Oh, did it get fixed? Okay, perfect. Okay, then. No, no, sorry. >> Okay, motion to approve. >> Oh, I'll second. >> Okay, thank you. Have a first and a second. Any discussion? Okay, hearing none. Roll call vote, please. >> President Cologne, >> yes. >> Vice President Priest, >> yes. >> Clerk Martin, >> yes. >> Trusty Daenerys, >> yes. Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Stevens, >> yes. Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yes. Uh, Madame President, I would like to recuse myself from 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3. >> Thank you. Madam President, I will be recusing myself from 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3. >> Okay. Thank you. All right. Thank you everyone here for

051your for your patience. Um we are moving on to item 7.1 public hearing renewal petition and request for material revision submitted by Aspire Port City Academy. And I do have specific language to read which I will start now. So we will now convene a public hearing on the petition to renew the Aspire Port City Academy charter which includes a combined request to material materially revise the governance structure of its charter high school. The district received a renewal petition from Aspire Public Schools on behalf of Aspire Port City Academy on December 20th, 2025. The renewal petition was accompanied by a written request to materially revise the charter to reflect an updated governance structure along with additional documentation required under the district's material revision guidelines. Following verification that the submitted materials were complete, the district commenced the

052applicable timelines for the petition and material revision review process. Aspire Port City Academy seeks the renewal of its charter for a 5-year term commencing on July 1st, 2026 and ending on June 30th, 2031. The purpose of this public hearing is to determine the level of support for the renewal petition and the material revision request by district teachers, other district employees and parents and guardians. This matter will then come back to the board for final action at a future board meeting. Representatives from Aspire Port City Academy will have the opportunity to make a presentation to the board regarding the renewal petition and material revision request and they will receive a maximum of 10 minutes. I would now like to invite the representatives from Aspire Port City Academy to come forward to the podium to make their

053presentation. All right, good evening. Thank you so much, uh, President Cologne, uh, Superintendent Rodriguez, uh, distinguished trustees, staff, really appreciate our time here today. I am Tony Selena, executive director with Aspire Central Valley, and you will see me three times, so I promise I will not say the same thing three times because we have three schools before you. Um, so I'll mix it up each time. So, um, next slide, please. So as you can see oh or or if I can have even easier um as you can see our mission and vision I won't read the slides to you but our goals are three-fold one is to provide rigorous joyful academic experiences to promote and disrupt systems that have not served our scholars well in the past and that includes historically oppressed communities and also

054to nurture aspire scholars to their abilities, identities and communities. ities. Um, within that we are an organization of 36 schools presently in California with three regions in Los Angeles, LA, and the Central Valley. Um, we total 1500 or 15,600 students, uh, over 2,000 teammates. We have a 91% student retention rate and a 96% graduation rate and double the state average of college persistence rate for our graduates. Um, tonight we're here to talk about three schools. As I said, um, Port City Academy is first. the material revision part about our governance is the same for all three schools. So, I'll talk a little bit about that in this presentation, but know that that holds true for every single one of our schools. Um, and again, I'll try not to repeat myself, but we're going to talk

055about Port City Academy first. Um, and with that, you can see our vision and mission. So, our vision and mission at Aspire um has transformed with input from our community. So we talked to parents, family members and staff about 5 years ago around our 20th anniversary to talk about what it meant to be Aspire in this new era. And so from that we came up with Aspire scholars are prepared, empowered to fulfill and liberate their future for themselves and their communities. And the motto being empowering minds and transforming futures. My hope and expectation is as you hear our school's descriptions tonight, you'll see how that lives out in the different communities that we serve. um if we fulfill this mission then our scholars will indeed fulfill liberated futures for themselves and their community. So about

056the material vision part. So our goal is to move to more local control in our organization. So historically and I again I've been with Aspire historically. This is my 23rd year with Aspire. Started out as a fourth and fifth grade teacher and I've been a part of the opening of every single one of these schools that we're going to talk about today. um born and raised in Stockton, still live here, left for college and came back. So definitely ingrained in the community and these three petitions proposed to change the governance structure to have a central valley central office s uh structure with our own 501c3. So trying to bring funds and supports closer to the community so that we can make sure we're adapting our instructional program to meet the needs of Stockton, LOI, and

057Sacramento. uh since our inception we've had one board that will shift and we'll have a board that is Stockton Loai Sacramento Modestocentric so we'll have uh board trustees that are in the local area more um additionally once fully implemented the CV region central valley will be providing resources to help additionally support our schools right now it's a central organization that is supporting our schools and I'll talk a little bit more about that later but we really believe and hope that the um trustees and staff see that moving towards local control of our finances and our academic outcomes helps bring the community closer and make sure that we are on the ground watching and supporting our schools. Um, with that, I want to turn it over to our first principal. U, Principal Schmidt had the opportunity

058to open Port City Academy as a founding principal and Miss Schmidt was our first employee. So, she was hired and recruited from another Aspire School. I was told by our former CEO, "You're opening a new school. Go find good people, steal them, and help have them help you open." So, I followed directions. My first hire was Shelby. We were working out of a portable to get started, taking student applications, uh, hiring and interviewing teachers, and doing all of the things at the old Trinity Lutheran Church site. So, that's where we first opened before we moved to our new facility. So, with that, I want to turn it over to Shelby to talk a little bit more about her program. >> Which one? To the right. >> Right. Okay. >> Okay. Good evening, President Cologne, Vice

059President Priest, members of the board, Superintendent Rodriguez, and members of the community. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you this evening. My name is Shelby Schmidt, and I am the principal of Aspire Port City Academy. I helped found Port City in 2007 alongside Mr. Selena and my assistant principal, Siwan Vinkham. We originally opened in a small location on North American Street before moving to our current campus on West Lane, which we now share with Aspire Langston Hughes Academy. I began at Port City as a lead teacher in 2007 and have served as the principal since 2009. From the very beginning, my goal has been to build a school community that is centered on students, driven by equity, and grounded in a deep sense of family and belonging. I am proud of the progress

060we have made toward that vision. Today we have founding parents who are now grandparents of Port City scholars. Former Port City students now entrust us with the education and care of their own children. That level of trust built over time is deeply meaningful. Our success is rooted in strong relationships and genuine partnerships with our families. We have been intentional about supporting students academically while also ensuring our scholars receive social emotional supports they need to thrive. We sincerely appreciate the ongoing partnership we have had with Stockton Unified School District. The partnership has allowed us to consistently serve students and families in an environment that supports every scholar as they prepare for their future. Aspire Port City Academy serves 447 students in grades TK through 5. Nearly threearters of our students are socioeconomically disadvantaged and about one

061in five scholars are English learners. Approximately 9% of our scholars receive special education services in our full inclusion environment. The demographics of Aspireport City Academy closely mirror the local community we serve. Our academic program includes the recent adoption of I Ready Math, which has a clear focus on coherence and student growth. We have integrated project-based learning into our ELA program and ensure that all students have access to specials including music, physical education, and technology. In addition to consistent social emotional learning for all students, English learners receive daily designated English language development instruction along with integrated EL throughout the day. This focused work has contributed to increased English language proficiency, allowing us to move into the green on the California state dashboard for the English language proficiency indicator. Ongoing professional development for our team is targeted

062and practical. This includes training in the science of reading, English language development, instruction, school culture, and the consistent use of data to inform instructional decisions that positively impact student learning. In addition to professional development, we have two full-time interventionists and continue to expand academic supports for our scholars. We also have a fully staffed special education team with a strong focus on co-planning and co-eing to maximize impact for students. Our highly regarded expanded learning program provides both academic support and enrichment opportunities through community partnerships. When reviewing our performance on the California state dashboard, growth is evident across all indicators. Our scholars distance from standard has improved in both English language arts and math. And as noted previously, English language proficiency continues to increase through focused and intentional efforts. We have also reduced both chronic absenteeism and

063suspension rates with both continuing to trend downward. Our current mid-year data indicates that these positive trends continue at Aspireport City Academy. This chart reflects our I Ready ELA data across multiple years and shows beginning, middle, and endofear results. You'll notice some natural fluctuation, which is expected as we reset at the beginning of each school year. What is important to note, however, is that when you look specifically at the midyear data points, you can see that student growth is consistently improving year-over-year. This tells us that our instructional systems are becoming more effective earlier in the year, allowing students to make pro stronger progress by midy year. Additionally, our suspension rates have dropped below the California average, and our mid-year data reflects continued declines as we work to keep students in class learning alongside their peers. Another

064highlight of our mid-year data is the continued reduction in chronic absenteeism with our current rate at 18.5%. These outcomes are the result of consistent, purposeful actions by our team. Key drivers include targeted professional development attended by both general education and special education staff, dedicated intervention supports, and strong family partnerships. We build these partnerships through literacy events, studentled conferences, celebratory town halls, and family events to help connect families to school and community resources. I want to thank each of you for your time and consideration of our charter renewal. I would like to personally invite you to visit our campus to see the work of our team firsthand. You are also invited to attend our schoolwide town hall on Friday, February 20th, or we have a family literacy night which will be held March 4th, 2026. Aspire

065Port City Academy is stable, consistently improving, and deeply connected to the community we serve. I am proud of our school community and the collective work we do on behalf of students and families. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Stockton Unified School District so that our scholars can continue to thrive and grow as future leaders in the community we all share. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your presentation. The board will now receive public input. Oh, wait. I'm sorry. We do you do have a a Okay. Um, the board will now receive public input on the renewal petition and material revision request. Individual speakers will be allowed three minutes to address the board and the board shall limit the total time for public input to 20 minutes. Thank you, Madam President. We

066have four comment cards uh pertaining agenda item 7.1. And the first comment comes from Miss Lakesha Little Shaw. Hello, my name is Nana Tidwell. I am here to speak on behalf of our parent Lakesha Little Shaw. Um I am our parent coordinator for Port City Academy. Um, good evening board. Good evening members of the board. My name is Lisha Little Shaw and I'm speaking today as both a parent and a community leader in Stockton. I'm here to share my family's experience and express my strong support for Aspire Port City Academy. All five of my children have attended Port City Academy and our experience has been nothing short of impactful. My older twin daughters attended Port City Academy from kindergarten through fifth grade. They entered the school medically fragile with tricctomy or sorry trachesttomy tubes, G

067tubes and learning disabilities. As a parent entrusting a school with children who have complex medical and educational needs is not easy. Port City Academy did didn't just accommodate my daughters. They supported them, believed in them, and held them to high expectations. Their IEPs were honored. Their medical needs were met and they were never treated as less than or different from their peers. Because of the foundation Port City provided, my daughters are now thriving academically and will be graduating seniors next year at Langston Hughes Academy. That success started at Port City. Today, my three my three younger children attend Port City Academy. One in fifth grade and my younger twins in third grade. One of my 8-year-old twins is autistic and on the spectrum. I chose Port City for him confidently because of my previous experience,

068and once again, the school has delivered. All three of my younger children are excelling academically, socially, and emotionally. What I deeply value about Port City Academy is the consistency, especially in staff and leadership. Consistency creates structure. Structure creates safety. And when children feel safe, seen, and heard, they naturally excel academically. Port City provides that kind of environment, not just for my children, but for so many families in Stockton. As a community leader who prioritizes health, wellness, and equity, I recognize that Port City Academy understands the whole child, academic, emotional, and mental well-being. This school is not just educating students. It is helping shape confident, capable young people. Aspire Port City Academy is a school our community needs. It is stable in inclusive and effective. I strongly urge the board to recognize the value it brings

069to Stockton's children and families and to support its continued presence in our community. Thank you for your time and your consideration. Lisha Little Shaw. The next comment is from Miss Petra Sanchez. Good evening. My name is Petra Sanchez and I'm here on the behalf of a parent and I'm translating her letter um for the renewal. Good evening. My name is Karolina Roas. I am a parent, a mother of three. My oldest attends San Diego State University. Alexandra attends sixth grade at link Aspire Links Hughes. And Leo is in fourth grade at Aspireport City. As for me as a mother, it has been a challenge to raise and educate my children appropriately while living through different eras and current times. Education in general has changed over the years and technology has been a fundamental part of

