CVUSD Board Meeting 08/14/2025

001Okay. Um, okay. Good evening everybody. We're gonna go ahead and get started. Hello. Was notes. >> Can folks hear us? >> Hi. Good afternoon, everybody. Um, we're going to go ahead and call this meeting to order. Um, if we could uh please have uh Mr. Tortez, would you like to lead us at the pledge of allegiance? We could please have uh roll call. >> Okay, roll call. President Joselyn Vargas >> here. >> Clerk Valerie Garcia >> here. >> Board Trustee Joey Akuna >> here. Board trustee Trinidad Ardondo present. >> Board trustee Jesus Gonzalez. Board Trustee Thomas Torres >> here. >> Superintendent Dr. Francis Esparsa >> here. >> Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Monica Makovich. Assistant Superintendent of Ed Services Sakoro Sanchez >> here. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Uh thank you. I we rarely recognize

002the staff that's up here, too. So, um but um we're going to go ahead and get started with uh close session public comments. Uh 3.1. Um this is an opportunity for members of the public to address the governing board regarding any closed session items within the board's subject matter jurisdiction. Please complete a request to address the governing board uh form and hand it to the recording secretary. Speakers will be limited to three minutes per person with a maximum of 20 minutes uh to each subject matter. Um we have quite a few um close session public comment. Um I'm going to go ahead and call the speakers. Um so the first speaker we have Alicia Vayolid um on item 3.5, 3.4, and I believe 3.3. Thank you. Hold on. Sorry. So, let's check your mic so

003that we can make sure we can >> uh last time that I was here, I wanted to speak another later, but uh of course I have to wait until today. Uh, you only hurting the students. Bottom line, we forgot the students. We did closing the library. We in charge of the of the books for them to read. I went home and I said, "Oh my god, I forgot." I didn't forgot. I wanted to mention to you, we're here to support the students. Are we? Ask yourself that question. Are we the library is like the center point of everything from teachers to students to our parents and you saying close? Cuz right now I don't know what's going on. Explain to me. Are you supposed to be putting students first? Are you? You're not. You're doing

004something else but not the students. We're letting our students down. Why? Oh, there's no money. We started with 87 to five to 106 to now complete layoff and I don't know what's going on. You decided to be a board member for what reason? For what reason? Okay, that's my point is like why are you there and you should be supporting the students? Yes. And you're not. Thank you for listening. Thank you. The next speaker, uh, Mr. Franco. Next speaker, Billy Franco on 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5. And then the speaker after that, um, Bianca Lameli. >> Good evening, President Vargas, Dr. Esparza, and board members. My name is Billy Franco, and I'm here tonight because our schools are in crisis. Not someday, right now. As one of the halfbaked schemes this district has thought up, you

005have illegally transferred some of the classified work and laid off 106 classified employees, the very people who make up make the backbone of this district and ensures our schools run every single day. The public employment relations board has already issued a formal complaint against CVUSD for these unfair labor practices. One of the most devastating losses is our instructional media assistants, the staff who manage our libraries and hand out curriculum to our students. Right now, they are gone. The position no longer exists. That means when school starts next Wednesday, students will not have proper access to the library, to reading materials, or even to the curriculum they need to learn. We are talking about shutting the door to knowledge and opportunity for thousands of children. The so-called plan the district is choosing to go with to

006get the curriculum to the students is to force site administration to hand out the curriculum with the threat that they are at will employees and they will be fired if they do not do what you tell them to do. This will be a perfect example of illegal transfer of duties. CSA had offered a two-year monetary concession to bring back bring positions back. The district rejected it outright with no plan on how these critical often legally mandated services will be delivered this year. They turned their backs not just on workers but on students, parents, and the entire community. If the district continues down this path, we are headed for a costly legal battle that you will lose. Wasting millions in tax taxpayer dollars on back wages and penalties. Money that should be spent on our students,

007not on cleaning up the administration's mistakes. Board members, this is your moment to act. Do not wait for a judge to force your hand. get RCE who could care less about our community to back off on holding holding our jobs hostage and director administration to come back to the table with CSA to bring these jobs back and our students futures back to where they belong in our schools. Our students cannot afford to wait and neither can you. Thank you. Thank you. We have Bianca. Bianca Lali uh 3.1. >> Good evening board members, superintendent and cabinet. My name is Bianca Lumli and I am a concerned and frustrated parent of four children in this district. Two in elementary, one in middle school, and one in high school. I'm here today because what I experienced this past

008week is completely unacceptable. and it makes me question whether this district is truly ready to start school on Wednesday, August 20th. Let me start with the high school. I followed all of your instructions. I completed and updated the parent portal on time as requested. Yet, when it came to pick up my high school student schedule, I was told that textbooks would not be distributed and staff had no idea when students would receive it would receive them. How is that okay? How are students supposed to start the school year without the materials they need? Now, let me talk about the middle school because that experience was nothing short of chaotic. There were no signs, no guidance, no directions, just a long line of of families, many with young children standing outside in the blazing heat waiting

009to get into the cafeteria. After nearly 20 minutes outside, we made it in only to find the building completely packed and disorganized. There were multiple stations inside, but no clear instructions on what they were for, where to go next, or how to move through the process. Parents were confused. Lines were crossed. People who had been waiting for long periods were told they were in the wrong place. And what was administration doing? sitting down, watching the confusion untold instead of offering help and taking charge. When we finally got through that mess, we stood in another line, this time for ID photos. After 30 minutes of waiting, someone finally decided to announce that students could use last year's ID and would be issued a new one once school started again. No communication, no planning, and no accountability.

010And once again, no textbooks. This is completely unacceptable. Why should I send my kids to school on Wednesday if this district isn't ready? How can students be expected to learn without basic materials on day one? How is this not a violation of the Williams Act, which guarantees students access to necessary instructional materials? As a parent, I am deeply concerned and I'm not alone. This experience shows a complete failure in lead leadership planning and communication. If this is the level of preparation from the district, then you should not be opening schools on August 20th. And if these issues are not addressed immediately, I would not hesitate to file a formal complaint with the California Department of Education and escalate this to Sacramento. Our children deserve better. We deserve better. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker we

011have uh Elizabeth Torres 3.1 and the speaker after that we have uh Mr. Weisner. >> Good evening everyone. My name is Elizabeth Torres and today I am advocating for the students as a parent. Yesterday I went to register my son at the high school and like my other uh colleague earlier was mentioning it was a mess. Um the first thing I noticed was the lack of staff. There were many parents who did not know how to use a computer to register their children. No parent community liaison was there to help them. No one handed out books because the IMA was not there. No students did not have the students did not have their school ID photos taken either. On the district Facebook page, it says that the district is prepared to welcome students on the

012first day of school. But I honestly don't think that this is true. This is mislead and I am very disappointed in what the district has become. We are failing our students. We are not following the William Act. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh, next speaker, Mr. Dale Wisman Wisman. Uh, 3.3, sorry. Nine months ago, we talked about this day coming, this day where the missing middle and classified, office tech, Elsa, IMA, parent community leans, bilingual psychology texts just missing um you're not you weren't going to be able to open schools from way back. And the chaos that you're seeing is because the plan was faulty from the very beginning. It not only did it rely on um illegal transfers of work where perves already issued a complaint uh and make no make a about it.

013Desert Sands was the case that created the law and that was my case. And what happened in Desert Sands was minute compared to what happened here. What's shocking about this is not that it arrived. That was completely predictable. What's shocking is that the district still hasn't taken 3 days from school, hasn't taken any steps to serve students. We've provided two-year concession to pay for every position beyond what the district wants to put back already to make sure those are good jobs and that the people who are on a reemployment list, many of whom who are receiving jobs in other places, would be willing to come back and actually work for you guys. They're not going to come back and work for three or four hours. People have have to pay their bills, but we've made

014sure that we had jobs and that the district could afford it. This is not about the money anymore. That money has been offered up and then some. And we look forward to the district's counter on Friday. We promised the counter and so is the public employee relations board. If that does not come, there will be a hearing date. Within four weeks, if you lose the case and it gets appealed and it goes on for two years, it's 10 million bucks easy in back wages, which is a catastrophic hit to you guys two years from now. We are trying to get this district out of that lawsuit that is going to create catastrophic cost and impact for you guys. We're trying to be the adults in the room. It is absolutely shocking to us that we

015don't have a proposal from the district 3day schools out. I mean, it's been going for 9 months where we've showed up the table consistently again and again and again trying to offer up those things that will reinstate the jobs and it's 3 days out from school and we still don't have a deal. We need the jobs back. Certainly, our people need to go to work. But you're finally seeing what happens when that missing middle and classified don't show up at the school sites. And that is that your students aren't getting served and that you can have Williams Act lawsuits and you can have other kinds of lawsuits because you have to deliver services to students. That's the money that you're getting. and administrators and teachers can do some of it, but all of that administ

016all that middle work, all the stuff like setting up schools and libraries and calling parents about is us. >> Can we get some jobs back so we can help the kids this year? >> Can you do that for us, please? >> That's what you're asking for. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Our next speaker, we have uh Victoria Hime on 3.4. Good evening. My name is Victoria Haime. I am a PAR educator in our district. I have had the privilege of serving as a one-on-one aid for a student with special needs. A role that is not just a job, but a daily commitment to child safety, growth, and dignity. Tonight I am speaking not just for myself but for all para educators and classified and more importantly for the students who depend on us. These

017students are not just part of the school. For many of them the school is their safe place. Special education students are among the most vulnerable and marginalized in our district. Yet too often they get the short end of the stick when decisions are made. And cutting their support is not just a budget decision. It is a direct blow to their ability to learn, belong, and feel safe. As a one-on-one parah, I have helped my student regulate during moments of overwhelm, preventing meltdowns and keeping them engaged in learning. Adapted lessons so they could access the same curriculum as their peers. Been their advocate when they could not find the words themselves, shown up consistently each day, ready to start fresh, and give my full attention and energy to my student no matter what challenges arose the

