020526 Board Meeting Español

001just because better here in the middle because it is too hard. Look at yesterday's Gloria. Yes. Sweet. Very excited. Yes, you are. Oh yeah. Am I in your spot? We walked around John Mar Good evening. It is 600 and I'm calling to order the Sunnyville School District regular board meeting on February 5th, 2026. I see that all board members are present so that we can begin. This meeting is available in English and Spanish. With the translator, please give instructions on translation services available. Everybody, this meeting is happening both English and in Spanish. The Zoom interpretation feature will be used in this meeting for English and Spanish support. All participants on this call must select their language of preference by clicking the language when the host turns on the interpretation feature. This is found in the

002world icon located on your feature panel. Interpretation for this meeting will be conducted simultaneously. Thank you for your attention and collaboration. Good afternoon. Zoom's interpretation feature will be used for support in English and Spanish. All participants in this call must select their preferred language by clicking on the corresponding language when the host activates the interpretation function. This function is located in the tools panel under the globe icon . The interpretation mode for this meeting will be simultaneous. Thank you for your attention and cooperation. It can capture the sounds of those attending this meeting. We are continuing with number three, approval of the agenda. If you are a member of the public who wishes to speak about this matter, please raise your hand, either electronically or in person via card. Very good. Since I don't see

003any comments, we have a motion to approve the agenda. Uh, I make a motion to try. Who do I know? Me second. Do you have any questions or comments? Everyone who is in favor can say yes. Those who are against it, nobody is against it. The motion is approved by Councillor Robert Flomes and Councillor Watson second. The motion is approved unanimously 5 to 0. Continuing with number four, public comment for the closed session. If there is a public comment on the matters of the closed session, they can either raise their hand electronically or present their card in person. Any comments? Otherwise, we'll start in the closed session. It's 6:30 at night. Let's start the closed session. We'll be back just after 6:30. Thank you. Good evening. The train is now 6:36 p.m. education. During the

004closed session, the board voted to approve Gloria's appointment as interim director of student performance. Let's continue with number seven. A salute to the flag. Oath of allegiance to the flag. Hello . Greetings to President Brucer, the board members and Superintendent Dr. Crossmate, the cabinet members and the Sanel School District community . I am Shena Rayo, I am the proud headteacher of Camberland School and it is a great honor for us to be here at the meeting tonight . We have Rohan Shriran, who is the President of the Student Council, and Kira Lawrence, who is the Vice President of the Camberlin Student Council. Rohan will lead us in the flag salute. Stand up if you can. Place your right hand over your heart. Begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

005and to the Republic which represents one nation before God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, Rohan. Let's continue. With the reconnaissance of the terrain, number eight, Kira will guide us. The Sanibelo school district is situated on the ancestral and unconceded land of the Mobalone Tribe, who have peacefully honored and cared for this land for thousands of years. We recognize that all members of the Sanibel community continue to benefit from the use and occupation of this land. We recognize our responsibility to learn from the wisdom of the Olone people and to consider how we might work to redress injustices and move forward together in an honorable manner. Thank you so much for having us here tonight. We are continuing with number nine. Starting with the student reports from the middle schools, I would

006like to invite the representatives, representatives from Colombia Merusco, and we have a new place for you, so please take a seat. There we have Carlos Elia and Leila. Good afternoon to the members of the table. from the Sanibel community. I am a representative of Colombia Menoscú from the eighth grade students. Some things you should know about me are that I am a board member and a student. We remind the students about upcoming events, such as the Valentine's Day dance . We also recognize the students and were part of AVI as well, which helps students prepare for college. Not only that, but it also helps students to be more successful. We're going to have an event for Valentine's Day . I am honored to be part of this student committee. We have, for example, some keychains

007with little animals that we're going to distribute around campus as a Valentine's Day gift, and other gifts as well. We're also going to do activities like taking photos, some games, for example, and Colombia is doing very well in the volleyball match in Medusco, and the soccer matches are also going well. We are in a good place as a team and the girls are working hard to be in a good place this season. Thank you for your time. I'm glad to have this opportunity. The sound is n't very good, but I'll do my best to interpret it. I am a seventh grade student at Colombia Med School. Starting my first term of social studies classes , we learn about how things were in the past. We're also talking about Japan. Second term of classes, I have

008science. We learn about matter, energy, and constant change. We are also... I ca n't hear you well, sorry. In the third period I have English language and literature. We choose a book that we love to read. We read and talk about the books we are reading. We also do projects about books at home. In fourth period I have physical education. We are learning about dances from different countries. There's volleyball, soccer, and many more games we play. Then I have math, we learn about percentages, functional relationships in math. We have been learning how to multiply and divide very large numbers. Then I also have a class where he helps us; he helps us prepare for university and review the notes we've taken in our classes. In Abi. We took very focused notes and learned about the

009organization. from the studies. We also have tutoring after classes. That gives us opportunities to learn more about what we are doing in our classes. In Abi. We have several groups that discuss the questions that are posed to us. We have discussions in tutoring sessions, etc. You have to answer questions and write about the answers you have, writing for 3 minutes straight. Thank you for allowing me to talk to you about what I am doing at school. Hello to the members of the Sunil community board. I am a student at Sixth Ground Colombia Med School. This month I'm starting physical education and we're also showing our dances. When we dance we release some of the energy we have, and I also take Avi, who helps students taking the CAS to prepare for college. We talked as

010much as we could about specific topics for 3 minutes. We take notes in a focused way, in a way that helps us to focus a lot on the topic. We have a topic and we have to write our perspective on the topic providing context, evidence in social sciences. We are doing fun activities about religion, philosophy, and people's way of life. language and literature. We are doing activities. I apologize, it's difficult to hear what math is saying. I recently took a math exam with different equations. We learn to make equations with two lines. In science we are learning about the objects in the universe. We are comparing what we learn with the things we like. For example, a TV show. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share what I am doing at my school.

011I hope they are very good people. Thanks to Elia Lela and Carlos for their student reports. I would also like to welcome middle school students to provide us with their reports. Hello , President Bruer. advisors. I'm going to move the microphone a little closer. Hello President Bruer, board member, CrossFit superintendent and community. Our reports represent Sanibel Middle School. We're going to share about recent events that have occurred. We held an event last Friday where students were able to learn about the glues and belts available on campus. Students come in to learn about student groups. It was a play, a musical, a show that thrilled us to see. For season 3 of sports we have volleyball and both the boys' and girls' volleyball teams and also the soccer team lost by only one point, the girls'

012team. We are preparing, starting to prepare to move on to high school as well. Thank you. Hi, I'm in eighth grade at San Ivanco. I like to play sports, especially soccer and basketball. I feel that this school is preparing me for high school on a personal and academic level. It helps me to get organized and take responsibility for my actions. We are encouraged to ask questions when we have questions. They also present us with challenges and teach us about limits. I'm taking a math class that's strengthening my math skills, and I'll be able to finish my math classes before I graduate, and I definitely want to major in psychology after that. Excuse me, it's a little difficult to hear what you're saying. We also have optional courses such as art, music, and geometry. The curriculum

013is challenging, but I also have a lot of support. Once, when I didn't know the answer, while I was working in a group, they helped me find the answer by asking me many questions so that I could find it myself. I feel like I can succeed in high school. and in what I want to do in the future as well. I can say with great confidence that our school, recently the eighth-grade students did some exercises to see what support will be incorporated into our studies next year. Many students and families attended the information night about high schools. These informational evenings were a perfect opportunity for students to see the classes that interested them. A group of Student Council members also discuss possible ways to improve the school. These activities are fundamental to understanding what we

014can do to improve our school. On behalf of all the Aníbal Menosco schools, thank you very much for taking the time to listen to the recent events at our school. Thank you. I would like to invite all the students who showed up to take a picture with us. There's so many of Go this way. Okay, I'm seeing everyone. One, two, three. One more photo. One, two, three. Okay, that's very well done students. That was the worst. And we are continuing with number 9B, the superintendent's report. Thank you. Good afternoon and welcome to this meeting. I want to welcome Dr. Valentín, who was away for a couple of weeks and didn't have much to share with us, so we can ask him questions. Uh, well, about the deer in Finland, right? No, seriously, about what he

015learned during his time in Finland. We will continue on the next slide. I have a mid-year update tonight. We're going to talk about state priorities, but that helps us organize our priorities. We're going to give an update on some of the student results and what we're doing with this information. Let's continue. That's the data we have from the middle of this year. These are the results we have to ensure that we are progressing towards our focus goals. We want to make sure that we are addressing the needs of all students, including students with disabilities and other students in my presentation. We focus on the students. Uh, the CAP is a very long document, so we'll just cover a few key points. We also have a list of the expenses we have and how we are

016improving outcomes for students with disabilities. Our Elcap is to serve all our students. This is a mid-year review. We haven't reached the full review yet, but we want to do some things a little differently, so we're considering the baseline data and also the first and second years. I'm going to ask for a little help with this, so we can talk about these expenses. Hello . What you see here on the screen is the target we have for the CAP, divided by each action. What we want to show here is that we have the provisional budget that was adopted in June and we also have a mid-year update. This update is a representation of the new list of final expenses in these areas. The reason we're doing this in the middle of the year is to