070this new era. Because of this, Port City Academy has helped our children and us as parents to understand the changes. At the beginning of my child's um my children's educ uh school education, I always hoped for them to attend a charter school and I have witnessed how my children at Port City Academy have made enormous academic growth throughout the throughout the school year from the beginning of the school year to the end. I also cannot fail to mention that as a parent I am in good communication with the office teachers and all staff who work there. For my point of view, Aspire Port City Academy manages to exceed educational standards and seeks the best strategies that children maintain interest and continue in their studies. I would like to thank the board today for the opportunity

071to express myself and I respectfully ask for a yes vote to renewal uh for the renewal for Aspireport City Academy to be approved so that together we can achieve the educational stabil stability for our better the future for our children. Thank you Karolina Roas. The next comment is from Miss Shana Hayes Kim. Hello, my name is Shana Hayes Kim and I'm here to support the renewal of our school. I have had three children attend Aspire. two have went on to graduate from LHA and I currently have one in fourth grade. My daughter has been at Aspire since TK. During this time, Aspire has helped her significantly improve her reading skills as well as her confidence and leadership abilities. She's came out of her shell. Um she now serves as a campus mentor and helps the

072younger kids. The teachers and staff consistently support her, make her feel safe, and encourage her to reach her goals. I respectfully ask the board to approve the renewal of Aspireport City Academy. This school not only teaches children the importance of education, but also instills the values of respect and discipline that help them to succeed and achieve their goals. Thank you for your time and your consideration. Miss Bernice Cop. Good evening. My name is Benise Cobb. I am the proud parent of a first grader and a second grader grader at Port City Academy. I am also a teacher at this school and I am here today to strongly support the renewal of our school. Port City Academy has made has made a huge impact on my son's academic growth. He is on the higher end and

073sadly this group of kids is usually overlooked as long as they're meeting the expectations. Not at Port City Joe. Everyone at Port City, all the teachers of Port City keep finding ways to challenge him and and seeing him grow every single possible way. His first grade, his first grade teacher, for example, challenge him to read um chapter books. He will be reading he was reading 800page books uh that he will sometimes finish in a week. So, she will then have him make a story board about it with the story map of the book and have it presented in front of in front of the whole class. So that really helped him build his love for books and his confidence as well. His second grade teacher currently is challenging him in different ways in his math

074skills. So I love connecting I love seeing him connect everything that he's learning at home with things at the house. For example, lately he's been measuring the tiles to get the surface area of our living room. Even his music teacher is challenging him to become a master at playing the recorder. He is finding passion on a new skill. And his new goal is to pass all the different levels in class and in his own words become the best recorder teacher Mr. Her has ever had. Percy Academy is full of very experienced teachers and staff who make sure they do whatever it takes to meet the students needs no matter where they are. Everyone there works very hard to make every student feel a sense of belonging in all the aspects. Speaking from my teacher's perspective,

075this is my second year here and everyone here has offer offered so much support in every single way making me feel part part of a community. This is why I respectfully ask the board to approve the renewal of of of Aspire City Academy. This school is working for our children and they deserve the opportunity to continue learning here and to be part of a place where they truly belong. Thank you, Madame President. That concludes public testimony for agenda item 7.1. >> Okay. Thank you for um all of your comments. We will now entertain any comments or questions from the board. Do any board members wish to speak on this item? Okay. Hearing I have a question. Can you talk about how are you supporting your EEL students a little more? >> Yeah. love to invite

076Miss Schmidto for that as well. I can say from the regional level, we have a coordinator for our English language development and a program manager who visits sites and supports them with their overall assessment and use of curriculum tools. But I want to kick it over to Mishmitt because they staff individually at the school to support students as well. So currently our students receive ELD instruction um daily and then we have integrated instruction that we've been working to professionally develop our staff to be able to um integrate supports for our multil- language learners throughout the general content during the day. Um a lot of the other work we're doing around professional development is around vocabulary and academic discourse. So that naturally leads to us being able to provide supports um for scholars and making sure

077they have plenty of practice throughout the day to practice academic language um while they're also acquiring the English language. Is that specific enough for you? Okay, thank you. >> Okay, there are no other questions or or comments. Um the public hearing on the Aspire Port City Academy charter renewal petition and material revision request is now closed. Now I will move on to item 7.2 public hearing renewal petition and request for material revision submitted by Linkston uh Aspire Linkston Hughes Academy. So now I will read this statement. We will now convene a public hearing on the petition to renew the Aspire Langston Hughes Academy charter which includes a combined request to material revise to materially revise the governance structure of its charter school. The district received a renewal petition from Aspire Public Schools on behalf of

078Aspire Langston Hughes Academy on December 20th, 2025. The renewal petition was accompanied by a written request to materially revise the charter to reflect an updated governance structure along with additional documentation required under the district's material revision guidelines. Following verification that the submitted materials were complete, the district commenced the applicable timelines for the petition and material revision review process. Aspire Linkston Hughes Academy seeks the renewal of its charter for a 5-year term commencing on July 1st, 2026 and ending on June 30th, 2031. The purpose of this public hearing is to determine the level of support for the renewal petition and the material revision request by district teachers, other district employees, and parents and guardians. This matter will then come back to the board for a final action at a future board meeting. Representatives from Aspire Langston

079Hughes Academy will have the opportunity to make a presentation to the board regarding the renewal petition and material revision request and they will receive a maximum of 10 minutes. I would now like to invite the representatives of Aspire Langston Hughes Academy to come forward to the podium to make their presentation. Thank you. >> Perfect. Thank you so much, President Cologne. I didn't even leave. Thank you. Stay right here. And um yes, as I mentioned, I won't say the same thing each time, but one thing I will say is I hope a trend that you notice is consistent continuity of leadership and consistent continuity of program. So the example here is Port City Academy and Links and Hughes are co-located. Um again, from Stockton, it used to be the old Meek's lumber site that was vacant

080for a really long time and we did work to reconstruct that and add on to make that a great facility for our um TK through 12 program. So, with that, let's dive in a little bit about what makes Langston Hughes Academy special. Again, it's close to my heart. That was my um I was founding teacher at Langston Hughes. We were actually located where Health Careers Academy is presently. So, we were in that facility. Again, we affectionately call that the old mental hospital. And then we did a lot of work to make it more um accommodating for students. And I know y'all have done even more work to make it an amazing place to learn. So, good example of how we're kind of part of the community and working together. But I want to highlight our

081commitment to educators and developing educators. You'll see a trend where we have many students who were my students when I was principal at Langston News Academy now teaching at our schools which makes me feel really really old but also really really proud that they wanted to stay with us. They came back to us and they continued to develop their educational careers with us. Um teachers get frequent coaching from APS, deans, coaches and lead teachers on our campuses. Um they have mentor teachers to clear their credentials. So we do our own clear credential system and then we also have our own residency program. So teachers are able to go in to it used to be called Aspire University now it's called Alder and teachers are able to get their master's degree and their teaching credential in

082one year while working alongside a master teacher and that teacher usually becomes their induction coach after that. So they get three years of mentorship as they're working. Um, and also our new teachers have a one-on-one coach weekly as well as the opportunity if they are interested in school leadership to go through the relay school of education to get their administrative credential as well. All right. And with that, I want to give time for our wonderful principal, Dr. Nakamura at Langues Academy. Again, near and dear to my heart, and I see him building on the school, adding to the school, and taking the school in all new directions. So, I'm going to turn it over to him to talk a little bit about what the great work that he's doing at Langston Hughes. >> Good evening,

083Superintendent Dr. Rodriguez, Board President Cologne, and SUSD board of trustees along with our ex distinguished guests tonight. Sorry, my voice is a little bit cracky. I was talking all day to kids. Um, my name is Dr. Nakamura, principal, Langston Hughes Academy, and I really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you here tonight. Um, LHA has been authorized by Stockton Unified since our opening in 2006. We are deeply grateful for this long-standing partnership and for the opportunity to provide a unique educational experience that reflects the diverse needs and lived experiences of students and families across our city. We currently serve uh 200 or 800 students in grades 6 through 12. Our student population reflects that diversity of our city. 71% of our scholars are identified as socioeconomically disadvantaged. 65% identify as Hispanic and Latino. 15% are

084African-American and just over 10% are English learners. Our work is grounded in honoring who our students are and ensuring that they receive the academic and social supports needed to thrive. All of our curriculum is fully aligned to the California state content standards. Our integrated and designated EL courses are rigorous and vertically aligned across all grade levels. We place a strong emphasis on identity, belonging, and emotional well-being through our SEAL curriculum. We do it for the culture which takes place each morning in students advisory classes. In addition, our special education model is full inclusion. uh our teachers, our education specialist and general education teachers co-plan and co-e together. At LHA, we believe deeply that every student should graduate college and career ready. To that end, we currently offer four career pathways and students may complete more

085than one of those during their time with us. Our education pathway at this time is finalizing anou with Delta Colleg's child development center where students volunteer and complete coursework leading toward child development permits. Students in our engineering pathway take two university level engineering courses at UOP. This year we also partnered with Stan State to offer a geography course to our students. All of our high school students complete a minimum of three dual enrollment courses with many earning their AA or AS degrees and Calgetti certificates before graduation. To further support student well-being, we also have two full-time mental health therapists on site. We continue to measure our progress and growth with our students by the indicators on the California school dashboard. We value these data points as information that help us to know better how to

086serve and uplift our students. We know there's room for growth and we are proud of the progress our students have made with gains in nearly every indicator this last school year. I want to highlight two in particular, graduation rate and college and career readiness. In 2025, the statewide graduation rate was 87.8%. At LHA, last year, our graduation rate was 97.7%. Nearly 10 percentage points above the statewide average. Similarly, over 90% of our seniors graduated college and career ready. For our two largest student groups, outcomes were more than 40 percentage points above the statewide average. 87.1% of our Latino students and 88.7% of our socioeconomically disadvantaged students graduated college and career ready while the statewide percentages were in the 40s. While this is significantly higher than those of most schools across the state, we know that

087this level of success does not happen by accident. At LHA, we're purposeful in designing middle school elective courses that vertically articulate with our high school electives and we also select our dual enrollment courses with Delta to align with our pathways and our other electives. So after 7 years with us from 6th through 12th grade, our students leave equipped not just for college but for life. Because of our small school model that serves students in grades 6 through 12, we provide an environment where students feel safe to take risks, discover their interest, and become their best selves. Our graduates leave having met all of their A throughg requirements, and they excel academically. but also they leave as well-rounded individuals prepared with the skills and experiences needed beyond high school. On the slide here, you'll see the

088story of William Ellington. He's a 2025 graduate who attended LHA from 6th through 12th grade. Because of our unique 612 environment, students like William are able to participate in a whole variety of co- extracurricular opportunities. William, for example, was part of our BSU. He was in our link crew. He was in our high school ASB and many other activities across campus. And as William shared in one of his quotes here, I would not have been able to get the same level of rigor or early college exposure had I not attended LHA. And LHA is unique because of the way that teachers and faculty actively build bonds with their students. William was accepted into Berkeley, UMich and a couple of other prestigious universities and he ultimat land ultimately landed at UCLA where he currently attends as

089a freshman. So, distinguished board members, board president Cologne and Superintendent Dr. Rodriguez, I appreciate the opportunity to share with you this evening our work and for our continued partnership with you as our authorizer. We deeply value this collaboration with Stockton Unified and our shared commitment to serve the diverse needs of students and families throughout our city. Thank you. Thank you for your presentation. The board will now receive public comment on the renewal petition and material revision request. Individual speakers shall be allowed three minutes to address the board and the board shall limit the total time for public input to 20 minutes. Thank you, Madam President. We have three public comments for this agenda item and the first comment comes from Gabriella Galindo. Good evening members of the council. My name is Gabriella Galindo and I

