001Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Come here. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Uh-huh. Oh, [Music] hey. Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Hey, hey, hey. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Hey. Hey. [Music] Heat. [Music] over. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] We'll start our board meeting in approximately 1 minute. [Music] Thank you all for joining us. I would like to call our meeting to order at 4 PM and move on to item 1.2, Two. Roll call. >> In order to help assure compliance with the Brown Act and in order to make our board
002meetings 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 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 a maximum number of chairs allowed per fire code, 132. We ask that members of the public do not stand alongside of the walls or block the walkway. Anyone standing up during a meeting will be asked to take a
003seat. 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 positioned in front of the first row of chairs. No one other than the person speaking may be at the podium except for a guard guardian administrator or translator. For safety, people may not line up behind the speaker to wait their turn. We want to give the person at the podium the time and respect they deserve. Each speaker will be allowed 3 minutes. Attendees are not allowed to enter the area past the podium where board members are sitting. No profanity or obscinity during the board meeting. If there is a disruption, the board president or designate will give a verbal warning to the person or persons
004causing 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 community to clear the lobby area in a respectful manner. Thank you. >> 1.2 roll call. >> President Kenneth Stevens, >> present. >> Vice President Sophia Cologne, >> present. >> Clerk Donald Daire, >> present. Trustee Angel Flores, >> present. >> Trustee Isabelle Perez, >> present. >> Trustee Shauna Priest, >> present. >> Trustee Frank Silva, >> present. >> Thank you. >> All right. Uh, our recognition for Mr. Cook will be moved. He is actually out sick today. So, I would like to move on to item 1.4, moment of silence for Daryl Ford, teacher of the school for adults, and
005Mr. Keith Bennett, retired SUSD employee. Miss Terresa Delishmut, administrative assistant, McKinley Elementary. And that will be by Vice President Cologne. Good evening everyone. Um so we'll be reading um some information and some heartfelt words about our fellow colleagues. Stockton School for Adults is deeply saddened by the loss of our colleague and friend Daryl Ford. A truly vital member of our teaching family, Daryl began his career with Stockton Unified in 2001, teaching social studies, peer psychology, and leadership at Jane Frederick High School. From the very start, his caring nature, and holistic approach to teaching helped him forge meaningful connections with his students, connections that have endured for decades and continue to this day. In 2015, Daryl brought his talents and heart to Stockton School for Adults, where he devoted himself to helping students build literacy skills
006that would open doors to education, employment, and a better future. His passion for learning and service extended beyond the classroom. He volunteered at the local library as an adult literacy tutor, worked at the polls during elections, and donated time at local food banks, often arranging for students to join him in serving the community. Daryl also had life had a lifelong love of athletics. He served as a high school football and basketball referee, supported youth sports throughout Stockton, and cheered passionately for our city's teams. But his heart remained with the professional teams from his hometown of Oakland, especially his beloved Raiders. In everything he did, Daryl brought enthusiasm, dedication, and joy. He enriched the lives of his students, inspired his colleagues, and strengthened our community. His presence will be deeply missed, but his impact will be
007felt for years to come. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, all who knew and loved him, and especially his wife, Ununice, who to Daryl was his home home girl, or if I'm reading that right. >> I'm not sure I said that right. >> It says honey girl. >> Honey girl, maybe. I'm sorry. >> Did I say that right? >> Honeyirl. >> Honey girl. Yeah, I was going to say I'm kind of trying to read it. Okay. So, thank you. If we can take a a moment of silence for Mr. board. >> Thank you. Right. Thank you, Vice President Cologne. >> Got the other the other two. >> Oh, go ahead. Yeah. >> Okay. So, um now we'd like to recognize um Mr. Bennett. It is with a heavy heart that we inform you
008of the passing of Mr. Ken Bennett. He was hired on March 1st, 2001 as a building maintenance supervisor and promoted on December 1st, 2013 to a building division manager. If you worked in this district for more than a decade, you likely knew the name Ken Bennett. For over 20 years, first as welding supervisor and later as building division manager, Ken served with integrity, honesty, and compassion, earning the respect, admiration, and friendship of countless colleagues. His devotion and leadership were easy to see, and his willingness to listen and help others left a lasting mark on the district. Many of us were either directly or indirectly hired by Ken, a testament to his far-reaching influence. Even while facing the challenges of illness, he remained a steady, positive presence at M, always showing up for those around him.
009His retirement on July 31st, 2022 was a great loss, and his absence is still deeply felt. Today, we honor his legacy, his friendships, and the example he set for us all. So, if we can please take a moment for Mr. Ken Bennett. Okay, thank you. And last but not least, Miss Teresa Dashmmet. It is with great sadness that I share the passing of our beloved administrative assistant, Miss Teresa Dashmitt. Teresa was more than a colleague. She was the heart of the McKenley School front office, a source of kindness, and someone who gave so much of herself to our students, staff, and families. Her warm smile, generous spirit, and willingness to help anyone in need touched countless lives within our community. In times like this, it is important that we come together as a school family
010to support one another. Grief can feel heavy, but when we lean on each other, it reminds us that we are not alone. I encourage you to take comfort in your memories of Teresa, share stories of her kindness, and celebrate the love and care she poured into McKinley each day. As a community, we will honor continue to honor her legacy by showing the same compassion, generosity, and heart that she modeled so beautifully for all of us. Please keep Teresa's family, especially her sister, Miss Virginia, also a staff member at McKinley, in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time with heartfelt sympathy. This is from Principal Brandy Di Alba. So, we will take a a moment for Miss Teresa. Thank you, Vice President Cologne. All right, we're waiting for Miss Cordinus. Would you like me to
011move your agenda item down? Okay, sounds good. Okay, we're still waiting for our student honore to arrive. So, we'll move on to item 1.6. Oral suggestions regarding open session agenda items in section one and close session. Evette, Ivette will announce the number of public comments and ask each person to provide their public comment in the order they were received and Abby will be the timekeeper. Thank you, Madam President. We have one comment card regarding agenda item 2.5 and this comment comes from Mr. David Senth. Good afternoon, board trustees, board president Stevens, Vice President Cologne, and Superintendent Rodriguez. It's good to be here, and I also want to recognize trustee Angelan Flores for her leadership in getting the um discussion of the IAQ uh scandal on close session agenda item. Uh to my knowledge, there was
012an internal SUSD investigation, which identified specific individuals responsible for this contract, which misused over $6.6 6 million in public funds there on um mostly uninstalled air filters. Um again, it's not it's not a secret that these decisions took place during a time when the public was isolated, board meetings were only accessible via telephone and community oversight was definitely limited during the pandemic. And so this is not only just a policy failure, it's a moral and potentially criminal breach of trust. And so, um, as a student at that time and someone who's advocated on this issue, uh, I think the settlement is a step forward, but I would like the SUSD school board to consider formally requesting California Attorney General Rob Bont to open a criminal investigation and pursue charges against those responsible uh, for making
013this deal happen, right? Um, this is pursuing justice beyond a civil settlement and holding people accountable under the law, something that may bring peace to our community. Um given that this issue is so contentious, right? Um and you may be asking why the attorney general and not DA Ron Fredus. It's not a secret that Ron Fredus cannot be trusted. He's known for his political retaliation and these alliances with individuals who may be involved or adjacent to the IQ contract. And again, this is not unprecedented. Uh Rob Bont's office, you know, the attorney general, he may he was not the attorney general at the time, but they have relevant jurisdiction and precedent. you know, back in 2019 when SUSD was sued for discriminary discriminatory practices regarding the SUSD PD and uh youth of color in our
014school district that there is capability and will to act from the attorney general's office and they have the statewide authority and uh are also detached from some of the local political dynamics of Stockton. And so, you know, we're moving past something that's symbolic, which is just that civil settlement and, you know, more about that structural accountability and public trust of our uh of um public trust into our school district, right? And so please remember that the community hopes that um we can find accountability and justice for the for for the folks that were impacted by this decision that was made during COVID and hoping that the board can restore dignity and protect future public integrity by referring this case to the attorney general's office. Thank you. >> Thank you David. >> Madam President, there are
015no other comments. Thank you so much, Principal Sanchez. Are we good? Okay. All right. We'll move on to item 1.5, student honore, Serena Lie, Caesar Chavez High School. And I would like to bring to the podium, Principal Sanchez. Hello. This evening, I'm proud to introduce one of our outstanding students, leader, Serena Lee. Serena has distinguished herself at Chavez through her exceptional involvement and leadership. on our campus. She currently serves as an officer in five clubs, including chapter president of Skills USA, president of the robotics club, vice president of engineering, vice president of Thai, Lio Oceanian and Cambodian club, and co-vice president of the art club. Her dedication extends into four different CTE pathways. Stage craft, stage technology, robotics and automation, additive manufacturing, and multimedia, where she has thrived both academically and in the hands-on experiences
016provided by the Chavez teachers. Her work has been recognized at the Delta Film Festival, where her short film won first place. Uh, I lost my place. and through her participation in Skills USA where her additive manufacturing team advanced to state after earning second place at regionals. Serena has also represented Chavez beyond the school day serving on the multimedia team at the 2025 US Open in Iowa, helping run robotics live streams and tournaments and volunteering at our CTE showcase. Her creativity has been showcased through school performances, stage work in theater productions and in film. What makes Serena truly remarkable is not only her accomplishments but also her character. She is kind, intelligent, and a dedicated leader who uplifts her peers, supports collaborative work, and ensures that whatever she takes on is done with excellence. Serena's integrity,
017determination, and compassion distinguish her as an exemplary Titan. We are excited for her future, knowing that her talents and leadership will continue to open doors and create opportunities wherever she goes. Please join me in recognizing Serena Lee. Um, hello everyone. My name is Serena Lee and I am a senior student at Caesar Chavez High School. It's an honor to be here to speak on behalf of Chavez and share that our current and also our ongoing accomplishments um for the school year so far. First of all, here at Chavez, we're building strong connections with the school and uh students families. Our community our community school specialist plays a key role in this by organizing events such as parent cafe, school site councils, workshops as well as weekly bulletins to ensure parents are staying informed. We also
018provide communication available in famil family's home languages. Our leadership program recently this summer has welcomed over 460 um incoming freshman for the school year at orientation. We once the school year started, we began practicing our Chavis way, which which introduces everyone to our expectations for our community and Chavis culture. We also kicked off the school year with two rallies showing off who we are as Chavez and our spirit as Chavez Titans. for athletics. Recently, this year we have had 325 students, athletes that are currently competing in fall sports, selected from nearly 400 students who tried out. In 2024, both our football and girls tennis teams have went undefeated in their seasons and we also won best male and female teams of the in the district. Now moving on to our performing arts programs um which
019is Chavez which Chavez is mostly known for. Our school's band is celebrating their 20th year um at Chavez and are performing from school events to international stages. Our mariachi program has competed in three festivals winning first place in the at the California state fair. Chav's show choir has earned first place in the show choir category at a competition in in Militus as well as having students particip have as having students participate at the Sanwaqin honors choir. Orchestra also competed in Milpas where they received a rating of excellence and their program has had the most students enrolled in the 2024 2025 school year so far. In career and technical education, also known as CTE, Chavez students are excelling in Skills USA. In January 2025, 98 students competed in regionals, advancing um 75 up to state. Three
020of our teams placed first at state and advanced to nationals. One team even won nationals. In addition to everything, our Travis Skills USA chapter won chapter model of excellence for the second year. We are one of the only eight schools in the nation to earn that title for personal skills. One of our CT programs is robotics which is at the national level with 16 VEX trophies overall, six of them just being from the past year. We have had the opportunity to compete in Iowa for the 2025 US Open tournament. Also, both our urban search and rescue and mobile robotics teams in Skills USA won first at state with the mobile robotics team winning nationals overall. Not to mention that robotics is working with other programs at our school and is now preparing for the VEX
021competitions um coming up. Another CTE program of ours is multimedia where we collaborate with the entire school and promote creativity. It's not just video production, it's also graphic animation, audio production, as well as storytelling. We are the first in the district to begin weekly live announcements for our school. This program also live streams um and showcase student created original award-winning winning short films um as standout projects. Another big project that Multimedia has been a part of is Little Big Emotion, which is an app developed by multimedia and additive manufacturing students to help support preschoolers, and it received an award at the 2025 invention convention. Lastly, Chavez has started a new paid internship program for students who completed CTE courses. This opportunity allows them to gain valuable work experience. For example, the stagecraft internship allows not
022only students to work at school events, but also allows them to work at the Stockton Civic Theater. So far, 11 positions have already been filled for this program, and we're still growing. We're proud of our accomplishments and are excited for what's next. Thank you very much. Miss Lee, before you go, we would like to honor you with a certificate from the board. And coming will be your board representative, Miss and our vice president, Miss Sophia Cologne. Just want to ask if you can come up and if Miss Sanchez could come up with you Item 1.7, public employee dismissal, um, discipline dismissal and release. Miss Smith, do we have any cases to present? >> We do not. All right. Thank you. Item 1.8, the board will consider in closed session items listed by Vice President Cologne.