018day before. This level of support and trust cannot be replaced by filling in with whoever is available next. For the neurode divergent brain, consistency is not a luxury but a necessity. And without it, our students face unnecessary stress, regression, and the feeling that they don't belong. When that sense of safety begins to slip away, they can no longer be fully present in class because you cannot learn when you are stuck in survival mode. And doing this now, cutting our jobs during such a chaotic, unprecedented time, is especially harmful. Many of our parents and students are already living in fear. Some working long days in the fields, others afraid to even leave their homes. And at a time when our community is facing so much uncertainty, shouldn't our schools be the place that offers consistency and

019a sense of safety? Isn't that part of the responsibility of being elected to serve this community? I urge you to remember our work is essential, not optional. Our students deserve equity, not leftovers. And when we lose paras, our students lose far more than an employee. They lose stability, trust, and a fair chance of success. Please reconsider these cuts and restore our positions. Our students and our families deserve nothing less. Thank you. Thank you. Uh we have Francine Soliss on 3.3. >> Hello. Uh my name is Francine Anita Solis. Um I started with the district 19 years ago. Um 17 years service. Um, and I'm an employee. I I wasn't prepared for this. I just wanted to speak from the heart. Thank you. Thank you. And I just wanted to tell you how important every single

020one of us is. From office technicians to IMAS to Paris to whoever I'm missing, bus drivers or everyone. And in office technicians, we are the face of the site, the schools. We do h take care of the parents, the teachers, the students. Um me and and and my department. I handle v vendors and contractors and parents, community me I mean yeah community members. And um you know I for the first time when I started um in that department I was so happy to be going to work you know and just helping because I knew that this was for the students. That's what I started with the district. I just wanted to do everything and anything to help our students and make sure that they're they were safe, they were fed, they were uh just everything

021taken care of. Um some of the just for an example of some of the duties that I was um I was taking care of was uh developer fees, issuing certificates of compliance for developers, collect developer fees, log in each certificate on a daily basis, repon respond to city and counties on impact of projects, vac uh classroom inventory, vacant classroom count, coordinate with each school site to find out how many vacant classrooms we have each year. Uh the use of facility forms. Identify the fees to be charged for each use of facility forms. Approve use of facility forms. Print copy of use of facility forms and place in binder. coordinate the use of facilities event with security maintenance IT department so they can provide services and uh enter requisitions for facilities okay and um log provide

022a facilities log process invoices for payment keeping running balance sheet of each purchase order each contract print time sheets order supplies as needed operate uh operate and supply copier machines as needed. Maintain appropriate. Okay. Okay. Okay. >> Say something. >> Thank you. Sorry. Thank you. The next speaker we have on 3.4. [Applause] Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Pattos. I've been employed for CVUSD for 29 years. This is my fourth move, forced move, I should say. I'm also an IMA at Mount Vista Elementary. I'm here tonight to speak on the vital importance of the IMA position in our schools. This role goes beyond a job title. It's a lifeline for our students, staff, and community. At the heart of it all is the library. It's more than a room with books. It's a

023place where curiosity is sparked and learning begins. I read to students from preschool to sixth grade. For many, storytime is a highlight of their week. It's where they discover the joy of reading. IMAS also lead schoolwide events like Read Across America, creating a culture of literacy that brings all grade levels together. In the elementary schools, we host book fairs. Not just a fundraiser, but a celebration of reading that connect families and inspire students. Our work isn't limited to books. We're also the first line of support for technology. From troubleshooting iPads to coordinating repairs, we help ensure that learning continues without disruption. behind the scenes, especially in the summer, we're maintaining schoolwide inventory, preparing classrooms with necessary materials, and we take pride in making sure our schools comply with Williams Act. But most important, we manage,

024organize, and care for the library like if it was our own. We make it welcoming, safe, and inspiring place. Without an IMA, that space risk losing its purpose, its structure, and its heart. We're a bridge between students, teachers, and families. Teachers rely on us for curriculum support. Parents trust us to nature their children's love for learning. And students see us as dependable, caring adults that know them by their names. and their interests and their goals. I often use simple rewards like stickers to encourage participation and excitement around reading. It may seem small, but it makes a big difference. We bring fun and purpose into the library. The absence of library and IMAS in our school sends a message that literacy and learning is not a priority that can deeply impact enrollment and community. So tonight

025I ask you please bring back IMA positions. Bring back the people from the IMA. Thank you very much. Thank you. Uh we have uh Bianca Liy who submitted an additional um close session on 3.4. I don't know if you want to come. >> Yes. >> Uh good evening president, board members, superintendent, and cabinet. I am a bilingual psychologist technician in this district that was laid off. And I'm here tonight to urge you to reinstate the nine bilingual psychologist technician positions that were recently eliminated. positions that I know firsthand are essential to our students, our parent, and our compliance with the law. In my role, I do far more more than to just interpret. Every day, I obtain parent consent for assessment, sending um meeting notices, secure signatures, coordinate communication between parents, schools, and providers. translate

026critical information before, during, and after IEP meetings, assist psychologists during interviews and evaluations, and ensure that all students records are accurate, accurate, and upto-date. The work we do does not despair when our positions are cut. These responsibilities remain, and if they are reassigned to other employees outside of our classification, that is an illegal transfer of work. Such action not only violates labor agreements, but also exposes the district to serious legal and financial consequences, including grievances, unfair labor practice charges, and potential um state sanctions. Without us, psychologists cannot effectively do their jobs, and parents, especially our Spanish-sp speakaking families, are denied meaningful participation in their child's education. Here in the Coachella Valley, about 80% of our families speak Spanish, far more than neighboring districts. Many also struggle with literacy in both English and Spanish. For them,

027a written notice alone is not enough. They need the direct verbal communication and cultural understanding that we provide. Last year, our department dedication helped move this district from tier three to tier 2 under California's special education performance indicator review system. Tier three represent Syrian's non-compliance, risking state intervention, loss of funding, and costly oversight. Returning to tier three could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and lead to more due proc process cases each costing tens of thousands more. Right now there is no clear plan for how these responsibil responsibilities will be carried out, how compliance will be maintained or how parents will be included in the process without us. And I can tell you from experience that without us these obligations will not be met. I respectfully urge to restore these nine positions immediately. This is

028not just about staffing. It's about legal compliance, fiscal responsibility, and doing what is right for our children and our families. We cannot afford the legal, financial, and human cost of going backwards. Thank you. Thank you. Uh we have uh Elizabeth Torres who also spoke but this is on item 3.4. [Applause] Good evening everyone again. My name is Elizabeth Torres and I was hired as an English learner support assistant at CV High School back in 2016. I am here speaking on behalf of the work we do in schools. For the moment a student from another country or another state arrives in California and enrolls in the district, we are required to give them the initial outpac to determine if they are English learners. students students um we have a deadline to do so after that I

029myself speak with the counselor to determine the appropriate level of EL class the student should take this is crucial for high school students um later on we administer the summit of LPC the CASP and other stated tests now I'm worried about all those students because I honestly don't know what would happen to them who will give them these test and meet the deadlines. Also, uh the district also has a couple of assessments. Benchmark, for example, um we schedule and conduct LAT meetings to determine whether the students are ready to reclassified and monitor them for four consecutive day uh years. And we were also helped during the registrations and other duties as assigned also. But um I don't know if my Elsa's also want to say something but um we really need to come back. Our

030students need us. Thank you. Thank you. The next speaker, Adam Weinberger. Andre.5. [Applause] >> Good evening, President Vargas, trustees and Dr. Esparza. My name is Adam Weinberger and I am the proud I am proud to serve as the association president of the California School Employees Association representing a quarter million member a quarter million classified school employees statewide including the dedicated members of CSEA Chapter 109 here in Coachella. I'm here tonight because time is running out. The first day of school is next week and hundreds of students will walk into schools that cannot run at full strength if they don't have the classified staff in place to serve them. We all know what happens when those positions are gone. IEP meetings go unattended. Libraries stay locked. Students lose mentors and academic support. Families go without the

031help they need to keep kids in school. The layoffs and illegal transfers of work that took 106 of our members from their jobs did not just hurt them and their families. They hurt every student in this district. And the longer this drags on, the greater the damage will be. Last week during CSA's mediation with the public employment relations board, the district made a commitment for the first time in months to provide a full counter proposal by August 15th that addresses job reinstatements and health benefits. This is an important step and we are ready to work with you to reach a fair global settlement that restores some laid-off positions, reverses bumps, and puts qualified classified employees back where they belong, serving their students. CSEA is committed to resolving this matter quickly and fairly. A settlement now

032will avoid years of costly litigation, prevent millions in potential backay liability, and most importantly, ensure our students start the school year with the support they deserve. I urge this board to take action tonight to authorize the reinstatement of classified positions and move toward final finalizing the settlement. Let's get our schools fully staffed. and ready to serve students from day one. Thank you for your time, your leadership, and your commitment to the students and families of Coachella. Thank you. >> Are there any additional uh close session public comment? Mr. uh Angulo, >> I'm sorry. Is there any additional close session? Any other uh speaker who would like to speak on close session? Okay. >> Um so we will be Can I >> one that wanted to >> Okay. Can you please submit the >> I did

033submit. >> Okay. Um the only one I do have a sheet that doesn't have a name. It says 3.3 and it's written in red letter. >> Sorry. >> Is that you? >> Okay. Um I'm sorry. >> I want to be anonymous. >> Okay. So, uh, Serio Duran, um, >> I'm here, uh, my name is Sergio Duran. I've been employee of this school district for almost 31 years, and I want to address, uh, some concerns that I that are coming out of HR. And I want to address it because the the director, I never met her, but her name, Miss Monica Mawish, your your job is to basically be the sheriff of this school district to make sure that the rules that are put in place under our contract and under board policy are followed through