017show that's what we said we were going to spend in this category. We're halfway through the year here, and if there's a significant change in what we thought we were going to do—anything greater than a 10% difference— we'd have to explain why, and we'd also have to see if this is the best use of our resources for our goals. At this time there is no significant change, but in the work we choose we always need to think about how we are investing our resources and how we are ensuring that we see improvements thanks to these investments. Over the years, without going into too much detail, we are going through a pilot for the materials, a pilot project for English language and literature materials. We conducted a study on students who are learning English in middle

018schools so that we can better understand the services we are providing for these students. We want to increase our impact and support collaboration with families for student achievement. We are looking at how we can change our summer programs. We are also exploring and offering other opportunities during the February and December holidays. We want to be able to increase the time spent in school. We also want to see our attendance. What are some of the challenges they may face? There is any research, and I'll share more about that in a moment. I recently had a conversation with the county official to see if we can develop a strategic plan. We also had a meeting with some parents, with students with disabilities. We were talking about the possibility of a parents' center. We also want a specific

019place dedicated to parents who have children with disabilities so that we can better support them. One of the things we're going to do differently this year is that we're going to form a committee. If we are going to give a presentation at the DLAC meeting. We also have some tentative dates. And we're going to work with several other organizations, oh, with parents who have students with disabilities, also with district staff and also with the managers here in the district. We know our students have a lot to offer, they have many ideas, but we also want to have seventh and eighth grade students on this committee. We want to have this committee made up of parents, staff, teachers, and community members who can review all the expenses and give us ideas on what else we can

020do. That's one of the things we're still working on. I'm going to pause here in case there are any questions. So I'm going to continue. One of the other things we need you to consider today are our district's priorities for the next two and a half years. This is going to be our plan for student success. It is part of our strategic plan, but these are the areas where we will focus on students, their learning, their well-being and their sense of belonging. We also want to be consistent in what our expectations are, and we also want to be transparent with staff, families, and the community. So we have five priorities. The first is to focus on literacy and mathematics so that all our students, including those learning English as a second language and those with

021disabilities, can improve. And that's why we're adopting new curricula. We want to strengthen our classes, identify essential standards, and also develop assessments and cycles across the district. The second priority is belonging and participation. We want to ensure that students have support for their well-being and assistance. Um, we want to collaborate more with families, also have more access to different [unclear/unclear] students, and we also want to ensure [unclear/unclear] for our multilingual learners. We want to make sure that we have progress for everyone. We have opportunities for professional development in the fourth priority through belonging and participation. So we have a presentation on the MTCS, and what happens in the hall with the Gozar, also leadership so that we have a good staff. We also want to improve our communication. All of our schools now have social

022media. There, we not only want to provide information, but we also want to listen to our staff and our students. Oh, we can't do any of this if we don't have the budget. We've heard several times that we're in a budget deficit, so we're working to close that gap. We wanted to make sure we were all set in terms of staff and the venues. What we are doing now is providing incentives to retire early, and we will have that information at the next meeting. Any questions about priorities? This is my assessment, and I am also seeking assessments from all our school leaders so that we have more opinions. Now I will continue with the Orenda equity analysis. We don't have the full report yet; it will be ready by the end of February or the

023beginning of March, but I did have an opportunity to meet with the high school principals. We are investigating access to the classes. We also want to identify if we have any systemic difficulties that students have to face. So these findings are not a reflection of our teachers or staff, but rather the patterns that Orenda found. Ah, and this has to do with the fact that these systems have been in place for a long time, so we have to change these structures, these errors, so that we can be more successful. Our educators are working very hard and everyone is continuing to work to find solutions. This is preliminary information about our two secondary schools. We found gaps in more than 100 classes in each school. What does this mean? This means that some students have too

024much representation in some classes and almost no representation in others. So, for example, in advanced mathematics we have the biggest gaps, and what we did was investigate all the classes we have in the classes and raise the gender, to see if there is a balance, uh, and what about language proficiency. Ah, when we were looking at students who are monolingual English speakers, for example, and we started to find patterns, students who are learning English or who are low-income, were hardly in advanced math classes or leadership classes. So now that we know this information, what are we going to do differently? We need to have better student representation in all our classes, including advanced math and leadership classes. This is more than what I just explained. Uh, for example, we talked about algebra and geometry. These

025are decisions made at the beginning that limit the options available in the future. So the work really begins during elementary school. We want to see what we are doing in elementary school that will affect students in high school. Sometimes we are more concerned with making sure everything is up to date, but here at San Nivel we truly believe in supporting all students and closing those equity gaps. So we're going to review the placements and criteria for advancement, especially in math, and see what our systems are and change the process of how we identify and categorize students so that all students have a chance to get into these classes. Questions. I think that sometimes when you talk about increasing representation you do n't mean you want to remove deadlines, but rather that you need to open

026new sections of those classes. Correct? Yes. Uh, thank you very much for that question, just to be clear. For us, it's about having a minimum expectation. Sometimes we have this belief that it's us against them, but we don't have to have just one algebra section. We can have several. We want to have a master schedule. And another thing I want to mention is that we can have certain expectations for when they graduate from high school. We can make it so that all students can take algebra before they graduate, but why not just give them the opportunity to take geometry in other, more advanced classes? So this information is quite serious because we have this system that we've had to work on from the past, but how can we support the people who work within these

027systems to make those necessary changes? I think that's going to be very difficult, it's going to be uncomfortable to see that we are part of this system that is not serving the students. Oh, I really wanted to tell you that I appreciate your leadership and your work. Oh, I also want to thank Mr. Paul and the principals of our schools, because hearing this information and the results is not easy. But we really want to change this, and in San we are really going to support all students. So we're going to have a lot of professional development, but we're also going to investigate our systems because we really want to support students. One of the things we're going to ask is that we want to change the frameworks for English classes, because if we're going to

028keep the current system, we want to make sure that there will also be opportunities for students who are learning English, but schools now have more flexibility. We have students who were born here, but they are not always in classes where they have access to the core curriculum. So this is going to be an opportunity for us to make sure they have access to all of that. So, are we going to change the curriculum or is it going to be part of this year's pilot program? So the secondary schools already have materials. The pilot program we are currently running is at the primary school level. Ah, we want to see the classes that are available to students. So if your child attends one of our high schools, what will the expectations be? Ah, but if that

029student has an IT or a 504, what do we want for that student? If your student is learning English as a second language, what will they have? What do we want for them? So we're going to review all of that and set a minimum expectation. What do we want them to be able to achieve? which is what all sixth graders should know before entering seventh grade, etc., etc. So we already have that curriculum, or what's going to happen is that it's still not affordable for all students. Thank you. I have three things to say about this. Firstly, I dedicate a lot of time to volunteering at Sanivel Merco. Uh, I noticed in the two preliminary findings that there are certain students who are overrepresented for positions as teachers or assistants in the office. I remember

030that when my son was in San Ivosco, he had an IP address and he was also an office assistant. Ah, but when I see them, some are more engaged than others; some are just waiting to be asked for something. Some use it for studying, and others don't. So I'm wondering if we're going to change the definition of these assistants, because they're often used to fill gaps in schedules. So all of this is still in progress. What are the expectations? What classes will be offered? Who will have access? I believe that we need to have the maximum opportunities for academic and leadership classes, and that students and families will also be part of this process in high school. I know we're talking about staffing and logistics and things like that. But he's saying how families will

031participate in the future. So if we want to find ways to involve families, students, and staff, for example, we have opportunities to offer innovative classes in things like robotics. The last thing I wrote for the program together with what is happening with the community between elementary and high school and also the interest that exists is an uh internal money, a money from uh different proposals for music and the arts. That will also be part of this process. We want to have a committee and we're going to invite parents who would like to support us. We want to minimize duplication of effort and maximize the resources we have. We want to ensure that our strategic plan is aligned with the goals. and expectations, for example, of the arts. I have a suggestion. I know that the

032parents of Juntos are part of both schools, but I think that people in the elementary schools are going to be very interested too. So please invite them, not just high school parents, as we have received that comment in the past. Yes, that's going to be the next slide. Oh, we're going to have an open house to see the art of the TK and kindergarten students, which I was very excited to see. Thank you. The last question: will the report include information from the primaries? If it's for elementary and secondary school. I also have another question about the main schedule. Ah, we went to visit the bilingual program in the San Jose district and saw that they had many elective classes and are also utilizing that zero period that the students really want. It seems like

033now at CMS, it's only for students from together; it's like it's a punishment. We want to see that extra time turn out positive. We also want to see that we have consistency between the primary and secondary levels. If that zero period should be open to all students, it does give the impression that if you are in the Juntos program now you have to have a zero period. But if we open up the program, if we include a zero period or even a seventh, then there will be more opportunities. There we can also collaborate with community colleges, because that's what our high school district does. Sometimes they can take college or maybe even high school classes while they are still in middle school. Are there any more questions? I think it's time for two more. So