023Okay, good evening. Item 2.1, public employee appointment certificated government code section 54957, resignation retirement deceased appointment 2.2 2 public employee appointment classified government code section 54957 resignation recent employment offer appointment closed 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 claims, claim number 626185 and claim number 639892. 2.5 Conference with legal counsel anticipated litigation significant exposure to litigation under subsections D4 of government code section 54956.9 one potential case thank you moving on to item 1.9 the board will now recess to close session Yeah. Hey. Hey. Hey. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat up here. Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat.
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028help 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 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 a maximum number of chairs allowed per fire code 132. We ask that members of the public do not stand along the side of the walls
029or block the walkway. Anyone standing up during a meeting will be asked to take a seat. If they do not comply, they will be asked to leave. Any accredited news media representative who is standing will have a press credential clearly visible. There is a podium positioned in front of the first row of chairs. No one other than the person who is speaking may be at the podium except for a guardian, administrator, or translator. For safety, people may not line up behind the speaker to wait their turn. We want to give the person at the podium the time and respect they deserve. Each speaker will be allowed 3 minutes. Attendees are not allowed to enter the area past the podium where board members are sitting. No profanity or obscinity during the board meeting. If there is
030a 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 individuals 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. Thank you, Christina. Item 4.1, Pledge of Allegiance, led by Skills USA, National Award recipients. [Applause] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republics for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. >> Do we have a representative who will speak regarding Skills USA? >> We do. That'll be myself and Miss Navaret. >>
031There we go. Right on. Good evening. Uh my name is Nathan Haley. I'm the director for career technical education and STEM. And it is my my privilege tonight to introduce the young people you see be beside me and um share their accomplishments. Uh Chavez, Filillmore, Harrison, and Weber did an incredible job this last summer representing SUSD at the Skills USA National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia at the end of June. Skills USA is a nationwide organization that provides students in career teched programs with the opportunities for leadership development and technical competition. And uh while we only have four schools here represented, I'm proud to say that Skills USA as an organization has grown to be robust and very engaging for our students across the district. So what you see here is the culmination of a lot
032of hard work uh both from adviserss and from the students and uh really they represent the the good stuff that we have going on in SUSD. I'm going to have uh Rachel Naverette come up here. She is our STEM coordinator. She is a lot of the driving force behind making this happen. She has a lot of experience as a Skills USA adviser herself and now in a leadership role. She's done a great job empowering our teachers to to take on this organization and run with it themselves. Here you go, Rachel. >> Good evening. Um, for the students, once I call your name, I'd like you to stand up, please. So, for high school, Elijah Makatano, Gabriel Salazar Denin from Caesar Chavez High School, who took gold in high school, mobile robotics. [Applause] We have an
033amazing brother sister duo from Filillmore now at Chavez High School. We have Gel and Hel Sanchez from Filillmore who took gold in middle school robotics urban search and rescue. high school. We have Nelly Prao Vasquez, Aventica Sharma, and Columba Annaya, who are unfortunately not present. They are now graduated and in college. So, we'd like to recognize them for silver in career pathway showcase in community service. From the middle school level, we have Cindy Biones, Alejandra or Alexandria Aldot, Cecilia Navaro from Harrison Elementary who took silver in Career Pathway Showcase and Community Service. We'd also like to recognize Eliza Delkoto who took med from Weber participant. In addition from Harrison Elementary, Victoria Cervantes t-shirt design. [Applause] And we'd also like to recognize these students who were able to participate in the model of excellence at the
034national level. We have Emily who is now at SAK State, so she is unfortunately not able to be here. And then we also have Paul Consuel who's who is here um receiving gold for personal skills development based on the Skills USA framework which was just this past June. So thank you. I'll hand it back to Nate. Miss Navarret, before you go, we want to ask if you and um Nate if you come up and then we're going to hand out certificates. I'm going to ask if trustees Silva, trustee Cologne, and trustees come down to the floor to present certificates. We have one for Gabriel from Caesar Chavez High School. Elijah Caesar Chavez High School. Nelly Caesar Chavez High School. Aventica Caesar Chavez High School. >> Columba Caesar Chavez High School. Paul Caesar Chavez High School.
035Emily Caesar Chavez High School. Eliza Weber Institute. Victoria Harrison Elementary. Cecilia Harrison Elementary. Alexandra Harrison Elementary. Cindy Harrison Elementary. [Applause] Joel Filillmore [Applause] and Jazelle Filillmore. Can we give all of our students a round of applause? These are Stockton Unified students. [Applause] >> Yeah. And do we have any parents of the students? If we have your student is up here, parent, mom, dad, guardian, we're going to ask for you to come up as well and be photographed with your student. >> Make two rows. Yes. Get next to your daughter. Are there any other parents in the audience? And we have some other red coats in the audience. All of our Weber our skills, can you all come up? We see your red coats in the audience. Come on and make your way up. [Applause] So,
036I just want to jump in and again just congratulate Skills USA students. Um, and if you didn't know, um, you can actually watch our students accept their awards on the Skills USA website. I was able to do that and I was just so proud of you all. I watched I fast forwarded to every segment for Stockton Unified and I was just so proud of you um to be on that national stage accepting awards um for all your hard work that you're doing. So again, just want to give you um kudos. Congratulations. >> Thank you, Vice President Cologne. All right, moving on to item 4.2, action taken in close session by Vice President Cologne. All right. Good evening everyone. Item number 2.1, public employee appointment certificated government code 54957, resignation retirement appointment. Board motion to approve
037six with one no from Trusty Flores. Item number 2.2, public employee appointment classified, government code section 54957, leave of absence, resignation, retirement, recent employment offer, appointment and closed positions. Board motion to approve six with one no from Trusty Flores. Item number 2.3 public employee discipline dismissal release. There were three um three positions. Board motion to approve one therapeutic intervention assistant termination job abandonment unanimously. Second position board motion to approve one food service assistant one termination job abandonment unanimously. Board motion to approve one community service officer probationary release unanimously. Item number 2.4 4 Conference with legal counsel anticipated litigation significant exposure to litigation under subsections D2 and E3 of government code section 54956.9 board motion to approve claim number 6 with one no from Trusty Flores and this is the second case board motion to approve
038claim number 639892 6 with one no from trustee Stevens. Item number 2.5 conference with legal counsel anticipated litigation significant exposure to litigation under subsections D4 of government code section 54956.9 one potential case no reportable action. Thank you, Vice President Cologne. Item 4.3, order of agenda, and I Evette will read the um oral announcement. Thank you, Madam President. This is the opportunity for the board of trustees to make any changes to the order of agenda. Otherwise, the order of agenda will be as published. All right. Is there a motion or any changes to the agenda? Is there a motion for 4.3? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> All right. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk
039Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 5.1, oral suggestions regarding open session agenda items. Evette will announce the number of public comments and request each person provide their public comment in the order they will receive and Abby will be the timekeeper. Individual speakers shall be allowed three minutes to address the board. The board shall limit the total time for public input on each item to 20 minutes. The first comment card is regarding agenda item 6.9 and it's from Mr. Bobby Bivvens. >> Good evening chairman and board members and superintendent. My name is Bobby Bivvens and I am the president of the Stockton branch NACP serving Sanwaqin County. Um, I would wanted to say on
0406.9 that I was happy to see this and I would hope that when these young people take this lifechanging field trip that perhaps they'll do a video while they're there so that it can be shared with other students that will not have the opportunity to make that trip and to get to understand the joy of doing a historic ical black college tour. My second question and I have a question regarding a program that was defunded under the district which is the foster grandparents program and senior companion that is um funded by Americanore uh statewide and since was funded partially by federal funds. I'm aware that the staff members have been laid off and are having to search for other employment as a result of actions of our national government. I would hope that somewhere in
041the district's budget uh whether it's under some of the special needs programs because they are serving special needs children primarily that you all could find some funds and retain that staff providing this important service to our young people. And then lastly, um where's my other point? Um, you have a a math program here on items 6.28 and 29. And I hope that we have a good number of African-American students in it and some tutors because this is part of the programs that the kids, young people need to wear the red jackets, you know, and a long time ago I heard one of you say the red coats and a long time ago if they said the red coats were coming, that have been part of a war that was going on. So, we didn't want
042to hear that the red coats was coming at that time in our history. But I think that it's important and it's also important that we continue to meet the needs of our children and not allow the federal government to dictate what we do because we as an individual governing body do not absolutely have to follow all those laws or those acts by the president. that are less than 30 days and then being pulled back. Thank you. The next comment is pertaining agenda item 14.9 and it's from Dr. Christopher Anderson. Good evening board, colleagues. So, I'm not for or against, but I have some questions. Um, the first is actually not meant to be funny, but it's, you know, um, are we sure that this building that we're purchasing is earthquake structurally approved because of the
043mess that we ran into with this building? Question number one. Question number two, what administrative offices are moving to this space? that just says administrative offices without being very specific about what offices are going there. Uh since we are looking at purchasing a new space for administrative offices, does this mean that the renovations on the unused space here are going to be completed soon? And those are the questions that I have to have a better understanding of what's going forward as far as purchasing was it $3.6 million for a building. So, thank you. [Applause] The next comment is also pertaining agenda item 14.9 and it comes from Miss Sylvia Cantu. Hello. Um I'm neutral. Um looking at this, it really doesn't say much. Um that's why I'm here. As the governing body, the school board
044is responsible for overseeing decisions such as buying the building. So my questions are when did the district staff conduct initial due dig digilence to identify and evaluate potential sites based on the facilities master plan? Was there an environmental review to confirm the property that is not hazardous? Does this comply with the California envir environmental quality act? When did this board review cost and financing, property appraisals, title searches, envi environmental reports, or do you know if it was um complicit with state ed codes? Is this the first time the public is being notified of the 3.6 million purchase? Because usually when you purchase a building, it comes to the board and it comes, you know, the staff does presentations. I did read on the purchase agreement that on March 24th, the parties executed a letter of
045intent. So, as a board, I I I haven't heard this, so maybe I'm wrong. I don't know. So, that's part of my question is cuz right now you're making the decision to buy a building for $3.6 million. So that's why I'm asking all these questions is because I've never seen it where the board hasn't been presented with here's this, here's this, here's this, and the public has input. So if you really look at it, it doesn't really say much. It does say that, you know, you did make March 24th, and it is for administrative purposes, but I thought that this building when it was purchased, it's supposed to be three different buildings, three different parts. So I'm not really sure. So that's all I'm just making sure because we are spending $3.6 million from general
046fund. So like I said, I'm neutral. I'm just asking these questions. Thank you for your time. [Applause] >> That concludes comments under agenda item 5.1. >> Thank you. Item 5.2, oral suggestions and comments from the community regarding non-aggenda items. >> Thank you, Madam President. We have a total of 10 cards under this agenda item. Eight of those cards are pertaining to Skills USA. So the first comment is from Mr. Mario Neto Flores. >> Good evening board. Um our board of trustes, Mr. T Rodriguez and wonderful people that came here tonight. Um, I was actually starting to write what I was gonna say, but uh, good good enough that I'm already up here. U, if you guys don't know me, my name is Mario Flores. I go to Weber. I'm a senior in Weber Institute of