090am the parent of two teenagers who currently attend and aspire Langston Hughes Academy. I'm here tonight in favor of your approval to renew our school's charter. One of the greatest strengths of LHA is its size. In a smaller environment, students are able to build relationships not only with other students but also with staff. This creates a safety net of accountability and support that is hard to replicate in larger institutions. It's community. It's a community where no one falls through the cracks. Langston Hughes Academy believes in college for certain. This is initially what drew me to the school. Each individual student is held accountable for completing their studies as well as preparing for life after high school. Along with college courses offered, students also have the chance to join clubs, play sports, and visit colleges. Lastly,

091I want to emphasize how much it means to us as parents to have a choice. Every child learns differently, and one size does not fit all in education. Having the option to choose a school that aligns with our family values and our children's specific needs is invaluable. This charter provides a vital alternative that strengthens our entire district by ensuring every student has a place where they can succeed. Renewing this charter isn't just about keeping a building open. It's about protecting a community that works. Thank you for your time and for supporting our children's future. The next comment is from Jonathan Andrew Garcia. Um, good evening SUSD board of trustees and superintendent Dr. Rodriguez. My name is Jonathan Andrew Garcia and I want to give you a special thanks for letting me speak this evening. I

092am a proud uh student of Aspire Linken Hughes Academy. I'm here to speak about my school's impact on my life and why I strongly support the renew of this charter. I truly couldn't see myself anywhere else but Langston Hughes Academy. I first came to LHA as a sixth grade student and am now a 12th grade student. LHA being a 6th through 12th grade campus is giving me opportunities and experiences I know I wouldn't have gotten anywhere else. Being able to take dual enrollment classes at Sanwaqin Delta College while still in high school is something I'm incredibly grateful for. With the with the constant support of our staff, I've been able to earn my associates degree in arts while in high school. That wouldn't have been possible without the teachers, yard duties, lunchl ladies, janitors, counselors,

093office staff, our principal who and our principal who push us every day to be our best because yes, we have students have a huge role of our academics, but the school also plays a huge role as well. And this school plays that part. But as but LHA is more than just academics. It's a school where every everyone knows each other. It's a place where you build lasting friendships and where the staff genuinely care about your future. Being part of Aspire for so many years have given me consistency, support, and a community that feels like family. Langston Hughes Academy is the best thing that's ever happened to me. Because of this school and the people who support students like me, I am who I am today. I respectfully ask you to renew our charter so that

094future students can have the same opportunities, support, and life-changing experiences that I've had. Thank you again for uh your time this evening. The next comment is from Christoal Saleda. Good. Okay. Okay. Uh, good evening, SUSD board of trustees and superintendent Dr. Rodriguez. My name is Kristtolo Saleda, and thank you for, uh, taking the time to allow me to speak here today. I am a I am a proud student of Aspire Link Academy and I'm here today to share why this school is so important to me and why I strongly support the renewal of our charter. One of the biggest strengths of Linkson Academy is that it is a relatively small school. Because of this, no student feels left out and everyone is given equal opportunities to succeed. Uh teachers and staff truly know us by

095name. They understand our goals and they support us through every step of the way. That sense of belonging has made a huge difference in my confidence and my motivation to continue going with my education. As a 6th through 12th grade campus, Aspire has allowed me to grow over time and take advantage of opportunities I may have not had elsewhere. I participated in soccer, volleyball, and cross country, which taught me teamwork, discipline, and perseverance. I've also been involved in ling crew and ASB leadership where I've learned how to support others and lead by example. Uh, one specific leadership experience that really stood out to me was being a science camp leader earlier this year in January. Aspiring St. Hughes Academy trusted me with the responsibility and that experience helped me grow as a leader and a

096role model role model for our younger students. Um, LHA is also focused on what matters most, which is preparing our student the students for college. My counselor introduced me to dual enrollment courses during my freshman year and since then I've taken more than 20 courses and uh in a in a couple months I'll be graduating from Delta College with my associates in arts. Um, these courses have helped me understand college expectations, uh, build confidence and feel more prepared for my future. At Aspire, we've always believed in college for certain. It's been a saying that I've heard ever since I went to Aspire of Parks Academy when I was younger. It's always been our like our motto, you know, and the courses and the support offered from staff have truly helped us get to where we

097were to where we are. I respectfully ask the board to renew the charter for aspiring academy so that more students can can continue to benefit from strong community equal opportunities and college preparation that the school provides. Thank you for your time and consideration. The last comment is from Alohera Jonas. Do apologize if I ruin the first name. Good evening board members and Dr. Rodriguez. Thank you for taking the time to hear me speak today. My name is Alere Jones and I am a senior at Langston Hughes Academy. And today I am going to be speaking about my experience at Langston Hughes in Port City. um as well as why I believe that this charter should be renewed. I've been at Port City and Langston Hughes Academy since kindergarten. So, I graduated from Port City and

098went straight to Langston Hughes where I'll be graduating this year. My school is not an average high school. We are very small and we have a very tightlyknit community where most students have grown up with each other, including myself. Growing up, knowing all the staff and almost every student's face has helped me to foster this feeling of inclusion and community because I know almost everyone there. I know all the staff. I know everyone in my grade. So, I've never had to feel isolated or alone. Linkston Hughes Academy is also very diverse. So, having the privilege of being surrounded by adults and peers who look like myself has helped me to keep my sense of pride in my culture. We have multiple clubs like Raises, the Black Student Union, Multicultural Club, and many more to celebrate

099all cultures and teach students to be proud of who they are and to appreciate other cultures. One of Langston Hughes Academyy's main philosophies is to prepare and have students ready for college when they graduate high school. And I think that they stay very true to that, offering things like dual enrollment at Delta College, UOP, and Stannis Laws, as well as offering us the chance to go and visit some actual campuses to see what college life is like. I have participated in the dual enrollment program at Delta College since I was a freshman in high school. So this year, I will be graduating with my associates degree. And that would not have been possible without the help of my high school counselor who approached me with this opportunity in my freshman year and has closely worked

100with me in order to achieve my goals of graduating this year. The staff at Langston Hughes are not only involved or sorry are not only very involved with supporting our education but also in building our leadership and real world skills. Not only is there a variety of leadership clubs at my school, there are also lots of job opportunities. I have had the opportunity to participate in leadership link crew and as and two other internships offered by staff from my school. I interned during the summer at the Children's Home of Stockton and I'm currently interning with the Stockton Unified School District to plan this year's black graduation. And that would not have been possible without my staff approaching me and giving me these opportunities. These kinds of things are not heav he heavily advertised and if

101it weren't for them I probably would not have known about these opportunities at all. I would not be the person I am today if I had gone to any other school and I am very thankful to be a part of this community. Thank you for your time. >> Madame President, that concludes public comments under agenda item 7.2. >> Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you for all of your comments. Uh we will now entertain any comments or questions from the board. Do any board members wish to speak on this item. Okay. Um so it looks like we are um no further comments. Um so then the public hearing on the Aspire Langston Hughes Academy charter renewal petition and material revision request is now closed. Moving on to item 7.3 public hearing renewal petition and request

102for material revision revision submitted by Aspire Apex Academy. So we will now convene a public hearing on the petition to renew the Aspire Apex Academy charter which includes a combined request to materially revise the governance structure of its charter school. The district received a renewal petition from Aspire Public Schools on behalf of Aspire Apex Academy on December 20th, 2025. The renewal petition was accompanied by a written request to materially revise the charter to reflect an updated governance structure along with additional documentation required under the district's material revision guidelines. Following verification that the submitted materials were complete, the district commenced the applicable timelines for the petition and material revision review process, Aspire Apex Academy seeks the renewal of its charter for a 5-year term commencing on July 1st, 2026 and ending on June 30th, 2031. The

103purpose of this public hearing is to determine the level of support for the renewal petition and the material revision request by district teachers, other district employees and parents and guardians. This matter will then come back to the board for a final action at a future board meeting. Representatives from Aspire Apex Academy will have an opportunity to make a presentation to the board regarding the renewal petition and material revision request and they will receive a maximum time of 10 minutes. I would now like to invite the representatives of AP Aspire Apex Academy to come forward to the podium to make their presentation. >> All right. Thank you once again, President Cologne, uh Dr. Rodriguez and staff and trustees. Last time I promise I'm back. um here to present about Apex Academy, our newest school in that

104it is our newest physical location, but actually the school's been open 15 years. So this is our third renewal um for Apex Academy, but we have a new facility that was built in 22 or opened in 22 23. So you can see it there. That's in Sierra Vista Housing Authority community. We built that alongside the housing authority as they were revamping and rebuilding some of the housing in the area. we were able to support building and coordinating with their architects to make sure our facility matched and went along with the new development out in Sierra Vista. So, as I said, a little history lesson. The school opened in 2010. Um, in 2021, we were here before you all for a material revision for the construction of a new facility. It was a $45 million investment

105with the new building, which in retrospect or in comparison when I was principal at Port City Academy in Langston Hughes, when we moved to the Meeks lumber, that was a $28 million project. So in those 10 years of development, it was almost double the construction cost, which is something I'll talk a little bit more about in a minute. But thankfully in 2022 23, Apex moved to its current site. It has added 100 students over the past 2 years. While it's also in the move, it it did lose some students as well. So the old site was, if you're again from stock in the old DMV, which is out um near University Park, and now the school is located in um Sierra Vista, as I mentioned. So I think Aspire Apex Academy embodies what we talk

106about empowering minds and transforming futures. Not only for our scholars but for the community. So as you can see the pattern is we want to find places in the community that are of high need. We want to find a building that is undeveloped or needs u renovation, move in and help support the community in that way. Um and of course that comes with a lot of bumps and bruises as well. So I don't want to hide from that or not talk about that. So this was our ribbon cutting. A very exciting moment. You can see Principal Lane there along with Principal Curtis. Um, and we are working to get our school operating in the black. We've had meetings with the district staff about concerns about our financials. We want to be incredibly transparent about that.

107That we got material revision authorization to move the school in the pandemic. We had some construction delays. It took a while to get into the new facility and build our out our enrollment there. And so that has caused us to be behind in our projections for growth and also therefore from our budgets which as you know can be fluid. Funding sources can come and go. And so I'll talk just a little bit more about that. But I want to take the time to ensure that you know Port City Academy Langston Hughes Academy were in a similar situation. When they first opened I was principal. They were in small portables in the church facility. When they moved to the new site on West Lane they also had to take on the cost of a very large

108building without the full enrollment of that building. And so often the organization then steps in to provide revenue and provide support for the school as they work on growing and getting up to full speed. So it was a planned investment and we took the long-term view that Apex Academy needed the new facility that Sier needed us there and so when we moved to the new location that school and Aspire Arts and SC or Stockton Secondary Academy are co-located schools. So we have the same thing you just experienced with Port City and Langston Hughes where you can see the continuity of students going from TK all the way through graduation. We're building out the same way at Sierra Vista. And so enrollment has been growing year to year as I mentioned um and expected to continue

109into the next year. We have some fluid budget concerns. One that I spoke to you um last session about was about the SB740 facilities grant funding which is an unknown and a concern right now. But another example would be that the organization was able to make a contribution to the school to help support with the deficit with a $1.8 million contribution to Apex Academy. So we want to be transparent. We want to be clear and we want to work alongside the district to demonstrate that we are fiscally solid. We have never had a school close, nor will we, because we have the power of a large organization to make sure schools are moving in the right direction and getting the support that they need. And so with that, I want to turn it over to

110Principal Lane. I have known Principal Lane since we were both a lot younger. I had hair and we were at a job fair at the San King County Office of Ed and she was a brand new teacher. I was hiring for Port City Academy and I knew the moment that I met her that she needed to be on our team and she's been with us ever since. So again, that theme of consistency and continuity I think is exactly what Miss Lane brings and embodies for us as an organization. So with that, I'm going to turn it over to Miss Lane. Good evening to our superintendent, Michelle Rodriguez, and to every single one of you on today. I'm humbly excited and happy to be here to represent Aspire Apex Academy. As Mr. Selena said, I am