034by employees. And when they we don't, we are threatened with disciplinary, threatened with putting on paid administrative leave and are fired. But what about when you make those mistakes? When you violate the rules, who holds you accountable? I'm sick and tired of this going on over and over and over, decade after. Nobody ever gets held accountable because we make a mistake, we pay the price. She makes a mistake. Oh, ignore it. Makes a lot of money to make those mistakes. And people behind me have paid that price with their jobs for overpaid people in this school district. management is being overpaid >> and we sometimes have to find the solution for them. Enough is enough. If the rules apply to me, they sure as hell apply to the assistant superintendent of HR. >> Enough is

035enough. And at least afford me some courtesy. I'm here with through my lunch. You can at least pay attention. You could do your work later, >> Mr. Guess this is this is out of hand. >> Mr. D, we just want to make sure that we're respectful. But >> I am respectful and I'm afforded my my first amendment right to say what I got to say. So, if I could please redo them the the clock. I have to reclaim my time. >> Uh yes. Uh we'll give you the additional 10 seconds. Yes. >> But someone needs to be held accountable. Positions out there for people that that I guess are favored that don't exist. placing people in positions where they were laid off, but they they they they say it's HEPA law, so we can't talk

036about it. No, you can't unilaterally change give the work to somebody else that's been laid off. Either it's lack of work or lack of funds. It's either or. And you can't put an employee there. If the work don't get done tough, the decision was made to get rid of 106 of our employees of our brothers and sisters. You made that decision, pay the price. Just look at it. Continues doing the work. doesn't care about what's going on here. Our issue is this. We have outsiders don't care about our community. We live here. We send our kids here because we believe in this school district, but a lot of people are here for just money. That's got to stop. There has to be some accountability. And I'm asking you, Dr. Esparsa, look into this issues going

037on in HR. And I ask the board to support Dr. Sparsa and looking into this because the mistakes being made are going to cost the district a lot of money that we don't have. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. There's If there's no other uh comments, uh can I get a motion to enter into close session? Can I get a motion to enter to close session? Second. >> Second. >> Okay. Um, all those in favor? I >> I >> Um, so we'll be coming back from close session at 7:30. >> Thank you. Um, I think we're missing one person, but um, we have a we got a motion to return to open session. Um, we have 4.2 announcements. Uh, action taken in uh, close session. Okay. The board took action during close session to

038appoint Julie Vigil as assistant superintendent of business services effective September 2nd, 2025 on this 14th day of August 2025. Motion was made by Trustee Gonzalez, seconded by Trusty Vargas. Motion carried unanimously. The board took action during close session to approve the settlement agreement regarding claim number zero at date of loss October 18th 2021. Motion was made by trustee Aredondo seconded by trustee Tortez. Motion carried unanimously. >> Okay. Um, moving on to item 4.3. Um, approval of the agenda submitted. We have a second. >> Um, any uh changes to the agenda? >> Uh, all those in favor? I >> I >> Okay. Um, opposed, abstensions. Motion carries. Uh 5.1 uh public comments um introductory comments and requests to address the board on items on the adopted agenda and items not on the adopted agenda will be

039considered from the audience at this time. Please complete a request to address the governing board form and handed in to the recording secretary. Speakers will be limited to three minutes per person with a maximum of 20 minutes for each uh subject matter. Additionally, the person making the request should state his or her name and the name of the organization or group represented. Please be advised that the board is not always at liberty to answer questions right away and state law prohibits the board from taking any action on items not listed on the agenda. Uh we have a couple of items from uh Miss Carissa Carrero, CBTA. Um, would you like me to name all the items or go one by one or Okay, so we have 8.1 to start off. Yeah, thank you. Not sure.

040Is the mic on? There we go. >> Uh, it's still not on, I think. No. now. Yes. Okay. Now I can tell. Thank you. >> Um good evening. Carissa Carrera on behalf of CVTA. Um we do have I believe six items to discuss tonight. Um the first one is item 8.1, the arts program. While we believe in securing quality instruction and enrichment for all of our students, we have several concerns regarding this program that's on the agenda tonight. It is important to remember that 21 teachers were laid off. Teachers who were providing daily arts instruction to the majority of our elementary students. It appears they are being replaced by coordinators and admin which are in an administrative position as well as contacting contracting out to several entities. Two of these entities have very close ties

041to some of our board members. While this is not at all surprising, it does need to be made public information. Ryus is set to get $72,000 in this plan. Board President Vargas sits on the board of Rayis, as does Trustee Vargas' sister. Culurus Music and Arts is a local program run by Trustee Gonzalez's brother and sister-in-law. While the organization's logo is used in the presentation, nowhere does it state how much money, if any, they will receive from CVUSD or what they will be doing for the district. Just to be clear, this board decided to lay off 21 arts teachers and will now vote tonight to replace them with entities with very close ties to board members. Two new administrative positions have been created and the services shown in this presentation do not include all school

042sites or all classes. Not only will this art program create an inequity throughout our school district, but it will do so at a greater cost than the cost of the 21 fired teachers. Is this truly an improvement to what you provided last year? Only time will tell on that. The next item is item 10.6 regarding the fuel master contract. We do support increasing fuel security and unauthorized fueling as well. That sounds like a great idea. This is definitely an area where the district can save money. I've been told many times that there are nondist contractor vehicles going in and out of the fueling area on a regular basis. The first step you could take is to secure the area and close those gates. Item 10.7 regarding the purchasing authority. Knowing that CVUSD doesn't have the

043best track record of transparency, nor a clear avoidance of conflicts of interest, we would ask that you are mindful when voting on this item because you will be giving away your authority to approve items and you will not see those items when they do get approved. The next item is 11.1, the director of early learners position. I'm fairly certain that you just eliminated this position about a year ago. Um, it's back again tonight. It has less requirements than you had before when you eliminated it. And if I remember correctly, in 2024, this job description was brought to this board and it was denied because of the decrease in requirements. Are you doing what's best for kids or are you just doing what's best for your admin? Why is this being brought back again? Item 11.3,

044the assistant superintendent of business services contract. So I know she's out there. This our concerns regarding this item are not anything personal about this particular person. It is just at a time that you have chosen to lay off hundreds of educators and classified staff and students are going to be packed into combination classes. You are now paying your assistant superintendent very close to what our superintendent was making two years ago. Not to mention that you are paying the current superintendent more than ever before. And you continue to hire contractors with those same outrageous amounts. It has been stated before and it is worth repeating. Your priorities are showing and people are watching. Item 11.5. This is the last one. This is regarding the second amendment to the superintendent contract as stated on the agenda. This

045is the second amendment being sought for a spares contract. Does RCE have to approve the additional cost of extending this contract? Is this part of the stabilization plan or was that the plan just to lay off hundreds of employees while continuing to hire administrators, increasing their pay and extending their contracts? It's quite honestly embarrassing to watch the decisions approved by the school board and we are curious why the superintendent is so focused on protecting her job while laying off the staff who work directly with the students. Many of the decisions being voted on by our schoolboard members are rising to the level of cronyism. Our hope is that as board members whose primary responsibility is the well-being of this school district that you find the courage to do the right thing tonight. Thank you. >>

046Thank you. Thank you. The next speaker we have, next speaker we have is Veronica, uh, new school year issues. Good evening, uh, Joseline Vargas, president, board of trustees, uh, superintendent Dr. Sparsa, and extended cabinet. My name is Veronica Gwen as you know who I am. Uh chief union steward for CSEA classified union. Uh I don't know. Uh I kind of going to go off of uh principal uh sorry president of CBTA and classified same thing issues that are coming back and forth. We are starting this new year um on a really bad bad note. You don't see it. Joey, Mr. Tortois, Trini, Joselyn Vargas, Valerie Garcia, and again I see Mr. Jesus Gonzalez isn't even present, which he should be even to hear our public comments. Whatever person that you're bringing on to this new

047board, know that you're going to get yelled at just the same, whoever you are. Right? And those are the decisions because it's not fair. I had a parent last week come in and this is the communication from you guys. Your leadership almost cried cuz she didn't even know that our pres our principal got changed. Came in to see that there was no staff in there that she knew. I told you guys a couple of board meetings ago, get the communication out there. Have you guys done that? No. I've see those little comments on the emails and stuff. We know all parents don't look at that. People are shocked at what this board and I'm going to say that to each and every one of you individual because you're the leadership that's supposed to be telling

048them what to do and they're supposed to be telling all of them sitting back there what to do. So what is going on? You are shocking the the parents. You are shocking the students. You're shocking even the own workers that everybody's new to a site and has no clue what to do. I am picking up iPads from parents. I don't even know what the hell I'm supposed to do. How crazy is that? This is at every single site that has been impacted. This is on you guys. This is the reality of it. We're going to have buses that are not going to pick up students because you guys went and changed boundaries that are wrong. Did anybody go out there to see that? Did anybody realize that those kids didn't want to go to another

049school? You have our classified people coming in here and telling you the problems and their parents also. And guess what? All these people are also voters and that's where we will see you guys. Thank you. >> The next speaker we have is uh Wendy Aswuto. Um the next speaker we have Wendy Auetto uh public comment mech school boundaries. Who did you call, sir? >> Oh, um, it says here Wendyto parent. School boundaries. school. Home school. anticip Julio and [Music] Facebook. Parent Square School Community. Transfer Librarians, parents, Secret [Applause] online. School boundaries. Lincoln Street Martinez. much. Gracias. Okay. Oh, to Wendy sweating. [Music] >> Thank you. Uh, is she going to provide the >> Is she going to provide her public comment? >> Uh, she wants to take a picture. them just so she can >>

050uh would you would you mind translating then and then giving her the picture and such so that we can move on with the public. We do have one more speaker and we do have an a lengthy agenda. Yeah, please. Thank you. >> So, you just want me to give you a brief summary? >> Yes, please. Thank you. >> Okay, so she said her name was Wendy Answerto. She is a mother of family. She lives in 62900 in Lincoln, Mecca, California. Uh the reason why she is here in this meeting is because her daughter is um being changed due to the boundaries that were adopted uh with the Northshore School opening. Um she has been a student at Mecca Elementary since she was three years old and um the uh since she was in Head Start.