047Applied Science and Technology. But I want to answer a few questions for my for myself to like get my speech out. One, I want to tell you what middle school Mario looked like. Middle school Mario was uh kind of a troublemaker. Um, my old principal could tell you, Miss Russo. Um but then again we started building our leadership uh as soon as sixth grade and that's in the after school program after school program where we entered and we started getting in introduced to plus peer leader united students now through this program I learned a lot through leadership uh hosting events through plus doing plus forums um being more an athletic uh person since we did volleyball basketball and other series uh series events but um I joined eighth In my eighth grade year, so this
048is post uh co I joined the student council and I was part of the uh Friday night club which I was president of and I was also president of student council for uh good reasons. I wanted to become part of something in my school and I wanted to leave a footprint behind and that carried through me through middle school to high school. Moving on to my high school year, my freshman year, I heard of this club called Skills USA and I wondered what what is this club? Like I I asked so many questions. I want to be part of so many things and and I started ask like I started asking a lot of questions. They presented in our classroom and they they told us what it is. You get to compete. You got to
049meet people. You got to build on your leadership skills. So I took on job interview my freshman year and I placed bronze in in regionals. So, I carried on to state, which inspired me even more because even though I didn't win at state, I still got to experience it. I still got to meet a lot of people who I didn't know and I got to develop. So, the next year, my sophomore year, I became my chapter's parliamentarian. So, the person who looks at the rules and make sure everybody saying the right things. And I ran for state parliamentarian. So, I ran for state office and I got it. So, I then became someone who represented 55,500 students statewide for Skills USA. And it didn't stop there. I got leadership uh training for we went to
050Washington DC to represent Skills USA as an organization to our congressman. And I kept going. I developed these skills and as you can see me now, I'm talking in front of you guys. Little shaken, first one to talk, but proud to be someone who's in Skills USA. Proud of someone who ran for the SUD student board reposition. Proud to be someone who represents Weber. Proud to be uh a Latino student here in Stockton Unified School District. Thank you so much. [Applause] >> The next comment is from Miss Eliza Deloro. Good evening board members and superintendent. Um, I actually wrote my stuff down, but I don't have half as much as what he just said. Um, my name is Eliza Delakora. I am a senior at Weber Institute, and this past summer, I competed in nationals
051at Skills USA under medical terminology. So, first off, I'd like to thank you for your support and giving me the possibility to attend Skills USA all these and all the levels. And I'd like to emphasize my pride as a competitor and being able to represent not only my school and also my district and the entire state. Um, I'd also like to emphasize the support that I I receive from my adviserss. Um, as medical terminology, it's not really I don't really require that much direct help, but they helped a lot in what they could, uh, such as helping me with my competition attire and helping me understand my role as a junior in advancing our chapter in the coming year. So, currently I am vice president in my chapter. And I also understood that this was
052a fulfilling learning experience not just for myself but for those back home who I would be telling my story to. Um so for nationals also I just had a lot of fun. It was just great to have a lot of uh things to do a lot of activities uh nice food to eat and just and interact with my peers a lot. So because of nationals and because of skills USA, I've grown a lot more confident and I feel more ambitious now. So thank you. [Applause] >> The next comment is from Elijah and Gabriel. Are they here? Okay. >> Okay. Thank you. Um the next comment is from Junior Gomez Vet. [Applause] >> Good evening everyone. Uh my name is a junior and I am a junior also at Caesar Chavis High School. Um so I
053just wanted to be up here to show my appreciation to the board. Um you know I understand that being able to do USA is a privilege because of the wonderful experience it uh has taught me like being able to make new friends, being able to communicate to new people. Um, and even just being able to speak up here now is also a privilege. Again, thank you for your guys' support, >> Priscilla Hernandez. >> Good afternoon to everyone or evening I would say. Um, I am Priscilla Hernandez. I am a senior at Chavez High School. I have been doing skills since about seventh or eighth grade. I have also been competing in robotics for as long as I can remember since I was younger too. Um, besides that point, I want to say that skills honestly
054does have such a big impact in our students even today now and day. I have seen so many changes with helping students from freshman to seniors to just watching everybody get to accomplish such big things even at state. It's such a wonderful experience. Um, I've actually competed in two different competitions last past years. For my middle school and freshman years, I have competed for a job demo open for robotics. And for this past year, from 2024, I competed in CPS for robotics as well. Those different types of competitions have honestly built me to be the person I am today because my younger self honestly could not see herself standing here today even with everything that has happened. H getting these opportunities and being able to acknowledge all these people beside us today is such a
055wonderful experience because you go from being the quiet shy person to getting to meet all these wonderful people who just show you how to get out of your shell. You get the opportunity to show how it is being in a workforce to be professional to show what you can actually give to the world. And all of this, to be honest, would not be possible and all these people would not be here with all these uniforms and everything on to accomplish such great things in their lives without those of you standing in front of us today and our adviserss as well. So, I would like to thank you guys all for being able to commit to us and giving us the chance to actually get somewhere. Thank you. [Applause] Gel and Hel Sanchez. [Applause] Good afternoon
056everyone and good afternoon to everyone else in this room. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jizelle Sanchez. I'm currently a freshman at Caesar Chavez High School and I've been competing in robotics for four going to 5 years now. I first started this journey at Fremont Elementary with my adviser Mrs. Myers. I then then at the start of 8th grade year I moved to Fillmore Elementary with our adviser continue to to continue compete in robotics. Throughout this journey I've learned that many things will happen. Not everything will go our way as much as we wish it would it would. However, this helps us to improve our problem solving skills and show our perseverance. This year was my first year competing in Skusa and man has it been a journey. I competed in urban search
057and rescue and made it to nationals and made first place with my partner here Jelle Sanchez and uh he'll speak about our experience in competing ski. Go ahead. >> Hello. I would like to reintroduce myself again. My name is Joel Sanchez. Our experience with Skills USA for this past summer was great. Although it's our first year, we have little experience, but I like to talk about urban search and rescue. It was such an honor to be there in Atlanta, Georgia. And it was really fun to be there, meet new people, and interact with many people across the state. And that's all I have to say. I'd also like to show my appreciation to your board members to to continue showing the support for Skiz USA and the robotics program. As my fellow peers have said
058before, we wouldn't be here if you guys didn't show your support. So, I'd like to say again, thank you so much for continuing to support SKUSA and yeah, thank you [Applause] Keon Fecky. [Applause] Good evening to the board and everybody else here. Um, I'm Ken I'm Keen FK, a junior at Chavez High School and I've been doing Skill USA and robotics for about four years going on five. Um, I started competing at Harrison under Mr. guy somewhere in here and eventually ended up going to Chavez solely for Skill USA and robotics to follow like under him and um I just wanted to come up here and say thank you to the board for continuing to support us and thank you for any future support you may give us. Um that's all. Thank you. [Applause] >>
059Andrew Gonzalez. [Applause] >> Good afternoon. My name is Andrew Gonzalez. I'm a junior at Caesar Chavez High School. I would like to come up here and thank you, thank the board for all that you have done. If it wasn't for your support to the if it wasn't for the board's support, I would not be here in this blazer today. In fact, our sub our chapter itself would not be here today. If it wasn't for those uh hardworking um if it wasn't for all those people hardworking um this program would not be possible. Um within this program we have created many amazing memories, friends and awards. With that being said, thank you for all your support. [Applause] The next comment is regarding repairs to asphalt and it comes from Miss Sylvia Cantu. [Music] Okay. Um, I
060emailed the board on June 24th. Thank you for those that replied and thank you for those board members that spoke up at the board meeting June 21st regarding the asphalt at Washington School. Um the photos that you see were taken um Friday um August 22nd. Um as you can see from the first one, the paper that I gave you, this was approved um September 10th and it said that the the shade would be done through January. So you can see October through January. That's why when they put the fence at the playground, they said, "Oh, it's going to be done by January." Then you can see the other one that's over here, that was approved on the same day, um, September 24th, and it all September 10th, and it also says that, um, it will
061be through January. But then the next board meeting, um, September 24th, this is where it gets interesting. Um, this is where they offered the contract to the company and it was a lease lease back. And what that usually means is the district leases the land to the builder and the builder controls the scheduling and the work. So that's why it took all the way to July. So it's not really these four months like it says. So my question is we're a month later, June, July, August, and we're still having this I showed you. This is this. You see the circle? This is in the middle of a dodgeball circle. And these are cracks. So, I'm just trying to wonder when is it going to be repaired? Um, I've been at Washington School for 35 years.
062I'm advocating for our school. Um, we need as much space as we um need and right now we can't even go on the grass because that's being taken by the Elo, but that's a different story. I just want the cracks here and there's some still some nails in the middle. So, I'm just trying to wonder um when is this going to because it looks like the company is finished. So, I don't know when they're done. I'm not blaming the company. I think they're really hard workers. I talked to them, but they don't know sometimes either like when it's done. So, when you do a lease back, just be careful because there is really no deadline. There isn't. Um even though it was approved for these companies and technically it isn't. So, I don't know how
063you go from this date to another date. So, I just hope that um we get um some feedback over here because I think it's fair for our kids not to fall in the cracks. So, some of these are really, really wide. Um thank you very much for your time. The next comment is regarding HR and it's from Miss Kathleen Sherwood. Good evening. My name is Kathleen Sherwood and I have been an SUSD employee for 15 years. In February of 2025, I was temporarily reassigned pending an outside investigation initiated by you, the board, against Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, Glendale Gascott Rios, for her retaliatory behavior and unprofessionalism towards me. Glenda Lee was instructed to not involve herself with anything related to me and to not make contact with me and I was transferred to a
064department away from the district office so that I wouldn't have to see her. So what do you think her next logical step was? To leave me alone to not interfere with my new position? Of course not. That's not her style. Glenderly contacted my new director, Thomas Arandanda, and gave him a copy of my personnel file, including two letters of reprimand that she herself had just issued to me prior to my transfer out of an act of retaliation. On multiple occasions during my temporary reassignment, Glendale continued to elicit negative feedback on my work performance, disregarding the directive to leave me alone. On May 29th, 2025, Glendel instructed Thomas to email me regarding concerns with me visiting other departments and exceeding the allowance of my break time. All of my attempts to gain specifics about these allegations,
065such as the times, dates, and location, went an unanswered. So, I filed a complaint with constituent services and director Joanne Castile, who reports directly to Glenderly. Her investigation into my claims did not include interviewing me or the people I named. Her investigation began and ended with one question. Who told you? When I refused to tell her my source, my complaint was dismissed and closed. No one was interviewed. No investigation, nothing. I don't expect the board to do anything about this, which is a shame. You already know what's going on. You already know what type of person she is. she's being protected and her signing off on and the signing off on her egregious, retaliatory, and unethical behavior is not appropriate. So, I'm here today to ensure my statements are on public record and to encourage
066anyone else going through a similar situation to know they are not alone and to encourage them to speak out and demand better because we all deserve better. You're aware of what's going on. do the right thing. Thank you, >> Madame President. That concludes comments under agenda item 5.2. >> All right. Thank you so much. Moving on to item 6.1, approval of consent items. Evette will read the oral announcement. Thank you. Does any trustee have any item they would like removed for separate consideration as an action item? After any items are removed for separate consideration, there will be a vote on the consent items without any discussion. All right. Any items moving towards action? All right. Hear none. Is there a motion for 6.1? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> I second.
