September 9, 2025 SUSD Board Meeting at 4:00 PM

001[Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] One night. [Music] Come on. [Music] on and then you can pull it off if you'd like or you can, you know, freeze it up. Just depend. It's easier for you to hold [Music] Hey, hey, hey. [Music] We'll start our board meeting in approximately two minutes. >> Oh, I know Alan. Oh. [Music] All right, sounds good. Thank you all for joining us today. I would like to call our meeting to order at 4 p.m. and Abby will read the language under public 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

002meeting 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, 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 walls or block the walkway. Anyone standing up during the 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

003in 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 three 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 board meeting.

004After the meeting is concluded, we ask the community to clear the lobby area in a respectful manner. Thank you. And back to you, President Stevens. >> Thank you. Item 1.2, roll call. President Kentha Stevens, >> present. >> Vice President Sophia Cologne, >> present. >> Clerk Donald Donaire, >> present. >> Trustee Angel and Flores, >> present. >> Trustee Isabelle Perez, >> present. >> Trustee Shauna Priest, >> present. >> Trustee Frank Silva, >> present. Student Representative Kiana Labau, >> present. >> Thank you. Student Representative Jackson Brooks, >> present. >> Thank you. And back to you, President Stevens. Item 1.2, we have our new board representatives coming from um Stag High School and then Pacific Law Academy. I would like to introduce Miss Kiana Leu from Stag High School, 12th grade, and Mr. Jackson C. Brooks from Pacific

005Law Academy, 12th grade. Can we give them a round of applause? >> And at this time, we'll have you both do your uh presentations. Um, thank you for having me here today. I really appreciate being able to sit in front of you today. Some positives at at Stack. Stack has had 92% graduation rate for the 4-year sorry cohort, raising the graduation rate over 15% in the past three years. There are also more academic opportunities at stag such as there are more um advanced math classes. There are more speech classes and more science classes for um people to join. And due to intensive PPS culture, Stack has received a silver acknowledgement as rewarded by the state of California, making STAG the most recognized comprehensive ins. Uh last on Friday, August 29th, KC was at Stag in

006the morning for the Friday night football preview show. And KC has helped celebrate Stags football team and the new head coach Eric Crocker. And coming out, we had our marching band, the Stag cheerleaders, ASB, and the Stag golf team, and also the Stags flag football team. This Thursday, we'll be hosting a parent coffee to have some parent involvement in our school because we all know that parent involvement is really important in a student's life to make sure that they're able to succeed in the future. We also have a stat FFA program and they has brought back their uh floor subcriptions and arrangements to fund raise for their club. Uh this Friday we will have a club rush to allow students to learn more about different clubs so that they can find clubs they're interested interested

007in so that their high school experience is more enjoyable. And then over the several weeks, STAG will be having college, universities, and trade schools visiting STAG at different times to assist students with their future endeavors. Like we're going to have CS CSU senos and we're going to have different ASVAB tests so that people can also find their future paths as they grow up. And then uh this upcoming week we have our homecoming which will include a spirit week uh a dance and multiple activities that will have and also um we'll have our homecoming dance and our homecoming ceremony during that time and there's something for everyone at stack. I like my school and I really think that having multiple opportunities at our school is bless you sorry are able to have different kids to find

008things like at our school and to speak on different things from other schools. Um Edison they have had a great start of their school year and a great vibe on campus. Their administrators visited um some classrooms to give presentations on the Viking AAA which is a focus on attendance, academics and attitude. Throughout their PVS, they received their official bronze recognition medal from the state and they continue to build upon their culture and community as a whole as well as consistency in the classrooms. Uh their band performed at the national night out of SUSD in SPD on the same day band performed for the city of Stockton at Trinity Church for the national night out. And then their AS leadership teams have also been working together and doing well this school year as they've held multiple

009lunch activities every single day at school. Uh they've been collaborating since the start of school, holding a boot camp that has brought their students together. Having a good community built upon your school is also really important so that students get along and there's no fighting or any like miscommunication going on at school. So having that is really good. And then they've also been running or they will be running um a special Olympics at their school on September 24th. And they've been promoting their say something week and suicide prevention week with activities during lunch to give support on those issues. And their ASB and plus helped out with senior sunrise. And their plus is presenting the SOS which is signs of suicide uh presentation to all 10th graders this week and during Friday and Wednesday. And

010the Vikings athletics, the athletics have also been doing well this school year with their volleyball. The girls volleyball uh their record is 3 and 0. They won Ben Hole. They also knocked off the defending league champs last night in straight straight sets. The girls tennis won 3-0 and the flag football is 3-1 and two uh two zero for SUSD schools. Chavez has also been doing good. They had a wonderful back to school bash. Their counselors have also spent time with their students at the quad and their mess group has begun in full force. Athletics is in full swing and they have had student driven athletic council meetings and their Travis wayey lessons are happening weekly for their students to get involved at their school. And lastly, Franklin has had their highest graduation rate out of

011the comprehensive schools. And this year is celebrating their 75th anniversary during the October 3rd homecoming football game. and they'll be hosting their first homecoming game of the school year. And they had a record number of sales with their first football game of 1,000 tickets sold. And Congressman Jos Harter represented the teacher of the year award to Miss Jennifer Brown. And I really think that student involvement is really important at different schools. And not only at schools, but also in the community, like being here today right now, I'm really glad I had the opportunity to be here. And knowing that my voice matters to you guys around me today, it's just really heartfelt. And thank you, [Applause] Good afternoon, President Stevens, Dr. Rodriguez, and esteemed board members of Stockton Unified School District. It is a pleasure

012to be speaking with you all about the activities and events happening at the specialy high schools. Starting with Pacific Law Academy, they hosted a college night on August 27th with college representatives along with a cap and gown ordering event. A UOP admission presentation was hosted for all of their seniors with a new pathway to Pacific which guarantees an admission through PLA for all of the seniors that apply and meet the requirements. There are upcoming college field trips for all grade levels and most noticeably PLA sophomores are going to Stanford. Lastly, they are hosting their annual festival honor celebrating Dia de los Muertos in November. SECA hosted their first day of school events early in August. They also had done a Friday night live chapter which had been an immense success. One of their members become

013became the first student from Sanwaqin County to be chosen to lead the club at the state level through California youth council. They ran their annual game night on August 29th which sparked success and collaboration within their students. HCA is going to host a college and career day which includes activities such as the PSAT for 9th and 10th graders, the SAT for 11th and 12th graders, senior presentations on private UCSU colleges along with the college fair. Their college presentations were hosted by their senior class to notify their underassmen about the examples of different colleges they could work to apply to. Additionally, they are hosting a trunk retreat which allows for unity within the community during the Halloween holiday on October 30th. Merllo has their senior parent night planned on September 30th. This week is also their

014say something week aim to spread awareness for suicidal awareness and along with embodying the effort to prevent. They also have a very unique event called tea with the teacher on the 17th where students have lunch with their teachers which allows the students and teachers to immerse themselves within the culture and life of their school. There is a multiple there's a multitude of college days such as Stannis Loss EOP SAK State and Delta. Weber has their annual fall festival where families are invited. They have a paid CTE or they have a CTE paid internship for students. their c their parent coffee hour of the year. A mental health clinician presentation about self-care medical assistant uh medical assist students took a trip to UEI for exposure to the medical assist program. Jane Frederick for the first time

015had a plus class instead of a plus club. They also hosted their monthly Frederick Friday on September 5th where students would get prices of their choice for high attendance and or grades. They will take their students onto a Delta College tour and host a fall festival at the end of October. Stockton High is creating CTE internships in student passion. They are also working to create improved site grounds. The CWA site personnel visited more student homes than in the past two years combined. This created partnerships with families to get students to school. Student social clubs are helping students find like-minded peers and build relationships. They also have exposed student to three college or trade school options with site visits and field trips with more planned all year long. Lastly, school Stockton School for adults added the

016class small business startup which is taught in Spanish. They are also creating a citizenship preparation course on December 1st. They are hosting a fall session of inhome care and student job interviews are starting next week. Thank you. [Applause] Thank you both and we are excited to have your voices at the table. So please bring that thunder and represent your school sites and the kiddos of Stockton Unified School District. Thank you both. All right. Now I would like to move on to item 1.4 student honore Miss Sai Zunega. And I would like to call up principal uh Kyle Dasi from SECA to the podium. Good evening, board president Stevens, SUSD trustees, and superintendent Dr. Rodriguez. Tonight, I have the honor of introducing Sai Zuninga, a remarkable student whose dedication and achievement truly stands out. Sai, who

017is on track to earn her associates of arts degree by the end of the fall semester, currently holds an impressive 4.48 GPA. She served as president of the physical explorers during her junior year and is a dedicated member of our mock trial uh team where she participated in the state championships with her team last last year. In a powerful display of her commitment, she gave a pre-trial presentation while battling a cold that almost cost her her voice. She refused to speak for 48 hours to save it. and her performance was so strong that a sitting judge remarked that it was just as good as presentations given by experienced lawyers working in her courtroom. [Applause] I was blown away. As a treasure of Friday Night Live, Sai presents on topics of mental health for teenagers at

018a national conference as well. Her passion for education was first sparked by her then teacher, now principal at Dolores Werta Elementary, Mr. Similio, who encouraged her to attend. SECA Sai was drawn to SECA for its rigorous CL classes and the unique opportunity to earn her AA degree while still in high school. Beyond her academic achievements, Sai will graduate with completed with her A to G requirements and be recognized by the state of California as both college and career ready and her state seal of biiteracy. Over the summer, she expanded her horizons by studying in China a part of a language program. Sai plans to major in political science at NEU with the goal of attending law school to become an attorney. Her determination and commitment and her goals are a testament to her bright future.