034these are the comprehensive and coordinated services for early interventions. We want to identify Latino students who have disabilities because we are doing so at a higher rate than other students. So we had formed a plan and allocated funds. This year the plan is a little different. We really want to have a fundamental method that will increase classroom instruction, but we also want to have support for students who need it. I know there are a lot of acronyms, so we have a multi-level support system. This is for all students. It doesn't matter if they have IP, if they are in the foster system, or if they are learning English as a second language. We understand that students have different needs, challenges, or strengths, so we want to see what we can do to make it more

035individualized for some students. So the tip of the triangle is for students who need more intensive support. It could be during the summer or all day long. They can be students with disabilities or who are learning English as a second language for all students. So all students will be able to receive academic, socio-emotional and behavioral support that will be individualized. So again, that is our promise. So when I talk about students in general, I don't want to exclude any student or any group. The goal is for students to master all areas of basic content. These are the standards and expectations for each grade level and for each content area. So we looked at instructional practices. We are all responsible. It's not anyone else's job , it's everyone's job. It is our responsibility. We already have

036elements of our goal. I don't want to give the impression that this isn't the case, but if there are some gaps in some places, schools have been doing it on their own, but our goal is to implement a coherent system in all schools that we can support and monitor to ensure that schools have what they need, that they have the time, the interventions, the assessments; we want to give schools more resources . I already mentioned that we've been more focused as a district on behavior, right? So this would also include that academic piece. So we'll be monitoring the process. What we want is three evaluations a year, and we're going to do material evaluations, for example, or at the end of the year we want to do an evaluation. We want to have these regular

037evaluations every few weeks, and that will inform our practices, identify the needs we want to know about all our students. We want to use our teachers and their knowledge, and we also want to identify the three levels of support. For example, it will be instruction in a small group. There are several different things that schools haven't had, and it's not their fault, but we want to develop them with the collaboration of our staff. So in general, because I could talk for a long time, but this is a proactive prevention system where all students receive what they need. Uh, and we're going to focus on what we call first-level instruction. So it is not a system to refer to special education. It 's not a way to fix the students; it's going to be comprehensive, and

038we're going to focus on instruction, and we're also going to document everything, but it's not just about documenting. So here's another summary of how we're going to identify students, the system, how we're going to monitor and make data-driven decisions, and that we really want to focus on the students. So it's not that we're going to focus on behaviors. If we use it only for behavior, this is something I've already shared, but that would be one example. So all students will receive instruction and we will identify all students. This is the second level. Frankly in Sanivo. Currently it may be more than 10 to 15% due to systemic problems, but in an ideal world these would be the percentages and then the third level. How does it look beyond the basics, and what does personalized, individualized

039support look like? What kind of support do students need? This way we have everything in one place that comes together. Continuing, we talked about equity, how to align our resources and work to support students when they need support and as often as they need support. And we have an over-identification now that reflects the inconsistencies or incongruous structures of the systems we have established. and we don't have a strong system for monitoring progress. It is our responsibility, not the responsibility of the teachers. This is going to take time. We're going to need time to make these improvements. One of the things we've done is go to all the schools participating in conversations about the practices that currently exist, because we have schools all over the district, we have many gaps, some gaps that we need to

040address, we need to address them as best as we can to develop a plan to make these changes. Any questions? I know there's a lot of information. We're going to keep talking about it anyway. I have a question about teaching and behavior. In the past, I frequently asked those questions about the need for behavioral support. At level one, what is the non- academic support like? So, what does that look like at level one? And how can we have coherent systems to do this? We have good systems in terms of behavior. We see many established systems, but when we have new teachers, whether they come from other districts or elsewhere, we need to introduce them first to the work that has been done. The teachers here have done incredible things to address different types of needs,

041and they can address these behaviors by raising expectations for the students, and they do it in a way that focuses on the children and they do it very carefully. Another comment, another question. Thank you. We're still at number nine. We will now continue with the reports from the members of the panel. Counselor, please. In fact, I just sent the report on my activities. I've been very busy. It's been a hectic couple of weeks for me, lots of anxiety, lots of discussions about how to prepare for Super Bowl weekend. We are worried about our families. In general, we are concerned about the well-being of families. There has been a lot of stress for everyone, especially those who are simply going through all these emotions and all these stressors. And I held meetings about that. We hold

042discussions with the board members of the schools. I also wanted to talk about a couple of things that happened today. Several of us went to the district of Cupertino. My colleagues and I toured two different schools. Something I saw at Eton Elementary, which I found very interesting, was that the principal said that they normally have four representatives on a kind of student council, but this year they decided to allow 20 or 30 applicants who wanted to be on the student council. They put them through a leadership program and then opened this up to all the children. After completing this leadership training, they asked the other children, "Is there another student who wants to become a leader?" And in the end there were 12 students who designed their own teams with areas of interest. Then they

043managed to form a group of student ambassadors who spoke about the facilities on campus. There is a group that focused on the playground, several children with various interests who assumed leadership roles in their school. There were only about 400 children in the student body. So, there were many children who wanted to participate in this and who went through this leadership training. I found that very interesting, how to do those kinds of things so that students learn to be leaders. And another school where I went with my group, I do n't remember the name, but it was another elementary school. And it's said to be the best school in the United States or something like that. There are many elements of things we see on our campus, so, like, some things were similar to what we

044have at Fairwood, like, collaboration, but it's a year- round school, they have like 20 schools, it's the only school that has its own schedule. They have their own schedule for vacations, work, and everything else. And it was quite intense, but they were talking about the events they do in elementary school and everyone at Ferw talked about the classrooms with various grade levels. So, those grades stay with the same teacher for 2 years. That was quite interesting as well. See that considering also the differences with Vargas, the Vargas school, which is a degree school with economically disadvantaged students. That school doesn't have the same demographics, but you can see that Fairwood, how could Fairwood be over time and with support compared to, I mean, the other school is very project-based and at this school there is

045a lot of collaboration in the arts and it was quite interesting, a very creative space. That happened today. A couple more things I wanted to mention. We are organizing a branch for the Santa Clara County Board of Education Association , which will take place on March 14th. I think Jesus already sent the invitations to everyone, right? They haven't registered yet. It's going to be a wonderful event because all the legislators will be there except for Josh Becker and Joshua Marens, who haven't yet confirmed or declined the invitation. But it's a great opportunity for them to think about the educational space and to talk with these legislators and ask them important questions, things, issues that we really need to cover. Please send me the questions. You can always send us those ideas you have, that you

046want to talk about. If you want to talk about the mental health of students, you need to prioritize it in the budget through wellness centers or special education, things like that. We need to present that. It's a very good time to do it. So that's the goal I have, and that's what I wanted to share with you. Thank you. Uh, the main thing I wanted to share is the update on the bond committee, on bond oversight. If you haven't been near SMS, you have n't noticed that there's like a huge hole in the ground, because they've been doing construction there for a while; it's a bit different. We had a very good discussion for Evely; it was her first meeting in that group, and in that meeting we shared the board's interests in having a

047more diverse group. They currently have a very action-oriented group . So all of them from their different perspectives, that is, one group focuses on things like business and Shane said he was going to talk to those who work in the trade office to get information for Evely too, who is new to the committee. I know some people who can also contribute. So we shared the board's interests and they were like, yes, we agree with that, and I also mention it because they were talking about the fact that the meeting times can change and all the committee members are open to that because there are currently no committee members. Friday during lunch is the best time for most members, but everyone is open to adjusting the schedule to accommodate more members. So I just wanted to

048share that. I want to repeat what Michelle said about the COC. It was my first time. I was able to meet several people, and I didn't know I was going to meet so many people like that. I managed to see the site and it thrilled me. And I want to see what it looks like now. In fact, and I'm excited about the fact that I might meet one of the members. So I spoke with that person and they are interested. Then I sent the activities and I started my daughter's book club. I finally caught up with the reading and when I was in that group I realized that they had a lot of little notes. I went to reach a clanex at one point. Oh, and they didn't actually have notes and they didn't have

049tissues, for example, paper towels like that, what can teachers ask of parents? Some kind of materials for us to have, for example, also for cleaning our hands. Um, I mean, since it's the season for colds and all that, we need like some tissues, right? For that kind of group, or at least some materials and, like, the notes that the teachers need. In other words , teachers sometimes say, " Oh, well, I bought this and that with my own money, but I can share it, and we can offer some materials to these kinds of groups." That's a question I have. And after the book club it was time for the Cornerson project to start reading the next book. I love the Cornerstone project and I love the lessons we do in class about books and I'm

050wondering if after elementary school it continues into middle school because children need ongoing social and emotional support and sometimes I feel like they get lost once they get to middle school because of hormonal changes. There are many changes. We learn a little about that in elementary school, but then when we get to middle school, well, friends change. So, I wonder if I remember my children saying to me, "Oh, yes, that person, well, before they weren't so nice, but now they are." And so I feel that if the Cornerson project were to continue in middle school, it would be like a reminder because sometimes they don't know who to talk to or are afraid to talk to others. But that type of project, the Cornon project teaches that, I mean, thinking about their mental health, the