067>> All right. Discussion. Roll call vote. President Stevens. >> Yes. Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk, Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 7.1, key performance indicator, workbased learning update. Mr. Nathan Haley, director of career tech, I'm sorry, career and technical education, CTE. Good evening, board of trustees and uh Dr. Rodriguez. Uh it's my honor again to be able to speak and present on um what's going on in our CT programs narrowing specifically in on our workbased learning um section. So along with me I also have another important member of my department um Christa Vanest. She is our workbased learning coordinator and she has been doing doing a wonderful job over the last
068uh are we going on three years? Christa, three and a half years um building up our our district's capacity. So, she's going to share with you a little bit about what work-based learning is and some new things we have going on. >> Oh, am I pushing it wrong? Ah, there we go. >> Hello. So, work-based learning has many different levels and different um engagements and involvements. So, we kind of wanted to give you the structure so you could kind of understand what we're um when we talk about something that's really hard to create or or takes a lot more of investment and time uh versus something that might be a little bit easier to access and provide to a wider range of students. So, um the the first two we have list here, mock interviews
069and guest speakers are some of those we call them lower level, not because they're not important, but because they're easy to access to many students. We can provide the opportunity to a wide range of students. It's a um a less of a time investment for our outside partners, but we can get our students an opportunity to engage with industry. We can engage with potential employers. And the big one with mock interviews is for them to really get a chance just like the students earlier today to stand in front of some scary folks that really love them and want them to do well, but also to let them get through that experience and have their first interview be a positive experience. um and they get some feedback directly from those employers. Field trips is kind of
070starting to level up where we're trying to move students from a campus to a location that involves many of your approvals, right? And approvals of folks in this room to get folks moving off of a school campus and then into maybe it's to a a business or employer or maybe it's to um a location that we might be showing some of the types of work that students might be involved in. we start to get a little bit more challenging when we start to look at a job shadow placement. We'll talk about that u briefly a little bit more in depth, but um but a job shadow is where we're placing a one student directly with a um employer or another an individual might not necessarily be somebody that's employed by us, but if it it
071if it is, that might be an opportunity as well because in our own district, we're our own we always say we're our own little city in Stockton Unified. We have everything that a city would have. And so we have those in professionals that we can connect with our students. And then we really start to get invasive and we really start to get in demand when we're looking at an internship because this isn't just one day. It isn't just a a single one-off visit. An internship is going to be an ongoing process. That involves also making sure that the student has a work plan so we know what they're doing every single day. They have a work site supervisor they're reporting to. And then also we on our end as teach as the teachers we have
072a follow-up system that the state requires that we check on them every three weeks that we're meeting with those employers plus there's an evaluation with the student and then the student is is creating work samples and a portfolio of all of they've competed completed. And then the final one that is on this one's an exciting one but we're actually seeing some of it happen is where our teachers help our students to actually run a studentled enterprise. And some of you probably are aware of probably the easiest and best example I can give you is the stag floral that is a studentled enterprise. Those students are taking orders. They are helping to organize those um materials. They're ordering. They're understanding the billing process of how that is to make sure that they're charging enough to cover
073those costs and then to be able to continue the process. They're creating those designs and then delivering to the customer. That's not the only one we have, but that's a student led enterprise. You can imagine that's quite invasive with a lot of different moving parts. So when we talk about work-based learning and our opportunities, let's look specifically at the job shadow. So we move to um an an idea that I had I don't know one of my days driving in the car and I thought you know what we should do spring break and fall break our students aren't in school. We don't have to get a sub. we don't have to have the student miss any instructional time, but we could create an opportunity for instructional time where they could go with the employer. And
074so our our ask has been our little slogan, one student one day. And that seems to be very manageable and palatable for our industry partners because asking them to take an intern for 6 months is a lot. But when they're they're thinking about getting involved with us, would you be willing to host one student one day? We're more likely to get a yes. And if you know me, I don't like no and I really like to work to a yes. My boss will tell you I don't like no. Um on the picture there, you see that um that DD Construction and Holtz of California came forward and took on they were our first initial um job shadows. One student one day. In fact, Holt did two students two days. Ah, see it's it's kind of
075like if I get the ball rolling, it's going to snowball. Um we have a couple companies, two of them. One Deart is pictured there. that student actually from Jane Frederick the all of our construction programs were able to pick students and they deart hosted job shadows for 50 students one day 50 students that's a journeyman level um um a plumber sorry a journeyman level plumber is there and they have all of them at the different stations the students move through and work with four different trades in the day and it's all hands-on learning there's a torch in his hand he was lighting that on the students were actually soldering ing right there with the journeyman teaching them that skill on site. We also do that with Conlin um excuse me, Collins Electric right here in
076Stockton. They take almost 300 students over one day where they do a similar job shadow field trip where we're not just looking, we're doing at these experiences. Oh, 200, sorry, it was 200. Um and then we have a opportunity this spring coming up with our business education alliance. That's a contract that we have with the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce. They're going to be putting on in the spring a week long during spring break leadership like leadership Stockton, but it'll be leadership Stockton Unified. And it'll be our CTE students open to 25 students that'll be participating with our city government, our local um industry partners, and they're going to get that intensive experience as part of that arrangement. And now Nathan, >> try to follow that. I'll let you know there's a lot of good
077ideas cultivated on the drive home. If I'm getting a call from Christa around 5 or 6, I'm like, "Okay, I know what I know. We got to gear up for something. We'll figure out what that is." So, um, you know, I've really appreciated her enthusiasm and the effort she's put into building these opportunities because what it's allowed us to do is now look at the more high lift areas of u work-based learning really your internships and student led enterprise and say how do we take that to the next level right because it's not as simple as saying hey you know can you come speak at my class what we're asking is that somebody is going to take a student under their wings for 80 hours over the course of of a term and that they're
078going to mentor them and give them an experience that allows them to see what it's like to actually work in that industry. Right? So, it is a high level of commitment and that's a lot of relationship building and that is um it's a lot of planning and things to put in place. This year, we made the commitment that we are going to not just dabble in this any longer. Not that we've been dabbling per se. I'd say we're making a proof of concept. Over the last couple years, we've had students participate in internships and it's allowed us to build our program capacity and realize the systems that we need to put in place to make it a larger scale reality. And so, um, as you can see on the numbers there, last year, um, this
079is from fall all the way through summer, we had 106 students, um, do a internship of some sort or another across the district. is a good start, right? Embedded in there are different layers of internships. There are some of those students who were MA students, which is much more involved, but they walk away with their certification in that field. So, that's the scale we're working on there. To start out this year, and this is just looking at our enrollment the other day, we're already at 78 students. All right. Our desire is to see that number continue to climb and build that capacity across our site sites. All right. So, this also goes along with being able to build our department out um by adding instructional specialists. Christa's been able to hand off a lot of
080load and focus solely on this. And like I said, it is a big list and um she's been working hard to develop the capacity of our sitebased internship providers. Every one of these students has a teacher that helps them create a work plan to uh follow up on them, see how they're doing, talk with the employer. And so there's a whole system that has to be built around that. Also, I don't know if Katie and Rudy are here. Nice to see you, Rudy. Um, this really where there's been a lot of collaboration and saying how do we get students there? And, uh, Katie and her team have been wonderful in in thinking through and problem solving those situations is going to be a big part of being able to scale out. So, we've also been
081trying to be innovative in this area as well. Work-based learning is a big focus at the state level and in a sense a lot of the the laws that are being created and funding to go to make it happen are saying could you guys figure out a system for making this work and uh one of them is looking at how can we create paid internships we want students to associate work with pay and feel the rewards of it and we can also say from the data we've gathered from students in our CTE programs that financial need and transportation are the two biggest areas that they say would prevent them from being able to do an internship. And so that's why we took it heads on. That's why Christa's been um collaborating with transportation. And also
082I'm excited to say we've been able to last year we were able to give up to what it was 97 scholarships Christa for students. So some of these students did two different internships. We've been able to look a lot of different funding sources to make this happen. Uh we have a a grant through we will uh which is a regional collaboration that allowed us to use this for this. We also have industry um donations from the builder exchange. So what we've been able to do going into this next year, we've been able to expand the use of that grant. Um before it was just focused simply for um medical and education students. we've been able to open it up to all industry sectors. So, at this point, we're looking at being able to fund and
083pay all of our student interns. So, that's a big step forward. And um also, I want to highlight as well um last last board meeting, we had four student ambassador positions go before you. And right now, Melinda and I are going through the 25 students who applied for that position and um working to select those students who will be doing a paid internship with the communications department. Yeah, it's exciting. So to make a long story short, we do have a lot going on, but we're also looking at what do we need to build in order to make this more widespread, more accessible to our students. And one is to really be able to build a case for continuing to pay um student interns. And uh we're gathering a lot of data to help build that
084case and to build a pipeline for the future. Um Christa is doing a lot of work to make sure that our sitebased interimm providers um know how to build out education plans with the mentors who know how to follow up on the students and what proper paperwork we need to have in place to make sure that we're we're in compliance. So she has a lot of work there too but a wonderful team surrounding her and uh other areas we're looking we have a lot of areas where we can pair up with the wonderful work going on in other departments. So for instance with sped uh we're putting our minds together with them. They have sustainable funds to help pay students and we looked at a number of our students who did internships before and realized
085we could be paying them uh through world of work. So there's just a lot of creative thinking and um and collaboration going on there. Another thing we're proud of, most of those interns that you see um listed in the first page are going to be in district, which means that our district is saying to our external partners, we're willing to take on interns. We recognize the importance of it and and we're setting a good example in that. So, a lot of departments listed there that we're working with. I'm going to go and hand back over to Christa. she gets to talk about the other fun part here, studentland enterprise. >> So, just to wrap that one up, I already gave you the example of the floral. Um, but to let you know that we do
086have some other studentled enterprises already happening, and some of you may have um enjoyed some of the Titan coffee, which is at Chavez through our business program. Um you may not have seen the the Stockton High food truck yet, but that is a concession trailer that is um part of their business program at Stockton High. And they have have been using it on site to be able to provide um when they have parents come, parent nights or parent evenings, the afternoons when they're having folks come in, the students are learning how to run that concession trailer. And based on that model, actually Stag was able to purchase one as well. So, we're going to see some expansion over to Stag being able to experience that and and our sped students, those students with disabilities are
087already doing some food service there. So, they're going to be able to engage with that. Um, the students that you see pictured, uh, you heard their names called, Nelly, Avantica. They were, um, not able to be here because they're are they're already moved on. They're already at school, but they're pictured in the red coats up there. They're part of the Titan coffee. and Avantthikica got to go work for the well. She was the intern working right next uh alongside of Banaya Williams there and doing their graphic design. And one of the best compliments I can share and probably the best note to end or well one of the best notes to end for you is that he called us within the first month of having her there and he said he said he was supposed
088to have her for a total of 12 weeks and he said Christa she already did everything I needed to do and she has expanded beyond what I had capacity for in the first three weeks. What else do I do with her for the next nine weeks? So, it was a great opportunity for um and I say it every time people are um getting a chance to work with our students, anytime they get to talk to our students, they fall in love with our students because that they are one of our they are our best commodity. They are an amazing gem and they're inspiring to anybody that gets a chance to work with them. So the more often I get to put them in experiences where they get to engage with the public, the better because
089they they automatically like Samokina Plus um when the students go up for interviews, they already have the job because they've already impressed the people that have been engaging with them along the process to be able to apply for those internships and that it just makes it exciting that they get to love our students as much as we love them. So we're looking forward to um continuing on and uh we'll take questions. So, can you tell me a little bit? Oh, [Applause] I just wanted to hear about the um expansion for Jane Frederick and Stockton High and the lack of internships there. They both say zero. What does that look like? And are there any innovative opportunities for those students? >> Definitely. I I appreciate you bringing that up. Um so, right now you can see
090it blank. It's not zero. All right. So really what we're looking at is is we're working with those sites to say how do we build that out here. Um one of the key um components of this internship is that we have students complete a CTE pathway. Uh because of the situation for a lot of our students at these schools. We have a lot of participation. We don't have a lot of um completion. So we're looking at how to get ahead of that. But we do know that like I said there's good participation. At Jane Frederick last year, we had 53 students participate in the construction program and 114 of them also complete a uh like a career exploration type of class. So, we're work I'm working with uh with Kevin and Tommy to look at