051And now um you know it's obviously the only school that she's been to. She is going to fifth grade and she belongs to Mecca school but now you are saying that my daughter belongs to Sal Martinez. My daughter does not want to go to Sal Martinez. She does not know anyone there and it is going to affect her emotionally. Um it's making her an anxious due to the changes and she says that she does not want to go to the school because she does not know anybody and she would not be with her friends. is is and then the second item um the district um is not taking into consideration um the parents and the community when they're making these changes. Um they didn't let anybody know ahead of time. I received a letter in

052the mail that was dated uh the 25th of July and um >> they mailed it out on the 28th. So that that was not sufficient time so that the parents can prepare themselves and the students emotionally to um you know with the changes of school. I as a mother it it bothers me because you did not take us you into consideration. Um I buy my uh students uniforms a month before school starts. I already have their uniforms ready. What am I going to do now with the uniforms? Um you they gave me a comment to sell them on Facebook. um by some employees in Salo Martinez um and a mother in I don't know mother in familia. Oh, okay. And um I believe that that is not correct in this situation. Um the district um

053should have informed us um at least uh via email or on the parent square or uh letter and they didn't do anything since um the since they knew since the end of summer school. >> Thank you. The next one is the third one. Okay. the district um should have initiated um a community meeting to inform the community of the changes. Uh the same way you guys hosted a lot of meetings uh when you were uh preparing to open the school of Northshore, you should have taken us into consideration so that we can have an input um in all of the meetings and the decisions that were made. Um now I am not allowed to submit a it's an intrad district transfer um because they don't have enough um teachers at the school. Uh the schools

054need more personnel more staff um IMAS parent leaons um people bus drivers people to inform the parents of what's going on. This is next. The school boundaries are wrong. The person that made them does not know, the community does not know Mecca. Lincoln should uh continue to be in the school boundaries belonging to Mecca because she is closer to Mecca than she is to Saul Martinez. >> Uh thank you. I think I think we're exceeding this the six minutes. Um, >> President Vargas, I believe the >> the speaker the original speaker speaks English. >> Oh, I I don't know that. >> Uh, but we translating for a trustee. So, I But if we could get a copy and then we'll provide it to the staff to the trustees and then we'll we came along with

055one more. Do you not finish or >> No, because we've uh done six minutes. So, we technically gave them twice the amount to speak. Um but if we could get a copy um provided to us then we can staff can translate it and we can share it out. Um the last speaker that we Thank you so much. Much gracias. Um okay the last speaker we have Marisella uh bus driver. Thank you. >> I'm so nervous. >> It's okay. >> I'm very nervous. >> Oh you're good. >> You have three minutes. Thank you. Go ahead. Oh, okay. Um, okay. Hi, my name is Marisa. I am here um representing our bus drivers that got laid off and I'm also here as talking as a mother. >> Oh my god. Um I um I have seven uh

056uh >> six children and they're currently attending um uh school with you guys in this district. And um I am a single mother. I am their primary uh provider. Oh my god. >> Oh my god. Um, and I feel betrayed, insulted that you guys took my job and uh I hold I had like I was getting paid good and getting my benefits and uh and then I got a call saying that they want me back as a sub like to get paid less And I think that's very insulting. It's like making fun of me. And uh and you guys need bus drivers because you guys are going to have a lot of trouble. You guys, last year you guys were giving emails. We the parents getting emails that our students are going to be late

057every day because you guys want to have enough bus drivers. You guys took our jobs away and it's not fair. I don't know what else to say. Yeah, I think that's it. >> Thank you. Thank you. [Applause] >> Uh thank you to the speakers. Uh we're going to go ahead and move on. Do we have random communication? >> Yes, quite a few. >> Okay. Okay. Are they what item are you are they put together by items? >> No, just public comments. >> Okay. But the comments are they are there exceeding 20 minutes per agenda? Like what are the items that are >> No parent concerns? It doesn't >> Okay. >> For the record. >> Okay. If we could just briefly um maybe we can give How many are there? >> Eight. eight. >> Miss Margus,

058we've been on this topic for way over 20 minutes. >> Uh there is no top. It's just parent comments, right? Is there specific items like listed on any of them? >> It should be on there. It should be the title should be on there. >> No. We can. It's an item on the agenda. Yes. Okay. So, those that aren't noted with an item on the agenda, we could get copies for board members and we can distribute them. I think there might be one item that's specific to a agenda item. Okay. Okay. Uh, so there's there's two comments. Um, I'll go ahead and read them. Sorry. Um, okay. So, we could please just start the timer so I can know when to stop. Uh so we have a comment um by Kathleen Fitzpatrick. Um it says

059here uh subject matter selection of provisional board member. Um it says here's President Vargas and honorable members of the board. As you all are aware, a portion of the district covers Lintita. Have a I have along with others been actively seeking partnership with the district to go grow confidence in the curriculum and school safety the district provides in order to further the growth of attendance in schools in the district by our residents. It is imperative for the future development of SE Lita and its sphere of influence to be able to recommend it to developers, families, the district as schools of choice. Therefore, it was a huge disappointment to me and others that the interviews for the open seat on the board on Tuesday night were not available as advertised on Zoom or YouTube. Several of

060us tried to watch the meeting remotely to be able to evaluate for ourselves the potential of three candidates. I looked yesterday in between of my own obligations to see if there was a recording and could not find one. In an era where we all know transparency is imperative, this failure is a tantamount to failing um the public. Our residents deserve better. Your agenda doesn't even pose redacted applications for the public. How are we to know the basis for your evaluation and have confidence in it? One of your candidates, Alina Kalamanis, is a looking to resident. I can speak personally to her capabilities and dedication to all the children in the valley through her work with read with me. She would make an excellent addition to your board. I hope you will take into consideration the

061lack of full transparency in this process due to the failure to provide the public access to the meeting and state your reasons for your choice publicly. I also hope that you will give Miss Kammanis fair consideration as someone who can bring a new voice and fresh ideas during her tenure. It would be fair to have some representation from this end of the district providing another confidence building block for all the residents of the district. Thank you for your consideration Kathleen Fitzpatrick council member city of Lita. Gosh, the next one uh Eric Torres. Uh, okay. Uh, dear members of the school board, I am writing to raise concerns regarding the continued overspending uh with our district's transportation department, an issue that has persisted despite a steady year overyear decline in student enrollment. Upon reviewing recent budget

062reports and operation summaries, it is quite evident that current staffing models and practices are no longer aligned with the district's actual transportation needs. One major area of concern is the excessive use and in some case abuse of overtime and comp time among transportation staff. These practices place an unnecessary strain on the district's limited resources. Drivers are currently scheduled for 8our shifts, which is unjustified given our current student population and route demands. We are the only district in the valley to have 8-hour drivers. It is with strong recommendation that we transition to reducing driver hours to 5 hours per day with there being an AM and PM shifts. This approach would be better match our transportation needs while significantly reducing the department spending. In addition, we should seriously consider outsourcing our transportation services following the successful

063example of Palm Springs Unified School District. Outsourcing can provide reliable service at a lower cost, shift liability, reduce administrative overhead, and free up district funds for critical educational priorities. To summarize, we strongly need to conduct an audit of transportation staffing overtime and comp practice comp time practices. Reduce bus driver hours to five hours per per day shift and split shift model. Explore a plan to outsource transportation services using Palm Springs unifi unified as a benchmark. Fiscal responsibility must remain a priority for of every decision we make. It is imperative that we take proactive steps to realign our operations with the realities of declined enrollment and limited budgets. Our students deserve to see every possible dollar redirected back into the classroom and not lost in inefficiencies and administration. who wrote that? >> Um, it says Eric

064Torres. There's no additional information. >> Um, so we'll pro we'll provide the other comments to folks. Um, they're just okay on staffing book. Okay. Um, so we'll provide the the other written comments um because they they all pertain to the same items that were in the public comments um okay and there'll be copies in the agenda um the public agenda as well. Okay. So we're going to move on to 6.2 2 uh board member reports uh board requests for future me board meetings. Um if we could start um Mr. Akuna, would you like to start? >> Uh just a couple of things. Um earlier today, we met at the facilities meeting uh just uh to update the board. Uh the issues that are on the agenda were recommended for uh approval for the board. So,

065all of those ones that pertain to the facilities committee, I think there's four of them, right? There was four of them. So, the committee did recommend to approve all four um on there. Um a couple of other things. Um, first of all, I did want to um I don't know if apology is the right word, but to many of the community members in um Northshore area who were not allow uh uh were not available to become to come part of the grand opening, the ribbon cutting ceremony. Um I have someone who actually uh was helping my my mother who lives in Northshore who was very disappointed that she didn't know that they were having the ribbon cutting. Um, and I it's my hope that I know they're doing something on Monday, some flag raising or

066something, but it is my hope that once school starts that we will have something that'll uh not only include the parents but the whole community because many members of those communities uh the committees uh had spent 20 years uh advocating for that school and many of them were unaware that we had done that that we had done the ribbon cutting. So, uh, to all of those, it is my hope that we should do something after the school opens and the kids are there so they can come and enjoy the school that they advocated for, they paid for, uh, and they supported all these years. Um, and that's it. That's all. Thank you, >> Mr. Torres. >> Yes. Thank you, uh, President Vargas. I just wanted to um you know honor all of the parents and