051fact that they don't necessarily know who to talk to, but they can talk, for example, to the science teacher. I mean, I'm just wondering if we could have the Cornerstone project in middle school, because I've attended some of the rehearsals they do for that project and heard students from different grades talking about it say that it helps them raise their self-esteem, to have more self- confidence, and that seems excellent to me. And this year I know that since we have the special meeting that day, well, anyway, just a few thoughts about the project are my daughters. My daughter is busy because it's cookie season at the GR Scout where she participates. So we're trying to sell some cookies before the football games, and I also attended the SCBA event with Peggy, and Dr. Constan was

052there with other former superintendents who shared their experiences. Something I liked that he said is that we have goals in one place, that is, at the table, in the boardroom we have tables and we also have goals for the district, but as a board we must have some goals to be able to reflect and remember the reason why we are here, the reason why we have goals. And the other thing was a bit funny, but someone, I think his name was Manny, commented that we have a lot to talk about and with his experiences of about 20 years or more, he gave us some good advice. One of them also mentioned something about the possibility of having a listening committee, that is, a committee just to listen to groups of people who have different interests,

053to see, it's almost like the open hours we have. Yes, that's how Obesma's Zoom meeting went too. I liked it when I heard earlier, one of the students talked about the fact that in social sciences they are learning about Japan. So that seems fine to me, and I wonder if they can learn that in elementary school too. It's world history month, isn't it? So I think my daughter said they learned about Martin Luther King, the meeting, and that at that meeting they were talking about the fact that they have textbooks that are available to anyone online, and I was interested in getting them, like the newsletter, and a few other things that I also have, but that's basically it . I went to the county superintendents' meeting . They talked about the strategic goals regarding

054the collaborations we have to support the whole child, ensuring that every child has access to the socio-emotional and academic support needed for students to succeed in schools. I believe we have goals that correspond with that. They talked about the welcome given to the new successor. They also talked about the elections and the delegates' assembly. And what was the last thing? Last night we were going to go to the table, to dinner. If we went to the dinner for the education boards, P was there, there was a lot of traffic to get there because of the Super Ball and everything else. Uh, there were like five helicopters, so a lot of people arrived late, but we had dinner, uh, we met people from various districts and that was nice and I met Vicky and Rachel. I

055apologize for talking so much. I was pleased to see how they have been doing during these weeks. He was working a lot with the CS LPA. I've been very busy with the committee as well, meeting with many leaders, working on our key priorities for the children of the county. We had a very good meeting with the facilities team talking about the fact that we need to work more on Saniv Medoscu and talk a little about the upcoming issues that will be discussed at the next meeting. We visited Fairwood and Lakewood, but today was a very interesting day because we visited the schools in Cupertino. There is an immersion program in Mandarin and in primary schools. The student ambassador program was very interesting; going to the classrooms and seeing many things, some things we are implementing

056and also new things that we are not. And I think Brillet had the opportunity, she told me that she had the opportunity, which was a very good reminder about how we used to talk about project-based learning in schools. One of the best schools with a lot of homework in California is located in Cupertino. It is one of the leading schools that also made me think of Fairwood. Something that impressed me a lot was the food. It was the same food that the children eat. And apart from the fact that there was a salad, chicken, all very healthy, they also have paneer, a very good quality meal. From what I saw, the food was wonderful. Then we too can continue to improve our food services. That mango curry was excellent. That's not what you normally see

057in cafes. A reminder that in recent years they have had some budget problems, they have closed some schools, however, they still have very good food for the students, very healthy food. We are preparing for our annual show on March 13th. So, I hope we have many visitors from all over the district. That day it will be held in Elis, at Elis Elementary School. We took a full day tour in San Jose, in the San Jose school district, visiting their bilingual schools, which are very good. We brought some representatives from bilingual education from our schools, we did an exchange, it was a very good opportunity. They have very good schools, several middle schools, elementary schools, and bilingual schools. One question, you said that March 13th is the education foundation event . If you can also put

058it on the table calendar, that would be excellent. I'm sorry. That's all for tonight, and I know many of us are sending in our reports. I'm going to send mine tonight so we can have it in the atta too. A week ago I attended an event, a meeting at the public safety department with many collaborators to support students. We had Joselyn Vedales from the city who is a housing specialist and I was very pleased to hear about the support they provide to residents and how passionate they are and the fact that they respond a lot to the needs of the residents and talk a lot about how much it costs to have housing here. Another thing I've been spending a lot of time on is the civic engagement that arises from my own anxiety about

059security. For me, that means we need to get organized. I've been working with some community collaborators. I managed to get some volunteers for people who can support our schools according to the needs. And I spoke with another organizer who works in support; he held some video conferences to support families. It's a very difficult time, especially now that we're in Black History Month. And we're seeing in DC all those signs that are telling the story of slavery, and for me as a mother who is very supportive of my children, attending these meetings is about how to support our students. And at the same time, I don't want to cause any more fear for my children. Then I finally got my training in the rapid response network. And another thing I wanted to celebrate by talking about

060something positive is that yesterday I attended a video conference on multilingual education. It's a multilingual education campaign for all, and that corresponds with the bilingual schools in the San Jose school district. I went on the same tour; we went to the Joh Moreur school, which has the Chinese language investment program, and, I mean, we need to celebrate multilingualism and not just see learning a second language as a deficiency, but we should celebrate it and we should be a district where we promote students who are leaders. that they are multilingual, which for me is exciting and something I like. The last thing I want to mention is that there were about 15 other CMS students who left the class and then returned . I really liked seeing the students marching with their signs. They were showing

061that the future will be alright if young people are standing up and fighting for democracy, for education, and for everything that we are. But I also remembered when they closed the preparatory courses at the university level 25 years ago because they didn't have the same access for high school students. I was thinking about access and I wondered what we can do about equity, that all students should be able to have that access. That's where we want to promote those opportunities, multilingualism for everyone. Now we will continue. We're still in the reports phase. Now on December 9th at the San Niveo Educational Association. Is there a representative from SEA? We will continue here. 9E, the California School Employees Association. Is anyone here? The San Iveo Educational Foundation. Is there a representative here? I am Katy Roland

062and I am speaking as Vice President of the Sunivel Educational Foundation. Ah, I love this time of year because all the programs we 've founded and been working on, we're starting to hear all the stories from the programs and it really inspires me a lot. For example, the students at SMS were able to present a work with new microphones and also a new sound system. There are some people from Vargas and Alice who also received sleeping bags for Walen West. And there are also students who will be reading books and taking walks that we donate. There are over 100 books that we have added to the libraries; they are waiting for the students. All of this was made possible by the support of the community, so I wanted to talk about that. I know it's

063been a difficult week for us. The students have had good experiences here at the schools. Oh, and many thanks to the district for letting us have the space right here next door. Ah, maybe you've heard that we have a lot of camping gear. For the students who go to science camp, we have a great need and we really appreciate everyone at the schools who help us so that everyone can have a good week at camp. Thanks to the entire team who have been taking inventory of what the libraries need. I also wanted to let everyone know that if you are an SST employee, we have money for you. Ah, they just have to tell us how they want to approach learning outside the classroom. There are some people who want to take the TK centers

064outside in all different climates. Some teachers want to go and check the water quality in their area. Ah, thank you very much for all your help. Thank you so much. Now we come to number 10, audience comments. If there are any members of the public present, they can hand in a blue card or raise their hand virtually. This portion of the agenda provides an opportunity for members of the public to address the table directly. But because of Brown's Law and code 54954.2.3, it says that we cannot take action on any item that is not on the agenda. We will have a time limit of 3 minutes per person and 20 minutes in total for comments. Are there any comments today? Then we continue to number 11. Agenda consent items. Any item on this agenda may

065be discussed before being approved. If necessary, we can remove any item for a separate action. The public can address the table about any item. Any comments? Please hand in a blue card or raise your hand virtually. Is there any public comment? Table, since there are many, I would like to take separate votes for each category if that 's okay with you. So, counting on the 11th administration, there are six here on this list. We have a motion to approve the 11th items. I like to make a motion to approve 11a and the second. Okay, Dr. Crossway, can we talk about the policies? So we recently updated these policies. The districts have to adopt them before March 1st; it has to do with immigration and immigration staff in schools, and how we are going to respond

066appropriately. Well, the most important thing is that we want to have a welcoming and safe environment for all students. So we too have changed our protocols time and time again based on the information we have received. Uh, we just updated it at the end of the summer, and it's now part of these policies. Uh, we're also changing them based on what's happened in Los Angeles, in Chicago, if we want to change our protocols and our systems. So we're also going to have more virtual personal training sessions for our community. I hadn't turned in my assignments, so I'm going to do it later. More discussion, everyone in favor. Someone didn't say that we have the motion and the second motion to approve 11a has now moved to 11b. These are related to business services. I have