091how do we expand these opportunities for these students. So, it's still in the works and why you don't see any numbers up there yet. >> Why are they not completing? Like what's the barrier for the students? So a lot of it has to do with the time that they're they are at the school and uh so they're a lot of their focus goes towards getting what they need for the graduation requirements and taking those classes. U the CT courses they're only required to take one elective for the graduation requirements and so to to move on into that second course to get them to completion is often where the the barrier falls. Are there programs that could be shortened for them because we know time is um it it doesn't work for them because the amount
092that you say that they're at Jane Frederick or Stockton High. Is there something that we can do innovative that's maybe not so long for them to be able to complete? >> Yeah, we're looking how we can condense it into shorter amount of times. There is for the CT courses themselves an amount of hours requirements. All right. So, we're looking at again what what is the minimum hour requirements to do that, but also I think the the bigger thing is how could we create these opportunities in the situation in which they're in um and be able to provide those to students. >> I'm sorry, Trusty Flores. >> Um Nate, you know, I got respect for you and Christa. You guys are doing an amazing job. Um, this program has expended expanded um, beyond my advocacy many
093years ago when we didn't have it. With that being said, I am I could cry right now. That's how disappointed I am because every time we get presentations, I see great things happening. students succeeding at all of the schools. And Jane Frederick is always not on that level. And I continuously hear the same thing. We're working on it. We're doing this. We're doing that. And year after year, presentation after presentation, and now before we at least had a zero, now we're not even on the scale. And this could be lifech changing for our students at Jane Frederick. They are the most vulnerable, the most at risk, and there's potential there. I know there's potential there because I've seen it. We had a representative here from Jane Frederick who caught an Uber here with no family
094support. And so I I'm appreciate uh President Stevens mentioning innovative. Have you gone to that school and had a meeting a a sitdown with those students? A serious sit down? No. They are troubled. There are there are some issues, but we have to find a way to get through to them because if not, Jane Frederick is just a go there, show up, and go home and you get credit and that's it. And so I'm at a loss of words at this point. Um, Arjane Frederick is not not supported. Not not for my end. And Merllo, they're doing better. I They They are. And and I appreciate that. And this is nothing personal against you, too. I I know you guys are doing amazing work, but I don't see that effort for Jane Frederick students. and
095Trusty Flores, I appreciate your support over the years and also your passion and it doesn't go unheard. U one of the main focuses for our department this year is figuring out how to better our communication and get those kids who are not being served as well. And so know that we are working on making this happen and you're being heard. Thank you, >> Trusty U Priest. >> Um, I had a quick question. If I was a parent who didn't know anything about CTE, how could I support my student at a high school level being a part of this program? >> Thank you. So, that has been something that we have put a lot of effort into over the last couple years is to raise awareness of what programs are there. And, uh, one of the
096ways that we've done that is through our eighth grade showcase. So every student from 8th grade is uh is busting to see all of our programs in one spot at one time so they know where they're at. But I I mean I have an eighth grader in my household and I know that sometimes they have to hear it a couple times, right? And so one of the opportunities we give at that showcase is to to have a parent night as well. So we're working on making sure that that is well advertised. But um beyond that really what one of the focuses of our department like I said this year is to make sure our communication is broader. So we're looking at how do we do further outreach through our parent advisory committees. How do we
097further outreach through our uh social media and through our web page and we're taking a serious look at it as a department. Every one of our department meetings we sit down and we look over our communication say how well did it do? Who do we think we're reaching through it? So there is an intentional outreach to to get out further there. But really the best resource for um for the for a parent is to be able to access our website but also be able to tell their student, hey, go talk with your counselor. Our counselors have done a great job raising awareness of what programs are at their school site and helping guide kids into it. >> Thank you. Any other questions for >> later? Okay. >> Thank you for um the work that you've
098been doing in the last three years. I think it's incredible how much it's expanding. Uh my question is what field trips industry partners or indistrict partners are you excited to add to the list moving forward? I'm I'm wondering if the uh what the district can can look forward to in the future um for new CTE partnerships. >> Okay. Are you referring to just the ones inside or outside of the district? Um any I know uh you mentioned communications department too. >> Okay. Yep. So we have the list of of our partners at this point and I always hesitate to put in a list in case I've forgotten anybody but uh really one of the things that I'm excited about is working with our TI department. Um there's models in other school districts where they have
099students who are repairing Chromebooks and at this point our Chromebooks go to e-waste. something goes wrong with them and we e-waste them. Often times a pretty quick fix and we have a number of students who are interested in learning how to do that. It's really the basis for understanding networking and cyber security is understanding how the guts of a computer work to begin with. So that's one that I'm very excited to be building out with uh director Lee. Chris is going to share about one she's excited about with >> I'm very excited about transportation one that's coming. So, uh, we're partnering with transportation for 11, um, internships. Nine of them are in the commercial driver's license category. And so, our we have a trainer that will be working with the nine interns. We're selecting interns
100from auto pathway that have completed the auto pathway. They'll be um the trainer will be coming from transportation and they'll be teaching the content on one of the days of the week at um at Weber and then on the Thursday when u most of the schools have the short day but Weber has a regular day they'll be transported by transportation to the transportation yard and they're going to be doing the lab portion at the end of the school year when they've completed their 80 hours of internship. They are actually going to be ready to take their commercial driver's license. We are partnering with uh worknet because you can't get your CDL until you graduate and until you're 18, but you have to have your regular driver's license, also a barrier for many of our students.
101And worknet is going to help us in being able to provide the behind the wheel training. So although the students can probably easily access the um online training and get their permit test taken, completing the behind the wheel is cost prohibitive. And so trying to find that opportunity that we can get the students to potentially be able to graduate from Stockton Unified, take their and pass their CDL and then be hired by us as commercial driver's license or commercial operators here in the in the district and within we're literally growing our own. They could be working for us next year. Very excited. >> Which one? >> The intern. >> Oh yes. So the another part do we have time for all these because we could go on forever. Okay. So >> Delta so the Delta
102College has a this is a concurrent enrollment. You heard a lot about dual enrollment but these are concurrent enrollment. The students are enrolled as students of Delta College. Their do uh professor is Dr. Angela Byer. They're in education and they are taking courses to become a paraprofessional. There's a certain uh four classes you have to complete at Delta College to get your certificate to be hired as a paraprofessional. they are able to take those classes. They're specifically set up so that students can take them synchronously or if they miss class, they can watch the recording and they can complete those after school. So that's not interrupting their regular school and as long as they can um keep up with their studies, they can take those classes. Once they are enrolled in Delta College and they
103are at um our stu schools that have um education programs, they can be placed in our preschools and our Head Start programs as their internship site and Delta pays the bill. Delta has money to pay them hourly to be paraprofessionals for us while they're training and completing their units. And when they finish that, they can be hired by us as well. They'll have their certificate completed and they can be hired. We're growing our own. [Music] Nice. Thank you. Just one last question. How do you uh so who picks the pathways are and how are you connecting to kiddos to hear kind of u what they want to do with their lives and about the pathways? >> Great question. So we realized uh about 5 years ago that we were having a hard time with students
104identifying which pathway they'd want to be in. A lot of them said, "I'm just being dropped in this class. I don't know why I'm here." So one of the ways that we got ahead of that, we talked about the eighth grade showcase. So they're choosing where to go to high school, but also their ninth grade year they take a course called get focused, stay focused. This is across the district. So students, they do a interest and aptitude inventory of themselves and they they learn what career is best aligned with that. They go through learning about how to run a household budget, how much money you're going to need, what you're going to earn off of that particular career, and what sort of education path you need to get there. And so some for some kids,
105they'll look again and say, "I'll go right to the workforce or I'm going to have to go to 12 years of school." And so it helps them to set a four-year and a 10-year plan for them. That's kind of our launching point for them to say, "This pathway at my school site is the best option for me." So that's our that's our systematic approach to helping them find that place. >> Thank you. >> Yes. >> Any other questions? Trusty Cologne. So again, just to repeat everyone, just really excited to see how much this program has grown and we can tell how how excited the students are to be a part of it. Um, but my my question was just about the um when we look at the list of schools and I just wanted to
106be sure I understood why SECA wasn't listed, is it because they don't have a CT program because they're dual enrollment? I just want to make sure. >> That is correct. Yeah. Yeah, they do not have an official CT program and uh like you said their their focus is on dual enrollment and students achieving that AA degree. >> Then the the followup and maybe um superintendent you can help with this one. If if there's students who maybe they're at SECA or maybe they're not in a CTE program, if they're interested in internships, who who do they turn to? So at at this point, so you're asking if a student uh doesn't know of these options available to them. >> Well, or maybe they do, they're just not in a CT program. >> Okay. So again, kind
107of your your first stop is your counselor at your school site. They're going to help guide into the CTE program. And then from there, that that internship um support teacher uh works with the other CTE teachers at their site to say, "Hey, do you have a kid who's who's going to be a good intern for us? Um has has the um all the the qualifications? We work on them getting a placement." So, they would then go through their CTE teacher to say, "Hey, I'm interested in doing this." >> Any other questions? >> Thank you both so much. Thank you. [Applause] >> Item 7.2 be able update and impact report by Tamara Pernitis, director of educational services department. >> I will probably press the wrong button first. So just be ready for the noise. Just going
108to try just told you. >> Okay, perfect. >> Good evening. Good evening. Um, board president Stevens, um, Vice President Sophia Cologne, and, um, Dr. Rodriguez, and board members, I do have, um, just a really, um, not 30 minute long, no offense, Mr. Haley, I loved that, every bit of it. But but I'm going to tell you what, the the information I have here about developing and encouraging um literate readers um those that are excited to learn and learn about their own passions, interests, and talents um will actually absolutely help your pathways. So maybe I should have gone first. Just kidding. Just kidding. Okay. I like a little bit of humor. It helps all the time. All right. So here we go. So what is Beable? Beable is is a platform that um our students uh
109get to access. It was initially for five six sites, excuse me. Um and what I'm showing you and what I'm sharing with you is the data that we received from this um implementation. So we implemented with students in sixth, seventh and eighth grade and then we also implemented at Jane Frederick um to really really dive into and what this program does is it really really dives into the students passions, interests and talents at their Lexile level. Right? So they take an assessment um it's online and they whatever their score is at their Lexile level, it will also determine what their passion, interests and talents are and then provide reading resources as such. So, as they're doing that, they're also um able to de develop their own avatar and some other things that I don't quite
110understand cuz it's not quite my thing. Um kind of Minecraftish, but kind of not and kind of build your own city kind of situation. It's really actually really cool to watch. So, here's our schools participating. We have um a few schools from across the district. We have Elmwood, we have Roosevelt, and we have MA, we have Werta, Montazuma, and Jane Frederick. So Jane Frederick had actually begun implementing prior to our five elementary sites that had implemented um as part of their CSI uh work that they were doing um comprehensive school uh improvement. All right. So what happens is they take their um assessment and they get what's called a Ryasc level and they get to they learn about themselves, right? Am I am I am I real? Am I investigative? Like what what am I?
111Am I artistic? Am I social? am I enterprising? Um, and what am I conventional? What do I look like? And what are my what are my interests? Right? And what we found, and it's difficult to see here, um, but that our students who took this assessment preferred to be actors. So, kind of funny, maybe not what you'd expect, but the majority of our students who had taken this were that was their thing. like they want to be actors which would tell in turn tell teachers right as they're looking at the data that says hey maybe we could do something a little more hands-onish maybe reader theater is the thing who knows however would we have known that without perhaps but because we've had the opportunity to actually dig in and see and then students are
112actually entering their data in they're able to see um that data so cool thing about this is it also shares with us um what career cl cl cl cl cl cl cl cl cl cl cl cl cl cl cl cl cl cl cl cl cl clusters students are interested in. Right. You'll see top left actors, lawyers are the top choices. You'll see um by career clusters, arts, um visual entertaining, technology, um health services. Those are also high interest, right? So, we're able to kind of gauge where what we're going to do and how we're going to do it. Um now, you might be wondering like what does this mean? How do they get this information? Students take they spend about 20 minutes twice a week on this platform, right? And so what they can do
113and they can also spend more than that at home. We did have some students from Elmwood that were very um uh interested in and went on Class Link and dove into it just because they could and they had access and so we had already had students implementing prior to implementation. It was kind of cool. Um so that was kind of a neat uh little little caveat there. Um so then we also know that our students enjoy music, they enjoy sports. So you can see that what the what the pink circles are are where their passions, interests, and talents are. Right now, one of the really cool things that this also shows is the literacy level. This was this was probably the most important and the most um um amazing to see is the Lexile growth.