067the students and the uh community that comes up come forward to speak and uh holding the board accountable and and I for instance know about trying to hold the school board accountability because I'm still a parent and my kids still come to the school and the reason I was asked earlier why we are on on the board and mine was because of safety. Safety not for my kids, not only my kids, but the kids in my community which were not being held safe because of the school district. And that's the main reason I was on. So some of the things that the community can do when you're holding a school board accountable and fulfilling their responsibilities is doing what you're doing today. I appreciate you coming forward and with open communication and being brave and

068coming up. I know it's hard. A lot of you are shy. A lot of you are not used to it, but it's commendable. You come up and talk about how it concerned you and and and I respect that because I never did that myself. I'm a parent and I had complaints and and I never came to the school board to complain like many of you brave people have. even though my my children suffered just like probably more than yours have because you don't even know what our community has went through. But communicating with the board members individually helps also and I've seen emails and I'm going to talk to the superintendent about the individual emails that I've received from some of you. You can use public record requests through the Freedom of Information Act to

069get everything that you need from the board, our decisions, our minutes, our policies. Use the Coachella Valley School District website to your advantage. There are many ways of how to hold the school board accountable. And I've heard it spoken on many times here. How do we hold the board accountable? What's in the policy? It's in the board policies that's on the website. If you go in there and I know it's hard to search, but if you search for board that's in there and it tells you about the policies and how to hold us accountable because I once sought that myself and if it's necessary, you can contact, you know, the Riverside County because this board was elected. This board was elected as you know. So, we're part of the governing board from the state down

070to the county and then down to this community. We're part of a governing board. We're elected in this position like that like what was said. So each of us individually have responsibility in our areas. But if you're truly considering and strongly feel about improving the school board today, and it was said when we're talking about voting time, that's another aspect because I'm only on here because no one else ran for the position that I'm in. Now, when we're talking about why are people on the board, I ran because I was concerned about the safety of the kids in my community. And so I put my name in there and to my surprise, no one else ran. So it was a easy win, right? I'm on because no one else wanted to stand up. So we

071have a community here that wants to improve and wants to hold the board accountable, but we need more of you to stand up. For instance, with this latest appointment, we only have three committee members that came forward to stand up to help hold this board accountable. We need more of that. We need more people when you're talking about the elections next year. We need to see a slew of people that are running to hold, you know, this board accountable, to hold transparency for the community, and to change things. So, I think that's what um my rant is on today is to have the community hold the board uh accountable through these through these scenarios. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh Trusty Alando, >> thank you. Uh good evening everybody that's on Zoom and good evening

072everybody that's here. Thank you for coming. It's it's you know as a board and as a community that that that lives here and you know uh it's I want to say that we understand and we know that we we would like to have you know as many positions available in our district and um as we try to rightsize our district right now we understand that our goal is to always support the community and support the jobs that are here. Um, but it's it it's it's also want to make sure that we have we are fiscally responsible. But I can tell you in my meetings with Dr. Esparza this week and last week is always talking about making sure that we can do what we can and we have to do it as a board. We

073have to work together. We have to make it happen. So, we'll continue to to do that and and do what we can. Um, I want to say that uh it was it was nice to participate in the Northshore uh ribbon cutting. I know that the uh some community came up and said that they were unaware and uh for that you know I know we need to do a better job and I hope that we we do uh do another event to showcase the school. It's a very beautiful location, very beautiful school and it's it's uh just about ready. I know that they're doing some street improvements that we were updated today at the facilities committee and but it's a very beautiful school and look forward to seeing uh the kids come on the first day

074and and that and with that I also participated today. I was I came to the boardroom here to participate in the welcome back and just sit here and and see the welcome back. Uh Dr. Esparza um thank you for the invitation. Um, you know, I think it's important that we do what we can and that we rem remain focused on our students and our students and our staff and and you know, we will do the best that we can. You know, these are tough times ahead, but I'm I'm confident and I'm confident that we will work together to do the best we can for CV Unified School District, right? And uh as we got an update today um at the facilities too, they're also testing, you know, all the AC units. I know that it'll

075be it'll be a little warm as the students come back and and but we'll do our best. So, I'd like to just end by thanking staff that are here, thanking staff that are not here, thanking everybody who also prepared our sites for the upcoming school year. Um that's all I have, Madam President. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh Trusty Gonzalez, >> I have no report. Okay. Uh, click proceed. >> Thank you. Thank you to everyone who has come out and spoken to us today. Everyone who submitted uh something electronically. We'll be sure to read all of those. Um, your impact is not lost on us and I know that those are just words for people who have lost their jobs at this point. uh every single person who contributes to our campuses, you're all invaluable.

076Unfortunately, there is a cost to every single person and everything that happens on a school campus and that's not easy. Um we're trying to right rightsize the district. That being said, we do need to know how things are going. So I am very thankful to everyone who says you know there are gaps that need to be to be addressed. Um definitely sounds like transition plans needed to be worked out a little more. So I would say that certainly for the future transition plans for how who is doing what right um and I understand that there is a legal question for who is doing what but at the end of the day we absolutely our students need what they need right so we need that plan um to be clear to everyone not just us to

077our parents and our staff and it sounds like at this moment that has not been clear and that is on us. Um so thank you for bringing that to our attention. What we are working on is to make sure that we have the best programs for our students that are in everything in compliance. Everything that is going to be possible but that we we can live through the next few years. Not just this year, not just next year, we have to submit for three years and it's always that third year. Uh that will get us right. So we are trying our very best to come up with a plan that will we will all survive and that our students can thrive through, right? Because ultimately that is why we're here for our students. So thank

078you. Thank you all for bearing with us, for for coming here and and and bearing witness for us. Um because you are out there on our campuses. Um we can't be everywhere and we're so thankful for you all to for for having having the courage to come and talk to us. All of you should should feel like you can come and talk to us. Um, and I I'm I am so thankful for it. It's not easy times. We're still going to push through it. We have all of our students that we're going to get through for the rest of this year, for the next few years. We are certainly trying to be mindful of not just this year, the next few years, what is truly viable for us. And that is something that that is

079a very big reason why I became a board member was fiscal stability. So this is at the heart of what I hoped to have an impact in. These are huge problems. These are problems that happen before co they were amassed by co money. So these are things we have to we have to fix now. We can't kick it down the line. Um, so thank you for the for the continued temperature checks on how things are going. We understand that we need to be clear with our transition plans. Um, but we are assured that there are plans and that things are going to be in compliance. So just thank you. Thank you for all being here. uh willing to talk to anybody who reaches out. Um everyone who does reach out. It's not easy. It's not

080easy to hear all that we have, but we in the end we all have the same hope and plans for our students and we're going to push through for our students and for their programming and for their for them to thrive. So, thank you. Thank you all. >> Yes. Um it's uh thank you. Um it's really hard to find the right words, right? There's there's never right words. Um I think uh you know as the start of the school year uh approached um I mean I think for all of us, at least for me, um I mean I think that these decisions have been top of mind, right? Um I do appreciate everyone who came out tonight. Um it is hard to hear, right? And it's harder for you all, right, who are experiencing it.

081You're experiencing it, right? And so I I do appreciate everyone who came out tonight um who's emailed and shared your stories of how you're being impacted by the decisions that we're making. Um it's hard, right? Like no one wants to be up here making the hard choices or decisions to lay our colleagues, our families, our friends um off, right? And so I I like others who have shared uh definitely don't take the the decisions lightly, right? Um I think a struggle, right, for me personally just as we're making these decisions is um it's hard to make the the huge decisions now. Um but trying to think about it down the line, right? And it's not to say that, you know, it's fair um right how we're impacting our our staff today um to be able

082to be fiscally stable in the future, right? Um but it is hard to um to not, right? Uh I I would hate for us to be in that same position, you know, two years from now, having to make even deeper cuts. And I I I we struggle with that, right? Um, so I I do want to say that I appreciate everyone. Um, I know I I was able to join the welcome day this morning. Um, and um, really appreciated, you know, the the comments uh, the speaker today. Um, I think there was one statement that Miss Gaiton made. Um, equity, equity is not about leftovers. And so I think really thinking about that um, really stuck with me. So, um, yeah, I I I'll just leave it at that and and thank everyone who came

083out tonight. We'll move on to 6.3 Superintendence Report. Good evening everyone who is with us in the audience as well as everyone who is uh home watching us online. I just want to say thank you to the entire staff that put the welcome uh back together. Uh, of course, uh, I presented at the beginning, but, um, we did have lots of staff that did put this together to ensure that our teachers and our staff at our schools are are inspired and that they are looking at the equity and access and the inclusivity of our students because there's a lot of of stuff happening that is around the adults. We need to focus on the students. We are here for our students. Our students come first. And so we want to make sure that putting that

084information out there is really about that inclusivity of our students, our general ed students as well as our special ed students, one and all. And so I just want to thank the speaker as well who supported us, Dr. Dominique Smith uh from San Diego State University who talked about uh inclusivity and his own personal experience of having his children put to the side because they were specialed students. And so uh my hats off to him. He's written a few books. Uh very very inspiring person. I want to thank uh as well everyone at Northshore, the teachers who were there. Uh Miss Alyssa Gentry, the principal, the board of course who helped us celebrate the ribbon cutting this past Monday. Uh it was a great event. Yes, we want more community out there, Northshore community out

