CVUSD Board Meeting 02/12/2026

001Good evening. So, it is what time is it? 5:35. And according to board policy, meeting procedures, all governing board meetings shall begin on time and be guided by an agenda prepared in accordance. I'm just making a statement before we call the meeting to order. Um there is an issue where the documents were not submitted within the Brown Act 72 hours before the start of the meeting and and that would make it at 6:00. 72 hours when the documents were uh displayed would make it 6:00. Uh therefore we can start that meeting at 6:00. According to the Brown Act though, it does say that um if governing board members receive and the public receive members less than 72 hours before the regular meeting, then the materials must be made available for public inspection at the time

002that they are distributed to the body and it lists the codes there. So, one of the issues are the agenda was uh made available to the public, but the attachments weren't. So therefore uh the entire uh embodiment of the materials were not made available to the public um within the 72 hours. Uh we're looking at 6:00. That would be the 72-hour mark. So when we call the meeting to order, it would be 6:00. I don't know if there's any objection how the board if this has ever happened before where you've had the materials sent out less than 72 hours. So, [clears throat] we can call the meeting to order and do the vote. But, uh, >> what are we voting on >> on the on calling the meeting to order because uh, according to the

003Brown Act, you can't call you can't have a >> vote on the vote is to have the meeting start and call the order at 6:00. I mean, it's kind of like a catch 22, right? You can't call him anymore. >> Start at 6:00 now and come back. >> Yeah, we'll just I would just make the announcement that we start What time is it now? 5:37. >> We can do a roll call vote. I mean, it's just uh consensus, right, of those. So, to start at 6:00. >> Yeah. >> [clears throat] >> Yeah, >> we got to call to order. Yeah, we got mean. So, we'll call the meeting to order. It is at 5:38. All uh directors present and you want to start with the pledge of pledge of allegiance or you want to make

004the motion? >> I'll make the motion. Okay. >> Right. Okay. So, we have a second. >> One second. >> Okay. All those in favor? >> I >> Okay. So, therefore to be in compliance with the Brown Act, we won't actually start this meeting. We'll >> Yes. >> Huh. Abstain. >> Yeah. >> Okay. And then I'd second it. Okay. >> All right. All those in favor? I >> I >> and then I'm saying or post >> oppos. [snorts] >> Yeah. Okay. So the so we have >> So we'll start at >> Yes. We're adjourning now and then with this public meeting will start at 6:00 which is 20 minutes. >> Can you get the music on? >> Well, and then act that actually give the public uh 20 minutes to I know we received some of

005the written comments. So, you have 20 minutes for those who haven't been here in time or to submit the comments before the close session. >> Yeah. Good evening. It is 6:00, so we'll go ahead and call this [clears throat] meeting to order. Coachella Valley Unified School District Board of Directors. And we'll begin if we could ask the student trustee to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. Ready? Begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. >> May we start with the roll call. >> President Tortez, >> present. Vice President Garcia >> present. >> Clerk Ardondo >> present. >> Trustee Akuna >> here. >> Trustee Calimmanes >> present. >>

006Trustee Gonzalez. >> Hi. >> Trustee Vargas >> here. >> Student trustee Isabella Himenez Martinez. >> Present. >> Superintendent Dr. Esparza. >> Present. >> Assistant superintendent Dr. Monica Mcwitz. >> Assistant Superintendent Sakoro Sanchez. >> Present. Assistant Superintendent Julie Vigil present. >> We have a quorum. So we'll move on to 2.1 close session public comments. I have three here. Do we have any others turned in this? There's only three. So, the first one I have is Carissa Carrera. Okay. Good evening. Um, I'm Chris Aerrera speaking on behalf of the Coachella Valley Teachers Association and I'm here tonight to address serious concerns regarding recent violations of the Brown Act, including the one that just happened at 5:30 p.m. Um, specifically, the district failed to post tonight's board agenda within the legally required 72-hour time frame. In addition, the

007agenda attachments and supporting documents were posted even later than 6 PM within three hours, well after the agenda itself appeared. This is not a minor procedural issue. The Brown Act exists to ensure transparency, public trust, and meaningful public participation in governmental decisionmaking. When agendas are posted late or when critical attachments are withheld until later, it deprivives educators, parents, and community members of the opportunity to review materials, understand the issues, and provide informed input before decisions are made. Posting attachments after the agenda does not cure the violation. If documents are distributed to a majority of the board, they must be made available to the public at the same time. Anything less undermines both the letter and the spirit of open meeting laws. Our members rely on timely access to information, particularly when agenda items directly affect

008working conditions, student learning environments, or district operations. Transparency is not optional. Compliance with the Brown Act is not discretionary. On behalf of the association, I am formally requesting that the district immediately cease and desist from further Brown Act violations. We expect all future agendas to be posted within statutory timelines and all associated materials to made publicly to be made publicly available concurrently and in full compliance with the law. We also request written confirmation that the district will take corrective steps to ensure this does not happen again. This board has an obligation to model accountability and transparency. We urge you to take immediate action to restore public trust and ensure strict compliance moving forward. I have an official cease and desist letter to provide to the board president. And I would like to just add that

009what you did tonight disrespecting everybody who came from their homes tonight to be here at a meeting that was posted to start at 5:30 was incredibly rude. Thank you. >> Very good. Thank you. Next I have Alicia Alid. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Wardes I read your agenda and is it has a lot of decisions to make. I wish you the best. [clears throat] I did focus on one statement that is there and it says focus to keep budget redu reduction as far as the as far as the classroom as possible. The library is not a classroom but a location when students with to provide students with stu uh with students with material and u technology. Our service is provided for the students, parents and teachers and classified in administration. You reduce our hours

010to five. We were asking 11 months and 7 hours. Working on those those five hours is only 4 hours and 45 minutes. Just to remind you, a year ago me and my co-workers were here and we told you what will happen in the beginning and through that year. we will lose a lot and it is happening. It will continue happening if we're not [music] there for at least more at least two more hours. I wonder who is doing our job those three hours that we're not doing it and I know who are they who are who are I know who they are. I see it every day. So you're paying people they earn like four times more than I do. three times and close to me because I was 34 and some of are 37

011and some are 40. So you pay more and I'm there for five hours and I'm doing it correct way the way I was instructed to do it. I see a lot of mistakes and it's going to cost you for those mistakes. You have to replace them. But it's okay. I can't do it. Those four hours and 75 minutes I cannot do it. I'm happy to say that I'm doing a book fair because day one the students wanted a book fair. Finally, the principal say yes, I'm gonna do it no matter what. I do come a little bit early because there's students who need to come before school starts. I supposed to come at 8:30 and I come a little bit earlier. I didn't come for uh two days because I got sick. The kids came

012over doing class time and I asked them why not. They're not coming. They said because I wasn't there. and I explained to them that I was sick. The next day, I got a note from one of the students. He gave me the note and he went and check out the books. I was reading it. It's very short and I was almost about to cry and he told me but what the the conversation did he that he had with his mother. So before I leave here, I'm going to show this to you, but he left me. Thank you. >> Thank you. [clears throat] Next, I have Paul Okay. Ha Marvin. Hello, my name is Can you hear me? >> Hello, my name is Paula Marvin. I'm a teacher at Palm View. >> We can't hear you,

013Miss Marvin. >> You can bend the microphone. >> Hello. >> There you go. >> So, my name is Paula Marvin. I'm a teacher at Palm View. I'm a Coachella Valley Teachers Association member. Um, I'm a California Teachers Association state alternate and I'm an NEA representative. Um, so I shared that I wanted to talk about labor. So [sighs] 10 years, I know last year one of my friends shared she stood up here and had a shirt that said, "Do you even care?" So in 10 years she's been rifted five times. I know the reduction in force is necessary. Um, I know there's budget concerns, but as you make these decisions, just know that the risks do not create staff happiness, staff buy in, um, just wanting to be somewhere. I don't know how to explain that

014to you, but um the attendance concerns um staff are being spread in locations they do not feel like they're home to them anymore. Both our certificated and classified staff. I have an amazing par educator that works with me, but I know his heart is at his home school, and I know my former par educator, her heart is at my school. So, um just think as you're doing everything. I believe last year there were over 300 classified members um reduction enforced or given those notices. So, do the best you can as you are making these hard decisions. We have a lot of needs. So, anyways, I appreciate your time and thank you for listening. >> [clears throat] >> Very good. Thank you. There are no other uh close session comments. So, we're on item 2.2. Motion

015to enter into close session. Motion by director Gonzalez. Second by >> a second Vargas. >> Second by Director Vargas. Although, can we get a roll call vote? >> President Tortez. >> Yes. >> Vice President Garcia. I >> clerk Ardodondo. >> I >> board trustee Akuna. >> Trustee Kalimmanes. >> I >> trusty Gonzalez. >> Hi, >> Trusty Vargas. >> I >> Student Trustee Isabella >> I. >> Very good. Unanimous. Motion carries. Uh we will go into close session. We return at 8:30. All right. Good evening. We are back. Another one. Okay. And we will announce the actions taken into by close session. Thank you, Mr. President. So, we took a a vote to return to open session. Motion was made by Trusty Gonzalez, seconded by Trusty Calamanis, and the motion carried. 70. The board took action

016during close session to approve settlement agreement OAH number 2025 1110232. Motion was made by Trusty Aridondo, but there was no second. So the motion motion died and that was it. The board took action during close session to approve settlement agreement OAH number 2025 110 877. There's a motion to deny by Trusty Gonzalez, seconded by Trusty Akuna. Motion carried 52 with Trusty Ardano and Trusty Garcia voting nay. The board took action during close session to approve settlement agreement OAH number 2025 110 875. Trustee was made to I mean Trusty Gonzalez made a motion to deny seconded by Trusty Akuna. Motion carried 52 with Trusty Ardano and Trusty Garcia voting nay. The board took action during close session regarding stipulated expulsion recommendation case number 2526-010 with the Coachella Valley Unified School District effective the 12th day of

017February 2026. Motion was made by Trusty Gonzalez, second by Trusty Akuna. Motion carried 70. The board took action during close session to appoint Timothy Steele as elementary school principal at Mount Vista Elementary School effective February 13, 2026. Oh, we we still have to read the uh the vote. Um um so that's right. Trustee Gonzalez made the motion, second by Trusty Calamanis, and the motion carried 70. Congratulations, Mr. Steel. [applause] >> All right, the board took action during close session to appoint Julia Gavilanes as elementary school principal at Oasis Elementary School effective February 13, 2026 on this 12th day of February, 2026. Motion was made by Trusty Gonzalez, seconded by Trusty Vargas. Motion carried unanimously 70. Congratulations. [applause] The board took action during close session to appoint Avena as coordinator of workbased learning Golden State Learning

018Program at Coachella Valley Unified School District effective February 13th, 2026 on this 12th day of February. Trustee uh trust a motion was made by Trusty Gonzalez, second by Trusty Calamanes. Motion carried 70. >> That's all I have to report, Mr. President. >> Thank you, Trusty Ardano. Um next is 3.3 with the approval of the agenda. But >> thank you. Uh be before we move on to with the agenda uh item 14.23 is removed from the agenda for uh consideration with the intent of bringing it back at a future meeting. Is that >> the striking 4.3? >> Which one? >> Oh, right here. [clears throat] 14. >> Find the correct number right now. >> 4 14.23 and 10.4. Right. >> Oh, change it. >> Yeah. change 10.4 and remove the job description from the >> Ed

019Foundation. Okay. Is that okay? Was there a motion? [clears throat] >> Right. Is there a second? >> Can you go ahead and clarify that, [snorts] Mr. President? >> Is to remove 14.23 and change 10.4 for removing the uh TED foundation from the job description that we discussed in close session. Are we >> all right? Is there a second? 14.23 and changing the 10.4 job description removing the Ed Foundation from the job description. Those are the two changes and the motion was made by trustee um the change from >> Gonzalez. Those are two changes. We have a second. Seconded by uh Trustee Alamar. We get the roll call vote. >> President Tortez. >> Yes. >> Vice President Garcia. >> I'm sorry. This is this is for the change. This is not for the actual item. >>

020Approving the agenda with the changes. >> Oh, got it. Yeah. I >> clerk Ardondo >> I. Trustee Akuna. >> Hi. >> Trustee Kalimmanes. >> I. >> Trustee Gonzalez. >> Hi. >> Trustee Vargas. >> I. >> Student trustee [snorts] Isabella. >> I motion [clears throat] carries. Thank you. [snorts] On to the public comment section 4.1. Board notification request to uh address the board. I have several here. Uh starting with mera Perez. Myra Perez 6.4 Okay. Um, hi, my name is Julisa Lada. I'm actually reading a letter from another parent. Um, my I also have a student at Mountain Vista Elementary. So, I'll be reading this on behalf of um a parent um another parent as well. Um so, to the Coachella Valley Unified School District board, good evening. Tonight you will be discussing the dual language

021program which includes Mountain Vista Elementary, the school um my daughter proudly attends as a kindergarten student. Unfortunately, due to a prior engagement, I'm unable to attend in person. However, I respectfully ask her teacher to please read this letter on my behalf so that my voice as a parent and community leader may still be heard. I am a proud resident of Coachella, a local business owner, and an elected official for the city of Coachella. When deciding where to enroll my daughter, the dual language program was one of the primary reasons we chose Mountain Vista. I am MexicanAmerican. Spanish was my first language. My daughter has two older siblings and unfortunately when they were in school, a dual language program was not available to them. They missed the opportunity to fully develop their bilingual skills in an

022academic setting, something I deeply wish they could have experienced. As a business owner, I can confidently say that being bilingual is not just a cultural asset, it's a professional advantage in our business and in our region. If you do not speak Spanish, you are already at a disadvantage. When hiring, we take bilingual ability very seriously because it is that important in serving our community effectively. This program is not simply about language. It's about opportunity, cultural identity, competitiveness, and preparing our children for the real world. especially here in the Coachella Valley. I speak to you tonight as a concerned parent, a resident, a business owner, and elected official who cares de deeply about the future of our children. I respectfully ask that you hear our voices and reconsider removing this vital opportunity, not just for my

023daughter, but for future generations of students. Thank you for your time and consideration respectfully. Myra Perez, CEO at Integrity Agents Insurance and City Treasurer at City of Coachella. >> Thank you. >> Excuse me. Next is U. Carissa Carrera. Several items. >> Good evening, board president and trustees. I would like to ground my comments in your own board philosophy, specifically board policy 100 number 17, which states two-way communication with all stakeholders is essential for establishing continuity, support, and shared goals both within the district and with the surrounding community. >> Can we get the mic fixed? >> Oh, it's back on now. >> Okay. Okay. Um, let's see. That statement is clear. Two-way communication. All stakeholders shared goals. Labor organizations are key stakeholders in this district. They represent the educators, classified staff, and employees who implement every

024policy adopted at this dis. If you truly believe in two-way communication, then collaboration with labor partners cannot be occasional or symbolic. It must be consistent and structured. Tonight, however, there are several items on this agenda that we only became aware of when the agenda was publicly posted. There was no prior outreach, no opportunity for discussion, and no collaboration, despite the fact that many of these items directly impact our membership. When decisions that affect working conditions, programs, staffing, or implementation move forward without dialogue, it undermines the very continuity and shared goals described in your philosophy. Two-way communication cannot begin after an agenda is posted. By then, the opportunity for meaningful collaboration has already narrowed. When labor organizations are meaningful in meaningfully included, you gain frontline expertise from those closest to students. You identify potential challenges before

025they become problems. You build broader support for district initiatives. And most importantly, you strengthen trust. Our members are committed to this district and to the success of our students. We want to be partners in the work that requires but that requires communication before decisions are finalized, not after. I urge the board and administration to recommmit to the spirit and letter of your own board philosophy by ensuring proactive, consistent collaboration with labor organizations on matters that affect our members and the students we serve. When we honor two-way communication, we build alignment. And when we build alignment, our entire district moves forward together. Thank you. >> Thank you. Next, I have Ray um sorry if I mispronounced it Zua with six Zua with 6.3 and 6.5. [cough and clears throat] >> Good evening board. My name is

026Ray Anzela, uh, vice president for chapter 109 and also a IT services technician. For weeks, I was led to believe that there were no issues with the Wi-Fi. I was told that if devices couldn't connect, the problem was with the device, whether it was mine, a students, or a teachers. The laptop I was using and five um, student devices I was updating for CASP would not connect or maintain a stable connection at Desert Mirage. Fast forward to this morning. I was extremely frustrated to learn that this was in fact a network software issue. An incompatibility with the settings we were told it should now be begin to resolve. However, this was not corrected by management staff whose titles include network oversight. It [clears throat] was resolved by our director and an enterprise team member, a

027position that is currently planned for reduction. Why was I told that unstable power in the past was the issue? Why were we told our devices were the issue when it was the Cisco software problem? Why were we instructed to compile an Excel sheet to send to Apple claiming that the devices and software were bugged when the root cause was already known? This was a waste of time of waste of time and resources resources were already short on the head start issue. Students were reportedly on buses too long. Who's responsible for that routing management? ensuring accurate signin paperwork screened by two different departments. That's management dropping the ball at LP Lasas. Um safety supervisor assisting SDC classrooms for 45 minutes to an hour because there's not enough paras. When this concern was raised, safety soups were

028told that getting more paras will be considered. We're 5 months into the school year. Why are we only considering providing support to students with IEPs? At Peter Panington, safety supervisors are starting their day at crosswalk posts without even checking into the site to report for duty. This was confirmed during negotiations. How would anyone know if they even made it safely to their post? Who assigned schedules and post management? At CMA, there's an employee scheduled to work for 1 hour, take a 6-hour break, then return for another hour. Same situation at Caesar Chavez proposed to us twice. The district still wants what it wants. It was brought to the table. And what was the mistake is that it was insufficient instructional time. So, our members were rearranged to fix it. Whose job is to get the

029ducks in a row? That's management. You've heard us say this before. Management must take responsibility and be held accountable for what they do or fail to do. Yet, where's the progress? They simply are not being held accountable. I'm sure HR does a great job holding information regarding management lack of effort um that we see, but maybe it's not important to you. Before moving forward to classified layoffs, I urge you to think carefully about what's being mismanaged. Stop checking the box of requirements. And let's respect people in their work. Chopping up EXLP funding and bachelorizing job descriptions isn't a solution. Is disrespectful. >> [music] >> that tells our members in our community, you aren't worth funding with normal means. Okay, >> thank you. Next, I have uh [music and bell] [applause] Next I have Jasmine Burden.