114So I know it's super hard to see here, um but the gray represents the expected growth. So the expected Lexile growth for our students. The blue represents what the gains actually were. And now implementation was uh March through May. Really small window of time. Um it was just the like I said these six sites that just they they wholeheartedly believed. They wanted to go in and see what it did for their students, what it did for their instruction and what it did for their classrooms. And they were able to see um this Lexile growth. It was quite exponential um in data shows it. So there's that. There's the breakdown by school. You can see the Lexile growth. The light color is what was expected. The dark color is what actually happened. So let that sink
115in for just a little bit. The last thing that I thought was kind of funny and I just put it in here just cuz I'm me. Um it also talks about the the survey talks about like what do they like to do? would like to eat, right? So, cheeseburgers and Takis were at the top of the list. So, um maybe that's how we that's how we get to uh reach all the goals that we need to get to. So, um if there's any questions, I'm happy to entertain them. Um as you can see, I'm kind of excited about this. I think it's kind of it's a really great um uh platform for our students. U it really encompasses our p passions, interests, and talents. There are three more sites that are super interested and want
116to try this out because they've seen the data. Um so, that may be coming your way. Um but happy to entertain any questions that you may have [Applause] questions. No none. Okay. Go ahead. Trusty clone. >> So I just wanted to u repeat because you you did answer the question I had is how do they how do they take the survey or when when they take it? You said 20 minutes. >> So they take the initial survey. It takes about an hour. That's probably the most um uh tedious part of the program, but they only have to take it once. So, a student that may take it as a fifth grader takes it the one time and then it builds from there. And then from there, the requirement per uh implementation for each site and
117the agreement was 20 minutes twice a week during whichever period they needed it that that fit best. If it was during social studies, great. If it was during ELA, great. students are picking passages based on what they want to read, based on what they want to do. And so, um, they can also access at home. So, if it's something that's self-initiated homework, great. If it's something that the teacher has assigned for 20 minutes, great. Either way, they're getting that and they're interested in it. And what what some of the feedback from our teachers were, we had to stop and make an avatar time because students spend so much time trying to decorate their avatar with the amount of points they get or however that works. Um, but either way, it it proved itself to be
118a very successful implementation for the first few months that we did. So, >> I actually did want to find out more about how the teachers felt. So, they were just as excited. >> They were so interesting because they, you know, we as educators, we think, okay, one more. Let's go. Let's figure this out. And so, we believe and we trust in our our leadership and we're like, we're going to do this. Yes. So, little bit of skepticism. Honest to goodness, at at the first hour of training, by the end of hour three of learning and seeing the difference, the switches had happened. There were a couple of convers conversations that were like, Tamara, I didn't actually think this was going to be fun, but we believed in you in in you and in the program
119now that we've seen it and we're seeing the gains. So, yeah, great question. Uh, how reliable are the Lexile levels across curriculum? So Lexile level is actually a and I'm I am not a reading expert. So I'm going to say that. But what it is is a scientific measure of the reading ability and the the um difficulty of the passage. And so it's something that is um across the board for all literacy measures and it's something that's recognized uh worldwide for um literacy measurement. >> Yeah. Just looking at the data, are these classrooms of kiddos? Like I see like some like talkis would say 62, but then if we go up to Elmwood, it says um the goal was 50. So are this classrooms of kiddos or who took the the the the test? >>
120Great, great question. So it was it was sixth, 7th, 8th um and then high school for Jane Frederick. And so that's so the Lexile levels are the number of students at that at that site. Does that make sense? >> That does. Yes. >> Okay. So then the top surveys, how do we get so few responses? >> I'm going to go backwards a little. We're talking >> or how many kids took the test total? Because I see some numbers here. I'm just I can't make sense of the data. I'm sorry. >> No, that's okay. That's okay. So what it what the data is showing here is all of our sites and all of the students that had taken the initial completed that um initial assessment and then had actually begun on the lessons. >> Okay. So
121how do we get to only 78 kids wanted to be an actor? >> It well it would be 78 plus all of the others, right? So it's total for Yeah. >> Okay. And then 9,000 plus lessons total across the board. Correct. Correct. >> I get it. Okay. Yeah. Sorry. A little >> No, that's okay. Perfect. No, I appreciate it. Thank you. >> Okay. >> And what new sites will we go into following this? Like which ones will sign on? >> So, Pium wanted to sign on with um Victory really wanted to sign on with and why am I blanking on my third site? It'll come to me at some point and I'll get back to you. But for sure victory and pullium. >> Any other questions? >> All right. Here. Now you're done before. >>
122Yes. [Applause] >> For your presentation. All right. Item 9.1, approval of the first and final reading for board policy administrative regulation 5121, grades evaluation of student achievement and Mr. Beerman is there presentation. I'm kidding. This a present. I have 45 slides that I'm going to condense to two. I'm kidding. Uh we're going to talk about uh board policy in AR5121. A brief history. This was written in 2002. Uh and if you know anything about grading policies, if you're following what CSBA and the state has done, districts throughout the state, if you're following post primarily post pandemic, and then what we are doing with our PLC training, we're really looking at this slide here. Uh so we are uh asking the board to change the policy that if a student has a D in a course
123uh we would like them to if they choose to retake it, if they get a higher grade, we would give the student a P and then we would take the lower grade out of the GPA calculation. Currently, if you get a D, it's there for life. It's calculated into your GPA. There's no recovery. We also want to if they fail a course because we have freshmen that come in, biology is one of our highest failed classes and maybe they weren't ready for high school but they are. They mature sophomore, junior, senior year, they figure it out, they want to retake the course, we would allow that to happen. We would take the F off, turn it into an R, take it out of the GPA calculation and then give them the higher grade. It allows
124them to recover their GPA, which many districts around us have done throughout the state. Right now, our grading practices hurt kids. And this is step one into how we allow them to fix it and recover GPA if they choose to. They still have to retake the course. Uh they still have to get a higher grade. And on the other side of the uh slide, you have the AR, which is just really talking about um the excused piece. if they do miss a course. Just cleaning up that language a little bit. We do have other work to do on the AR. If you're looking at standard grading scales, uh that is going to be down the road as we engage our partners with STA. Uh but this is what we have worked with with our principles,
125our counselors, uh student services, ed services, etc. And questions. >> How does it impact A through G requirements? That's that's a great question because if I have a D in a course, I am not meeting the A through G in that course. This allows them an opportunity to recover to get through an A throughG completed course. Excellent question. That's one of the primary reasons as we transition to our rigorous graduation requirements. This allows them to do it. >> So, what does that look like in real time? Right? So, if I'm retaking the course, that means I am missing a course that I'm not moving up to. What does that look like as far as a schedule? If there's a prerequisite to a course, if if if I was the what we were telling counselors now,
126if they fail English one, we try to give them the retake of English one in proximity to the failure because if I fail the course and I retake it a couple of weeks later, I remembered something. There's something retained there that they can go through the course again. Students will have the opportunity to take it live and retake it like they traditionally would just retake the course, sit in five uh sit and see for five months or they can retake it virtually through one of our online platforms. Okay, got it. So, they're not repeating that the next year. They're just utilizing a platform to take that course within a specific time frame. And what's the time frame? So, what if I decide I got a D, I don't want to do it now, but maybe
127next year I'm thinking I want to repeat that course. >> It's within your high school career. So, they if they want to redo it in the summer of the year that they failed it, great. If they take two years and they want to do it as a junior when they failed it as a freshman, it's their prerogative. >> Got it. Thank you. >> Any other questions? Jesse Cologne, >> I just wanted to um when I was reading this policy, just want to make sure uh there was a segment in there that said students still need to participate. Um so in the the class that they may be failing, they do still need to do that work. They still need to right participate. If they get the D, we'll allow them to retake it. >> Correct.
128Yeah. This isn't uh an opportunity for them to just sit there for 5 months, do nothing, and fail and then eventually figure it out two two years later. We want them actively engaged in the course. Uh, and this could be you have very competitive students that get a B+ and then want to retake the course to get the A. So, it's it's it's all spectrums as we always we communicated with the the kids about this. Um, but yes, they are expected to do the work. >> And then, how does a P affect our student athletes and their GPA? >> Our our athletes have a one-time probation. It's unique to Stockton Unified. So, if they're not academically eligible, they can in their four years, they can use it one time. That makes them eligible no matter
129what. Um, after that, they have the CIF standard eligibility where they have to have a minimum of 2.0 GPA and carry 50 credits over from the previous year. So, which means they're on track to graduate. We can't we won't have a senior that has a 3.0 but zero credits playing football. Uh, so they have to carry those credits over, but this will not impact them uh playing sports at all. It would actually help them as they recover their GPA pieces. >> And the weight of the P is what? >> It'll it'll be zero. >> Okay. >> So that's it's a zero calculation. So it's uh it doesn't it won't calculate at all. And we have also talked to the college board and to the UC systems the R and the P doesn't it's not a
130detriment on the transcript as well. So it it will not calculate it takes the zero out. And if you know how dramatic an F on if if Lieutenant Marquez was going to college and he had an F on his transcript, all the UC's typically are taken away from him because he has an F. He is not allowed currently to recover and potentially have UC's as an option because he has F on his transcript. >> You know why he got that F? Cuz he's texting. Look, >> my bad for you. I kid. I kid. Just a little fun, T. Just a little fun. >> Edison, class of 1986. Let's go. >> Just give him a P. Okay. Give them a P. Make it up. >> That's right. >> All right. Any other questions for Mr. Beerman?