019Please welcome Sai. [Applause] Good evening board repres uh board president Stevens, SUSD trustees, and superintendent Dr. Rodriguez. Today I was given the opportunity to give a speech on behalf of Stockton Earlage College Academy on my insights on campus life. So without further ado, if I could begin, there's more in store for you. Something that I was told recently, not just did this serve as a motivator, it was also a reminder. a reminder of everything that got me to this point of more being in store. And when I looked at the factors, I found two things that I wanted to give the credit to. School staff and school programs and clubs. So, I'd like to dedicate my time to give them the credit and the thanks for allowing me to be here. Now, growing up, I

020was told that my outspoken behavior was being argumentative, that my curiosity was a form of misbehaving. But when I got to high school, the perception of these qualities wasn't the same. In fact, I saw teachers tell me that these qualities that I had been conditioned to believe were negative were passion and drive. Because these teachers saw me as an individual with my own goals and aspirations. Every morning since my freshman year, there has been a teacher to tell me, "Good morning, Sai. How have you been?" And to some, this may seem like a mundane act, but to me, a student, it was being recognized, being seen and valued as an individual by a teacher. And these teachers have been encouraging me from my freshman year to my senior year and probably to college because they

021are just that dedicated to seeing students thrive. I mean they were the people who pushed me to join all these clubs that my school had offered. My teachers pushed me to join FNL which taught me the importance of compassion. Physics Explorers, which taught me to nurture my curiosity, and mock trial, which taught me to continue to use my voice to advocate for what I believe is right. And while I couldn't tell you what exactly gives teachers the strength to deal with teenage students and high schoolers from the morning till the evening, I'm grateful that they do because without them, I wouldn't be in the position I am today, confident and able to speak in front of all these people here. I'd also like to give thanks to the clubs that my school provides because it's

022the more that students deserve. It's the ability to have interests and be able to flourish within schools. It's more than just the history, English, science, and math classes. It's clubs that provide students the opportunity to be seen as individuals. It gives them the opportunity to grow in what they find interest in. So that is why I ask that when we look at schools from elementary to high school that we decide to give our students more. That we implement more school clubs and programs. That way students can flourish because students have more in store for them just as much as I do. Thank you. That was awesome. Miss Duna, at this time we do have a certificate that will be presented to you by your board representative, Trustee Donald Daire. Do you have a parent here

023or just your principal with you? >> Oh, sister, come on up. We'll get a photo with you and your sister and Mr. Dasi as well. Can we celebrate her one more time? Because that was awesome. [Applause] And she did it without reading it from paper. So that was awesome. If we ever need a keynote speaker, we know where to look, right? All right. I would like to move on to um item 1.5 recognition of Mr. Alan Cook first day project and I would like to call up Mr. Casey Clappenbach. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Good evening President Stevens, board of trustees and Dr. Rodriguez. So when we talk about whole child, whole family and whole community, this individual exemplifies the example of whole community. So tonight it brings me great um pleasure and a privilege to recognize

024Mr. Alan Cook for his um commitment to early literacy and sharing his love of reading with our kindergarten students. And so with that said, I would also like to introduce our district librarian, Miss Maryanne Pafford, who has a few words and a video to share. [Applause] >> Good afternoon, President Stevens, board of trustees, Dr. Rodriguez. Thank you for letting me be here. I have some cute pictures of children for you. Um, I'm the district librarian and this year on the first day of school, many SUSD kindergarten students received a brand new hardcover picture book to welcome them to Stockton Unified and the beginning of their educational career. Okay, see if I can make this work. I have to turn it on. Is that what you're saying? Sorry. I I swear I practiced. Oh, thank you,

025ma'am. Thank you. Okay. Um, these children received these books in thanks to our amazing community member, Alan Cook. He's a retired educator and minister. In the summer of 2021, Alan Cook worked to get enough picture books donated so that all three kindergarten classes at Cleveland School would go home with a book. However, he was very successful and now then he received so many books he had to conspire with Lori Risso to find some more schools. He reached seven classrooms in no seven school sites and 300 students that year. This year the number has grown to,900 students and 30 schools. Lisa Griffith, a kindergarten teacher at McKinley, said, "I have always loved reading, and sharing that love is a big part of why I became a teacher." The students were so excited for a book that

026they got to keep forever. One student asked if he could keep it for a thousand years. Thank you so much for caring enough to put books into the hands of our children. Molly Bradley, a teacher at Monazuma Elementary, said that her kids love their new books. Chry, a kindergarten teacher at Roosevelt, says that Allan has been a huge part of the community and the first day project is simply amazing. We at Roosevelt are excited to be a part of his hard work and dedication to the children he impacts with his tireless work. These are all from the pictures from the very first day of school. Thank you so much for the first day of kindergarten books. The books were an amazing variety of age appropriate quality and hard coverver books. My students were so excited

027to bring home a book to keep forever. Lauraai Meyers at Elorado School. And lastly, I'll say from Mary Julia Mina at McKinley School, our library media assistant. Thank you so much to Alan Cook and the First Day Project. Your kindness is planting the seeds of curiosity, imagination, and a lifelong love of reading. For many of our youngest learners, these books will be their very first to call their own. Truly a priceless gift. Your generosity is strengthening the love of reading we are trying to cultivate at McKinley. Thank you so much. Let's give a heartfelt thank you to Alan Cook and thank you to the board and to Casey and Melissa Seagars and Dr. Rodriguez for always supporting literacy and I hope to come back and tell you more awesome things happening this year. [Applause] Good

028evening each of you. Um, seeing that slideshow, it sort of blows me away. But when I first started, when I first had this dream, I just wanted Cleveland school students to receive it. I had been doing projects with the school through my association with Central United Methodist Church. And so I put it out on Facebook and asked my Facebook friends if they would donate a book, a new book, and that they would write a message to a kindergartenner so that they might inspire them to be a lifelong learner, a lifelong reader. And as you heard, that program has just friendships have grown um in this community. We live in an amazing city that we oftentimes don't give credit to because um those 1900 books each um came from somebody who lived in this city in

029California on the east coast and this year we even had a donation of three books from England. So, um, the word is out there. Each year I say, "I'm not going to do this next year because my living room, my wife puts up with me for two months with all these books in our living room." But it's just a real joy um to receive that. So, thank you for this honor this evening. [Applause] >> Thank you so much, Alan. And we would love to present you with this certificate from the board. I'm going to ask if the board could all come down to uh the floor and the superintendent and we're going to present you with the certificate. And Alan, I just asked the superintendent, it looks like we can make space for your 2,000

030books so that your wife you you don't have to have them in your living room. So that's our commitment. And don't forget to tag us in your Facebook post as well. SUSD. All right. Item 1.6, oral suggestions regarding open session agenda items in section one and close session. And Christina will announce a number of public comments. And Evette will be the timekeeper of three minutes. Thank you, Madam President. Uh, we do not have any public cards to report. Item 1.7, public employee discipline dismissal and release. Miss Smith, do we have any cases to hear? >> We do not. >> Thank you. Moving on to item 1.8, the board will consider in close session items by Vice President Cologne. Good evening. 2.1 Public employee appointment certificated government code section 54957 resignation retirement appointment 2.2 Public employee

031appointment classified government code section 54957 resignation retirement recent employment offer deceased appointment and closed position positions 2.3 public employee discipline dismissal release 2.4 Four, conference with legal counsel, anticipated litigation, significant exposure to litigation under subsections D2 and E3 of government code section 54956.9. Two potential cases. Case one, claim number 658288 and case 2, claim number 657865. 2.5 Conference with legal counsel existing litigation government code section 54956.9D1 student versus Stockton Unified School District 0 A case number 2025 2.6 student expulsion C1 and 2.7 student expulsion CC2. Thank you. Item 1.9. The board will now recess to close session. [Music] Come on. [Music] Hey. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] Hey, [Music] hey, hey. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Oh yeah. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Hello. [Music] [Applause]

032[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Okay. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Second. Thank you all for reconvening with us. I would like to move on to item 3.1. Abby will read the language under public 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, and students

033are 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 walls or block the walkway. Anyone standing up during the 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 to await their

034turn. We want to give the person at the podium the time and respect they deserve. Each speaker will be allowed three 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 board meeting. After the meeting is concluded, we ask the community to clear the lobby area in a respectful manner. Thank you. And back to you, President Stevens. Thank you so much. Moving on to item 4.1, pledge of allegiance. I would like to

035call up to the podium our stag cheerleaders, Miss Caitlyn Bryce, Miss Darlene Navaro, and Mr. Josiah Small. [Applause] >> Everyone, 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, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be seated. >> Do we get to hear from you all or is there a cheer? >> Just saying there could be a cheer. >> Let's do it. [Applause] >> You guys want to come up here? Can you come in be behind the >> rope? All right, we're going to ask for you all to come back so that we have certificates that I would like to

036present to you as your board representative. We might need the cheerleaders to come back every board meeting to hype us up. Right. You guys were awesome. [Applause] All right, moving on to item 4.2, action taken in close session by Vice President Cologne. All right, good evening. Item 2.1, public employee appointment, certificated government code section 54957, resignation, retirement appointment, board motion to approve, six, yes with one no from Trusty Flores. Item 2.2, Two, public employee appointment classified government code section 54957 resignation retirement recent employment offer deceased appointment closed positions. Board motion to approve six with one no from Trusty Flores. Item 2.3 public employee discipline dismissal release and we have a few cases. So board motion to approve case number one one special education assistant SMH unanimously. Board motion to approve case number two one special