067a motion to pass. Me first and me second. Is there a discussion? Everyone in favor. So we want the motion and the second one and yes it does now go to the 11C are related to learning and teaching they make a motion to pass and I do it. I'll do the second one. Discussion. I'm still going to ask for a summary of the costs for special education. I know we've made some changes. Ah, yes, I want to pass, but I'd like to have that information when it's available. Everyone in favor. Yes, we third the motion and the second and passes 11C and teaching and learning 50. Now 11D about human resources. We have a motion to pass this. I would like to make the motion. Anyone up for the second one? I do it. There

068is discussion. Everyone in favor. So we followed the motion and the second, uh, the 11D passed, now we come to the action items for the approval of resolution R2618 to recognize Black History Month for February 2026. So now we would like to introduce a resolution to recognize Black History Month and to acknowledge all the contributions and leadership of African Americans for our students and our staff. Salo, which began in 1926 and was started by Carter Wilson and Douglas. Any comments on 12a? Ah, they can raise their hand virtually. We do n't have cards. I have a motion to try. I would like to pass resolution R2618 to recognize African American History Month in February 2026. I have a second. Any discussion? I'm so glad we're doing this because history is being erased elsewhere. Oh, how

069great that we're approving our calendar. I think it's great. There will be planned activities. I know it's a bit sporadic. They're going to show you specific things we're going to do. So there are things in the curriculum and also after school. We're also having lunch on February 28th. Is there any more discussion? Everyone's in favor, except for someone who disagrees. We lost the motion and the second one so resolution R2618 passes 50. They could send us an invitation on the calendar. Excuse me, we've now reached 12b. Approve a one-year contract for services with California Education on Partners with an on-track collaboration to support Col Med School and Sanivel Med School. Dr. Crashw, can you give us a further explanation? So this is for our high schools. Previously, we had a collaboration with other high schools

070so that our districts could collaborate, but also enter into collaboration with other districts in the state. We want to have more collaborative opportunities for our students. Any comments on the 12th? They can hand over a blue card or raise their hand. Is there any public comment? Is there a motion to try 12B? Just a second, I'll do it. Discussion. I'm really excited about this. I think it's going to be a very good opportunity. This is where they'll go to collaboration circles and all that, or could you explain a little more about the investment of time and teachers on the part of the schools? Yes, there are several options, so we can identify a group of teachers and establish collaborations and conversations with the staff. But they can also attend conferences or talk with other teachers

071in the state, but it really depends on the teachers. They will tell us the best ways to collaborate with high school districts. That's what we want to focus on because there's a lot of it. So, what are our priorities going to be ? Ah, we want it to be something that will have the greatest impact on our students. Ah, it's important for the high school district to know what we 're doing too. I believe that in one of the meetings I attended they mentioned that there would be at least two teachers from the school or from each grade. That may be the case, but it will depend a lot. So he may also be involved in separate meetings. Oh, and school leadership can also participate . It will be a formal structure with protocols and

072there will be people to guide the conversation. I think it's a very good opportunity, especially for the district, because it will then be something with structure and best practices, and there will be fewer opportunities for blaming each other, for people to say, "Ah, I know better if we just did it this way." Yes, we've had a pretty difficult dynamic between districts. We've had communication problems, so I think it's going to be a very good pilot. Ah, I wonder how long it will last. We haven't heard back from the high school yet. We've talked quite a bit, so we're going to start at the end of this school year. Is there any further discussion? Any further comments? Everyone's in favor, so we have the motion, and the second one, 12B, is approved: to approve a one-year

073contract with California Education Partners for on-track collaboration to support Colem School and Sanel McCool. We got to 12C, to approve a contract for a consultant for the Juntos program. So we want you to consider working with Dr. Muñoz Muñoz on the Juntos program. We recently started a Committee, we received feedback from families and staff, and we want to continue the conversations. Any comments on 12C? A blue card if you're here, or raise your hand virtually. Oh, I have a motion to approve. I'd like to approve the contract for the consultant for Juntos. I have a second. Is there discussion? I have a question. This is the same person who was at the Valentine Equity Summit . Yes. Because that was fantastic. He was fantastic. He really connected with people. We talked about cultural competencies and

074language practices. It was a very well-organized event and presentation . I would love to see him again. I'm so excited that we have this opportunity to continue working with him and that he's going to collaborate more with our district. Thank you so much for the explanation. No, we already know who will be on the board. We can ask how soon we think we're going to start. So as soon as it's approved, we'll move on to the next steps. Will it be open, or will there be a structure, or what will it look like? Based on what we've discussed, it's going to be families who have children in Juntos, but We also want the participation of parents who don't have students at Fun. So I thought these groups would be in the community with teachers, staff,

075and families, so it would be beyond the program itself. Those will be the groups, not the advisory committee. So before we talk with Dr. Valentine, who I know has more to say, good afternoon, everyone. So these focus groups are going to be to gather information, to investigate further the issues we saw in the surveys, and then the next step will be to form the advisory committee to take the next steps. So we're still gathering information. We want to make sure we have input from the broadest range of the community so we can decide on those steps. What are your considerations for the composition of this committee? What kind of people do we want represented? I think the group and the families have communicated that the groups and committees should have people from many different demographic

076groups, languages ​​spoken, ethnicities, and so on, but also staff. Yes, we have staff, families, and students. We're looking for input from students in grades three through eight, not that the others don't have opinions. Oh, but we want it to be appropriate. We 've been talking about whether the board members could attend the school construction meetings . We're going to Cherry Chase and Sanel Med School. Maybe we can offer our perspective, or at least listen to what's going on . I'd like to see if we could also attend the focus groups , but once the committee is formed, I'd like to see if we could add a team to go and listen. I think those conversations are important so we can understand the context. Um, I wanted to make that request. Any other questions or discussion?

077Everyone in favor. Who doesn't agree? So we received the motion, and the second one, so 12C, to approve the contract with the consultant so we can move forward together. Thank you very much. So I'm tired, so I hope that all made sense. Now, 12D. To accept the annual tax and financial reports for 2024-2025. So First, I wanted to give you an introduction. We have to do this review according to the state, but it's a process that Elito really likes. We have new standards, so we have our team that reviews everything, and I find it very helpful. I wanted to mention that. So, we have here the gentleman who will be presenting the findings of the report. Thank you very much. Good afternoon. Thank you very much for having me here. This is the district's annual

078financial report, and it looks like we're also going to talk about the assets, right? So, we have several different reviews that are included here. The main one is the financial review. It 's simply a process to confirm everything that has been reported to you before. We have all the revenue; that's the purpose of the review. There are phases where we come to see how the receipts are processed. For example, we like to look at the segregation of duties. We wait for the managers to close the books, and then we go through the numbers. We have the team that we collaborate with, and they connect us with other people they work with so we can verify everything. We have a financial opinion, and there are also some other reviews. Opinions on other things, as we did

079an additional review to ensure they're meeting the requirements. We also have another review that's done based on a couple of measures. It's a little different from the district's because we want to make sure all the worlds are correct and that they're separate from the district's revenue. That everything is aligned with the decisions that have been made. A lot of it has to do with construction, so they're quite large, and we work with the project managers and make sure they're in line with the decisions you made. We also confirm all the numbers that are reported. Oh, we want everything to be separated into revenue, and we also review the procurement processes. There you go. We also review how the funds are spent. Oh, finally, we have a review on parcel taxes, which is very similar. Oh,

080I do vote here in the district, so I always make sure the funds are spent properly. Oh, but we have a clean opinion, so everything is in line with the law. We also have other assets, but they don't impact the money, but we also have to Report on this. So everything was able to be corrected. We really appreciate the whole process and collaboration that allowed us to complete this review. Any questions? Any comments on 12D? Please raise your hand or hand in a blue card. Any comments? Is there a motion to approve? I would like to approve to accept the reports. One second. Now we can have the discussion and questions. Everyone in favor can say yes. Anyone against? It's approved and a second. And now we continue. Number 12B passes with zero against. We're

081going to take a 4-minute break. We'll be back at 8:34. Yes. Professional developer. I wish I could have brought more back. The chocolate is actually really heavy chocolate in Europe; it just does better in other countries. It doesn't have as much. I don't think this is most people, but I brought it back and they're... The white ones are coconut, the pink and purple are mango steam, and the green ones are mango. These are more like a coconut and... Then these, but yeah. Yes. Don't take it. It's 8:36, and we're returning to the session, continuing with item 12 on the School Accountability Ballot. One item. The district needs to approve the School Accountability Ballot, which is called the SAR. We're starting to improve the demographics, right? The environment of our facilities, the instructional resources, and, of

082course, financial information. Also, the state priorities list doesn't align with the ELC because it comes from the 1990s. From back then, from back then . Unfortunately, it doesn't align with the ELC. If there's a comment on item 12D. Is there a comment on this item? A motion to consider. A motion to approve the SAR. I second questions, discussions. There was a bill last year and a lot of paperwork, and I'm wondering, well, who's reading those reports? Yes, I think it's moving forward, but they're going to be an informational hearing. I believe on February 24th, if I'm not mistaken, many districts in Santa Clara County are going to Sacramento. to give public comments. I'm sure you'll see some people there giving comments if our county is generally interested in this matter. If any of you would