030Burton with CVS uh CV High School Egg and Natural Resource Academy. >> Hello. >> Uh good evening. Uh good evening board of uh board members, ladies and gentlemen of the board. Uh my name is Jasmine Burton and uh I am here today to share some words on behalf of Marjet Chiyako Rou regarding the Coachella Valley High School agricultural project. The Coachella Valley Unified School District a project was initiated several years ago by the district and a group of industry and community partners. The a industry interest and participation in the program and potential co-location on the site will be incorporated in the project. We will refer to this integration of a services >> closer to the mic. Yeah. >> Can you hear? Okay. Sorry, it went away for a bit. I apologize. Uh and we will

031refer to this integration of a services as an a hub with the inclusion of industry and higher education in this tech career technical education program. It is clear that an agricultural career can now lead to very technical and sophisticated careers for students beyond what was available in the past. The link between food science and health, efficient farming practice and efficient use of water are burgeoning career fields. Substantial data exists in the district and across the state that CTE offerings improve student performance and therefore their ability to succeed in life as good community members. The district has an opportunity to be a part of this industry's growth and help students find valuable careers. Agriculture is a big business and is regionally critically important to prepare students to take on the opportunities in their community. Some impacts

032that this will have would be career pathways in agricultural science, ornamental horiculture, animal science, and veterinary medicine. Early exposure to this real world industry uh provides tools and practices that can help strengthen student engagement, performance, college and career readiness as well as support regional industry and uh economic sector. The group of community folks that have have and continue to support the agonal resource academy for CV high school is beginning to knock at your door again. We will be applying to the pro proposition 2 funds. We stand and make uh we will stand by our promises to help grant writing, provide letters of support for the agricultural uh pro architectural firm that will help with remodeling and if these can be done by dedicated volunteers, the cost will be minimal to develop the package for submitt.

033As we explained many a times, the match for the money and fundraising begins after the grant is awarded. Please continue to encourage this project to begin this year so we cannot lose any more time. It is essential that we provide this leadership to our students. We must be the force. These are the reasons we're asking you to consider this the beginning of the state-of-the-art a academy. [music] A talented and sustainable agricultural workforce is necessary for a nation to be food independent. Food security is of the utmost concern. CVHs a academy is the only answer. [music] Thank you for your time. >> Very good. Thank you. Next I have Jesus Gonzalez with the subject PC. >> Hello board. Um pleasure to be here today. My name is Jesus Akin Gonzalez representing the blue zones project as

034their government advocate board and superintendent. Thanks for the opportunity to be here today um during this public comment. I'm here to give my utmost respect and thanks to the incredible students from the PCV High School PSA Academy. They have helped us clean up parks and gardens, volunteered at our wellness kickoffs, and they've even had their own booth at school supporting healthier living. They have helped this project thrive, and without them, the success of this project would not be possible. These students are a true testament of how great this community is. On another note, I want to thank um David Budet, CT Tossa for his partnership and leadership. And I also want to thank the superintendent for supporting this work and recognizing the connection between student health and academic success. Together, we have already bolstered three

035school gardens that are flourishing. Desert Concepts has donated irrigation systems at Vad Soul and at Cesar Chavez valued at nearly $10,000. We have also donated garden infrastructure to CMA to bolster their current garden and we've invested significant funding and seeds for schools across the district. This is just the beginning. We're looking forward to doing this at every school within school limits. We're looking forward to partnering and advancing a universal school gardens ordinance to ensure every campus has a garden, creating hands-on learning environments where students cultivate food, apply science and nutrition in real time, and build lifelong healthy habits. There [clears throat] is something powerful about watching students plant seeds with their own hands, seeing their excitement as something begins to grow, and pride on their faces when they harvest something that they actually cultivated themselves.

036The kind of learning that can't be replicated in a in a textbook. like it has to be done hands-on. Um, this initiative has zero financial implications for the school district. We're funding the gardens with our budget at Blue Zones. Blue Zones and CVSD together have already been awarded a grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture for this initiative to build out garden beds and to help bolster what we're already doing. We're looking forward to working hard and getting more grant opportunities to make sure that we can do this at schools, not only within city limits, but across the district. There's a lot of work to be done, but I want to give thanks to the board and we're excited about the work in front of us to make sure that we can live

037longer better. Thank you guys. >> Thank you. [clears throat] [applause] Next have Karen Torres. Super superintendent. Miss Gonzalez. opportunificant districtto is connect. That was >> Thank you. Next I have Elva Ortiz. The same lante de Padres. Ela Ortiz. Do we have Ela? She may have left. How about um Elizabeth Cantis 6.4 [snorts] Okay. Can you guys hear me? >> Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Good evening. I am here tonight to speak out against the district's plan to eliminate the dual language program at Palm View, John Kelly, Mountain Vista, and Westside to make magnet schools. I viewed the presentation that the district will present and they will argue that the goal is to create a sustainable and stronger DL program because it currently isn't. However, a couple of years ago, we were on the path towards that

038when we had Miss Gracie Gutierrez followed by Miss Antonet Gutierrez as director and um Miss Marisa La Hernandez as coordinators of the program. They were three strong and supportive leaders that the district unfortunately decided to drive out of said positions for unknown reasons. Now we are left with a skeleton of a program with teachers trying to make up for the gaps so that students can get the best DL education that we can give them. Every year when the district asks the DL teachers in a survey of how they can help to support us, we answer yet we don't see the changes that we recommend. Another thing that I wanted to point out is that the district did not communicate with stakeholders. Did they communicate with parents? No. Did they communicate with teachers? No. At no

039point did the district have any meetings with parents or staff to see how we could all together come up with a plan. This is something that they tried to do last year until parents complained. In the presentation that the district states um or that they will present that they will have that they will measure program success in the future using family satisfaction surveys. How about using surveys now on how we can make the program better before making any rash decisions? I also wanted to quickly go over some of the information that the district will present that may not be factual or feasible. The district states that they will provide transportation to reduce access barriers. How will this be possible when the transportation department is currently having a hard time meeting busing demands? I know I've

040heard some of you complain in past meetings of how bus drivers call out a lot and how this in turn causes some buses to run late. In one of the research articles provided at the end of the presentation, the study found one of the studies found that [music] cost associated with implementing magnet schools often exceeded those of non-magnets due to expenses related to transportation. So essentially, we will not be saving money if you try to implement DL magnet schools. Lastly, the district states that DL isn't going away. If you vote yes for this to for this plan tonight, then yes, it will be going away. It will be going away at Palm View, John Kelly, Mountain Vista, and Westside. So, I please ask that you reconsider tonight and see on how we can better plan

041to move forward and make the program stronger instead of weaker. And before I say my thanks, I just wanted to make the point. The paper I passed out is the article that I not um that I mentioned that the district also cites for their presentation. Thank you. >> Very good. Thank you. Next to I have Veronica Duenez on district town hall for community. >> Good evening board members. Veronica, [clears throat] CSCA classified union representative. [music] On uh February 6, I believe it was on Friday. Last Friday, uh the district uh did a town hall. That's what I'm going to call it. [music] It was called stabilization of 26 to 2030. Um it was an interesting meeting to see how the community came out to support and not support certain things that the district had placed

042in that town hall. But one of the main issues that came out of that meeting was an embarrassment. And this is how I'm going to say it. [music] Thank you, Triny. As a board member and represented elective official that showed up, but out of the seven elected officials, only one showed up. And it was an impact at that meeting to see that only one board member showed up to the meeting. Why? I don't know. I'm pretty sure you all have your lives. But again, you are elected officials. you took on the role to represent this district, community, students, everyone. And to see that your leadership made this town hall and the parents came out and they had things to say and like they said, "Where are our elected officials at?" Nowhere. just one showed up

043and they thanked him for that. This district and is in a bind. You are the ones representing it. And for the parents to see and I hope she holds other town halls, Dr. Sparsa, at other districts and I hope that this first town hall that gives you guys motivation cuz it sure as heck gave the motivation to the community to be there, but you guys weren't there. But that was a great start and I hope it keeps going because I'm pretty sure there will be more advocates [music] out there. There will be more people raising their voice to what Dr. Sparsa [music] put on that town hall meeting and that's what's needed. But the sad part is that our elected officials, that's all you are elected, right? But you're not being present anywhere other than

044wherever it is you guys are present at other than our district. That's the sad part about this. But again, thank God the community is here and they will figure out when election time comes. Thank you. Good evening. >> Yeah. 6.2. Um, I have more, so I'm just going to get my three minutes. Again, [music] Veronica, CSA, classified union representative. Uh, you guys are going to be watching a presentation of the fiscal management and assistant team, which is called Figmat Report, right? And there is a um, first there's a little slideshow that you guys are going to see what Figmat does, right? And the district brought them in. Figmat has always been here. There's [music] a report that goes with it that's I think I believe was over aundred pages long for the report on this.

045I'm going to ask a simple question. I couldn't go through that whole entire Figma report but I hope you did right because again Figmat is recommendations to this district. Hence recommendations that might not always work. It depends on you as the elected officials. [music] It depends on leadership. It depends on what are the decisions that you guys are going to take to make whatever Figmat talks about. Right? I'm going to say it right now. You guys went off a Figmat report to reorganize transportation. Is it working? Have you asked the question, is it working? I'm going to tell you, no, it's not. Now, you have other recommendations to reorganize other departments. Is it going to take a year or two to ask the same question after the fact? Is it working? Again, this is these

046are recommendations. It doesn't mean you have to follow them to the tea, but you do have to make sure that we are stable in certain areas. But go look at the reorganization of the department you followed from last year. Go and ask is it working? Because it's not. Thank you. All right. Next is uh 6.3. You guys are going to see the presentation now of your fiscal stabilization plan update where you seven will have to make a very hard decision on plan one, two, three, or four. Went over the plans. What's the difference between three? Nothing. The plan one is the worst plan of all because it's at the higher cut. Plan four saves us two lifeguards. I don't know if you any of you know this, but the district got dinged years ago because

047we didn't have lifeguards. And now you want to get rid of them in one, two, and three plan. How does that work? You're going to make the the swimming instruction teacher be a become a lifeguard now and stop her instruction because there is no lifeguard present if something happens. I'm sorry, but what I do to see in all four plans is that management is slightly touched. Slightly, but yet classified through all four of these plans is at the same number. Certificated at the same number yet, you guys are topheavy at business. We never had two accounting managers. You got rid of now the director of budgets. But you have you stayed with management. Budget analysts are management. You are top heavy at top heavy at ed services. We have a coordinator now for everything. Do

048you have a coordinator for your guys' seven taking notes for you guys? What's going on? Check the top heaviness. We did not have that. The same way that you have now a skeleton crew at M. skeleton crew at M. I'm going to have my membership have only six to seven grounds people. Six to seven people doing 23 sites on top of DO and all the department areas. How is six to seven grounds going to do this whole entire district? That's crazy. You guys have to make the decision on what's going to happen, but you guys also got to look somewhere else. You have to look at what is going to be sustainable and not gut all of classified. [music] You can't look at management also please. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. >> The

049next the next subject uh is on the comment form is 6.5 and 6.6. >> 6.5 and 6.6 again you're going to see the represent you're going to have a presentation to restructure technology and to restructure facility maintenance and operations. Again, same situation. What is the understanding of these reorganizations of these departments? It might look good on paper now because it is exactly that. It's on paper, but how is it going to work? Because for a fact, you touch technology, right? You heard Ray's comment. They barely they barely fixed what was going on out there and they knew all along and somebody other than the people that should have known caught that there is no connection in the network. How when you're topheavy in that department, you'll have four management that oversee less than possibly 18

050people in that department. M O I just told you M O is a skeleton crew. I have which is the crazy part just to give you the numbers so you can realize this if your leadership hasn't told you. I have six to seven grounds, one head gardener, four maintenance two positions. I have no maintenance ones positions. They have been eliminated. two electricians, one welder, two locksmith, two plumbers, six HVAC, and two irrigation people. That comes out to an estimated of 20 people. 20 for a district that has 23 school sites, plus the other DO and all these other buildings and everything else that my skeleton crew has to deal with. This is crazy. What are you guys going to plan on doing now? go upping and approving the emergency vendors like Desert Concept to go

051fix emergency stuff because that's what I see on your guys's agenda all the time, paying for emergency repairs. Well, of course you're going to pay for emergency repairs. You'll have a skeleton crew that works in M. Crazy, isn't that? But yet you could go across the street to Desert Sands and their M department is filled with the workers. Here we're contracting it out. Oh, but yet we owe $20 million. You do the math on that. Thank you. >> Thank you. Next subject is 8.1. >> 8.2. >> Um, did I put 8.2 and 8.3 together? >> You have uh 8.1 then 8.2 then 8.3 then 10.6. >> So 8.1 again you guys are going to you it's on the board agenda to approve the stabilization plan. Please think about it. That's going to be your guys's

052decision, but understand what's in it. Understand that there are different ways to get to this money. Might be a little bit too late, but it should have been thought about before. And it took us cuz I couldn't come last board meeting, right? Cuz I would have been saying the same thing. But this is on you guys. Thank you for that one. 8.2. I'm going to go into 8.2 and 8.3. I I don't know if you guys have noticed 8.2 and 8.3. It's talking about charter buses. Why Why are we hiring on 8.1 you're talking about a bidding process of four companies? I thought when you do a bidding process, you have to go with the least pos the least amount of the person that's going to bid, right? That's the law. You have to take

053the least of the services just like desert concepts cuz we've seen it right and here I have four companies. So whatever explanation you guys have on this authorization to award invitation for bid. I think you guys already awarded it and you guys are approving this. Why is one company going to be pulled from these four companies? Is that what that means? Because I see no other explanation in the board agenda about 8.2 other than that you guys are going to pick from four companies. What does that tell me? So I want an explanation on 8.2 and I have my telephone number there and I would like to get that explanation. Are you guys picking four companies? Are you picking one of the four? Because as far as I knew through the M bidding procedure, betting,

054right? Whatever it is, you guys picked the least one through all of that process. Here it looks like you're picking four. Why 8.3? You guys are asking for $9 thou $900,000 more for charter buses. Am I reading that correctly? So now you're going to ask a total of 1 million.5 for charter. Let me read something to you guys if you don't know this. Article 17 and CSCA collective bargaining agreement 17.9 FYI it will be changing district shall prioritize the use of district drivers and district vehicles in preference to charter buses yet in seven in 8.3 I see you're asking for an increase of $900,000. Where are you prioritizing? And guess what? FYI, just in case you do not know this, it is February uh 12th. February 12th, and you're asking for a $900,000 increase to

055charter. How how have you already used so much money for charter? I'm going to tell you how. It's simple. It's like Joey said last board a couple of boards ago, right? It's EXLP money. EXLP can do what they want. It's EXLP money, right? Who has chartered the most? I bet you, Mr. tortoise, if you ask to pull the usage of all charter within this district in the last year, who has used the most? But guess what? Per our contract that we negotiated with your district's leadership and our team, the language never changed up until now. and it has always read shall prioritize using district vehicle and district staff. I don't care if they go uncomfortable or comfortable. You still per a perb case that we fought this district many years ago and won it. You

056are still supposed to be using our people and district vehicle to charter out. And here you go with a $900,000 increase. And yet we're doing a stabilization plan to cut people, real working people, and we want comfort on a bus. [music] Thank you. >> The next subject is 10.6. >> 10.6. Last one. So, this is a revision. Oh, sorry. No, no, no. Sorry. So, 10.6 is about a resolution that you guys will approve due to laying off classified jobs in specific eight of them. They're monitor positions. The reason why I came up today to talk about this is one, yes. Is there anything we could do about it? No. RCOE pulled their funds from Head Start due to issues and concerns and a report that came out. If you guys don't know that yet, I'm

057telling you now why it is what it is. But this is the reality of this and this is where I'm going with this is that this process and that's how I'm going to call it failed. When this came in to bring in these eight positions, our COE said we wanted monitors on the bus. Was it due to an issue? So be it. But they said we wanted them on the bus. When that happened, everyone in the circle should have been on this to make sure that all policies and procedures were put into place. And that is my gripe with [music] this issue that we are going to lose eight positions to failure by management. And that's how I'm going to say it. Why? Because yeah, they want to put the blame on other people like

058classified. [music] And that's fine. Do whatever you need to do. But the reality is is classified gets their directives from where? from the management and management. You have another position on here that's going to be laid off. Guess what? FY that position, the licensing person should have been the one out there doing their job. The director to CFS should have been doing her job to make sure that the policies and procedures were in place for that program. and I'm sorry but it didn't happen. So due to those functions being missed, RCE comes in and now pulls their funding. I I would too. It's the safety of the kids, right? I'm up here as a union representative saying it for them. It is for the safety of the students. But again, the failure. So, with that

059being said, who holds who accountable here? Because guess what? My eight positions got held accountable, and here's a resolution to lay them off in 60 [music] days. But who held who accountable for the rest of the failure of what happened? Thank you. >> Sorry, mic was off. So that's all we have for the uh comments. The next agenda item is um written request to address the board. We have received those and we'll be uh distributing those to the board members. Written communications. Uh next item 5.2 is the student board member report. >> Good evening everyone. My name is Isabella Himenez Martinez and I'm the student trustee of Westerers High School and I'm here tonight to give you the student board member report for Wester High School. Our counseling team is focused on finalizing FASA, supporting

060college planning, credit recovery, and completing course requests for next year. We continue to meet with students and families to ensure those at risk of not promoting or graduating clearly understand the expectations [music] and their next steps. Academically, we are recently complete we have re recently completed a successful WASK midcycle review and are preparing for ELPAC testing, including the launch of an ELPAC skills camp. We are also supporting College of the Desert applications and preparing for graduation and commitment day. AVID students are engaged in end of the year activities including scholarship applications and write-off competition with students being recognized for their writing at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. CTE students are preparing for AP exams and Java certification testing and will be visiting San Diego State University on March 4th. We are also excited to launch a

061community garden through strong community partnerships. Finally, ASV continues planning prom and grad night [music] and spring sports including boys volleyball, golf are beginning next at Coachella Valley High School. Their campus continues to stay active across academics, programs, and athletics. Friday, workshops remain ongoing. Seniors will visit trade programs in College of the Desert to explore [music] postgraduation options and counselors will present A throughG requirements to CDA and Bobby Duke eighth graders. The College and Career Center will will host the FASA all hands-on deck week [music] beginning February 23rd and provide FASA and DREAMAX support every Wednesday, Friday, [music] Wednesday through Friday during periods 1 through 6. We also recently continued CDA, Bobby Duke, and Imagine Academy students at our eighth grade recruitment fair where they were greeted by student performances, meet clubs and teams, learned about

062CTE, Poente, AVID pathways, and registered for programs aligned with their goals. Their health academy led by a health awareness fair with community partnerships, hospitality, and tourism. students continue job shadowing experiences and 52 students will attend the sports medicine career day at Sofi Stadium. Students are also preparing for Skills USA Cyber Patriot [music] and HOSA competitions. FFA has has record number of students showing animals and all winter sports team advanced to CIF playoffs. Thank you for your continued support of our students and program. Next, at Desert Mrage High School, they continue to make progress in college and career readiness, students engage, student engagement, and extracurricular programs. The College and Career Center assisted firstear and sophomore students with course requests for next year, supported seniors with College of the Desert applications and orientations, and helped 101 students

063complete the ASVAB. Staff continues to support seniors with financial aid applications with FASA parent night scheduled for February 19th and financial aid night for seniors and families on February 26th. By the AVID program is finalizing spring college field trips, providing snacks through Anderson grant fund and preparing the RCE AVID writeoff banquet on March 18th at FA Springs. The school is also preparing [clears throat] for high school madness today, February 12th. Athletics remain active with boys soccer and division 1 playoffs, girls soccer hosting playoffs, competitions, several wrestlers competing in CIF, softball triyouts underway. [clears throat] Facility concerns have been raised regarding inconsistent replacement of restrooms and classroom supplies such as toilet paper and soap. Overall, student engagement is strong with high participation throughout the entire school. Last but not least, at La Familia High School, they

064are they are projecting that 22 seniors will meet the graduation requirements by March 13th with students earning, 155 credits equal to 301 classes completed through an online platform. Lafa hosted a blood drive and will also be participating in the annual date festival parade and is preparing for a career fair and visit to College of the Desert. In athletics, La Familia began the Srano soccer continuation league season with wins over Amistad and Desert Hot Springs Continuation High School showing strong progress both academically and competitively. Thank you. Mic is off again. Student. Thank you, student trustee. All right. [clears throat] Uh, next is board member reports. Uh, beginning with uh, trustee Akuna. >> Good evening everyone. Uh first of all let me thank everyone who came to speak uh on the das as I always say you

065doesn't matter if you come and say good things or bad things I appreciate the fact that you got out of the out of the house and made an effort to come out here and share your opinions. I think that's that's the way it should be. Um secondly um I do this every board meeting so since we haven't been here in almost a month I have a few days. Uh, Friday, January 30th, 401 people weren't at work. Uh, Friday the 2nd, uh, February the 6th, 393 people weren't here. And I'm very curious as to tomorrow and next Wednesday, since we have two days off, how many people are going to be out again looking for those long holidays as we always get it? Again, we we talk a lot about accountability. We talk a lot about,

066you know, moving this and moving that. We have to show up to work. That's just plain and simple, right? Do some of you have the right to take PN days and call out sick just cuz you don't feel like working? Yeah, you have the right. But again, if you keep claiming that you're doing it for the kids, that's not for the kids. You need to show up to work. And this is across the board. This isn't one department or another. These numbers go across the board. So when parents complain, why didn't their bus get there on time? 400 and some people didn't show up for work. When they complain that how come their teachers they had another substitute, 400 and some teachers didn't come to class. It's across the board and and it happens everywhere.