037education assistant SMH one-on-one unanimously. Board motion to approve case number three, one, admissions and family services technician job abandonment unanimously. Board motion to approve case number four, one, health aid probationary release unanimously. Board motion to approve case number five, one school bus driver resignation in lie of dismissal unanimously. Item number 2.4, conference with legal counsel, anticipated litigation, significant exposure to litigation under subsections D2 and E3 of government code section 54956.9. Two potential cases. Case one board motion to reject case one claim number 658288 unanimously. Board motion to reject the claim for case 2, claim number 657865 unanimously. Item 2.5, conference with legal counsel, existing litigation, government code section 54956.9D1, student versus Stockton Unified School District, O AH, case number 2025 060812. Board motion to approve unanimously. And that's what we have. Thank you. >> Thank

038you, Vice President Cologne. Item 4.3, order of agenda. Christina will read the oral announcement. [Music] No, this is the opportunity for the board of trustees to make any changes. to the order of the agenda. Otherwise, the order of the agenda will be as published. Thank you. >> Is there any changes to the agenda? All right. Hearing none. Is there a motion for 4.3? >> I motion to approve the agenda. >> All right. Is there a second? >> A second. >> All right. Discussion hearing none. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens. Yes. >> Vice President Cologne. >> Yes. >> Clerk Donaire. >> Yes. >> Trustee Flores. >> Yes. >> Trusty Perez. >> Yes. >> Trusty Priest. >> Yes. >> Trustee Silva. >> Yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 5.1, oral suggestions regarding open session items. Christina

039will announce a number of public comments and and ask that they each provide their comment in the order they were received. Annie, that will be the timekeeper of 3 minutes. >> Madame President, we do not have any public comments uh comment cards to report. >> Thank you. Item 5.2, oral suggestions and comments from the community regarding non-aggenda items. >> Yes, we do have one public comment card uh for Mr. Chris Copolo. Thank you board members. Um before I start on public comment, I just want to say I think as a member of the public, I just want to officially encourage board president Stevens to bring the cheerleaders back for every meeting. I've been to many um public board meetings. I I don't think I've ever heard a cheer um at a public board meeting. So,

040you all know how to keep it keep the board meeting live. Okay. My name is uh board members and staff. My name is Chris Capalo and I represent the Stockton Charter Collective, a group of nine public charter school organizations serving over 6,000 students. The mission of the collective is to serve and champion the well-being of each and every student in the community by reimagining education and offering families a free, rigorous academic experience at Stockton Charter Public Schools. And so in that spirit, I'm here to speak to you today about the charter school renewal petitions on which the board will vote later this year. On behalf of the collective, I urge you to ground in the following principles as you review these petitions. First, charter schools offer a unique value to the community. Our schools are

041schools of choice built to recognize and meet the needs of parents and students. There are also schools that must achieve academic outcomes to continue serving those students. This responsiveness to outcomes and the process of public deliberation that accompanies it is an enormous asset to our larger educational system. Informing the effort to run great schools that are fundamentally responsive to student needs here in Stockton. So, principle one, charter schools offer a unique value to the community. The second principle is a practical one. Charter authorization decisions should follow the law and give consideration to the real world implications for our students. The charter law provides a framework for decision-m at at renewal by sorting schools into three tracks. For high and middle track schools, decisions hinge on a baseline set of academic data. For low track schools,

042an informed decision includes a comprehensive review of academic metrics, including cohort growth, and comparison to other local school options. So, principle two, smart renewal authorization decisions are legal, outcome oriented, and student centered. Throughout this year, you will hear from first renewing charter schools, then other members of the charter community. We're grateful for the chance to connect with you here uh and for the partnership with Stockton Unified and staff more broadly. Thank you, >> Madame President. This concludes um item 5.2. >> All right. Thank you so much. Moving on to item 6.1, approval of consent items. Christina will read the oral announcement. Does any trustee have an item they would like rem removed from for separate consideration as an action item? After any items are removed for separate consideration, there will be a vote on the

043consent items without any discussion. Is there any items you all would like to remove for action? All right, hearing none. Uh before I would like to just state that I would like to bring to your attention the generous donation under um our uh item 6.2 Alpha GIPE and Sherry GIPE in the amount of $44,8260 for Stack High School's FFA program. The funds will be allocated to support students and their supervised agricultural experience projects. the student, staff, and community and district. We are thankful to receive the funds and look forward to seeing our students utilize the funding. All right. So, now roll call vote. Presidents. President Stevens, if I can get a first and a second. Oh, yep. We need a motion. I'll make the motion to approve. I'll second. Stevens. Okay. President Stevens. Yes. Second.

044Oh, not yet. Okay. Second. We're good. Okay. Now, roll call vote. President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Donaire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 7.1, I would like to call up Mr. Brian Beerman, who will provide our key performance indicator for graduation rates and A throughG completion rates. Good evening, President Steven, board of trustees, Dr. Rodriguez. I wish the tree leaders were here because this is actually pretty exciting. All right, so our graduation results. Uh, and I'm going to explain. I took calculus about 25 years ago, and this equation still gives me nightmares down here. Uh this is the definition of the four-year cohort because the data

045that we're going to present to you is what happens when they enter high school at the freshman level. Uh this is not a one-year cohort. This is what is reported to the state. Um so it's the adjusted for transfers in and out in those four years. You can see that our 2425 data. Very excited that for the very first time all four of our comprehensive high schools are in the 90s >> as far as grad. Yeah. Great. So you can see I think uh Franklin High School is leading the way at 93.73, but the rest of the comprehensives, yeah, they're they're they're all pretty close. It's very exciting. They all grew to make it even more dramatic. Here you can see the growth, and this is the this is including the fifth year data. Uh

046the uh students that stay with us an extra year and graduate with us. You can see that we have our highest graduation rate ever over the three years that we've grown, 88.8. 8 very close to 90. There you can see the trend for every single school um in our district has gone up. I'll talk a little bit more about the dependent charters, but you can see the growth at our secondary schools is pretty significant. Uh you and so not only are we graduating kids at a higher rate, we are producing kids that are um college ready at a higher rate. So this is this is probably the most exciting slide. You can see that our kids completing the A through G's and I put green circles up there for a reason cuz that's all they

047all grew. Uh, and thanks to Ty in the back because the restructuring and the intentionality of what we're doing um with not only our master schedules, but the curriculum department is really cleaning up the way for this growth uh as we continue to produce um students that are ready for life after us. uh district-wide data. If you're looking uh for subgroup information, again, they all went up. I can provide other slides because you can't see the uh the the year-to-year comparison on this one, but you can see that our subgroups are performing. Um our English learners, uh 83.67 is an increase as well. Still plenty of work to do here. Um our students with disabilities, um 66.67. This is a priority for us this year as we're talking about port board policy that was passed

048in the previous year with the mitzah and making decisions for students individually in their IEPs for graduation status that happens at their junior year. Uh and then here's our dependent charters. Um all very very high performing um always near 100%. And then you can see their A throughG rates there as well where we get into the discussion how did we get here? It didn't just magically happen. Um, what we measure gets done. Um, our principles are getting more proficient with data. Uh, we are looking at data every month. And I'll tell you when that starts. Um, here you can see what we look at throughout the year. Uh, where we are tracking kids and where they're at creditwise. If I was to make this granular, which the principles have, they can tell you every one

049of those six students there at Edison that are uh 16 to 24 credits behind status. tell you their names, what's going on with them, and the intervention that they're providing. So, they're getting really gr granular with the data to track and make individual decisions for each and every student. And as we uh progress with this document throughout the year, we're pushing more kids towards zero credit needed to graduate. So, the data tracking has been really intense. Um, and the teamwork. I mean, I I put this up here because, and we're not, sometimes we need to course correct every now and then, but the amount of work that goes into graduation, it takes the entire district. Um, Mary's in the back with Elop. Thank you very much, Mary, for what you do. Um, but student services.

050Yeah. Uh, absolutely. The people behind me, some are in the room. Ryan Hessie and his team tracking down kids that left us and finding where they went to get them out of our cohort. Um, Maryanne over here with counseling looking and analyzing transcripts to make sure we're doing it right. I think Pay, where's PE? Is he in here? Um, his team is absolutely amazing. Cidra, if you haven't met Cidra, find Cidra. Um, just tracking uh tracking the data, make sure that we're reporting the data. Sometimes it's very frustrating with data because we see cowpads and it's dead data. I'm tracking the live data. If I was to go back here on this form, this is harder to track because it's not reported to cowpeds yet. I can see a number, but it's not solid just

051yet. I can I I I want to report out, but sometimes I I may get it wrong. Um because this is still moving. We graduated kids up to the deadline in August. And we p whatever you gave me, I pushed it. Correct. He said August 8th. I wanted the 15th. Um but the the the teamwork was amazing. Here you can see the amount of adult effort that went into the summer programming. We graduated 224 students in the summer. 224 um which was up I think from 175 in the previous year. And it's again thank you El. But you can see we had 1,700 uh change students. We had adults working on the weekends. We had adults working whatever it took. Very thankful to Casey and Dr. Rodriguez for allowing whatever it took to happen uh

052to make sure that we had teams that did whatever it took to get these kids across the line. Uh and you saw the 141 teachers that were involved there. Uh our next steps uh cuz it's as as as good as we have done, it's not good enough. We're still missing kids. Um this is the progress and grade report schedule. The real work starts when the first grading report hap uh period happens. So when we hit October and the fall break, that's where our data tracking starts to really intently look at where we're at, who's falling behind, and building the master schedules and adjusting schedules for students in real time, not waiting for summer, but doing it in real time, close to a failure or proximity to a failure. Uh we do have new graduation requirements