085there to be able to see the school, to be able to experience what the district has been putting together for like Mr. Dr. Akuna says the past 20 years. So, there will be a uh public opening on Monday at 5:00 p.m. on Monday at 5:00 p.m. August 18th. A public opening at Northshore. Anyone can join. Anyone can go take a tour, go meet the staff as well as the principal. And so, they're going to be raising the flag for the first time at Northshore on August 18th at 5:00 pm. So, uh just keep that in mind. Um, in regards to uh those who have come tonight and those who aren't with us tonight and they are affected by the layoffs, I just want everyone to know that CBUSD acknowledges the ongoing mediation process and it

086remains focused on finding solutions uh balance employee concerns with the fiscal responsibilities of the district. We have a fiscal responsibility. So, we've been tasked with this. It's not something that any one of us personally wanted to do. uh it is the responsibility of us in ensuring that we are fiscally stable. And so I I uh hear you. Um and we are at the table still continuing to uh try to mediate this and know that you know early on we did offer we did offer several of the families uh which I call the families the the the groups of people uh 21 22 uh families uh uh employees that create a family which were the elsas the IMAS and the parent liaison. We offered them 5 hours at 10 and a half months and we were

087rejected and we brought it back several times and we were rejected. We could have had several people here to help us with the opening of schools, but it's been rejected. So, we're at the table again. And so, there's mediation going on and there are new proposals going on and know that, you know, the fiscal crisis doesn't end this year. Unfortunately, this is in our three-year uh budget to remain solvent by having at least a 3% reserve. And so we're at a point where we have that plan. We have that fiscal stabilization plan and we just need to adhere to it. And you know, it's not easy. Like uh all the board members have stated, especially uh board president Vargas, it's not easy to hear people who have lost their jobs up here pleading and us

088having to, you know, be sticklers to this fiscal stabilization plan. But we do need to plan for the future of our students. And so, uh, thank you everyone for for your time and thank you for listening. Good night. Okay. Uh moving on to the 7.1 selection of candidates to serve in trustee area two. Um so we did do interviews uh on Tuesday. Uh we had three candidates. Um thank you. Everyone should have had their packet. Um and I think we open it up for either someone to make a motion. Um >> motion. >> Okay. Um, I motion to appoint Antonio Aguilar for trustee area 2. >> Okay, >> second that motion. >> Okay, so then we go ahead and I don't know if we do roll call or just uh Huh. >> Do you want

089a roll call vote? Okay, >> roll call vote. On item 7.1, Joselyn, President Joselyn Vargas, sorry. Um, I'm sorry. Um, okay. I abstain because I we it's my work colleague. >> Clerk Valerie Garcia. >> I Trustee Joey Akuna. >> No. >> Trusty Ardondo. >> Hi. >> Trustee Gonzalez. >> No. >> Trustee Tortez. >> Yes. >> So we need the forbo. >> Okay. Okay. >> Trusty Vargas, I'd like to motion to appoint uh Alena Kamar. >> Do we have a second? Are there's no discussion or anything? Just Okay. So, roll call. Roll call vote. President uh Josel Vargas >> I. >> Clerk uh Valerie Garcia. >> I >> trustee Jesus Gonzalez. >> Hi. >> Trustee Arondo. >> Hi. >> Trustee Tortez. >> Yes. >> Trustee Joey Akuna. Hi. So motion passes. Um so we have um

090Miss Alina Kamanis who will be appointed to the trusty area two seat. >> Congratulations. Okay. [Applause] So, we have uh Miss Miss Calman is here today. Um Okay. Thank you. So, we're going to move on to 7.2 administration of oath of office. And so, I think you step out. I really want to thank all the other candidates for um their interest in the position and and just thank you for your time. So, I need for you to raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, Alina Calamarz, >> I, Alena Calamanis, >> Calamanis, sorry about that. do solemnly swear >> Do solemnly swear >> that I support and defend the Constitution >> that I support and defend the Constitution >> of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of California >> and

091the Constitution of the State of California >> against all enemies >> foreign and domestic. >> That I will bear true faith >> and allegiance to the Constitution. and allegiance to the Constitution >> of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of California >> and the Constitution of the State of California. >> That I take this obligation freely >> without any mental reservation >> or purpose of evasion. and that I will well and faithfully >> that I will well and faithfully >> discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter. >> discharge >> the duties upon which I will I am about to enter. >> Okay, congratulations. >> Thank you so much. >> You just need to sign. We're going to have to have you. I'm going to get a pen so

092that you can sign. [Applause] >> President President Bas. >> Yes. May I request a fivem minute recess while the superintendent can get kind of a seated and accumulated? >> So we'll do >> Uhhuh. >> if you want to do that. >> Yes. Thank you. So we'll do five minute recess um to rearrange it. >> Are you ready? >> Yeah. >> Okay. So we're going to go ahead and get started. Um, we're going to go ahead and come back and get started. So, we're going to move on to um item A, presentations 8.1, uh, Terara Hitchen, uh, music arts program andformational item. Good evening, President Vargas, Superintendent Desparza, and members of the board. We will be presenting to you some information about the music and arts program for um 2526 school year. So, our program overview

093is that we really want a commitment to a well-rounded education and have art access for all elementary students. So, this presentation is a little bit more focused on the elementary component. Um, and so we want to really focus on equity, engagement, and standards alignment and that integration of visual arts, theater, and instrumental music as some of those major components. And we know that arts education is important because it builds creativity, critical thinking, collaboration that social emotional development and strength strengthens academic achievement and student engagement. Um we know that music education really is um one of those things that really helps a whole the whole child and develops a lot of other things for our students. Um so in this original plan we had wanted to do a music and arts coordinator but in looking at

094budget and since we had developed this um due to budget constraints this position will no longer be hired for or considered. So we are no longer going to be doing a music and arts coordinator um that work of overseeing that program will fall on the elementary directors. So we will take on that um that duty. One of the original um ideas was presenting different options to our principles. Ultimately, our principles have to create their Proposition 28 plan. We know that they receive Proposition 28 money from the state and they get an aotment based on um their own uh their enrollment. And so one of the things we wanted to do when was give them ideas of how they could utilize those funds to ensure that all students K through six receive art um an art

095program of some type. So some of these ideas um that we're going to present are options for principles. It's not a must that they have to use them. It's not a must that they have to go with these different organizations that we've presented. It's just these were options that we wanted to present to them. So, one of the ideas was to do a K2 art and theater um uh lessons and Raises was one of the um one of the groups that we talked with about possibly partnering with to create these lessons that were aligned to visual and performing arts standards. And um the focus would then be on you know art and theater and taught by a classroom teachers which they have credentials for to teach in the multiple subject setting. Another idea that we

096had was where we would do beginning music with starting with third grade. We know third grade is a really good age to kind of start learning about um musical literacy and playing an instrument. So this was one of the options or ideas that we had. Um, and then also we wanted to partner with the McCollum Theater aesthetic education program. And this program, they really like to work with second and third graders for that program. So, this was a really good um kind of a marriage between starting them in third grade for that one. And then for grades four through six, one of the options we really wanted to um have our students experience was some type of instrumental music. And we found um a uh a contracted company called After School Music Academy. Yes, that's

097their name, but they they can do during the day instruction as well. Um and they have music specialists that can come to the site and they also handle the purchase or rental of equipment. So, they're kind of a one-stop shop which can really provide that expertise in um in doing instrumental music. They can do choir, they can do band, and they can also do electronic music. So again, these are options that a principal could utilize or plan in their Prop 28 plan to meet the needs of their students. And again, this is really so that our students kind of begin to experiment and learn about instruments. So when they go to middle school and high school, they can go into those um electives a little easier because they have that knowledge already. Um again, these

098are just options that we wanted to present. We wanted to give the principles kind of some things to jump off with. Um and so we wanted to also make sure that we provide teacher professional development with that arts integration as we do professional development throughout the year and make sure that the scope and sequence is aligned to VAPA standards and off obviously give them a lot of coaching and support throughout the year. So, a lot of these partnerships here are options. Um, these are uh options for the principles. So, those Prop 28 plans are individualized and they're working on them now with input from their staff, their teachers, their parents, their community. And so, you'll be hearing more about those Prop 28 plans as they are completed and what they actually choose to do. some,

099you know, um are going to only utilize after school music academy and maybe the McCollum Theater. And so they're working on those plans as we speak. And again, this talks a little bit about the McCollum Theater Aesthetic Education Program. Um they have different units of study that they do and there's schools that will be doing the full version and some that will be doing the non full version. Um and then a lot of that is covered through the Houston Family Foundation with grants that they provide for those field trip series. And then all all the students get to u attend a um a touring performance at the McCullum Theater. And then there's a lot of that um inschool professional development that they do with the teachers um as part of that program. Um these are

100again some other options. Um utilizing culturas as possible, you know, different things to expose students to art activities. Utilizing a community-based group to expose students to different art. Again, it's just just another option. Um I'm going to let Karen talk about the funding piece. >> Good evening. Um Vice or President Vargas and board members. Um I'm going to talk a little about the funding for Prop 28, the arts and music and schools program. Each year um we receive funding. It varies based on the prior year enrollment of the um schools and it's a combination of the prior year enrollment and the percentage of free and reduced uh meals um students that each school has. And so as it is based on enrollment, it does vary from year to year um as enrollment changes. But all

101of the Prop 28 funding that we receive as a district goes to our sites except for 1% that we retain um at the district level for indirect. And so you will see on that list um by school they each school receives a different amount depending on how many students they have. And so you'll you'll notice that the middle and high schools receive rather a large amount of funding and the elementary schools um they receive less based on their smaller enrollment. But it's important to note that we work with the principles. They develop their their site plans with input from their parents, from their teachers, from their students. And um as their budgets vary, their plans are going to vary also based on what their priorities are at their school, what their needs are. So there's