111the principal at Apex, and I've been there since 2015. I have served as the instructional coach, dean of instruction, and for the last 7 years as a servant leader as the principal at Apex Academy. As Mr. Selena said, "We are located at 2410 Belleview Street in the heart of Sierra Vista. Um, and I've just been really humbled to provide academic and wraparound supports. When we revised our mission and vision in the year 1920, we were very targeted to ensure that we were coming into the Sarra Vista neighborhood to have wraparound services which builds the whole child along with a very strong academic instructional program. So it takes that kind of level of support to support the whole child. And with that said, we're able to provide this in partnership with Dr. Lenitra Curtis, the leader

112of ASSA. And together, our school site, our AP, our dean, our whole school family, we create that TK12 pipeline right there in the heart of Sir Vista and to serve the whole Stockton community. So we're committed to supporting our scholars by celebrating their identities. That's a huge piece of our mission and vision. We foster their strengths, our scholar skills, and their academic knowledge that they need to strive, need to thrive. And at Apex, we do that, as we said, through those wraparound services. We are continually striving to be a mecca at 2410 Belleview of those wraparound services. Our diversity matches the scholars that are um listed here. So you'll see that in the two 2025 school year this year we had 3776 students in our building. We have 79.3 socioeconomic disadvantage, 13.3% English learners who

113are really thriving this year and we'll talk a little bit more about that. African-American population is 26% and so on. So our building it flows with greatness. Our scholars are definitely represented by our staff members here, the Sierra Vista community. It has been a journey moving from American Street to Belleview. We've enrolled over 100 new scholars while continuing to revise best practices that are aligned to Common Core State Standards, having a predictable curriculum, which right now is I Ready Math along with the I Ready Magnetic Reading, all through housed through Clever, which is a one-stop shop for data that we consistently analyze. We've moved into our brand new building and we have re-imagined how we serve scholars through our practices and through our structures. We are very proud on what we have achieved. So this

114slide right here shows that growth really is possible and we have a roadmap to get there. Our AfricanAmerican data highlights what's possible. These outcomes here are the result of targeted student support, small groupoup instruction, and aligned curriculum. It's the same supports that we are providing all scholars. And with this time results have and will be seen across all scholars. So again we do small groupoup instruction, culturally responsive teaching practices, we have revised our PBIS practices, um expanded interventions as well. So on this slide, we're really honing in on our ELPI progress that we've made. In one year, we have moved 50.1% for our multil- language learners, specifically through designated EL and a predictable curriculum, which is EL achieve. And so in the 22 23 school year, our ELPI indicator was actually orange. We declined red

115in 2324, but then last year, we really moved on up into that dashboard and now we are on green. And so that's not a one-time outcome. We do see sustained progress that is going to continue at Apex Academy. Okay, this is um highlighting some mid-year data. Our black scholars outpace the school average in reading proficiency this particular year and our black scholars are have made notable increases in math proficiency as well. And a lot of our data is also in regard to the affinity groups that we offer to our scholars along with extracurriculars that again um support the identity of our scholars. This is a really sweet picture. This is a family and that really represents the fact that we consistently retain families throughout the year. Whether we were on American Street or whether we're

116on Belleview right now, we consistently have families that are coming back to Aspire Apex Academy. Our ADA this year though is at 91.4% which we have increased over time with consistent attendance measures, meetings um and data analysis. Our chronic absenteeism um is trending slightly lower than last year. Our suspensions are also trending lower and we are really proud of that. we have moved by 5% or 5 to 6% at this point. So because of our model, we serve many families and we find a sense of belonging. Um 85% of our scholars feel very respected and 72% >> I want you to just wrap wrap up but that is your thank you for your time. >> Thank you. So, thank you so much for your presentation. Uh, the board will now receive public input on the

117renewal petition and material revision request. Um, individual speakers shall be allowed three minutes to address the board and the board shall limit the total time for public input to 20 minutes. Thank you, Madam President. We have nine comment cards and we will set a 20 minute timer for the nine comment cards. The first comment is from Miss Chenise Barry Shivers. Good evening everyone. I won't be before you long. Um, everything has pretty much been said um that I wanted to say tonight, but I will say this. I want to be clear before I say anything else that I am pro- union and I stand with California School Employees Association Local 318 and I believe deeply in protecting classified staff and teachers. But today I'm here to play devil's advocate because loving public education means telling

118the truth even when it's uncomfortable. I work inside Stockton Unified School District and what I see every day is a system failing the very people holding it together. Teachers are burned out. Parasers are undertrained. Students are suffering. And the response is always the same. Do more with less. I'm a paraprofessional in K through2 moderate to severe autism classroom. I was placed in one of the most challenging environments in education with little to no training, minimal behavioral support, and children whose behavior can be dangerous. We're expected to manage crisis situations, protect students, protect ourselves, and still deliver quality education without the tools to do so. This is not support. This is negligence. I am not just speaking as an employee. I'm also speaking as a mother. I have three young children, 11th grader, a seventh grader,

119and a second grader who I have disenrolled from Stockton Unified and put them in charter schools. Aspire, ASSA, and Apex. Um, not because I don't believe in public schools, but because my children experience constant teacher turnover, inconsistency, and lack of support. As a parent, I can't keep asking my kids to survive in a system that cannot stabilize for them. That decision did break my heart. But they have a community that supports them, as you've heard from the students and staffs already that have presented tonight. So, when people ask why families are turning to charter schools, let's stop pretending it's ideology. is survival. These schools surprise uh supply us with the basic needs for our students to excel and become working community members. Charter schools aren't the enemy. They're response to smaller class sizes, consistent staffing,

120clearer behavioral systems, and accountability. These aren't luxuries. These are the basic needs that our students need. Supporting charter schools doesn't mean that I abandon unions. It means I refuse to accept a district that annoys ignores the needs of staff and students while expecting loyalty in return. If Stockton Unified wants families back, if it wants to stay, then training must be real. Support must be consistent, and safety must be non-negotiable. Silence hasn't fixed this. Loyalty without accountability hasn't fixed this. So, here's my question. What are we willing to change right now to stop the bleeding? because families and staff are done waiting. Supporting charter schools isn't the problem. Refusing to fix what's broken is. Thank you for your time, Miss Kayla Edwards. Hello, my name is Kayla Edwards and my daughter Luna is currently enrolled in

121transitional kindergarten at Aspire Apex Academy. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak today and share how positively Apex has inspected my daughter's life. For the first part of our li for sorry for the first part of her life, our daughter was cared for by friends and family. While we were extremely grateful for that support, we began to notice that she was falling behind other children her age. especially in her speech development. It was very important for us to find a school that not only offered transitional kindergarten, but also a school that supported student growth, overall well-being, and meshed well with our full-time working household. We found that at Aspire Apex Academy. Since the start of this school year, my daughter has already surpassed the TK curriculum expectations and her speech has grown so

122much that now we can't seem to even get her to stop talking. Through the expanded learning program, she also continues to grow academically and socially after school while also allowing our family to maintain consistent work schedules. Most importantly, she loves going to school. She wakes up excited every morning and is genuinely sad when the weekend comes around. That alone tells us how much support, care, and encouragement she receives from the staff and educators at Apex. Today, I ask that you vote to renew the charter so my daughter can continue to learn, grow, and thrive alongside peers who inspire her and in a school where she feels confident and supported until she's ready to graduate in 2039. Thank you for your time and your consideration. Chakar Gardner. All right. Hi, my name is Shakar Gardner. I'm

123a parent of three students. One who attends Franklin High School. Uh my other two who attend Aspire Apex Academy. Um I'm here today to talk about my two younger children and why their continued attendance at Apex Academy um is extremely important to our family. Uh two years ago, my family lost our home in a fire and we relocated here to Stockton. Um and while trying to rebuild, um navigating the Stockton Unified School District was a struggle. Uh, my two younger children were put in two separate schools where I had to drive one to school at one time, the other to another school and still trying to get my high schooler to school on time. Um, trying to get them on to onto one campus. uh we were met with resistance and you know it was

124frustrating and that's what led me to pull them from Stockton Unified and place them at Aspire. Um after placing them at Aspire um it was sorry it was uh our my kids were met with welcome arms. The transition was easy. Uh my children came with different needs. one needing speech uh speech services and my other one he's five now so you know just starting school was a struggle for for him and it's a constant struggle for him. Um, but this the staff and teachers are amazing there. And when it comes to things that are being needed, especially with my kids, um, you know, as soon as it's brought up, it's addressed. It doesn't fall on deaf ears and it doesn't get ignored like it did while they were at the other school um, in the

125district. Um, you know, my daughter was told that because she made friends, she didn't need speech services where at here, um, here at Aspire, uh, as soon as we brought it up because we noticed that it was bothering her, they addressed it and she's got the services that she needs. Um, my son is a little different. He has he's five you know and going to school for the first time being away from mom he's also you know a pandemic baby and he was always at home so going to school was already a struggle for him and as he became more and more of >> I miss gardener sorry >> sorry okay all right >> so that that is um your 3minut time. >> All right. >> But we appreciate your comment. Thank you so much.

126>> All right. Thank you. >> U Miss Rario Ordonz. Okay. Hello and good evening. My name is Rosario and I'm a mother of um Maya Cho at third grade in the Apex Aspire. Maya has been attending Apex since first grade and um and was originally transitioned from Stockton Collegiate to Apex in which staff made everything extremely easy and smooth for my child. Maya and her brother um my and her brother needed to be transitioned to Apex due to the lack of afterchool program of availability. when searching for a new school for my for my children. After school programs um was a must for me as I am a full-time employee and at this at the time with no assistance with after school pickups front desk staff and the afterchool program staff made my stress diminish

127and were able to meet mine and my children's needs. Maya has a learning disability and has been diagnosed with stage one autism and with their many challenges that come with that diagnosis. Maya has an a yearly IEP um and is also enrolled in speech therapy, occupational therapy, and special ed services that what I um and all staff included the teacher have been a great support system for Maya's learning challenges and journey. From time to time, Maya will share her experiences with staff and it has always been positive as she is not afraid to afraid to be clear and has no filters. As a mother, my number one priority is my children's safety and for them to be in a place where all of their challenges that they come with uh they're bring being treated with

128love, respect, and care. And I honestly think that everyone has exceeded my expectations. The school is small and that is one of the many great things Apex has. But what I love is that staff know the students by their first names and welcome them every day with a smile and open arms. I enjoy seeing the staff at drop offs and acknowledging parents. I want to take the time to also praise certain staff that I dayto-day um encounter with. For example, u Mr. Avalos, Miss Odo, Miss Himenez. Um, their their love and support for my daughter has been incredibly um great and it has also supported her ability to learn new things and to be better each day. Um, lastly, I support Apex to keep their doors open for many more years. Apex staff are like

129family and have made myself my children and I am sure for other parents and students feel united and it's not something that we can say for many schools. Having Apex open gives us gives an opportunity for all future scholars to attend a school like Apex. Um >> time Rosario. Thank you. Thank you, >> Miss Lupe Silva. Hello, my name is Lup Silva. My kids started at Apex when my oldest son was in fifth grade. Since day one, Apex became part of our family. My three boys attended a attended Apex and received a huge amount amount of support. Right now, I only have my youngest at Apex while my other two attend ASSA next door. Knowing that my children are close to each other brings me so much comfort. My youngest struggles at school, but not

130once did the school not meet his needs. Instead, the school has done everything and more to provide all the services that my son needs. What everyone needs to understand is that Apex is a family. It's not your typical school here. We look out for one another and support each other. My child deals with anxiety and depression and Apex has provided my child the services that he needs. Every staff at Apex has played a big role in my child's development. From Beac Miss to Miss Lane, all of them have been fully invested in my child's development, education, mental health, and safety. Apex provides every child with the same opportunity regardless of their social status. Apex is a united family. So why is breaking a family even a consideration? I know that no other school out there