053coming in. This is a significant year as we start progressing all the way to 2029. you're starting to see us move into the two t uh next year will be the two years of world language. We're at 230. We're no longer at 210. So we are getting more rigorous but we're doing a better job of providing equity and access for our students and then support if they don't get it. Um so that is what is currently coming there. And I went the wrong way. What we really want to do uh in talking to NED services is that we take data from our seniors when they graduate. It's their senior survey and they self-report to us that yes, I'm going to Berkeley. Yes, I'm going to Merced or I'm going to Modesto Junior College. We would

054like to track their persistence rate postsecary to make sure or to see if they actually did it. Did they persist to a degree once they left us? Were they did they have a solid enough foundation to be successful in college? Uh and so we're going to gather that data next so they can uh as they leave us and some of it is where did they go to a technical school, did they go to the m military, what happens to life after our system? We're collecting that data as well. And that's it. Any questions? [Applause] >> So we'll open it up. I'll just start by saying like I'm really excited to see the data for our kids, right? Because when we talk about the outcomes and what we want to create for our for our kiddos,

055not just within the school system, but also in our community to give them access, right, to live the lives that they decide. This is going in that direction, right? I think for many years we haven't had this like a lot of hard work, but we haven't we didn't hit this point yet. So kudos to you all, the 141 and I know the rest of you who it took to do this work. This is extremely important to make sure that we do hit the goals for our kids because it's not about us, but it's about how we s our set our kids up to be successful. So, kudos to you all and I'm looking forward to um bigger and better for our kiddos to keep this momentum going. >> Absolutely. Great. >> Okay. So, um I'm

056excited too. I'm really excited about this presentation. So my questions I want to start with the data tracking part >> and um so just to just to look at this again our principles are reviewing this data monthly so we're able to catch um you're saying student level data we can drill down to the six and know okay what's going on with these students and um and then the next step is interventions what >> yes they're they're tracking it monthly so then and and thank you Jason Murphy for uh helping with that form it's amazing and uh they're tracking it monthly so we can intervene in real time. Each comprehensive high school has built Apex and Cyber High within the school day. So, it's an easy pivot to move into there to adjust if needed, clean

057up a class, clean up part of a class, and then go back into um another piece of live instruction, whatever it may be. Um they self-report the data to us, so then we can analyze it to see what supports they may or may not need. Um some schools have really active tutoring in the morning and not the afternoon or vice versa. So seeing what we need to support and pivot and change there. Uh but as we're tracking it, we should see growth towards the zero. So we can tell who's on track. So then I can give real-time information. Well, I think our potential graduation rate at each school is X, Y, and Z. So we can see overall overall data in the system and we can have a pretty good idea where we're going before

058we long before we get to June or May when we graduate. >> And thank you for that. Um, looking at your slide on the teamwork, um, >> I like that analogy and it reminded me of what our student uh, said earlier um, our student representative Jackson and he mentioned that Stockton High CWA had the I put down in my notes the most visits the most home visits that they ever had. So, I wanted to raise that up and just kudos because it does take everyone on this team um, to to to move forward. And I just didn't know if you could speak to that a little bit or >> Yeah, it's um in the in years past it might have been one or two people in that boat. Now there's several all working in the

059same direction and I might have been the most annoying person in the district over the summer cuz I was calling all of them trying to get things done or seeing where the data was at. Uh but the what you don't see for example, I'll use Ryan Hessie's team calling uh and trying to find students that left our system three or four years ago and zero contact for three or four years. That's intense work to find that student and then to recode them. Instead of them being a dropout, now they're a transfer. And it changes the number in that equation, right? That's it. It it they were on it. We're going to be even more on it this year because they're doing the work now. We're not waiting till the summer or close to the summer.

060They're doing the work in real time so the process is easier. It and it cannot happen. I don't know how many times I probably called Susanna and Casey or vice versa trying to see where we're at, what we needed when I needed when we found out we needed people on the weekend because that's what the kids were asking for. Can I work on Saturday? Can I work on Sunday? Quick call to Mary Rogers. Hey, can we make this happen? Uh because kids were logging in on Saturday night and they wanted to do the work. So, why not let that happen? uh the most contact that we had uh during the week uh was in the 6:00 to 10 in the evening window where it doesn't fit into the traditional 8 to 12 live instruction during

061the day. So we're trying to accommodate the best that we can with all the students with the feedback that we're getting from the sites. There's a lot of communication happening um from the site principal to the credit recovery team to um the inter department uh that we're using. But it's intense work and it could not happen if we did not have that team. So, >> it's a good question. >> Got one couple more on here. Um, the part on the data tracking when you have the October um grade 9 through 12 progress report schedule. >> Um, it says info services mailed to parents and I was just wondering what does that look like to the parent? >> Oh, so that's that's the that's the uh report card. So, that that is just a screenshot from

062our report card schedule. So when the about a week before it gets mailed to the parents, it's in our system to see so we can start extracting data internally to see where where kids are at and where school sites are at. Uh but then they're mailed to the school typically a week later or to the parents typically a week later. >> You want to chime in, Dr. Rodriguez? I think so. >> Or we would call it reporographics. So it's it's mailed to the parents through our reporics department. >> Yeah. >> Trusty Flores. >> Um yeah. What systems are you guys using to track the after they graduate with us? Like what are they doing? Are you able to do that? >> There's a national clearing house system that um we have used loosely um that

063we're trying to uh and again this is self-reported data from the students. They're telling us that yes, I'm going to go to UC Berkeley or yes, I'm going to go to MJC. Uh but there are systems that allow us to track them. We really haven't looked at it too intently. Uh but it's interesting data to see that if we set them up for success postsecary, right? If we set them up for success after they leave us, did it lead to a degree and then how many years to a degree? There's all kinds of data that you can extract from there. Uh so we're we're trying to collect that more so we can report that out. >> Are you guys able to track the average GPA of our students when they're graduating? >> Um when they

064hit college? >> Yeah. >> Um >> when they leave us, what are they leaving with? What is the average GPA of our students when they leave us? >> That's a good question. I I could look into that um at the next presentation. We can look at an uh average GPA. We are tracking if they're an AVID student, for example. We do track them when they hit college, their GPA and their persistent rate through because a lot of our kids when they drop out of college, they drop out the freshman year. They don't make it to the sophomore year because it was too hard or they weren't set up for success. Uh but we are tracking that data with that particular system because AVID center does it for us. Um but they do the GPA check

065there too because typically if a student left us with a 4.0, 0 there's t there's a natural dip when they hit the college because it's a little harder. Um so they might start with the 3.5 or something like that but we can look into that data for you trusty force. >> Any other questions? >> All right hearing none. Thank you so much Mr. >> Beerman. Thank you. [Applause] Next on the agenda is item 9.1, approval of the second and final reading of board policy administrative regulation and exhibit 5123 promotion acceleration and retention. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? I second. All right. Any discussion? >> Hearing none. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Donaire, >> yes. Trustee Flores,

066>> yes. >> Trustee Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trustee Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 10.1, board committee reports. Christina will read the oral announcement and announce announce each board committee report and Evette will be the timekeeper of three men. >> This will be the opportunity to hear any reports from board committees specifically regarding prior or upcoming committee meetings. There will be a three minute limit per report. The per first report will be from the curriculum eel and student outcomes committee meeting by vice president Sophia Cologne. All right. Um so there is a lot going on with curriculum which I'm always excited for this committee because um it gets we we're able to look inside of our you know classrooms see what they're being taught and how our

067teachers are being prepared. So, a lot to a lot to cover and also we meet once a quarter. So, it's like a lot of good information, you know. Um, so here we go. Trying to keep time. So, we uh were uh talking about new courses and curriculum. We talked about our ethnic studies department and they are busy. So, we've got our courses that are integrated with our English and history. So, that way when our students are taking their ethnic studies classes, they're they will get credit for US history. So that A3G credit um and if they're taking uh the ELA ethnic studies class that will count towards an English uh credit for 10th grade. We're piloting that at Chavez and Edison this spring for our math for our 9th graders and our 10th graders. So

068our ninth graders are all taking algebra 1. And if they happen to fail, they can take a project lead the way algebra 1 course which will count as algebra 1. So instead of giving them the same algebra class, we're doing something a little bit different that's going to give them the credit they need for algebra with a with the project lead the way. So it's um more engaging. And for those that do pass that algebra one, all of our students will take the uh a preAP geometry with statistics. Um and so we'll set them on that path of uh being eligible to take an AP course following. Um I want to skip down. We talked about uh CTE is working on a fire science and we're also excited to hear elementary theater for our elementary

069schools. we're currently piloting at King and Madison. We talked about the early literacy screener. Uh we talked about this um at a previous uh meeting, so we brought it back, talked about it again. We went over the screener tool is uh required. Um it was part of the uh Senate Bill 14, which passed in 2023. So, this is a requirement and it's going to help identify students that need intervention, but it also celebrates their progress. So, we were able to uh learn how the program works. It listens to the student read aloud and it identifies in real time things like uh how they're pronouncing their vowel sounds and knowing the differences between literal and figurative language. So, our teachers have been in several trainings already learning how to use this tool and they'll be ongoing