102no one cookie cutter fix for all the schools. Um that's where the choice comes in for each school as well based on their budget. Okay. Any questions about about budget? So, some of the next steps um obviously we're not going to be hiring the coordinator positions, but we are working with training site administrators um creating master schedules to how they're that's going to fit. Um obviously purchasing materials um and then obviously um part you know doing theus and board approvals for the different groups. So once we have those plans kind of um a little bit more solid then we will know the exact cost but it's definitely um going to depend on you know how much they're utilizing those different um options that we presented. So that's pretty much it. Any questions? >> Uh yeah

103I have a a couple of questions. Um >> so last year the school sites had Prop 28 plans. What happened to those plans from last year? >> Um, they are being revised um because part of the plan that we had at that time, Do you want to talk a little bit about that, Karen? The plans. Okay. Sorry, she she can answer this one better. >> So, those um plans are being revised. Part of for the elementary schools, part of their um most of their budget went to um funding the VAPI teachers. However, not all of the um the cost of evapot teachers was able to be covered by the Prop 28 funds. Um and so there was also a contribution from LCFF as well. And um so in reimagining the arts and music program um

104the other thing about um when we had the VAPA teachers for most elementary schools only students in grades four through six were actually being part of the VAPA program. So this reimagining of um the Prop 28 arts and music in our school is going to be um for all students TK through six in our elementary schools. And so we feel it will be more equitable. Yeah. Because I I mean I had some issues with last year's one when they were trying to pay for the VAPA teacher because it's um I'm sure this grant like most grants are about supplementing not supplanting, >> right? >> Had it was a concern uh originally anyway. Um I read through the stuff. I went through everything. But I do have one other question. Um when you site the this

105program is going to cost 2 millionish is what you have on your >> 2.7 is what the >> that's all the sites basically use all their money which they have to use all their monies. But you you you claim as a budget source Prop 28 funds and then it says grant monies. What exactly is grant monies? That's a very vague term. Uh is that stuff that you're looking to apply for or is that other current grant monies that we have? It's a very generic term. >> Yeah. Um part of the McCollum Theater um they have grant opportunities for like school busing to the events and different things like that. So that's part of it. It just depends on the site. Like let's say they have third grade that's participating in the aesthetic education program, but

106there's a a show at the Mcllum that they want their whole school to go to. then they might have to apply for some grant monies to be able to take their entire population. That one group would be covered, but the rest of the students. So, it just depends on a site to site. >> You're talking about outside grant money, not internal grant money. >> Yes. Mhm. Yeah. >> Say outside grant money. >> Yeah. >> Could you I have some questions. Um are are you chairing the meeting? >> Yes. >> Okay. Awesome. Um could you put the slide back to um the the Prop 28 funds that we received? Can and I have I have four or five questions just trying to understand how many VAPA teachers in our in our in our struggle right to

107to to meet the challenge that we have financially h how many teachers uh did we have or were being paid as VAPA teachers? Well, we have um some at the secondary sites and those um well, what we're talking about here is the ones that >> No, I'm not talking about your your proposed program. How many teachers uh were those VAPA teachers that were that were that we were funding as as a VAPA program? The question is, I'm looking at that number at the bottom and there's no way based on at least my recollection, how many VAPA teachers did we have that we were paying for uh with the use of LCFF and and VAPA and and Prop 28 money combined? >> We had one at each elementary school. >> Okay. And so would that put

108us where? >> So that would put us at >> 21 because some of our larger elementarymentaries would have more than one vap. So, so to me, >> yeah, I I thought it was 24 28, but you said it's 21. >> Yes. >> Of those teachers that were working in that in that capacity, were they credentialed art teachers? >> Not necessarily. >> How many were credentialed art teachers? >> Credentials. >> Do you know how many were properly qualified to teach art >> as a multiple subject teachers? >> I understand, but I'm talking about art. >> So, yes, but they don't have art. They don't necessarily have our credentials, but then a multiple subject. >> I know they were multi-ubject. >> Yeah, >> maybe you can help me. >> I can get the exact number for you

109and send it in the morning. >> Okay. And then so and then the other question is what happened to those teachers? Did they lose their job? >> Because they have a multi-ubic credential based on their seniority of the district. Um they could have been placed into other positions. I understood they were can is that right? They all kept their job. >> I will double double check the reemployment list, but I believe um most were reassigned, but I can get you that number. >> I I believe all of them were reassigned and what we heard today from the the the audience were that these people lost their job. Um and I don't believe that's the case. And I and I and I also I think it's important to understand that we're using very specific Prop 28

110money. And I don't think it was an effective program when you don't have qualified people teaching art. Even if you had a multi-ubject credential, I don't think that qualifies you as an art teacher. And I I really commend you were going to say something. >> Oh, I was going to say um the average cost of a teacher salary and benefits is is close to 130 $160,000. So when you look at the budgets that the elementary schools have, you can see um the impact it was having for LCF to make up the difference >> what their site um Prop 20 funds were and and the >> and what's compelling is that they weren't qualified to do that anyway, right? And I don't think the program was one to brag about. they were qualified as multi-ubject teachers

111but understand I understand a multi-ubject >> uh teaching credential and it's it's no criticism to them but I think what you're proposing we have a huge opportunity to create a program that is relevant that includes community and and I think what you're proposing has an opportunity to be a lot broader in the benefit of our children right across this uh school district and I think we can do probably for less money and hopefully those grant opportunities are there, those relationships with other nonprofits that might have resources that they can donate, right, and bring to the table and ultimately create a program that we can all be proud of. And I I think this is a great start, right? But I wanted to make it very clear that that no VAPA teacher lost their job, right?

112One and and that they weren't credentialed our teachers. And so we have an opportunity to do something better. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else have questions or comments? >> I I have a quick comment. I I know from my own children that participating in music and art programs really made them much better students. So, um I commend this proposal and I also want to say h having a company that because kids aren't the the um most very careful with their instruments, having having the ability for them to just be replace it without having a cost to the district of that is really important. >> So, um I have a couple comments. Um, number one, um, we have tonight we're voting on just two organizations, but there's more organizations to come, >>

113right? >> Possibly. >> And so, just, you know, I mean, I think we're hearing the presentation tonight and then tonight we're starting with a couple. And I think that, you know, I would have liked this more of a package where, you know, everybody starts and sort of does, you know, works together, right? I don't have any critique. My uh my only thing is is also that um I would have liked to have you know the coordinators actually oversee and some of the work that's going on. Um and so that that would have been that would have been something that to add right I I think right um um coordinators for to oversee this work the arts work um >> unfortunately with the district office 1% aotment we just we cannot afford that. No, I understand.

114Yeah. But I'm just saying what >> my, you know, sort of uh what I would advocate for. Um >> and then the other thing is too is that um I know these organizations are are great organizations and they have people with a background, right? But they don't know they necessarily have a credential in that. So um I I think that but but they are organizations that have a background in music and arts and and culture and and uh yeah. So I I I hope we just sort of monitor it and see if our kids are are just you know doing what what you know what they have to and that these organizations are the best ones to support us in this effort. Thank you. >> Thank you. Any other comments or questions? >> Seeing none,

115we'll move on. Oh, comment. >> Yes. For this Proposition 28 grant, it's a multi-year grant, right? Three-year grant. It's it's for >> it's a it's an annual grant that each year um each annual grant we have three years to spend. So we we get new monies every year and then we have three years to spend those monies. >> So the budget that you have here is what is allocated annually like you said but >> yes for 2526 >> but budgeted for that one year. >> Yes. >> Okay. So just you know uh making sure that we reiterate what it says in the last sentence there that everyone understands the cost is dependent on the grant opportunities and backwards the opportunities are also dependent on the cost or the the budget of the grants. >> Right.

116Right. think >> and student enrollment and it has varied a little bit has it has decreased a little bit from the first year a couple hundred thousand from 23 24 so it's you know 100,000 a year it has decreased so again it's based on enrollment >> okay >> thank you all >> thank you >> all right we'll move on to 9.1 action educational services 9.1 Sooo Sanchez requesting approval of proposal of Rises Cultura for a signature art and theater program. >> Do I have a motion? >> Motion. >> All right. Do I have a second? I have a motion and a second. Uh can we vote? >> You got to call the vote. >> Oh. Are you want a roll call vote? >> Oh, a roll call. Okay, let's do a roll call vote. >>

117A roll call vote for item 9.1. Uh, President Jocelyn Bars. >> Clerk Valerie Garcia. >> I, >> Trustee Joey Akuna. >> Hi. >> Trustee Ardondo. >> Hi. >> Trustee Gonzalez. Hi. >> Trustee Tortez. and trustee Calamanis. >> I motion passes. All right. The next one we have is 9.2. So Sanchez requesting approval of proposal with afterchool music academy. Do I have a motion? >> I'll motion the same. >> Thank you. Do I have a second? >> A second. >> Okay. Motion and a second. Can we have a roll call vote again? Thank you. >> Roll call vote on item 9.2. President Jocelyn Vargas. >> Clerk Valerie Garcia. >> Hi. >> Trustee Joey Akuna. >> No. >> Trustee Ardondo. >> Hi. >> Trustee Gonzalez. >> Hi. >> Trustee Tortez. >> I've chained and trustee Kamanis. >>

118I have we have it. Yeah, it passed. All right. Thank you. Are we continuing? >> All right. Action. Business services 10.1. Business Services requesting approval of agreement between Coachella Valley Unified School District and Interquest Detection K9 for 2025 2026. Do I have a motion? >> A motion. >> Okay. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you. Can I ask a question? >> Yes. What grades what what grade levels do these Kines usually come into? Is it high school and middle school? >> High school. Thank you. Can we have a roll call? >> Roll call vote on 10 item 10.1. Uh, President Joselyn Vargas. >> Clerk Valley Garcia. >> I >> trustee Akuna. >> No. >> Trustee Ardondo. >> I. >> Trustee Gonzalez. >> No. >> Trustee Tortez. >> Hi. >> Trusty Calman. I'm