083like to speak, or if anyone from our district wants to give their perspective, we have districts in our county that are applying for various types of grants through the states for different programs. They're trying to see; there are different ways to administer the grant. One district tried to return it, saying it was too much, but the government rejected it because it had already been distributed. There are so many issues at ELCAP that involve a lot of paperwork for small districts; it's very burdensome, a lot of paperwork is required, but there are always many obstacles for districts. So yes, we appreciate the support, but if you want to talk about the excessive paperwork, I mean, some of the documents are about transparency, but sometimes it's just extra paperwork, which in my opinion shouldn't be there. We

084can write a letter, for example, yes, for the [unclear - possibly "the one" or "the one"], and last year we wrote a letter as well, but regarding the updates this year, for example, We can present a letter from the board to support—I mean, reviewing—I mean, consolidating the excessive documentation. We can consolidate the documentation; we can be transparent without having to repeat a lot of information and provide redundant information. Other points to discuss: I wanted to say that the presentation included here helped me a lot, especially for the new board members. I mean, it made me think about the role I have, and I thought it was excellent. So, if you have any questions about it, I think it's a good opportunity to talk about it, but I thought the presentation was quite good. I also

085want to remind everyone that on January 15th, we saw the SAR for the first time. At that time, we simply wanted to see it and review it. And last year, when the SS came in, it seemed like a good time to review the data because it seemed like we didn't really have the opportunity, but now it feels very different, realizing that it's a compliance opportunity that isn't necessarily relevant to the decisions we're making now. We're going to have many more opportunities to see the data, so I don't have that same anxiety about using the SARC to talk about the data because now I realize... I realize we're going to have more conversations about the available data. Anything else? Thank you for the summary and the presentation. Everyone who's in favor is quite good. Oh, I

086want to add something else. I think the way they compare schools—I know there are several tools that do the same thing that we can access—but I think there's an opportunity for us, perhaps not with the same data as in previous years, but to remind us, because it has, for example, the number of students per grade level and the school's composition this year. So, this kind of information would be interesting in a deeper analysis of the data in conjunction with the other information we have. And the other thing is the information about the campus, I mean, the conditions of the campus, and I know that's also reflected in the facilities master plan that we're prioritizing, but it's interesting to see it all together, that we 're focusing on the schools that need the work. Now we

087can vote. We're ready. Everyone in favor, please say yes. Anyone against? Councilor Mna and second, number 12. It passed unanimously, 5-0. We are continuing with the last remaining item, the acceptance of the Sanivell School District Board's priorities for 2025 through 2021. That's the presentation I shared earlier about aligning our work for the next two and a half years, focusing on students with disabilities, the foster care system, multilingual students, especially Hispanic students learning English, and reflecting on student outcomes. It's a time to align our work across the entire organization going forward. And I don't want to say that these are the only things we're doing because it's a lot of work, but it allows us to focus a little more on those priorities. There are comments on the remaining item 12F. We have a card here

088in person, and also someone online who has a comment. There's another public comment. One more. What can we start with in person? Let's start with the quota removal. Greetings to the respected members of the Board of Education. Soita, I am the mother of a third- grade student at Elisa Lament. He has an Individualized Education Program (IEP). I'm also a representative appointed by the Board of Education, but there I speak simply as a mother. I'm a very involved parent. I focus a lot on the superintendent's search , the CUP planning. So I'm very involved, and I also work with families who have children in special education throughout the district. I'm very grateful for the leadership in this regard, and I'm here because the special education outcomes are still not acceptable. The results have been very low,

089and there's really little sense of urgency there. Every year we try something new hoping it's going to work. Parents are overwhelmed. We don't need more goals. What we need is results-oriented action with curiosity, to solve this problem and find ways to solve it. We need to find the key root causes. We 've seen that nonverbal students succeed because their parents teach them to be confident. Today I learned about a nonverbal student who will be classified on the ELCAP here in a week. I'm quite excited for this child. Why did that happen? Because the parents advocated for that child's well-being. They provided the supports. that child needed, and that's why the child is successful. In stark contrast, our district often accepts low expectations as the standard. And this leads to the student's inability to succeed. And

090I am very much against that. When I say that my child cannot succeed in geometry in middle school or high school, in order to attend high school, I want my child to be able to attend college, and as a mother, I need to know the root causes of why this is happening, what obstacles are affecting my child. As a district, we have seen patterns. I am seeing patterns. Oh, excuse me, we've reached the limit, but you can send us more comments by email. Online, we have Susan Salop. Susan, go ahead. Hello, can you hear me? I am Susan Humfre Salab, and I am the mother of a child with disabilities who received services in the Sanibel District from preschool through 8th grade. I am still very involved in helping Sanibel students through my volunteer work

091with the Sanibel Education Foundation. We advocate for special education. This morning, I reviewed the materials on the table. They didn't mention students with disabilities in several updates, including the superintendent's report. I already emailed those comments , but tonight I'd like to talk about the 2025-2028 priorities, which don't have any meaningful goals or plans for students with disabilities. I strongly believe there need to be specific plans for students with disabilities to ensure positive outcomes for these students. Without goals, there's no sense of accountability. There's a great risk that we won't make any progress. I've sent seven edits, ideas, on top of the document that Dr. Crossway provided. For students, I'll send the priorities for students with disabilities after this meeting. The next things I'm proposing are: first, there must be a goal on outcomes for students

092with disabilities. Second, there must be goals for CAS in English and math. Third, also goals similar to those being proposed for English language students. Fourth, there must be student support, a goal on integrated support. And fifth, after- school enrichment opportunities. Many programs don't allow students with disabilities to enroll, and they should be included. included. Six, there must be goals established in the 3-year priorities that are similar to what has been developed for students who are developing English language skills. We need to see the same detailed process for students with disabilities, and number seven, financial responsibility, which needs to see a goal to address the very high costs of special education and how we can use those funds more wisely, because there are always costs that are going up every year. Any list of priorities must

093include goals and plans for special education. Representation matters, and certain student populations are affected when they are excluded from priorities. That affects students' ability to have positive outcomes and thrive. Please include goals and plans for students with disabilities in the district's priorities . I know we rate district staff on the district's priorities. So, I want to request that plans for students with disabilities be included. Thank you, and thank you for sending us this additional information by email. There is also a motion to be considered. I 'm a little lost. It's a motion to approve 12F, Acceptance of the Education Board's Priorities. Sanibel. I approve. I'm second. Questions, comments. I think that including the points in the sections on special education would be a positive point, because I 'm not saying we need to start from

094scratch, but thinking about it, listening to the comments, I think that based on the students' results, we can, if there's an opportunity for each year... have something about special education. That's what I understand. They have already discussed the possibility of forming a family group. In the initial comments they started talking about having a family group and perhaps doing something similar, delving in a similar way with someone who has knowledge about special education systems . So maybe we don't know exactly what those points and rules would be, but I'd be interested in including everyone, right? So, we just haven't put it in writing. I understand that if the priorities are not visible, it's almost as if it's not part of our priorities. So, I 'm wondering, I don't know what goals we would have other than

095family involvement and trying to improve student outcomes for special education students. I don't know if it's similar in terms of CAS goals and if that means we're going to have someone review the goals we have for individualized education plans , you know, helping children reach their full potential. For example, from my personal experience, my eldest son had an IP address that was very thick, that is, it had a lot of information inside. And I am grateful for all the work that the Department of Special Education does and all the work that it continues to do and that it did for my son from kindergarten through eighth grade. And the IP, despite being a legal document, is a document that can always be changed. We had a three-year annual goal, we had progress checks, usually we

096did one in October and another in December. We would talk at various times throughout the year, always to see if I was achieving my goals or making progress towards them. There were always many adults there in the room talking about this plan I had for my son. So, as a mother who is involved in my son's education and I have studied literature, I am also used to reading very long texts, but even for me who has such experience with long texts, it was difficult to make sure that he was always keeping up. It was a lot of work for me to make sure my son was progressing well towards his goal and also do other things in life. So what I'm saying is, if every child in our district had an individualized education plan, that

097would be great, right? Because everyone would be progressing towards their goals and the goals of each student would always be considered , but as they are trying to work on various developmental trajectories to help, that is, to think about the strengths and how children can be supported to adapt the trajectory so that students can be as close to grade level as possible or go beyond grade level. Uh, it requires a lot of work. We all have to work together. But the question I have, and what I heard from my mentor now, is whether the goals are written in a way that actually helps our children progress, or if they're just something we want them to achieve and that's it. I mean, there's that concern, and I'm not saying that's exactly what's happening , but if

098someone from outside could help us write the goals or review the systems we have, I think that when families see those focus groups, for example, the ones they mentioned about the ELCP, or if they had the opportunity as a focus group, as a group of parents, to review the data and say, how is this really affecting our children in middle school, high school, and beyond? And how are children accessing, or not accessing, the optional courses? For example, the things we do will include this community, but if that isn't specifically stated here, I'm wondering if there might be a way to mention it specifically that could be helpful. I'm willing to try what's here with the idea. If there is something to be owned, we think of adding something. First, it means that community members and