070trainings throughout the year. Our parent component, we had some questions about this at the last meeting. So, I was really happy to hear more about how our parents will be notified. So, they will get a letter um 45 days after the screening, but we're um also in the plans for parent education nights. I'm going to need more time because that was just a barely uh that was just the start. Um so, parent education nights, please keep an eye open for those. Um we talked about our EL reclassification and um strategic planning. So we were happy to hear from our director Adalita Martinez from our language de development office. Uh we reviewed the reclassification data that our team analyzed. We talked about those results and we also talked about the strategy for the year. And what

071I thought was really interesting was we took time um in this meeting to see and learn what it looks like for our high school students who are learning to read English. So we had a passage and a part of that passage words were highlighted that for an English reader uh that it's our primary first language we might not really it you know we're reading it and it's almost like a natural reading but for a learner certain words like complex or abstract ideas words that link those ideas to the person um that it belongs to right all of those things create challenges for a learner and for me that really helped me to understand um you know how how this is complex for our older um students. So we talked about the robust training that our

072program specialists, our coaches, intervent interventionalists and our admins will get on on that process on how um learning to read um works for our English learners. Um we we saw that there's a series of trainings scheduled. Um there's also some training coming up next week at the STA uh PD days. And uh we're excited that the CTE EL pilot is expanding to 11 schools. And since I have some time, I'll tell you which schools. Um Elmwood, Filillmore, Grenky, Henry, Werta, King, McKinley, Montazuma, Nightingale, Pitman, and Wilson. So excited to see that those uh students in middle grades uh will get this infusion of CTE and English learning. Next meeting is October 3rd. 30th. Okay. Are you sure you don't want the rest of the 59 seconds? All right. Thank you, Trustee Col. >> Thank you

073to the All right. That is it for our reports. Moving on to item 10.2, brief uh reports on trustee activities. I Christina will read the oral announcement and Evette will be the timekeeper of three minutes. 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. >> All right, starting off with Trusty Priest. Uh good evening everyone. Uh recently I had the honor of supporting our superintendent Dr. Rodriguez as she was recognized by Congressman uh Josh Harter as a superintendent of the year. So that was exciting. Congratulations. Uh this recognition not only reflects her leadership but also the dedication of our educators, staff,

074families, and students across SUSD. Um, I had the privilege of visiting uh Victor Elementary recently where we celebrated and we were able to send off uh roughly 30 enthusiastic fifth graders and six stag high school cabin leaders as they headed out to science camp. As we know, these experiences are impactful and they help our students grow in confidence, leadership, and curiosity about the world around them. I was also able to stop by Elorado Elementary where I was joined by Principal Gail and the Elorado Eagle to greet the Elorado Eagles as they entered and arrived to school that day and reminded them that the Eagle store was open. So, they were really excited. Um, as you all know, there's nothing quite like seeing the joy and excitement on our students faces in the morning and it

075reminds us why we do the work that we do. Um, there's a lot of great things happening in area 4 as we're buzzing with energy, progress, and pride. um from academic achievement to leadership development, from community partnerships to joyful school culture. And we're building a strong foundation for student success. And if you have time, I encourage you to visit one of our campuses so you can see for yourself the truly amazing work that our students, teachers, and principles are doing and living every single day. Thank you. >> Thank you, Trusty Priest. Trusty Flores. Um, I just want to say that I was able to attend the Black Family Day. It was a lovely event. Um, it was nice seeing Stockton Unified out there with the table um, and handing out goodies. Um, and then I

076also attended the curriculum meeting. I too was impressed with the information being provided. Um, I got all excited when I seen um part of the curriculum on the screen about the screeners and what they were what they were going to be doing with our students in our classroom. And I too am an ethnic studies supporter from way back when. So when I seen that um it it my eyes lit up because it's a lesson that I could see us doing with in ethnic studies in our students in elementary grades. So let I challenged our district and our staff at that time to start looking at how we can start initiating ethnic studies in our elementary classrooms. Now still waiting for the navigation program to come up. Um so I'm still looking forward to that. And

077then um I've made some concerns um request about some homeless encampments or issues right across the street Kitty Corner from Van Beerren School. Um I haven't seen any movement on it. I've reached out to city, I've reached out to county, I've reached out to our district, um, and it is a concern because it's real kitty corner to our kids and sometimes and it's my neighborhood. So, a block that I grew up on and so it's just we have to have compassion with the people that are there as well. But at the same time, my principal at that school site, our principal is concerned about the homeless addressing our students, and it's right on the kitty corner of our kindergartens new playground. So, if we could take some more initiative, um if I could see something

078happening, I'd greatly appreciate that. Um other than that, thanks and have a great day. >> Thank you, Trusty Flores. do have um our unhoused population on our um intergovernmental um subcommittee. So, it is there to make sure that we talk about what does it look like for our communities. I think across our areas, I'll just do my time now. I think across our areas, we're having a lot of concerns with the unhoused population. Uh for many of us, they are um utilizing our water faucets, um damaging um sprinkler systems. When it comes to making sure that the unhoused population, they do have access to supports that they need so that we don't have those issues happening in our community, we will make sure that we resonate and lift up um the Van Beern issue for

079you as well. >> And if you can also raise up the parking issue over at Monzuma, that would be great. >> Got it. Okay. Thank you. I'll use that as my time. Go on to Trusty Perez. Okay. Uh on August 28th, I attended the Taylor Leadership Academyy's attendance rally. Uh it was truly a pleasure to join and see wonderful work uh Taylor is doing to encourage and celebrate student uh strong student attendance. Uh their commitment to student success is evident and the energy and enthusiasm displayed by both staff and students was truly inspiring. I want to acknowledge how much their efforts are appreciated. Their dedication makes a lasting difference in the lives of our students and in our community. Um I also want to acknowledge again that this is um this is the uh say

080something week and um it's just a reminder that every student has a voice and the power to make a difference by speaking up for safety, kindness, and justice. Together, we're building a culture where students can feel seen, heard, and supported. Um, one other reminder, um, to my fellow board, uh, please, when you can, select your community advisory group members and share that information with Myra Franco when you get the opportunity. Much appreciated. Thank you. >> Great. Thank you, Trusty Perez, for the the little nudge in the right direction for Dr. Franco. Uh, moving on to uh, Trusty Silva. Yes, recently I had the opportunity to um, accompany Dr. Rodriguez when we went to Health Careers Academy. And for me, my first time there, I was blown away. They were they do such great work over

081there. U, Mr. Ramada is doing very great as principal. I mean, this is my first time visiting there. I didn't even know, you know, like all those things that they were doing over there and what they're teaching. It's it's really uh it's really good to know that they're doing that and they're doing such great work. But I also visited Roosevelt and I believe that's with principal Saraj Silia. Yeah, he's uh he's doing a good job over there. his first full year now as principal and yeah they both look good to both the schools very happy to have been a part of it thank you and congratulations again Dr. Rodriguez. >> All right, Trusty Daire. [Music] >> Good evening everyone. So on Labor Day weekend, I went to a whole bunch of cultural programs and events.

082It was really exciting weekend. Uh first I went to a million Anne Adams whole life center gala bridges over water. I'm very grateful for their team for a beautiful event hosted in Load Eyes Hutchin Street Square. It was wonderful to dress up like we were in The Great Gatsby book. Um, shout out to the award recipients and very happy to see parents like Karisha Boyd and other SUSD staff members and supporters of the district. Uh, we're going to keep building between community organizations who are doing really good work with and for our students and the families in the district. I've also attended the Stockton community pow-wow with Dr. Rodriguez and Vice President Cologne. Very proud of the work from Native Center coordinator Destiny Rivas and the center staff. Uh they're in partnership with other org

083and vendor booths at UOP. It was a great turnout with hundreds of community members who attended. Um I brought my partner, my niece, and nephew. It was all our first time going to a pow-ow here in Stockton. And of course, I got my fried bread tacos. Um and then lastly, uh went to the Southeast Asian night market. Um I usually have a a one-on-one with Dr. Rodriguez and I asked her to come out um all the way up to the temple up between Loi and North Stockton. Um it was really great to see principal um one of my principles at the school site, Sophia Ree and other SUSD staff. Uh there were a lot of performances, singing, dancing was very loud that we had a had our one-on-one and and basically yelling at each other.

084Um but cultural programs and events like this, it's very important to our students, our staff and families. It makes me really proud to be in one of the most diverse places in the country. Um, I've also got to visit two of my school sites, Washington Elementary, where I met the new principal, Sophie Reese. I was invited to check out their ELOP after school program and hear about their first weeks of school. And then lastly, I went to Weber Institute's fall festival. Um, did some painting of pumpkins and ate some baked goods. Uh, there was a photo booth, even go-kart racing. I didn't want to do it. I didn't want to hurt myself. Um, and then I uh got to see some of the counselors and principles of Reef. Uh, I think they're doing a really

085great work in making the campus life exciting and supporting their students and wanting to come to campus. So, I really appreciate their work and that's my report. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you, Trusty Daire. Trustee Cologne, three minutes. >> Okay. All right, everyone. Thank you. Um so I am just so excited to hear all the good things that um my colleagues are are doing on uh in their areas and across the city. Um I also had a privilege of attending um a wide range of events in the last couple of weeks. So there was committee meetings, right? School visits um our celebrations as well as uh thoughtful discussions with the community and um and doing these things. I really can see the steps we're all making towards progress. And we heard so much already

086from our students about our graduation rates. Um I could really feel that momentum uh visiting our school sites and actually in talking with community like you can feel um the hope and the positivity that's coming. And I also just want to mention with the the image that we saw earlier about the you know with the rowboat or the Yes. Um that's the that's the image, right? we're all headed in this direction to to support our students with with their success as our goal and um you know that's that's the foundation right that's that's what we're building for we're working towards and um it just it just really excites me and um one of one of the reasons why you know my my why um whenever I think about our students I think about what more

087can they do if we could help to remove these these barriers and address their challenges. We know we're resilient here in Stockton. Many of us, right, are SUSD alumni. We know we're we're we are resilient, but how much more? How, in fact, that's even what the student said, right? There is more. There's so much more. And and I'm just motivated to keep working to to uh do what we can do here to help address those challenges and and um see that they can blossom. So, some of the interesting discussions that I've had lately, um, I got to share the success of our students in CTE programs while also thinking about their transitions into college and career. I've had the opportunity to discuss concerns with our immigration enforcement across the state and nation, and I got

088to hear how our families feel when they see these images on social media. Um, I also had a good conversation with some folks in understanding the various ways that we can reach the community and share share news and also hear from a wider audience. So, u these last couple weeks have been um busy but really good really um uh positive and taking that that um constructive criticism and and just trying to see how we can continue to move forward. >> All right. Thank you so much trustees. All right, move on to item 10.3. Approval of agreement with the California School Board Association CSBA to facilitate the Stockton Unified School District special board meeting workshop scheduled for the 2526 school year. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? I'll second.