131would pour all their attention and love like Apex has done with my children. I will continue to drive 15.6 miles every day to take my kids to Apex and ASA. Miss Naomi Navaro Good evening. Okay. My name is Naomi Navaro and I'm here as a parent to speak in support of Aspire Apex Academy. I'm the parent of Lucas Rubocava. He's 10 years old and in fourth grade. And Aspire Apex is the only school he's ever known. This school has been a big part of his growth and development, not just academically, but socially and emotionally also. From day one, the staff at Aspire Apex have been patient, supportive, and understanding. Lucas gets help during the school day and through the EOP program as well, and it's clear that the staff truly care about their students, especially

132kids who may need a little extra support with learning or behavior. My child feels safe here, and as a parent, that means everything. Uh what I really appreciate is that Apex goes beyond just the academics. The after-school programs, the clubs, and the community resources give kids a chance to build confidence, friendships, and a sense of belonging. These opportunities matter, especially for kids who do better when they feel connected and supported. I also want to mention the relationships between the staff and the families. Communication is open, concerns are listened to, and there's a real sense of partnership. You don't feel like just another parent. You feel included. If this school were not renewed, it would be extremely difficult for students like my child who have built these routines, relationships, and trust here. Um, you know, to

133get what they need. Apex provides stability and support that just can't be easily replaced. Our kids in our community deserve schools like this, and I strongly encourage the board to renew the Aspire Apex Academy charter. Thank you for listening. Cologio Adams. It's a little too good evening. How's everyone doing? Good evening to the members of the board and I want to thank you for the opportunity to speak. My name is Collio Adams and I'm the parent of a student at Aspire Apex. I'm here to strongly support the renewal of this school's charter. Before enrolling my child here, she was not academically inclined. And since attending Aspire Apex, we have seen a real transformation, not just academically, but socially and emotionally. My child feels known, supported, and challenged in a way that works for them as

134an individual learner. What sets the school apart is its commitment to the whole child. Our daughter's teachers and aids as well are deeply invested. The communication with families is strong, and there's a clear culture of accountability, care, and high expectations. When challenges arise, the school doesn't ignore them. They address them thoughtfully and transparently. That matters to a family like mine. Whether we need to have just a quick conversation or sit down or have a meeting, it gets done quickly and efficiently. I also appreciate that the school serves a diverse community and provides families with a meaningful choice in public education. For many of us, the school just isn't an option. It's the reason our ch our children are thriving. Charter renewal is about more than test scores or compliance. It's about whether a school is

135fulfilling its mission and positively impacting students lives. From parents perspective, I can confidently say that the school is doing exactly that. We have very great relationships with many people at Aspire Apex and it is a great feeling knowing that when we drop our daughter off at school that people are taking care of her and looking out for her in the best interest. Last year was our first time as parents putting our daughter in school and if Aspire wasn't as great as it is, she would definitely be homeschooled. We recently moved about an additional 15 to 20 minutes away from the school. And even though we could easily move her to another one, we'd rather make the drive every day. We wouldn't even consider another school besides uh Aspire Apex because it has set the standards

136so high. And if Aspire Apex were no longer to continue, our daughter would 100% be homeschooled. I urge you to consider the voices of our families who see the difference every day. Aspire is creating endless opportunities for our children even with all the negative in today's society. For many, Aspire is an actual escape from reality and it helps keep these children positive even when everything may not be okay. And I believe that renewing this charter means continued stability for students, teachers, and a community that believes in the school. And I just want to thank you for taking the time and thank you for your consideration. Han Lee. Good evening, members of the board. My name is Han Lee. Uh I'm a parent of an eight eight-year-old third grader uh at Aspire Apex Academy. Uh Apex

137has been my son's only school experience. He started there in um TK and the community has been part of his life from the very beginning. Uh early on my son faced behavioral challenges related to ADHD. Uh like many parents, I worried uh not just about academics, but about whether he would feel understood, supported, and safe in a learning environment. What I found at Apex was a school that truly partners with their families. The teachers, staff, and administration work closely with me, communicated openly, and focused on meeting my child where he was, not where the system expected him to be. Because of that collaboration and support, my son has made incredible progress. He has since skipped a grade and is successfully keeping up with the current curriculum. While he still requires accommodations, the staff has remained

138supportive, thoughtful, and creative in adapting to his learning style. As a result, he hasn't managed he hasn't just managed, he has thrived academically and emotionally. If Aspire Apex Academyy's charter is not renewed, it would have a profound impact on my child. It would disrupt the support system that knows him well, interrupt his learning progress, and reduce our ability to customize an educational approach that works for his specific needs. For children like my son, consistency and understanding aren't just optional, they are essential. So, I respectfully urge the board to renew the charter for Aspire Apex Academy. This school changes lives, and I want to show you that my son and my life is proof of that. Thank you for your time and consideration. The last comment is from S. Flores. >> Good evening board members. Thank

139you for the opportunity to speak in support of Apex's charter renewal. My name is Serena Flores and I am a former parent. My daughter went to Apex kindergarten through fifth grade. Two of her teachers are actually in this room and still with Apex and I'm a founding member of Aspire Apex Academy. I've had the privilege to serve this school community in multiple roles at Apex. In my 15 years of education, I've grown alongside this school and witnessed its evolution firsthand. Over the years, I've seen our culture strengthen. Students feel safe, supported, and value. I have seen our community deepen with families, staff, and students working together toward shared goals. and have seen our academic rigor rise with stronger instruction, higher expectations, and a clear focus on student achievement. This growth has been intentional. Today, we

140are working to establish strong systems in place, instructional frameworks, datadriven decision-making, and collaborative teams focused on meeting student needs. We are not building from scratch. We're building from a strong foundation. What we need now is time and resources to fully implement and sustain this work. Meaningful academic progress requires consistency, stability, and continued investment in staff, students, and all key stakeholders for support. Renewing our charter allows us to continue the progress we have made and fully realize the vision we have for our students and community. I am proud of this school, proud of our growth, and confident in our future. Thank you, >> Madam President. That concludes public comment under agenda item 7.3. >> Thank you all so much for your comments. We will now entertain any comments or questions from the board. Do any board

141members wish to speak on this item. Okay. See the public hearing on Aspire Apex Academy Charter renewal petition and material revision request is now closed. We will take this time for a short five minute break. Okay everyone, thank you so much for your patience. We will go ahead and our little break is now over. Moving on to item 8.1 reports discussion uh early literacy key performance indicator system systematic instruction in funological awareness phonics and site words also known as sips winter results and update presentation by Melissa Sigers director of curriculum and professional development. There we go. Good evening, Board President Cologne, board of trustees, um, Superintendent Dr. Rodriguez. My name is Melissa Sigers. I'm the director of curriculum and professional development, and I've, um, joined with me is Dr. Allison Silva, one of our ELA

142curriculum specialists. Oh, something's over here. Okay, so I'm going to present our SIPS data highlights and growth analysis this evening. Um, we always want to start with our why. And so SIPS helps students build strong, confident reading skills by giving them clear step-by-step instruction in phonics and decoding. The structured repetitive practice makes learning predictable and supportive, which boosts accuracy and fluency. Because lessons are targeted and easy to adjust, teachers can meet students right where they are and help them make steady progress. This is always our why, the students, and making sure they learn to break the code and become confident readers. Tonight's objectives are to define SIPS and early literacy key performance indicator or we call it KPI analyze our growth from fall to winter benchmarks in grades K through 2 and compare it to

143the previous year and highlight key trends in SIP's implementation and identify our next steps. So on this um slide you'll see that our key performance indicator um is SIPS for English language arts um and it's a quantifiable measure of progress towards a specific goal. Tonight will we examine SIPs data and our progress this year so far. So SIP stands for systematic instruction and funological awareness phonics site words and our syllables. SIPs is a researchbased and foundational skills program that teaches students the decoding skills necessary to read and spell independently and confidently. So um everything that we do is within with the science of reading in mind. Here on the right you'll see the scarbor's reading rope. SIPs is addressing the word recognition strand at the bottom area and is building a strong foundation to increase

144automaticity so that our readers can eventually focus on comprehension which is that top section of the rope. Each seips level on the continuum which is shown on the left hand side um uh corresponds to a specific stage of reading development. The explicit routines are the same across levels which supports students as they move through the continuum. On this uh this graph here details our SIP's growth from fall to fall and winter to winter for the past two years this year and last. When you look at winter this year compared to last year we are seeing significant increases in students meeting proficiency. We have around 799 students across K through 2nd. This is especially exciting because we aren't even done with the winter uh collection window. So, we expect these numbers to be even higher by

145the end of trimester 2. So, teachers are continuously giving the administering the u mastery assessments and entering in that data. Sorry, that circle is to highlight the difference. Okay. In this graph, we focus on students growth so far from fall to winter this year, K through 2nd. You can see the overall number of students who are proficient proficient is up 191 for K through 2nd. Um, in this graph next, you'll see the same data, but it's represented in percentages of students meeting targets. So, it's important that you note that the targets become more challenging throughout the year. um as students move through the phonics continuum. Um so as you saw in the previous two graphs, second grade has seen a small dip in the number of students meeting proficiency. I do want to note that

146cognitively and developmentally a lot of changes are happening in second grade. Students are moving from word by word reading to chunking into phrases and sentences. the cognitive energy that is previously spent on decoding is being shifted into focusing on comprehension. And so if we look at multiple measures, we notice that on I Ready, that's the top right um diagram, um second grade showed tremendous improvement from fall to winter this year, nearly doubling the students on grade level and reducing the students two or grade levels below by 17%. So this is further evidence that comprehension is in fact increasing. We have also responded to this data by providing our second grade cohorts uh with targeted training on these developmental shifts that their students are going through and best practices for supporting their students. Um so we

147have a focus on our English learners. This graph displays the growth with one of our targeted groups. As you can see, overall from fall to winter, we have increased the number of students meeting proficiency by 2.8%. So, continuing to highlight our focus populations, this graph shows that in special education, we have increased the number of students proficient by 3.3% overall. All grade levels have shown increase for our students in special education. Overall for African-American students, we see an increase of 2% on grade level for K through 2nd. Um, and I'm going to hand this over to Allison, but I want to um highlight that um these non-negotiables and areas of focus that we're um Allison's going to speak to, this is something that we share and present and support um for our site administrators, our

148site instructional support staff, and our intervention teachers along with our teachers. So we're all on the same page and we're all understanding like what the high expectations are and what's the best high leverage strategies. So I'm going to turn this over to Allison. Thank you. Okay. So we know in order to continue to move this the needle on this KPI, we really wanted to put that focus on utilizing SIPs with fidelity because when SIPs is used with fidelity, the cognitive load for the students becomes easier for them to focus on the phonetic principles because they're not thinking, oh, what is the teacher asking of me? They know those routines like the back of their hand. Um so we put together these non-negotiables to help support um the teachers in our district to continue to move

149the needle um with SIPS. So the first was the visual support of making sure that all wall cards were up. Um we know as students orthographically map um sounds and phonemes that constant anchor of seeing the pneumonics up in the classroom will help support them in not only reading but in writing and in across all subject areas. Um another piece that we are really focusing on is the mastery test being delivered and administered through Illuminate as Melissa just shared that data with you. Um, and it's something that we're continuing to work closely with research on, um, expanding into also collecting third grade data. And then, uh, another piece that we're really focusing on this year is that coral response. So, we want the students to participate in every single word, every single um, sound that

150they're practicing, we know as they practice and that repetition, it helps them with that orthographic mapping process so that they can reach automaticity. um and if they're saying every word that helps build those neural pathways as they're working towards that. And then we're also um focusing on the correction routines. As Melissa stated earlier, we have been we cohorted all of our schools into groups of four so that we could focus with targeted training. And one of the things that is incorporated into each training is that focus on correction routines. So the great thing about SIPS when done with fidelity the correction routine doesn't just give the student the word it gives them it draws them back to the phonetic principle so that they are um only mapping and and putting into long-term memory correct practices.