067So just my reminder out there when people ask and they call and ask how come, how come? This is part of the problem. um did want to comment on some of the other things that were mentioned here today. Um I have a lot of issues with some of the things that are coming up today on the board agenda. Um you've heard me say this before, so this is not going to be a surprise. While we can sit here and complain about the people on the ground who are or not doing their jobs, they have supervisors. They have directors. They have assistant superintendents and they have superintendent. I have said this in the past. Our problems while they are on the ground, they stem from a lack of accountability in our mid management in our in

068our district office. I've said that in the past and I'm going to say it again. Moving the chairs around to departments doesn't make it doesn't change anything. That accountability has to start from the top. And if you're a principal and you don't want to do your job because the you're afraid that the union's going to start sending, you know, things at you, then you're not doing your job and I need to hold you accountable as a principal or a director or anyone else because you're afraid to do your job because you someone might retaliate against you. That you have to do your job and we'll do our job. And that has happened and they've told me that. Well, I don't want to do that because this is what happens. It happened before and it'll happen

069again. But we have to get a handle on that before we start moving all this stuff around. Transportation classic example. But I believe I made some comments about did we get buy in from over here? Did we know we're just going to do this and it's going to get better? Hasn't gotten better. I mean, I guess in some cases you can say it's been it's gotten worse. you know, we have more more people more problems in transportation. Uh, and this goes across all our all of our school districts. And I know when we start voting for the budgets, and I don't like certain things I made for all of you, just so you know, my suggestion was number four. Option number four is the one that I I took the time to look through the

070budget to come up with my own plan and say, "This is the one that I'd like to see." the lifeguards, and I will reiterate the lifeguards, it is only $160,000 a year, but the problems we're going to get outside of that, you're going to have teachers complaining, and I they did this in the past. This is one of the reasons we did this. We have teachers complaining, we have programs that we can't have. We're going it's going to cost us more than the $160,000. And I know people say, "Look, that's a silly place to to plant your flag on the hill and fight for two lifeguards. It doesn't make sense in this big old budget." Well, you know what? I've been the odd man out lots of times, and I don't mind standing there by

071myself and saying, "No, I believe this is wrong." I'll stand out there and defend those two because it's not just those two people. It is the collateral damage that will happen if they're not there. And we did get beat up on this before. That's one of the reasons myself and former board member Blanca Hall fought so hard to get these two and put in the budget originally get it back in there to solve some of these problems that we're getting beat up all the time. So yeah, again I don't mind being the odd man out and uh you know oh there goes Joey again. Yeah, I don't care. I'm used to that. I'm used to people saying stuff about me in the community and people who know me you know they understand. They don't always

072agree with me, but they at least know that what I do, what I try to do is what I believe is in the best interest of the district. So again, you know, having said that, I don't I don't understand moving the chairs around in the departments and simply expecting to get a different outcome. It's not going to happen. And again, until we get a handle on this accountability all the way from the superintendent all the way down to who's ever at the crosswalks, uh this is nothing's going to change. We're going to be back at it in another year uh with the same kind of problems and the same kind of issues just sounding a little bit different. So again, uh they're going to get mad at me. I'm going to vote against a few

073of these tonight. Um so be it. Odd men out. I like that. I like that title. I'll take it. Uh when they were building this monstrosity of a building here, I was the only person that voted against it every single time. And they told me the same thing. Oh well, Joey's just out there doing his thing. But you know why I voted against this other than it was just a colossal waste? Because every time you come to this board meeting, you look across the street to John Kelly School and what do you see? You see a school that needs to be built. And we spent $100 million here, over $und00 million building this thing. We could have done other things. I'm not saying it could have been the whole John Kelly school, but we have

074other schools that we need to do. So again, I don't mind being that guy out by myself standing there shouting at the wind. That's fine. I'm comfortable there. I'm comfortable there. So, uh again, um you know, those are just things that tonight we'll have a discussion. I'm not going to stand here and keep us till 12:00 in the morning asking a thousand questions cuz it is what it is. Just so you all know where I'm at, right? Um, and lastly, I do want to do a shout out to someone who recently retired. And you know, uh, she gave 30 plus years to this district. She always stood for the kids. No one can ever say she didn't defend the kids. Sometimes she's defended it against us and administration and others who tried to tear her

075down. uh single-handedly held on to the afterchool program when they demolished it after we had some problems back with superintendent back in the early 2000s and and around 2010. So, I just want to personally thank be Gonzalez for all her work that she did on the district. Uh congratulations on your retirement. I know there was a lot of things that went into that retirement that probably helped you make that decision and not all of them were pleasant, but I I wish you a healthy great retirement. Um hopefully your health is improving as well. And uh on behalf of all the students that went through that program uh who I know see you in the streets, see you at the stores all the time and thank you. I want to thank you for all your good

076hard work that you've done for the district and congratulations on your retirement. And that's my report. >> Thank you, Trusty Akuna. Trustee Trusty Gonzalez. >> Thank you. Um, I just wanted to comment on the stabilization plan and the challenge that we're going to have to cut programs that that we feel are important whether we pick item one, two, three, or four. Um, there's not one tailored uh to my appetite. Um, and I, as Mr. Akuna said, "I'm a little bit privy to the challenges that we've had when we haven't had lifeguards and the financial consequences." And that's an example of of maybe overlooking something. I'm hoping that uh management will consider that uh whatever uh plan is picked if if four is not picked. But I think at the core of of the challenge that

077we have, um, I think it's important that we understand or put some kind of a historical context to how we got here. I think it's it's the same situation that's happening to LA Unified right now. Just came out. It's in Sacramento. It's all over this country. Uh, it's all over the state. We basically had a lot of money come during CO. uh they were funds that were three-year monies and unfortunately our former superintendent uh was grossly negligent and our former HR director in employing people permanently with one-time money as we watched that money go away. There was conversations with the unions. I remember such conversations where they were asking for a raise uh and I I was meeting specifically with union leadership and I said I will support a raise but understand that within the

078next 2 three years we're going to have massive layoffs and and and it was it is what it is was the exact response. Unfortunately we're at that moment right now and basically the rubber's hitting the road. We have families that are going to that are going to be uprooted from their jobs. We're going to have kids that are going to have fathers and mothers that are unemployed. And that's the hard decision that we're going to have to make is that unfortunately it's not going to be it's not going to be pretty. and and I we're when we make decisions like this as leaders, uh these types of decisions, I know every member on this board is touched by the fact that we're actually changing the lives of real families. And so, as hard as it

079is, I think we're put in these positions to make the easy decisions and also to make the hard ones. And this is one of the hard ones that we're going to have to deal with. I did want to uh shout out uh to anybody that had anything to do with a spelling bee. I happen to be tied to the spelling bee at one of our elementary schools for the last several years, maybe 10 years. And I it's it's always exciting uh to watch our staff uh put together such a wonderful event. Uh it's not for the faint of heart. The spelling bead is not easy. Uh, and I watch, you know, kids that prepare well and maybe miss the first word in that they knew very easily but just speak out of line. But I

080I did want to shout out uh to the spelling be staff or the people that the staff that had anything to do with spelling be. I I was also part of the Rubik's Cube challenge. That's also pretty exciting. Last year we had it here. This year we had it at one of our local elementary schools. And again, a shout out to those people that put that event on every year. I think these types of events show the greatness of our school district. It allows us to do things that might be outside the classroom that show uh the real special uh uh the real uh how special we are as a community. Um I did want to shout out uh to maintenance and facilities, our director uh our ma our our our facilities director. I know

081that they're constantly trying to improve our campuses. I've never understood why our grass uh hasn't been as green as it should. I've never understood why flowers uh may not be present at our campuses. I think we were constantly improving. I think there's still a lot of improvement that needs to happen. But I did like everything else right now, anybody and everybody who's working for this district to try to create a possibility in these trying times u needs to be recognized because our teachers are our uh our maintenance people, everybody is being affected. It's a difficult time. And again, back to my original point, uh I don't take my decision lightly. I know the members on this board don't take it lightly. And we're going to do the best we can. That's my report. >> Thank

082you, Trusty Gonzalez. Um, Trusty Erdano, did he leave? >> Trustee Helmanus, >> thank you very much. Um, I wanted to give a shout out to Coachella Valley High School. I went to watch what was going on on the day they were doing support for immigration and they really exercised their civic responsibility. They were doing letterw writing campaigns. They were doing artwork. It was just so wonderful to see these students engaged. So that was it was very special to go see that. Um so Monday is is uh a day off. [clears throat] Uh it's it'll be fun. I'm going to go to the u uh date festival. There's the big parade on Monday and I'm really excited to see our schools participating in that parade. So that should be a lot of fun. And I want

083to also say uh as I came in here today with the uh free prom prom gowns, I was in the restroom and uh there was a girl trying it on, you know. Um and you know her friends in in the you know it was in the closed stall. Okay. And they were like, "Oh, this is so cute. This is you." and and I think it's just a wonderful thing that uh this district is doing to help help out for the prom. So, um so Anna Garcia, great. Thank you. Thank you. So, um I uh just that's what that's my report. >> Thank you, Trustee. Trusty Ardano. >> Thank you, uh President Torres. Just want to thank everybody who's here. Thank you for bringing your concerns to us. It's it's um you know there there's a

084lot our district is working on right now and we you know uh I got a chance to um go to the strategic planning meeting at at uh at Palm View Elementary and I I just listened because I I believe that my my role is to listen and to bring back some of the concerns. So, some of the highlights from that meeting were, you know, we know that uh parents and students want better food that that they have access to more food options at school. That was something that was brought up. Um, also playgrounds for students with autism. So, those are things that Dr. Sparza mentioned that, you know, our district was going to look into and start to plan for in the future. So, there was a lot of concerns brought. I'm not going to

085go through every every single concern that was brought up, but we as a district, you know, we know that there's a lot of work to do and we need to be, you know, continue to do the hard work and continue to have those meetings, have have dialogue, have those dis healthy discussions and talk about the things that we need to prioritize as a district. And we know that the first thing we need to prioritize is student learning and making sure that our student have students have all the resources they need to succeed, right? Um, I also got a chance to attend the student of the quarter by River County Office of Education. Congratulations to our students who were selected for that award. Thank you, Dr. Sparza for the invitation. Um, those are always uh, you

086know, you just get to hear the students stories and and understand a little bit more about their struggles as they're going on through just what we call life, right? And uh, so so uh, I I got to go there. Um, you know, I'm not going to say much. We got a lot we got a lot of the agenda and uh just looking forward to um having a good healthy discussion tonight. Thank you. That's all. President Tor, >> thank you Trustee uh Trusty Vargas. >> Yeah. Um I'll keep my remarks short. Um I appreciate uh Veronica mentioning the strategic plan uh update. I know that there's a number of meetings that will be held in the coming um weeks and so I really encourage the community and stakeholders to come out. Um I do plan to

087be at some of the events um hopefully soon um to just listen and just hear what you know staff and community members have to say and as to what their priorities are. [snorts] Um, I would like to ask that we I know from the FITMAT report, um, there was one thing that was noted that I I think for me has always has been important, but I think it's been hard to kind of figure out how do we start to even do this process, but uh, one of the things that was mentioned in uh, one of the other Figma reports was um, the importance of updating our board policies. A lot of our policies are very outdated and so I think we do have to start whether it's perfect or not. But I think sometimes, you

088know, we get so caught up on it being perfect that we just hold ourselves behind in doing it. So I think we just need to start the process of integrating updates into our board policy agendas into our agendas to approve and update our board policy. So we can start doing that. [snorts] Um I think the last thing I'll say um around the stabilization plan um same like I I've been paying attention to see what other districts are doing across the state across the state um you know trying to be trying to think of how other districts are trying to think creatively to address their their fiscal challenges and um it is difficult right um I hear things uh going on in Oakland um you know hundreds of millions of dollars that they're trying to figure

089out how to address these gaps Um it's hard um you know growing up as an English learner I have like a passion for bilingualism and so that's hard for me for you know for us that will be making some decisions tonight. um you know a couple last year at the state of the district um one of our students handed us like a I think every person got a little card like a thank you card and I have it in my car and so you know hearing from that student how important mental health services are. Um I think uh you know we're close we're close to addressing some of our challenges, right? Um there's still a lot of work to be done and and I I know that either with regardless of which option we choose,

090we're still going to touch and have an impact on our students and our staff and our community. So definitely don't take uh the decision lightly, but um hoping that we can um start to work on on getting our district fiscally stable. Um but yeah, thank you. Thank you, Trusty. Vice President Taria. >> Thank you. Thank you again. I know it's been said a couple of times to everybody who comes and talks to us or or um submits a statement. Those are all very important. We do need to hear from you. We know that we're in a difficult situation. Um we do all need to hear from your voices though. It's very important. every time someone calls us, texts us, emails us, we do see that and bring it into our conversations and every decision that

091we try to make for you all. Um, I did hear about the town hall meeting. I was out of town, but I heard pretty much a playbyplay on my drive home, so I I did hear the concerns. I will be at the next town hall. Um, I think it's important that we have dialogue. Um these are difficult times. Where we cut shows our values though. Um all of the stabilization plans that we've had before us have been wildly different. Um I would say that the numbers that are listed are misleading as far as savings. Um when our students lose something, it's going to be very difficult for them to get it back. Once a line item is lost, we're not going to want to budget for it because we get used to having less. And

092I don't think our students deserve to get used to having less. Um, when we haven't done enough work, um, we had one board meeting last month. We have one board meeting this month. No special sessions. I don't think we've done enough on our end to really make sure that what is before us is the absolute best we could possibly do. What I do know is that at this point in time, we've have the highest contracts for our attorneys. We have the highest superintendent costs we've ever had. We now have the highest stipens we've ever had in this school district. Right? We're showing our values. These are things that we're okay with. Um I'm not okay with our students getting used to less though and it's not going to be easy moving forward. We have to

093figure our way through this. I understand that. But I don't think we've done enough and that's going to weigh on me. Um, as far as continuing with us being fiscally responsible, I would like a report for field trips. I know that we prepay and we every board meeting we prepay for field trips. I want to make sure that they're actually happening though. Um, so an attendance report on field trips that are prepaid, are they actually occurring the way we hope they are? the way the money is out. Once it's gone, there are set days. If they're not used, that money is gone. I want to know if that's actually happening. I know the way it used to work. I don't know how it's working anymore. Um, so I would like to see that because again,

094we're doing all this in the hopes that our students are getting out there, getting exposed to more than our [music] our very tight-knit community. But if it's not actually happening, there's something there. Many of us have talked about accountability. I want to make sure that what we are paying for is actually coming to fruition. Um, thank you. Very good. And am I on? Very good. Thank you. So, as I always reiterate every time that I come up here to speak that I'm grateful to be here and I'm grateful that parents and teachers come up, employees come up to speak because that's something that I never did. And I always mentioned that I'm a parent first before I'm a board member to this day because my kids still go to this school. They've been to this

095school since kindergarten. We and I've been through all of the pains that many of you come up to talk about the bullying, the ostracization, marginalization because of the race, right, that's that's going on and uh just the fights and and I myself was a parent that that you know advocated and we even talked we had the board members Joey members we had board members come to our area and talk to us and explain why our kids were getting beaten up. So, I'm, you know, here for the safety of the children. That's what got me to get and run for the board is for the safety of the children, especially my children. So, I'm a parent first. That's the reason that I'm here. Um, the the other reason is, you know, I'm lucky no one ran

096against me when it was time to run. I'm surprised that we have all these complaints, concerns, but for this area, you know, I see the lack of of, you know, participation and people that want to be up here on the board to make the change. And I hope people run against me as was mentioned, you know, in in in the next election. Uh, I think that would increase the confidence in in the board. So what I discovered being a parent and now being on the board is that it is complicated. It isn't what I thought it was as a parent. I thought that you know you go to the board, you yell at the board, you complain to the board and then they make the change. They make it better for your students and make

097it safe. They make it a place that kids want to come and learn. But it isn't like that. It's complicated. Employees don't get paid. They don't get raises based on merit. I discovered that they don't get you know uh rewarded for good behavior always. It's it's it's very complicated in that sense that I discovered that that's why you know a lot of times you we wonder why you know bad employees are still retained at the schools people that we complained about when my children are going through all this and I complained to you know the teachers or the principles the vice principles about everyone that we thought was doing a bad job and they're still here to this day and now I know why because it's complicated it's complicated based the way this structure is

098and it happened decades ago when I came on and it was explained to me this fiscal problem that we're in now. I thought it was because of COVID. I thought it was because of the grant, the millions of dollars that we got just like other school districts was mismanaged. But the financial uh disparity was before that. I discovered that the school this school district was in a problem before COVID. So all of that, you know, complicates exponentially all the problems that we're having now down to the safety of the kids. And I want to continue to hear about the safety of the kids, even though we're talking about finances and retaining employees, but first and foremost is the safety of the kids. And again, as a, you know, a parent, I want to u talk

099about me now being able to participate in events that I didn't know about before. Um, director Satella was in charge of the food distribution that went on, you know, for the last few months and I was a part of that and I got to see the faces of the families that were getting sustenance that they couldn't get, you know, anywhere else. and I had to go out in the community and get people to come out and get food. They were afraid. They're afraid to come out. They're afraid they were going to be questioned. They're afraid they were going to be asked about forms or names. But I told them it isn't like that. You drive up, open your trunk, tell them how big your family is, and you receive the food. So, I am truly

100grateful and appreciative that we have this program that was started by Director Sutello. And I even went to uh deliver. I got food and delivered to my daughter's friends cuz some of the families don't have cars. So, how do we address that? Some of them couldn't make it. They they weren't able to come. So, I took the food and I delivered as much as I could, right? But there's still that marginalization that happens out there that we need to reach. But this is a good program. And the good thing about it is that there's more food than people that came. And I've been I've seen it before when it first started that we ran out of food, but now this program and the partners that were with um it's it's so much food that you