131>> Go ahead, Trusty. What if they're a senior and it's their last >> uh they they can still recover it. Uh seniors typically apply to college before winter. Um so they it's it's everything that happened in that first term is what the colleges are looking at. Not that they should fail everything in second term. Um they will have an opportunity to recover in the summer if they choose to. It'll be exacerbated because they have a little bit of time but they will be allowed in summer just like we currently do with seniors that are credit recovery grade recovery. Now they will have that window over the summer to recover if they need to. >> So it'll just hold them back a little bit >> potentially. But they've already probably been accepted to colleges prior to
132that semester, term two starting in in the uh after winter break. Um so but they if they wanted to recover the grade, they absolutely could. >> Okay. >> Any other questions? All right. Hearing none, is there a motion for 9.1? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> I second. >> All right. Any discussion? Roll call vote. >> President Stevens. >> Yes. Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 9.2, approval of first reading board for board policy, administrative regulation, and exhibit 5123, promotion, acceleration, and retention. And Mr. Oh, where you coming from? Come on up. You got to do a little dance and then it
133comes on. There you go. And press it again. >> There you go. Yay. >> I mean, you know, um, the other site was Hazelton that I blanked on earlier. So, I'm glad I had a second opportunity to shout them out. So, there we go. Okay. So, uh board policy admin reggg 5123 is promotion acceleration and retention. And our board policy I believe was from 2007. So, thank you for the opportunity to um work uh alongside of you to work out the AR. So, currently we don't have any changes to the board policy itself. board policy itself has not there's not changes as it relates to California ed code. Um where we need to make some changes is in our um administrative regulations. So currently our AR specifies an SST is the only u method by
134which um a student will be retained. Very loose. It's one paragraph and allowed for um a bit of um discrepancies between sites and what it meant to our counselors, what it meant to student services, what it meant to our students, what it meant for our teachers. Um it just it we needed to align what it what our admin rag looked like as it relates to our new MTSS process uh that we have in place that we've worked with student services alongside to make sure that our tiers are clear about expectations at each of the tiers and what um what our students should receive along their way if they are struggling. Um, so it's clear and and there's I believe there's maybe four paragraphs at this point versus the one um for each of the tiers
135that students will um and school sites will follow in order to um remediate prior to having to retain. As we know, retention wouldn't be the ideal. Um and so we want to make sure that all of the supports are in place prior to the consideration for retention. And if there's questions, I'm happy to take them. Um, this is a first read for us this evening. All right. Any questions for Miss Bernades? >> All right. Seeing none. Thank you so much. [Applause] >> All right. Is there a motion for 9.2 to approve the first read? Motion to approve. >> All right. Is there a second? >> I second. >> All right. Discussion hearing none. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores,
136>> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 10.1, board committee reports. Evette will read the oral announcement and announce announce each board committee and Abby will be the timekeeper of three minutes per report. This is the opportunity to hear any reports from board committees specifically regarding our prior upcoming committee meetings. There will be a threeinut limit per report and the first report is regarding board policy committee trustee Shauna Priest. >> All right. Thank you. Uh thank you to our last two presenters because you did the hard work for me. So I appreciate that. Um so we were able to um have some important discussions centered around uh student success and equity. As you heard we reviewed the grades evaluation of
137student achievement policy emphasizing the importance of grading with equity so that all students are supported and evaluated fairly. Uh in addition we examined stock unifi's policy on promotion acceleration and retention ensuring that these practices are applied with consistency and transparency. Uh we definitely believe that it's vital to keep our community informed about these conversations. Policies around grading and advancement are not just procedural. They directly impact our students opportunities, confidence, and future success. Transparency in how these decisions are made helps build trust and ensure our families have a clear understanding of this process. So I thank you for your continued engagement and partnership as we work together for the success of all of our scholars in SUSD. Thank you. The next committee is our Black Students Thrive Committee from President Kenneth Stevens. Thank you. So, we
138had our um BST meeting um this past week and kind of what the California dashboard dashboard reports that if students are struggling for three years that there should be some intensive supports that um move our kiddos in the right direction. So, Dr. Rogers provided a um beginning stage of what that plan would look like to support our kids, making sure that there's additional um dollars to support tutoring, making sure that we have community organizations um at the table that could help us help help us lift up the work. Um and probably the big piece is making sure that our kiddos are in school because we know where when they're not in school, there's a lot of learning loss that accompanies that. So when they do come back to school, um teachers are having to really
139make up what they've already learned. Um so making sure that our kiddos are in school. I would like to see some additional support around making sure that our clergy are at the table. A lot of these kiddos will be connecting to our faith community. So bringing our clergy to the table to be a reinforcement to ensure that families are getting their students um to school. We know that when parents struggle, the kids ultimately struggle too. So, looking at some more of those supports to go into the Black Student Thrive plan to make sure that our kiddos are showing up um and that they're learning when they are on the district's time uh to be here in school. So, look forward to more conversations around what that um plan will look like and then we want
140to make sure that we have more partners at the table to accompany the good work that's happening at Stockton Unified. Okay, that concludes board committee reports. Great. Item 10.2, brief reports on trustee activities. Evet will read the oral announcement and Abby 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 activities at the district's pursuant to the Brown Act governing code section 54954.283. There will be a threeinut limit per report. All right, Trusty Flores. Um, thank you. Um, first off, I forgot to mention um the ELOP department dropping off the portables at our school sites. And so I want to acknowledge um the gratefulness for that. Um it got dropped off on the day before school started
141um at Monizuma. I know Monizuma did um when I did my site there. So, they're very excited. Can't wait to get back and see how it's finally all set up again. Um and then I also um visited Van Beern this morning. They had an attendance matters assembly and Miss B is always so active over there. If you uh I think it was who was it? Kurt. Kurt was there this morning and she is lively. she will get these kids to do all kinds of different activities. Um, and the students there were amazing. I'm so happy to see that they care about being there every day. Um, they're still working on getting students there. Um, there are still some missing and and they're trying to locate them. And then I uh went to the MC3 graduation
142for our uh building trades um students and we had the most Stockton Unified students graduation from the graduating from their program. Um so excited to see that and our CTE uh family was there. So thank you for being there to show that support. And then I had some questions about the U mariachis. Um they usually go out and perform for like 20 minutes, 30 minutes at different um events and I was just informed uh yesterday that they're now being told that they it's considered a field trip and that they need board approval to do those events. Um so I just have some questions about that. um because the response was the board wanted it and I wasn't made aware of that. So um if we can look into that and I oh and my books
143came in. So for our parent reading group um I'm looking forward to getting that started and yeah that's it. Thank you. >> Trusty Daener. >> Good evening everyone. So, I got to attend yesterday's ribbon cutting for Cesar Chavez High School swimming pool. It was amazing to be part of the historical moment. Many of my personal friends who've graduated in the first class of Chavez in 2011 never experienced a swimming pool. So, I'm excited for students to be uh finally experiencing uh swimming at Chavez. And congrats to Vicky Broom and the facilities team, Travis High School staff who sacrificed themselves in jumping in the pool and others who were also involved in making this happen. Um, and not just that, Dr. Rodriguez had shared at the event um that this pool uh when it's not being
144used by students during the school year that it will be open to the local community. And this is something that the parks and recreation commission at the city of Stockton would be very excited to hear about um as it's come up in a couple times during our meetings. Um this upcoming week I will be joining Dr. Rodriguez in the educator impact award at Stannisl uh Stockton campus this Thursday. Uh this is an award ceremony where I'll be attending to witness Dr. Rodriguez and receiving the superintendent of the year award. and that will be given um that will be uh recognized by our congressional representative Josh Harter. Um and then the next event I'll be attending this weekend is a million and Adams Whole Life Center this Saturday at the Bridge Bridges Overwaters annual gala hosted
145by uh the local nonprofit. This is dedicated to celebrating the power of collective action in health, education, social justice and faith. Um it brings a lot of community leaders together, partners, and um honoring the impactful work that we're doing here in San King County. I'm excited to be attending with Dr. Rodriguez, President Stevens, and other trustees. And then the last event that I'll be attending this weekend is the Stockton Labor Day Community Pow-Wow hosted by Stockton Unifi's Native American Indian Center in partnership with the University of the Pacific. I'll be attending with Dr. Rodriguez and also I'll also bring some family members of mine. Um this will be my first time attending this event. I look forward to seeing our Native American Indian Center coordinator Destiny Rivas in action. The ceremonial dances, one of them
146being from our very committed Hoover kindergarten student who practiced all year when they were in preschool and also to eat some really good fried bread. And that concludes my report. Thank you, Trusty Daire. It's hard to report because we go to a lot of the same um events together, but I do just want to highlight kind of the um our project labor agreement that we have with the building trades. Um seeing that work come out of Stockton is really huge, right? Because we have our CTE program that's happening in our schools, but then we're also seeing that work um trickle down into our community. So, 11 out of I'm sorry, 11 out of the 14 kiddos that graduated from the MC3 program um this past week, they were actually Stockton Unified School District students. Um
147so, we're going to see their handiwork across our city. Um part of the message is that local does matter, right? So, we talked earlier about growing our own here, but growing our own is not just about teachers. It's making sure that all of our kiddos have a place within the community. And our CTE program is doing just that thing, right? Giving kiddos opportunities to dream and to build and to be what they want to be in life. So to our CTE crew who's doing that great work, continue to make it happen. They're really excited to have you all in the room and to talk about the vision. Um something that started so small but now it's so big. And not only do we have our young men graduating, we also have our young girls who
148are graduating as well. So kudos to the work that's happening to CTE and making sure that our kiddos are leaving a mark on our community and I'll pass it on to Vice President Cologne. All right, good evening everyone. Um so just briefly again like President Stevens was saying um I really enjoy when we can you know visit these different events. Um so for me just wanted to briefly um highlight there's there are a lot of events which is awesome. Um it just shows how much we are getting ourselves back into the community and and re-engaging with folks. So for everything from a back to school night at Payton to the Chavez pole opening um it's just it's heartwarming to see the opportunities we have to really engage in meaningful conversations and discussions. um whether we're
149learning something new or we're just having fun. Um you know, it could be it could be any of those things. Um so when I often when I've talked um and shared before, I'm giving my list of things and I'll run out of time. But um at this time, I just really wanted to say like why why do we do these things? Why do we go out into the you know into the community and participate in these events and activities? For me, it's because when I'm out there and I show up, it's an opportunity to listen and to to learn what our folks are excited about, what are they what are they wanting and then bring that back to this role and the decisions that we have to make here. Um, and one of the things
150I wanted to highlight was also the MC3 graduation. So, that stands for multi-craft core curriculum. So MC3 um and it teaches our um the students each part a different various different building trades. So they get opportunity to have some hands-on activities and learn what it is that they might be interested in to take on as a career. And for us to show up at these events um or other events where we're meeting our union leaders, meeting our business partners, um it's an opportunity for us to listen to what what our industry is asking for, bring that information back to superintendent or bring it back to board to talk about these things a as a way to continue to support the department which then supports our students. So it's very important when we show up to
151listen to bring it back to talk about it amongst ourselves. Um it's it's like this wonderful um feedback loop that will just continue to improve the the programming for what for our students and we saw so many of them here today. Um I'm blown away and I want to mention the Filillmore students that we had the brother and sister duo their first year of competing and they won gold. That's awesome. And that's that's their drive, right? But it's their their teacher and their principal and staff that's supporting them, knowing that all through the chain up to this dis here. We're all in support of our students achieving their dreams and having fun while they're doing it. It's it's really amazing. So that's what I wanted to share today. Thank you. >> We have three seconds
152left. You did it. >> All right, Trusty Priest. All right, everyone. Um, our schools in area 4 are off to a strong start. There are many wonderful things happening and I'm pretty excited to join our campuses soon. Uh, we have PTA events and fundraisers to on-site activities and campuses are buzzing with energy and engagement. Uh, this week, uh, Hoover is excited to welcome Dr. Rodriguez on Thursday for their site visit and showcase all the great work that's happening on campus. Um, I ready testing is underway across our schools and we're eager to use the data to dive deeper in supporting our schools in ensuring their success. Um, I encourage us all to visit the individual homepages for our schools in area 4 to see the exciting activities already in motion and learn about upcoming activities.
153And uh, don't forget to sign up for parent view and parent square. I get those reminders all the time. So, I wanted to share that with you um, so you can stay connected uh, with your school and teachers in real time. Um, and then I would like to piggyback on what Mr. Bivvens mentioned about our H.B.CU tour and the importance of that for our students and possibly uh for additional students to join that. Um, as a H.B.CU graduate, I know definitely firsthand the powerful experience that this uh HB.CU tour can lead for our students. It definitely provides them a unique environment where students are surrounded by culture and excellence as well as history and provide that and pride that affirms their identity. while challenging them academically. So, I looking forward to our other high schools
154being able to join in that experience as well. Um, and as always, I am grateful for the experience and opportunity to serve our schools. Thank you. >> Yeah, two minutes left. Uh, Trusty Silva, >> I'm sorry, but I have nothing to report at this time. Next time. >> Last but not least, Trusty Perez. Good evening, everyone. I don't have anything to report this evening. All right. Thank you both so much. Item 11.1, superintendent report, Dr. Michelle Rodriguez, family empowerment conference. >> Yes. So, before I get to the second annual family empowerment conference, um we're going to be bringing up hopefully the picture. So, what we do each month is we go out and we recognize one certificated, one classified, and one management. um we provide them with a mini poster um or banner um and
155then also my favorite flower which is an orchid. And so we we go out and provide it. So we went um and you're going to see in just uh um are they going to be able to bring up the website? No. Okay. If you go on our district website um you'll see that this month we recognize three people. So Mr. for um Tolan um Tolant um Tino um who is a math teacher at Edison High School um Triny Hecerman who is a a food service assist at um Chavez High School and she was so sweet because she was like oh I don't take pictures and then um as we were leaving she was taking pictures with each one of her um her her um teammates so um it was a really big deal for her
156and then um I know she stepped out, but she was sitting here a little bit ago. Um, Sergeant Angie Andrew is from our SUSD PD um for the management piece is who we recognized. And so if you go on our district website um you will see our um pictures of that. All of cabinet goes out with me. And so it's a it's a great thing and you can see past winners as well. Okay. So now soon we're going to show a a video. So, we were able to have um hundreds of families. Um actually, I think we're almost at the thousands. We know we're at least at a thousand um because of the number of tickets. So, we had a great turnout. Our first family empowerment conference. Um this one did it up even further.