089Stevens, any discussion? Hearing none, roll call vote. President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Colon, >> yes. Clerk Donire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 10.4, approval of expenditure for the Stockton Unified School Board member to attend the California Association of Bilingual Education, Cababe, annual conference in San Francisco on March 4th, 2026 through March 7th, 2026. Did I just say March 4th, 2026 through March 7th, 2026? Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? I second. Discussion. A roll call vote. President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Colon, >> yes. >> Clerk Donaire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >>

090yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 10.5, approval of expenditure for one Stockton Unified School District board member to attend AXA 20 2026 every school count symposium on January 12th through the 14th, 2026. Is there a motion? I'll make the motion to approve. Is there a second? >> I second. Discussion. >> Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Donaire, >> yes. >> Trustee Flores, >> yes. Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 10.6, approval of minutes for July 22nd, 2025 regular board meeting. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> Second by Trusty Silva. Any discussion? Hearing none, roll call vote. President Stevens,

091>> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Donaire, >> yes. Trustee Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 10.7, approval of minutes for July 26, 2025 regular board meeting minutes. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Oh, I'll second. Stevens. Any discussion? >> Hearing none. Roll call vote. President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. Clerk Donaire, >> yes. >> Trustee Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trustee Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 11.1, superintendent report by Dr. Michelle Rodriguez, superintendent of schools. >> Yeah, thank you so much. So, we are starting our town hall series. So, they are starting soon. Next

092Monday, the 15th will be our first one. It will be on school safety. Our chief um Chief Franco and then multiple of her officers, lieutenants and sergeants will be there to provide an update and also listen to community about how we can continue to support safety not only within our schools but also our district. So we encourage people to come out is at Cesar Chavez High School starting at 5:15 until 6:30 at um Seesar Chavez High School. I think I already mentioned that. The second one a week later um will be at Poleium Elementary again from 5:15 to 6:30. That will be on African-American black student achievement and success. We encourage everyone to come out um for the African-American town hall. We will have both teachers and um school staff there that will be talking

093not only about um their engagement with culturally relevant learning um but also one of our interventions which is um improve your tomorrow. So come out to hear about that. And then now we have a video. So um for the last two years or I guess this is three where um we like our third annual stuff. Um, so this I do a message to families and so here we go. Just a point um Melinda did um win a national award um on her um video last year because this is um really her work. So thank you Melinda for putting it together. [Music] [Applause] Nearly 5,000 dedicated SUSD staff members came together to kick off the school year, ready to support more than 34,000 students across Stockton Unifi. >> We want parents to know the good work

094that we're doing. So, we have 5,000 employees that every day are doing the strong work for our children, for our families, and for our community. Happy first day of school. >> Superintendent Dr. Michelle Rodriguez shares what parents, students, and community can expect for the 2526 school year. >> Just want to welcome them to the 2526 school year. I'm so excited that we continue this journey together, that we are putting each other first, that we are ensuring that we're working as a team to really provide children that world-class education. I'm looking forward to learning a more science and how to read a lot of like books. SUSD continues to make strides celebrating the highest graduation rates in SUSD history, reduce chronic absenteeism, and rising reading rates. >> 1500 more children are reading at grade level because

095of that really strong work of our K2 teachers. And so we want parents to know that we're doing innovative programming this year. >> Each of the groups are designing and making a model of some sort of a spacecraft. SUSD has doubled the arts in elementary schools, growing from 10 schools to 20 and offering more career technical education courses CTE to serve students passions, interests, and talents like the arts, STEM, construction, automotive, floral culture, health careers, EMTs, and more. It's for all of our students to make sure that they can find their passions, interests, and talents within high school. >> Quiet on set. >> Really excited about the new programming that we're bringing in. We're also bringing in the Latino Film Institute. So, we will have at the spring we'll have our first set of Oscars

096nights. So, just how can we continue to engage with children, engage with their families, so they love Stockton Unified. Um, they know that we're providing that world-class education. >> We introduce you to SUSD's new superintendent, Dr. Michelle Rodriguez. >> Girls within your future. >> This is Dr. Rodriguez's third year as SUSD superintendent. The first year focused on stability. >> This year it's imagine the possibilities. >> The second on consistency. >> This year we're going to talk a lot about innovation >> and this year it's about excellence and innovation. So just making sure that what we're doing is working well, that we're refining it. Um, a lot of things we've been doing, but how do we refine it right so we can get the highest graduation rate in history? >> SUSD focuses on the whole child,

097whole family, whole community. >> I like seeing my friends and learning new things. >> When we put children first, we succeed. >> I'm looking forward to science and like stuff like chemistry. When we put children first, they get the best of us. >> This year, I really want to focus on myself and my my academic. >> And when we put children first, then Stockton Unified will be people's number one choice. >> They like everything about it. >> My commitment to you is that I'm going to continue to be a superintendent who is visible, student focused, and dedicated to both the children, our staff, community, and families. SUSD students, staff, and entire school community rising stronger together. In Stockton, Melinda Mesa for the Stockton Unified School District. [Applause] It really doesn't seem like three years, right?

098I was looking at that like, is it really three? I have to count back. It has literally been three years. It's been a journey. All uphill, right? All uphill. All right, moving. Oh, all appeal. Okay. Uh, moving on to item 12.1, approval of arts and music in schools AMS Funding Guarantee Accountability Act, Proposition 28 for the 2425 annual report. And I would like to call up Miss Cindy Wowman to the podium. [Applause] Well, I have some more good news for you. So, we met for uh we initially started talking about Prop 28 back in June. And let me get the clicker. And for a lot of you, this was the first time to hear about Prop 28. Oops. It is the top one, correct? please. [Music] I know I can hear it. Okay. Anyway, we

099talked about Prop 28 back in June and I shared with you that Prop 28 started in 2020. It was voted on by the um folks of California. Okay, good. There we go. bottom one. Okay, thank you. And um it stands for arts and music in the schools funding guarantee and accountability act. The guarantee is that all students will have the opportunity to have uh some kind of arts experience. Um and then you voted on and approved the 2526 plan. So the guarantee comes from being a proposition because now funding for the arts is part of the California constitution. So we have money and we get keep getting money. The accountability comes in that we have to file an annual report each year and it needs to be board board approved. So that's what I'm here

100to do. Okay. So here is the form. Very boring. Sorry, Brian Beerman, but the arts are about people. And so, give me a few minutes to tell you about the people. With our 24 25 money, we hired eight full-time teachers. As you see, two visual art in elementary, one general music, one dance, and one media arts, who is really doing a great job of fitting with the Latino film project. Um, this is a picture of a Oliver Martinez. He was in fourth grade last year. For years, Sylvia Cantou has been petitioning for a visual art teacher for Washington Elementary. There just wasn't the funding until Prop 28. And so with Prop 28's funding from Washington and from Peyton, we were able to hire Phoebe Abella. And she goes there Tuesdays and Thursdays. and she teaches

101visual art to every student t uh kindergarten through sixth grade in the school. Oliver for years has been trying to teach his own self to draw. He would look at books. He would see pictures that he wanted to draw. So what you see there is the first page. It was uh um what Miss Abella was using to teach him about lines. We don't think about the value of lines with visual art and there's even a vocabulary that goes with it. So this stimulated Oliver. The second p picture which you can't see too well is a beautiful Japanese garden. It was in a picture book that he had seen when he was in second grade and he wanted to draw it using all those lines. That was only his second lesson. And part of their third

102paper that you can't read is his artist statement. He was so proud not only to draw that picture, but that he could talk like an artist and he could explain to you what the vertical line was used for and what the horizontal was used for and how the colors accented everything. That's what's happening with our Prop 28 money. Now, the way the high school used their Prop 28 money is they hired full-time orchestra teachers. We had Amalia Ramos, uh, Medina Ramos, who was split between Sanwaqin and Edison, but Edison hired full-time. And this April, her orchestra will be performing at Carnegie Hall. So, that's what we've been doing with our eight teachers. So we have added an additional 8,78 students above what our other teachers normal uh teachers were teaching the 11,265. So if you

103notice quick math there over 19,000 students received arts this past year. 37 3,712 of them got to see an arts teacher every week. In elementary school, 770 in high school and then third 3,596 went either to field trips such as the opera and see hearing Cinderella or they worked with an arts partner such as uh Brandon Leak and writing their own poetry. So out of our 50 schools, 43 of them had some kind of arts education experience. Now you say 50, what about the other five? Well, with Prop 28, each charter school is considered its own LEA. So they have to file their own, and we have included them. As you will see, PLA, they went on a field trip to see Cinderella, the opera, and Pitman used some of their funding to hire their