099families will also be able to comment. I think we should work on that later, that we can also specify the most vulnerable in order to have those specific measures and then we will be able to determine which ones we want to focus on. We do n't want to ignore anyone because it's our responsibility to address that. We also need to have those conversations for the recommendations, but we're not ready to make these recommendations now. That's why he's saying that we have this opportunity to collaborate on this, and that's why we want to establish this community so we can have a better way to collaborate with families. We also want to create a space where they feel comfortable, where they have resources, and where we can support them in other ways. We can return to this

100topic. I also have something else, unrelated, but something that is related, maybe under number two. If we have a plan, that would be a good first step, and then there will be other steps once the committee is formed. That's a good point. There are going to be some things we 're not aware of, and we can make those changes too. That's where I'd like to see it. I do n't know exactly where, but under number two. But if you think it's a specific place, I think under number two somewhere there, then something separate from that, unless someone else wants to say something. He asked me where we can have those measurable goals, because all of this is individualized. And there's one more at the beginning of the second page, so we're going to separate the

101scores as much as possible according to demographics. I believe it is an area where research will be conducted. Sorry to interrupt. No, it's fine. I'm just going through the document and wondering where it would be good to be more specific about that. What data is relevant and also significant? And those are the systems we need to develop. We currently have some data from state assessments and the NWA, but we want to find out which assessments will be most useful for teachers. That's what I was saying. I believe we cannot set goals yet. First, the first priority step is to give priority to participation and collaboration with the community. Anything else? Yes, but this is going to be different, so if we're all ready. I believe it's in the document, but I just wanted to clarify

102whether we're going to prioritize multilingual students, but also the Latino and Spanish-speaking community, because when I said multilingual, I wanted to make sure that it's going to be non-Spanish speakers in general. If we want to focus on closing the gaps for certain groups, especially Latino students who are learning English, that is part of our goals. But you just said something different. Well, I think you said something different. We're at number three. What part of the number three? We read the goal. Latino or Hispanic students learning English . But what does that mean? It's because historically they receive fewer services. Yes. And so this is separate from number one and number three. So number three is going to be for multilingual students in general. Oh, but we also want to support students, even if they are

103not identified as students learning English as a second language. Is there anything else we'd like to add before we approve it, or anything we think about after this conversation? I think if everyone else agrees under number two, we can add something to it. And there's one that says we're going to have more leadership opportunities for families and make sure there's language access. Perhaps we can include special education or something like that to make it clearer that special education families are also going to be part of this because I'm seeing that advisory committee as a leadership opportunity. That's what it is , right? So you want to detail it and also make it explicit that we're going to want students with different skills and abilities here on page 3 in the two BB where it talks

104about workshops and training sessions. I do n't know how we want to call it, opportunities for family participation. Maybe we can add a comma at the end , including special education, I do n't know exactly how to say it, but something like that. She said students with disabilities, learning differences, but this is for families, so it's going to be for families with students with learning differences. We could make an amendment and then approve it, or if we want to come back later, we need to work on it a little more. Yes, I added what they said here, but I also want to continue working on another point. We want to approve it now so we can start communicating it to the community or whatever, whatever is fine. So we can tell the community what our

105goals are, although they are not completely set, so we will discuss it later. Yes. So now we return to number 13, the discussion to review and discuss resolution R2617 to adopt monthly compensation for members under the education code section 35120 and AB1390. So a new law has just been signed that sets concentration limits that hadn't been updated in about 40 years, so now it's going to be adjusted. Ah, we are like that, I wasn't reflecting the times, the time it takes to work. Ah, because all these limits come from the 80s. So part of the reasoning is that board members spend a lot of time in training and many other things, not just being present here at the meetings, but also that low compensation has made it more difficult for certain families who do n't

106have much income to participate, and we want to discuss these. I know many districts in the state are having very similar conversations, so this is for discussion so we can have an opportunity for public comment. Any comments on the 13a? Please hand in a blue card or raise your hand. Is there any public comment? Ah, now let's continue the discussion. I wrote the LAAC letter; I was in favor. I believe it's a matter of fairness because there are many families who need contributions for everyone in the community. Only people who have the time and money can participate. I think we're going to have to wait another 40 years. I agree. Ah, I signed that letter too. We've had this conversation and we're discussing it now because it's quite far ahead of the next election. We're

107looking at the budget and everything, and if we don't want to do it then we'll have to wait, but we don't want to do it in the fall. I know it's difficult to increase compensation because we're in a deficit in terms of expenses, but I believe it will make a difference to someone who takes the time. Even if it's just attending meetings, the difference between 300 and 1200 is very big. I would let more people participate. If someone really disagrees, then there is a way to refuse the money. Ah, if someone says doing that is a political statement, then I want to do it. Then they can do it. But many say this work is volunteer work, but we get paid very little for what we do, but we are elected officials and represent the

108community and we get paid a few cents, but it's still work. I would support any amount they wanted to give. And I agree with Isabel, ah, that if we make the change now, then it will be like reparation for the decades that very little was paid. During all the years I've been on the board, many people thought I was paid more, as if I were on a part-time job, but I only get paid a few dollars an hour. I think I agree with that idea. This way we could increase the number of potential candidates. I think we've already done two things that could help with that. When we first came to the table, there were no health benefits, so it's not like you have to use it, but it's an opportunity. That could be thousands

109of dollars for someone. So nobody is going to come and do this to get rich. But if we want it to be a significant amount to add to the conversation, I think it's been maybe three or four years that we haven't increased it. Ah, the plan was to increase it every year, but we have n't done it. So we are cutting the budget, but we haven't received any increase in our salaries for many years. I believe we should also avoid doing it right after or before an election. I didn't even know we were getting compensation, so we have two meetings a month and then I was totally okay with it and when I realized that I was going to get something, I thought it was great. Uh, the table does a lot of work. We

110come to meetings, there are events, we have to read the package, it 's not just 10 pages, it takes a lot of time to review it. And when you work and have a family to take care of and also volunteer time in schools, I think we do do a lot of work, since that conversation hasn't increased in 40 years. I did n't really join the elective board to make money. We are here because we are taking this time to help families and children make good decisions. I think there's an opportunity to increase that compensation, do n't you? To make it worse, but I think we should increase it to the maximum, because I think we get paid a few cents for our time, but I would like to see that increase and if we are

111going to be voting for a specific amount, we have to increase it. at most. There are other people who receive compensation, and we also do a lot of work, that's my opinion. I also agree that we should increase it to the maximum. Ah, I think it's been 4 years. We made $297 here in the last year just from attending events. That's 85 hours of events or other things or volunteer time, so I get paid about $50 an hour and that doesn't include all the reading, and if we include that it would be about $75. Ah, but I would do it even if I wasn't paid because I love this job, but also, ah, I don't want to be a burden on my family because I spend a lot, for example, on the care for my

112dog. Oh, and now I don't have to go back to work, but in the future I think I'm going to have to. Oh, and I like being able to have the time to give all that love and passion to the district. You should have to make a sacrifice like this to be able to do this. I believe they should at least pay us the minimum balance, and this isn't going to reach the minimum balance, but we would n't have Dr. Crossw if it weren't for our table. has identified a few million dollars. Well, money was being spent excessively, something like that. So our salaries are such a small part of the budget. I would like to acknowledge that it is difficult in the situation we are in. I know you mentioned caring for your dog,

113but to be in this leadership position in the community. So. And it's an investment of time, and they've had to take care of children, and it can be very difficult because childcare is very expensive. People say they care a lot about schools, but there are so many parents, it's very difficult to ask them to be part of this board, earning $ 90 a month and then having to pay for childcare. Ah, because if they're going to be volunteers, then they're going to have to pay their own money for the events and all that. And before, we were having a lot of trouble setting times for meetings because it was during the week and we couldn't have those planning meetings. We couldn't do it during the school day, so it was through childcare. So, what are

114we going to say to someone who wants to join the board of directors? But if you want to be president or vice president and if you're going to have that leadership role, it's only going to be possible if you pay for childcare out of your own pockets . I think it makes a lot of sense to increase it. Ah, that's fine by me. Yes, if we do this and increase the salary, including the political perspective, the council members earn about 30,000 a year. We do much more than they do, so I heard 100, which is the maximum. We're not going to vote now, but that would be the number we want when I return so we can take action. If we haven't received any public comments today. Oh, if anyone wants to leave a comment,

115they can. Thank you. Now we come to 13B. We're going to discuss the board meeting schedule for 2026 or 2027. So, what I 've seen is that we don't have many regular meetings, and they can change from month to month, which is very confusing for the community and for the superintendent to make it easier for everyone so that you can also balance your professional and personal lives. And we also want to support our families. We want it to be a more consistent schedule. What are your thoughts so we can confirm the dates? Before we discuss this, is there any public comment? Please raise your hand or hand over a blue card. Very good, Mesa. Some comments. I think it used to be the first and third Thursday, but then the meetings were very long, the