151So essentially the teacher isn't just saying oh no the word is cat. They're going to go back and say let's look at the vow a and we're going to review that. So it's helping them um it's helping the students only log um correct phonetic principles into their long-term memory. And then so we're also focusing on um dedicated fluency time. So part of the training that we've been offering all of our K3 teachers is that practice of how do we bridge now they're reading into that comprehension. Um Melissa touched on it earlier with the second grade. We know um the cognitive load starts to change where they're now focusing on trying to understand what they're reading and reading into chunks. So, we're really supporting our teachers by providing that training in the science of reading so

152that they understand what their um students in front of them are going through um as far as the brain research. >> And then Dr. Silva, before you move on, can you go back to the yearover-year comparison >> um to just spend a little bit more time because you just went through the PL, you know, the implementation plan and that all of that work and so I think it goes back to revisiting this slide. and just speak to the what it means. >> Yes. So, this slide is demonstrating where we were fall of last year compared to fall of this year as well as winter of last year to winter of this year. So, you'll see um our percentages are increasing of students on proficiency. Um it's especially exciting because we are presenting to you a

153little earlier than we normally do. So, we know that the winter data collection window isn't even done and we're at almost 800 students. um more students proficient from last year to this year. And we attest that to a lot of the training that we're um providing our teachers and also the students um again that we're doing this with fidelity so that they are continuing to know those routines and it's becoming smoother as they move through the continuum grade by grade. So for instance, if you're looking at fall of 2025, right, we had only we had 378 students, right, with that were actually recorded at grade level when we're looking at kindergarten, right? Compared to 121 the previous year. So when we're jumping to kindergarten now at winter of 2025, we have 66 right of our

154kindergarten students that are on are at that target compared to 392 from last year and we're not even through that window. So that's exponential growth. So it's great to be able to look at it and spend the time and understand that we're we're seeing the growth now. Okay. So, we have a continued focus um um to align our plans with the science of reading and you'll see that in our continued supply plan for support. Um we're continuing to work with multiple departments across the district including special education. So we want to ensure that we are all following a cohesive plan um with our implementation of SIPs and the support that we are offering. We have cohorted schools as Allison mentioned and provided indepth professional development by grade level this year to focus on the whole

155child and what is happening developmentally at each grade level. Um, we are continuing our efforts with the science of reading aligned professional learning opportunities and we're on our fourth letters cohort starting this January 2026. Um, we have also made a concerted effort to collect data for our third graders and provide them with a mira um to focus on building fluency and literacy skills. So, it doesn't just stop at that K through second, it continues on. So, we're happy to answer any questions you may have. Excuse me. >> Do you want to play Levi the video? >> Oh, I'm sorry. Yes. Yes. >> Nope. How do I get there? And it does. The play button. Oh, no. That exited it. That's okay. No. Are you able to push the play button? Okay. Let me get to

156it again. Start from the beginning. Go. Come on. Almost. Oh, lost it. We Okay, we may or may not. >> My name is Levi and um I really like ships because um we get to do dictation, we use word cards and um I learn with my friends and I'm really proud of that. >> All right. >> And I I just want to note that that's that's normally the feeling from students. I'm all when I'm in classrooms, it's often times, can you listen to me read? They're so proud of themselves and they're gaining a lot of confidence from this program and it's really special to see um the students grow across at all the schools. >> And I don't know if you remember last um board meeting we were here, we had a young lady that

157came up um the mother was telling us that the the child was the one that said, "I want to speak at the board to tell them how great SIP is." So, it's it's nice to hear that from our students. >> Well, great. Thank you. Um, are there any questions from the board? Questions or comments? >> Are we able to get data? I know we're coming up for you said the next iteration will be winter data. If we can get the data by school site as well. >> Yeah. >> Yep. >> Yes, >> we can do that. Um, I'm an ongoing supporter and advocate for SIPS because when implemented with Fidelity, it does work. I'm able to see that with my own student, um, who's getting a little preview right now and TK. Um, so I'm

158wondering what ongoing support um, are we having for our classrooms and our staff as that helps us build accountability to make sure it's done correctly. Yes, I think I'll add something and I'll pass it to Allison, but we have that layers be, you know, between our ad site admin, site instructional support, um, which includes our coaches and our intervention teachers and our teachers. So, they're all getting that common messaging and those strategies so that admin knows what to look for. The site instructional, our coaches know what to look for. Um and our intervention teachers are using or we plan special um training days that we help them look at their data and figure out their next steps. And you can maybe speak to the mastery re. >> So I I'm just going to piggyback on

159that to anybody that was new to a site support role. We provided extensive training on SIPS. They received over 30 hours so that they could be experts on all the different levels. Um so that would be new coaches, new program specialists as well as our site interventionists. So, anybody new to SIPS received um we called it the six-part series. Also, we um the administrators might be sick of me a little, but I'm at every administrator meeting teaching them routines, going through the data, um making sure that they're also able to support their teachers in this work. And then earlier we touched on it, but we have cohorted all of our elementary schools into groups of four so that they can get targeted, but also very individualized training. Um this year we did a model where

160we went by grade level based on teacher feedback last year. So we were able to gather all of the kindergarten teachers in each cohort with us and a um consultant from core and give them in-depth training on what is going to happen throughout the kindergarten year in that beginning level of sips and how what is going on with the students cognitively and how we can best support them. We were able to do that for kinder first, second, and third. So they're able to really get in-depth instruction from us and core and um as well as administrators so that they could really know what they're supposed to be doing during this year and how to best support the students in front of them. Um we also like Melissa stated, we're continuing everything every move we make

161is following the science of reading um which is the training that we're offering any of the coaching moves that we're sharing. It's all following the science of reading to support um how we know students learn best. And >> what are we doing for our persistent gaps in second grade? >> I can speak to that. You can speak to it as well. Um so as was mentioned um we have a combination of the SIPs program where we have the targeted um training for our teachers that go into the cohort training that um Allison mentioned. Um we also work with our intervention teachers again to t to look at the data, analyze the data and determine next steps. Our principles also get to look at their data and kind of see overall how their sites are doing

162and how they can support their teachers or understand um where those resources are so that they are also able to speak and um identify next steps. Um and then in specific specific to um second grade where we um have our STAP PD days where we targeted certain professional development opportunities for our teachers to um you know get access to uh again align training um to so that they can implement those um strategies that are needed for SIPS. >> So this will be a targeted day specifically for our second grade teachers. >> Yes. >> To get them support. So, the second grade teachers received their support already. They were the third round of our SIPS visits this year. So, they've received an entire day of support um just for second grade teachers. Melissa um mentioned it

163earlier on an earlier slide. Um we know that the cognitive shift in second grade is is large. They're going from reading word by word to now chunking text and trying to make meaning, which is why we wanted to also share that I Ready pyramid because when we're looking at multiple measures, we see that they are growing in other ways. Um, also as they move along the phonics continuum, they have until the end of second grade to kind of close that gap. So teachers are slowing down to make sure that um students are working towards mastery. And we're hoping with the final winter collection that those numbers will increase. >> And I just also wanted to add, so they do our um district office staff pulls our intervention teachers, our coaches, and our program specialists and

164actually analyzes the data. So, this is the the perfect time to be looking at it because we can be responsive to the needs. So, just to piggyback off what they've done with um our site support staff and then STAPD day, I was walking Spanos the other day and they're already implementing fluency routines in the classrooms where the students have additional opportunities where they're reading and practicing and they're actually getting the feedback, right? And as we leverage Amira too, that's one of the great things about it is the teacher can't be everywhere, but Amamir can give feedback to students, which is super important because then they can be practicing and it corrects them so they're practicing the correct way and getting that just in time support as well. >> And when we designed our trainings um

165the cohort visits, fluency was built into each training um for an hour. So, we focused on response to data for an hour and we focused on fluency for an hour and then the other hours were correction routines and um practicing some of the the high lever instructional routines. But it was something that we built in because we really as a non-negotiable wanted our teachers to know that fluency is something that's going to bridge that decoding to comprehension and it's so important especially in second grade. Um like Mr. Clappenbach mentioned, Amira is a huge tool to support that. Um teachers are able to listen to the students read um listen to them read a passage that they might have read earlier in the day and they can listen to it after school and provide that feedback.

166And then Amamira also provides that instant feedback as they're reading. >> What does the hometoschool piece look like? So kids are reading at school. What does it look like for their connection at home? Okay. So, um, one of the great things about SIPs is that each individual lesson has connected texts that can be sent home um, with the students. We've also partnered with ELOP to provide training for ELOP teachers that are working with students after school on high leverage routines. Um, I've been invited to a couple literacy nights on the campuses which I know have been well attended. um including El Dorado did a paint and sips where we taught, you know, the instructional coach taught them the high frequency word routine while parents painted. Um so it's becoming part of the um it's being

167ingrained in the communities of the school where parents know to expect SIPS. We've also been to different parent meetings throughout the district to present some of the routines and then um something that our department has done as well is create um powerpoints and slides that coaches, program specialists can give when they have parent coffee hour. So we're supporting the program specialists and the instructional coaches in bridging that gap from home to school. And I don't know if you want to add anything. >> I would just add that we also attended >> D. What parent trainings are happening so they can assist with the routines at home? I didn't hear that. >> The parent trainings I think at the sites that they're they're facilitating those reading nights and showing and modeling as well those SIPs routines.

168And this is happening at every school site or is this what we're assuming? >> It's selected. Well, there are reading there are literacy nights that are held um or parent um family nights that are held and so then we integrate with that and support. I don't know specifically which sites but we can get that information. >> And then as we mentioned with uh second grade, we know there's a big shift when we hit third grade, right? We go from learning to read to reading to learn. So, I want to make sure that we're getting them um the support we um they need uh to help with second grade. So, I look forward to hearing how that works with STA to ensuring that those students get that support. >> Thank you. >> Mr. Clappenback, did you

169want to jump in on that? >> I did just want to we do have a couple things that will be coming in the future. Um one, I know with PM, we are going to be partnering with a couple community churches. Um, Crystal, Miss Taylor is connecting them, connecting us so we can go and work at where some of our our families are and do some literacy nights and work with some of our community partners out at the churches. And then second, we are working on some MTSS modules for our parents where students are at different levels so they can see the routines in place at the school sites and they can actually see what it looks like. we can work with their students and they can actually show off their skills and what they're capable

170of. So then their parents sometimes our parents don't know um the skills that their students actually are at. And so we want to be able to also show the parents what it looks like but also show that their that their students can do um the um can do the reading. >> And which churches are you referring to? Um, >> I don't have them in front of me, but I can get them to you. The partnership. Yep. >> Okay, great. Any other um comments or questions from the board? I do want to um just touch on um and just say that I'm I'm really um impressed and excited the the progress from several years ago. it being just a well I know even before being myself being on the board I know it was used for

171certain sites then coming in a a discussion at the curriculum committee um by Ulin at the time and then in these last few years it being um a mandated practice. Um one thing I thought when I when I saw the um the dip in the second grade and then thank you for providing the the deeper analysis on the on the next slide. Um I actually actually got a little excited because it reminded me of um what Dr. Rodriguez had shared recently. The number two skill by 2030 according to the World Economic Forum is resilience, flexibility, and agility. And I thought looking at looking at the reason why there was a dip is because our students are being challenged. They're being challenged to take this next step. And that's those opportunities are needed so that we

172can so that they can experience resiliency in the classroom. And um I just appreciate the learning that we're giving to the or the PD that we're giving to the teachers so that they can be knowledgeable about what's going on in the brain at the time and how to reflect that in the classroom. And then I just want to encourage that we're also that that first reaction to the student is making that impression of you know we we want it to be a learning experience. We want them to feel like they can overcome that challenge right that's helping them to build that positive resiliency. Um, so I saw that and I thought, okay, we're look deep. We're diving deeper. We're getting the explanation of why it's happening and you're just explaining like all the support and