157And so, here is um some views from that. [Music] SUSD and families together. We take you to the second annual family empowerment conference. A lot of smiling faces at SUSD's second annual family empowerment conference. So today is about whole child, whole family, whole community >> and to the republic of wages. SUSD's Family Resource Center hosted the event that attracted more than 1,500 families. [Music] >> An event that had student performances, food trucks, resource booths, book signings from author and news anchor Leticia Ordazz, her son Maxim, and author Jasmine Williams. So, it's about us partnering with our parents, partnering with our leaders, partnering with our organizations throughout the county, throughout the city of Stockton, and really making sure that parents know that we're there for them, students, that we're there for them, um to support them
158in in all aspects. Recently, I see there's a lot of a lot of opportunities. Like, I got to this AVID institution cuz we're AVID demonstration school and like funded by SUSD to help us go on these field trips, look at colleges. So, I think that's really nice. and we want to try and get this to happen as soon as we can. >> Family empowerment conference had workshops and prizes. >> Things like this take advantage of and just come out and just get the experience and use the resources that you come by including backpacks for participants >> and bikes for lucky families. >> Today is about um family engagement. It's about support making sure that our families can navigate their uh kiddos's education. Um, I think it's important to make sure that parents are at the
159table when we talk about decisions, when we think about their road map for success. Parents are a part of that and that is the culmination of this event. Giving our families the tools and resources to support their kiddos. SUSD focusing on the whole child, whole family, whole community. >> So, it's glad that someone has our back >> in Stockton. Melinda Mesa. >> Thank you for coming everyone. with the Stockton Unified School District. [Music] [Applause] Thank you to the family engagement team, Dr. Rogers and the crew who put that event together. It was a huge event this year. All right. Item 11.2, Two, approval of the reclassification for the director of marketing communications position to the new chief communication officer position and updated classified management salary schedule. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >>
160Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> All right. Discussion hearing none. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. Clerk Daire, >> he stepped out. Absent. Okay. Uh, Trusty Flores, >> no. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes. Five yeses with one absent, Trustee uh, Daener, and one no from Trusty Flores. Item 12.1, approval to renew the contract with Abbott for educational services for the 2526 school year. Is there report, Mr. Clappenback? No report. Okay. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Daire, >> yes. Trusty Flores, >> yes.
161>> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 12.2, approval of an agreement to furnish consultant services with Think Together for the 2526 school year to enhance Sky High School expanded learning opportunities program ELOP for support positive youth development. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? A second >> discussion hearing. None. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 12.3, approval of an overnight field trip for 46 students and adults from Edison High School Jazz Band to perform at the music festival
162in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 3rd through the 13th, 2026. Is there a motion? >> A motion to approve. >> There is a second. >> A second. >> Discussion hearing. None. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Daire, >> yes. Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trustee Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 13.1, approval of individual classroom teacher materials allocation. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> I second. All right. Discussion hearing. None. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens? >> Yes. >> Vice President Cologne? >> Yes. >> Clerk Daire? >> Yes. >> Trusty Flores? >> Yes. >> Trusty Perez? Yes. >> Trusty Priest. >> Yes. >> Trusty Silva. >> Yes.
163>> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 14.1 requests approval for the renewal of Microsoft 365 education subscription licensing for one year through CAMSA agreement. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> I second. Discussion hearing none. Roll call vote. President Stevens. >> Yes. Vice President Colon, >> yes. >> Clerk Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trustee Perez, >> yes. >> Trustee Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 14.2, declare attached list of vehicle surplus for sale or disposal. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> A second. All right. Discussion. Hearing none. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >>
164yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 14.3, approval, I'm sorry, approve the agreement for the independent inspector agreement between the Stockton Unified School District and A+ Inspection Services, Inc. for bus charging and infrastructure, SUSD transportation yard project. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> All right. Discussion. >> Okay. Sorry. No discussion. I was But no. All right. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens. >> Yes. >> Vice President Cologne. >> Yes. >> Clerk Daire. >> Yes. >> Trusty Flores? >> Yes. >> Trusty Perez? >> Yes. >> Trusty Priest? >> Yes. >> Trusty Silva? >> Yes. Motion passes unanimously. Item 14.4, approve and authorize the architecture for professional services to install shade structures
165for Elorado Elementary School. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> All right. Is there a second? I second. Any discussion hearing? None. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 14.5, approval of Cupka, agreement with Robindelle parking lot. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> All right. Discussion hearing. None. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> yes. Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes
166unanimously. Item 14.6, adop adoption of resolution number 25-09, awarding the lease lease back contract to Bachmann and Wooding for bus charging and infrastructure Stockton Unified School District Transportation yard project number 26.61. Is there a motion? Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> All right. Discussion >> hearing none. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. Item 14.7, approval of amendment number one to the architectural design services agreement with Teter, Inc. for the Arthur Coleman building, second floor tenant improvements. Is there a motion? >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> I second. Discussion
167hearing. None. Roll call vote. President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. Trusty Silva. >> Yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 14.8, ratification of inspection services source well agreement with Johnson Controls Fire uh Protection. 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 Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 14.9, approval of purchase and sale agreement for AC acquisition number uh for the 5151 Montabon property. Is there
168a report, Miss Hun? >> No, but uh legal counsel is here this evening with us as well as the director of facilities. >> Okay. So, there were a couple of questions um that was asked about this regarding the environmental report. >> Oh, structural. Okay, there's Sorry, I was looking for my notes. Sorry. Go ahead. >> Yeah, I wrote some of those notes down. >> Okay. >> Um thank you, Kenneth, President Stevens, uh excuse me, Superintendent Rodriguez, board. And one thing I do want to say is I forgot yesterday at the pool uh ceremony and sorry I'm going off track. Thank you to Thomas Argand's nutrition services department. Their food is amazing. If you guys ever and they do what I understand private other than school district meals or catering. >> We'll talk later. >> Yeah.
169So might you don't get too sorry to interrupt that but uh yes there were some questions and uh first of all um this building is a metal framed building with concrete so it's um every we've had lots of uh inspections done on the building. Um another question was about the squa and um CDE. Well it's not an educational building. It's it's an administration building. So um those things would not be necessary. Um other questions were what uh is going into that building, what departments and right now what would go in there is the repertoraphics department which is currently located at 701 Madison which that building as you all know is vacated and they are in the uh basement not really basement but bottom floor and it's just a it's it's not conducive for for the
170department any longer. And also we would move technology to that building along with F FRC and um uh dispatch for the police department because that building has a a generator. So if the power ever went out, that wouldn't affect the police dispatch um communications level where now where they're currently located. If the power goes out um that is um not good for uh the the communications I add anything. And this is Christine Vanis. She works for uh DWKR attorneys and she's been involved with this negotiation since the beginning. >> Okay. There was also a question that came up about earthquake safe. >> Yes, it's earthquake safe. >> And what about ADA? >> Yes, ADA. >> Okay, we're ready. Yep. Come on up. Okay. Um, good evening. Thank you for having me. Uh, my name is
171Christine Vana. I'm an attorney with Danis Wolver Kelly. Um I just would like to piggyback on what Vicki was uh discussing about the district performing its due diligence um since the district entered into the letter of intent back in March that allowed district staff to enter the property and conduct their inspections. Um the district is also uh finalizing their uh phase one environmental site assessment that ensures that there is no environmental hazards on the property in the soil or in the groundwater. Um I'm happy to entertain any other questions. >> So with the phase one should that not be done when should that be done >> or completed? the district, it should be completed during the district's due diligence period and the district is currently ahead of the game because district staff and consultants were
172able to enter the property before approval of this purchase and sale agreement. This purchase and sale agreement does allow the district up to 45 more days of due diligence activities. So, beginning upon the board approval, if the board chooses to approve the agreement tonight, it lasts for 45 days, so until October 10th, and then the district has the option to extend that due diligence period by 15 more days at no cost to the district. So, the district does have a due diligence period. Um, normally that is when uh the district would conduct its phase one, but it, as I mentioned, it's nearing uh its final version, so the district is ahead of the game here. >> Okay. Any other questions for >> I'd also like to add that all of our maintenance staff uh toured
173the building and um you know, looked for any deficiencies. We've been on the roof, we've checked the hback, we've uh done a lot of investigations on the building and have visited it multiple times. The owner has been very gracious to um open it up and especially there was um a a very private group who rented um part of that building or lease part of that building from them. So um for them to let us in, it took a lot of work on their part. So we appreciated that. >> All right. Thank you so much. Any other questions? See? No. All right. Yeah, that's it. Thank you. Oh, wait. One more question. I apologize. >> What the question I have though is from the from our public comment. Um because there was a question about renovation
174for for this building. So it's not necessarily about >> Yeah. So renovation for this building currently. We we call it the Google room and as you saw um Teter architect is the architect in that and it's currently ongoing and we will be opening bids tomorrow um to um renovate that office space and this building is really um filling up fast. We get requests weekly for to add a new cubicle here and a new cubicle there and we just don't have the space anymore to do it. and HR is full payroll is on top of each other. So by moving uh technology and also by moving some ed services around to the new Google room uh what we call the Google room but technically ed services room teaching and learning. >> Yes, teaching and learning. >>
175Teaching and learning. Okay. um that's going to free up a lot of space for um to help this building and and the accounts payable, business services, uh risk, all of those departments. And so that's what's moving up there. We are definitely in full force with that. We have architect and like I said, the bids are opening tomorrow for that um part of the building. She has one more question >> and then the last question was uh what fund is this building um being purch or paid for? Which fund? >> General fund. >> I mean the month >> same thing general fund. >> All right. Thank you so much. Thank you. All right. Is there a motion for 14.9? Motion to approve. >> All right. Is there a second? >> A second. All right. Any further
176discussion? Hearing none. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> yes. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes unanimously. >> Item 14.10, 10 adoption of resolution number 2511 to modify the statutory reserve to a flat amount to 30,500,000. Um, no sense. Is is there a report, Miss Hunton, for this one? And no report? >> No. Okay. So, just a question um just for clarification um why the flat fee versus the percentage? Um that was something that was agreed upon before I came. Okay. >> Um so I I don't know if uh Dr. Rodriguez wants to speak to that. >> Yeah, sure. So if you look at our past budgets
177for the past several years, it was a percentage. And so what that caused is as our revenues and expenditures change, the amount of money that was within the fund fund 40 require changed. And that often had community concerned of why are you putting in so much money into fund 40? Why are you taking it out? But it was due to the fact that it was a percentage. So last year actually the county office of ed encouraged us to go to a flat funding which is similar to our second resolution. So one resolution is a flat 56 million. The other one was a percentage. So what we're doing in this case is we're moving to just a flat amount so that you won't see the money going in and out of fund 40 and questions happening
178of why are you doing that because um with the percentage as I mentioned it was a percentage of your expenditures and your um revenues. >> Thank you so much. All right. Is there a motion for 14.10? 10. >> Motion to approve. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> All right. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Roll call vote. >> President Stevens, >> yes. >> Vice President Cologne, >> yes. >> Clerk Daire, >> yes. >> Trusty Flores, >> no. >> Trusty Perez, >> yes. >> Trusty Priest, >> yes. >> Trusty Silva, >> yes. >> Motion passes 6 to one with Trusty Flores voting no. Item 17.1. I would like to adjourn the meeting at 8:09.