101know there's more than the people that come. It's a good program. I hope we continue this and continue to advocate and help the community. This gets the kids fed, gets them back to school. A lot of times we wonder why the kids act the way they do and it's because they can't eat when at home, right? they're hungry when they come to school. Um, I'm proud that I I did a couple of school visits with the superintendent. Uh, and that prompted me when we were talking about again the safety of the kids and the mold and I explained explained last meeting that you know my child has severe allergies and such, you know, uh, suffers everything from mold, just dust in the air and everything. So I made it a point to go to John

102Kelly for a start to look at this mold problem, the asbestos, the pain and then from there the superintendent uh directed me with staff and I'm glad that I went to the other schools to find out that you know these schools have been here since my mom went to the school you know in the 1940s. So and these schools are something that we really need to maintain and upgrade. Again, it all addresses the safety of the kids. But again, that's me being a parent first and getting the chance to be up here and to be a director, if you want to call it, an elected official. But again, I'm here by luck. And I'm here as an honor to explain to you what I'm seeing on this side being a parent and discovering what I

103see on the board and in this in this entity that's called a school district. Uh very complicated. There's lots of work to be done. I'm glad that Trustee Vargas brought about the work that needs to be done and I believe that's why we're going to vote on this executive position that's much needed later. And I think there's a lot of positions that need to be moved around that get the kids, you know, to a place where they want to come to school and they feel safe and that they're healthy, they're fed. That's my important priority is to make sure that they feel safe to come to school. A lot of kids still to this day, we're talking about the fights in close session and and it's still going on. It's not as bad as it

104used to be, I don't believe, but I don't see it because my kids aren't going through it anymore. But it [music] it's probably still, you know, there. But I think it needs to be addressed. It needs to be handled um until we have zero tolerance for, you know, the the kids that that come to school. They need to feel safe when they come to school. Um again, when we're looking at the policies and I'm looking at the policies, I see a lot of the policies are supposed to be reviewed. Some of them say [music] every even number uh year the policies are supposed to be reviewed. One of the most important ones I discovered was the meeting conduct for uh the Coachella Valley Unified School District where it says the board believes that late night

105meetings deter public participation. So I just I just want to you know let it be known that that's one of the reasons that a lot of parents can't come a lot of people can't come. I myself don't get paid, right? I lose money and I didn't know that it was going to take a lot of time when I ran for this position that I was going to be losing money and it hurts my family, my kids, our food on the table because I ran for this position and now I have to show up with no pay, right? But uh now that this increase of the board stipen that helps a little bit but it doesn't make up for the time that I spend you know visiting the school going to the meetings distributing the food

106you know I do that on my own without pay um so just let that be known and so the late night meetings when I seen this it does deter public participation and so I just want to reiterate to the board when we're in close session that they you know specifically be aware that there's public out here waiting. And it also says that um regular board meetings shall be adjourned at 10:30 unless extended to specific specific time determined by a majority of the board. But I never heard of that and I've never seen that till I started reviewing researching the policies. So you know again those are some of the things that policies that that aren't uh promulgated. They're not broadcast. They're not known to the employees and the public. But I want to make it

107known that these policies need to be reviewed. They need to be explained to the public to make sure that there is you know the parents and the students and the public part public they have an opportunity to come to the board and I'm grateful that they come and and it may seem to the board that it's negative but I was once that parent on that side being negative because I have a compassion for the kids my kids. there's compassion and of course when you're passionate about that it sounds negative to the people that you're trying to get the point across to but um again parent first board member second but I'm glad that I'm here learning about the intricacies of being on this side and trying to you know advocate for the students first and

108if the employees want to be here for the safety and the health of the students then they have to earn that they have to earn that through merit, not just because you've been here 30 years. I don't believe in that because you could be a bad employee and be here 30 years. You have to earn the right to be uh working with the students, providing the safety and the health of the students. So, that's my report. Thank you. Uh superintendent, >> thank you. Good evening, everyone that's here with us and those who are watching from home. Uh I just want to thank everyone who attended our community strategic planning meeting. Uh there were staff there, there were parents there. Uh and we had a lot of comments. Uh we expressed um that we would get

109back to uh some of our parents in regards to some of the questions that they asked. But the goal of the meetings, the strategic planning meetings, is for me to be able to identify that key areas where we need to improve in the district and as we ask for the public uh to participate. We also want to make sure that our staff participates. So, I've been meeting with staff members at school sites. Um they can meet with me if they have the time. If they don't, they don't have to meet with me. Or if they want to, they can. If they want to make a special meeting with me, uh we can try and work on that as well. But I have been going to several school sites and I will be hitting all schools

110uh by the end of March and making sure that I've given staffs the opportunity uh to hear what the strategic plan outline looks like. We will be providing a survey and that survey will come mid to late March for all parents, all students, all staff members and to our community- based organizations that work with us as well as to those in the city city and and uh county officials just to give us some insight on what they would like to see in the district based on those particular areas. And there are several areas that we know that we need to improve on. And so I just wanted again to thank everybody that participated uh in the in last week's strategic planning meeting. Um I'd like to thank uh Lydia Rodriguez and Karina Rodriguez for having

111our soccer teams uh and our migrant students at the MLS event yesterday on the Polo grounds. uh almost a thousand students uh participated from the Coachella Valley Unified School District and our migrant students were able to sit with uh two of the LA Galaxy star soccer players. Um and they got to talk to them and these star soccer players talked about their upbringing, their upbringing with having parents who are undocumented and everything they had to go through. One of them is from South Central LA. He actually went to a school that I was working at when he was a kid. And another one was from Texas, from a really hard part of Texas. and they talked to the students about being Latinos and growing up and not knowing the language and their parents not knowing

112the language and one of them's mother selling tamali's and she still sells tamalies in South Central and everything that she did to put him through even it was public school just buying him shoes and buying him clothes and the other student uh and the other soccer player just really praising his family and his his father and his mother for the hard work that they did to be allow him at the age of 14 to get up and to move with a team with other students that age at 14 years old to leave home. Uh that's kind of unheard of in a Latino community when everything is going good for you and you get up and you leave. It is a great opportunity and it made their dreams come true. And they were trying to align

113that with the uh theme that we have that we create champions and they as champions talk to the students about being champions and never think that because of where you come from or what some people might see as a deficit that you won't be that champion. And so hats off to those two MLS players who who really, you know, inspired me as well. And I know several staff members were there, but more than anything, our migrant students. It was great to see their interaction. I want to um congratulate all the students from the Rubik's Cube competition, the spelling be competition, uh the RCO students, RCOE students of the month, um our students who were honored uh just today at the date festival. two of our students received um college scholarships. Um and we have many

114many more students just we're finding out more and more of all the great things happening at the schools and happening in the community where our students are really being recognized for being champions. And so just thank you to to all the parents, the students and for everybody who takes them to that level who helps them. In regards to our uh fiscal stabilization plan, the numbers are correct and we have been working uh executive cabinet to make sure that we are able to provide options uh for our board to make those harsh decisions. It's not easy. It is not easy and it is not something that um and I've mentioned this before that any superintendent wants to have to do it. It's not something that any I know executive cabinet or any board wants to have

115to vote on because again it's the livelihood of many um but based on the financials again from I don't want to say way back when but from a few years ago you know we have RCE in the room we have FikMat in the room they don't like just being guests here all the time they are actually here because they are monitoring us they are looking to see to make sure that we are being accountable for what the district has to fix. And so, uh, um, it's not easy being the superintendent during a time like this. It wasn't easy last year. It's not easy this year, and I'm hoping it gets better next year. Um, and they're smiling and shaking their heads back there. I'm hoping. Um, our CBO has been doing an amazing job just

116uh, really helping us get those numbers together. our HR assistant soup also just making sure that the collaboration between the team is going so we can identify where we can make those cuts and I know that there are some people who want to make those decisions for us and it's difficult because we need to make sure that we are doing this within and that our board is aware of this first and then once an option is voted on then the conversations will be had from there on. We needed to make sure that option again an option was voted on first. And so I just want to thank everybody uh who is you know uh passionate about what they want to see in a stabilization plan um and know that we are trying our best to

117fiscally stabilize the district. So again thank you. >> Thank you Dr. Sparza. Next is 6.1formational LCAP midyear update. Next is 6.2 presentation fiscal crisis management and assistance team. >> Laura, Lauraai, did you need to come up? Press. Press. >> Yeah. In the packet unless there's questions that presentation. Yes. Yes. 6.2. I'm gonna do my best to do this. Um, as I flip through the slides here tonight, I want to thank you for the opportunity to present. Um, sorry about that. Test the light green test. There we go. Can you hear me? Okay, great. Just make sure I'm very close to it. Back up. Okay, great. Just tell me if it goes out again. It's hard for me to hear it myself. Um, but board members, thank you for the opportunity to present tonight to you

118um the results of Fikmat's um analysis of the 2526 adopted budget and multi-year financial projection. Um, Superintendent Cabinet, thank you um for this opportunity. We appreciate working with you again on this. Um, so the night is long um and so this presentation will be short. um you have the slide deck for your um for your reference and so I'm just going to go over some of the highlights here and then I'll be happy to take questions at the end. Um but mainly our scope of work and this is advancing without me touching it too. Okay. Our scope of work was to look at your adopted budget um and multi-year financial production and develop a cash flow analysis for the same period and come here tonight to present those findings to you. And what I want

119to reiterate to you is that through our process of developing a 2526 baseline budget and multi-year financial um projection, we are also validating the district's processes and procedures in developing its budget um and multi-year financial projections. So I want to focus on that word process, okay? because as we know we're well beyond the 2526 adopted budget and you may think that this report really isn't going to help you very much. But if you think that I think I just went out again there we go. Um just remember we're focusing on the processes used to develop that budget and were they in alignment with Figmats are they comparable? Um, so we were here in September and the district adopted their budget in June, right? And so there's going to be some differences inherently because of the

120timing of the work that we did here. Um, we interviewed several of your staff across the board in school sites and departments and at the district office and want to thank the district for their time and effort in everything that they did to prepare for our visit. Um, I've got to tell you, we asked for a long list of documents that help us in our analysis and I this is like it was incredible. The district was so responsive and I think provided every single document that we asked for. So, thank you district um superintendent for your staff's cooperation. Um, it's a lot of work. It's a lot of time and effort for you to set aside to be in interviews with us, but that's really valuable information that we glean um based on that time

121that we spend with you um and reviewing all of those documents um that you provide to us. And our reports, if you remember from when we were here before, we don't focus on the positive. We just point out anything that could use improvement. And I do want to add also that when we were here in September, you have made a lot of progress from we were when we were here in early spring, there were a lot of processes that we had recommended improvements on and we could see that work was well underway to um make progress towards achieving some of the completion of those targets that you had. So well done. You're to be commended for that work. Um, and before we get into the analysis part, I want to point out that on the

122slides and in the interest of time, I've highlighted like the the references to the report pages. We're not going to go back and forth between this presentation and the report because of the time constraint that we have tonight. But I want to quickly go over and remind you of what is a multi-year financial projection. What it is is not a three-year detailed budget. We're really focusing on that baseline budget 2526 and then we develop a model based on that budget that consists of assumptions that we apply to change it. Otherwise, if we didn't apply assumptions or remove an assumption, for example, you'd have a status quo budget and it would look the same in all three years. And so, it's important to remember that part of the process is looking at the assumptions that the

123district is using to develop its multi-year financial projection. It's also um statutoily required as was mentioned earlier. We do have RCOE in the room and you submit your budget and your interim financial reports to RCOE for their oversight and analysis. Um so it is a required part of um the district's obligations and it's a point in time calculation. So it will change if you have a multi-year projection at adopted budget and then it looks the same at first interim and second interim something's not happening that should be happening right because things change all the time and so it's important to note that it's a point in time calculation and those assumptions should be updated at each reporting period as information becomes known to the district as things change locally. So why is this financial projection

124so important? We hear MYFP and why are we looking at these um multi-year financial projections? Well, it's a primary tool for fiscal oversight and accountability, not just for our COE's oversight and accountability. I want to remind the board that you are the very first layer of fiscal oversight for this school district. It's your fiduciary responsibility to ensure that the district remains solvent. And so the multi-year financial projection is a tool for you to be able to assess any potential changes as as for example you're you're contemplating a fiscal stabilization plan. And so you are likely looking at um impacts to by using your multi-year protection. What does that look like if we implement this or we do that or whatever it may be. It's a model for you to be able to assess the impacts

125and whether or not any changes that you decide upon will um keep you fiscally solvent. So our process going back to process was to um look at the general fund adopted budget 2025. Um, again reminding everyone how difficult it is for the school district to develop a budget when the state has not enacted their budget yet. So you're using assumptions based on likely May revision that is, you know, a point in time again. And we were here um using information to develop the multi-year financial projection with information we knew all the way through October. So, of course, we're going to have some numerical differences because things changed when the state enacted their budget. Um, we use our projection pro software. It's a free software that we make available to charter schools and school districts. It's

126a very good tool um that enables us to project by resource because when we have different pots of money um we need to be tracking them separately to know when certain funds expire when expenditures need to be made by and such. And so that tool is really important. We know that your staff's had training on that tool and we encourage you to continue to explore using it for your multi-year financial projections. We also use school services of California um their budget dart board and I know that the district also uses school services we found when we were looking at some of the assumptions used and then we also develop student projections which are so important because we say it's the most important budget variable because it's going to determine the district's largest source of funding

127your LCFF funding as well as it will help drive important decisions on staffing and so that drives the largest part of your expenditure. ES. So, we do look at the district's revenue and expenditure projections um based on historical trends. We look at any kind of documentation that we can get from the California Department of Education, etc. Um, but the big takeaway on this slide, I'm not going to go through every single thing on it, is that we validated your 2526 salary and benefit projections. Now I want to point out too I have here listed um from your unodudited actuals your 2425 unrestricted general fund expenditures 90% of them over a little over 90% is for salary and benefits and so being so material we take a deep dive into there and I didn't I neglected

128to do it because I was having microphone issues at the beginning but I'm here with my colleague Alyssa Low who also helped um me on this study and Ally did a really deep dive in salary and benefits projections using um details from your financial system, looking at position control, looking at payroll and incumbrance activity. So, we spent quite a bit of time um validating your salary and benefit projections. So, that's a big takeaway on this slide. You can you can kind of see some of the others. Um but I'm going to jump ahead because I promised I'd be short. So, um the student projection begins on page five of the report. We have a few tables there. Ultimately, our projection substantially aligns with the districts in 2526. We do have some changes that a little

129bit different because FICMAT's projecting by grade level um using the weighted cohort survival methodology. The district used historical trend data to develop what they considered the declining enrollment number um but applied it more um generally across each subsequent fiscal year. So, we might recommend that you look at it by grade level um because that also impacts revenues. Um LCFF is funded based on grades span ADA and so if you're looking at each grade span and the changes within those spans, it's important because it can have some differences then in your revenue projections. Um let's see, we also updated TK add-on funding. So in the enacted budget, I think it was about $2,400 per ADA that was added to support reducing the studentto adult ratio um 10 to1. So that was a change in LCFF revenue.

130Um federal, other state and other local begins on page 12 of the report. Again, the the districts align substantially with Vickmats. Um we did have some changes there again due to timing because of this the enacted budget, right? there was a lot of new programs in there. Um, and so we added those in our um, multi-year financial projection. And continuing on, salaries and benefits are on pages 15 and 16. again substantially aligning with the district's projection um fixmats was um we did update some salary and benefit costs in alignment with that um position control and payroll activity and updated um new hire information the district provided us when we did interviews to support that 10 to1 ratio. I think at that time it was six teachers that you were in the process of hiring. Um,

131same with other books, other all other expenditures. Um, nothing really stood out as different. Um, we do want to point out contributions which are on page 18. Just continue to make sure that you're projecting your contributions by resource um so that you can track each funding source and whether or not there will need to be a contribution from the unrestricted general fund. Did it go off to support that? Still on. Okay. Um all right. So the main thing um to get to the end here the results we concur that the district will need to make adjustments um to meet your minimum reserves within the period. We show year three that there will be a shortfall to meet that minimum reserve by 3.6 million. Again these are numbers as of adopted budget. You've gone past first

132interim. you're developing second interrum and you're developing your plans for your fiscal stabilization plan. We just know that when you can make these changes and these um these adjustments early on, it does have a compounding effect. So the sooner you do it, you know, the better off you are, the longer you wait, the worse it becomes. So um we know that when you lower that fund balance, it directly can weaken the district's cash reserves. So we also did a short cash flow analysis. We do that. It's also a model, if you will, but it's mainly based on timing of when um you will receive your revenue and when you will disperse expenditures. It's um it aligns with the budget. And so we run that through projection pro um as well to develop our um our

133calculation. I'm going through this rather quickly. Again, a point in time calculation. So, it's also a tool for oversight and accountability because you want to look um to see if you're going to have any cash shortages and if so, how will you resolve those with temporary or long-term plans for borrowing? So, insolveny, if you recall, occurs when the district runs out of cash and runs out of borrowing options and can't make payroll. So if you do find and it's it's common for districts to come to periods of cash shortages that you need to look for solutions whether that's internal internal solutions with borrowing from other funds temporarily or from going out and getting um say a tax revenue anticipation note um but takes time and money. So the important thing with a cash flow an

134analysis is determine if there's a cash shortage how much is needed and when you need to just be ahead of that but um we again ran this through um our projection pro software and looked at historical trend based on the district's actual timing of um receiving revenues and dispersing expenditures and we did not see any immediate cash flow issues um that we were seeing. I think the low point in our analysis was in November. Um, that's already passed and I'd be curious to know what your actuals are because I think we were projecting the low point would be about 92 million at that point. Um, but all activity should be included in the cash flow to ensure that you're accounting for um for all for all activity to determine if there will be any shortages.

135And that concludes the work that we did. I know that was rather quick um but if there are any questions, I'd be happy to take them from you at this time. Any questions from the board? >> Um, I have a question. Um, you mentioned that um, since the last time you were here that there's been improvements in our processes. So there are there were there was there anything significant from the previous time that we should be changing or it sounds like we should just continue to do, you know, strengthen their procedures and just continue to >> I would just continue to do the work that Yeah. that is already underway based on that last time when we were out in the spring. Yeah. >> Thank you. Mhm. >> Any other questions? >> Oh, I'm sorry.

136The last thing and when you say assumptions, it's not like me as a non, you know, budget person making assumptions like there's there's uh reasoning behind these assumptions that they're state >> provided and that's what it means when you say assumptions, right? >> So, yeah. And and I'm making an assumption that you know what the dart board is. That's kind of right. So, I apologize for that. So the dart board would be um something that school services of California you're familiar with, right? They'll come out and based on um their own analysis and maybe the department of finance analysis, the legislative analyst office, they'll come up with um the cost of living adjustments based on actual real data. Um there's the consumer price index. So all of those things are things that the district then

137those are kind of our industry standards for applying to say um you know the per ADA funding per student um that kind of thing. So that would be an assumption. Another assumption can be um we're going to make a big textbook adoption purchase next year so we need to add $500,000 next year and then take it out. You know, so there's can be a wide variety of different types of assumptions, but that that's a good example is the cost of living adjustment on the dark board. >> Yeah, thank you for that. I I feel like sometimes as the public, we might not understand like I know when you're saying assumption, there is like sound data that supports these assumptions. But >> and that's what we're determining through this process is were those assumptions reasonable. Right.