173then that I hope that we are making that impression to the student like it's a challenge and especially if we're going to be sharing this with parents. It's a challenge, but we're going to get through it, right? We're going to we're going to overcome that. Um, so that was just my my two cents on the matter. Um, so if there's no other uh comments, I want to thank you for your presentation. >> All right. Thanks. Okay. So, we're going to move on to item 10.1, board committee reports. Evette will read the oral announcement and announce each board committee for the report. Abby will be the timekeeper. We have a three minute per report limit. This is the opportunity to hear any reports from board committees specifically regarding prior or upcoming committee meetings. There will be

174a three minute limit per report and the first uh committee is a city of Stockton Parks and Recreation Trustee Donald Daire. >> Good evening everyone. Uh so every January the parks and recreation commission votes in the new president and vice president to serve for this year. Uh so in our last meeting in the end of January, we had voted in Spencer Lockwood to serve as the president for 2026 parks and recck commission and Gina Calder as vice president. We also got a presentation by the recreation director of the city on the new winter and spring 2026 activity guide that is available online on social media and on the city's website. Um you can find it at stocktonca.gov. gov/ community/recreation. Uh this activity guide includes scholarships for young people to participate in programs, sports, and events

175in the city of Stockton. There's also seasonal job offerings for our young adults, um including recreation leaders, sports officials, lifeguards, and aquatic instruction. Um again, this is available online in English and Spanish. Um, I really want to dispel this idea that there is nothing to do for our young folks in the city of Stockton. There is always always always something to do for our young folks. And there if if not, there's always adults in the city who are trying to make, you know, events for for our young folks. So again, there's always something to do. And I would definitely um ask folks to um access the winter and spring 2026 recreation guide. Um, and the next parks and recreation commission meeting will take place Monday, February 23rd, 5:30 at the Stockton City Hall Council Chambers.

176Thanks. Next committee is San County School Boards Association Executive Committee, Trusty Donald Daire. >> I have no report at this time. >> Thank you. The final committee is special education committee by vice president Shauna Priest. >> Good evening. Um during our sped committee we were able to speak about our paraprofessional allocation and our continuous improvement plan. Uh we mentioned our survey feedback and as a part of our uh plan we reviewed recent survey results related to paraprofessional allocation and support for our black and African-American students. Based on this feedback, we have discussed the need to redesign, redo, and make more accessible the survey set is more specifically targeted to those responsible for administrating care and support for our black and African-American students. Uh we are also exploring a potential partnership with Apple to support uh

177data collection and analysis for our special education students, which would help um inform more effective and equitable services deliveries. Uh moving forward, we are committed to providing a more targeted professional development specifically for special education staff with a particular focus on training for special education paraprofan paraprofessionals. Additionally, we are prioritizing increased classroom support for teachers by exploring the possibility of expanding the number of paraprofessionals assigned to classrooms. Uh we are also strengthening accountability measures for special education administration to ensure greater transparency and responsive to both responsiveness to both parents and staff. Um and this work is informed by input from our APAC um uh special education staff and our special education parents whose voices have been critical in shaping our next steps. Thank you. Okay, great. Thank you so much. We'll move on to item

17810.2, brief reports on trustee activities. Christina will read the oral announcement and Abby will be the timekeeper. 3m minute limit per report. This is the opportunity for each trustee to make a brief announcement or to give a brief report on their own recent activities at the district pursuant to the Brown Act Government Code section 54954.2A3. There will be a threeinut limit per report. Thank you. >> Okay, great everyone. Thank you. Um I'll go ahead and kick it off. Um I was really excited to um attend Bush Elementary's first annual art showcase. Um there was just a variety of different art displays. Um there was just a positive uh culture environment. There was music. It kind of give it gave like a little ambiance of um actually being in like an an art an opening art

179um exhibit. I especially want to highlight uh two students, Gemma Rose and uh London from Miss Hagen's fourth grade class who talked talked with me and described their art project which was almost a life-size model of the fire horse. So over the last few weeks they've been learning about um Chinese culture and and Chinese zodiac and they actually uh the classroom along with after school made this um project. It was pretty um pretty impressive. I want to thank everyone um the staff that joined us for the new year celebration um helping us to kind of kick off the new year. Um also want to thank my my trustees for attending the board advance that evening. uh we were able to um ask some great questions and have some good discussion around the Brown Act training

180we received and I want to thank VP Priest for leading the activity on the team building. Um so that was fun and maybe we can at some point show our our drawings. Um but it was it was a good evening um of team building. Um, I was happy to attend um several other events. Um, but for time sake, I'm going to just um highlight that I really enjoyed reading about our middle and high school students competing in Skills USA recently. And then in the coming weeks, we have more competitions coming up. So, we have quite a few middle schools and high schools. Um, and especially this weekend, we have the Stag FFA floral students who are currently putting their flower display together for the F devilles. >> It's French Florida at the Westfield Valley Fair

181in um in Santa Clara. Their installation is named Lucky Knots and you can actually vote for it. So, if you happen to be in the area or if you have family, tell them to go stop by and if they like it, they can vote for it. Um so with that I will uh turn this over to my right um to trustee or clerk Martin. >> All right. Good evening everybody. Uh I had the opportunity to visit Mizuma Elementary uh specifically the heart of hearing test and special education department. Also attended a musical assembly showcasing students musical talents. And I was invited to come participate with Vanerian's jazz band. Um I was under the leadership of Miss Ikely who was a music teacher back in the day and um Dr. Coleman as well. So uh music

182is important to me for and it's important for our students to show their um their um their talents through uh musical arts. And then I was also invited to read at Taff Elementary in recognition for Black History Month. So, um, I'm excited. Thank you. >> Okay, Trusty Stevens. So, I have been quite the talk of the town lately. Um, I think that's probably the big elephant in the room, but I will say I do thank you all for um supporting for everyone who has called, text, emailed, sent me scriptures, um, all of the good things. I really appreciate you all showing up for me 100%. I'm usually not one of those people who um I don't look for pats on the back. I don't look for um kind of the the the accolades. I'm one

183of those people. I just do the things that I am required to do. I do my best always um 100%. But I do appreciate you all for showing up and being my village. Um just knowing that you all have my back was super amazing for someone who doesn't look for um pats on the back. U moving forward to uh this past Saturday I did have the opportunity to host a booth at the Veterans Day um pow-wow. It was really an amazing event um honoring not just our um our veterans but also honoring um the ground that we stand on um with our Native American families. I gave out 100 books uh to the families that were there. So it was really an amazing experience. Um the families were super excited to have books that looked

184like them that represented their culture. Um Kurt and I, we could barely get the booth up before people were coming over to the table wanting the books that we had. I had people who al also wanted more than one book. They were offering to pay for books. Uh we told them, "No, they're free, but let us give out books to other families and you can always um circle back to get more." So um kudos to the team to um making sure that uh Saturday happened. Destiny um and the Native American department. You all put on a really amazing um event and I'm looking forward to the next pow-wow. Then I have another event coming up for Black History Month. I will be um hosting Black History Trivia. So look for that date up and coming.

185>> Okay, great. Thank you. And now moving over to my left to BP priest. All right, everyone. Um, I will be visiting all school sites the week of March 9th through the 13th. So, that's a week before everyone goes to spring break. So, I'm sure they're not excited, but excited about that. Um, Hoover is off to a great start celebrating Black History Month. Hoover is also having their grand opening of their student store and students are truly excited. So, I'm happy to see the joy that that's bringing for them. Uh Victory is hosting their eighth grade parent night uh tomorrow and we look forward to seeing our middle school parents and they are getting excited about um the uh the window that just opened up. Um we look forward to supporting um our our scholars.

186Uh Primary Years Academy is also celebrating Black History Month and they're looking forward to celebrating Inventor's Day tomorrow as well as their math night on uh February 19th. Um and it's definitely been great being able to see the staff and students at Commodore on a daily basis and all the fun that's happening there. And then I would like to remain our uh remind our teaching staff that we do have our CRLP implementation a deeper dive teacher series uh that is hoping that is happening. Um our next date will be uh February 26th and then again on March 26. So please scan the QR code to sign up or connect with your administrator um if you would like more information. Uh, thank you. >> Okay, great. Thank you, Trustee Perez. >> Good evening, everyone. Uh, let's

187see. I'm continuing uh friendly visits across campuses and uh last week I visited uh Taff School where I learned that um 140 students earned perfect attendance and were celebrated with pancakes alongside principal. I look forward to my invitation for the next attendance celebration uh for movie and and popcorn. Um at Sanwaqin School, I learned we are on track to meet attendance goals having reduced chron chronic absenteeism by 14% and I'll be back to join uh students for lunch soon with uh principal Aguilar. Um, I also want to give a shout out to McKinley School for their acts of kindness challenge month and the incredible participation from students and staff. And lastly, I would just like to say that I appreciate the continued engagement from our community and welcome ongoing conversations as we work together to

188ensure student safety, um, student support and empower empowerment to succeed. Thanks. Okay, great. Thank you, Trusty Donaire. >> Hello everyone. Just two things I want to share. Um, these last two weeks I'm continuing my masters in governance training that's with the California School Boards Association. um part of the names of the course courses here that um that I've taken. Excuse me. The first part that I've taken for foundations of effective governance, I've just completed two parts of the student learning and achievement and policy and judicial review modules. And then upcoming for this week, I'll be focusing on school finance. So again, this is my second time going through this masters in governance training. Um, this is my commitment to doing my role as a school trustee very well. Um, the la first time that I

189completed this training was in December of 2024. So, I'm looking forward to hearing the new information and also um learning alongside um some of the trustees here as well. Uh the sec second thing I wanted to share um I know the superintendent will share in her own report but I just wanted to share this really really uh fire quote from uh one of the guest speakers music artist Yoyo. She offered a perspective of schooling for the black students and parents in the workshop. She says education is supposed to prepare you for what the world asks of you and for what you ask of the world. I think that was so cool to to witness that and to really see the young folks and the parents um really take that message in and I'm really excited

190to see um the folks who attended the the expo day um and to see what their journey is for higher education. Um it was a great event. Gratitude to the district staff, family resource center, and ADP pack and the college recruiters who made this event a success. Thank you so much. >> Okay, great. Thank you so much. and Trustee Silva. >> Yeah. Last Saturday I had the opportunity to attend the um Native American Veterans Pow alongside my other board members. And um being a tribal member myself, it made me feel good to see the turnout and get a chance to honor all of the veterans for their commitment and love of the land that they defend and fight for. Yet again, I will also be like what Donald said, continuing my masters in government or

191governance um upcoming here pretty quick. And that's all for right now. >> Okay, great. Thank you so much everybody. So, let's move on to our uh item 10.3, approval of expenditure for Stockton Unified School District board member to attend the 2026 California School Health and Behavioral Health Conference on April 27th through 28th, 2026 in Universal City, California. Is there a motion? >> I motion to approve item 10.3. >> A second. >> Thank you. Any discussion? Okay. Hearing none. Hearing none. Uh, roll call vote, please. >> President Cologne, >> yes. >> Vice President Priest, >> yes. >> Clerk Martin, >> yes. >> Trusty Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Stevens, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 10.4, approval of minutes. January 30th, 2026, SUSD special

192board meeting. SUSD board advance. Motion to approve. >> A second. >> Okay. Any discussion? All right. Roll call vote, please. >> President Cologne, >> yes. >> Vice President Priest, >> yes. >> Clerk Martin, >> yes. >> Trustee Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Stevens, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Okay. Thank you. Item 11.1, Superintendent Superintendent Report by Dr. Michelle Rodriguez, superintendent of schools, alum NFL visit, and the H.B.CU caravan event. >> Yeah, thank you so much. So, tonight we have two fantastic videos for you. We're always trying to create those experiences that possibly will change the trajectory of our students. And so, the first that you're going to see is um we were able to have a Stag alum um go to two of