104own uh general music teacher full-time. Now, so what has happened since 2023? I think you'll be amazed. In 2023, we added one arts teacher. With Prop 28, we added 15. 2025 we will we will be adding 11 and since 2023 we have add 33 new arts programs. So what does that look like? And I know you can't see it too well, so I I do have a little a better print out for you. In 2023, we only had, and I've got to get to my numbers, and you can look for your schools while I give you these numbers because I know you want to know. 2023 we only had 28 of our 41 elementary schools offering some kind of arts to students and only one was offering it to every student. 2024 we have 40

105of our 41 elementary schools offering some kind of arts to students and only two schools offered it to every student in their school. 2025 and this is what you'll be approving a little bit later next year. 40 of our 41 elementary schools offer some kind of arts to students with 22 schools offering classes to every TK through 8th grade student at their school. [Applause] So that is our 2425 report with a taste of our 2526. Thank you. And any questions? >> Can you tell me where Kennedy I don't see Kennedy listed. Is there another sheet? Kennedy Elementary. >> Yes, it is. It was it. So the bottom half, if you look in 23, the bottom half, that's where the arts were. So they're not unfortunately in alphabetical order. We put them together as how they

106were through the years. But Kennedy offered music. And then in 20 um 23 it it did not we weren't able to continue it but in 24 we brought it back. >> Thank you for that. Any other questions for Miss Wman? >> And notice this is just elementary because that's been the bigger shift. >> Questions? No, >> it's okay. I like for you to look. >> Oh, go ahead. We have one question. I would just like to not necessarily a question, but I would really like to see us um do some uh more uh communications about how we're using this prop. Uh because I was able to um correct someone um who had just thought we only offered music to Commodore and I had to tell her and this was just recently too. She's like, "Oh,

107no. We're the only Commodore is the only school that offers music." And I was like, "No, no, no. We do offer." she kind of like I had to like really convince her. So it would be good to just you know more videos about what our students are doing um in the arts because I think a lot of people do still have that perception of us not providing arts in schools. So >> we are as you hear thank you good good good suggestion Dr. Rodriguez, >> I also wanted to note that if you look at it, it is Prop 28, but it's also LCAP. So, we actually have an LCAP goal number three, which is F based on passions, interests, and talents. So, in 2024, of those 15 teachers that were hired, six of them were

108hired out of LCAP. Um, and in 2025, of the 11, five were out of LCAP funding. So this is again we talk frequently about braided funding. So how can we effectively use all of our funding in order to support our goals? And um as you noted um equitable access to the arts is one of our goals for every single child in the district. And so we do use Prop 28 well um but we also use um LCAP funding significant LCAP funding as well. >> Yeah. And that's as you see as I mentioned or I saw it went back but yes with priority 26 making it equitable. We use both of them and it truly was even um being able to redirect and use our LCAP teachers our arts teachers a little bit more efficiently that

109allowed us also to spread so big in 2024 25. So any other questions? >> Trusty Flores. >> Um I would just like to throw out there the Mexican Heritage Center. We have an art gallery here in Stockton and people travel from other cities to come and look at the art gallery. Um, and so I would recommend that we use it more. Cindy is a great partner. Yep. >> Um, we love Cindy at the Mexican Heritage Center. Um, but we also would like to offer field trips for our students to come and take a look. And um if you contact Gracie, she can let you know when is a good time to visit the center because we have different art exhibits during different seasons. And the the main one, the big one that we is coming

110up um which is like September, October, November. So those would be good days to get students out there to know that we do have a art gallery here for them. >> Yes, it's a great partnership. They host our high school um visual arts showcase every April April and they even make it a jured event. So great partnership there. All right. Anything else? >> All right. Seeing none, thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Okay. We need a motion for item 12.1 to approve the annual report. >> I motion to approve. Is there a second? >> I second. >> Discussion. Roll call vote. President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Donaire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty

111Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 12.2, adoption of resolution number 25-21 proclaiming National Hispanic Latin X Heritage Month for September 15, 2025 through October 15, 2025. Is there a motion? Oh, a motion to approve Stevens. >> Second. >> All right. Second. Any discussion? >> What are we going to be doing to honor Is that Mr. Clappenback? >> Yes. And actually, um, I'm going to invite our director of curriculum and professional development, Miss Melissa Sigers. Um so what our department does is we um provide a poster that has Q a QR code to um our K8th and 9th through 12th um resources. These are curriculum resources. Um links to our specific adopted curriculum that teachers could use. Um community resources such as field trips that sites can take. Um events that are going on.

112And so just um resources that our um sites can access and um then the sites take it upon themselves to use those resources or provide other things at their sites to celebrate the month. >> What is our district doing as a whole to promote it besides just leaving it up to our school sites to do it? >> Uh we have various events um but um that is what the curriculum department provides as far as um different resource but it's not just the resources. It may be that we're um providing like instructional resources and you know the um PD and so forth to our teachers as far as um getting that information. Um I don't know about specific events. >> Can you talk about I know the family resource center usually does something. I haven't heard

113but are they doing something this year? >> I'll have to defer to the resource department. >> Oh Dr. Roger, sorry I didn't see you there. Well, he's coming up too. I'll talk about one of the things that I done is make sure that we have I think visibility for our kiddos. Um I had these created just to make sure that our kids are visible in a way that does support them. They can put these on their Chromebooks, their cell phones, whatever it is, but making sure that all of our kiddos have visibil visibility around who they are and making sure that they're seen um when it comes to the district. And then I'll let Dr. Rogers talk about what you guys are doing for families. >> So good evening everyone. Um right now currently we

114talked to talked to our team and we are putting together a um heritage day where we will have a a celebration at the family resource center and we will send out that information um this week to to ask people on volunteers and just assistance with resources and hosting helping us host that event. So that will take place this week where we will send the date out uh have a save the date for everyone to attend. >> Welcome. Thank you. >> And I would also like to add to that. So this year throughout the year, we are um hosting authors whether some in person, some through Zoom for culturally responsive authors. And so an author, we will be doing a Zoomin session across the district, several of them um for author Martha Nino. And so she

115will be zooming into classrooms and um speaking with students. and also she will be at our DAC meeting presenting to our parents as well and engaging with them. >> Jesse Flores, go ahead. >> Uh, never mind. I just feel like it was just thrown together. Like Dr. Rogers, all due respect, if we're barely going to put that together and we're signing something, we should have something planned. Uh, Miss Cigars couldn't even give me, she just said many events, but I can't get nobody to tell me barely about one event that's barely in the process being put together. Um, so I would have I would like to suggest that we put more effort and thought into this month as well to recognize our culture. Um, I just feel like that's disrespectful. Wasn't there an event last

116year as well? It's already on the calendar and it's been sent out already and we have discussed um the theme and the event. So, we're getting the vendors and just everyone else uh put together so it will take place. It's not being it's not a a rushed event. It's something that has been um ongoing and we've discussed it from last year and looked at what was great about the event and things that we need to improve on. So, we anticipate having a very um fruitful event this year as well. Um, I know you mentioned Martha uh Nuno, but we also have Joseé Hernandez, who is our astronaut from Stockton. And I'm sure we have some other Latino um folks here at Stockton who would be great speakers to bring to talk about our culture as

117well to show our students that we do have Latino leaders. >> I'm glad you mentioned that. >> Out of our city. Yes, I'm glad you mentioned that because we talked about it today at our staff meeting about just using the same author over and over again when we have so many robust authors in Stockton and so we talked about again just that gentleman that you just mentioned on having him come and becoming part of that event versus having the same author over and over again. So, thank you for that. Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. >> That's no problem. >> Yeah. And I think we've done cultural events throughout the district. Uh I know I attend the ones that you guys did, the one last year that you guys hosted. So, it's not a first time

118for the events happening. Um, this has actually been happening since we've been over at the resource center under Dr. Rogers and his team's leadership as well. >> Yes. Each month we host a theme and we're looking at just how do we schedule these throughout the year to represent all of the cultures that we have in the district. You know, we we look at what are the underrepresented groups that we have and asking ourselves how can we highlight those individuals. Now, we have coffee hours that we that we do throughout the the month, but we get feedback from those coffee hours on how we can best serve those other communities that are not being seen as much as the other ones. >> All right. Thank you all so much. You're welcome. >> All right. Moving on

119to a roll call vote. President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Donaire, >> yes. >> Trustee Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. Trusty Silva. >> Yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 13.1, approval of the memorandum of understanding between the Stockton Unified School District and the Stockton Teachers Association for extension of the 2225 collective bargaining agreement. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> A second. >> Discussion. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens? >> Yes. >> Vice President Cologne? >> Yes. >> Clerk Donaire? >> Yes. >> Trustee Flores? Yes. >> Trusty Perez. >> Yes. >> Trusty Priest. >> Yes. >> Trustee Silva. >> Yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 13.2. Approval of the internship memorandum of

120understanding between Loya Marrammont University Teacher Education Credential Program University for the human resources department. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Discussion. Roll call vote. President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Donaire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 13.3, approval of the California State University's Cal State Teach program memorandum of understanding and agreement for the employment of university students who have been an intern credential. in I'm sorry who have an intern credential internship for the human resources department. Is there a motion? I'll motion Stevens. Is there a second? >> A second. Discussion. Roll call vote. President Stevens. >> Yes.