138>> Thank you. Yeah. >> Any other questions? >> Right. Thank you. [music] >> All right. Thank you. Next [clears throat] is uh 6.3 Coachella Valley Unified School District uh fiscal stabilization plan update. my uh mic on here. Can you hear me? Okay. Good evening, board of trustees. Again, we know that and understand that this is a what happened here? This is not my presentation. Thank you. Okay. So, good evening again, board of trustees, uh, superintendent, public. We want to I first I want to also reiterate, yes, this is a very difficult decision. And so, in coming here tonight, we want to reiterate all of the options that were presented to you. So option one again takes into account actually let me start by saying each option takes into account the realignment of not only the

139M department the IT department but also uh looking at our staffing costs. There are minimal changes between all four options that are being presented tonight but I'm just going to uh go quickly over the reiterations of each of them. So option one has the greatest uh reduction. One is addressing or one is uh the staffing with our wellness center. It also takes into consideration the reduction to the Latino commission and also each one has the alignment of also the dual language program. Option one does provide at 35 million over the cost of three years the estimation. So option two takes into all of those considerations. That is the staff's recommendation. And this one does has an estimated reduction of 26 um million. The major difference on this one again is the use of the one-time

140funding of 4.5 million to offset general fund expenses over the next three years. No reduction to the seven wellness teachers. a minimal reduction to the Latino Commission contract of $3 million over the next three years. On option three, it does provide a $21 million budgetary savings over the next three years. The major difference is minimal reduction to just the Latino Commission contract over the next three years. So, I want to also bring back what was presented at first interim because in January, the ROC, Riverside Office, County of Ed had approved our certified um interim with the understanding that tonight we were going to make the board was going to make the decision to uh approve the reduction in our fiscal stabilization plan. So in addition to the three that were presented to you, there was

141also a stabilization plan option number four that was provided by a trustee. So I just want to point out those. It's okay. Thank you, Mr. Trusty Akuna. And so what it does also and what we've talked about or what has been discussed tonight was um not reducing our wellness center. It does take into account of not reducing also the lifeguards but it does still um utilize the one-time discretionary money. So, we do have a summary of option number four. And on this particular option, the estimated budgetary savings is a $22 million savings over the next three years. Again, the key focus was, I believe, to um keep mental health supports for our students with no reductions to the wellness center and Latino Commission. So, we do have a summary of all four options in addition

142to the already approved stabilization plan that's in place for 2425. Again, the recommendation is for option number two. Yes, sir. But I'd like to see more cuts to that. I also would like to add that we consider the need for the lifeguards uh to how would that work? Would we in [snorts] approving one, two, three or four? Are we solely approving that or do we have a chance to go back to the drawing board and maybe add or take away uh things that might stand out to us? >> Okay. So, tonight the option is to approve 1 2 3 or four. >> Gotcha. >> However, since the board needs to make a consensus, you would have to have the discussion with the board in order to bring back any additional items that you would like

143to see. I see. Any other questions? >> Can't we just make an amendment? >> Potentially. Yes. >> Just make >> let's just make an amendment to the to whatever budget you see the the thing I think is and and again I appreciate all the work you put into it but these are simply options that they're giving us. >> We can mix and match and make an amendment to however we want to do this. take here, move there. As long as you explain it at the end that everybody understands what we're voting on and you can do that. >> You sure? >> But again, it's through an amendment. You don't need to change the agenda or anything like that. You simply make I as a board member can make a recommendation. I want XYZ and this

144and that. That's my amendment to pick one, you know, whatever. Option two, option three, whatever. I just making an amendment. So, if you wanted to change, add or take some more out, just simply make an amendment to your motion as to what you'd like to see. >> That's [snorts] correct. >> Board gets to decide obviously if it goes or not, but that's how you do it. You don't need to not pick one or come back or do any of that. It's simply a amendment. >> Yeah. I I I mean, I I think that's a good start. I'd like to see how the board feels. I I like uh two I believe that the lifeguards are important, right? and and I would like to see uh as much cut from Latino Commission without uh it hindering

145the quality of services that were uh that were delivering to our our students, right? Um I >> Could you put two on back on the screen, please? >> Two. Okay. >> That's the one you're talking about right now, right? >> Yes. >> No. Can staff speak to the comment around the lifeguards like what are we required like what are the I mean I think two is cutting the two lifeguards rate but um >> Mr. Kun could put the historical context into what the board might face if we cut those positions >> could you speak to what the board might face if we cut those lifeguard positions based on uh historical facts? Well, just what I talked about earlier again, you're going to have teachers, I assume, and you know, the union here can tell you

146more about that, but you're going to have PE teachers put in the position to be lifeguards and to watch their kids in the thing. And if they choose not to do it, they don't have to do it. And then suddenly programs are going to suffer because of that. And it's just been a problem in the past. And the problem >> with it is that it it's been very hard to get actual lifeguards in our programs. you know, they're not they're not getting like, you know, big salaries. They're getting decent salaries, but they have to come qualify. They're along, you know, all the stuff that they have to do as well. So, it took us a while to even get the first two once we approved it. I believe we lost one somewhere along the line

147and it took us a little while to get that other one back in there. So, those are um you know, things and again um HR can explain it a little more. I know I don't think you were here when we we did those, but those are it's that thing that domino effect, right? There's other things and for the and again, >> you know, people say that's a strange hill to die on. Well, no, it's not because the the dominoes that fall around that, you're going to have more problems and more complaints and more stuff that again, we had this problem before. That's why we actually added it in. So, again, it's uh I get it. [snorts] You know, you ask people, what's the least thing you need? Well, lifeguards. Oh, yeah. Okay, let's get rid

148of the lifeguards. But again, it's like so many other things. We we try to go the lowhanging fruit or or where the money is without realizing the domino effect and the other causes that have that that happen when you do one thing without thinking about all the other things, right? And so for me, the lifeguards just happens to be that one. >> Sure. So, I I mean, in the spirit of what we're trying to do, right, I I would make a motion that had consideration for the lifeguards, uh, cut as much as we can from the Latino Commission, uh, to augment maybe expenses like the lifeguard. Um, and as long as we're not compromising the level of services that we are delivering to our children. >> Very good. The motion is made by >> Oh,

149you mean a discussion? >> You make a motion. >> Oh, the >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah. [snorts] >> Oh, we're doing presentation. Okay. So, with I have a question then with the uh if it is, you know, one of the options that we approve and we do an amendment, what are the restrictions on percentage of the line item? Let's say is to be stricken or moved. Is there compliance regulations depicting what percentage can be moved or >> So what we want to take into consideration is that in our first um first interim report we had a $20 million cut. So for each line item that you strike out the associated cost would be then what is presented would be decreased. So, you have to have at least the 20 minimum, $20 million minimum or greater

150than because these are estimated based off of um current staffing levels and you got to take into consideration that at some point we will have bumping of individuals. So, you could potentially have an individual that's going to be cut at a lower cost. We did take that into consideration. However, we wouldn't know the exact final outcome. So that's why that is the estimated cost that is being presented. >> All right. Very good. So like as was said then what like when if we do the option with the cuts and we do an amendment later because of the domino effect, right? Is there a limit to how many amendments we can make? Let's say after a year, right? And then we find that it's working or it's not working. We do an amendment and then we

151would have to tailor it as we go, right? with further amendments. >> So there wouldn't be necessarily further amendments, but what we would always bring back is as we are progressing through this process, right? And as Vic Matt had also stated at each point in time, our budget information changes. So at first interim, you had an updated enrollment. at second interim now you have updated um ADA which is our attendance which is truly what we're funded after. So when you start to think about all of the impacts on our current local area with ICE and students walking out like potentially our ADA could come in lower which means that by second interim if we don't approve the current minimum of $20 million our cuts could be potentially greater. Remember Coachella is in a structural deficit

152meaning that that ongoing expenditures are greater than the revenue in which we are generating. So therefore we have to make the hard decisions. You as the board have to make the hard decision to come to consensus on which option you are going to approve. Therefore, saving as much as you can to the integrity of our core programs and therefore eliminating some of the other additional services that are above and beyond what we are trying to provide for our students. >> Very good. Any other questions? >> Yeah. Well, in the spirit of that, you know, I I like to just just say that, you know, uh we hear a lot about our dual language program and we know that that, you know, for us it's very easy to think, well, yeah, we can do magnet schools,

153but but what about transportation? And we know that that's been a challenge. And so, you know, I I think that from from this we can we can strike through language and still still be well above the 20 million that we need, you know, and to me like, you know, the thing is it's it's hard once you once you cut something and you you don't do it, it's very hard to bring it back, you know, and uh but I would I would be okay with adding the lifeguards and and taking off the language. And I think we'd still be above 24 uh 24 million 20 23 and a2 you know I don't know the exact number but I I think we would still be within well on our way to to having a good stabilization option

154>> again >> trusty arando I am not in your position you have the difficult position but that is a consensus among the board when you guys approve >> president I could speak out of line I I agree Mr. though I think I think that could happen. I I'm just I would caution right that we continue this dual language program uh with with lack of students, right? Uh and and we have this uh we have this uh program in place that we haven't bought into, right? Our principles haven't bought into in some cases. Our mid management hasn't bought into in some cases. And I know my my my children were products of dual language and I I pride myself that they had a great benefit in being in dual language. But I started looking at the

155fiscal impact and the actual the playing out of the program as it is. Uh and as we we tried to extend it, it it basically wasn't working anymore based on performance and attendance, right? And results based on test scores, right? >> Yeah. I think one of the concerns is transportation, right? >> No, I understand. Take Westside for example and Coral Mountain. You're taking the schools that are far off. >> I got it. I got it. >> And so if if you know I'm correct, it still gives you the 20 million. >> I got it. >> We can add the lifeguards, keep the language, and keep it as it is, right? I I think I think it would it would it would be a good, you know, a good start. >> Well, as is, I I

156wouldn't it'd be hard for me to support because I think we need to make it better. We need to get our money's worth. So I I have a question about dual language. Is it is an option to eliminating those four schools totally or does it is it a gradu gradual where they those that are in right now will continue until they finish sixth grade? >> So yes, but what it is it's a gradual decrease in that school. So coming into [snorts] year 26 27 there wouldn't be dual language provided to kinder students. However, all of the additional students would be able to progress through that. That would also allow our programming [snorts] team in ed services to continue to develop and stabilize larger programs. I know that magnet is not what I'm hearing. However, it

157would be able for them to refine that program and be able to, you know, provide more sustenance. I >> So, so you're saying that that I'm sorry, I'm out of line. So, so basically what you're saying is that even though we're cutting the program, the program and the kids that are in the program right now would be able to continue the program. We're just not going to kindle a new first grade or a program. >> Correct. We're not going to start like a new cohort to go through the entire years. >> Yes. So, I just know that, you know, it's it I would like to see more of how we're going to handle the transportation issue cuz I know that I know there are parents right now that I mean, it's [clears throat] one of

158the biggest [snorts] things why they come to our school district, right? They they love the dual language program and I just know historically when we make cuts, it's it's going to be tough to bring back. >> So, so I I have another question really quick. So, so what you're saying is that our answer to this they're not is is some type of a magnet setup where kids that are in the program would be forced to travel on a bus to to a magnet school of dual language. >> It's by choice. >> No, I understand by choice. But the programs in the schools that are being cut, those programs are going to go away. And if you choose to, you can get in a bus and go to one of our magnet schools to continue in

159the program. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, but we are cutting the program at the respective schools. >> So, it would be the process of a decrease in elimination. Yes. >> Okay. So, so transportation may not be an issue right in the beginning unless the the the families wanted them to start in uh >> kindergarten. Is it which which grade? Kindergarten. >> Kinder. >> Okay. So, so starting next year, there will be no dual language kinder at any of these four schools, but one through six will still be there. >> Correct. >> So, that would be a choice then if the if the parents wanted to do >> Yeah. Yeah. So, what you're saying is is interesting because I didn't understand that. I'm going to ask the question again in option two. >> Yes. >> To

160Mr. concern. We're cutting dual language where >> we are cutting dual language within the kinder program to start. >> Okay. So, but but the programs at the respective schools will continue. >> They will continue for grades 1 through six. >> Is that correct? So, what we're doing right now, we're not going to be transporting anybody, moving anybody. The programs continue. We're just not going to kindle new programs at those four schools. >> Yes. Correct. And if a kinder family comes to the school next year and says, "I want dual language." And we don't have it, we have to give them an opportunity for transportation to go to a school that has it. >> Gotcha. I got you. Well, that's >> and to your additional questions, Trusty Gonzalez, we do have a dual language um presentation

161that'll also speak to those things. >> Yeah. Okay. Well, maybe we're getting ahead of ourselves, but >> Well, but we have to make the decision on this before you see that presentation, right? >> Well, not really because we got to bring it back as an action item. >> The next presentation, but Trusty Vargas, you had a question. >> Yeah, I was I was curious about option four. I see that it has the least cuts to I mean by two staff members, but two staff members nonetheless. Does that um option still help us meet like our um our reserves and you know address our fiscal issues? So option four is a estimated 22 million. >> So yes >> and it's the lease number of staff to people that we're not cutting. So that does not cut

162the um >> the [clears throat] lifeguards >> the lifeguards and it does not >> it keeps our seven wellness teachers as well as um the contract intact for the Latino commission. >> Okay. >> I thought two also keeps the wellness center. Yes. >> Yes. >> Okay. What? >> You talked about wanting to cut the Latino Commission more in option two. Why? Why is that? >> So, I I'm without compromising, right, the integrity of our required responsibility for those services, right? I'm just not convinced that that's the best program based on history, right? I that's my personal opinion. All right. [snorts] Any other questions? >> More like a comment. Um, so as far as the dual language, it's eight teachers. But the misnomer about that is we if we still have students to service, if we

163still kept the students, right? If they didn't just leave to other schools, we would still utilize those educators. So they wouldn't be out of that school. there just be teaching other things. That's where I have an issue with the savings and I'm doing air quotations because if we're still servicing those students, we still need those educators. That's not a savings per se. That is just losing a program that we know shows beautiful results in students in these schools, possibly splitting up families, which is going to mean maybe we lose them or maybe we're putting extra strain on transportation that is already we hear about at every single meeting. So that's where for me I feel like it's misleading sometimes when we have these savings when we're we're guesstimating. We don't actually know but we do

164know that we'd be walking away from a program. C >> could you could you answer that? Are we going to continue >> where is the savings if we could dual language at these schools? >> So that is all dependent upon the enrollment which we have in dual language. If we look at the current cohort that's there and the staffing levels that we have to provide dual language at the kinder that is the estimated number of teachers that we would have to reduce. Again what is being presented are estimated cost based on the analysis that we have. However, with the changes in staffing, once all of the reductions are done and by the time that the new year comes and we have to look at staffing for enrollment, that's where the change that's where we would

165have those differences. >> So, so I mean to answer the question, the question the answer is what [snorts] Miss Garcia just stated. The answer is is that we're going to save because we're not going to have those teachers at the at the first grade level that are going to kindle a new program, right? Is that the savings that those teachers ain't going to exist? >> So the savings is is that you will not have a new cohort in the kinder level. Correct. To then have teachers to support that program. Gotcha. Okay. >> However, if we had a growth in grades one or up through six, then whatever teachers were not available or whatever class teachers that we had that were supposed to be provided for a kinder then would go to there. So to Miss

166Garcia's point, so if I had say an additional um 10 10 students, right? Maybe I would be able to utilize one teacher out of the eight. Therefore, only seven would have been cut. >> Yeah, Tommy. >> Yeah. I this dual language discussion is to me it's not about the program. We know the program successful. Most of us that were here before fought to get this program started and funded uh across the board. The problem with the dual language program is that we have some teachers with minimal amount of students in their class. And that is something that I can't justify paying a teacher to have 10 kids in the class when I have other ones that have 20 25. And so they have to find a minimum amount of numbers. That's what happened last year

167at Mount Vista. That's how this whole thing got started. And and it it isn't even about in my mind it isn't even about saving money. It's about putting our resources where we need them. And again, if I have a program where I have 10 kids in a class, um you got to have more. You got to have more. That is costing us money because that teacher is costing us 10 students, right? And so to me, the issue is and again I believe when we started the discussion is how do we fix this? How do we do this? And if we're not getting the buy in, you know, I I keep hearing that parents are bringing their kids to uh from here from other districts to to do our great program. I don't see it because

168I don't see the numbers. The areas that we have large numbers are are parents that we have here. They're not coming from anywhere. They're already here. So those schools that they pointed out, they have low numbers. Fix the low numbers. Sure. I think we'll all support that. But again, my my side of this is the justification of paying a teacher with minimal amount of students when you have when I have another teacher who's got 20 whatever the ratio is that particular age uh school side or age. I know it differs by age group, but I'm paying them to teach 20 kids, 25 kids, but I have another Sure. I want to be a dual language teacher. I got 10 kids in my class. Yeah, that'd be great. So, that to me is is the dual

169language issue. I'm not sold on the magnet schools myself. That kind of part of it. I know that's kind [snorts] of how we can move them around. >> But my issue is that we have classes that have small numbers and I just to be fiscally responsible. I can't justify paying paying that teacher to teach those minimum classes if we can't get the enrollment. Now, if you go out and fill up those classes tomorrow, I think nobody here would have a problem with it. Amen. because we can I can justify voting for something that is being fully staffed or being fully have the whole uh classroom there. But again, these are four schools that we have identified that have very very low numbers and they're not seem not to be getting any bigger and so that

170to me is the concern. Now, some will criticize and say we haven't been done enough to go out and to do it, but to Mr. Gonzalez's point, we supported it. We promoted it. We funded it. And if you want to say it's the teachers, the principles, the district staff that's not out there, well then you guys go out there and fix it. But that to me is my issue with the dual language program. Not that it doesn't work. We know it works. Not that it isn't a great thing for our kids. I believe it's a great thing for our kids. But for me, it's this issue that if we're I mean, the programs are great programs, but if you don't have any kids in the programs, then you know, what's what's the point? That that

171to me is my concern with the school language. It isn't about saving money. And yes, you're probably going to save money, just balancing out the kids and all of that, but again, you may not have to hire a new one if you put one of those same teachers you're talking about just goes into the classroom, takes the overflow of kids, and they're not going to lose their job. But we probably won't have to hire a new person for a while. But again, to me, this is about the program and it's not working with minimal amount of students. >> Trust. >> Oh, Dr. Sparta. >> And for several years, this program has been funded out of the LCAP. Our teachers should not be funded out of the LCAP. Our teachers need to be funded out of

172the general fund. So, we've been encroaching on the LCAP. It's cost us between 18 and $19 million every year. So, what we're trying to do is in the next few years at least try to cut that in half or at least try to cut, you know, 7 to 8 million because our deficit is 10 million every year. So, we're not getting the students at the schools. And if there are schools that have 100 students or 60 students, the teachers have combos. If we continue with the dual language program at every single school, we're going to have teachers with like what Mr. Akuna said with very small class size where we can't even afford the teacher. But at the same time, we are continuing to encroach on and using the LCAP as you know our general

173fund. It's not every teacher should be funded out of the general fund. >> So in those combo in those combo classes what you're saying is that you may have a fourth fifth uh dual language class in one room >> from all over the district. >> Okay. And then the second question is the kindergarten is going to have Englishspeaking teachers. So, um, how does that work into additional or can some of these teachers also be English uh teachers or English language teachers in these kindergarten classes >> or the other way around? >> So, all teachers are English language teachers. They're all um certified to teach English language development. >> Yeah. >> Questiono. >> Yes. So just a couple of remarks and I I like this discussion. I think it's it's it's a great one to have.