193our high schools. So Jeremiah Farms um who represented um the Patriots in the in the Super Bowl um this past weekend was able to co and inspire our students. Um they they did do that in coordination with a community partner spat um and so I just want to mention that. And then second you will see a video of our H.B.CU caravan event. And I'll say it it was really spectacular. Not only did we have a lot more people come, students there um but we did have some pretty cool um guests going and um I I know that um Trusty Daire and I we were there for um Yoyo's presentation and um we're going to be bringing her back for the parent empowerment conference because she was really um really connected. Um there's very few people

194that connect with the older generation and the younger generation at the same time and she was one of them. Um and so we're excited. Um so you'll see a glimpse of her in these videos. So thank you all. A lot of memories just just being through here right now. I guess the picture like me and all my friends just walking in the huddle we used to walk in >> on the campus of Stag High School. >> Come on. >> Stag High School alum Jeremiah Farms returned to his campus 12 years later as a member of the Super Bowl bound New England Patriots football team. >> Living my childhood dream. You know, every every kid dreams about being in the Super Bowl and being on that stage. >> A member of Stag's class of 2014, Farms

195took an unorthodox route to the NFL. He played football at two junior colleges, a small university in Kansas, as well as a pair of professional football leagues before signing on with the Patriots. >> It was a hard route, and I wouldn't uh I wouldn't change it, but I also wouldn't recommend it cuz it takes a lot of mental strength and a lot of uh to to do that. And I had a great support group. >> Part of that support group, his mother. >> He could have given up plenty of time, especially having kids and the different routes and jobs he had to take. He could have been given up, but he stayed true to his path. His path this day was to meet with former teachers and coaches. >> What's up with it? >> As

196well as students. >> I feel like it's very like inspirational because he's one of the older guys we can look up to if we want to get as far as he is right now. >> Being here too going like from a Stockton school and going to the NFL is it's amazing. >> It's very inspirational. It's just giving us motivation to reach our our goals >> and to reach that goal whatever it may be. Jeremiah has one important message. I always tell kids I made my journey harder by not having grades because I had talent but I didn't have a grade. So now I realize grades are know a big part of this. >> Fast forward now and it's all about Super Bowl. >> At first I was kind of like, you know, I don't know.

197I don't know. But once I actually seen him in Santa Clara at the hotel, I knew it was all surreal and God is good. >> You know, every year me and my grandma, my family, and everybody, we have a big Super Bowl party. So, and this this year I won't be able to make it. be down the street in the Bay Area >> in Stockton. Melinda Mesa for the Stockton Unified School District. A caravan of colleges from across the country descended upon Stag High School in Stockton. >> But what I do have is you can come in as a biology major, minor in chemistry. >> It was the historically black colleges and universities or H.B.CU Expo. >> This allows all of our schools who really want to see H.B.CU from throughout the nation. They can

198see them right here. And as you saw, we had we have students who have received scholarships today. Congratulations. Congratulations. >> One of those students, Edison High School senior. >> So far, I've been accepted into three schools here. Uh, two on a full ride and one covers majority of cost. I just have to worry about room and board. I am so excited. I'm so proud of her. She works so hard. >> From schools like Hampton to Claflin University of South Carolina, students had a number of choices to explore right in their own backyard. >> What makes us special? Um, you don't have to find your crowd. You're family as soon as you set this campus. >> Desire, who wants to major in business, was another student fortunate to receive a full ride scholarship. >> I feel

199wonderful. I feel great. I can't wait to go home and show my mom, my dad, and my parents. And we're probably going to have a really big celebration about it. >> Part of the goal is showing up, having a voice. >> Also on hand, motivational speakers like rapper and actress Yolanda Whitaker, also known as Yoyo. The message I want to leave is um to build your confidence to go further in life. You have to start educating yourself and education is the first stop. So excited we get to do this again and continue to make this a tradition for Stockton Unifi in Stockton. Melinda Mesa for the Stockton Unified School District. Okay, great. Thank you so much. Uh let's move on to our item 12.1, adoption of resolution 2547 proclaiming February 23rd through 27, 2026 as

200career technical education week. >> Do we have a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> I'll second. >> Okay, great. Roll. Um, any discussion? Roll call vote, please. >> President Cologne, >> yes. >> Vice President Priest, >> yes. >> Clerk Martin, >> yes. >> Trusty Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Stevens, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Okay. Item 12.2, Two, approval to use the cooperative purchasing program choice partners to purchase supplies, equipment, and other needs for arts programs across the district. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> A second. >> Okay. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call vote, please. >> President Cologne, >> yes. >> Vice President Priest, >> yes. >> Clerk Martin, >> yes. >> Trusty Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez,

201>> yes. >> Trusty Stevens, >> yes. Trusty Silva. >> Yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 12.3, amendment to renew professional services, Arbiter Sports, Arbiter Pay as the assigner for the officiating payments with the Stockton Unified School District for the comprehensive high school athletic games. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> A second. >> Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call vote, please. >> President Cologne, >> yes. >> Vice President Priest, >> yes. >> Clerk Martin, >> yes. >> Trusty Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trustee Stevens, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva. >> Yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Okay, we'll move on to item 13.1, adoption of resolution 2545, waiver request, English language authorization. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> I'll second. >> Okay, any discussion? Okay, hearing

202none. Roll call vote, please. >> President Cologne, >> yes. >> Vice President Priest, >> yes. >> Clerk Martin, >> yes. Trusty Daener, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Stevens, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 13.2, approval of the revised Stockton Unified School District salary schedule for National United Health Workers, NUHW. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> I'll second Stevens. >> Okay, any discussion? Okay, hearing none. Roll call vote. >> President Cologne, >> yes. Vice President Priest, >> yes. >> Clerk Martin, >> yes. >> Trustee Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Stevens, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 13.3, approval of the memorandum of understanding between Stockton Unified School District and the California

203School Employees Association and its Delta Valley chapter 821 regarding the CWA Truency Outreach Specialist modified work schedules and approval of the required public financial disclosure forms assessing the agreement's financial impact. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. Is there a second? >> I'll second Stevens. >> Okay. Second by Stevens. Any discussion? >> Okay. Hearing none. Roll call vote, please. >> President Cologne, >> yes. >> Vice President Priest, >> yes. >> Clerk Martin, >> no. >> Trustee Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trustee Stevens, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. Motion passes 6 to 1 with trustee I'm sorry with clerk uh Martin voting no. Item 13.4 approval of administrator educational equity job description and the updated certificated management salary salary schedule. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. Is

204there not a uh presentation on this one? >> I don't believe so, but we can. >> I'll second. >> Okay. >> So, it's first and we have a second from Silva. So, now we'll entertain any discussion. >> Can we just talk more about this, Glenda? So, this position, are they just overseeing the programs in number six are what's the capacity? because it's written as though it's our Dr. uh Rodriguez speak to this. >> So, this was a discussion with the board um during my evaluation. So, this was the position that was requested in order for us to have um constant oversight over goal six. Um and so primarily they will be supporting the work that we're doing around our African-American students. Um there is some conver there is some information in there um regarding other

205historically underserved populations but um it specifically is um for goal six. >> I just want clarity around so I do understand this. This is one of the things that I pushed for but I I so I understand the position. I just don't understand how the difference between it and the director position because it looks like it has some of that work inside of this. And then will it still be housed under the same supervisor as the um director of equity? >> So in this case um it would be under Casey. So this position would be under Casey because it also will help support the work that we're doing around Dr. Holly in the CLR work. Um so it does have some overlap. This person the difference um between the director and this administrator position is

206um their sole focus will be on our African-American students. So it will be specifically funded under goal six. >> So why two equity people under two different people? Um because the key projects that this person is going to be focusing on which is MTSS and CLR are both under specifically under Casey >> and then writing of the Black Students Thrive Plan. >> Um this person will support that. Yes, because it has not been completed at this time. >> Okay. Thank you for the discussion and question. Any other questions? Okay, hearing none. Uh we do have a >> Oh, wait. I do have another question because this says lead the coordination and implementation. So then what does the director of equity do if this person is leading? Again, the director of equity, inclusion, and parent engagement

207um looks at equity across the board of all subgroups. And so this person will be a support to that um specifically for African-American students versus the director of equity inclusion and parent engagement looks at all vulnerable subgroups from English learners to African-American students to special education students um foster youth um homeless students. It looks at all the different vulnerable subgroups. Okay. >> Okay. Thank you. Um there's no other discussion or question comment. Uh we'll call the vote. Roll call vote, please. >> President Cologne, >> yes. >> Vice President Priest, >> yes. >> Clerk Martin, >> yes. >> Trusty Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trustee Stevens, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 13.5, approval of the revised counselor job descriptions, high school and K through 8.

208Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> I'll second. >> Okay, thank you. Any discussion? Okay, seeing none, roll call vote, please. >> President Cologne, >> yes. >> Vice President Priest, >> yes. >> Clerk Martin, >> yes. Trusty Daener. >> Yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Stevens, >> I apologize. We did call for the vote, but I do have a question on this one. So, the question is, so why are we changing the counselor from under being under a principal uh to the assistant superintendent of uh student support services? >> Um, that's just >> Oh, not education services. I'm sorry. It's just a it's just a new generic way we're making all job descriptions because we had issues in the past employees saying that's not my supervisor when we have like district-wide

209roles. So we're making them all the new ones that we bring over just the cabinet level department or designate and that way employees cannot say well that's not my supervisor. We get to assign the supervisor. So it's it it's just a generic way that we're making all job descriptions. >> Wait, so then how does the principal of the school site navigate these roles? If there is a counselor, how does he direct staff? Right? Because now I have the ability to say, "You're not my my supervisor. I don't necessarily have to do or abide within the scope of whatever the principal is wanting for me to do." >> So it's exactly to prevent that. So it says the assistant superintendent or whatever department or designate. So if it's under I believe this wants to go under

210Maryanne or Susanna's department. So Susana would designate the principal is your supervisor. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So they all say the cabinet level or designate and then we designate what which supervisor it is because some of the other job description were too specific and then when we're moving positions around then that's where you kind of get stuck. So, let's say we want to move a counselor to help the district uh under Maryanne districtwide like well the PR the my job description says it's a principle you can't do that. >> Okay. >> Mhm. >> Got it. Thank you. So, my vote is yes. >> Uh and trust so trustee uh Stevens votes yes. Uh trustee Silva >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Okay, great. Thank you. Item 14.1, approval of the vendor payments issued for

211the month of January 2026 as presented. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> I second. >> Wow. >> Okay. Motion by Daire. Seconded by Perez. Is there any discussion? >> Okay. Hearing none. Roll call vote, please. >> President Cologne, >> yes. >> Vice President Priest, >> yes. >> Clerk Martin, >> yes. >> Trusty Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Stevens, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 14.2, purchase order board report for the month of January 2026. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> I'll second. Stevens. Okay. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call vote, please. >> President Cologne, >> yes. >> Vice President Priest, >> yes. >> Clerk Martin, >> yes. >> Trusty Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >>

212Trusty Stevens, >> yes. Trusty Silva. >> Yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Okay. 14.3. Adoption of resolution 2546 designating April 28th, 2026 as bus driver appreciation day. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> I'm a second. >> All right. Okay. We have a first and a second. Any discussion? Okay. Hearing none. Roll call vote, please. >> President Cologne, >> yes. >> Vice President Priest, >> yes. >> Clerk Martin, >> yes. >> Trusty Daener, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Stevens, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 14.4, approval of the amendment with first student for the 2526 school year for the transportation department. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> A second. Okay. Hearing none. Roll call vote, please. >> President Cologne,

213>> yes. >> Vice President Priest, >> yes. >> Clerk Martin, >> yes. >> Trusty Daenerys, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Stevens, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 15.1, student expulsions C-14. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> I'll second, Stevens. Okay. Um, roll call vote, please. >> President Colon, >> yes. >> Vice President Priest, >> yes. >> Clerk Martin, >> yes. >> Trusty Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Stevens, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Okay. Item 16.1, adjournment. I will adjourn the meeting at 9:46. Thank you, everyone.