121>> Vice President Cologne. >> Yes. >> Clerk Donaire. >> Yes. >> Trustee Flores. >> Yes. >> Trusty Perez. >> Yes. >> Trusty Priest. >> Yes. >> Trusty Silva? >> Yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 13.4, resolution, I'm sorry, adoption of resolution number 25-13, waiver request, English language authorization. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> A second. >> Discussion. Roll call vote. President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Donaire, >> yes. >> Trustee Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 14.1, approval of the vendor payment issue for the month of August 2025 as presented. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >>

122Second. >> Discussion. Roll call vote. President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Donaire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. Trusty Silva. >> Yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 14.2, approval of the 2425 un audited actual report. And I would like to call up Dr. Michelle Hun to the podium. Good evening, President Stevens, Superintendent Dr. Rodriguez, and members of the board. Thank you so much this evening for an opportunity to present to you the 2425 unodudited actuals. I have here with me this evening is Willie Gutierrez. He is the director of fiscal services. I want to take a moment to thank all of the staff that really worked hard as a team to put this together and it really was

123a team effort and there's a few people in the audience. I'd like for them to stand. Victoria and Sophima, thank you so much. Um so um this is truly the leadership that led um both the accounting as well as the budget office um through that work that needed to happen for the unodudited actual. So thank you. So uh okay I watched intently how to use this this evening. Oh I did it. Um, okay. So, as we are rising stronger together, um, and it's, you know, as we've heard the theme this evening, it does take a team as we're all rowing in the same direction, all headed north. Um, and it takes not just out at the sites. We know that it's a district office and all of the departments within the office. Um, we have

124here with us technology, we have transportation, budget, accounting. It's all of us working to ensure that we are going to be stronger together. And so the unodudited actuals, what is that? And it really is looking at a compilation of a full year of financial transactions for both revenues and expenditures. And so for this period, it is July 1st, 2024 through Jul on June 30th, 2025. It is a mandated um statutory report that comes to the board required to come to you before on or before September 15th, which we have met that date. is September 9th. Um, from this point, it then goes, it's submitted to the Sanwaqen County Office of Education. So, let's take a look at some of the revenues. And so, what you see here, we are demonstrating both for unrestricted as well

125as restricted. We're looking at where were we at the estimated actuals and where we ended up with unodudited actuals. And so, I'm going to focus on unodudited actuals. This evening, um we did have um an increase in our revenues between our estimated actuals and our unodudited actuals of $7 million and that was primarily due to interest in our local revenues. Um but when we look at um all of the funding that comes into unrestricted, we see that 93% of our funding actually comes in in our LCFF. So that is primarily our funding source that comes into um unrestricted. Now let's shift for a moment to uh restricted. Again looking at estimated versus unudited and we see that we had a reduction in those two periods and it was about $5.5 million and that was contributed

126to deferred revenue. And what that is is in order for us to recognize revenues on the restricted side for those grants that we are receiving, if we have not spent them, then it doesn't allow us to earn. We haven't earned them and we therefore cannot recognize them. And so those dollars are now available in the current year of 2526. And so those dollars will go into an availability for them in this year. So now let's look at expenditures. Same format. And so let's look at the unrestricted um unodudited actuals. We see that there was an increase between our estimated actuals and unodudited actuals. Primarily that increase resides in classified certificated and benefits. And so we're seeing that those that those were primarily the increases. And those increases were were um from increases for 2425 there

127was a 4% increase there was a change in for STA there was a change in the daily rate to the PDM rate and we also saw increases on the unrestricted side as it relates to the expiration of the uh ESSER funds and so that's where you're seeing those increases change between those two periods of time. Now as we look at the restricted side again focusing on the unre uh the unodudited actuals we did see um again a reduction of about 3.4 million between those two periods of time and that was again those those expenditures didn't come to fruition during that time period as anticipated and so we are seeing that coming in as a a reduction. Okay, now we're going to look at the expenditures from a little bit of a different view. Looking at

128function. And so as we look at that function, we see that we have we are looking at it by instruction, pupil services, plant services. And we can see that our instruction is coming in at about 66% uh in totality. that 832 million is the the um combination of both our unrestricted and our restricted expenditures. And so that's where that number comes from. But it it is our instruction and our plant services that are the two um in our higher percentage increases or percentages that we're seeing here. So obviously our instruction um but when we look at plant services, what is that? That includes maintenance and operations. It includes our facilities to ensure that our classrooms are safe, clean, and ready for our students to learn. Okay. So if you think back maybe a couple of

129years in the la in prior years um the CA which is uh something that not just Stockton Unified has tried um to meet this and has maybe not in prior years districts across the state are having difficulty meeting this but I am happy to report that we did make it at 56%. So this year we are um we are golden. Yeah. Okay. So, now we're going to go to our ending balance. [Music] So, we see that in our our general fund overall between our restricted and unrestricted, we did have a deficit of 66 million. We started the year with our beginning fund balance of 378 million. And when we combine that with the deficit of 66 million, that gives us an ending fund balance of 312 million. How is that um split between our restricted

130and unrestricted? So about 35% of that is in unrestricted at 108 million. And on our restricted side that came in at 203 million and that's about 50 I'm sorry 65% of the ending fund balance. So with that that concludes our presentation for the unodudited actuals. what caused the deficit of the 66 million? >> So, um, so the deficit is created, um, when you have your revenues and expenditures when you're spending more than you're bringing in, that's going to give you the deficit. Um, in 2425, there was there were two items on the unrestricted side that equated to about $50 million that was one time in nature. It has to do with uh security cameras as well as um our climate which is our HVAC and also our LED um projects. So those two are considered

131um they were it was about 50 million and so they are considered one time. So what we're not seeing is that's not ongoing expenditures. I hope that that helps. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> And I have someone here to if I can't answer hopefully someone else can. Will you just explain the executive summary that you did because they may not be used to seeing that executive summary in the big packet? >> Okay. Thank you. Um and so you did see um it's kind of an introduction at a global level um for the board and community to be able to see what is really included in um the the unodudited actuals. And so it gives you some of those highlights in each of those categories. And so that's what you're seeing. Also, if there is something

132different that the board would like to see in that executive summary, um we are open to that as well. But it really is something to help to provide a little bit more context. There's a lot of numbers, there's a lot of pages, and so it's nice to be able to have a summary of what is actually included in the in the report. Have you calculated to how much the um decline in enrollment will impact us for the I have not school year? >> Okay. >> But thank you for that question. We'll we'll get back. >> Can we talk about that at our next budget meeting? >> Yes, absolutely. >> Any other questions? And are we expecting any fallout regarding funding? >> Any fallout in terms of reduction? >> Uh >> outside of one-time funding? >>

133No. Well, um we will uh for first so our next reporting period is first interim. We've already started working on um the components in the you know the different aspects of the budget. First and foremost, we're looking at positions filled and unfilled, and that's already started. Um, but we'll be recalculating the LCFF, which takes into consideration our enrollment. So, we know that we have our census day coming up the beginning of October. Um, and then we will we will take a look at that and how that's going to potentially impact our LCFF and again, our largest funding source on the unrestricted side. >> Okay. Thank you. Any other questions? All right. Hearing none. Thank you so much. >> You're welcome. Thank you. >> All right. So, we do need a motion for 14.2. >> Motion

134to approve. >> All right. I'll second. Stevens. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Roll call vote. President Stevens? >> Yes. >> Vice President Cologne? >> Yes. >> Clerk Donaire? >> Yes. >> Trustee Flores? >> No. Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes 61 with Trusty Flores voting no. Item 14.3, adoption of resolution number 25-10 to adopt the appropriations limit recalculation and the 2425 estimated appropriations GAN limit. Is there a motion? >> I'll make the motion to approve. >> Is there a second? I second. Any discussion? Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Colon, >> yes. >> Clerk Donaire, >> yes. >> Trustee Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion

135passes unanimously. Item 14.4, approval of the notice of completion for the Arthur Coleman Jr. at Men Complex Renovation Project RFP Q 10-60. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> I'll second. Stevens. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Golon, >> yes. >> Clerk Donaire, >> yes. >> Trustee Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 14.5, approval of additional services to the agreement of architectural and engineering services for Architectnica for the playground replacement project at Elmwood Elementary. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? I'll second. Stevens. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call vote. President Stevens. >> Yes. >> Vice President Cologne. >> Yes. >>

136Clerk Donaire. >> Yes. >> Trusty Flores. >> Yes. >> Trusty Perez. >> Yes. Trustee Priest, >> yes. >> Trustee Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 14.6, approval and authorize the architecture agreement for professional services to modernize Stockton Early College Academy SECA portables and repurpose for music instruments repair and storage. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? Second, PZ. >> I second. Second by Perez. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call vote. President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Colon, >> yes. >> Clerk Donaire, >> yes. >> Trustee Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 14.7, adoption of resolution number 25-22 of the board of education for the Stockton Unified School District,

137determining that an emergency exists regarding natural gas issues and repair work at Edison High School. Is there a motion? >> A motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> Oh, second by Trustee Priest. Any discussion? >> Hearing none. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Donaire, >> yes. >> Trustee Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 15.1, student expulsion C-1. Is there a motion? Motion to approve. >> There a second. I second. Roll call vote. President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Donaire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty

138Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 15.2, Student Expulsion CC-2. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? I second. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> no. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Donaire, >> no. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. Trusty Perez. Yes. >> Trusty Priest. >> Yes. >> Trusty Silva. >> Yes. >> Motion passes 52 with President Stevens and clerked on air voting no. >> Sorry. Item 16.1. I would like to adjourn the board meeting at 7:22.