174I I think look uh if you look at our Wness centers, we have six Wness teachers about 1.2 million. Correct. Um Wana centers aren't fully funded. There's one teacher in the room and I don't know how many students you know are in there, right? I know that there's one adult and and I you know I I love the the Wanis Center, but I would love it to be fully funded, right? and to have other supports, but we really I mean there's one teacher and we don't know, you know, how many students they're seeing today, but even if they see one, it's it's a good thing. So, and and I just and I just want to say, you know, that much. And we have school that we have a school that's, you know, about 300 students.

175Does that mean we closed it because we we're we're using, you know, we we are using all these services for a school that has 300 students or we're busing 60 students to a an elementary school. I mean, those are just questions I mean, I have and I'm not going to argue, you know, my my vote will be my vote, but but I would I would just say that, you know, I struggle with, you know, getting rid of something and and never seeing it back. So, even if I went to go recruit all these language students, I I wouldn't see it back because we're we'll get rid of it tonight. So, >> Mr. I I have a question for you cuz I want to understand what your thought is. So, you're saying 300 students in dual

176language? No, no. 300 students at at a at an elementary school that you know normally you have you have about 500 students or even 400 students where you say, "Hey, this is you know we we keep the school running." But you know the the thing is is that that this is about a program and this is what we believe in. >> No, I I I get it. But the problem is we have we have a fiscal stabilization responsibility and again these decisions ain't easy. But I do know right that the objective of this board and the board prior was we were committed in every way, shape and form even to the point of funding dual language everywhere because we knew that it worked and we were it was predicated on the results of of what

177was going on at Cesar Chavez where you had very active teachers, you had an active principal in the program and and the program was amazing. But we were we were we were not successful in in in extending that program to all our school diff even though the intent of the board by funding right by putting money where our mouth was to do this everywhere it just never happened and what I'm worried about >> to Mr. Mr. Akuna's point is that we have a teacher in a classroom that might have five students and believe me those parents are advocates. They see the benefit of the program. It's working for them and and a lot of parents want it like I wanted it. But does it make fiscal sense or can we afford it in the condition

178that we're in? And I think the answer is if we're going to be responsible, I don't think we can. But I also recognize that we have the responsibility that if somebody wants to get into a dual language program that we have the responsibility of transporting that student to the program, right? And so it's a complicated issue. Obviously, we're going to get to vote on it and we're just going to have to consider all this discussion when we make our final vote. >> Yeah, we'll show the presentation. Vice President, >> thank you. Um for the past 2 years we have had combo classes. So there isn't this 10 10 classroom class that um several people have been referring to. It hasn't existed for 2 years. Their their dual um their combo classes which I've said for

179the past 2 years is not great. It's not a good investment in our students. And that's what we need to remember. It's an investment in our students. We have not been doing that for the past two years. Um they are combo classes. They're not allowed to have 10 per class. Um just want to keep that all in mind. Um but we have heard from parents, we've heard from educators that they have ideas about the program. They have not been heard. We don't ask them enough. We ask them after the fact. We don't ask them ahead of changes. We ask them after changes. We're getting what we're asking for after the fact. Reactive. Um and we're just walking away from from a very important program. Well, I think we're not walking away from it because of

180the fact we're just stopping kinder and we're just stopping it. every year we'll have one more one less class and one last class and one last class and so if one of these schools their their number of students bumps up in dual language we will have the cla we'll have the structure in place for next year we'll have it in place for first second third fourth fifth sixth and then it would be the the following year if we you know we can make budget decisions every year so if all of a sudden we get an influx of kinders or first, then maybe next year we won't the following year we won't cut first. So I think that's what the nice thing if if I'm understanding what's going on here. They're just progressively going to eliminate

181the kids that are in or new kids will just start at one level a grade higher and if there is an enrollment in that in those grades then those will be provided the option to move. So if we have if we go to second grade and we don't have or we have third grade and there are only five students or 10 students then we provide them the option but we can't hold classes with just a a >> we have 1200 square miles that's going to be a transportation nightmare. >> Wait so if I 11 schools will remain with the dual language program >> still have 1200 square miles. Well, we may have 1,200 square miles, but there's >> so if at one of these sites we have the 25 kits that want to do the

182TK, we're going to have a staff there or we're going to bust the 25. If you continue, if we continue to open a class at Kinder, by the time it's in third grade, we're not going to have those 25. >> It we did the study on it. We it it's in half. So by third grade that's when the combo classes really start >> and then by fourth and fifth grade when the numbers are higher when you can have you know 24 30 in a class that's when you're getting 18 >> but the proposal here is to cut so John example John Kelly we're cut we'd be cutting the >> Mhm. >> the lower level. >> Yes. But if we let's say we have a 25 students a class at that site, we're going to bust

183a 25 to the other sites. >> That's an anomaly. I don't think we'll get 25 in a class. But >> that's the plan. >> No, if there's 21 students or more in the class, then of the same grade, we would keep it open. Well, well, I'm a believer that had we promoted this program, we wouldn't be talking about it. We would have dual language would be an intricate part of our school district the way we wanted it to be. Right. >> The and I just a point of clarity, if in fact we don't have a kindergarten program in dual language, we can't have a program at that school. It's basically once we decide that we're going to go to second and then third and the cohort's going to go, we're dissolving the program. There is

184no starting the program unless we say hey we really need dual language let's start a kindergartener again >> right >> so that's why there will be 11 schools these are the four elementaryaries so there's 15 elementaryaries so the 11 will continue and this is not till 2728 it's not next year and then after that we come back and we have to evaluate and see is this working You know, although this is the multi-year and I know everybody wants to hear that, okay, this is it and this is what we're going to continue to do. We still need to come back and see did did we have a savings? Did it work? Should we continue with more schools? >> President Georgees, I I think we should move on in the spirit of time. >> May I

185just say one more thing? If I look at these four members want >> Whoops. Sorry. Just the last few >> communicate. So we we're open. >> Yes. So, so these four schools, John Kelly, Palm View, Westside, and Mountain Vista, I I support all those within the Read withMe program. They are not far away from other schools. I mean, it's we're just talking about a few miles. So, we're not transporting these kids 50 miles away to go to a dual language program. That's a that whole area is concentrated. And there's at least two or three other elementary schools that aren't that far away. >> Yes. Valley. Valley View. That's right. >> It's not That's not far away. >> It's not That's for Mountain Vista and Palm View. It'll be Coral Mountain. >> So, >> exactly. Not

186far. >> Yeah. And thank you for making my point, there isn't, 1200 miles between those four schools. Um, but to answer your question, Trusty Edundo, when a school, an elementary school gets under 300, I'll be the first one up here telling you guys that we need to close that school. Yeah, we've talked about that before. I I've complained about it. Take it out. But nobody wants to close Nobody wants to close a school. Hey, I love Westside. My son went through Westside. But once you get under 300 students, there's no justification for having an elementary school open, especially in this district. I'm sorry. You know, there's going to be people who are going to say, "Oh, Joey wants to close the schools." Again, I don't care. We have a responsibility. And again, I still think

187that if we Cesar Chavez one of these days is going to have enough room to move those 60 kids over. And when that happens and if Westside goes under 300, it would be irresponsible for us not to have that conversation to start talking about closing that school. So yes, to answer your question, yes, we need to close it. >> Well, for for your information too is that Linta is moving into that sphere of influence and Westside is one of Linta's school. No, but there will all the developments that's going on in that area are not just over 55. They [snorts] are having >> but we have to start pushing to lint parents that these are good schools and then that they should go to mountain and they should go push >> if at that time

188that that that [snorts] happens. Yeah. But again and again I said this again and you guys heard me say it before that magic number to me is 300. when it gets to 300. I'll be the first one [clears throat] up here saying that we need to go through this program. So, >> do we have any more questions for the presentation? >> Um, I mean I I you know, we spoke I the only comment I'll make is I I think you know some of the proposals are cutting you know Latino Commission um mental health services. I think we just want to reiterate the importance of just having a plan regardless of which one we pick um cuz it is important um for students and especially with everything happening nowadays um I'd be concerned to just completely

189cut this program and then not have a plan because sometimes we do we we tend to do that. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions? All right. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Yes. Uh next is 6.4. for the dual language program plans. >> Like I said, there was the next presentation. [clears throat] [snorts] >> You guys pretty much did our presentation for us, >> right? >> Good evening, President Tortez, members of the board, Dr. Sparza and cabinet. I'm Tara Henchin, director of MTSS Academics Elementary. Tonight we present our dual language redesign launching next year. And to be clear, we are not eliminating the dual language program, but rather we are redesigning it to put students first. We want to ensure that we enhance program quality and long-term biliteracy outcomes that align with fiscal stabilization

190efforts. And this program is supported by committed teachers and administrators that are dedicated to student success. And so really quickly, I want to frame the facts about EEL versus dual language. So to clarify the difference between those two, English learner services and dual language programs are different things. English learner services are designed to help students develop English proficiency primarily through instruction in English with language supports. EL students are provided English language development or EL to develop their English proficiency. Dual language programs are different. They are bilingual instructional models designed for both English speakers and Spanish speakers and students learn core academics in two languages with the goal of bilingualism by literacy and earning the state seal of biiter biiteracy upon graduation. One is a support model and the other is a bilingual instructional model. >>

191Good evening. My name is Antoan Lita. I am the Good evening. My name is Anana Lita. I am the dual language coordinator and our district our [snorts] district goal is to build an sustainable dual language magnet schools um across the grades kinder through sixth grade and a clear um stronger pathway through grades 6 through 12 leading to the seal of biiteracy. When the program was first implemented years ago, long-term financial planning did not fully account for the enrollment patterns resulting in small upper grade classes and many combination classes that um are not financially sustainable. This res redesign um addresses both program quality and um financial solveny. Why move to the um DL magnet schools? Magnet school models are proven to increase student engagement and create stronger, more consistent programs. After analyzing survey data, transitioning to

192dual language magnet sites will support keeping classes closer to full enrollment, reducing combination classes, and allow for vertical articulation for dual language teachers. Good evening. My name is Karina De Laena. I am the director of MTSS Academics Elementary. In 2026 27, we are um having some of the elementary sites not enroll kindergarten students in the dual pro uh language programs. However, these students will have an opportunity to enroll at any other site that is offering the dual language program. In 2027 2028, we will launch the dual language magnet schools and invite current dual students in grades 1 through six to join these schools. This will allow us to concentrate staffing and resources and enhance the program quality. In middle school, dual language will only be implemented at CDA, while others offer advanced Spanish courses. Each

193one of these selections was based on the uh enrollment and financial impact. These magnet programs will operate within our district using a 9010 instructional model starting in kindergarten gradually shifting to a 50/50 language model by fourth grade. Admission will be based on parent choice and it will be consistent with magnet best practices. We will also provide strong family supports including enrollment assistance, orientations, and bilingual communication. Good evening. I'm Elizabeth Sautello, and I'm the director of secondary education. At middle school, one side will continue with dual language, that will be CDA. At the other middle schools, high school level Spanish courses will be offered to help students reach proficiency milestones earlier. Currently, not all dual language students are attaining the seal of bi literacy. So this redesign strengthens the pathway, sets clear proficiency checkpoints, and ensures

194proper transcript credit. The expectation is that all students who complete the dual language program will be on track to earn the seal of literacy in high school. Access and equity are central to this redesign. Magnet schools will be strategically placed near sites that will be closing and any student interested in a dual language in the dual language program will have access to a magnet seat. We recognize transportation can be a challenge and over the next year we will work closely with our transportation department to plan routes and supports to ensure the program is truly accessible to families across the district. Our transition is phased and carefully managed. In 2026 2027, we will focus on family engagement, staffing, professional development, curriculum alignment, and transportation planning. We will also publish placement guidance and board policies. We will

195measure success through clear outcomes which would be year-over-year growth in the percentage of students that uh graduate earning the seal of biiteracy. We would also have strong reading and academic outcomes for dual language students and educational partner voice via surveys. These metrics ensure accountability and continuous improvement. The key message for families is this. Dual language is not going away. It is getting stronger. By concentrating programs into magnet schools, we will improve quality and consistency. And a clear middle school and Spanish credit pathway keeps students on track for the syllabi literacy. Earning the syllabi literacy shows high language proficiency helps students stand out in college admissions may lead to college credit or advanced placement [music] and a highly valued and it is highly valued in today's global job market. So, thank you for your time and

196attention. As a board, we understand that you are under a lot of pressure to make difficult financial decisions, but we applaud you for creating equity and access for our students, and we are happy to answer any questions. >> All right, questions. >> President George, say I I just u got a lot on my mind. Um, I heard that the magnet and correct me if I if I heard wrong, but but my first question is this magnet program is going to be from I I heard from 1 to sixth grade. Is that was did somebody misspeak or I didn't understand. >> No, it you what what was said was that the stu because we're not going to be enrolling kinder students in the four sites um that have been identified. So that way um the because

197those schools were already supposed to roll over to sixth grade cuz right now they're only K5 because of our our gradual increase. So we're going to have those fifth graders go to sixth grade which is why we're stopping in kinder so that those fifth graders can then do sixth grade duel. >> So there's no interruption right now. >> So there's no interruption in their um progression. [snorts] And then that's why we said first through sixth those students would then be cuz there wouldn't be kinder cuz we're not enrolling kinder >> in the four schools >> in those four schools >> not not in the magnet school >> right in magnet will be and our and our idea in magnet would also then to be have two kinders start so that way that is sustainable as

198they go through and and some of our sites we do have two kinders already. Caesar Chavez as you named is very strong um I believe Coral Mountain also has two kinders. So right there we have the numbers to really when they go to fourth, fifth and sixth grade and the class size becomes 30, we have the numbers to sustain there and that's why those programs have been very strong. So that's the idea is that we really want to start with two kinder classes at every of those magnet schools >> you know >> to sustain it and keep it going >> with all with all due respect. I mean, you guys obviously have prepared yourself to be here today, and I honestly believe that this excitement, if we had this level of excitement in the dual

199language program today, we wouldn't be where we're at. We would have a successful dual language program. So, I'm troubled to try to understand what's different about what you're saying. uh or or I'm having trouble I'm I'm having trouble understanding why we're not doing what you guys described in the current programs so we wouldn't be in this position. And I'm going to ask a question. How would you answer that that there's people out there that believe that that this administration doesn't support dual language and they want to see it go away? >> True. Oh my god. One of the things that I do want to say um last year because we had um had those conversations with the parents of Mountain Vista, they were, you know, because we had discussed maybe possibly closing that program. Um

200one of the things that we did when we um we started a new kinder enrollment process last year. We called it our TK our kinder roundup. And so what we did was we went to every single school. We scheduled time for us to meet with the new kinder parents. We brought them in. We had Miss Lita here, explain the program, talk about dual language. We had a whole presentation. So, we presented it to every single enrolling kinder parent as an option and we still don't have the full numbers at those sites that we were hoping for. So, we did really try to market it this year as you're talking about. So, we do believe in this program and we want it, but it's just we've seen that in some sites it's just not as um

201strong coming in. And so, I think when we move to the magnet model, it'll be more concentrated to where we again we can start with those two kinder classes that really will boost the numbers. Does anybody want to add anything? >> Can I mention something? >> Oh, yes. So it it's like putting students in kindergarten and we watch them all the way to high school and what do we strive for? That they graduate. We're doing that with our students and I don't know what happened. I I wasn't here but they're not getting the seal of biiteracy is their high school diploma. We had 345 students last year out of the thousands. Out of the thousands that have gone through the dual language program, we should be graduating thousands of students with the seal of biiteracy.

202That's their graduation diploma for going through the dual language program. They're not doing it. They're not they're leaving. They don't want to be in it. >> I mean, Dr. Francis, I that's the problem that I have. I mean, I'm going to talk selfishly. my daughter graduated from high school and she had the the seal of biiteracy and I think it it it allowed her to apply to her engineering program and probably was considered in how they accepted her at at UCLA and and so for me this is a very personal thing and I'm just kind of it seems like you have all the answers as you're doing this presentation right but if we were doing what you're trying to do unfortunately we're living at a time where a lot of Mexican parents right they believe

203that the best way forward is for the kids to learn English. And they believe that kids can only learn English. And we're not teaching our parents that that it's good to speak Spanish. You're always going to speak Spanish. And we're going to teach the kids to be proficient in Spanish, right? And then we're also going to teach them English. And when they get out of school, they're going to be proficient in both languages and they're going to be that much more valuable, right? And so we've done a poor job. I believe, Dr. defense is that that we're not we're not graduating with these kids for whatever reason. They've been deterred by maybe an inadequate program, right? And so they they've we've lost the steam in this program and and I you know I I'm I'm

204listening to the great presentation and I'm thinking damn if we were doing that excuse me but if we were doing that and we were this excited the program would be graduating kids with the seal of literacy right and and and it's not. So, I'm as I'm listening to this and obviously we have the fiscal challenge. I'm just wondering if I I don't know. I I I'm just >> and that's the expectation is to >> strive to ensure that we have whole schools that we have the whole group wanting to be in the dual language [snorts] program and taking them all the way up so that that whole group graduates with the seal of biiteracy or graduates bilingual and biliterate and usually it's proven through the seal of biiteracy certification. So that's exactly what we're trying

205to do because it [snorts] hasn't been working and it hasn't been working for several years prior to probably the majority of us being here. >> I have another question. Why is it we haven't allowed students to enter the dual language [snorts] program if the cohort that starts as kindergarteners and we really want to build this program and somebody might be excited but their kids already in second grade or first grade and I want to put my kid into dual language. Why is it that we haven't accepted those kids into the program so that we could build capacity and build those numbers at the later grades? [snorts] >> Um yes. So one of the reasons why is um the dual language program is a rigorous program and they're learning two languages. They're learning two um autotographies

206like the Spanish and the English. So in kinder it's a 9010 model. So most of their foundational skills are in Spanish. On top of that, they have the 10% English. That's where they learn their short vowels. So, going into first grade, our students need to have their Spanish foundational skills plus their English. And then in first grade, just like the other first grade students in SEI programs, they also need to have learned their short vowels and add the long vowels and all the other foundational skills in English. So, they're learning two languages at the same time and that is rigorous. So when we have students coming in in second grade who want to be part of the dual [snorts] language program, we check to see if they have strong foundational skills in their native language

207in Spanish. And if they do so, they are a candidate to be part of our program so that they can anchor the second language and they will. But when we have students who don't have any foundational um language um or foundational skills in Spanish, it's very difficult for them to catch up. So that's why we see sometimes our numbers like right now in elementary. >> I hope I hope Let me stop you. I hope that we're not denying kids that are proficient in Spanish when we're at a at a 9010, right? And we're worried about the short and long vowels, right? >> No, we're not. Absolutely not. So >> So you're telling me that today today or yesterday or last year that a child that was proficient in Spanish that was in second grade that