116presentations, the discussions, so we started doing the meetings earlier and then there was also discussion about meeting with the staff. So where there are opportunities in the calendar so that we don't have to do it every two weeks, it has changed a lot over time and that's why we have this schedule. For me, two meetings a month is fine. Ah, we had some presentations that took a long time. We had a longer superintendent's report and more longer comments, so we didn't get to the consent agenda until 8, but from there we were able to proceed fairly quickly. I think it's because we're a fairly new group and we have a lot of things and many changes in the district, a lot of innovation and things that we're building. I think it would be good to

117have two meetings a month. Not all of them have to be very long. If it's a shorter meeting, that's good. Very good. Ah, but for me it would be fine to go back to two a month. We want the first, the third, the second, the fourth, or what do you think about two meetings a month? the first and the third. If there are going to be a few holidays, like in December, we only have one meeting and it has to be the second week. There are many things that sometimes we cannot do before a certain date, but other things have to be done before other dates. So for me, the second and fourth are fine . I also think that for me the second and fourth will be easier because we have many meetings the

118first week of the month, so for me the second and fourth would be good . Do you agree? I also wanted to talk more about certain topics as a subject of study, union of governance, but it wasn't really about governance, but rather as a study session. So we've been trying to find times to talk as a group, like about specific topics, and it's been very difficult, so I'm wondering, and we can talk about it, if it would make sense to incorporate those study sessions. In one meeting yes, and in another no. In other words, we can plan every two meetings in advance, but we could also do it without scheduling too far in the future to see if it's successful. I believe that some of the discussion points can be like a study session without

119being a separate formal event . I spoke with a representative from Morgan Hill about something else, and somehow we started talking about the fact that they have this all-day discussion, a full- day study session with the board. I ca n't remember if they record it or if anyone can attend, but I feel like a meeting about the data should be public. So, if there are a couple of meetings we know we want to have—it might be like a review of the facilities projects or something—if it works as one of the board meetings, that's fine. But I think we might need a couple more meetings as we go through this process, and we might need some study sessions that are open to the public with interpretation, recordings, and people who can watch it on screen, too,

120because nobody is making changes for fun, right? In other words, we're not doing this for fun. We are trying to identify systemic problems so that we can make systemic changes. This requires little pain. Sometimes we need to be transparent about what we are changing, what results we want to achieve. So, I definitely feel we're going to need another meeting, but I think as you and Udiel look ahead to next year, there are going to be things that need to happen at a certain point, because logistically speaking, planning to see, well, one of the October meetings, in fact, there's nothing we need to do in October. Ah, if we can do a 2-year data review that night, I mean, to see if that works, because if it does n't work we can add another meeting, but

121I think if it can be done within the schedule we already have, that would be great. and we would have to update the governorship calendar taking into account the spring break. For example, the December holidays in July. We also have a week until Thanksgiving. And the chapter review is also a bit difficult because we need more time as well. We could do that on the second or the fourth just to have more time, to talk as a team, to discuss it in more depth. I think I also know that we have several governance meetings, I mean, it's to move forward, I mean, we're not going to confirm everything, but if we can have those governance meetings where we can be a little more vulnerable to foster the trust we have among us, that's not for

122the public, but uh, on Friday mornings if we can find a time for study sessions, we can try to identify those days from now on and establish the days when we're going to do it. I think that with our new governing board it is very dynamic because we have many pending things and many things that we need to establish. For example, we don't know the history of how we got to this point, and this is a discussion we're going to want to have when we think about how we want things to be from now on. So, I mean, spending time doing maybe a couple of governance meetings, some study sessions on Fridays. We can do it on a Thursday and Friday, for example, but if we really need that time, it will be less important

123that the audience is there. If we try to hold those meetings on Friday mornings and the other meetings in the afternoon and evening, that's going to be better for the public, isn't it? I also think that if, for example, we want to plan something before the start of the school year, if we want to do something for the board, the progress of the board, the sooner we do it the better, otherwise we should say that there are some things that are happening. Let's say we think we'll be ready to talk about music and the arts at some point next year. It would be important to have some points of reference to discuss it, that is, to schedule that in advance and, in the meantime, we can start preparing a longer presentation because something like this

124might involve people from the audience. And I also wonder if I do n't know at the Equity summit at some point. I think it had several names. When we held the first Delac meeting this year, we were approving the minutes from last spring. And in that meeting that we were approving on the screen, one of the things we loved last year was the opportunity to meet the board of directors at the event that was held in the district for Hispanic families and English language students. And we were wondering where it was done this year. So, I don't know if it would be a meeting, an opportunity, but we were definitely trying to see what you know about the voters, right? It was a very interactive and fun event, but it was also a good opportunity

125to get to know the audience, wasn't it? So if something like that, we're programming the dances maybe, I mean, something else like that that we're programming. I don't think that event was recorded, if I'm not mistaken, but I mean, these must be recurring events throughout the year that we need to consider when we're scheduling other meetings, right? Yes, that sounds good to me. That's an idea I want to mention just in case . I'm trying to find answers, I mean, thinking about June and July, I mean, we need to think about next year, I mean, do some kind of event. We are doing the fourth Thursday in May to read the CAP budget and the fourth Thursday in June for approval. We're going to be busy, we know, with the end of the school year,

126but the second meeting could be about governance. It's a somewhat detailed idea, but well, worth considering just in case. We already have a meeting that we need to reschedule for another date, and she's graduating from college and I have to drive to Los Angeles the night of our meeting. So I told him, I mean, I could handle it in the morning and then we'll have the meeting electronically, and my son said, "No, you're crazy, we have to schedule it for another date." So we can see the dates, the calendar now last year we scheduled it for another date because Michelle had an event and then we chose another date, something happened and I don't know, I missed the one in June last year, we changed one for my grandfather's funeral. In fact, they're going to

127graduate very early, so it's April 30th, actually. The night before, it could be done on April 23rd. That would be good. Or we can do it on Tuesday, if not another night, or think that a week earlier or later would be better. I think the previous week is better. April 23rd is fine for everyone. Yes. Okay, let's do it then. Thank you. I think I have to pick up Jacob that day. It comes out on the 22nd. Yes, we can wait. I'm going to talk to my son a little more. We still have a little time to make a final decision because otherwise I can't tell you, I mean, we could do it on the 20th and there would be time, we could do it on the 28th. The 28th is a problem. I have

128another matter pending on that date. For now, why don't we keep the 23rd and 28th open? Just in case. The dates on the calendar are currently correct. I think everything is up to date. Yes, with the correct dates. Another thing on the calendar is that I want to have open hours for staff at schools. I wanted to mention it to everyone. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at lunchtime, for example. Do you want us to do it too? So, are you going back to regular opening hours? Yes. And what's the best way to schedule these hours? A quick question. If we go back to the other date, the 28th doesn't work. Uh, is May 5th a Tuesday there too, or would it be too late next Tuesday, I mean, the Tuesday after our regular meeting, is it

129the 14th or not? We currently have the 14th, the 14th and 15th, right? We are having a governorship meeting. There's a lot, isn't there? What are we going to do on those dates this whole year? That's the only meeting in May, the 13th and 14th. Yes. No, the 28th. It's the only one. So, what if we do the one from April 30th to May 7th? That's what I was saying, the May C-Ci. Number five is open. That sounds good to me, but if we do it on May 5th, I don't think I'll make it to 6, we could do it a little later because I work in Fremont. Do you know what we could do? Let's start the meeting at 6 and then we can do the student reports, and then go to the closed

130session. So you wouldn't be here for the students, but you could come for the closed session, right? And you can watch the recording of the student reports later . So, on May 5th, yes, May 5th. So, we are cancelling the meeting scheduled for April 3rd, moving it to May 5th. Are you going to be here? Yes, the 30th, right? We are cancelling the one on April 30th. Yes, April 30th to do it on May 5th. So, we can send the open hours for both the community and staff by email, but I wanted to inform you about the type of office hours we can do. And another thing I want to mention is that Bridget and I at some point, she did like a wheel in middle school, we were going to do an event once

131a year, that kind of event in schools. In the end we didn't do it , but something you mentioned today made me think about it. At the next governor's meeting we can talk about the opportunities we have to talk with the students, right? In casual settings. It's an orange and black wheel, and you spin it, and then if you get orange, you choose something, or black, you choose another prize, or we record everything and ask, "Can you tell me about your dreams and hopes or something you learned this year?" We don't have to record it, but it's a fun way to talk to the children, and it was interesting because the children told us what they want to do. For example, I mean, it was funny, but it was a good way to talk to

132the kids about school, wasn't it? Yes. So, it's a matter of governance. I think we've reached the end of this discussion. Uh, future meetings. If nuciones es son las 9:48. The next meeting is on Thursday, March 12, 2026. One thing I want to mention, there is a nutrition event that will also be held on Friday, February 13. Next week. It's unrelated, but oh well, we're not going to have another meeting. Well, the meeting concludes at 9:48. Thank you. Okay.