119sorry. Trusty Calaman I motion pass. >> Okay. 10.2 Business Services requesting approval of Northshore Elementary School authorization to issue p purchase orders to Coachella Valley Water District for domestic water meters. Do I have a motion? >> A motion, but I just have a comment. Um, is there a reason this wasn't put on the consent calendar? Understanding that this is an absolute necessity for providing water for our new campus, why was this put on? >> Okay. I I I think anything of this nature for the future, um, it's a, you know, it's a a partnership that we have no choice, right? We we need water. So, but uh yeah, my my motion stands. >> Okay. Maybe because it's a new school transparency for the community. Do we have a >> I just wanted to make a

120quick comment. These are the four that the facilities committee did recommend. The next four that are up, those are the ones that they recommended. >> Okay. >> I'll second. >> Second. All right. We have a motion in a second. >> Roll call vote on item 10.2. President Joselyn Vargas. Uh, yes. >> Cler Valerie Garcia. >> I >> trustee Joey Akuna. >> Hi. >> Trustee Trinidad Ardondo. >> Hi. >> Trustee Jesus Gonzalez. >> Hi. >> Trustee Thomas Torres. >> Hi. >> Trustee Alena Kamanes. >> I >> pass. 10.4. Okay. 10.3. Okay. Uh 10.3. Um business services adopt board resolution number 2026-06 designating district representatives to sign applications and associated documents for the school facility program. Do I have a motion? >> A motion. The same. >> A second. >> I'll second. >> Do we have any

121questions? Roll call. >> No questions. >> I don't believe we need a roll call on this stuff, do we? >> We We can just do um >> All those in favor? >> I All those opposed abstensions. Uh motion passes 6 10 six. >> Oh yeah, that's right. 70. I I'm sorry. Um 70 uh 10.4 um business services adopt board resolution number 2026-07 authorization to acquire easements and road dedication for Northshore Elementary School off-site improvements. >> So move second. >> Okay. Any questions, comments? >> No. Um all those in favor? >> I opposed abstensions. Motion P passes 70 10.5 Business Services adopt resolution 2026-08 to approve CMASS contract number 4-20-78-0089C supplement number 7 with Kya Services LLC for goods and services. Do I have a motion? >> A motion. >> I'll second. >> Um any questions,

122comments? >> All those in favor? I >> I opposed abstensions. Motion passes 70 10.6 um business services requesting approval of resolution 2026-09 upgrade contract with Fuel Master. Uh do I have a motion? >> Motion. >> A second. Uh any questions or comments? Okay. Uh all those in favor? >> Opposed? Abstensions. Motion passes 70 10.7 business services adopt resolution number 2026-11 delegation of purchasing authority to the superintendent andor designate pursuant um to education code section 35161 and board policy 3300. >> Motion. >> Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Uh any comments or questions? I have a comment. Yes, please. My comment is is that I already have authority. So basically this agenda item is to give the purchasing director authority to sign off whenever the CBO is not uh >> in the district. >>

123Motion stands. >> Everything has to come to the board first and then they're be they're able to sign off after the board has approved something. So it's not before. >> Are there any other questions or comments? Um so we even though um so just understand items are still going to come to the to the board um as we're following you know >> change that doesn't change that does not change >> okay um we have motion a second all those in favor >> I I >> opposed >> uh one opposition and um Mr. Ardondo is out. Do any abstensions? So that means we have uh five five in support. So motion passes and we have one no and one out. Did I do the math right? Okay. Um yes. All right. Moving on to action items.

124Uh human resources. Dr. Monica Makawit's uh approval of revised job description for director of early learners. motion. >> Do I have a second? >> A second. >> Second. >> Okay. Any questions, comments? >> No. Um, all those in favor? >> I >> opposed. I >> abstensions. Yeah. And we have one person stepped out. So we have um five uh to one in the >> uh three stepped out. >> Okay. Also okay uh the motion passes uh with five votes 11.2 Dr. Monica Makawitz. Oh >> real quick is not on the diet so there's no vote for him. It's just a five to one vote. There's no abstension or anything on his part. When you're not on the dice, >> you're not a vote counted at all. >> Thank you. >> So everybody understands. >> Okay.

125So on the previous one 11.1, we have five who voted yes, one who voted no, and uh Mr. Alondo is outside or uh stepped out, >> sorry. Um 11.2 Dr. Monica Makawitz approval of contract for legal services from Atkinson Anderson Lawyer and Rude and Romo uh for 2025 26. Um >> motion >> second. >> Okay. All those in favor? >> I I >> opposed >> abstensions. I >> one abstension. >> Okay. Um >> I'm not familiar with the company so I'm not going to vote. >> Okay. So we have uh five zero and one abstensions. Motion passes. Uh 11.3 Dr. uh Monica Makawitz approval of employment contact uh contract for assistant superintendent of business services Julie Vill. Um and I believe we voted that um so I don't know if you still have the information.

126Yes. It was 6 unanimous vote for Julie Vigil. Uh motion was made by Trustee Gonzalez, seconded by Trusty Vargas and unanimous. >> Is there a come? Yeah, >> I need to read off some of the parameters of the contract. Okay. >> So, the contract for assistant superintendent of business services between the Coachella Valley Unified School District. It's a term of three years. It ranges from September 2nd, which will be her start date 2025, and ending September 2nd, 2028. Her salary will be 230,000 for a full 12 months in equal installments um and prrated for any service of less than a full year. Um 22 days of vacation days. The work uh year is 247 days of service and that is it. Okay. Thank you. U moving on to 11.4. Dr. Monica Makawit's uh approval of

127revised job description for public information officer. Do I have a motion? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Do we have a second? >> A second. Um, any comments, questions? All those in favor? I >> I. >> All those opposed, abstensions? Uh, motion passes 6. Uh, six. Uh, yeah. Zero. Um 11.5, Dr. Monica Makawit's approval of second amendment to superintendent contract. Uh, do we have a motion? >> I motion. Second. >> Okay. Uh, any questions, comments? Okay. >> Yes, >> I understand that this was something that was meant to be part of the contract, but for whatever reason, and we still don't know exactly what happened, it wasn't. Um, in the fiscal climate that we have right now, in the climate of the district in general, it just feels like inappropriate and even tonedeaf at this moment

128um to have this on here right now. We've had one amendment already. This wasn't caught at the time. Um so now we're having a second one. For me, this just feels like not the right moment. >> My motion stands. I just for the record there is no fiscal impact to to to the budget. >> Any other comments or questions? >> Well, it does it does say here that it's will be extended when the superintendent's evaluation is satisfactory and above. So I think that you get you get an extra year if you're satisfactory. So superintendent. >> Yeah. Um so to comment on on what you're sharing uh we did complete the the evaluation with the superintendent um I think last last month >> last month um and so we did go through that process of evaluating

129Dr. Barca. >> Yeah. >> Sorry. Satisfactory. >> Satisfactory. Yeah. Um Okay. Any other comments, questions? >> Okay. Uh all those in favor? >> I. >> All those opposed? >> I uh abstensions. Uh motion carries five one and one stepped out. Okay. Uh 11.6. Uh Dr. Monica Makawick's uh approval to a man agreement with Daniela Tavarez for support in the business services department. Can I get a motion? >> Motion. >> I'll second. >> Okay. Any questions or comments? >> I have a comment. Um I think um I'm only going to vote for this only because I know our new um assistant soup can't start till September, I believe. Uh so kind of filling in the gap, but I think it's time for us to start weaning off all these contracts uh these uh consultants and some

130of these contracts that uh well were valuable at the time we need to start with our own staff and our own people and start moving forward. So and again because of the 3 weeks or whatever it is before she can start. That's the only reason I'll support this. So >> yeah, so I just wanted to um piggy back on that. You're correct. uh it's not for the remainder of the year. It's only for closing out which is August 30th and then unodituded actuals are September 11th and so for Miss Vhil to come in and in in a week get our unodudited actuals together that's a lot. So Daniela will be working with her in her transition throughout uh September and then uh we will uh still be engaging with Fikmat and so um Daniela has

131the history with that so until the end of September. >> Okay. Any other questions, comments? Okay. Uh we have a motion, a second. All those in favor? >> I opposed. >> Abstensions. And uh we have one person who stepped out. Um so motion passes uh 67. Okay. Um consent calendar uh 12.1 uh all matters listed under the consent calendar considered by the board to be >> 11.7 >> 1172. Sorry. >> 11.7. Yes. Dr. I'm sorry. Dr. Monica Makawit's approval to increase purchase order agreement with Department of General Services, Office of Administrative Hearings. Do I have a motion? >> Motion second. >> Second. Okay. Any questions or comments? >> Nope. Uh, all those in favor? >> I opposed. Abstensions. And one person stepped out. So, motion carries. Okay. Uh, consent calendar. All matters listed under the

132consent calendar are considered by the board to be routine and will be acted upon in one motion. There will be no discussion of these items prior to the time of the bo the board considers the motion unless members of the board or staff request specific items to be discussed and or removed from the consent calendar. In which event uh the items will be considered separately. The superintendent, assistant superintendent of educational services, assistant superintendent of business and finance, and assistant superintendent of human resources recommend the approval of all consent calendar items. Do I have a motion to approve the consent calendar? >> Motion if there's no removal. >> Okay. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Okay. Uh any items that um folks would like to pull from the consent calendar? >> No. Okay. Um

133all those in favor? I >> opposed abstensions. Um consent calendars approved. Uh third. Okay. And um we are moving on to close uh we don't have any close session items. So I have a motion to adjurnn. >> So move >> and second. I'll second. Uh second. Okay. And then uh all those in favor I I >> Thank you. Congratulations to you. Thank you so much.