208he would be considered or they would be allowed into the dual language program? Yes, they will be allowed in the dual language program. We look at kids at at a case by case. Right now, our current numbers indicate that um of our students who are in the dual language program right now who are in sixth grade, um these are our numbers um from last year, out of all our sixth [snorts] grade students who should have been recognized as being part of the dual language program, only 58% of the students got recognized. And then in the middle schools, um, only 43% of the students in the dual language program got recognized as meeting all the criteria, which means they met their English proficiency, they met the Spanish proficiency, and if they were English [snorts] learners, they

209they met their alpac proficiency. So our numbers >> So So we're not we're not pushing kids that that I described, [snorts] we're not pushing them into the SE uh I program. >> Absolutely not. I mean if the students meet the criteria they are part of our program. Any student can enter our program who want to be part of our program. But like I said we have students who like who do not have the skills like the found like let's say we have a newcomer [clears throat] coming from another country and they have strong foundational skills in Spanish and they want to be part of the program. We will look at the student that student is a perfect candidate to anchor the second language because they use their first language to learn the second language. But

210when our students do not have a first language, it's very difficult for them to learn the second language. They will have we have had kids come into the program. That's why some of our numbers are low in the and receiving the recognition because they're not low. They're low in their native language and they're low in English in both languages. >> I I I I I haven't gotten an answer to my question. I asked a really hard question. What is your answer? Right. And I challenge all of you >> to explain to me. What is your answer to that community member who believes that this current administration has purposefully not taken care of the program and it's gone by the wayside. [snorts] It's not working and that we don't support the program here at CBUSD. Great

211question, Mr. Gonzalez. And um like you said, you described right how passionate we are. We are committed. We are committed to our students, to our communities. Um Miss Lita has been working very diligently at the school sites with the teachers, providing them professional development to make sure that they are supported. She's been going into classrooms, working with the principles so that they really understand what the dual language is and looks like. Um, so our commitment stands strong to make sure that we move the redesignment of the dual language forward so that we can more effectively support our community and our students and build the program. So like Dr. Esparsa said, right, all of our students in the dual language program should leave our school CVUSD with the seal of literacy. [snorts] >> Any other questions,

212comments? Um just a comment [clears throat] >> you know look if um perhaps if I wasn't a board member and I walked into a school I would never know that there was a dual language program if if nobody told me right um you know when my daughter signed up it was because you know an administrator reached out to me and said you should put her in in dual language and I did but other than that nobody there's no signs or anything that say that we offer a dual language program at any of our sites, right? I got to thank the dual language program for helping my daughter, you know, speak Spanish. But when I told her that she might have to move to a different school, she said, "Dad, I'm not moving." She said, "I'm

213going to stay there and I'm going to go into the different program." But for for me, you're you're going to divide families. You're going to divide students, you know, and however you do it, one thing is like we we've had we've had trouble rolling out a plan and being consistent with it. And then at the 9inth hour, everybody comes here and gives us a great presentation, you know, and so thank you for the work that you're doing. I got to thank the dual language program. And that's why today I'm I'm voting to stick with it. But, you know, I I I think it's, you know, but like I said, if I none of our schools does it ever say that we have a dual language program, and I find that I find that very interesting

214when I walk in, there's nothing that says, "Please enroll your kids here." Uh because if it wasn't for an administrator that I know that told me you should try to put your daughter in do language, she's no longer in our district. Uh but she would have never been in do language. So but thank you. Thank you for your presentation and you know thank you to the do language program. >> I just wanted to add a couple things about uh the work that we have done. One of the experiences that I had as a principal is um when I was a principal at Valley View is that we were receiving newcomers like in fifth grade for instance and they would uh put him in the dual program because they only spoke Spanish and the students usually

215when they come from a different country, a Spanish speaking country, uh the majority of the students are going to come with a lower level of academic language that makes it really difficult for them to catch up and be at the same level that our students students are and as a result we receive student or as a result we have students that are not able to be successful with the program and as they continue [clears throat] they live they leave the program because the program becomes very uh rigorous for them in both languages. So >> how age is the student that you're thinking about? >> This one was a fifth grade student, but we have had also cases >> fifth grade, right? Not not second grade or not first grade. >> Correct. And when when we

216have second grader, second graders for instance, we do have a a quiz that we have um assess the student to see how they're doing in their own language because by then there is also an academic rigor level that they have to meet to be able to be successful and not get into the frustration level. So it's it's really difficult to get a second grader especially in the second trimester uh semester to be successful and to have all the skills that they need in in English. >> So we haven't tracked these kids into the SE program the we we haven't we we haven't tracked them into another program. We we have always given them a chance to get into the dual language program. >> Right. what they the principles do what we have asked them to

217do because this was something that did not exist before we have a um an assessment that we provide the student in English and Spanish to see where they are so that we can provide the supports they need academically to be successful in in both languages >> and I made sure that the principles were when students were being registered families were registering their children that they promoted the dual language program so any parent that came in, they were explained uh they were given an explanation on what the dual language program is. If there's a principal out there that you you know that didn't do that, let us know. Um but that was a directive that I had given early on when I was the assistant soup of ed services. >> I just don't I don't I

218don't know. I I [clears throat] just >> I'm sorry. I also wanted to add that I have also presented um with the Head Start program to those parents and talked to them about the dual language program. They had a lot of great questions and I will continue to present to them the ending of this month again to continue to recruit students from the preschool heads up program into our dual language programs. >> I I have two comments. Um, I mean I think one I do feel like we often have a narrative problem, right? Like how are we promoting this program? It's one thing to say, hey, there's this option or there's one thing, you know, the other side is like, hey, we have these students who've gone through this program and they're doing stellar, they're

219engineers, they're bilingual, they're doing this. And so I think it's also kind of that piece of like how are we pushing this to our communities, right? I think there's I came from a district in Culver City where they're teaching their kids Mandarin and it's like everybody wants it and that's their dual program and so why is it that we can't do something like that here in our district? I think the other piece for me um Trusty Gonzale is kind of mentioning it, you know, like I don't under I also am kind of like what is holding us back from doing exactly what you're we're saying that we're going to do from doing it now. like I I I you know we got some emails from teachers kind of expressing some of the challenges that they're

220facing just in their in teaching right now and so why is what is holding us from doing that and how are we addressing it so that we do implement those you know great strategies for the future. >> So when we started in our position last year one of the first things that we looked at with the dual program was exactly what you're talking about the recruitment. So we gave it um we put a lot of thought into it and put together a plan and we used four months to recruit students by uh first addressing it with the sites. The sites uh in January last year helped us uh send information to parents. Uh we had a lot of communication with families. We had parent nights and in these parent nights, we not only explained the

221different components of the program and and the program that we have currently in CDUSD, but we also talked about the the responsibilities of the parents and the responsibilities of the teachers, the responsibilities of the district so that they understand like this is a long-term commitment. And when when we um we had some really good sites that a lot of parents came, we had some other sites that not many parents came but we also work with the office staff so that when parents come they can also offer the dual program and I know that this was not necessarily something that was happening but we that we did see that as a as a weakness. So I know that um as nature of the program we're going to lose between seven to 10 students as we go

222through the year and what that is one of the reasons why we think having magnet schools is going to be more impactful because we can start with two or three kinder classrooms and then have those numbers by the time they get to fourth grade. So when we start with 24 students, we know we're going to lose between seven and 10 students by the time they get to fourth grade. So we get to fourth grade and we end up with 16 students. So that is one of the weaknesses that we immediately identify with the program and and is something that we tried to tackle. Um there is this is the first time that we have also provided tutoring for dual students and um we are already working on something that we are going to implement this

223year for summer school as well because these are services that were not provided to to the dual students in in tutoring. they would go to English-only classrooms and in summertime they would go to English only classrooms and something that we say a lot is that we have to act like we speak and we have to speak like we act. So if we want the dual program to be successful then we need to provide these resources for the students. So yes, we we did look at all of these parts and I feel like last year we were successful with our recruitment, but recruiting 24 students is already setting us up for failure for one site because we are going to end up with less than 20 by the time we get to fourth grade. In fourth

224grade, the max number says 30. So we have 50% of the students now in a class. I I think what I'm struggling with is is what we're what we're currently doing in dual language. It we haven't done anything right. Right. That's just my assessment. I I think there's been there's been there's been an effort there probably the commitment from you. I just don't think it's trickled down to the principles. I don't think it's trickled down to other mid management. And and I honestly believe that we've done a reckless job of running the dual language program or we wouldn't be where we're at. Right. And and it's interesting because this board and the board before, everybody supported building dual language because we all felt that it was a great program and that if we did it

225right, we could really be a school district where people would want to come to learn here because we were amazing at dual language, right? And so what I'm having a problem with is it hasn't worked. Um I love the excitement and how you believe it's going to work now. And for me as a board member, I'm starting to wonder, I know that we need changes. If we don't do anything and and let's just say that we you didn't get the support to redo dual language. Whatever we're doing now isn't working. So, we're going to have to do something about it. And maybe it's just rekindled the excitement, right? And my final question on this, President Tortois, is how much money if we listen to staff's recommendation and and do what we're doing, dissolve these programs,

226allow them to continue, but dissolve the the kindergartener entry program, how much money are we saving uh per year? >> Just dual language. over $3 million with these eight teachers. >> Uh $3 million a year. >> 3.9 over the three years. >> Over three years. So a million dollars a year. >> Uh 1.3. >> Okay. Yeah. 1.3. Okay. >> Very good. That's it. I don't got >> any other questions, comments. All right. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Sorry for being hard on you. >> Next is 6.5. Restructuring technology department. Good evening, Board of Education Superintendent Esparza, CF CVUSD staff and families. As we de develop the stability plan and the options, we continue to evaluate our organizational structure to ensure departments are aligned to district priorities. >> Can't hear me? are fiscally responsible and

227positioned to to continue to support highquality instruction and operations. Today we are going to start with the restructuring plan for technology department. If you take a look at our purpose and rationale for the technology department restructuring, we are really trying to make sure that we are meeting the needs of our classroom and operational needs districtwide. We are trying to also eliminate duplication of roles and clarify accountability. And we are trying to uh coordinate under a clear uh leadership and um to coordinate the department and make sure that we're not we're only covering cyber security student data but making sure our our we have effective learning systems. Finally, and and I know the stability uh plan addresses this. We're trying to meet our uh structural deficit and address it. Our restructured positions, the first one is

228our chief technology officer. It replaces the former director of technology systems. It is updated on the job description in terms of cyber security protection. Um talking about um having effective internet um and it also incorporates budgeting. The next one is our network technology coordinator. It combines two prior roles, the technology coordinator and their network coordinator. It combines these roles for greater efficiency um to m maintain network stability and to improve uh response time. As part of the technology department, there was two job descriptions under the under this. it was the uh student information systems and the cowpads coordinator. We have combined these for to be the data accountability and assessment coordinator and we have moved this position into ed um educational services. We have done this because it meets uh the data needs and the

229instructional needs to better support our classrooms in ter of accuracy of state reporting. Um, it really focuses on what sta student data we need to improve, what services that we are are offering our students. And finally, it offers data to better support our interventions, um, attendance monitoring and student achievement planning. Our fiscal impact, yes, we have decreased positions. If you take a look at the total fiscal savings over the three-year period, it's about $1.95 million with the uh with the combin with combining the positions. If you take a look, I know it's small, the organizational um chart. It outlines the new positions with the chief technology officer and the combined positions of the network technology coordinator. It also talks about the the positions that are also potentially to be reduced because of duplication of duties

230which is your IT project analyst, your network coordinator and your enterprise system specialist and your web uh coordinator as well. I would like to open up for questions and feedback at this time. Do you have any questions? >> Can you go back to the or chart? >> Which one do you want to look at? Do you want to look at the technology one or the edgees [snorts] one? >> Uh technology. >> Okay, >> that one right there. >> There you go. >> Thank you. Um I mean this isn't implying Oh, okay. I'm sorry. I just saw that there's seven IT service technicians. I didn't see that. So that that all the other boxes are one person. Each box is one person. Yes. >> Except where it says technician seven. Right. >> At the top it's

231one person and at the bottom it's one senior database administrator, one enterprise analyst, one enterprise system specialist, seven IT service technician, and then you have your communications analyst. >> Okay. Maybe we can get them to buy batteries for the hell hand because that thing's not working. That would be a nice restructuring to technology. >> Any questions? >> Nope. All right. >> Okay. Now we are going to go for facilities and maintenance. We want to make sure we are supporting safe and clean and functional learning for our environment for our staff and students. I'll wait one second. I'm moving faster than he then. >> Okay. Even though we have to do a stability plan, we want to make sure we're supporting safe, clean environments for our staff and students. Um we want to make a by

232creating one position for the director of maintenance and director of facilities and combining into one. It's a clear leadership role um instead of having overlapping duties between the two departments. Um we strengthen the coordination between the two departments and again we're addressing um and improving our fiscal responsibility in doing so. If you take a look of how we are restructuring the department, um we're are combining the director of maintenance and the director of facilities into one cohesive uh position. Um the next one that we are doing is we have there were two uh updates to titles. It's the maintenance and operations instead of supervisor is becoming coordinator and the stay with facility facilities is changing from supervisor to coordinator. This is because we want to align titles across the district and not have uh confusion

233of roles. Um and it also um updates their job description in terms of what they are focusing on. Um if you take a look at the ma maintenance and operations coordinator, they look at we want to re improve response time for safety uh repairs and safety concerns, preventative maintenance, and they want be able to work closely with the school sites. The with the same with the facilitators [clears throat] coordinator, we are trying to track timelines and budgets, coordinator contracts, and make sure projects are completed in a timely manner. Fiscal impact for over three years we of about $2.25 million in staffing over three years and in total is 5.2. If you take a look at the org chart, I know it's small. Um any questions where you have the director and facil facilities maintenance on

234the top and then you've got the coordinator facilities and coordinator of maintenance and then you have the rest of the positions underneath. If you take a look at what we removed, if you want to take a look at what we removed, we did one uh custodian maintenance. We did um one groundskeeper and then the communication systems technician that we have a duplicate of in technology. >> Is there truth that we only have six grounds keepers for the whole school district? >> We have greater than six right now. >> I think we have roughly between 10 and 11. >> We do have a couple on leave, so it looks like less. What does this restructuring leave us with? >> So, I believe we would still have eight. >> I believe we would still have eight for

235grounds keepers. [clears throat] >> Yeah. I, you know, knowing a little bit about construction, I I don't know how we could keep Maybe that's the reason our schools sometimes look um not as good as they should look, right? Um I I don't know. I I mean, it's something that has to be looked at. I'm going to put that responsibility on on those people that get paid to do that job. But but I know that we can definitely improve, you know, how we maintain our schools and and what the outcome is because there definitely is a shortfall there. But if but if we have 11 and and three are out for whatever reason or and maybe five are just showing up to work, um you know, that's a problem. Any other questions, comments? All right. I'm

236I'm still uncomfortable with that eight number. >> I agree with you. >> Yeah. >> You imagine? >> No. Because because then you are talking about distances, >> right? >> Thank you. Next, we're moving [clears throat] on to um 7.1 authorization to amend and restate license agreement between Golden Voice. >> A motion for approval, President Tortois. >> A motion by trustee Gonzalez. >> We have a second. >> Second. Second by trustee Talamanis. >> I got a question. >> Yes. So on the uh on the agreement on page three 3.3 where it says term under B it says provided the agreement is in full force and effect and Golden Voice is not in default at any time it exercises this option. Golden Voice may request to extend the term for up to two additional weeks upon written

237approval by CBSD. Should that be two years? Yeah. >> Could you amend your thing to change that? >> I absolutely I I I amend that it's not two weeks that they have the right with notice to extend it to two years. Let my motion reflect that. President Tortois >> and is that okay with your second trustee? >> Trusty Talaman is second. >> Second. Sorry. Is >> that okay with your all right? Yes. Can >> we get the roll call vote? President. >> Oh, yes. Good looking now. Joey. >> Vice President Garcia. >> I. >> Clerk Ardodondo. >> I'm going to abstain. I've done some work with AEG, which is affiliated with Golden Voice. >> Trustee Akuna. Hi, >> Trustee Kimmanes. I >> trusty Gonzalez. Hi. >> Trustee Vargas. I [snorts] >> All right. Motion carries.

238Uh, next is California School Board Association 2026 sub region 18A delegate [snorts] assembly election. >> Motion the same. >> Motion by Trustee Gonzalez. We have a second. [snorts] Oh, are we choosing a slate or are we choosing >> can six? Oh, [clears throat] >> I thought there was motion to approve picking six. >> Yes. >> Two, three. >> Yeah, that's what it says. Yeah. >> Yeah. So, >> so the board can select up to six >> or pick we're picking now [snorts] individuals. >> You think so? >> The board can select as a whole. So my motion well if I don't know what work I thought it was a motion to approve picking six or giving giving the superintendent that authority right >> yeah that's the motion >> wait can I suggest to >> well

239can you up with I I put that responsibility on the superintendent [snorts] >> to to work with whoever might have a recommendation >> to come up with best six >> I mean I like to recommend Linda Porus and Cynthia Navaro as one of the two candidates representatives. >> So, it's up to six. >> I don't I don't [snorts] at least those two I like to support. >> Okay. >> Trusty Vargas, can you repeat the is it Linda Boras and who is Linda Boras from Desert Sands and Cynthia Navaro from Romoland? I don't know. Thank you. Is that how you say school district? I don't have opinion on the rest. >> Um, we can add Ben Johnson from Riverside's um RCE. [snorts] >> We had who? Ben Johnson from >> RCA to Yeah, I know. But

240to represent us [snorts] >> region. >> I'm going to pass. >> They don't have they they've already picked the ones that I wanted to pick which is the pores and sent >> any preference trusty Auna. All right. How many is that? Okay. >> You know the one you're picking up. [snorts] >> So >> I I would I may be not clear on the motion. The motion was to uh allow our superintendent to make those that decision. And obviously we have recommendations from the board and I'm sure she's going to be considerate and maybe she should have the poetic license to to fill the rest of those seats. >> Very good. So in order for your motion and did we have a second? Did you second that? >> We have a second. >> Yeah, Miss Kamus

241second. >> Second. Yes. >> All right. Very good. Can we get the roll call vote? There's no discussion. >> Okay. President Tortez. >> Yes. >> Vice President Garcia. >> I. >> Clerk Ardodondo. >> I. >> Trustee Auna. Trustee Kalimmanis. >> I. >> Trustee Gonzalez. >> I. >> Trustee Vargas. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. [snorts] >> The motion carries. [clears throat] Uh 8.1 approval of the stabilization plan. [snorts] And we have pick an option. Right. All right. [snorts] Well, I'm going to put it out to where I'm at. Um, I don't at this point support cutting the dual language program. I um I am considerate of the need to have the two lifeguards. And I I am okay with cutting the Latino Commission budget so long as we're compliant uh with our responsibility for those services.

242And that's that's kind of where I'm at on this. >> I'll second that motion. And what option is that? [snorts] >> It's it's option two. It's a hybrid of option two without cutting dual language and adding the life cards. >> All right. And then it was second by trustee. >> Yes. Discussion. >> Yes. >> Um can we clarify what what we're looking at? So we're option two and we're keeping the two lifeguards. >> Oh. And then also looking into how much more we can cut from the Latino Commission on option two. And we're not cutting the dual. So the what what was it the 3.9 or was it 1.3 or what was it? [clears throat] >> It's 1.3 for one year for now, right? [snorts] And we can maybe look at it next year. >>

243Where does that put us in terms of meeting our reserve? >> I think we're well over 20 especially we into the Yes, it would make the 20. >> All right. See, >> so that's lifeguard's dual language. >> Yeah. >> We would have to say how much more. >> No. Well, I I'm going to put it on you, right? I I need >> It has to The option has to be approved in front of the county. >> Oh, I got you. The number has to >> So, we we put 1 million on option two. >> You put So, why don't you Why don't you put two million? So what's the plan with respect to because I I mean we got presentations on the dual language, the transportation, the maintenance, but you we really really didn't discuss

244like what's the plan in terms of >> Dr. Sparza, maybe we could reflect the 1.3 and take [snorts] as long as we're compliant, right? Maybe we take another 1.3 million away from Latino Commission to [snorts] augment the exposure we have on keeping the dual language program and trying to improve it in its current condition. Christy Calaman. >> So, um I I support adding the the two lifeguards. Um I actually support at those four schools dropping kindergarten for next year. Um I don't support dropping the Latino Commission. I think um it provides a valuable service. Whoops. >> Sure. It's after midnight. Um, and so that's um that's my take on option two. >> I can appreciate it. I mean, I I understand that and I and I say that, you know, we're obviously making tough decisions

245and I'm I'm I want to put the responsibility in our superintendent to make sure that we're compliant with the state requirement of providing these types of services. And if we can reach in, in my opinion, if we can reach in and and [music] I think that's the only difference we have, Miss Calamanus, is that I think that dual language program hasn't been given a chance and we have a chance to maybe let it run for another year and maybe we can look at this next year, but we're still going to have the challenge next year. >> Can we approve? So, um, Miss Colman has brought up three three line items. I think that I also maybe might have some more input or thought. So I don't know if we can approve the rest of the

246plan and discuss the the three things that were of concern. >> So the motion was made by Trustee Gonzalez and it was seconded. So we're in discussion. >> So if you want to make more changes that going to have to amend he would have to amend his motion. >> So we're in discussion. >> So I have a motion as it is. Right. Yeah. If if the motion dies and then we can renegotiate and come up with something that works. I think Trusty Ardano second it >> I understand but I'm going to we haven't called the question. So I'm I think the right thing to do is to call the question now and then and then if it doesn't go and then we can talk some more about maybe some commonality. >> Call for the question

247is made. Uh can we get a roll call vote? >> Option two. Um board president Tortez. >> Yes. >> Vice President Garcia. >> I. >> Clerk Ardondo. I >> trust Akuna. >> No. >> Trustee Al Palman. >> No. >> Trusty Gonzalez. >> Hi. >> Trusty Vargas. >> No. >> Pass. Motion passes. All right. [clears throat] Next. >> With the with the uh dual language and the lifeguards. >> It it passed or it failed? >> It passed. Yes. Motion carries. >> What was the count? >> Four. Three. >> Okay. >> So, what can we clarify what passed? >> Yeah. Thank you. He made the motion to uh approve option two. >> Option two >> with the lifeguards and >> adding a life guard and then 2.3 >> 4.3. That's not what I heard. One one >>

2481.3 >> No, I said 1.3. >> Yeah. And then you add the language. >> Okay. >> But but in all fairness to the to the motion, it it it is what it's I think those doesn't that stay what it is the Latino Commission what it is now? Because the things we talked about was do language and the lifeguards, right? >> No. >> Oh, okay. >> Yeah. >> Sorry, I didn't I didn't hear that. Okay. >> Are you okay with seconding? >> I'm okay. Yeah, we we already voted pass. >> Yeah, but I want to make sure you know what you voted on. [laughter] >> Yeah. Again, now you're dropping it down to less than $2 million. So that you might as well just cut it like you guys want to. So bring it back and

249cut the whole thing. We had this discussion before. How much remains in the Latino Commission? >> 4.5 million. >> No, >> that would that's what would remain? >> No, it's 4.5 minus >> 4.5. So it would be 3.5. >> So >> no >> 1.3 per year. >> They're taking 2.3 out >> of 4.5. >> You're cutting in half. >> Yeah. >> Are are we compliant? Could we deliver services for 2.2? >> We didn't even talk about it today. No, I think that's that was that was part of my my motion. Yeah. Is that I was going to make sure that whatever if if in fact we were going to >> you're not we're not going to get the same. >> No, I understand we're not going to get the same services. I want to say

250are we complying? Are we >> It's a plan. >> [clears throat] >> we're compliant fiscally. So >> I think it's we well I don't know what's the plan you know for phasing it out. Yeah. >> So 8.2 Two, authorization to award invitation for bid 115-2025 charter bus services for the transportation department. Do we have a motion? >> A motion. >> Motion by [clears throat] Trusty Gonzalez. Do we have a second? Second by Trusty Ardondo. Can we get the roll call vote? I >> have a question. >> Oh, discussion. Sorry. >> Question. Yes. Before we get on outside, do you have questions? >> No, I go first. >> Okay. Well, my question is again, I'm looking at the bid category information and it some of it doesn't make sense to me. So you have some vendors

251obviously have vendor one which I'm assuming is the vendor you guys are picking but you have some vendors that have an amount and then it says per mile including includes admin fuel search charge. You have another one that says uh per mile on a yard to yard from yard to what does it say? Mile from yard to yard. Correct. So, the other ones don't have that and that's going to charge us more. Or how are we doing apples to apples or apples to oranges? That's my concern is that if you have one that says they include admin fuel search charge, do the other ones not include it or do they not have it or >> I I just assume that that would be considered, you know, as that was awarded, right? They're offering those services.

252But I think all that has to be factored in on how staff >> again. So if if let's just say the number one vendor on this particular line it's uh 5.87 87 per mile, but it doesn't include this. And if you include it, what does it what's the actual number come out to or do they not include it? And when it says yard to yard, is that their yard? Um, and admire Charter and Tour is that from their yard back to their yard and where is their yard? Is their yard locally? Is it in Riverside or I mean that I'm looking at apples to apples, not apples to oranges. And there's a little bit of confusion on my in my reading this. And again, uh, we're supposed to select the lowest responsible. That word, everybody

253forgets that word, responsible vendor. Um, but again, if we're paying someone to go from yard to yard, obviously it's going to go up. But these other yards, where are they? I mean, I again, they don't seem to all be exactly the same service. >> So, let me clarify for you, uh, Trusty Akuna. So, one of the things that we should have done prior to the start of this fiscal year was actually go out to bid for transportation services. In the event that we have paid a vendor greater than the threshold, then we are supposed to be awarding them a no bid contract, which we've already done with m um with Cardiff services. What we're also doing here is allowing to be able to use other vendors that are outside of Mr. Cardiff in the event

254that he couldn't provide it and in the event that our actual transportation would not be able to provide that. We always take home to school first, then we allow that to our staff. But we have booked so many field trips in this past year that every vendor that we have utilized in the past. Sometimes we've exceeded what their capacity is. Therefore, we need to allow our ability to outsource with other contractors. So, even though this um has what you see is six um $6.75 per mile, what it's allowing us to do is to be able to utilize that beyond the threshold. So, they're not necessarily our first choice. Our first choice is always the lowest bidder, but it allows us to be able to use those in the event that we couldn't use our f

255our staffing first, then go to the next responsible bidder, and then move forward from there. I I understand that and and I I agree with that. But again, just in that first category or that I think number five, I'm just looking at that because that's one that has all the different things is a bus that we charter 8.5 miles per mile, $8.50 per mile, yard to yard. That's going to cost us a lot more if these guys are from out of this out of the valley than the other ones. Do they go from yard to yard as well or what? Again, my my point is that they all should have had the same how much is it going to cost for us to take one bus to whatever place and wherever it lands, it lands.

256But it seems like some of them have certain things in there and the other ones don't and it just doesn't line up. Maybe it's just me that I'm not understanding. No, the way I the way I looked at it is exactly that is that these are qual it was instead of awarding a bid cuz there's no actual work to award is that we qualified these vendors and obviously when we purchaser service they put the parameters on how they're going to charge us, right? And so what will happen is there might be a situation where there there probably only is the more expensive choice, right? But at least we have that choice, right? But how do we know the more expensive choice is actually the expensive choice if they're going yard to yard as the other?

257>> Well, that that and then you would that would have to be figured out by staff, right? >> They're asking us to put them on the list. >> Yeah, I I agree with your assessment. I don't feel like, you know, that third column is telling us what the actual cost will be. >> Maybe we should do a little more work on this. You want to table this item or should we >> extend your motion? >> I I I withdraw my motion. >> I I'll motion to table this item for more information. >> I understand what you're trying to do and I understand we need to have vendors, but and again, we may have to use the more expensive one sometime because that's the only one available. But it would be nice to know why they're

258not lining up like this is what's going to cost us for to take a bus from if we're using theirs, we're using theirs. It doesn't matter. um the cost. I understand you you're looking for a [snorts] group of vendors that you can call on anytime we need to. I understand that. >> So the motion was to send it and then we have a motion now to table by Trinidust. >> I I'll second Mr. >> Second by Trustee Gonzalez. Any more discussion on the table? >> Yeah, just a little more discussion is maybe we challenge staff with with answering those questions. How far are their offices from here, right? and what might that ch charge look like for them to send off a bus from Riverside or wherever they're at, right? [clears throat] Where their home

259base is and what's the economic impact and maybe look at >> doing a comparable on the same field trip >> and just looking at what >> it's going to cost to use them respectfully. Yes. So I was just going to say that let's take a sample >> and say from here to >> yeah LA or whatever >> whatever we can bring it back so this way you could also see if there is an additional charge from um the yard to the site. >> Right. Any more discussion on the motion to table? >> We get the roll call vote pres >> President Tortez. >> Yes. Vice President Garcia >> I. >> Clerk Ardodondo. >> Hi. >> Trustee Akuna. >> Hi. >> Trustee Kalimmanes. >> I. >> Trusty Gonzalez. >> I. >> Trusty Vargas. >> I. [clears

260throat] >> Vote is unanimous. Motion carries. 8.3 request for approval of increase in charter bus service. >> I would move to table this and bring it back alongside the other one when we do it at the same time. Motion by trustee. >> We owe them money. We need to pay them. This is to ensure payment. >> This isn't for future. This is for past. This is for the invoices we haven't paid. >> This is for past and hopefully for future. Yes. >> How much do we owe them? >> So, currently we owe them $400,000. >> Who's this? Cardiff. >> Cardiff. >> So, I would make a motion to >> got to pay the bill. >> Motion is already on the table. >> I would make a motion. There's already a motion on the table to

261I mean there's already a motion to table by trustee Akuna. >> I'll I'll rescend it. I thought this was for the >> motion is rescended. >> A motion to pay up to 600,000 on this item. >> Motion by Trusty Ardano pay up to 600,000. >> How about just the balance due and then Okay. >> And then balance due and then put into consideration what the request of the board. So we as Mr. Kuna put it, we're comparing apples to apples in a common field trip, right? And and then and then qualify all of them and then just know what what the exposure is going to be if we use them and who's most competitive. I'm assuming it's going to be Cardiff, right? They're the local guys, but I may be wrong. I mean, [snorts] >>

262I'll motion to uh pay what's due uh to the company. >> Motion made by Trusty Ardondo. >> I'll second. >> Second by Trusty Gonzalez. Can we make sure we address why we have a $400,000 outstanding bill with folks? >> I did. I did once upon a time. >> Yes. So, actually, um, two things. One, our prior director of transportation, we had booked a number of field trips over the last two holidays. um one of the days exceeded 26 buses and so obviously that was a substantial cost and with the exit of our director and then we didn't catch the to increase the PO in time. >> Okay, thank you. [clears throat] >> Any more discussion? >> Can we get the roll call vote? >> President Tortez, >> yes. >> Vice President Garcia, >> I. Clerk

263Ardodondo. >> Hi. >> Trusty Akuna. >> Hi. >> Trusty Kalmanis. >> I. >> Trusty Gonzalez. >> I. >> Trusty Vargas. >> Yes. >> Vote is unanimous. Motion carries. 8.4. Adoption of resolution 2026-26 authorizing the sale and or disposal of surplus property listed in surplus list 2025-03. >> A motion. >> I'll second. >> Motion by Trusty Vargas. Seconded by Trusty Ardondo. Discussion. Can we get the roll call vote? >> President Tortez. >> Yes. >> Vice President Garcia. >> I. >> Clerk Ardondo. >> I. >> Trustee Akuna. >> Hi. >> Trustee Kalmanis. >> I. >> Trusty Gonzalez. >> Hi. >> Trusty Vargas. >> Yes. >> Vote is unanimous. Motion carries. 9.1 requesting approval of me memorandum of understanding with St. John's Community Health for Schoolbased Health Services. >> A motion. >> Motion by >> second. >> Trustee

264Gonzalez. >> A second. >> Second by Trusty Vars. Any discussion. >> We get the roll call vote. >> President Tortez. >> Yes. >> Vice President Garcia. >> I. >> Clerk Ardondo. >> I. >> Trustee Akuna. >> Trustee Kimmanes. >> I. >> Trusty Gonzalez. >> I. >> Trusty Vargas. >> I. >> Vote is unanimous. Motion carries. 10.1 Approval of job descriptions regarding tech technology management department restructuring. >> A motion to accept staff recommendation. >> Motion by Trusty Ardondo. >> I second. >> Second by trustee Calamanis. Any discussion? Can we get the roll call? >> President Tortez. >> Yes. Vice President Garcia. >> I. >> Clerk Ardondo. >> I. >> Trusty Auna. >> No. >> Trustee Kalimmanes. >> I. >> Trusty Gonzalez. >> No. >> Trusty Vargas. >> Yes. >> What is 52? Motion carries. 10.2. Approval

265of job descriptions regarding the facilities and maintenance and operations of departments restructuring. >> A motion. >> Motion by Trustee Gonzalez. Second. >> Second by trustee Ardondo. Any discussion? We get roll call. >> President Tortez. >> Yes. >> Vice President Garcia. >> I. >> Clerk Ardondo. >> Hi. >> Trusty Akuna. >> Trustee Kalimmanes. >> I. >> Trusty Gonzalez. >> Hi. >> Trusty Vargas. >> Yes. Uh >> motion carries. 10.3 approval of establishment for substitute administrator positions, principles and assistant principles. >> Could we have a quick discussion on this? I just don't remember what this was. Sorry, it's getting late. >> Open for discussion. We have we have a need for this because we often have uh principles and assistant principles on leaves which leaves our site uncovered. Um uh director Martinez found that uh in our

266neighboring districts they are having the same issues. So um this was an idea that we wanted to bring forward to help cover those sites that um are left with no supervision. >> Right. Thank you. >> Any more questions, comments? Is there a motion? >> I motion. >> Motion. Trusty Talaman. Second by Trusty Gonzalez. Can we get the roll call vote? >> President Tortez. >> Yes. >> Vice President Garcia. >> I. >> Clerk Ardondo. >> I. >> Trusty Akuna. >> Trustee Kalimmanes. >> I. >> Trusty Gonzalez. I >> trusty Vargas. >> I >> vote is unanimous. Motion carries. Um 10.4 approval of revised job description for senior executive to the superintendent. >> I motion. >> Motion by trustee Gonzalez. >> I second. >> Second by trustee Talman. Any discussion? >> Was there a correction on this?

267What was the there was a com correction? Yeah, the correction was made >> to withdraw which is >> to withdraw the foundation. >> Let my motion reflect that. President. >> All right. The motion duly noted [snorts] >> and I'll second that. >> And with the second any more discussion, then we get the roll call. >> President Tortez, >> yes. >> Vice President Garcia, >> no. >> Clerk Ardondo, >> no. Trustee Auna. >> Trustee Kimmanes. >> Yes. >> Trusty Gonzalez. >> Yes. >> Trusty Vargas. >> No. >> Vote is 34. Motion does not carry. 10.5. Uh, approval of establish of establish establishment of substitute counselors. Discussion. Is it establishment? because it didn't have the Typo. >> Oh, it's missing. [clears throat] Um, it's for the same purpose as administrators. Um, for ones we have, we are

268often short counselors because of leaves >> foundation. Okay. >> You didn't want it. >> The point was there's a typo there >> as well. >> I'm so sorry. Can you repeat? >> The point was also that there's establishment is misspelled. >> Yes, we got that. Thank you. >> All right. Any uh discussion? Is there a motion? >> I motion. >> Motion by Trusty Alammanes. >> A second. >> Second by Trusty Ardondo. Any discussion? And we get the roll call. >> President [clears throat] Tortez. >> Yes. Vice President Garcia. >> Hi. >> Clerk Ardodondo. >> Hi. >> Trustee Akuna. >> Trustee Kalimmanes. >> I. >> Trustee Gonzalez. >> I. >> Trusty Vargas. >> Yes. >> Vote is unanimous. Motion carries 10.6. Approval of resolution 2026-27 regarding classified layoff due to expiration of funding from category funded

269program. >> A motion. >> Motion by Trusty Gonzalez. >> A second. >> Second by Trusty Ardondo. Any discussion? Roll call. >> President Tortez. >> Yes. >> Vice President Garcia. I. >> Clerk Ardodondo. I. Trustee Akuna. >> Trustee Kalimmanes. >> I. >> Trusty Gonzalez. >> I. >> Trusty Vargas. >> Yes. >> Post unanimous. Motion carries. We're on to the consent calendar. Approval of consent calendar items as submitted. 11.1. >> A motion to approve the consent calendar. Uh respecting anybody wanting to pull any specific item. >> Motion is made by Trusty Gonzalez. Second. >> Second by Trusty Ardondo. >> Any discussion? I'm not going to pull stuff cuz it's late, but I did want to make a quick comment. Were all our late submittals. It says reason for late submitt. These are the answers. School sites submitted

270this late. Sites submitted after the deadline. Those are not reasons. Those are actions that led to them being late. Just a I mean I'm going to not going to pull if it's too late, but those are not reasons for being late. Those are actions that cause it to be late. So in the future reasons why they were late. Very good. Can we get a roll call? >> President Tortez. >> Yes. >> Vice President Garcia. >> Hi. >> Clerk Ardondo. >> Hi. >> Trustee Auna. Hi, >> Trusty Kalmanis. >> I >> trusty Gonzalez. >> Hi, >> Trusty Vargas. >> Hi. >> Motion is unanimous. Our vote is unanimous. Motion carries. >> 16.1. [clears throat] Uh there's no close. 16.2. Motion to adjourn. >> Motion by Trusty Gonzalez. Second by Trusty Ardano. I didn't hear President Tortez.

271>> No. Is there any objection? Any objection? What are we going to do without secretary? >> So, we adjourn the meeting at 12:42 a.m. >> Did you want me to take roll call? >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> Doesn't know anything. >> Okay. That was second by Ardodondo, correct? >> Yes. >> Okay. President Tortez. >> Yes. >> Vice President Garcia. >> Hi. >> Clerk Ardodondo. Hi, >> Trusty Akuna. >> I >> trusty Calimmanes. >> I >> trusty Gonzalez. >> Hi, >> Trusty Vargas. >> Yeah. >> Motion carries unanimous. >> We wrote >> meeting is ajourned. >> Oh my god. >> 12. >> No, I want to stay here, bro. [laughter] >> Nobody second. We'd have to stay. >> That's a bit overkill, man. on the adjourn.